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Tsunade smirked as she thought over her plan to get Nira back for her comments. Her first mission would be with Team Kakashi. Not that bad until you considered the swamp you had to cross to get to the site of their mission, and the fact that Ichiraku Ramen was introducing a new special tomorrow, so Naruto would definitely be heartbroken about missing. Dealing with a ramen-deprived Naruto should be punishment enough, she reasoned.
Nira knocked on the door. "Enter."
"I have your first mission: there has been a bank robbery in the Land of Rice Patties. They would like to commission one of our ninja teams to capture the thief. You will meet your team at the gate in half an hour. Dismissed."
Nira left the office and a man with spiky silver hair entered the office. She was a little confused as to Tsunade's civility. She was about to kill me yesterday, and not so much as a snide comment today But then, I think she was trying to hide a smirk while describing my mission. Why? It doesn't sound that bad.I guess I'll find out. Nira grabbed her backpack from her apartment and headed for the gate. She still had some time, but didn't want to go somewhere else first, get lost and be late. Nira lay on the branch of a tree, while Kea rested in the shade of a bush below. The wind was blowing from the village to her, so she smelled her team before she saw them: roses, ink and paper, and ramen. The yellow-haired boy who ran into me yesterday was yelling about ramen. Is he my teammate? Oh no. I still have a headache from yesterday! As Team Kakashi approached, her fears were confirmed. Naruto was approaching along with a pink haired girl who smelled like roses and a pale boy with black hair that smelled of ink and paper. Maybe they're just passing through, cross my fingers. But they settled down beneath my tree and Naruto yelled "I'M MISSING THE NEW SPECIAL AT ICHIRAKU RAMEN!" Naruto wailed. "IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE EVEN BETTER THAN THE MISO BROTH WITH PORK AND PICKLED BAMBOO SHOOTS! WHY IS TSUNADE BEING MEAN? WHAT DID I DO TO HER?" Great, I have a headache starting already.
"Naruto, will you stop yelling about ramen! Aren't you even curious about what our new teammate is going to be like?" the pink-haired girl asked.
"YEAH, BUT I STILL WANT RAMEN!"
"That's enough, Naruto." Apparently Kakashi is the silver-haired man who went into Tsunade's office after me. "Are we still waiting for our new team member?"
Nira jumped down from her branch, stating "I'm here." Kea came out from the bushes to stand by her side.
"HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN THAT TREE?"
"Since before any of you got here. I wanted to get a chance to observe you all a little bit before the mission."
"HEY! DIDN'T I SEE YOU BEFORE SOMEWHERE?"
Nira rolled her eyes. "Yeah. You knocked me down, yelled something about ramen, and took off like a lunatic."
"That definitely sounds like Naruto" the pink haired girl put in.
"Perhaps we should introduce ourselves properly." Came the flat voice of Kakashi. "I am Kakashi, leader of this team."
Sakura was introduced as the pink haired girl that smelled like roses, and Sai was the pale boy who smelled like ink. Naruto, for his introduction yelled "I'M NARUTO AND I WANT TO BE HOKAGE!"
"I'm Nira, and this is Kea."
Naruto then yelled "I'm GOING TO CATCH THIS THIEF AND EAT RAMEN DATTEBYO!" and took off. Nira sighed. This could be a long mission.
. . .
"Nira." She turned around to find Kakashi looking at her with his one uncovered eye while they moved through the forest.
"Yes?"
I know the strengths and weaknesses of the other members of the team but not yours. I know you are a tracker, but nothing else (Actually Tsunade let him see the video of Nira's test, but he knew you could find out a lot still by questioning the person).
"How do you tend to fight?"
"My battle strength lies in my speed and my chakra control. I use the least amount of chakra possible, so I have much more endurance than most ninja. If I have to use chakra, it is as shuriken or occasionally as a net or wire."
"Preferred weapons?"
"Kea and shuriken."
Do you use Genjutsu?"
"I have zero ability to cast a Genjutsu, but am fairly adept at escaping them. I can always tell when I'm in one because my nose itches."
"Taijutsu?"
"Weak."
"Ninjutsu?"
"I can use my clan's signature move, which enhances the sense of smell of a human."
During the tracking test, Kea smelled the female beetle.
"Other than that, I can use the basic Ninjutsu, but they tend to be weak, except for my specialty which is forming my chakra into tiny shuriken less than an inch long and launch them at the enemy. The chakra shuriken can cut through most weapons, and the smaller the shuriken, the sharper they are and the faster they move."
"Show me." Kakashi commanded raising his headband and exposing the Sharingan.
"How many should I make?"
"How many can you do?"
"About a fifty at most."
"How about 6?"
She let lose 6 miniature shuriken composed of chakra within a few seconds of his words leaving his mouth. She directed them at a hill in front of them. When they reached the hill, he saw that there were 6 tiny holes that went completely through the small hill.
"COOL! CAN YOU MAKE BIGGER HOLES?" Naruto shouted.
"Yes, but the larger the hole, the less sharp the shuriken is."
"Hmm." The chakra shuriken would require immense chakra control, on a level with medical ninja. "Can you heal?"
"Never been taught. My training was mostly tracking."
The incredible chakra control and speed cover for her weaknesses at Genjutsu, Taijutsu and Ninjutsu other than her specialty. Even though I used my Sharingan to copy her chakra shuriken, I don't have the chakra control to make a shuriken that small and sharp. "Can you use any Ninjutsu in combination with Kea like the Inuzuka clan can?"
"No. My family gave that up to focus on the tracking part of our abilities."
"Phobias?"
She looked down. "If there is any possibility that they could affect a mission, I need to know." Kakashi reminded her.
"Tunnels. Small, dark places." She said in a flat, dead voice.
"Do you normally work with short-, mid-, or long-range ninja?"
"I trained with all three types occasionally, but I mostly it was just me and Kea, who's a short-range." Kakashi was glad to note that her voice was regaining its normal vibrancy. So it sounds like tunnels and small spaces are completely incapacitating to her. Good to find this out now, I guess.
"So how do Sakura, Sai and Naruto fight?"