Woohoo! Great reviews!
2 points for unknownher and P.S. Ellie
5 points for VampireSiren, Yuri Tora, and Satoberi
bonus 5 points for Yuri Tora, cause they recommended me in their story To Fill The Void...and they did the same for me :) love ya 3
Here's where points currently stand:
Yuri Tora: 12
VampireSiren: 7
Satoberi: 5
twistedlittledoll: 4
minakoS, Freddie4153, SabinXItachi, StellarNymph, GaaraRules29, mizudoriisamu, P.S. Ellie, unknownher: 2
P.S. Ellie: Dude! That would be awesome! But it's not gonna happen. Sorry. Good idea though. Already had what's gonna happen figured out though.
Satoberi: eventually :) not in this chapter though :_{
unknownher: glad you like it! I wasn't originally going to do the love triangle, but Yuri Tora gave me the push to do it. They were eventually going to have a thing anyways, but I decided to do it sooner rather than later.
Yuri Tora: you're almost exactly right. He doesn't really tell Hikaru to back off though. Protective he is though. You'll see more of that in the next few chapters.
VampireSiren: he's definitely upset! He's going to become extremely protective of Noriko and that's going to stick around for quite awhile, even if she doesn't realize it all the time
Now, without further ado, The Rescue Mission Arc!
Things were slow after the chunin exams. Although all of team Shikako had passed, that didn't mean Shikako had let his team off the hook for training. As a "present" graduating, Shikako had taken the new chunins on an extreme survival training trip. Only when he felt the chunins had been sufficiently whooped did he bring them home and treat them to a well-deserved dinner-on him.
Ayaka, Hikaru, and Noriko had only taken on one mission since becoming chunin-a simple c ranked escort mission that had gone off without a hitch. Hikaru had complained that they had done similar missions while genin and claimed that c-ranked missions were below them now. This had earned him a significant beating from Shikako. The jonin believed in humbleness, amongst other things, and wouldn't stand for a cocky student.
During this time, Noriko didn't see a lot of Itachi-almost to the point where she felt he was avoiding her-but she did spend plenty of time with Hikaru. During their free time, the young couple spend much time in each others company. They'd gone on several lunch dates, including a picnic by the lake, but the more time Noriko spent with Hikaru, the more she realized she didn't feel a spark between them. She cared for Hikaru and thought he was attractive, but felt something was missing between them.
About a month after the chunin exams, Team Shikako was called before Hokage. Already in the room were Itachi and three Jonin.
"Good. You're all here now. I have an urgent A-ranked mission for you all. There's been a man kidnapping young girls from nearby villages. Not much is known other than his physical description. We will have you in two teams: an infiltration team and an extraction team. Infiltration will be lead by Itachi and consist of Ayaka, Hikaru, and Noriko. The rest of you will be extraction lead by Shikako. Shikako, you have the lead on this mission. Here's all the information we have on the situation. Now, move out!"
"Hai, Hokage-sama!"
They met outside the village and went over the information.
"Alright, here's the plan," Shikako said. "Noriko will be the bait."
"What?!" Hikaru exclaimed.
Itachi frowned, but said nothing.
"Noriko is the youngest and will be most likely to attract this guys attention."
"I can handle this. I won't let you down, Sensei!"
"I know you can. You won't be able to take any weapons, but between your genjutsu and ninjutsu, you'll be fine. Ayaka will send in her smallest moths both to aid in genjutsu and tracking. Once you get to your destination, Ayaka will alert my team with her moths. Meanwhile, Hikaru will keep watch with his Byakugan. If anything goes wrong, you three will back up Noriko and get her out of there. Once my team arrives, we will detain the kidnapper and you four will find and free the girls. Any questions?"
They shook their heads.
"Then let's move out!"
Alright, I'm going to end it there for now. Hope you all enjoyed it! Shout out to Yuri Tora for being in first place!
For the question: we know this mission is a rescue mission, but who will ultimately be the one getting rescued and by who?
5 points to the reviewers who get it right, 2 points to the rest of you who review.
I'll update as soon as possible, but I'm without internet since I just moved at the beginning of March.
