Just Another Secret
Disclaimer: I Don't Own Naruto.
"You're late!" as was customary the two teammates yelled at their three-and-a-half hour late sensei, while the third member watched in supposed indifference. (Though the twitching eyebrow gave him away.)
"Mah, mah. I ran into a black cat, but it kept following me around so I was forced
to…"
"LIAR!"
Eye-smiling Kakashi made to walk away "And I had finally found a decent
mission for you…I suppose I will just have to tell Hogake-sama that we don't…" KABOOM! A raging fireball would have hit him had he not kamawiid fast enough. "Right then. Let's go meet the client."
Sakura converged onto Sasuke, laying praise on how great he was, while Naruto hounded Kaskashi. "What are we doing? Is it a rescue mission? Will we be saving a princess? Are we going to…?"the sensei ignored his rambling student, but had he looked closer he would have seen the dull eyes, showing that Naruto didn't really care. For you see, Naruto was a master. Sure he had horrible chakra control and his genitsu skills sucked, but he was an actor. At the drop of a hat he can change his emotions to fit the situation, for example – take his 'happy' mask. He knew that a strong smart 'monster' would only cause unease…and him a lot of pain so he acted. He became a happy-go-lucky idiot with an unrealistic goal and it probably saved his life. Sure, he was still hunted down like an animal (or more specifically-a fox) but he learned valuable lessons in pain tolerance, stealth, traps and strategy. So, while he pretended to be an idiot and a prankster, he secretly trained. Out of the three academy jutsu's he was really only able learn kamawarii; he had too much chakra to do the others correctly. He was able to invent his own henge, perfectly replicating a person (and with his acting skills…) and turning him into that person. Not able to do the illusion, he forced his body to change; sure it hurt like hell the first dozen times he used it, but it only served to improve his pain tolerance. Then he downgraded his henge using sexy-no-jutsu. The idea behind this technique was to either make the enemy pass out or make them too uncomfortable to realize that Naruto had officially become a girl. Of course, that was too complicated for…BAM!
"Baka, we're here. Pay attention." Sakura 'lovingly' screeched at him.
Sakura…another of his 'bad' ideas. Figures that his attempt to make himself 'normal' would end up with an evil woman bashing his brains in. Shudder, last time he would ever fake a crush.
POV Change:
The door opened revealing Jiji-san sitting at his desk; I forced my mind back on the mission. "Hey Jiji! What's the awesome mission?" My smile froze at the guilty look in his eyes, before he managed to hide it.
Clearing his throat (and avoiding my eyes) he told out group "Team 7…I have a B class infiltration mission for you."
A stunned silence fell over the room, even (what I could see…) Kakashi-sensei looked shocked. If I wasn't so upset I would have tried dropping one of my ink brushes to see what happened.
"Hokage-sama, I don't understand why you have given us this mission. We aren't a covert infiltration team."
Sighing he replied haltingly. "Very true Kakashi, however you do have the best team fro the job; or rather, your team has the best ninja for the job. My best operator has been assigned to your squad as an undercover agent and I need him specifically if I want this mission to succeed." Reaching into his desk drawer he pulled out a sealing scroll and tossed it to Naruto. "Welcome back Kitsune."
Silence, then "Ha…hahahaha! Nice joke Hokage-sama. Now what's the real mission?" While the attention had shifted back to Jiji I swiftly swapped the scroll in my hand to a blank on I had prepared earlier, then, pouting slightly I returned the now empty scroll to the Hokage.
"Well, actually, that is –thank you Naruto- the real mission." The Hokage pretended that he didn't see Team 7's incredulous looks. "A B-rank infiltration mission in the Village of Stone. There have been rumors of Orochumoru being sighted there and we suspect a secret treaty between Sound and Stone." Jiji reached into the drawer again and pulled out a mission scroll handing it to Kakashi-sensei.
Lazily opening the scroll his posture abruptly straightened, "we have another team going with us?"
I perked up…just maybe… "Yes. I have another team who was quite…insistent on this mission. I believe they are excited being reacquainted with-"
"KIT!" the body pouring through the window barely even paused before she was clinging to Naruto.
Sasuke, Sakura and Kaskashi watched in confusion while the Hokage attempted to contain his amusement.
A deep voice wry with humor spoke from the doorway "Seal, if you don't stop squeezing him, Kit's going to fall unconscious."
When Seal failed to comply with the hint, I turned on the puppy eyes "Beav…er, he..l..p." Now the tears in my eyes weren't faked, they were produced by my lack of oxygen.
My plea only gained a sympathetic look "Sorry Kit, even I know better than to get between Seal and her target."