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Following my Nindo

Chapter 2: Exam day, teamwork blooms

Yay!!! second chapter done!! (Now I'm not sure how this compares to the first but tell me what you think. Fight scenes are hard to write.)

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"Hajime!!" The jounin yelled seeing two of the ninja hide in different directions, although the third one just stood there grinning.

"Common lets get started!!! Ill beat you and get a bell so bring it on!!" The blond yelled pointing towards Kakashi. The fact that he hadn't hidden himself troubled the whole team.

'This kid has no sense of strategy does he…?'

'That dobe…like he could stand a chance against him'

'Naruto-kun…you keep insisting on fighting even if the odds are stacked against you, that's what I admire about you.'

The jounin reached into his orange pouch, similar to the one used by Naruto. "Since you want to get into a fight lets see some taijutsu."

"If its taijutsu why are you reaching for a weapon?!" The blond asked obviously confused to the jounin supposed 'tactics'.

Pulling out a familiar dirty book, Kakashi started reading his Icha Icha Paradise. "Well weren't you going to try and attack?" He asked looking as if he wasn't paying attention to the fight at hand, if you could call it that…

"I'LL SHOW YOU TO READ THAT BOOK WHILE FIGHTING, ESPECIALLY A PERVERTED ONE!!!" He yelled running towards his sensei. Naruto jumped up for a spinning roundhouse kick to the head that the jounin easily ducked under, landing the orange clad ninja swept Kakashi's feet noticing that his sensei had just disappeared. Looking behind him he saw the jounin making a tiger seal.

"Don't show your back so many times, you could get killed just from that."

"N-Naruto-kun behind you!!" Hinata yelled out of the nearby bush.

"Eh?!" The boy tried to move even if he couldn't escape the jutsu.

"Konoha's most secret and sacred technique!!! SENNEN GOROSHI!!!" The jounin yelled launching the humiliated Naruto several feet in the air causing the boy to drop his orange kunai pouch. Of the two ninja watching Hinata ran out of the bush, Byakugan activated, fully intent on helping Naruto who was now in the lake. Running up to Kakashi she thrust her palm towards his stomach. Kakashi managed to move out of the way but had to put his book back into his pouch. 'Straight out of the academy or not, enough Jukken strikes will knock me out or kill me…' Hinata kept using Jukken, trying to aim for parts of the body that would take a lot of damage. Kakashi, who kept stepping back to avoid Jukken, quickly jumped over one of Hinata's strikes to land behind her delivering a soft blow to a pressure point on her neck, she fell to the floor knocked out for the time being.

'Humph, those two are idiots all I need to do is wait for his guard to be down then strike. I won't make the same mistakes.'

Naruto crawled out of the water noticing that Hinata was just knocked out by his sensei. "GRRR, TAKE THIS!!!" He growled reaching into both Shuriken pouches on his legs he threw six shuriken all aimed for his sensei's head.

'Hmm…I wonder if this girl means anything to him although from what I could tell he liked Haruno' The jounin thought quickly moving out of the way. The blond ran towards his sensei preparing a single seal yelling, "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!!" Seven copies of Naruto appeared surrounding his sensei. Kakashi looked around as Naruto charged from all directions, turning to the closest Kage bunshin he kicked it making it hit another bunshin causing both of them to poof out of existence. Seeing an opening, Kakashi jumped through the gap between the bunshins and disappeared in a poof of smoke, he was nowhere to be seen.

"Eh?! Where did he go?!" One said looking left and right. Of the remaining bunshins one spotted a bell on the floor then dispelling the jutsu walked over to pick it up. 'Cool he probably dropped it while he was in a hur…' the young shinobi was suddenly held up by a rope yelling and screaming"Get me down!!!"

"Naruto…You fell for that one like an amateur, in case you forgot shinobi must see the hidden meanings underneath the hidden meanings, to put it simply, see underneath the underneath." The jounin stated coolly, looking around he saw that Hinata was still unconscious near the pool while Naruto was held up by the leg. 'Now where is the third one…?' He pondered purposely creating the illusion of dropping his guard.

'Right there!!!' Sasuke let a flurry of kunai and shuriken loose and it looked as if he had hit the overconfident jounin until said jounin turned into a log. He ran to the spot his sensei had previously been standing he looked around to see the jounin casually leaning against the tree. "I am better than them."

"Save your boasts until you get a bell, Sasuke."

Sasuke quickly threw shuriken at his sensei knowing that it would hit the trap he had set earlier if Kakashi dodged. Kakashi moved to evade the weapons but was surprised that he missed the fact that there was a trap, rolling to the side he stood up to be greeted with a kick to the side of his head from behind. Sasuke landed, his leg held by Kakashi, jumping up with his other leg he used his right arm to try and punch his sensei in the face. Kakashi responded blocking the punch with his hand. Sasuke flipped over delivering a kick using his remaining leg. 'Almost there…' The boy thought reaching for a bell. Kakashi jumped backwards to avoid the Uchiha from stealing it 'I've got to be more careful'.

"Damnit!!! I almost had it!!" The boy yelled obviously upset that he had touched a bell but not got one; flashing through some seals he finished preparing a jutsu. "Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu!!" He yelled shooting a ball of fire from his mouth. When the fire was extinguished he looked around for Kakashi thinking, 'Up, left, right, behind? Where the hell is he?' Feeling his foot being grabbed by a hand he was suddenly tugged down into the ground. Sasuke was now several feet in the ground with his head being the only part of him above ground.

"As I said different doesn't mean better." The jounin repeated looking at the nearby clock. "Looks like time is up time for you guys, you failed the mission."

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Naruto was tied up tight on the post struggling to get out as he saw two lunches in front of him one for Hinata one for Sasuke.

"Now then I've got some good news for a change none of you will need to go back to the academy." Kakashi said, looking around for where he had dropped his orange pouch with his book inside it.

"Wait you mean we passed?! YEAH!!!!" Yelled Naruto who was very jumpy even if he was tied to the post.

"Let me finish, none of you will need to go back to the academy because you won't learn anything, more classes would mean nothing."

"A-Ano Kakashi-sensei w-why should we quit being shinobi? J-just because we didn't pass this test d-doesn't mean we are hopeless."

"You guys don't get the lesson here do you? You guys failed because of lack of teamwork, a basic skill for all shinobi teams, for the most part, universal teamwork is almost non existent between you three although you did help each other at points, you all need to work together." He paused walking over to the stone slab behind him. "You know this stone slab records the names of heroes, shinobi who have done a great service to the village. Ones who have given their lives to protect the village, some of my best friends are on this stone."

"There may come a time when, due to stupidity, you will put your teammates in danger. You need to learn to put your teammates above yourselves, unless you learn this you will NEVER succeed at being a shinobi. You know…those who don't follow rules and orders in the shinobi world are trash; however those who abandon their friends are worse than trash." Turning back to his students he looked dead serious about what he was talking about. "Now then I will give you two, one more chance." He said pointing to Sasuke and Hinata. "Naruto has already failed outright for this test and will have to quit being a shinobi, although you two still have a chance. Now eat your lunches and prepare for the next test, no sharing lunches with Naruto."

"WHAT?! YOU CAN'T JUST FAIL ME!! I'M GOING TO BE HOKAGE WHETHER I GET TO GENNIN OR NOT I WON'T GIVE UP JUST BECAUSE OF THIS STUPID TEST!!" The blond yelled; distressed at what his sensei had just told him.

"SHUT UP!!! MY WORD IS LAW!! Now you two prepare for the next part of the exam." He yelled knowing that Naruto had not gotten the point he was trying to make. The team fell silent.

"A-Ano Kakashi-sensei, if Naruto-kun fails, please fail me as well." The normally timid kunoichi whispered softly but loud enough to hear, she had a new determination in her eyes that definitely wasn't there before.

"Ok, fine I guess it is just you now Sasuke."

"Actually, Kakashi-sensei, if those two are already failed might as well fail me too, without a team I can't beat you especially after I wasted chakra on the Katon jutsu."

"So none of you will take the retake exam eh? Well that's unfortunate, ok then you all don't need to worry about quitting being shinobi…You all pass!! Your duties start tomorrow!"

Naruto was surprised; his teammates had risked getting their ninja careers ended just because he had failed. Getting over his shock he loosened the ropes and untied himself then ran around screaming, "YEAH IM A NINJA!!" In his excitement he hugged Hinata who face changed into a deep crimson color, afterward she promptly fainted. "Uhhh…oops…Hinata? Hinata? Sorry if I did something wrong…" The he said gently shaking Hinata trying to get her to wake up, inside hoping she wouldn't hit him like Sakura-chan had always done when he did something wrong.

"Well it appears that tomorrow we need to work on things. Anyway Naruto you dropped your kunai pouch, here you go." He picked up an orange pouch tossing it toward the blond. "Now then I suggest you all go buy new ninja equipment, you need some kunai, and possibly a change of clothes because we will be doing lots of missions and it is possible that they will get ruined or possibly burned." Putting emphasis on the word burned, he was hoping there would be no 'accidental' misfiring of Katon jutsu. "All right then, you are dismissed for the day!"

The three promptly set off towards the Ichiraku ramen shop, the unconscious Hinata on Naruto's back.

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"Mmmm Na-…AH!" Hinata woke with a start rubbing her eyes.

"Oh! You're awake hold on."

Hinata put her feet on the ground as the person dropped her gently on the floor. Opening her eyes she saw five people she knew from the graduating class from the academy, two of which were on her team. "A-Ano um…Did you guys pass the exam?"

A murmur of yes came from the team. "Yeah, we saw you knocked out being carried by Naruto, are you ok? Being stupid as he is he probably hurt you by accident." Sakura asked hoping the blond hadn't been stupid enough to hurt any of his teammates.

"N-No, I um…fainted I think…" She said hiding the lower part of her red face behind the forehead protector tied around her neck.

"I told you Sakura-chan she just fainted!!" Yelled Naruto who saw Sakura pull her arm back.

"BAKA!! It's probably your fault this happened in the first place!!" She punched Naruto on the cheek sending him one meter back to land on his bottom.

"Owww you didn't have to hit me that hard." He mumbled.

"A-Ano Sakura you didn't have to hit Naruto-kun I…it was my fault. S-so who is on your team?" She asked, glancing over to where Naruto was sitting rubbing his head.

"Oh, well I had to be placed on a team with Dog boy and lazy cloud gazer here." She said pointing towards Kiba and Shikamaru.

"I seriously wonder if Ino would have been less troublesome than you Sakura…" The lazy genin replied lying on the grass to watch the clouds.

"Feh-At least I didn't get put on a team with the blond idiot." Kiba smirked wishing that he had been put on a team with Hinata.

"HEY!! DON'T CALL ME AN IDIOT; I'M GOING TO BE HOKAGE!!" Naruto yelled standing up.

"Fine whatever, I'm going home; Ja na." Kiba said running off in one direction. Shikamaru was asleep on the grass.

"Well anyway, Sakura-chan will you want to go on a…" Naruto started only to get hit again. Hinata's face fell as he asked.

"BAKA!!" Sakura yelled as Naruto's face met with her fist.

"Hmph, well I'm going to get something to eat, if you want to come along Sakura that's fine just don't get in my way." Sasuke said coolly walking towards the Ichiraku ramen shop down the street.

'Did he just ask…?' "Wait up Sasuke-kun!" Sakura ran towards the boy and started walking slightly behind Sasuke.

"Gah…I got shown up by that teme again…" Getting up, Naruto walked towards the ramen shop.

Hinata raised her head wiped some tears and walked after Naruto, 'I knew it…He likes Sakura…' She thought as she was trying to convince herself that maybe he will notice her one day instead of thinking that she was timid and shy. Hinata rushed off to join her team at the ramen stand still clinging to that hope.

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Kneeling at the doorstep a grey haired ninja spoke up, "Hiashi-sama, your daughter has been placed on the team I teach, I am glad to inform you that she has passed the gennin entrance exam. Do you have any restrictions for training? I am aware that some techniques may not be learned by Hyuuga clan members such as normal or specialized forms of taijutsu such as Goken." (Authors Note: Goken if you don't remember is iron fist, the stuff Rock Lee uses.)

"Do what you wish with her, she is of no use to me. Hanabi, who is five years her junior, has shown more promise in battle than her." The Hyuuga leader stated with a cold look on his face. "If that is all please leave."

Getting up Kakashi walked outside the Hyuuga compound and was about to head off when he heard somebody call him.

"Kakashi!!"

"Eh? Oh Kurenai what are you doing here? I just got finished telling Hiashi that his daughter passed the gennin entrance test although he didn't seem to care."

"I was going to check if Hinata was there, a while ago I had to protect her from kidnappers as part of a mission. Now I just help her train every once in a while. Is she in there?" Kurenai asked looking around to see if Hinata was in the garden, knowing that one of her hobbies was flower pressing.

"Not right now, she is probably hanging out with her team. So anyway how are things with Asuma?" Kakashi asked, knowing that they had been involved for about a year now.

"Oh he is the same as always, I was able to convince him to quit smoking but he still smokes from time to time."

"Really? He stopped smoking? That's good; it isn't good for your health in any way. Still what did you do to make him stop?"

"Umm…I have to go bye Kakashi!" She said jumping on top of the roofs and out of sight.

'Either she blackmailed him, beat him up, or something else…' Reaching for his Icha Icha paradise book he pulled it out and opened it…Only to find it wasn't his book, it had been replaced by a manga about a young boy who was trying to become the Go instructor for the emperor. Kakashi stared at it for a second before anger started to build up, "NARUTO!!!"

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At the Ichiraku ramen shop Naruto was busy being loud as he usually is, "Sakura-chan!! Why don't you go out with me and stop hanging around Sasuke te…"

"Shut up Naruto you idiot!! Sasuke-kun will you knock some sense into that kid?" She asked eagerly looking towards Sasuke who was half-way done with his ramen.

"Why don't you both shut up…You are starting to give me a headache." He replied looking annoyed.

"Sasuke-kun why are you always like that?! You are always very rude!" Inner Sakura scolded only to shut up when Sasuke had a surprised look on his face when he turned back to his ramen.

Naruto was happily slurping his third bowl of ramen trying to ignore Sakura who had gotten mad that Sasuke had ignored her. Turning to look at Hinata he realized that she was sobbing quietly while she ate her ramen slowly. "Ano…Hinata? Are you ok? Here, do you want to read my manga its getting very interesti…" He started reaching into his pouch for the manga he was currently reading he opened it and looked at the first page. This book WAS NOT his manga, reading the first page, near the end of the page it read, 'Sayuri dragged Kenji into the room assuring him that it was ok for him to be in her house even if her parents weren't home…' Reading on for another page his face turned red and closed the book.

Sakura turned her attention from Sasuke to find Naruto closing what she assumed to be a dirty book. "BAKA!!!" She grabbed him by the jacket and threw him onto the street. Dropping the book Naruto's head hit the ground; Sakura picked up the book and intended to destroy it.

"Sakura-chan it's a misunderstanding!! The book Kakashi-sensei was reading must have been switched with my manga!!" He protested standing up.

"That's no excuse I'm going to burn this thing!!!" She threatened only to realize the book was not in her hand anymore but gone, just plain gone. "Naruto!!!"

"I don't have it see!!" He took the forehead protector off his arm then took of his jacket; shirt and orange pouch then inverted his pockets so he could show he didn't have it.

Hinata turned around to see what was going on. Naruto who was missing his shirt and jacket she immediately looked away blushing and pushing her index fingers together.

On the nearby roof the masked jounin was reading his book which he had just gotten back, 'I've got to be more careful…Next time the book might be burned! I'll just return Naruto's manga tomorrow. I'm sure he won't mind.' The jounin briskly rushed across the rooftops towards his home. 'I'll probably need to think of ways to train them for missions…Ill figure it out later.'

After the two stopped arguing the four shinobi finished their ramen and left to go home.

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"sigh Dammit why is Kakashi-sensei late again we have been waiting here at the training grounds forever!! I'm tired of just sitting around; I get all fidgety when I'm just sitting around not doing anything." Naruto complained, sitting on the grass.

"N-Naruto-kun, A-Ano…I-I'm sure he'll be here soon it's already been three hours." Hinata assured sitting on a nearby log.

"Hmph, in any case having a Jounin sensei that shows up this late is beyond low." Sasuke commented from on top of a tree branch.

poof "Hello students, I got lost on the road called life. I had to help an old lady cross the street, I also had to go get some food for my dog summon Pakkun, and the Hokage was about to be assasi…"

"YOU'RE LATE KAKASHI-SENSEI!!" Naruto yelled extremely angry that Kakashi-sensei was late, very late.

"I see that you are in high spirits, anyway here is your manga back Naruto." Kakashi threw the book back to him who caught it then opened it to make sure it still had all the pages in it before putting it away. And from what the team could tell Kakashi was smiling, although with that mask it is really hard to know whether or not he actually was. "Now then, today you start your official shinobi duties."

"Yatta!! So what mission do we get first Kakashi-sensei?! Protecting a princess?! How about spying?! Common' tell us!" The blond exclaimed, eager to begin.

"Your first mission is………a simple D ranked training mission."

"EEEEHHHH?! Why a training mission?! Why can't we do anything interesting?!" Naruto yelled in protest of being assigned a "Simple" D rank mission.

"Naruto, for your first lesson is learning to be quieter. You are no use to your team if you can be heard from a mile away. You could learn a thing or two from Hyuuga-sama here." He lectured observing his students.

"A-ano Kakashi-sensei you don't have to call me Hyuuga-sama." She said turning to Naruto who looked like he was thinking about something.

"I see, ok then Hinata it is. Any other things you might want to add?" Kakashi inquired however Naruto had shut up instantly; he was wearing the orange jumpsuit as he always does and had his headband around his left arm, although for some reason he wore shuriken and kunai pouches on both his legs, usually a ninja only wears it on their right or left leg depending on their dominant hand.

Hinata wore a white jacket with the Hyuuga symbol on it, she also wore black pants. Both were customary of the Hyuuga clan because they were white or black in color and at the moment he noticed that she was slightly distracted by the silent blond.

Sasuke was busy not paying attention to either of them; He wore his usual dark blue t-shirt and white shorts. 'This guy needs to lighten up a little…maybe I should lend him my book…nope if she were still alive she would kill me a dozen times over…'

"Either way for the training mission you will get paid the normal rate for d rank missions. Hokage-sama has ordered that each gennin team must complete at least one d rank training mission every once in a while unless they have been relieved from duty. All you need to do is show me parts of your ninjutsu, taijutsu, and genjutsu, if you can use it. Also I am requested to help with any other problems the team might have. Any questions before we continue?"

"…"

"I see well since you are all eager Sasuke will go first. Come over here and show me a ninjutsu you can do without passing out." Kakashi said pointing to the log that the ninjutsu was supposed to be used on.

"Hmph, Katon: Ryukka No Jutsu!" He ran through a series of seals then opened his mouth releasing a dragon made of fire to burn the log to ashes.

"I see well, then now on to Taijutsu. Do you know any specialized styles other than the general style taught in the academy?"

Sasuke shook his head and immediately realized he would need work on taijutsu.

"Ok then, I am a bit skeptical to whether you can use genjutsu yet. Naruto you are up next." Kakashi said beckoning the blond to stand up.

"Ok Naruto show me a…"

"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu." Naruto quietly said making three clones of himself.

"Eager aren't we? I am assuming you don't know any specialized styles and you can't use genjutsu. Now for Hinata." He said pointing to the kunoichi.

"H-Hai, Kakashi-sensei" Took out a scroll from her pocket and touching a seal causing a jar to poof into existence.

"Hmm, and how did you learn that jutsu? It's not as flashy as the jutsus Naruto and Sasuke preformed." Kakashi questioned looking at the label; it contained a healing slave made by the medic ninjas at the hospital.

"A-Ano Kurenai-sensei taught me the jutsu." She said putting the jar back into the scroll with a simple seal. (Authors Note: remember they train together sometimes in this story. Note she only knows Juken right now plus the academy techniques although the storing things into scrolls isnt one of them.)

"Ok then. You don't need to show me taijutsu, I know how secretive the Hyuuga clan is. But if you can do genjutsu please do."

"A-Ano I-I can't do Genjutsu." She responded looking downcast.

"Sigh Ok I have several words of advice for you and I also have some questions. Naruto why do you wear kunai and shuriken holders on 'both' your legs?" he asked wondering why the boy decided to wear them on both legs.

"Because having them on both legs means I can throw double the amount a normal ninja could throw with the holders tied on one leg!" The blond said boldly, making Kakashi frustrated.

"No I mean that ninjas usually wear them on their dominant hand, the one they use the most. You should probably remove the kunai and shuriken holders on your off hand." He lectured getting frustrated at the blonde's obvious puzzled look.

"What do you mean dominant hand? And what about the off hand? I use both of them equally like everybody else right?" he questioned causing a sweat drop from his sensei and teammates.

"Never mind…Anyway I am going to read my book for a while go train while I read." Kakashi said sitting down and taking out a familiar book. The three gennin went off ignoring their perverted sensei; Sasuke was working on taijutsu by practicing on the log while Naruto was busy trying to see how long he could keep up Kage Bunshin no jutsu. Hinata however had her Byakugan active and was practicing Jukken, turning to look at Naruto every once in a while but then quickly turning away then blushing. After about an hour of training Sasuke was done with taijutsu and was sitting on a rock reading a scroll. Naruto was just about passed out from chakra depletion and Hinata kept walking towards the boy then suddenly ran off in the other direction.

Kakashi smirked at the fact that Hinata obviously liked Naruto or at least put him in high regard. The boy needed somebody around who would be a friend. Standing up Kakashi called, "Sasuke, Naruto, Hinata." Causing the three to walk over to where Kakashi was standing. "Now then, I've been observing what you have been doing and there have only been some slight problems. Sasuke I realized that you were having trouble with taijutsu stances, and do to your stubbornness you wouldn't ask or accept help. Next time when we get a chance to I will have to tutor you in taijutsu. Naruto your chakra control utterly sucks so later on you will need to learn exercises for better chakra control later." Kakashi continued wondering why the blond was quiet, of course he didn't mind the boy being quiet for once but it was odd that he wasn't objecting. "Ok lastly, Hinata it seems you got tired easily so you will need to work on your stamina and chakra capacity." Then leaning in closer to whisper something into her ear he said, "And you probably want to build up some self confidence while you are at it. It would do you any good if you are so quiet that he won't notice you." Causing her to blush, thinking about Naruto. By habit she started poking her index fingers together.

"Kakashi-sensei what did you say to Hinata? It better not be something perverted!" Naruto yelled pointing at Kakashi.

"Of course not Naruto I wouldn't say anything of that sort to a student. Besides I'm already in love with something." Kakashi said grinning underneath his mask.

"And who is that?" The boy questioned, interested to see who would like his lazy and obviously perverted teacher.

"I love my books. Now then you are all dismissed. See you tomorrow!" The jounin said disappearing in a poof of smoke. His students sweat dropped.

"…I thought it would be a person…Didn't you guys think it would be a person?"

"Hmph, he is as goofy as you Dobe…"

"A-Ano…Don't start fighting again." She said trying to calm Naruto down. Although she was unsuccessful; once the two were done arguing they parted ways and left to get some rest.

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The week went by quickly, between the cat retrieval missions and various other d ranked missions; team seven ate at the Ichiraku ramen shop fairly often. Sakura, after finishing with her team, was always busy talking to Sasuke during that time and Naruto was steaming mad that he was being ignored by Sakura. Hinata had taken some of Kakashi's advice and stuttered a little less but the old habit of poking her index fingers together when thinking about the blond didn't go away.

Today was no different; Naruto leaped from behind the nearby tree to catch the cat, and as usual was currently being scratched by it. After the cat was done it leaped into Hinata's arms and slept until they returned to receive payment.

"I see, well done team seven. Here is your payment." The Sandaime said handing the team envelopes. "Right now I don't have any d ranked missions for you, teams eight and ten got the last of them."

Naruto, who was fed up with the cat, spoke up. "Why can't we ever be assigned a harder mission? I'm tired of catching that cat, common' assign a C ranked mission for once!"

"Hmph for once I agree with Naruto, catching a cat that 'somehow' runs away from home each day isn't something I would want to do. We are Konoha shinobi; we have to learn to deal with tougher missions." He said walking to the nearby wall that had posted missions ready to be taken up.

"Ok then, I will assign you a C rank mission. Your job is to protect a bridge builder named Tazuna. The mission starts tomorrow so make sure you prepare before then." The third responded. Naruto was ecstatic.

"Finally!! I was afraid I would have to catch that cat again."

Kakashi, who had been sitting on the floor, stood up. "Since we now have a c ranked mission starting tomorrow, you are dismissed for today. I suggest you sharpen your kunai or go to the weapons shop here." He said pulling out a map with several places marked.

"Let's see…Weapons shop, Scrolls, and a Book store?!" Naruto questioned remembering just what kind of books Kakashi-sensei read.

"A-Ano why did Kakashi-sensei mark the book store?" Hinata asked obviously not getting why Naruto was surprised.

"Ah, the book store. Well it's not where I get my books; that one has books on studies in jutsu and history. You may also find some manga or novels to read on your spare time." He assured them, making sure that his students hadn't gotten the wrong idea. "Well I'll be leaving then." He said leaving the three shinobi to prepare for the mission tomorrow.

"Well no use sitting around here, time to get new weapons!" Naruto exclaimed heading out the door, Sasuke was following close behind and Hinata walked out after the two.

"Hokage-sama was it wise to give a C ranked mission to a new gennin team?" One of the younger Chunins asked.

"Yes, I believe they will be just fine. It will be a good experience for them." Sarutobi stood up then walked out the door. "I'm going to go for a walk. I will be right back."

Team seven was walking in the streets wondering how their first C ranked mission would be like. Naruto was headed to the weapons shop while Sasuke had mysteriously disappeared. Hinata was walking towards the Hyuuga compound, thinking of the object of her affections. 'Naruto-kun…'

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-.- Sasuke Separator -.- (nothing says Sasuke more than the face -.-)

Author Note: With those out of the way that is the second chapter, I finished it a while ago but I had trouble working out bugs in the way the battle scenes were and the dialoge, diction, figurative language, personification, and metaphors.

I didn't have similies although I probably will use them eventually. Personally I think I do better at writing romance scenes (No not Lemons, I suck at those.) and of course romance will happen later because they are only twelve here. No specifics for you eager readers P. (Yes I like being evil and not telling you what happens)

So basically how was it overall in terms of how it was written?

Were fight scenes at least Decent or understandable?

How about the relations between the new team seven?

(For those who read very fast and miss things, Naruto and Hinata are sort of friends but nowhere near close enough to be together. While Sasuke is wondering whether Sakura is one of those obsessed girls who chase after him all day, he also tries to at least act civil to his team.)

Well I'm tired, Sayonara. (Or Ja Na whichever way you put it.)

Hitoshi.