Chapter 9
part of this chapter is a little pointless but I had to make things realistic (think of it as a filler) so plz be patient we are almost to the good stuff. PLZ review..
Chapter 9
"Well… you're looking at them," Kakashi said while pointing out Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura.
"You say what?" Yoshe said in her dumb founded tone.
"Do I have to repeat myself?" Kakashi said in a playful manner.
"Really?" Yoshe said with excitement this time.
"What did I just say!" Kakashi said but this time a little irritated.
"But there is usually 3 to a team with the addition of it's captain or jounin," Sakura inputted with confusion.
"Yeah usually unless they are going B or above rank missions. So I talked to Tsunade about having her added since she already met you guys and she saw no problem with it," Kakashi lied.
"This is great! I never thought that meeting you what 11 years ago would have us actually be in the same team together," Naruto said with excitement.
"It's like you guys were meant to be together," Sakura teased. Naruto and Yoshe looked at each other for a split second to think of what Sakura meant from that comment. Then both Yoshe and Naruto blushed and looked away from each other.
"You have no idea," Kakashi said under his mask. All of them turned to look at him with a weird look on their faces.
"Did you say something Kakashi?" Sasuke asked.
"Who me?... oh no… didn't say a word," Kakashi brushed off the comment. Then he cleared his throat before continuing, "Also since Naruto and Sasuke have yet to taken the Chunin exams again to pass them, you will be their extra team mate since there needs to be 3 to a team to take the exam."
"What about Sakura? Did you pass?" Yoshe asked.
"Yup!" Sakura replied while holding up a peace sign and sticking her tongue out in a playful way.
"Oh yeah, that is right! I forgot about it," Sasuke said.
"Now the point to you being with us is to learn team work. That is why our first mission is a D-rank, so she can learn the basics," Kakashi said while looking at Naruto and Sasuke, knowing they were about to rebel.
"D-rank!" Sasuke and Naruto said at the same time.
Kakashi grunted before saying, "Until we properly pass this one with Yoshe, we aren't moving to other missions. I'll be watching all of you."
"So this is like another test?" Yoshe asked.
"Technically yes," Kakashi answered.
"Ah! I thought I was done with test. When do I get to see the action and actually get to test my abilities with enemies to where I can actually go full out?" Yoshe said with frustration.
"To mean she wasn't going full out yesterday?" Sakura, Sasuke, and Naruto thought to themselves at the same time.
"Not another Naruto! I can't deal with 2 of them," Kakashi thought to himself. He took a deep breath before starting to explain, "Yoshe, I get it, yesterday you were great, but we don't know how good your team work is. Let's say we were facing off against the enemy, and because you were to consumed with in your fight, you get all of us killed, including yourself because either; a: you bit off more than you could chew and we are trying to get you out of the mess or; b: you were too consumed in your fight and not notice our struggle until you it is too late." Yoshe lowered her head in embarrassment. Kakashi placed a hand on her shoulder and said, "But we don't know anything yet so relax, just do this mission the way you would do it." Yoshe smiled and nodded.
"I never thought of it that way, but I will make sure nothing happens to my team mates, especially if it's from my own stupidity," Yoshe thought to her self. Then she asked Kakashi, "So what is the mission?"
Kakashi grew a smile under his mask as he replied, "It's quite simple. Bring back a lost puppy named Spot. He is completely white except for a red spot over his left eye."
"And where does the puppy live?" Yoshe asked.
"Um… why?" Sakura asked with confusion.
"Well shouldn't we start around there to look for clues to see were Spot was heading to?" Yoshe added.
"And why didn't we ever think about that before?" Naruto asked.
"Because unlike Yoshe, you guys lack common sense," Kakashi replied in a nonchalant way. Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura bowed their heads in shame. Kakashi then looked at Yoshe and said, "324 S. Elwood St."
To lighten up the mood Yoshe said with a little perquisite in her voice, "Should we star?" After receiving the nod of agreement from the others, they all walked down to the location, with Kakashi following them.
Before they reached the destination, Yoshe inputted some ideas, "Let's check the surrounding to see if we can find any tracks or clues to where it is. We are going to need more info about the dog. How old was he? What size and stuff like that?" She looked at Kakashi to hear the answer.
"The owner said he was about 4 months old, 1 ½ ft in height, and 2 ft in length. Basically it's a puppy," Kakashi said.
"That means it can't jump over the fence… Where did the owners last leave him?" Yoshe questioned.
"They said he was in the back yard since he sleeps in the back yard," Kakashi said.
Yoshe looked at the house and then ordered, "Ok guys look around the fence of the backyard to see if there are any holes or puppy tracks, even human tracks just incase someone took him." They spread out to look for clues but there were neither holes nor tracks except their own.
"There aren't any," Sakura said.
"Are the owners home?" Yoshe asked Kakashi.
"Does it look like I would be keeping a track of everything the owners do? I'm not some kind of stalker you know," Kakashi said sarcastically.
Yoshe gave him a dirty look and said, "It was just a question."
"What the hell crawled up your ass and died?" Sasuke mumbled.
"Hm! Jack ass says what?" Kakashi mumbled towards Sasuke quickly to get him to fall for his trick.
"What?" Sasuke asked confused. Kakashi and Yoshe (with her supertonic hearing) laughed after his reply. Yoshe then lead the way to the front door, and knocked on it.
A little girl with blue hair in piggy tails that looked about 7 years old, opened the door and asked, "May I help you?"
Yoshe crouched down to the little girl level and asked, "Yeah, we are shinobi assigned to looking for you lost puppy. Are your parents' home?"
"Nope, but what would you want them for… Did you find Spot?" the little girl said with a hint of excitement.
"Not yet… However, may we go look around your back yard? Just to find some clues," Yoshe asked in a sweet tone.
"Yeah sure, as long as it will help you find Spot. Come on in," the little girl said while opening the door to let everyone in. Once they were all inside, she closed the door, and guided them through the hall that leads to the back yard. Reaching the sliding door to the back yard the little girl said, "Right through these doors…" She opened the door and then walked off to somewhere unknown.
"So why are we back here?" Sasuke asked.
"To start with the first step, where the victim was last seen," Yoshe briefly explained. "Wait was it cold last night?" Yoshe asked the others.
"I don't know…Yes… What does that have to do with anything?" Naruto asked.
"To put it in simply terms for you… Let me ask you this, if you were out side and it was cold, what would you do?" Yoshe asked while looking around the house.
"Try to find a place that would be warm," Naruto, answered.
"Oh I see where you are going at, "Sakura said.
"See he is still a puppy so it needs to be warms in order to survive. Since it's so small it can fit through the littlest nicks and crannies," Yoshe said while looking down, under the house. There she saw a little puppy underneath the wood plates. Yoshe made a high pitch whistle for only the puppy could hear, but the she noticed something when he was not budging, "Found him! But it looks like he's stuck!"
"Really?" Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke, And Kakashi said at the same time with surprise.
"He's stuck?" Sasuke asked.
"Well think about it. It's always cold at night so he probably used that to stay warm except there is one little problem," Yoshe pointed out.
"Since he is a puppy, he is always growing," Sakura finished.
"Exactly! Now we need to figure out how to get him out!" Yoshe said.
Naruto looked under the house to see how stuck the puppy it, and replied to his observations, "How the hell are we going to do that?"
"The concept is to make room for him to come out," Yoshe noted.
"We can use my Rasengan to create a hole," Naruto said.
"You know the Rasengan? You are your fathers' son!" Yoshe inputted.
"You know about the Rasengan?" Naruto asked.
"Yup! My mom taught it to me. I learned it when I was 8," Yoshe said.
"Really! Wow! How long did it take you?" Naruto asked.
"Technically a week or so, not that much," Yoshe said.
"Me too!" Naruto said in pride.
"Um… sorry to interrupt this fascinating conversation between you love birds but getting back down to business?" Sasuke interrupted. Naruto and Yoshe both blushed again.
"Well the Rasengan is too powerful. But you thought of something good Naruto," Yoshe said. Naruto then gleamed with pride.
"How about Sakura strength?" Sasuke said.
"It would create a crack in the whole house. Way too powerful," Naruto said.
"Not entirely. Yes, if she were to punch the ground it would destroy the whole terrain. But if she were to use a finger or 2 it might work," Yoshe said with a smile.
"Sounds good, let's do this," Sakura said. She knelt down to the ground and with little force; she concentrated her chakra to two of her finger, and used them to create a few cracks on the ground enough for the terrain to collapse a little underneath the puppy.
"Good job Sakura!" Yoshe, Naruto, and Sasuke said at the same time. Then Yoshe whistled a high pitch sound that the human ear couldn't even hear. A few seconds later the puppy came crawling out.
"He's out!" Sakura pointed out. The puppy slowly got to his feet and ran towards Yoshe. She got to her knees and held out her arms to catch the puppy. He started to lick her face uncontrollably.
"He seems to like you," Kakashi said from behind the group. "Great job you guys. New record timing for this team."
"Spot!" The little girl said when she saw her puppy in Yoshe arms. The puppy jumped down from Yoshe arm and ran to his owner. "I'm so glad you are ok! Thank you guys!"
"No problem!" Sasuke and Naruto said at the same time.
"Ok honey, please listen to my advice. Spot was stuck underneath the house since he needed shelter to keep him warm at night. If he gets stuck again, he can really get hurt. My advice is to either let him sleep inside with you or get a doggy house so he doesn't have the need of warmth and have him get stuck down there again," Yoshe educated in a motherly voice.
"So either have him sleep inside of get a doggy house… right!" the little girl reassured her.
"It's also an advantage for you. Maybe you can have them agree to let Spot sleep with you if you want," Yoshe said then winked at her.
"I like that idea, I'll try that first!" the little girl said with a smile. She guided them back through the house and out the front door.
"Well take care of your self and Spot," Sakura said.
"I will! Thank you!" the little girl responded.
"Make sure you talk to your parents," Naruto said.
"Especially about the matter we just discussed," Yoshe smiled.
"Oh believe me I will. Thank you all especially you pretty lady. I want to be just like you! I want to be a ninja!" the little girl said while bowing her head down to them. "Thank you!" the little girl then gently shut the door. All of them stood there in shock.
"To think returning a lost puppy would inspire someone to become a ninja," Sasuke smirked.
"Returning something that is most valuable to you is motive enough," Kakashi stated.
"Makes sense," Sakura added.
"Well I need to report our progress to Tsunade. I might be able to get her to give you guys a B-rank mission!" Kakashi stated.
"You mean we passed, we barely did anything, I felt like I was ordering everybody," Yoshe asked.
"You might have given order from the beginning but you talked through them with your team and made decisions as a team. You just have the skills as a leader," Kakashi said. He then leaned in to whisper in her ears, "Well you should since it runs through your blood." Yoshe just smiled at him.
"So we are getting a B-rank, yeah! At least we aren't doing any stincken C-rank missions," Naruto said with excitement.
"Well C-rank would be too simple for you guys," Kakashi said. "I'll get back to you guys when the next mission comes up," Kakashi said, then to disappear in a cloud of smoke.
"How about we go get some Ramen. It's on Me!" Naruto said to break the silence.
"Sure! Who would pass up some free food," Sasuke replied.
Tsunade was going through some papers of missions. She heard a knock on the door and she said, "Come in." The door opened and Kakashi came in. Tsunade looked at him with surprise and asked, "You're done already?"
"I figured out who the brains of the group is now. Yoshe is about as smart as Shikamaru… I'm here to ask for another mission that I can go in too," Kakashi asked.
"Ah! An A or B-rank mission. I say B-rank to actually challenge her teamwork… Lets see… Maybe this one," Tsunade said as she handed him a piece of paper.
Kakashi studied it for a few seconds and looked at Tsunade, "This is more like it, but I thought you said a B-rank?"
"That may turn out to be a B-rank but it is listed as an A-rank because the little girl is the daughter of the Haruki (springtime tree) King. He says that lately they have been receiving hate mail from unknown solicitors saying that if he doesn't step down from the thrown, his kingdom is the one to pay for it. Recently his wife has disappeared, so he wants to send his daughter somewhere safe, since he fears she might be next," Tsunade explained.
"Why doesn't he have us go look for his wife and find out who is sending those threats?" Kakashi asked.
"Because it has been 3 months since she went missing, along with the multiple parties that were sent to look for her after her disappearance," Tsunade said.
"Why is he coming to us now?" Kakashi asked.
"He has been sending letters to the hidden villages for the last 2 months. All of the messengers that carried the letters have been found dead a few days later. The one that came here I believe was the first to ever reach his destination," Tsunade said.
"Sounds like an A-rank to me," Kakashi said.
"Well if you get there and out with out being seen, it would be a B-rank. But it seems that can be a little difficult, so it will challenge the knowledge of team work here. Well at least the little girl will be unharmed. Now I may ask of an extra task from you guys if this mission is completed with complete team work," Tsunade added.
"And what may that be?" Kakashi asked.
"If you feel that Yoshe has achieved the method of team work, comeback here and I will assemble another team to accompany you back to Haruki and find the wife and defeat the threat. This should be an S-rank mission if not an A-rank. First, you must take the Kings daughter to Safety. Leave ASAP," Tsunade ordered.
"Right!" Kakashi said as he left the room.
"OH MY GOD! This ramen is fantastic!" Yoshe screamed while heaving down a bowl of Ramen. The others stare at her with amazement.
"I guess she likes it," Sakura said with sarcasm.
"Hey you got to hand it to her, the girl has taste." Naruto laughed.
"Yoshe! The Ramen isn't going anywhere. You can slow down a bit," Sasuke said.
Yoshe stopped, smiled and said, "Sorry! I just have never had ramen before. I got a little over excited there. Hehe!..."
"Well you came to the right place for Ramen," the old man who owned the Ichiraku Ramen shop said. They heard a shuffling sound coming from behind them. They turned to see Kakashi stepping in.
"Ah! Kakashi-sensei. Back so early," Sakura said.
"Yup and I already have our mission. We will leave as soon as you guys get ready. So eat well, pack well, we are going to gone for a while," Kakashi explained.
"Alright! This means it's a B or above rank mission!" Naruto said with excitement.
"So what is it?" Sasuke asked.
"B-rank as long as we keep hidden. It could easily turn into an A-rank so we must be careful. I will explain the mission on the way there," Kakashi said.
"Ok! I'm almost done," Yoshe said while finishing her last two bites. Then she shot up, and dashed out the door to the Hokage tower to pick her stuff up.
"I guess she is excited?" Kakashi said.
"It's like another Naruto," Sasuke exclaimed, but the mouthed off to irritate Naruto, "But a smarter one."
"Screw you!" Naruto gurgled while eating his last bites too.
"Speaking of Naruto, are you just going to let her outshine you…" Sakura said to Naruto.
"Nope! Done! Be right back," Naruto said as he placed money on the table and dashed out as well.
"Maybe we should go too," Sakura said to Sasuke, and he nodded in agreement. "I'm glad I packed my stuff earlier just incase this happened," Sakura thought to herself as both her and Sasuke got up walked out the stall.
Kakashi looked at the old and said, "Well I already have my stuff with me, I guess I'll have some ramen while I wait."
"Coming right up!" The old man said.
10 minutes passed and Yoshe returned with her stuff packed.
"So who is the mission for?" Yoshe asked.
"The King of Haruki," Kakashi answered.
"WAIT! WHAT? WHAT IS WRONG?" Yoshe started screaming out.
"Calm down. What are you so worried about?" Kakashi ordered.
"The King of Haruki is my uncle. His wife is my mothers' younger sister!" Yoshe exclaimed.
I hope you all like this chapter. It was blah, no spunk to it, but i had to make it realistic lol. Anywho to replace the blah I treid to place some humor in it lol. Plus I added a little cliff hanger at the end (well not really because you all know what is going on lol) Well Review Review Review!! They make my day )
