"Flower in position."

"Duck Butt in position."

"Fox in position, believe it!"

"Scarecrow observing. What is your distance from the target?"

"About five meters," Duck Butt informed.

"On my count... 3.. 2.. 1.. GO!" Scarecrow yelled.

I lunged at the demon and captured her. "Target acquired, believe it- ow ow ow!" I screamed as the demon clawed my face.

"Does the target have a red ribbon on it's right ear," Scarecrow ask.

"Yes," Flower informed. "Target acquired."

"HELP ME!" I screamed as Tora scratched my face. I'm going to kill that cat tonight.

Yes... yes. In the deep dark night. No one awake. Oooo, there will be a lot of torture involved. I will pull out each claw one by one... oh yes. Perfect.

Duck Butt walked over and took Tora out of my arms and the demon immediately calmed down. I glared at the cat. I will get you.

"Well let's get back and report to the Hokage," Scarecrow stated. "Let's go Duck Butt, Flower, Fox."

"I still don't know why you guys call me Duck Butt," Duck Butt said scowling. The demon was snuggling into his chest sending me looks.

I'm so going to kill that cat.

"You really don't know why?" Scarecrow asked scratching his head.

"Hn," Duck Butt said turning his head.

"He just figured it out," I translated.

"You really need to teach me that," Kakashi said when we opened the door that lead to the Hokage's office.

I gave him the creepiest look. "I had to go through a lot to learn this cursed language... are you sure you want to learn because it will not be fun."

"Lord Hokage," Kakashi said not answering me.

Try to avoid it now Kakashi. Try. To. Avoid. It. Now.

"Oh yes, team 7 it looks like you guys did an excellent job," Sarutobi praised. "Now for the next mission... There's weeding a garden, painting a fence, oh- there goes Tora again. Catching Tora, babysitting, house-"

"NO!" I yelled making an X with my arms. There is no way I'm doing these missions. I had to wait 6 years to do missions again so I need something more exciting. "These are chores old man. I want a real mission, believe it."

"Naruto," Iruka scolded. "That's no way to talk to the Hokage."

"Listen here Naruto," Sarutobi said puffing out smoke from his mouth. "We give you these missions for a reason. They are ranked from D to A rank. The D rank is for new Genins. The C rank are for more experienced Genin and Chunin. The B rank are for High Chunin and Jonin, while the A rank are for Jonin. Ninja are classed for a reason and-"

"And then I had to wait 10 full minutes to boil the ramen!" I exclaimed. Sasuke, Sakura, and even Kakashi were giving me there full attention to my ramen speech.

The old Hokage sighed. "If Kakashi believes your ready, I will let you guys go on a C rank."

Kakashi gave him an eye smile. "I believe there ready."

"Very well, this will be an escort mission," he informed.

'Probably some old drunk dude.' I thought. "Who is it! A princess? Feudal lord?"

"No, some one send Tazuna in."

The scent of sake filled the air and a drunk guy hobbled in. 'Called it!' I internally congratulated myself.

"What?" He slurred. "These brats will be protecting me? What's with the short one with the stupid look on his face?"

"Who's the short one with the stupid look on his face?" I honestly questioned. We all lined up and I was the shortest.

I snapped. "I'm going to kill you!" I yelled grabbing a kunai. Kakashi grabbed my shirt collar before I could do anything.

"Now now Naruto," he scolded. "We can't go killing the client now can we."

Just you wait Tazuna... You better sleep with one eye open tonight. Something bad just might happen. I began to laugh darkly and Tazuna gulped.

"Ahem... anyway I'm Tazuna the bridge builder and I expect you guys to protect me with your lives," he announced.

Oh I'll keep you from dying, but I never promised that I wouldn't let you suffer. He he he.

"Alright Team 7, meet me at the front gate in one hour," Kakashi announced.

"Right!"

{June 22, 2018}