After two weeks of rather uneventful and boring D- ranked missions, the squad was getting furious, as they though themselves better then the missions they are getting. Satoshi squad walked through the village gates after their mission involving babysitting the Water Daimyo, it was hard for the boys but Yoshe handle the situation quite well.
" These are one of those missions that makes me not want to be a ninja." Kano said as he sighed and tried to rub off dried vomit off his shirt.
Yoshe giggled, and smiled. " Stop being a big baby, it was a piece of cake." Yoshe said as she was spotless, it was like she was never on the mission.
Dante sighed as he shaked his head. " Satoshi sensei, can we please get more better missions."
Kano nodded in agreement. " Please, no more boring missions." Kano then looked away from Satoshi. " And no more babysitting." Kano said quietly.
" I heard that." Satoshi said as he looked down at Kano, he then smiled. " Hey I'm not the one who gives out these missions, your barking up the wrong tree." Satoshi said in a lazy tone.
" You guy's just turned Genin two weeks ago, and your already expecting high ranking missions." Satoshi said to the squad as he led them to the Mizukage palace for their debriefing.
" Yeah but these missions are so boring, and look at my shirt." Kano said as he pouted and continued to try to clean off the dried vomit.
" Well you can express your concerns to the Mizukage." Satoshi said as he looked back at Kano and grinned.
Kano gulped and was a bit frightened. " I-I …. Think …. You…. S-Should." Kano said as the word were hard to come by, Kano didn't want to be disrespectful to the Mizukage and he knew he would be because once he starts he won't stop asking and begging.
Yoshe giggled, while Dante chuckled. " Scaredy cat." Yoshe told Kano, Kano frowned as his crush told him he was scared. Kano manned up with his chest out, he then took a deep breath. " I'm not scared, I just don't want to get on her bad side." Kano told them with confidence, even though he was pretending to act tough so he that Yoshe thought he was brave.
Satoshi smiled as he continued walking, they made their way to the Mizukage palace. They walked in and were greeted by the Mizukage's assistant. " The Mizukage is expecting you in her office." The assistant said as she led them too the Mizukage office. Satoshi nodded, Kano gulped and was bit scared that Satoshi might put him on the spot in front of her, Yoshe smiled, and Dante had a serious face as always.
The assistant knocked on the door, and the Mizukage ordered her to come in. " Hello Satoshi." Mei said with a seductive smile and voice, Dante and Kano raised their eyebrows, while Yoshe giggled at the boys.
" Hello Mei." Satoshi then coughed and cleared his throat as that was not formal. " I mean Mizukage-sama." The kids laughed quietly, Satoshi glared at them, the kids stopped laughing. Satoshi then explaine what happened on their mission, the Mizukage laughed when he told her what happened to Kano, Kano frowned and was embarrassed. Mizukage gave them the money for completing the mission and told them to leave until further notice on a new mission.
Kano cleared his throat, he had his chest out and breathed nervously. " Mizukage-sama….. I was wondering…." Kano gulped and started to toy with his fingers and looked down to the ground trying not to make eye contact. " If…..we….can…get a more better and challenging mission." Kano ended with a sigh as his heart was beating fast. Dante watched closely at the Mizukage to see how she would respond, Yoshe giggled and put her hand on Kano shoulder. " Good job." Yoshe said with a smile, Kano cleared his throat and looked brave again. Satoshi sighed and chuckled.
The Mizukage gave it some thought, should she really give these fresh Genins a more challenging mission, they do have potential, she thought to herself. The Mizukage sighed. " Fine, come here tomorrow and I'll have a better mission for you." The Mizukage told the group with a gentle smile on her face.
" Thank you Mizukage- sama." The group said as they left the Mizukage office. Mei blew a kiss at Satoshi, Satoshi blushed and smiled as he walked out of the office. He then took a deep breath and looked at his squad. " Come back here tomorrow morning for your mission." Satoshi smiled and then poofed away. The kids talked small talk while walking through the palace to get out.
The kids said goodbye to each other as they went separate ways, Dante went home, Yoshe went to train at the training field and Kano went to go eat some ramen. Satoshi however made his way back to the Mizukage office, he opened the door and smirked as he walked in, the Mei got up from her seat and walked towards him closing the door behind him, the sounds coming out of the office were of lust and love making.
Dante made it home, he opened the door to his house and was bone rushed by Nami who gave him a bear hug. Dante winced he then wondered were she get's this kind of power from, she then let him down. " I've been worried about you." Nami said as she started to check to see if he was ok. " Mom! I'm fine." Dante said as he pouted and tried to get away from her grasp. Nami smiled, " My boy's all grown up now, I'm sorry I forgot your not seven anymore." Nami said to Dante. Dante sighed, " It's ok mom, plus it was babysitting, I don't see how that can be dangerous." But then Dante remembered what happened to Kano, he then laughed. Nami looked at him wondering what he was laughing about, she then sighed and walked away getting dinner ready for her and him.
Kano walked through the village just wondering around, he then started day dreaming about Yoshe while walking, he started to bump into people. He bumped in to one big giant fat man, the man got furious and grabbed Kano by his arms. " Hey kid watch where your walking." Kano looked at the man, and scoffed he then sucked his teeth. " Calm down man geez before you get a heart attack." Kano said as he wiggled out of the man's clutches, he then walked away from the man. The man growled and charged at Kano, Kano then did a back flip and was behind the man, he then attacked the man weak spots, he aimed for the legs and then knocked him out with a kick to the back of the man's head. Kano then sighed and walked away with all the villagers looking at Kano wondering how a little boy defeated a big man. Kano then started whistling a tune as he made his way to the Ramen shop, he then order his favorite kind of Ramen. Kano waited a few minutes and the food was ready and place in front of him by the chef, Kano clapped his hands and rubbed them together, he then dug in to his food and ate with a smile on his face.
Yoshe skipped her way to the training field whistling a somewhat similar tune of what Kano was whistling. She then took a deep breath and started to hum and move around fast like a ballerina, she then started to attack the training dummy in a elegant way as she dance and attacked. It seemed unusual to her teachers back at the academy but it was effective, it was precise and was fast, it also confused the opponent. Yoshe liked to do this on her own time and wouldn't try it in a real battle, it was just a way for her to work out and loosen up for more training. She then stopped and then started to attack the dummy regularly with fast punches and kicks, Yoshe wasn't very good with Ninjutsu but she was great at Genjutsu and Taijutsu, she also like to use her ninja tools and set up traps when people less expect them. Yoshe then stopped attacking and then started to breathe in and out while wiping sweat of her face. Yoshe then smiled and continued to attack the dummy.
The next morning Dante, Kano and Yoshe appeared at the Mizukage one by one. First was Dante yawning on his way over there, he didn't sleep well because all he could think about was his Father and Brother, it's been like that since his mother told them they died. Kano walked over there lazy eyed and slouched his way to the palace, yet he was still able to think about Yoshe. Yoshe however was happy and skipping her way to the palace whistling that same tune again, she was full of energy it was even a mystery to Satoshi why she was so full with energy. Kano saw Yoshe, he smiled and then stopped looking tired and hiding his yawns from her, Dante shaked his head and rubbed his eyes he then waved at Yoshe, Yoshe smiled and waved back, Satoshi appeared from a alley close to the palace, he smiled and walked into the palace, the kids followed him in.
Satoshi knocked on the door waiting for the Mizukage response. She ordered him to come in and they all went in, Satoshi smiled at Mei and she smiled back, the kids stood still waiting for their orders.
" Ok this mission is a C-rank mission, you are to deliver this scroll to the Leaf village as a thank you for escorting Tazuna to the bridge and for killing a S ranked ninja. It has my signature and handwriting in it so don't let It go in to the wrong hands." Mei told them as she got up from her chair and handed Satoshi the scroll, she then smiled at him and walked back to her chair.
" Should we expect anything like bandits etc" Dante asked as he looked at the scroll then at the Mizukage.
Mei nods. " Expect common bandits and thieves, that is all." Mei said as she observed the group closely, they should be able to handle it.
Satoshi nods and leads his group outside he then went to close the door and saw Mei blowing a kiss and winking at him, he smiled and then closed the door. Satoshi then lead the team to the village gates, the village gates then opened and they made their way to the Leaf village. It was going to take them a couple of days to get there so they set up camp on their first day out. Satoshi was keeping watch while the kids slept, Dante couldn't sleep because all he could think about was going back to the village that destroyed his clan. Dante got up and looked around to see his team mates sleeping peacefully, Dante sighed and walked up to Satoshi and sat next to him close to a fire. Satoshi looked at his little protégé.
" Something wrong?" Satoshi asked in a concerned tone with his eyebrow raised. Dante looked at Satoshi while playing around with his Uchiha necklace his mother made him.
" It's been five years and I'm going back, but it's different this time. They destroyed my clan and think me and my mother are dead, what if someone notices me?" Dante asked as he was concerned for his well being and what they would do to his team mates.
Satoshi sighed and then looked down at his student he then put his hand on Dante shoulder. " As long as you don't show them anything indicating that you are a Uchiha then you will be fine. Besides I would protect you all with my life." Satoshi said with a reassuring smile.
Dante sighed and nodded. " Your right I shouldn't be worried." Dante then stood up. " Thank you Sensei." Dante told Satoshi. Satoshi smiled. " No problem, now get some sleep." Satoshi said as he shoo Dante away. Dante nodded and went back to sleep.
A tall man with blue eyes with a ripple around the pupil, waist-length dark hair with the top two bangs falling down on his cheeks on each side, he had the Mist ninja uniform on with the flak jacket. He also had the Mist Anbu mask on him. It was a white mask with thin, short curved eye-holes, a mischievous smile and two red wave design on the top and bottom on the left side, as well as the Kirigakure symbol on the forehead
. He watched them from a tree far away from them so he isn't detected, he can hear his own breathing from the mask, he then saw Satoshi and instantly noticed who he was, he tilted his head .
The next morning everyone woke up and continued their journey, Dante and Satoshi had a feeling they were being followed, Yoshe and Kano was talking to each other.
" Stop!" Satoshi said as he ordered his group to stop, he then looked around at the trees and the bushes.
" What is it Sensei?" Yoshe asked as she looked at Satoshi. Kano was oblivious, he thought it was another bathroom break.
Dante ignored his team mates and also looked around, he then saw something move in the bushes. Kano threw a kunai at it, it was just a snake moving through the bushes. Yoshe sighed, while Kano shrugged. " Why are we stopping?" Kano asked, Satoshi put his hand out so that Kano shut's up. Satoshi then sighed. " I guess it was nothing let's go." Satoshi said as he then lead the group on towards their destination.
Tiger. " Water style: Surface Slicer."
A fast jet of water running through the ground that is powerful enough to slice through solid rock headed towards Satoshi, it cut him in half. The kids eyes widen and they all gasped, Then the man appeared in front of Satoshi dead body, He tilted his head at the dead body and then looked at the kids with his creepy breathing.