• "A mission," Robert questioned. "What kind of mission is it?"

    "Kind of a protection mission," the girl said. "Will you take me to the Hokage, I need to speak to her about the mission."

    Oh, by the way, what's your name?"

    I'll tell you later; but now, we gotta get to the Hokage."

    Jesus Christ, she's got a one track mind.

    At the Hokage mansion, Tsunade was sitting at her desk sorting through paperwork when someone knocked at her door.

    "Enter," she half mindedly said.

    Robert and the girl entered the office. As Tsunade looked up to see who it is, she saw Robert and assumed that he thought that she had a mission for him

    "I told you earlier, Robert, I have noth-" the girl then came out from behind Robert. "Who is this?!"

    "I'm sorry for showing myself this way. My Name is Yuuki. I am a descendent of the Oni Tribe, Part of the Brittanian branch. My Father is the leader and requests Robert-sama to come.”

    “Wait a minute, you wouldn’t tell me, the one who saved you, but you would tell someone you don’t know, and has done nothing for you yet,” Robert exclaimed.

    “At the time, it wasn’t important. I am the one you’ll be guarding on my way home. You will also have a longer mission when we get to my father’s house,” Yuuki said coolly. “We will pay the village handsomely and provide anything for the mission. You will need a team of ninja to come with you. We will leave just before the sun comes up, have your team ready by then.”

    “Hold on one second,” Tsunade said as Robert was walking out, “how do you know she’s who she claims she is?”

    “On her right shoulder, there’s a mark that looks like a tetragram. That mark is on all that are born into the clan and it cannot be duplicated. I’m taking Kiba and Akamaru, Tenten, and Shikamaru for this mission. I’ll go tell them and get my pack together. Oh, How long will this mission take, Yuuki?”

    “It will take at least a month to make the trip, if all goes well,” she said calmly, “so plan for five weeks. It’s a four day trip to our colony.”

    “Heh, this should be fun if you are hiring me. I’ll take it. If you need a place to stay, you con stay at my place, my sister is on a mission with her group, so you can use her room. It’s the house behind Hokage Rock.”

    After Yuuki and Tsunade finished the last bit of paperwork for the mission, Yuuki made her way up over Hokage Rock and was dumbstruck by the sheer size of the mansion that was up there.

    “He call’s this a house,” Yuuki exclaimed.

    When she came up to the front door, Robert opened it expectantly and invited her in.

    “There’s food in the kitchen down the hall,” Robert said nonchalantly, “and Naome’s room is up the flight of stairs farther down the hall. I’ll be at the other end of the house getting ready for the mission if you need me.”

    With that said, he walked down the hall and walked through a door down the hall and left her alone. After she ate, got cleaned up, and dressed ,she ventured into the equipment room were she found Robert asleep at the table. Next to him was an opened bottle of Mountain Dew and homemade ninja tools strewed across the room.

    Has he never heard of cleaning up after missions, she said to herself trying not to step on any of the plenteous, empty bottles all across the floor. He’s cute when he’s asleep, unlike when he’s awake and pissed looking.

    The next day, Robert, Yuuki, Kiba, Akamaru, Tenten, and Shikamaru all showed up at the gate before the sun rose.

    “Why do we have to be here so early,” Tenten complained.

    “It’s a long trip and we have to get there in a short amount of time, so quit your complaining; this is a very important mission,” Robert explained bluntly. “Oh, Kiba; can I talk with you for a second?”

    Sure.”

    “Kiba, since I’m not sure of Yuuki’s skills, do you think that if she is slowing us down, she could ride on Akamaru’s back?”

    “Sure, it’s fine with me.”

    “Alright, then,” Robert said in a louder voice, “let’s get moving.”

    “Right,” they all said in unison.

    About an hour in the trip, Robert noticed Yuuki slowing down. Robert then proceeded to nod at Kiba, Who in turn, responded by pricking up Yuuki and placed her on Akamaru’s back.

    “Everything alright there, Yuuki,” Robert questioned.

    “Yeah. I’m just not used to running this far for so long. I’m not trained like you guys,” she said quietly.

    Later that evening, they approached a large town and Robert told them that they were going to stop for the night.

    “What are we going to do about dinner and sleep,” Tenten asked.

    “Don’t worry, I’m sure Robert’s got it covered,” Shikamaru explained.

    “That I do. You guys are in for a real treat,” Robert said.

    When they arrived in front of a large, luxurious inn, Robert ushered them in and slipped something on the counter and the lady behind it picked it up and examined it carefully, then she handed Robert a key and lead them down the hall to a very large room. When they got inside and closed the door everyone (aside from Robert and Yuuki) were shocked about the grandeur of the room.

    “Wow! How did we get such a place? They even let Akamaru in without a fuss,” Kiba exclaimed.

    “I’m wondering how we got such an awesome room, too. How did you do it,” said the very confused Shikamaru.

    “It’s just one of the perks of being the son of a ruler,” Robert said. “How do you think I got so rich?”

    “I never thought about it that way, Robert. Who was your father, Robert,” Tenten questioned.

    “Just eat and don’t worry about it,” Robert said with a smile. Yuuki saw through it in an instant.