Naruto was getting tired of the basic missions, he knew why he was doing them and he knew they were important to help people in the village, but honestly he wanted to go out and do something big, something that would lead to adventure and fun. He had been pouting a bit for the last few days as he had done his missions or as he thought of them as his choirs for the last few weeks knowing that they were just annoying and boring as well. He wanted to be a hero, and do something to stand out finally. He wondered why they were not even able to get as simple C ranked mission that would be so amazing.
Naruto did his job though, and he was sure as he got up and got ready for his day, he would have such a day, he had got dressed, he didn't wear the orange of a student, but the green and blue of the normal leaf ninja, he had given up the orange after a long talk by his gramps years before, he didn't need it, and it didn't worth as stealth at all. Naruto headed down wearing a blue pants and a blue top with a simple green vest, his aim of course was the flak jacket he would get when he became a chunin. He headed out to meet his teammates who were meeting all up at the hokage's office which was pretty close given that was his grandpa.
He walked into the office and noticed HInata, Sai and Aoba were there already ahead of him as the hokage waited for him and then handed Aoba the folder for the mission. "Well now, it seems that there is not enough teams out and well this C ranked mission came up, I decided that I am going to give it to you, granted this isn't the biggest mission, but it is a higher rank mission, you are going to have to work together, and lesson to your sensei for this one," Hiruzen said as he looked at the group of them, "Now, remember you represent the leaf when you are not in the leaf, how you act outside here will reflect on our village and affect how people view us. Now, Aoba will fill you in on the details you better get moving to catch up with the client."
"Yes, team follow along, we are going to meet up with the merchant we are protecting on his trip to meet to the Tea Country," Aoba informed them as he walked, "The man is looking to establish trade between Konoha and Tea Country, we know that if he gets through and his mission is a success then we will be able to have more money which means we will be able to have better training and more missions most likely meaning more higher level missions for ninja such as yourself to go on," he explained as he walked with the group. Aoba knew that there was most likely more than meet the eye with this mission, but he would just keep his guard up as they went along with it.
Naruto looked at the others and could see that Hinata was nervous, he walked over to her and smiled, "Well, isn't it great, we will be on a real mission for once, I mean we will get to show everyone just how good we are. I am sure that the Hyuuga will be impressed when they see how awesome you do on this mission Hinata," Naruto said with a smile as he looked at Hinata who was quiet, and very red as he looked at her, "Wait, Hinata are you okay, I mean, you don't look so good," he commented as he looked quietly at he for a long moment.
"No, I am fine, um, just nervous, is all," she said tentatively and meekly as she looked at her crush, not able or willing to tell him the truth of her feelings for him at that moment.
"Oh, okay, don't worry, I am sure nothing bad will happen, I will protect you if something bad happens, promise," Naruto declared to her as he smiled typical naruto smile as he walked with her. Causing Hinata to turn back even more red at the statement from Naruto.
As they got there, they found a man preparing a wagon that had a number of boxes and barrels on it, it was impressive in size, nothing insane but it was pretty large. There was a man tying down the things with rope, the man was not that old, most likely around twenty with short dark hair that hanged just past his ear. He was on the thin side with dark eyes, and was wearing simple white and brown clothes as he jumped down and walked up to Aoba.
"Oh, you're my team, awesome, I am so happy that you are going to go with me, I heard there are bandits and stuff between here and Tea Country, picking off merchants and stealing their goods, sometimes harming the merchants and causing general harm," he said with a cheerful tone as he looked at them.
"Yeah, sure, it shouldn't be to bad, bandits aren't that much problem," Aoba commented as he looked at his team out of the corner of his eyes, thinking about the skills he saw from her.
"Naruto, Sai, Hinata on the wagon so we can get going, Sai I want you to use your ink birds to keep an eye out for bandit around us, Hinata when we get into the forest, I want you to support Sai by using your byakugan to spot possible ambushes as well, Naruto rest and be prepared to counter any ambushes and strike first giving the other two time to recover with myself, especially if the enemy is going to ambush from both sides of the road. Alright, lets get going," he commented as he looked at the group and watching them move into position. He was sure that he would be able to help them, but he wanted them to learn to handle things on their own and he was sure this mission would help some in that respect. He hoped when they traveled back that he would have time to train along the way. He knew that the chunin exams would be coming up and he was going to have his team enter in it. He figured that the trip back would give him more time to work with them and help each of them prepare for the tirp as well as this trip as a whole would help them prepare as well.
Naruto jumped onto the wagon and found a nice seat on the wagon, as they started on their way, he gave Hinata a smile as he was sure they would show themselves to be good ninja on this mission and he was excited about whatever was to happen on the mission.
A/N- thanks for reading and have a good day.