It was just another day in the Village Hidden in the Leaves, except for 2 squads of 3 ninja each. They had been told that they were going on an extremely difficult mission, ranked A+.
Naruto and Hinata, having recently moved in together, were to set off together. It was their 2 squads that had been picked.
Sasuke and Sakura were also living together, a little longer than Naruto and Hinata. They were preparing to leave and Sakura was wondering out loud why they would meet at the academy where the children were trained to be the ninja of the village. Sasuke could not answer and Sakura started to think of their love.
The reason Sakura loved Sasuke wasn't because of his hair, black and kept short for extra speed, or his deep, dark eyes, or even the handsome features of his powerful yet skinny body. No, it was his overall attitude, his his quietness, his seriousness, his intelligence, and his skill.
"Sasuke?" said Sakura, "Yes, Sakura?" He replied.
"I'm glad we're together now," He smiled but said nothing as he continued readying his ninja tools. He began to think again about how it was that he had finally accepted her offer of a date. How it had become obvious that was his past that had stopped him from loving anyone. How he always needed to be the best. And she had stopped him from making a huge mistake.
And so the two squads met at in the classroom where they had been taught to together. Hinata sat with her squad partners, Kiba and Shino, and Naruto sat with Sakura and Sasuke. At the front of the room, instead of their original teacher, was a pair of young looking women.
"Your mission," started the blond haired woman up front, "is to find and capture some pirates that the navy have had trouble getting a hold of,"
"What?!" burst out Naruto, "That's the navy's job why can't they just take care of it themselves?" "Because they have had trouble with them and we're in need of some money, so we're having you get the bounty. The navy offered it. Now sit," Naruto sat but was still upset. "Now, there are 5 primary targets for you to choose from, and you will be split into pairs, and you get choose your partners!" To this Naruto gave a happy yell. He would of course be with Hinata. Sakura gave Sasuke a little smile and wink. He smiled back, briefly, then returned to his usual look of seriousness.
"Looks like me and you are together on this one, Shino," said Kiba, giving a small and strained smile. Shino kind of creeps him out.
"Come on Hinata, we have to get the best one first!" said Naruto, "Wow, $30,000,000 on this guy," he began to read the description aloud, "'Made of rubber because he ate one of the Cursed fruit, which means also that he cannot swim. He travels with a small crew, but they also have large bounties on them.' Wow, Hinata. We have to take this one," Hinata seemed worried.
"Come on sasuke, don't you think that we should hold off on the clown," Sakura was saying as she followed him, "I mean, 'can't be hurt by a blade' sounds pretty dangerous,"
Kiba was saying to Shino that this guy would be easy since his crew was called the 'Black Cat Pirates'. Dogs and bugs vs. cats sounded good to him.
And so it began, they would now set off on their own path to defeat the pirates.
