Team 8 had 3 genin and one jonin. The genin were Hinata Hyuuga, Kiba Inuzuka and Shino Aburame. The jonin was Kurenai Yuhi. The team was just assigned a mission to escort someone by the name of Naruko Uzumaki to the Hidden Mist Village. Naruko was an idol and she travels around putting on concerts for people in villages. Team 8 was at the gate of the leaf village. They were waiting for their client to show up. Their client was already 10 minutes late but they were told to wait there until the client showed up.

"Where is she? She should've been here already" Kiba said

"Not everyone can be on time Kiba" Shino said

"Shino's right Kiba, I'm sure she'll show up soon" Hinata said

"The client should be here any minute now, let's wait a little bit longer" Kurenai said

"Hey! Sorry I'm late! I lost track of time!" A voice shouted from the distance.

Team 8 turned looked in the direction that the voice came from. They saw a girl around their age running towards them. The girl had long orange hair that was in twin tails. She also had whisker marks on both of her cheeks. She had an orange summer dress on along with sandals. She was wearing some shorts under her dress. Her left eye was yellow while her right was red. She also had C-cup breasts. Kiba was looking at her and saw how pretty she was. Kiba was blushing when he saw her look at him. He looked away from her because he was too embarrassed to talk to her. Hinata was looking at her and wished she could be like her because Naruko looked so confident and strong.

"You're Naruko Uzumaki, right?" Kurenai asked

"Yes, I am and it's a pleasure to meet you team 8" Naruko said in a polite manner

"It's pleasure to meet you too. I'm Kurenai Yuhi and this is the team that I'm training right now" Kurenai said

Kurenai pointed at Hinata first.

"This is Hinata Hyuuga" Kurenai said

"N-nice t-to m-meet y-you" Hinata stuttered

Kurenai then pointed at Shino.

"This is Shino Aburame" Kurenai said

"It's a pleasure to meet you Naruko" Shino said

Kurenai pointed at Kiba.

"This is Kiba Inuzuka"

"Nice to meet you Naruko" Kiba said

Naruko heard a bark nearby somewhere. She looked around to see where it was coming from.

"Was that a dog I heard?" Naruko asked

"Oh that was just Akamaru" Kiba said

"Akamaru?" Naruko asked

Naruko saw a little puppy pop out from Kiba's coat.

"This is Akamaru" Kiba said

Naruko looked at the little dog and immediately fell in love with the little ninja dog.

"Akamaru is so cute!" Naruko squealed

Kiba blushed when she saw her bright smile on her face.

"Thanks, I'm sure Akamaru loves the compliment" Kiba said

Naruko noticed that Kiba was bringing Akamaru with him.

Are sure it's safe to bring Akamaru with you?" Naruko asked

"Don't worry, Akamaru is a ninja dog so he can protect himself just fine" Kiba said

"Really?! That's amazing!" Naruko said

Team 8 soon headed out on their journey to the mist village. Hinata wanted to talk to the idol, but she wasn't sure how to start a conversation with her. Hinata had an idea and decided to ask her about her job as an idol.

"Excuse me, Naruko" Hinata said

"What is it Hinata?" Naruko asked

"What made you want to become an idol?" Hinata asked

"Well, I guess I wanted to become an idol because I wanted to make people smile" Naruko said

"Really?" Hinata asked

"Yeah because nothing is better than seeing someone smile" Naruko said

"How do you perform on stage?" Kiba asked

"Well it's just singing and dancing on stage. But I make things extra special by performing jutsu on stage" Naruko said

"Jutsu? Are you a ninja?" Kurenai asked

"Well I went to the academy in the leaf village" Naruko said

"Really? That's interesting" Shino said

"I went to that school to learn some jutsu so I could perform on stage" Naruko said

"You're gonna perform Ninjutsu on stage? Are sure it's safe to do that?" Kurenai asked

"Don't worry, I've practiced all of jutsu several times I made sure which one was safe and unsafe to use on stage" Naruko said

"Could you show us some of your jutsu?" Hinata asked

"You're gonna have to wait until we get to our destination" Naruko said

"Why won't show us now?" Kiba asked

"Because it would ruin the surprise that I'm gonna do on stage so just be patient until the performance" Naruko said

"I guess that makes sense" Kiba said

"It wouldn't be a surprise if you already know about it" Shino said

The group kept moving for a while until Kurenai sensed that something was wrong. She brought up her arm which told the other four to stop moving.

"What's wrong sensei?" Kiba asked

"An enemy is nearby" Kurenai said

Just as she said that two ninjas appear out of nowhere and tie up Kurenai. They pulled the chain and Kurenai was split apart. The body was on the ground. Naruko and team 8 froze in place. Naruko was scared because she was only taught basic skills she didn't how to take on real ninjas. The body of Kurenai poofed and the body disappeared. In its place was a log.

"Whew! That was only a substitution jutsu" Naruko thought

The two ninjas were taken off guard and that was all Kurenai needed to put them under a genjutsu. The two ninjas fell unconscious on the ground. Kurenai tied them up so they wouldn't be able to get away. Kurenai looked back at Naruko with a glare on her face.

"You have some explaining to do" Kurenai said

"What do you mean?" Naruko asked

"These two ninjas are known as the demon brothers and they are chunin level ninjas, this was supposed to be a simple escort mission" Kurenai said

"Listen, I had no idea that they were after me" Naruko said

Kurenai continued to look at Naruko with a look of disbelief. It was obvious that Kurenai didn't believe her. Kiba decided to step in.

"Wait Kurenai-sensei, let's hear her out first before we decide to do anything else" Kiba said

Kurenai looked at her other students to see what they thought and she saw the both of them nod their heads. Kurenai sighed and gave in to her students.

"Fine. Naruko I'll give you a chance to explain yourself" Kurenai said

"Thank you" Naruko said

The team of ninjas waited for the idol to start talking.

"I really don't know why they were after me in the first place. I was requested to go to the mist village and perform a live concert there because I was told that the villagers there aren't really happy there so I decided to accept the offer of going to the mist village" Naruko said

The team was silent after hearing the orange head's explanation. Kurenai was thinking about what they should do next.

"This is a problem, this mission just went from a C rank to a B rank mission and my students aren't ready for a B rank mission yet" Kurenai said

"If you need to cancel this mission than I understand" Naruko said

"Your mission won't be canceled Naruko but we'll have to back to the leaf village. We can get you an experienced ninja to act as your bodyguard" Kurenai said

Naruko was about to thank her but she was stopped by the shout of Kiba's voice.

"We can't stop now! We were able to get this far so let's go all the way!" Kiba said

"We can't do that Kiba, you're not ready for this type of mission yet" Kurenai said

Kiba was about to retort but was stopped by the young orange head girl.

"I think you should listen to Kurenai-sensei Kiba. I've studied about mission ranks at the academy and if this really has changed to a B rank then we need to head back immediately" Naruko said

"What about your concert?" Kiba asked

"I can always extend the date so it's fine" Naruko said

"Kurenai maybe we should try to do this mission" Hinata said

"Hinata? Are you sure? None of you are ready for this type of mission" Kurenai said

"A B rank mission requires experienced chunin but Kurenai-sensei is a jonin so a mission like this shouldn't be a problem for her" Shino said

Kurenai looked at her students and then she looked at her client. Naruko looked back at Kurenai and remained silent. Kurenai decided to accept the mission.

"Very well, we'll continue the mission but the three of you are going to have to run away if it becomes too dangerous, understand? Kurenai said

"Yes sensei!" They all said

They continued on the path towards the village. It was getting dark so the group decided to rest up for the night. The group decided to stop for the day. They were luck that their camping spot was near a river stream.

"Hinata, I want you to go to the river and see if you can catch some fish" Kurenai said

"What? Me? I don't think I can do something like that" Hinata said

"Of course you can, just believe in yourself" Kurenai said

"No, that's impossible" Hinata said

Naruko decided to give Hinata some motivation but her method of motivating her was not something that anyone would expect. Naruko approached Hinata from behind and grabbed her chest. Hinata yelped and tried to squirm out of the idol's grasp but Naruko's grip on her is too strong.

"Naruko! What are you doing?!" Hinata asked

"If you don't do what your sensei tells you to do then I'm going to rub these perky little breasts of yours" Naruko said

Hinata squealed in fright.

"Do you understand? Or do I need to explain in a different way?" Naruko asked

"N-no! I understand, I'll go see if I can find some fish!" Hinata said

"Good girl" Naruko said

Naruko let go of Hinata and as soon as she did Hinata went off in the direction where the river was. The ninjas just looked at Naruko with strange looks on their faces. They wondered why Naruko would do something like that but they decided to ask her another time. Hinata came back with some fish and it was time for them to have dinner. After dinner it was time for them to go to bed. They had sleeping bags and some tents. Shino, Kiba and Akamaru were in one tent while Kurenai, Hinata and Naruko were in the other tent. Everyone went to sleep and waited for morning to come so they could get a move on the next day.