Uzumaki Twins

Chapter 12

~Chika's pov~

Lord Hokage hadn't moved from his seat in the office when he gave us permission to enter. His face was smiling as he saw me with my new team. It looks like he already knows what decision I have chosen. However, this time his arms were resting on the desk instead of entwined together as if he were in deep thought or measuring his with his gaze. No, this time he happened to be smiling at us.

'I see that you have made your decision, Chika,' he said in a way of greeting.

I bowed to him, sure enough that the others followed my example. 'It's good to see you again, Lord Hokage,' I reply in a tone that made it appear to be scolding him for his lack of greeting.

He chuckled. 'Now that the whole team has been assembled, I can give you your mission.'

Tension rode around the room like a tornado. I personally am quite psyched about this mission although I am a bit nervous due to being in a completely different team and getting completely different missions. But hey, they might work for me, who knows? Specialised genin team, yeah we'll be getting harder missions than before, but how much harder can they be? There must be some kind of clue that could hint at that. Maybe I should have asked how much harder will they be, but I didn't even think about that at the time.

Wait a minute, didn't my new sensei say that it is the just as hard as training to be an Anbu Black Ops? Does that mean that even the missions will along the same lines? Will they be for Anbu Black Ops or someone just as skilled? Oh my god, please don't tell me that I've joined a team who will eventually get me killed. Perhaps I should have stuck to training at a low level. It is always best to learn the basics first, but then I have already…I sigh mentally. I just love getting myself into some kind of trouble don't I?

'The mission involves the Chunin exams,' hearing that made my heart soar. I'm actually going to be part of the Chunin exams? That is so cool. 'As you are far too advanced for the Chunin exams, you can't participate,' my heart saddened and my excited was snapped as easily as a really thin stick. 'However, your mission is to simply provide security. In each exam you will be near the genin but you will be situation on the outposts, keeping an eye on absolutely everything.'

'We're pretty much doing what the Anbu is going to do.' I speak aloud, although I was speaking to myself.

'Very observant, Chika,' Lord Hokage said smiling at me. 'She's correct. You are pretty much going to be doing Anbu Black Ops styled missions. I know without having to test you that you all are capable for this mission.'

I had a feeling that last part was for me. Well when you've just moved from a low team to a much higher one you tend to get a little worried that you might not exactly…fit. Well that is how it is for me. Now at least I have a little reassurance.

'What are we going to do until the Chunin exams, Lord Hokage?' I ask.

He smiled. 'Until the Chunin exams in a week, you can have the whole week to rest or train to hone your already existing skills. Well for now, you have the whole week to do whatever it is you want.'

We all bowed. 'Thank you, Lord Hokage,' we all said and then left the room.

'Chika, what do you say that we hang out for a bit?' Takane asked hugging my arm.

I don't even hang out with Sakura and she wants me to hang out with her? She must not understand much about me. But this is my new team; I do have to make some effort of wanting to get along with them even if I don't want to. What would Hoshi-sensei and Lord Hokage think of me if they find out I didn't want to interact with my new team? They probably would have expected better of me. I sigh heavily and then look down at the girl.

'Where do you want to go?'

'ICHIRAKU RAMEN!' she all but shouted happily.

'Good place,' Akira said and ruffled our hairs as he walked passed.

'Touch my hair again, blockhead, or I'll knock out your brains,' I said glaring at his back.

'Come on, slowpokes, I don't want to wait forever,' Akira called back to us.

Still hugging my arm, Takane pulled me along after her as she raced over to Akira who was leading the way towards Ichiraku Ramen. We sat down once we got there and ordered. Around two minutes later we received our meals and were happily digging into it. Once finished my stomach was full and I stretched high above my head. I paid for my meal and stood outside waiting for the other two to finish. Our sensei had to be elsewhere, especially since he is a jonin and has other stuff to do. The sky above was really blue and seemed to hold more colour than it did in the sand village. That's probably because this village is so vibrant in colour in which the sand lacks. It can't be helped if they want to blend into their environment so they don't get attacked.

I wonder what my brother would be doing right about now. Would he be training with the others? Would they be learning something different or just honing skills that they already know? I shouldn't really worry about them. They're capable of taking care of themselves. Without me around things won't be as easy but they will finally be able to challenge themselves so then they can become stronger. In that sense I am glad that I joined this team. They should have that chance to become stronger. They shouldn't remain weak all the time, I can't do that to them. They have the potential to do great things, to become better than anyone else, and I am not going to be the one to stop them from doing that.

Five minutes later the pair had completely finished. Together we walked down the streets just chatting away and getting used to each other. It seems that Takane is afraid of lightning storms and the same can be said about lightning jutsus also. She loves cats and has four of them at home. The two females are with a litter but they are not born just yet. Apparently they're both expected to have around six each. She also loves plushies especially those that look like anime characters and animals. She loves frilly clothes but when she is a ninja she'll be the opposite as she loves to appear hardcore to her opponents.

Akira is very much different to Takane. Akira is afraid of nothing, or so he says but he admitted that he's afraid of dogs, large ones. Well wolves to be exact. He says that his parents were killed by them and had almost killed him. Oopsies, my demon is a wolf. He claims to have no other fear. He likes lazing around but also trying his best to become the best ninja in history. He likes dark stuff, stuff that makes him appear evil. He also loves missions and being a ninja and he likes others to think that he's an evil person with a heart of ice when really he is just like any normal boy, friendly and cooperative towards people he cares about.

~Naruto's pov~

I'm glad that my sister is able to join a team that will be able to provide a challenge for her. She's been feeling down because of the lack of challenge. It's great that things have turned around for her. Now that she's joined a proper team she can become a much greater ninja and she'll be able to teach me once she's become a higher ranked ninja. I nodded with my thoughts. Yup, we can teach each other all kinds of stuff. Eh, would I really be able to teach her anything? She's already master the basics and we're still learning them, if only on a little more difficult level. He-he, she'll find that too easy too.

'Naruto, break's over,' Sakura called over.

'Coming,' I called back and got up before running over to join them for the next stage in training.

Three hours later the sun was setting on the horizon and Kakashi-sensei called it quits for the day. I landed on my butt and breathed heavily to regain my breathing. Who would have thought that it was so difficult to practice teamwork tactics, coordination and synchronising in order to not only hit our enemies but to create a chain of attacks. In a real life situation, I guess you could say that teamwork will definitely work, but for one on one fights, not so much. If only Kakashi-sensei could teach us close combat techniques or a new jutsu. That would be so cool.

'Naru!' a female called out from a distance. I turned my head and saw my sister, in all her red glory, walk over to us with a smile on her face. Her red-black hair turned brighter in the setting sun and appeared to make her head look like it was on fire. Against the background colours, my sister looked absolutely cool and like a fire goddess. If only I could look so good. 'Tough training,' she asked as she stood above me.

I nodded. 'We trained our teamwork.'

She smiled and knelt down. 'Teamwork is really important nowadays, Naru. It's one thing to do things alone but when you have loads of people it makes battles more fun and you have a bigger opportunity to win them. It's good that you're learning to do that.'

'What about you, Kuro?' I ask, quite eager to hear what she's experienced with her new team.

'I got a new mission,' she said with a wink.

'Really?!' now I'm all excited. It'll be nice for us to get a mission. 'What is it? When are you leaving?'

She chuckled. 'I'm not leaving the village. The mission is in the village. It's a security mission and it happens a week from now.'

'Ah, you're so lucky,' I say pouting and crossed my arms. 'Getting a new team and you've already got a mission… Why do you always get the good stuff?'

'Come on, Naru, home time.' She stood up, completely towering me again. She helped me to my feet and now we stood eye to eye. 'No stopping, not even for ramen.'

'Eh? No ramen?' I pouted again. 'But I'm hungry,' and my stomach growled to emphasise my point.

'A proper meal at home, much healthier,' she turned and begun leading the way home.

'Bye Sakura, Sasuke, see you tomorrow!' I call back to my team before running after my sister.

'Bye-bye Naruto, Chika, see you tomorrow!' came Sakura's reply.

I turned around and waved before I disappeared around the corner and continued to walk by my sister's side. People avoided getting into our way again but my sister was smiling instead of frowning. She didn't even take notice when others started to whisper about us. She didn't even glare at them or get mad or nothing. She just walked on by as if there was nothing happening around her. As if her positive bubble was too strong for bad vibes or anything bad to pass on through. I smiled at my sister's back. I'm glad that she's finally happy enough to be able to ignore those around her. Even the villagers were surprised from the non-violence that she was emitting. It's like she no longer cared about what the villager's thought of her.

I didn't say anything until we got inside home. But I still couldn't say anything when I was knocked to the ground by a violent fox who stared down at me with a grin. I pushed at him but his weight refused to budge.

'Get off, Kyubi!' I groaned and tried yet again to push the nine tailed demon off from me.

'What makes you think I'll listen to you,' Kyubi said grinning.

'Kurama, come on, it's dinner time,' my sister called and he immediately got off me and padded inside with his claws clicking on the wooden floor. I followed them into the kitchen/living room where she begun to make two sets of meals, one for the demons and one for us. Of course when she finished she set them before us. The two demons and I rushed through our dinners like there was nothing else. My sister ate hers at a leisurely pace as if she had all the time in the world to finish it. When she finished it was still with grace. It wasn't long when she washed up the pots and prepared for bed.

It was eleven at night, both in our pyjamas, finishing off the preparations for tomorrow, when she stretched.

'Good night, Naru, see you in the morning,' she said and disappeared into her bedroom with Juuku behind her.

I got up and went into my own room where Kyubi was already waiting. He never got onto my bed unless I was going to get inside of it first. He looked away as if he hadn't been waiting for me. I slipped under the covers and he jumped on top of the bed and curled around himself over my feet. He may not admit it to me personally, but I know that he likes having some part of me touching him for comfort. He fell asleep within five minutes leaving me awake a little while longer. So many things have happened. I hope there are more things going to happen.

'Good night, Kuro…' I whisper and close my eyes.