[Naruto] Raiders of large dogs

When the Muye villagers were still immersed in the aftermath of the lively festival, a few black shadows had already galloped away to the outside of the village.The sky, which was not so long ago still full of stars, is now covered by stratus clouds, blocking the originally bright starlight.

got windy.

The team shuttling through the forest maintained a defensive formation and moved forward at the fastest speed. Xue ran in the center of the team and was responsible for the security on the right, following Kinoshita and jumping flexibly.

It is quite rare for teams to dispatch missions collectively.Snow lightly fell on the tree trunk following the rhythm of the team, her mind filled with doubts.Although she has never been to the destination of the mission, she is very familiar with it - that is the small country where Kinako lives.

A little-known place. The map shows that it is a neighboring country with the Land of Earth and the Land of Stone. It is more like an independent city than a country. It has almost no influence and only exists as a buffer zone for other countries.The task this time is to escort the princess to the Land of Fire to get married in order to seek the protection of the Land of Fire.

Princess?

Snow thought of Kinako whom she hadn't seen for a long time, and she didn't expect the two to meet again in this way.Shanmao Anbe suppressed the complicated emotions in his heart, and rushed towards the destination without stopping.

To be on the safe side, the Anbu did not choose to go straight through the Kingdom of Rain and the Kingdom of Stone, but detoured around the border of the Kingdom of Wind.The team fumbled all the way forward, spending a lot of time to find out the situation along the road, and it was already four days later at night when they arrived at the original location.

Under the cover of night, Anbu jumped down to the ground one after another. Yuki saw the familiar Konoha ninja vests who were already waiting. One of them had silver hair that was even more eye-catching. It was Kakashi, Kai and Genma.

Kujo gestured for Anbu to stand by behind, and stepped forward to talk to Kakashi.Kinoshita lowered his voice and said to the team members on the side: "You actually sent two regular squads of Jōnin and Tokō at the same time, and a dark squad to carry out the mission. It seems that this time Hokage-sama spent a lot of money."

"The specific execution is still a headache for the team leader. We just need to obey the orders." Qiushan said while supporting the bear mask on his face, "What you should worry about is that this task will not be easy, so be mentally prepared."

The always accurate animal intuition kept ringing the alarm in her heart, a very bad premonition, but the task must be completed, Xue suppressed the restlessness in her heart, and quietly waited for the sub-leader's instructions.

During the conversation, Kakashi squinted at the Anbu girl hiding in the shadows, still standing at the end of the line without any sense of presence.Sensing that he turned his head to meet the gaze of the silver-haired Jonin, Bobcat Mask just nodded his head as a routine as a greeting. The girls who perform tasks are always so indifferent as if they are not eating fireworks, which makes Kakashi a little regretful.

"Isn't that your guardian?" Kinoshita approached Yuki and said, "It's a coincidence that we are performing missions together again this time."

Xue didn't react much, she just responded perfunctorily, but it was undeniable that when she saw Kakashi's usual smile, her originally turbulent heart calmed down.

After the discussion, Kujo signaled to continue the journey, and the Anbu followed the regular ninjas with hidden breaths, and the two teams arrived at the client's city, one clearly and the other secretly.

"You have already received the mission instructions before starting this mission. We are mainly responsible for escorting the princess to the Land of Fire this time. The regular ninja team is in the light, and we are in the dark. This is a basic mission." Kakashi and the others When contacting the client, Kujo was hiding on the beam with the team members and explaining the details of the mission.

"Originally, this country was a friendly country of the Nation of Fire, and has entrusted Konoha with various missions all year round. Recently, the Nation of Earth has put more and more pressure on them, so they hope to seek asylum through marriage with the Nation of Fire. The country is likely to send people to obstruct the way, so we must pay attention." Kujo simply explained to the bewildered Kanna, "Of course, this is only a task on the surface, and it is also the main task of the regular team. And the other task assigned to us by Master Hokage A mission is a top-secret mission that the regular team doesn't know about..."

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Dawn is approaching, the sky on the horizon turns pink, Xue stands on the eaves and looks into the distance, taking a deep breath of the air of a foreign country.

Although this country is small, it has all kinds of internal organs. The scenery is completely different from that of Konoha. There are gray rocky mountains standing around, forming a natural barrier around the city in the middle, which looks cold and depressing.

Although she has been reading the scenery of her hometown described by Kinako in her letter, the shock of seeing it with her own eyes still makes Xue addicted to it.There is no softness of the leaves, nor the slump of the sand, but the unique vastness. Looking through the rocky mountains, the sky seems more profound.

This is Kinako's hometown.

Feeling the wind with the icy breath of rock, Xue searched for every place described in the letter.

"Huoyue, you are here, where did you go just now? The team leader has summoned us." Kinoshita greeted from under the house.

"Understood." Responding to Kinoshita, Yuki jumped off the roof with him and ran back.However, Kinoshita's question seemed to have peeled off a corner of the fog, which made the girl puzzled.

What were you doing before?

Puzzled, Xue decided to let go of her doubts and focus on the task first.

Hearing Kujo's call, the Anbu ran neatly along the roof beams to the living room, hiding in the shadows and waiting for the handover between the client and the regular team.

A well-dressed girl walked into the hall with a maid. Yuki recognized that it was Kinakko who hadn't seen her for a long time. She seemed to have grown up a lot compared to half a year ago, and the expression on her face became more stable.

"Long time no see, Your Highness the Princess." Kakashi squinted his eyes and greeted.

"You took care of me last time." Kinako, who saw the silver-haired Jōnin, showed Xue's familiar smile again, and asked briskly, "Is everyone in the seventh class all right?"

"Thanks to you, they are alive and kicking. It's a pity that they haven't reached the point where they can take over this task."

"It's such a pity." Kinako seemed a little sad, "I originally told Xue that she would come and see my hometown, but now I'm going to renege on my promise."

"That's not necessarily..." Kakashi said meaningfully, and the dead fish eyes pointedly looked up at the direction where Yuki was hiding, and Shanmao Anbe retreated into the depths again and again in shock.

Kinako, who followed Kakashi's line of sight but found nothing, was a little puzzled, and continued: "Father asked me to hand over the schedule to the ninjas, and I can start at any time."

"Time is running out, so please prepare immediately, Your Highness the Princess. Please also change into a light outfit to facilitate your actions."

After Kinako answered, she went back to prepare. Seeing this, Anbu followed Kujo and jumped to the lobby to assign work.

"Leave the bright guards to you, we will assist in the dark, and each other will perform their respective tasks, okay? Kakashi." Kujo and Kakashi said.

"Ah, there is nothing wrong with us here." Kakashi rubbed his head and looked unmotivated, "Unfortunately, we got the news before you arrived, and the land of earth seems to have made some moves Already. The originally planned route may have been exposed."

Kujo with the eagle face mask was a little surprised: "Is the information leaked?"

Kakashi's dead fish eyes showed a bit of sharpness, and he touched his chin and said, "Although I don't understand the purpose of your Anbu, but if it is related to the position of the Fifth Generation Lord, it is not ruled out that someone inside interferes."

The Anbu and the others looked at each other, and Xue lowered her head and thought of a possibility: Gen.

If something goes wrong when the Fifth Hokage just took office and is about to establish her prestige, it will shake the foundation of her power.This mission is the best choice. Even if it fails, it will not affect Konoha's fundamental interests, but it will have a non-negligible impact on Tsunade-sama's subsequent measures, especially at this stage, it is fatal.

"Well, let's adapt accordingly. It is precisely because we are afraid of such a situation that Lord Wudaimu will appoint us." Kai and Genma who were behind also nodded seriously.

"For the sake of safety, we need to borrow someone from you." The silver-haired man scratched his chin, and said like Kujo without any embarrassment, "At least for the time being, our goals are still the same, so it should be reasonable."

"Who?"

"Fire Moon."

The named Anbu girl looked at Kakashi in confusion, not knowing what role she could play.

"In order to ensure speed, everything in the team is kept simple, and the client's follow-up team can take care of the rest. Our focus is to escort the target to the Land of Fire. Therefore, the client agrees to take the princess alone, and the personal guards during the period will still be female. to make a comparison.”

Looking at the regular team, they were indeed old men. Kujo began to seriously doubt the purpose of Tsunade's sending their team, sighed helplessly, and had to borrow Yuki to Kakashi temporarily.

"During this period, Fire Moon, you should first obey the command of Kakashi's team."

"learn."

Shan Mao Anbu walked up to the silver-haired Jonin, looked up at Kakashi with a scheming smile on his face, pressed his restless big paws on the girl's short hair and said, "Your body is not suitable for a personal guard, please borrow it from Your Highness the Princess." Put on light clothes, and the mask can be removed."

Quickly preventing Kakashi from messing with her hair, which was originally raised at random, Xue murmured with some dissatisfaction: "Teacher...you are still on the mission, be serious..."

Under the surprised eyes of Anbu's teammates, Yuki greeted everyone and ran to find Kinako, leaving only the Konoha ninjas who hadn't reacted yet.

"Kakashi, just now Anbu called you teacher?" Kai and Genma looked at the back and found it very familiar, while Kakashi scratched his chin but smiled silently.

"There was such a tone during the Huoyue mission." Kinoshita helped the stunned teammates say what they wanted to say, and Kujo coughed a few times in embarrassment.

In the corridor, Kinako and the maid who had changed their clothes were coming, their simple attire was just like Konoha's first meeting.Xue saluted and said, "Your Highness, Your Majesty, I will be your bodyguard on the road. I wonder if I can borrow a set of attire from your maid that is convenient for activities."

"Eh? This voice is...?" Kinako looked at Yuki with some doubts, her face suddenly changed, and she took Anbe's hand and ran into the room and closed the door.

Xue, who was pressed against the door by Kinako and dared not move, looked at the pen pal she hadn't seen for a long time through the cat's eyes of the mask and asked, "His Royal Highness?"

Kinako stared at the lynx mask in front of her with big shining eyes, and asked uncertainly, "...Snow? Is that you?"

"..." Seeing that Xue's identity had been identified, Xue nodded honestly, and took off the mask on her face, "...Long time no see, Kinako."

As soon as the words fell, Xue was hugged by Kinakko's bear, and the girls rubbed each other affectionately, the joyful voice echoed in the room: "It's really you! I really remember that serious voice correctly."

After conveying her happy mood, Kinako asked, "Yuki, why aren't you with Class Seven? You're still wearing a strange mask."

"It's a bit complicated to say... In short, I will be in charge of your personal protection for this mission."

"Great! To be honest, I was always a little uneasy when I was alone in a foreign country, but I feel more at ease when Xue is here." Kinako patted her chest and smiled, but Xue found that the smile was different from the cheerful one in memory. With a little melancholy taste.

"Kinako...are you unhappy?"

Kinako lowered her head and shook her head when she heard the words, and asked Xue an irrelevant question: "Xue, is there anyone you like?"

"..." Xue nodded lightly without knowing why, but Kinakko grabbed her hands tightly and asked like a cannonball: "Is there really? Who is it? How did you like it?"

Dazed by Kinako's continuous questions, Yuki could only falter and think about how to answer.Kinakko, who realized that she was too excited, put down Xue's hand as if discouraged, and lowered her head, losing her previous vitality: "I'm sorry...I didn't want to make things difficult for Xue...but I'm very disturbed now."

"Does Snow know the reason why I'm going to the Land of Fire this time?" Sitting down by the door, Kinako bent her legs and hugged her knees tightly, which was a sign of insecurity.

Sitting down with Kinako, Yuki recalled the mission description: "It seems to be going to get married?" The girl didn't understand the meaning of the unfamiliar words.

"Although the official wedding has to wait until adulthood, I temporarily practiced pre-marriage in the Land of Fire. But I really don't have the confidence to marry someone I have never met, live for the rest of my life, and take on the responsibility of the entire country. "The girl of the same age as Xue buried her head in her knees, and Kinako's voice was muffled, as if she was choking.

"However, I dare not let others see it, because I am everyone's hope. This expectation is too heavy. I really want to be the same as it is written in the book. A prince charming rescued me. I have never had someone I like. I'm really afraid that I'm going to marry into a foreign country after trying to fall in love..."

Unlike the Kinakko in her memory, Yuki looked at her friend beside her and exposed her vulnerable side in front of her eyes.Xue stretched out a hand a little awkwardly, and lightly wrapped her arms around Kinako's shoulders, thinking about how to speak.

After brewing for a long time, Xue patted Kinako's shoulder and said slowly: "Don't be afraid, Kinako, I will accompany you."

"Yeah." Kinako shifted her focus to Yuki's shoulders, "It's great to see Yuki coming..."