Chapter Five: First C-Rank

I arrived at exactly six forty five. Kurenai raised her eyebrows at me being here fifteen minutes before the next hour, and I couldn't help but chuckle.

"Hi~ sorry I'm late. I saw my Dad's book and had to find mind soap." Kurenai-sensei began laughing and clutching her sides.

This excuse was rather believable...

"Anyway..." Kurenai gasped for air. "You're fifteen minutes early." I cocked my head to the side in confusion. "I lied so you'd get here on time."

I chuckled. "Clever, Kurenai, but now that I know you'd do something like this I'm going to be unpredictable from now on." I warned her with a closed eye smile. She sighed.

"At least you were early for once..."

"Hey I was always early for the academy!" I told her. She looked at me disbelievingly. "Ask Kiba or Shino if you don't believe me." I huffed.

Kiba and Shino weren't here yet.

Suddenly Shino was standing right next to me.

"Holy crap Shino! You scared me!" I growled, picking myself off the ground. He surprised me, and I fell.

So graceful, yes?

Then Kiba came with his hood down and Akamaru sitting atop his head. Kiba did a double take at me being early. I smirked.

"I actually thought I was late until Kurenai told me she lied to me." He nodded in understanding. He turned to Kurenai.

"She said she saw Kakashi's book and had to find mind soap." She began chuckling again. Kiba blinked at her in confusion.

"Dad reads M rated novels." I told him, smirking. "I accidentally read a rather risqué scene. The mind soap didn't work." I shivered. Kiba laughed at me.

"How could you possibly need mind soap for your dad's book?" He questioned between laughs.

"Would you really want to read about the details of BEEP and BEEP, and exactly how it feels for both people?" He stopped laughing and paled. Kurenai also paled, then blushed.

Hm... Interesting.

Shino remained Shino.

"... Got any left over mind soap?"

I began laughing at Kiba's question. "I used it all and it didn't even work." Kurenai-sensei sighed and began walking out of the village. I jogged to catch up with her. Then when I was standing behind her, I stuck my tongue out at Kiba childishly.

Silently I snickered as he fumed behind me. Kurenai leaned down to whisper. "You like him don't you?" I stopped walking and a huge blush raged on my face.

"M-maybe..." I stuttered. She laughed.

"That's cute." Blushing more, I began catching up with her. I'd so much rather stand next to Shino, but he's at the back of the group. I'd have to be behind Kiba, and I don't trust my face to not show emotion at this time.

Eventually, we reached the Land of Stone. Kurenai-sensei explained we were escorting a man from Tsuchigakure to Amegakure. Then we had to stay for two weeks, arranging his safety with the Amegakure ninjas.

I was a bit suspicious that he hired Konoha ninjas instead of Iwa ones.

After some more walking, we saw the gates. Kurenai-sensei talked to the guards and our client came out. My jaw dropped.

Good-looking bastard. He had shaggy black hair and piercing ice blue eyes.

"My name is Arashi Sora. I expect you to get me to Ame." His voice had no emotion.

I did my infamous cocky smirk. "Hatake Saya." Kurenai-sensei sighed and shook her head.

"Yuhi Kurenai. I'm the leader of these Genins." Arashi-San took a look at all of us once Shino and Kiba said their names.

"That girl looks weak." My smirk grew wider.

I'm so glad he underestimates me. I didn't say anything, to everyone's surprise. We then promptly set out for Ame, which was quite far away, but not as far as Konoha was.

I sighed. A week walking.

We were in the Land of Grass since the path we took went through there, when a kunai was thrown in front of Kurenai-sensei. I had been spacing out when that happened. My eyes widened and I searched for chakra.

I didn't find anything.

Panic overtook me. If I couldn't find any chakra signatures, then that means whoever we're against was at least a Jonin.

I never could find Dad when we played Hide and Seek for training.

Kiba, Shino, and I surrounded Sora with Kunais drawn.

A laugh reverberated throughout the field, since you know, the Land of Grass is seriously the Land of Grass.

That's when I knew: we're screwed.

AN: This is the first chapter of my first arc XD I have now planned up to chapter 22. Go me! I had a few fill in the blanks for this chapter but hey it's all good! Several times I wanted to end the chapter, but I need to start making them longer. I know this chapter isn't long lol, but my planning requires it to end here. I should've put more awkward moments.

So how have all of you been? I've been awesome, a little panicky over Honors History, but it's all good now. I painted my nails red and told my friends "I am leader! I shall make the world experience PAIN and SUFFERING!" and then I was rudely told to shut up. And it happened during a fire drill, which was funny. We got two fire drills in one day! My biology teacher said, "I don't want to dwell on negative things but-" Fire drill. It made me laugh cuz the day before, he said "The second escape route in the lab room is the window. They say that because apparently the third floor is a survivable fall. So if the door is blocked during a fire-" Fire drill.

Lol when my biology teacher talks about negative things, we get a fire drill.

Yeah I've been babbling. But my friends don't like it when I talk. I've got awesome friends.