So sorry for the late update. I had some writer's block. I know cliché but true. Anyway hope you enjoy. R&R

Chapter 7: First mission and First Training session

(In front of the Hokage Tower)

It was 8 am; all three Genin of Team 7 had arrived at the Hokage Tower and were waiting for their sensei Hatake Kakashi to arrive. Naruto was still using his academy henge to hide his real appearance; he wanted to be totally sure that he could trust everyone before revealing himself. Hinata he could probably trust, but he felt that waiting for Sasuke and Kakashi would be best.

As Team 7 waited outside for their sensei to arrive, several shinobi passed by, including Team 8 and 10, who through a totally random chance of fate arrived at the same time. "Hey look who it is!" yelled Kiba.

"KIBA-BAKA, be quiet and talk about Sasuke-kun with more respect." screeched the pink haired banshee known as Sakura.

"Who the hell said I was talking about that Emo, I was talking about Hinata and Naruto." retorted Kiba.

"Don't call Sasuke-kun an Emo!" was the reply from the two members of the 'I love Sasuke club'. Everybody within hearing range sweat dropped at the incident unravelling before them.

"Anyway, how is everybody?" asked Naruto.

"How we're doing, shouldn't I ask you? You did go to see my mom after all." Kiba said, giving a small feral grin.

"Now why do you say that, your mom and I actually hit it off pretty well." Naruto replied, a small grin on his face. He knew exactly how his wording made the situation sound.

"Ah god damit man, why did you have to do that? Now I've got the image of you and my mom in my head and it makes me want to puke!" yelled an annoyed Kiba.

"I have no Idea what you mean Kiba. So who's everybody training with today and what's the schedule?" asked Naruto.

Kurenai, Team 8's sensei was the first to answer. "Well, I have Team 8 with me today, Team Gai tomorrow, free Wednesday, Team 10 Thursday and your Team Friday. I'm Yuhi Kurenai by the way; feel free to call me Kurenai-sensei."

"Well, the name's Asuma, I've got my Team today, free tomorrow, you Wednesday, 8 Thursday and Gai's squad on Friday." answered Team 10's chain smoking sensei.

"Ok then, so we've got Kakashi today, Asuma Wednesday and Kurenai Friday. That means the Gai will be either tomorrow or Thursday and Anko the other." Naruto recapped to his team-mates, who nodded a reply.

Kurenai raised an eyebrow at something Naruto said while talking. "Naruto, why did you refer to us Jonin by our first name and not even calling us sensei? Do you realise that it's highly offensive not to show respect to your superiors." said the red eyed Jonin.

"Firstly, I will call someone sensei when I feel they have made an effort to teach me, not before. Secondly, respect is earned not given," Naruto turned to face the balcony of the Hokage Tower, "Isn't that right Kakashi?" Naruto shouted into thin air.

Everybody turned their attention towards the balcony Naruto had shouted at. It was suddenly enveloped in smoke which quickly disappeared to reveal an eye smiling Kakashi. "If you say so Naruto, anyway, let's go. We don't want to be late for your first mission now would we?" As soon as Kakashi finished, he was pinned to the wall by Asuma holding a trench knife to his neck.

"Alright who are you and what have you done with Hatake Kakashi?" demanded Asuma.

"Oh haha Asuma, 'that can't be Kakashi, he isn't late'" mocked Kakashi.

"Yep, that defiantly proves that he's Kakashi." Asuma said as he backed away to reveal a kunai aimed at his chest by Kakashi.

"Now that that's over with, Team 7, follow me inside, we should try to get the best mission possible.

(Random street in Konoha)

Kakashi's Team had already been to see what missions were available for them at the Hokage Tower and they were currently in the midst of said mission. Naruto, being a very perceptive person new that the mission they will be doing for a while won't be the most exciting. But Sasuke and Hinata were in for a total surprise. D-Rank missions were the bane of most ninja's existence; they were the everyday chores that civilians were too old, weak or plain too lazy to do themselves. Team 7's first mission was to capture and return a runaway cat by the name of Tora which belonged to the wife of the Fire Daimyo.

The cat in question could be found making its way down a random street in Konoha. Unknown to the cat, it was being watched by four shinobi.

"This is Hinata, the target is in my line of sight, I am directly west. Over." came the voice of Hinata through the radio communicator.

"This is Sasuke, I can also see the target, and I am directly north. Over." came Sasuke's voice.

"This is Naruto, as you can probably guess I can see the damned cat to. I'm directly south, Kakashi, if you can make your way to the target's east, just in case it tries to escape over the wall then we'll make our move. Over." this time it was Naruto's slightly annoyed voice.

"This is Kakashi; I have made my way directly east, you may proceed. Over." Kakashi told his students.

"This is Sasuke, on the count of three, we'll make our move. One, Two … Three!"

As soon as the countdown was finished, three black blurs cam out from hiding and headed straight toward the unsuspecting cat. The fist figure to come into the cat's view was Sasuke, the cat turned, only to be blocked by Naruto. The cat was about to make a move to run but found that it couldn't move due to two hands at its side. The hands belonged to Hinata and they were being fiercely scratched at.

"Hinata, pass it over to me. It'll keep trying to hurt you to get away." Naruto told the Hyuuga heiress. As Hinata passed the cat over to Naruto, he laced his hands with chakra. The chakra would reinforce his skin and would also act as a pain-killer would make his hands better equip to handle the one they called 'The Demon Cat'.

"Alright, let's take the cat back to its owner and get paid for it." Kakashi told his Genin.

(Training ground Three)

After returning Tora to its owner and getting paid for the mission, Team 7 headed back to their unofficial training ground for training.

"Alright, listen up, today we will be working on your team-work and I'll show you a ninjutsu that I want you to learn. Now let's get to it." Kakashi told his team.

The Team spent half of the afternoon doing some team building and trust exercises and also going over tactics for different scenarios which used all of the Genin's strong points. Now though, it was time for the team to learn a ninjutsu, much to everyone's delight. "Alright, the jutsu I want you to learn is a very common one, but is very useful. This jutsu only Sasuke and Hinata will learn because Naruto already knows it." Kakashi turned to Sasuke and Hinata. "I will explain how to do this technique and the two of you will start to practise it with my personal help." Kakashi turned to Naruto. "Naruto, I will test you on your usage of the jutsu, if I feel it is up to my standard, I will teach you another jutsu. This will be done with one of my Kage Bunshin." Kakashi formed a cross seal with the index and middle finger of both hands and formed Kage Bunshin which walked off with Naruto.

"Ok, so the jutsu I want you two to learn is the Shunshin no Jutsu (Body Flicker Jutsu). It was the jutsu Naruto used to bring both of you to the roof on the first day we met, and also the one you usually see me arriving with. People see the jutsu as a teleportation like the Kawarimi, but it isn't. This jutsu uses chakra to temporarily vitalise the body and move at extreme speed. The amount of chakra needed depends on the distance you want to travel. A puff of smoke is some times used to disguise the user's movements, but that's only the basic. You can use virtually anything; you can even make your own Shunshin. Naruto has an orange lightning bolt, and the most famous Shunshin user was Uchiha Shisui, known as Shunshin Shisui which made his figure fade out of existence."

(With Naruto)

"Alright Naruto, I'm going to test your use of the Shunshin, if I think its good enough I'll teach you something. Now I want you to use Shunshin to appear where the others are and then back. Any questions?" asked Kakashi.

"Nope." Naruto put his hands in the ram seal and disappeared in a bolt of orange lightning.

(With the others)

Naruto appeared right next to the real Kakashi in a bolt of orange lightning.

"Ah Naruto, thanks for the demonstration" Kakashi said, while giving an eye smile.

Naruto just smiled back and disappeared once again.

"As you can see you move almost instantaneously to the other position, now the way you do this is to pump your chakra into your muscles and brain. The chakra in your brain will increase the reaction in your synapses which will temporarily increase your speed to an astonishing rate. Now get going."

(With Naruto)

"Well done Naruto, I'm very impressed with your ability with Shunshin so I will tech you a jutsu. Do you know the Kanashibari no Jutsu (Temporary paralysis jutsu)?" asked the silver haired jonin.

"No I don't Kakashi." answered Naruto.

"Ok then. As the name suggests, the jutsu paralyses another person/animal for a set period of time, depending on the amount of chakra used. Now, the way you do the technique is you need to send some of your chakra into the target's spinal cord where the main nerves are located. Your chakra will freeze the nerves for a set period depending on the amount of chakra used. The connection is done by touch, but if a person is skilled enough, it could be done through sight. I want you to create a Kage Bunshin and practise the jutsu on it; I will try to help you by giving you pointers. Once you feel you're able to do the jutsu effectively, use it on me and I'll tell you whether or not it's ready. If we reach that part, I want you to practise using it in battle with a Kage Bunshin. Understand?"

Naruto nodded and started practising the jutsu.

After two hours, Naruto was able to effectively use the technique on the Kakashi clone. When Kakashi told him to practise it in combat, he created 20 Kage Bunshin and had them do it.

"Kakashi-sensei, I was wondering if I could ask you for two favours?" asked a slightly nervous Kakashi.

"Sure Naruto, ask away, but I can't promise anything … and thanks for calling me sensei." answered Kakashi.

"No problem, I said as soon as you make an effort to teach me I would. Anyway, my first request is, for every jutsu you teach me, I would like to have scroll on it. I want to make sure that if I have a family, I'll be able to look after them and help them like a proper parent." requested Naruto.

Kakashi slightly winced at the parent comment. He understood Naruto's side of the affairs, but he was also loyal to his sensei … and Naruto's father. "Of course I can do that Naruto. I understand because I became an orphan myself when I was when I was six. I don't really want to explain what happened but I understand you." Kakashi said.

"Thank you Kakashi-sensei. My other request is, when I'm training, can I please send some Kage Bunshin to complete more missions. Almost all store owners over charge me and my rent is ridiculous. I use a henge to try and get around the second one, but it isn't always possible. It's all because of it." Kakashi gasped slightly, "Yes I do know about it, anyway, I need a way of earning more money, and so can I please complete more missions with Kage Bunshin while I train?"

Kakashi really felt for the boy in front of him. He was badly mistreated and was emotionally scarred. Everything that the villagers held against him was totally out of his hands and he still suffered for it. "I will have a word with the Hokage and see what I can do. The problem is Naruto; I'm not sure how many people will allow you to do their missions because of it. I'll see what I can do to figure this out and I'll let you know tomorrow. Why don't you meet me earlier tomorrow at the Hokage Tower to figure this out?" Kakashi offered.

"Yeah thanks Kakashi-sensei." Naruto said while giving his trademark foxy grin.

(With the others)

Sasuke and Hinata had made good progress with the Shunshin. They were getting really close to completing the jutsu. Both were about to take one more try, but were stopped by Kakashi. "Stop, you're both getting low on chakra, unless you're confident you'll succeed this time don't do it."

Sasuke was defiantly going to try again, and Hinata really wanted to prove that she was capable to. "Hey guys, I've got some tips for you." came the voice of Naruto.

The two clan heirs turned to face Naruto. "Alright, Sasuke, your focusing to much on the actual running. Concentrate a little more on the chakra in your brain and you should do it since you've been using slightly to much chakra there. Hinata, concentrate more on the muscles in your legs, you need to add slight more chakra. Good luck guys." said Naruto.

Both Genin took the advice and tried the jutsu once again, which they both succeeded. Both were very happy and grateful to Naruto. "Thanks" was Sasuke's reply. "Thank you Naruto-kun." received from Hinata.

"No problem guys, hey why don't you all come get some ramen with me, you too Kakashi-sensei." Naruto offered his team.

"Yeah I'll come." was Kakashi's answer.

"You just called Kakashi-sensei 'sensei'. I'm coming to hear that story and what you learnt." came from the not as arrogant but still smug Uchiha.

"I would love to Naruto-kun."

"Then it's settled, Team 7 to Ichiraku Ramen!" yelled and excited Naruto.

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