We are Jinchūriki

C-rank Mission

Third Person's POV

"Go!" Kakashi commanded as Naruto went out of his hiding place and grabbed hold of a cat. Sasuke and Sakura followed but only watched as the cat tried to scratch Naruto.
"Target apprehended" Sasuke said to his radio
"Is there a red ribbon on the right ear?" Kakashi asked
"Affirmative" Sasuke replied
"Okay. Report back to the academy. Mission accomplished" with that, Team 7 walked to the academy. Naruto held Torah despite the cat attempting to scratch him. Naruto smiled
"It's okay, I won't hurt you. Be a good girl until you return to your owner okay?" Naruto said quietly in a soothing voice, Torah stopped scratching and purred as Naruto rubbed her head gently. This surprised Sasuke and Sakura, seeing the rumored 'Demon Cat' warm up to their teammate.

They reach the place in the academy where they are given missions. As they entered the room, Torah's owner directly took Torah
"Torah! Oh my baby, I was so worried!" she said as she squeezed the life out of Torah. Torah struggled to get out but she couldn't do anything about it. Torah's owner payed for the mission and left. Before leaving, Torah looked at Naruto with sad eyes, Naruto just smiled and waved
"See you around" he said, Torah meowed happily until they both left. Team 7 turned to the Sandaime and Iruka for another mission

"For your other mission we have tending the garden, taking care of a man's granchild and helping his wife go shopping-" Hiruzen was enumerating a few available D-rank missions but was cut off by Naruto
"Jiji! I've had enough of D-rank missions! Can we get a C-rank one?" Naruto complained, Iruka stood up from his seat
"Naruto! You can't just demand for a mission like that!" Iruka said, Hiruzen sighed
"Every mission is assigned to a suited Shinobi rank, you're still Genin so you're only to take D-rank and a few C-rank. A mission is carefully analyzed.." Hiruzen started explaining while Naruto turned to his team and sat cross-legged on the floor to start his own topic
"So yesterday, I had tonkotsu ramen.." Naruto said as his teammates listened intently

"Oi! Are you listening?" Hiruzen shouted, Team 7 turned to the Sandaime
"Sorry.. it was an interesting topic.." Kakashi said as he rubbed the back of his head and sweat dropped, Hiruzen sighed as he blew a puff of smoke from his pipe
"Come on Jiji.. give us a C-rank mission, we've done enough D-rank ones for a C-rank one, right Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto said as he looked at his sensei,
"Well, I guess you can say that.." Kakashi said reluctantly, Iruka was about to protest until Hiruzen chuckled
"If you insist then I'll give you one. Bring in our visitor!" Hiruzen said, the Genin of Team 7 were excited for this will be their first real mission that isn't chores.

The door opened revealing a drunk old man that wasn't that old, he leaned at the door's side and looked at the Genin of Team 7
"Huh? I asked for ninja but I get a bunch of brats? Can they even protect me? Especially the short one with a stupid face" the old man commented, Naruto looked at Sasuke then Sakura realizing that the old man was refering to him. Kakashi expected Naruto to burst but he didn't, instead Naruto just pointed a finger at the old man and said
"You're gonna regret that old man! I may not look like it but I'm a great ninja!" Kakashi smiled since he knew a little bit about Naruto's skills from the bell test. The old man clearly ignored Naruto not giving a damn and introduced himself
"I'm Tazuna, a master bridge builder. I need to go back to my county so you better protect me properly!" Tazuna said, Kakashi turned to his team and said
"Okay. Pack the things you need, meet at the main gate in 30" he said as the team went to their respective homes to pack

Naruto grabbed the things he needed and sealed them in a scroll. He placed it in his bag and grabbed a few extra weapons and placed some of them in his holster and pouch

"Finally. With this mission you can test your skills more" Kurama said, Naruto nodded in agreement
"Robbers and bandits can make good opponents but I wanna fight another Shinobi" Naruto said as he closed his bag