"I thought I heard your voice, Roza." said a familiar voice behind me. 'Crap!!'

"Hi, Yasashiku" I said turning around to see him at the bottom of the stairway, "Nice seeing you here."

"Yeah, what are you doing in here anyway?"

"I live here." I said in a flat tone.

"Oh..." now he was looking uncomfortable, "um...Kenshin and I just got rooms here,"

"I know," I replied darkly. He stared and I made a foolish attempt to smile. I turned to Auntie and said, "I think there might be a pipe leak in my room that I might need help with, could you come take a look at it?"

"I'll come with you, Roza," said Yasashiku. 'Make up an excuse! Come on, Roza!!'

"Um...it might be a gas leak and I don't want you to get...um dead from a random explosion."

He bought to miserably, "Oh, okay, see you later then." and he left.

"Right," then I turned to Auntie, "Come to my room and I'll tell you about my day."

The reason why I didn't want to tell anybody, except Auntie, about my day was because I didn't want Yasashiku to think I was an idiot for going on a...walk with someone who was questioning him about his life. Also because I only trust Auntie, she can hold a secret to the death.

We entered my room and Auntie closed the door behind her and sat on the bed with me. "So, how was your day, Roza?"

"I think, but I can't be sure, I think I went on a...date with Aburame Shino."

I heard crickets, and I felt Auntie tense up a bit.

"Repeat please."

"I think I went on a date with Shino," I repeated

"Why do you only think this?"

"Because we only went for a 30 minute walk was all."

"Oh..." she seemed really uncomfortable about something.

"Anything wrong, Auntie."

"You said Aburame, right?"

Oh no!

"Yeah, is something wrong?"

"And you said 'Shino'...right?"

"Auntie! Spit it out!"

"Do you know his fathers name?"

"Um...not really,"

Now we were both tense.

"Is there something you're not telling me, Auntie?" I asked.

"Yes, there is. But I can't tell you now."

"Why..."

"Because," she pointed to the only window in the room, "I wouldn't want Yasashiku to know about anything."

I gasped and looked out the window. Yasashiku was on the window sill, staring at me almost murderously. For a moment I thought I saw his eyes flash a crimson red, the color of blood, but they went back to normal and he jumped from the sill and disappeared.

"Why didn't you tell me he was here?"

"Because," she didn't answer, she just left the room. But for some reason, I didn't stop her. I just sat on my bed and stared at my wall.

"There was a reason I didn't want to tell him, Auntie," I muttered to myself, "I didn't want there to be any drama. I seriously didn't want anyone to know." I felt like screaming, but my throat was already sore, mostly from dryness.

Then I noticed my hand was holding something. My notebook.

"You were right," I said, as I opened it and grabbed a pen from my desk, "I really do need someone to talk to." I wrote so hard and furiously, that holes in the paper formed and there were big black blotches. ((what she pretty much writes is here whole day))

The next day:

"Okay, target locked?" Ayumi asked through her microphone.

"Yep," Kenshin answered.

"Ready to attack," I said, "in three"

"two..."

"CHARGE!"

All three of us ran, and Kenshin grabbed hold of the...

"Cat?" I asked.

"Apparently." said Kenshin, "But he's really...OUCH!!" the cat bit his arm, leaving it bleeding. The random reflex of the cat caused Kenshin to lose his grip. The cat tried to run away, but I grabbed its tail and dangled it upside down.

Ayumi emerged from the shadow of a nearby oak tree, and said, "Mission accomplished, let's get back to Lord Hokage and tell him we found the cat."

As we walked, I had to hold the cat in a normal, baby like, position. The cat didn't like that in the first place, so he scratched me a butch of times in the face. Of course it hurt, but I learned to live. My warm blood dripped down my face and left a trail, but I doubted anyone would follow a trail of blood...or even see it.

"Thank you so much for finding my little kitty!" said an old lady back at Lord Hokage's house.

"Wow..."I said, "I don't blame the cat for running away,"

"Agreed," Kenshin said, Yasashiku merely jerked his head down.

'He hasn't even looked at me since yesterday.' I thought, sadly.

"Good job, team 5." said Lord Hokage as the old lady left the room with a squirming cat. "To be honest, Ayumi, that's the second time the cat escaped today!"

"Really? Who got it before?" Ayumi asked.

"Team 7, there on a C-rank right now, so I couldn't call them again." Iruka said, who was sitting a few seats from Hokage.

Yasashiku, speaking for the first time today, said, "We can do C-ranks?"

"Don't get any ideas, Yasashiku." Iruka said firmly. "I already regret sending Naruto on a C-rank. I don't need to get any more Genin in more danger then they have to be."

"I, for one, don't think it's really fair," I broke in. But I doubt anyone heard me, a hawk flew in the room carrying a scroll. It landed in front of Hokage, gave him the scroll, and flew out the same window it came threw.

Hokage read it while smoking his pipe. Then he dropped his pipe and it landed on the wooden floor.

"What is it, Lord Hokage?" Ayumi asked.

"Team 7..." he said.

Everyone was silent as they listened, but he didn't continue.

"Lord Hokage, are you okay?" Iruka asked, standing up and walking to him.

He read the letter by reading it over Hokage's shoulder, and with every word he seemed to read, he got paler.

"What happened?!" I exclaimed.

Hokage got out of his trance and said, "Team 7 is on an A-rank mission!"

"What?" Ayumi asked.

"The old man they were escorting lied. He had an assassin after him!"

Everyone was silent. There was nothing anyone could say, accept...

"We need to send someone after them!"

"But who?"

"ANBU Black Ops, you fart"

"Yeah but most of them are on a mission involving that new village, Sound."

"At least one of the ANBU teams has to be around,"

"No," said Hokage, "I sent them all on the mission," then he sighed, "Ayumi, are you and cell 5 ready for this?"

"What?" she said, "Didn't you just say that they went on an A-rank?"

"Yes I did, why?"

"Well, you weren't planning on sending more Genin on an A-rank, were you?"

"Not at first, but I think six Genin and two Jonin can get this mission done."

"Why don't you just let all the Jonin go?"

"Because the other Jonin are all on missions, you just came back from yours."

"But Lord Hokage..."

"Roza, Kenshin, Yasashiku, do you accept this mission?"

We were all silent. 'Wow, an A-rank. That's tough stuff.'

"If we do accept it, then where would we go?" asked Kenshin.

"Water Village,"((or something like that.))

All the color drained from Yasashiku's face, "Water Village?"

"Yes, is there a problem?" asked Hokage. ((I wonder what happened to Iruka))

Yasashiku looked at Kenshin. He nodded and said, "Me and my brother accept," he looked at me, "How about you, Roza?"

I thought for a moment and said, "I accept." I thought I heard someone gulp.

"I guess I have no other choice," Ayumi said, "If my students are willing to help team 7, then I'm not letting them go alone."

"Then it's settled," Hokage said, then he held out a scroll and Ayumi grabbed, "All the information you need is in that scroll, your mission is to find team 7 and, possibly kill the assassin. Any questions?"

"What do we do if team 7 is already dead?" I asked. Angry looks from the room told me the answer, "Right, avenge their death, got it."