Child of the Moon (Naruto Fanfiction)

6. Bingo Book Worthy Sensei

2. Bingo Book Worthy Sensei

"Wow, this is some fog. I can barely see a thing," Sakura comments as she tries to search through the fog that covers over the choppy water.

"We'll be able to see the bridge in a minute," the man rowing the boat announced to his passangers.

"On the other side of it is Nami no Kuni, the Land of Waves."

Miyuki looked ahead and saw a large structure towering in the water. "That must be what I'm seeing now..."

Naruto turned to look at Miyuki questioningly. "You can see it, already?"

Miyuki nodded with a shrug of her shoulders. "Yeah..." Miyuki pointed towards the bridge. "All of you should be able to make it out by now." The rest of Team Seven followed her finger to see the giant unfinished bridge.

"Whoa! It's Huuuuge!!" Naruto yelled at the sight. Miyuki sweat dropped at her blonde friend's loudness. Apparently he forgot they were supposed to be quiet.

"Hey! Keep it down!" the owner of the boat snapped. "This mist'll keep us hidden, but from this point on we have to turn off our engines and row. We'd be in big trouble if Gato caught us." Naruto covered his mouth with both hands as if they would make sure he wouldn't say another word. The other three genin and their jonin sensei kept silent as well, choosing not to anything about the situation. A few moments passed by before the nameless man spoke again. "We'll be there soon." The man looked down at Tazuna. "Tazuna," the man called, catching said man's attention. "So far it looks like we've been overlooked...Just to be on the safe side, we'll take an inland waterway through town to a point where we can make landfall under the cover of mangroves."

Tazuna nodded and replied, "Thank you."

Soon the boat was sailing into a dark tunnel. "Ohhh, wow," Naruto grinned at the sight that came once they were out of the waterway. Everyone could see a large mangrove surrounded by docks with various houses and other buildings. It was a bit run down, but it seemed that it would be a peaceful place if Gato was not around.

The man expertly rowed through the mangrove trees until the boat reached a small dock nearly out of sight. The genin and jonin climbed out of the boat with Tazuna following close behind. Once everyone was off the boat, the man reeved up the motor. Miyuki raised an eyebrow at this. Couldn't he have waited at least a few minutes to turn the thing on? At least until we were out of sight or something? 

"This is as far as I go. Take care of yourself."

Tazuna stopped and glanced back over his shoulder. Kakashi and Miyuki both stopped to wait for Tazuna to finish speaking with his friend. "Thanks for taking such a risk. I shouldn't have asked it." The man said nothing as he speed away from the dock. Tazuna turned back around and began to walk once more. "Ok! Now, if I can just make it home in one piece..."

Kakashi rolled his dark grey eye. "Yeah, yeah." There's bound to be another attack...and next time, they won't send a chunin. We'll probably face upper level ninja, Kakashi silently thought to himself.

Miyuki flashed her eyes over to Kakashi when she sensed a wave of worry. His expression clearly stated that he was thinking about what was possibly soon to come. Miyuki nudged him lightly in the side to gain his attention. When Kakashi blinked in surprise and looked down at the young girl walking beside him, Miyuki gave him a sweet, reassuring smile. "Don't worry. Have faith in what you've taught us so far. Plus, from what I've heard, you're not exactly a push-over." Kaminari yipped and nodded in agreement. Miyuki giggled, "See! Even Kaminari agrees with me!"

Kakashi chuckled as he ruffled both Miyuki's hair and Kaminari's fur causing the two females to pout. "Thank you."

Miyuki gazed at her sensei for a couple of seconds before smiling once more. "Glad I could help!"