Normal POV

It's an ordinary day in Japan, for most people any way. For Akashi Seijuro on the other hand, it was anything but.

The day started off normal, wake up, get dressed, and practice playing basketball. That was when he got a message, from his father, saying that he wanted to speak with him.

It was like any other conversation he had with his father. Then it took a weird turn.

"Remember Seijuro, your studies are important, especially now that you're in high school. But your middle school reputation has preceded you, now, basketball is just as important as your other activities. That is why I have taken the necessary actions to ensure that you reach your full potential in your sports activities and took the liberty of hiring some special help."

Akashi Seijuro had never been so shell shocked in his life. His father usually stayed out of his business when it came to basketball.

But now he was all in it, and he had never been so infuriated in his life about this little fact. What about the promise he made to the others? He would have the unfair advantage in the situation.

"I'm sorry father but I cannot accept this help you have gotten, it is unnecessary." Akashi said, trying to hold his temper with his father. The way his father suggested he have a personal trainer for basketball almost made it seem like he was looking down on him.

"Oh? And why not?" Seijuro's father asked him as he narrowed his eyes, challenging him. He had notice a change in his son one day after school, after basketball preactice with the other miracles. He had come home, different. His eyes that were once both red were now red and gold. Not only that but his personality change as well, he was still just as polite as he had always been but sometimes, the way he acted or said some things scared even him.

But he never tried to change it because it made him more suitable for when he would take over the family business.

"I have my own reasons for not wanting a trainer for basketball. I am perfectly capable of handling it on my own."

"Be that as it may Seijuro, you will still have this trainer help you in basketball. I've already hired him. You should be thankful about who I've hired for you."

Akashi Seijuro was not pleased, although he would admit, he was curious.

"Just out of curiosity father, who did you hire?"

His father smiled. He knew that what he said next would surely get him to agree.

"I hired a Shinobi from the Elemental Nations."

That was not what Akashi was expecting at all.

"You hired, a Shinobi? A ninja? To train me in basketball?" He asked his father, then, after a moment. "Can they even play basketball?"

Akashi's father smirked.

Hook

"It's not so much as that they'll teach you about basketball, you already know that much. They'll teach you more or less of how to use your body, train your body so you can reach your full potential at a younger age. And if it makes you feel better, I'm sure if they just watch a couple of games they'd get it down."

Akashi paused after a moment.

Line

"I'll do it."

And sinker

"On one condition."

Or not.

~•~

The Next Day

Konoha

In Tsunade's office was the entirety of team 7.

Uzumaki Naruto, Uchiha Sasuke, Hatake Kakashi, Sai, Yamato, and last but not least, the Hokage's apprentice herself, Haruno Sakura.

Out of all of them, Kakashi was the only one with his pack ready, meaning whatever mission he was given had changed and required more people, which also explained why the rest of team 7 were there.

"C'mon granny! Why'd you wake us up this early for?!" Came a complaint from none other than Naruto.

Dumbass.

"Naruto damnit! Respect your superiors!" Tsunade yelled back at him.

"You mean respect my elders?" He asked cheekily.

SLAM

And there goes the desk. Thought Shuzune who was standing besides her Hokage.

"Damnit Naruto!" Tsunade yelled.

Just Tsunade was about to jump over the desk she had just split in half to pummel Naruto, Sakura beat her to it and whacked him upside the head.

"Ow! Sakura-chan! That really hurt!"

"Then listen to Tsunade, Baka! And what do you mean this early? We get up earlier that this for team training!" With that Naruto shut his mouth.

"Ah-hem, thank you Sakura, now, as I was saying. A few days ago Konoha had received a mission from Tokyo Japan, from a wealthy businessman to help train his son, Kakashi was supposed to take that mission. However, late yesterday afternoon a follow up mission arrived, asking for five more capable Shinobi to train his son's friends. Apparently they had some kind of promise and a trainer would get in the way of that promise. And the only way he would accept the trainer, is if those involved in the promise we're to get a trainer also. That, is where the rest of you come in." Tsunade explained after calming down and taking a seat once again, behind the broken desk. One look at said desk and Tsunade clicked her tongue, slammed both hands on either side of it and fixed it where it was broken down the middle.

"Okay, we're supposed to train these guys but for what? What are we training them in?" Sasuke asked after watching Tsunade fix the dealing the two seconds it took to break it.

"Basketball, these boys are basketball players. But they already know the sport so all you have to do is train their bodies to keep up with them."

"Keep up with them?" Sakura asked the question that was on all of their minds.

"Yes, you see, these boys are prodigies when it comes to basketball, but because they are so young, it's dangerous for them to push themselves too hard. So it's your job to prepare their bodies and keep them on par with their mental capabilities." Tsunade explained further.

"Ok I think I'm following. There are six prodigies to teach and six of us here, so we all have one to train but who do we get to train?" Naruto asked, the first part of his explanation was a given, the question was still a good one. The only one who didn't have any questions or anything to say was Kakashi.

Everyone watched as Tsunade rummaged through a pile of papers before pulling out a file and taking out six pictures.

"Since this was Kakashi's mission first he still gets the same boy. This is him, Akashi Seijuro, the son of our employer."

They all looked at the photo of the red head that had one red eye and one gold eye with slitted pupils.

"I feel like if Orochimaru and Sasori had a son this would be him." Naruto said with the most absolute straightest face making Sakura snicker while the others either smirked or looked disgusted.

"That is the most disturbing thing I have ever pictured in my life Naruto." Sai said, still with a blank face but if you looked hard enough, you could see the disgust.

"Seriously, it's not like I planned on going to sleep tonight dobe." Sasuke said, not bothering to hide his scowl.

"Moving on." Tsunade said, getting everyone's attention despite felling a chill go down her spine. "Kakashi is getting him because of his abilities."

That cause them all to sober up.

"Abilities?" Yamato asked.

"Yes, they are actually well known in Japan. These boys are called the Generation of Miracles. They all have something that make them prodigies. And depending on their ability and or personality you teach the one that is most suited to you. Akashi Seijuro has what's called the Emperor Eye, it predicts movement almost to the point he can basically see the future."

"Incredible, and you're sure they're civilians?" Yamato asked looking at the picture of Akashi Seijuro.

"Positive, I even did some background checks because honestly, if they had even the slightest amount of chakra I would have thought they were shinobi as well."

"But if Kaka-sensei only has this guy because of his eye, Sasuke could have taken him." Naruto said, surprising everyone with How true his statement was. Even Kakashi lowered his porn book to look at him.

"Well, yes that's true, as a matter of fact, Sasuke and Kakashi could switch boys and it would work either way because, this, Uchiha, is who you will be training." Tsunade said pointing to another picture.

"This is Kise Ryouta, his ability is like the sharingan, all he has to do is see something once and he can copy it to a T. So yes, Kakashi could have trained Kise instead but I think our employer would rather have someone older train his son." Everyone took in her words as they looked at the picture of Kise.

Blond hair, gold eyes, and extremely attractive.

Definite eye candy. Thought Sakura as a small blush rose to her cheeks.

"Not hard on the eyes is he Sakura?" Tsunade asked, basically reading her thoughts.

"Hm." Sakura hummed in agreement.

"Well he is a teen model." Tsunade added.

"Sasuke you lucky teme." Sakura said as she rested her left elbow on his right shoulder.

Said 'teme' twitched at being called a teme and at the pysical contact.

About a year ago Sakura had confessed to him but in the middle of her confession she hesitated, Sasuke of course noticed it and called her out on it. Turned out she did love him, but as a brother, she then proceeded to blame him for wasting half of her youth, and proceeded to call him teme since then. She got over it eventually but still called him teme from time to time.

"Shut up Haruno. If this guy is a model then that means he has a fan club with fangirls, I hate fangirls, even if they aren't mine, they're still an unwanted distraction."

Sakura laughed and leaned all her weight to the elbow that was resting on Sasuke.

"The only thing that he can't copy is the other members if the GoM." Sasuke took all the information in for future use.

"Next we have Midorima Shintaro, his ability is his shooting. In middle school he shot nothing but three's his current range is about mid court, a little less maybe. But he, unlike some members of the Generation of Miracles, trains to further that range. Yamato, you'll train him. You specialize in long range attacks, I believe you'd be able to help him best." Yamato nodded as he looked at the picture of a man with green hair and eyes wearing glasses, in the picture it looked like he was in the middle of fixing his glasses, but his fingers were taped.

"Is his hand injured Hokage-sama?" Yamato asked as he pointed to his taped fingers.

"No but he's very superstitious, the whole daily horoscope thing, he believes it all and believes that luck is how he wins, or is at least a contributing factor." Yamato nodded as he watched the younger members of Team 7 look at the photo of the green haired green eyed male.

"This one is Murasakibara Atsushi, his strength lies in his defensive powers just because of how large he is however, when angered, his true strength lies in his offensive capability, rumor has it he scored 100 points on his own during a single game. Sai will have him."

"So this guy has extreme anger issues and you want Sai of all people to train him?" Naruto asks, looking at Tsunade like she had grown another head.

"Is there a problem with that dickless?"

"Sai you bastard!" Before Naruto could throw a punch Tsunade began speaking again.

"I know what you're thinking but Murasakibara-san isn't always like that apparently, more times than not he's an easy going relatively childish person. And not exactly the sharpest tool in the shed either so if Sai says something that Murasakibara-san doesn't like I'm sure he'll ignore it and vise-a-versa for Sai."

"So basically what you're saying is that they're both emotionally stunted? I guess that makes sense then." A pensive look crossed Sai's face before looking at Sakura, confusion written all over his face.

"I'm emotionally stunted?" Sakura had to burry her head into the crook of her elbow that was resting on Sasuke's shoulder to muffle her laughter.

"Why is he holding so much candy?" Kakashi asked, speaking for the first time since they all arrived as he pointed to the picture of a large male with purple hair and eyes with a large bag of snacks in hand.

"He has a bit of a sweet tooth."

"A bit!? He looks worse than Sakura!"

"Hey! What's wrong with liking sweets?" Ignoring Sakura's and Naruto's little banter Said popped the question.

"Not that I'm complaining Hokage-sama, but wouldn't Sakura be more suited to Murasakibara-san in this case?" Sai asked the question that was also on Sakura's mind.

"When I first read them over I did think Sakura was more likely to receive him as a trainee, but then I read the next profile." Tsunade honestly said before another picture was handed to Sakura. "Aomine Daiki, he was the Ace of his middle school team. Rivaled only by the Capitan of the team Akashi himself. His forceful plays were feared by many on the court that eventually as soon as he got the ball everyone on the opposing team gave up. Soon his motto became; "The only one at can beat me is me."

Sakura took a good look at the tan males face and burned it into her memory.

Tan skin, dark blue hair and eyes. He's also on the attractive side but that wasn't her mission.

"He's not that bad looking either is he Sakura?" Tsunade asked, for a second time. Suspiciously, Sakura looked at Tsunade and saw a glimmer in her eyes that she didn't exactly like.

"Tsunade-shishou, I sincerely hope you aren't trying to play match maker with me and our supposed clients, are you?" One look at Tsunade's face was all she needed to see.

"Shishou!"

"Granny!"

"My lady!"

"Hokage-sama!"

"What? Sakura's like a daughter to me and I ain't getting any young, I want grandchildren damnit! Shuzune doesn't have anyone in that sense so Sakura's my only hope!"

"That's no damn excuse!"

"Can we get on with the last of this meeting? We do have to run for about three days and possibly take a train."

"Kakashi's right. Sakura, you have Aomine because with your personality and attitude towards some people makes you the best candidate for this man."

"Understood."

"Now Naruto, you have this one. His name is Kuroko Tetsuya. He was the phantom sixth member of the GoM. Recognized by all members of the GoM, his specialty is his passing. He naturally has a weak presence which allows him to move freely on the court and pass to his other teammates."

The photo of the pale skinned man with sky blue hair and eyes to match drew in everyone's attention.

"He'll be by far the easiest to get along with, but the most difficult to train. He can only pass, he can't shoot. He also has no physical strength and low stamina."

"Well damn." Naruto said as she scratched the back of his head with one hand while holding the picture with the other.

"Any other questions? Important questions?"

Tsunade stressed when Naruto and Sai both opened their mouths only to close them right away.

"I do." Spoke Sakura, gaining everyone's attention.

"Yes Sakura, what is it?"

"These guys are all high-school students, in high-school, does this mean we have to attend whatever school they go to also? As students? Or teachers?"

Everyone snapped to Tsunade.

"That is honestly not up to me. I suppose you would need to ask Akashi-sama or his son about that. But most likely yes, if only to keep up appearances."

For a moment, no one spoke. They all just stood there taking in all the information.

"Well, as much as I would love to wait around here all day, the rest of you need to pack. Meet me at the village gates in ten minutes. Pack for a couple months."

"Will we really be gone that long?"

"No, we'll be gone longer than that, we'll just be washing our clothes regularly."

"W-what! How long will this mission last!?"

"That has yet to be determined, it all depends on- "

"Our employer, right."

"Sakura, I need you to stay back for a minute. There's something I would like to discuss with you before you leave." As everyone filtered out Sakura stayed put.

"Everything alright Shishou?"

"I have a favour to ask of you Sakura."

"Anything, just name it."

"It's not as though I don't trust the other boys but, would you mind checking up on them every now and again?"

"Sure thing, any particular reason?"

"Not necessarily, I'd just feel more comfortable if you gave me a small report on how the boys are handling this mission."

"Alright. Consider it done."

"Any last questions before you leave to pack?"

Sakura took a minute to think.

"Just one, where will we be living?"

"Apparently that's already been covered, just ask Akashi-sama when you get there."

Sakura nodded and left the her office.

Once home Sakura packed only a hand full of ninja outfits and much more civilian clothes considering where she was going and put them all in suit cases and sealed everything in scrolls in her hip pouch.

Ten minutes later like they agreed, Sakura met her teammates at the gates.

"Ready team?" At everyone's nod we took off, for who knows how long