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Once again, a supposed one-shot that ended up into multiple chapters. This, is once again, something that is in my file document for a long time so might as well post it up. This will be something short so it shouldn't interfere too much with my other story. Tell me what you think about it!
Note: Everyone is around eighteen, nineteen years old.
Just A Mission-ch1
What the hell is she doing?
Neji narrowed his eyes as he looked at the scene before him with his Byakugan. If only he hadn't agreed not to interfere…
Everything went according to plan…too well…to the point where he wished that the whole operation had backfired. At least that way, he could've gotten the liberty to kick some ass…because he was in desperate need to vent off his frustration and anger. Instead, he was stuck here, on the roof top, acting as a look out.
Unconsciously, he tightened the grip on the binocular in his hands (the thing he was supposed to use to conserve chakra).
The equipment snapped into two.
Out of the corner of the eyes, he saw Lee looked away from his own spying equipment, giving him a worried look. Neji closed his eyes for a moment, telling himself to calm down because he was acting unprofessionally.
It's just a mission. If he, Hyuuga Neji, was able to survive having Gai as his sensai and Lee as his team-mate for god-knows-how-long in his life…he can live through anything that god throws at him.
And of course, he can handle a simple mission such as this.
Opening his eyes, he almost had a heart attack.
(Ten minutes before)
Would someone remind her once again why the heck is she still here?
Tenten was currently sitting at the back of the bar called Musho in the Cloud Country. She had to stay there until her target, Isamu, shows up. He was a shinobi of the Sound; he had the information about the Sound and the Akatsuki which the Leaf needed desperately. There were rumours luring about saying that that although Orochimaru had left Akatsuki, both groups had kept in contact with each other since both forces are now considerably weaker than before. Deaths of their members were taking a toll on both groups.
In order to reinforce the connection, they would need some sort of middleman.
That was where Isamu came in; he was the messengers, a go-between for Orochimaru and the Akatsuki.
Actually, he was one of the two messengers which the ANBU was able to dig up. Hell, his presence wasn't even known until a year ago. Before, the connection between Akatsuki and Orochimaru had only been a hypothesis. Everyone thought that Orchimaru must have made himself the enemy of the Akatsuki when he left the group. But apparently, everyone was wrong.
Tenten supposed that they were using each other to get what they wanted. After all, they wanted different things. The Akatsuki wanted the Bujyuu (people like Gaara of the Sand and Naruto who had demonic power) for some unknown reason while Orochimaru wanted to achieve immortality and destroy Konoha. Orochimaru's objective, if successful, would lighten the workload of Akatsuki by a lot, since the group doesn't have to worry about Konoha, an uprising threat, anymore.
That was why it was so important to find the two men. Hokage needed to find out what the two groups had planned so she could take precautions, especially when Akatsuki had been laying low for the past five years after a failure in trying to retrieve Naruto.
Only two days ago, the Hokage received information regarding Isamu whereabouts. Tsunade dispatched Tenten and her team here to locate him and drag his ass back to Konoha once his presence is confirmed. Her team consisted of Neji, who is the leader of this operation, Lee, and Shino.
Usually, Gai-sensai would be part of the team. However, he was replaced by Shino since he and other more experienced Jounins had to go on a more difficult mission. As to the details of the mission, they were disclosed to its participants only.
The good part was that the Hokage had told her team and her that they could use 'any means necessary' to bring Isamu (alive) back to Konoha. This gave the team greater flexibility as to what they can do.
However, the downside is the fact that Isamu is in the Cloud Country. With the political tension that is going on between The Great Five Shinobi Countries, all the Kages of each country had to secure as much power needed without tipping the equilibrium. For instance, the Sand is now allied with the Leaf while other countries made their own arrangements. The Hokage feared that if the leader of the Cloud discovered that the one Leaf targeted is within the country, Isamu might be used as a bargaining chip, allowing the Cloud to manipulate the political situation to its benefit. The bargaining will take time, in fact, more than enough time for the Sound to take whatever steps that is necessary to exterminate Isamu. Or worse, if the extermination takes place in the Cloud, the leader might take it as an act of war. With the situation with the Sound and the Akatsuki, Konoha doesn't need get on Cloud's bad side.
Tenten and others are to accomplish the mission in the quickest and the most discreet way as possible, meaning, to avoid confrontation with the Cloud shinobis at all cost. This mission, simply said, is an 'in-and-out' operation. The team is to enter the country without the Cloud knowing, get Isamu, and exit the country without making any disturbance.
Well, that damn guy would have a hell of a trip when they drag his sorry ass back to Konoha, Tenten guaranteed it.
Tenten waved, motioning the bartender to give her another round. Shino nodded, he was the bartender for the night. He is the closest backup she'll ever get if shit happens. Neji and Lee were somewhere outside, surveying the area. They will be blockading the place from any foreign enemies from coming into the bar when everything inside goes chaotic. However, right now, Tenten presumed that they were looking at her with a binocular through the large glass window that was situated at the front of the bar next to the front door.
In no time, Shino walked over and placed a bottle of sake down and a small cup, she looked at him longer than necessary before paying him the money required. The sake in the bottle was diluted with water. Although Tenten was a good drinker, she wouldn't be able to drink so many bottles without getting drunk herself if it was the actual sake.
Not even bothering to pour the sake into a cup, she picked up the whole bottle and started drinking from there, taking tiny sips each time. During the whole time, she eyed the place, making sure that she didn't miss her target…just in case.
There was a time when Naruto walked past her, shirtless in all his handsome glory, (he'd just gotten out of the shower after completing a mission) in the Jounin building…
And she'd missed it all because she had been lost in her thoughts about her upcoming mission. She didn't even realize that Naruto had even been in front of her if other Jounins hadn't brought it up in the cafeteria.
Later Naruto joked and told her that he'll give her a personal exclusive show once she gets back—that is if Hinata doesn't find out…which is impossible because Naruto tells Hinata everything.
She sighed…maybe next time…
Drifting her thoughts back to the mission, she could feel her anger rising. Tenten was never one of the sadistic types, but she wasn't one of those passive either. Isamu guy pissed her off.
She had been in this damn bar for hours and he didn't show up again! She couldn't help but to feel angry. Today is the third day already. She felt as if she is wasting her life away in this bar. She could've been training, going to a weapon shop to check out the latest stuff…or be playing that 'piss-Temari-off' game where she acted as a barrier between Temari and Shikamaru. Tenten got the news about the blond woman being in Konoha (again) to deliver a message for the Kazekage.
Tenten felt the corners of her lips curved up when she thought back to the time where she first did that. Shikamaru, of course, was surprised as to why the hell she would show up all of a sudden since he and she weren't exactly close. However, being the genius that he was, figured things out almost immediately after he saw the confrontation between Temari and her. His only response was a raise of his eyebrow. That lazy shinobi probably thought it is too troublesome to tell her to go away…
Sucks to have a lazy boyfriend doesn't it?
That, Temari, was for beating the shit out of her during the first Chuunin examination.
No, Tenten no longer hates Temari. After all, winning and losing are part of the test. However, that didn't stop her for wanting to annoy Temari here and there…
Focus! Tenten scolded herself since she'd let her mind wonder off once again. She tucked her long flowing hair behind her ears, wishing that she had a hair tie or something to bind it up.
However, despite the 'could haves'. Tenten is now stuck here. She shifted her sitting position. Both of her legs were starting to cramp due to the lack of blood circulation. Having nothing to do, she tried to smoother the wrinkles of her coat.
Tomorrow, she'll either have to buy some new clothes (meaning she'll have to go shopping) or wash her old clothes, and both of the choices will be boring. She had gone shopping on the first day of arrival in this town because her original clothes didn't fit the need of the mission. She had gone all around town and there weren't much to buy. The town was pretty small; the business district consisted of two streets. In total, one can walk around the parameter of the town in less than half an hour. The town practically build in the middle of a forest.
Tenten sighed again.
This is all Isamu's fault!
There could only be so many reasons as to why Isamu wouldn't show up at his usual hangout. The worse case scenario is that Isamu was already aware of her team and her presence…
Isamu!
Tenten's eyes sparkled when she finally saw her target stepped into the room. She observed him as he slowly walked across to the bar table and took a seat, making sure that she got the right guy. Over all, Tenten supposed she could call him as someone handsome.
His long black hair was tied into a ponytail. It was dapped over his back, reaching his waist. His bangs were highlighted in gold and were gelled so that they would spike up. The black sunglasses he was wearing prevented her from seeing the colour of his eyes. There was a cigarette dangling at the corner of his mouth. What surprised Tenten was that he was wearing a bright coloured blue shirt that had slices of pineapple imprinted all over it. He was also wearing a pair of light brown short pants.
Isamu looked like someone who was on holiday, like someone going to some luxurious beach resort, not some informant who exchanges messages between Orochimaru and Akatsuki. To Tenten, he was someone who is going to take a dive into clear blue waters once he steps outside of the bar.
Shino and her eye met for a small moment.
Tenten slowly unbutton the grey trench coat which she had borrowed from Shino earlier, revealing what she had on inside. She was wearing a spaghetti strapped crimson tank-top that had a large white butterfly at the front. The long black dress that reached her ankle had a high slit on the right, showing skin from her thigh down.
(Present)
Isamu got his drink from other bartenders (since Shino didn't really know how to mix a drink). Tenten could feel her eyebrow twitching when she saw women surrounding her target (her mission just couldn't get any worse). However, Tenten could begin to see why he was so popular, even with all the women surrounding him, instead of being annoyed or arrogant, he kept his gentlemen smile on and talked to everyone.
That wouldn't do…she had to isolate him from his friends to make the capture easier.
She had to think up of a plan…fast.
Her moment came when Isamu was about to get up from his seat…
"Oh, I'm so sorry!"
Tenten exclaimed as she had 'accidentally' crashed into Isamu when he was about to stand. Thus, she 'accidentally' lost her balance during the whole shebang and somehow 'accidentally' landed on his lap. He was pushed back onto the stool.
Having no intention of getting back up, Tenten snaked her arm around his neck. She gave him an innocent smile and said that she'll buy him a drink in return. She ignored the scrutinizing look she got from Isamu, acting like she was just some (air-head) girl who wanted to hit on him. She almost let out a sigh of relieve when he began to chuckle slightly. He stabbed his cigarette butt into an ashtray on the bar table and they engaged in a simple conversation.
She ordered a cup of martini and the bartender (not Shino) mixed the drink in front of her. Through the transparent glass, the drink was clear like water. In the glass, there was also a metal toothpick had three olives sticking through it like a kebob. Picking up the metal senbon which was in the size of a toothpick, Tenten eyed the man as she slowly devoured one of the olives. Licking her lips, she watched intensely at Isamu, observing his body language so that she could figure what to do next.
She looked calm on the outside but it was just her experience as a jounin taking over. Inside, she wasn't confident as if she can successfully get her plan to work.
Tenten was surprised when Isamu grabbed her by the waist and lifted her hand toward his mouth and ate the other two olives. Putting the metal toothpick back down onto the bar table, she'd almost couldn't stop herself from slapping the man when he placed his hand upon on her right knee (which was exposed because of her high slit dress). His hand moved up toward her thigh.
Shit…
He didn't look like he was going to stop on her thigh too. She had to distract him from his lewd actions.
Tenten raised the cup of martini toward his mouth. She gave him a seductive smile as she slowly turned the cup upside-down. The liquid poured all over Isamu's Hawaiian shirt. Surprised, the man stopped what he was doing and looked questioningly at the woman who was currently on his lap.
"Oops, my hands slipped. " Tenten said in a mock apologetic tone. She then moved closer to him, making invisible circles on the man's chest with her forefinger. She whispered words into his ear, making sure that he felt the heat of her breath. "As an apology…I'll help you clean it up…"
She backed away so that she can see his face. She gave him a naughty smirk as she asked, "if you allow me that is."
As a shinobi, there are only three deadly sins: sake, money, and women. It's because only one of those is enough to cause your downfall. They are the easiest thing anybody can exploit, making you vulnerable.
She had to admit, she had underestimated herself.
Her target seems to only too eager as he took up her offer. Without answering, he scooped her up into his arms. As the pair made their way through the place, Tenten could hear people cheering, whistling and laughing at them. Some of the men even make remarks that Tenten wished she didn't hear. If Tenten was someone shy like Hinata, she would've probably run out of the pub crying in embarrassment. Instead, she bit her lower lip as Isamu even took the time to take a bow before exiting the front door.
As Isamu carried her down the street, Tenten wondered how Neji and Lee were taking this image right now…
"Tenten is wonderful," Lee said in awe as he watched the pair below walked. "She has completed her part of the mission in less than half an hour since her engagement with the target. Well, I guess we'll just have to…"
When Lee turned toward his partner beside him, he realized…
Neji was nowhere in sight.
Isamu had put her down not long after they had walked out of the bar. He was holding her by the hand, allowing her to lead him past the busy streets and into a hotel. She wondered how long it would take before Isamu think that something is wrong. However, she'll just have to take one step at a time.
Isamu had wrapped his arms around her and was pressing his lips down on her back from behind while she was inserting her key into the lock. Turning the key, Tenten twisted the doorknob.
The pair could almost be described as stumbling into the room.
The room was designed in western style. Once you entered the room, there is a small hallway between the front door and the bedroom. A small bar and a closet with mirror sliding doors will be seen on the left side of the hallway. A door on the right will lead to the bathroom. Through the hallway, a bed is located in the center of the room, facing the television. A wooden desk with simple carvings stood next to the television. There was a sofa on the right side of the bed; in front of it was a small circular wooden coffee table. There was a large glass window next to the sofa, allowing Tenten to have a clear view of what's outside. Her backpack was currently placed on the sofa. It was opened, revealing her white t-shirt.
Her other team-mates shared another room at the end of the hall. Since there were only two beds, each of them were rotating as to who gets the sofa each night. However, each night just before she goes to the bar, she would take time hiding the things that would give anybody clues that she was a kunoichi. Therefore, she wasn't worried that Isamu will find anything that could be used to warn him against her. Most of the weapons she used were concealed within different scrolls anyway. Without the correct sequences of hand-seals, the scrolls will do nothing. Even if he sees them, she can just tell him that she likes to read, a lot.
Tenten turned around and closed the door behind her. She almost jerked when she felt someone's hot breath on her neck.
"You know," Isamu started, one of his hand wrapped around her as his other hand ran up and down the front of her body. With his arms, he pressed her toward him while keeping both of her arms trapped.
"I always wanted to fuck a whore from Konoha."
Tenten's eyes narrowed.
However, her anger was soon replaced with pain as Isamu grabbed her roughly by her shoulders. Twisting her around to face him, he slammed her hard against the door behind her…
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