The days passed as Naruto was assigned to Team 7 with Sakura Haruno and Sasuke Uchiha, with their leader Jounin, Kakashi. They have received a mission to escort a bridge builder to The Land of Waves to finish his bridge. Naruto promised he'd be back soon but Mina was still worried about him.
"Naruto, where are you?" Mina thought while looking up at the sky.
"Hey! What'cha doing?" Konohomaru asked peeping at her eyes.
"Looking at the sky!" Mina said, "obviously,"
"Your thinking about Naruto, aren't ya?" Konohomaru asked with cunning eyes.
"No!" Mina said mad and blushing.
"You so are!" Konohomaru said smiling.
"Knock it off you two, some of us need our rest," Third Hokage said coming out on the balcony the two of them were on.
"Hey old man!" Konohomaru said.
"Hokage-Sensei! What are you doing up?" Mina asked respectively.
"Your racket woke me," Third Hokage answered.
"Sorry," Mina said.
"Shouldn't you be training?" Third Hokage asked.
"Well I'm waiting on you"
"I see, you can go on ahead, besides I don't need to be in all of your trainings anymore since you are now a Genin,"
"Okay," Mina then jumped off into the forest area where she usually trained. It was set up with hidden targets and weapons in a hidden bag that only she knew where it was. From that bag she took out a folded Shuriken and unfolded it. She threw it at a target that was at a 7 o clock position from where she faced the bag but she missed.
"Darn it, I'll never be able to attack things behind me," Mina said frustrated. Once again Kanaka whom was hidden in the trees was watching her again. She smiled under her masked and went away out of the village and to a dock somewhere far from the Leaf Village but closer to the Rock Village. She entered a dark alley and went down a trapdoor hidden under a cardboard box. Here was a ladder that led to a spacious room where everyone from her squad and the other squad was waiting.
"Any luck with you?" The 2nd squad leader asked.
"Yes, I found her, and she is indeed alive" Kanaka said removing her mask,
"Finally, where?" a random Ninja asked.
"In the Leaf Village. According to my observations she's being trained directly by the Hokage." Kanaka explained, "and that she's gained a friend or two over these years,"
" Hear the Chunin exams are coming up," the 2nd squad leader said, "we should send in someone to catch her during the exam, but undercover,"
"I have befriended some pretty good Genin in the Village Hidden Among the Rocks, we could use them," Kanaka suggested.
"That's perfect, the perfect A ranked mission for them," 2nd squad leader said removing his mask. It revealed a man with black hair and eyes, sort of pale skin and a small scar very close to his left eye.
"So you've decided to remove your mask, Nero?" Kanaka asked.
"I can't stay in it forever, anyway Kanaka, get those Genin and submit them into the exam, and that's an order!" the 2nd squad leader ordered in a bit of a harsh tone.
"I'll never make it in time!" Kanaka said.
"You will," Nero said and with that Kanaka climbed the ladder and headed off fast. Nero was right, Kanaka made it in a matter of hours to the Village, and by surprise the two Genin were waiting for her at the gate to the Village.
"Well, why am I not surprised, Jan, Kan?" Kanaka asked the to, they happened to be twins at age 14, wore the standard Shinobi equipment and warm clothes. They also had blonde hair and eyes.
"You have a mission for us?" Kan asked.
"Yes, I need you to enter the Chunin exams," Kanaka said.
"We're registered, we were just heading out to catch up with the other Rock Shinobi," Jan said.
"Also, you must capture this girl," Kanaka said giving them a picture of Mina.
"What would you suggest as the best time to strike?" Kan asked.
"Either during the second stage of the exam or during the month of training before the Third part, we expect her to be delivered, alive to us," Kanaka finished.
"We accept your mission," Jan and Kan said together.
"We'll get your girl and no one with notice at all," Kan said as the two ran off to find the other Rock Shinobi.
"This is going to be easier than I thought," Kanaka said looking at the two running in the distance and smirking, waiting until the moment Mina was in her position at last, "the Lusion clan will finally fall,"
