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“There you are T-Chan, a month’s worth of your regular supplies,” the grocer smiled, handing her a nicely wrapped bundle of dried meats and fruits along with the necessary first aid supplies and plenty of bottled water. “Now, you be careful on that mission. I put an extra healing salve, just in case you come across some poison ivy.”

T-Chan laughed as she handed him the payment. “Whatever gave you the idea that I’m going on a mission? You know as well as anyone that I have no business doing such things,” she teased. “But thank you for the salve. I do tend to attract poisonous herbs on my travels.”

“You and your tea,” he joked. “You should open a tea shop.”

“Now, that sounds like the best idea I’ve ever heard,” T-Chan chuckled. “Of course, I’d be too tempted to drink all that tea.”

They shared the last laugh, and T-Chan shouldered the bundle and walked back to her family’s home, with a farewell wave to the grocer.

A gentle smile formed on her lips as she walked along the raised walkways, waving to the shop owners , dodging young children and greeting her friends from her academy days. But never would any of them have guessed that darkness brewed in her heart.

And never once did her smile falter. Until the screams started.

“Oh, looks like the tides coming,” an old man sitting outside his family’s shop said. Senility had stolen his mind, wiping away the reasoning and understanding that the Village Hidden by Awesome was a landlocked village.

A tsunami of water ravaged through the once dry, incredibly deep gullies and ditches that had been dug years before. The water slowed to a gentle flow as their source flew from beneath the water’s surface.

Hana triple flipped in the air and stuck her landing directly in T-Chan’s path. “Lady Jonin! I have found you!”

A low growl emitted from the back of T-Chan’s throat as the whispers of nosy bystanders reached her ears. “What do you want, Hanasuki-san?”

“I can’t believe it! I’m finally going on a mission! A real mission! With a real Jonin! This is the happiest day of my life, Lady Jonin! I won’t let you down! I swear on the Heaven’s above, may I never achieve my life’s goal of becoming the Awesomekage if I break this promise!”

T-Chan felt a stab of pain in her left temple. “You? You want to be Awesomekage?”

“Sure do! It’s my one dream. That and to have a pet marmoset.”

T-Chan burst out laughing. She had to put her hands on her knees just to keep herself from falling over. Hana started laughing too, even though she wasn’t quite sure why.

T-Chan took in a few calming breaths and wiped her eyes. “Oh, that was a good one, Hana. You, the Awesomekage? What? With your perpetually short attention span and no chakra control? You’ll be the best Awesomekage since the Great Naruto.”

Hana beamed with joy. “You really think so?”

“No.”

Hana’s face fell. “Oh, so you’re just like everyone else. You don’t believe in me either.”

T-Chan sniffed, and flicked her hair out of her face. “Listen, carefully, Hanasuki Soo-Min. I’m about to tell you what everyone else in this village is too nice too tell you.”

“Should I take notes? I have a notebook and a pen! It’s a really cool pen, too! Waterproof! And it writes upside down!”

T-Chan blinked then shook her head to clear her thoughts. “No, you don’t need to take note. Just pay attention, because I’m only going to say this once.”

T-Chan paused. This was the first time she had ever seen the shark toothed buffoon so intent, so focused. It almost broke her head to have to ruin that moment.

Almost.

“You are complete and total loser. Though you seem to have an infinite amount of chakra, you have no idea how to control it. You destroy everything you touch. You make everyone who has the misfortune to meet you miserably depressed. And your dream of becoming the Awesomekage is a joke. You’re fooling yourself if you think anyone would ever trust you with that much power and responsibility. And don’t think for a moment that you’re coming on this mission because I need you. If anything, you need me. I have memorized more medical procedures than you have ever heard of. You are a dead weight to me. A burden, a nuisance. And if it were up to me I would leave you here to be someone else’s problem. So thank your lucky stars that the Awesomekage himself ordered me to take you along. And just so you know, if you slow me down, I will not hessistate to leave you behind. After all, you are just a Genin. You’re expendable. Useless. Pathetic. And let’s not forget a complete pain in the ass. Have a made myself clear?”

With every word that poured from her lips, Hana slumped a little bit more until she was nothing more than a lump of shame on the ground.

“Don’t you think I know all that?”

“What?”

“Don’t you think I know that everyone hates me? I know I’m not the smartest person in the world. And, yes, I’m still just a Genin who can never make it past the preliminaries in the Chunin exam. And the reason I never get to go on missions is because I can’t be by myself and no one wants me. My teacher gave up on me when my teammates became Chunin. But here’s something about me that you need to know. I never, EVER give up. And when I make a promise, I keep it or die trying. And I promised you that I won’t let you down on this mission. So when I say you can count on me, believe it!”

T-Chan sniffed and shook her head. A cocky smirk formed on her lips. “You know what, kid. I like your spunk. So here’s what I’m going to do. Meet me at the North Gate at noon tomorrow. Noon sharp. And don’t be late or I’m leaving without you.”

“Yes, ma’am, Lady Jonin!”

“Here’s a list of supplies you need,” T-Chan said. “You better hurry because it’s almost sundown and the shops are closing.”

Hana beamed as she took the list. “Thank you so much, Lady Jonin!”

“Think nothing of it,” T-Chan said, her insincere smile never once leaving her face. “Oh, and call me T-Chan.”

“T-Chan? I know that name,” Hana hummed in thought.

“You’ve probably heard of me. I am quite popular around here.”

“No. I don’t think that’s it. Did you borrow money from me once?”

T-Chan cocked an eyebrow. “Uh, no. I’m a Jonin with a 100% mission success rate. I have no need to borrow money. Especially from you, a Genin with a 0% chance of even getting a mission.”

“But I know that I know your name from somewhere!”

T-Chan rolled her eyes. “I’m sure it will come to you. In the mean time, why don’t you rest that pretty little head of yours and I’ll see you tomorrow.”

“Wait! Don’t you want to go over the mission with me?”

“A sharp, quick-witted girl like you? Nah,” T-Chan smiled. “We’ll go over everything tomorrow. Bye now.”

T-Chan waved over her shoulder and walked into the thick of the crowd disappearing from Hana’s view.

Hana squealed in a higher pitch than most humans can hear, a toothy grin cutting her face in half from ear to ear. “Woohoo!”

Without warning she was jettisoned into the sky by a powerful geyser. That same geyser had also taken out a block of the elevated walkway.

“Sorry!”

From a distance, T-Chan could hear the angry shouting. She just laughed and shook her head. “Good thing I’ll be leaving bright and early tomorrow. The further I get away from here by noon the better.”

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“There you are T-Chan, a month’s worth of your regular supplies,” the grocer smiled, handing her a nicely wrapped bundle of dried meats and fruits along with the necessary first aid supplies and plenty of bottled water. “Now, you be careful on that mission. I put an extra healing salve, just in case you come across some poison ivy.”

T-Chan laughed as she handed him the payment. “Whatever gave you the idea that I’m going on a mission? You know as well as anyone that I have no business doing such things,” she teased. “But thank you for the salve. I do tend to attract poisonous herbs on my travels.”

“You and your tea,” he joked. “You should open a tea shop.”

“Now, that sounds like the best idea I’ve ever heard,” T-Chan chuckled. “Of course, I’d be too tempted to drink all that tea.”

They shared the last laugh, and T-Chan shouldered the bundle and walked back to her family’s home, with a farewell wave to the grocer.

A gentle smile formed on her lips as she walked along the raised walkways, waving to the shop owners , dodging young children and greeting her friends from her academy days. But never would any of them have guessed that darkness brewed in her heart.

And never once did her smile falter. Until the screams started.

“Oh, looks like the tides coming,” an old man sitting outside his family’s shop said. Senility had stolen his mind, wiping away the reasoning and understanding that the Village Hidden by Awesome was a landlocked village.

A tsunami of water ravaged through the once dry, incredibly deep gullies and ditches that had been dug years before. The water slowed to a gentle flow as their source flew from beneath the water’s surface.

Hana triple flipped in the air and stuck her landing directly in T-Chan’s path. “Lady Jonin! I have found you!”

A low growl emitted from the back of T-Chan’s throat as the whispers of nosy bystanders reached her ears. “What do you want, Hanasuki-san?”

“I can’t believe it! I’m finally going on a mission! A real mission! With a real Jonin! This is the happiest day of my life, Lady Jonin! I won’t let you down! I swear on the Heaven’s above, may I never achieve my life’s goal of becoming the Awesomekage if I break this promise!”

T-Chan felt a stab of pain in her left temple. “You? You want to be Awesomekage?”

“Sure do! It’s my one dream. That and to have a pet marmoset.”

T-Chan burst out laughing. She had to put her hands on her knees just to keep herself from falling over. Hana started laughing too, even though she wasn’t quite sure why.

T-Chan took in a few calming breaths and wiped her eyes. “Oh, that was a good one, Hana. You, the Awesomekage? What? With your perpetually short attention span and no chakra control? You’ll be the best Awesomekage since the Great Naruto.”

Hana beamed with joy. “You really think so?”

“No.”

Hana’s face fell. “Oh, so you’re just like everyone else. You don’t believe in me either.”

T-Chan sniffed, and flicked her hair out of her face. “Listen, carefully, Hanasuki Soo-Min. I’m about to tell you what everyone else in this village is too nice too tell you.”

“Should I take notes? I have a notebook and a pen! It’s a really cool pen, too! Waterproof! And it writes upside down!”

T-Chan blinked then shook her head to clear her thoughts. “No, you don’t need to take note. Just pay attention, because I’m only going to say this once.”

T-Chan paused. This was the first time she had ever seen the shark toothed buffoon so intent, so focused. It almost broke her head to have to ruin that moment.

Almost.

“You are complete and total loser. Though you seem to have an infinite amount of chakra, you have no idea how to control it. You destroy everything you touch. You make everyone who has the misfortune to meet you miserably depressed. And your dream of becoming the Awesomekage is a joke. You’re fooling yourself if you think anyone would ever trust you with that much power and responsibility. And don’t think for a moment that you’re coming on this mission because I need you. If anything, you need me. I have memorized more medical procedures than you have ever heard of. You are a dead weight to me. A burden, a nuisance. And if it were up to me I would leave you here to be someone else’s problem. So thank your lucky stars that the Awesomekage himself ordered me to take you along. And just so you know, if you slow me down, I will not hessistate to leave you behind. After all, you are just a Genin. You’re expendable. Useless. Pathetic. And let’s not forget a complete pain in the ass. Have a made myself clear?”

With every word that poured from her lips, Hana slumped a little bit more until she was nothing more than a lump of shame on the ground.

“Don’t you think I know all that?”

“What?”

“Don’t you think I know that everyone hates me? I know I’m not the smartest person in the world. And, yes, I’m still just a Genin who can never make it past the preliminaries in the Chunin exam. And the reason I never get to go on missions is because I can’t be by myself and no one wants me. My teacher gave up on me when my teammates became Chunin. But here’s something about me that you need to know. I never, EVER give up. And when I make a promise, I keep it or die trying. And I promised you that I won’t let you down on this mission. So when I say you can count on me, believe it!”

T-Chan sniffed and shook her head. A cocky smirk formed on her lips. “You know what, kid. I like your spunk. So here’s what I’m going to do. Meet me at the North Gate at noon tomorrow. Noon sharp. And don’t be late or I’m leaving without you.”

“Yes, ma’am, Lady Jonin!”

“Here’s a list of supplies you need,” T-Chan said. “You better hurry because it’s almost sundown and the shops are closing.”

Hana beamed as she took the list. “Thank you so much, Lady Jonin!”

“Think nothing of it,” T-Chan said, her insincere smile never once leaving her face. “Oh, and call me T-Chan.”

“T-Chan? I know that name,” Hana hummed in thought.

“You’ve probably heard of me. I am quite popular around here.”

“No. I don’t think that’s it. Did you borrow money from me once?”

T-Chan cocked an eyebrow. “Uh, no. I’m a Jonin with a 100% mission success rate. I have no need to borrow money. Especially from you, a Genin with a 0% chance of even getting a mission.”

“But I know that I know your name from somewhere!”

T-Chan rolled her eyes. “I’m sure it will come to you. In the mean time, why don’t you rest that pretty little head of yours and I’ll see you tomorrow.”

“Wait! Don’t you want to go over the mission with me?”

“A sharp, quick-witted girl like you? Nah,” T-Chan smiled. “We’ll go over everything tomorrow. Bye now.”

T-Chan waved over her shoulder and walked into the thick of the crowd disappearing from Hana’s view.

Hana squealed in a higher pitch than most humans can hear, a toothy grin cutting her face in half from ear to ear. “Woohoo!”

Without warning she was jettisoned into the sky by a powerful geyser. That same geyser had also taken out a block of the elevated walkway.

“Sorry!”

From a distance, T-Chan could hear the angry shouting. She just laughed and shook her head. “Good thing I’ll be leaving bright and early tomorrow. The further I get away from here by noon the better.”