Weakness III

"Anyone home?" Tāra asked, walking into Naruto's home. She seemed so much more welcome there after sleeping there for a day. "Hello?" She asked again.

She wandered into the kitchen, where Naruto, Hinata, Sakura, Kiko, Iruka, and Kiba all jumped out, surprising her. "SURPRISE!" They all yelled. The lights were flipped on, revealing a cake twice the size of Tāra's head in diameter.

"What is all this?" Tāra asked, "What's the surprise?"

"Well, uh… I, I mean we… Uh…" Hinata tried to explain.

Sakura sighed. "Hinata thought that we should throw a surprise party in celebration of you becoming a Genin. If it wasn't Hinata's idea, then it would have been for you and Kiko!" She explained. Hinata simply nodded.

"I didn't want a party anyways, so I don't mind." Kiko said happily.

After almost all the cake was consumed, Naruto started talking with Tāra. "You'll need to stay here until we catch Sasuke." Naruto explained.

"I um-dum-stand." Tāra said through a mouthful of cake.

Naruto nodded. "I thought you would. Also," he said, inviting Kiba over, "I thought you and your teammates would be interested in starting a mission in the morning.

Tāra swallowed her mouthful. "I thought all ninja do missions non-stop."

"They do," Kiba said, "But this one is different. It's normally a B-rank mission, but…"

"I decided it wouldn't be such a bad idea." Naruto finished.

Kiko walked over, "What mission is it?" She asked.

Naruto sighed, "A woman gave us a request of guarding her while she rebuilds…" he sighed again, "The Village Hidden in Sunlight."

Tāra's eyes popped open. "That's where my parents, my tribe was originally."

"Your tribe was all over the place. But yes, that's sort of true." Naruto explained, "But are you going to take the mission or not?"

Tāra thought, lost in her own mind. When she finally could think straight again, she nodded, "We'll take the mission. I'd like to see what's left of my village. What's the client's name?"

Naruto smiled, "Senkū Aurora."

Tāra looked wide-eyed, again. "You're lucky, one managed to escape. Maybe you'll meet her one day." That was what Sasuke said. "M-m-m-my s-s-s-sist-t-ter?" Tāra managed to mumble out.

Naruto nodded. "You think you're still up for it?"

Tāra's eyes looked determined. She nodded, "She's not just another client. She's my sister."

"Even though she is a ninja, she needs help. You'll also need to help her rebuild the village. You'll protect her and help her rebuild the town. The mission looked more A-rank, but I think you'll be able to handle it. She is a ninja too, and maybe you can learn something from her." Kiba explained.

Iruka came over, as if the conversation were public to the whole party. "There going to need another Genin on their squad, if they want to make it through alive. Luckily, the number of graduates are odd, so I have an extra Genin. I heard Atari failed the second test, so you'll need another ninja."

"There is another ninja. Aurora never got past Genin back in the Sunlight village. I'm assigning her to you're squad, Kiba." Naruto explained.

"I'm sure she'll do everyone some good." Kiba said.

"Good. Now everyone have some more cake, and let's call it a day!" Naruto explained.

Everyone in the room cheered, and almost dived for the cake.