"Finally!" Tapion yelled as they left the gates of the village. Saitou just
shook his head at his friend. "Its about time we left the village."
Hinata smiled at the three of them. Their team had been given a C rank mission to deliver a package to the hidden cloud village. The package wasn't particularly important, but for training purposes the information was with held from her three subordinates. Saitou agreed to carry it in his bag.
As they were walking up ahead Hinata spotted several men standing on the bridge they needed to cross. She counted seven; each had various weapons ranging from knives, swords to even a rifle. This should be interesting she thought to herself. When they got to the bridge, a man carrying a sword in his belt held out his hand.
"Hello, welcome to Alice Bridge. The tolls will be 100 or anything you have." Hikari looked around, counting the men and reaching into her pocket. Saitou became more alert. It was clear they were officials; the clothes they wore were mere common clothes. They were bandits. Tapion took a step forward.
"Yeah right, like we're going to listen to some bandits." Tapion smirked. "Now let us pass, we're not going to give you squat." His teammates shook their heads.
"We insist." He took a step forward. His friends following suit, encircling the team.
"Yeah like you scare us?" Tapion continued to challenge the head outlaw only angering him further. He withdrew his sword and slashed at Tapion. He barely dodged it falling back into a stance. At that moment, Saitou and Hikari vanished from the center. Suddenly a glass marble shot from the sky and landed in the center next to Tapion. Tapion looked behind him. "What is that?" Before he could react a bright liked bursted from the marble. Four of the bandits went into a frenzy dropping their weapons covering their faces.
"Ah! My eyes!" The leader yelled out, "I can't see." Saitou quickly took out the ones that looked away and were unaffected. The skirmish was over. Saitou dusted himself off and looked at Hikari. The two nodded and both turned their attention to Tapion who was on the ground.
"Hey you okay, Tapion." Saitou walked over to his friend extending his hand. Tapion searched around a bit and after a couple of tries found his hand. Hikari bent down and picked up her marble.
"You know you could have warned me what you were going to do," Tapion stood up. "My eyes sight better return Hikari." He stumbled around before finally standing up.
"It will eventually," She walked onto the bridge, the other two following behind. "Serve you right being that reckless anyways." She smiled looking back at him.
"Hey, you guys better hurry up, its getting dark I want to set up camp." Hinata yelled from the other side of the bridge and turned to continue onward. The three just looked at their sensei's back. The whole time none of them had seen her cross the river or the bridge.
The sun had set a while ago, without the help of Tapion who was still complaining about his lack of eyesight, Hinata, Saitou and Hikari set up camp. After dinner Hinata stood up.
"You three stay here with the package, I'm going to scout around." She walked away from the fire and disappeared into the night. Tapion frustrated from the temporary blindness gave up and decided to just lay down and call it a night. Saitou and Hikari just sat by the fire. Saitou smiled as he watched the flames dance.
"What'd Tapion do to piss you off this time?" Saitou said as he poked the fire with a stick.
"I don't know what you mean." She smiled staring up into the stars.
"You know he may not be the brightest person but the incident earlier was not his fault, I didn't even know what you were planning I just happened to look away right before you did your jutsu." He turned to face her, "We are a team." She ignored his words and just kept staring at the night sky. "Anyways, interesting choice of a weapon, tiny glass marble things. Using them to amplify your own abilities, but something tells me you can do more with them then using them for cover."
"They aren't glass, they're crystal." She got up and laid down on her bedroll, ending the conversation. Saitou smiled and continued to watch the fire.
Hinata stood on the tallest tree she could find, pondering recent events. While training her subordinates and sending them on missions she noticed the Anbu have been more active in the recent month. Later she learned someone slipped into the main hall, stole Rol's Scepter, killed two Anbu members and left one for dead before disappearing. If they hadn't found Yamanaka Ino in time she would also be dead along with her comrades. She is in the medical wing under heavy guard. Everyone is waiting for her to wake up.
The next morning the team resumed their mission. Tapion's vision returned and they arrived at the cloud village by noon.
Hinata walked up to the gate and showed the cloud ninja's their passports. The ninjas nodded and opened the gate. The city was quite big, bigger than Konoha. The streets were crowded as the team walked through the market area.
"What was the store called again?" Saitou asked looking up at the signs. Tapion was looking the other way looking at all things people were selling. He turned in Saitou's general direction.
"I think it was called 'Silver Lining'" Tapion replied. He looked down the street and saw the sign. "Over there I think that's the place." Tapion pointed to the shop and started walking toward it. Saitou, Hikari and Hinata followed close behind.
The shop was an ordinary antique shop filled with old furniture and trinkets of sorts. Tapion touched a metal wheel and it started spinning.
"Don't touch unless you intend to buy that boy." An old man came out from the back. He was a short stubby man with gray hair. He wore a green rob and had a marble cane. Tapion held his hands in the air and backed away slightly annoyed. Saitou set his pack down.
"Are you Mr. Dorsa?" Saitou asked the man. The old man stroked his beard and moved his cane forward and took a step toward him.
"Yes I am boy, why do you ask?" Saitou reached into his pack and took the package out.
"This is for you from Mr. Poe." He handed the package and the old man took it. The old man raised an eyebrow.
"Oh really? Well thank you lad." He turned and walked to the back of the store to his office.
The three Genins shrugged looking back at their sensei. She just nodded and soon the team left the store. "Well that was odd." Tapion put his hands behind his head.
"Yeah I know," Saitou looked back at Hinata, "Hinata-sensei are we going back to Konoha now?" Tapion turned around looking at her.
"Hmmm..." She stood in thought for a minute. "Eh why not stay a while," Saitou and Tapion smiled and both thought 'yes' in their minds at the same time. "Okay you guys got two hours then meet me at the gate." Saitou and Tapion took off running deeper into the market while Hikari just looked over at a teashop next to where they were standing and entered. Hinata smiled, feeling quite hungry walked over to a noodle stand and sat down. "One bowl please."
Tapion and Saitou ran around the market looking at al the cool stuff they never saw back at home. "Ooo look at this thing." And "oh man check this out." As they were running out of a shop Saitou collided into anther person.
Saitou dusted himself off and got back up, "Hey I didn't see you there. I'm sorry let me give you a hand," He offered a hand to the other person. The guy on the ground hit his hand away.
"I don't need your help," He got up himself looking at Saitou noticing his head protector. "Leaf."
"He was only trying to help," Tapion stepped in between them noticing the guy had the cloud protector around his waist. The guy clenched his fist when suddenly another cloud ninja appeared.
"Hey Roko, quit it. Remember the mission Sensei sent us on." He turned to face Saitou and Tapion. Both Cloud Ninjas looked about their age, the one with the fist was quit large and wore a black suit and blue jacket. The other ninja, the one that stopped him had shaggy brown hair and wore a white flat jacket "Sorry my friend here has a bit of a temper, and we're late as it is." With that the two ninjas took off.
"Geez they were rude." Saitou said as he followed them with his eyes until they went over the building.
Tapion only looked on. 'I couldn't sense that guys approach at all.' He looked over to Saitou. "Come on our time is almost up lets get going and meet up with Hikari and Hinata-sensei at the gate." Saitou nodded and followed.
At the entrance to the village they spotted Hinata and Hikari. The mission was over, it was time to go home.
The Sliver Lining
The Old man sat at the counter with the package unopened sitting in front of him. Then the door opened and a tall figure in a black cloak walked in. "Is my package here?"
The Old man smiled seeing the man walk it. "Yes as ordered, safely delivered and on time."
"Thank you," He placed the money on the table, picked up the package and left the shop. He walked into the alleyway across from the shop. "See wasn't that much easier than going in, stealing the head piece and causing all that unnecessary noise." Another figure appeared out of the shadows annoyed at what his companion said. "See my way, I get it here safely and protected by our own enemies."
"What about the two Jounins scouting out the Valley. Shouldn't we do something about them?"
"No. We will do nothing. They will do their job, find nothing and report back nothing. The Leaf will relax and then they will burn." The two figures disappear into the shadows.
TBC...
A/n: Finally found the time to sit down and write. Another chapter in the bag.
Hinata smiled at the three of them. Their team had been given a C rank mission to deliver a package to the hidden cloud village. The package wasn't particularly important, but for training purposes the information was with held from her three subordinates. Saitou agreed to carry it in his bag.
As they were walking up ahead Hinata spotted several men standing on the bridge they needed to cross. She counted seven; each had various weapons ranging from knives, swords to even a rifle. This should be interesting she thought to herself. When they got to the bridge, a man carrying a sword in his belt held out his hand.
"Hello, welcome to Alice Bridge. The tolls will be 100 or anything you have." Hikari looked around, counting the men and reaching into her pocket. Saitou became more alert. It was clear they were officials; the clothes they wore were mere common clothes. They were bandits. Tapion took a step forward.
"Yeah right, like we're going to listen to some bandits." Tapion smirked. "Now let us pass, we're not going to give you squat." His teammates shook their heads.
"We insist." He took a step forward. His friends following suit, encircling the team.
"Yeah like you scare us?" Tapion continued to challenge the head outlaw only angering him further. He withdrew his sword and slashed at Tapion. He barely dodged it falling back into a stance. At that moment, Saitou and Hikari vanished from the center. Suddenly a glass marble shot from the sky and landed in the center next to Tapion. Tapion looked behind him. "What is that?" Before he could react a bright liked bursted from the marble. Four of the bandits went into a frenzy dropping their weapons covering their faces.
"Ah! My eyes!" The leader yelled out, "I can't see." Saitou quickly took out the ones that looked away and were unaffected. The skirmish was over. Saitou dusted himself off and looked at Hikari. The two nodded and both turned their attention to Tapion who was on the ground.
"Hey you okay, Tapion." Saitou walked over to his friend extending his hand. Tapion searched around a bit and after a couple of tries found his hand. Hikari bent down and picked up her marble.
"You know you could have warned me what you were going to do," Tapion stood up. "My eyes sight better return Hikari." He stumbled around before finally standing up.
"It will eventually," She walked onto the bridge, the other two following behind. "Serve you right being that reckless anyways." She smiled looking back at him.
"Hey, you guys better hurry up, its getting dark I want to set up camp." Hinata yelled from the other side of the bridge and turned to continue onward. The three just looked at their sensei's back. The whole time none of them had seen her cross the river or the bridge.
The sun had set a while ago, without the help of Tapion who was still complaining about his lack of eyesight, Hinata, Saitou and Hikari set up camp. After dinner Hinata stood up.
"You three stay here with the package, I'm going to scout around." She walked away from the fire and disappeared into the night. Tapion frustrated from the temporary blindness gave up and decided to just lay down and call it a night. Saitou and Hikari just sat by the fire. Saitou smiled as he watched the flames dance.
"What'd Tapion do to piss you off this time?" Saitou said as he poked the fire with a stick.
"I don't know what you mean." She smiled staring up into the stars.
"You know he may not be the brightest person but the incident earlier was not his fault, I didn't even know what you were planning I just happened to look away right before you did your jutsu." He turned to face her, "We are a team." She ignored his words and just kept staring at the night sky. "Anyways, interesting choice of a weapon, tiny glass marble things. Using them to amplify your own abilities, but something tells me you can do more with them then using them for cover."
"They aren't glass, they're crystal." She got up and laid down on her bedroll, ending the conversation. Saitou smiled and continued to watch the fire.
Hinata stood on the tallest tree she could find, pondering recent events. While training her subordinates and sending them on missions she noticed the Anbu have been more active in the recent month. Later she learned someone slipped into the main hall, stole Rol's Scepter, killed two Anbu members and left one for dead before disappearing. If they hadn't found Yamanaka Ino in time she would also be dead along with her comrades. She is in the medical wing under heavy guard. Everyone is waiting for her to wake up.
The next morning the team resumed their mission. Tapion's vision returned and they arrived at the cloud village by noon.
Hinata walked up to the gate and showed the cloud ninja's their passports. The ninjas nodded and opened the gate. The city was quite big, bigger than Konoha. The streets were crowded as the team walked through the market area.
"What was the store called again?" Saitou asked looking up at the signs. Tapion was looking the other way looking at all things people were selling. He turned in Saitou's general direction.
"I think it was called 'Silver Lining'" Tapion replied. He looked down the street and saw the sign. "Over there I think that's the place." Tapion pointed to the shop and started walking toward it. Saitou, Hikari and Hinata followed close behind.
The shop was an ordinary antique shop filled with old furniture and trinkets of sorts. Tapion touched a metal wheel and it started spinning.
"Don't touch unless you intend to buy that boy." An old man came out from the back. He was a short stubby man with gray hair. He wore a green rob and had a marble cane. Tapion held his hands in the air and backed away slightly annoyed. Saitou set his pack down.
"Are you Mr. Dorsa?" Saitou asked the man. The old man stroked his beard and moved his cane forward and took a step toward him.
"Yes I am boy, why do you ask?" Saitou reached into his pack and took the package out.
"This is for you from Mr. Poe." He handed the package and the old man took it. The old man raised an eyebrow.
"Oh really? Well thank you lad." He turned and walked to the back of the store to his office.
The three Genins shrugged looking back at their sensei. She just nodded and soon the team left the store. "Well that was odd." Tapion put his hands behind his head.
"Yeah I know," Saitou looked back at Hinata, "Hinata-sensei are we going back to Konoha now?" Tapion turned around looking at her.
"Hmmm..." She stood in thought for a minute. "Eh why not stay a while," Saitou and Tapion smiled and both thought 'yes' in their minds at the same time. "Okay you guys got two hours then meet me at the gate." Saitou and Tapion took off running deeper into the market while Hikari just looked over at a teashop next to where they were standing and entered. Hinata smiled, feeling quite hungry walked over to a noodle stand and sat down. "One bowl please."
Tapion and Saitou ran around the market looking at al the cool stuff they never saw back at home. "Ooo look at this thing." And "oh man check this out." As they were running out of a shop Saitou collided into anther person.
Saitou dusted himself off and got back up, "Hey I didn't see you there. I'm sorry let me give you a hand," He offered a hand to the other person. The guy on the ground hit his hand away.
"I don't need your help," He got up himself looking at Saitou noticing his head protector. "Leaf."
"He was only trying to help," Tapion stepped in between them noticing the guy had the cloud protector around his waist. The guy clenched his fist when suddenly another cloud ninja appeared.
"Hey Roko, quit it. Remember the mission Sensei sent us on." He turned to face Saitou and Tapion. Both Cloud Ninjas looked about their age, the one with the fist was quit large and wore a black suit and blue jacket. The other ninja, the one that stopped him had shaggy brown hair and wore a white flat jacket "Sorry my friend here has a bit of a temper, and we're late as it is." With that the two ninjas took off.
"Geez they were rude." Saitou said as he followed them with his eyes until they went over the building.
Tapion only looked on. 'I couldn't sense that guys approach at all.' He looked over to Saitou. "Come on our time is almost up lets get going and meet up with Hikari and Hinata-sensei at the gate." Saitou nodded and followed.
At the entrance to the village they spotted Hinata and Hikari. The mission was over, it was time to go home.
The Sliver Lining
The Old man sat at the counter with the package unopened sitting in front of him. Then the door opened and a tall figure in a black cloak walked in. "Is my package here?"
The Old man smiled seeing the man walk it. "Yes as ordered, safely delivered and on time."
"Thank you," He placed the money on the table, picked up the package and left the shop. He walked into the alleyway across from the shop. "See wasn't that much easier than going in, stealing the head piece and causing all that unnecessary noise." Another figure appeared out of the shadows annoyed at what his companion said. "See my way, I get it here safely and protected by our own enemies."
"What about the two Jounins scouting out the Valley. Shouldn't we do something about them?"
"No. We will do nothing. They will do their job, find nothing and report back nothing. The Leaf will relax and then they will burn." The two figures disappear into the shadows.
TBC...
A/n: Finally found the time to sit down and write. Another chapter in the bag.