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CHAPTER 5

First Mission

HIYA! Chapter 5, HERE WE GO! I'd like to say a quick thank you to everyone that has read, is reading, reviewed this story, etcetera, etcetera! When I first put it up I thought it would flop... so... *manly tear* THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH! *quiet sobbing*

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"I hate the sun"

"Of course you do, your a bat"

"So are you, and its your fault that I have these blasted senses. The hearing? Awesome. Touch? Hardly notice it. Taste? Same as touch. Smell? Annoying but useful. Sight? PAIN IN MY ASS!"

"Whatever, I'd say its well worth it"

" only because YOU don't have to deal with it"

"Blah blah blah"

*Sigh*, "Lets just get to Jiji's office"

He took to the rooftops with Kurama tailing him, he wouldn't admit it but the stares of the villagers were getting to him, they weren't like the glares from all those years ago, but they still unnerved him.

Hokage tower

He had reached the tower in just a few minutes, heading for the old man's office window he briefly wondered why he saw so many gennin heading to and from the tower on the way there.

"Whats up old man?"

"Oh, Naruto-kun, your early"

"Yeah, your daughter tried to kill me"

"Hm?"

"She opened the blinds without warning him"

"Ah, alright , well, I have your forms ready to be signed, then all you need is a photo ID, there is a photographer on the roof of the tower already just head up there"

"Photographer? Is that why there are so many genni-?

*slam*

"Hitomi, is everything alright out there?" the old man asked using the communication seal on his desk.

"Hai, Hokage-sama, i-its just t-that, umm, Uchiha-sama wishes to see you"

*Mumble* "That brat again,"

"Sir?"

"Tell him I'll see him shortly, I'm in a meeting with one of my jounin at the moment"

"Ye-yes sir"

"Should I leave, old man? I don't want to interrupt a prior engagement"

"No, he had no meeting scheduled, let us continue"

As they prepare to continue they can here muffled yelling on the other side of the door, before it is slammed open.

"How dare you turn me away! And with a lie no less, I see no jounin here"

"Uchiha Sasuke, you are interrupting, now leave before you are escorted out, or worse"

"I will not!"

"Boy, you are-"

"It's fine, is it not Lord Hokage? I am in no rush and I'm curious as to what this... boy, is so... excited about."

"Don't speak down to me you worm! I'm an Uchiha, I demand respect, especially from weaklings like you"

As the boy ranted Naruto's curious nature began to get the best of him, he had to know, 'how far can I push him?'

"Respect is earned, not given, now finish what you came here for so Hokage-sama and I may continue with our business"

"How dare you, I AM AN UCHIHA!"

"Yes I heard you the first time boy, there is no reason to repeat yourself"

"Again you speak down to me, you should be bowing and kissing my feet!"

"You are beginning to try may patients gennin, finish your business and go"

"why you-"

"SASUKE! You will continue this no longer, I am your Hokage and he is not only my guest here in this office, while you remain uninvited, but he is also your superior officer, now, do as he commanded you to do, and tell me what you came here for before I strip you of your new gennin rank for insubordination"

'This fool is my superior? HE is the jounin that he was meeting with?' "Fine, I'm here to complain about my weakling sensei, not only was he late to our meeting but he showed up injured, I want to know why you would give ME a weakling like Hatake as a sensei."

"Kakashi is your sensei? And you call him weak? You truly are a fool aren't you Uchiha-San?"

"What was that?"

"He is right Sasuke, Kakashi is one of my best jounin, he was only injured because of Naruto-kun's test"

"If this 'Naruto' is stronger than Hatake, the why isn't HE my sensei?"

"Because I refuse to teach a brat like you a damn thing"

"YOU are the one that beat him?"

"Yes he is, now, Kakashi is your sensei, deal with it and get out, the civilian council may give you special treatment but I will not, and as you are now MY shinobi, they can do nothing about my decision."

"Grrrr, fine, but this isn't the end"

"Yes it is, or it had better be, I will not have my soldiers defying me without punishment"

*STOMP STOMP STOMP SLAM*

" you know on the way to Konoha I heard from a few people on the road that you had lost your edge, but it doesn't seem like it to me"

"I have lost nothing my boy, the civilian council however, has gained far to much power in MY village, and its taking to long for me to get it back where it belongs"

"... You thought about killing them?"

"Every damn day"

"Well, I should go get that photo taken"

"Wait, photo? You were just messing with the boy, we had nothing left to take care of"

"Just now figuring it out?"

And then he was gone, disappearing into the shadows.

"Hm, its like shunshin, but less... show"

Roof 10 Minutes later

"What are we waiting for, lets take the damn picture! I don't have all day."

"Yes, you do, the Hokage hired you for the entirety of today just in case there were any straggler gennin" 'LIE'.

"Whatever, will you at least tell me what we're waiting FOR?"

"My partner, when a Konoha nin has an animal partner it is required they be in the photo, is it not?"

"*sigh*, fine."

"Stop wining, I'm here, now lets get this thing over with"

"Finally!"

*Pose...FLASH*

"done, now GET OUT!"

"What an angry man, so Kurama, where were you, you disappeared just before I entered the old man's office"

"Nowhere really, I was just doing what I do"

"Which undoubtedly means trouble for me"

"Possibly"

*POOF*

"Uzumaki-san,"

"Yes, ANBU-san?"

"Hokage-sama wishes to speak to you about a mission assignment"

"That was fast, I've only just become a ninja of Konoha"

"Things in our career are often unpredictable"

"It would seem so, shall we then?"

"Hai"

And with that they were gone, one in a cloud of dust and leaves, the other through his own shadow.

HOKAGE TOWER

"you would like for me to do WHAT?"

"I know its not ideal for your first mission, but..."

"Is it necessary for ME to do this?"

"Yes"

"Very well, I shall... escortthe Daimyo's daughter from the Capital to Konoha, but I feel I must ask, why?"

"Their youngest daughter, Kiyomi, has never been to Konoha in her twenty years of life and her father thought it prudent that she see how the village is run and what ninja do, outside of killing of course, in fact, should you be able to get her to Konoha and back without spilling blood in front of her, he is willing to give you quite a bonus"

"Any gennin, and some chunin, would be crying for joy if they got this assignment, so why me?"

"I believe your stoic yet playful nature is best suited to deal with the royal brat, plus you have more than enough strength to deal with any enemy that WILL try to harm or kidnap her without the need to kill them"

"I'm beginning to wish that I hadn't come back"

"Come now, don't say that, at least your getting paid for it, and its an A-rank mission so you won't be board"

"Fine... please tell me that I don't have to babysit her when we get back to Konoha?"

"No, you won't"

"Thank Yami"(1)

"If you are prepared, you are to leave for the capital immediately"

"HAI Hokage-sama!"

CAPITAL

"So this is it huh? Big."

"Yeah, nice castle too."

"You think we'll have any problems with the-"

"HALT"

"That would be a yes"

"Ohayou gozaimasu samurai-san, can I help you?

"State your name and business, Ninja"

"I'm here on a mission requested by the Daimyo"

"The Daimyo has no need for ninja, we are his soldiers"

"Confident aren't we? Very well, I'll let you explain to him why I didn't show up"

As Naruto begins to leave with a hidden smile, the samurai begin to panic.

"WAIT"

"Yes samurai-san?"

"Your going the wrong way, the palace is this way, let us show you the way"

"Ah, thank you, samurai-san"

THRONEROOM, OR WHATEVER YOUWANT TO CALL IT

"Ah, ninja-San, I trust you had no trouble getting here?"

*sweating samurai*

"None at all Daimyo-sama"

"Good, but please call me something less formal, I never did like being called 'Daimyo-sama'"

"Very well, old man"

*Blink blink*

"HAHAHAHA, I like you young man, tell me, whats your name?"

"Uzumaki Naruto"

"Ah, Kushina's boy then, no wonder you could speak to me that way without a worry in the world"

"I'm afraid I wouldn't know if this 'Kushina' is my mother, I don't know who my parents were, its something that I have been meaning to ask the Hokage about but have yet to get the chance"

"I apologize, I didn't know"

"No need, you didn't know and neither do I"

"Well, my daughter should be on the way, is there anything you need to know?"

"Will any of your samurai be joining us?"

"No, I trust Sarutobi enough to know that its unnecessary"

"Very well"

A few moments later the door to the room opened, revealing a rather attractive young woman with black hair, blue eyes, and fair skin. She wore a formal blue kimono and walked with grace... and arrogance.

"So, you are my escort to Konohagakure?"

"Hai"

"Hmph, you look weak, why would that old fool of a ninja send a looser like you to protect royalty like me"

A glance at the Daimyo showed Naruto that he would not interfere with her foolishness, nor would he interfere with whatever Naruto did next.

"Forgive me but I believe you have misunderstood to role of a ninja, we are not like the samurai who where their strength at their hips for the world to see, we work from the shadows using deception and hidden intent, if I were to look strong to a simple girl like you, I would be a failure as a shinobi"

"SIMPLE? How dare you?"

"I... meant no offense"

"yet I am still offended! I demand you bow and apologize!... NOW you commoner!"

"I bow to no one"

"You WILL bow!"

"Will you make me?"

"I..."

"Exactly, you can do nothing on your own to someone stronger than you, especially without the help of your father, and by the fact that he has neither said nor done anything this entire time leads me to believe he agrees with me that you need to learn this lesson now rather than later. There are a few people that you don't want to... irritate, one, those charged with protecting your spoiled self, two, as stated formerly, those that are stronger than you or stronger than the ones protecting you, and three, those that handle your food, but that is for a different reason entirely"

As he finished with his speech she turned without a word and left.

"You don't mind that I did that, do you old man?"

"No, out of all my children, she is the most..."

"Spoiled, arrogant, foolish?"

"All of those and more, I could do nothing to change her ways, her mother would always give her everything she wanted be cause she was her 'baby', perhaps with your words she will change, even if only by a small margin"

"I hope so"

THE ROAD TO KONOHA- 2 HOURS LATER

"I'd like to point out, since you've kept it up for so long, that the silent treatment doesn't work on me, your only hurting yourself, the less you talk the longer this trip will feel"

"You won't yell at me again?"

"I never yelled to begin with, and so long as you keep your... arrogance at bay, I will have no need to do as I did before"

"Alright, but I'm not arrogant"

"Yes you are, but we should probably stay off this topic"

"Fine... whats Konoha like?"

"That depends"

"On what?"

"when you get there, do you plan on announcing yourself as the daughter of the Daimyo? Or will you just be a visiting civilian to the eyes of the public?"

"What does it matter?"

"As a regular civilian, no one would bother you, no one would go out of their way to be kind to you, but neither would the be cruel, well, the males would probably pay more attention to you but-"

"Why"

"Why what"

"Why would the men pay more attention to me"

"Unlike when your the daughter of the Daimyo, to them you would be 'fair game' so to speak, with as attractive as you are, men would try to 'get with you', if you get my meaning?"

"They wouldn't dare hit on me"

"They wouldn't know who you are"

"I... and if I announce myself?"

"People will bow, greet you wherever you go, there may even be a celebration... tell me Kiyomi, even though the chances of you becoming Daimyo over your siblings is small, if you were able to, do you believe you would be able to be a good leader if you didn't know how your subjects lived?"

"I don't know"

"Just something to think about I suppose"

"Yeah"

Her tone was so quiet he almost missed it, but he knew he was getting through, how, he didn't know, but he was and that was enough for him. Maybe this wouldn't be such a bad mission after all.

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Yo! hope you all like this chapter but I'm sure some may be pissed about not getting a reunion with Ayame yet but you have to understand that as far as Naruto knows... she hates him, so it may take some time.

1- the god not the bat from earlier chapters

By the way, the Daimyo is not the one from Naruto... he pisses me off...

TILL NEXT TIME, AND REMEMBER, REVIEW OR THE ALMIGHTY LOG WILL DAMN YOUR SOULS TOO THE EVERBURNING INFERNO!

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