Chapter 50: Assistance to Sunagakure
A few days later Riku was putting on his armor and getting what he needed to train in swordsmanship like the Kiba when heard a knock on his door. He went to the door and opened it to see that it was Naruto and Sakura.
Riku: What's up?
Naruto: Granny Tsunade wants to talk to all of us.
Riku: Who?
Sakura: The Fifth Hokage the one you didn't meet yet.
Riku: Oh ok give me a couple of minutes to gather my things and we can go.
A few minutes later after he gathered his he headed out with Naruto and Sakura. He was excited to finally meet the Fifth Hokage. They walked to the Hokage office and went into see a lady with long blonde hair that went into two loose ponytails while her bangs framed her face. She had brown eyes as well but what stood out was that she had a diamond on her forehead which Riu believed was possibly from a jutsu but was not completely sure. Riku concluded that she was the Fifth Hokage. But she wasn't alone in the office Kakashi was also in the office as well.
Kakashi: Oh hey guys.
Naruto: Oh Kakashi sensei.
Riku: It has been a while Kakashi sensei.
Kakashi: It has it is nice to have you back in the village again Riku.
Tsunade: You must be Riku. I've heard a lot about you from the Third and your friends.
Riku: I am sorry that I didn't introduce myself earlier a lot of things happened and then I went to train with the samurai for two years.
Tsunade: Don't worry it is understandable but I do appreciate your help on the Sasuke recovery mission you just came back from a long journey then wasted a lot of your chakra to the point that you nearly overexert your chakra.
Riku: It was all to try to bring a friend back but we failed in the end.
Tsunade: I am sorry about that. But please let's get to the current situation. I called all of you here so that you can take a mission. The mission is to assist Sunagakure in getting their Kazekage back.
Naruto: What they got Gaara how did the Akatsuki do that?
Riku: I would like to know who the Akatsuki are. Is this something that I missed.
Naruto: They came to the village, the first time when you were away at the forge. Their goal is to get all of the tailed beasts so they are after all of the jinchuriki like me.
Tsunade: Yes but you didn't mention that all of the members are S rank or higher missing nin. They are all very powerful and deadly shinobi. They got Gaara by fighting him in sunagakure and setting off a bomb that will destroy the village leaving Gaara to try to defend the village which he succeeded but he was attacked during that time and feel as he was running low on chakra.
Riku: They sound more and more dangerous the more you talk about them but this is why I trained so hard for those two years. Plus I owe Gaara for the help that he gave us when we needed it.
Tsunade: Yes that is the reason that I brought you here your mission is to go to Sunagakure and assist them in finding their Kazekage. This will help Suna get their leader back while it will assist us in stopping the Akatsuki's plans as much as possible.
Naruto: Alright let's go and get Gaara.
Kakashi: Relax let's go prepare first there is no point in us arriving not ready if that happens we will only be a detriment to them so we will leave in a few hours to get your things ready so that we can head out.
Riku/ Naruto/ Sakura: Yes Kakashi sensei.
Riku rushed home to gather what he would need to be away for a long time as well as some of the equipment that he didn't take with him as he was going to train his swordsmanship like his needles. He also explained to his parents that the Hokage had assigned him a mission to head to Sunagakure to assist them in getting back their Kazekage. His mother was mad as he only returned home for a little time and now he was leaving again but his father understood how dire the situation was so he held explained to his wife to let their son go. He then rushed to the entrance of Konoha and saw that Sakura and Ino were there talking to each other. Sakura saw Riku approaching and smiled as she pushed Ino in the direction of Riku.
Sakura: Oh someone is here to see you Riku.
Ino: Make sure that you return safely. Please return safely unfortunately my team wasn't assigned on the same mission we have another mission to take care of.
Riku: I will make sure that you stay safe on your mission as well.
Riku hugged Ino after she ran off back into the village to prepare for her mission. Sakura looked at Riku with a smile as she nudged him.
Riku: What?
Sakura: So you and Ino huh.
Riku was dead silent as he didn't know what to say he was waiting for Kakashi and Naruto to show up so they can go and he can avoid this topic. Kakashi and Naruto showed up as they gave Riku the same smile that Sakura had and that was when he realized that they also saw what had just happened. Riku felt more annoyed.
Riku: Lets just go on the mission.
Naruto: Hey Riku are you in love?
Kakashi: So Ino is the girl you like?
RIku: I am leaving.
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