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Chapter Eleven
Team Eight received their first C-Rank mission two months into becoming Genin.
The three Genin, by that time, had mastered the Jutsu Kurenai had given them.
Hinata could create proper Lightning Clones. And both Kiba and Shino could create walls and clones of stone.
Their teamwork and the bond between the three strengthened. The three Genin had grown stronger as well. And Kurenai upped the training level too.
The day they got their first mission started off like every other day.
Team Eight stretched out and ran three laps around Konoha, before Kurenai began team training.
About an hour in they all heard a familiar voice, "GO ON MY STUDENTS! PROVE YOUR STRENGTH TO EACH OTHER!" Gai shouts.
The three Genin look to Kurenai who sighs, "Ten minute break."
They run in the direction of Gai's voice and find Neji and Lee standing on their hands, their entire body's were shaking and they seemed to be doing an endurance test. Seeing who would break first.
Hinata grabs her water bottle, and concentrates chakra to her hand, winding her arm back she aims at her cousin.
Kiba looks at her incredulously, "What are you doing?!?" He whispers harshly.
Hinata glances at him, "Pulling my cousins leg of course."
Shino adjusts his glasses, "I do not think this is a good idea. Why? Because your cousin will be mad at you and will seek revenge."
Hinata shrugs, "I don't care," she grins mischievously, an expression Kiba can count on one hand how many times he's seen, and throws the water bottle.
The bottle is a purple streak through the air and hits Neji flat in the stomach, the older Hyuuga wheezes as he hits the ground, coughing for air as the wind had been knocked out of him.
Team Eight was long gone by the time he recovered, but Neji knew who's water bottle it was.
Team Eight stood before the Hokage and Iruka as the Third searched through the missions.
Kiba grins, "I think we're ready for a C-Rank mission," the Inuzuka suddenly says.
Shino and Hinata look over at their teammate, Kiba stood between them, while Kurenai looks at the Hokage.
"What do you think Kurenai?" Hiruzen asks.
"They're ready," Kurenai says with a small smile, excited for her teams first C-Rank mission.
"Alright, it's a simple delivery mission," the Hokage says with a smile, years of serving him told Kurenai that he was secretly laughing at them, "It's only C-Rank because it requires you to deliver the scroll to Suna, a three day trip there and back."
"Will it only be us?" Kurenai asks, the Hokage nods in reply.
Hinata smiles, "I've never been to Suna before, it sounds very interesting."
"Suna is much different than Konoha, I suggest you bring extra water and travel at night through the desert. You won't have any troubles with Sand storms either," The Third says.
Iruka smiles proudly, watching as Hinata took the mission scroll from the Hokage and Kurenai grabbed the scroll they were to deliver, "I'm very proud of you three, your first C-Rank mission!"
Kiba and Hinata beam, and while they couldn't see Shino's face, they all knew he was happy as well.
"Thank you Iruka-Sensei," the three reply together with a bow.
"Remember to pack appropriately, the trip is three days there and three days back, so bring extra items and be prepared for anything, let's meet at the gate tomorrow at 7 in the morning," Kurenai states before dismissing them to pack before the mission tomorrow
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Hiashi nods in understanding, "Good luck on your mission Hinata," he says. Hinata had finished explaining the mission to him.
"Thank you father, we'll be back in about a week and a half," Hinata bows before leaving.
She walks to Hanabi's garden where she found Hanabi tending to her plants, "Hana-Chan!"
Hanabi jumped up and hugged her sister, "Hina-Nee-Chan!! You came home earlier than usual!"
Hinata smiles, "I did, I came home earlier to pack up for a mission."
Hanabi falters, "A mission?"
"Yes, Team Eight will be delivering a scroll to someone in the Sand," Hinata explains, "We'll be gone about a week and a half."
Hanabi pouts, "Aw...by the way, Neji-San came home early today too, he was wheezing and holding his gut..do you know what happened?" Hanabi asks curiously.
Hinata shakes her head, lips twitching in the fight to not laugh, "N-No," Hanabi's eyes narrow at the out of character stutter, "Thank you for letting me know..I'll be sure to visit him later."
Hanabi watches her older sister's retreating back, and she swears she heard her sister snicker.
Later that day Hinata ate dinner with Hanabi and Hiashi before finishing packing and going to sleep early.
She was ready for the mission tomorrow.
At the gate the next morning, Hinata arrived fifteen minutes early, Kurenai and Shino arrived shortly after, and Kiba arriving last. Which was about five minutes before the time they were supposed to meet.
Kurenai puts the scroll in her bag, one she brought for the mission which held her things, "Alright, are we ready to go?"
Team Eight begins the trip to Suna, jumping from tree branch to tree branch at a pace that all three Genin could handle.
"What's inside the scroll? And who are we delivering it to?" Kiba asks.
"Its a scroll with a recipe for ramen, Teuchi, the founder of Ichiruka Ramen, is giving it to a man who's starting a ramen shop in Suna," Kurenai explains.
The three Genin suddenly look down, gloomy even.
Kurenai sweat drops, 'I guess they were expecting something more,' she clears her throat, "Naruto would be pretty jealous wouldn't he?" She asks.
Kiba straightens up at that, "That's a good point Kurenai-Sensei, Naruto would kill for a mission about ramen, especially a C-Rank mission!"
'At least that cheered up Kiba,' Kurenai thinks, Shino seemed to be sulking, and Hinata looked confused. Probably because they were delivering a scroll with a recipe inside it.
Team Eight take a break about four hours in, stopping at a creek nearby to fill their water up.
Kiba and Akamaru sat in the grass beside the river, Akamaru suddenly lifts his head and starts growling. Catching the attention of Hinata, Shino, and Kurenai.
"What's wrong?" Kurenai asks, pulling a kunai from her pouch.
Hinata activates her Byakugan and see's a group of three watching them from the trees, probably planning to ambush them.
The three drop down and stand tall, the leader pointing at Kurenai, "Give us the scroll!" He demands.
The three Genin look at each other, 'He wants the scroll?' The three ninja think.
"Why do you want it?" Kurenai asks.
"Your Konoha Genin, headed toward Suna, you must have some sort of important scroll so give it to us!" The second robber states.
"Yeah, we could make big money off of it," the third one adds.
Team Eight, as a whole, sweat drops, even Akamaru, 'I don't think you'll make a lot of money off of a recipe...'
Kurenai sighs and makes a hand sign. The three men suddenly freeze, the Genin realize she put them under a Genjutsu.
Kurenai ties them up to a tree, "Alright let's go, they are just a distraction that we really don't need."
The Genin nod and they jump back into the trees and continue on their way.
It's hours later when the robbers break out of the Genjutsu and it's growing dark.
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Team Eight make it to the border of The Land of Wind halfway through the third day, "Alright, we'll wait it out until it's cool enough to run across the sand, we'll make it the gates later in the night, stay at an inn, and deliver the scroll tomorrow," Kurenai says, "And hopefully on our way back we won't run across those robbers again."
Kiba scoffs, "Those three were idiots, I can't believe they actually tried to rob a Jounin."
Shino nods in agreement, "They were brash. Why? Because they tried to take a scroll without knowing anything about it."
"Yeah we get that," Kiba mutters, "I'm gonna take a nap."
The Inuzuka plops under a tree and Akamaru trots over and lays on Kiba's stomach.
"How about you two spar?" Kurenai suggests.
Hinata and Shino nod, "Taijutsu only, no chakra," Kurenai says, "We need all the energy we can get if we're gonna run across the desert."
Hinata and Shino fall into their respective stances, "Begin!" Kurenai states.
Hinata rushes forward, appearing in front of Shino and thrusting a palm at her teammates shoulder, the Aburame counters by grabbed her arm and throwing her off balance, then sweeping the Hyuuga's feet.
Hinata wheezes when her back hits the ground, "G-Good move S-Shino-Kun," Hinata says.
Shino helps her up and Kurenai looks between them, "Hinata..I advise you to switch up your attack patterns, Shino was able to counter attack because he was able to read you easily, you want to be as unpredictable as possible when in a fight."
Hinata nods in understanding, "Again?" She asks, turning to Shino, the Aburame nods and the two take their stances once more.
That night, the cloudless sky of Suna was filled with stars as Team Eight ran across the desert, sand kicking up with each step. The temperature dropping quickly.
They arrive at Suna early in the morning, and the guards let them pass after seeing their IDs and the scroll they were delivering.
After getting directions the team of five, including Akamaru, find an inn and stay the night.
"The Kazekage wishes to speak with you," a Chunin announces, having shown up at the door the next morning, "He was informed a Leaf Jounin and three Genin arrived in the early morning and wanted confirmation on why you've come here."
Kurenai nods and hands the scroll to Hinata, "Deliver the scroll, we'll meet back here in two hours."
The three Genin leave the inn ten minutes later, asking around for directions to the ramen guy they were looking for.
They find a small indoor ramen place, a woman stood behind the counter with a man rushing around the kitchen, "Are you here with the scroll?" She asks.
Hinata hands the ramen recipe to her and the woman beams, "Thank you so much! Here's the payment for the mission," she hands them a sealed envelope and Hinata puts it in her pocket.
The three Genin leave the resturant, "We still have an hour before we need to be back at the inn, what are we gonna do now?" Kiba grumbles.
"Kiba-Kun, I understand our mission isn't exactly what we thought it would be, but we are still in a new country, why don't we look around!" Hinata suggests cheerfully.
Shino nods,"I would like to look around Sunagakure."
Kiba huffs, "Alright," the Inuzuka had left his coat back at the inn so Akamaru was currently resting on his head instead.
The three walk around Suna, sight seeing and pointing out differences in how things work between Suna and Konoha.
They arrive back at their inn just as Kurenai arrives and Hinata hands the envelope to their Sensei.
"Alright, we are going to wait until the evening before leaving once more," Kurenai announces, "So let's take this time to rest up."
Kurenai checks them out later in the day and the run through the night, stopping about two hours out of the border for a break before continuing.
They were a days away from Konoha when they came across the same three robbers..again.
Hinata activates her Byakugan when she senses the chakra signatures, they weren't very impressive and she wondered how long it took for them to break out of Kurenai's Jutsu.
"Hey you!" The leader shouts as the three jump down from the trees to stand in their way, Team opted to take a break from jumping through the trees at this time.
"Me?" Kurenai asks blandly, her red eyes narrowing slightly in annoyance at seeing them again.
"Yes you! Because you put us under a Genjutsu and left us stuck for hours were gonna beat you up!" The second in command yells.
Hinata suddenly appears before him and thrusts her palm at his face, breaking his nose and knocking the guy unconscious.
Kiba knocks the third guy out with a punch after Akamaru charges at him as a distraction.
And Shino raises his hand and chases the leader away with his bugs.
The leader comes back only to grab his two lackeys and then run away again.
The three Genin high five, and turn to smile at their Sensei, Kurenai smiles, "Good job, I was gonna put them under a Genjutsu again but chasing them away worked a lot better it seems."
Team Eight burst into laughter at the absurdity of the entire mission. They were annoyed at first, but this mission would provide a great story to tell their friends and families.
"Oh man, I'm still gonna hold this over Naruto for a long time," Kiba states the next day, Team Eight was walking towards the gate of Konoha, the two Chunin at the gate looked bored out of their minds.
"I'm sure Naruto-Kun would've liked this mission, ramen and little bit of action," Hinata says with a giggle.
"It felt so good to knock that guy out," Kiba says with a grin, Akamaru barking in agreement.
Team Eight passed through gates and into Konoha once more.
To be continued...
AN: So I've figured out the timeline, it's more of less January when the Genin graduate, so Hinata would be twelve by this time. The Chunin Exams are held twice a year, the first one being in June-July. And right now in the story it's sometime in March.
Please let me know if there is an error I missed with the timeline, because that's what I'm going with for now. And let me know what you thought of Team Eight's first C-Rank mission. I hope it made you laugh cuz I was giggling while I wrote it. Me and my Beta came up with it, it's ridiculous enough to be true in my opinion lol.
To Splaaash-Attack: It makes me happy too! Thank you for reviewing! I hope you enjoy this chapter!
To CrazyChimera: Thank you for reviewing both Chapters Nine and Ten lol. I love the sibling relationships and I'm glad you do to! I'm glad you liked the chapter and I hope you enjoy this one as well!
To mynintendo: That is what I'm going for, but Hinata won't learn this for quite awhile, I used this technique in my other fanfic and I thought of bringing it back. The chakra paper reacts to chakra as soon as it touches it, in this case Hinata's strongest nature is Lightning, she would have to dig deeper to bring out the Fire Release. In the show it says that most ninja can't use both their nature releases until their Jounin, and while I won't be keeping to that, it's why I'm focusing on Lightning first. Thank you for reviewing and I hope you enjoy this chapter!
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