D-Ranks and C-Rank

The next day Shikari woke up lazily getting out of his bed.

he washed himself getting rid of the sleepiness that is persuading him to go back to sleep.

he couldn't go back to sleep, after all this day would be the day that he takes his first mission in his Shinobi career.

Shikari after wearing his Shinobi fit glanced at himself in the mirror.

'deja Vu'

Shikari walked to the ninja academy where Ninja gets the missions at a leisurely pace.

Shikari was relaxed, he is going to receive a D-rank mission after all nothing could endanger his life.....but one cat could.

Shikari finally arrived at the Missions place and asked the chunin assigning the Shinobi the missions to get him one.

"give me your ID." the chunin tiredly said.

Shikari gave it to him without a fuss.

"genin huh. and no team either! well, Shikari I have the perfect mission for you." the chunin said with an evil grin.

the chunin started digging threw the D-ranks and after a few seconds, he pulled out a scroll with the letter 'D' written on it.

"here you go."

"than-" Shikari started saying but the scroll's content stopped him in his tracks.

the scroll that the chunin gave him had a dreaded mission that traumatized every genin.

[ capture the lost cat tora ]

on the outside, Shikari quickly left with no emotions on his face, but on the inside, Shikari was cursing the chunin with every bad word he knows.

'well, at least I have an advantage.' Shikari tried to console himself.

Shikari then hid in a remote ally.

"Kage bunshin no Jutsu!" (Shadow clone technique)

five identical Shikaris came into existence in a puff.

the clones frowned already knowing their purpose.

"disperse." Shikari commanded.

the clones obeyed and went in different directions while Shikari did the same.

six hours later.

Shikari walked into the ninja academy, his face scratched into unrecognition holding a cat in his hands.

Shikari silently handed the chunin the demon cat, took his money, and was about to leave when the chunin stopped him.

"Hey, take this." the chunin said as he handed out a small white paper with details on Shikari's mission and the words Success and a green check mark written at the sides.

"what's this?" Shikari raised his eyebrows.

"you get those every time you complete a mission, collect those and give them to the secretaire at the Hokage tower after every month. she will print out a new ID that has the number of finished missions and their rank." the chunin said in a monotone voice having explained this topic many times before.

'that was not in the show either!'

Shikari nodded and decided to get another mission this time it was a gardening mission. with the help of his Shadow clones, he finished it fast.

then he got another mission, to paint a fence for an old man's house.

Shikari quickly completed it and finally went back home.

15,000 Ryo. that was the harvest for that day.

not being in a team had its benefits too!

like getting all of the money for yourself.

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one month later.

Shikari walked out of the Hokage tower with a new ID in his hands its contents were:

Name: Shikari

*picture of Shikari*

Age: Seven

Rank: Genin

missions completed: 100 D-Ranks

Ninja number: 2029636

address: *****

over the course of the month, Shikari had unbelievably completed a hundred D-rank missions and accumulated 500 thousand Ryo with the help of his Shadow clones.

he was eligible to receive a C-Rank mission when he completed 50 D-ranks but he opted to complete more D-Ranks instead.

'No more D-ranks' Shikari decided as he headed to the Mission Assignment Desk in the ninja academy to get a C-rank.

the chunin still sat there with bored sleepy eyes, but having seen Shikari he started taking out a D-rank mission.

"this time I want a C-Rank." Shikari said stopping the chunin in his tracks.

"Are you sure kid? doing C-Ranks alone is very dangerous." the chunin asked and warned Shikari.

"Yes, I am sure." Shikari replied confidently.

"Alright then, but don't say I didn't warn you." the chunin said as he handed Shikari a C-rank mission.

the mission was to escort a politician to the land of Rivers.

the land of Rivers was east of the land of Fire.

the politician would meet Shikari at the gates of Konoha the next day at 6 AM.

Shikari nodded and left but he had a question in his mind.

'why a C-Rank mission when it was a politician?'

It was general knowledge that almost all politicians had enemies willing to hire mercenaries or even Shinobi to kill them.

'Something is fishy here.'

Shikari then put those thoughts at the back of his mind. he has to prepare for the mission.

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a middle-aged man in formal attire was standing at the front gate of Konoha seemingly waiting for someone.

the man looked at his watch to see that it was 5:59 AM.

the man grumbled seeing the watch turn to exactly 6 AM the 'people' escorting him had not arri-

the man couldn't finish his thought when a young boy appeared out of thin air in front of him.

"Are you Ryutaka-Sama?" the boy asked.

"Yes, it's me. what do you want from me, boy?" the man said arrogantly.

"I am your escort to the land of Rivers. my name is Shikari" Shikari said already he did not take a liking to Ryutaka.

"Konoha only sent a little boy to escort me Ryutaka!" Ryutaka said anger in his voice but on the inside, he thought: 'perfect, I was looking for you Shikari' but he corrected himself 'well, I am not looking for you but....is'

"hmph!" Ryutaka turned away and started walking out of the gates with Shikari following him.

'nothing suspicious as of yet' Shikari thought.

the two walked with no words being exchanged.

"I think we should stop and rest now." Shikari said looking at the setting sun.

"Why should I obey you?!" Ryutaka said arrogance seeping into his voice.

"if you don't want to die then you should." Shikari said calmly not moved by Ryutaka's antics.

"hmph! fine then!"

seeing Ryutaka agree Shikari pulled out a scroll and unsealed it.

in a puff, camping tools appeared and Shikari started making a camp.

Shikari had used three of the five scrolls he got from the "beginner supplies" bundle package.

he put the camping tools in one.

and he put the complete aid kit in another one.

he put the antidotes with the aid kit.

and he put the essential supplies like water, food, and spare cloth in the third one.

he of course kept the five increasing blood pills, ten high-quality explosive tags, high-quality ninja wire, ten military ration pills, and five smoke bombs in his ninja bags/pouches with the Shuriken and kunai.

he wanted to keep at least two scrolls empty because if he killed mercenaries or ninjas he'd keep the spoils there.

as the day turned into the night both Shikari and Ryutaka sat near a campfire Shikari had made.

"Shouldn't you go to sleep? to recover your energy," Ryutaka asked in a weirdly caring tone.

'that's the first red flag' Shikari noted.

"No, I should stay awake while you go to sleep. I can protect us from mercenaries or others if I am up while you can not." Shikari calmly explained.

"I don't want to feel useless so can I at least give you the food I packed?" Ryutaka 'kindly' asked.

'another red flag right there'

"Sure." Shikari said then took the food that Ryutaka offered and 'ate' it.

"I will go to sleep now. goodnight." Ryutaka said.

Shikari didn't reply but just nodded as he stood up and tensed up looking out for any disturbances.

after Shikari was sure that Ryutaka had slept he spat out the food that Ryutaka gave him.

'he could've poisoned the food' Shikari reasoned.

he still had his suspicions about this whole mission so he was on guard all the time.

one would ask how he deceived Ryutaka into thinking he actually ate the food.

simple really Shikari used some light genjutsu and his acting skills to do it.

that night nothing of interest happened.

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both Shikari and Ryutaka had continued their journey making some pit stops at small villages.

until they arrived at the capital of the land of fire.

both were really tired by then especially Shikari so they decided to book a hotel and rest there for two days.

in those two days, Shikari didn't relax his vigilance, and Ryutaka kept offering more food to him.

Shikari, of course, accepted and 'ate' the food but in reality, he didn't and he secretly spat it out.

after those days of rest, the two continued their Journey to the land of Rivers.

nothing interesting happened, they only got attacked by some wild animals that met their end at Shikari's hand.

that continued until they crossed the border between the land of Rivers and the land of Fire.

after walking a good distance away from the border something interesting happened.....

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Chapter end.

*evil laugh* You didn't see that coming did you?

anyways I have to apologize for not uploading a chapter yesterday my internet was trash and I couldn't do anything.....anyways bye.