A/N: Masashi Kishimoto owns Naruto. Not me. I only own Shirayuki. I forgot to mention this in the first chapter. This is my latest story. If you read what I have posted already and are waiting for me to update it. I will as soon as I get the inspiration to write the chapter that needs to written. Have some faith in me please? And as always read and review please. Also, Sasuke is going to seem OOC at times. Italics are thoughts. "Italics" is Inner Sakura. Bold is Sound effects.

Chapter Five: The Drunk Client

Shira sighed as she kneeled in the tree to watch a cat that was supposedly the target for the mission that she and the rest of Team Seven were on. So far all the missions that Team Seven has done so far were petty missions; babysitting, weeding gardens, grocery shopping for an elderly woman - things that academy students could do as practice for becoming genin.

"This is Sasuke. I'm at point B." Shira heard Sasuke say over the wireless intercom that she wore.

Well at least Sas is paying attention. Shira thought as she heard Sakura announce that she is at point C. "Shira and I'm at point D. I have a good visual." She stated letting the others know she could see the cat.

"This is Naruto. I'm at point A, dattebayo." Naruto said while Shira sighed. Shira could hear Kakashi scold Naruto for being slow.

"What's your distance?" Kakashi asked as Shira did a quick calculation to see that she was the closest to the cat than the others.

"Five meters. Just give the signal, I'm ready." Naruto said while the others could hear Shira cough slightly. What is making Shira cough so much like that? Naruto wondered as Shira's voice came over the comlink.

"I'm about three meters away from the target. Like Naruto said I'm ready for the signal if everyone else is." Shira said as she rubbed a hand over face quickly before looking back at the target.

"Okay… Now!" Kakashi announced before the four Genin launched themselves at the poor cat. Shira managed to stop the cat from going in the direction it wanted to before Naruto nabbed it. As Naruto exclaimed about having the cat, Sasuke confirmed that it was indeed the cat that they were looking for.

"You okay?" Sasuke asked Shira as she pulled the earpiece out of her ear before Naruto started to shout in it. Shira looked over at Sasuke and nodded her head.

"Yeah. My throat's dry that's all. I just need to get a drink before we do another mission." Shira said as she smiled at Sasuke. Sasuke smirked in return before the two of them along with Sakura and Naruto walked to where they agreed to meet Kakashi. Once they met up with their sensei, Tean Seven went to the Hokage tower where they received missions.

"Ohh, my cute little Tora! I was so worried about you!" Madam Shijimi, the wife of the Land of Fire's Feudal Lord, cooed to the cat as she squeezed the cat tightly against her chest. Shira winced and actually felt bad for the cat while Naruot just laughed at the poor thing.

"Now for Team Seven's next mission… There are several that you could do; Babysitting an elder's grandson , shopping in the neighboring village, and help with potato digging." The Hokage said while Shira stood next to Sasuke as they both had blank looks on their faces. Shirayuki looks exhausted. Maybe leaving her to babysit with one of them while the other two do potato digging would be best that way she can get some rest. The Hokage thought, only to have is attention dragged to Naruto.

"NO! NO! NO! No thank you!" Naruto shouted as he made an 'X' with both of his hands. Shira sighed as she leaned against Sasuke some as the Uchiha wrapped an arm around her waist to help her stand better. "I want to do a real mission! None of this baby stuff!" Sasuke shook his head at Naruto while Sakura thought about how annoying the blonde was and Kakashi mentally commenting on how he knew that Naruto's demands were about to come up. Shira closed her eyes and tuned out Iruka-sensei as he sat and yelled at Naruto. Shira sighed as she opened her eyes just in time to see Kakashi-sensei punch Naruto lightly on the head.

"This is ridiculous… I could have gone cloud watching by now…" Shira muttered to Sasuke as he snorted and saw a silver chain around Shira's neck. Sasuke pulled the chain out to see a ring that he gave Shira shortly after she woke up from the coma she was in. Sasuke smirked and released the necklace to listen to Naruto, as the others were as well as the Hokage droned on about how the missions and ranking system worked.

"So last night I had pork ramen. I think that I'm going to try miso ramen tonight." Naruto said causing the Hokage to yell at the five of them.

"Oh, sorry." Kakashi said while Shira turned her face into Sasuke's shoulder to hide her laughter. Sasuke glanced at Shira with a smirk knowing why she was laughing.

"All you do is lecture me like you're my grandpa or something." Naruto stated as he turned to face away from the Hokage while pouting causing Shira to shake her head at Naruto. The Hokage started to chuckle while Kakashi looked like he knew that he may hear about Naruto being disrespectful later. Shira cocked an eyebrow while she looked at the Hokage with interest.

"So Naruto wants to prove that he is no longer a brat." The Hokage said as he folded his hands underneath his chin and looked at the members of Team Seven. "So I will assign you a C-rank mission. You will be escorts for an important individual."

"Who are we escorting? A princess? A feudal lord?" Naruto asked as Shira smiled at her team-mate's excitement.

The fact that Naruto was able to get us this mission… Just by being childish… Shira thought as she rested her head on Sasuke's shoulder while the Hokage asked for their client to be sent in. All the members of Team Seven turned as a drunk old man came in with a bottle of sake in his hand.

"What! Their all kids!" The drunk said as he took a rather large gulp of sake from the bottle. "Especially the shortest one with the stupid looking face. You expect me to believe that one's a ninja?"

"Haha… whose the short one?" Naruto asked while Sasuke, Shira and Sakura all lined up showing that Shira was only a half inch taller than Naruto. Soon Naruto got mad and threatened to punch the old man while he studied Shira ignoring Naruto.

"And you expect me to believe the brunette is a ninja as well? She's as thin as twig and looks like she will break if you hit her." The old man stated while Shira glared at him.

"Says the old man whose drunk when its only eleven in the morning. Not to mention that he is also insulting the ones that were just assigned to protect him. Not exactly the smartest move." Shira scowled at the old man while Sasuke shook his head at the old man. Sure, the Uchiha was upset that Shira was insulted, but the boy knew that she could handle herself.

"Shira…" Kakashi warned lightly, though he found the fact that the client looked surprised by the fact that the brunette had no problem pointing out his flaws. Kakashi had also received one of these scowls that Shira was wearing; he knew not to push the girl further. "Okay guys. Go and gather your things. Meet at the gate in five minutes." Kakashi said before the four genin of Team Seven walked out the doors to go get the things that they would need for this mission. Five minutes later all of Team Seven as well as the client were at the gates.

"Sas, catch!" Shira called to him as she tossed him a package. Sasuke caught it and looked at it.

"Is this what I think it is?" Sasuke asked her as he looked at the package that he just caught.

"Yeah." Shira covered her mouth and started to cough some. Sasuke was by her side and frowning.

"Did you take any of it?" Sasuke ran a hand down Shira's back as she straighted up. Shira nodded her head just as the bridge builder, Tazuna as he introduced himself as, looked back at the two of them.

"Are you sure she is a ninja? Sounds to me like she is sick." Tazuna stated as Shira glared at him.

"I have no problem dumping your ass in the ocean as soon as we get to it old man." Shira growled, causing Tazuna to shut up and the others to snicker at Shira's response.