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【管理者】Narukiba
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Feb 22 2012, 12:05 AM
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The very next day Naruto found himself in the mission room with Kiba at his side. The blond was summoned by the Hokage while eating breakfast and was now waiting to be briefed about his assignment.
“Morning” she started attracting the attention of the two male chunnins. “I’m going to be clear and to the point with you since we don’t have much time.”
She eyed the two with scrutiny before continuing. “Yesterday an old acquaintance of mine paid me a visit to discuss topics in which we had a slight difference in opinions that you don’t need to be aware about. As it turns out earlier this morning he stole an important artifact from this building and fled outside the city gates.
Your mission is to track down this rat and get back what was stolen as quickly as possible. This is an A rank mission. Beware that the man you’re chasing after is very knowledgeable in ninja arts. Do you accept this mission?”
Naruto had no concerns against it so he nodded without hesitation. But to Kiba something didn’t add up and he was not shy about letting his concerns be heard.
“Wait a minute; doesn’t this kind of mission normally go to the Anbu? Why are you giving it to us?” Kiba’s instincts told him that there had to be some kind of a catch.
At his question the whiskered blond shook his head. ‘Look at him asking absurd questions. Doesn’t he understand that we shinobi are just tools? It doesn’t matter why or who she sends. What matters is that we take orders and get it over with. He is just wasting time. This is pointless.’
Instead of the Hokage, it was Shizune whom answered the brunet’s inquiry with a giggle. “Teehee, it’s because the item stolen is of no consequence to the village except for the lady Hokage.”
“Shizune!!” Tsunade scolded her assistant’s contribution. Then she sighed and brought both hands to rub her temples before she scowled at the awaiting chunnins.
She sighed again before speaking in an annoyed yet professional tone. “Guess the cat’s out of the bag so I might as well explain. As Shizune ignorantly mentioned the artifact has nothing to do with the village to speak of as it is more of a personal errand so I can’t employ the Anbu for it.”
She took noticed of Inuzuka’s amused smirk and she took it upon herself to shot it down immediately. “I probably would have sent your more than capable sister to do the tracking but I guess you will have to do.”
Kiba looked pissed and offended by the comment. He so wanted to tell her off by stating he was the one who possessed the most capable nose in all Konoha but restrained himself from doing so because it wouldn’t be wise to disrespect a figure of authority. So he settled for scoffing while he crossed his arms and looked away.
Now it was Naruto’s turn to look amused and a little snobbish. ‘Baka, serves you right’ He thought. ‘Turns out you were just a stand in. See where your pointless questions lead you? Tools aren’t made to think’
Unfortunately for the jinchuriki, Tsunade also took notice of him, and just as the dog-nin before him, decided to bring him down a few notches.
“Of course when I took into consideration the team I was sending out for this kind of mission Rock Lee fitted the bill. Regrettably he was unavailable but since I knew Naruto here was just itching for a mission I decided I might as well give it a shot.”
The young blond frowned at this but remaining collected and said nothing to retort. After it was obvious that there were no further questions she dictated some final instructions and send them on their way.
The young duo, plus Akamaru, made haste in pursuit of their target. Kiba took the lead as it was his job to do the tracking. He was told to sniff out Tsunade’s scent outside the village so that’s what he focused on while he powered up his nose with charkra. In all honesty, Kiba was left wondering what could be so personal enough to have her smell imprinted all over it. Whatever it was it must be really darn valuable for this guy to steal it.
It wasn’t that long before they caught up. Guess the guy wasn’t in the best physical condition. When they spotted the man resting beside a tree they quickly hid in the bushes to study their target.
He was a middle age fatty, probably around mid-forty. No headband was visible so they couldn’t pinpoint the man’s country of origin meaning they had no way of telling beforehand what kind of opposition their mark would put up. In fact he didn’t look like much of a ninja in the first place. Instead he looked like a traveling merchant.
Right now he was cradling under his left arm a heavy looking wooden chest which the chunnins figured contained whatever it was that was stolen.
Naruto never being one for patience nor waiting decided on a direct strike. Akamaru sniffed the air and warned Kiba who in turn warned the blond that their target set up multiple traps around his perimeter.
The whiskered teen nodded once to let know he acknowledged the potential danger, made a shadow clone and sprinted forward on their target.
“Mr. Tamemoto I presume.” Said the real Naruto landing eight feet in front of the robber in clear view while his clone hid in the tree above him.
“Who wants to know?” Shot back the overweight man bringing the chest closer to his body and a kunai out with his available hand.
The jinchuriki smirk sadistically as he took notice of his opposer’s quivering legs. “You took off with something that didn’t belong to you and the Hokage wants it back. So either you peacefully give it back to me now or I’ll forcefully take it away from you.”
The thief charged forward in an effort to land a frontal blow on Naruto. ‘I guess you chose the latter then’
The blonde’s shadow clone jumped down from the tree and landed a strong kick on the back of his unsuspecting victim. The man on the receiving end of the blow lost his footing and stumbled to the ground releasing his grip on the wooden chest which went flying in the air only to land perfectly on the real Naruto awaiting hands.
“Well that was easy.” The blond muttered to himself in a hush tone slightly disappointed he found no real challenge. He dispelled the clone and began walking away towards the village. The unchallenging robber took this chance to make his retreat and ran away.
Kiba and Akamaru jumped out to the clearing at this readably perplexed. “What gives Naruto? You’re letting him get away!”
The addressed shinobi answered in a bore tone. “Our mission was to secure the artifact, not to apprehend the criminal which I did on my own no thanks to you.”
The Inuzuka was about to snap back but Naruto cut him off. “If you want to go out of your way to do something you’re not getting paid for be my guess but count me out of it. I don’t need you to finish the mission and I won’t let you slow me down.”
Kiba was left stilled on his spot considerably shocked by Naruto’s reply while said blond continued to walk away. The brunet looked back at the direction the thief ran off to wondering what he should do when an array of explosions brought him out of his musings.
Naruto had just walked into the heart of the traps Akamaru had previously warned them about. |
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