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Chapter 10

Lykaon growled as she faced off against Tora. The Fire Damiano's wife's cat was truly a demon and Lykaon was going to drag that cat back to the deepest pits of hell.

"That is no normal cat. She is a demon." Growled out Lykaon as Naxena summoned her chakra chains.

Shikamaru was in his new fighting stance as he was ready to attack the cat when Tora slammed her tail onto the floor and a ring a fire surrounds her. The cat smirked at him as she jumped and back flipped into the air to attack him.

Hinata jumped up and struck Tora in the belly closing a chakra port. With this it knocked Tora off target as Naxena's chains wrapped around the cat. The cat turned her eyes on the girl. "Damn you Uzumaki woman and your accursed chakra chains." Growled out the cat.

Ibiki jumped off the tree branch that he stood upon as he watched his students go up against the legendary Demon Cat of the Fire Lord's Wife. "So, Tora are you a demon or a summons that is bound to the wives of all Fire Lords?" He asked that cat.

Tora looked up at the man. Her eyes cold as ice. "I am a summons that is bound to his family and have been made the pet of all wives. It is a punishment I must endure till the Boss summons allows me my freedom." She growled out.

Naxena pulled Tora closer to her. "I'm sorry Tora for the punishment you have to endure. But if you told the her that she is hurting you. She might change." She told the angry cat.

Hinata and Shikamaru walked over to Naxena as Ibiki held open a cat carrier as Naxena place her into it. "Thank you. I'm sorry Tora." She told Ibiki and Tora.

"Well done you three. You now have the quickest time at catching Tora." Said Ibiki as they walked back to the Hokage tower.

"What was the last quickest time and who held it?" Asked Hinata who was finally getting over her shyness.

Ibiki looked down at the girl. "1 hour and it was held by Kushina Uzumaki and her team. Your team was able to catch her in 30 minutes." He told them.

"Wow. No wonder she didn't like my chakra chains." Said Naxena as she looked down at the cat carrier.

After 10 minutes of walking towards The Hokage Tower and chatting Anko appeared before the group frowning. "So how was the mission?" She asked them.

"It went well." Said Shikamaru. As he walked passed Anko and open the door for Naxena and Hinata. Both Ibiki and Anko smirked at the boy. They knew he was falling for Naxena. He just rolled his eyes at his two senseis.

They went down the hallway leading to the mission's room where they had found Teams 7 and 8 standing before the Hokage awaiting their missions.

"Ah Team 10 back already? Did you not catch Tora?" Mocked 3rd as he smiled at them.

Naxena, Hinata, and Shikamaru all smirked at the old man. "We have her right here old man." Said Naxena as she placed the carrier on his desk and inside was a hissing Tora.

"If you give my sister that mission once more. I shall eat that demon or drag her to Hell." Growled out Lykaon as her two heads stared at the cat carrier.

Kiba stepped away from the hellhound wolf as he whimpered.

"Put a leash on that mutt." Demanded Sasuke as he glared at the hellhound.

Lykaon growled as both her heads looked at Sasuke. "I would say the same as you. For you are a worth mutt that is all bark and not bite." Her eyes flashed crimson with flames appearing her paws and in her mouths.

"That will be enough Lykaon. You do not need to dirty your paws on that trash." Said Naxena as she patted her sister's heads. Lykaon looked up at Naxena and her flames vanished from sight. "Fine, but next time I'm taking a nice bite out of him." Said Lykaon as she turned away and stood by the door. Attacking as a silent guard to her sister and her team.

Sarutobi paled at what had happen before his eyes. "Fine, this will be your last Tora mission." He said as he looked at all the scrolls on his desk. "Here is your real C-rank mission." He said as he held out a green scroll to them.

"Lord Hokage. What will our mission be?" Asked Ibiki.

Sarutobi looked at the two other teams along with Ibiki's team. "The Lord of the Land of Waves was murdered. He was able to get on last message out with a Bridge builder named Tazuna. He here looking for help to save his country. "Your team will take lead in this mission that will go up to A-rank leveling to a S-rank. Your team will be finding and taking out the threat to the village. While Team 7 guards the bridge build and Team 8 will watch over his family. But you maybe able to take anyone from either team to add on to whatever you need done." He told Ibiki along with the other two sensei.

Ibiki looked over the other two team and studied each kid. Anko just smirked as she looked at them as prey. All six Genin shiver under both their gazes. Naxena and her team just sigh at their Senseis antics.

"Show Tazuna in please." Said the 3rd Hokage.

An Anbu appeared and showed a drunk old man into the Mission's office. "Lord Hokage this is Tazuna." Said Tora as he bowed and vanish.

Tazuna looked at Ibiki and the students that stood along side him and the half dress woman that wrapped her arms around the tall blonde girl. Then he looked over at the other two Jonin-sensei's and their students. "Only one of these teams looks like they are able to take care of me. Are the other two just coming along to be babysat?" He asked the 3rd.

"They need more training." Said Lykaon as she was smelling the man. "You stink of sake." She told him with a huff.

Tazuna half screamed and pissed himself as he blackout.

Everyone sweats dropped as they looked at the wolf hellhound.

"Really? You had to go and scare the man half to death?" Asked Naxena as she was next to the man looking him over. She put a green charka covered hand over the man and ran it over him. She sighed in relief. "He is still alive. Just blacked out." She told everyone.

"Neko and Tora take him to the hospital." Said the 3rd as he turns his gaze over at the three teams. You all well be read to move when he awakes." He ordered. All three teams nodded their heads and left the office and Tower.

Outside the tower stood Xena and Tsunade. "Hey." Said Xena as she saw her granddaughter and her team.

Naxena ran up to both woman and hugged Xena. "Grandma!" Said Naxena as she smiled. "We have our first out of village mission." She told both women.

Xena smiled down at her. "Well it is a good thing I jerked some meat for traveling. Enough for everyone here and then some. This will help you all on not needed to stop for eating. As well I have been drying fruit for you as well. Also, some fresh fruit sealed in several scrolls." She told them.

The rest of Team 10 came up and join them. "Thank you Lady Xena for thinking of us all." Said Ibiki.

Xena smiled at him. "It was no trouble. I knew this day was coming and it is easier to travel this way. For that is one of the ways I would travel so long ago."

"Also, before I forget. Hephaestus has sent the new weapons he has made for your teammates and sensei's. He also put seals on them from the weapons to return to their owner. All they have to do is place the seal on their hands or on their pouches and the weapons will return to it." Said Xena as she held up five scrolls with names on them. "Also, there is a new armor mess he has been working on that he believes that would work better then what you all have been using. If the trail test goes well. He will send the rest to stock the village Shinobi with."

"Wow thank you grandma. I will have to make him some more sweet cakes and sweet wine and visit him soon." Said Naxena as she smiles taking the scrolls and handing them out to the respected person.

"I have just sent him some sweet wine, and some wild pig that Lykaon caught last night." Said Xena.

"We are honored by these weapons from Lord Hephaestus." Said Hinata as she bowed to Xena. Shikamaru also fallowed Suit. "I would like to give him a gift as well for these gifts he has given us." Said with a bow.

Just then golden light appeared next to Xena. There next to the Warrior Goddess was the Goddess of Love Aphrodite.

"Hey kiddo how's it been hanging?" Said Aphrodite as she held a surf board in her left arm. "Came to see if you like to catch a few waves."

"Auntie Aphrodite. I'm sorry I am not able to. I have a mission to a place that is very ironic at this moment. We are heading to the Land of Waves." Said Naxena.

Aphrodite pouted as she heard her niece tell her no. "Aww… I was looking for someone to hang out with and have some fun."

All the men and even some women stopped in their tracks to look at the Goddess of Love.

"Aphrodite you are more then welcome to meet your other niece." Said Xena as she got Aphrodite's attention.

She turns to look at Xena and the blonde hair woman next to her. "We have another one still alive?" Asked Aphrodite as she looked Tsunade over and she smirked. "Yup she is ours. She has awakened her Goddess blood. Might give me a little run for my money. But just a little." She said as she winked at the other blonde.

"Does everyone in my family always flirt with everyone?" Cried Naxena as she sighed hanging her head low.

"Pretty much." Said Aphrodite's as she smirked. "Anyways I am the Goddess of Love and I love to flirt." She told everyone. "Also, my husband loved the sweet wine you made him." She told Xena.

"I'm glad to hear that." Said Xena as she smiled softly.

Ibiki cleared his throat. "I'm sorry to interrupt. But we have to get ready for our mission and we will be meeting at the South Gates in 30 minutes." He told everyone.

Xena nodded her head. "I'll go back to the house with Naxena and help her pack and get the supplies I told you about sealed away for everyone." She turns to leave with Tsunade, Aphrodite as she hooked her arm and Naxena trailing behind them with Lykaon.

Ibiki looked at the other Jonin as they nodded and told their students to get ready and meet at the South gates in 30 minutes.

Thirty minutes have passed and there at the gate stood Ibiki, Tazuna, Kakashi, and Kurenai along with their students. But Naxena as she came running with Lykaon on her heels.

"Sorry I am late." Said Naxena bowed to her sensei as Anko appeared behind her.

"It was my fault. She was trying to pull me away from her uncle." Said Anko with a sheepish grin.

Ibiki just rolled his eyes. "Lets good." He ordered as Team 10 got into diamond formation with Tazuna in the center and Lykaon running head to scout out for them.

The other Genin looked on in shock at their former classmates. They worked more like a well oiled Anbu team then just wet behind the ears Genin. That was noted by both Kakashi and Kurenai as they would need to work more harder with their teams to get them working as well as Team Ibiki.

The others fanned out in twos behind Team 10 as Kakashi fell back and took the rear as Ibiki took lead with Kurenai on the left of Shikamaru and Anko was the left of Naxena.

Sense he has left his last project Tazuna felt safe. Something about Team Ibiki made him feel like he was in hands of true warriors. True ninja's as he felt that some of the others where just playing at ninja.

They had traveled for several hours when Lykaon ran back to the group and went straight to Ibiki. "There are two ninjas' ahead hiding in a Genjutsu. They smell of blood and water and something strange." She told Ibiki.

"Good. Thank you." Said Ibiki as he stopped walking and his team stopped as well. The others stopped before they could say anything Ibiki spoke.

"Naxena, Shikamaru, and Hinata. Get ready to attack. Naxena I want you to make shadow clones of everyone and mix into the ranks. For this is your first test in capture." Ordered Ibiki.

Naxena got to work and made shadow clones of everyone and got back into formation as Anko took over command.

"Alright everyone. Move into the forest and stay in the shadows and watch what a well train team can do." Said Anko as she smirked at her two friends.

Several minutes walking, they came across the two water puddles on both sides of the road. As they pasted two men appeared from the water and ran with razor blade chains attached to their gauntlets and tried to wrap Kakashi up in it. But the silver hair man went up in smoke. The others did the same but for the three Genin and Jonin.

Naxena went to work and throw her sword at the center of the chain and pinned both man as Hinata and Shikamaru behind both men and hit both men in the basic of their neck with a poison senbon and quickly tied them up.

Ibiki walked up to the two men. "The poison my students used on you will freeze your body and only allow to breath and talk." He told the two men.

"Now tell me. Who hired you both?" Asked Ibiki.

Both men glared at the scare faced man. "We do not have to tell you anything." Said both men.

Lykaon walked up to the two men grinning licking her chops. "They look good enough to eat." She said as both men paled. They had never seen anything like this wolf? Before in their sad and short lives.

"Gato. He hired our boss." Said one of the Demon brothers.

"Yeah we are just fallowing Zabuza's orders. We are only doing it to help the rebellion fighting to save our home." Said the other brother.

Ibiki smirked at Lykaon. 'I need to take her to work with me sometime.' Thought Ibiki as he turned to his team. "Now, what should we do with them?" He asked.

"They are missing Ninja's and we could just send them back to the village for the bounty on their heads." Said Hinata.

"That would work. But they do not have that high of a bounty as Zabuza and would only get us enough money like a standard C-rank mission." Said Shikamaru.

"Why not recruit them. With them becoming part of the village they will bring in more money that way as well we get two new allies and in this world. Allies are more valuable." Said Naxena.

Ibiki looked at each of his students and weighted out their suggestions. "Naxena use one of your summonses to drop them off for Commander Dragon and Hokage-sama to deal with them." He told her as she flows though the hand signs to summon.

"Summoning Jutsu Foxes!" Yelled Naxena as a large black fox the size of a horse appeared.

"Hey Naxe. Got some work for me?" Asked Mystic.

"Hey Mystic. Could you take these two to the Hokage and Commander Dragon and long with this note?" Asked Naxena as she handed the note to the large fox summons.

Mystic looked at the two bound men. "Sure. I'll drop them off. But if they fight me, I can't make any promises." He said as he flashed his teeth at the two men. Said men both passed out from fear.

In a poof of smoke Mystic and the demon brothers had vanished from the road.

The others came out of the forest looking at how quickly Team 10 had taken down two seasoned Chunin.

"Good work team. Let us take a 15-minute break." Said Ibiki as everyone nodded their heads and Naxena unsealed the scrolls for everyone of what her grandmother had gotten ready for them. She made a special one for Choji for she knew his clan needs to eat for their fighting style.

"How in the hell where those losers able to do that?" Demanded Sasuke as he glared at Naxena and her teammates.

"We train until dusk and then we study and train in sealing, medical jutsu, poison making and other things till it is time for us to rest." Said Hinata.

"As well we work as one. For there is no I in team. We learn the true meaning of team work for one miss step and one of us to all of us can die." Said Shikamaru as he sat down next to Naxena.

"We believe and trust each other. This trust only makes us stronger. Something Ibiki-sensei, Anko-sensei and my family drilled into our heads. But we are not always working. We do have fun and play." Said Naxena as she winked at Shikamaru.

"Yeah, its fun to see Naxe make grown men cry when she beats them in poker." Said Lykaon as she grinned at everyone.

Hinata giggled at the memory of Naxena beating the elders in several hands of poker when they saw her new style and tried to punish the girl. But, Naxena challenged them to a hand of poker and she left them in their underwear. Something that scared the Genin for life but was still funny to watch.

"I always train. But I haven't gotten stronger. All my team has done is hold me back." Growled out Sasuke.

Naxena laughed at him. "No, they haven't. you're the one that is holding them back for you think your shit doesn't stink and you are noting but a worthless child. Only when you work as one with your team. That is when you will get stronger." She told him.

Sasuke shot up from the ground and tried to strike Naxena as the girl caught his hand and twisted his arm behind his back and slammed his face first to the ground. "I wouldn't try that again if I was you." She told him as she let him go.

Sasuke growled as he pushed himself up from the ground as he glared at the blonde as he went through the hand signs for a fire jutsu but was stop mid-sign as Shikamaru backhanded him into a tree. "That will be enough out of you Uchiha." He said with a harden glare.

Sasuke hit the tree hard and coughed up a little blood as he fell to the ground.

Ibiki looked over at Kakashi. "You would do better to get that boy under control. Before I have him in for a psychological review and pulled from the program." He said with a smirk.

Kakashi nodded his head as he picked up his student and swung him over his shoulder.

Sakura glared at Team 10. 'I will make them pay for this. No one has the right to do this to my Sasuke-kun.' She thought to herself.

I'm leaving off here. Yes, I do like the wave arch. Till the next time kits.