I would like to say this is one of my first actual creation I really finished! I have so much stories and have never finished them! It's hard! I do know appreciate the art of a writer now!
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But to all of those appreciative readers and writers! All I have to say now is: ENJOY!
Midori: Well isn't that nice? Anyway, all my lovely reviewers, be nice and as Nami said, enjoy! Oh, and one more thing. This story won't be updated unless a sufficient ammount of reviews come in. So if you're reading it (ahem, or favorited/story alerted) then PLEASE review. Thank you.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
"What are your positions from the target?" Marieke sensei asked in her walkie talkie.
"Two meters," Midori answered with the two other girls behind a tree.
"Go for it…now!" Marieke sensei ordered.
Nami, Midori and Kyoko all leapt to the target. Kyoko was the first to reach it and grabbed it.
"Stay dog! We need to take you back to your owner!" Kyoko cried.
"Target captured," Nami told Marieke.
"Well done."
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Marieke and her students went back and returned the dog back to owner. She was a really fat old woman who was the twin of the other fat lady who had her cat go missing.
"Oh Mr. Snuggles that was very bad of you to run away," the woman said.
"I wonder if she knows that dog is a girl," Nami joked. The other two girls held back the laughter. Chuckle, chuckle.
"Good job girls, now let's see our next mission. Baby-sit a bird, find a missing ramen box," the Hokage was interrupted by someone.
"What? Those missions are so dumb, I want a real mission!" Nami demanded.
"Yeah!" Kyoko agreed.
"Shut up you guys!" Midori whispered.
"You can't have a real mission yet, you're still genin," Iruka said. Why did kids these days always want to shorten their life span?
"Aw, I wasn't talking to you! You aren't the Hokage, and you can't tell me what to do!" Nami yelled.
"Hey, Nami shut up he's the one who hooked us up with a place to live in before, remember? Baka!" Midori whispered and knocked her upside the head.
"Baka!" Nami felt a jolt of pain in her neck as she was hit to the floor by Marieke-sensei.
"Please ignore her, Iruka. She's a little hot-tempered today. As well as every day of my life..." She added the last part under her breath.
"Hot-tempered?! What?!" Nami started to get up, but Marieke was too quick. She threw down two kunai swiftly and Nami was stuck to the ground.
"Haha!" Kyoko laughed.
"Oh! Shut up!" Nami pouted.
"Alright Nami if you want a real mission that bad," the Hokage sighed with little patience.
"Yes, I want one!" Nami said excitedly.
"Fine but this one is a B-Ranked, almost an A so you have to be professional."
"What is it, Hokage-sama?" Midori asked, unsure if this was a good idea.
"You will transport, and protect two kids from here to the Cha no Kuni (Land of Tea). Do you think you could do that?" the Hokage asked.
"Of course, Hokage don't worry, where are these two kids?" Nami asked as she back flipped, breaking free of the kunai.
"Aw man, I liked it when you were down!" Kyoko whined. I hate kids, Kyoko thought to herself.
"Right here," a little girl said with a cat on her shoulder and a boy about Nami, Midori and Kyoko's age appeared in the doorway.
The little girl was around the age of five and wore a short blue dress that fell to her knees. The tea symbol was sewn on the shoulder of her dress. On her legs were black stockings. Her hair was in two short, black pigtails and her eyes were a bluish and green color. Her cat was black with white paws and a white line ran from the forehead to the nose.
The boy was tall and wore long, brown, plain pants. He had a net shirt under his green shirt and a backpack. He had short and wavy brown hair and his eyes matched his sister's.
"Aw, she's so cute! What's your name?" Kyoko cried, kneeling down.
Nami and Midori sweat dropped.
I thought she hated kids… Nami thought.
She sure bounces back… Midori thought.
"My name is Yamada Hanako, and this is my brother, Yamada Sato," Hanako smiled shyly.
"What a pretty name for a pretty girl. What's your cat's name?" Kyoko cooed.
"Neko-chan!"
"What an interesting name," Kyoko said.
"You're cool, I like you," Hanako said, hugging Kyoko.
"Oh brother. Here we go again," Sato muttered.
"Are you certain that this is a good idea, Hokage-sama?" Marieke asked doubtfully. "I mean, you could've just given them a C mission or something..."
"Oh, but I am very sure. Its one of the last B-ranked missions we have today. After all, you did the same level missions at their age."
"Yes, but I was training longer and harder with better teamwork with my teammates."
"Don't worry, Marieke. Hokage-sama knows what he's doing," Iruka said with a smile.
"Yes, we got a mission!" Nami cheered.
Hm...maybe I should have given them a C-ranked...but that bridgebuilder wouldn't have liked it to be protected by a team of girls, the Hokage thought.
"All right," Marieke sighed. She and the others left for the mission, and on the way there they saw Team Seven outside coming back with the cat. Before they left the building of course they introduced them to Sato and Hanako.
"Hehe. Hey Naruto guess what," Nami whispered slyly as Kyoko was having a glaring contest with Sakura and Midori and Sasuke had "why me?" looks on their faces.
"What?" Naruto asked.
"We got a real mission!" Kyoko piped.
"Really, now have you?" Kakashi said to Marieke.
"Unfortunately…" Marieke sighed.
"Well, you deserve it."
"What? These girls deserve it, but we don't!" Naruto hollered. "If the old man doesn't give us better missions, I'll make him!"
"Yep! Well bye," Nami laughed.
"I hate those girls," Naruto muttered.
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"Now why did you tell him that?" Midori demanded as soon as they were out of earshot.
"Eh...goes along with the plot," Nami shrugged.
Three ANBU waited outside the gate for Marieke and her team.
"Wait…why do we need ANBU?" Midori asked.
"Because this mission is a little more extreme than you three think," Marieke said. "You didn't think that they would let just the three of you do a B-Ranked alone, did you?"
"Well…"
"Wait, what do you mean it's a little more extreme?" Nami asked.
"I'll tell you some other time, but not now is not the right time. Not in the open," Marieke whispered.
"Man, this must be big," Midori whispered to her friends.
"No kidding...I like it," Nami said sneakily.
The three ANBU bowed honorably towards Marieke and the two kids. Marieke talked to them secretively for a moment.
"They are going to lead us all the way to the outside of this forest, then leave where we will have to fend for ourselves," Marieke told the girls. "It shouldn't be hard."
Finally, we're getting started, Kyoko thought as Hanako hooked onto her leg.
Haha. That's funny. A little girl liking Kyoko…what's next? Nami thought to herself.
"What was Marieke sensei talking about?" Midori wondered quietly.
"Okay, everyone ready? Time to go," Marieke announced.
"Hmph. Being protected by a bunch of girls…how shameful," Sato quietly.
Unfortunately for him, the girls had marvelous hearing.
"WHAT!!!!!!!!" Kyoko and Nami screamed as they were held back by two of the ANBU ninja.
"You two give me and Neko-chan a headache," Hanako said putting her hands over her ears.
"Lemme at 'em!" Kyoko shouted.
"I'll show you shameful, buddy!" Nami warned.
"Girls, calm down. This is Yamada Sato. We're protecting him and you have to be kind to him," Marieke said tiredly.
"Geez, not even two minutes into the mission and you guys are about to claw someone's eyes out," Midori said, rolling her eyes.
Sato smirked at the two restrained girls and frowned when Marieke turned around.
"Fine," Nami and Kyoko said as the ANBU ninja let go.
They started outside of the gate and Kyoko lifted Hanako onto her back because she started whining that couldn't walk that far. Neko hopped onto Midori shoulder, much to her discontent.
"…Uh?" Midori said.
"He likes you!" Hanako giggled.
"Come on, Midori, don't you like cats?" Kyoko teased.
"Not that much to tell you the truth."
"Please hold onto Neko-chan for me?" Hanako used her puppy dog eyes.
"Yeah, Midori-chan! Hold Neko-chan for Hanako-chan," Kyoko joined in using her puppy dog eyes as well.
Midori looked at the two girls with an annoyed expression. "Oh fine, I will," Midori sighed.
"Great!" Kyoko and Hanako said together. Kyoko increased the speed of her walking.
"Wow Midori you just keep on getting weaker and weaker with people what's wrong with cha?" Nami asked with a laugh.
"Oh, be quiet. I don't get weaker with people, their eyes just annoy me. And besides…" Midori sighed, rubbing Neko under the chin absentmindedly. "It's not a crime to be nice, now is it?"
"Sure. Anyway, it's kind of weird that we need three ANBU for this mission don'tcha think?" Nami said.
"Yeah. I wonder what's so extreme about this mission anyway," Midori asked as she looked around at the three ANBU that surrounded them. One was leading everyone with Marieke at his side, another was on the left side of Sato who paid no attention to anyone and the third ANBU was behind Midori and Nami looking to his left and right every few minutes.
"They're pretty scary, but we can't let them think that we're afraid," Midori said.
"Yeah I'm not scared, just want to know," Nami said with a laugh.
"No kidding!" Midori chuckled.
Meanwhile, Marieke and one of the ANBU ninja were talking almost noiselessly.
"Marieke-san, do you think you can do this by yourself? It's a pretty big mission. You'll have to take care of your students not to mention protect the two other kids," one of the ANBU asked. "And not only from enemies. You're students are very...easily roused."
"Yes, Kuzuo I can do this, don't worry. These girls might seem different, and even worse than Kakashi's team, but they have some skills that no other ninja have," Marieke said looking over her shoulder at the girls.
Kyoko was laughing with Hanako. Midori was still freaking out with Neko on her shoulder, with
Nami was in the back staring at the ground with a grin on her face.
"I can tell."
"So these girls mean a lot to you, huh, Marieke-san?" Kuzuo teased.
"...Yes. I suppose they do," Marieke replied, a warm smile hidden by her mask.
A few hours later, they were out of the forest and the ANBU disappeared.
In the Trees…
"There they are," a voice said, watching Marieke and her students. "And the ANBU ninja have left."
"Should we tell him that they have come, or attack?" another voice asked.
"Go, and tell the master. I will stay and watch them just in case."
"Right." the person disappeared.
Meanwhile with Marieke and her students…
"This shouldn't be hard. I mean come on! What's gonna happen?" Sato said with a cocky grin on his face. "We don't need bodyguards."
"It's harder than you think, Sato!" Nami said, annoyed. "Missions aren't supposed to be taken lightly, you know! There's danger and we always have to be alert even though we don't look like it!"
"Really?" Sato asked.
"Yeah," Kyoko said. "These missions are important. Danger is everywhere and even though we don't look like it, we're always alert."
"I guess you're right, Kyoko," Sato said.
"What?" Nami said angrily. "I just told you the same thing!"
"Nami, shhhh," Marieke hissed. "There is no reason for you to blow our cover by shouting in vain at our client."
"Yeah, Nami," Sato whispered. "Man, for a ninja, you're pretty loud."
"ARGH!!!!" Nami covered her mouth. I hate that boy already. What's his problem? Nami thought heatedly.
In the Trees…
"This shouldn't be hard at all, indeed!" the person laughed and disappeared.
Marieke and the Students
"Here is where I depart," Marieke
"DEPART!!!!" the girls plus Sato hollered.
"Sh…what happened to being quiet?"
"But…the mission…you can't leave!" Midori said in a quieter tone.
"Don't worry you're almost to Cha no Kuni I just have to make one little stop somewhere and will meet up with you soon," Marieke answered calmly.
"What are we going to do?" Midori asked.
"Sato knows the way, so you won't get lost. Just find the gate and you will meet a man. Sato and Hanako know who he is."
"We do?" Hanako asked, confused.
"Yes, you do. Well good luck, bye! Oh yeah Midori's in charge," Marieke then disappeared in a gust of smoke.
"Oh great. Now I'm left alone with you girls," Sato said, annoyed.
"You know what...shut up!" Nami said.
"Oh, good come back," Sato said, smirking. "I'm shaking in my boots."
"Argh! YOU—" Nami was restrained by Midori.
"Well you heard sensei. I'm in charge so you have to do as I say," Midori said confidently as she let go of the angry Nami. She turned to Sato. "Sato-san, please lead the way. And you," she turned back to Nami. "Try not to strangle our client. You're seriously acting like a baby."
Forty minutes later they came to the entrance of one of the islands of the Cha no Kuni.
"We're almost there!" Hanako squealed with joy, her cat showed the same expression of happiness and jumping up and down on Midori's shoulder, making her feeling uncomfortable.
"Looks like it," Midori said as they came to a bridge they saw a man in front of it.
"Who's that dude?" Nami asked.
"Kenji!" Hanako leaped frivolously off of Kyoko and jumped into the man's arms.
"Aw, Hanako-sama, so good to see you! Hello there, Sato-sama," Kenji said cheerfully.
"Hi," Sato said, shaking Kenji's hand.
"I'm happy to see you two still here. I'm so sorry about your parents once again," Kenji said, a sad smile on his face.
"Yes, we are too," Sato said quietly.
The girls looked at them, a bit puzzled. What were they talking about?
"So…who are you and why are you here?" Kyoko asked.
"I am Fukuda Kenji and I am Hanako's and Sato's caretaker. Their parent's took me in when they found me, an orphan, and this is how I repay them. By taking care of their children, when...well, when they're time had passed," Kenji answered.
"That's so kind of you, Kenji-san. My name is Hikari Midori and these are my teammates, Kawa Nami and Shimizu Kyoko. We're the escorts of Hanako-san and Sato-san," Midori said politely.
"It's very nice to meet you girls. Come, let's get inside. It's quite cold out here," Kenji said kindheartedly.
"Can I have some Jasmine Tea?" Hanako asked sweetly.
"You can have as much Jasmine Tea as you wish!" Kenji led the girls and Sato to the Yamada household.
"This place is so interesting in a way," Midori said to Kyoko.
"No doubt," Kyoko answered back. They saw people bowing to Sato and Hanako as they passed them. Not bowing on their hands and knees to smell the dirt, but a pleasant bow to show respect.
"Why are they bowing their heads to them?" Nami asked.
"Why wouldn't they bow to their future leaders?" Kenji said with a small laugh.
"Leaders? What?" Nami asked in confusion.
"I suppose that explains why Kenji-san called them 'sama', but I don't understand…" Midori said with a perplexed look, trying to figure out what was going on.
"You mean your sensei didn't tell you?" Kenji asked in amazement.
"All she told us is that she would tell us more about this mission later." Nami said.
"Oh…Forget what I said. I will tell you when your sensei gets back and if she says it's alright for you and your friends to know, I'll tell you," Kenji walked faster next to Hanako and Sato. Soon, they were at the home. The house was not extremely big, but bigger than everyone else's and was brown with a green roof. The door was opened by one old man with more wrinkles than strands of hair.
"Welcome home Yamada Sato-sama and Yamada Hanako-sama. We've missed you," the man said.
They didn't reply, but bowed their heads and kept walking.
How weird, Nami thought to herself.
When they all went into the dining room, they were served by two other servants. There was a young woman with black hair and a man. They were wearing the same clothes, white. They bowed to Sato and Hanako when they entered and served them first, of course. Hanako's favorite was served: Jasmine Tea.
"Thank you," Midori said courteously.
The woman smiled back.
"Yeah tea! I've waited for this for a long time," Hanako cheered, clapping her hands.
"Your cookies will be coming soon Hanako-sama," one of the ladies said willingly.
"Okay," Hanako said as she took her first sip and stopped with her eyes closed as if she was savoring it.
"You have a beautiful house," Kyoko remarked.
"Thank you. It has been here for many years," Sato said. His mind seemed to be on something else, for his voice was distant.
After the next half hour passed by, tea was gulped and cookies were stuffed down throats...well mostly Hanako's and Kyoko's. It was nearly nightfall and Hanako was accompanied to her room for bed by one of the servants. She was the same one who told her about the cookies.
"Come on Neko-chan," Hanako yawned sleepily.
"Meow," Neko came from under the table and jumped onto Hanako's shoulder.
"Well I'm going to retire now. Goodnight ladies, Kenji, Nami," Sato bowed and left.
"What does he mean ladies and than say my name last?" Nami was holding in her temper and strangulating her poor napkin.
"Deep breath Nami. Count to ten," Midori sighed jadedly. "Sato really isn't that bad."
Nami took some deep breaths of air and started counting. "One, two, three, four..." Nami ended soon later.
"You must be tired? I will show you your room. Come follow me," Kenji smiled, amused. "Here you are." Kenji led them to a door and opened the slider.
"Thanks," Midori said.
"Well, I should let you have your rest. Goodnight," Kenji closed the door and left.
"Where are our bags?" Kyoko panicked.
"At your knee. Baka," Nami told her.
"Oh. Sorry I guess having a real mission kind of got to me," Kyoko smiled when Nami and Midori just looked at her strangely.
The girls slipped into their PJ's and got into their separate beds which consisted of mats on the floor. Can someone say back problems in the morning?
"Goodnight," Midori said blowing out the candle that lit the room.
"Goodnight," Nami and Kyoko replied back.
Ten seconds later...
"Pillow fight!" Nami yelled as she socked Kyoko with her pillow.
"Ah! What are you doing? Come back here I'm going to so get you back for that!" Kyoko screamed as Nami ran for her dear life. She raised her pillow high and started to whack Nami.
"I knew it was too good to be true…to be that silent for that long," Midori sighed as she covered herself with the blanket and put her pillow over her head. "Shut up you two! I'm trying to sleep!"
Nami and Kyoko looked at each other devilishly.
"OW! OW! STOP IT! CUT IT OUT!"
Outside of the house…
"This is what we're up against? Three little girls who don't know the first thing about the ways of a shinobi?" a female laughed, her mouth twisted into an evil smile when she saw the two girl's shadow through the paper-like door.
"Yes, I know. Quite sad isn't it? It shouldn't take that long to take care of them!" the male smirked.
"We will first attack tomorrow in the mid-afternoon. Follow their movement. You know what to do from there," an old man said with a bad back. He held himself up with a cane, eyes as black as the sky and a sinister smirk with who-knows-what on his mind. He was of a medium size, but not small.
"Right, master!" the two others bowed and disappeared.
"This is going to be a little too easy!" the old man laughed and walked away.
R&R please!
-KN
-HM