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Chapter Five: Let the journey begin!
"You're late!"
Naruto, Sasuke and Sakure fell flat on their faces when they saw Kakashi waiting for them.
"But you're always late!" said Naruto surprised. "We figured we could sleep in this time."
"Are you feeling alright Master Kakashi?" asked Sakura.
"So what's the mission?" asked Sasuke nonchalantly.
"Sorry," shrugged Kakashi. "But you three are late and the time I planed to use to brief you has passed," he said simply.
The student sweat dropped and quickly followed their master as he strode off into the forest.
"So tell us while we walk," said Naruto.
"I'm not in the mood, maybe later," said Kakashi with another lazy shrug.
"He's intentionally keeping it from us," muttered Sasuke.
Sakura had heard his remark and began to slightly worry, though she kept it to herself and continued to walk at Sasuke's side in thought.
* * *
Lord Hokage sat at his desk finishing up the categorization for the day when he was startled into spilling ink when the doors flew open.
"Lord Hokage!" barked Iruka angrily, "How could you do this?! Do you want to kill them?!"
The Hokage grumbled as he wiped away the ink before looking up at the steaming chunin.
"One, don't ever barge in here like this again Iruka and two, the whole thing was a coincidence," he said slightly pissed.
"What do you mean?" demanded Iruka loudly.
The hokage stood up with a forceful shove of his chair and grabbed a scroll from his desk drawer.
"This came in after you left yesterday," he said holding out the scroll.
Iruka took it and quickly let his eyes scan the kanji.
"A request for the Hidden Leaf Shinobi Hunters?" he said still reading.
The Hokage nodded and noted the new anger growing in Iruka's eyes as he finished reading. He laughed mirthlessly and tossed the scroll onto the desk.
"So it still lives!" he said.
* * *
Team 7 had made good progress over the day and now stopped for a short break. The genin dropped their backpacks and plopped down on the ground exhausted. Kakashi on the other hand jumped into a high tree and climbed to the top.
"I can't believe he just chased us through the woods for an entire day," panted Naruto. "Is he trying to set up a speed record or something?! And what is he doing now?"
"He's looking at the view," said Sasuke sarcasm dripping from his tongue.
"I wonder what he's looking for," said Sakura distractedly.
"I'm just checking how far the border is yet."
Sakura jumped and looked up to see Kakashi leaning over her with a smile.
"We're heading for the land of the waves, aren't we," said Sasuke.
Still leaning over Sakura Kakashi looked at Sasuke.
Yup, you know your geography well Sasuke," he said sweetly.
Sasuke frowned and Naruto looked confused for some reason or other. Kakashi patted Sakura's head and strolled over to a boulder to sit down on.
"Master Kakashi, will you tell us why we're going there now?" asked Naruto walking up to him.
"Let me think about it while you three get some firewood," he said. "We'll stay here for the night."
The genin groaned, but vanished into the forest nonetheless as Kakashi pulled out his favorite book- Ichi Ichi Paradise. It only took two hours when each came back with an admirable load of wood. They deposited the small trees in the clearing and plopped down in front of Kakash who was snickering over his book.
"Come on Master," whined Naruto. "Tell us!"
"We did your dirty work," said Sasuke quietly.
Kakashi sighed and reluctantly paked away his book. Sakura noticed a subtle change in his demeanor.
"Master Kakashi?"
"Fine, you guys win," he said. "Our assignment is to locate a missing nin from Konoha and return with the target before the Kiri shinobi hunters beat us to it."
Naruto jumped to his feet.
"The why are we wasting time sitting around here talking?! If we're supposed to beat them we should get a move on!"
"You dunce!" said Sasuke. "The shinobi hunters probably already have the target!"
"Sasuke's right," said Sakura. "How could we have ever stood a chance in the first place? That ninja is probably already dead!"
Kakashi looked up at the sky for a few moments and shook his head.
"You two are only half right," he said. "Of course the hunters got to her before us, but she's still alive."
"Her?" asked Sakura.
"How do you know?" over toned Naruto confused again.
Kakashi looked at Naruto and smiled.
"Insider secret," he said sweetly.
All three sweat dropped and Kakashi stretched his arms.
"It's getting late and you three need to go to sleep," he said mimicking a mother talking to her children. "Sasuke, if you would please start a fire."
Sasuke frowned as he got up and stood himself in front of the large stack of wood. Then he preformed a dozen katas in quick succession.
"Fire style- Fireball technique!"
The pyre lit up with the blaze and Sasuke turned around with a satisfied smirk. Sakura swooned at the display and Naruto just glared.
"Show off!"
"Nice," said Kakashi. "But you could have just used the flint you know."
Sasuke's stance faltered and his lip twitched.
* * *
The black haired woman came to in a crude tent with her ankles wrapped in chains. Her useless arms lay limp beside her. She groaned and opened her eyes to find herself covered with a few dozen sinbon, placed so she couldn't move or even feel her body. Pain was all she knew at the moment. She looked at herself as best she could to see her rags more torn than ever and caked in mud and dried blood. She wondered why she was still alive when one of the masked hidden mist shinobi hunters entered with a torch.
"You've done well for yourself demon," he said seating himself on a crate. "Living in the very village you tried to destroy all these years. You almost got away with it too if you hadn't slipped up!"
"Get to the point," she said in mock boredom.
The man laughed deeply and made her growl.
"These last two years you've led us on quite a chase- and you've managed to kill a good number of men and women alike. But you were a fool to stay in the land of the waves!"
"It's such a nice place, I couldn't bear to leave," she sneered.
"Since you're so fond of this place you'll be thrilled to know you'll die here too."
The woman laughed though it sent more waves of pain through her body.
"Oh, don't think you've won demon," he continued. "You see, when we requested the Konoha shinobi hunters they gave us some vital bit of information instead."
"Which would be...?"
"They told us what would happen were we to kill you on sight. You thought ahead," he said. "Not bad... for a dog."
"So then what?" she asked. "Will you lock me up never to see the light of day again? Don't fool yourself human, already my wounds are healing and my bones mending. I'll slaughter you all!"
"Oh we have no intention of keeping you alive! Make no mistake- you will die."
"Then you condemn the entire world population to drown," she sneered.
"Lord Mizukage summoned a shaman to counter that little curse of yours. You will hang in the center of our village for all to see."
"A public execution, you shouldn't have," she sneered again. "Tell me, who is this alleged shaman who thinks he can undo a curse of my doing?"
"You'll see him soon enough demon."
The man rose to his feet and walked to the tent flap.
"You'll pay for your crimes demon wolf."
The man left and the tent went dark once more.
'Nothing can counter my curse,' she thought. 'You'll all die.'
Alrighty... What did you think? Thank you for your review(s) and I hope you'll review again... please do. I so hate to write when people don't even take the time to write a simple line telling me it's good or it's crap. Sorry about the ages between posts.
Later Days, Imako the Demon Wolf.
Chapter Five: Let the journey begin!
"You're late!"
Naruto, Sasuke and Sakure fell flat on their faces when they saw Kakashi waiting for them.
"But you're always late!" said Naruto surprised. "We figured we could sleep in this time."
"Are you feeling alright Master Kakashi?" asked Sakura.
"So what's the mission?" asked Sasuke nonchalantly.
"Sorry," shrugged Kakashi. "But you three are late and the time I planed to use to brief you has passed," he said simply.
The student sweat dropped and quickly followed their master as he strode off into the forest.
"So tell us while we walk," said Naruto.
"I'm not in the mood, maybe later," said Kakashi with another lazy shrug.
"He's intentionally keeping it from us," muttered Sasuke.
Sakura had heard his remark and began to slightly worry, though she kept it to herself and continued to walk at Sasuke's side in thought.
* * *
Lord Hokage sat at his desk finishing up the categorization for the day when he was startled into spilling ink when the doors flew open.
"Lord Hokage!" barked Iruka angrily, "How could you do this?! Do you want to kill them?!"
The Hokage grumbled as he wiped away the ink before looking up at the steaming chunin.
"One, don't ever barge in here like this again Iruka and two, the whole thing was a coincidence," he said slightly pissed.
"What do you mean?" demanded Iruka loudly.
The hokage stood up with a forceful shove of his chair and grabbed a scroll from his desk drawer.
"This came in after you left yesterday," he said holding out the scroll.
Iruka took it and quickly let his eyes scan the kanji.
"A request for the Hidden Leaf Shinobi Hunters?" he said still reading.
The Hokage nodded and noted the new anger growing in Iruka's eyes as he finished reading. He laughed mirthlessly and tossed the scroll onto the desk.
"So it still lives!" he said.
* * *
Team 7 had made good progress over the day and now stopped for a short break. The genin dropped their backpacks and plopped down on the ground exhausted. Kakashi on the other hand jumped into a high tree and climbed to the top.
"I can't believe he just chased us through the woods for an entire day," panted Naruto. "Is he trying to set up a speed record or something?! And what is he doing now?"
"He's looking at the view," said Sasuke sarcasm dripping from his tongue.
"I wonder what he's looking for," said Sakura distractedly.
"I'm just checking how far the border is yet."
Sakura jumped and looked up to see Kakashi leaning over her with a smile.
"We're heading for the land of the waves, aren't we," said Sasuke.
Still leaning over Sakura Kakashi looked at Sasuke.
Yup, you know your geography well Sasuke," he said sweetly.
Sasuke frowned and Naruto looked confused for some reason or other. Kakashi patted Sakura's head and strolled over to a boulder to sit down on.
"Master Kakashi, will you tell us why we're going there now?" asked Naruto walking up to him.
"Let me think about it while you three get some firewood," he said. "We'll stay here for the night."
The genin groaned, but vanished into the forest nonetheless as Kakashi pulled out his favorite book- Ichi Ichi Paradise. It only took two hours when each came back with an admirable load of wood. They deposited the small trees in the clearing and plopped down in front of Kakash who was snickering over his book.
"Come on Master," whined Naruto. "Tell us!"
"We did your dirty work," said Sasuke quietly.
Kakashi sighed and reluctantly paked away his book. Sakura noticed a subtle change in his demeanor.
"Master Kakashi?"
"Fine, you guys win," he said. "Our assignment is to locate a missing nin from Konoha and return with the target before the Kiri shinobi hunters beat us to it."
Naruto jumped to his feet.
"The why are we wasting time sitting around here talking?! If we're supposed to beat them we should get a move on!"
"You dunce!" said Sasuke. "The shinobi hunters probably already have the target!"
"Sasuke's right," said Sakura. "How could we have ever stood a chance in the first place? That ninja is probably already dead!"
Kakashi looked up at the sky for a few moments and shook his head.
"You two are only half right," he said. "Of course the hunters got to her before us, but she's still alive."
"Her?" asked Sakura.
"How do you know?" over toned Naruto confused again.
Kakashi looked at Naruto and smiled.
"Insider secret," he said sweetly.
All three sweat dropped and Kakashi stretched his arms.
"It's getting late and you three need to go to sleep," he said mimicking a mother talking to her children. "Sasuke, if you would please start a fire."
Sasuke frowned as he got up and stood himself in front of the large stack of wood. Then he preformed a dozen katas in quick succession.
"Fire style- Fireball technique!"
The pyre lit up with the blaze and Sasuke turned around with a satisfied smirk. Sakura swooned at the display and Naruto just glared.
"Show off!"
"Nice," said Kakashi. "But you could have just used the flint you know."
Sasuke's stance faltered and his lip twitched.
* * *
The black haired woman came to in a crude tent with her ankles wrapped in chains. Her useless arms lay limp beside her. She groaned and opened her eyes to find herself covered with a few dozen sinbon, placed so she couldn't move or even feel her body. Pain was all she knew at the moment. She looked at herself as best she could to see her rags more torn than ever and caked in mud and dried blood. She wondered why she was still alive when one of the masked hidden mist shinobi hunters entered with a torch.
"You've done well for yourself demon," he said seating himself on a crate. "Living in the very village you tried to destroy all these years. You almost got away with it too if you hadn't slipped up!"
"Get to the point," she said in mock boredom.
The man laughed deeply and made her growl.
"These last two years you've led us on quite a chase- and you've managed to kill a good number of men and women alike. But you were a fool to stay in the land of the waves!"
"It's such a nice place, I couldn't bear to leave," she sneered.
"Since you're so fond of this place you'll be thrilled to know you'll die here too."
The woman laughed though it sent more waves of pain through her body.
"Oh, don't think you've won demon," he continued. "You see, when we requested the Konoha shinobi hunters they gave us some vital bit of information instead."
"Which would be...?"
"They told us what would happen were we to kill you on sight. You thought ahead," he said. "Not bad... for a dog."
"So then what?" she asked. "Will you lock me up never to see the light of day again? Don't fool yourself human, already my wounds are healing and my bones mending. I'll slaughter you all!"
"Oh we have no intention of keeping you alive! Make no mistake- you will die."
"Then you condemn the entire world population to drown," she sneered.
"Lord Mizukage summoned a shaman to counter that little curse of yours. You will hang in the center of our village for all to see."
"A public execution, you shouldn't have," she sneered again. "Tell me, who is this alleged shaman who thinks he can undo a curse of my doing?"
"You'll see him soon enough demon."
The man rose to his feet and walked to the tent flap.
"You'll pay for your crimes demon wolf."
The man left and the tent went dark once more.
'Nothing can counter my curse,' she thought. 'You'll all die.'
Alrighty... What did you think? Thank you for your review(s) and I hope you'll review again... please do. I so hate to write when people don't even take the time to write a simple line telling me it's good or it's crap. Sorry about the ages between posts.
Later Days, Imako the Demon Wolf.