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Chapter 1: The C-rank mission
"Naruto you BAKA!" Shouted Sakura after she repeatedly pummeled him into the ground after his former greeting. "This constant shouting is giving me a headache."
"All I did was say hello…." replied Naruto after tending to his new head wounds.
Naruto's and Sakura's relationship was getting progressively worse ever since Sasuke joined Orochimaru and the sound. Kakashi's tendency to be late was not helping matters.
Poof! The appearing of their sensei was not surprising to Naruto and Sakura but the fact that he seemed upset about something was.
"YOU'RE LATE!" Naruto and Sakura both yelled. However, Kakashi didn't even try to excuse himself.
"What's wrong?" Sakura asked.
"Well, it's about the Akutsuki, apparently they have captured two of the nine demon vessels." Kakashi stated somberly.
"LIAR!" Naruto said which was immediately followed with a couple more head injuries from his friend, Sakura.
" Demon vessels?" Sakura inquired.
Naruto had been very quiet since he realized what the subject was and he started to look slightly guilty spiking Sakura's curiosity even more.
"…..uh…so how about that weather we're having huh Naruto?" Kakashi exclaimed quickly changing the subject.
The vain in Sakura's forehead seemed to grow at a very rapid pace. "Uh…Sakura-chan….demon vessels are people who have demons sealed inside of their bodies. I am one of them…" Naruto stated with his eyes down cast obviously dreading her response.
"What do you mean? You mean….Akutsuki will be after you too?" Sakura said with a tint of sadness in her voice.
"It'll be only a matter of time before Akutsuki pays us a visit…But we can't think about that right now. The fifth has a mission for us to do. We must travel to the Earth Country to inform the Mizukage of the Akutsuki's most recent movements. Also, Team ten will be joining us on this C-rank mission as backup while their sensei, Gai is on an S-rank mission. The information that these papers contain are classified to avoid suspicions." Kakashi informed his two students. " Meet here at 0600 hours tomorrow morning. Break!"
"Hai!" Naruto and Sakura said in unison as they all split in opposite directions.
Naruto arrived first to the meeting area. He waited for two hours before seeing his teammate for this mission, Neji. He called out to his some-what friend with a friendly gesture. "Hey Neji long-time-no-see huh? How are you?"
Neji however, had no response. He only replied with a quiet, "hn.." and stood next to Naruto.
"Apparently not long enough." Naruto darkly.
Rock Lee and Ten-Ten were the next two to arrive. They all casually greeted each other as casual as can be with only two people: Lee and Naruto. It wasn't long before Sakura showed up and started beating Naruto for greeting her once more. Kakashi came ten hours later looking obviously annoyed to have to spend his next mission with five teenagers. "Ready. Too bad, let's go!" Kakashi said before Naruto could begin his protest. They all exited their village of Konoha, leapt into the trees, and darted toward the setting sun.
Author's note: Please R&R! Flames excepted as long as their constructive! And sorry this was short but it's my first fic and I'll make the next one longer. Thank you all for reading.J