Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of Masashi Kishimoto though if I did, I'd get as many Naruto artwork I can get!
Author's note: Okay, well in this fic everyone has their last name first before the first name(ex. Haruno Sakura, Uchiha Sasuke) ok? The names were originally written that way so let's keep it k?
Chapter 1 start!
On the ground floor below the hokage's office three shinobis begin to discuss their
plans for their upcoming mission. "Neji, this C rank mission should prove to be quite
easy for our level…" said Tenten in a serious voice. She knew when discussing missions
it required getting down to business and not to fool around. "Hmph... yeah... obviously…"
replied Neji, leaning against the wall, sounding uninterested as his pearly white eyes gazed at the
stores in front of him." Really Neji, be more serious! It will be slightly different
this time! Haruka-san is with us now!" complained Tenten, getting a little annoyed. "So
when do we leave tomorrow?" asked Toshio Haruka, stepping away from the shade, under a tree,
and closer to her team. "There's really no rush, all we have to do is escort a merchant
from the hidden village of mist to our village's eastern gate… but I think Tsunade-sama and the other chuunins said 1
pm?" answered Tenten with a friendly smile. "1 pm at the eastern gate then," sighed
Neji, "let's split up and prepare for tomorrow." Haruka and Tenten nodded and began to
leave. "Toshio, stay for a moment," said Neji. Tenten looked back in confusion but left
them the two alone. Haruka walked a little closer to Neji. "Did you have something to say
to me?" asked Haruka as her calm eyes looked directly into Neji's. "How can I trust that
you will not be a bother to Tenten and me in this mission?" asked Neji, his eyes looking
seriously into Haruka's dark brown ones. "Hmph, this is merely a C rank mission. Just
watch me in battle and find out," retorted Haruka, eyes calmly piercing back into his gaze.
"Hmph," was Neji's reply and both parted ways. So grumpy… thought Haruka as she headed towards Tenten's apartment.
The sun was starting to set in the west as the breezes became more noticing.
Haruka shivered a little as her clothing fluttered a little in the wind. She wore a sleeveless
dark purple Chinese shirt with bright yellow buttons trailing from her neck to her right
side. The shirt was made of very flexible material and was specially designed for
exercise. Her pants were baggy, black, and were just like Tenten's followed with black
sandals that most shinobis her age wore. She decided to change the regular shorts she
used to wear when she was a genin into the type of pants Tenten, and other shinobis,
wore. After spending 3 nights in the forest of death, it earned her many cuts and scrapes
from fleeing other shinobi. Haruka just moved into Tenten's apartment yesterday. As a
genin Haruka had been living in a foster home. Her foster parents were not cruel but kind
people who were always busy with missions. No other family was willing to take her in
at that time since many were poor from the damages the sound and sand enemies inflicted
upon them. A few days ago Toshio Haruka became a chuunin and was then given a
choice between living with the foster family or begin living with another chuunin,
earning her some independence. She chose more independence, since she was not that
close to her foster parents at all. They were kind people but the relationship between them
were quite mutual. Haruka was arriving at Tenten's apartment where Tenten probably
was.
"Maybe she is waiting for me to start dinner… better hurry up!" thought Haruka. She
dashed up the stairs with her low ponytail, holding her silky black hair in place, bobbing
up and down behind her. "Hey! Where've you been? Wanna start making dinner?"
called Tenten from the couch as Haruka entered the apartment. Tenten closed the TV and
stood up. "Sure! What are we having tonight?" asked Haruka. "Hehe… I need to do some
shopping when we get back from the mission but for now we only have some instant
ramen we can cook," said Tenten with an apologetic face. "It's alright! I'm fine with
ramen!" reassured Haruka. As Tenten boiled the noodles Haruka washed and cut the
vegetables and meat. "So what did Neji talk to you about?" asked Tenten as she poked at
the noodles to check if they were ready yet. "Oh it was just about seeing if he could trust
me and-" started Haruka before noticing the glint of mischief in Tenten's eyes. "N-no!!
nothing like that! He was just asking if he could trust me in not being a bother to the
team…" said Haruko eyes wide and trying to talk sense into her roommate. "Haha! I'm
only joking! Yea? I'm sure you won't be a bother at all to us so don't worry," laughed
Tenten, dropping the mischievous act. There was silence for a few minutes. Tenten
poured in the soup base and stirred for a few seconds. Haruka handed the cut vegetables
and meat to Tenten. "Hey, thanks for letting me live in your apartment. That was very
nice of you," said Haruka with a grateful smile. "No problem! It gets kinda lonely living
by
myself anyway…" answered Tenten, returning the smile and dropping the ingredients
into the ramen. She then poured the ramen into two separate bowls. Haruka then took two
eggs from the fridge, washed them, cracked them open and placed one raw egg in each
bowl. Tenten and Haruka stirred their egg in their hot steaming bowls as the bits of cooked
egg were seen in the soup. "Ittadakimasu!" sang the two hungry kunoichi as they both
dug into their ramen.
It was morning and the two kunoichi had already finished their breakfast. Tenten
left to get some more shuriken to restock their supplies. Once Tenten left, Haruka started to get ready for the
mission. Her two swords, sheath and all, hung at her back instead of usually resting at her
hips, which were bothering if she was running. Her pouches were tightly tied on her
pants, just waiting to be filled with the shuriken. Her clothing was
clean and she was ready to set out on the mission. Tenten agreed to meet at the gate 12:45
that afternoon. Haruka checked the clock. "10:35… got some time…" thought Haruka as
she locked the door of the apartment and walked out into the warm sunlight.
As Haruka passed by the Genin training school, a soft smile grew on her face as
she watched the children enjoying recess. She stopped and leaned against the fence,
watching the kids play. It was such a bright day, the children are enjoying this day so well…
"Well! Haruka! You look like you're going on a mission!"
exclaimed a voice coming from under a nearby tree. Turning to face him Haruka smiled,
"Iruka-sensei! Haven't talked to you for so long! How's teaching?"
"Haha, the same really.. nothing much changed since you left," answered Iruka-sense,
"heading for a mission?" "Yea, a C-rank. My first mission as a chuunin actually…I think
I'm going to go now. Have to say thanks to my parents. And I should eat my lunch soon,"
said Haruka as she waved good-bye and left. Haruka rang the doorbell to her foster
parents' home but no one answered. "Your parents are out!" called her foster parent's next
door neighbor. Haruka called back a "thanks!" and headed to the ramen stand for a quick
lunch.
It was 12:50 and Tenten still haven't arrived yet. Haruka always felt weird
standing alone waiting for someone. So she tried to busy herself by picturing her mission
as she leaned against the wall. She heard a sound and she found Neji walking towards her. "Hey have you seen Tenten?" asked Haruka. "No,
thought she was with you," replied Neji, "you sure you're up for this? You did after all
just became a chuunin. Chuunin level missions are a lot harder than genin missions you
know." Scowling at his smirk Haruka replied, "Didn't I say before, Hyuuga, that you will
get your answer from this mission?" "Hey!! Sorry Haruka!! There was a… line-up for
the...breathe shurikens and most of the staff huff was out on missions… and
Neji,huff, quit asking that question. She was the number one rookie in her class,"
panted Tenten. "Really?" asked Neji, raising his eyebrow. "Yes really you idiot… let's
go," said Haruka and all three headed for the hidden village of mist.