I don't own Naruto or the Halo books but I do own the OCs.
"Talking"
'Thinking'
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"Comm Chatter"
Demon talking
CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Meow!
Time: 13:57 (1:57pm)
Date: 6/23/12 AK
Location: Konoha Forest
"Check in everyone," Tsunade said over the comm channel.
"This is Shadow. I'm at point D," Robert said.
Robert, in Tsunade's mind, was interesting, as well as a mystery. He was cool, calm, collective, and made sure his team got the job done in the easiest and most efficient way possible. He was a natural leader and a great tactician.
After the bell test was finished she had ordered everyone to stay, besides Kakashi, who needed to get medical attention as well as get some of his teeth back, to let her do a diagnostic technique on them. Robert was reluctant at first but he did what he was told to do. To say the least, she was utterly shocked at the amount of physical and mental enhancements were an understatement; carbide ceramic ossification, muscular enhancement injections, catalytic thyroid implant, occipital capillary reversal, and a superconducting fabrication of his neural dendrites. (A/N: please go to halo(dot)wikia(dot)com/wiki/SpartanAugmentationProcedures for more information.) She had thought he was an escaped experiment from Orochimaru, but that was quickly erased when she found out how much he hated the guy. Robert had made a few requests for him and Hinata, saying that it was better to have two people who know how to treat wounds and medical techniques than just one.
"This is Raven, I'm at point C," Sasuke said.
When she first meet Sasuke she thought he was a cold sadistic bastard with a stick up his ass, and only cared about getting revenge for his clan's death. But after a couple of days talking with him, she found out that his first priority was reviving his clan, saying that Itachi can wait. After a weeks worth of training with Robert he had unlocked his Sharingan, surprising both Kakashi and Tsunade. The eyes themselves both had two commas in, meaning they were almost fully awakened. Kakashi tried to ask him how he unlocked it, all he said was "Let's just say that someone's training regiment is really paying off."
"This is White Eyes. I'm at point B," Hinata said.
Hinata was probably Tsunade's favorite Genin; sweet, caring, a bit on the quiet side, and hard working. Tsunade saw right away the way she acted around Naruto and smiled thinking something about young love or something. But other than that, she would be the squad's medical expert and early warning system.
"This is Orange Fox. I'm at point A," Naruto said.
Naruto was the most interesting in the squad in Tsunade's mind. Nearly unlimited chakra and excellent control, this made him a living juggernaut. Naruto was the spirit of the squad, if he was happy then the squad was happy and vise versa. He also reminded Tsunade of her late brother and lover. They were so much alike that it scared her.
"This is White Eyes, I've located the target," Hinata whispered over the comm trying to keep the element of surprise.
"Can you verify it, Shadow?" Tsunade asked, really hoping it was the target. Her and her squad had been searching for the target for over five hours non-stop and she was really hungry.
"Verification confirmed. Distance to target: five meters. Request permission to engage," Robert asked his voice not above a whisper.
Tsunade sighed. 'About damn time,' she thought before she regained her composure and smirked. "Permission granted."
"Raven, Orange Fox, capture the target. White Eyes and I will track and capture the target if it escapes," Robert said with authority. "Wait for my signal."
"Yes, Sir!" Naruto and Sasuke said in unison.
3…
2…
1…
"MARK!"
(Sounds of a struggle)
"GET IT, STUPID!"
"AAAHHHH!!!! GET IT OFF! GET IT OFF!!"
"I GOT IT! I GOT-"
(Loud Hissing Sound)
"IT'S GOT ME! IT'S GOT ME!!"
"HANG ON SASUKE!!!"
(Struggle continues for about 5 mins before dead silence for three seconds.)
"That was brutal," Hinata said over the comm.
"No kidding. Go patch them up White Eyes," Robert ordered in his usual calm demeanor. "Target: Captured. Cat Retrieval Mission: Complete," he finished before he decided to warn his sensei, "You might want to remove your scouter, Tsunade-Sensei."
Tsunade sighed, removed her scouter, and pointed it away from her ear. Two seconds ticked away before Sasuke and Naruto screamed so loud that the entire village could hear them, "CAN WE GET A BETTER MISSION THAN THIS?!?! WE HATE CATS!!!!"
Time: 14:12 (2:12pm)
Date: Unchanged
Location: Hokage Tower's Mission briefing Room
"My little Tora! I was so sick when you disappeared. I'll never let you out of my sight again!" The Fire Lord's Wife said smothering her cat with too much love while it was trying to escape her owner's death grip.
The members of Team 7 were watching the spectacle with mixed emotions. Sasuke and Naruto had bandages on their faces and were smiling evilly at the cat's predicament, thinking along the lines 'Serves it right! That damn cat!' Tsunade, Hinata, and Robert were sweatdropping, feeling a bit sorry for the cat.
"Alright," the Hokage started making Team 7 look at him as he picked up a piece of paper. "Your next mission will be one of these choices: Grocery Shopping, Baby-sitting, Gardening, some Construction Work…"
"No!" Naruto shouted making an X with his arms. "Nah-ah, Nope, Wrong, and No Way In Hell! I'm tired of these low class missions. Give us a 'real' mission Hokage-Ojii-san!"
"I hate to say this," Sasuke said putting his hands in his pockets. "But the Dobe is right; I'm also tired of these D-ranked missions."
"Can't argue with that," Robert said crossing his arms. "I'm a physically and mentally enhanced 'Super Soldier'. NOT a pack mule," he finished, thinking back on all the Construction missions he had to do while the workers just sat back and watched him.
Tsunade sighed in frustration before 'Tapping' Naruto on the head. Of course a small tap from her was more like a getting hit on the head with a one ton bolder to Naruto which caused him to leave a large mark of his face onto the wooden floor beneath him. "Shut it," she ordered flatly.
"You want a tougher mission?" Sarutobi asked, blinking once before smiling and placed his hands together. "Well there is a C-rank mission that can be done by two teams, if you agree to split the pay with the other team."
"C-rank?" Naruto asked pulling his face from the hole his skull made.
"What do you guys think?" Robert asked looking at his other two teammates.
"Sure," Sasuke said, shrugging his shoulders while Hinata nodded agreement.
"There you have it," Tsunade said looking at her old sensei. "We accept the terms." 'Even though I could have used the extra money to buy more Sake,' she thought pouting a little.
"So what's the mission?" Naruto asked, eagerly standing up. "I bet it's to guard a princess, or take out a group renegade shinobi, or maybe…"
"It is a guard mission," The Hokage said, interrupting Naruto's journey down fantasy lane. "You're to guard a bridge builder while he finishes with a bridge that would connect his village to the main land."
"Which team will be paired with?" Tsunade asked.
"Team 8, which consist of Haruno Sakura, Tyler Aburame Shino, and Yuri Kurenai," Sarutobi answered his old student's question.
Robert raised an eyebrow. 'That's weird,' he thought before speaking up. "What happen to Ibaki-sensei?"
"And that dog-freak Kiba?" Sasuke asked with equal interest.
"Ibaki is needed here for the time being, like Shizune is needed for training the new group of medical-nins," Sarutobi said searching for the mission request form. "Kiba was placed into another team because he created too much tension with in the team that it threatened the well being of the team."
"He tried to be the 'Top-Dog' of the group and got his ass handed to him by Tyler, didn't he?" Robert asked flatly and emotionlessly.
The Hokage chuckled at Robert deduction skills. "Nothing gets by you Robert, I give you that," he said smiling at the black SPARTAN.
Robert nodded, understanding why Kiba was placed on another team. If a single person creates too much tension in a group (or squad) that it threatens the well being of others, than he/she should be removed from the group.
"You can tell Team 8 to come in now," Sarutobi said, not looking up from the mission request form.
The door to the hallway opened up revealing Sakura, Shino, Tyler and Kurenai. Shino and Kurenai walked up to Tsunade and greeted her, with Tsunade returning the gesture. Tyler walked up to Naruto, Robert, and Hinata giving them SPARTAN 'Smile'. Robert returned the 'smile' while Hinata and Naruto smiled and nodded. Sakura ran up to Sasuke and stopped in front of him and said, "Hello Sasuke-kun."
Sasuke turned his head to her and notice something was different from what she normally looked. "What happened to your hair?" he asked raising an eyebrow.
"Oh…" Sakura said depressed looking away from him. She was hoping Sasuke wouldn't notice that her hair was to her shoulders. But even Sasuke would have notice something as different as that. "Kurenai-sensei said it would be better to cut my hair because of its color," she said in a low tone, not a dangerous one, just a very upset one.
"Good."
"Huh?" Sakura asked dumbly looking at Sasuke.
Sasuke turned his head way from her and closed his eyes. "Long hair would get in the way of fighting, like say Ohhh…" Sasuke said trying to figure out a good example. "An enemy ninja has a large clump of your long hair; the said person could then strike a killing blow with his (or her) free hand. That, and requires a lot to maintain it which means more wasted money on hair products and such."
Thud!
Sakura had pulled a 'Hinata' by blushing deeply and fainting flat on her back. Every one looked at Sasuke who looked at them with a 'What I do?' expression.
"Thank you Sasuke for giving us what this day needed," Tyler said cheerfully.
"And what did the day need, Tyler?" Kurenai asked her student.
"A THUD!" Tyler exclaimed pumping his fist into the air, making everyone (except Sakura) sweatdrop. "The day needed a THUD."
"Like this?"
WHAM!!
Robert had hit Tyler on top of the head making him face fault onto the wooden floor, making a large thunk sound. "Uhh…nooo. No that was more like a thunk than a thud," Tyler muffled from his face plant position.
"Just get off your lazy bum. We're in a mission briefing room, remember?" Robert said looking back at the Hokage.
Tyler placed his hands near his head and pushed making his head pop out from his face mark from the floor. 'Why does he do that,' Tyler thought shaking his head violently before standing straight like nothing happened. 'Doesn't he know that leaves marks?'
Sarutobi sighed. "Can you please tell the client to come in, before there are more marks in the floor," he asked flatly, looking at the two teams.
The door opened again making the group to look at tan old man with a large bottle in his left hand. He had a large straw hat on his head and was leaning against the door frame. "You're kidding right?" The man questioned, obviously drunk. "I'm being protected by four kids, two old bawds, and two walking tin cans," the man finished raising his Sake bottle to his lips.
However he was caught off by a large crystal blue fuma shuriken making a clean cut through his sake bottle, slicing it very close to the bottom of his hand. It caused the rest of the bottle to fall to the ground shattering on impact and spilling the contents of the bottle on to the floor.
The man shakingly looked towards the large group to see that Robert was the one who tossed the oversized shuriken. The man heard a very faint, "Damn, I missed."
Tyler looked towards Robert, "I think someone needs a hug."
"Touch me and Die…" Robert said walking past the frightened man and pulled his shuriken from the wall. "Besides it was either me or them," he finished pointing a thumb over his shoulder towards the group.
Tyler looked beside him to see Tsunade cracking her knuckles while Kurenai was twitching really badly. 'Damn,' Tyler thought really thanking God for not making him Tazuna. 'After all, 'Hell hath no wrath greater than a woman's scorn.' Or was it Fury?'
Sorry it took me so long to get this chapter up but it was Finals week when i had this chapter done over a month ago, plus there was x-mas shoppin and all that other 'good' stuff. But anyways i got this chapter done around 2:15am last night so I'm going to take a long nap.
Not much in this chap but the next one will be VERY interesting.
So Until next time. This is SPARTAN-251, signing off... (Click)