Changed by Leaves 20- Mission Assignment
"Mind if I join you? I figured you'd be here." I grin at Naruto and Iruka as I step into Ichiraku. Naruto turns and waves.
"Hey Yami!" Iruka smiles at me.
"Hello, Yoru-kun." I nod slightly to my former teacher.
"Afternoon, Iruka-sensei." I sit down beside Naruto and order.
"What's with the vest, Yami?" I touch a pocket.
"This? This is that business that I had to take care of. I got promoted." Naruto gasps.
"Dude! How? Your fight was interrupted." I shrug.
"Yea, but just before the attack started, the ref announced my win." Iruka nods slightly.
"Shikamaru passed as well." Naruto looks shocked.
"Shikamaru's a Chunin now too? Why?" Iruka sighs.
"Didn't you hear what Hokage-sama said? Even if you lose a match, if you have enough skills, you will become a Chunin. Shikamaru fought the battles with intelligence…the village council rated him high and he was acknowledged." Naruto frowns.
"What? Then what about me?" The teacher sighs.
"Yoru-kun and Shikamaru were the only ones promoted." I laugh when Naruto sighs.
"Don't worry, Naruto. You'll get your chance." My bowl of ramen comes out and I start eating. Naruto is going into a spill about our trip.
"Yami kicked ass! It was awesome; he didn't even hardly touch them!" I get another bowl and dig in. "And! And! I used my new ultimate move, the Rasengan, and it was awesome! All the bad guys went flying and I…" I shake my head and get up, paying for my food.
"See you around." I wonder how Sasuke's doing. I head to the hospital and up to Sasuke's room. I knock on the door and poke my head in. "Hey." I go inside and lean on the wall. "Good to see you're awake, Sasuke." He glares at me and I sigh. "Hey Sakura. Sorry about last time." She shrugs.
"No problem. Where did you disappear to? You've been gone the entire time."
"I was helping to bring in Tsunade-obaba." She finishes slicing her apple and turns to Sasuke.
"Sasuke-kun, want some apples?" He slaps the plate out of her hands, pissed. "Sasuke-kun?" Great. Huh? A bird on the window? Oh! I sigh.
"See you around." I leave the room and head to Tsunade's office. "What's with the birds going around?" She smirks.
"Mission assignments. You'll be leading a small team of more experienced Genin." The door opens and a group of three walk into the room.
"Ah shit." I recognize two of them as being former Kirigakure ninja. The other one, I don't recognize.
"Something wrong?" I sigh.
"Not at all." Tsunade grins.
"You can save the introductions for when you leave. For now, the mission is simple; you're escorting a merchant back to his home village. The village is two day's south of here." We nod and she smiles dismissively. I sigh and start to leave the room. "You're meeting the client at the gate in thirty minutes." I nod and wave on my way out.
"See you, Tsunade-obaba."
"You should be more polite to the Hokage." I glance at the guy that spoke, one of the two from Kirigakure. I shrug.
"Eh? She doesn't care. It's just me." The girl frowns.
"You act like she's a friend of yours." I nod slightly.
"I should think so. I was part of the team that brought her back to the village to be Hokage in the first place. The name's Yami, by the way." One of the guys frowns.
"You're a bit young to be a Chunin, aren't you?" I shrug.
"Don't know what you're talking about. If I got the promotion, I got the promotion." And I'm thirteen now, age doesn't matter. But then again, this guy's probably about fifteen.
"Hard to believe that a little shrimp like you would be able to pass that exam." I smirk.
"If you failed it, I don't think you're quite in the position to complain about size." The girl raises an eyebrow.
"Hey, you're the guy that slept through most of the first exam. Did you even answer any of the questions on the test?" I nod once.
"Yes, I finished the test within fifteen minutes and went to sleep. If you have a problem with it, then shut up." I walk faster and leave the building, heading towards the gate. The three of them catch up with me and I sigh. "Are you just going to follow me? Eventually, you'll have to tell me your names."
The girl, I recognize as a Hyuuga, by her eyes. And the two guys are formerly from Kirigakure. I can tell that just by the way they carry themselves. They're uncomfortable in this tree filled, leafy village. The girl smiles slightly.
"Hyuuga Minako." The guy with shorter hair shrugs.
"Whatever. I'm Yoru Kai." The other guy sighs.
"Yoru Kohaku." I stop dead in my tracks and look at the two guys. Impossible.
"What?" I frown.
"Yoru…you say?" Kohaku nods once.
"Yea. What about it?" I raise an eyebrow.
"Didn't the Yoru clan get wiped out…twelve years ago?" Both of them nod.
"Yea. So?" I frown and shake my head.
"That doesn't make sense. You say that your last name is Yoru, and yet that clan was wiped out twelve years ago." I examine them inconspicuously. They look like they could be twins, both have midnight blue hair, Kai's is to his shoulders and Kohaku's is longer, but held back in a loose ponytail, and both have pitch black eyes. "And besides that, so far as I remember, I was the last of them." They both look confused.
"Huh?" I sigh.
"My full name is Yoru Yami." Minako sighs.
"Hey, guys, we're wasting time. It takes a good ten minutes to get to the south gate from here." I nod once.
"Yes. Family matters aside. There's a mission to handle." Kohaku scoffs.
"Though I'm slightly against going under this brat." I sigh. It's going to be a long few days. We head to the gate and Minako leaves when we reach a certain street.
"I've got a few things to get from home. I'll meet up with you guys in a few."
"Kay." We get to the gate and I lean on the edge. I spot Kakashi-sensei and wave.
"Hey, Kakashi-sensei!"
"Oh, hey Yami-kun. You going on a mission too?"
"Yea. You're fully recovered?"
"Not quite. But a mission is a mission. You with a team?" He glances at the guys and I nod.
"Yea. You going solo?" Huh? I look towards the hospital. So does Kakashi-sensei. I frown at a sound from that direction. Chidori. Kakashi-sensei disappears, like he heard it too. I hope that Sasuke and Naruto aren't fighting. But then again, that's probably exactly what they're doing. The lunatics. Minako gets back and we wait for the client to show. A woman walks over to us.
"Are you my escorts?"
"If you're Jina-san."
"Yes, I am. Hajimemashite." I nod.
"Then, we'll go through introductions, a weapon check, and then get going. I'm the team captain, Yami."
"Yoru Kai da."
"Kohaku."
"Hyuuga Minako. Hajimemashite, Jina-san." Kai smirks and looks at me.
"So what's the plan, boss?" All eyes are on me. I sigh.
"Simple. We move surrounding Jina-san. I'll take the forward position. Minako-san will take the rear. Kai and Kohaku can take either side. Now, a weapon check."