When Gaara, Naruto, and Fuu got old enough for missions, it was decided that they could go on missions regardless of whether or not there were ninja from their home villages in the area since they were still very young when they were pulled from their villages. Now that all of the jinjuriki were at least ten, some of the older ones were leading the missions for the younger ones. Now that they were 12, Naruto and Gaara were a little better than chunin level but still not quite up to jounin level. Since they were not taking training missions like most villages would, the rule was that they had to be about chunin level to go on missions- not that this really stopped any of them, since they all hit chunin level by the age of ten(the older ones were about/almost chunin level when they were pulled once they got control).

While almost all of the older jinjuriki were out on missions, Naruto, Gaara, and Fuu (under the watchful eye of Yagura) were playing with their summons after Kura-kun, Mei-chan and Shu-kun taught them how to. Naruto and Gaara tackling and being tackled by foxes and tanukies respectively while Fuu flew around the air, racing progressively larger rhinoceros beetles.

Yagura watched them with a small smile on his face. Suddenly the special kunai in the Wave Country was activated by blood so Yagura made a shadow clone who teleported to the Wave Country to see what the mission was.

When he got there, he was surprised to find a woman with long blue-black hair inside a slightly run down home. She looked uncertain and scared. At this point, Yagura remembered that the wave country didn't really have a leader, everything was discussed by the villagers. Though he was a bit unsettled, he shook it off and bowed to her. "Hello, I am Yagura from the Tēru. What was the mission that you have requested us for?"

She bowed in return. "Hello, I'm Tsunami. I want to request some help, but I was expecting someone a bit older. You look maybe 12 years old." she said, frowning a bit.

"I'll have you know that I'm 19 already, I just happen to be a bit short." Yagura grumbled. "Just tell me your request and I'll see what I can do."

Tsunami still looked a bit skeptical but sighed and told him anyway. " A man named Gato has taken over the island. He is monopolizing all trade and oppressing the people. My father is trying to change things by building a bridge, but Gato is constantly threatening him and his workers. He is being escorted back by some ninja from the leaf village, but we don't have enough money to pay for something of this rank, so I fear that they won't be enough."

Yagura nodded to show that he understood the situation and said "If you can't pay the leaf village for the properly ranked mission, then I suppose you don't have enough to pay us either."

"No, we don't have enough to pay you guys." Tsunami said sadly, thinking that Yagura would refuse.

Yagura thought a bit then shrugged. "I guess you guys will just have to owe us one. We'll take the mission, but I have to warn you that the only team available at the moment is our most junior members. However, I promise that they are very capable. I will go get them. Drop some blood on the formula kunai in about 5 minutes. We should be ready by then." With that, he disappeared in a puff of smoke.

Yagura blinked as he got the details of the mission. He clapped his hands together and announced "We have a mission guys."

Fuu, Naruto, and Gaara immediately stopped playing and their summons popped back to their respective homes. They ran to pack and were ready in 2 minutes. They then sat in a circle holding hands and waiting for the summons as Yagura explained the mission details to them. They were summoned just as Yagura finished explaining.

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"Hello!" the three youngest greeted as soon as they spotted Tsunami. They bowed in unison "Thank you for giving us this mission!" they shouted. Fuu and Naruto then ran off excitedly to explore the house and the surrounding area as Gaara followed after them at a more sedate pace.

Tsunami blinked in shock and just turned to Yagura for a explanation.

Yagura shrugged and explained. "Our home is rather spacious, but none of us are allowed out unless we're on a mission. If someone were to discover our identities we might be targeted for something that none of us has control over. They've been in the same place almost as far back as they can remember. I can understand that their a little excited."

Tsunami was about to say something, but before she could they heard the children shouting for Yagura.

Yagura ran out of the house, followed by a concerned Tsunami. When they got to the children, they were relieved to find the children completely fine (Tsunami) and not causing trouble (Yagura). When they looked passed them, however, they were shocked to find two kids, one boy(Sasuke) and one girl(Sakura), and a tanned, elderly man wearing a large bamboo hat(Tazuna), scratched up and collapsed on the ground. After they got there, two adult ninja,(Iruka and Kakashi) appeared as well, also completely exhausted and supporting each other.

"FATHER!" Tsunami shouted as she dashed passed the children, rushing to her father. She hurriedly checked him for injuries.

Yagura sighed, dragged the children forward and made them each take a ninja back to the house. Gaara took one of the adult ninja, using sand from the gourd on his back to catch the ninja behind the knees and knock him onto a hand of sand. He walked back towards the house with the sand carrying the ninja trailing behind him. Yagura caught the ninja with a mask covering half of his face and supported him back to the house. Fuu picked the pink haired girl up off the ground and carried her back to the house piggy-back style, receiving a small murmur of thanks before the girl fainted. Naruto watched as Tsunami dragged her father back to her house before pulling the black haired boy up off the ground, carrying him piggy-back style back to the house with the boy protesting his position all the while.

Once everyone was settled and Tsunami was satisfied that her father was not too badly injured, everyone settled into the living room. Yagura glared at the exhausted white haired ninja, who he recognized from the list of ninja to be wary of that he had been given, thinking that he should have been able to handle whatever happened on the way here.

"What happened? Isn't that man the one who you were hired to protect? How did you manage to get into so much trouble that you guys got here in this state?" Yagura asked semi-calmly.

Kakashi stared at him duly with his one uncovered eye. He quirked his eyebrow and asked "And who are you? Some kid with no relation to this mission? From what I've seen you don't seem to be very close to this family."

Yagura sighed and explained, "I'm Yagura. My group and I were asked to be here as extra protection for the bridge builder because Tsunami was a bit worried since she knew that her father would not have enough money to pay for proper protection. I think she was right to do so, since even though you're jonin, Kakashi of the Sharingan, the two children with you seem to be genin just barely out of the academy, and the other adult with you doesn't look all that strong."

The girl, Sakura, scoffed, crossing her arms, "Like your group is any better. A group of four kids ranging from what, 9-13? I bet Sasuke can beat any one of you. He was the star of the academy after all."

"I'll have you know that I'm 19 already! And I bet that even Fuu, the youngest and least experienced of us, can take down this precious Sasuke of yours." Yagura spat out angrily.

Sasuke got scowled at this comment. "Oh really? I bet I could beat her hands down," he remarked angrily.

Fuu glanced at Yagura, a bit uncertain. She tugged on his shirt and asked "Are you sure I can beat him Yagura-nii? I've never won a single fight in my life."

Yagura turned to her and sighed. He patted her head, ruffling her hair a bit and then said "That's because you only ever have real fights with Naruto and Gaara , who are 2 years your senior, and you've never been on a mission where you've really had to fight since you just turned ten barely a month ago and haven't been on many missions. You probably have about the same amount of experience those two genin have, and your skills are probably far superior. If you were to fight, I would be more worried for your opponent than you, and I just know you'd make me proud with how well we've all taught you."

Fuu beamed up at him, hugged him and whispered a small "Thank-you Yagura-nii."

Naruto happily jumped on Fuu's back, knocking both Fuu and Yagura down. He happily shouted, "Yeah, Fuu! You've been getting better! Last time we fought you lasted a whole 2 hours! You've gotten a lot better since we've started fighting each other! The only reason you haven't beaten one of us yet is because Gaara and I have been improving right along with you!"

Fuu pouted at him a bit. "But Naruto-nii!" Fuu whined, "Every time you and Gaara-nii fight you both last 4 hours and you basically take turns winning against each other. Plus, my time against against Gaara-nii hasn't improved one bit! I can still only fight for about and hour before he beats me!"

Gaara smiled a bit at their antics. Shaking his head he calmly said "That's only because you haven't found an effective way to counter my attacks yet. Though Naruto and I are indeed at the same skill level, and his attacks are surprising and spontaneous, the way I attack is unorthodox and therefore harder for you to counter. You've improved a lot though."

"Thanks!" Fuu exclaimed as she grinned up at him.

At this point, Sasuke had heard enough. He abruptly stood up and stalked up to the four Tēru members, and huffily spat out, "If you think you're so great, then you have another thing coming. I challenge you to a fight." He then turned around and stormed out of the house.

Fuu and Naruto bounded out of the house after him with Gaara following them at a more sedate pace.

Kakashi and Yagura glanced at each other. "I'll tell you what happened if Fuu wins" Kakashi drawled out.

Yagura smirked at that and nodded in agreement before following the kids outside.