Chapter 4- The missions

The next morning when I woke up I saw Uncle Shi still sitting in my desk chair but now he was sleeping. I quitely got up and did my morning things. Shower, brush my hair and teeth, and got dressed. Heading towards the kitchen I decided to make breakfast this morning. 'I wonder how long Uncle Shi stayed up last night?' As I started working on the pancakes I heard the shower get turned on. 15 minutes later Uncle Shi came down and sat down at the table.
"Feeling better this morning Raven?"
~Yes, thanks a lot for last night.~
"Your welcome. What's for breakfast?"
~My specialty. Blueberry pancakes. Want some?~
"Um let me think. You're cooking or nothing. I'll take the pancakes."
~Meany, here have these.~
I handed him a plate with most of the pancakes burnt. One thing about Uncle Shi is he won't let anyone see his face but me. I guess I'm special. After the two of us ate we headed of to meet the others. When we got there Sakura was yelling at Naruto and Sasuke was tuneing them both out. Uncle Shi rolled his eyes and cleared his throat. Sakura and Naruto turned and said at the same time just as they did the day before, "YOU'RE LATE." "Sorry, but a black cat crosses our path and we had to take the long way." "Your lieing." the two of them said in unison once again. "Well lets get our missions stared for today. We first have to take care of Mrs. Johnson's kids, then we have to weed Mr. Carnone's herb garden. Let's go."

After two hours of babysitting, we headed to Mr. Carnone's food store. When we got there he asked the four of us who knew how to tell what was a herb and what was a weed. It turned out that only I knew how. So while I pulled up weeds, the other three helped in the store. Uncle Shi stayed outside to watch over me.
~Raven are you ok, you have been really quite today?~ He asked my while reading his book.
~Huh. Oh yea I'm fine. Why?~
~Well you talk to me most of the time, and today you haven't said one word since breakfast. Now what's really wrong?~ He looked up from his book and gave me a concered look.
~Nothing, just thinking to myself.~
~That's a lie. I know you better than that. Tell me what's wrong.~
~It's nothing. Don't worry about it.~
~Alright I'm not going to push you.~ He let out a sigh and turned back to his book. I went back to weeding and thought about the dream I had last night. I didn't relise but I had finished weeding the herbs, and now I was sitting there stareing off into space. Soon I felt someone tapping my shoulder, they scared me so I flipped them over in front of me and they landed on their back. When I got a better look at the person I saw it was Uncle Shi.
"Ugh! Raven remind me never to scare you again."
~Crap, I'm sooooo sorry Uncle Shi. It's just you scared me. Did I really flip you?~
"Yea you did."
~Sorry once again.~
I helped him up and he dusted himself off. "I came to tell you that we can head home." I nodded my head and followed the others back. Sasuke, Sakura, and Naruto went their own ways home, while Uncle Shi went to the hokage's office and I headed home. When I got home I went upstairs and took a shower. As I cut off the water and wrapped a towel my body and walked across the hall to my room, I heard the door open and close.
"Raven get down here I need to tell you something."
~Okay hold on I'm getting dressed.~
I quickly got dressed in a pair of black short sleep shorts and a dark grey tank-top and headed downstairs. When I got downstairs I saw Uncle Shi looking rather grim. "Raven sit down." I sat down and looked at him.
~What's up.~
"I have to go on a mission and it will take a few days."
~Really. When do you leave?~
"In an hour, so I need to go pack. Will you be ok for a few days?"
~Yea I'll be fine. Do we still train with each other?~
"Yea that will be fine. I asked Asuma to check on you guys while I'm gone."
~Ok well do you want me to make you some food for the road.~
"That would be nice, just nothing big and heavy."
I smiled. ~Sure no problem.~ An hour later Uncle Shi had everything he needed to leave, and was at the door. He put his bag down and held his arms out to me. I ran over and gave him a bone crushing hug.
~Please be careful.~
"I promise I will. Alright I have to go now."
~Okay. Oh here is some food, it's not much but it's something to fill your stomach.~
"Thanks kido. Don't stay up to late and don't eat junk food. Alright I have everything so I better get going. See ya in a few days. Bye."
As he walked out the door he waved good-bye to me. 'PLEASE let him come back in one piece, he's all I have left.'

It's been three days since Uncle Shi left and at the moment I was walking home in the rain after training. 'Wow training is boreing without Uncle Shi. Wow I never thought I would EVER say that in my life.' I unlocked the door and went in. Closing the door with my foot I heard something moving upstairs. I quitely walked up the stairs and to my room. Opening the door I saw two figures, one standing up and the other sitting on my bed up against the wall. I turned on the light to get a better look a them.

The shark man put his huge sword looking thing up against the wall. "Heal him now or die a slow and painful death." I nodded and ran out of the room to get the things I would need to heal the man on my bed. I stepped up to my room door and saw the man on my bed start to fall off it. I dropped everything I had in my hands and ran over to catch him before he hit the floor. Sitting on the floor with his head aginst my chest I noticed he was having trouble breathing. Shark man came over and picked up the guy and laid him down on my bed. I got up and picked up the bowl and herbs that I had dropped, when I came into the room. I went out of the room and came back in a few minutes later with some hot water. In the bowl I then crushed up the herbs and added some water, just enough to make a paste. 'Well lets get this over with.' I took off his odd coat, cut his shirt off, and took off his head-band. 'HEY! That's a Kohana head-band, but that slash on it means he is a missing nin.' As I worked on the man who was now sleeping on my bed I noticed who handsome he looked while he slept. 'What am I thinking he is a missing nin and I can't think about how he looks.' Looking up at the clock on my desk, I saw it was 2am. The ninja on my bed was now healing and shark man was sleeping standing up, he (shark man) had been looking out my window ever since I got in my room. I sat with my back leaning up against my bed, I was so tired that I fell asleep where I was.