Nothing Special

Chapter 6

The next few nights Naruto would be out all night training, one morning Aceso woke up to find Naruto not there again, she sighed and made her way to the kitchen and sat down at the table.

" Good morning everyone," Sakura yawned as she walked in.

" Here," Tsunami said as she put down a bowl of food.

" Oh, thank you," Sakura thanked her.

" Naruto's not here?" Tazuna asked. " Looks like he was out all night again."

" He's gone completely crazy," Sakura sighed as she rubbed her eyes. " He's out climbing trees in the dark."

" I wouldn't say crazy," Aceso disagreed after taking a sip of tea. " Determined is the preferred word, willing to train no matter the time of day."

" He could be dead by now," Sakura argued. " You know, from using up too much of his chakra."

" If anything, he's slumped against a tree sleeping," Aceso argued. " I trust Naruto won't push it too far."

" Well, I certainly hope he's okay," Tsunami hoped. " A child spending the night in the woods alone."

" There's nothing to worry about," Kakashi confirmed. " Naruto is a goofy kid, but he's also a full-fledged ninja. He can handle himself."

" Sakura's right," Sasuke disagreed with Kakashi. " Naruto's such a loser. He's probably lying out there dead somewhere."

" You underestimate him Sasuke," Aceso argued as she stood up. " I will go see if he's okay and bring first-aid if it is needed." She walked towards the door, Sasuke stood up, turned, and began to follow.

" Sasuke?" Sakura asked.

" I'm going for a walk," Sasuke informed.

" Uh, but we just started eating," Sakura argued. " Sasuke, Aceso, please come sit down."

" We'll be back," Aceso assured as they left the room.

" I already ate, you should stay," Sasuke suggested.

"No way," Aceso argued. " Besides if Naruto is hurt, I'll need to tend to him. You should stay behind."

" No way," Sasuke argued.

" Then we will both just have to look for him," Aceso stated as they made their way towards the forest.

" Well, is what you thought it would be?" Sasuke asked.

" Huh?" Aceso asked as she looked at him.

" Coming on this mission," Sasuke stated.

" Well, it's not what any of us thought," Aceso reminded him. " This was a C-class mission that turned into an A-class mission."

" What do you think?" Sasuke asked.

" If I'm going, to be honest, it's much different than the missions in the hospital," Aceso answered.

" Those aren't missions," Sasuke scoffed.

" To be saving people and healing people are missions," Aceso informed. " Delivering babies are missions, just because they aren't what you signed up for, doesn't mean it's not a mission. Though I don't know why I became a ninja, I'm terrible, I would have been fine knowing some medical Jutsu."

" You're a great ninja," Sasuke disagreed. "Your medical ninjutsu skills are amazing, you just need a bit more experience away from the village."

" Thanks, Sasuke," Aceso smiled.

" What is your goal as a ninja?" Sasuke answered.

" To be the greatest medical ninja ever, to the point people come to our village for help or I go to their village," Aceso answered. " What about you?"