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Take of this blasted Cone! It's been a whole week already, if they don't remove it soon I'll make sure they can't go to the toilet ever again!
"Tora-chan!" Don't 'chan' me! You're in on this Naruko, lest you forget that you haven't removed it from me either! Is this payback for the times I laughed at your misfortune? Because okay I would kind of deserve that but still…
"We're going to Konoha, want to come?"
It's been a week, we've had lots of conversations about the travesties that the disgusting village performed. And yet they still want to go… apparently it's a love hate relationship, for Naruko and Stutter at least. Newby? No, he couldn't care less if it burned to the ground.
"Miauw" do tell me why I would tag along…
"Because the Hokage needs you for a mission! And we're kind of tagging along… Chiriku-sensei also said he would take off the cone…"
Mission? Me? Oldy knows my greatness! And hallelujah it comes with the added benefit of my freedom!
"Here's the letter Dattebanya!"
Well then, I'll just graciously read it to see what's it about, it must be some high ranked important mission if he needs me specifically…
Dear Naruko ( And Tora-san ) And we're off to a bad start, it should be the other way around obviously!
Due to the lack of the 'Catch Tora the cat mission' there's been a sharp decline in the ability of Genin when it comes to tracking. Over the last few years this has become more noticeable, we however have yet to find a way to compensate for Tora's skill in the matter. We simply can't afford to make higher ranked Shinobi train all our fresh Genin in tracking.
Therefore, we would like to commission Tora over the coming year for two to three 'Catch Tora the cat' missions each week. You will be given D-rank compensation plus one Tora special at Ichiraku's each time. You are also free to act as you see fit, if you deem that the Genin aren't up to your standard then you are allowed to make them fail the mission, lest you give them enough experience before you do so.
I hope to hear from you soon, drop by my office when you have an answer ready.
Hiruzen Sarutobi, Hokage of Konohamaru
Free reign to bully brats and I get money, the cone removed plus food for it?! Count me in! Even if it's all the way in that crappy village I still miss that hobby of mine… at least I can now keep an eye on Naruko and Stutter when they go there.
Let's just try it out? "Miauw"
"You're going to do it?! Yata!"
( Konoha )
"We're here to see the Hokage, he asked for us!"
"Tss, and who are you? Why would Hokage-sama expect a bunch of Genin brats?"
"What?! You're hardly older than us!" Yep, some upstart brat was blocking our path, a girl with a stuck-up face acting all high and mighty… but not for long…
"Don't talk to me like that! I'm the secretary and a Chuunin, you're just some No-name Genin, respect your superior or I'll remove you!"
"But we have this letter Dattebanya!"
"But you don't have an appointment so beat it"
"Just read the last bit, it says we could come whenever we want!"
The brat smirked "I'm not authorized to read his letters so I wouldn't know, I do have a spot open for an appointment in two weeks though"
Okay that's it, I'm done! "Miauw"
"Gladly!" Naruko stormed past the brat "Don't you dare you filth!" to which she tried to stop her by force. Naruko slammed her arm against her chest, the brat shot towards the nearby wall and slumped to the ground "Guards, get her!"… she really thought she had power, a pathetic secretary thinks she can command Anbu…
Nobody stopped us any further as we went into the office "Old man, we're here!"
Oldy's head shot up as he quickly hid an orange book…porn, couldn't be anything else… with a red face acting as if he wasn't just caught. "Naruko! Knock before you enter!"
"Sure sure, could you first fire that waste of space lying against the wall? She tried to stop us even when we told her you called for us"
"Did she now? What's with all those new Chuunin brats thinking they're high and mighty just because they become my secretary… It's been four in two months now…" Maybe there's a problem with how everybody raises their children nowadays? No respect whatsoever…
"Was she really a Chuunin?! She couldn't even take one hit Dattebanya!"
He sighed "Naruko we both know you aren't an average Genin, let's take care of her first though" Oldy called for an Anbu to remove the brat "Now tell me, did you come with an answer to my request?"
"Indeed we did! But we've come to negotiate the terms first" Wait, we didn't talk about that? There wasn't a problem as far as I know.
"And what makes you think we can negotiate with the terms? Keep in mind that it's a D-rank request Naruko"
A grin sprouted on her face "Because you're desperate, and it's not a negotiation indeed, it's more of an ultimatum. Either you accept or we leave."
"… I'm listening"
"We want two Tora and Naruko specials each time plus five cinnamon buns." I'm liking the terms, how didn't I think about that!
"How often will you be available?"
"Tora-chan?" Hmm, that's a tough one, I like my time to relax in the palace, but I do miss that hobby of mine… plus it's free food… two times? Maybe three if I'm feeling generous? "Miauw"
"Two to three times, you'll also have to put each mission on our team's record"
"Done, your first mission starts today. Tora-san feel free to 'escape' please as I bring in your victims" Already?! Oooh I can only have a good feeling about this!
I jumped through the window and stuck to the wall outside wanting to know who was going to enter…
"Kano bring in team Kakashi"
"…Kano?"
"Kano!"
"Uhm… you fired her"
"Oh right! If you wouldn't mind Naruko, could you bring Kakashi here for me?"
"Spiky grey hair with an eyepatch, right?"
"That one, tell him that if he's late I will ban the sale of his literature to him for a whole month"
"Will do!" She stormed out of the same window "See you in a bit Tora-chan!" as she waved me goodbye.
( Team Kakashi )
Naruko neared training ground 7 soon after as she felt Kakashi's chakra signature. She appeared on top of a tree branch and sat next to the grey spiky haired Jonin as he smiled lecherously reading from an orange book…
"Kakashi, right?"
"Shh I'm nearing the good part, be quiet for a bit"
"…Shouldn't you be training your team? They're waiting a bit in the distance I think?"
"…Do you have any idea who's in my team? I have to read for a bit or I'll get a migraine right in the morning! I've got a pompous emo, a horndog puppy that thinks he's all that great and a fangirl… Now be quiet, I still have half an hour left!"
"You know it's 10:30, right?"
He turned his head with a smirk "I do"
"And how late did you make them arrive?"
"Two and a half hours ago"
"Shame I have to ruin your fun… the Hokage told me to get you. He said something about banning you from buying literature for a month if you didn't show up right away?"
Kakashi suddenly turned pale "I'll be there in five minutes, do you happen to know what for?"
A smirk was her response "Catch Tora the cat"
"Well that changes everything!" he put away his book and jumped towards his group of brats "Yo"
( Hokage Tower )
Naruko jumped through the window only a few minutes after she'd left "I'm back!"
"Ah welcome back Naruko, that took you shorter than expected. I guess Kakashi wasn't as troublesome as usual?"
"Nope! He seemed excited when I mentioned the mission!"
Hiruzen lit up his pipe with a smile "He did say he had some trouble with his brats. You know what to do, right Tora-san?"
"Miauw" Who's his team?
"Emo, Dogbreath and some fangirl"
Ooooh they're done for, this is gonna be good! No way that they're going to pass the mission… Especially Emo, he's done for
"Naruko, Hinata, you two can wait in the back room for a few minutes, we don't want them to see you. Help yourselves to some tea and biscuits on the table"
We waited for them to arrive for a couple of minutes, soon a knock was heard on the door to which the person opened it without even waiting for an answer.
"Yo" with an orange book in his hand and the other up as a gesture of hello Spiky walked in without a care in the world. How could I see this you might ask? The wonders of peeking through the window…
"Ah Kakashi, you're here early for once." He looked at the brats "So this is your team, very well. I have a mission for them, a very important one at that"
A smug grin formed on Emo and Dogbreath's face "Finally I get a mission worthy of my greatness, right Akamaru?!"
"Yip!"
"Tss, as if the dead last would be needed, he obviously needs an Uchiha"
"What did you say, want me to kick your ass?!" oh great, two weaklings trying to compete with each other… why is it always the weaklings with the big mouth? I'll show them that they're both worthless!
A black aura began surrounding the Emo confirming my suspicions even more, he's indeed learned a dark technique… but which? And why would Konoha keep one of them on a scroll, they're usually destroyed because of their nature…
"Silence, the both of you!"
They stood up straight at the sudden killing intent radiated at them "I will not stand for such behaviour in my office, it's enough that I let Kakashi come late. But that's only because of his taste in literature, which you should not read at such a time" he arched his eyebrow with a fake threatening expression
Spiky put away the smut "How about our literature discussion?"
"At the usual time. Now for your mission… Tora the Daimyo's cat has escaped yet again, she's been inactive for the last few years for unknown reason but has begun escaping yet again. Your task is to capture her without harm and bring her to me, if you fail to do so then we may invoke the anger of the Daimyo. Do not harm her, do you understand?"
"We're chasing a cat?!" Dogbreath couldn't keep his stinking mouth shut though
"Yes you are, or do you want me to revoke your Genin rank? Do you have trouble understanding orders, Genin?"
"…No sir"
"Kakashi, your team has five hours. A word of warning though, Tora has become trickier than before" Damn right!
Spiky's eyes met mine for a split second, he however gave no mention of this to his team knowing the torture they were in for
"No worries I'll be fine, let's go team" he walked out the door and grabbed his book right as his foot left the room, dedication I'll give him that
I entered the office through the window just as Naruko and Stutter did the same, Oldy puffed his pipe with a smile "This is going to be fun, could you do one more thing for me Tora?"
"Miauw?"
"Take the Uchiha's arrogance down a notch, just no permanent injuries" …Gladly
"No fair I want to have some fun too Dattebanya!"
"You've trained in the camouflage technique correct?"
"Yep?"
"Then I wouldn't count out some sabotage, it does happen a lot in real missions after all"
"Okay! Tora, do you think they know how to walk on walls yet? They should, right?"
I actually think Lazy hasn't even tried teaching them it yet, they're a bunch of brats after all and he's skipping the teaching. Let's find out? "Miauw"
"Want to play some cards on the side of the Hokage monument? It'll be fun if they can't walk up!"
Tempting but not yet, maybe later when I'm getting bored "Miauw"
"Okay, let's have some fun first then!"
( Some moments later )
The first thing you do in a good chase is be the chaser, look at their patterns and weaknesses. Find out what you can do to annoy them, such as what I'm doing right now…
"Where is that damn cat?! I can smell her somewhere here!" Indeed you have, it's just that you thought you were tracking me but instead it was I that was making circles around you
"You've been saying that for the last twenty minutes! Are you sure you're not smelling yourself? I'm sure I can smell you from a block away"
Wait… who's this new girl, wasn't she some kind of fangirl? So far she seems decent though, her remarks are on the point so far
"What did you say Sara?! Go back to your dream boy you bitch!"
"Hell no! I'd rather die than touch that crying momma's boy!"
"Tss big words from a whore"
This doesn't seem like a fangirl at all… she's rather the opposite, I like her disgust of Emo though, she seems nice. Emo and Dogbreath didn't agree though, maybe because she wasn't stroking their ego, both wanted to cut her down, literally… they had kunai drawn and the former reeked of murderous intent, the comment about his mother not to his liking?
Maybe I'll help her a bit…
"That's enough the three of you, Kami why did I have to get this team… focus on your mission"
"I am! But I can't find the damn cat, I can smell her stench as if she's right next to me!"
…are you saying I smell? Me?!
"Miauw…"
I scared the shit out of him as I was indeed right next to him, his pathetic puppy dared to growl at me… I slapped the mongrel into the wall with a flick of my tail before going to the main dish
"Akamaru!"
Jumping up I reached the brats nose and with a swipe of my magnificent paw gave a clean set of cuts on his nose… nothing permanent sadly but enough to hurt for quite a while, if you can't appreciate my smell than I'd rather you not smell anything at all!
He screamed in blissful agony as I landed on the ground, infused some chakra into my front paws and swept his feat underneath him, he fell to the ground with a thud as his hands held his bleeding nose
One down, one to go…
"Deadlast taken out by a pathetic cat" now it's time to take you down a notch, again…
Emo tried grabbing me with his disgusting hands, as if I'd let him! I readied my claws and cut up his arm before slamming him into the nearby wall as well. But not enough to keep him down, no, I was going to make this last, just enough for him to come back at me again and again!
"You! How dare you, you fat piece of shit!"
The trash had already forgotten his orders as he grabbed a kunai and went at me, as if he stood a chance… no way in hell that he could even touch me. I infused my claws with some chakra, did a shunshin to get right next to him and sliced his remaining good arm. Coming at me with intent to kill, you sick piece of trash!
He cried out in pain as I continued my punishment, jumping all over him and marking him with fresh wounds. His clothes destroyed, chest in blood and claw marks all over his body…
"Sharingan!" he re-opened his eyes as they were now blood red with three tomoe in each of them, how'd he managed to evolve them that quickly?! Wait… the Uchiha evolve their bloodline with killing and negative emotions, maybe it's linked to dark chakra!
As soon as he activated his eyes he began leaking a dark fog indicating that they were probably indeed linked in some way. What did he get from the forbidden scroll, why was there a technique on there that links with the Uchiha bloodline?!
"Corrode: Great Fireball!"
A disgusting black fireball shot from his mouth, I narrowly managed to dodge it from the close distance. I watched as the black flame touched the nearby walls only for them to dissolve into a black sludge straight away. This… I know what this is…
The most disgusting and repulsive technique of the dark element, the corrosive attribute. It isn't as much a technique as much as it is a passive effect that's ingrained into you, although at a serious cost…
Just as the name implies it's corrosive, so much that it even affects the user. But not physically, no, it works mentally. The reason why this specific part of the dark element was pretty much sealed was because everyone that used it became murderous, after a while they only cared about murder and nothing else, it became their life. Even users of the dark chakra found this attribute to be repulsive and that's saying a lot!
And then there's this little shit, someone that already only cared about killing his brother, it's the perfect fit… Maybe I should just kill him here, it would do the world a favour, or better yet
I appeared in front of the brat and went for his eyes, maybe him being blind would shut him up! He may have a powerful chakra and bloodline but he's still a Genin, the claw neared his right eye before I was suddenly thrown to the side! I looked back in disgust and saw Spiky where I just was "I'm sorry Tora, but I can't let you do that"
He'd knocked the brat on the ground "As for you Sasuke, I thought you were told never to use that in the city? I think a trip to the Hokage would suit you well"
Tss, as if that's enough, we should just be rid of him just to be safe. He may not be a threat now, but in the future he will be… I don't care about the village at all, but he won't stop here when he's gone mad!
But… I'm not done with having fun even if he's a disgusting brat… Glaring at Spiky didn't help in the slightest though
"I'm sorry Tora but you've beaten my team, Kiba's going to have to go to the hospital, same for Sasuke after the Hokage's done with him. Sara however is still fine but she shouldn't stand a chance
"Miauw" Nah I'm fine with her, I'll give her a test. I walked in front of the brat and grinned, let's see if she gets the idea
A minute later though and still nothing… apparently not… "Tora-chan wants to test you" Naruko appeared from next to me as she let the camouflage drop. Even Spiky seemed slightly surprised by her skill with it, the brat just gasped in disbelief
"She wants to what?"
"Test you! Show Tora-chan what you got Dattebanya!"
"Here?"
…Duh, cmon brat this is taking long enough. I'll begin, I adjusted my speed to Genin level and jumped at her, claw at the ready. She barely dodged and tried to retaliate with a punch. I grabbed the arm with one paw and used it to adjust my movement in the air until I stood on top of her outstretched arm.
She tried to shake me off in panic as I went to paw her face, without claws of course as I'm nice. She barely managed to block with her other hand, the force of my paw against her hand made her own hand punch her face… that's just sad, could have just not blocked instead
Jumping to the ground I did the same as I did to Dogbreath, I swiped her feet from underneath her to which she fell to the ground. She slightly groaned in pain but got up nonetheless with determination in her eyes. No insults or anything, just determination.
She went for the attack and tried to kick me, I jumped out of the way and saw another kick coming for me from that direction, she anticipated the action apparently. But she's not used to fighting a cat, who is though… I landed on her leg and used it as leverage to cannonball myself into her chest…
She fell and got up yet again. The struggle continued as she tried attacking me without success, each time I dodged her attack or used it in my own. I saw it frustrated her but once again she didn't give any remarks and just tried her best, I could appreciate that attitude, not many brats that spoke with actions instead of words
Fifteen minutes of toying with her later and she fell to the ground in exhaustion, she'd managed to hold on for that long! I couldn't even count the amount of times she fell to the ground only to get back up, it's quite an achievement in all honesty
She began lightly crying "I'm useless, no matter how much I try… I'm useless!"
But I disagree, you may not be skilled but that attitude makes up for it. You just need a good teacher… oh damn she's got Lazy over there, she's screwed!
"Miauw"
"Tora-chan?"
"Miauw"
"You want her to take you to the old man?" She deserves it at this point, a lot more than the two other brats. But I have something to discuss with the old man "Miauw"
"Sure, I'll come with you and talk to him for you!"
I let the crying brat pick me up out of generosity, it made her stop crying as she looked at me with confused eyes. "Tora-chan wants me to take you to the old man, you coming Kakashi?"
"Old man?" "Kakashi?"
"The Hokage, and yes just Kakashi without the san, not with those books you're reading Dattebanya"
"…You know of them?"
"I burned my dad's collection" Spiky began sweating and quickly took us back to the office, he dragged the disgusting brat with him and sent the other one to the hospital.
A few minutes and a knock on the door later and we were back… "Ah you've returned, I must say this was a lot quicker than expected"
He was drinking tea with Stutter?! Now's not the time for that Tora, you have more important things to do…
"Miauw"
"Tora-chan wants you to punish the Emo"
Oldy lifted his brow "Kakashi, what's the meaning of this? I thought I was clear"
"You were, but Sasuke used his Sharingan and his… skill… on Tora, or at least tried to. He did so in an alley where civilians could walk in any minute and destroyed several walls in the process."
A short drag of his pipe late the oldy sighed "Very well, send him to Ibiki. His wounds aren't threatening, let him keep the scars as a reminder" I sensed this was going to give him a lot of annoyance, but I appreciated the slight gesture he did, it wasn't enough of a punishment but it was something…
An Anbu appeared next to Emo and dragged him away, he struggled at first but was knocked unconscious to make the process easier
"I have the feeling this isn't all, tell me"
"Miauw"
"Tora-chan says Sara completed the mission, but only her. She doesn't want the other two to get a reward"
Oldy smiled "That can be arranged, congratulations on a job well done Sara."
"But Hokage-sama, I failed! I couldn't even touch her!"
"Oh? But Tora-san thinks you deserve this, there must be a reason"
There is, but most of it has to do with Spiky over there "Miauw"
"Tora-chan said her determination was really good! But she lacks skill, as if someone never bothered to train her…"
A bit of killing intent was radiated towards Spiky as he tried to look away "Kakashi… is this true?"
"Maybe… But these brats are hopeless. One is stuck on revenge and has a massive stick up is ass, the other is an arrogant brat that thinks he's all that hot and last of all there's… there's… a girl that…"
"You didn't bother to take your time with her, did you? As the others were already next to useless"
Spiky did something rare and gave a slight bow to the girl "I'm sorry Sara, I thought you were another useless fangirl, but today proved otherwise"
"Good god you made him apologize!" Oldy was dumbstruck "Sara, if you teach me how to do that then I'll personally train you!"
"Miauw"
"Tora-chan wants Kakashi to train Sara properly and I agree. You never show up on time anyway because you hate your team, why not use that time to train her? You're going to show up late anyway…"
"It's not only because of that"
"I know Kakashi, but you shouldn't let your past hamper her growth. You've taken the roll as their Sensei and you should do as you've agreed upon. Train her seriously from now on, I don't care about the other two until they change their attitude, but you shouldn't waste an attitude that even Tora-san agrees with" damn right, I may be biased because she hates Emo though, but still!
"…Fine, but I'm going to ask Guy to help in her training…"
"You're not serious, are you?"
"Oh yes I am, if she wants to be properly trained then I'm going to ask him, that'll test her determination"
Oh Kami what have I done?! I've sent her to hell!
"Isn't that the spandex guy?"
"The very same…"
Naruko gave the brat a hug "I'm sorry, good luck"
She couldn't even react in her confusion, not knowing who, or rather what, we were talking about… poor her, we've doomed her…
That's it for now, a short chapter but I thought it would be better to end it here and continue later. Thanks for all the views, reviews, favourites and followers! I hope you had a nice weekend.
I said I would have more time to write starting from November as I would've finished my internship but sadly I didn't make it… so I have to do another one until February. Ah well it happens, shame though. So have a nice week and I hope I'll have another chapter up soon, it depends on inspiration and energy (I lack energy sometimes due to medical reasons)