What's up? Time for the next chapter and here is the list
Hinata
Tenten
Anko
Haku
Temari
Yugito/Nibi
Samui
If your choice wasn't on here than I apologize but it's my decision. I also apologize for the short chapter last time but my older brother stopped by and we've been spending a little bit of time together so it can't be helped. To answer a few things...
NorthSouthGolem: I know right? When I read that off of Narutopedia I had to reread that.
Oraman Asturi: Uh...yeah let's go with that.
Echo Uchiha:...Dude did you read the summary? Sasuke Bashing, he won't be paired with anyone and will most likely be arrested or die at the end of my story so...sorry...thanks for the reviews though...
Like I always say, thank you for all the reviews and positive feedback and...HAJIME!
10 am. Konohagakure woods
"Beetle in position." a monotone voice said over a radio
"Lioness in position." a young feminine voice called.
"Spirit in position." another male said.
"This is Petals, what's your distance from the target." an adult female voice questioned over the headset.
"10 meters." Beetle answered.
"6 meters." Lioness replied.
"2 meters. Shall I proceed with capturing?" Spirit whispered as not to alert the target.
"Affirmative in 3...2...1...NOW!" As soon as Petals finished that last word, Spirit lunged toward the target, which was small and had a...bow in it's hair?
"Gotcha!" Spirit exclaimed grabbing the target, which was revealed to be a cat as it squirmed around but almost instantly calmed down when it realized just who the person was and let itself be held in his arms.
"Let see, red bow in it's hair. Yep, this is Tora alright." Spirit said through the headset, revealing to be Naruto as he idly stroked Tora's fur causing it to purr. Soon Beetle, Lioness, and Petals or Shino, Hinata, and Kurneai emerged from the behind there hiding spots.
"Great work team, I think we even broke our old record." Kurenai praised.
"I still don't understand how Naruto gets Tora that calm." Shino said with Hinata in agreement as they saw the cat nuzzle into Naruto's chest. Though Hinata was secretly wishing that she was in Tora's position but quickly shook those thoughts off as they always led to things a little more...provocative.
"I think your right Kurenai-sensei, 23 minutes. Lets head back to the tower." Naruto said with everyone else nodding.
Later at the Hokage tower
"Excellent work Team 8, you've beaten the old record by 7 minutes." the third Hokage said in approval. He still couldn't believe that there was actually a ranking for how fast you could catch a cat. But seeing as how feisty it was and would runaway from the Damiyo's wife several times a week it seemed necessary. What did baffle him was that it would become a tame kitten as soon as Naruto showed up. It's as if all felines seemed comfortable toward him. (Wink, Wink, Nudge, Nudge)
"Thank you Hokage-sama." Kurenai replied politely but on the inside was getting reallysick of chasing that damn cat once a day. She still had claw marks from the last time she tried to capture the little demon. She watched in satisfaction as the Damiyo's wife squeezed the poor cat to near death.
"That's it...just a little more." Hinata, Shino, and Kurenai thought with eerily glee.Sarutobi than picked up a sheet of paper on his desk.
"Let see...we have pulling weeds at our Suna liaison's home, tending to the Nara deer farms, babysitting the-" Before he could go any further Naruto raised he hand.
"Uh Hokage-sama if I may, we've done over 50 D-rank missions in little over a month. I believe were qualified for at least 3 C-ranks." Naruto interjected as Kasumi had taught him basic Konoha politics to get the council off his back should he slip up and ranked missions popped up once or twice. Iruka shook his head.
"Naruto, Hokage-sama will give you a higher ranked mission when he sees your read-"
"Actually Iruka, I have a few C-ranked missions available. I was just waiting for one of you to speak up." Everyone's eyes twitched. "We have a low C-rank ranked mission to protect a bridge builder on the way to his home country in Wave." Kurenai seemed a little unsure.
"I'm not sure..."
"TORA NO!" was the cry of the Damiyo's wife as they all watched Tora escape her death grip as the fat woman chased after her.
"Well take it!" Kurenai almost yelled, causing everyone to sweat drop. Nodding, the aged Kage pushed the intercom and ordered.
"Send in the client." a few seconds later an old bearded man dressed in dark rags with a straw hat on walked through the door.
"This is the group supposed to protect me? One jonin and bunch of brats." the old man questioned as he took a swig of his sake.
"Mustn't kill client, Mustn't kill client, Mustn't kill client." was the inner mantra of the three genin, still keeping stoic features on the outside.
"Don't worry sir, my team is more than enough to handle a few bandits." Kurenai said calmly as she had dealt with idiots like these before. He took another sip from his bottle.
"Whatever, I'm Tazuna the super bridge builder, I'll meet ya'll outside the gates in an hour." he said curtly as he left the room. Team 8 sighed, though it was still better than catching Tora again.
Konoha gates: One hour later
Tazuna and Team 8 were all outside the gates going over one more supply check.
"Is everybody ready?" the genjutsu mistress asked. After brief nods from the genin they all set out for their first C-rank.
Sometime later
The self proclaimed super bridge builder and his escort were currently treading down the dirt road toward their destination. Naruto was in front of Tazuna with Hinta and Shino on the side with Kurenai bringing up the rear. Something though caught the attention of Team 8.
"A puddle? It hasn't rained in weeks." they all thought. The team glanced at one another, Kurenai mouthed the words "Let me handle it." confirming they understood they all returned their gaze to the front. As soon as Kurenai walked next to the puddle she dropped an explosive note in it.
BOOM! The note went off as two masked figures were sent flying out of the puddle before landing in a heap some 10 feet away. Growling angrily they stood up.
"Ugh, your gonna pay for that bitch." one of them said as they both launched chains from a gauntlet on one of their arms. Before she could blink the chains wrapped around her, the two smirked.
"One down," one of them said as they pulled on their chains. To their shock, the kunoichi turned into many petals instead of gore.
"Shit! Genjutsu" they thought as they bit their lips to release it. As soon as they did however, they only saw a large swarm of bugs headed straight towards them. Nearly all of them hit their mark as the two failed ambushers were struggling to stand. Before they could plan their next move one felt a sharp pain in their neck while the other felt it in his stomach. The two collapsed unconscious as the two blows were curtsey of Hinata and Naruto.
"Good work." Kurenai said with a small smile but quickly vanished. "You interrogate Tazuna while I deal with these two bozos." The genin nodded as they witnessed the two masked men get dragged off with barely any protest. They quickly gave a hardened gaze at Tazuna, who was sweating bullets.
"Do you mind telling why we have two ninja, who seemed to be at least chunin level, trying to kill us." Naruto demanded
"Uh-I-uh," but was immediately silenced by a substantial amount of KI from Naruto.
"Don't lie to us you old drunk!" he yelled causing his teammates to shudder.
"I've never seen Naruto-san like this." Shino thought.
"I had no idea Naru-kun could be so demanding" Hinata thought with a hint of arousal. The KI was soon dissipated as he saw his sensei emerged.
"The two were hired by Gato of Gato shipping industries to kill Tazuna here. That was all I could get before they passed out. They're tied up an I've sent a messenger hawk for ANBU to come pick them up." There sights fell back to the bridge builder. After a long sob story on how horrible life was in his home country, Kurenai turned to her students.
"Well what do you think? This mission could be A-ranked."
"I say we continue, no way I'm letting that punk Gato bleed the country dry." Naruto said with raw determination in his eyes.
"Gato seems corrupt. It is only logical that we press on while sending for back up." Shino said. He included logic in his sentences almost as much as two certain green clad youths mentioned youth.
"I agree, we took out two chunin with ease. A little bit of back up can easily help out." Hinata said. Sighing, the jonin nodded.
"Alright then, I send a messenger hawk to request support."
Meanwhile in the bushes
"Looks like the demon brothers failed." a female voice whispered to a figure next to her who rolled his eyes.
"Thank you captain obvious." he said sarcastically, gaining a smack upside the head from the female.
"Will you shut up! Let's report back to Zabuza-sama." the male nodded as they vanished in a shunshin.
And...done! Who are these mysterious figures? What kind of backup will the leaf send? And will my asshole teachers mind their own damn business? Find out next time on Konoha Alive? Again I'm sorry for the relatively short chapter but I'm still juggling school and my social life so please bare with me. Thanks for the reviews.
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