I told you 21 was coming today .

And here it is

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO

"--and that is how the chicken laid the egg!" Joma said full of happiness.

The genin stared at him. Well, most of them did. Drake had fallen asleep and tumbled of the log. Gray had also fallen asleep on Mae's shoulder, but she pushed him away so he also ended up on the ground. Evalli and Hana had fallen asleep against each other, so the only one staring at Joma was Mae.

"That..." she spoke. "was a ghost story?" She asked in disbelief.

"What?" The jounin asked. "You didn't think it was scary?"

"No..."

"Bummer." The jounin said with a smile, he then clapped his hands motioning for everyone to wake up. Surprisingly, they all did. Once they were all sitting on the logs again (except Bendoi, who was still sleeping in his tent.) "Alright, it's about 0,50 PM now, so it's tomorrow."

The genin all looked at him sleepily. But he continued. "I will now inform you of our next mission." He said with a serious voice, probably having decided that this wasn't the time for fun. "We are to capture one of the members of that organization Drazen is in. We will get help from Kiri," He eyed towards the two Mist nin. ", and also from Konoha." He eyed Drake. "But they're not here yet."

"Who are coming for help?" Mae and Drake asked simultaneously, forgetting they were sleepy.

"I don't know, some jounins and ANBU I heard." Joma answered.

"I hope they send Hataka..." Mae sighed, and sounded dreamy. "I really miss him..."

"They'd better send that Uchiha or Hyuga!" Drake said enthusiastically.

"Hey hey!" Joma said, gesturing with his hands for them to calm down. "Don't spoil the fun for the rest of us!"

"Well, they better send Hataka!" Evalli said. "I'm dying the find out who Mae has the hots for."

"I-I don't!" She protested. "I-I, just admire him...that's all." She added, a blush making its way to her cheeks. Gray wondered why she was blushing, but when he couldn't think of an answer within 5 seconds, he shrugged it of.

"Damn it!" Drazen shouted. He was now lying in the sand, several feet away from where he was standing before. Before he attacked Deidara with his Rasengan. Before he got hit by another Rasengan. Before he was send off flying several yards away. Before he found out that Deidara used a Kawarimi. Drazen's clothes now badly damaged, he praised himself for wearing armor underneath it. He took a look of his scarf, but luckily it didn't have a scratch on it. His second forehead protector was still hanging on his belt, but he lost his Fuma-Shuriken.

"Bastard!" Someone shouted, pulling Drazen back into the real world. Drazen's spot was now occupied by another blond haired shinobi. This one had short, spiky hair and wore an ANBU outfit. On the right side of his belt, he wore his forehead protector. His blue eyes were filled with rage.

Drazen slowly got up and used the back of his hand to wipe some of the blood of his mouth. He breathed heavily, and rested his hands on his knees, trying to stay up. "Damn you..." He said, took a deep breath and continued. "Why...are...you...here?"

"Bastard!" The newly arrived blond shouted at him. "I've come to take you back to Konoha!"

"Like I told you before, Hataka, ..." Drazen said as he slowly let go of his knees, and slowly stood up tall. "...I don't want to go back."

Hataka clenched his teeth. "Damn you! I'll take you to the edge of death if I have to!" And he jumped up, forming hand seals.

Water... Drazen thought to himself.

"Katon: Great Fireball!" Hataka shouted, breathing out a large ball of fire.

Drazen quickly did a few hand seals. "Suiton: Water Dragon blast!" Drazen shouted as he two massive water dragons came out of the ground, and collided with the fireball.

A thick mist enveloped the battlefield, and rain also poured down on them. This is my chance. Tigs thought to himself. He quickly formed one hand seal. There he is. " Thousand flying water needles of death!" He shouted. After less than a second, he could hear Deidara scream out of agony. "AHH!! That hurts!"

"Easy, Deidara." Sasori said. "Let's get out of here before this battle gets out of hand."

"Damn it..." Deidara cursed. "Alright, let's go then." He then turned to, where he believed, was Tigs. "I'll get back on you for that!" And then, the two Akatsukies disappeared, as did the mist.

"Futon: Spiraling Hurricane!" Hataka shouted as soon as he got back on his feet, releasing a column of wind aiming at Drazen. Who in turn quickly made two hand seals.

"Suiton: Grand Waterfall!" And the giant torrent and hurricane met, and both dissolved causing it to rain again.

"Hehe, you're good." Hataka said under his heavy breathing.

"You're not." Drazen said suddenly standing behind Hataka. Drazen pulled out a kunai and after a few slashes, too fast for Tigs to see, Hataka was lying a few feet away. Several cuts on his body, and bleeding heavily.

"Tigs!" Drazen shouted at his partner. "Let's go before more people show up!"

"But--" Tigs tried.

"Don't worry, we completed our mission." Drazen answered.

"Fine then." And they also both disappeared.

"Damn you, Drazen..." Hataka said, before he fainted.

A ninja with long black hair, pale skin and pale eyes landed in front of Hataka. He also wore an ANBU outfit, but he wore his forehead protector on his forehead. He shook his head, and lifted his friend up. "Got carried away again?" He asked, but he didn't get a response. "Damn him. He was still injured..." And he also disappeared, leaving a small piece of wet dessert.

"So is this Hataka guy ANBU?" Gray asked very interested.

Mae shook her head. "No, he wasn't when I left..." She sighed, but quickly added "But he might be now!" so that they didn't think low of him.

"And you? What were you?" Gray asked again, with the same interested tone.

"A-ANBU" She said, a blush sneaking it's way up to her cheeks again.

"You were higher rank than him?" Gray said in disbelief.

"D-don't make fun of Hataka-kun." She protested.

"I wasn't..." Gray said with a monotone voice. "It's just hard to belief you're an ANBU."

"Why?" Evalli asked. "Because she's a girl? Is that it?" She added a bit angry.

"No," Drake said shortly, before adding "he just thinks it's weird that she is a genin, if she was a ANBU in Konoha."

Mae's blush became a bit redder. "I-It's just t-that the way of promotion i-is different in Kiri." She explained.

"How different?" Drake asked interested.

"W-well..." Mae stopped for a minute, hating that she was the center of attention now. "T-that's a secret."

POOF!

"Excuse me, but a part of your reinforcement has arrived." A stoic voice of a guy said. He was standing just close to the fire, he had black hair and two distinct lines on his face. He wore an ANBU outfit, and his eyes were red.

"I-Itachi?" Mae asked slightly surprised.

The Uchiha nodded.

Maybe if I feel like it, I'll write chapter 22 today .

Fear the Uchiha's SHARINGAN!