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After a few days, Kurenai and her team that included, Ino, Kiba and Naruto, were finally getting to the real deal of real missions. Kurenai also instructed to them that the missions they were about to undergo were not like their training sessions. But neither Kiba nor Ino or even Naruto for that matter had a problem with anything being too dangerous. As to how well their team could work together, was still another issue that presented quite a bit of a challenge for them. Ino was finding herself to be left out on some things that Naruto didn't seem to want her to hear whereas Kiba was hoping these two would just get along for the remainder of their missions.

But Naruto was finding difficulty in working with two more people and he wasn't getting used to it as the days rolled by, mission after mission. He was growing colder and bored with their team work, having been doing one mission after another along with training, Naruto was wondering what he found interesting among their group. It was a bit of a mix-matched team with very little efforts to see who really belonged in which group.

He had no problems with the teacher but having an extra team mate was becoming a real pain in his neck. Kiba and Akamaru had nothing against it and just looked at it as another challenge presented to them. But like Naruto, he could see that having a girl on their team was making a bit of trouble for their practice methods.

Here they were on their next mission, all three brimming with hope that it was at least more exciting and thrilling then the previous missions. The third hokage had summoned for them after hearing the story on how well they were doing so far. Naruto and Kiba hadn't liked the old man that much as he was mostly the cause for all their ridiculous missions but they looked past it and put up a big smile for this glorious occasion as they headed out of the gates of Konoha. They were finally going on a real mission that required body guards for a royal couple just a few days from them.

Kurenai had just finished packing most of the food and medical supplies they would need for quite a long journey. She also had great hopes for Kiba's stamina and Ino's knowledge of avoiding enemy fire or attacks in general. As for Naruto's attitude towards things, it was surely to change within the right amount of time but his skills in Ninjutsu and Taijustu were of use to their squad as no one else had quite the endurance that he had. But there was still one thing that Kurenai could not put her finger on. Why did Naruto's face show so much sadness? She had seen it in Kiba's eyes as well but she heard what had happened to Kiba's family. What did not make sense to her was why Kiba wasn't trying to kill Naruto at all. She had seen with her own eyes that the two of them got along so well so what was holding Kiba back from taking revenge? She knew it wasn't right to avenge people and their deaths but she also knew that if there was something going on that required the help of a jounin, Kurenai was all for it. But maybe she was acting a bit too motherly for her own good.

'Asuma must know something about this…' Kurenai thought as the four of them headed out from the path of their village and looked out toward the open grassy field that lied out in front of them.

"Finally, we get a break from the village!" Naruto exclaimed happily as he pranced around in the flowers. Akamaru and Kiba soon joined while Ino and Kurenai looked at the boys like they were complete idiots.

"We're not here to play, Naruto, you too Kiba!" Both the boys lowered their heads and went back to their sensei's side allowing the woman to overlook the area. This was where her Genjutsu came into good use.

She used a doppelganger to look for anything suspicious while she readied herself in her real body. The copy didn't see anything out of the ordinary or anything that would harm the students. Kurenai did not put away her kunai knife but she lowered her guard for now and began to set up a small camp. She was aware of how much time they had to meet up with the royal couple and that any time now, the couple was sure to be headed their way. They were at the site that was planned to be used as a meeting spot.

A/n: Wowsers are us! Is it great that I'm updating this? Very little talking I know! But in the next one it will be loads of talk!