DISCLAIMER: NARUTO IS NOT MINE. I'M NOT GENIUS, JUST PLAINLY SMART. HAHA! JUST KIDDING! WELL, I SHOULD HANG OUT WITH SHIKAMARU. MAYBE HE CAN HELP ME BECOME GENIUS.
Sorry for the late update. I've been sick these past few days.
Aki-chan: Neh! Kakashi's really hot! I got a fan art drew by my brother. And, he drew him without mask…! Haha! It's in my friendster account! His "rated" book? Hmmm… expect more! Haha!
Kakashi: It's just an accident I forgot my book.
The Author: Excuses… I'm the one who creating the fan fiction! Remember?
Kakashi: Yeah. I forgot. Sorry.
The Author: Apology accepted. Good thing, I like you!
Kakashi: …
To other people who send their reviews: Sorry! I can't remember your names that much. I'm having memory lapses lately… and I hate myself for that. Kakashi is taking off his mask? Let's just see what happens… But, hey! Thanks for the people who submitted their reviews. I do appreciate it. Hehe!
NOTE: Hmm… The italicized sentences are thoughts.
Shikamaru: They know that. You told that also in the previous chapters.
The Author: Stop meddling my business! Okey?
Shikamaru: Girls like you are so troublesome.
The Author: Thanks. –chases Shikamaru and bit him with her fangs-
Well, here's chapter 4. Enjoy! )
CHAPTER 4: SURPRISES"Is everyone here?" asked the female ninja assistant of Tsunade. "I received a message from Hokage-sama that the Three Iron Maidens are already here at Konoha. They are now entering the gates and are about to go here any minute from now."
There was suddenly a silence that covers the place. It's not disturbing. It's also not unusual. But there's uneasiness and tension that envelops the atmosphere of the building. It's so peculiar. Jounins and Chunnins, even the Genins were nervous. The female ninja assistant can't take the silence anymore, so she broke it.
"Any questions?"
No one answered. Just a deep sharp breathe from Tenten, Hinata and Sakura. The Jounins just nodded, saying that we-don't-have-any-questions. The female ninja assistant nodded and hastily went out the door. She slowly closed it with a sigh.
"Waah! I can't believe it! We'll be welcoming the Three Iron Maidens from their successful S-Rank mission! The spring of youth is giving me strength!" Gai shouted.
People were not surprised. Actually, there's a relief when they heard Gai shouted his favorite lines… for the first time. They had been never so nervous before. This tense atmosphere choking their necks and giving them hard time breathing. Naruto placed his hand to his chest. He can actually feel his heart beating faster.
Why am I so nervous? The last time my heart beat faster this way was during the final exams.
"So peaceful, so quiet. This is troublesome." Shikamaru exclaimed.
"You're right. I'm already hungry." Chouji replied.
"Stupid! You should not be hungry by this time. Any minute now, the door will opened and…" Ino suddenly stopped from speaking when she heard the doorknob twitched.
Silence. It's on the edge silence. A silence that only be broken by any relief. Even Kakashi was nervous. He was keeping himself collected…
For he didn't know how to welcome his only love.
"This is so not Konoha! So quiet!"
"Stupid! Shut up!"
"Maybe there's a surprise behind the door."
"Let me remind you that I'm still not finish with you!"
"Yeah, I still remember that! You're an old slow merciless war freak!"
They can hear voices behind the door, a high-pitched voice and a deep feminine voice. Sakura became annoyed.
Why don't you just open the door? Can't get take this nerve-cracking atmosphere anymore!
"Well, here we are." Tsunade exclaimed.
Everybody signed. Except for Kakashi who looked out the window. Well, since when did Kakashi show a very eminent and humble emotion right?
Nadesico and Datsuki didn't notice the crowd that they're encircled with. They were still continuing their oral battle with each other. Mizaki gave them a tap in their both shoulders.
"Nadesico, Datsuki… You're already cutting off my patience down to its end. If both of you don't stop anytime from now…"
The two ladies smiled very shyly to each other and they immediately put their arms around each other's shoulders.
"Thank you!" Mizaki said with a very vicious smile.
"Ah… Tsunade-sensei… who are these people?" Datsuki asked with her innocent tone.
"Stupid! You didn't recognize Maito Gai?"
Nadesico immediately put away her arms from Datsuki's shoulders. Datsuki stuck her tongue out.
I just do that for Mizaki, idiot! I don't Mizaki to demonstrate her indecent anger management issues.
"I mean… these kids?"
"Oh… I see. She's right, Tsunade-sama. Who are these kids?"
Tsunade walked to the direction of Lee, and breath sharply. While the girls noticed that they were standing in the middle of the room. Just like inside an interrogation cell.
"These are the kids who took the Chunnin exams recently. And, I thought they would be a great help for your upcoming mission."
"A MISSION? DID YOU JUST SAY THAT, HOKAGE-SAMA?" Gai shouted.
"Yes, a mission, for everyone here in this room. That includes me too, and Jiraiya." Tsunade exclaimed and sat at the chair at the back of the desk.
"Well… Jiraiya-sensei is not here. Did he already know that he's part of it?" Datsuki asked.
"Yes. He already knows. He'll be here this evening."
"Great. A big wrecking mouth-trashing war again." Nadesico said with a very evil tone.
"Yeah… and what do you mean by that, Nadesico?" Datsuki asked.
"Shouts, screams and blah… blah… blah… yah… da… da… nonsense battle of words. In short, you two will be talking gibberish again!"
"Shut up! And, Tsunade-sensei and you will be taking all night long playing mahjong and card games!"
"I'll not do that."
"Yeah… but you'll be persuaded to do that when Tsunade-sensei asked you to." Mizaki told the crowd in sarcastic tone.
"Enough of that jabbering. It will go nowhere." Tsunade warned.
"That why it was called 'jabbering', Tsunade-sensei." The three girls yelled.
"Fine, you win…" the girls gave themselves an applause that made Shikamaru smirked.
"… The plan will be set out tomorrow by Hanauyuko Nadesico, and each of you will be assign to each maiden to be teach, since, they've already ran out of Anbus." Tsunade continued.
"But why us? Hokage-sama" Shikamaru asked.
"Akatsuki judged by the way they see it first time. Since, you all are teenagers… they'll not judge you as spies or ninjas… just plainly kids."
"… But we'll make sure you are prepared to go to this mission. You can't just go there and laid all you jutsus at their feet. We decided to train all of you."
Murmurs and whispers filled the room. You can hear Sasuke saying 'Great! I can avenge my family'; Ino whispering to Sakura 'Great opportunity!' and so on. Mizaki decided to clear her throat to get everyone's attention.
"So on… that'll be all for now. If you have questions, it'll be entertain this night, for I'm already tired and hungry."
"Anyway…" Naruto asked. "May we know your names?"
"Sorry! We haven't introduced ourselves, to you… kids. I'm Nadesico… Hanauyuko Nadesico."
"I'm Datsuki, Takeuchi Datsuki."
"And, you… redheaded ninja?" Neji asked with an exigent tone.
"Ask Hatake Kakashi. He knows me very well."
The three girls went out of the room to find themselves a place to rest. Tsunade looked at Kakashi and asked.
"You know her?"
"Very much, Hokage-sama."
"Then what's her name, Sir Kakashi?" Naruto asked.
"Mizaki… Kusanabe… Mizaki…"
"Very nice name for a redheaded girl. I should know her as you know her well. How could you do this to me, Kakashi!" Gai pointed his index finger to him.
"But, why seems you know much of her?" Sakura asked.
"Of course! I know her. She's even my childhood sweetheart… and my present girlfriend." Kakashi said with a sneer. "Any questions?"
"Oh no! Her fire of youth is so beautiful and only just settles to a hip, revolutionary jounin like you! This is insane."
Everyone dropped his or her jaws. No one expects this, even Tsunade. Sasuke gave Kakashi a tug and said.
"That's not an excuse, right?"
"No, it's not… Sasuke… it's not."
Author Notes: I felt this one is bit gibberish. Hehe! Please review and have a nice day! p