A/N: And here' s my next chapter. Joy. And no, I don't own Naruto. As cool as that would be, but my writing skills suck too much for anything I write to be published. And my drawing skills? Lets not even go there. Anyways, here you go.

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Ch. 3 First Mission: Boringly Non-Eventful

I arrived at the training grounds the next day at 7:00. Happily early I sat down underneath a tree and pulled out a peach, I didn't eat breakfast today either.

"30 minutes to do what I want, huh?" I murmured, "Hm…suggestions?"

Reading?

Writing?

Drawing?

Set a trap?

Become emo?

SING THE EMO SONG!

…Please don't…

I grinned to myself as I threw away the peach pit. I'll just go with listening to music, but first I dug through my bag looking for some bandages.

"How come I was the only one who got multiple injuries?" I grumbled as I started to wrap the bandages around my arms, "Oh well, it's nothing too bad"

Luckily most of the weapons were genjutsu…

You should've done that earlier

I shrugged to myself as I put the remaining bandages away and grabbed my I-pod. Putting on an upbeat song, I got up and stretched my arms out. Might as well train, good encouragement music.

By the time the rest of my team arrived I was still training, taijutsu with a bit of weaponry, a big stick/staff. I glanced out the corner of my eye over at them, they were watching me. I stopped right in the middle of spinning the staff over my head and sat down with my back to them.

"I really can't stand it when people watch me train" I murmured as I gently placed my staff down next to me. I then stood up and walked right past my teammates to my backpack and put away my I-pod. Turning over my shoulder I smiled at my teammates.

"Hi, good morning" I said quietly as I returned to my staff and sat down facing them.

"You use a staff?" Shino asked quietly.

"Not usually" I replied as I shook my head no, "but my family has a scythe master and a metal claw master and my sibling wants to be a katana master so I decided to do something different"

"Hey Ashi, uh…we were wondering about your alter egos" Kiba asked, somewhat awkwardly.

Darn it

"Yeah?" I asked wearily.

"Well, how will we know if it's really you?" Kiba asked.

"Taishoku has darker eyes and attitude, Renshi, you've never met her, has lighter eyes and is more hyper" I said simply as I flopped backwards.

"O-oh, well t-that h-helps…" Hinata stated.

"But what I'm more concerned about is getting you to switch without falling unconscious" a serious voice from above us stated. We all looked up.

"Good morning Kurenai-sensei" we greeted.

" 'Morning guys" she replied as she jumped down from the tree she was in, "we have a mission today"

"What is it? Are we escorting someone? Delivering something???" Kiba was bouncing up and down, excited for his first mission I guess.

"Actually…we're helping some people move…" Kurenai-sensei replied sheepishly, "But it was either that or weeding some old lady's garden"

"Weeding isn't bad…" I muttered quietly as Kurenai-sensei started walking away. We stared at her blankly.

"Well? Come on, we've got a mission to do"

Kiba ran after Kurenai-sensei and Hinata followed as well. Shino glanced at me and then started walking after them.

I hate moving…

I adjusted the boxes I was carrying as I balanced precariously on a rock.

"You shouldn't do that, you'll fall" Shino stated as he walked past me. I stared at the back of his head before jumping to the next rock, barely keeping my balance.

"This isn't fair, these boxes are heavy!" Kiba complained as Akamaru dragged a bag full of extra stuff behind him.

"B-but Kiba it'll h-help m-make u-u-us st-stronger" Hinata stuttered as she smiled down at Akamaru.

"Oh yeah, good point. Are you okay with your box?" Kiba inquired as he glanced back at Hinata. Unlike us, Hinata was only carrying one box, while the rest of us were carrying two.

"I'm o-okay"

She's not that fragile…

I jumped to another rock and almost fell off, quickly jumping to the next rock. Shino gave me a glance before shaking his head.

Hoo!

The high pitched hoot startled me and I spun around on the rock and looked around.

Wait…what?

Hoo!

Hoo!

I looked around again, no one seemed to have noticed the sound…maybe I'm hallucinating. Shrugging, I jumped to the next rock, barely keeping my balance.

Hoo!

What the...?

That was my last thought before something ran into me, knocking me off the rock and sending me and my boxes flying. I groaned as I landed on my back and heard the boxes crash on the ground.

"I told you"

I glared at Shino's almost smug sounding voice as I stood up and looked around for what hit me.

Hoo!

I glanced down, only to find myself looking into big golden yellow eyes. It was a baby owl. It looked up at me, tilting its head slightly before jumping into my vest pocket.

Hm?

I sighed as I ignored my aching back and picked up the two boxes…or…I was going to until Shino some how picked up one of my boxes.

"Hey!" I exclaimed as I turned to look at Shino, talking for the first time in about an hour "That's my box, you don't have to carry it"

"You're in pain, it won't help to carry too much weight" Shino stated simply as he started walking once again.

Weird boy…

"Everything okay back there?" Kurenai-sensei asked as she glanced over at us. Kiba and Hinata stopped talking and looked as well.

Shino and I nodded as I started walking again. I spared a glance at the owl chick in my pocket. It poked it's pale, tan, heart shaped face out of my pocket and looked up at my face.

Hoo!

I smiled down at it and increased my pace, catching up with the rest of my team.

Heart…Shinzo…hm…

"Alright!" Kiba exclaimed, cheering as he put down his boxes, "One more trip and we're done!"

Akamaru barked in response and jumped on Hinata's head as the rest of us dropped off our boxes and started heading back.

"If we finish within 5 minutes I'll treat you guys to dinner" Kurenai-sensei stated.

"Yes! Let's go!" Kiba exclaimed as he started running.

"Can we get dumplings" I asked quietly, tugging gently on Kurenai-sensei's sleeve as I lagged behind the hurrying Kiba and Hinata.

"Of course" Kurenai-sensei replied as she smiled at me. I gave a shy smile back and ran after my teammates, "Hey Kiba, I'll race you!"

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There we go, the end of my torment for today. Sorry if posting took too long...I really have no excuse. Anyways, the bunny asks you to review. Please, seriously. I don't want him taking over my kitchen!!! It took me days to put back the pots and pans!!! Argh! Not the frying pan! Stay back! Back I say!! NOOOOOOOOOO...

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