Chapter 2

So sorry for the long wait, everyone! But wow, twenty reviews, over a hundred follows, and seventy something favorites! Thanks a bunch, I hope to not disappoint. This is just a quick update but as I mostly finished my home work and updated my other two stories recently I figured I'd finish the next chapter for this one.

Next day…

Naruto tugged on his new attire a little embarrassed. Kakashi had picked him out 'proper' shinobi clothes, claiming his were just asking for a painful death. The man told him to just wear it the next day to training, that Naruto would see how great the new clothes were.

Dressed in a short-sleeved version of his sensei's outfit- minus the tilted headband, mask, and jonin vest-, Naruto did have to admit it was nice. People in the village hardly noticed him- meaning less glares and whispers. Now as he waited for his teammates to show the blonde felt a sort of light heartedness while looking at his shirt, knowing some body seemed to care for his wellbeing.

"Pssh, Naruto" A stage whisper alerted him to the tree hanging over the bridge they were meeting at soon, though neither of the two younger teammates showed. Glancing up he spotted Kakashi crouching in a branch, waving at him.

"Kakashi-sensei? What are you doing in the tree?" Naruto cocked his head curiously. The silver haired man eye smiled.

"Stopping you from making a grave mistake. Come along now, we have important business to take care of." Kakashi beckoned him, and took off using the trees, leaving a rather confused Naruto to follow at a slower pace branch from branch.

Minutes later Naruto lands beside his new sensei next to the memorial stone they had seen the day before. Both stood reverently for a awhile, Kakashi silently talking to his teammates and Naruto attempting to not fidget.

"…So, what are we doing here, Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto finally asked, breaking the suffocating silence.

"First rule of being my apprentice- er, student, is?" Kakashi prompted.

"Umm, the clothes?"

"Exactly! But, the next rule is: never be on time for non-emergencies! By never showing up on time, you keep your comrades on their toes. Three hours is usually enough" The older shinobi eye smiled again.

"But…if you always show up late, won't they just get used to it and it won't be a surprise anymore?" Naruto pointed out the obvious only to receive a head pat.

"Maa, maa, my cute little student; that's why you mix up how long you're late. Well, that and come up with creative and excellent excuses." He added the last part as an afterthought. "Today the excuse is 'being lost on the road of life.'"

"But what do you do while you're 'lost on the road of life?' Sit here?" Kakashi snorted.

"No, contrary to popular belief I don't spend the entire time at the stone. No, I am going to use this time to privately tutor you!"

"What?! I already left school!" Naruto whined a bit. Kakashi gave him a dead panned look.

"Naruto, how do we use ninjutsu?"

"Catra" Kakashi face palmed.

"…It's chakra, Naruto. Chakra, please remember it. This is what I'm talking about. I can't have you so behind, who told you it was called 'catra'?" Kakashi resisted a wince when the indignant look on Naruto's face turned bitter.

"Mizuki-sensei. He said its proper name was catra and that only academy students called it chakra."

"Well, what about Iruka, or the Hokage? Surely they told you"

"They don't have time for me. Jiji visited once a month when I was little, but about two years ago an ANBU would bring my allowance, so I saw him only a couple times a year. He'd come say hi on my birthday or take me out to ramen. And Iruka-sensei always yelled at me about school, and Mizuki-sensei said he wouldn't teach me any more advanced stuff if I told Iruka-sensei about it."

"…Advanced stuff?" Kakashi echoed stupidly.

"Yeah, like taijutsu moves, more advanced history, tricks for math…he was mean in class but when I asked for help after class he'd always show me things."

"Naruto…your taijutsu was atrocious during the test yesterday, and your scores were dismal." Naruto flinched.

"Yeah, I figured. I guess since Mizuki hated me he got a kick out of showing 'the village pariah' crappy 'advanced' material." Naruto looked down trodden and Kakashi promised to make a very painful 'visit' to Mizuki soon; For now, he had a crummy education to fix.

"Well my cute little student, first lesson: chakra."

Two hours later….

"Are you sure about this sensei? I mean"

"Maa, of course! The greatness of Icha Icha must be exalted!" Naruto tried to push the orange book back into his sensei's hands but the man persisted. "Now, read the first chapter before we get 'found on the road to life'."

Resigned, the genin peaked the book open, and gasped at the first line.

"Miss Msunade, beloved snow princess of the desert, was in love with Ruraiya, her dashing knight. But, their love was not to be…"

Bridge, minutes later…

"YOU'RE LATE! BOTH OF YOU!" Sakura screeched after Kakashi's lame excuse and pointed accusingly at the pair, both engrossed in their books, a slight spot of blood on Naruto's nose.

"P-poor Ruraiya, what a champ. You and your noble steed Jamabunta deserve happiness too," Naruto sniffed, already on the second chapter. Sakura gaped a bit.

"N-Naruto! Your clothes! And you're reading!" The kunoichi couldn't believe her eyes; her idiot teammate was dressed…normally. And he had a book out- willingly! Even if it was that weird orange one her mom always warned her about. Naruto looked up at her and grinned widely.

"Sakura-chan! Check this book out, it's a great romance novel." Sakura's interest was piqued; she was always an avid fan of romance novels, often imagining herself and Sasuke as the main characters.

"Really?" She asked.

"Uh huh! It's amazing." Naruto tried to hand her his book but Kakashi put his hand on the blonde's shoulder.

"Now hold on, there's no need. I made sure to buy enough for everyone." Handing Sakura a copy, Kakashi watched on in fascination as the girl began reading. Before long she had a slight nose bleed. Sitting on the ground she became engrossed.

Sasuke was slightly disturbed as he watched his so called 'team' read smut together. A shiver would run up his spine whenever Sakura would giggle or Naruto would wipe a smear of blood off his face. Gazing at the clouds, the avenger receded into his own thoughts.

"Oh Sasuke" the singsong voice of Kakashi broke the internal debate he was having soon after. "I have a copy for you; why not bond with your team?"
"Hn. I don't have time to read smut; I'm going off to train." Turning away Sasuke made for a private spot to work on his aim. Sakura noticed him leave and was instantly up running faster than she ever did in the academy.

"Sasuke-kun! Wait up, I'll go train with you." She called after her crush, taking Icha Icha with her.

Once the pair left Kakashi sighed. His plan for a light team bonding moment failed.

"Well then, how about we go try to make you passable at shuriken throwing? Two out of ten would kill you quicker than walking into Iwa" The jonin mused and then chuckled at his own joke.

"Eh? Sensei, I don't get it." Naruto tilted his head. Kakashi backtracked fast.

"Oh? Did you say something?" When the predictable huff of annoyance and complaint came, Kakashi knew he'd dodged a kunai. Can't have him guessing his heritage. That would be bad, especially if he's still feeling jolted from the kyubi.

Mission Office, next morning.

"Team seven requesting their first assignment, Hokage-sama." Kakashi drawled. The Hokage didn't know whether to chuckle or remove Kakashi from his post.

For while Naruto now wore something other than orange, him and Sakura Haruno were over half way through with the first 'Icha Icha' novel. Now, while shinobi could certainly buy the books no matter their age, to read them in the office of their leader during their first mission briefing? Even Sasuke, the famed village brooder, was showing signs of being uncomfortable. The poor boy was alternating from glaring into space and glancing at his team uncomfortably.

Well, if they wanted to ignore their Hokage, then as the Hokage it was his duty to give them a payback mission. Glancing at his desk he shuffled through the pile, when Tenzo discretely pointed towards a particularly nasty one. Smirking evilly he smiled benignly at the team in front of him.

"Team seven" he began, "I've decided to assign you a C-rank mission instead of the customary D-ranks." Kakashi gazed suspiciously but the genin were jumping for joy.

"Yatta! A C-rank, a C-rank!" Only to receive a slight bonk on the head. Kakashi leaned down and said something that sounded suspiciously like 'hip and cool shinobi don't say 'Yatta', but 'maa' and 'hn'.'

"Your mission, whether you accept it or not…" He paused dramatically while the ANBUs' chakra signatures buzzed in excitement. "Is to clean the entirety of the ANBU locker rooms and bathrooms." Three face faults and a one eyed death glare answered the Hokage.

"I'll remember this, Hokage-sama" Kakashi muttered after his genin had left.

"I'm sure you will, Kakashi." The Hokage chuckled then winced for his ears.

"Hey, Sakura-chan, after this, want to go get something to eat?" A loud voice questioned from the hallway. A deafening crash into the ground ensued moments later.

"Narutooo, like hell I'd go on a date with you!"

"S-Sakura-chan, you're scary at times." Kakashi barely made out his future apprentice's reply. When he walks out and sees the poor boy on the ground and the other two almost turning the corner he resists a groan. Instead, he eye smiles and helps the blonde up.

"Ne, Naruto; sometimes, the female just isn't interested. After she's turned you down more than a couple of times, perhaps it's time to move on."

"Huh? But I can't just forget her." Naruto huffed. "Her hair is so pretty." Kakashi resisted the urge to groan. Of course his student would have a taste for the exotic colors. Just like his father.

"…Hmm, tell you what: stop asking Sakura out on a date for six months, work hard on your studies, and take someone else on a date and I'll take you on a little field trip next week."

"A field trip? Where, where?!" Was the excited response from the blonde.

"Calm down! Now, it's a surprise, and I'll only take you if you give me your word to stop asking Sakura out, try to find someone else, and work hard this week." Naruto's head bobbed up and down.

"Got it; now where?"

"Oh, just to see Konoha's resident alien" Get his ass handed to him by yours truly "and his little minion" Who will fall to your coolness too.

"…Huh?"

"Never mind, put this on." A blue mass of fabric was pressed into Naruto's face and he felt a slight foreboding when his sensei's eye smile got larger when he managed to get the cloth on, revealing it to be an identical face mask.

"…like this?" He asked, feeling a bit stifled from the fabric.

"Perfect. Phase two complete." Kakashi said while jotting something down on a note pad that appeared. He was have more fun with this whole conversion process than he thought he would. "Now, let's go find your wayward teammates before they get lost; ANBU headquarters isn't where they teach it to be, obviously, for security reasons." Naruto rolled his eyes as they left the tower.

"I know that, I pranked them last year. Bastards could never prove it either, hehe." Naruto looked smug, not noticing the sudden spike in killing intent from various shadows.

I knew it was the orange menace! Was the collective thought. Within the hour the entire corps would be plotting their revenge.

End! What prank could Naruto have done? And what's the next phase of Kakashi's master plan? A few things.

This won't be Sakura x Naruto. I just put in her reading Icha Icha as a plot point I wanted to exploit. If you guys have preferences please pm me but I won't make any promises. Just, no older women, please. I wouldn't feel comfortable writing it. I probably won't go past the time skip in this fic, writing a part two later, so any romance would be in its infancy anyways.

I am thinking of summons. The choices are:

Dogs (Kakashi's pack, with a few other additions)

Toads (for cannon sake.)

I wanted to make this a longer chapter, with the serious scenes, but I didn't want to make you guys wait for a few weeks. So, I found a nice stopping point.

Team seven won't be 'chummy' and Sasuke won't find himself being an angel, but they will be slightly altered. Naruto himself is slightly different, and Kakashi will be working hard to turn him into the perfect 'hip and cool' shinobi. Any requests for jutsu or one liners to add in for his character will be noted.

Finally, I have an AMAZING recommendation! Check out 'Seals are easy, people are hard' by slythefoxx2. I love many of their stories, but this one is my favorite. In the current chapter, Kakashi swore to turn Naruto into a gentleman pervert, lol. So please, go give it a read!