A/N: Another chapter, and so soon too! You guys are lucky I'm in a good mood! =D Anyways, Be on the lookout for another chapter Wednesday, and maybe Thursday. Oh yes, and about the contest: Bebeblu009 won. E-mail me what you want the story to be about. And now, on with the fic!
Episode 5: Uu, Ra, Gi, and Ru! Mission Start!
One month. It had been one month since Seiya had graduated, along with others. After completing his first mission with his team, they had went on to do other things like it. Babysitting, shopping, finding lost pets, etc, etc. However, Kabi-Sensei had finally recognized them as mature and said they would finally be doing a mission that might have fighting in it. That was tomorrow though, for today, he had a day off.Currently, Seiya was sitting in his backyard with his father, meditating. He was learning to mold his chakra and coat his body in it to cover up his stench. You see, when on an important mission, it was best not to alert your foes with your smell. Or at least his father said so.
"I can still smell you, Seiya." Mr. Tenkawa said sternly.
If you were to look at the two now, you would only know who was who because of the height difference. Seiya was basically a carbon copy of his father-short ginger hair, lanky physique, and even the blue shirt and black trousers.
"Sorry, but this is quite hard." Seiya answered.
Seiya's father, along with everyone else from Seiya's family, was not a ninja. Seiya's father had made it into his second year at the academy and then quit. However, he studied martial arts for years, so he was rather good with taijutsu and chakra molding.
"Just focus Seiya...when you feel that warmth in your chest, think about spreading it about your body." Mr. Tenkawa opened his eyes and looked to Seiya. "Good, you've finally done it."
"Wow...that was actually kind of easy." Seiya said, standing up and scratching his head. "So no stink?"
"Nope."
"Shinku!"
The short red-head turned her head to see Miharu walking towards her. Shinku raised her hand and waved. Miharu had ditched her white kimono today and instead was wearing jean shorts and a white t-shirt. It was, after all, summer.
"Hi." Shinku said timidly.
"Wanna ditch practice and hang out instead?"
"Uh..."
"Oh c'mon!" Miharu stomped her foot. "I'm tired of that crazy sensei of ours, plus I'll show you my favorite cloud-watching spot!"
"So this is where you go after missions and practice, huh?" Shinku asked, pulling her pocket diary out of her pocket. Somehow, Miharu had convinced her to skip practice.
"Yea..." Miharu sighed and plucked a blade of grass. "My parents died in an accident, and I have no siblings." Miharu had lied; she wasn't ready to tell her whole story yet.
"Are you serious!?" Shinku gasped, dropping her pen. "So you live alone?"
"Yea."
"You're welcome to stay at my house if you like. My parents are real- estate agents, and they own land all over the world. They're rarely there. Usually the maids take care of me."
"Maids? Nah, I like my life as it is." Miharu heard Shinku sigh sadly. She had never known she was rich.
"Do you have any siblings?"
"No." The red-haired girl replied. "It gets really lonely at my house."
"I'll tell you what." Miharu turned her head from the clouds. "Just come here if you ever want to talk. I'll most likely be here. Okay?"
"Okay."
First he walked backwards, sliding his feet along the ground. Then he did a spin, a split, and began to spin on his back. After spinning for a moment, he jumped onto his hands and balanced for a moment before lowering his head to the ground. Now he was spinning on his head! Sae began to laugh.
"You're the greatest Fever-Sensei."
"Thanks." Fever replied, shaking his head from side to side while dust flew about. He was done with his dancing. "Those girls should be here by now. I'd expect Miharu to skip out because she's lazy, but Shinku too? Oh well, their loss."
They were standing at the foot of the Hokage Mountain, where they usually met. Miharu and Shinku hadn't shown up yet, and it looked like they wouldn't.
"What can we do without them?" Sae asked.
"You can walk up this here mountain."
It didn't matter what she did. Every punch she did, he blocked. Every kick, he blocked. She had done ninjutsu, and he had dodged it. If she had genjutsu at her disposal, she'd definitely try that to.
"C'mon!" Hyuuga Ko yelled, ushering her to come at him. "You'll never be a true ninja if you're afraid of everything!"
"I am not afraid!" Shizumi yelled at him, raising her arms.
"Could've fooled me!"
That had done it. Shizumi ran forward, throwing her fist forward. Ko deflected it easily, so she did a spinning back hand with her left, which was also deflected. She jumped, spinning into a roundhouse, and aimed for his rib. Unfortunately, his left arm got in the way, so she used the momentum from the black to do a spinning kick to his other side. He caught her foot easily and threw her in front of him. Shizumi caught herself in mid fall and flipped back onto her feet.
"Take this!" Shizumi yelled, her hands doing symbols rapidly. "Katon! HiKaze no Jutsu (Burning Wind Skill)!"
Four spiraling fire chains flew out from Shizumi's back and straight into Ko. He had no time to jump out of the way, it had all happened so fast. But upon looking at the smoldering log in front of her, Shizumi found out he had escaped.
"You can't even do ninjutsu right, and that's what you're best at, right?"
Shizumi looked around the room, her Byakugan active. Even with it though, she couldn't find him. It seemed as if his voice was coming from everywhere.
"Kai!"
"Good job, figuring out that juvenile genjutsu." Ko's voice was now behind her. "But I win."
Ko took the kunai from Shizumi's neck and put it into his robe. His Byakugan deactivated, and he beckoned her as he walked out of the Hyuuga training room. When they got to the door, her Shizumi's mother was standing there.
"Go and prepare the table for dinner." Ko ordered, and Shizumi was gone.
"You know, you shouldn't be so hard on her." Shizumi's mother said matter-of-factly.
"I know, Yuna, but I just want her to be a good ninja."
"But she's your daughter! And I think she's progressing fine."
"You're right, she is. But I want her to do better than just be average." Ko sighed. "She's too timid. She'll never be a successful ninja like that."
Ko went down the hall towards the master bedroom. Yuna sighed. He was right. She was a very scared girl, just like her great grandmother, Hinata Hyuuga. But Hinata had turned out to be one of the best medic-nin's of the ninja world. She just hoped Shizumi's future would be as bright.
"GOTCHA!" Zukei exclaimed, punching Gan squarely in the jaw.
"Or have I got you?" Gan asked, wiping blood from his mouth.
Kuro, now a huge black wolf, blasted out from under ground and landed on top of the red-haired boy. He began to struggle under Kuro's weight. He couldn't move
"Ready for Round 2?" Gan asked, throwing a kunai up and down.
"Yes!" Zukei yelled, still struggling.
"KirinHenge (Wolf Transformation), revert!" Gan yelled. Kuro transformed back into a small black puppy and ran off toward his friend. Zukei got back up, gasping for breath.
"C'mon, the Chuunin exams are in a couple of months! We have to get stronger!" Gan yelled.
"How do you know we'll get recommended?" Zukei ran a finger through his bright red hair.
"If we get stronger, then we will get recommended." Gan posed, pointing to the sky. "Plus I'll get Anko."
"Alright then." Zukei gave in with a sigh.
"Juujin Bushin (Beast-Human Clone)!"
Punch, kick, punch, kick, punch. Renku was about to collapse from exhaustion, but he had to bust his punching back. A droplet of sweat dripped down into the puddle under the bag. The reason he was doing this? After the Uchihas did a few missions, Ken had set up individual training for them, to train their strong points. Renku's was taijutsu, Anko's was genjutsu, and Shikari's was ninjutsu. He could hear Ken talking to Anko in the other room.
"You have the potential for genjutsu, but you haven't unlocked it." Ken was watching her, smiling. He knew how to push Anko's buttons. Just tell her she wasn't doing well, and she'd do better.
Anko furrowed her eyebrows, focusing harder. Her face was covered in sweat, and her veins were bulging out. Her head was starting to hurt too, but she had to do this.
Renku looked to his left, and listened into the room next to his. Shikari was in there.
"Goukakyuu no Jutsu!" Shikari yelled, blowing fire from her fingers.
"Still not strong enough." She thought.
"Goukakyuu no Jutsu!" She had been at this for hours. Ken's training was tough. Really tough.
"My name is Uu." A man with a long black robe and a giant straw hat said. Nothing of him was visible, except for his long protruding nose. He sounded like an old man, and his figure suggested so.
"Team 4, your mission is to guide this man to a meeting spot." The 8th said. "I understand this is the first mission of yours of this caliber. Do your best."
"My name is Ra." Another man, with a long black robe and a giant straw hat said. Again, nothing of him was visible, but he had yellow eyes. Another old man, probably.
"Please, do your best Team 5." The 8th said. "Escort him to a meeting spot so he can do his secret business."
Similar instances happened with Team 6 and 7 also. Gi and Ru were the names of the people they had to escort. If they had all known they were doing such similar things, they probably would've known something big was about to happen.
A/N: Oooh, something big's happening. I'm sorry I the end is unclear and rushed, I just really wanted this chapter out by tonight. Anyways, like I said, Wednesday!
