Okay, so here is the next chapter. It's a short one, and it's not one of my best, but it works. x'D I've edited it a little, and it's slightly different from the original one at DeviantArt and Naruto Forums. All for your enjoyment. ;)
The ending was to me very funny to write. I laughed quite a lot. :P I hope you'll enjoy it as much as I did. But I won't talk crap, and let you read it now. Enjoy!
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Chapter 6 "First C-rank mission?"
2 weeks after the end of last chapter.
"YOU STILL HAVEN'T DONE ANY WORK! GET UP!" Gaara heard in his dream and suddenly felt a shooting pain in his head.
His dream vanished and he forced himself to open his eyes. Temari was standing over him with her fan raised, ready to hit her brother's head again. Gaara looked up as she started to gather power for the blow, and quickly held up his hands.
"Alright, alright, take it easy, I'm awake!" He yelled.
Kankurou stood behind her tapping his foot in the floor. He shook his head.
"You slept yesterday, you slept today, you've slept a lot," he said. "Seriously, you have been acting weird lately. Here we've been working our asses off trying to find a jutsu that can extract the Shukaku for you, and you do nothing."
"I have been doing something," Gaara said in an attempt to defend himself.
"Yes," Temari answered, "that."
She pointed to a pile on the other side of the desk, which was only 1/5 the size of the pile he had to work trough, and hit him in the head with the fan again.
"OUCH! You know, that really hurts!" Gaara complained.
Temari grinned. "I know," she said.
"This is one of the reasons I want the Shukaku back, if I had him you wouldn't be able to hit me."
"If you had the Shukaku I wouldn't need to," she answered and swung her fan again, but this time Gaara ducked.
"Okay Temari, I think that's enough now," Kankurou said in an attempt to calm her down.
"No it's not. This idiot brother of mine needs to be hit a couple of more times before I'm satisfied."
Gaara had his hands up in defence, again. "Temari, please calm down," he begged, but she made another attempt to hit him.
He ducked again. Geez, how can I calm her down? Gaara asked himself when he avoided another blow of her huge fan. When she swung it again, Gaara blocked the blow with his hands.
"Temari, it's enough," he ordered.
She raised an eyebrow. "Oh, so you're ordering me to stop now?"
"Yes, I am."
"Temari, I think he's serious," Kankurou told his older sister. "Maybe you should stop."
Temari snorted, but put the fan on its resting place on her back. Gaara gave up a sigh.
"Thank you. Since you have come back I guess you have found out something," he said as he sat down on the chair and started to look at the papers on his desk.
So much work, it piles up surprisingly fast, he thought for himself.
"Yes, we did find a jutsu," Kankurou said. "It was as you thought. We need nine people, who control their own elements."
"Thought it would be like that," Gaara answered without looking up from the paper he was reading. He frowned and crumpled the paper. "It's a bit weird when you think about it, considering that Akatsuki didn't need to do that. Well, it must be because of Pein's Rin'negan."
He took another paper from the pile. "I guess that you know how it works?"
He looked at his siblings.
"Yes, it's a surprisingly simple jutsu to be so high leveled." Gaara smiled.
"Perfect, then I'll send a letter to Konoha and ask for their aid in this," Gaara said and stood up.
"Just wait a minute," Temari said. "What about finding the location of the Shukaku?" Gaara let out a small laugh.
"That has already been taken care of," he said when he opened the door. "And there's a mission for you on the desk."
Temari and Kankurou glanced at each other and took up the paper Gaara left.
"So he's sending us to go look for the guy that will handle the clay element?" Temari asked.
"Looks like it," Kankurou answered.
Next day in Konoha
"So the statue that hold the Bijuus are the one in the Rain Village, huh?" Naruto asked and scratched his chin.
"The bugs are sure about it," Shino answered.
"Geez, like it couldn't get worse then it already is."
He looked up. It was a day off for his team, so he had nothing to do. He put his hands on his waist and gave up a sigh. Suddenly Kiba came out of the forest and scared away a bug Shino tried to pick up.
"Kiba, I've told you not to interrupt my bug gathering."
"Sorry Shino, but we can't keep our eyes out for small bugs when we're running," Kiba answered.
"You don't have to run where I am when I gather bugs."
"I came here for Naruto; otherwise I wouldn't have come here."
Naruto turned to face his friend. "What is it then?" He asked with curiosity.
"I saw a messenger hawk from the sand just a few minutes ago. Maybe they've found something."
"Really? Then let's hurry to Tsunade-Obaa-chan. You feel like coming Shino?"
Shino shook his head as Kiba took off towards the Hokage building. "I've done my part already. I don't do more then necessary."
Naruto shrugged and ran after Kiba.
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They came into Tsunade's office just when Tsunade read the letter. She looked up.
"Oh, Naruto, I was just going to call for you," she said with a smile. "Read this."
She reached out the letter towards Naruto, who grabbed it and started to read. Kiba and Akamaru read it over his shoulder. When Naruto finished he grinned.
"So everything is done except gathering up those who will control the elements, huh?" Tsunade nodded. "He's taken care of clay," Naruto continued, "and we have wood, but what about sand? Without the Shukaku that's…"
"That's taken care of too," Tsunade explained. "Otherwise he would have put that into consideration." Naruto raised an eyebrow. "It's not a common incident, but since the Shukaku was fused with Gaara before he was born, Gaara's natural element is sand. But as I said, it's not common, or you would've had fire if Gaara's theory is right, and I think it is."
"So the problem is snow then," Naruto said. "I've only met one person with that bloodline limit, and that was Haku. I thought he was the last one."
"That is the problem with the Mist Village, that they destroy clans. But there is one man left from that family. I know him, and he owes me one. All we have to do is find him. I've already replied Gaara's message."
"You sent after me for a reason right?" Naruto asked the old lady. She nodded.
"Team Kakashi, as well as Team 4, will go to the Mist Village and find this man. It is a C-rank mission possible of turning into A-rank."
"Just wait a minute," Kiba said. "You're sending Naruto's Genin team there if it's a possible A-rank?"
Tsunade nodded. "I do not doubt there skills. It was this mission I've been waiting for. You stated that they are highly skilled with teamwork, right Naruto?"
He nodded. "They would be able to defeat a highly skilled Chuunin if they worked together."
"It was not a mistake to give them to you it seems," she said and smiled.
Kiba shrugged.
"However," Tsunade said with a serious face, "you cannot be noticed by the village. It must be a secret that you're searching for a bloodline limit user. You understand that, right Naruto?"
"Of course."
"Since Kiba and Akamaru have nothing to do, they're coming with you for their sense of smell. You are going to tell him the situation, and that it's me who asks, and take him back here. His name is Hamero Hutaku, but be careful when you ask around for him. The village is not very fond of him."
"That's why it can turn into A-rank, right?" Kiba asked.
Tsunade nodded. "That's not everything, but you know what the mist thinks of the bloodline limit families. Naruto and Kiba, you inform Team 4 and the rest of Team Kakashi and leave as fast as possible tomorrow."
"Roger!" Kiba and Naruto said, turned around and walked out of the office.
"Okay Kiba, where are they?" Naruto asked.
Kiba grinned. "Follow me; Sasuke, Sakura and Sai are at Ichiraku ramen, again."
"And my team?"
"Surprisingly, they are near the waterfall all three of them. Working on their teamwork again?"
Naruto shrugged. "It's possible, they do that often. Or maybe they're just trying to get along as usual. You go to Sasuke and company, and I inform my team."
Kiba nodded. "Sounds like a good idea."
When they reached the end of the stairs they separated.
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Shora, Kino and Onaru were sitting on a tree near the waterfall. They had been working on their teamwork by keeping each other from falling into the river, but Kino insisted not to get any help, so he was the only one that was wet.
"Seriously Kino," Onaru said, "you have to understand you can't do everything alone. How long will it take for you to get that?"
Kino snorted. "I won't accept any help from her." Shora sighed.
"Kino, I accept help from you," she told him, he was just annoying her even more as time passed by. "You can't do anything on your own. Not at your level."
"Okay, I'm tired of you tracking down on me. I'm going to prove right here, right now, that I'm stronger then you," he said furiously.
Shora rolled her eyes. "Fine, if you really want to," she said and jumped down.
"That's not necessary," Naruto said when he came out from behind the tree. "You don't need to prove anything right now. Kino, Shora is stronger then you right now, just accept that."
Kino got more and more angry. He's always on her side, what kind of sensei is he? He thought with anger.
"Now calm down, I have great news for you guys. Something you've been waiting for Kino." When he heard his name he lowered the fist he had raised to try and punch his sensei.
"W-What I've been waiting for?"
Naruto grinned. "A C-rank mission."
Kino's face changed from confusion to excitement, and he got even more excited when Naruto said: "And it's possible to turn into A-rank."
"Wait just a minute," Onaru said and held up his hands. "Are you sure we are ready for an A-rank mission?"
"Tsunade-Obaa-chan stated herself that she believe you can," Naruto said to calm him.
"Hokage-sama herself did?"
Naruto nodded. "With your teamwork you can defeat a skilled Chuunin."
Onaru and Shora glanced at each other.
"That's right! We're great." Kino shouted and shook his fist in the air.
"However you will need to accept help from your team-mates Kino," Naruto said.
Kino stopped his celebrating.
"Never!" He turned his back on Naruto.
"Then, no mission for you," his sensei said.
He flinched and spun around. "Fine, if that's what it takes to do an exciting mission."
Kino gave up a deep sigh and glowed on Shora, who didn't pay any attention to him.
"So what's the mission and when are we leaving?" She asked without real interest.
"We're going to the Mist Village in secret to look for a man with a bloodline limit. Tsunade-Obaa-chan knows him, so getting him to come with us won't be a problem. The problem is finding him. The Village is not very fond of him, so we need to find someone that is his friend. He's probably keeping to himself. The Mist Village kills everyone with a bloodline limit out of fear. Everyone hates those people."
Shora could sense compassion in his voice. Why does he seem to feel so bad for those people? She asked herself.
"We're leaving tomorrow at 6.00 am with my original team."
"You mean we're not going on our own?" Kino asked, disappointed.
"No, Team Kakashi and Inuzuka Kiba will come too. Make sure you have everything ready tomorrow." He said and disappeared in a puff of smoke.
Next morning
Kino, Shora and Onaru sat on the top of the gate waiting for the rest of the group to arrive. The air outside was chilly and Kino rubbed his hands against each other, and blew at them, to warm them up. Onaru was studying a couple of birds that were trying to catch a fly with a gloomy look, like he was dreaming. Shora was gradually stroking her hair, since she didn't really feel like going on a secret mission, because it always meant "No fighting."
First to arrive were Kiba and Akamaru. Shora snorted. "Why does it have to be them?" She asked without bothering to hide how annoyed she was.
Kiba called them down. They jumped off.
"Why we're coming?" He asked with a grin.
He heard that? Shora thought, even more annoyed.
"Because of my sense of smell," he told her. "Mine is better then a nin-dog, in case you didn't know."
Shora widened her eyes. Better then a dog? No, even better then a nin-dog Is that possible? Both Onaru and Shora thought.
Kino didn't pay any attention.
"HEY GUYS!" Naruto shouted and waved. "Looks like everyone is here."
Shora noticed the man next to Naruto, and she blushed a little, which was very rare for her to do.
He's cute. She then noticed the Uchiha crest on his arm. Naruto has Uchiha Sasuke on his team? And she noticed he was holding Sakura's hand.
Shora knew who it was, one of the best medic nins in Konoha. She snorted.
Sasuke spoke: "Okay, everyone follows me. We're going to look like travellers when we enter the Water Country. I have clothes for you Genins with me. We are going to change when we are two kilometers from the border."
With that said, he took the lead and they walked out of the village.
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Well yeah, this is where all the serious business begins. Reviews please!