Hi everyone. Back again it's been awhile, just been really busy and haven't had time to write. Anyways, this story will focus on team 7 for a little while mainly. Odyn and Hinata will get some screen time, but kinda wanted to focus on team 7 for now. Enjoy the story, for those who will read this!
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with Team 7
It'd been about a few weeks since Team 7 had cleared their Kakashi's test. So what were they doing now, you ask? For now, tracking down a cat. This was part of their everyday missions as a team. The mission they were currently on, it just so happened that the cat they were tracking down belonged to the Fire Daiymo's wife. The Fire Daiymo or Feudal lord, just so happened to be the ruler if the land of Fire.
Naruto- Target found! You guys see it?
Sakura- Roger That, target spotted at 5 o clock!
Sasuke- Eh.. just let the Dobe handle it. Not getting my face a scratched up.
Kanna- Gee.. Lazy much, uchiha? Anyways, Naruto! target is heading towards you at 3 o clock!
Naruto- Right, i got him!
Naruto manages to catch the cat, but then it retaliates by scratching his face with its claws. while sakura was inwardly busting a gut laughing at naruto, Kanna went over to try and sooth his clawed up face. Needless to say the blond wasn't very happy then. When the team brought the cat back to its owner they all sweatdropped at seeing how the cat was treated. Now it was easy to understand why that cat ran away so much. Its owner was practically squishing it when she hugged it. The team then met up with Kakashi after finishing up their missions for the day.
Naruto- Man, I wish we'd get an actual mission.
Sakura- These are missions, Naruto.
Naruto- How can you call what we've doing missions?
Kanna- Let's see.. Pulling weeds, housework, cleaning up trash, milk delivery, babysitting, finding a cat, need I say more?
Sasuke- Yeah... I hate to say it, but the dobe's right. These can hardly be called shinobi missions.
Naruto- exactly, this is just grunt work!
Kanna- Careful what you wish for Naruto... missions or actual combat can be a whole different animal. I would know, i've been through more than a few battles myself.
Naruto- Really? What's it like?
When he asked this Kanna's face visibly darkened, the rest of team 7 seemed to notice this and gave Naruto the stink eye for asking that. Kanna continued after figuring out a way to tell her teammates.
Kanna- don't know about shinobi combat, but the type i went through was horrible, it was literally like we'd been thrown into purgatory. Everyday was a struggle to survive because of war constantly threatening my family and I. One thing i remember is...
Naruto/Sakura- Is what?
Kanna - Death, Decay..., and Destruction as far as the eye could see. And... lots of Fire... everywhere you looked.
Sakura- Kanna...
Kanna- Sorry for getting all gloomy on you guys. I didn't exactly have what one could call a ... normal childhood. I couldn't be a child then, no matter how much i wanted to be. The situation never allowed for that. Even children who were old enough to walk were conscripted and trained as soldiers. If you were old enough to walk, you were old enough to hold a sword.
Sakura- That's... horrible...And no way to live for a kid!
Naruto- Yeah! That's no way for a kid to live!
Kanna- I appreciate your sympathy Naruto and Sakura. But it really wasn't so bad. True, i couldn't have a normal childhood.. but that was a small price to pay for being able to protect those who couldn't protect themselves. When you grow up in a country that's constantly at war, sometimes.. you just don't have time to be a kid. Not when thousands of other people are depending on you to fight off the enemy, even if you are just a little girl like I was back then.
Sakura- Kanna... What kind of a country makes it's own children have to fight in a war that horrifying?
Kanna- One who's desperate to survive, for any of its citizens to survive and fight another day. Sadly though... Myself, my brother Baron, and my cousin Odyn are all that's left our people... everyone else is... gone now, even our parents and original siblings.
Naruto- All of them?
Kanna nodded, as soon she said that it really sunk in just how much Kanna had been through already. It was a little unbelievable how dark Kanna's childhood really was, no wonder she wasn't a very emotional person now. Her non existent and dark childhood never allowed her to be a child. Naruto couldn't help but feel really sorry for Kanna now, he wanted to help her now. But how would he go about doing that was the question. The whiskered blonde didn't really know the first thing about Kanna as a person, but he wouldn't mind finding out. He liked Kanna, she was fun being around. She definitely kept things interesting, and... She was pretty like really pretty. Sometimes, He'd catch himself staring at her. She was probably the most beautiful girl He'd ever seen before. Well... aside from Sakura Chan at least.
Kakashi became rather intrigued by the preteens conversation, so he listened in on it but said nothing. His team did have a point though, they needed a more challenging mission luckily, they were on their way to the hokage's office. Perhaps they could get their wish there. team 7 headed up to the hokage's office after a day's work of D rank missions.
Hinata left her house early in the morning after saying goodbye to her sister Hanabi and her father Hiashi. She ran and eventually caught up to Odyn, who'd been patiently waiting for her. The boy smiled when he saw her, glad to see the hyuga.
Hinata- S-sorry i-I'm late! W-were you waiting long Odyn kun?
Odyn- Hina, like I said you're fine. I was only waiting for a few minutes. No need to apologize so much, silly.
Hinata- oh hee hee! Sorry Odyn kun, force of habit I guess.
Odyn- Anyways, shall we go?
Hinata- y-yes. Anyways O-Odyn kun, you called me H-Hina.. why is that?
Odyn- Hm? Well... I don't know really, guess I figured you'd like it if I called you that. I can stop if you want me to.
Hinata- N-No don't, I actually like it Odyn kun.
Odyn- o-oh. well.. heh heh. oh crap! We better hurry, come on Hinata!
Hinata- Oh right!
The two then pick up their pace when Odyn realized that they were going to be late if they didn't hurry. Not even thinking twice about what he was doing, Odyn grabbed Hinata and just decided to carry her while he rushed towards where team 8 was meeting up as fast as he possibly could. Hinata, who didn't expect this, turned as red as a tomato at Odyn carrying her like he was. It was surprising that Odyn would do that, but he wouldn't do that unless he thought it was the fastest way to get both of them where they needed to go.
Hinata was beginning that the more time she spent with Odyn, the bigger her crush on him was becoming. That also meant that she was even more nervous around him when he did things like this. She smiled though, to think that a boy as kind as Odyn would take the time to worry about her own happiness and wellbeing, it made her really happy. Of course there'd always be the naysayers like neji and the elders, but she didn't care. She had her father's blessing and even her younger sister Hanabi was supporting her, those were the only opinions aside from odyn's that mattered to her.
5 minutes later they arrived where their team was supposed to meet. As it turns out, they were early by a few minutes. Odyn sighed in relief, he thought for sure they were late. His musing were brought to a halt when Hinata spoke up.
Hinata- U-Umm.. Odyn kun? Are you going to keep holding me or c-can you put me down?
Odyn- hm? gah! Oh right! Sorry about that Hinata chan! I totally blanked that I was still carrying you!
Hinata- I-It's f-fine. Just put me down, please?
Odyn- oh, right.
The boy set the hyuga heiress down onto her feet and the two of them awaited for their other teammates to arrive
Odyn put Hinata down on her feet and the two waited for their other teammates to arrive. It wasn't very long before their teammates arrived at the bridge they found themselves at. Shino was indifferent, of course you really couldn't tell what the dude was thinking behind those glasses of his. Kiba was the one who was surprised Odyn and Hinata were early. It wasn't all that normal for anyone aside from their sensei to beat himself and akamaru to the spot where Kurenai sensei had said for them to meet her.
Kiba- huh, Hinata? When did you get here so early? Oh... and HE's here too...
Hinata got angry at Kiba. Why did the inazuka disregard odyn like that? It made no sense whatsoever for him to be mistreated like that. What'd he ever done to Kiba for him to treat him so poorly? The only thing he had done to him was humiliate him in a few moves when Kurenai sensei wanted to see what they could do. Odyn was a very disciplined and a very well trained martial artist, he just so happened to be a lot stronger than Kiba was. unfortunately, this was something Kiba hadn't gotten through his thick head yet because he still thought odyn was a weakling.
Kiba- what are you doing here, pipsqueak? going to run home to your mommy?
Hinata- Kiba.. stop-
Odyn- Excuse me Inazuka, but who are you to talk about my mother?! I don't know where my mother is right now.. but i know she's alive. YOU have no idea what i had to go through before my mother forced me to escape own hometown! Try being forced to fight in a deadly war from the age of 5, with your own people and family members all dying around you! Destruction and.. death as far as you can see! Horrible death. Women and children impaled or burning for something they never did. And the screams, the screams never leaving your ears that are all crying out for help... for someone.. anyone to save them! And even as a child, knowing in horror that you could do nothing to save them. You know how much that messes with a kid's head? Well, do you?!
Hinata- Odyn! Please... calm down! It's okay Odyn kun, i'm here for you. and i'm sure your mom's still alive out there somewhere!
Odyn- Thanks Hina chan.
Hinata then turns to Kiba and angrily slaps him in the face, the resulting action leaves Kiba quite shocked. Hinata glared at the Inazuka with angry tears at the corners of her eyes.
Hinata- You know nothing Kiba! Nothing! Do you not see how much this has been hurting Odyn Kun?! He's gone through something no kid should ever have to go through! And then when he gets here, he's ostracized because of his eyes and treated like he's the enemy. Do you have any idea what that's like?! He's probably traumatized and more than likely has anger already festering against the villagers inside him. But does he do anything? No! So leave Odyn kun alone you big bully!
Kurenai, who'd been secretly listening in to their conversation was shocked at what Odyn had to go through when he was not much older than a toddler. She was also pleasantly surprised at Hinata defending Odyn from Kiba. Perhaps the hyuga heriess wasn't as vulnerable as she first originally thought. The Jonin figured that she'd done enough hiding for now, so she came out from behind Kiba. The inazuka was about to say something back, but Kurenai interrupted him. She advised the boy that perhaps it was best if he stayed quiet for now. This of course spooked the other students who yelped in surprise at her sudden appearance. She put her hands up in a placating manner to calm down the pre teens. Of the students, the only one not to react in surprise was shino. That was just creepy how he almost never reacted to anything.
Kurenai- Now that everyone's calmed down then... We have our first C rank mission. We're to take out some bandits near the Temple of Fire. This is coming as request from the feudal lord, whom if you remember is even above the hokage.
Odyn- The temple? But isn't that.. you know? Guardian Shinobi Twelve territory?
Kurenai- And what of it, Namikaze? If memory serves right, you've been in wars as a mere child that would make any veteran shinobi seem as if their were mere novices. And you've seen horrid things that would make even the most seasoned Shinobi want to throw up at the sight of. Or am I wrong to assume so?
Odyn- No, you're not wrong sensei. I.. understand ma'am-
Kurenai- Excuse me?
Odyn- I mean, yes Kurenai sensei!
Hinata couldn't help but to stifle a chuckle at this, she was glad her friend (who she secretly had a huge growing crush on) was back to his normal self. She liked him better this way. Even Kiba refocused on the mission ahead, they'd have to work together as a team so he knew that he'd have to get along with odyn eventually. If only to make Hinata happy, he'd try to get along with odyn because it was pretty obvious that she liked him. Begrudgingly, Kiba had to admit that odyn was pretty strong physically. The thing he didn't get though was if he was so strong physically and was obviously a master martial artist, why couldn't he feel his chakra? Instead of chakra, he felt something else... it was much stronger than chakra, heck he could even see it surrounding odyn at times. What was that if it wasn't chakra? He had to find out, but he knew that he'd have plenty of time for for that while on the mission ahead. He'd bide his time and wait to ask. Team 8 then headed out of Konoha, and towards the temple of fire to start their mission.
Team 7 arrived before the 3rd hokage of the leaf village, Hiruzen Sarutobi. The aged man sat in front of them with his chin rested on his hands. The one surprise upon seeing Kakashi's team that he got was seeing the identity of the 4th member of team 7, he was a little surprised that it was a girl but didn't show it. Kakashi reported the success of the day's D rank missions. Hiruzen nodded and as soon as he was about to assign team 7 with another D rank, Naruto spoke up. He'd had enough of silly D rank ones, he needed a real mission and one that was challenging.
Naruto- we need a real mission, not another silly D rank!
Hiruzen- i understand your concern naruto, but you just aren't ready yet.
Naruto- gramps! come on, those aren't missions, that's grunt work!
Sakura- Baka! You don't speak to the hokage like that! I'm sorry sir, it won't happen agai-
Sasuke- No, Sakura... he's got a point. And.. loathe as i am to admit this, the dobe is right.
Sakura- Sasuke kun? not you too!
Kanna- Naruto can be an idiot, sure. But ya gotta admit it sakura, he's got a point this time.
And Kanna was right. They did need a real mission, all of their training was wasting away by staying here in the village. Hiruzen thought about it, the flame eyed girl was right though. They were ready and currently they were the only team to not have stepped foot outside of the leaf for a mission. Perhaps it was about time that they take on a mission. "Very well Naruto, if you want a mission so badly.. i can give you one. But be warned, this particular mission can turn pretty dangerous depending on the circumstances.," Hiruzen spoke up. Naruto fist pumped. He couldn't wait to get started. Hiruzen then instructed his assistant to let in the client for this particular mission. When she did, in came an old man with glasses, a straw hat and looked like he was drunk due to the way he wobbled in with a bottle in his hand.
Hiruzen- Your mission is to escort Tazuna back to his village. He's a bridge builder and needs to finish the bridge to the mainland from his small home island.
Tazuna- eh? I thought i was being escorted by proper shinobi, not a bunch of children! None of these pipsqueaks looks like they'll be able to protect me, especially the one in the orange jumpsuit. He's nothing but a runt!
Naruto- Hey! I'm not a runt! Take that back!
Kanna- Naruto... CALM DOWN. It isn't worth it.
Naruto- *gulps nervously* R-Right.
Kanna- i'm sorry sir, Naruto here is a little sensitive to people calling him short. It won't happen again.
Just as Tazuna looked away from the kids, Kanna grabbed his shoulder and shot him the darkest and most menacing glare she could muster. This was a clear sign to everyone that she was perhaps the most ticked off out of everyone at Tazuna for insulting their team and she did it while smiling, not a good sign for anyone. Tazuna saw this and became as pale as a sheet, clearly this girl wasn't normal.
Kanna- Excuse me sir? That wasn't very nice.. I really don't take it too kindly when someone insults my friends like that. So unless you want to be in more pain than you've ever felt in your life, you won't say something like that EVER again, AM I CLEAR?
Tazuna- Y-Yeah, Crystal!
Kanna- okay, great. I'm glad you understand now.
Tazuna- Geez, what a scary girl... No way that girl is normal! She gives me the willy's!
Everyone: 0_0
Kanna- What? Someone had to say it, right?
Kanna walked past them to follow Tazuna as team 7 couldn't believe what they just saw. That proved it, you don't make Kanna mad no matter who you are.. She was super scary when she was angry, so scary that someone who litterally insulted their entire team a minute ago was now deathly afraid of the flame eyed girl. It would be really interesting to see how she was when she had to fight. Cause if Kanna was anything like what Naruto explained to them in battle... they didn't even want to think about what kind of a monster she'd be combat wise. Team 7 walked out of the gate and headed off towards the land of waves, their mission had now begun.
Hey guys, Novablade here again, i hope you enjoyed that short chapter. Naruto x Kanna will get a little more development during the mission to the land of waves. They'll have an... interesting relationship for sure at first due to Kanna's personality XD. As you can tell she's very no nonsense and won't tolerate anyone badmouthing her friends, that'll come into play in a big way for the chuunin exams later on. Anyways just a quick little update of this story before i update my others. See ya in the next chapter! Next time: Chapter 6- Mission to the land of waves.