Chapter 13: To Tonbogakure!
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Rays of sunshine cracked through the window sills cascading down the beautiful, fine crafted window in Naruto's room. He cracked one eye open and suddenly looked at the clock hanging on his wall and realized his team for his upcoming mission was to meet at the Gates of Konaha in fifteen minutes.
"Oh shit!" proclaimed Naruto before getting up off of his futon and getting his mission uniform together.
He finished putting his clothes on in five minutes and he immediately walked over to the suite's pantry and sighed a sigh of relief when he saw that there were cups of instant ramen provided. He heated a cup of instant miso ramen and slurped it down as fast as possible but only finishing half of the cup before grabbing his new sword, which he's named Kazemougi (Wind's Fury), and heading out of the door.
'Damn, damn, damn, damn. Only three minutes left!' shouted Naruto in his head.
"Calm down and shut up kit, I'm trying to sleep," shouted Kyuubi before returning to his slumber.
Naruto ignored Kyuubi and leaped over one last rooftop before skidding to a stop I front of Sakura and Neji. He told them his story but stopped in the middle when they lost interest. Exactly on time, Genma poofed in, right in front of the gates leading out of the gates.
"So you're my team for this mission. Nice to meet you all, I am Shiranui Genma," said Genma while a smile.
"Wow, you aren't like all the other Jonin in this village. The rest are either lazy, loud, dangerous, clumsy, or all of the above," input Naruto while looking Genma over.
"I'll take that as a good thing," commented Genma on Naruto's remark, "I think it would be best if you all introduced yourselves to me so I know more about my team."
"Why don't you start Genma?" asked Sakura.
"Sure why not. My name is Shiranui Genma. I'm a native of the Village Hidden in The Leaves and my hobbies mostly revolve around taking missions," announced Genma before pointing to Neji next, signaling that it was his turn to speak.
"My name is Hyuga Neji. I am a member of the branch family of the Hyuga Clan."
"Anymore you elaborate upon, Neji?" a curious Genma wondered. Neji just shook his head.
"I guess I'll go next," started Sakura, "My name is Haruno Sakura and I am a Genin kunoichi of the Village Hidden in The Leaves. My goals consist of being an idol to kunoichi every, someday, and settling down and starting a family sometime in the future," said Sakura.
"I'm going next! The name's Uzumaki Naruto and I'm the strongest ninja you'll ever see. Um, I don't exactly have any hobbies, but my goal is to become the greatest ninja on the planet!" a hyperactive Naruto shouted to the sky before quieting back down.
'This is going to be quite the experience,' thought Genma while looking at his team.
In a matter of moments, the team set out of Konaha and they began their long walk to Tonbogakure (Hidden Dragonfly Village.)
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Two Hours Later
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Two hours had past and the team had kept quiet the entire time. No conversation or anything because of their slight unfamiliarity with each other. This was until the team leader Genma broke the silence.
"There's a small town up ahead. No name has been filed in Konaha so to us, it's a ghost town. We need to pass through it, though. It's on the only route to Tonbogakure. I just thought I'd let you know," said Genma nonchalantly.
"Hopefully it will make this journey more fulfilling," remarked the quietest of the bunch, Neji.
Genma replied with a sigh and he led the team into town. Inside the village, people dressed in rugged clothing were walking around doing their daily duties, but they all stopped when they saw the ninja walk in.
"It's them. They're demons! Lock up the children and yourselves," yelled an older man missing his two front teeth before running off.
"Oh lord, why have you scorned us like this!" screamed a young woman before picking up her young son and rushing off.
"Huh? What the hell?" a confused Naruto said while looking at the terrified townspeople.
"I don't know Na-," began Genma until a scared townsperson tried impaling him with a pitchfork.
"Die demons. You shall not rein terror upon us any longer!" the deranged townsperson screamed loudly while flailing his pitchfork.
The pitchfork impaled Genma in the chest and the townsperson began to shout in cheer, but Genma's body went up in smoke. Seconds later, Genma was holding a kunai against the townsperson's throat. Genma demanded that the young townsperson drop his weapon and tell him why they're reacting as they are.
"W-why are you asking me this? You're the ones that attacked us, you ninja scum."
"We, and the rest of our village, have never attacked you, though it may have been another one," replied Genma before pushing the townsperson away.
"The ones that attacked us, they had headbands similar to yours but hey had symbols that differed from yours. It was a group of four. The symbols on their headbands resembled that of a dragonfly," pleaded the townsperson before running away.
The team left the village shortly after. Naruto and Sakura began talking between each other about what just happened and this was all that happened for the next few hours until Genma stopped everyone and pointed to the remains of a destroyed village.
"There it is. Tonbogakure, I heard it used to be a really nice village until it was destroyed in a war back in the day," spoke Genma while crossing his arms and looking at the decimated village.
"Who was the war with?" came the voice of Sakura
Before Genma could respond, Neji coolly replied, "Konaha was the village that destroyed this small one. We were supposed to call it off, but a band of ninja, including even Hyuga ninja, finished the job without orders to. Though, there are still, supposedly, Dragonfly Nin still roam around these parts," explained Neji before quieting himself again.
Neji activated his Byakugan on Genma's orders and began browsing the ruins for any type of temple entrance. Naruto and Sakura started looking around randomly with Genma, but Neji called out to them while pointing to a spot that seemed different from the others.
"There's an entrance right here. It's been well covered. Apparently, everything around it must have been destroyed, leaving this hatch. If we go in, there's no telling who or what we will find," pointed out Neji, Byakugan still active.
"Awesome! Let's go in!" shouted Naruto before jumping over to the hatch and lifting it up.
Right as Naruto opened the hatch; he heard something and looked at the hatch top, realizing that a letter bomb was strapped to it. It detonated, blowing up the area around him and Neji. When the smoke cleared, Genma and Sakura were left looking at a caved in hole where Neji and Naruto were standing.
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End of Chapter 13
A/N: Hope you guys (and gals) enjoyed this one. Please review.