Twice Cursed Or Just Plain Unlucky?

7 - New Things All Round (edited)

A couple of weeks later Team Kakashi were doing stupid little missions, but Tsuki had things to look forward too, after all, she'd had three dates with Inuzuka Kiba and even got a kiss on the cheek on the last one.  It had happened a few days after graduating properly. She hadn't expected to enjoy it, but she actually had a good time with Kiba, he made her laugh.

(              Tsuki fell onto her back, panting heavily as Kage un-summoned himself, they had successfully managed to complete the jutsu they'd been working on.

"Arf!" she turned only to have a small white puppy like her nose.

"Hey sweet-cheeks," a rather cocky voice interrupted the silence.

"Kiba," Tsuki muttered, looking at the shaggy brown haired boy, his eyes were dark with vertical slits and his teeth were more canine. He was wearing a fishnet tank top and his usual grey pants.

"What're you doing out here on your own, where's Uchiha?"

"Training," she said, answering both questions in one.

"Cool, so, wanna go out to dinner with me?"

Tsuki flushed red and looked away, she'd had the comments and she could deal with those but no one had ever actually asked her out. She didn't know how to deal with it.

"Aww, are you blushing?" Kiba taunted.

"Urusai," she muttered.

"Kawaii! (CUTE -or something to that effect)"

"If I go out with you will you shut up!" she snapped, sitting up, Kiba just grinned.                             )

This mission was a cat hunt. It was hot, the sun was out and there were few if any clouds.

"Sasuke, point B," came Sasuke's voice through the ear piece of the COMS kit; Tsuki sighed as she stopped on the branch she was meant to be on.

"Tsuki, Point D."

"Sakura, Point C," there was a moment of silence.

". . . Naruto, point A Dattebayo!"

"Too slow, Naruto," Kakashi scolded. "Yosh, Team Seven – oh? The target had moved!"

Tsuki followed the black shadow of the cat with her eyes and frowned slightly as it dashed into a bush for cover not too far away.

"Yosh, he's there, Dattebayo!" Naruto murmured and they all moved closer, hiding behind trees to surround the bushes.

"What's the distance from the target?" Kakashi asked.

"Five metres, I'm ready to go, Dattebayo!" Naruto said.

"I am, too," Sasuke said.

"Mm."

"Me too," Sakura agreed.

"Yosh . . . Go!" Kakashi ordered.                              

The four Genin dived into the bushes and Naruto let out a yell of happiness as he grabbed the cat around the waist.

"Got you at last!" the cat cried out and then turned on Naruto, clawing at him fast and repeatedly. "Itai!" he exclaimed.

"Does it have a ribbon on its right ear? Is it our target, Tora?" Kakashi asked, Sasuke who had his back to the rest of the team answered.

"It's the target, no mistake."