Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or it's characters, however, Akashi Natsu and Ibuki Mara(my OCs) are mine.

Note: This story has homosexual and homoromantic, along with other LGBT+ relationships, as the primary focus of this story. There will be no sex, though. This will be mainly SNS(SasuNaruSasu) and OCxOC centric.

Good First Impressions

Naruto kicked at the dirt robotically as he waited for his teammates. He bid his time at the old training grounds where his team first came together. Normally Sakura wasn't late; or he could be early, he didn't know. Usually he would meet her on his way, but there were occasions like this when he was first, or sometimes he found her waiting for everyone.

It always seemed to be those two who were early.

Besides Sasuke, but he's not really apart of the team anymore. Sort of...

Naruto didn't know how to feel about Sasuke's decision to take a "journey to find himself," nor Kakashi's decision to keep him on probation. He understood that Sasuke had abandoned the village and a couple times endangered Konoha Shinobi, and assassinated Danzo, and threatened to destroy the village… But he didn't actually hurt anyone, and Danzo needed to be taken out anyway. In fact, he helped the village during the war and was a major player in stopping Kaguya. That should count for something.

Yet it wasn't like Naruto could protest. At least Sasuke was associated with the village again, and he was technically "back." Though he might not join in the missions, he was still apart of Team 7. That much was enough to satisfy Naruto from causing another riot over his beloved "best friend."

"You're earlier than usual." Naruto looked up to see Sakura smiling at him, a pleasant sight he definitely needed this early in the morning. Though, remembering her die-hard confession to Sasuke, again, it was clear to him by now just where he stood with her. He was back after all, and even if that meant losing his chance with the girl he loved, Sasuke was more important than that.

"So do you know why Yamato called us out? I figured if it was a mission we would have heard about from Kakashi-sensei."

"You mean Hokage-sama?" She giggled.

Naruto scoffed. "He'll always be Kakashi-sensei to me."

She laughed. It was good to hear her laugh. "I'm not sure either why we were called out here. Yamato and Sai should be here soon, we'll find out then." She looked up just as she finished, seeing Sai and Yamato standing there. The two Chunin would have been shocked if they weren't used to the sudden appearance they often made.

"Hope you didn't wait long." Said Yamato. Sai stood there with his normal creepy smile, but no one was fazed by it. "Hokage-sama has a mission for us."

"Why didn't he tell us himself? Usually we meet in the Hokage's office for a briefing."

Yamato shrugged. "I guess he plans to do things differently."

Sakura huffed, but Naruto smirked with his trademark foxy grin. "I don't care how he does it. This way, it's a little easier." The blonde paused for a moment. "Though I didn't bring any supplies for traveling."

"We're not going anywhere." They looked at him curiously. Yamato sighed and crossed his arms, starting from the beginning. "Recently two new Kunoichi put in a request for a transfer. Hokage-sama wants us to determine if they are trustworthy or not."

Naruto didn't look very interested, but Sakura looked impressed. "I'm surprised he trusted us with this."

"According to him, their personalities would fit best with us. I'm sure it also has to do with us working together for so long, so he knows how we could handle it. He's still getting to know the ropes of running a village."

"Makes sense."

"So what exactly are we supposed to do with them?" Asked Naruto. "Are we going to test their strength or something?"

"You two will be assigned with Akashi Natsu. It's up to you how you want to go about testing her. Whether that entails training with her or just taking her out to lunch, you're basically going to gain intel and determine her true intentions." Explained Yamato.

"And the other one?" Asked Sakura.

"She was a former ANBU, so Sai and I are going to test her. Her name is Ame."

"When are we going to meet them?"

"I wanted to brief you two before we headed up to the Hokage's office. We'll be meeting them there."

Sakura and Naruto looked at each other. Why couldn't they have met there in the first place?

"So, are you nervous?"

Natsu looked over at the black haired girl and sighed. The two were standing in a corner in the Hokage's office, waiting for their new teams to arrive. The Hokage was nowhere to be seen, though a small pug sat in the seat of the office chair, making them a little nervous. "Yeah, I'm not good with people."

Mara smiled sweetly to the shorter girl, standing close enough where they were touching arms. The physical contact helped to calm the orange-haired girl down. "You're fine with people. You just have a bit of a temper."

"Yeah, hence why I'm not good with people." Natsu rolled her eyes. "I think the hardest part will be remembering to call you Ame. Why do you even need a code name?"

"Normally ANBU don't have social ties, and they don't have birth names, only code names. It also helps in keeping our identity secret, even to our teammates. In the event an enemy gets a hold of one of our squad members, they can't give out names they don't know."

"Why don't normal Shinobi do that?"

"We have specific missions that are more about stealth and assassination than what other ranking Shinobi have."

Natsu shrugged. "Whatever." She leaned her head on Mara's shoulder.

Mara shrugged her off. "We got eyes on us…" She whispered, nodding towards the dog.

Natsu scoffed. "What's a dog going to say?"

"Just be careful, remember? Hokage-sama told us not to be obvious, and we don't want a repeat of Tanigakure. I'd rather not have to switch villages again."

"We could always run away together, become missing-nin." Grinned Natsu.

"Villages supply missions, missions are how we get paid. I'd rather have a stable job instead of always looking for work. And I really don't want village shinobi hunting us."

"You're no fun." Pouted Natsu.

Their conversation was cut short when the door opened and loud chatter came through. "Oi! Kakashi-sensei! Where are these new ninja I heard about?" He paused, seeing the nindog in the Hokage's chair. "What the?"

Pakkun jumped onto the table. "Hokage-sama is out, you'll have to wait. As for the ninja he wanted to introduce…" He looked to his left.

Naruto and the rest of Team 7 followed his gaze to the ninja standing in the corner. Naruto laughed nervously, blushing slightly when he noticed how pretty the two were.

Yamato took the lead. "It's nice to meet you two. I'm Yamato, current leader of Team 7. This is Sai, Haruno Sakura, and Uzumaki Naruto."

The orange haired girl blushed slightly, but looked away before they could follow her gaze. Mara didn't seem to notice her partner's reaction. "I'm Ame, and this is my comrade Akashi Natsu." She bowed. "It's nice to meet you as well."

"So why'd you transfer?" Asked Naruto suddenly. Sakura looked like she wanted to hit him, and before either girl could cough up an excuse, Sai jumped in.

"I'm pretty sure that's classified information, Dickless."

Naruto's face flushed beat red as the two girls giggled and he turned his anger onto his comrade. "Why you…!"

"Stop making a scene, Naruto." Said Sakura, smacking him over the head.

"But he started it!"

"Quit acting like a child and ignore him!"

Naruto scowled. "Yeah, like you ignore it when he calls you ugly…"

"What did you say?!"

"Ehem." Sakura froze with Naruto's collar in her grasp before she was about to hit him, Naruto already looking terrified, when Yamato loomed over them threateningly. "Neither of you are making a good first impression."

"Ah, they're always like that." The group looked up to see Kakashi sitting at his desk, watching them like they were entertainment.

"Where have you been?!" Yelled both Sakura and Naruto, frustration blowing up akin to their Genin days when he was always late.

"Ah, well, you see, I got caught up when I-"

"Lies!" They cut in before he could finish.

Both of the new Kunoichi were too impressed by his ability to sneak in to care about the two making a scene. Kakashi cleared his throat and continued where Yamato left off. "As you've been introduced, I don't need to bother with formalities. Naruto, Sakura, you two will be working with Natsu and training with her. For today, just get to know each other. I would prefer you learned how to fight together, for future reference." The two Chunin nodded, and he turned to his two ANBU. "I have a small mission for you two, and Ame will be going along. Just a hunt and capture, nothing special." He handed Yamato papers with details of the mission. "I leave you in charge, Yamato."

Yamato looked over the paperwork and nodded, turning to his team. "Looks like we'll be splitting up from here."

Natsu pouted, crossing her arms. "I don't see why you get to go on a mission already."

Naruto nodded in agreement. "Yeah! What she said!"

"Stop complaining already!" Yelled Sakura. Naruto cringed from her threatening glare.

Mara turned to Natsu and simply patted her on the head. "You'll get your turn." She followed Yamato and Sai as they headed out of the door, waving as she left. "And behave yourself."

Natsu sighed. Mara probably had a point.

To be continued

Welp, that's the next chapter! Again, please let me know if there are any mistakes. Thanks!