Deidara: Leo threatened to cut my hair if I didn't do the disclaimer, un. So here it is, yeah. IF Leo owned Naruto…it would be completely screwed up.
Leo: …Whatever…Commencing story!
Misaki's POV
"Let's go!" Naruto yelled enthusiastically stepping past the gate of Konoha.
"What are you so excited about?" Sakura asked annoyed.
"Yeah Naruto, what's the big deal?" I asked.
"This is the first time I've gone outside the village before!" Naruto said with a discouraged pout.
"Oh well that makes sense. I've been traveling for 6 years so I guess this doesn't affect me." I thought to myself. Everyone turned to me.
"Why would you be traveling? You couldn't have been any older than six." Sasuke asked curiously but suspiciously.
"Not something I'm willing to talk about." I said cheerfully, "Now we better set out!"
Sasuke and the others gave her one last weird stare before leaving the matter and continuing on their way.
I breathed out thankfully before running to catch up.
"Hey, Tazuna-san?" I questioned.
"What?" he answered gruffly.
"Which country are you from?"
"Wave Country."
"Hey, Kakashi sensei? Do they have ninja in Wave Country?" Sakura asked.
"No, but in most countries they do." Kakashi said. He then started a long explanation about Shinobi Villages and Kages and such.
"Wow, Hokage-sama is the best!" Sakura said cheerfully but it was obvious that her thoughts were somewhere along the line of 'That lame geezer is that good? Hmm…'
"You guys just doubted Hokage-sama didn't you?" Kakashi asked after a short silence. I kept walking calmly, I believed in the Hokage. After all I looked up him as my father figure. He let me stay in this village. My other teammates however froze and starting acting nervous in their own way.
"Don't worry there won't be any combat in this mission, of course." Kakashi assured us. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Tazuna looked down guiltily. Then another thing caught my eye. I saw a puddle on the road. I walked around it. Then it hit me, there was a puddle on the road and it hadn't rained for days.
"Get out of the way-" I started but was interrupted as two figures erupted out of the water and started attacking.
One of the figures wrapped a chain around Kakashi before he had time to respond. With one tug Kakashi's body was cut into slabs.
"One down." He announced.
They came up behind Naruto. Before they could do anything, Sasuke jumped into the air, reached into his shuriken pouch, and threw a one at the two ninja, it pinned the chain connecting them to a tree; he threw a kunai at the shuriken to hold it in place. He then landed on the ninjas outstretched arms. Keeping his balance by holding onto their arms, he kicked then both in the face causing the chain to break.
The ninja recovered quickly and charged at Tazuna. They rushed past Naruto cutting him with a kunai in the process. Sakura rushed in front of Tazuna.
"Sir, please get back!" she ordered determinedly. I quickly shielded her with my arms outstretched. I grabbed both of their arms hit a pressure point in their necks and shoved them backwards toward the awaiting Kakashi who caught them easily. We all concluded Kakashi had used Kawarimi (Body Switch). Tazuna looked relieved.
Naruto's POV
"Naruto, I'm sorry I didn't save you sooner. They injured you. I didn't think you would freeze up like that." Kakashi apologized. "Anyway nice job Misaki, Sasuke. You too Sakura." I watched as my teammates left him behind, except Misaki of course. And for some reason Sasuke fell behind a few steps too. He turned to look at me.
"You alright…Scaredy cat." He taunted me. Misaki glared at him grabbing my hand. Sasuke immediately scowled.
'What's his problem?' I scowled
Misaki's POV
I twitched wanting to hit Sasuke for calling Naruto a scaredy cat. Instead, I just glared and grabbed Naruto's injured hand. Naruto made a seriously angry face.
"Naruto, save it for later. Those guys' claws were soaked in poison. We have to remove it quickly." Kakashi said. "We have to open the wound and remove the poison from your body. Oh, and try not to move too much. It makes the poison spread faster."
A few minutes later
Kakashi had tied the ninja to a nearby tree.
"These look like Hidden Mist ninjas. These ninjas are known to keep fighting no matter what." Kakashi explained.
"…How did you read our movements?" The ninjas who had woken up asked.
"Misaki, why don't you explain? You were the first one of the genins who noticed the puddle." Kakashi asked surprising me.
"Uh, yeah…sure. First off, on a hot, sunny day like this where it hasn't rained for days, there isn't going to be a puddle." I explained.
"And?" Kakashi coaxed.
"Well, I know that Kakashi could have killed those two instantly if he wanted. But I think most likely why he didn't do it was because he needed to figure out who you two were."
"What do you mean?" Tazuna asked nervously.
"Either they were after you or they were after us. That doesn't make sense considering our mission was only to protect you from thieves or gangs. If not, this would mean this mission would be classified as at least a B-rank mission" I explained. "This was supposed to be basic protection until you completed your bridge. If ninjas were after you, this mission would've an expensive B-rank mission." I finished taking a deep breath, looking at Tazuna steadily. He was looking at me like I was a prodigy.
"We aren't ready for this mission! Let's quit! We will need medicine for Naruto's wound. We should go back to the village and take him to a doctor..." Sakura trailed off at Sasuke and my heated glares.
"This might be too much." Kakashi said, "I guess we should return to the village to treat Naruto." Naruto got wide-eyed at this then he started to glare. With his good hand he pulled a kunai out of his pouch and stabbed himself in the hand.
"Naruto! What are you doing?" Sakura screamed. I held an arm out when she moved forward to stop him
"Let him explain. He's got a reason, hopefully." I said unsurely.
"With this kunai…I swear I'll protect the old man. We're continuing the mission."
"Naruto…it's good that you're releasing the poison…but anymore and you'll die from lack of blood." Kakashi said with fake happiness. Naruto immediately started to panic.
"NO! That's bad, I can't die from something like this!" he started running in circles, panicking.
I sighed but held out my hand. Naruto stopped and looked at me. Everyone turned to see what had quieted Naruto down.
"Gimme your hand." I said calmly. Naruto rushed over put his hand in mine. I examined it and saw that it was already healing.
'No wonder. He DOES have the nine-tailed fox…' I thought. Everyone was still staring wondering what I was going to do.
"Umm…hey…am I going to be...okay?" Naruto asked nervously.
"Yeah, you're good." I searched my shuriken pouch for bandages but got none. "Dammit…out of bandages…" I cursed.
I sighed and began healing him. Everyone in the close vincity watched amazed as Naruto's cut closed up right before their eyes. I finished up admiring my handiwork.
"You…you can do medical ninjutsu?" Kakashi asked unsurely.
"I picked it up somewhere." I shrugged it off. Kakashi didn't seem too convince but luckily, Tazuna broke the silence.
"…Sensei…I…have to talk to you." Tazuna said nervously. "It's about the mission…"