Author notes: All the first eight sections are happening at the same time. Just to let you know.
Chapter Two
Prep for the Mission
Shikamaru was walking down a road. His hands in pockets head in the clouds. He was heading home to get ready for the mission.
When he got home His mom asked "Why are you home so early are you felling sick?"
Shikamaru just shuck his head and tossed her the mission scroll. Then he walked down the hall to his room. He took his backpack out from under a pill of papers on his desk. Then he looked around his messy room for things he needed to take with him.
"Why is Tsunade sama sending eight chuunin on a very dangerous s ranked mission?" Shikamaru's mother asked standing in his door way.
"Don't ask me. I wasn't paying much attention anyway" Shikamaru said walking over to his mother and taking the scroll she had in her hand. He rolled it back up and stuck it in a pocket on his vest.
"I'll go down to the market and get you some food for your mission, if you like." His mom said.
"No mom it's fine. I'm sure Choji will have enough food to last months" He said with all small smile on his face. His mom smiled back at him and left the room.
For once she didn't yell at me. This is strange. It must have something to do with Nomi getting a boyfriend. Oh well. Women are so hard to understand.
Shikamaru finished gathering his stuff and walked out the door, only after saying goodbye to his mother and giving her a hug. Then he started walking slowly to the western gate. He had thirty minutes to get there so why rush. Like he would anyway.
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Naruto walked from the hokage's office all the way to his small apartment wondering still what A-S-A-P meant. After all that time of people yelling at him for his stupid question nobody even bothered to answer it.
Naruto realized he was standing in front of his door, so he quickly searched his pockets for his key. He opened the door and grabbed the bag sitting on the floor right next to the door. Naruto was always ready for missions.
Now he just had to fill his stomach before he left the village. He locked the door back and ran to his favorite place in town Ichiraku noodle bar.
"Old man make me some ramen" Naruto said grinning as he ran in and took a seat at the counter. The old man turned around and gave Naruto a big smile.
Naruto ate six bowls of ramen. He could have eaten more but he knew he would be late. So he paid the man and ran out of the store towards the west gate.
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Ino walked to her house thinking mainly of boys. Her biggest crush right now had moved from Sasuke to Shikamaru. She gave up on Sasuke because she could tell he liked Sakura even though Sakura couldn't.
She walked into her house which was also a garden shop and down a hall that led to her room. She packed all her stuff up and went back to the main part of the store to wait for Sakura. Sakura and she had become good friends again but they still got in fights sometimes over boys.
While she waited she told her mom goodbye and gave her baby sister Lulu a big hug.
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Sakura was thinking about how glad she was to be going on a mission with all her friends again. Then she realized she had walked down the wrong road, so she turned around and walked strait into Sasuke.
"Oh, I'm so sorry Sasuke. I should really pay more attention to were I'm going." Sakura said. Then she smiled and blushed. Sasuke acted like he didn't hear her and walked of.
How weird I thought he lived in the opposite side of town. Oh well, he must be shopping down here.
She turned back around and started home again. When she finally got there she ran up stairs to get ready. Then she realized she had not eaten all day so she yelled down stairs for her mom to make her a sandwich.
"What kind bologna or ham and cheese?" her mom asked from the kitchen.
Inner Sakura: Why does she ask so many dumb questions?
"Anything will be fine mom just hurry up I have to go soon"Sakura yelled as she started throwing random things in her bag.
Soon she was finished and ran down stairs, grabbed the sandwich from her mom's hands, gave her a kiss, and ran out the door. She really did not want to be late for this mission. Then she went to Ino's house and they ran together to the west gates.
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Sasuke was fallowing Sakura down a road. He was really hoping she wouldn't turn around and ketch him spying on her.
When he was younger he hated Sakura, but now he felt love for her. He realized he was walking way to close to Sakura, but it was too late. She turned around and he ran right into her. She started to apologize to him but he just kept walking. He was very embarrassed. If she would have looked at his face she would have been able to tell he was slightly blushing.
I am the one that should have been apologizing. Man, I love the sound of her voice.
Then he realized he needed to get ready for his mission. He hoped it would be long just for an excuse to spend every moment with Sakura. He turned around and ran for his small apartment on the other side of town almost running into Sakura for a second time.
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Choji took his time to get to his house since it was really close to the west gates. He already knew every thing he was going to bring most of what had to do with food.
His mom helped him pack one bag full of food while another one he packed with clothes, weapons, money, and exedra.
Then he ate a big four course lunch to wait for his best friend Shikamaru to arrive and plus because he was hungry. (Like always)
Shikamaru got there and they both walked together to the gate. Choji was eating a bag of barbeque potato chips, and Shikamaru was gazing up at the clear blue sky.
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Hinata went home quickly to tell her father that she had gotten a S ranked mission. Her last S ranked mission was hailed miserably. It had left her in the hospital for three months. Naruto had visited her every day in those months. She loved every minute of it, except for the pain from her wounds.
"Father T-tsunade sama gave me a-another S ranked m-mission" Hinata said walking out into the garden were her father and Neji were sparing.
He took the paper from his daughter and read it out loud so Neji could hear it too. Then he rolled it back up and handed it back to her.
"You better go get ready Hinata and you better not just get in the way this time" He said looking at his daughter sternly.
"Y-yes father I won't l-let you down" she called while running to her bed room to pack. When she finished she ate a little something and waited at the front door until she say Naruto passing. Naruto always went this way to the west gate. She finally saw him coming and ran up to him.
"Hello N-naruto kun may I w-walk with you" she said in her shy voice.
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Shino didn't have to go home because he already had his traveling bag, because he just got back from a mission.
So, he went to his favorite training spot to train. He trained for about thirty minutes. Then he started to walk to the west gate
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Tsunade was waiting impatiently for the eight teens to show up. She was walking back if forth in front of the gates. The guards were wondering what she was doing, but were afraid to ask in fear of what she might do to them.
She finally saw Choji and Shikamaru walking down a street. Then Shino appeared right in front of Tsunade. About ten minutes later they could see Hinata and Naruto coming up a road. Naruto had his hands behind his head grinning at Hinata who looked very happy.
"What are up with you two" asked Tsunade looking at the teens puzzling.
"Oh, nothing much you" Naruto said sarcastically. Then he turned back to grinning at Hinata. Tsunade Looked over to Hinata for the answer to there strange behavior.
She smiled for the first time she said something without stuttering "Naruto asked me to be his girlfriend and I said yes."
Choji choked on a potato chip, Tsunade and Shikamaru just stared, and Shino didn't really care so he did what he always did just be quiet. Then Sakura, Ino, and Sasuke joined the group.
"what did we miss?" asked Ino.
"These two are going out now" said Shikamaru pointing at Naruto and Hinata. Hinata just blushed and looked at Ino.
Why can't I have enough courage to ask out Sakura? I need to ask Naruto for help.
"Ok, enough of that you all need to get on with the mission. Since there is no elite ninja going with you Shikamaru will be the leader. When you get to Sunagakure go to the Kazekage tower, but don't be seen. Then instead of going up the stairs go to the back of the tower and there should be a door that's were you will find the Kazekage and his three children hiding.
"Wait just a minute I thought that Orochimaru killed that Kazekage before he attacked Konoha." said Naruto very confused now.
"Yes we thought he was killed to but that was just a decoy person. The Kazekage knew what Orochimaru was planning to do so he got a guy that looked just like him to pose as the Kazekage. What he didn't know was that he was going to then use the sand ninjas to attack Konoha." said Tsunade
"Oh, well that explains a lot." said Sakura
"The Kazekage will explain more now hurry up and leave" Tsunade said pushing the bunch of teens out of the walls of the city and into the woods.
Then they started to jump though the trees. Naruto and Hinata were holding hands. Tsunade watched the group until they were out of sight. Then she turned around and walked back into the city.
"Be safe"
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Authors notes: I hope this chapter is long enough for you guys lol
If you have any questions plz ask ill try to answer at the best of my ability
