BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP!
Stupid alarm! Where did I set the dang thing? Come on now!
The fourteen year old shinobi clamored over her comforters and pillows, searching through her laundry basket. After two minutes of searching, she still couldn't find the source of her irritation.
"URGGHHH!" she growled, her eyes sweeping the room. Nowhere was it, and she almost punched a wall, but contained herself. It was irritating.
BEEP!
BEEP!
BEEP!
"Shut up!" she yelled, opening her closet. There sat the bane of her frustrations and she quickly seized and threw it, aiming for the window. Her aim was true and it flew out the open window and hit the ground with a crack. She glanced down and smiled, when the sudden realization hit her. She never set her alarm. Not even on a good day. She turned around slowly, and started towards the door, glancing at the clock on her wall.
Five thirty am? WTF?
She headed downstairs, and searched the house, for her father. Nowhere. She sat in the living room, staring at the TV for a minute, before letting out a sigh. Just her imagination. Maybe she had and was forgetting that she set it. Maybe the dang thing was defective.
Let's just go back to bed.
She walked towards the stairs, letting loose a yawn, when a voice stopped her.
"Going somewhere?"
She smiled at the voice and looked back downstairs.
"Kakashi-saaaammaaaa. I'm tired. What's so important that-"
"Happy Birthday, Yuki," he replied in a cool voice, his eyes closed as he beamed up at his daughter.
Now she was speechless.
Birthday? Today's my birthday? I -I didn't know that. We celebrated it last year, but I never kept track of the date.
"Sorry to wake you up so early, but I figured it'd be easier to get you out of bed, setting an alarm, than trying to wake you up. You and I are going on a mission together. How does that sound?" he asked.
"GREAT!" she yelled, happily starting to head upstairs. She raced to her clothes and got dressed as fast her body would allow.
Missions with Kakashi-sama? They were amazing to do when I was younger. He always taught me something. They were my favorite thing to do, though recently, I've never had a chance to do it.
As she finished getting dressed, she walked downstairs one at a time, before she tripped over something. She caught herself on the next step and looked back. She followed the stairs, noticing that there was a huge group of boxes in a line going down the stairs.
"I would have told you to not get dressed, but I figured that it would ruin the surprise," came the voice behind a flip of the book.
Yuki nodded and gathered up the gifts slowly, carrying them into the living room. That's when the door burst open and a shadow rushed towards her. Yuki reacted instinctively and slammed a fist through his jaw. And immediately regretted it. She watched as her best friend hit the floor, his eyes wide, and a look of shock on his face.
"Na-Naruto-kun!" she exclaimed, extending a hand
"I'm not late, am I Kakashi-sensei?" he asked, excited about something.
Yuki looked between the two before she registered the gift inside his arms.
"Wh-KAKASHI!" she yelled.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I must have accidently let it slip over ramen with Naruto,last night," he chuckled flipping another page.
"Yeah...right," she said, laughing. She lifted her friend up, when three other shinobi were escorted in. Sakura, and Sasuke were being shoved by an eager Anko who was beaming at her.
Sasuke was the only one who appeared different. In his hands was a rose, and a small box. She glanced at Kakashi whose gaze had gone from the book to the rose.
"What are you two doing here? I thought I told you, I was off today," he sighed.
"Well, Kakashi-" Sakura started, but was abruptly cut off.
"We found out today was her birthday and figured it'd only be fair if we paid her a visit."
Yuki glanced at her father and from his look, she knew they must have been spying on him or Naruto. They weren't invited but they had self-invited.
Yuki shuffled over and hugged Sakura and Sasuke, before grabbing Anko and Naruto, dragging them to the table. She laid their gifts on top of the already huge stack and reached for the first one.
It was light, and softer than anything she had ever felt. Almost like silk. She tore through the wrapping, and found a shirt that she immediately fell in love with. It was chakra thread, and the same size as the ninja tee she was wearing now. The sleeves had little openings where she could force her hands through. It was light pink, until you reached the openings for her hands, and the bottom of it. It was outlined in purple lines, and the neck was extremely low. Almost to her stomach, but stopping just short.
The next box contained a huge bag of peppermints. A good three month supply. She smirked and continued to the one after that. Black ninja shorts with two parallel yellow stripes flowing down the sides. A new pair of ninja sandals, though they were white.
This must have cost a fortune.
She reached for another box, but was immediately stabbed by Anko.
"Anko-sama!" Yuki cried out.
"How about you open my gift?" she said, in a polite tone. Yuki knew it wasn't a question, but also knew that she had her reasons. Reaching for the slim box, she opened it slowly. The thing that surprised her was how beautifully crafted the gift was. Three new senbon, lay in the case with a small vial of some yellow liquid on a chain. Underneath that lay a fishnet shirt that would fit her body.
"Heeheehee. That's a special vial of snake venom, I was able to procur. It causes paralysis, degradation of muscles, and delusions in it's victim," she stated. Yuki grinned and hugged her mother tightly.
"THANK YOU!" she yelled, tears flowing down. She returned to the gifts, and noticed the dejected look on Naruto's face.
"Hey, Naruto?"
"Oh...Yeah?" he replied, staring at her.
"Where is the gift you got me?" she asked, playing dumb. It was obvious. It was the only box with toads on it.
She waited as he retrieved it, and handed it to her. She opened it slowly, breaking into a smile at the two items inside.
"I didn't know if-"
Yuki hugged him and quickly placed the new ninja headband on the table along with two cups of Naruto's fave ramen. She knew him well enough to know that it was out of stock, and he had given up from his personal collection.
"Thank's Naruto-kun," she stated. She tore through the last three gifts of Kakashi without any real surprises. A new spool of ninja thread, several new shuriken and kunai, a copy of Ichi Ichi Paradise, which her copy had gotten overly ripped and shredded, and a new black backpack. Yuki then reached a small box. Almost like a ring box but a little wider. She opened it to find, a small pouch with fifty little balls. On it lay a note.
"WE WILL DISCUSS THIS ALONE ON OUR MISSION. SUFFICE IT MIGHT HELP YOU WITH YOUR KEKKI GENKAI."
-Kakashi
She nodded and closed the box, before turning to Sasuke and Sakura. She was handed the rose first, which Sasuke kissed her hand. She blushed hard, but noticed Kakashi's grim look on his face. Then Yuki recieved a locket that Sasuke handed over gently. Sakura just handed her a book on genjutsu. Yuki smiled and thanked everyone for coming. She gathered her gifts and raced upstairs. She wanted to see how the new clothes fit. She laid everything out, and opened her black bag, filling it with ninja thread, the three senbon, and the vial. She dumped all her old tools into a bag, and threw the new ones into her backpack. She threw her pajamas into a corner, removed her bra, and grabbed the fishnets. It only took ten minutes but she liked her new appearence. The shirt was a little baggier than she liked and the cut exposed the middle of her breasts like her godmother, but she liked it.
Just need to do something about my hair. She glared at the mirror, before putting the headband around her neck. She walked back downstairs, noticing the nosebleed coming from Sasuke's nose, and Anko's grin.
"Well then, Sasuke, Sakura. Hate to ask you this, but Anko, Naruto and I have to prepare for our mission."
She smirked at the crestfallen look on Sasuke's and Sakura's face as they headed towards the door.
"Happy Birthday, Yuki."
"See you later right?" Sakura asked.
She promised she might be around. As she sat next to Naruto, she caught his glance at her body and blushed crimson red. She liked him, but they would always be friends. ALWAYS.
She listened carefully to the mission plans. It seemed easy enough. An A rank mission into Kusagakure.
"We will be meeting up with an informant, and he will be giving us some information about a ninja from the Bingo Book. Hopefully it will lead to him. Remember this. We are a squad so if anything goes wrong, retreat. This shinobi is strong, but we are more than capable of handling him. Okay. Everyone ready?"
There were several nods and Naruto grinned.
"Oh and Naruto?" Kakashi said, his voice firm.
"Yes, Kakashi-sensei?"
"Try hard not to get too excited," he said.
"I promise, dattebayo!" he replied.
"Oh boy," Kakashi said with a smirk.