Mystery Dungeon: Green Rescue Team!

Chapter Four

 Chapter Four:

Sasuke unfolded a map that had been given to them along with their Rescue Team Starter Pack and examined it with narrowed eyes. “I think we're here,” he said pointing to what appeared to be a town close to the south west. “So if we're here... and Thunderwave Cave is over there...” he mused, as he continued to study the map. “We'd have to take this route.”

“Uh huh,” Naruto said and attempted to rest his shorter arms behind his head as he laid on the hard ground outside. The blonde hadn't really listened to a word that Sasuke has been saying, if he were to admit the truth. He didn't really care for this planning before going on the mission.

“Did you even hear what I said, dobe?” Sasuke gave the infamous Uchiha glare to the now Pikachu. Noticing the blank stare that Naruto was giving him, he smacked his forehead with a sharp and furry... paw? He supposed it was a paw now. “In order to go to Thunderwave Cave, we have to travel for about a day's time. Got it?”

“Oh.” Naruto looked in the bag that they were going to bring with them on their mission since now they were an actual Rescue Team. He peered inside the no longer empty bag.

They had visited the nearby town after they had received the message from the Magnimite. They had purchased strange things called gummis, that looked like a chewy gelatine snack that the blonde sometimes bought from stores back in Konoha if he had enough money and apples. It seemed there wasn't much in the ways of food in this world, Sasuke was disturbed to find out that he soon had to deal with Naruto during his 'ramen withdrawal'.

“We should leave now, the Magnimite won't be too happy if we take to long to get to the dungeon. They might end up getting their friend's out themselves or send for another team,” the Uchiha explained to his idiot of a partner (there was no way he'd call Naruto a friend).

“Fine,” Naruto frowned. He actually found it relaxing to sit on the floor and not pay attention to what his rival was saying. Relaxing indeed. What would make this better though, would be ramen. Too bad this place didn't have ramen. It proved that it wasn't a dream alright. And dream of Naruto's usually had a lot of ramen.

“Dobe, we're leaving, now!” Sasuke told the blonde and grabbed him by his now longer ear, dragging him off.

“Ow, ow, teme, stop! I'll move!” Naruto whined and squirmed out of the Uchiha's grip. Being held by the ear by someone with long, sharp claws was painful. He looked up at the path in front of him. It led into unknown places. Sasuke started to walk down the path, and Naruto quickly followed after when he realized he was being left behind. “Hey!”

“Then don't be gazing at the scenery, dobe.”

Naruto glared and crossed his stubby arms, but continued to walk. “Well, you don't always have to be in a rush, teme. It's not like the faster we go, the faster we leave.”

“How would you know, it's not like you've been here before.”

“It seems you two are still fighting,” they heard a familiar voice say from an unknown direction. Naruto looked right, left, north and south, but couldn't find the source of the voice.

“Where's Kakashi-sensei!” Naruto shouted. He turned towards Sasuke, who was looking at the ground warily. He was remembering when he battled Kakashi during their battle for the two bells and he hid underground and caught Sasuke off guard and pulled him under, with only his head sticking out for air.

“He might be under us,” the raven-haired Sneasel told Naruto.

“Wrong, you forgot to look up.” The two of them could hear the smile that was in his voice. Why would Kakashi be in the air? There really weren't any trees where they were and they didn't think Kakashi could fly, or had levitating abilities.

Naruto looked up, a puzzled expression was on his face. This place was just weird. Above them did not appear to be their sensei at all, but a huge bird with blue, red and white feathers. One of the bird's eyes was a dark brown colour, while the other was the Sharingan. “You're a weird bird thing!” the blonde exclaimed.

“I hadn't noticed,” Kakashi replied, a sweat drop made it's path down his forehead. Naruto did show potential in being a ninja, but, sometimes, he needed to stop pointing out the obvious. It could get annoying.

“What are you doing here, Kakashi-sensei?” Sasuke asked as their sensei landed on the ground in front of him. If he was in this world for the same length of time the two genin were, than that would have given him a couple of days to learn how to fly. It was quite impressive though, since Kakashi hadn't flown before.

“I woke up the other day in this strange place surrounded by strange creatures. And they don't have Icha Icha Paradise here,” Kakashi sighed. He dearly missed his beloved novels. “It seems you two have become a Rescue Team.”

“How can you tell?”

“The badge.”

“Oh...”

“Since I'm your sensei, I will become the leader of this team,” Kakashi told them. Sasuke frowned. They would probably end up having a Rescue Team of hundreds of people if they kept on meeting people they knew along the way.