The next day, everyone woke up extra early and headed towards the Wave Country. They only had a few miles to go and went at a leisurely pace. Sakura was constantly talking to Misanagi to help keep the poor girl's mind occupied. Naruto and Kakashi were having a disagreement about the novels Kakashi read.
' Come on, it's not like you haven't tried to read them before.' Kakashi scoffed lightly.
' Well, that was before Mi-chan almost died from reading it!' Naruto yelled, his face red and swollen like a balloon.
' Whatever. Oh, we're just at the outskirts of the capital so hurry up. The sooner we get this mission done the better.' Kakashi sighed. Inside his head he was mentally screaming; he didn't want to spend a month with his students and a psychopath.
' Ah, you must be the ninja from Konoha. Welcome, welcome. I'm Tsukie, I'll take you to grandfather.' A young woman around her early twenties and a very large stomach guided them through the mazes of Wave Country and happily chatted away, even though no one was listening.
' My little boy's due any day now, I can't wait.' She said happily. They reached a medium sized house and went inside.
' Grandfather, the ninjas are here.' She called. She left the group with an old man no older than eighty.
' Welcome, I'm deeply honoured you could come and help with the rebuilding of our village. Please make yourselves home.' After a few minutes of introductions and directions around the house, the team trudged up to their rooms, grateful for a long needed rest.
' This is your room, Misses. Please don't hesitate to ask if you need something.'
' Thankyou.' Sakura and Misanagi chorused.
' So, we're going to be staying here for a month? Nice…' Sakura said surveying the room quickly. After a hurried dinner, everyone went upstairs to sleep.
' Mi-chan, Mi-chan wake up you lazy sloth!' Someone yelled all the while shaking her.
' Piss off Kakashi-sensei. You shouldn't be in here anyways.' Misanagi mumbled after getting a good look at the person.
' Heh, well hurry up, we've got a mission.' He said with a grin.
Misanagi trudged down the stairs and glared at anything that dared move. As soon as he saw her, Naruto started bouncing about, wrecking havoc in the kitchen.
' Mi-chan, you're awake! And you too Sasuke, now we can eat!' He yelled.
' Shut up Naruto!' Misanagi and Sasuke hissed at the same time. Looking at each other in disgust, they sat at the table and began to eat.
' Well, at least they've got one thing in common, they're not morning people…' Tsukie said nervously. She could feel the daggers stabbing at her back as soon as she turned around to avoid their glares.
' Well, we're going to be doing odd jobs today so eat up. Naruto, you'll be helping out some farmers, Sakura, you'll be working at a florist while the owner is sick, and Misanagi and Sasuke. You two will be teaching the local kids at the school. Most of the teachers left after what happened with the bridge incident.' Kakashi explained.
Sasuke and Misanagi sent the most loathing looks at their teacher and stopped eating.
' Here are the addresses, have fun.' He said.
' Hey wait, Kakashi-sensei, what are you doing?' Naruto asked.
' I'm helping the villagers rebuild a section of the bridge.' He replied happily. Everyone left to attend to their jobs.
Sasuke and Misanagi walked silently to the school, keeping as far apart as they could.
' Excuse me, we're here to help teach today.' Misanagi told the Principal.
' Oh yes, thankyou. There's only one class but there are too many children for one person to handle. Here's your schedule and if anything gets out of hand, please don't kill them.' The woman smiled.
Misanagi quickly read out the schedule to Sasuke.
' Ok, it's nine so they have Art. Music at half past ten, lunch at noon. Writing and maths until two then PE. Seems simple enough.' They walked into a large classroom and were greeted by blank faces.
' Hello everyone, these are your new teachers for the next month. Please say hello to Sasuke-san and Misanagi-san.' The Principal said. She left, leaving a folder in Sasuke's hands.
After role was called, at the children, aged between five and eleven (although most of them were about six or seven) lined up to go outside. After the last child had been seated, Misanagi pulled out an art book.
' All right, what I want you to do is to sit somewhere; anywhere you like, and sketch what you see. It doesn't have to be the school or that tree over there. Use your imagination.'
As soon as everyone started to work, Misanagi climbed up a particularly leafy tree and sat on a low branch, making sure she could see everyone.
Sasuke, who wasn't too impressed with the way Misanagi was handling things chose to stay on the ground and walked around every so often to keep himself occupied.
' Sasuke-san, where's Misanagi-san? I want to show her my picture.' Said a small girl with long pigtails. Sasuke sighed and climbed up the tree Misanagi was sitting in.
' You're needed.' He said. Misanagi jumped a little and snapped her art book quickly. Sasuke had seen what was inside though. She had drawn a beautiful woman holding a baby. Next to her were a man and a little girl; none of their faces were drawn. Probably her family, he thought uninterestedly.
' Ok.' She jumped down and began to talk to a few of the children.
' Baka…' Sasuke muttered.
Music was next and Sasuke did not want to join in at all, mainly because he was hopeless at it. Unlike Misanagi who seemed to be good at everything. He scowled and walked into another room.
' Today we'll go around the room and everyone will say what kind of music they like, if they play an instrument and what, and what your favourite song is and why.' Sasuke said so he wouldn't have to listen to horrible noises all morning.
' I'm Taka. I like classical music. I play the piano and I like lots of songs.' Most of the replies were like this besides a few who didn't play instruments.
' What about Misanagi-san and Sasuke-san?' Some asked.
' Well, I like rock music and classical. I play guitar and violin and I like "Viva Rock" because it's random.' Misanagi said.
' I like rock music. I can't play anything and I don't have a favourite song.' Sasuke said.
By the end of the day, Sasuke and Misanagi were extremely exhausted and almost passed out when they got back to the house.
' You've had a rough day. Come on, we'll go to the hot springs with the others.' Sakura suggested. Misanagi reluctantly nodded, as she only wanted to sleep.
' Oh my, it's quiet. We're the only ones here.' The whole team, and surprisingly Kakashi went to change. Sakura was getting giddy at the thought of seeing Sasuke and Kakashi partially naked. After all, there was only one pool.
After getting in, the girls began talking. The boys had gone over to the other side of the pool and were waiting for Kakashi.
' That bad huh? Oh well, it could be worse. You could be working in a mental institution for all we know.' Sakura reasoned.
' Naruto, would you stop looking at us?' Sakura yelled when she caught the boy looking at them.
' I wasn't looking!' He said. Misanagi tried to hide herself in the water but wasn't even remotely successful as you could see her breasts through the water.
' Don't try so hard, you'll only get more attention.' Whispered Sakura. Misanagi stopped trying to drown herself and sat up wondering where Kakashi was. As soon as she opened her mouth to ask, the door slid open and someone stepped out.
' Mi-chan, it's Kakashi-sensei. We'll finally see his face. It's stupid to wear a mask in here anyway.' Sakura squealed quietly. Misanagi tried not to look so interested and watched Kakashi make his way towards the group.
' Oh my. I don't think he's wearing much of a towel. I think I'm going to faint.' Sakura gushed. She was right; Kakashi only had a small towel wrapped around him, his torso and legs were completely exposed.
' Kakashi-sensei! There are girls here as well you know!' Naruto yelled.
' Sorry, they didn't have any bigger towels. Anyway, I don't think they mind.' He added mischievously.
' Pervert!' Sakura and Misanagi yelled. The steam had cleared away and everyone moved closer to see Kakashi's face.
' Wow, I'm popular.' Kakashi muttered. Sakura and Misanagi had joined Naruto and Sasuke at the other side of the pool. They were all shocked to see… Kakashi with another towel around his face.
' You dumbass Kakashi-sensei!' Misanagi screamed. Sakura would've said something, if she hadn't been so interested in Kakashi's chest. Misanagi sighed and dragged the girl away. They disappeared behind a rock leaving the guys a little confused.
' What are they doing?' Asked Naruto.
' Something naughty I suppose.' Kakashi said quietly. An angry shout was heard from behind the rock.
' We heard that you pervert!' Kakashi sighed; he'd only get himself in more trouble if he continued.
' So what's going on with you and Sasuke?' Sakura asked.
' I don't know. I'm surprised he didn't call me something vile today. I don't know how I'll be able to survive this mission with him trying to kill me.' Misanagi sighed. She went over to the edge of the pool, passing a blushing Naruto, a sleeping Kakashi and a passive looking Sasuke, and got out. She was sure she'd have dreams tonight after seeing Kakashi like that. What sixteen-year-old girl wouldn't?
After all the missions were done, Team 7 only had one more task to do. Get back to Konoha in time for the winter festival. They walked for a few hours and stopped to have a rest. They were only an hour or two away from the village gates but chose to rest anyway.
' I feel so tired. My back's been aching ever since we left the Wave Country.' Misanagi complained. She rubbed her back furiously but stopped abruptly, hearing a rustle in the bushes. Getting up to investigate, she grabbed a kunai and left.
She saw a man with long dark hair and an extremely ugly man beside him. They turned around and smirked.
' Look, a lost little ninja from the Leaf Village. She looks so little.' Said the ugly man. The smaller dark haired man narrowed his eyes.
' Hello Misanagi-sama. Long time no see, ne?' He asked coldly.
' Itachi…'