"Ugh." Naruto grunted. "Atsui-sensei, why can't I just burn all the leaves and then sweep up the ashes?" the spiky-haired blonde asked grumpily. "Because, little spark, that's not what the client wants." his mentor said, exasperated. "I agree with Naruto, sensei. If we used ninjutsu, we could be done in ten minutes." Karui groaned.
Atsui shook his head. "Welcome to D-rank missions, hotshots. You get these no matter how strong you are." he said with a smirk. "Screw him" Naruto thought. "I do things my own way." weaving through hand signs, Naruto brought his right hand to his mouth. "Fire Style: Phoenix Flower Jutsu." he said quietly.
The leaves disintegrated, and Naruto soon moved all the ashes away. Unbeknownst to him, Atsui was watching. "BAKA!" Atsui yelled as he kicked Naruto in the face. "Naruto-kun!" Yugito yelled. "Naruto-KUN eh?" Karui smirked. "Shut up Karui." Yugito said, with a blush. Naruto stood up, and he shrugged. "I guess you saw huh, Atsui-sensei?" he asked with a look of indifference. "If you mean I saw you completely disobey me, yes, I saw." Atsui said. "If you think you're above D-ranks, let's see what Raikage-sama has to say about it."
"WHAT?!" A screamed at the chuunin standing in front of him. "Tsubasa Kaminari is back?" "I'm afraid so, sir." the chuunin said, looking afraid. "Damn that Tsubasa. If he had just listened to me, and hadn't gone searching for kinjutsu, I wouldn't be having this stupid problem right now." A thought angrily. Just then, he heard a knock on the door. "Great. More problems." he scowled. "Come in." he said. Team 18 walked through the door. A brightened slightly. He enjoyed seeing his probable successor.
"Raikage-sama, we want better missions." Karui said bluntly. "Well, you could… No! I can't ask genin to do that! It's too dangerous!" A said out loud. That was a mistake. "We can handle whatever you can give us old man!" Naruto shouted. Karui punched him in the stomach. As Naruto was doubled over in pain, she glared at him. "Show Raikage-sama some respect, baka!" she yelled. "I'm sorry, Raikage-sama." Karui said apologetically. A laughed. "Karui, that brat has been calling me old man for the past six years. I can handle it." he said with a smile.
"Atsui, Tsubasa Kaminari has been spotted within the border of the Land of Lightning." A said grimly. "Huh? Are you serious?" Atsui said, gaping. "Deadly serious." A said with a scowl. "Okay… wait, you were going to ask them to take on a nukenin (missing-nin) that strong?" Atsui asked, shocked. A nodded.
"Cool, let's go!" an exuberant voice said from behind them. They turned to look at Naruto. "Are you insane? Genin can't handle this guy, he was a jonin before he left and has probably only gotten stronger!" Atsui shouted at the blonde boy.
"C'mon Atsui sensei, you know we're all at least chuunin level at this point, and you're a jonin, we can handle this guy." Naruto said, pleading for a better mission. Atsui pondered this for a moment. "All right hotshots, you want some action? You got it. But, the second things start going wrong, everyone grab on to either my shoulder or Naruto's shoulder and we're going to shunshin away. Got it?" he said. The three genin nodded happily. "Alright, grab your combat gear and meet me at the gate in ten minutes." the light-haired jonin said before he disappeared. The three young shinobi ran off.
Later, at the village gate, Karui and Yugito found Naruto chatting with Atsui. Yugito had strapped a kunai holster to each arm, and Karui had freshly sharpened her sword. Naruto just had his normal clothes.
"Alright hotshots, let's move!" Atsui shouted before the four began to run off towards the border. "Hey Atsui-sensei, do you think this guy's strong enough for you to have to bust out your secret fire techniques?" Naruto asked. Atsui didn't flinch. "Yes." he said without a second thought.
About an hour later, Naruto sensed another ninja. He also heard the shuriken whizzing towards them. "GET DOWN!" he shouted. His teammates and sensei, knowing of his senses, immediately dropped on their stomachs. Then someone clapped. "Well done." a voice said. Suddenly a dark-skinned man with short white hair appeared from the mountainside. "Tsubasa." Atsui growled. "Oh, hello Atsui. Is this your team? Well if they're only as strong as you, I've got nothing to worry about." the man laughed. Naruto and the two kunoichi felt their anger rising. How dare this guy insult their sensei?
"Well, you saw me, so I guess I have to kill you now." Tsubasa implied in a bored voice. With this, Naruto snapped. "Kurama, we've got a fight to win." he said in his mind "Damn right we do kit." the fox replied. Tsubasa unsheathed the longsword on his back and prepared to kill the four of them.
Dun-dun-DUN! Heh. Sorry about the short chapter guys, but don't worry, the next one is going to have some serious badassery from everyone involved. Until next time.
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