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Author's Notes
Well everyone welcome to the year 2015 and chapter six of Mito Uzumaki: A Kunoichi's Tale. As usual all reviews and constructive criticism is appreciated while haters go make their own story or read someone else's story. I will be starting High school again starting this Monday so expect chapters to come at a slower rate anyway enough of that here's the Story.
Chapter Six: The border lands
Kurenai having gone home from the Hokage tower had only one thought on her mind, whether or not her team was ready for a C-rank mission. The jounin knew her team was good despite them only being out of the academy for only a few weeks, but she had nagging feeling eating away inside of her, she noted that it had something to do with the Iwa. As soon as she reached her home she brewed some herbal tea to try and calm her self. She picked up one of the books on her bookshelf dealing with the history of the third shinobi war, why it came about and everything leading up to it. She sat down in her chair, her tea sitting beside her, as she opened the book and noticed the heading inside that held a chapter on the destruction of Uzushiogakure. This set alarm bells ringing in her head before turning to that chapter. She quickly read and saw that the Uzumaki clan had been annihilated by three villages teaming up before the start of the war.
After finishing the chapter she closed the book knowing that her student was probably one of the last uzumaki in the whole elemental nations. She had to make a decision but she had to ask one question to the uzumaki heiress before making her decision. Kurenai soon fell asleep, her mind plagued with thoughts of what could go wrong.
Next day
Team eight had gathered at their usual training ground right on time as their sensei had stressed to them on so many occasions. Shortly after a poof of smoke appeared in front of them and once it dissipated, Kurenai was revealed.
"Good your all here. Kiba, Akamaru, and Hinata go ahead and start the regular training I need to ask Mito something real quick." The red eyed jounin said to her pupils. They soon started their laps while Mito stayed behind wondering what Kurenai wanted to ask.
"Mito, what do you think about Iwa?" Kurenai asked knowing this would affect whether she took the C-rank mentioned by Hokage-sama last night.
Mito's eyebrow raised a little at the sudden question before she began to think about it. The red haired girl sighed before answering," I don't like Iwa. I may be biased but they destroyed my clan along with Kumo and Kiri. They did it out of fear of my clan's talents with no real justification, but if Konoha needs to work with them or forms an alliance with them I will not object or desert. I would only work with them if I had to, but as long as they don't bother me then I won't bother them."
Kurenai nodded having nothing to say to the heiress after her answer. Mito then left and began her laps.
"there was something more that Mito wasn't telling me but I can accept that, looks like my team will be getting their first C-rank today." Kurenai thought to herself
The three genin and one puppy soon finished, and followed their teacher to the Hokage tower for their mission for the day.
Inside the Tower
Kurenai and her team were lined up in front of the Hokage and his two chunin assistants for the day one of them happening to be Iruka.
"Do you have an answer for last night Kurenai?" The village leader asked in a tired tone.
"Yes Hokage-sama I believe they're ready for a C-rank." Kurenai said with pride in her voice.
Iruka though was not happy knowing that the three genin had only graduated barely a month ago stood up to voice his concerns, "Kurenai-san they surely can't be ready yet they only just graduated barely over a month ago, I know they were great in class but only having a month of experience and training surely can't be enough for them to already take on a C-rank." The academy teacher said.
"Iruka-san I know how good my team is, do you doubt the words of a jounin who had been with them and has seen their growth since their graduation."Kurenai said with venom in her tone showing that she didn't like her team being down played by their former sensei.
Iruka immediately sat back down after hearing Kurenai's words, while the Hokage nodded in approval of the team eight leader.
"Alright then. Your mission is this." The Sandaime said giving Kurenai a copy of the mission scroll.
"Tomorrow team eight will leave the village and head to the borderlands between the lands of fire and earth. You all will perform border patrol for two weeks before another team arrives to relieve you and take their normal position back." The village leader said in a professional tone.
The genin nodded along with their sensei and proceeded to leave the tower.
"There will be no more training for the rest of the day for any of you rest and get your mission supplies together." Kurenai said informing her genin of today's schedule.
The genin once again nodded and left each returning to their separate homes.
Mito's apartment
Mito quickly headed to her old apartment where most of the village believed she lived. She hadn't stayed a single night in it since the night she found out who her parents were, but to keep up appearances she with the Sandaime's help created a space-time bridge seal that only she could access between her bedroom in the apartment and the living room in her parent's house. She quickly walked up the stairs and noticed a brown package in front of her door. She picked it up noticing that it had a tag that said that it was from Kiba. The package was wrapped in white wrapping paper with a well done bow across it. She picked up the package and headed inside before warping to her real home.
Once she was home she unwrapped the box and opened its lid. Inside was a dark blue outfit. Mito laid out the clothes on her couch. First was a dark blue long sleeved jacket stopping just above the navel with a high collar. Next was a skirt the same color as the jacket, the skirt was an apron skirt much like those of Takigakure wore. The skirt reached just above her knees when she pulled it up against her. Seeing the outfit she gained a small smile on her face remembering the day she saw it in a new clothing shop.
Flashback
Team had just finished their training for the day and took a walk around the village taking in the shops. The three genin had stopped in front of a new Shinobi clothing shop that had just moved from Takigakure due to the trade agreement between the two villages. Soon her two friends began to move but she stayed taking in every detail of a dark blue outfit.
Flashback end
"Kiba must of seen how much I liked that outfit I guess, or Hinata told him." Mito thought to herself as she took the outfit up to her room and tried it on. It fitted her perfectly showing of her stomach. She had put on a dark red shirt stopping just above her navel under the jacket leaving it open, along with a pair of black stockings stopping at her knees, on her hips was a single pouch. It held her fuinjutsu equipment should she need it. On her hands she had metal plated gloves stopping at her fingers, on the plate was a single spiral, the spiral was a special seal that Mito had implemented for combat, it effect was simple Mito could channel a tiny bit of chakra and a shurriken, kunai, or senbon would appear that she could throw. On her feet were modified Shinobi sandals stopping at her ankles, the sandals covered the whole of her feet unlike the traditional version that most wore. Mito saw the traditional version as a bad idea as an enemy could easily damage a leaf shinobi by stepping on their open sandals.
The uzumaki heiress then sealed everything she'd need for her two week mission withing two sealing scrolls and took a third along in case she needed it.
The other two genin were packing as well for their mission though one could say that Hinata had over packed with a large backpack filled to the brim, Kiba though asked his mom what she thought he'd need for two weeks and helped him pack.
The three finished their day falling asleep in their homes with their mission tomorrow filling their dreams. Mito though took a lot longer to fall asleep due to the fact that she was going to be on the border of one of the countries that helped in the demise of her clan.
Next Day
Mito was the first genin to arrive at the village gate, Kurenai had already been there waiting.
"Mito where's your pack?"Kurenai questioned. Mito held two scrolls in one hand showing her sensei who nodded to her acceptance, before placing them back to her back.
Hinata was next to arrive though both her teammate and her sensei's faces held a look of questioning at her large backpack.
"Um Hinata do you think you might have over packed?" Kurenai asked.
"No sensei why?" Hinata replied.
The leader of team eight motioned Hinata to come over to her so she could examine what all was inside the backpack. While everything inside it was useful, some would not be suitable for the dry climate along the borders of the lands of earth and fire, but there was no time to send her back to leave some of the equipment behind.
"Hinata a quick lesson for the future if you are going to take along everything that is inside the backpack then you should invest in sealing scrolls, but for this mission you'll have to carry all that you've brought." Kurenai said to her over packed student. Hinata nodded before sitting down waiting for the teams last two members.
"Where is Kiba he should be here already?" Mito said to her teacher and fellow student. Both shrugged their shoulders not knowing.
Mito then narrowed her eyes when she saw a dust cloud far away down the road.
Her fellow teammates noticed and narrowed their eyes as well.
Kiba had overslept and ran to the gate where his team was waiting, Akamaru alongside him with his tongue smacking against the air as the duo ran. He soon saw the gate and continued to run since he was already late. He started to slow down too late and crashed into Mito knocking both of them down to the ground.
"Kiba get off of me now or you'll be in a lot of pain." The young kunoichi said in a too sweetly tone of voice that promised pain for the feral boy if he didn't comply.
Kiba immediately jumped off of her not wanting to anger the Uzumaki heiress.
"Yes ma'am!" Kiba said with a salute fearing for himself.
"Good boy, and you've been keeping him out of trouble right Akamaru?" Mito said as she knelt down and petted the white furred puppy. Akamaru barked and nodded his head excitedly.
"Good now that we're all here we can begin the mission." Kurenai said gaining her genin's attention.
"We're heading to the borderlands and will patrol for two weeks before being relieved and returning to the village." The sensei said making sure her genin knew what their job was.
Team eight began to pass through the gates before two chunin stopped them. The two chunin were Kotetsu and Izumo known locally to the ninja forces as the immortal chunin as they never took part in the jounin examinations or field promotions, they have also been called the eternal gatekeepers as they more often than not were on guard duty for the village gate.
"What's the reason for leaving the village Kurenai?" Kotetsu questioned.
"Team eight and I are leaving for a C-rank mission Kotetsu." Kurenai told him before signing her team out and handing the gatekeeper a copy of her mission's documents.
"Alright then see you all in two weeks time." Kotetsu told the group.
They all nodded before heading outside the village, some for the first time ever.
The group traveled along the dirt road all day before setting up camp for the night.
"Tomorrow we will be at the border and begin patrolling understood?" Kurenai told her charges.
The genin nodded knowing that no words needed to be said for this mission.
"I'll begin teaching you a useful jutsu starting tonight, its called Raiton: Shock palm. It does exactly as its name implies, by releasing an electrical charge through contact usually by touch of the hand or palm. It is a useful distraction technique that can leave your opponent open for a stronger attack that could finish them off. There is only a single seal for this jutsu and it is the bird seal, after forming the seal you have to imagine electrical currents running through your palms. We'll be practicing on these rocks nearby, if done correctly then the rocks should be burned where you placed your palms." Kurenai lectured the young ninjas.
Mito decided to ask a question after Kurenai's lecture,"Sensei can it be used for anything other than a distraction?"
"Yes, if more chakra is pushed through than the technique can become a killing blow but only if the area receiving the technique is an essential part of the body such as the heart or head." Kurenai said, with a smile knowing that her students had questions that actually pertained to their training.
"Now I want all three of you to try the technique on the rocks." The teacher said to her pupils.
The three genin tried the technique on the rocks though one had much more success than the others due to the technique being her affinity.
Kiba's rock had a tiny scorch mark being no bigger than a centimeter, Hinata had more success but not by much hers only being about two centimeters while Mito had the most success with her rock having a scorch mark the size of her hand.
"Impressive you three, I only expected one of you to actually leave a scorch mark on the rock, stop for the night and we'll continue tomorrow." Kurenai said.
Team eight then rested for the rest of night before waking up at the crack of dawn the next day.
The team started once again to journey to the border. They reached the borderlands by noon and soon began patrolling. Soon it became nightfall and they set up camp once again.
"Starting tonight we will all sleep in shifts due to how close we are to a land of enemy ninja. Are there any volunteers for who goes when?" The teacher asked her pupils.
"I volunteer to have first watch Kurenai-sensei." Mito said.
Kiba spoke up next saying that he would be fine with the second watch and Hinata had no oppositions for the third watch.
Kurenai had no problems with their choices and proceeded to start the watches.
"Mito wake Kiba up in an hour and half for his watch." Kurenai told her pupil.
Mito watched as her team soon fell asleep around her, the hour and a half was a completely silent time the only noise were the calls and chirps of the insects. The borderlands were a barren place, there were no dense forests for a couple of miles unlike the majority of fire country. This was because of the battles fought here during the wars. Soon Mito's watch time was up and she began to shake Kiba lightly to wake him so he could begin his turn. The feral boy woke up shortly after Mito began.
"Guess it's my turn Hime." The Inuzuka heir said with a yawn.
"Yeah and stop calling me that name, you know how I feel about it." The uzumaki Heiress said with a playful tone.
"Anyway I'll be back in a moment I need to go tot he bathroom don't even think of peeking." She said, her voice promising pain if the feral boy did.
Kiba nodded and sat on one of the rocks looking bored.
Mito finished her business in the woods when she heard a two voices. She put her back up against a tree and listened to the conversation
"Then you will do your part in the invasion then Mizuki." She heard one voice say.
"Tch as long I get the power you're promising then I would do anything to Konoha during that invasion." the other voice said sounding distinctly familiar to Mito.
"Very well then, during the invasion in the final round then you have your orders, fail and Orochimaru-sama will be very displeased."
Mito waited for a few minutes before breathing a sigh of relief," I better tell sensei about what I just heard." The red haired girl thought to herself before returning to camp and waking Kurenai up.
"What is it Mito?" Kurenai asked after getting up.
Mito told all that she had heard informing her sensei of what was going to happen to Konoha soon.
"I see. This definitely needs to be relayed to Hokage-sama as soon as we return, its a very lucky event that you heard all that Mito, now the village can prepare for it." Kurenai said taking in all the information before praising her genin.
"it was very lucky indeed that information will save lives Mito."Kurenai thought to herself before returning to sleep.
End chapter
Alright that's a wrap on chapter six, sorry if it seems a little short guys but I have to return to school and I wanted to get one more chapter out beforehand, I plan to finish team eight's C-rank by the next chapter or the chapter after. Chapter Seven will take awhile to make but I plan for it to be a long chapter. Till next time, this is Amxal and I hope everyone stays for the next chapter.
