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My first fic, so take it easy on me... thx

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Greed of a Man...Chapter 1

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What's that? Definitely not natural...

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He awoke in a cold sweat. "Looks like I had that same dream again..." the man complained to himself. He quickly and calmly pulled himself out of bed. Since he'd showered the night before, he simply walked over to his closet and pulled on his usual attire: Fairly short black pants, his flak jacket, and his headband, which he pulled down over his currently-closed left eye.

"Here we go, I think I'm ready." he told himself in his bathroom mirror as he pocketed a small orange book and pulled a dark mask over the bottom portion of his face. He calmly strode out of his home, locking the door behind him as he headed for the training grounds.

"Hatake, Kakashi. Age 29. Former ANBU Black Ops. Currently Rank: Special Jounin and Sensei of Konoha's Team 7. Nicknames: Sharingan Kakashi.; Copycat Ninja. Jutsu Strength: Appears to have very high level abilities in tai, nin, and genjutsu. Notable Traits/Achievements: Graduated the Academy at 5, made Chuunin at 6, Jounin at 13. Student of the 4th Hokage. Has copied over 1000 jutsu with a bloodline trait not of his own family." As the underling read off the list, his eyes began to grow wider.

"Hmmmm...impressive. I want you to have squads 1 and 2 head out on a search and destroy mission. This, Hatake Kakashi is there target." The man grinned to himself.

"Y-...yes boss. But...are you sure? I mean...Two squads may not be enough for this guy..."

"Are you questioning my judgment??" the boss raised his voice quite a bit. The underling was now truly terrified more for his own life than the two squads he believed to be doomed.

"N-...n-...no s...s...sir." he stammered. "Good, now get going..." ordered the boss. His underling took off to issue the orders.

Back in Konoha

"Awww! Come on! Kakashi-sensei! Why won't you spar with me?! I've gotten much stronger, even since we got back from Orochimaru's lair!"

"I know Naruto, but-" "No buts this time!" the blonde half-yelled.

"Do not raise your voice to me Naruto..." Kakashi warned.

"I'll stop if you spar with me! Please?!" Naruto was pleading now.

Kakashi sighed. "Fine, but if you get hurt, I am in now way responsible..."

Naruto let out a cheer as he charged at Kakashi, fist cocked back. Sakura could only pinch the bridge of her nose as she knew what was about to happen.

CRACK!

Sakura looked up to inspect the damage. What she saw stunned her, even though she halfway expected it. Kakashi was standing in the near the edge of the grounds with his right foot raised to about Naruto's chest height. Directly out from his foot lay a tree, that moments before had stood strong and proud.

"Owwww..." a wincing Naruto managed to stand up from behind the felled tree. "Did you really have to put so much chakra into that kick sensei?"

Kakashi just lowered his foot and smiled at Naruto, though the only sign of this was his upwardly-curved eye. "I was just trying to end this quickly, I already told you that I didn't feel like sparring today."

Naruto's wince faded and quickly turned into a glare. Sakura closed her eyes.

"Well...YOU STILL DIDN'T HAVE TO HIT ME SO DAMN HARD!!" Naruto yelled.

"Would you like me to reintroduce my foot to your chest Naruto? Or will quieting down work for you?" The smile never left the Jounin's face.

Naruto, "somehow" calmed by this statement began to walk towards the ext, heading for the main part of the village; he didn't even say goodbye to Kakashi or Sakura. Kakashi sighed. "Naruto! How about some ramen...on me?!" he tried to say the last part as quiet as possible in hopes the blonde wouldn't here it...No such luck. In moments both he and Sakura were being dragged by their collars toward Ichiraku's by the knucklehead.

"Boss, the teams are ready."

"Good..." The boss adorned an evil grin.

Sorry for short first chapter. I'll try to make them longer as I go, I promise.

But I won't if you guys don't review! So get to it!