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Finally the next day rolled around, and team 7 were at the training fields, awaiting their Leader, Kakashi, who was an hour late. Finally he decided to show up.
Kakashi: Good morning guys
Naruto: Hey where the hell have you been Kakashi Sensei!? You were supposed to be here an hour ago!
Kakashi: I got lost on the path of life...
Sasuke: You liar... so what's the test going to be Sensei?
Kakashi: This is a test I went through to become a Genin, as Did my sensei, The Fourth Hokage, and His Sensei Lord Jiraiya
Naruto: So my dad passed this test eh? Shouldn't be too difficult to beat then...
Sakura: Naruto all of those ninja he just listed ended up being some of the greatest ninja the leaf has ever seen!
Kakashi: 99 Percent of participants fail this test...
Sakura: Seriously!?
Sasuke: No way...
Naruto: So what is this big bad test of yours then Kakashi sensei?
Kakashi: Simple... here I have around my waist, 2 bells, simply take one from me...
Naruto: and we pass?
Kakashi: That's correct, you have until 4pm to grab a bell, if you don't have a bell by lunch time however, you go without lunch, and you have to watch me as I eat mine.
Naruto: WHAT!?
Sasuke: So that's why you told us not to eat breakfast...
Sakura: Wait a second, there's three of us but only two bells, so right from the start the max pass rate for the team is 66% no wonder there's such a low pass rate
Kakashi: The only way you'll get one of these bells is if you come at me with the intent to kill, understand this, I am stronger than each one of you, but I am restricted in that I cannot kill you in this challenge, but you have permission to kill me... if you can, if you don't exercise this right... you won't be getting one of these bells.
Sakura: You can't seriously want us to kill you
Kakashi: I never said I wanted you to kill me, I said I want you to try to kill me... there's no way you'll actually be strong enough to kill me, but you might just be able to get a bell.... Now that we've got that cleared up, we'll officially begin when I say Go, 3... 2... 1-
Before Kakashi could say go, Naruto and Sasuke had already lunged towards him, and both had tried to uppercut him with a kick, which Kakashi easily avoided, by simply leaning his head back, and quick as a flash he grabbed the two by their throats and threw them to the ground
Kakashi: I didn't say go yet... but at least you guys came full force...
Kakashi released them, and then shuffled back in line with Sakura
Kakashi: Alright... GO!
With that the three young shinobi disappeared
Kakashi: *Hmmm... concealing themselves in the woods... not bad, of course I can tell immediately were they all are, but what can you expect from a bunch of genin...*
Sakura: *Naruto and Sasuke are best friends... so they'll work together to get a bell each, which means I'm left to-*
Naruto: Psst. Hey Sakura
Sakura: Hm? Yes Naruto?
Naruto: When we get the bells, you and Sasuke can have them
Sakura: What? Why...
Naruto: You heard my dream right? I want to protect my friends, and ensure Sasuke's path to being Hokage... I'm not going to let a silly little thing like losing out on this exam stop me *I bet everyone would be so surprised that the son of the Hokage couldn't make Genin, my dad will have to say something about that!*
Sasuke: Naruto are you sure about this?
Naruto: Yeah, besides what I hear, you never go on missions of any real danger as a genin... that'll give me enough time to reach genin again.
Sasuke: ...Hmm fine, then we attack together, the three of us, that will give us the best shot at-
Kakashi: You'll never get a bell if you just stay up in this tree
To their shock, the three turn to see Kakashi, squatting in the same tree as them. The three dash backwards away from Kakashi, landing on the grassy plains. Kakashi appears in front of them, but does not attack, he simply stands and waits
Sasuke: Naruto, remember the fight with Mizuki?
Naruto: Yeah, Of Course
Sasuke: Right, we'll do the same thing, Sakura, if you see an opening, grab the bells
Sakura: Okay
Naruto: SHADOW CLONE JUTSU
Naruto makes a hand seal, and a huge puff of smoke engulfs them, and 6 Naruto's emerge from the smoke and charge toward Kakashi. The first lunges with a punch to the face, which Kakashi knocks away wit the flick of the wrist, he then kicks the second square in the chest, which sends the second clones hurling into the third, they both disperse, but then the fourth clone comes in low with a sweeping kick which Kakshi simply steps over, grabbing the fifth clone before he could even attack Kakashi, and launching him into the fourth clone, both dispersing once again. Now all that was left was the original, Naruto pulled out his tanto blade, but in an instant Kaksashi appeared behind him and knocked him to the side with a back fist to the side of Naruto's head. Sasuke saw that Kakshi, had his back to him and immediately started weaving hand signs
Sasuke: FIRE STYLE, FIRE BALL JUTSU!
Sasuke spat out a fire ball in Kakashi's direction, apparently engulfing him in the flames
Naruto: NICE ONE SASUKE!
However when the fire dispersed, Kakashi was nowhere to be seen
Sasuke: Naruto, Sakura, Back to back to back!
The three moved in as Sasuke said, their backs facing each other, looking out for where Kakashi will strike
Sasuke: Anything on your end?
Naruto: No, nothing!
Sakura: All clear here Sasuke!
Suddenly Kakashi rose from the ground in the centre of their triangle, Sasuke jumped from the ground in a backflip motion, aiming a kick down upon the top of Kakashi's head, Kakashi move his arm to block the incoming attack, and Naruto spins around, slashing at Kakashi with his tanto, Kakashi grabs Naruto's forearm and angles his hand in a way that placed his tanto at Naruto's throat, Sakura turns to Kakashi aims to snag one of the bells, but Kakashi simply raises a knee in Sakura's direction, blocking her from the bells, Sasuke spins through the air, launching another kick to the side of Kakashi's head, this time kakashi grabs Sasuke by the shin, but Sasuke uses this as an anchor to launch himself up, and throw a punch to Kakashi's head, forcing kakashi to release Naruto, to block the punch, and instantly Naruto grabs the bells and dives away from Kakashi. Kakashi releases Sasuke, and Sasuke and Sakura also move away from Kakashi and fall in line next to Naruto
Naruto: As Promised, here Sasuke... and Sakura
To Kakashi's surprise Naruto hands a bell to Sasuke and to Sakura, leaving himself without one
Kakashi: Hmm... no bell for you Naruto?
Sasuke: Naruto deserves to pass
Kakashi: Is that right?
Sasuke: Yes, Naruto as shown just as much promise as any of us, the fact that he doesn't have a bell is just a technicality, the fact of the matter is, without Naruto neither me nor Sakura would have a bell
Kakashi: Exactly, that was the whole point
Sakura: But that's not fair!
Kakashi: You pass...
Sakura: I know, but Naruto deserves to-
Kakashi: I mean you pass... as a team
Naruto: Wait... so you mean
Kakashi: That's right, the purpose of this test was not for you to flaunt your individual talents, but rather to demonstrate your teamwork. If you're no good at taijutsu, or ninjutsu, or genjutsu, we can work on that, and you'll get better, but if you don't know what it is to work as a team, there's no room for you as a ninja. That's why we put you in squads of 3. I would like to say that you passed this test with flying colours, from this day forward, we'll now be known as Squad 7.
Minato: I thought you might be here, Itachi... I've been looking for you
Perched in the tree sits Itachi Uchiha and behind him, stood on a branch is Minato Namikaze
Itachi: Are you sure you didn't just happen across me, when you were checking up on how your son was doing? Lord Hokage
Minato: I have intel for you... how did they do?
Itachi: They were excellent...
Minato: Lord Jiraiya has identified the criminal organisation he's been tracking as The Akatsuki.
Itachi: This is the organisation that Orochimaru belongs to?
Minato: Belonged to... it appears he left, my guess is that he was simply there to evaluate their threat level. This is a small organisation comprised of only the most ruthless villains of the world...
Itachi: Hmm... do we know their purpose as of yet?
Minato: For now they seem to be merely sell-swords, mercenaries completing missions which require a significant military force...
Itachi: Who would use them? Working with Missing Nin is illegal...
Minato: Villages which lack military force, although... I've heard rumours that the Hidden Stone village has employed them on more than one occasion.
Itachi: They're really that strong, that one of the five great nations hidden villages would need to employ them?
Minato: Apparently so, although I suspect that they're simply raising funds with a larger goal in mind...
Itachi: We should reinforce our defences... and organise a group to shadow The Akatsuki... we should stay on top of their movements
Minato: Precisely, I would like you, as a Captain of the Konoha Joint Forces to hand pick such a group. I trust your judgement, no-one knows the extent of the shinobi in the KJF better than you, not even your father...
Itachi: Would you like me to Lead this group also?
Minato: No... I have a separate mission for you, but we'll talk more about that later
Itachi: Are you not going to congratulate Naruto? He done very well
Minato: Yes... Of Course
With that the two appeared on the ground either side of Kakashi
Kakashi: So you two were watching from the shadows?
Minato: I actually missed the fight, but I heard the conclusion, you passed...
Naruto: Yeah... we're Genin now
Minato: Congratulations, you've done very well... all three of you. Why don't you all treat yourselves to some Ichiraku Ramen, or Barbecue, or indeed whatever you like, put it on my tab
With that Minato smiled brightly at the three, and disappeared in front of their very eyes. As much as Naruto wanted to be annoyed by his father showing up there, he couldn't help bust feel ecstatic that his old man was keeping an eye on him.
Itachi: Well seeing as Lord Hokage is buying I think I might Join you... Dessert is on me, as way of congratulations. Will you be joining us Kakashi?
Kakashi: Not this time Itachi, Lord Fourth has asked that I meet with him after this... I'm guessing it's about the same thing you two were discussing in the tree?
Itachi: Most likely... very well, team 7 with me
So team 7, and Itachi began to walk back towards the village centre
Naruto: Oh I almost forgot!
Naruto ran over to where their 3 boxed lunches were placed, and picked them up greedily
Sasuke: Naruto, we're about to go get ramen!
Naruto: So, you shouldn't waste food Sasuke!
So team 7 went on to complete mission after mission, mostly menial tasks in Sasuke and Naruto's opinions, however as much as Naruto complained, he enjoyed receiving so many missions, it was the only time he really saw his father. So here we are yet again, in the Hokage's office, with Minato deciding which mission to entrust them with. To Minato's left, sits Fugaku Uchiha, and to his right, Shikaku Nara.
Naruto: That's it dad! I've had it with these lame missions, I want a really mission, something with actual combat!
Minato: Naruto you're a squad of fresh genin, which means you get D rank missions, until you met a certain quota and then you may be entrusted with a C rank, if your team leader thinks you're ready. That's how it works, if I were to give you something other than a D rank, I could be accused of favouring my own son
Naruto: ~Yeah like anyone would be likely to think that~
Minato: What was that, Naruto?
Naruto: Grr... how are we supposed to get any stronger if you don't challenge us? We're hardly going to develop any combat skills, babysitting, or pulling weeds!
Sasuke: He has a point Lord Hokage
Fugaku: SASUKE! How dare you question The Hokage's decisions!
Minato: That's quite all right Fugaku... so you want a real mission eh? Shikaku, what C ranks do we have to offer them?
Shikaku: Hmm... fresh out of C ranks... no wait, here this one just came in, it's a simple body guard mission
Minato: Very Well, Team 7 your mission, will be to guard a master bridge builder on his journey from here to.... ah the land of waves. Mr. Tazuna you can come in now.
With that, the door opened and in came an elderly man, grasping a bottle of saké
Minato: I'd like to introduce you to team 7, they'll be guarding you
Tazuna: These bunch of rugrats? You've gotta be kidding me, hey I paid you good money!
Minato: I assure you, these 3 have earned their ranks as genin, which makes them ninja of the hidden leaf. They will be more than enough to handle this C rank mission. They'll also be led by Kakashi Hatake, a man who up until recently was captain of my personal elite guard.
Kakashi waved at Tazuna with a smile
Kakashi: Hello, well I've been introduced, as have you, so let me introduce to you the rest of team 7. Here we have Sakura Haruno, the brightest young Kunoichi the leaf has to offer, next her is Sasuke Uchiha, son to Lord Fugaku whom you see sat next to Lord Hokage, Fugaku is the leader of the Uchiha clan, and his eldest son Itachi is one of the most skilled ninja the leaf has seen, and his youngest son Sasuke, he shows just as much promise, and last but not least, on the far left is Naruto Uzumaki, son of the Hokage. Need I say anymore?
Tazuna: And you were responsible for Guarding The Hokage himself?
Kakashi: That's correct...
Tazuna: Hmm... very well, then let's set out, I'm in kind of a rush to get back home!
Kakashi: Of course, just give us a short amount of time to prepare, we'll meet you out by the front gates.
Tazuna walked out grumbling into his saké bottle.
Kakashi: Go home and prepare all the necessities for a few days in the field, we'll be walking all the way to the land of waves and back afterall
Fugaku: Sasuke you should already have a packed bag, correct?
Sasuke: Yes father, I keep a bag packed just like you taught me
Naruto: Well I don't, I'll have to pack from scratch... oh man, I don't know if I've got any clean clothes... I've been wearing this set for two days already
Sakura: That's really gross Naruto!
Minato: Actually Naruto... I was wondering how I could show you how proud I am for becoming a genin...
Naruto: huh?
Minato: I've bought you some new clothes, you're a ninja now, that warrants a new outfit from your academy clothes!
Naruto: New.. clothes?
Minato: That's right, it's a track suit, similar to the one I used to wear as a kid, except, well I remembered your fondness for the colour orange, well I'll just show it to you
Minato pulls from under his desk a stack of track suits
Minato: I was going to wrap them but now we don't have time for that, go ahead and pack, I'll be along soon to see how it looks
Naruto took the clothes to his bedroom in the mansion, he placed them on his bed to take a good look at them. They were light orange tracksuits, with blue lines running down the outside arms, and around the outside edges. The tracksuit top also has a hood. On the right arm the Uzumaki Crest was sewn in red, causing a gap in the blue stripe, on the back was the Leaf Village insignia in the same blue that ran down the arms and along the edges of his clothes, the same colour of his gloves (Sasuke's gloves are black), and his head band,and his sandals. The lining of the hooded tracksuit was had the same blue, and underneath Naruto wore a light grey t-shirt. The trousers were just plain orange, matching the top half, with a blue waist band, which was covered by his t-shirt and tracksuit top, his t-shirt hung lower than his top. The ends of his trouser legs tucked into his sandals. Naruto put the clothes on, his sword sheath strapped to his right soldier, and wrapped under his arm. He stood in front of the mirror to look at himself
Naruto: *Hmm... lightweight, they breathe, don't restrict my movement at all... and they look-*
Minato: Pretty Sharp, if I do say so myself.
Naruto: They'll do, I guess... thanks dad.
Minato: don't mention it... Naruto, I'm sorry
Naruto turned away from the mirror and looked at his father with an surprised look to hear an apology, he sees the saddened expression on his father's face
Minato: I've been somewhat absent in your life... but you're a ninja now, you're about to understand how busy this life is, and the higher up the chain you go the busier you'll become, and there's no-one higher up the chain than me... You know everyone tells me how much you look like me...
Naruto: Yeah... I get the same thing
Minato: Yeah but every time I look at you, all I see is your mother... your attitude, your mannerisms, your short temper... your compassion.
Minato walked over to Naruto, leant down so that they were face to face, and placed both hands on his shoulders.
Minato: I'm so very proud of you Naruto. I took the liberty of assembling everything you'll need for your mission, and gave it to Kakashi. Go ahead, and stay safe...
Naruto walked towards the door, and just as he was about to walk out the room
Minato: Naruto!
Naruto turned to look at his father
Minato: Go Wild!
A confident menacing grin stretched across his face, and he gave his father a subtle nod before leaving the room.
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Finally the next day rolled around, and team 7 were at the training fields, awaiting their Leader, Kakashi, who was an hour late. Finally he decided to show up.
Kakashi: Good morning guys
Naruto: Hey where the hell have you been Kakashi Sensei!? You were supposed to be here an hour ago!
Kakashi: I got lost on the path of life...
Sasuke: You liar... so what's the test going to be Sensei?
Kakashi: This is a test I went through to become a Genin, as Did my sensei, The Fourth Hokage, and His Sensei Lord Jiraiya
Naruto: So my dad passed this test eh? Shouldn't be too difficult to beat then...
Sakura: Naruto all of those ninja he just listed ended up being some of the greatest ninja the leaf has ever seen!
Kakashi: 99 Percent of participants fail this test...
Sakura: Seriously!?
Sasuke: No way...
Naruto: So what is this big bad test of yours then Kakashi sensei?
Kakashi: Simple... here I have around my waist, 2 bells, simply take one from me...
Naruto: and we pass?
Kakashi: That's correct, you have until 4pm to grab a bell, if you don't have a bell by lunch time however, you go without lunch, and you have to watch me as I eat mine.
Naruto: WHAT!?
Sasuke: So that's why you told us not to eat breakfast...
Sakura: Wait a second, there's three of us but only two bells, so right from the start the max pass rate for the team is 66% no wonder there's such a low pass rate
Kakashi: The only way you'll get one of these bells is if you come at me with the intent to kill, understand this, I am stronger than each one of you, but I am restricted in that I cannot kill you in this challenge, but you have permission to kill me... if you can, if you don't exercise this right... you won't be getting one of these bells.
Sakura: You can't seriously want us to kill you
Kakashi: I never said I wanted you to kill me, I said I want you to try to kill me... there's no way you'll actually be strong enough to kill me, but you might just be able to get a bell.... Now that we've got that cleared up, we'll officially begin when I say Go, 3... 2... 1-
Before Kakashi could say go, Naruto and Sasuke had already lunged towards him, and both had tried to uppercut him with a kick, which Kakashi easily avoided, by simply leaning his head back, and quick as a flash he grabbed the two by their throats and threw them to the ground
Kakashi: I didn't say go yet... but at least you guys came full force...
Kakashi released them, and then shuffled back in line with Sakura
Kakashi: Alright... GO!
With that the three young shinobi disappeared
Kakashi: *Hmmm... concealing themselves in the woods... not bad, of course I can tell immediately were they all are, but what can you expect from a bunch of genin...*
Sakura: *Naruto and Sasuke are best friends... so they'll work together to get a bell each, which means I'm left to-*
Naruto: Psst. Hey Sakura
Sakura: Hm? Yes Naruto?
Naruto: When we get the bells, you and Sasuke can have them
Sakura: What? Why...
Naruto: You heard my dream right? I want to protect my friends, and ensure Sasuke's path to being Hokage... I'm not going to let a silly little thing like losing out on this exam stop me *I bet everyone would be so surprised that the son of the Hokage couldn't make Genin, my dad will have to say something about that!*
Sasuke: Naruto are you sure about this?
Naruto: Yeah, besides what I hear, you never go on missions of any real danger as a genin... that'll give me enough time to reach genin again.
Sasuke: ...Hmm fine, then we attack together, the three of us, that will give us the best shot at-
Kakashi: You'll never get a bell if you just stay up in this tree
To their shock, the three turn to see Kakashi, squatting in the same tree as them. The three dash backwards away from Kakashi, landing on the grassy plains. Kakashi appears in front of them, but does not attack, he simply stands and waits
Sasuke: Naruto, remember the fight with Mizuki?
Naruto: Yeah, Of Course
Sasuke: Right, we'll do the same thing, Sakura, if you see an opening, grab the bells
Sakura: Okay
Naruto: SHADOW CLONE JUTSU
Naruto makes a hand seal, and a huge puff of smoke engulfs them, and 6 Naruto's emerge from the smoke and charge toward Kakashi. The first lunges with a punch to the face, which Kakashi knocks away wit the flick of the wrist, he then kicks the second square in the chest, which sends the second clones hurling into the third, they both disperse, but then the fourth clone comes in low with a sweeping kick which Kakshi simply steps over, grabbing the fifth clone before he could even attack Kakashi, and launching him into the fourth clone, both dispersing once again. Now all that was left was the original, Naruto pulled out his tanto blade, but in an instant Kaksashi appeared behind him and knocked him to the side with a back fist to the side of Naruto's head. Sasuke saw that Kakshi, had his back to him and immediately started weaving hand signs
Sasuke: FIRE STYLE, FIRE BALL JUTSU!
Sasuke spat out a fire ball in Kakashi's direction, apparently engulfing him in the flames
Naruto: NICE ONE SASUKE!
However when the fire dispersed, Kakashi was nowhere to be seen
Sasuke: Naruto, Sakura, Back to back to back!
The three moved in as Sasuke said, their backs facing each other, looking out for where Kakashi will strike
Sasuke: Anything on your end?
Naruto: No, nothing!
Sakura: All clear here Sasuke!
Suddenly Kakashi rose from the ground in the centre of their triangle, Sasuke jumped from the ground in a backflip motion, aiming a kick down upon the top of Kakashi's head, Kakashi move his arm to block the incoming attack, and Naruto spins around, slashing at Kakashi with his tanto, Kakashi grabs Naruto's forearm and angles his hand in a way that placed his tanto at Naruto's throat, Sakura turns to Kakashi aims to snag one of the bells, but Kakashi simply raises a knee in Sakura's direction, blocking her from the bells, Sasuke spins through the air, launching another kick to the side of Kakashi's head, this time kakashi grabs Sasuke by the shin, but Sasuke uses this as an anchor to launch himself up, and throw a punch to Kakashi's head, forcing kakashi to release Naruto, to block the punch, and instantly Naruto grabs the bells and dives away from Kakashi. Kakashi releases Sasuke, and Sasuke and Sakura also move away from Kakashi and fall in line next to Naruto
Naruto: As Promised, here Sasuke... and Sakura
To Kakashi's surprise Naruto hands a bell to Sasuke and to Sakura, leaving himself without one
Kakashi: Hmm... no bell for you Naruto?
Sasuke: Naruto deserves to pass
Kakashi: Is that right?
Sasuke: Yes, Naruto as shown just as much promise as any of us, the fact that he doesn't have a bell is just a technicality, the fact of the matter is, without Naruto neither me nor Sakura would have a bell
Kakashi: Exactly, that was the whole point
Sakura: But that's not fair!
Kakashi: You pass...
Sakura: I know, but Naruto deserves to-
Kakashi: I mean you pass... as a team
Naruto: Wait... so you mean
Kakashi: That's right, the purpose of this test was not for you to flaunt your individual talents, but rather to demonstrate your teamwork. If you're no good at taijutsu, or ninjutsu, or genjutsu, we can work on that, and you'll get better, but if you don't know what it is to work as a team, there's no room for you as a ninja. That's why we put you in squads of 3. I would like to say that you passed this test with flying colours, from this day forward, we'll now be known as Squad 7.
Minato: I thought you might be here, Itachi... I've been looking for you
Perched in the tree sits Itachi Uchiha and behind him, stood on a branch is Minato Namikaze
Itachi: Are you sure you didn't just happen across me, when you were checking up on how your son was doing? Lord Hokage
Minato: I have intel for you... how did they do?
Itachi: They were excellent...
Minato: Lord Jiraiya has identified the criminal organisation he's been tracking as The Akatsuki.
Itachi: This is the organisation that Orochimaru belongs to?
Minato: Belonged to... it appears he left, my guess is that he was simply there to evaluate their threat level. This is a small organisation comprised of only the most ruthless villains of the world...
Itachi: Hmm... do we know their purpose as of yet?
Minato: For now they seem to be merely sell-swords, mercenaries completing missions which require a significant military force...
Itachi: Who would use them? Working with Missing Nin is illegal...
Minato: Villages which lack military force, although... I've heard rumours that the Hidden Stone village has employed them on more than one occasion.
Itachi: They're really that strong, that one of the five great nations hidden villages would need to employ them?
Minato: Apparently so, although I suspect that they're simply raising funds with a larger goal in mind...
Itachi: We should reinforce our defences... and organise a group to shadow The Akatsuki... we should stay on top of their movements
Minato: Precisely, I would like you, as a Captain of the Konoha Joint Forces to hand pick such a group. I trust your judgement, no-one knows the extent of the shinobi in the KJF better than you, not even your father...
Itachi: Would you like me to Lead this group also?
Minato: No... I have a separate mission for you, but we'll talk more about that later
Itachi: Are you not going to congratulate Naruto? He done very well
Minato: Yes... Of Course
With that the two appeared on the ground either side of Kakashi
Kakashi: So you two were watching from the shadows?
Minato: I actually missed the fight, but I heard the conclusion, you passed...
Naruto: Yeah... we're Genin now
Minato: Congratulations, you've done very well... all three of you. Why don't you all treat yourselves to some Ichiraku Ramen, or Barbecue, or indeed whatever you like, put it on my tab
With that Minato smiled brightly at the three, and disappeared in front of their very eyes. As much as Naruto wanted to be annoyed by his father showing up there, he couldn't help bust feel ecstatic that his old man was keeping an eye on him.
Itachi: Well seeing as Lord Hokage is buying I think I might Join you... Dessert is on me, as way of congratulations. Will you be joining us Kakashi?
Kakashi: Not this time Itachi, Lord Fourth has asked that I meet with him after this... I'm guessing it's about the same thing you two were discussing in the tree?
Itachi: Most likely... very well, team 7 with me
So team 7, and Itachi began to walk back towards the village centre
Naruto: Oh I almost forgot!
Naruto ran over to where their 3 boxed lunches were placed, and picked them up greedily
Sasuke: Naruto, we're about to go get ramen!
Naruto: So, you shouldn't waste food Sasuke!
So team 7 went on to complete mission after mission, mostly menial tasks in Sasuke and Naruto's opinions, however as much as Naruto complained, he enjoyed receiving so many missions, it was the only time he really saw his father. So here we are yet again, in the Hokage's office, with Minato deciding which mission to entrust them with. To Minato's left, sits Fugaku Uchiha, and to his right, Shikaku Nara.
Naruto: That's it dad! I've had it with these lame missions, I want a really mission, something with actual combat!
Minato: Naruto you're a squad of fresh genin, which means you get D rank missions, until you met a certain quota and then you may be entrusted with a C rank, if your team leader thinks you're ready. That's how it works, if I were to give you something other than a D rank, I could be accused of favouring my own son
Naruto: ~Yeah like anyone would be likely to think that~
Minato: What was that, Naruto?
Naruto: Grr... how are we supposed to get any stronger if you don't challenge us? We're hardly going to develop any combat skills, babysitting, or pulling weeds!
Sasuke: He has a point Lord Hokage
Fugaku: SASUKE! How dare you question The Hokage's decisions!
Minato: That's quite all right Fugaku... so you want a real mission eh? Shikaku, what C ranks do we have to offer them?
Shikaku: Hmm... fresh out of C ranks... no wait, here this one just came in, it's a simple body guard mission
Minato: Very Well, Team 7 your mission, will be to guard a master bridge builder on his journey from here to.... ah the land of waves. Mr. Tazuna you can come in now.
With that, the door opened and in came an elderly man, grasping a bottle of saké
Minato: I'd like to introduce you to team 7, they'll be guarding you
Tazuna: These bunch of rugrats? You've gotta be kidding me, hey I paid you good money!
Minato: I assure you, these 3 have earned their ranks as genin, which makes them ninja of the hidden leaf. They will be more than enough to handle this C rank mission. They'll also be led by Kakashi Hatake, a man who up until recently was captain of my personal elite guard.
Kakashi waved at Tazuna with a smile
Kakashi: Hello, well I've been introduced, as have you, so let me introduce to you the rest of team 7. Here we have Sakura Haruno, the brightest young Kunoichi the leaf has to offer, next her is Sasuke Uchiha, son to Lord Fugaku whom you see sat next to Lord Hokage, Fugaku is the leader of the Uchiha clan, and his eldest son Itachi is one of the most skilled ninja the leaf has seen, and his youngest son Sasuke, he shows just as much promise, and last but not least, on the far left is Naruto Uzumaki, son of the Hokage. Need I say anymore?
Tazuna: And you were responsible for Guarding The Hokage himself?
Kakashi: That's correct...
Tazuna: Hmm... very well, then let's set out, I'm in kind of a rush to get back home!
Kakashi: Of course, just give us a short amount of time to prepare, we'll meet you out by the front gates.
Tazuna walked out grumbling into his saké bottle.
Kakashi: Go home and prepare all the necessities for a few days in the field, we'll be walking all the way to the land of waves and back afterall
Fugaku: Sasuke you should already have a packed bag, correct?
Sasuke: Yes father, I keep a bag packed just like you taught me
Naruto: Well I don't, I'll have to pack from scratch... oh man, I don't know if I've got any clean clothes... I've been wearing this set for two days already
Sakura: That's really gross Naruto!
Minato: Actually Naruto... I was wondering how I could show you how proud I am for becoming a genin...
Naruto: huh?
Minato: I've bought you some new clothes, you're a ninja now, that warrants a new outfit from your academy clothes!
Naruto: New.. clothes?
Minato: That's right, it's a track suit, similar to the one I used to wear as a kid, except, well I remembered your fondness for the colour orange, well I'll just show it to you
Minato pulls from under his desk a stack of track suits
Minato: I was going to wrap them but now we don't have time for that, go ahead and pack, I'll be along soon to see how it looks
Naruto took the clothes to his bedroom in the mansion, he placed them on his bed to take a good look at them. They were light orange tracksuits, with blue lines running down the outside arms, and around the outside edges. The tracksuit top also has a hood. On the right arm the Uzumaki Crest was sewn in red, causing a gap in the blue stripe, on the back was the Leaf Village insignia in the same blue that ran down the arms and along the edges of his clothes, the same colour of his gloves (Sasuke's gloves are black), and his head band,and his sandals. The lining of the hooded tracksuit was had the same blue, and underneath Naruto wore a light grey t-shirt. The trousers were just plain orange, matching the top half, with a blue waist band, which was covered by his t-shirt and tracksuit top, his t-shirt hung lower than his top. The ends of his trouser legs tucked into his sandals. Naruto put the clothes on, his sword sheath strapped to his right soldier, and wrapped under his arm. He stood in front of the mirror to look at himself
Naruto: *Hmm... lightweight, they breathe, don't restrict my movement at all... and they look-*
Minato: Pretty Sharp, if I do say so myself.
Naruto: They'll do, I guess... thanks dad.
Minato: don't mention it... Naruto, I'm sorry
Naruto turned away from the mirror and looked at his father with an surprised look to hear an apology, he sees the saddened expression on his father's face
Minato: I've been somewhat absent in your life... but you're a ninja now, you're about to understand how busy this life is, and the higher up the chain you go the busier you'll become, and there's no-one higher up the chain than me... You know everyone tells me how much you look like me...
Naruto: Yeah... I get the same thing
Minato: Yeah but every time I look at you, all I see is your mother... your attitude, your mannerisms, your short temper... your compassion.
Minato walked over to Naruto, leant down so that they were face to face, and placed both hands on his shoulders.
Minato: I'm so very proud of you Naruto. I took the liberty of assembling everything you'll need for your mission, and gave it to Kakashi. Go ahead, and stay safe...
Naruto walked towards the door, and just as he was about to walk out the room
Minato: Naruto!
Naruto turned to look at his father
Minato: Go Wild!
A confident menacing grin stretched across his face, and he gave his father a subtle nod before leaving the room.
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