Stuck in Naruto? Um... What?

Chapter 11: The new mission

Omg, 310 reads already! Thank you guys so much for taking the time to read my stories, I really appreciate it. Alright! Chapter 11, here it is folks!

-Ray

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"Sasuke point D."

"Sakura point C."

"Sena point B."

"Naruto point A! Believe it!" Naruto shouted through the earpiece.

I winced, "Naruto please, not so loud."

"Heheh... Sorry!"

"Naruto, you're slow," Kakashi commented over the line.

"Alright, target locked. Prepare to capture in three... Two... One...

"I've got it!" Naruto shouted and I growled, holding my ear.

Naruto jumped from the tree he was at towards our target. He grabbed the cat, holding it upside down, "I've got it!" But then the cat started to scratch and furiously attack him, "H-Hey!"

Sasuke sighed and took it from him, holding it properly.

Kakashi's voice came in from the line, "Does it have the tag on it's left ear?"

Sasuke nodded, "Target verified, it's Tora."

Kakashi jumped down from the tree, "Capture lost cat Tora mission complete."

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"Oh my sweet Tora! I've missed you so much!" wailed the woman in front of us, smothering poor Tora. The cat looked at us as if pleading for us to do something.

Sakura stared at the woman with horrified fascination, "No wonder it ran away," she remarked.

Naruto snickered, "It totally deserves it."

I rolled my eyes at his childish antics.

"Alright," said the Hokage, interrupting our thoughts, "For team seven's next mission, we have babysitting, weeding, walking dogs-"

"No way!" Naruto exclaimed, crossing his arms in an 'X' position, while vigorously shaking his head, "No more baby missions! I came here to become a ninja and do real ninja missions! Not kiddy chores!"

Sakura and Sasuke seemed to agree, though they didn't voice out their opinions.

"Yeah," I agreed lazily, "Genin teams are supposed to get C rank and D rank missions. We've only ever gotten D rank missions, so the least you can do is give us a C rank." I concluded.

Iruka, who was also in the room gained an irk mark on his forehead, "How dare you speak to the Hokage that way!"

The Hokage sighed and proceeded to give a long, boring speech on how were only genin or something. I stopped listening after the first sentence, and I guess so did everyone else, because we were all listening to Naruto talk about what kind of ramen he was planning to have for lunch instead.

"Yeah so I had miso ramen yesterday, and today I was thinking maby beef ramen-"

The Hokage gained an irk mark on his forehead, "Enough!"

"Sorry," Kakashi apologized, but he didn't sound very sorry.

The Hokage rubbed his temples and sighed. Then he smirked, "So Naruto wants to show us that he's not a brat anymore, but a former brat." He contemplated.

We all leaned in to hear his response.

"Alright," he gave in finally, "I'll give you a C rank. Your mission is to escort someone safely to the land of the waves."

"Alright!" Naruto cheered, punching a fist in the air, "Who are we escorting? A princess? A feudal lord? Come on, tell me!"

I weighed the possibilities, I wasn't even sure if princesses existed anymore, and as for feudal lords, it wouldn't be a C rank mission in the hands of Genin. So that means...

The sudden stench of alcohol pierced my nose, and I wrinkled it in disgust. I had a bad history with alcohol, since my father used to be an alcoholic before he left us.

A wobbling figure appeared in the shadows, holding what appeared to be a bottle of whisky. As the figure came closer, I could make out gray hair and worn clothing.

Finally a tipsy old man came out of the shadows, "What?" He stared at us incredulously, "A bunch of snot nosed brats? How do you expect me to believe these brats are ninjas? Especially the short one with the stupid looking face."

Naruto sniggered, "Who's the short one with the stupid looking face?" I sighed, facepalming.

We all lined up to compare heights. It went something along the lines of this (tallest to shortest):

Sasuke-Sakura-Me-Naruto

When Naruto finally noticed that the man was talking about him, he gained an irk mark on his forehead, "I'll kill you!" He shouted, charging towards the man.

Kakashi grabbed his collar, holding him back, "You don't kill the clients Naruto, that's not how it works."

The man looked at us with superiority, "I, am Tazuna, master bridge builder," he announced (quite arrogantly might I add), "and I expect you to bring me home safely, even if it costs your lives."

I stared at Tazuna and sighed, this was going to be a long mission.

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I know it's short but I'm working on it! Stay tuned for the next chapter:

Coming up: Chapter 12: En route