Chapter 18: "As for me? Well I have overconfidence."
I lay down on top of a Shadow Clone bed near the village entrance. Naruto and Sasuke lay down beside me with a bored look on their faces. "So, what excuse will he make today? Black cat? Helping an old lady cross a street?" I asked them.
"He probably got lost in the road of life..." Sasuke muttered.
Naruto nodded in agreement. "Yeah, or maybe he got lost in the road of life after helping an old lady cross the street."
Suddenly the Shadow Clone bed disappeared and we both dropped down harshly on the ground. We turned around in annoyance and saw Kakashi walking towards us with a familiar pink haired girl wearing a white lab coat.
"Eh? Sakura Chan!?" Naruto exclaimed in confusion. "What are you doing here?"
Sakura smiled and waved at us cheerfully. "I'm your team's medic!" She exclaimed in excitement. "Isn't that great? Now you don't need to go to the hospital for me to fix you up!" I smiled and sighed in relief. At least now I can be sure that someone will at least fix me up if something happens.
Then, as if pulled by an invisible force, Sakura slowly moved closer and closer towards a certain Uchiha standing beside me. "Sasuke kun, isn't this amazing? We're going on a mission together!" She exclaimed with a dreamy look on her face.
Sasuke looked at her and smiled. "It's nice to hear that Sakura chan." He replied.
Sakura smiled confidently and put her hand into her pocket. Then she took out a silver tiny flashlight and twirled it a little. "Don't worry Sasuke kun, I promise that I will be very useful for you." She flashed the flashlight at Sasuke and her expression fell. "Really?"
Without warning, the girl suddenly punched Sasuke in the face and Sasuke exploded in a puff of smoke. "Shadow Clone..." Sakura glared at Naruto and walked towards him while cracking her knuckles "Naruto!"
Naruto raised both of his hands. "HEY!!! It was his idea! Don't blame me! Wait!" With a painful smack, Naruto was sent tumbling on the ground in pain.
A few minutes later, the real Sasuke walked into view with Tazuna following behind him. "Hello dobe, thanks for taking my place..." Then he looked at Sakura. "Good Morning Sakura san." He greeted her politely.
Sakura flashed her flashlight at Sasuke before squealing a little. "Sasuke kun!" She exclaimed. "We're going on a mission together! Isn't this great?"
Sasuke sighed and nodded. "Sure... Just don't slow me down." He replied.
Kakashi started to speak. "All right, now that everyone is here..." He looked at me. "Haios, for this mission I need you to be my second eye." He took out an earpiece out of his pocket and gave it to me. "You'll be watching us from the sky and warn me if something showed up."
I really like that plan! "All right Kakashi Sensei!" I put on the earpiece before taking off into the sky. Using my power I created small pocket of air around my head so that nobody can hear me talking at the earpiece.
"And we're live! From the Entrance of The Hidden Leaf Village for Team Seven's first ever C Rank mission!" I exclaimed as I watched Kakashi, a couple of Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, and Tazuna started their journey to the Land of Waves. "And they're off! The journey to the Land of Waves has begun! Top priority: Protect Tazuna the Master Bridge Builder!"
I can see Naruto and Sakura chuckling in amusement after hearing me from their earpiece. Sasuke doesn't seem to be amused though, he just glanced at me from below with deadpan look on his face.
Suddenly, I saw two ninja crouching in the middle of the road ahead of them. "Oh! And what's this!? Two Unknown Ninja! Getting in team Seven's way 100 meters ahead!" I exclaimed.
"Eh? Two unknown ninja?" Naruto said suddenly in confusion. "I don't see anyone..." He muttered.
I narrowed my eyes and flew lower to look closer. "I'm pretty sure there's two armed shinobi standing in your way. I mean, they're not even hiding themselves..." I muttered in confusion. "Kakashi, are you seeing this?"
"Genjutsu..." Sasuke said suddenly in realization. "Sakura, protect Tazuna." Sakura nodded and dragged the Bridge Builder away from the road. "Naruto, decoy." Naruto nodded and created a five Shadow Clones.
The Shadow Clones transformed into a perfect copy of Team Seven while the real ones travelled through the woods. "Team Seven, evaded the ambush with clever tactics! Will they trick the enemy nin? Or will the enemy nin see through the decoy and attack the real one!?"
I watched the Shadow Clones moved closer and closer towards the Unknown Ninjas. "Shadow Clone Kakashi walked forward. The Unknown Ninja took out their weapons! The Situation is getting intense Ladies and Gentleman!!! These are hostile Ninjas!" I exclaimed.
In a blink of an eye, the two Ninja charged forward and struck the shadow clone Kakashi with sharp chainmail. "Shadow Clone Kakashi is down!!! I repeat, Shadow Clone Kakashi is down!!! The intensity intensifies, Ladies and Gentlemen!!!!"
The Two Enemy nin didn't realize what's happening and charges in towards Shadow Clone Tazuna. "The Enemy Ninja moved in to attack Shadow Clone Tazuna!!!" Then I noticed Shadow Clone Naruto and Sasuke moved in to attack the Ninja. "Oh, but what's this!? Shadow Clone Naruto and Sasuke moved in to protect their target!"
Shadow Clone Naruto charges in towards one of the enemy nin. He ducked under the chains and threw a bunch of Shuriken at the Enemy Nin. But the enemy nin was faster and managed to deflect the Shuriken with his weapon. The nin pulled the chain and struck Naruto from behind, dispelling him.
Shadow Clone Sasuke fared no better. He jumped up to the air and tried to kick the ninja. But the Enemy Ninja easily blocked it before shredding him into bits. "Oh! All of our fighters are down! These are no ordinary ninja ladies and gentlemen, these are the..." I paused a second.
"The Demon Brothers of the Mist." I heard Kakashi whispering in amusement.
"THE DEMON BROTHERS OF THE HIDDEN MIST!!!" I yelled out. "A missing nin of the Hidden Mist! They are an A Rank..."
"B Rank" Kakashi cut in.
"B RANK SHINOBI OF A JOUNIN" "Chunin" "CHUNIN LEVEL!!! And they are targeting the Bridge Builder Tazuna!!!" The second I said that, the two of them shredded Shadow Clone Tazuna into pieces. "OH! The Master Bridge Builder doesn't stand a chance ladies and gentlemen! But will the real deal be able to defeat them? Or will they fall prey to the Demon Brothers!!!?"
I can hear Naruto and Sakura trying their hardest to hide their laugh. But they failed and revealed their location to the Demon Brothers. "Haios... Shut up..." I heard Sasuke muttering angrily in his breath.
The real Naruto stepped forward and threw a Demon Wind Shuriken at the demon brothers. The demon brothers sidestepped the projectile. But when the shuriken was close to them, it turned into a shadow clone and punched one the ninja in the face, knocking him out.
The other ninja tried to strike Naruto with his weapon. But a couple of Kunai flew and binds the chains on tree nearby. The Ninja quickly released the shuriken chains and struck Sasuke with a metal gauntlet. But Sasuke substituted behind him in the last moment and moved in to kick them in the head.
"AND TEAM SEVEN IS VICTORIUS!!!" I yelled out in excitement. "The Demon Brothers has nothing against Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke!!!"
With that, I dived down towards the road and landed smoothly beside the demon brothers. Kakashi, Sakura, and Tazuna stepped out of their hiding. The former quickly bind both Ninja with some thick rope.
Kakashi observed the ninja in front of him. "These are the Demon Brothers of the Hidden Mist." He turned around and looked at Tazuna. "Now the question is, why are high ranked criminal decided to target you? What are you hiding Tazuna san?"
Tazuna looked down and sighed a little. "I'm super sorry Kakashi san... But I was targeted by a powerful man named Gato." He curled his hands into fists. "He monopolizes our entire village and I am their only hope in restoring our village by building a bridge."
Sakura stepped forward and looked at him. "You don't have enough to hire a higher rank ninja?" She asked him.
The Bridge Builder shook his head. "No... And I suppose you can just leave me here, I'm sure I will die along the way. And then my wife and my only son will mourn me. And then they will forever remember Konoha for being unable to protect me."
"Well, what do you think?" Kakashi asked while looking at us in deep thought. "If the Demon Brothers is here then chances are, there is a Jounin Level Ninja waiting for us." He looked at Tazuna. "We are not qualified to do this mission."
Naruto was about to say something, but Sakura beat him to it. "What? Are we running away? Just like that? Seriously?" She looked at Kakashi with a very judging look on her face. "And you called yourself a Jounin? I mean, look at us!"
She pointed at Naruto. "You can make a hundred copy of yourself, each one of them capable of transforming into anything." She pointed at me. "You can fly and hold your own against the Hokage." She looked at Sasuke. "Sasuke kun, you are the awesomest genin out there."
Then she pointed at herself. "As for me? Well I have overconfidence." She took out her flashlight. "This thing and a pair of gloves. Nothing can get in our way." She looked at all of us and smirked "So, are we gonna do the smart thing and run? Or are we going to be a mad idiot and charges in against the unknown?"
Naruto grinned and nodded in agreement. "YEAH!!!" He yelled out. "Sakura chan is right! We are not running away from this mission!!!" He looked at me and Sasuke with determined look on his face. "Together we can beat a Jounin! With Sakura chan helping us, we can defeat anyone!!!"
I sighed and nodded in agreement. "All right, since I'll be up in the sky, I don't really have to worry about fighting for our lives." Then I looked at Naruto. "By the way, Naruto, make lots of clones in the perimeter. Be ready to substitute if one of us gets hit."
Then we all looked at Sasuke. He seems to be the only one who doesn't feel bothered by all this. "A Jounin waiting for us?" He smirked a little. "About time... I'm getting bored of walking dogs and painting fences."
Finally, we all looked at Kakashi for his final decision. "Sure, the Hokage did say that this is a good learning experience." He told us.
I smiled and soared up into the sky. "IT IS DECIDED LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!!! Team Seven is going forward against all odds! Will they get themselves killed horribly? Or will they become a Hero and rise!!!" I looked at the team seven below me. "Stay Tuned for More!!!"