Tsunami Myakka
Genin / O+
0127056
4'9" (145.3 cm)
86 lbs (39 kg)
August 10 (Leo)
Selfish, Smart, Willing to fight
Chapter 1 – Reasons for Everything
Shifting his headband nervously, Taku Umami looked about ready to pee in his pants. Kyo Takau, my other team mate, smirked as I loaded my slingshot with a chalk dust laden eraser. Ever since the war with Orochimaru and the loss of her uncle, Hana Byakuya was always as late as Kakashi Hatake. Only recently promoted to Jounin, Hana was just under Kurenai Yuhi on the career ladder.
"Ever since he died, she's been late," I said around my ammo. "I say we let her know how much we hate having to wait for our teacher. What do you say, guys?"
"But, Tsunami…"
Taku, my ever practical team mate, tried to stop me from following through on my plan to give Hana a face-full of chalk dust. Sure enough, just when Hana's head peeked around the doorframe, I let loose my ammunition. It hit her right in the middle of her forehead.
"Tsunami Myakka! No lunch for two days and you will clean the Great Stone Faces for the next three! Do you understand me, young lady?"
I groaned. Kyo smirked at my punishment and Taku attempted to stifle a laugh. I turned on my heel to glare at them. Kyo, smirk still in place, rolled his eyes and Taku completely lost all control.
"You can help her, Taku, if you don't stop laughing," she added. "It seems that Naruto Uzumaki has gotten a hold of some paint and was at his crazy antics again. I don't see why Iruka-sensei lets that boy loose as often as he does."
"But, Hana-sensei," Taku whined. "Why do we have to clean the Hokage Faces? Why can't Iruka-sensei get Naruto-chan to do it? Not only that, but when do the REAL missions start?"
"I'm not in the mood," Hana answered. "Besides, Naruto is your senior by at least two years and Iruka-sensei has other business for him to attend to other than cleaning up after himself between his own missions. Like helping to get back Gaara-sama from the Akatsuki. However, I will treat you three to ramen for dinner if you get done before sunset."
We cheered at the thought of getting ramen if we finished cleaning up Naruto-chan's mess on the Great Stone Faces. I saw Hana-sensei smile at our enthusiasm. I raced out first followed closely by my team mates, my Jounin teacher bringing up the rear and shutting the door behind her.
"Remember," Hana-sensei called, "the sooner you get done, the sooner we can get to Ichiraku before he shuts up for the night."
With my close relationship to Naruto-chan, I turned and began to walk backwards. I smiled at my team mates before proposing an idea that might make it go faster. I proposed that we use the Doppelganger Jutsu to help us get the five faces clean. That actually got a mischievous smile out of Kyo and a quietly mad cackle out of Taku.
"Hey, Hana-sensei," I called back to my teacher. "Is it all right if we use the Doppelganger Jutsu to help with the cleaning? It'll go three times faster that way, right?"
"I guess it could work," she replied. "As long as you three don't get distracted by it. Other than that, forget it! Kyo, what are you smiling about now? And quite your mad cackling, Taku! It's annoying as it is!"
Taku almost immediately shut up while Kyo tried to regain his breath from all the silent laughing he was doing. After another minute or so, he finally had enough breath to explain why he was smiling and silently laughing.
"The way she said it, Sensei," he panted at last. "The look in her eye gave it all away! Just like Naruto-san. Right, Tsunami?"
I smiled at Hana-sensei and nodded vigourously while still walking backwards. I knew that the stairs leading to the Great Stone Faces were close, so I turned around and began climbing. I looked up at the Faces as I climbed and sure enough, there was Naruto-chan's handiwork. Just as we reached the halfway point in the stairwell, there were shouts and catcalls coming from the village below. Hana-sensei would have been down there except for the fact that she had the three of us to worry about.
"As soon as we reach the top, each one of you needs to grab three buckets," she explained. "Then, I only want to see THREE of each of you until this monument is clean. Understood?" We nodded. "Good."
I knew that she was aiming the emphasized 'three' at me because of my relationship with Naruto. After another half hour of climbing, we were finally at the top. By the time Hana-sensei joined us, Taku and Kyo were already duplicated and grabbing buckets from the stack that our teacher had waiting for us. I was about to join my comrades when she stopped me.
"Hey, Tsunami," she called. "I was wondering if I could talk to you for a minute."
Taku and Kyo disappeared over the edge of the first two Hokage faces while I stayed behind and allowed my two Clones to vanish.
"What's up, Sensei?"
"Well, I've been thinking a lot about a certain something for a while," she started. "It's about Naruto-san and all the things that he's been through in the last 15 years. I know that he talks more to you and Iruka-sensei more than anyone else in the entire village. I also know that you never really got along with your family before you ran away. So I was mainly wondering what it was like to grow up without the love of a real family. I mean, I'm only curious about it, that's all."
"It's hard to explain, Sensei," I answered. "Have you tried talking to Iruka-sensei about it? I'm sure that he will be able to relate the details better than I ever will. So am I allowed to go help my team mates now?"
Hana-sensei nodded. I reduplicated myself and flew over the edge of Tsunade-sensei's carved face.
About two hours later, we were all sitting at the Ichiraku Ramen Shop. I had just told a joke that got Taku laughing and caused Kyo to turn beet red with embarassment. I saw Sensei roll her eyes before she picked up the scroll that was left at her right elbow. She opened it slowly. After reading through it quickly, her eyes widened before she told us what was going on.