Title: Rin

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Warning: Unbeta and horrible grammar. Language.

Chapter 20

I was moving slowly on the ground and pulled another weeds before releasing a deep sigh. As I was sighing, I could hear Iruka also did the same. Collecting the wild weeds I had pulled into one neat bunch, I stood up slowly and turned at him and Hanan. "Hey, are you two done yet?" I asked while stretching my ached body due to crouching on the ground for too long.

"Almost," Hanan replied as he pulled more.

"Me too, oh man my back!" Iruka groaned.

Inoichi-sensei walked around us casually while holding a basket full of weeds. He stopped from his walk, collecting my part and looked at us with a smile. "I think I heard a complaint?"

I laughed. "Oh, it's nothing Inoichi-sensei," Replying our sensei and walked to Iruka. I smirked at the brunet. "Hey, you're just eleven, don't act like a granny."

Iruka sat down on the ground instead of crouching. He sighed. "I had never thought that our first official mission is pulling the wild weeds." The brunet pulled a handful of the green from the ground.

"Count me in too," Hanan calmly intercepted and stood up. Apparently he was finished with the task and joining us. "I thought we would go outside from Konoha…but this…" He trailed uncertaintly.

I shrugged. "Surprisingly leisure for a mission?" I suggested. Hanan nodded.

Inoichi had joined our circle. "That was few years ago, Hanan-kun, Iruka-kun. During the war years even genin had mission like securing the parameter and conveying the messages around. Today is more peaceful and the mission's level and types also had changed." He explained and looked at the sky. "Even though right now is the calm and peace years, there are still problems outside." He murmured.

"Then we shall go and solve the issue," Iruka said excitedly.

"Indeed," Hanan nodded agreeing with the brunet. I guessed he just really wanted to see outside world.

Those boys were really straight forward in their thought. I shrugged. "There must be some points for mission like this, right sensei?"

Inoichi-sensei laughed and patted my head. I hated when he did that. He knew my real age yet treating me like a kid. "Correct Rin-chan." He answered.

"Really? What's the point?" Iruka asked.

Inoichi-sensei explained the purpose of these types of missions. Apparently there were five ranks of missions and the one we did at the moment was D-ranked mission. The simple mission gave by the occupants inside Konohagakure and there wasn't any need for traveling outside the gate. The purpose of D-ranked missions was to introducing the genins with people and places around the village. It was a very crucial point of being ninja since at this level of mission, the team work, ability of interaction with clients were critically being used while the skill for fighting wasn't necessarily needed. The D-ranked mission also wasn't time consuming and the extra free time the jounin-sensei would play their role by practicing the team, honing the skill set in each genin. The team would receive a higher level of mission when the jounin responsible deemed his or her members were ready. I simply agreed at the logic behind the mission level and purpose while Iruka and Hanan I didn't really sure since they frowned, nodded, stared blankly at Inoichi-sensei.

I knew by taking this D-rank mission, I wouldn't get the chance to step outside from the village as soon as possible. I stared at the ground while Inoichi-sensei was still babbling at Iruka and Hanan since they argued some points.

"Just wait Rin," I muttered softly under my breath. "You'll get the chance to see the outside world."

Inoichi-sensei taught us how writing a proper mission report during lunch time and after that he lead us to an unused training ground which was pretty near with the meadow we had worked on. I scanned the surrounding and noted that there were many tall trees around and a thought crossed my mind. I looked at the blond man.

"Are we going to do something now, sensei?" I asked.

"Yeah, I'm curious too." Iruka added his point.

Hanan nodded as his way of questioning the situation. He really didn't talk much.

Inoichi laughed and smiled at us. "You three always full with curiosity," He said and paused. After a few moments, he was no longer smiling and laughing but now it was replaced with a serious expression. "Around this training ground, I had hidden a scroll, there is important information inside and three of you are going to search it. This is an individual test, no time limit and I shall tell you that it isn't simpler as you three thought. Good luck!"

That was the sign and we three quickly went away. Ignoring Iruka and Hanan, I quickly jumped on a sturdy branch. Releasing a proper amount of chakra under my soles, I managed to stayed still on it and preparing for another jump. From my observation, the training ground wasn't that big but it was full with tress and bush here and there like a small forest. The air was pretty dry and there wasn't any sign of wild animals. The only inhabitants that I could find were insects. I swatted away few mosquitoes which were flying near my ear. Man, their sounds were horrible, annoying, distracting and just from that, I was scratching my exposed calves. Cursing the blood sucker insect, I looked at my legs. Damn those short trousers. Leg bindings were in my consideration by now.

I sat down in a crouch and scanned the ground. I couldn't see anyone from my position so I decided for another trick. Spreading my chakra and focusing on it, I tried searching for my team mates. A flare of chakra was detected, behind me? I focused some more and frowned. The chakra was moving but it didn't moved much most likely it was being held by something, I also knew who was it since I did always testing my abilities with my neighbours.

"Iruka? Hanging from a tree?" I muttered confusedly as I opened my eyes, looking behind for a moment, I started to think, loudly. "Shall I go and check on him?"

Scanning the ground below with my chakra, I decided there was nothing near. Slowly stood up and focusing Iruka's chakra, I quickly leaped to his direction.

"Just laugh, Rin. Laugh!" Iruka groaned as he was hanging from his feet first and there was also binding on his wrists. The brunet was trying to wriggle out from the tight binding and his harsh movements lead to a hit head first with the tree. "Ouch!"

I changed gaze with Hanan who showed up a few moments later. I stared at his messy hair, there was a stick on it but I stayed silent.

"Inoichi-sensei really did something with this place," Hanan said softly before staring at my direction. "Rin, are you sure that you came here unscathed?"

I looked at Hanan and blinked innocently. "Huh? What do you mean?"

"Rin!"

"Hey! We meet again!"

I blinked and noticed there was something wrong with my surrounding. "Where?"

"Hello? Rin?"

I turned at the voice and met…me?

I blinked and stared at the konoha version of me who was waving her hand happily. I waved back slowly. "Uh, what happened this time?" I looked at myself and starched my longer limbs and much longer hair. I pulled and stared at my hair with disgust. "Hey, keep my hair short Rin!"

I looked at my real body and checked everything I could. Apparently when I was here at this place, I was in my own body. I looked at Rin and waited for her response.

"Sorry, lost track of time for cutting it and it's pretty nice anyway. I like longer hair," Rin said and sighed. "I was sleeping when suddenly I woke up in this plane and seeing this hitai ate, hey I'm a ninja?" She grinned and stared at the plate of metal on her neck.

"Yeah, we're in kind of individual test and I guessed that I was trapped in a genjutsu."

"That's sounded so lame."

"Hey, I'm just a genin!"

"Fine, fine I get it!" Rin shook her head and looked at me with a warm smile. It was calming. So, that was how I looked like when I was smiling. "Congratulations," She said softly.

"Uh, thank you…" I nodded and stared at the girl. This was the chance for me to know our way back before anything happened. "Um, just asking do you remember about the bandits who made us switching place?"

Rin frowned and stared at the white ground. "I don't remember much. I'm sorry."

"It's okay," I said and shrugged. No more clue huh?

"Even if you manage to find the jutsu, what're you going to do?"

"What I'm going to do?" I raised my eyebrows. Man, even my bangs also longer.

"Yeah."

"I…"

"Kai!" Iruka shouted and slowly I opened my eyes.

I looked around dumbly and found Iruka who sat in front of me and Hanan who stood behind him. I was sat on the ground with my back rested at a tree. Both of them were staring worriedly at my face. "Um, hi?" I smiled.

Iruka smacked my head and groaned. "Don't makes us worry like that again, you dimwit! I nearly out of chakra for trying to bring you back!"

I rubbed my head and hissed. I tried to glare at Iruka but Hanan's words made me stopped.

"That was very strong genjutsu you were trapped into, Rin. The disturbing chakra was centered around your head precisely. It seemed like your mind was trapped in somewhere else," Hanan said as he deactivated his byakugan and looked at exhausted Iruka. "Iruka tried his very best but failed each time he tried to break it. It took him almost six times when he managed it."

The brunet sighed and closed his eyes. "I need to do more practice on chakra penetration."

I looked at Iruka and Hanan, noticing their fatigue from calling me back to this world. It was just like what Hanan had said. I was really trapped in somewhere else other than here. This was the first time I went to that plane with Iruka and Hanan around; it might be pretty scary for both of them seeing me unresponsive to their action. Quickly I pulled them into a big hug. "I'm sorry and thank you, both of you." I muttered softly.

"Aw, a group hugs? Why I'm not invited?" Inoichi-sensei suddenly showed up and smiled at us.

I released the hug and stared blankly at our sensei, surprisingly Iruka and Hanan also did the same. Inoichi-sensei didn't waver and simply patted our heads. He looked at the evening sky.

"We'll continue this again, now go back, rest and think what are your mistake, advantage and disadvantage. We'll discuss about this tomorrow," Inoichi-sensei said and smiled. I was still staring at him. The blond man noticed my gaze and we changed a silent conversation. He frowned slightly and closed his eyes for a moment.

"Can we go home now, sensei?" Iruka asked softly. He looked really tired.

Inoichi-sensei nodded. "Yes, we'll meet here tomorrow at eight."

Haru was waiting for her brother in front of the main gate of Hyuuga compound. We stopped beside the girl and greeted her.

"Hey, Haru." I smiled at the girl and she smiled back.

Iruka just nodded slowly.

"Rin, how's the mission?" Haru asked after acknowledged our presence.

"Practical," I said.

Both Iruka and Hanan nodded.

"I'll tell you more about later. It wasn't a confidential type anyway," Hanan shrugged. I guessed he was still soured with the mission plus our training thing. I didn't really know what had happened to him since there was the same stick in his hair. He missed it. I still kept silence about it.

Haru noticed the same thing and chuckled softly. Her brother eyed her as if she grew another head.

"Haru…are you okay?"

"Oh, I'm fine, totally fine, don't worry about me my dear brother."

I grinned and patted Haru's shoulder. "How's your day?"

The younger twin shrugged. Apparently her team had failed in their jounin-sensei test and was going back to the academy, joining the genin corps. "We were introduced to Ren-sensei," She said sulkily and looked at us. "Can you believe it? It's him again! We're going to work with him at the academy!"

"Jeez, calm down Haru. At least better than us, picking up the wild weeds?"

"Oh, that was…fun?"

Hanan groaned and entered the compound. "See you two tomorrow."

"So, when you're exposed with a genjutsu, you went to that place?" Inoichi-sensei asked softly. He really didn't want anybody else from hearing it. So we kept our conversation as low as possible.

I nodded. "I don't really know for sure but yesterday was really something. I never thought I was meeting her again."

Inoichi-sensei turned his gaze at me from Iruka and Hanan who were sparring at the middle of the training ground. "You want to try another one?"

I looked up. "Yes, if you're okay with it."

Inoichi-sensei smiled. "Of course I'm fine with it." With swift movements, he made hand signs for a genjutsu.

I blinked, staring at my surrounding and frowned. It was the same ground of training area and I stood alone in the middle of it. It wasn't the white plane were I stood yesterday. "Weird. This isn't like yesterday." I muttered and forming hand signs for breaking it. "Kai!"

Inoichi-sensei was watching at my face when I managed to broke his genjutsu. I shrugged. "You made me staying alone here in this field?"

He frowned. "I did the same to you yesterday. You're going to feel alone and lonely inside the genjutsu but somehow, you met your other counterpart at somewhere else."

I stared at the ground. "Maybe we are in the same wavelength? She did say she was sleeping and I was under genjutsu effect. It looks like that our conscious were distracted thus lead to our meeting?"

"It might be and I won't intrude on it much since it was your personal thing but do you remember anything when you met her?"

"About this world? No." I shrugged. "Yondaime-sama's seal is really something."

"It is." Inoichi-sensei nodded sagely. "Anyway I feel a little bit worried about your condition."

"What do you mean?"

"What if when you're fighting with enemy nin and they cast a genjutsu?"

"Oh…That'll be a problem if the same thing happened like yesterday."

"You need to act fast Rin."

"I guess." It seemed that Hiraishin wasn't an option any more. Mastering that jutsu was the only solution I could see.

I stared at the blond man for a moment before focusing at Iruka and Hanan. Oh, Hanan was leading.

Inoichi-sensei stopped them and called for Iruka. The brunet was barely walked to us, more likely he was limping. I shrugged. It seemed that it was my turn then. I walked to the field and stopped in front of Hanan. He was still in good form, barely panting from his sparring moments with the brunet. Now I wondered what he had done to Iruka?

The Hyuuga boy snorted. "Be prepared Rin, I'm going to smash you for not telling me there was something in my hair yesterday."

"Uh…"

Hanan really didn't consider the difference of gender as I was beaten into pulp as soon as his hand reached my personal space.

Reminder for the future, Hyuugas really cared about their appearance especially their hair and messing them with it wasn't a wise choice.

I learned that in hard way, obviously.

Two and half months gone by, there were many things had happened and we even entered another year. Iruka and I celebrated it with a nice dinner. From time to time, I was occasionally visited the orphanage from afar. Naruto was doing fine so far and sometimes there was that Anbu guy stood silently on the same branch. We didn't talk and just nodded at each other presence. I was curious about his or her identity since I couldn't really trace their chakra but there were too many things I had in my mind. I really did want to get a hold on the blond haired baby but without any real and proper reasoning to his caretaker, I just could only see him from my hiding place.

By now, I was already managed my own trapping seal and of course Iruka was my first victim on that. I used the seal during our sparring time and once he entered accidently the area with my sealing mark, he couldn't move at all. I also did a paper bomb seal which I placed pepper powder instead of original explosive materials and of course Hanan was cursing colourfully at my handiwork for entire month. Inoichi-sensei decided to ban that creation of mine for me to use since it was harmful he said. Actually he was also one of the victims and couldn't perform his clan techniques since he couldn't open his eyes. Iruka and I snickered about it almost every time we had our dinner together.

As for the ninjutsu Minato had given to me, I was still having a problem with it. My physical body was young, so was my chakra reserve. The technique required a real good chakra control and distribution. Since my chakra reserve was limited, I could only make three seals for Hiraishin at the moment. I also noticed that, with more practice with chakra usage, our reserve will grew. One positive achievement from this ninjutsu was there wasn't any more nausea followed after I did rapid transportation! I was proud with that of course!

Closing the scrolls and keeping it inside the box, I checked on my paper supply. I bite my thumb as I stared at the nearly empty paper tray. "Crap, when I need you the most," I said and looked at the window. The rain was still pouring outside but it wasn't heavy like early in the morning. I shrugged. These days, that was the weather around Konoha. Even our group training was also being held under the damp weather. Inoichi-sensei said that it was good experience so we could strengthen our immune system. I scoffed, remembering his statements as by now, he was suffering with fever. I hoped that he wasn't passing the sickness to his daughter.

Picking up an umbrella, I put on my sandals. I might as well go bought some food too since I was hungry. Locking the door, I looked at Iruka's place. The brunet wasn't at home since Mizuki came yesterday asking for his help or something. I shrugged and left our apartment building. Ah, it was lonely without Iruka around, I sighed.

I was observing some vegetables when someone was patting my back, slowly turning around; I looked at the one who stood behind me. My eyes widened

"Mikoto-san! Hello." I bowed slightly at the raven haired woman. It had been long time since last I saw her. She was still beautiful like during her pregnancy moment.

"Rin-chan, it's nice finally to see you," Mikoto said while balancing a sleeping Sasuke, an umbrella and her heavy shopping bag. I quickly offered my hands to hold her bag. She gladly was releasing it from her grasp. "Thank you, Rin-chan. You're my saver."

"Oh, this is nothing. Itachi isn't around?" I looked around and found nothing. That was weird; Itachi wouldn't let his mother shopping alone with Sasuke together, in this kind of weather. He was very responsible and matured for a kid.

Mikoto's smile strained. "Um, actually I'm really hoping to found you, Rin-chan. I need your help."

"What can I help you with, Mikoto-san?" I asked without any doubt.

I'm stopping here for now. Thanks for reading, following, favorite and review this story. I noticed that some reviews did mentioning about pairing but honestly I still not decide who will be Rin's love interest. She was pretty hard to please and had a confusing mind too. But for the future…I don't know yet (grin). As for Naruto's childhood and Rin's abilities, please be patient it will come sooner or later (another grin). And for my grammar thing, I'm still doing my best do comment or critique if there is something I missed or being eye sore in it. Thank you (^v^)