Chapter 1

The orange glow of the setting sun filtered through the windows into the crowded office of the Hokage. The jonin were milling around, making light conversation as they waited for the tardier members of their company to arrive. The Sandaime leaned back into his chair, glancing at the clock as he did so.

'Well I told him the meeting was at 4 o'clock, I had really hoped that I could work around his perpetual lateness but since he isn't here yet I guess someone will just have to inform him afterwards'

"Thank you all for gathering here this evening. As I am sure that you're aware, we have a fresh batch of genin, and we are here to come to a decision about how the teams will be divided up and who will lead them."

"This year's candidates are unique because of the high number of clan heirs. As such it has been decided that we reform the Ino-Shika-Cho formation to be used as a capture and interrogation team. Who feels up to the challenge?"

There was a moment of consideration before Asuma stepped forward.

"I reckon that I can handle them. I have a wide set of skills and I can teach them about the intricacies of politics; clan or otherwise."

The Sandaime's gaze shifted towards the older Ino-Shika-Cho group, they all shared a look with each other before turning back to him to give them a nod of approval.

"Are there any objections? None? Very well, the other set team that we must have is the rookie of the year and the top academic partnered with the lowest scoring student." His thoughts briefly turned to the boisterous, orange clad jinchuuriki. 'I'll take him out for some ramen later, to cheer him up.'

"This year the top student is Sasuke Uchiha and due to his...unique position, he will trained by the only other sharingan user, Hatake Kakashi."

"Did someone call me?" came a voice from the window. The elderly Hokage turned to the copy nin. "Hatake, you are late."

"Oh sorry, I had something that I needed to do, I hope I didn't keep you long." He replied nonchalantly.

The Hokage let a small smirk onto his face "Goodness no, you are only 5 minutes late." The look of surprise in Kakashi's eye was worth the few minutes. "However you did come just in time for your team selection."

"I presume that I will be getting Uchiha-san."

"Yes, also you will be taking on a bright young student called Sakura. However this leads me to a problem. We are one short this year, so one jonin will have to take on only two rookies. So if anyone would like to volunteer…"

"I will do so Hokage-sama."

The Sandaime looked at Kakashi with a watchful eye. He knew that he was only doing this so that he would have to do less work.

'If Naruto were on the team he would not be my first candidate. His propensity for turning up hours late and his laziness would hinder the growth of the team. On the other hand however someone needs to teach Sasuke how to use his sharingan, politically he is the best candidate and he is an A class ninja so he would be able to provide protection.'

"Very well, now that we have covered the necessary topics we can proceed forwards"

As the various jonin's were assigned their teams, the Sandaimes thoughts kept drifting back to Naruto and just what is he going to do with him. These thoughts followed him as the meeting ended and he was finishing off his paperwork for the day, until he felt a pulse of chakra course through him. One of the security seals on his house had been broken. He grabbed his crystal ball, using the telescope technique to get a visual on the intruder. At the sight of the orange jumpsuit he sighed. 'Naruto must have wanted to see me, and so he broke into my home to do so. I am going to have a few words with him about trespassing.'

A few hours later and the Sandaime was mulling over the events of the evening before him. Naruto had not only become a ninja but he also learned the mass shadow clone in a few hours. There was no denying that there was untapped potential. But that left the Sandaime in a difficult position the only team of rookies that had an open slot was Hatake's and while being a superb ninja his disposition might not be best suited for a sensei role.

'But who could fill in that role? Who would change Sasuke from the path of the avenger, make Sakura into a fully-fledged ninja and provide Naruto with the support that he needs? Who would understand … them…?'

The thought struck the Sandaime, he had the perfect candidate. He quickly filled out a scroll and stamped his official seal on it.

"Cat-San"

With a rush of air the ANBU was kneeling in front of the hokage.

"Hai."

"Please make sure the Kakashi-San receives this scroll and please summon Rin Nohara to my office. I have something important to discuss with her."

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