The ninja gripped the thin birch scroll in his hand. His eyes burned with a passion to complete this new assignment at…..Record Time! He clenched his teeth and glared at Sasuke.
I will beat him this time. I'm stronger than he thinks. I'm Uzumaki Naruto! The best ninja in the village!
Sasuke glared straight back, adjusting his Kusanagi sword on his back and looking behind him for any signs of Kakashi. Sakura did the same and sighed.
"You guys do realize he isn't coming any time soon, right?" Sakura took a seat on the bridge guiderail. She rummaged through her backpack for something, anything, to keep those two from eating eachother alive. She set aside a small blue container of soldier pills that Lady Tsunade had instructed her to hang onto for any circumstances. Who knows how long they could be without food? There's no telling.
"Heh, I know. I'm just excited. I mean, it's been 3 years since Squad 7 had a mission." Naruto fidgeted in his shoes. Man, these things were uncomfortable today.
Sasuke smirked. Tis was true. After finally banishing Itachi to his own Tsukiyomi and killing him in the real world, Sasuke had resolved to return to the Leaf. Once finished with taking a loyalty oath to the village, he was welcomed once again as a Genin.
"Yeah, and it's still hard to believe Sakura outranks me." Sasuke took Sakura's lead and also sat on the guardrail, a good distance from Sakura first though.
"Oh but Sasuke, you'll be Chuunin in no time!" She smiled, not catching Sasuke's sarcasm.
"Hmph." Naruto sifted through his backpack for the instant ramen he was sure he packed.
He tried to pull a pair of pants out from the bottom that were protecting the food. The pants flew out with a hard tug, along with all the food…and the ramen…
"Noooooo!!!!" Naruto grabbed at them from over the guardrail. He felt the goodness of ramen slip between his fingers.
"Dammit…" Naruto sat on the bridge, loathing his gracefulness.
