Hello everyone, and Happy New Year! I'm posting this right as it turns 2018 for me. I hope everyone had a good year, and I'm looking forward to the new year. I'm also sorry I wasn't able to post earlier, as due to a few different factors, I wasn't able to write for a while. This chapter is a little short too, sorry.
One last thing, before I finish my note, please review. I haven't gotten any reviews for this yet, and I would love to hear what you would think. I'm doing something new, at least for me and want to hear what you think about it. Even if you think it sucks, I want to hear why.
Hope you enjoy!
I watched as Sasuke fought with Kakashi. At one point Kakashi jumped to the side, sliding on the ground. This was the chance I took. I jumped up out of the bushes, swinging my arms so that my feathers flew at my teacher he had to jump again. He was a little off balance, probably just because he was going easy on us. Raiu body flickered in and grabbed the bells, body flickering away right next to me. I high-fived him, as he handed me a bell. That was a little anticlimactic.
"Good job you two," Kakashi said. "You both pass."
"Actually…" I held up my bell. "That's not really true." I tossed it over to Sasuke, who caught it easily.
"Naruto," Raiu whispered. "What are you doing?"
"Shh, it's all part of the plan."
"You all pass!" Kakashi said.
"But Naruto doesn't have a bell!" Sasuke protested.
"That wasn't the point of the test." He calmly replied.
"What was the point then?" Raiu asked.
"Teamwork. Raiu and Naruto worked together to get the bells, then Naruto shared it with you. You both were distractions, while Raiu got the bells. Good job."
"Wait," Raiu said. "There are only three lunches, who won't eat?"
"You three can have them, I'll go get something from the village. The meals are by the alarm clock. Team Seven's duties will start tomorrow." He body flickered away.
"How'd you come up with that plan?" Sasuke asked.
"Well I knew Raiu has mastered the Body Flicker Technique, it's like a specialty of his family. I knew that you were a loner, so you would try and do it yourself. So you would pose as a distraction, I would come in, throw him off balance, then Raiu would jump in and grab them. Luckily he was going easy on us, or it wouldn't work."
"It sounded like a foolproof plan, how wouldn't it work?" Raiu asked.
"Well it was foolproof, a fool didn't mess it up." I paused to block a punch from my friend. "But he became a jounin at ten years old, how do you think we could possibly beat him right now?" I laid back, before remembering my meal and sitting up again. "Luckily he was going really easy on us." I shut up and dug into my food. "This is pretty good."
"NO! NO! NO! No, thank you! I want to do better missions, not these D-ranked crap ones!"
"Wow, you're so subtle," I told my teammate. "I applaud your skill."
"Shut up," He told me. "You're bored with these missions too!"
"I am," I said. "But I'm not going to yell at the Hokage, I'm going to scream into my pillow, there's a difference."
"Ok," The Hokage said. "If you want it that much… I'll give you a C-rank mission. It's a retrieval mission."
"Yes! What are we getting, gold, weapons, a person?" Raiu asked.
"It's a person. A man's daughter was kidnapped by a group of bandits. He's a chef in The Village Hidden in Silk. It shouldn't be too hard for a team like you." The Hokage told us.
"Okay. Shouldn't be too hard." I said. The Hokage gave Kakashi a scroll and we left.
We stopped at a bridge, I think it's the one that we continue to meet throughout the series. "Okay, we'll meet outside the northern gate tomorrow morning. Get ready to be away for a few days, bye." He disappeared.
"Did we really need to come here?" Sasuke asked as he scoffed and turned to walk away.
"See you tomorrow." Raiu disappeared.
I stood and the bridge and started singing. "I'm all alone. All by myself, there is no one here, beside me." I then looked at the ground. "I don't remember any other words."
Then I walked away.
Here's an extra. I didn't want to put it in the main chapter, so I have hit here. Enjoy!
"Okay, I have an idea, I see the target." I said. I was, what would you call it? I was flying, kind of, but I was upright and was staying in place. But I wasn't putting any weight on my feet, so would it be standing up?"
"Let us come to your location." Raiu said in my ear.
"Wait, I have an idea." I said. "If I am correct, I should be able to dive, then snap my wings out at the last second, and go super fast along the ground to apprehend the target before they even know what happened." I dove and snapped my wings out at the last second. I felt myself change directions a little bit before my face slammed into the ground. I slid for a few seconds, before coming to a stop. I felt a cat scratch my head before I heard it run away.
"Did you grab the cat?" Sasuke asked.
"I hate physics." I replied.