Chapter 1: Mission – Assist Jonin ninja Snow
Team 7 receives their next mission
Hatake, Kakashi stood in front of the 5th Hokage awaiting for his team's next mission. The Hokage organized the papers on her desk before looking at Kakashi.
"For Team 7's next mission they'll be assisting a Jonin named Snow. She's escorting a popular pop group to a singing competition in the Land of Rain Forests. This is a B ranked mission. Are there any questions?" she said.
"Where will we be meeting this woman named Snow?" Kakashi asked looking through the informative report about the mission.
"She will be with the singers. Just meet at the rendezvous point," the 5th stated blankly. Kakashi nodded before he bowed and left. He casually walked back to his apartment, just to make his students angry. By the time he arrived they were almost asleep from boredom.
"Hey guys! It's good to see you guys are on time," Kakashi said cheerfully. The three turned to look at Kakashi. They had their bags packed for their mission but Kakashi hadn't started just to annoy them. He didn't have much to pack so it wouldn't take a long time.
"You're late again Kakashi-sensei!" Sakura yelled fixing her hair and headband. Kakashi chuckled inserting the key into the lock before twisting it. He opened the door and stepped in, signaling his bored students in. Naruto looked at Sakura before looking at Sasuke. Something doesn't feel right, Naruto thought as Sakura pulled him inside. Naruto looked around Kakashi's small home: there were many pictures, a table with 2 chairs, a kitchen, a couch, a desk, 2 bedrooms and a bathroom. Sakura looked around at the picture that occupied the desk space. There was a picture of team 7 and Kakashi's team when he was young, and many pictures of a girl with silver hair.
"You guys can sit down," Kakashi said as he packed his things. Naruto and Sasuke obeyed but Sakura was still intrigued with pictures of the girl.
"Ah, Kakashi-sensei, who is the girl in your pictures?" Sakura asked. Kakashi paused before resuming packing. He finished slinging the bag over his shoulder as he came out of his bedroom.
"A girl I knew a long time ago," Kakashi said quickly. Sakura looked back at the picture before looking at Kakashi again.
"Were you close to her," she asked innocently.
"I was very close to her, unfortunately she died," Kakashi said as he turned off a couple of the lights in the apartment.
"I'm sorry sensei," Sakura said softly.
"While we're all here, I'll inform you guys about the next mission," Kakashi said. Naruto perked up from Kakashi's words as Sasuke turned his head. "We'll be helping a fellow Jonin named Snow escort a pop group called Eternal Tears to the Land of Rain Forest. I know it doesn't sound like it would be a B ranked mission but this group has a bounty on their heads for 67million ryo," Kakashi informed.
"Snow!" Naruto laughed, "Who would name a child that?!" Sakura hit him over the head like usually but Sasuke had his own question.
"Is it 67million ryo total or per person?" he asked.
"Per person, there are 15 people in the band so that's about 1billion ryo," Kakashi said nonchalantly. Naruto's laugh ceased and the whole room became quiet, even the ticking clock seemed to stop. "Well we need to get moving. We don't want to hold up the band," Kakashi said heading for the door.
: 3
"We've been waiting here for a while, Kakashi-sensei, how long will it take for them to get here?" Sakura whined. Kakashi didn't answer since he was absorbed in his reading. The sound of foot steps was distant yet coming closer. Kakashi looked out of his book, to see the approaching person. As quickly as the foot steps appeared they faded away just as fast. A ninja scout and this one is good, Kakashi thought. Naruto's face seemed panic stricken.
"There are ghost here," he said weakly.
"No, but the Eternal Tears caravan will be here soon," Kakashi said putting his book away. His eyes fixed on a cleverly hidden smoke bomb. That scout has already been here; this ninja isn't one who fools around Kakashi thought going to the road. Naruto looked down the road blankly waiting to move out. The sounds of horses and carts filled the air as they came into the view. There were 9 carts each chained to 4 horses and there were 4 guards per cart except for the first one which had one. The first guard walked up to Kakashi. He or she wore a black cape and a mask like Kakashi's but it was black.
"Hatake Kakashi, glad you could join us. I'm the one they call Snow. You can call me Snow or Snowi but nothing else," Snow said. The person was female and she had blue eyes but the left one was covered with her silver hair. Naruto snickered at her name. "Is my name amusing to you Uzumaki Naruto?" she asked not looking at him. Naruto stopped snickering and stared at her astonished.
"How did you know my name?!" he asked loudly.
"Keep it down, there
was a report that informed me about every member of Team 7," she
replied. Kakashi stared at Snow; to him she seemed really familiar.
It caused a sickening feeling in his stomach it was too strange. Snow
shot him a glance before returning to the first cart.
"The
three Genin will protect the first cart, while you Kakashi-senpai
will patrol a long side all carts, I will scout out ahead and behind
leaving traps so try to stay on the trail." She informed Team 7.
I'm not going fall for that, Naruto thought walking closely
to the side of the trail when Snow was scouting ahead. As he walked
along getting bored protecting the first cat and eventually scouting
through the dense forest he felt a rope constrict his leg tightly as
his body was lifted into the air.
"You just had to place your hand on the hot iron," Snow said blandly above him. Naruto made a noise of frustration waving his arms in the air. She snickered throwing a kunai at the rope tearing it apart. Naruto hit the ground with a loud thud. He sat up holding his aching head becoming frustrated again.
"You did that on purpose!" he yelled at her. She quickly shut him up by throwing a rock in his mouth which he spat out quickly.
"Keep it down," she said pulling him back to the road as before leaving to scout.
"That woman reminds me of Kakashi-sensei," Sakura said once Naruto returned.
"I don't see the semblance," Sasuke said taking notice of the panicked birds flying into the sky.
"The hair is so similar, they talk nearly the same, they both wear masks and they're both so mysterious," Sakura said quietly.
Naruto spoke softly, "I noticed that as well." Naruto laughed evilly, "Why don't we see what she's hiding underneath that hood and mask." Sakura and Sasuke stared at Naruto before looking at each other.
"You're nuts. If that woman resembles Kakashi-sensei what if she knows how to elude us as well?" Sakura said softly.
"She has a point," Sasuke started, "but the thrill of trying this is high. When we settle in for the night we'll strike while she's a sleep."
"What are you three up to?" Kakashi asked suspiciously.
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Yes it took forever. I had so much homework it was so hard to write.
Typos and rewording: July 26, 2008
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