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So… Here I am with another chapter! Please read and enjoy!
Naruto: Yay! Double update!
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Author: Was that sarcasm I hear? Oh never mind, you're just jealous that you're not the main character here.
Sasuke: Hn. *Mutters under breath*
Author: What was that, my "dearest" Sasuke-kun?
Sasuke: *shudders* Nothing. (Runs to Itachi) Nii-san hide me!
Author: Che. I'm starting the chapter now. No time to bother about you. XP Please R&R!
Chapter Seven: Mission To Wave!
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"Talking"
Thoughts
"Now then, Kakashi's team seven, the missions available are, babysitting the councilman's boy, lawn mowing for a woman, helping dig up potatoes…" As the Sandaime got further and further down the red in Naruto's face was getting darker and darker, until the boy nearly had steam coming from his ears.
"ARGHHHH! NO! None of those! All of them! I want to do something where I can actually move, something more exciting! I'm a Summoner! Can't we do something else?" As Naruto threw his small tantrum Sasuke was silently agreeing with him.
He has a point…
The raven-haired avenger had the same feeling for a long time, only that he didn't protest to being assigned to D-rank missions. He wasn't going to get any better unless he was challenged by the higher rank missions, because the D-rank missions were simply just a joke.
Same old Naruto…
Sakura thought with a small smile, while Sai just gave a blank look, having been gently warned- scratch that, more like fatally threatened if he plastered on his fake smile.
I knew he was going to do this soon… Naruto's so much like him…
That was the only thought Kakashi had running through his mind as his charge ranted.
"Naruto!" Iruka burst out of his seat beside the Sandaime. "You're still a genin! You have to stick to the simple duties when you start out and work your way up to the harder missions." After the initial loud outburst his voice had softened somewhat but there was still a hard edge as he explained it. However, the message wasn't getting across. Off to one side the Sandaime sighed and shook his head, not expressing his true frustration.
The Sandaime felt the deep urge within him to bang the table in frustration, though he kept a calm façade in front of the genin team, and their jounin sensei, Kakashi.
The only reason why he was doing this was because of the reason that Kakashi would never let him live said action that was being constraint above down, seeing that the silver haired jounin had been hanging out with a certain purple haired sadist woman this past few months, and the Sandaime had learnt a lesson previously from it, seeing that Kakashi had not let the Sandaime forget about the incident that happened when they were observing the situation of the academy on the graduation day.
Yep, the Sandaime really slammed his head onto his desk in total shock in front of all the jounin senseis, when Sasuke and Naruto kissed.
Even though a month had passed since that particular incident, Kakashi had taken every opportunity to remind him of it whenever the two met, even in the hallways, causing the Sandaime much embarrassment indeed.
And he sure did not want that to happen again, especially since now both Iruka AND Kakashi were here.
The reason was that even though Iruka often lectured Naruto for his pranks and mischievous deeds, he himself was like an older version of Naruto, only more toned-down, as compared to a certain silver-haired jounin.
But when the two got together, it was like a never-ending hell of embarrassment that lay in wait for the poor Sandaime, every time either one of them saw him, or heaven forbid it, both of them.
At least Anko isn't here, though… The Sandaime shuddered unconsciously at the thought if the three of them were here together, the havoc would probably be penned down in history forever.
Realizing that he was straying further and further away from his main point of objective (so am I, actually :P), the Sandaime quickly willed himself to turn his attention to the hyper active blond ninja. Said blond ninja was currently discussing lunch of all things at this very moment, not caring for what the Sandaime had been trying to explain to him for the past half-hour without getting interrupted.
"Appologise to the Hokage!" Iruka's rant on Naruto's disrespectfulness came to an end and Naruto huffed.
"Fine…" He grumbled. "Sorry for being disrespectful old man, but I am not the troublemaker you seem to think I am!" With that he turned around and sat on the floor with a disgruntled pout.
I'm going to live through hell later for this… Kakashi sighed mentally to himself.
Iruka wore a slightly stunned look as he stared down at the young blonde who still managed to surprise him, and then he smiled.
Fine, I surrender… The Sandaime thought tiredly to himself.
"Okay… If you want it that much…" the rest of team Seven looked at him sharply as he spoke and the smile that was spreading across Naruto's face clearly indicated that he knew he had won.
"I'll give you a C-Rank mission." Still seated on the wooden floor of the mission center Naruto bounced and cheered loudly while behind him Kakashi was nearly in a state of shock wondering why the hell the Sandaime had given into Naruto so easily.
"It's a protection mission of a certain individual." He explained and Naruto burst into loud speculation. "…calm down, I'm about to introduce him." Naruto did just that, leaping to his feet and watching the doorway as Sarutobi called out.
"Tazuna, will you come in here?" A hand creped around the door and a man walked into the room.
"What's this? They're all a bunch of super brats." The man took a swig of alcohol from the Sake bottle that hung loosely from one hand and leaned against the doorframe. "Especially the stupid looking short one in the middle! Are you really a Ninja?" Naruto looked from side to side.
"Did he mean Sakura?" He asked loudly and most of the occupants of the room sweat dropped as Sakura and Sasuke looked down at him, moving closer to him to show that he was the only short one, while Sai remained stationary, bemused by the scene before him.
I would have to record this down later… Sai made a mental note to himself to do so.
Naruto looked back at Tazuna with a twitching deadpan expression before he exploded!
"I'LL KILL YOU OLD MAN!" He balled his fists and leapt at the drunken old man in a rage but Kakashi caught the back off his jacket and easily picked him up so that he was kicking at thin air.
"Hey! You shouldn't be trying to kill the person you're supposed to protect! Baka!" But Naruto wasn't really listening. Kakashi sighed and turned to the other three members of team seven.
"We'll meet at the east gate in half an hour. You have until then to prepare." Sakura and Sasuke nodded and left before Tazuna wandered off, leaving Kakashi with the hardest task of all.
Calming down Naruto.
I get you back for this… Oh just you wait…
An evil grin crept up on Kakashi's face, showing through his mask, as he thought of revenge on a certain pair of ANBU nins.
Half An Hour Later…
Walking through the gigantic gates of Konoha Naruto was nearly bouncing with enthusiasm.
"ALRIGHT! LET'S GO!" The blonde gave a loud cheer, zipping from one side of the path to the other in an effort to see everything at once. Standing toward the back of the group, the rest of Team Seven sweat dropped.
This brat… is a genin? Tazuna thought incredulously, as he observed the orange ninja energetically moving around.
Hn. As expected from a dobe like him.
NARUTOOOOOO! Inner Sakura cracked her knuckles, while she maintained a cool face on the exterior.
When Naruto zoomed by in front of her once more, Sakura grabbed a hold of Naruto by his collar, drawing him close to her. Naruto instantly blushed, much aware of how close he was to Sakura.
Maybe she finally realizes that I'm better than that teme! Is she… Is she going to kiss me?
Naruto could feel his heart rapidly beating as Sakura drew closer and closer to his face, and he closed his eyes, anticipating the kiss.
Instead of that, Sakura leaned into his ear, and whispered in a low volume, low enough that only Naruto and Sai could hear her.
"Try that once more, and I'll make sure that the part that never sees the daylight will hurt like hell." Sakura drew away with a sweet smile on her face that stated blandly as day "Mess with me and the next one will be you."
Kakashi, who had saw the entire scene with absolute clarity, gulped in slight fear.
That girl sure is… terrifying, though not as much as Anko… Looks like I have to think twice about that revenge I was going to take…
The copy-nin frowned, displeased at the thought of not being able to take his revenge.
"Well, seeing that Dickless has none of the part where you mentioned, Ugly, it probably won't hurt." Sai just had to add in his two-cents.
For the love of god, not again… Why must heaven be so cruel to me? Kakashi face palmed, earning a surprised look from Tazuna, who was unaware of what was going to happen next, while Sakura smirked evilly.
Face palm while you still can…Kakashi-sensei… There's still more to come…
Why must I have to put up with this dobe and this impersonator…?
Sasukegroaned inwardly, while maintaining a cool and uncaring face on the outside, mentally making a note to bring ear plugs when he would be out on a mission with this dobe.
"What did you say, Sai-teme!" The expected reply burst forth from the loudmouth ninja.
"Hard of hearing, dobe?" Sasuke felt compelled to add in a comment or two. He would never pass up a chance to insult "his" dead-last.
And thus, the cycle began once more.
Naruto, not wanting to back down and admit that Sasuke and Sai, who had defeated the Demon Brothers with surprising ease while he just stood there frozen, was high on his guard, and also twice as obnoxious and noisy as before.
"There! I hear something!" Naruto yelled out, throwing the kunai towards the bush where he had heard a sound.
When the bush was pulled apart, it revealed a snow-white bunny half scared to death by the kunai that had almost hit its head.
"NARUTO YOU BAKA!" Sakura instantly punched him, making him fly upwards and hit the ground with a heavy thud on his bottom.
That was when both Sakura and Sai sensed something that made their eyes widen.
Sasuke: Wow. A cliffhanger. I hate them as much as I hate you *mumbles about stupid authors*
Author: I'm feeling partially homicidal today, so you better… *cracks knuckles*
Sasuke: Understood. Please review! (Gulps)