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|Story Start|

The sun was hot as it beat down on my bare skin. I could feel a light sweat forming on my brow, I took my hand and wiped it away. No time for thinking about that, I had a mission to complete! There was a moment of silence and I sighed Naruto hadn't said anything through the communicator yet.

"Sasuke, I'm in point B"

I grinned well at least some people are paying attention.

"Sakura, I'm at point C"

Good, bubblegum was paying attention too.

"Shiomi, I'm at point D"

There was another moment of silence until...

"Naruto, I'm at point A. Believe it"

I chuckled, of course he had to add his signature Believe it at the end of his sentence. I refocused when Kakashi's voice entered my ears.

"You're slow Naruto" Kakashi scolded "Okay squad 7... hm?" Kakashi trailed off before suddenly yelling "TARGET HAD MOVED FOLLOW IT!"

Instantly we all watched as it darted from place to place. Quickly we followed it but making sure we were still hidden and the target wouldn't have seen us. "Over there" Naruto whispered. I looked up and noticed he was right above me. I smiled, at least he was paying attention now.

"What's your distance from the target?" Kakashi asked with fake seriousness. I knew he was already bored with this mission.

"Five meters" Naruto and I said together, we glanced at each other and smirked. "I'm ready Just give the signal" Naruto added, I winked at him at least he was using his head for something.

"I'm ready as well" I put in.

"I'm ready too" Sasuke answered

"Me too!" said a slightly late Sakura.

"Okay..." Kakashi started, we instantly got into the ready position waiting for his okay. "Annd NOW" he signaled. We all pounced at the target but Naruto was the one to catch it. The cat started thrashing around and scratching Naruto.

"AW! It's so cute!" I said taking him/her from Naruto's arms and cuddling the cat. Sasuke rolled his eyes at me "Can you verify blue ribbon on right ear?" Kakashi asked. I ignored him and continued to hug the cute cat, surprisingly the cat had calmed down during my hugging session.

"Affirmative, we got a positive ID" Sasuke answered with a bored like tone. I grinned and walked over to him "Aw, come on Sasuke-kun don't be such a bore, he's so cute!" I said pushing the cat into his face. Sasuke moved back and glared at me. I pouted and turned back to Naruto "Fine then be like that". All I got as a response was a "Hn".

"Right, lost pet Tora captured, mission accomplished" Kakashi said sounding happy that the mission was finally over.

"CAN'T WE GET A BETTER MISSION THAN THIS! I HATE CATS" Naruto yelled making the communicator get all fuzzy and screechy like. I glared and pulled of the communicator "NARUTO YOU DON'T NEED TO YELL!" I yelled at him. He grinned sheepishly "Sorry Shiomi-chan" he muttered. I smiled and patted his head "It's okay, now let's head back to the Hokage."

~At The Hokage's Tower~

"Oh Tora! My poor little Tora! Mommy was so worried about you! You naughty little fuzzykins!" Tora's owner said as she squished Tora against her. I sighed and leaned my head in Sasuke's shoulder "That poor, poor cat. No wonder it ran away" I commented quietly. Sasuke chuckled and I lifted my head up only to see Sakura's glare. I ignored her and turned to the Hokage.

"Ha Ha Ha! Stupid cat! That kitty deserves to be squashed!" Naruto said a grin on his face. I glared at him and punched his head "Naruto!" I said angrily. Naruto looked at me cupping his giant bump. "Shiomi-chan!" he whined. I ignored him and turned back to the hokage.

"Now then, for squad 7's next mission..." the hokage said trailing off as he read the 'missions' we would be doing. Honestly though they aren't missions they're only jobs that no one else wants to do, that's why they're given to genin.

"There are several available tasks. Babysitting the chief councilors three year old, helping his wife to do the shopping, digging up potatoes in the-"

"NOO!" Naruto said cutting him off. I looked over at him and saw he had an annoyed expression on his face. "I want to go on a real mission" he whined making an X with his arms as if to show his point more. "Something challenging and exciting! Not this kid stuff! Come on old man!" he complained. I sighed I fully agreed with him on this and I could tell all of team 7 including Kakashi were thinking the same thing.

"HOW DARE YOU!" Iruka-sensei called out gaining everyone's attention. I looked at him and smiled I totally knew he would start yelling sooner or later. "YOU'RE JUST BRAND NEW GENIN WITH NO EXPERIENCE! LIKE EVERY ONE ELSE! YOU START WITH SIMPLE MISSIONS THAT DEVELOP YOUR SKILLS SO YOU CAN PROVE YOURSELF!" he shouted at Naruto. I laughed quietly knowing an argument was probably starting.

"ARE YOU SERIOUS? BABYSITTING ISN'T A MISSION IT'S JUST A STUPID- AHHH!" Naruto said but Kakshi punched him in the head making him fall down so he would shut his trap. "Will you put a lid on it" Kakashi said as annoyance filled his voice.

I laughed softly "Calm down Naruto-kun" I told him through my giggles. Naruto glared up at me obviously not happy that I was laughing at him.

"Naruto! It seems you do not understand the tasks that are given to you" the hokage said making the attention focus on him. Naruto even stopped complaining as he stared at the old man. "Listen" he started, "many different kinds if requests come into our village every day. From babysitting to assassination." he explained. I glanced at Naruto it seemed like he was listening and I wondered how long that would last.

"These requests are carefully analyzed and then ranked A, B, C or D depending on their difficulty." I nodded in understanding. Kakashi told me about this once, he said the higher leveled ninja get the more dangerous ones while the newer not as skilled shinobi get the smaller less important missions.

"We ninja are also ranked by abilities. Hokage at the top" he pointed to himself "Jounin" he pointed over to Kakashi "Chuinin" he pointed at Iruka-sensei "and genin at the bottom" he gestured at us. "At the highest level we select missions and assign them to ninja who have the appropriate skill and experience, and if the mission is successful then we receive a fee that supports our village and our work." "Like the cat retrieval mission you just went on. Tora's owner gave us a fee and that will help our villge" Iruka said interrupting the old man.

"Right, since you are genin just starting down the shinobi path you are given D level assignments of course" he explained. I look at Naruto who had stopped paying attention and was now talking about... ramen. Honestly that boy eats way too much of that stuff!

"So I had this ramen yesterday and I'm thinking of having some miso ramen tonight" he said thoughtfully. I laughed of course he would be thinking about what kind he would be eating next. "SILENCE!" the hokage shouted making everyone look back at him, even Kakashi had stopped paying attention since he replied with a "Oh, sorry"

"Ugh! You always lecture me like you're my grandfather or something!" Naruto shouted. "But I'm not the little brat who used to pull pranks all the time! I'm a ninja now and I want a ninja mission!" he told him angrily. Then childishly Naruto puffed up his cheeks and turned his back on the hokage.

Just so I wouldn't laugh I turned to Kakashi and buried my head into his chest, suppressing my giggles. Man am I ever glad I was put on this team! They were too funny sometimes. Kakashi let a hand rest on my back before scratching his head "Hmm... I'm going to hear about this later" he muttered.

I finally calmed down and I took my head out of Kakshi's chest. "Okay I'm good" I said with a grin. Sasuke shook his head at me but I could see the ghost of a smile on his face. The hokage started laughing and I turned seeing both the old man and Iruka smiling "So, Naruto wants us to know that he's not a brat only a former brat and he wants a mission" the hokage mused amusement evident in his eyes. "So be it" I gasped along with my team members. We were going to get a real mission? AWESOME! I inwardly did a happy dance.

"Since you are so determined, I'm going to give you a C ranked mission. You'll be bodyguards on a journey" the Hokage said with a smile. I turned to look at Sasuke and saw him smirking at me I grinned back and winked. "REALLY? YES! WHO? WHO? ARE WE GUARDING A PRINCESS? OR SOME BIG TIME COUNSELOR?" Naruto asked full of excitement. I smiled at him sometimes he was such a kid.

"Oh don't be so impatient, I'll bring him in now" he told us before calling out "Send in our visitor".

All of us turned towards the door curious as to who we would be protecting. We waited only a couple moments before the door slid open and behind it was... a drunk old man. I sighed of course we would get the drunk one, why couldn't have been an elderly couple? Or even some annoying brat and his family?

"What the? A bunch of snot nosed brats?" he commented right away. I glared I was definitely not a brat. He took a chug of his drink. "And you... the little one with the idiotic look on his face, you really expect me to believe you're a ninja?" the drunk said pointing at us. I looked around and smiled I wasn't as tall as Sasuke but wasn't as short as Naruto. I was about the same height as Sakura.

"AHAHAHAHA! who's the little one with the idiotic look in his face!" Naruto asked with laughter. I smirked as he looked around and finally understood who the old man was talking about. "I'LL DEMOLISH YOU!" he screamed out. Kakashi grabbed his shirt and pulled him back "You can't demolish the client Naruto, it doesn't work that way" Kakashi told him as he thrashed around trying to break free.

"I am Tazuna, a master bridge builder and I must return to my country. I'm building a bridge there that will change our world. And I expect you to get me there safely even if it means giving up your life" he explained. I rolled my eyes that's what shinobi do put their lives on the line every time they do a dangerous mission

"Well, I'm Shiomi Hatake! Pleasure meeting you" I said with a smile. "I'm Sakura Haruno!" Sakura said pushing me aside and causing me to bump into Sasuke, I almost fell over but Sasuke caught me and hugged me close to him. "Be careful, wouldn't want you getting hurt now, would we?" he teased. I leaned back a bit and saw him smirking.

"Now, I don't want to see any lovey dovey stuff going on during this mission, if you want to do some romantic things then you can go do it behind a tree or a bush I don't really care as long as it's just not in front of me" Tazuna warned but I could hear the smile in his voice. I blushed furiously and hid my face in Sasuke's chest. I could hear Kakashi laugh and I could practically feel Sakura's angry glare making holes through my back.

"Huh? What? I don't get it?" Naruto said sounding all confused. I laughed and brought my face away from Sasuke's chest. It was still bright red but I could see Sasuke was smirking but there was a hint of pink on his cheeks. "Come on tell me!" Naruto said annoyed. I laughed poked his nose "Come on, Let's get this mission started and finished" Then I walked out of the office with everyone trailing behind me.


Everyone went home to pack there things then in 10 minutes all of us (Even me and Kakashi!) were at the village gates ready to leave.

Naruto was the first to pass the gates "YAHHH!" he yelled out pumping his fists into the air. "Alright!" he yelled in an overly excited voice. "What are you getting all excited for?" Sakura asked in a snobby voice. I rolled my eyes at her and smiled at Naruto he ignored her tone but answered anyways. "This is the first time I've been out of the village I'm a traveler now! Believe it!"

Tazuna groaned "Hey! Am I supposed to trust my life with this runt? He's a joke!". I glared at Tazuna and noticed that Naruto's happy shouts suddenly stopped short and he was glaring at Tazuna as well. Kakashi chuckled "He's with me and I'm a jounin so you don't need to worry" he assured Tazuna in an amused tone. I laughed "Calm down Naruto" I tried telling him but he still glared at Tazuna.

"HEY! Never insult a ninja! It's a big mistake! AND I'm one of the greatest ninja ever! Some day I'm going to be hokage and you're going to look up to me! My name's Naruto Uzumaki" moment of silence "REMEMBER IT!" he exclaimed in a confident voice. I chuckled as I heard Kakashi's exasperated sigh. Naruto will be Naruto nothing new there.

Tazuna took another swig of his drink before looking at us skeptically. "Hokage's are powerful and wise. You're puny and brainless. The day you become hokage I'll sprout wings and fly" Tazuna told him. I raised a brow, that was mean to say. Yeah Naruto was an idiot but I think if he tries hard enough he could be hokage. "AHH SHUT UP! I'M WILLING TO DO ANYTHING TO BECOME HOKAGE! NO MATTER WHAT IT TAKES! AND WHEN I DO EVRYONE WILL HAVE TO ADMIT THAT I'M THE TOP NINJA! INCLUDING YOU!" Naruto angrily yelled out. I sighed oh boy here we go.

"You can become hokage ten times over and to me it'll mean nothing to me you'll still be nobody. Just a loser" Tazuna said taking another swig.

I noticed Kaksahi was holding Naruto back so I glared and said "Come one guys stop it, why don't we get going so this mission can be over faster and we can all go home and never see each other again. 'Kay? Good. Let's go" and without waiting for an answer I started walking down the road with my hands in my pocket. Much like Kakashi usually does.

|Later On|

We've been walking for over an hour now and there hasn't been much conversation between us. Mainly I've been speaking to Sasuke and occasionally Naruto and Sakura stayed quiet just looking at the tree's. "Say Mr. Tazuna" Sakura's voice said snapping me out of my thoughts "What is it?" he asked annoyed. "Your country is the land of waves, right?" she asked. I raised a brow wondering where she was going with this "Yeah, what of it?" he asked her rudely.

"Kakashi-sensei there are ninja in that country too... aren't there?" she asked curiously. Kakashi looked at her "No there are no ninja in the land of waves. But in other countries there are hidden villages. Each with their own different customs and cultures. Where ninja reside." he explained to her then kept going "To the people of this continent the existence of shinobi villages mean strength. Military strength. In other words that's how they protect themselves and maintain the balance of power in neighboring countries. The ninja villages are not controlled by any government their independent and have equal status" he paused for a breath "Now a small island like the land of waves has natural protection from the surrounding sea, so there's no need for a ninja village" another pause.

But this time I cut him off "The five ancient lands that have shinobi villages are the lands of fire, water, lightening, wind and earth. They each occupy large territories, Together they are known as the 5 great shinobi villages... right?" I asked Kakashi he nodded and I continued "the land of fire has our home, the village hidden in the leaves. The land of water has the village hidden in the mist. The land of lightening has the village hidden in the clouds. The land of wind has the village hidden in the sand, this is where I trained by the way, and the land of earth has the village hidden in the stones" I explained to them, proud of what Kakashi taught me.

"Right but don't forget that only the leaders of these villages are permitted the name kage. Which means shadow." he reminded us. I grinned "The Hokage, Mizukage, Riakage, Kazekage, Tsuchikage. These are the leaders, the five shadows that reign over thousands of ninja" I explained with a smile. Kakashi nodded and messed my hair with his hand "Good, job. I guess you were paying attention when I was teaching you." he said proudly.

I smiled and foxed my hair "Of course I was, if I didn't you would have set Pakkun on me" I mumbled. Kakashi laughed "OMG! That means Lord Hokage is really important!" Sakura squealed. I flinched back at the noise "Yeah Lord Hokage is awesome!" I said with a grin. Sasuke, Sakura and Naruto gave me looks like disbelief.

"Hey! You all just doubted Lord Hokage didn't you? That;s what you were thinking" I chuckled slightly at Kakshi's angry tone. Sakura and Naruto froze in place and started frantically shaking there heads. "Well, anyway there are no ninja battles in a C ranked mission. So you can relax." Kakashi told us with a covered grin. "And we're not going to run into any foreign enemy ninja or anything like that."

"Not likely" Kakshi chuckled. Naruto and Sasuke looked slightly upset and Tazuna looked... weird. There was something about him that made me uneasy. But I brushed it off and grinned "Alright enough chit chat let's get going!" I said grinning. I grabbed Sasuke's hand and tugged him along with me. Trying to get the feeling to go away.


Hey people! I'm SO sorry I know I said I would get this out... yesterday? I think BUT yesterday was a snow day and I had another chance to finish all my procrastinated homework! Yay! and today was another snow day so I woke up early just to get this out! So I hope you enjoyed it annd thanks for the reviews, alerts and favourites!

Xoxo- Renee