Holy crap. I began writing this chapter, then got reamed with Vundo, a VERY malicious virus that essentially rapes your registry. 10+ hours to fix, oh joy!

Anyway, make sure to look out for it. It's a bitch.

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It had been roughly two months since team 1 had become genin. The four of them had been put through ridiculously easy and menial tasks. The 'missions' ranged from weeding lawns, to finding lost dogs, doing people's laundry, or cleaning various things.

However, while doing those missions, they all learned more about one another. Shiro was a lazy jounin, who literally made jounin months before becoming team 1's sensei. He always took the easy path.

Masaru was the top of the class, with the highest grades. He loved to use earth-based jutsu, and had experimented with them every day. He was a little stuck up; he was the best on the team, and he certainly knew it.

Rei was a pretty violent girl. Her taijutsu was above Masaru's and Minato's, but her ninjutsu was fairly weak, she only knew basic fire style attacks. She constantly berated Minato for being annoying, and often used her fists to do so.

Minato had not, unfortunately, inherited his tastes for his father's jutsu, other than the shadow clone jutsu, that is. He had, however, learned some medical jutsu, and was thus given the task of the team's medical ninja. However, he did gain Naruto's personality.

"Gah, this is boring!" Minato said, while the team was walking towards the Hokage's office. "We only get dumb missions!"

"Shut it, Minato!" Rei said.

"But it's true..." he replied, clutching his shoulder where Rei punched him.

Masaru ignored the other two, and walked forward. He didn't speak it, but he thought the same thing. When are we going to get any good missions?

Shiro smiled, reminiscing about his genin team. The girl had complained ridiculously, too. That brings me back...

The four walked into the main atrium of the Hokage building, where Naruto was going through missions and handing out assignments. Various helpers scurried about, carrying scrolls or other documents. Sakura sat next to the Hokage, reading various reports. Naruto was engrossed in a mission statement from a jounin who stood in front of him.

"Lord Hokage, I'd like to retire." The ANBU said, in a gruff voice.

"Akira, are you sure this is what you want?" Naruto asked.

"Yes Hokage. I've been thinking it's about time I let my sons take over for me."

"Alright. I'd like you to remove and destroy your mask."

The ANBU pulled down his hood, revealing black spiky hair. He took of his mask, and dark eyes and a worn face emerged. Akira, or so his codename was, took his mask, and destroyed it with a simple jutsu. He took of his robe, revealing a typical jonin vest.

"Sasuke, it's good to see you finally retired." Naruto commented.

"What's that supposed to mean, idiot?" he quipped.

"I'm only saying," Naruto put up his hands defensively, while grinning, "I wouldn't want to see anything bad happen."

"Yeah right... The Five Great nations have been at peace for at least 20 years now. There is nothing in this world that could kill me, hn!" Sasuke smirked.

"EHEM!" Minato practically screamed. "Daaad! Talk to Uncle Sasuke later! I want a better mission, unlike these dumb half-assed missions!"

Sasuke grinned, and Sakura looked up from her work. "Minato! Don't speak to you're father like that!" she yelled.

"Sorry mother..." Minato put his head down.

Naruto grinned, and whispered to Sasuke and Sakura, "Reminds you of our old team, eh?"

"Haha, yeah. Just make sure you don't send them on any mission to Wave." Sasuke replied.

Masaru, who had remained silent this entire time, decided to speak up. "Lord Hokage, I feel my talents are wasted on such useless missions."

"I hate to agree, but me too... I want a better mission!" Rei frantically exclaimed.

Naruto regained his serious composure. "It's not fully up to me. Shiro, do you think Team 1 is ready?"

"Yes, Lord Hokage." Shiro nonchalantly said.

"Ok, I just received a C rank mission. It's for the Fire Lord. He is going away on business to our allies in the Sand, and he needs you to watch over his daughter, Kosuna. The mission itself is pretty simple, protect her for three days. There were chunin there protecting her, and your squad is to be their relief."

"It's gonna be a dumb babysitting mission?" Minato expressed, folding his arms.

"Oh, I'm sorry. Did you want this here gardening mission?"

"No, sir..."

"Ok. You leave at noon, and head to the Fire Lord's castle to the north." The Hokage said.

Minato glanced at the clock. It was 9 in the morning. He was lucky – He had enough time to go eat and then get ready.

"Ok, you may go about your business. Just be sure to meet at the main gates at noon." Naruto finished. The four turned to leave, but Minato heard his father say, "Son, I'd like to talk with you. Want to grab some Ichiraku Ramen later?"

"Uh, sure, Dad..." Minato replied, leaving.

The room was left empty, as the helpers had left, each handing out assignments. The three left in the room were Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke.

"You know Sasuke, you don't even need to request retirement. Or even work. As one of the Sannin, you have complete freedom to leave and go as you will." Naruto said.

"Yeah, well... You two stayed here, so why should the third Sannin leave?" Sasuke replied.

"That was because we had duties in this village. Both as leaders, and parents." Sakura replied.

"Anyway! Send in ANBU 164, please." Naruto yelled. The ANBU guarding him outside heard him, and one of them appeared in front of the three. Said ninja wore a black hooded robe, with the hood up, and had a mask on with a rodent's features engraved on it.

"I want you to follow them, make sure they don't get in trouble." Naruto said.

"Yes, Lord Hokage." A female voice said from behind the mask. She disappeared in a flash, just as quickly as she came.

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Minato sat down at Ichiraku's a while later. He sat for about four minutes, ordered his ramen, and impatiently waited for his father. He was about halfway through his meal when the Hokage walked in the shop, and sat down.

"Hello, son." He said, putting his hand on Minato's shoulder.

"Hey dad... What did you want to talk about?"

"Well, son... I wanted to talk to you about this mission."

"But-" Minato attempted to interrupt.

"Just listen. I can't stop you from going on missions, or being a ninja. Heck, I even encourage you to do it. Just know that your comrades are the most important thing in your life. A wise man once said, 'Those who break the rules are trash. But those who abandon their friends are worse than trash.' Just remember, if things get too hairy, or too difficult, just run. Now! I think it's about time for your mission. Don't worry, I'll pay for this. Have fun on your mission, and stay out of trouble. Now, scoot!"

Minato hurried up, grabbed him bag, and ran out as fast as he could. "Bye dad!"

"Bye, son." Naruto whispered.

"Giving him a piece of advice, eh?" the lady behind the counter said.

"Yeah... My son's growing up so fast." Naruto said, with a tear in his eye.

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Minato ran to the gate, and found he was the last one to arrive.

"What took you so long?" Rei said, hands on her hips.

"I was eating with my dad." Minato responded. Masaru was leaning against the gate's frame, ignoring their conversation. Shiro finally spoke up.

"Ok. Well, I think we should pretty much head out now... Everyone have everything?"

"Yes."

"Yeah."

"..." Masaru nodded his head.

"Well, then... let's move out."

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The end of this chapter. It's not too long, but eh, the best I could come up with while saving my computer.

As for Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke, I'm going to write a prequel to this story, once this one is done.

Just for right now, know that Naruto and Sakura got Sasuke back. After that, (later in the story) they were named the new Sannin.

Ok, now right now it may seem that Minato's team parallels Naruto's team, but I promise it won't end up like that.