the following days, team Hayate took various missions, from escorting to fighting and examining bandits
they even took B-rank missions, two to be more specific. it wasn't much different from the C-rank, the only difference is fighting shinobi that rarely surpassed genin level, sometimes they get lucky and stumbl upon missing-nin
but it wasn't that much of a challenge since they are a four man squad with a tokubetsu jōnin on their side.
hardly-ever the Hokage assign them espionage missions, since Hayate was specialist in the invisible jutsu that was passed to him by jiraya, and with the team members being sensors, so it was only natural to be sent in such missions
yumiko did struggle to fit in, since genma didn't teach her how to spie or hide her presence, so Hayate took his time and teached her how to erase her chakra and her smell, after a few weeks, she was able to do so
but her joy didn't last long as Hayate processed to teach her sensory arts
she knows that she is an Uzumaki, but she never was that good in sensing because she didn't know how to do so in the first place!
she only focused in offensive jutsus without caring much about other things and this made her regret her decision after realising it's importance
thankfully, Hayate explained how to sense by activating the sensory mode and spreading the chakra field. after that he gave her some exercises, by putting various objects with his chakra in it in different places.
With a blindfoold on, yumiko was asked to pinpoint the objects by only sensing them
it only took her one try to be able to, and Hayate told her that she was a natural sensor, meaning she doesn't have to concentrate or focus that much while sensing unlike normal shinobi, which didn't surprise her knowing she is an Uzumaki
yumiko still doesn't understand how come she is an Uzumaki? they were wiped out in the second ninja war, yes there were some survivors who scattered around the lands, be it minor or major villages.
she gave up on the subject shortly after and only lump it up with her reincarnation, since being in naruto without any cheats is really dangerous, so whoever gave her this she is grateful for it.
not only can she heal herself, but also maintain a tailed beast with those chains
karin really wasn't that great with them, so yumiko made sure to use it's full potential
the sad thing that she discovered lately is that she didn't have any combination jutsus with Natsuki
the Inuzuka knew some fire jutsus like her, and the hyuga only knew two water jutsus as she dedicated all her time in her clan taijutsu style
so the only one who she can combine jutsu with it's Seiza, but unfortunately he didn't want to train with her.
but after a long lecture from a serious Hayate, he gave up and trained with her half-heartedly
the outcome was amazing, wind-fire combination increased the power of the fire jutsu he made, wich made him stunned, after that he became more excited and curious about the combination jutsus
she didn't expect that this action alone made him tolerate her, but nonetheless she accepted it with open arms, because it is less troublesome
the only negative thing in their relationship improvement is that he started nagging her for more combined jutsus and he even trained more fire transformation jutsus just for it
And this is how two months passed, and the chunin exam finally will begin after a week from now on
yumiko was at a weaponry shop, going to buy more kunais and shuriken with her money from the missions and maybe add paper bomb to her list.
truth to be told, the B-rank missions alone gave her thousands ryo, and add the fewer C-ranks, no wonder she became rich
she wonder how much kakashi is payed when doing S-rank missions
anyway its time to put that money into use
"excuse me, do you have any explosive tags?" yumiko asked the stall owner who appeared to be a women in her late forties
the said women nodded her head "yes yong lady, wait here I will bring it- oh before going, please show me your ninja identity just for verification" yumiko nodded, immediately showing the women her identity
she nodded at yumiko after seeing it then went to what seems to be a small room, after a few seconds she came back with an average sized box
smiling sweetly at yumiko she asked "how many?" yumiko pondered for a moment then asked "how much one costs?"
"400ryo" yumiko looked at her longer than needed, deep in thought
'no wonder they didn't use that much explosive tags in the series, well except konan, that women had 600 billion explosive tags!' sigh 'I guess she was a fuinjutsu grandmaster that's the only explanation... guess I should consider learning fuinjutsu after becoming a chunin'
"give me one-hundred explosive tags please" the woman eyes widen in disbelief as she thought 'why the hell would this brat buy this amount of paper bomb? this will cost her 40 000ryo! does this kid have that amount of money in the first place or does she plan on stealing' the older women narrowed her eyes in suspicion 'either way she showed me her identity card, so I don't think she would do such reckless act' she shook her head in disappointment at her own foolish thoughts
then answered "yes, please wait a second"
after arranging the explosive tags, yumiko also brought four sealing scrolls with many kunais and shuriken
it costed her an arm, literally, but it was worth it, for the sake of her own safety.
she payed the old woman, then sealed all her shuriken and kunais along with the explosive tags on separate scrolls.
after that she started walking aimeslly in konoha street, as usual, in deep thought
'what should I buy next? all the necessary weapons is here... hmm let's see' suddenly her eyes widen for forgetting such an important necessary 'medical ointment! wait- I am an Uzumaki I don't need one, but it would be pretty suspicious if I healed magically in the chunin exam so better buy it. even so, I can still use it on my teammates so it's not a big loss'
After that thinking, she decided on going to the hospital, since the farmasy is there
she wasn't a clan kid to be given a free special ointment like the naras or the hyuga
so yeah, she is definitely not jealous
"6000ryo" the women in medical uniform inform yumiko of the price
she take it back, she IS jealous of the clan kids
'the fuck? shouldn't it be less expensive since it doesn't help that much? or is she perhaps scaming me?'
upon seeing the shock on yumiko face, the medical-nin quickly added "you can learn medical ninjutsu, it is more effective and better than any ointment, especially in dangerous missions, it can save you or your teammates lives, plus you can join the lessons we gave for beginners like you for free" she explained seeing an opportunity to make an offer since there isn't many medical-nin in the village so they really need more
yumiko scoffed unconsciously as she thought 'of course they do'
upon realising, she cleared her throat and answered politely "I will consider it in the future, since it would help me a lot, thank you" she bowed then left quickly, without waiting for the women answer
walking in the street yumiko thought 'screw it! I am not the only teammate, surely Seiza or Natsuki will bring some ointment since they are from clans! or maybe Hayate-sensei will give us who knows... it's not like I need them I am an Uzumaki even poison don't work on me...probably... anyway, I am done with weapon shopping, now what? should I buy new clothes? those one doesn't look that flashy... who knows, maybe I will meet Deidara, he's totally a fine man...
that's if he didn't become a missing-nin already, I don't quite remember when did he became one... whatever, one could only dream...'
isn't he like the same age as her? or maybe older by one or two years
afterall he was the youngest member of the akatsuki.
maybe, just maybe she could meet him
don't get her wrong, she can't go all out casually searching for him since that would be pretty suspicious and she doesn't have time for those things given to her that she is with her teammates and being watched 24/7 by the ANBU of the hidden stone village.
if she remember correctly Deidara was a prodigy and very close to Oniki
so that would be very troublesome for her, anyway the boy is only interested in explosions and she is interested in his looks
meaning If she found him, she would only look at him from afar nothing more nothing less
after spacing out for who knows long, yumiko pushed the thoughts away and decided in buying clothes next time, because it's still one week before the exams
with that in mind, she got back to her small apartment