Team 101: The beginning (Naruto fanfic)

Chapter 9: A New Mission

"Lord Hokage you wanted to see me." I kneel down in front of him and Iruka sensei
"Now, now Kurayami, like I told you before no need for honourifics. Anyway I have decided to send you on a mission with Hayate. Now normally I would send you on a D rank mission like the other new genin but you are not an ordinary genin so I have decided to send you on a C rank mission just to get you started. But unfortunately you will have to do 8 D rank missions to qualify for the upcoming Chunin exams which I know is waste of two good ninjas but it can't be helped. So don't be disappointed when you get a boring mission from time to time. So your mission: the other day we got a request from a man from the Hachō village. It is a small village about a day's journey from here in the land of fire, we were asked to protect a man by the name of Eito Hamasaki who is a very rich business man from this village and you will escort him to our village safely. It is only standard protection but this mission could escalate very quickly to a B or A rank so don't take it lightly. Hayate has already been informed of this and has been told to meet in one hour by the gates, he will meet you there. I hope the mission goes well." I stand up processing the information I have just been given
"Thank you Lord Hokage."

I poof to my apartment collecting up the amount of food and clothes I will need for the journey. Put it all in my backpack and some of it in a scroll that I always carry around. I walk up to my fathers ANBU mask taking it off the peg and fingering the picture taped to the inside. It's me smiling with my father at our favourite soba shop. I remember how I always got the duck yakisoba and my father would always get the chicken one. I chuckle at the thought of  Atsuko hating the food saying it's too boring, we would always have to go to the ramen shop next door after me and my father were finished with our meal to meet her finishing her Ramen. He always said I eat fast because of him and my mother was the slow one, like my sister. I put the mask back on the wall and walk to the dango shop in the village ignoring the stares and order a few sticks thinking in mind that I will give one to Hayate and Yugao is she's there. "Thanks." The waitress smiles at me warmly "just enjoy it, your mother did." I freeze in shock at the mention of my mother and run quickly out of the shop not feeling safe anymore. I hold the dangos in my hand feeling like it was a stupid idea to get them.

I poof to the front gates waiting for Hayate chewing the mini balls slowly, savouring the flavour. "Hey, you see that girl, she's Sachi Raitos daughter, yeah the one who captained you in the third shinobi war." The two men in the guard booth carry on talking. The man with the bandana style head protector speaks "oh yeah she looks just like her mother, even though she betrayed us I still think it was for a reason. I knew Sachi she wouldn't do that." The man with the bandage across his nose replies "Well she did so deal with it." The other man hangs his head in shame but his neck soon snaps up as he sees me with a kunai at the other mans throat. "Kotetsu!" He shouts. I snarl at the man named Kotetsu
"If you ever bad mouth my mother again, I will kill you." The man nods slowly as I hear a shout from an all familiar voice. "Hey, Kurayami, calm down we gotta go." I slowly walk out of the booth and walk up to Hayate.

Hayates point of view ( when he is talking to the Hokage.)

"Now Hayate you probably want to know about Kurayami, seeming that you are her squad leader after all.  Now as you know the Raito clan is a very well known clan in the ninja world but most ninja will not know of its... brutality. When a child is born they have to meet certain expactations to known as a proper Raito. The rest are kept in a dark room with little food and grow up with no knowledge of the outside world. But when the second daughter of the head of the Raito clan was born there was an uproar in the clan. The head of the clan was already hated by the elders as he did not marry a Ratio but an outsider who came from this very village. The girl went against all of there beliefs and was thrown into the dark room with the rest of the outsiders. She stayed in there for 3 years not knowing of the real world and the only food she was given was bread and butter. But, secretly she was visited by her father and sister because her father couldn't take his eyes off of his daughter. Her auburn hair was so memorising for him even though it was the very reason why she was put in the room. So on her third birthday she was taken out of the room by her father and was kept in the house, her father putting her back in the room at feeding times so not to cause suspicion. She was trained by her father in the ninja arts everyday all day, the girl never seeing her mother not knowing she had one and not knowing why she was put in the room. But on her sixth birthday it all changed, her clan was infiltrated and killed, all the people who she played with in the room killed the only survivors were her father and sister, saved by her mother. The girl was present when her mother saved her family and a demon was put inside of her by her mother to save the village. Her memory was erased of this moment, by genjutsu, the girl still not knowing who her mother was and what she did to save her. She lived happily with her father and sister no one knowing of who she was but all they needed to know was that she was a demon and she was to be hated. She was hated by the villagers as they believed she destroyed the village when it was infiltrated. But all changed when the same person infiltrated her clan and killed the rest of her family and everything was revealed to her about her past. Her name is Kurayami Raito, be careful around her she seems strong but she is a fragile 12 year old girl who has been through too much for someone her age."

Kurayamis p.o.v. (Normal time)

"Hayate sensei your late, I had to listen to these two idiots talk about my mother. Hey you want a dango?" I look into his eyes and see something that I can't figure out but the look in his eyes have changed. "Sure thanks" I hand him a dango and start walking out of the village gates licking my fingers to get rid of the sticky sauce on them "are you coming or not?" Hayate quickly runs next to me holding his dango in the air stupidly.
"I'm coming." We walk in silence appreciating the scenery and the sounds of wildlife.
"So are you going to put me in for the Chunin exams?" His head turns in surprise that I knew they were coming up. "The Hokage told me"
"Oh, ok well yeah I think so. But I can't decide weather it will be better to hold you back for the next one or just put you in. I probably will but I'll ask the other Jonin."
"Oh, wait do you know who got Kakashi for their squad leader?"
"What Kakashi, oh he got Sasuke, Sakura and Naruto."
"What! He got the annoying fan girl, the emo and the hyperactive extra annoying one. That's not fair." I pout at him he just shrugs
"Well that's what the Hokage chose so if you want to change it go ask him." I instantly feel guilty and we carry on walking in silence not having it in me to say sorry for what I said. "Let's stop for lunch."
"Ok sure I could do with lunch." We walk into the village closest to us trying to find some food we both like, I soon spot a Yakisoba restaurant. "Hey Hayate let's have some Yakisoba. It's my favourite." He turns around and eyes the restaurant
"I've never had Yakisoba."
"What you haven't lived if you haven't tried Yakisoba. Come on we're going there." I drag him to the restaurant and enter it making a small tingle from the bell. The resturant is about half full of business men and a small family of three in the far corner, I look over at them wistfully. "Hello welcome to Oshiro's Soba shop. Please take a seat." A waitress holds her hand out to all the empty tables as we take a seat on the one by the window. She hands us some menus and then disappears into the kitchen. "So what are you going to get?" I try to make some small talk to get out of the award situation.
"I'm not sure, probably the chicken Yakisoba." I look down at my hands sorrowfully.
"My dad used to get that one, it was his favourite." I look up at him slowly, now I recognise it Hayate sensei seems so much like my dad it's scary. He has the same voice and he's kind and gentle just like my dad. "You know you can talk to me about it." I look at him oddly. "About what?"
"You know what I mean, I know what happened to you, you don't have to keep it a secret anymore. I'm always here for you, I want to be like your father, I want to look after you. I want to treat you like the daughter I will never have and Yugao will always be there too I can tell she cares for you, she doesn't act nice in front of everyone you know. I will always be there for you even when I die." I fiddle with my hands akwardly not really knowing what to say. "Thanks Hayate but no. I don't want you to die, anyone who I come close with always dies, I can't trust anyone." I look into eyes. "You must know how that feels."