Chapter 2

I can't believe that the little bastard just asked me to suddenly work with him. What the hell did he want from me?! I looked at him questionably and raised an eyebrow.

"What do you want?" I asked him again. I wanted to pull that grin right off his face. It was almost like he read my mind and his face suddenly got serious.

"We've been assigned on a near-impossible mission," he looked so serious, it was almost as if he was acting, "and," He paused. "We really need all the help we can get."

I shook my head rebelliously. "Why did you come to me?" I asked, still shaking my head. "There are more trustworthy shinobis out there... why me?" I was truly confused now. I once abandoned the Hidden Leaf; why would they want me back? Even to this day, nobody trusts me, and it has been three years, but why now? I turned to Naruto and looked at him questionably.

"We need as many people that know the Sharigan as possible. That's why Kakashi is here as well," Naruto answers.

Shikamaru raises a hand. Naruto turns his head and nods at Shikamaru."Question..." Shikamaru's expression hardly changed as he opened his mouth. "Why did we meet at a ramen shop?"

An awkward silence went throughout the ramen shop, I'd have to say that it was a good question.

Naruto laughed nervously. "Um... Me and Choji agreed on it." A waiter comes with Naruto and Choji's orders. They both jump in excitement as they both grab a pair of chopsticks and indulge themselves in ramen. Those idiots don't know they're making fools out of themselves. They were the only ones in the whole restaurant eating.

I had to snap them out of it... Well, Naruto at least. "Hey... Naruto," I put my hands on his chopsticks and took them away. "Tell me why I'm here!"

Naruto simply looked at me and said, "I already told you." He grabbed a new pair of chopsticks and resumed eating.

By this time, I was furious. There had to be a reason why he's gathering the Sharigan users, but he is an idiot enough to have the gathering in a ramen shop. Neji looked irritated, as well as Kiba.

Almost as if it was planned, the three of us opened our mouths to speak. "Why are we here?"

Kakashi-sensei's expression changed from bored, to amused... not that I could really tell much of a difference.

Naruto finished his ramen and whipes his mouth. "We've been sent on a near- impossible mission."

I waved my hand dismissively. "Yes, yes. I know that part. You already told me. Now get to the details."

Naruto's eyes scanned the shop as the other people start to mind their own businesses again. "Do I have to say it here? It's supposed to be a secret mission and people are listening."

At this point, I wanted to take out a baka stick and whack it over Naruto's head.

"Let's move to a more remote place then," Shikamaru spoke up. Being the reasonable person he is, he heads towards the door, knowing we will all follow eventually. Choji lifts his head up and pouts as he watches his best friend walk out the door. He looked at his food, glanced at Shikamaru, then back at his food again.

"Do we have to?" Choji whined, holding onto his ramen. "There's more food here."

Neji sighs as he turns his head away from Choji and follows Shikamaru. Akamaru jumped off of Kiba's head and Kiba followed Akamaru out the door. Naruto and I head for the door at the same time leaving Kakashi-sensei to deal with Choji's big stomache.

We went to a remote area a little outside the village. I don't know how Kakashi-sensei did it. Moments later, he arrived with Choji. Choji didn't seem too happy and he seemed reluctant to leave his food, but he knew his duties as a shinobi.

Neji asked my next question. "Is Naruto the only one that knows of this 'Near-Impossible' mission?"

Naruto nodded and smiled. "Just me and Kakashi-sensei." He glanced at Kakashi-sensei who seemed to smile back.

"Well?" We all asked in unison. Then came the awkward silence.

I beat everyone to the point. "What is this 'Near-Impossible' mission you keep blabbing about?"

Naruto smirked. "All of you, get closer, I'm about to tell you."