Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto nor do I make any money off of it.
Wow. It's December and I just started writing. I'm a lazy bum. Sorry this chapter took so long, but I had to finish a huge project and I didn't have time to write.
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Team 7 stood in the Hokage's office, waiting to receive their next D-rank.
"For your next mission you can choose from weeding a garden, going grocery shopping, babysit a well behaved infant, or..."
That's enough, I'm not taking any more crap. Naruto thought.
"NO WAY!" Team seven yelled, shaking their fists at the leader of the village.
The bearded Hokage took a deep breath, and then began his speech.
"Missions are graded by rank, A, B, C, and D rank. Fresh genin always get D-ranks because they need to gain experience. Chunin are assigned C and B-ranks, Jonin get A-ranks, and Genin like you get D-ranks."
Sarutobi gazed at the four people in front of him, ready to gauge their reactions. However, what he saw was unexpected.
"And all that was left was a crater?!" Sasuke said, appalled.
"Yeah, even the Chunin were killed." Sakura said intriguingly.
Naruto smirked. "Of course they were killed, they encountered a near jonin level missing-nin," he joined in the conversation eagerly.
The cigar fell out of the Hokage's mouth. They weren't even listening. In fact, they were probably just talking the whole time. Then he thought about how the genin said that they were ready. To tell the truth, they probably were. Sasuke and Naruto were the best in their grade, and the Haruno girl could probably be able to think up impressive strategies that could rival a jonin's.
"I will give you a true C-rank." He announced, gaining their immediate attention.
"You will escort a bridge builder to the Land of Waves. Protect him from bandits and other criminals."
"How do we know that you aren't just sending us on another nightmarish D-rank?" Sasuke grumbled, determined not to be fooled a second time.
"You have my word that this one is for real. Trust me. A Hokage never lies."
Naruto snorted.
Ignoring Team 7's antics, the Sandaime called in Tazuna.
Tazuna walked in with a wine bottle, red faced from drinking too much alcohol.
"What's this? Their just a bunch of brats." He grumbled, clearly dissatisfied.
The bridge builder shut up when 3 pairs of eyes started glaring at him with massive amounts of killer intent.
Kakashi decided to speak up. "Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, stop trying to scare our client to death, and also, Mr. Tazuna, my team and I are more than capable of handling the situation even if something goes wrong." He said, appealing to the old drunk.
"Now, is everything clear?" Sarutobi asked. Everyone nodded their heads.
"Meet at me at the gate at 5:00 so don't be late!" Kakashi ended with an eye smile.
Team 7 snorted.
Timeskip: Next Day 4:45
Sasuke and Sakura arrived at the gates of Konoha, ready to "wait" for their other teammate and their ever late sensei.
That was why they were surprised to find Naruto and Kakashi waiting for them.
"YOU'RE NOT LATE!" Sakura yelled, shocked beyond degree.
It's a genjutsu it's a genjutsu it's a genjutsu, Sasuke repeated in his head, hoping that he hadn't gone crazy.
"What are you talking about?" Naruto asked, annoyed.
"How could I be late for my cute wittle genin's first C-rank?" Kakashi said, imitating a baby's voice.
Sakura's eyelids twitched.
"Great! While we wait for Tazuna, we can do some team bonding!" Kakashi announced cheerfully.
No. Damn. Way. Naruto thought, trying to imagine what Kakashi was thinking. He disappeared in a swirl of leaves, leaving the rest of his team to have "fun" with Kakashi.
The blonde Jinchuuriki walked down the street towards Ichiraku Ramen, wondering what kind of gruesome torture Kakashi had thought up for Sasuke and Sakura. Oh well, I get my ramen, he thought, sitting down at his favorite restaurant.
"Hey, Old man. 3 bowls of miso ramen."
Teuchi gave him his bowls.
Timeskip 5:00
Team 7 and Tazuna stood just outside of Konoha, ready to leave.
"Well, my minions, off we go!" Kakashi announced with an eye smile.
The genin walked down the path, thinking that they were ready for anything this mission could throw at them. How very wrong they were.
Omake: Team Seven's Bonding
"Now, we are going to play team hide-and-seek-tag ninken!" a chibi Kakashi announced, causing a chibi Sasuke and Sakura to sweatdrop.
Kakashi summoned his ninja dogs, and then explained the rules of the "game."
"You hide, and then my ninkens find you. Then, you play tag. When they catch you, you lose, got it?"
Sakura couldn't help but find that something was missing.
"But Sensei, if that's how we lose, then how do we win?"
"You don't. 3. 2. 1. Go!"
The large hounds sprinted towards them, baring their large, knife like teeth.
An ear-splitting scream woke up many people in the village that night.
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That was terrible. I have writer's block. everything I write comes out as crap. Hopefully I won't take this long to upload the next chapter. Anyway, I want to clarify something. In a lot of the fics that I read, Naruto lost the battle at the valley of the end because he backed out of his rasengan at the last minute. Is that true? I don't remember reading about that in the manga. Anyway, review!
