A Dangerous Mission
Chapter 2
"Now that all the squads have been announced, you will meet your jounin teachers after your lunch break. Until then, you are all dismissed for lunch." Iruka-sensei said as all the genin left the classroom.
Naruto and Saya were walking together with Nyoke resting on Saya's shoulder as she picked up a familiar scent. Saya knew had a feeling that Nyoke caught Sasuke's scent in the air since she memorized his scent back at the classroom this morning.
"Naruto, do you mind if I eat my lunch by myself? I have something important to do sometime before our lunch break ends." Saya said as Naruto nodded his head. "Thanks Naruto. I'll treat out for ramen tonight to make it up to you."
Saya left in an instant and followed Nyoke to where Sasuke was until they found him leaning against a window sill staring into space as Nyoke made a head start towards Sasuke and stopped next to him. Nyoke mewed as she rubbed her head against Sasuke's arm, which kind of made Sasuke a bit curious as he petted Nyoke on the head.
'Why is Saya's fox following me all of the sudden?' Sasuke thought as Saya appeared behind him outside the building with her hands behind her back as if she was hiding something.
"There you are Nyoke." Sasuke looked behind him and saw Saya standing behind him with something behind her back. "I'm so sorry Sasuke. I guess Nyoke's starting to become fond of you all of the sudden."
Saya went into the building as Sasuke noticed that she had her lunch packed in a cloth. Saya sat on the window sill next to where Sasuke was standing as Nyoke hopped onto her shoulder.
"So Sasuke, how come you don't really talk to anyone like a normal person, not saying that you're not normal or anything." Saya said as Sasuke looked at her. "I mean it wouldn't hurt to be more social with others now that you're assigned on a squad."
Sasuke was starting to get curious about what Saya was trying to get to through this conversation as Saya noticed that Sasuke might not have eaten lunch since she heard something growling, and she knows that it wasn't her stomach.
"Hey Sasuke, didn't you pack any lunch for you to eat?" Saya said as Sasuke looked away, which means that he didn't, as Saya handed him her lunch. "Here Sasuke. You can have my lunch if you want. I'm suddenly not hungry."
Sasuke looked at Saya's lunch that was laid next to him then looked at Saya as she stood back outside. Nyoke jumped off of Saya's shoulder and towards Sasuke as he caught the small fox in his arms.
"Can you do me a favor Sasuke and take care of Nyoke until our lunch break is over?" Saya said as she turned her back towards Sasuke, who was just staring at her with Nyoke on his shoulder. "I have to do something important, and I'm not allowed to bring Nyoke with me. So please watch over her until I meet up with you in the classroom before lunch ends."
With that, Saya left in an instant to do her important business, which was reporting her progress so far with the third Hokage. Saya came into the third Hokage's office like a ninja as the third Hokage stopped doing his paperwork and gave Saya his full attention.
"I was hoping for you to report about your mission so far when you were off duty as a genin. But since you're already here Saya, please state your mission's report." The third Hokage said as Saya nodded her head.
"Yes Lord Hokage, but I'm not really here to announce my mission's report. I'm here to ask you about the squad I was assigned in. Each squad of genin should be equally balanced in strength and ability, but if Sasuke and I are in the same squad, won't that unbalance the squad's strength and abilities?" Saya said as the third Hokage nodded his head. "But if you knew that Lord Hokage, then why did you allow such thing to happen?"
"I know that if you and Sasuke were on separate squads, then it'll become difficult for you when you're trying to protect him without being to busy because of your training on separate squads. That's why I arranged the squad roster to have you on the same squad as young Sasuke." The third Hokage said as he glanced over at the clock hanging on the wall. "By the looks of it, you should be heading back to the academy before lunch ends for you genin."
Saya nodded her head as she left the third Hokage's office in an instant to head back to the Ninja Academy. All the genin, except Saya, were in the classroom waiting for their jounin teachers to arrive. Sasuke was sitting down on an empty seat with Nyoke sitting next to him on the desk as Ino walked up to him.
"Hey Sasuke. That's a cute fox you got there." Ino said as she held up Nyoke in front of her. "It's looks so cute, just like you Sasuke."
Nyoke bit Ino's hand to free itself from her grasp, causing Ino to realize Nyoke as it leaped into someone's arms.
"I guess Nyoke didn't appreciate you holding her Ino." Ino and Sasuke saw Saya standing nearby with Nyoke in her arms. "You have to make sure that she can trust you, or if I allowed you to hold her."
"Saya! You mean that's your fox?!" Ino said pointing at Nyoke as Saya nodded her head. "That fox of yours bit my beautiful hand! That thing might have rabies!"
"Relax Ino. Nyoke doesn't have any rabies, and she must've bit you because she didn't like you holding her when she doesn't really know you." Saya said as Nyoke climbed onto her shoulder and rubbed its cheek against Saya's as Saya faced towards Sasuke's direction. "Thanks for watching Nyoke while I had to do my thing Sasuke."
Sasuke just shrugged as some jounin teachers came into the classroom as all the genin joined up with their squads and assigned jounin teachers. All the squads and their jounin teachers left except squad 7, whose jounin teacher hasn't showed up yet.
"He's late." Naruto said as he looked out in the hallway for any sign of their jounin teacher while Sasuke, Saya, and Sakura were sitting down.
"Naruto, just sit down already." Sakura said as Naruto faced her and shook his head. "Why not?"
"Because I don't want to. Aren't you guys upset that our teacher's late? All the other squads left with their teachers to go on some cool mission, even Iruka-sensei left!" Naruto said as Saya walked up to him with Nyoke walking by her side.
"Try to be a little more patient Naruto. I'm sure our teacher has a reasonable explanation for being late." Saya said as Naruto had a prankster's look on his face. "Wait a minute, I know that look. You're not thinking of pulling a prank on our jounin teacher are you?"
Naruto pulled out a chair so he can place a chalk eraser in the small gap in the sliding door as Saya just rolled her eyes and walked up to Sasuke. She then sat on the desk next to him as Naruto finished setting up his prank.
"When our teacher comes in through that door then bam! The eraser will fall on his head for being late." Naruto said as Saya gave him an annoyed look.
"Our teacher's a jounin, an elite ninja. You think he'll fall for something like that?" Sasuke said as Sakura obviously agreed with him.
'You're such a stuck up Sakura, especially when agreeing with Sasuke.' Saya thought as they noticed their jounin teacher entering the classroom and fell for Naruto's prank. 'I can't believe that he fell for Naruto's prank. Is this guy really a jounin?'
Naruto started laughing at their jounin teacher as Saya and Sasuke looked dumbfounded because their silver haired jounin teacher fell for a simple prank so easily.
"Let's see, my first impression of this squad is that…. You're all a bunch of idiots." Naruto, Saya, Sasuke, and Sakura looked dumbfounded about what their teacher first described them as. "I want all of you to go on the roof of the Ninja Academy, except you."
The silver haired jounin was pointing towards Saya as Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke left the classroom to head to the academy roof.
"Saya Ashiteru, the youngest and most skilled anbu in Konoha right?" The silver haired jounin said as Saya got off the desk and stood before him. "Shouldn't you be leading missions instead of posing as a genin?"
"It's part of my mission Kakashi, and even though I'm posing as a genin, I'm still an anbu black op. This means that you should keep quiet about my mission, or else I'll inform Lord Hokage about you being late again." Saya said with her hands on her hips, and Nyoke on her shoulder.
"Fine, fine. Just don't inform the third Hokage about my tardiness." Kakashi said as he and Saya started heading up to the roof of the Ninja Academy.
Once all of squad 7 were on the roof, Sakura was sitting next to Sasuke, who happens to be sitting next to Saya, who was sitting next to Naruto. Saya was petting Nyoke, who happens to be on Saya's lap.
"Alright then, how about we introduce each other so we can know more about each other?" Kakashi said as Saya gave him an annoyed look.
'Kakashi's too lazy to do anything besides reading that pervy book of his. Knowing him, I bet he'll only tell us his name.' Saya thought to herself as Kakashi started to introduce himself.
Once all of squad 7 has introduced themselves, they were told that they had to arrive at the training grounds at the crack of dawn for a training mission. While everyone else went to go home, Saya was patrolling the village, after she dropped off Nyoke at her apartment. Even though she was still one her mission assignment, she's still an anbu black op, and she still has the duty to patrol Konoha as an anbu black op.
'I'm given a mission to pose as a genin and work my way up like Sasuke, but when I'm off duty, I still have to patrol Konoha. I don't think I'll be able to get a break from this mission.' Saya thought to herself as she came across the training grounds and noticed someone training there. 'Now who could be training at a time like this?'
Saya took a closer look at the figure by hiding on a nearby roof, and saw that the one training was Sasuke.
'Sasuke? Why would he be training this late?' Saya thought as she did a transformation jutsu and transformed her anbu look into her ninja look. 'Now to find out what's going on with Sasuke.'
Sasuke was practicing his shurikin jutsu as Saya appeared behind him with her hands behind her back.
"What are you doing here?" Sasuke said as he stopped training on his shuriken jutsu and faced Saya.
"I was going to ask you the same thing. You do know that we have training in the crack of dawn right?" Saya said as Sasuke nodded his head. "Then why are you still awake when you should be getting some rest?"
"I need to train so I can become stronger than the person I have to kill." Sasuke said as he continued training on his shuriken jutsu. "Why are you still awake and wandering around Konoha?"
'Because I have to patrol the village since it's my job as an anbu black op.' Saya thought as she realized that Sasuke might be waiting for her to answer his question. "I was just looking for a place to train without having any distractions. Training late at night when everyone in Konoha are asleep is a perfect time to train without having anyone or anything distract you. Maybe since you're training, and I'm going to train, then we could spar right here?"
Sasuke stopped his shuriken training as he walked up to Saya, who took a step back when he got close. He then appeared behind Saya and tried to hit from behind, but Saya quickly dodged his blow by ducking down and moving forward as she turned around to face Sasuke.
"Why were you trying to hit me for Sasuke?!" Saya said as Sasuke just smirked as Saya gave him a curious look.
"You said you wanted to spar with me right here remember?" Sasuke said as Saya slowly nodded her head. "Then what are you waiting for? I'm waiting for you to try to fight back."
Saya nodded her head in agreement as she charged up towards Sasuke and tried to punch him, but Sasuke grabbed her wrist with both of his hands before Saya's fist reached his body. Sasuke then gripped onto Saya's wrist and tossed her over his head and towards the ground as Saya grabbed onto his front collar before she reached the ground, causing them both to fall to the ground. Saya and Sasuke were both in surprise because of the position they were in since Saya was lying on her back with Sasuke on top of her with their lips almost touching. Sasuke quickly got off of Saya as Saya quickly sat up when Sasuke got off of her.
"Do you want to stop sparring, or do you want to continue?" Sasuke said as Saya stood in a fighting stance.
"Ready when you are Sasuke." Saya said as Sasuke charged up to her and suddenly appeared behind her with a kunai in his hand.
Sasuke tried to strike her with his kunai, but Saya quickly dodged it but got scratched on her right arm, revealing her cursed phoenix symbol. Saya cover the symbol with her hand before Sasuke was able to see it as she turned her back towards Sasuke.
"This spar is over Sasuke. We should be getting some rest for our training at dawn." Saya said as she was about to leave, but Sasuke appeared in front of her.
"What was that symbol that I saw on your arm before you covered it." Sasuke said as he walked up to her, but each step he took towards her, Saya steps back away from him.
"It's nothing Sasuke. There's nothing on my arm except that scratch you gave me with your kunai. You need to get some sleep Sasuke. You're starting to see things that aren't there." Saya said as she left in the opposite direction, but was suddenly pinned to a tree by some kunai.
Saya saw that the one who pinned her to a tree was Sasuke, who appeared before her as he removed her hand that was covering her arm.
"I was seeing things huh? Then how do you explain that symbol on your arm?" Sasuke said as he pointed towards Saya's cursed symbol.
"It's just a birthmark of the Hikawa clan." Saya said as she got herself free and moved behind Sasuke and instantly left.
'Birthmark of the Hikawa clan? Saya's last name is Ashiteru, but why would she have the birthmark of a Hikawa?' Sasuke left to get some rest for his squad's training while having a curiosity about which clan Saya's really from.