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" Take your foot out of my face!" Was Itachi's only comment a few hours later.
Anko looked down at him, smiled, turned again to their feet once again welcome in all directions before they ACTING Itachi call him entangled in a crevice and then climbed to the top. But she did not take to turn around and stretch his tongue out. Then she climbed the other Boy after she and Itachi had sent before. Yue was the weakest in their group, so he should set the pace. Anko Itachi still had no desire to have to grind with the boy when the could not.
why Itachi reached the last to the top of the cliff, they had to climb up. The role of the instructions that had pushed them into the hand of their master, had been found to be stalking. They ran from one place to another and had to look for the clues. The rain had been exposed, but the clouds down to it, so it was expected that they would soon be wet again. Itachi grumbled, he had not imagined the life of a ninja. All the ninja, which he could see in the anime on TV wandered, never by rain or mud. Always fixed routes and sunshine. Apparently, the true ninja life, but then other than he had thought.
" What is the next clue?" Asked Itachi, as he was then Yue. So slowly that it was here on my nerves.
" We're already pretty far down," said Anko finds when she larded on the role. "If only one, I would say."
Itachi hid his relief. He was cold, despite all the movement that he had had and there was probably no piece of skin on his body more, not that was wet. But he said that he for missions and simply could not turn back when the weather does not fit him. Anko seemed to identify the temperature somewhat less. But the boy, whose hands trembled pitifully as he drove on the role to study the final point. It had proved that the boy really knew much, but physically was a weakling.
would hope that the missions with him are not too bad.
weaklings can endanger the whole group , Itachi repeated one of the statements made by his father in spirit, as he had explained to him how one of his Mission had almost provoked a civil sting when he had a volatile low-Nuke nin . Let Sometimes they do more work when they're about as if they are left in the village.
And Itachi was assumed that a father speaking from experience. After all, he was a senior commander in the police and head of the clan. Moreover, it seemed to him logical. The weakest were in the animal kingdom eaten first. Could you but transferred to Ninja? Certainly Itachi was not there. People were more intelligent than animals, more intelligent. And they protected the weak, the young children in among them always. So it had expressed at least once a teacher anyway.
people are illogical concluded Itachi.
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? Is it really here, "Anko asked incredulously.
They stood in the middle of Konoha in front of a restaurant. The weather was still atrocious, but now they were too accustomed to the cold and the rain still remarkably large. Therefore, they probably gave off a very strange picture, three small children in the rain in Konoha in the street stood and looked at the sign of a store.
" true-to at least match the name of the restaurant with the last code word and it is the only one here in Konoha, that is ... that way," the boy said softly .
seemed true and Anko Itachi the cold not seem to mind, he still felt very much as she crept into his limbs. He had wrapped his arms around his body and shivered. Even if it was not the right end on which it ought to have arrived, it would really matter to him if he could just for the heat. Unsure, he took a step forward before he turned back.
"is co- her?" He asked.
It was Itachi, who replied as He shrugged his shoulders.
" We should go inside. Out here to stand around us does not help, besides it is too late now to doubt ourselves. "
This placed the three children the case is decided, and together they stepped through the door of the restaurant. All three sigh of relief when woolly warmth enveloped her. Only now they saw how her fingers had become numb over time, so that now they almost hurt to move. The wet worked twice as nasty as before, as a warm breeze blew against her body and ran down the cold drops from their hair down the neck.
However, Itachi, who was the first thought for sure to look for their master, who was to be found here somewhere. Unfortunately, none of them was big enough to see over the back walls of banks, which divides the restaurant into smaller sections to provide guests with more privacy. Therefore shared the children soon, to search the aisles. They all hoped that they here would find their master, because if not, it would mean that they had made a mistake somewhere and had to return to the scroll again to go through. From scratch.
And to be precise: that was not one of them.
self Anko had now been loudly complaining about their masters and this stupid job and whined that she wanted to return to dry land. Yue had not initially looked happy, but not dared to say a word, because every time his eye was to Itachi Face moved that looked as if the same hell break loose, even if he only would be a bit more wet.
But the three had Ge-nin happiness, because after some searching discovered Anko their master in the back corner of the restaurant, where he was sitting on a wooden bench and just one another cup of tea poured. He looked as if he would sit for hours here and wait for the.
Anko growled and stomped on her master, before trying to add him and put his arms to entangle. They do not care, that their footsteps a path full of mud left behind by the locale. Itachi showed his displeasure quite as open, however, was almost as annoyed as Anko fact that the more than four hours in the mud and crawling in the rain had passed, while her master had made himself comfortable. Finally, Yue came angetrollt and turned his gaze to the ground before he looked carefully into his hair out and looked at her master.
Orochimaru contrast, viewed the three Ge-nin amused when she finally stood before him. They were wet, dirty, hardly recognizable and perfectly done. ANKOS hair looked like an old brush, because every time she tried to get her hair from her face, she made it worse. Similarly, the Hongo was the boy whose clothes had been far too thin and now clung to his body like a second skin. And even the little Uchiha, who had braved the weather probably perhaps best looked as if the rain had him shrunk to two centimeters.
What Uchiha Itachi but did not stop to look very annoyed. He had hands buried in his pockets and ignored the wet strands that stuck in his face, so did not emphasize it once institutions are out of sight. Orochimaru suspected that Itachi tried to hide the intense look he threw at him. He would have smiled at the sight, but he failed to act in front of Itachi and the other two children not too patronizing and superior. Still, it was apparently true what they told about the Uchiha.
they so incompetent in the art of communication might be, they managed to say everything they wanted to join in a glance. What seemed to be in the moment ' I'm cold, that was all useless and has nothing to do, do something about it, you ass'. Orochimaru bit his finger when he covered his mouth with his hand. Had he really been afraid that the boy had no feelings?
" Sit still," said Orochimaru, pointing to the second bank on. "You do not have here . Stop "
crawled together then the three Ge-nin on the bench, with Itachi's legs as the only not touching the ground - Anko had problems as well and was therefore on the edge - and still had difficulty correctly to see over the table. Orochimaru waved the landlord that he was to bring more cups of tea. Unlike his colleagues and his old master he preferred tea instead of sake. Jiraiya and Tsunade got drunk and regularly fought over again the next morning with a full-grown cat. There were also other ways to avoid problems, be ready when they drown in alcohol.
one with Orochimaru calmly poured the three Ge-nin their tea. Grateful to finally drink something hot, they grabbed their cups, but were careful not before, had already cost him. Properly brewed tea was damn hot and none of them wanted to burn the mouth. Instead, it went Itachi, Anko and Yue to warm just before the hands. Although almost numb fingers burned in contact with the hot tea cup fluted, but they did not care. The main thing they was again a little warm. The hunger that they now plagued by the way still, they could not ignore for a while.
" So," Orochimaru began and saw the three Ge-nin inquiringly. "Do you know why I have you can do it all?"
Anko, who was sitting in the middle of Itachi and Yue, looked first at their teammates, and then her master .
" order to torment us?" she asked.
Now Orochimaru laughed yet.
" No, at least not primarily," he said. "Next try."
" We should learn something?" Offered Yue, scratching his head.
" better," said Orochimaru. "What, Itachi?"
now looked at the Uchiha Sannin, who now ventured to take a sip of the tea. The hands worked incredibly small and Orochimaru noticed that Itachi even had to take the cup with both hands to access them properly. Yet even as he flashed the scalding hot tea flowed down his throat and his chest probably caused an unpleasant tingling sensation.
" We should learn to unpleasant working conditions?" Said Itachi.
" Was that a question or a statement?" Returned Orochimaru.
" We should learn to unpleasant working conditions", Itachi repeated it, this time more firmly.
" Right," Orochimaru said with a nod, "I wish that you learn what you expect out there is because outside the walls at best. Our business is death, we earn our money with it for to lead the Daimyô wars and kill people, but the rain just makes the whole thing usually even less tolerable. "
Now he stared at the three Ge-nin. For them, the death , as he had just mentioned, although ubiquitous, but never been so real. In class, they avoided it, to tell them that their chances are really Chu-nin, were not really high. Only one in ten Ge-nin managed mostly at the end of the Chu-nin. The others died in the service because they are too weak and too inexperienced in order to survive the horrors as outside. Nin because for most health-ended notion of the terror out there on the wall of the village. No one knew what was coming towards them, until they left the shelter of the village and Orochimaru also thought that anyone could really prepare properly on it. You either survived the first blow and got up again or you ended up as a name on a stone. The latter quite often much too early and on an ugly way. Orochimaru had his Views of the children wander, wondering for the first time whether he had made a mistake to accept them.
It was not very likely that they would survive the war, which was near the front door. The second ninja war had just finished and the peace pact with Sona, Iwa and Ame, although a signatory, but Kumo had refused and Orochimaru knew only too well that turn themselves no longer his Master Sarutobi this oncoming war with all his diplomatic skill; highest was still in doubt beyond.
And I leave these three kids, because more were not in his eyes, despite all its promising capabilities in this damn world going on and the furniture possibility that it is all die under my command more than likely. It had actually not be his fault. A simple case, a careless movement or an enemy that was just lucky, would be enough for these three Ge-nin lifeless bodies of children to make, which he then had to carry back to the village. Just as he did at ... no, you must not think about it now, to forbid Orochimaru. Let bygones be bygones.
Orochimaru exhaled and waved to the host, that would be paid. The children had already been emptied their cups, and looked expectantly at him now. He could see that she really wanted to go home shower, and put on dry things, but could not. They had to learn that not always the end was, if they wanted it. When he got up and he waved to them, they followed him willingly, though Anko saw little bargain skeptical.
" What now?" She asked with a piercing gaze that seemed to say 'yes I do not lie down on me'. Eventually, he would perhaps have to take this view seriously, but not now. She was still too young and too inexperienced for it. "We train "
said Orochimaru.
He ignored the horrified looks, but simply turned only towards the training grounds. The weather would not be too many Jo-nin there also were the most on a mission. At present, there was an official truce between the nations, as each waits to see if Iwa Suna and would agree, but of course, the fight continued anyway. Only one had now switched back to espionage and sabotage, at least as long as would break up the fighting again.
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The weather was not better in the coming weeks. The sky was always dark with rain and had to be expected at any time. After a while Itachi stopped to wonder about it. Or even thinking about it. Everything he did in the morning when he left the house, was automatically his rain jacket to pack. It has therefore been drawn to an automatic gesture hood over his head when the skies once again opened, and omitting a downpour about them. Anko growled then always, as if to compete with the thunder, but Itachi thought it was just her way to deal with it. Yue hated Surprisingly, the rain more than they all. He looked without his glasses and not much in the rain it was always wet. Just as the rain, it had become the norm that Yue took down his glasses and wiped the glasses.
Like now, when Yue was just finished and pushed his glasses back on his nose.
Itachi turned his head and took the action again, hit the nail in the wall. It was her mission to the battered shed of a farmer to repair. First, Itachi had to the type of contracts surprised, but it was clear that, as Ge-nin would still not accept difficult assignments. Not yet, anyway. So it occurred to them to take care of the smaller things that had been neglected by the last war. Itachi let out a sigh as he reached for another board. It was gone all last week Sun Morning and afternoon small missions and afternoon training.
The training was worthwhile, even if it was at first glance, nothing special. Orochimaru let them fight against each other, at least not common. He let them make the case exercises when they hardly see straight at night could, basic throwing techniques explained again and again until they could meet with a Kunai the exact center of the target, which claimed her Sensei them. Frustrated, Itachi grabbed the hammer.
your sensei was not what he expected. A glance sideways Itachi said that Orochimaru was still there, where he had to stand for hours. Under the canopy of the main house, so he was not wet, verkreuzt his arms over his chest and stared into space. He did not talk much, outside what did not belong to the training or the instructions, and sometimes he disappeared for some time without warning. It bothered Itachi less disappeared that his sensei, than the fact that he never noticed, when he did. One minute he could be there in the next, he was no more and nothing indicated that, as he had done it.
Itachi had never seen before, like the Orochimaru hired and how hard he tried also to ensure, so far he had been able to catch the act of disappearance or reappearance. Let alone that he found a reason for her sensei disappeared at irregular intervals. It was not a behavior for a commander of a group of ninja. A commander, a leader had to be constantly present, otherwise the chain of command could get easily falter should decisions are made without the commander.
However, thought Itachi, Sensei is one of the three Sannin. He was the student of Sandaime Hokage-sama himself So there are a lot of reasons why he disappears from time to time. Itachi continued to pursue the idea, since his mind had to do the time anyway, nothing else. This mission helped to increase their physical strength and he was unfortunately necessary. Raw power was not his area. He defeated opponents in the academy library, strategy and technology, but power was due to his age nor from simple. But he could train and the mission demanded not necessarily for the presence of her sensei. Anyway, why was someone like Orochimaru three miserable Ge-nin from that someone like Orochimaru would hinder it?
Orochimaru-sensei could all do other tasks at this time, thought Itachi.
missions take, for example. Important issues on the border or even outside. He was one of the Sannin, its presence on the battlefield could win all wars, so well could appreciate Itachi already. But he did not understand why her sensei was then here . Were there not other, less important yo-nin, which could take over the training of health-nin? It was not in his head, but Itachi hesitated to ask his Sensei. Also, because he believed no clear answer to get.
" Are you ready?" Asked Orochimaru now, suddenly, now quietly came over and looked at Itachi down.
The first looked at Anko and Yue, then to his job.
" Almost," said Itachi, as he looked up at his sensei.
For several days he wore the regular Jo-nin vest and not loose clothing. She looked not so much from most, but she could not diminish its status, Itachi knew that Orochimaru had held him. From her clothes, her sensei was now only one of many yo-nin, but no one would dare to say such a thing. Your sensei surrounded by an aura, to which one in not usually 'no' said. Not if you were able to stand by the answer. Similar to his father.
But Orochimaru-sensei was different from his father.
The Itachi had already been found, although he could not name the difference between these two men. He looked from one to another and wondered. Although he could not say about what.
" power ready," ordered to Orochimaru. "Then do we break. I will pay. "
Itachi Orochimaru looked at her with wide eyes. He was not sure whether his mouth was open. Where did this gesture, these words? Your Sensei she had been never invited to dinner. He was equally impressed them at the beginning that they had had to learn to divide their forces and know how much your body needs. Therefore they usually ate around noon their food that they brought themselves. Yesterday he had together with Anko and Yue on a large pile of wood sat and munched the Bento that his mother had made him.
" Wa .. why?" Stammered Itachi, the confusion evident.
He caught the eye of his sensei. Orochimaru had buried his hands in his pockets and his mouth shaped something you could interpret away as a pathetic attempt at a smile. But there was no joy in it. In the deep green of his eyes gleamed Sensei something that is not Itachi understood.
" me today then," claimed Orochimaru and Itachi assumed that it was partly the truth. His sensei had no reason to lie. However, interpreted the brief silence that occurred in that it was not all. "Tell the other two, Itachi," said Orochimaru. "I expect that you will be ready in the next half hour."
" Yes, sensei," said Itachi.
Actually, he could not care that their Sensei invited her to dinner. Sure there was not much, but still it should mean nothing to him. There was no reason to hit the nail more quickly into the wall. But Itachi finished his duties in the next half hour. Anko and Yue were finished shortly after him and steps similar to eager, hopeful look like Itachi's hesitant.
" Let's go," said Orochimaru, as he gathered up the three Ge-nin.
He went on, did not care a single second point is that the shed was completed, but the job was like a battlefield. He heard Yue whining that he was glad it was over. Finally, this work was beneath their dignity, they were not craftsmen for civilians. He almost wished that he could tell the boy that this menial work, but what Yue called the D rank mission, after all, was not fatal. But he refrained, ANKOS curses were enough and deserves the Head Butt. But for different reasons.
But he could not rob children of their illusions.
Especially not Itachi, the questioning look he did not go out of my head.
Granted, the kid was good. As good as he had hoped, but something was innocent in it. It fit in a certain way to understand his difficulty the feelings of others. But Anko and Yue also had this innocence. The three had not seen the war, which crept inexorably closer. Sarutobi spoke of riots, a fact about he could only shake his head, after all, Minato admitted that they had problems. Orochimaru respected the blonde ninja and he acknowledged that he was even better than Jiraiya. But he did not think it would be war again. Or maybe he uses only his last optimism to keep the war as long as possible away from him.
And from his students.
For the first time saw his sensei Orochimaru and easy Minatos pacifist character trait. Why do they idea of peace and some solutions so much opposed. For the same reason he did not want Yue, Anko and Itachi left the village.
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