Chapter 187 - 187. To the land of waves (1/2)

”Alright team get your gear prepared for at least a 1 week trip and meet at the gate in an hour.” Kakashi says and disappears in a swirl of leaves.

I already have everything I need so I hop over the roofs towards konoha gates. I wonder how I should handle this mission. I guess I'll just wing it and see what happens.

I wait for about 45 minutes and Kakashi and the old man are the first to show up. He looks me over a bit. ”Where's your supplies for the week?” I show him a seal on my under arm.

I chuckle and say ”Seals are so useful shame they only teach exploding ones in the academy.” this seal keeps people from wondering where things pop out from and adds a few hidden bacon sandwiches for emergency use.

”Not many people can make seals like that so they took it out of the curriculum. But I do think we need to rework the academy to be more useful.” Kakashi says pulling out his little orange book.

Apparently they toned it down a lot after the war it didn't use to be so crap. During nonwar time they let everything slack that's why everyone seems so useless now. Even Kakashi got rusty with no real threats.

A few minutes later Sasuke shows up followed by Sakura. She blabbering about going out on dates with him after they get back. Ugh I hate fangirls. But honestly the only way to get it out of her is to beat it out of her or show her the real world.

We ready up and check out at the gate for our mission then start heading towards the land of waves. Along the way sakura is chatting with the old man about his village. He explains how it used to be a nice place before Gato trading moved in ruining the economy with bandits and cutting off trade unless it was through him. Which is why he is currently building a bridge to help the village.

At this point Kakashi is narrowing his eye as Gato trading is a well known tyrant who often uses mercenaries and rogue ninja to solve his problems.

We keep walking out of the land of fire for a few hours. When suddenly my eyes pick up 2 ninja hiding in a puddle using genjutsu. Sadly that doesn't work on me with the rinnesharingan. I flash Kakashi some quick unnoticeable hand signs and keep walking after I get a nod.

After we pass by the puddle the two ninja inside flash out wrapping a chain that connects them by their gauntlets around kakashi. With a quick tug his body is shredded into meat. But that's only a cheap genjutsu.

At this point sakura is in full blown panic and Sasuke looks pale. The two ninja I identify as mist ninja quickly rush at Tazuna. I throw a knife at the chain pinning it to the ground, causing it to jerk them to a stop.