Again, thanks for all the reviews. First off, to answer questions, there will be no Yaio at all, that disturbs me. There will however, most likely be NaruHina, sry person who doesn't want this. Any other suggestions for pairings, feel free to make them, as I'm not sure who to pair everyone else up with, except Sakura and Lee, I like Lee and Hate Sakura. Sasuke will have no one, causeI hate him too.Finally, Naruto will not have a blood limit. He has Kyuubi and that's enough. Now, on with Chapter four!
Chapter Four
Training had been going great the next two weeks. Naruto managed to learn the Gust Jutsu, it creates a small gust that circles your body for about two seconds, and it verse Kunai away from you, though only a little. Its main use is to avoid getting hit in vital points by light ranged weapons. Hinata had learned a move called slippery Jutsu, which expands any bit of water across the ground, but the chakra is also used to make the molecules slide easier, thus making it quite slick. Lee, however, trained by himself for new Jutsu's mostly, since no one could help him with the Initial lotus.
"Well guys, today we have a C-Ranked Mission. We will be escorting Hanuro Taya to a town called Lisa on the northern border of fire country. We are to protect her from bandits and such. We leave in one hour, understood?" Kurenai said.
"Yeah!" yelled Naruto jumping up in excitement, "Now the real missions start. Lets go."
"We won't let you down Kurenai Sensei!" Said Lee in his nice guy pose.
"Good, just meat back here soon, okay?" said Kurenai.
"Hey Lee, does this mean Taya is related to Sakura?" asked Naruto.
"Yeah," replied Lee getting an Idea, "Maybe we could ask her about Sakura!"
"Nah, I've tried before, she doesn't know anything about her sister," said Naruto a little disappointed.
"But didn't you just make sure she was Sakura's sister now?" asked Lee, confused.
"Shut up," said Naruto brooding, wondering how he could forget that Taya was Sakura's sister in the first place. HE dismissed the thought and did a few warm-ups before the mission.
When Kurenai got back they were both escorted to the northern gate where they met up with Taya.
"What the hell is that thing doing here?" Taya yelled pointing to Naruto. She looked like an older Sakura with blue eyes and hair down to here butt.
"What do you mean what am I doing here!" yelled Naruto, "I'm one of your escorts!"
"I refuse to let that thing near me!" Taya yelled.
"Calm down," Kurenai replied, knowing why she was so opposed to this, "I'm sorry but we are all that is available. IF you would like, we could let you go alone and take your chances with the bandits."
Taya turned bright red, infuriated at the smugness in Kurenai's voice, "Fine, but if he even try's anything you get nothing," and began to walk off.
"Thank you Sensei," Naruto said, managing a weak smile. Hinata noticed the sadness in Naruto's eyes. She knew how much he hurt when people like Taya talked to him like that. She wanted to go comfort him, but couldn't build up the courage to do so, and instead continue walking with Kurenai towards their destination.
It had been a couple days since they left, and now Taya was getting very paranoid. Kurenai looked over at here and asked, "What's the problem Taya, I assure you will be safe from any bandits or thugs."
"I'm not worried about them," she said, shooting a glance at Naruto.
"Listen Taya," Kurenai said, "You have been taking stabs at Naruto since we left. If you don't stop, I will be more than happy to call this mission off, is this understood!"
"Fine," Taya said storming off ahead of the group.
Kurenai quickly noticed something wrong, and yelled out, "Taya, watch out!" and Taya stopped, barely avoiding a Kunai.
"Drats," they heard as a cloaked figure jumped down, "Just hand me your package and I'll leave you alone."
"Why do you want this?" asked Taya unwrapped a box, "The only thing in here is some food for…." And when she unwrapped it she spotted a scroll. She quickly wrapped it back up and ran back, but the cloaked man went after her. Lee, however, was quick to stop him with the Leaf Violent wind.
"So, Ninja of hidden leaf eh? My master will be quite pleased if I beat you," and with that he attacked Lee. This guy was even faster than Lee and managed to strike him square in the chest sending him back a ways, landing on his feat by his team mates.
"Kurenai, since we need the training, let us handle him," Naruto smiled.
"Ok, but if it looks bad, I'm jumping in," Kurenai said, letting her team go in. First was Lee and Naruto, jumping in at the same time attacking in unison. The cloaked man, however was quick to block and dodge the attacks, and quickly knock them away and proceed to call out, "Phoenix Fire Jutsu!" and began spitting the little fireballs at Lee and Naruto. Though while they had him distracted Hinata cried out "Slippery Jutsu!" and the water ran under the mans body, causing him to slip. Naruto took the opportunity and placed his hand over the guy's mouth and said, "Dust Screen Jutsu!" and placed the Screen in his enemies face.
He was quick to counter though, spinning up giving Naruto a hard kick to the face, sending him into a nearby tree. Naruto quickly recovered and rejoined Lee, "So you think that basic Jutsu like that can stop me?" laughed the man, "This will barely give you anytime at all. I'm afraid it's over now, Wind Spike Jutsu!" he cried out, creating a spike of wind shooting it at Hinata, who barely managed to dodge. Kurenai was about to step in, since that was a pretty advanced technique, but then she saw something amazing, Lee began running at high speed in circles around the man, who couldn't keep up.
Lee then shot straight forward, using his Leaf spinning wind to launch the man straight into the air, "Shadow Leaf Dance!" yelled Lee as he jumped up and was positioned directly behind the man. Then bandaged began to unravel from beneath his sleeves and came began wrapping around the man, binding him. Lee Proceeded to grab him and spin around towards the ground at high speeds, "Initial Lotus!" he yelled spinning into the ground, jumping away an instant before impact. All that was left was the groaning body of the cloaked man.
"Lee!" yelled Naruto, "That was awesome!"
"SO you mastered the Lotus, eh?" smiled Kurenai, who was very proud of Lee, "Right now you are possibly the strongest Genin in Kohona."
"What!" yelled Naruto, "Thick-brows here's the best?"
"Actually," said Lee starting to look a little down, "I believe our Strongest Genin would be a guy called Hyuuga Neji."
"Wait, does that mean he's related to Hinata here?" asked Naruto.
"Y-yes, h-he's my c-c-cousin," said Hinata.
"Well, you three scout ahead, I need to have a talk with Taya here," said Kurenai, "Explain to me why you have that scroll."
"I don't know," she sobbed, "By mother asked me to deliver this, but I thought it was only some food, which is why I wondered why I needed protection from the ninja. She made me promise to get you guys."
"Well, we will just talk to her when we get there, now won't we?" said Kurenai, quite upset at what happened. Since this guy said he had a master, that means that he is most likely Jounin, which Kurenai didn't want to have to deal with. She sent Taya ahead while she questioned the man.
"Why are you after the scroll?" asked Kurenai.
"It contains a technique of the Hanuro clan. It seems that their daughter refused to learn it, since she has wanted to claim independent from them, as she hates them so much. Since no more relatives of Hanuro lived in Kohona, the scroll was supposed to be secretly transported to some other relatives so that the technique wouldn't die out. We learned of this and my master Trace of Rain, a missing Nin, wanted it. We were to meat in the village in one week," and with that Kurenai bound and gagged him, dragging him along.
They all reached the village in a few hours, seeing Kurenai bring in the man, "You guys escort her to her proper destination. I'll turn this guy in to ANBU. Meet me back here in one hour."
They all did as she said. When she found the Anbu, she asked to use their radio to contact the Third and inform him of the situation.
"Lord Hokage, It seems that Hanuro Taya was transporting a Scroll and didn't realize it. There is a Ninja known as Trace of Rain coming here in one weak to take it, what are your orders?"
"We have no available Ninja at this time; you are the only ones who can help out. Please be careful Kurenai, Trace is an A-Rank criminal, and he was last heard traveling with a man called Galg, which nothing is currently known about him. Good luck," and with that Kurenai went to meet with her team.
"Listen, our mission has just become much more serious, in one week we will have to fight a Jounin known as Trace, so we will be training for the week until he arrives," said Kurenai.
"Um, K-Kurenai Sensei?" asked Hinata, "I-if it's a J-Jounin, shouldn't they send a stronger team?"
"Normally yes, but there are none available. Don't worry though, I'll protect you," reassured Kurenai.
"So what Jutsu are you going to teach us?" asked Naruto.
"None," replied Kurenai, "Today you will learn how to control your chakra, so that none of it is wasted."
"But we can already do that!" retorted Naruto.
"Not so none is wasted, you just throw out Chakra until it works, which leaves you drained and limits the amount you can do. Ever notice how fast you where out with your Kage Bushin?" Naruto just shut up, realizing she was right.
"IF you learn better control, all your techniques will be stronger. Lets start with a basic exercise, we will walk up trees."
"What?" Lee and Naruto said.
"Yep, you will be focusing Chakra into your feat and walking up trees," she smiled. The three started to do this, realizing it was harder than they thought. Naruto and Lee seemed to be about the same skill with their control, while Hinata was a lot better with it. She was keeping on a near consistent basis twice as high as Naruto and Lee. By the end of that week, they had all made it to the top.
"What now Sensei?" asked Naruto, "It seems that we have got really good, so when do we fight?"
"As soon as Trace arrives. For now I want you three to remain hidden until I give the signal," and with that they awaited until the enemy arrived.
Again, Thnx To those who have been reviewing.