Aaalright, here goes today.
Byyy the way~ thank you, Neko 404 and thank you Grace, because you two really, really made my day. :)
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Hayate pushed small amount of chakra to his feet and jumped from the ground up. He got a hold of a tree branch and pulled himself up and over the piece of wood back down. From a corner of his eye he saw something fast and green and close. He made another attempt of dodging his opponent before channeling more of his chakra through his body.
"What an Awesome Maneuver!" his opponent, who was supposed to be a ninja, therefor stealthy and silent in his persecution, yelled in a praise.
Thanks Kami-sama it's not Iruka who he is trying to catch. Hayate thought to himself when even his ears hurt from the voice. Why did he feel the need to yell, when he is three steps away from me? At least the catch with the chakra wouldn't be necessary, he was sure that everyone in his radius had already been warned of their intruder, without him even trying.
"Eh.. thank you?" Hayate said trying to win some time and slipped trough small tunnel under three roots. He had made a note on this particular one, because he was sure he would be able to pass trough, and his opponents not.
He miscalculated the speed of his opponent, though. The green idiot was probably even faster than him. Damn.
He almost said it out loud, but caught himself, since his persecutor was standing in front of him, looking particularly smug. Maito Gai, as was his name, raised his arm and Hayate could see the small sparking of green-colored chakra.
Hayate gulped and closed his eyes. He didn't want to see it. No, not at all.
"Gotcha, babe. Heh." the teen opened his eyes blinking to see Anko standing upside down from a tree with her palm on Gai's head. Small stain of color – pink color – started to appear on the jounin's head.
"Thank you, Anko." Hayate said when the girl jumped down next to him. "Good job." he praised her and for a moment let his senses wander. He didn't feel anyone's heightened chakra – that was good, no one else needed help.
"So.. Maito-san, do you want a quest from me?" Hayate asked just for the fun of the older ninja declining. Who would take a quest from the enemy, right? Maybe Iruka. Hayate chuckled. Right, he would.
"Yes! Oh my mighty opponents! Find me a Quest worthy of my Youthful skills!" the Green beast of Konoha declared and gave them raised thumps.
"Eh. I am going to see their flag, will say hi from you, Haya-chan." Anko lied and took a path towards Iruka, who was setting traps. Hayate stood there with a stunned expression. First, the most unlikely thing happens, and then Anko joins Iruka in calling me chan. What a day..
He looked back at the jounin, who was still standing there in expectations. Oh, what the.. What should I give him? Something which would take long.. What would Iruka give him?
"Oh, well. Your task is to .. borrow Hatake's book and then deliver it to Sandaime-sama. All the while, you are prohibited of speaking. Did I make myself clear?" he asked sweetly.
"Yosh! I shall do as you wish, young friend!" Gai said and took of to the trees. Hayate sighed. He had to find Iruka, and he had to find him now.
And he didn't even laugh on the retreating jounin because of his youthful speech, because he was on a mission now, and laughing on a mission was unprofessional, therefor, he couldn't do that.
He was after all, Ibiki's pride.
Sooo, whatcha think? It was short, but as I said, the chapters were supposed to be short. :)
Well, this part of the game was clearly Hayate vs Gai. The next one will be Gai vs Kakashi, and Mizuki vs Anko. (Oh, if you didn't guess until now, I do not like Mizuki. Really, but I don't think I am able to make him a complete ass.. just a little bit.)
See you tomorrow, kids. :P