Chapter 3: The Mission

"Deidara, Hidan. I have a mission for you two,"Pein said, welcoming the violet-eyed, white-haired man and the pyromaniac into his office.

With sunny blonde hair, and blue-green eyes, Deidara was a feminine looking, but don't that throw you off, he was very male....if you know what i mean..lol

Hidan was a religious man(the devil I mean), but you couldn't tell with all the swearing and what he did. With white hair that was slicked back with gel and violet eyes, he was scary enough but he even had a scythe!! 3 bladed too...deadly stuff.

Leader-sama?"Deidara asked, watching Pein shuffle some papers before saying,

"Hai, I need you two to kidnap two people. Both are females, one from Sunagakure and the other from Konohagakure. It doesn't matter who you get first, but we need both. The kunoichi from Suna is a genius and will be our strategist. The other kunoichi is psychic and medic. Both we need. It's helpful to have more intelligent people aboard."Pein said.

Deidara nodded his head and Hidan rolled his eyes but nodded as well.

"Here are their dossiers and the pictures of what they look like are inside so you don't get the wrong person. Dismissed."

Both the pyro and religious man filed out of the office.

"Just so we make things clear, I got the Suna chick! She was fucking hot!"Hidan smirked, fingering his scythe.

"That's nice coz I wasn't gonna take her anyway."Deidara said back.

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Ino was annoyed to death by Shikamaru. Everywhere she went he was there. No matter how hard she tried to avoid him, he still popped up.

"Hey Ino."

Ino sighed heavily before turning around to face her pineapple headed teammate,"Hai Shika?"

"Yeah..can you give me some advice?"He asked sheepishly, hands in his pocket and his eyes adverted from hers.

"Sure thing? About what?"Ino said, maybe there was some hope that he liked someone else now.'

"You know what girls like since you are one. What do I buy a girl for Valentine's Day?"

"Depending on what she likes, you buy jewelery, candy, or you can make or arrange something special."Ino said.

"Thanks," Shikamaru said, walking away leaving the blonde in peace. But her peace didn't last long when Tenten and Rock Lee suddenly appeared next to her.

"Ino. Godaime-sama wants to see us. We have a mission together."Tenten said. Ino sighed and followed them. Rock Lee got there first because he wanted to feel the "power of youth".

"..Wow..."Ino said and Tenten shrugged her shoulders in embarassment.

"You just gotta love him though."Tenten said. Ino laughed and nodded. She felt the same way about Choji, when he got thinking about food.

"Tenten! Ino! What took you so long!?"Rock Lee yelled from the Hokage's window.

Tenten and Ino hopped into the open window instead of walking up the stairs. That's be a waste.

"Godaime-sama,"Both girls said in unison.

"Tenten, Ino, and Rock Lee. Tsunade-sama have a mission requiring all of you. And it helps with your skills, Rock Lee and your taijutsu, Tenten and your weapons, and Ino and your mind abilities."Shizune answered for the blonde hokage.

"Hai, thank you Shizune. This mission is from the Takigakure, The Waterfall Village. It seems they need escorts. The Feudal Lord is being moved from Sunagakure to Takigakure, and you three will escort him there. There he will be safe, and your mission will be over. Simple."Tsunade said, her head resting in her hands.

"Tenten, you are the leading officer for this mission."Shizune said, just as Tsunade opened her mouth.

"Shizune isn't it time for you to get your library books to the library?"Tsunade growled. Shizune was getting to her.

"Oh! Hai, thank you for reminding me, Lady Tsunade."Shizune said, dashing off.

"The Power of Youth will be displayed in this mission and we will give it our best!!"Rock Lee's shout filled the air.

Tenten, Ino, and Tsunade all anime sweatdropped and Tsunade sighed before saying,"Be ready to leave tomorrow at 7am."

"Hai!"All 3 chorused before going their separate ways.

Ino loved walking throughout the village..she appreciated beauty. The village wasn't all that beautiful, it was the flowers and the foliage she loved around the village. Ino couldn't explain why but she had an urge to take a walk by the lake owned by the Uchiha's. Sasuke lived in his old district again, but that wasn't the reason she was going.

Ino was actually kinda over Sasuke. She was his friend, but nothing more. She had been sitting there with her feet dangling over the water for about 10 minutes when Sasuke and Sakura had showed up.

"Ino-pig! What are you doing here!? Trying to spy on my Sasuke-kun?"Sakura playfully accused, if you could call it playful.

"No, Billboard Brow. Just enjoying the peace and quiet until you and pretty boy showed up!"Ino retorted. Sasuke's expression changed for a second before going emotionless again. Ino still caught it though.

"Why are you here on my lake anyway?"Sasuke asked, putting his 2 cents in.

Ino turned around to him before saying,"Coz you're lake is the best one. It's got the most water flowers and nature around it other than Shika's but his is too far to walk to."

"Well, leave Pig. Sasuke-kun was taking me out a date here."Sakura bragged, but she thought Ino wouldn't care. Wrong.

"Oh. Have a nice date."Ino said, getting up and leaving. Tears sprang to her eyes, by the thought of Sakura having found love faster than she did. She promised Asuma-sensei she wouldn't lose to Sakura in either battle nor love. Well she lost both then. Sakura wasn't stronger than her by much, it was just that Sakura had Tsunade to train her while Ino had nobody.