章 132: Chapter no.131
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Naruto threw the pieces of meat on the grill to start their cooking, after which he took the three sake cups and filled them up with sake. After filling up the three cups with the clear liquid, he placed a cup in front of sake in front of Satsuki and one in front of Hana.
"Sake?" Hana asked with a tilt of her head. Sure they were considered adults once becoming genin, even more so now that they were chūnin, but she had never drank any of the stuff before.
"When you exchange sake cups, you become family...as well as to celebrate our promotion." Naruto said as he lifted his sake cup in front of him.
"Family? Really?!" Hana asked as she stared down at her own cup. They had always considered themselves to be family, but there was never anything to secure that bond. Perhaps this was it.
"We're chūnin now, that means our paths will take us our own way...we may not even be on the same team together for much longer...but our bonds will keep us together as family! No matter where we are or what we do, our bond will never be broken!" Both Hana and Satsuki found themselves surprised at how passionate his words were. They each picked up their own sake cup and brought them towards the middle of the table, creating a ringing sound as the cups resounded off of each other. "Starting with this, from this day onwards, we're officially family!"
As Naruto said those words, each of them downed their cup of sake in one gulp. The two younger girls choked on the burning sensation running down their throat, but swallowed it nonetheless. Naruto couldn't help but chuckle at the reactions of his newly named sisters before pouring them another cup.
"Don't worry, after a few cups, you get used to it. Now let's eat before the meat burns and the food gets cold!" Naruto said as he took the meat off the grill and began distributing it amongst the three of them.
Soon enough the group of three were digging into their food like their was no tomorrow. This wasn't as uncommon as one may believe, every time they came to the Akimichi's Barbecue restaurant, a quick lunch turned into an enormous feast. Hana and Satsuki were eating in the most unladylike manner humanly possible and Naruto had almost choked on his food three times already because he was shoveling it down so fast, but none of them cared about quirks like that. Today may be the last day that they will ever be together as a team and they we're going to make the most of it.
Halfway through there meal, the three of them began to slow their pace down. This is the point where they usually began to take their time and simply savor their food. This was also the time for conversation now that their unruly hunger had begun to express its satisfaction.
"So what are the two of you going to do now that we're chūnin?" Satsuki asked as she wiped her mouth with a napkin.
This caught the attention of the other two at the table who paused while still chewing their food to think about her question. Hana quickly swallowed her remaining food before turning towards her new sister.
"Well, you've known what I've always wanted to do. During genin introductions I think I told the both of you and Obito-sensei that I wanted to become a veterinarian. Now that I'm a chunin, I'm able to apply for medical ninjutsu training at the hospital, that way I'll be able to work on animals as well as people. The only medical ninjutsu I currently know was taught to me by my Kaa-san, but she doesn't know much more than I do now. After I start at the hospital, I'd eventually want to become one of the veterinarians for the animal hospital in the Inuzuka compound." Hana had a smile on her face the entire time at the prospect of being able to acheive her dream so early on in her shinobi career.
"I guess I'd serve as a team leader for now." Naruto spoke as he threw another dumpling into his mouth. He had absolutely no table manners whatsoever. "Because we lost so many shinobi during the invasion, I have no doubt they'll be sending us out on missions as soon as possible. We may even be in charge of shinobi that were in our graduating class, seeing as how we outrank them now."
"Why's that? If we just lost so much of our forces, wouldn't it be best to concentrate the shinobi that we do have left on protecting the village?" Hana asked curiously. She didn't exactly know if she had what it took to lead a team. Naruto was a natural leader, when Obito wasn't around on missions or was occupied with a more important matter, Naruto was the designated stand-in leader, which he always excelled at. And Satsuki never had any doubts about herself or her decisions. They were completely different rom herself.
Naruto shook his head in response, "We can't do that...If we were to start turning down missions, it'd be like telling the other nations that our village is getting weak. Kumo and Iwa would no doubt take that opportunity to attack because of their dislike for the village and the Hokage. That's why even the academy has been temporarily closed and the chunin instructors have been sent on field missions once more...I may not like it, but that's just how it is."
The two girls had a thoughtful look on their face as if wondering that kind of missions they'd possibly be assigned to lead. They were probably worried about how well they'd do or if it'd be successful. Nobody wants to fail the first mission that they were assigned to lead. Naruto didn't have those concerns however. He's been assigned to lead sub-missions by Obito many times during the course of their time as a team, and while he thought he wasn't cut out for it at first, Naruto had grown accustomed to taking charge in most situations. Though, he could understand if his two teammates didn't feel the same way.
"Hmm...I see...that sucks for whoever gets stuck leading a team..." Satsuki spoke lazily, still partially in thought, as she bit down on another piece of the fried tofu.
Naruto gave the girl a deadpan looked as she continued to chew, "Hey, I'm talking about you too, you know...most of the jonin of the village will be sent off on higher ranking missions, because those are more prominent, that leaves us to lead their genin teams for the time being. Obito-sensei will probably be forced to take on more S-Rank missions as well."
"Hm...tomorrow is bound to be a pain." The girl moaned in defeat.
"Why don't we finish up our food and get out of here. We've still got a whole day before all of that begins, why not make the most of it?" Naruto spoke as he started back up on his food once more.
The other girls smiled at his words and followed suit. They still had an entire day before they had to worry about leading missions and the like, so why worry about it now when there's nothing they could do about it? They would make sure to take him up on his offer, those sweet smiles turned mischievous and wicked, he was the one paying for everything today after all.
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