Unfortunately, I don't own Naruto. So all credits go to the creator Masashi Kishimoto!

Team 7 was waiting in their usual spot by the bridge for their sensei to arrive. Each doing their own thing, it was hard for both Sasuke and Sakura to not get distracted by Naruto's excited mumbling and running about with a large piece of paper in his hands. Having enough, Sakura finally called out to him.

"Naruto! What's got you all worked up?"

Stopping immediately, Naruto grinned. "This is what!"

Holding up the piece of paper, the two other genin leaned close to get a better look.

"Hn?"

"That Sasuke, is what's known as a treasure map. If we can find the treasure, we'll be rich! Heh heh heh!"

Sakura perked up. "Where'd you get this Naruto?"

Naruto chuckled. "I'm glad you asked!" Coming closer to the two he whispered, "The ANBU had gotten a hold of this on one of their missions, I kinda heard them talking about it between themselves. So I kinda snuck in and…"

"Stole it."

"Nononono", Naruto rushed backwards. "I didn't steal it, I just well, borrowed it. It's a first come first serve, so we'll get to it first, right guys?"

"Hn."

"No Sasuke, Kakashi won't be allowed to get in on this, we'll ditch him before he arrives."

"Fine then." Sasuke grunted.

Both turned to Sakura, expecting looks on their faces. She rolled her eyes. "Of course I'm coming, when can I pass up a chance like this?"

Naruto cheered and put on his adventurer's hat, and proceeded to pull out a metal detector out of… nowhere.

"Let's GO!"

With that, the three genin left their meeting area in search for hidden treasure, already imagining what each will use it for.

A certain one-eyed jounin poofed! Onto the bridge, excuse already coming out as second nature. Except …

"Where is everyone!?"

The three treasure hunters made their way down the streets of Konoha, following the map. Naruto was looking at it intently, while the other two were eating some ice cream.

"Okayy, so it's this way, turn there, keep going to there…"

"Naruto, do you have any idea where you are going?"

"Yes yes yes, a right here, and a left there…"

"Hn."

"Was that a turn there? Huh, maybe it was back at the previous corner. Hmm, I'd like to avoid going through that alley there…"

"Naruto! Hello?!"

Naruto jumped at the yell in his ear, and turned to Sakura. "Hey Sakura, sorry if I was a bit distracted, you should have said something earlier."

Sasuke rolled his eyes. "Just let me read the map Naruto."

"Why?"

"Cause I know this part of the village better than you do."

…

"...fine."

Handing the map over to Sasuke, the young Uchiha quickly read the directions, and nodded with a grunt. "Follow me."

And so they did.

Kakashi walked through the crowd in the village, silently fuming. Having noticed this, the villagers had given him a wide berth not wanting to be in the way of his anger.

'Where are those genin? They weren't at training ground 7, or at any of their favourite places. Oh when I see them, they'll be getting some hefty D ranks for sure! Hehehe hahahaha!"

Kakashi continued to giggle to himself, until he noticed that the once busy street, was empty aside from him. He sighed. "They're rubbing off of me more than I thought."

Back with the genin of team 7, Sasuke had determined that taking the alleys would be the quickest route. Naruto hastily had pulled a whip out of thin air for protection, as he said. He was currently cracking the whip loudly enough to scare anything that he would find a dangerous foe.

Near the outskirts of the village, they were in one of the larger alleys almost connecting to the border of the village. Taking note of this, Sasuke looked at the map once more, and abruptly stopped.

Sakura, realising a moment too late, bumped into him.

Naruto, too busy with his whip, followed right after.

"OI?! What's the deal man?!"

"Hn."

Sakura cheered. "Here? Great! Let's dig!"

Three shovels poofed into existence, courtesy of Naruto, and all three began digging in the end of the alley.

Naruto was grinning. "What do you think we'll find? Ancient weapons, enough money for a lifetime? Secret hidden scrolls?"

"Well I sure hope it's some kind of money." Sakura panted.

"Hn." Grunted Sasuke.

Naruto renewed his efforts. Digging further and further down until a loud clang! was heard. Cheering, he called. "I found it! I found it guys!"

The other two genin coming over, they all began digging up what looked to be a metal box. Eyeing the lock on it, Sasuke murmured, "we're gonna have to break it open."

"That's fine." Naruto replied. "As long as we find out what's inside."

Having dug out the box enough, the three genin lifted it out of the hole, and onto solid ground. Sasuke pulled out a kunai, and broke the lock with a powerful swing. Pushing it open, the three genin stared at its contents.

Reaching in, Naruto pulled out a…

"A mask?" Naruto questioned. "Why would a treasure map lead us to masks."

Both Sasuke and Sakura reached in, pulling out the rest of the masks. Looking at them Sakura mentioned, "there's four masks. Maybe we could give one to sensei as well."

Naruto grinned. "That's excellent! We could be the 'mysterious' team, right guys?"

Sasuke studied the masks. "Each one represents an animal, sort of like the ANBU masks."

"Which animals are these then?"

"Well, not exactly animals so to speak, but kind of in a way? We have a mask which looks like a Dragon, a Phoenix, this one looks like Cerberus, and the last one is a Chimera."

Sakura nodded. "We could divide them like this, Naruto can have the Chimera, Kakashi the Cerberus, you can have the Dragon Sasuke, which leaves me with the Phoenix."

Both boys nodded. "Sounds good." Naruto commented. "Hn." Sasuke exclaimed.

Kakashi was done with the day. He was currently sitting with the sensei of team 10, Asuma Sarutobi. "I'm not sure I can handle being these genin's sensei Asuma, I mean, they even bailed out on me today."

Asuma himself sighed. "Don't worry Kakashi, I heard that even though they make you suffer, they still both like and respect you. A lot of word gets around with those genins nowadays."

Kakashi grumbled and put his head in his arms. "They better have a good reason for this. Even if they do have respect for me and all, this is a poor way of showing it."

Asuma stood from his seat opposite Kakashi. "Well Kakashi, I gotta go. Hope you do better with your genin tomorrow."

Kakashi waved him off, and was about ready to head home himself. Until he heard a familiar call.

"Hey sensei!"

Blinking in surprise, he turned around to come across the sight of his three genin wearing masks. Though not just any mask…

"Where'd you get those?!"

"Oh y'know, treasure hunting and all."

...

"What?"

"Well okay then... those are ancient masks you three. In those times, these masks were made to inflict such fear into their enemies. Some say that chakra helps bring that fear a little stronger."

"REALLY?!" All three yelled.

"Awesome!" Naruto exclaimed.

Sakura grinned. "This is amazing."

"Hn." It's kind of obvious who.

Sakura stepped forwards. "Sensei, we found 4 masks. The Chimera, Cerberus, Dragon, and Phoenix. Naruto's the Chimera, Sasuke's the Dragon, and I'm the Phoenix. We would like you to have one as well. So would you take the mask of the Cerberus?"

Kakashi stared in shock at his genin. 'This is truly the showing of respect. They wish for me to be a part of this ragtag group that they have. I feel… such gratitude.' Kakashi nodded his head, and agreed.

"We deserve a nickname for our team." Naruto spoke up. "Something cool, mostly to do with our masks."

Kakashi looked at the blonde genin. "If you want a name, how about…

Team Myth?"

Thanks for reading guys! Any reviews are appreciated! See you all next time, and don't forget, if you have any one-shot requests from these guys, I'd surely like to give a try! I'm also sure you're all wondering how something like that came to be buried under an alley in Konoha, but that's part of the mystery, isn't it?