"Alright, since you all recently became a squad, I have the ideal mission for you." said the Third Hokage. "I trust you all are familiar with cats."
"Yeah, but what does that have to do with anything?"Naruto asked.
"Well your mission is to recover a missing cat, and return it to it's owner, the cat has a pink ribbon tied in the left ear." Iruka said before handing a scroll to Kakashi.
"Right, we'll take care of this." Kakashi said.
"Sensei, perhaps we should gather information about what the target likes?" Hinata asked. "It might help us figure out where it is."
"That's a good idea, where can we find our client?" Sasuke asked.
"Your client lives across from Ichiraku Ramen." the Third Hokage said.
"Alright, Naruto and I will talk to the client, Hinata you look around, and your eyes have the best chance of spotting it." Sasuke said. "Come on Naruto."
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"Hello, we wanted to speak with you about your cat." Sasuke said to the woman at the door.
"Yes, my precious kitten went missing last night, I asked the Hokage if someone could find her for me." said the client.
"We'll help, but where would the cat go?" Naruto asked. "Maybe it went somewhere it knows."
"My darling just adores the water, and whenever we take walks through the forest, but I know she won't be there, she hates being alone, oh she must be terrified." the client said.
"Alright, we'll find your cat." Sasuke said.
"Naruto, Sasuke. I found the target, it's heading due south from the training field, it should be heading your way." Hinata said.
"Right, Naruto let's move." Sasuke said.
"Yeah." Naruto said while they ran out of the building. "There she is."
Suddenly a cat sprinted right at Naruto and began to claw at his face.
"We have confirmation of the target, we'll give it to the client." Sasuke said calmly.
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"I'm impressed, you finished that assignment in no time, in fact we can assign one more mission for you today." Iruka said. "Unless you want to rest for tomorrow."
"We're fine, what assignment is there for us?" Kakashi asked.
"A simple assignment, you need to help some of the academy students by demonstrating ninja techniques."Iruka said.
"Right, that sounds good." Kakashi said. "Let's get going."
"Yes Sensei." Hinata and Naruto said together.
"Right." Sasuke said.
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"I'll never get this, my jutsu always works in my head, but never in actuality." said a young girl.
"Let me see." Hinata said kindly.
"Clone Jutsu." the little girl said when suddenly Hinata tapped her shoulder.
"I see the problem, you're focusing your chakra in the wrong way, instead of proving to yourself you can use the jutsu, try to show me." Hinata said with a smile.
"Ok, I'll try, Clone Jutsu." The girl said when she suddenly saw a clone. "Thank you so much."
"I'm glad to have helped, just focus more on relaxing and less on Thinking about how to do it, you were accidently using genjutsu on yourself." Hinata said.
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"Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu." Sasuke said as Naruto ran ahead with a clone.
"I still don't understand why we need to spar with each other. " said two young boys at the same time.
"You spar with your classmates and eventually your teammates in order to promote teamwork." Sasuke said. "If you know how your allies fight, you can better compliment each other in different situations."
"Yeah, and that means more effective squads, and better missions." Naruto said with a grin.
"Well, once you get skilled enough at the simple assignments." Sasuke said before giving Naruto a 'moron' look.
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"Well I am impressed, you completed two separate assignments on your first day as an official squad, you certainly are a cohesive team." Iruka said.
"Right, well the rest of the evening is yours, enjoy yourselves." the Third Hokage said.
"Thank you lord Hokage." Squad Seven said as a group.
"If you need me I'll be around." Kakashi said before teleporting away.
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"Hinata, I take it you had a productive day." said her mother.
"Yes, we took on two assignments and completed them both." Hinata said before walking into her home.
"Two, that's quite the heavy load, especially for the first day." Hiashi said. "I trust your squad is working well?"
"Yes, everything is fine." Hinata said.
"Hinata, I saw you at the academy earlier today, you were amazing sister." Hanabi said while running into the kitchen.
"Well, I'm only doing the best I can." Hinata said. Hopefully it will impress Naruto-kun, she thought.
"Hinata, Hinata can you let me in?" came a voice from outside.
"Hello?" Hinata asked as she waked up to see Sasuke at the door. "Sasuke, is something wrong?"
"No, but Kakashi told me to give you this." Sasuke said while holding a small envelope.
"Thanks." Hinata said before accepting the envelope.
"Right, see you tomorrow." Sasuke said before leaving the Hyuga compound.
Hinata reentered the Kitchen and proceeded to open the Envelope revealing money inside, along with a small note.
"Hinata you all forgot your payment, this is for todays missions." the note was from Iruka.
"Oh, I guess I was just tired." Hinata said before placing the money in her wallet.
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"Lord Hokage, I have to admit that placing Hinata on squad seven was a wise choice." Iruka said.
"True, perhaps Sakura Haruno was the apparent choice, but I have a feeling this is the correct squad." said the Third Hokage.
"Is this where you request missions for ninja to take?" asked an old man.
"Yes, is something wrong?" Iruka asked.
"No, I just need an escort back to my home, I'm a famous bridge builder, and I need an escort so I can get back to work on a project of mine." the man said.
"Alright, we'll try to find a squad for the mission." the Third Hokage said. "Don't worry, everything will be taken care of."
(Hinata, Naruto, and Sasuke have begun performing missions around Konoha. Next chapter Naruto will request a tougher assignment and squad seven will leave Konoha for the first time. As always any reviews or critique is appreciated.)