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'Awkward silence….' thought Tazuna glumly. 'Does this boy know HOW to talk or what! I should try to start a conversation.' Tazuna looked at the boy. "So kid, where do you come from?"

Nanashi looked at him. "… I come from no where…"

'Well that was informative. I should just shut up…'


The morning a few days later found Nanashi and Tazuna walking the last mile towards Konoha.

The village's gates stood imposingly over the two as they approached the guards.

"Ah and here we are!" Tazuna breathed in deeply. The two guards at the gate looked at them a bit disturbed, the child looked at them funny but he carried no headband or bag.

Checking their cards they allowed them in "Wow and for sure I thought they wouldn't let you in!" Nanashi looked at Tazuna a bit mad

"Yes you've been saying that the entire trip, now shut up". The genjutsu he learned from Cloud nin sure helped. Now only Tazuna and himself would see the bag.


The village was alive and prospering, "No wonder." Nanashi muttered "This is probably the most powerful of all the hidden villages."

The chattering villagers and shinobi looked far too happy, looking at them couldn't help but wonder 'What if that was me? What would I be like?' The question stayed in his head for the rest of the morning.

The day was spent talking to the various jounin trying to hire a team but it was starting to become hopeless, that was until a chunnin with a scar on his nose pulled them towards a tower saying,

"You have to see the Hokage to hire a shinobi."

Tazuna thanked him and walked towards the Hokage Tower, Nanashi right behind him. However, Nanashi couldn't help but send a glance back to the chunnin.


Tazuna was talking to the panel which consisted of an old man in Robes with a hate with he Kanji fire, a tall and proud looking man with sparkling blue eyes and blond sunny hair, the third was a geek with sunglasses The Hokage nodded "Very well some teachers have been asking me to give their teams hire ranked missions and especially their loud genin." He whispered to a nearby chunnin who nodded and dissipated in a poof of smoke.

Sarutobi pointed towards a door. "If you could just wait in there for a moment." Tazuna nodded, and waved for Nanashi to follow him. As Nanashi passed by the Hokage, their eyes had met. Something in Nanashi was alerted, and a shock went down his spine. The Hokage broke their eye contact and Nanashi kept walking.

'What was that?' They wondered.


The wait wasn't long, only fifteen minutes or so, but what Tazuna saw, scared him for life. Two bushy eye-brows had just walked through the door, wearing green spandex. If his daughter had seen this, she would have had a heart attack.

"Yosh, Hokage-sama, My youthful students are requiring a mission to show off their beautiful flames of youth!" cried Fuzzy brows, his eyebrows moving up and down with every word. Tazuna had to hold his mouth in order to stop from laughing.

"Yes Gai sensei, I will succeed in every mission thrown at me!" cried Mini Fuzzy brows. "OH LEE!" "GAI SENSEI!" "LEE!" "GAI SENSEI!" "LEE!" "GAI SENSEI!" "LEE!" "GAI SENSEI!" "LEE!"

Tazuna walked out of the room with drunken stance, "These two freaks are supposed to protect me? I highly doubt that."

"Don't worry good sir! My students will show you their flames of youth!" shouted Gai proudly.

Tazuna glanced at the other kids. The boy looked impassive, while the girl had her hands over her face, probably buried in disgusted. They seemed normal, which was pretty good.

The Hokage sweat dropped, "I apologize for their behavior, but they wont be the ones protecting you. They are merely so I can give them a different mission.

Tazuna nodded. "Sure, you may proceed." The Yondaime nodded.

"You three will be chasing the Daimyos wife's cat. She has lost it again, and needs her cat back," Stated the Yondaime.

Tenten collapsed to the ground. "NO! Not again. I vote we take the cat at throw it out of the window! I thought we were getting a higher rank mission." She moaned.

"I think you would all like that." Sighed the Yondaime, while everyone else silently agreed. "Besides, the Daimyo's wife will get pretty angry if shes without her cat for to long, so sorry about this mission. Next time you'll get a better one."

While this was going on, Nanashi quietly stepped outside. Gai noticed him, and waved cheerfully. "How are your flames of youth doing today!"

"Hnn." Nanashi grunted. He was in no mood to talking to a freak of nature, with eyebrows the size a kunai. Gai stared in shock; his happy meter just went down a few pegs.

"THE FLAMES OF YOUTH HAVE GONE OUT IN YOU! WHAT HAS HAPPENED?" He screeched, while latching himself on to Nanashi.

"SMACK!", everyone winced, as Gai was front kicked in the shin and dropped kicked sending him and crashing through the wall.

Sarutobi and Arashi were utter and completely embarrassed. A client had to physically attack a jounin to stop from getting, shall we say, molested?

Nanashi couldn't help but notice bulging around white boys eyes. 'Strange...' "Ahem, Neji, would you please collect your sensei from the wall and start you mission?" Said the Yondaime quietly, still in shock at what Gai had done.

Neji nodded, and told Lee to get their sensei off of the wall. Lee saluted and hurried of to get their sensei out of his unhappy state. When the group left, the Yondaime turned to them.

"The team I have assigned to will be coming shortly, and don't worry about their skill. They are the best genin team I can offer. They recently graduated from Ninja academy, and all ready are at the top, not to mention my daughter's on the team." Stated the Yondaime proudly.

"Is that so," said Tazuna. "Pretty impressive, but then again, you leaf ninjas are amazing. 'Hah, I could probably beat them, since their exams are NOTHING like mine.' Thought Nanashi, but he simply nodded.


Team 7 was the best; there was no doubt among the minds of the academy teachers. Sakura, an intelligent and cool-headed girl with a knack for knowledge, Sasuke, one of the best the academy has ever seen. He was full of untapped potential.

Sasuke now stood as the pride and joy of the Uchiha clan, (Itachi will play a significant role later) and finally Uzumaki Hikari, daughter of Uzumaki Arashi and Uzumaki Akari. Team 7 had not one but both rookies of the year, Hikari and Sasuke simply were to evenly matched only resulting in greater rivalry.

Team 7 stood on the bridge overlooking a small creek; Sakura and Hikari were talking to each other about whatever kunoichi talk about. Sasuke sat on the bank dangling his feet into the water Kakashi strode into the clearing reading his book.

He honestly felt true joy; this team was a dream come true. Not only was his old sensei daughter part of the team but also a very talented Uchiha and not to mention the nearly if not quite brilliant Haruno Sakura.

"Ohayo mina! Aren't we all cheerful today?" Kakashi stopped to rest at the very foot of the bridge. His student couldn't help but twitch their eyes at his morning greeting at 3 in the afternoon. Instead of the usual "YOUR LATE" and then "LIAR" from Sakura the cherry blossom girl just sighed feeling nostalgia setting in. Kakashi scratched his mask, who couldn't help but feel awkward at Sakura's reaction, or more lack of.

Hikari although was the complete opposite. Inheriting her father's bright blond hair color and hyperactivity she leaped to her feet wanting desperately to know what there plan was for that day, however her mother's calm side held her back...a little bit

"Sensei, what are we doing today? Maybe a little training, you know because the blue teme over their needs his butt kicked." Sakura leaped up in defense of Sasuke and was about to get in yet another fight with Hikari but was interrupted before she could say anything.

Kakashi stopped her with a raised had "Sorry Hikari no training, and Sakura calm down. We have a mission assigned to us by the Hokage. I just came back from a meeting so I was late for that reason" 'and also because I just had to get the new book on sale today,' thought Kakashi.

However seeing their disappointment and hearing Sasuke's reply

"Tch probably the damn cat again." Sasuke muttering.

Kakashi clapped his hand together "Nope!" replying cheerfully "A C rank mission!"

That opened their eyes.


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