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I was running. I was running, no, sprinting, as fast as my legs could carry me. I was scared. They were after me. I was tired and my legs and my lungs screamed at me in pain. My body felt like it was on fire. It hurt so much, but I had to keep running. The Akatsuki were after me. The two members that were after me were strong. It was two against one. I was losing badly. One of the members had already cut off my right arm. Blood was streaming out of my stump. I was in a lot of pain and I was scared. They wanted to take me back to their 'leader', alive or dead. It didn't matter.
A whole bunch of kunai came flying towards me. I jumped into the trees to avoid them and kept running, jumping from tree branch to tree branch. I looked behind me. The Akatsuki members were only a few feet away. I gulped and looked forward, but I hit a tree because I wasn't watching. My body suddenly shut down. I was unable to save myself from falling out of the damn tree and smashing my body into the cold, hard ground. I curled up into a ball, gasping for air. As soon as I regained some of my breath, I moved into a kneeling position as fast as I could, ready to flee if I had to. I heard footsteps walk towards me calmly and I looked up. Two Akatsuki cloaks met my eyes. My eyes travelled upwards, taking everything about the Akatsuki members in. They were both tall and hats covered their entire head, making it impossible to see their faces or identify them. I looked up at the two very dangerous men, panic clearly written all over my face.
"You're so much of a hassle…" One of the Akatsuki members spoke in a deep, calm voice.
"I think you will be better dead than alive." The other member with a scratchy, rough voice said.
I looked at them with wide eyes. "Goodbye." The first one said, as he aimed a katana to go directly through my throat.
"NO!" I shrieked. Before I could move or get out of the way or do anything, the katana pierced my through my throat. I tried to speak, but all that came out was pathetic gurgles. Bubbles of blood formed in my mouth as I tried in vain to speak. It hurt so much. I coughed and my warm blood dripped down my chin and onto my white shirt, staining it a very bright shade of red, the colour of fresh blood. I was losing strength fast. I felt dizzy. I felt nauseous. I could feel the very life leaving my body. I was slowly fading. I was losing so much blood. I let out a sad, choked sob. I didn't want to die. I had hardly lived. The world around me seemed to be spinning. I couldn't stay kneeling on my knees. It was too hard. I fell over and my head hit the ground. I blacked out. I was dead. Gone forever.
"Alright, alright! That's enough training for one day. Makita-san… you need to focus!" Kurenai told me, standing above me and shaking her head. "Your training is going no where!"
I groaned and sat up. "That was ridiculously difficult! Why did you have to use such an advanced genjutsu?"
"Makita-san… it was a jounin level genjutsu… and really, it wasn't that difficult…"
"DAMN IT!" I yelled in frustration, "I'm never going to get this."
"You just have to concentrate and think about what's going on. Before I cast the genjutsu, you were running through a forest in Konoha… would the Akatsuki really be there without being detected or having other ninjas after them…?" Kurenai asked.
"Ugh… no… but it's just so hard! It's like my mind is being raped. I don't like it." I muttered.
Kurenai sighed. "You jut have to focus. If you don't you'll never be anything more powerful than a chunin."
I looked down and said. "I know… it's just… I can't concentrate on it. I hate genjutsu."
"Would you like to try once more?" Kurenai asked.
"Yeah. I need to get this under my belt." I said, rubbing my forehead.
"All right. Ready?" Kurenai asked.
"Yes. Just do it." I said.
Kurenai and I stood their, staring at each other. I raised my eyebrow at her and she raised one back at me. "I'm not going to do it now, with you watching. Try and run away or something…"
"Ugh. Fine." I rolled my eyes and ran into the forest.
I jumped into the trees and and ran in a random direction. I knew that the genjutsu would kick in quickly, so I wasn't going to let my guard down. I looked to my left and then to my right, looknig for anything out of place. Sadly, I failed to look ahead of me and I tripped over a stray, out of place tree branch. I fell out of the tree, but luckily, I wasn't that high up off the ground. I landed on all fours and stood up, acting like I never actually fell out of a tree.
"Hey, Makita-chan!" I heard a voice yell.
I turned towards the sound and smiled. It was Kiba! "Hey, Kiba-kun! How are you?"
"I'm great, thanks for asking. You?" Kiba grinned.
"Eh, alright. Just doing some training with Kurenai-sama." I said with a smile.
"Really? Sweet, I'm going to meet her. I have training with her in about thirty minutes." Kiba told me.
"Hey, where's Akamaru?" I asked Kiba. Akamaru and Kiba were hardly ever apart from each other.
"He's sick today." Kiba said.
"Oh, really? That sucks. I hope he gets better." I replied back.
"Yeah, me too." Kiba said, looking down at his feet.
"So…" I said, not really having anything to say.
"Hey, Makita-chan… I have a question…" Kiba started.
"Okay, shoot." I looked at him, only to see that he was nervous. I raised my eyebrow.
"Would you go out with me?" Kiba stuttered nervously.
"What?" I asked, surprised.
"Do you want to go on a date with me?" Kiba asked, confidence returning to his tone.
"Uhm… I'm not sure…" I started.
"Please? I've liked you for a really long time…" Kiba pleaded, not wanting to get rejected.
"I… this is really sudden…" I said. I liked Kiba. He was a great friend, but I didn't want to date him. Reason being that he was sixteen and I was one hundred and seventy one (twenty one in human years). The age difference is rather large, don't you think? I personally think so.
Kiba let out a frustrated huff and walked towards me with a confiden smile on his face. He then grabbed my arms and kissed me softly and gently. Kiba pulled away and looked at me, to gauge my reaction. "So are you gonna go out with me or not?" He asked, smirking.
I stood there. I was shocked. I didn't know what to say or what to do. The Kiba I knew would never actually do this. I knew Kiba didn't have any romantic interest in me. We were just friends. On top of that, Akamaru was always with Kiba. If Akamaru was sick, I highly doubt that Kiba would even leave Akamaru's side, let alone go and train without his beloved dog. I paused, thinking things over in my head. Then it hit me. I got it! I was in the genjutsu that Kurenai had cast. Damn, she's good. I stepped away from Kiba and closed my eyes, concentrating. I formed the correct hand seal and muttered, "Release!"
I opened my eyes, seeing that I was still in the clearing with Kurenai standing in front of me, while I was sitting on the ground. I beamed at her. "I did it!"
"Congrats, Makita-san." Kurenai said with a smile.
"AH! Finally!" I yelled, grinning from ear to ear. I was proud of myself. I was so tired.
"I'm really proud of you." Kurenai said.
"Thanks… I jus have a question…" I said.
"Okay. What is it?" Kurenai asked me.
"What was up with the genjutsu? I mean, what Kiba did…" I questioned.
Kurenai just smiled at me and said, "Nothing…" By the tone of voice she used, I could tell that it wasn't 'nothing'.
"All right… if you say so…" I said, not believing my sensei.
"Anyways, You did a good job. It was only a chunin level genjusu, but you've still improved. We'll continue more training tomorrow. You need a break. Try read some books on genjutsu. It might make it easier and you might be able to progress farther if you study." Kurenai told me, offering her hand to me. I took it and she helped me up.
I shook my head and brushed the dirt from my clothing. "Yeah, yeah. I'll try. I'll see you la-" I was cut off my a giant dog tackling me to the ground. I landed with an 'oomph'.
"Hey! Akamaru! Get off her!" I heard real Kiba yell.
Akamaru looked at me and licked my face before rolling off of me. I giggled and scratched him behind his ears. "Hey Akamaru. How're you today?" Akamaru barked in response.
I loved that dog. He was such a sweetie. Akamaru's owner was really nice too. Not to mention, pretty cute. I liked Kiba a lot. He not only had a great respect for dogs, but animals in general, which scored nicely on my mental tabs of likes and dislikes. We go along pretty well most of the time, only arguing when I brought up the fact that even though I really liked dogs, I really loved cats and the rest of the feline family as well. Other than that, Kiba and I almost always got along. He was always nice to me and I to him. We were friends.
"Hey Makita-chan." Kiba said as he ran up to me, smiling.
I got up and dusted my self off again, smiling back at Kiba. "Hello, Kiba-kun. How are you today?"
"I'm pretty good. You?" Kiba replied.
"Uh… alright… just finished some genjutsu training with Kurenai-sama." I said.
"Ah… genjutsu… how'd that go?" Kiba asked, already knowing the answer.
"My mind got raped. Really badly…" I muttered.
"Any progress?" Kiba asked me.
"Yeah! I did break out of one genjutsu, the last one we did!" I stated proudly.
"She just has to work on he concentration and focus more on what's happening, isn't that right, kiddo?" Kurenai said, coming up behind me and messing up my hair. I swatted her hand away. I easily had one hundred and fifty years on her. I hated when people treated me like a kid. "Anyways," Kurenai continued, "Where are Shino and Hinata?"
"I don't know. They should be here soon." Kiba replied.
"Alright. Sounds good. Makita-san, would you like to stay for training with us?" Kurenai asked, turning to me.
"Uh…" I didn't really want to stay for training. I had already done a hell of a lot of genjutsu training and I was already really tired, even though I was trying really hard not to show it. I liked Kiba and Kurenai and Shino. They were all right, but Hinata was on Kurenai's team. I didn't like Hinata. At all. She was too shy, she stuttered all the time, she acted like I was a big and scary monster, she never made eye contact with people, she was always playing with her hair or fiddling with her hands and fingers, she always seemed nervous, she had no spine of her own, she was really jumpy, she fainted too much, and on top of all that, she was a Hyuga. Shut up. I hate the Hyuga clan. But at the same time, I didn't want to be rude to the rest of the team. Going against my best judgement, I said, "Sure… What are we doing today?"
"Excellent! We will be doing some sparring. I'll be watching, now that we have an even number." Kurenai said.
"Great…" I said, looking up at the clouds. I was hoping that I would get to fight Hinata. Then I could kick her ass.
"I call fighting Makita-chan!" Kiba yelled and Akamaru barked after him. Damn. I looked over to where Kiba's voice and Akamaru's bark came from. I blinked. Shino and Hinata were already there.
"What?" I called, pretending that I didn't hear Kiba and walking towards the group.
"I'm going to be fighting you!" Kiba said with a smirk.
I rolled my eyes. "What ever you say Kiba-kun," I said, then turning to Shino, "Hello Shino-san!" I greeted cheerfully, "Hinata-san." I mumbled after in a monotonous and unhappy greeting.
"Hello Makita-san. How are you today?" Shino asked in his normal, quiet, monotone voice. I liked Shino and all, mainly for the same reason I really liked Kiba. He worked with animals and had a great respect for insects as well as all the other animals in the animal kingdom. The only problem was that he was so quiet all the time. It was hard to have a conversation that went anywhere with Shino. We weren't really friends… we were much more like acquaintances, but I liked him none the less.
"I'm fine, thank you for asking. And yourself?" I replied to Shino, then asking him the same question.
"I'm good." Shino replied, looking off into the distance at a patch of trees.
"A-a-a-a-and h-how are y-y-you t-today, M-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-Makita-san…?" I heard Hinata stutter behind me.
I stiffened. I loathed Hinata. She was another stupid Hyuga brat. "I'm fine." I said stiffly. I'm pretty sure everyone who saw me talk to Hinata could tell I didn't like her, although no one ever mentioned it to me. "And how are you?" I asked just to be somewhat polite and not completely hostile.
"F-f-f-f-f-fine. T-t-thank y-you f-for a-a-asking…" Hinata said, poking her two pointer fingers together nervously.
I let out a long sigh. I didn't want to be here. I don't know why I agreed to. "How about Hinata-chan and Makita-san fight and Kiba-kun and Shino-kun fight?" Kurenai announced out of the blue.
I raised my eyebrow, "I like that idea." I said, giving Hinata the most evil smile I could muster. I could see her gulp nervously.
"Alright!" Kurenai said, clapping her hands together, "Hinata-chan, Makita-san, you're up first!"
My day was turning out perfectly today. Genjutsu training sucked, but I was slowly getting the hang of it. Sparring and getting to kick the shit out of Hinata was going to make my day. I walked towards one end of the training ground and Hinata went to the other. We both got into fighting stance. "Wait!" I heard Kurenai call. I turned to look at her and raised my eyebrow. Shikimaru was there, saying something to Kurenai. "Makita-san, come here."
I sighed and walked towards Kurenai and Shikimaru. "Yes?" I asked.
"Shikimaru-san said that you were needed in the Hokage's office." Kurenai said.
I raised my eyebrow, "What for?" I asked.
"We'll talk about it on the way there." Shikimaru answered, as he turned around and began to walk away.
"Alright. I'll train with your team another day, okay, Kurenai-sama?" I said, smiling.
"Yes. Sounds good. See you tomorrow for more genjutsu training." Kurenai said, messing up my hair again.
I rolled my eyes at her and said, "Ugh… alright. See you! Bye Kiba, Shino! …Hinata…"
I turned around and ran to catch up with Skikimaru. I caught up to him quickly and began walking beside Shikimaru. "So, what did Tsunade want to talk to me about…?"
"She didn't say. She just told me to come and get you." Shikimaru said in a bored voice.
I sighed. This was annoying. I wondered if I was going to get punished for when I got drunk three days ago… I hoped not. I'd be screwed. I couldn't remember anything about that anyways. "So… Shikimaru-san… how's Chouji-san? Ino-san?"
"They're both fine Makita-san." Shikimaru yawned.
I wasn't really close or friends with Chouji or Ino, but I thought it would be the polite thing to ask Shikimaru how they were doing. Apparently, Ino saw me as another 'rival', because I was a really close friend with Sakura, which made Ino kind of hate me. I didn't really care. Her not being my friend was her loss. Chouji and I weren't really friends because I never really got the chance to get to know him. The only reason I knew Shikimaru and was somewhat friends with him was because Tsunade asked him to help in teaching me about strategy and tactical planning during my training to become a chunin. Shikimaru was a nice guy. Sure, he was lazy and thought everything was troublesome, but he was an excellent conversationalist and extremely intelligent. So all in all, I liked him and considered him as a friend.
"And how are you?" I asked.
"I'm alright. This is so troublesome. I could be sleeping right now. Maybe playing shoji… or just relaxing…"
I snorted. "You're a very predicable person, Shikimaru-san."
"Not really…" He sighed and I laughed. Shikimaru looked at me strangely and kept walking. I knew that Shikimaru was anything but predictable. With that intelligent mind of his, who knows what he could come up with?
Soon, we made it to the Hokage tower. "Well, this is where I leave you. I have other things to attend to. I'll see you later Makita-san."
"Alright. Bye Shikimaru-san." I said with a smile and a small wave.
I walked into the building and told the lady behind the reception desk that I was here to see the Hokage. The lady sent me right up. I walked slowly, not really wanting to see what Tsunade wanted to see me for. I personally didn't really want to face any consequences; at least, that was what I assumed I was here for. I sighed when I made it to the door. I hesitated, wondering if I could make a run for it, but decided against it. I knocked slowly. As soon as I knocked, I heard the voice of the Hokage telling me to enter. I opened the door and prepared for the worst.
"Makita-san," Tsunade said in greeting, "How are you feeling today?"
"I'm alright… a little tired from genjutsu training, but otherwise fine. And yourself?"
"I am fine, thank you for asking," Tsunade said, "Well, I bet you're wondering why I've called you here."
"Uh… yeah. Kind of…" I replied.
"I called you here regarding your… behaviour and choices from a few days ago…" Tsunade said.
I groaned in response. "I know. What I did was wrong and I'm sorry."
"How did you even manage to get the alcohol?" Tsunade questioned.
Oh. Shit. I knew how I got it. I remembered after I thought about it for a while. I shape shifted into an older lady and bought the four bottles of sake. Well, Tsunade didn't need to know that… "I don't know. I got so drunk and I blacked out and don't really remember anything that I said or did…" I explained.
"I see… well, I talked to Kakashi and Sakura about your behaviour and condition while you were drunk and how you were after you were drunk, health wise… it was unacceptable. You should know better. I have thought up a suitable consequence…" Tsunade said, but I interrupted her before she could finish speaking.
"A punishment? Really? That is so stupid! No one got hurt!"
"You got hurt Makita. And on op of that, you are underage. You were also out past curfew and insulted your higher up. You do deserve a consequence. No more arguing with me on this, or else I will think up another punishment, on top of the punishment I have already picked out for you." Tsunade threatened.
I sighed. I wasn't underage, for fuck's sake. I was three times older then Tsunade herself. I just didn't want to point out that fact because, one, I was 'supposed' to be only seventeen years old, and two, I didn't want to upset Tsunade and make her freak out on me. Last time she had a full on freak out while I was in the room was not pretty. "Fine. What is my punishment?"
"You will have a mission…" Tsunade started. "You won't get paid for this assignment. You'll be doing it for free."
"Okay… what's my mission?" I asked. So far, my punishment didn't sound that bad.
"You will be babysitting for the Miyagi family. Rika and Takumi want to go out this evening and they need a babysitter… for all three of their kids." Tsunade informed me.
My mouth fell open. "WHAT!?"
"You heard me Makita-san. This is your punishment. Don't complain about it. You got yourself into this…"
I had heard stories of the Miyagi family. The parents of the kids could never find a babysitter that was willing to look after the kids, so they hired ninjas to look after the little demons. I never had to baby-sit them before, but from what I heard from other ninjas, usually genin, but occasionally chunin, who had to watch the satanic spawns, it was not easy or fun in any way, shape, or form. Apparently, the three kids always ganged up on their 'sitter' (Or as I would put it, their 'keeper'), and did horrible things, but the always got away with it because they look 'so innocent and cute'. From what I heard, the children were, to put it nicely, pure evil.
Not to mention that fact that I HATE kids. I hate everything about them, the way the whine, the way they talk, the way they walk, the way they act like they know everything, the way that they are so clueless, the way they ask for something and expect to get it right away, the way they act so needy all the time, the way they can't take care of themselves, the way that they don't act responsible or take the blame for their actions, the way they think you're automatically friends with each other just because you said hello, and especially the way stupid kids are always so damn clingy. I loathe children and being around them. This mission was going to be pure hell. I hated Tsunade right now. I hated her a lot. She knew that I didn't like kids. Damn her.
"Do I have to baby-sit kids? Can't I do something else? Please!? I'll do anything! You name it and it's done!" I asked, my tone of voice pathetic, trying to get my way out of being around kids for an extended amount of time. I knew I was begging. Tsunade knew I was begging. I never begged unless it was something really bad. I bet I pleased the damn Hokage to know that I was in such a foul mood because of her 'punishment'.
"Yes you have to baby-sit the kids. Makita-san, don't whine and complain about this. How old are you? Six?" The Hokage asked, raising a single eyebrow at me.
I glared at her and then let out a defeated huff, "Fine, I'll do it, but I'm not going to be happy about it."
Tsunade snorted, "Look here girl, you weren't given the choice of if you wanted to do it or not. You're doing it because I said so, this is your punishment for being stupid and getting yourself drunk."
"Fine," I said testily, "What is the information about my 'mission'? How long will it take? What are the kids like? Kid's names?" The Hokage was really wearing down on my already thin and fraying nerves, but I knew I shouldn't snap at her and just leave. Tsunade gave me a lot. Tsunade gave me a second chance at life. It was hard to respect her all the time and be polite to her though, because she's such stubborn ass.
She smiled a victorious smile; "I knew you'd see my side eventually. Well, the parents, Rika and Takumi are going out at about seven thirty… you should be there about twenty minutes earlier… so be at the Miyagi residence at seven ten. It's four thirty now, so that give you enough time to wash up and get ready to go and baby-sit on time. Mr and Mrs Miyagi should be home at or a little after midnight. From what I have heard, the three children will be a bit of a handful. Their names are, Kazuo, the oldest, who is seven, Kamiko, the middle child, who is six, and Rie, the youngest, who is four."
"And I am baby-sitting all three of them by myself?"
"Yes… is that a problem?"
I bit my tongue. "No. It is no problem at all."
"Alright. Go and get ready for your mission. I expect you to be on your best behaviour. Although this is your consequence, I expect you to treat this like you would any other mission. You are dismissed."
"Yes, Hokage-sama." I said, as I bowed and then turned around and left her office.
I walked down the stairs, as I rubbed my temples in a slow, circular motion. Tsunade gave me a headache. I didn't want to go and baby-sit the damn kids. Why the fuck should it matter if I had some alcohol and got drunk? Tsunade wasn't innocent when it came to drinking sake. She almost always had some one her. And sure, in Tsunade's mind I was only seventeen and still underage, but in reality, I was one hundred and seventy one years old (twenty one in human years…). I should be able to drink. Damn Tsunade and whoever else told everyone that I am so much younger than I actually am.
Now, not only did I have to worry about Airi, the Akatsuki, what Ai will do if I get into any more trouble, and what I said to Kakashi and Sakura while I was drunk, I now had to worry about some bratty, evil, snot nosed spawns of Satan. Although Akatsuki worried me the most out of my list of worries. I was hoping that they had forgotten all about me…
Back in the Akatsuki hideout…
"So… we have been able to gather a little bit of information about this girl Deidara fought…" Pein said, standing in front of a semi circle of eight other members of the Akatsuki.
"And… what have we found out?" A blue, shark-like man carrying a giant sword wrapped in bandages on his back asked.
"Although we have been unable to find her name or alias, we have found out some very valuable information…"
"And what kind of fucking information is it?" A lavender eyed man known as Hidan asked, getting impatient.
Pein glared at the Jashinist and continued speaking, reading off of a sheet of paper he held in his hand and acting like he had never heard Hidan speak, "She has blood red hair and amber or yellow coloured eyes. She has darkly tanned skin. She stands about five foot seven or five foot eight. She is very skilled in taijutsu and very, very weak in genjutsu. Her skills in ninjutsu are unknown. She seems to have the power to shape shift into any animal at will, using little to no chakra. She may even be able to change into other people, vegetation, and inanimate objects, which leads me to believe that she is a shape shifter. She appears confident in battle, looks out for those she cares about, and swears quite a lot. This girl has a sharp tongue and a mean temper if you get on her bad side. She hates chocolate and loves being outside… this girl is not very well known… finding the information was quite a challenge…"
"And how did we come across all of this information?" The lighter side of a plant man, Zetsu, asked.
Pein smiled darkly and said, "I have my ways…"
"I see, Pein-sama…" The darker half of Zetsu hissed out.
"If any of you come across this girl, capture her and bring her back to the hideout. Then we will see if she is actually a shape shifter or not. If she is, we will make her join, if not, we kill her. If it turns out that she is an actual shape shifter, her talents could be of great use to us…" The mysterious leader of the Akatsuki said, a dark glint in his eyes.
Back in Konoha…
I had just finished drying my red hair. I had taken a shower, put on a fresh set of clothes, and put on some eyeliner. Today, I decided to wear a plain navy tank top with a pair of baggy black ninja shorts and my Konoha ninja headband tied around my waist. I skipped out on wearing my usual fishnets, kunai pouch, and weapons pouch. All I was going to do was baby sit some kids. Why would I need to look good or attractive? I was already ready for my babysitting job at seven ten.
I looked at the clock. It said it was only five twenty seven. I sighed. I had about an hour and a half to do nothing. I tapped my fingers against the walls as I walked down the hallway towards the kitchen, dragging the bottom of my feet against the floor. I walked to the table and slid the chair across the floor, making a loud scarping noise. I sighed again and resumed my finger tapping only this time, I was tapping the table. I was so bored. I heaved another sigh.
'WOULD YOU SHUT UP AND GET OUT OF THE HOUSE?! YOUR CONSANT SIGHING AND THE LOUD NOISES YOU KEEP MAKING ARE INTURRUPTING MY NAPS AND KEEP ANNOYNG ME!!!' Ai screamed at me. I could tell that she was annoyed with me, although I'm not exactly sure what I did wrong this time. Maybe it was her time of the month? Probably.
"Fine! No need to bitch out." I muttered angrily before getting up, pulling my black ninja sandals on, and slamming the door closed. When I was outside my door, I hissed under my breath, "Stupid cat…"
The whole looking after evil, demonic children mission pissed me right off. I wasn't happy at all right now. I walked down the stairs of my apartment building and into the fresh Konoha air. I was going to go for a walk to try and cool down my temper before I went and unleashed my own version of hell upon the little humans I was going to be taking care of. I sighed and looked at the sky. It was a beautiful day. There was a nice breeze, but no a cloud on sight. All I saw was just a pure, never-ending, blue sky. I loved it.
I stopped and looked around at the people on the street. They all looked so happy and peaceful and worry free. The lucky bastards. The only thought that made me smile on the inside was the fact that I had and probably still will out live them all. Heh. Stupid humans. I shook my head and decided to just go to the Miyagiresidence. Maybe if the parents went out sooner, they would come back earlier.
I yawned and started walking slowly to where I was supposed to be the keeper of the children. This was going to be boring. I made it to the house in no time. The Miyagi residence was huge. The yard was fenced in with a tall gate and shrubs. The house was two stories and had a large front yard, and from what I could see, a gigantic backyard. Flowers of all colours lined the light grey cobblestone pathway to the door of the house, which was very gigantic. The door was a 'double door' that looked like it was made of gold. The roof was a deep grey in colour and the outside of the house was a sturdy, very classy looking, dark charcoal grey, rough stone. I could see a colour pattern here. The Miyagi family must really like grey. Even the curtains that covered the windows were a very light grey. Judging by the type of house that the Miyagi family resides in, I assumed that the children were probably spoiled brats.
I walked up the worn down, smooth, cobblestone steps and knocked loudly on he door. I waited, but only for a quick second. A lady swung open the door only a moment after I knocked. I blinked at her in surprise. She was dressed in a little black dress with a plunging neckline that left little to the imagination. Her jet-black hair was pulled up and piled on top of her head in an intricate design. She had light brown eyes that were caked with heavy purple makeup. She would have looked stunning if she wore less makeup and put some clothes on. I guessed her age to be about twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old.
"Hello. I'm Makita. I was assigned to baby-sit your… children… tonight." I said, forcing a smile.
"Yes, yes," The lady said in a haughty voice, "We expected you earlier…"
My eyebrows shot up into my hairline, "Oh really? I was told to be here a little after seven, but it's only six right now…"
"We usually expect our help to be an hour early, just so we can make sure our little angels like the help…" the lady sniffed. Hm. I hated her already. The stupid stuck up bitch.
"All right. I didn't know that…" I said, defending myself.
"It's fine, but don't let it happen again. Come, I'll introduce you to my little darlings." Mrs. Miyagi said, twirling away from the door and walking up a flight of stairs. This house was huge.
I walked in and shut the door behind me, walking quickly to catch up with the rich Mrs. Miyagi. "And here they are…" She said, gesturing to three children playing some sort of board game on the floor of a very expensive and elegantly decorated living room.
"I see…" I mumbled, taking in the room.
"The dark haired boy with green eyes is Kazuo, our sweet oldest child, the blonde girl with light brown eyes is Kamiko, our lovely middle child, and the other dark haired girl with light brown eyes is Rie, our darling youngest child. I trust that you will take good care of them. They can do whatever they please, as long as it is not too dangerous or illegal." The mother of the children smiled, looking affectionately at her three demons. I could see the evil behind the their small eyes.
"Oh! The help has arrived!" A man came into the room, looking serious. He had light blonde hair and bright, striking green eyes. He was rather short for a man, only about one inch taller than myself. He was wearing a black suit and tie. I briefly wondered where they were going.
"We should be back around midnight or one, depending on how the evening goes. We might not even be back until late tomorrow morning. The kids can be put to sleep around nine or ten. I expect you to feed them and to make sure they have a bath or shower. When I get home, I want my house to be exactly as I left it. Got it? Good. We'll see you later." Mrs. Miyagi said, and then she turned around, linked her arm with her husband's, and walked down the stairs, and out the door, leaving me with her children. What a bitch.
I slowly turned around. The three children had smiles on their faces. Hey weren't friendly smiles either. "Hello…" the oldest child, Kazuo, said, "We didn't get your name… what is it?"
"I am Makita." I said, glaring at them.
"We're hungry, go make us food." Rie, the youngest of the three children demanded in an annoyingly whiny voice.
"Excuse me? Can you use some manners?" I growled at them.
"Make us food or we'll tell mommy we saw you snooping through the drawers in her room and took some paper out of them!" Kamiko, the middle child yelled at me.
I raised my eyebrow. "No. Use manners, or else you can starve to death."
All three of their mouths opened and practically hit the floor. I knew I was being a bitch and really mean, but really, why the hell would I care? I was in a bad mood. "No one talks to us like that! Now, make us food or else!" Rie screamed.
"Now you listen here. I am not your slave. I am the one who is in charge of you. You are going to listen to me and be polite, otherwise there WILL be consequences." I hissed at the children, giving them my very best and most terrifying death glare. I could hear them gulp. That was my first big mistake.
"Could you… please … make us food?" The little one asked.
"Sure. That wasn't so hard, was it?" I grinned triumphantly.
"No." All three of the children chorused.
"I'll call you when dinner's ready." I said as I tuned my back and went to find the kitchen.
*The oldest, Kazuo, looked out the door, making sure that the mean read head was not in hearing distance. "This girl thinks she can be mean to us and tell us what to do? I THINK NOT! This is our house! WE RULE! We should teach her a lesson…" he said with an evil glint in his eye.
I hated cooking. I was no good at it. Every time I tried to make something, I usually ended up burning it and making it inedible. Not even Ai would eat my cooking. I was that bad. As much as I hated kids, I didn't want to end up poisoning them and then have to take the blame for murder, so I just looked through the cupboards until I found some instant ramen.
I boiled the water and added it to the hard noodles. I waited about two minutes and then I called the children down for supper. There was no answer. I yelled again, louder this time. There was still no answer. I was beginning to worry. I didn't want something to happen to the kids and then have to face the wrath of their mother. I walked out of the kitchen and into the hallway. That was my second big mistake.
I walked into the hallway, only to be pelted with a large amount of giant, unwrapped condoms. Ew. I gasped at how disgusting it was. Who knows if the condoms were used or not? I glared up at the giggling kids who were at the top of the stairs. "Get. Down. Here. NOW!" I bellowed, my voice echoing throughout the house.
"Was that an order?" Kamiko asked through her fit of giggles.
"Yes! Clean up this mess right now! Where did you even find these?!" I yelled, a deadly anger seeping into my tone.
"Mommy and Daddy's room. We're going to tell them that you had sex, lots of sex, with many different men, while they were gone." Kamiko laughed.
"What the fuck?! You stupid brats, get the fuck down here or I will kick your ass!" I threatened. These kids knew way too much about very mature things.
"Ohh… we're telling mommy that you swore." Rie said.
"Shut the fuck up and go burn in hell little girl. I don't give a shit about what you tell your mommy or daddy. Clean this up, NOW!" I yelled, anger making me forget whom I was talking to. That was big mistake number three.
"NO!" All three kids yelled at the same time, running away down the hallway.
I sighed in frustration and walked up the stairs after them. I really, really loathed children. "Where are you guys? Get back here and take responsibility for your actions!"
"HERE!" Kazuo, yelled, pelting me with water balloons filled with a colourful, syrupy liquid.
"Ack! What the hell!?" I shrieked as the syrup filled water balloons hit me, exploding and coating me in the sticky and rather colourful syrup. The floor was a shiny, polished hardwood and very, very slippery. I fell down. The other two little demonic humans came up and started sticking feathers, pieces of paper, little plastic toys, puzzle pieces, small stuffed animals, dirt, rocks, and a whole bunch of other shit to my syrup covered and very sticky body.
The children laughed. I was so pissed off. I tried to get up, but I was stuck to the floor. The spawns then got out some thick, sturdy tape. The 'children' (if you could even call them children) then taped my hands together, my feet together, and taped my mouth shut, and so I couldn't talk any more. I grunted at them, sending a deadly glare. They ignored me and proceeded to pry my suck body from the floor and push me down the stairs. Oh yeah, I was never having kids.
I tumbled down the stairs, hitting my head, my ribs, my ass, and pretty much every inch of my body against the hard, wooden stairs, my sticky body picking up the unwrapped condoms on my way down the stairs. I was going to be bruised tomorrow. Life sucks and it hates me. Why did I have to do this? I hate Tsuande. I hate her with a burning passion. I could have shape shifted and gotten myself out of this mess, but I highly doubt that Tsuande would want me to kill the three little sadists who saw me shape shift. Damn it.
I groaned when I was at the bottom, rolling over so I could look at the kids. The two girls were already running down the stairs, a bag in each hand and eager expressions on their faces. Oh shit. What did the little devils have planned? The youngest girl, Rie, sat down beside me and opened her bag. She pulled out a tube of lipstick and a container of hot pink blush. The other girl, Kamiko, sat on top of my chest and opened her bag as well and pulled out a tube of black mascara and a dish of multi-coloured eye shadow. Joy. The little demons wanted to do my makeup. This was not going to be fun at all.
"We'll make you look really pretty, Kita-chan! We promise!" the older girl said, laughing as she put the mascara on my eyebrows. The younger girl followed suit, painting blush on my forehead and lipstick on my nose. I was getting angry. I didn't want to resort to using ninjustu or taijutsu, but I was going to have to.
I ripped the tape on my legs and hands in half, successfully freeing myself and scaring the two girls away from me. I ripped the tape that covered my mouth off and yelled, "THAT IS ENOUGH!" I grabbed the girls roughly by the arm and took them to the kitchen, where I taped their legs to a chair. "Now eat your ramen." I hissed dangerously.
I also sat at the table; noticing the syrup had hardened to a disgusting crusty type substance, and watching the girls eat. I could tell that I had scared them. Good. Now all I needed to do was wrangle up that stupid, jackass, boy demon thing, clean the mess they made, and put the little devils to bed. I looked at the clock that sat above the stove. It was only seven o'clock. Damn.
I heard the kitchen door swing open and I looked up. My eyes were met with the boy, Kazuo, holding a kunai knife and glaring at me. "Let my sisters go, or else I will kill you!" he yelled at me angrily.
I raised my eyebrow and began laughing. This little, untrained boy wouldn't even be able to land a scratch on me. "Try it. I dare you to try and kill me."
"I-I will!" The boy threatened. Or, at least least, tried to threaten. I could tell he was just trying to show off for his younger siblings.
"Then come and try it. Kill me." I said, staying completely still and staring Kazuo down.
"Fine!" He yelled, holding the kunai out and running towards me. I waited until he was less than a foot away before I moved out of the way, grabbed the kunai out of his hand, and pinned him on the table.
"See? You won't be able to kill me. The worst you could do is annoy me and have ME kill you." I growled to him.
"You w-wouldn't r-r-really kill us, w-would you?" Kamiko asked.
"If you keep annoying me I might." I muttered under my breath, letting Kazuo go. "All right. Now, Kazuo, eat the ramen I made for you like your sisters are. I don't want to hear any complaints." I said.
"You know what, our other babysitters are nice to us and don't yell and they let us get away with everything and-" Kamiko started, but I cut her off.
"I am not your other babysitters. I'm especially not a pushover, especially when it comes to bratty, stuck up, kids." I said angrily.
I could hear all three of them gulp. "You're not nice. I hate you." Rie said.
"We hate you too!" the other two children chorused.
"I don't really care if you hate me or not. I'm not too fond of you three either, you know." I shot back at them.
Kazuo snorted and began to eat his ramen. "… Thanks for making food…" He muttered under his breath.
I grinned to myself triumphantly. Hopefully, I scared the kids into behaving. "After you're done eating, you can take a bath or shower and then go to bed."
"But it's only seven thirty!" Kamiko whined.
"I know. It's your punishment for throwing condoms at me, smothering me in syrup, sticking a whole bunch of random shit to me, and threatening to kill me…." I said, glaring at them.
Rie giggled, "The syrup also dyes whatever it touches for three days."
My eye twitched. "What?" I asked in a deadly calm voice, which caused the children to stop what they were doing and look at me with wide eyes.
"Y-y-you're skin and h-hair and c-clothes and w-whatever else t-the s-syrup t-t-touched… they're going to be b-b-blue a-and pink and p-purple for the next three days… after t-t-t-three days, t-the syrup s-should c-c-come out." Kamiko said, stuttering.
"I'll give you twenty seconds to run before I kick the shit out of you." I said in a quite, threatening voice.
All three of the kids shrieked. The girls started pulling at the tape around their legs. Within ten seconds, the girls were freed and, following their brother, ran out of the kitchen. I counted to ten and then ran after them. I looked for their chakra signatures and quickly found them. The evil demons were outside, in the backyard. I walked slowly outside, not rushing.
I walked out the door and was hit with a very strong blast of icy water. I sputtered and slipped on the wet grass. I hit the ground with a thump and growled. The water then stopped. These kids were fucking evil. When I stood up, most of the plastic toys, condoms, stuffed animals, puzzle pieces and a bunch of other shit that was stuck to my body because of the syrup stuff fell off my body.
I got up and glared at the three kids who were standing a few feet away, holding a garden hose in their hands. "What the hell was that for?"
"The syrup melts and comes off in cold water… although the water has to be really hot if you want the colours to fade and go away…" Kazuo said.
"Oh…" I muttered, looking away. I was cold and very surprised that they did something… somewhat not completely evil. "Well, get upstairs and get ready for bed. Now." I ordered.
The kids groaned and walked back in the house. I shook the water off of myself and followed after the kids. I turned the handle of the door, only to find that it was locked. I sighed. Stupid kids. I was a ninja. It would take more than a simple locked door to keep me out. I closed my eyes and vanished in a cloud of smoke. I reappeared inside the house, right in front of the kids. All three of them gasped and took a step back.
"Get. Ready. For. Bed. NOW." I said.
The kids took one look at my face and ran up the stairs. I was so pissed off. Not only was I dead tired from chasing after these little hell spawns and genjutsu training, but I hate kids and don't want to be here, and I have to wake up early because I have more genjutsu training tomorrow morning at seven thirty! I shook my head and dragged myself up the stairs after the kids, just to make sure they didn't plan anything else or were destroying something else.
I could hear the sounds of three showers running. I checked for chakra signatures and found all three of them in three separate rooms. I sighed and leaned against the railing and stared at the wall, thinking. I heard one shower shut off, then another. A few minuets later, the other shower stopped running. I turned to look down the hallway and saw Kazuo, Kamiko, and Rie walking down the hallway, complete with damp hair and their pyjamas on.
"Good. You got ready for bed. Now, go to sleep." I said.
"Can we have a snack? Please, Kita-chan?" Rie asked, giving me puppy dog eyes.
I sighed and began to walk down the stairs, "Sure, but no funny stuff or calling me 'Kita-chan' anymore… Got it?"
"Yeah…" The three evil human children said as they trudged down the stairs after me.
They sat at the table, while I fished through the cupboards. I came up with three 'all natural' granola bars. I looked at the granola bars and then at the kids, deciding that this is what they would be eating. I put the food on the table and each of the kids took one. Kamiko yawned, Kazuo stretched out his arms, and Rie rubbed her eyes tiredly. I could tell that they were tired, probably from torturing me. They soon finished their snack and slowly trudged up the stairs.
I followed after them, making sure that they actually went to bed. They did. A few minuets after their heads hit the pillow, they were out cold. I could hear all of them snoring loudly. I sighed and closed all of their bedroom doors. I checked the clock. It was only nine o'clock. Now it was time to clean up the mess that Kazuo, Kamiko, and Rie made.
An hour and a half later…
I let out a huff. I had finally finished cleaning. I had to pick up all of the condoms that were thrown around, scrub the sticky floors, clean up and put away all of the shit that the kids threw around, clean up the kitchen, make sure everything was how it was before I came here, and take out the garbage. I was a sweaty, tired mess.
I heard the front door open and I walked from the kitchen to the front of the house. There was Mr and Mrs. Miyagi. I raised an eyebrow in question. I thought that her and her husband weren't supposed to be home until later this evening. It was only ten thirty. Mrs. Miyagi glanced towards me and just stuck her nose up in the air. She turned away from me and walked up the stairs. I turned to look at Mr. Miyagi with a questioning expression on my face.
Mr. Miyagi just sighed. "Don't ask. Just… don't ask. The party wasn't what she was expecting."
"Oh… I see…" I said, looking away.
"Yes. How much will I be paying you?" Mr. Miyagi asked, pulling out his very thick wallet.
"Nothing. The Hokage said that I'm not supposed to accept payment for this mission…" I sighed, refusing payment.
"Alright. How were my darling angels? Were they a handful?" He asked, taking in my colourful and ragged appearance, but smiling when he said 'darling angels'. I had to stop myself from snorting. Those three demons were quite the opposite of angels.
"A handful like you wouldn't believe." I muttered back, shaking my head. "I'll be leaving. Bye."
"Should we expect you to be sitting for us again?" Mr. Miyagi asked.
"I'm not sure. It depends if I get assigned to baby-sit." I said, forcing a smile. I was hoping I would never have the displeasure of looking after any child again. This 'mission' made my hatred of children increase a tenfold.
"Well all right. I'll se you later." Mr. Miyagi said, smiling and then opening the door for me.
"Thanks." I said, walking quickly out of the Miyagi household. I hoped that I would never have to come back here.
"It's not a problem. I'll see you some other time. Goodbye." Mr. Miyagi said with a smile, closing the door to his home.
I sighed and walked down the cobblestone steps. That mission was a lot harder than I thought it would be. I looked at my blue, pink, and purple hands and grimaced. I was not happy at all about the fact that I was going to have multi-coloured skin and hair for the next three days. Just what the hell was in those syrup water balloon bomb things? Where the hell did the children even get that stuff? It was beyond me. I don't care what Tsunade says. I'm never, EVER, baby-sitting, watching, or taking care of the Miyagi children again. Scratch that, I'm never baby-sitting any kids again. Ever.
I shook my head. When I got home, I was going to take a nice, long, hot shower, put on my favourite pair of pyjamas and go to sleep. I was so exhausted. I didn't want to have to do anymore genjutsu training. I was considering calling in sick tomorrow, but remembered about the Akatsuki. I needed to get stronger in my weakest area if I was ever going to stand a chance against them. I was also partly doing this for Airi. I wanted her to get better. I wanted the old Airi that I knew and loved back.
"No!" I said out loud to myself, stopping in the middle of the dark Konoha street. "I will NOT worry about that or that. I will remain focused on getting stronger in genjutsu and doing it for myself." I muttered the last part to myself.
I kept walking back to my home. Sleep was what I wanted most. A nice bowl of fruit before I went to bed also sounded very appealing. I was thinking about how stupid I probably looked right now. My hair was sticking up at odd angles; my hair, skin, and clothes were multicoloured pink, blue, and purple; I was dead tired, I probably moved like a walking corpse, and, to top it all off, I was walking alone in a practically deserted area. Great. The good thing was that I was only about a block away from my apartment building.
I yawned and kept walking. Soon, I saw the familiar door of my apartment complex. I pulled the door open and trudged up the stairs. I took my key out of my pocket and shoved it into the lock. I opened the door and stepped inside, shutting and locking the door behind me. I kicked off my sandals and stumbled my way to the kitchen. There was a bowl of fruit on the table. I grabbed an apple out of the bowl and began munching in the crisp fruit. It was delicious.
I walked into the living room and was greeted by my not so polite cat, 'And what exactly happened to you? It looks like some kids mistook you for an Easter egg and tried to dip you in dye. You look horrible."
"Thanks, Ai. You make me feel so wonderful." I sad sarcastically, lying down on the couch.
'Hey! I'm jut pointing out a fact here.' Ai defended.
"Mhm. Whatever you say, Ai." I mumbled, taking another bite of my apple.
'So I take it babysitting didn't go to well?' Ai said, jumping up on the armrest of the couch, opposite my head.
"It was awful. I hate kids." I hissed.
Ai snorted. 'I should have guessed that…'
"So, what did you do while I was working?" I asked Ai.
'Nothing, to tell you the truth. I mostly napped and sunbathed.' Ai said, yawning.
"Are you tired?" I asked, raising one eyebrow.
'Yes I am. Sun bathing is a lot of work, you know.' Ai informed me.
"All right then. I'm going to go and shower, then I'll be going to bed."
'I'll probably already be asleep when you get out of the shower… getting rid of that dye on your skin and hair is going to take a while to get off…' Ai told me.
"Yeah, yeah. See you tomorrow morning. Sweet dreams. Love you." I said, walking to the bathroom.
'I love you too, Makita.' Ai called. I smiled.
I walked into the bathroom and shut the door tightly behind me. I turned on the shower to the hottest water temperature, making the water get really hot, really fast. I stripped out of my clothes and stepped into the already steaming water. I grabbed a bar of soap and immediately started scrubbing. I could see colours running off of my body and melding with the water and soap, creating colourful bubbles. I grabbed shampoo and scrubbed my hair vigorously. I washed out the bubbles and soap from my hair and re-shampooed it. Colours ran out of my hair, going down the drain. I then conditioned hair and scrubbed my body with soap for another good fifteen minuets.
I rinsed the excess soap from my body and shut the water off. I opened the shower door and let the steam escape with me. I shook my wet hair and grabbed a fluffy towel from the towel rack. I wrapped myself inside its softness. I rubbed the steam away from the mirror with another towel and looked at myself. The colour had faded a lot. You couldn't see any colour patches on my face or legs, but you could see faint traces of blue, purple, and pink in my hair and on my arms and torso and neck. I shook my head. It wasn't as bad as I thought. The colour should be completely gone by tomorrow or the next day.
I opened the door to the bathroom and walked to my room, still wrapped in a towel. I yawned and opened my closet doors, pulling out a large red t-shirt and long black pyjama pants. I yawned again and crawled under the covers, resting my head on my pillow and snuggling into my bed. I took a deep breath and within minutes of getting into bed, I was asleep.
"Wake up, Makita-chan." A far away voice called, shaking me.
I groaned and swatted the person's hand away. "Ten more minutes…"
"Makita-chan… you need to get up now… you said you'd only sleep for ten more minutes twenty minuets ago…" I heard the person sigh.
"Mhm…" I muttered, rolling over and pulling the covers over my head.
"Makita-chan, please wake up! The Hokage is waiting for us!" The person said, exasperated.
"Hokage? M'kay… we'll see them when it's night…" I mumbled sleepily.
I suddenly felt cool air as the blankets were ripped off of me. "Seriously, Makita, we need to get going. We're already really late." Whoever the person was said.
Wait. Why was this person in my house… in my room, to top it all of? My eyes flew open and I sat up rather quickly. "What the fuck?!" I yelled, getting startled and falling off of my bed, after seeing Kiba and Akamaru near my bed. Kiba was holding my covers and Akamaru was chewing on one corner of my blankets.
"We have an emergency assassination mission this morning. The Hokage sent me to get you… although I didn't think you'd be this hard to wake up…" Kiba smirked.
I groaned, "What time is it?"
"About five in the morning…" Kiba said.
"Why the hell would she want us up this early?" I whined, getting up off the floor and going to my closet, and grabbing clothes.
"I have no idea. She said that we're going to Kiri and that she's going to give us both the information when we get to the Hokage tower."
"Okay. Sounds good. Wait… how the hell did you get into my apartment?" I asked.
"I'm a ninja, Makita-chan. It's going to take more than a locked door to keep me out." Kiba said, smirking at me. Akarmaru barked and wagged his tail. "And the fact that Tsunade-sama gave me a key made it easy to get in."
I rolled my eyes and walked out of my room and down the hall, towards the bathroom, "I'm going to get changed. You can wait in the living room."
"Alright. Be quick. We're already late." Kiba said, walking to the living room.
"Yeah, yeah." I said, shutting the door to the bathroom door behind me.
I quickly brushed my hair and washed my face with cool water. I put on some eyeliner and stripped out of my pyjamas and put on my fishnet top and a black tank top over it. Then I put on a pair of baggy black ninja pants and tired my ninja headband around my waist. I pulled on my fingerless gloves and re-brushed my hair. I walked out of the bathroom and back to my room, quickly packing a bag with a change of clothes, solider pills, and the necessities for the mission. I strapped on my kunai pouch and weapons pouch. I scanned quickly over my room, making sure I didn't forget anything important.
I walked back into the living room to find Kiba and Akamaru glaring at Ai, with Ai glaring right back and hissing.
"All right. I'm ready. Let's go." I said, bag in my hand.
'I hate being woken up so early… especially by dogs…' Ai sniffed, sticking her nose in the air.
I sighed, "I'll see you later Ai. I have a mission."
'Fine. I'll see you later. Be safe.' Ai said.
I walked to the front, Kiba and Akamaru following behind me, and pulled on my black ninja sandals. Kiba, Akamaru, and I walked out the door. I shut the door to my apartment and locked it behind me, pocketing the key. I ran down the stairs and out of my apartment building.
"Alright. Let's hurry." Kiba said.
"Right." I replied, jumping onto the rooftops and running to the Hokage's building.
We made it to Tsunade's office in no time, rushing past the reception desk and running up the stairs. We knocked on the door and waited patiently. A few moments later we heard a muffled, "Come in." We opened the door to a sleepy-eyed Tsunade.
"You're late." She said, shaking her head at us.
"It's not my fault. Makita-chan is impossible to wake up." Kiba said, smirking at me.
"Oh, shut up." I said, "I like my sleep."
"Anyways, your mission is an assassination in Kiri." Tsunade said, handing me some papers, "The man you are sent to assassinate, Yuu Ito, has been planning something against Konoha. It's going to be big. We must not let him do anything to disrupt Konoha. Kill him, no questions. Makita-san, you can use your special ability in front of Kiba. I think I can trust him not to tell your secret…"
Kiba raised his eyebrows and turned to me, "Special ability? What's that about?"
"I'll tell you later, Kiba." I said.
"Anyways, you will travel to Kiri and ambush him. Failure is not an option." Tsunade said.
"Right!" Kiba and I said together, while Akamaru barked.
"Go now. I will expect you to be back within the week." Tsunade said, looking at seriously.
"Before we go… Tsunade-sama… how is Airi doing?" I asked.
"She's getting a little bit better… we need to find an antidote. We are using a combative medication to try and conquer the poison, but it's not a cure…" Tsunade informed me.
"Oh… I see…" I said. I was still worried about Airi.
"Don't worry about it, Makita-san. Now, go on your mission. Good luck!" Tsunade said.
Kiba and I nodded and bowed and then we left Tsunade's office. We ran out of Konoha, ready to start our mission. We entered the forest, Kiba riding on Akamaru, running through the trees towards The Village Hidden In The Mist. For some reason, I was very nervous. I didn't have a good feeling about the mission.
BWAHA! Done! Finally. It's long, but that's okay! Review please!
