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another installment of this story.
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Chappy 8
First day- Randomness
The sun in the sky was shinning a bright yellow, no clouds were there to hinder the bright orb's rays as they touched everything below it. Birds sang their morning song waking up all the animals in the forest to the beautiful tune.
Unfortunately, Chibi did not enjoy this particular morning as she yawned for the tenth time. She was tired, scratch that, she was VERY tired and her body showed it quite well. Her eyes were bloodshot. Her head hurt (and the sun's scorching rays did not help.) The glasses she wore even hurt the bridge of her nose. She was groggy and her body moved like a zombie revived from the dead.
They had made camp at two o'clock at night and had woken up at six in the morning. Usually with missions, Chibi would make camp at twelve at night and would have no problem waking up at six. But only four hours of sleep?! That was two hours less of what she was used to. Chibi looked at Ryouko. She seemed to have no trouble walking; in fact, Chibi was being left behind because of her slow pace.
"Why aren't you tired?!!" she asked. Ryouko stopped and turned to look back at Chibi questionably. This gave Chibi a chance to catch up.
"I'm not tired because I'm used to having only a few hours of sleep" the gunner said.
"Well, I'm not. And anyway, I said we would get to that town in three days with me assuming we had eight hours of sleep. If we were to only have four hours that throws off all of my calculations" Chibi explained.
"It will take three days anyways at the rate you're walking at" Ryouko smirked.
"Hey!"
"Come on we have no time to waste" Ryouko said preparing to start again.
"What about breakfast?! Breakfast is the most important meal of the day!"
"That will come later" Ryouko continued to walk. Chibi sighed and shuffled along, dragging her feet on the ground.
-- Eight A.M.--
.She yawned again.
'Six hundred and fifty-three' she thought, keeping track of her yawns, because at the time, that was the only amusement she could make for herself. Her stomach growled. They have yet to have breakfast and Chibi's stomach was eating its self.
Ryouko heard the ninja's stomach and stopped walking.
"I think it's time we eat"
Chibi's whole face lit up "Thank God Yes!" Chibi was too busy hearing her own belly that she failed to hear Ryouko's own growling for food.
Ryouko removed her backpack she was carrying and rummaged through it. Chibi stood for a moment looking at Ryouko's book bag. The other teen raised an eyebrow. "What?"
"NOOOOOOOOO!" Chibi yelled putting her hands on her head, "I forgot my bag at the village and my stuff was in there"
"Chibi…."Ryouko reprimanded. How could the ninja forget her things? Ryouko looked at the ninja and it seemed as if she was to cry. Ryouko sighed. "You can have some of my food" she said.
Chibi looked at the gunner and her face lit up again "REALLY?!"
"Can't have my comrade passing out while on a mission now can I?" Ryouko said opening her bag and moving it towards Chibi. Chibi was so happy that she hugged Ryouko. "Thank-You, Thank-You, Thank-You, Thank-You, Thank-You!" Chibi said over and over. Ryouko shifted uncomfortably.
"Yeah, okay, I get the message, now eat so we can get going"
With the food in Ryouko's sack, both ate a somewhat decent breakfast. Chibi had to think of a way to repay her partner.
--Few Hours Later--
'Sooooooo bored' Chibi thought. That was always the problem with long journey missions. All they did we walk on the same road. It was a shame they didn't have a car…but then again Chibi couldn't drive, she never learned…but maybe Ryouko did…but the road was too small for a car. And anyways, ninjas don't use cars. Ninjas had no use for them, the enemy could easily destroy the darn contraption with them in it….but right now it would only be used for travel. Either way it wasn't like they could get a car right now, so it was no use thinking about it….but Chibi still wanted to know if Ryouko knew how to drive,
"Hey Ryouko" Chibi started
A hesitation.
"…yes?"
"Do you know how to drive?"
"Okay, random question," Ryouko said still walking"…yes…and no"
Chibi made a face "what do you mean yes and no?"
"I mean, I did learn how to drive but it doesn't mean I drive well"
"Oh…"
'She can't drive' Chibi thought as she smiled
"What are you smiling about?" asked Ryouko
"Nothing, Nothing"
--More Hours Later--
The terrain did not change much as they continued walking. It started to change when the sun began to set in the sky. There were fewer trees and more open space. Mountains were seen in the distance and fields of grass were constant. Both teens had made good time and Chibi thought that they would indeed get to the city in three days just as she had calculated. The only problem was that, unlike the other missions where the cell she usually teamed up with had solid plans, this time she did not feel so confident, seeing as their plan had a lot of holes in them. They did not know what building or buildings they were supposed to infiltrate. They weren't sure if that was even the right city. They also did not know the whereabouts of their third partner.
But they could not go back, that option was thrown aside as soon as they knew of their mistake. L would not be back at the village and Chibi was pretty sure that the hokage knew next to nothing about the goings on of this mission. The only thing both girls could do was hope for the best. The probability that they were correct in their assumptions about the upcoming city was at best seventy-six percent.
Chibi shook her head. Thoughts like that were better off with her brother.
She kept playing back all of the things that the detective had told her before she was officially in the mission and after. There was something that still kept bothering her.
'The name' Chibi thought. She replayed the exchange in introductions with Ryouko. That was the part that kept nagging at some part of her mind. Then, part of a past memory seemed to click with the introduction memory, and Chibi stopped walking.
Ryouko saw the ninja suddenly stop in her tracks and she stopped as well to see what was the matter this time.
"Your name" Chibi said looking at Ryouko. The gunner did not have to ask. She knew what was coming. The ninja had questioned it before and it was only a matter of time before she confronted her.
"It's an alias" Chibi finally said.
Ryouko shrugged. "'Chibi' is an alias, isn't it?"
The ninja laughed nervously "W-What are you talking about? Chibi is my real name, you're crazy"
The gunner stared at Chibi with a 'I'm-not-buying-it' look "Well, even if it was your real name you shouldn't be going around saying that it is, just in case" Ryouko explained.
"But what difference does it make if I use an alias in this mission?" Chibi asked confused at Ryouko's warning. Well, Ryouko had guessed right, but why would the mission cause for one to hide their name? Chibi knew that one could figure out many things about someone with a name, and that was probably the reason why Ryouko would use an alias, but Chibi did not had to worry about that. Ninja's records were safely kept, and Chibi also had the help of her brother.
"….You're right, it doesn't really make a difference but just remember to be careful when considering giving out your name" Ryouko warned one last time before they started off again.** Chibi merely tossed that warning to the back of her head.
"Yeah, yeah"
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"So Konoha has sent a ninja to investigate…interesting" it was said in the most gleeful way. This information pleased the Leader. The spy, a woman by the looks of it, sensed the malice smile on the leader's face forming. In his usual attire of a black cloak with the hood over his head, the man sat in his chair above the company of soldiers waiting for his command.
'So Naruto finally decides to do something…too bad for him that sending one measly ninja won't do him any good' the man thought. Everyone in the cave saw that their leader was in deep thought and they would not move so as not to disturb the master's plans. They just stood, waiting. The spy shifted a little, the anticipation building.
The spy came all the way from the village of Konoha to inform his leader like the loyal subject she was. She was a ninja herself but was in disguise in order to go into the village. When she saw strange people go into the hokage building, the spy went to investigate. She heard the information from a pair of ninja who were speaking to each other about the one ninja heading off to figure out about the mysterious deaths. Upon hearing this she teleported back to the base.
"This ninja will find nothing concerning their ninjas' deaths…" the leader spoke waving his hand dismissively "….but I'm not one to pass up a chance to weaken the enemy" and again that eagerness was heard in the leader's voice.
"Send someone to go after this loner" the hooded man ordered, pointing to the spy.
"With all due respect, but wouldn't it be best if I went?" the spy suggested.
"No, your talents are needed somewhere else" the leader said
The woman spy nodded. "Okay" the spy turned around and just randomly chose a ninja from the crowd.
"You, go and find the ninja that took the northern route from Konoha and make sure that ninja doesn't get to return to the village" the spy ordered.
The ninja chosen nodded and was about to take off when the leader spoke again
"And if you can't manage that, try to get a name out of that ninja and report back, that is if they don't finish you off first"
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To be Continued
A/N:
And thus a little problem for our ninja and gunner in the future here =]
chappy 9 be work in progress have almost half of it done. chappy 10 be in outline mode ^-^ hoped you enjoyed =3
Ps. i am writing a deathnote fanfic and a bleach one as well, so theres something else to look forward to, no?