Another damn morning. Why had that baka sensei given me the assignment to shadow someone? He knew I had been getting stronger, was this his way of punishing me? I sighed. Probably not... My muscles hurt from the training I had received the day before, sensei was ruthless. In a way, he was probably trying to make me strong enough to fend for myself long after he was gone. My right arm was sore from the single push-ups he had made me do, but it was not like me to complain about anything. I was on a mission.
I called the sensei, it's out of character for him to be sleeping at this hour. I heard his footsteps outside my tent...'Chakra, no breakfast': I nodded 'you will not speak to anyone, become the shadow you're destined to be' I threw a kunai in the ground and got into a tree. He seemed so small from up here.. The feeling of having the branch to sit on and the smell of leaves calmed my senses. They should be arriving soon. I showed him three fingers, thumb, point, middle. He grinned, 'Go...my trusted one'
I waited and waited. Could it be they switched up his route? I tried to keep my breath under control. Of course not, maybe he just overslept himself, he was only human, after all. I can't deny I was still sleepy and the sensei just told me to shadow him. I yawned and then I heard voices. One of them was obviously awake. I tried to shove closer to the tree. 'and after school we'll have ramen and..'
they were coming closer I had to shove closer to the center of the tree, the leaves providing shelter. My curiosity took over, why were there two pair extra footsteps? Who where those people?
They were almost underneath the tree, if only I had orders i'd... A girl? I felt my mouth opening itself. Wanted to scream, badly. I barely could hold myself back. What was he doing with a girl? The answers were easy...
But wait, someone tried to catch up with them. The voice I heard earlier. 'Hey guys wait up' the girl with the pink hair turned around 'if only you would have stopped thinking about ramen you wouldn't have gotten back this far' she snapped. Big mouth little brain I couldn't help but think. I jumped over to the next tree since I was getting back myself. Just five more trees before my job is done.
If that guy in the back would have been at my side we might have been friends. I mean, what is threatening about a ninja in an orange jump suit? And the one I was shadowing...maybe even more...
My eyelids were getting heavy again. If I yawned now I would get caught. Someone else was observing them too. Or were they observing me? I wiped the sweat from my forehead. Ok let's focus, next tree. The person behind me followed like a hot breath in my neck.
My hand felt sweaty. They were waiting for me to make a mistake. My hand slipped and if someone wouldn't have grabbed me my feet would have betrayed my position. When I turned around to thank the one who saved me...
