"I'm going out on a mission mom!" she said, not waiting for a reply as she left, heading down the street in high spirits.
Maybe now that we're going out of the village, Sasuke-kun and I can have some time alone together.Sakura thought with a giggle.
Uchiha Sasuke was packing his own belongings in his room in the Clan Head's home of the Uchiha compound. Despite the Uchihacompound being completely barren and lifeless, he continued to live it in. Of course he had been offered a place outside of the compound. However, he wanted this place to be a reminder of what he was, an avenger.
I'm finally getting a mission that can help prove myself as an Uchiha. He thought. I'll prove my strength and use this as a stepping stone to get stronger so I can get my revenge against Itachi.
After he finished packing his stuff, Sasuke lifted his pack and left his room and then the house and clan compound all together, heading for the east gate.
Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura all found themselves waiting around the front gate with their client Tazuna. Like always they had been waiting for nearly three hours.
"Where the hell is your Jonin-sensei!" Tazuna spoke in a disgruntled voice as he paced back and forth. "I thought ninja were supposed to be ready in a timely fashion!"
Narutosighed as he flipped another page of new his book, Intermediate Level Sealing Theory and Composition, By Namikaze Minato.
I should have realized that Kakashi-sensei would be late. I wonder why I thought he would be on time just because it was our first C-rank mission as a team.
"He'll be here Tazuna-san, however Kakashi-sensei is always at least three hours late to anything. In fact if he could, I'm sure he'd be late to his own funeral."
Tazuna looked over at Naruto with incredulous expression. "You can't be serious can you?"
"I'm afraid he is." Sakura said miserably, for once agreeing with Naruto. Just once I wish he was on time. She thought.
CHA! Maybe we need to beat the crap out of him to teach timely manners! Inner Sakura ranted.
"Hn," Sasuke said...er grunted.
Narutoflipped another page of his book. "Anyways he should be here in 3, 2, 1... Now."
"Yo!" Kakashisaid with a wave as he appeared in a puff of smoke.
"YOU'RE LATE!" Sakura screeched, forcing everyone within a fifty foot radius were forced to grab their ears in pain.
"So what's the excuse this time Kakashi?" asked Naruto as he stood up. "Did a black cat cross your path, forcing you to take the long way around?"
"Close," Kakashi eye smiled. "There was actually a herd of black cats on my doorstep, so I had to wait for them to leave, then walk around my house three times before taking the long way around. You know, to stave off the bad luck."
"LIAR!" Sakura yelled, once again knocking everyone off their equilibrium as their ears rung in pain.
"Anyway, let's get going," Kakashi said, picking out his ear as he began to leave. The others soon followed him, however Kakashi stopped when they got several feet from the gate when he noticed they were missing one.
"Naruto?" Kakashi asked as Naruto had turned around and was looking at the gate. "Something wrong?"
Naruto shook his head. "No. Nothing's wrong. It just feels strange…this is the first time I'veever set foot out of the village…" He looked like he was about to continue, but shook his head and turned to face the others. "Well, let's get going."
Kakashi looked at Naruto curiously as the blond passed before shrugging and heading out.
The team began moving through the countryside of Hi No Kuni. Naruto in front, Sakura and Sasuke on the left and right respectively and Kakashi taking up the rear.
For a few awhile Naruto looked around at the environment, taking in all the sights he could. However, as time wore on his excitement about being out of the village began to fade. True he was out of the village, but everything looked the same. All he saw were trees, trees and more trees, eventually the green simply lost its splendor.
Of course, we're still in Hi No Kuni.Naruto clicked his tongue in annoyance. I should have suspected this…
Deciding to amuse himself Naruto looked behind him towards his teammates. Sasuke was brooding like he usually did, something that Naruto realized would probably never change. Kakashi was reading his porn like normal, the only noise coming from him being the occasional perverted giggle. And Sakura was chattering away, trying to talk to Sasuke and convince the raven-haired avenger to go out with her. Yet even that stopped when she seemed to realize that Sasuke wasn't even paying attention to her.
Naruto sighed. Gah! This is so boring! I thought being out of the village would be cool and exciting!
He knew he shouldn't be thinking that way. Shinobi were supposed to always remain calm, cool and collected, something Naruto had been striving to do ever since the Mizuki incident. But even he had his limits. And right now his were reaching the breaking point.
Trying to find some way to pass the time Narutoreached into his pouch and was about to take out his book again, when he stopped. Having spent as much time as he had with Anko in the Forest of Death, Naruto had developed what he had taken to calling his danger sense to a finely homed point. Even the most miniscule trace amounts of killing intent could be detected by him.
And right now there was a bit leaking from somewhere.
Looking around Naruto tried to find the source of the killing intent. It wasn't quite large enough to pin point, being fairly miniscule, so he was forced to really rely on his eyes. As he continued walking he spotted a puddle in the middle of the road.
Odd, it hasn't rained for several days.Naruto thought with a frown. He looked back to see Kakashi eyeing the puddle before moving on. Naruto shrugged and turned back towards looking in front of him, wondering if he was just being paranoid.
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