Those who break the rules are trash but those who abandon their teammates are worse than trash! - Hatake Kakashi/Uchiha Obito
He watched the people at the side of the streets, begging, starving. He watched as he saw a man being thrown out of the building, drunk, and without clothes. The man also smelled oddly of perfume plus alcohol. He watched a child that was so hungry, his bones where almost peeking out of the child's skin. As he watched, the things he saw, made him... angry?
Kakashi watched with a façade of disinterest as he walked the streets of the Land of the Waves, keeping his eye out for any hidden shinobi and Gato's men. It would be irresponsible of him to leave three genin at a stranger's house and with S –rank shinobis looking for said stranger. Yes, it would be irresponsible for him as a Jonin-Sensei indeed. But, said three genin have two of the strongest shinobis of written history, and one of the strongest and finest kunoichi medic-nin ever let out since the likes of Tsunade-hime of the Slug Sannin, so he wasn't worried and did one of the thing he didn't since the last time he did the mission, which was look around
As he looked around, every scene, every misfortune that he had the opportunity to watch, only filled him with anger, which surprised Kakashi as he knew he took training to suppress those emotions whenever he was at these situations.
'I guess it's the consequence of being Hokage' he thought as he gritted his teeth. Yes, being Hokage probably bought back these kind of emotions that he wasn't so used at feeling. The feeling of watching the people suffer because of a poor leader, and dictator. That feeling which fueled his anger.
He continued to suppress his anger as he walked down the streets until he felt a tugging at his pants. More specifically, his pant-pocket. As he turned around, he saw a small child running away from him with something familiar at his hands 'Huh, my wallet?' he questioned in his mind, before he chuckled.
He continued watching the child run before he turned into an alley. Ought to not lose his eyes at the child, he decided to shunshin at the rooftop next to the alley. As he appeared at the rooftops, he watched with interest the child look at his wallet, searching for money.
"What you got there twerp?" Kakashi looked at where the voice appeared from and saw the man he watched get thrown out from the building he saw before. He clearly was still drunk. VERY drunk. Kakashi frowned as his nose picked up the smell of alcohol. He looked as the man suddenly walked forward and forcefully took the child's left hand away from the wallet
"NO, LET GO!" The child shouted with fear and anger as he tried to squirm away from the man. The man prepared to hit the child with a backhand before suddenly being hold back by a hand.
"Hey, what's the big id-!" The man started as he turned around before he stopped himself as he stood face to face with a masked man with VERY angry eyes. He was supposed to say something derogatory before he felt an increasing pain from his wrist
"I suggest you scram before I do more damage" Kakashi said accidentally letting out more killing intent than he intended. The man passed out from both the pain and the fear he felt from the killing intent. Kakashi looked at the man's unconscious form and checked his pulse before looking at the child he was watching before.
"Woah! That's cool Mister Ninja!" The kid said in awe as he looked at Kakashi. Kakashi felt something rise up from his chest, a childish pride
"Well, you know what would be really cool?"Kakashi asked with an eye smile "If you give me back my wallet, that is" He said eliciting a look of guilt from the kid, Kakashi just chuckled and took his wallet from the kid's hand
"Don't worry kid, I'm not angry" Kakashi said to which the child just keep looking at the ground guiltily "So, I forgive you" Kakashi said adding in the last part just to please the child, which he visibly did. The child relaxed and looked at Kakashi still with awe "Mister, Mister! Can you teach me to be a ninja!? I want to scare people and protect myself and stuff like you ninja!" The child said while he did gestures of fighting with excitement while Kakashi sweat-dropped, being reminded of a blonde with the same attitude at his youth
"Well...Before that, do you want to eat, since you're clearly hungry? What do you want to eat?" Kakashi asked as he noticed the boy's bony figure.
"Ramen!" The boy said with such fervor, which Kakashi only responded with a sweat-drop and a small smile as it clearly reminded him of one familiar blonde
"Then let's go." Kakashi said to the child as the child went to his hold his hand.
After a deep sleep and a long and intense visit from the Rekudo Sennin, Naruto wakes up when he felt something wet touching his forehead, in which made Naruto wary. 'Wet?' Naruto thought as he felt two chakra signatures in the room alone. 'I don't feel any intent or any emotions from them', Naruto though which made Naruto more confused.
"...how is he Sakura-chan?"
"He's alright, in terms of Naruto. He'll be fine after he wakes up. Don't worry Hinata-chan" The sentence ended with a sigh of relief
Naruto relaxed as he recognized the two voices in which he recognized as Sakura and Hinata, which meant that he was in the old bridge builder's house and that their backup had finally arrived. Naruto opened his eyes as he saw Hinata wiping his forehead with a wet cloth, which Naruto looked with amusement when he realized that Hinata had not realized that he was awake. However Sakura did, and smirked and winked.
"Why are you so worried about Naruto anyways, Hinata-chan? I mean he's just an idiot and a hot-head plus a super idealist, unlike Sasuke-kun, which is cool, and handsome, plus very very smart!" Sakura asked as she channeled her 12 year old personality within herself. Hinata, upon hearing that frowned.
"Naruto-kun doesn't apply with other boys. I like him because he doesn't g-give up! H-he doesn't let anyone tell him a-anything else, and maintained true to his goals, and that inspires me t-to d-do the same." Hinata said as she turned to look at Naruto, eye to eye.
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"N-N-N-Naruto-kun?!" Hinata said as a massive blush immediately crept up her face. Naruto just grinned and rose up from the futon, then waved at her
"Yo!"
Hinata felt dizzy as she asked one important question "H-How l-long h-have you been a-awake?" Hinata asked
"Uhmm, probably... just enough." Naruto said while he continued grinning. Hinata, realizing that meant Naruto heard every word she had said. Everything that she didn't want him to hear so early, blushed harder, before suddenly passing out. Naruto just looked, before chuckling and putting Hinata in his place before standing up and stretching.
"What a nice start to the day!"
"Woah, such a sweet couple!" White Zetsu said to Black Zetsu as he watched the interaction between Naruto and Hinata. Black Zetsu, was still thinking about the jinchuuriki of the Nine Tails and how much was he surprised when he watched the battle between that Mist missing-nin and the Jinchuuriki's team.
The sudden development of the skills of the Jinchuuriki would prove troublesome especially with the rest of his teammates. They were all at least A-Rank, and the very most, S-Rank, if the chakra he'd had felt would prove to be true, at least. Without the Jinchuuriki's teammates, he was sure the Jinchuuriki could stand up alone against anyone from the Akatsuki on a certain extent with the only exception of Kakuzu, perharps Kisame, or Itachi ( Which Black Zetsu definitely did not trust as he had his suspicions ). Plus with only the Rasengan and the raw speed he had seen in the past battle, plus the added fact that the damn boy was also an Uzumaki, the Jinchuuriki of the Kyuubi and the Reincarnation of Ashura to boot which meant he had an over excessive of Chakra, life force, and ideals.
"Troublesome..." Black Zetsu muttered as he continued his train of thought
There's also the mystery of Uchiha Sasuke, who he was sure that he was only Low-Chuunin Level ( He was sure since he recognized Indra's chakra reincarnate at the boy and thus had kept tabs at the boy ) and was stunned at the level in which he presented himself, clearly being more than Chuunin-level.
The civilian girl had shown chakra-control only rivalling Tsunade of the Sannin, which meant that she was a medic-nin or a Genjutsu Mistress, with the latter being unlikely since the girl had clearly favored closed-hands combat, which also meant that she was the weak link of her team. If she could still be called a weak link that is. Her monstrous strength impressed Black Zetsu to a degree. 'Unlike Mother's strength', Black Zetsu thought.
Hatake Kakashi was also one piece he needs to remove from the table as he was clearly gaining back his strength to ANBU level. The fact that he also had Obito's eye would also prove to be very dangerous if left unattended.
This was getting harder by the minute, and Black Zetsu needs to act fast.
"Let us go back to Tobi, White Zetsu. We are done here" Black Zetsu said to his partner, who answered with a slurry of words like "I want to watch them have..." before grudgingly nodding and both disappeared through the branch of the tree.
"Maa, I'm sorry. Just went around to check out the village. I trust my cute little genins anyway"
Kurenai breathed deep and tried to control herself "I don't know what's going on your head Kakashi, but you left genins alone with someone who's being hunted by a S-ranked missing nin and you think they're gonna be alright?" Kurenai said, as she struggled with each word, every word said with anger
Kakashi just looked at Kurenai sheepishly "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Kurenai. But if it makes you feel better, Team seven can train with your team. I'm sure that your team can learn from my mine" Kakashi said with a knowing and amusing glint in his eyes. Not that he didn't know the risk, but it was perharps simply, it would be fun to try to compare fresh genins to technically Kage-level Shinobis. However Kurenai, didn't catch the glint from Kakashi's eyes and sighed "Well, that's a promise. But you better not do that again or I'm gonna report you the Hokage, higher ranked or not" Kurenai said to Kakashi to which grinned sheepishly and rubbed the backside of his neck.
"Sensei? Is that you?"
Kakashi and Kurenai looked at who spoke and found Sakura, and coincidentally the rest of Team 8 and Team 7, with Sasuke waking up right after Naruto had woken up and Hinata waking up just as Kakashi arrived.
"Well...Since we're all here, I guess we should start joint training between Team seven and Team Eight! It's a coincidence too, We we're just talking about that" Kakashi said which only got a replied a look of surprise of Team Eight, a look of infruriation from Team Seven, and a sigh from Kurenai.
"Kurenai-sensei, why train with Team Seven if we're much Stronger than them! Especially with the dead-last and that teme!" Kiba shouted in indignation, staring at Sasuke and Naruto.
Kurenai raised her brow at Kiba "Well, after the training, we can have a friendly team spar, since everyone is fine. The team who wins..." Kurenai said as she looked at Kakashi with a smirk "Kakashi-sempai will buy all of us lunch at the new BBQ place in Konoha after the mission. If Team Seven wins then I buy all the BBQ"
Kakashi gaped at Kurenai at her bet, remembering the prices of the BBQ place 'I hope the rest don't have funny ideas then I'll hold on my money for much longer' Kakashi thought before he spotted Naruto with a look he was all too familiar with. Kakashi gulped 'Well, Goodbye savings'
"Alright! Team Seven! Get ready to lose!"
"Do not assume that we will win Kiba-san. Why? Becaue we are not sure on how much they have improved since we have been assigned to different teams" Shino said logically
"Nah! With the Dead Last, a civilian and the teme, their team gonna go fail unlike ours!
Team Seven said nothing but look amused.
"Kurenai-sensei, this impossible!" Kiba shouting panting as he leaned at the tree, obviously exhausted. Akamaru barked in agreement.
They were doing the tree climbing exercise as what Kakashi did with his team in the last timeline. Kurenai would also do this at the same point of time, but only had changed when her team was ordered to support Team Seven.
Besides Kiba, Shino and Hinata had finished the exercise with Hinata finishing first due to the chakra-control required in her techniques, and with Shino finishing second, learning the exercise and adapting easily, like his insects. However Kiba remained stuck at halfway, at a still point as he would slip off or blast off from the tree due to the chakra he would use.
"Nothing is impossible, Kiba. Too much chakra and the result would be that you'll blast off from the tree before you can even muster saying the words 'Sayonara!'. Too low of chakra would only result in you falling and possibly getting concussed." Kurenai said to her student who only nodded and did the exercise again. Kurenai looked at Kiba proudly, who, in any attempts of the exercise, would never give up. 'Probably because Kakashi's team actually did no effort when it comes to the exercise and just did it' Kurenai thought as she turned around, looked up and saw Kakashi with his team conversing with each other at one of the highest branches of the tallest trees in the area.
She was very confused at the sight especially with the information she had gathered about the new Rookies of this year, or the 'Rookie Nine', as they were getting to be called by the Jounin-senseis, as each one seemingly had big potential to be a good shinobi even though their education were seemingly delayed due to the blonde, blue eyed boy in which every close-minded person had a grudge to. 'Damn those fools' Kurenai thought before setting aside her thoughts and remembered every student Kakashi had.
Uchiha Sasuke. The Last Uchiha. The student which was fought for by every aspiring Jounin-sensei, except her, and perharps Asuma ( Kurenai blushed slightly as an image of Asuma pops up from her head ). Only Kakashi didn't raise any words of objection or was keen at getting the Uchiha. He had only nodded and continued to read his dirty, disgusting, embarrassing book of his. He was aloof and cold, only talking when answering a question, agreeing with a sensei, insulting the Uzumaki boy. Although she could imagine why the Jounin-senseis would want the Uchiha as he had shown a big potential to be a shinobi of great caliber, which was shown when the Uchiha had acquired the 'Rookie of the Year' title for being... rookie of the year.
Haruna Sakura. A girl which came from a civilian family... or more accurately, a retired shinobi family, in which she known when she recognized the the two names listed in the report. Kizashi Haruno, and Mebuki Haruno née Akiyama had been her senseis before she had graduated early at the age 9. She still remembered clearly the fights and arguments the two would get when it came to a certain topic but was clearly inseperable. The girl herself had potential to be a Genjutsu Mistress or a medic nin due to the chakra control the girl had due to her tiny chakra stores, though she noted that her skills with information retention would be more suited to be a medic nin ( Though she would still hope to teach the girl about Genjustu if ever the girl had sought for her ). She had been named Top Kunuoichi, which she was happy for, as she supported every Kunuoichi, up to the point that she had learned that she was a massive fangirl for the Uchiha. That had disappointed her.
Uzumaki Naruto. She would only have respect and admiration for the boy as she had seen the boy be always smiling and have a carefree attitude even though he was regarded as the pariah of Konoha. She would always watch the boy be nimble, fast and cunning against the ANBU who would follow him. That had confused her at first before being enlightened by Kakashi, who just quit ANBU at that time, that due to how slippery Naruto would be for normal Shinobi forces, Kakashi enjoying the scene and the Nara being too lazy to even move against Naruto, that Naruto, whenever he would do pranks or something funny, would be acknowledged by the ANBU, Hokage and the others in the know as a Code Orange, which varied from the plain Orange to Code Blood Orange, to which was only used in the case the Kyuubi would manifest itself within Naruto and the task to catch and capture Naruto was moved from a D-rank Mission to an immediate High A-rank and was only given within ANBU and shinobi who could out-wit and out-move the small Naruto. Yet, in the scholastic environment, Naruto was seen as an idiot who had no potential except with his high stamina and his notorious Henge no Jutsu and the Jutsu he developed with it called the Oiroke no Jutsu. He had no skill for a bunshin and a low skill with a Kawarimi no Jutsu, but had been noted that the boy shown enormouse chakra due to whenever he would use a jutsu, chakra would literally circulate in the air besides him that it could be discerned even by civilians. Thus it had been no surprise when that he'd been taught Kage Buunshin no Jutsu, he didn't have to worry with chakra exhaustion and could make a hundred clones without breaking a sweat. Though that huge of a chakra meant little to no chakra control.
Which why it confused and surprised her to no end when she saw Naruto walk up from the ground and into the tree without breaking a sweat, like he was doing a Kage Buunshin. It had been also a big surprise from Kiba, and after a childish whine about how Naruto cheated, was more determine to finish the exercise without help from his teammates or the other team, only stopping to ask her for advice.
"Yo Kakashi! Can we talk?!" Kurenai shouted to Kakashi, now determined to have answers. Kakashi waved and disappeared from the branch and appearing in front of her in a swirl of leaves.
"Maa Kurenai, It seems perharps I could win the bet." Kakash teased Kurenai before he noticed the serious face and raised his brow "What?"
"How the hell did fresh one-month Genins had complete mastery of Chakra control, especially with the circumstance of your team" Kurenai asked the silver-haired man, making sure to let him know that Naruto was the special circumstance. Kakashi, with her annoyance, grinned so out of the regular that it irked her. "Well... I'm probably just a great teacher? Or I don't know Kurenai, perharps I just lucked out with three prodigies?", Kakashi told Kurenai playfully. Kurenai just glared at the man and just shooked her head 'So much for being aloof like the old days. Atleast that had been easier to get information with'
Well, atleast she now had the drive to teach her students more.
"Zetsu, what is your report for the Jinchuuriki?" Tobi, really known as Uchiha Obito, asked as he stood and watched at the ledge of the Iwa tower in Iwagakure. Zetsu suddenly appeared from the floor, with Black Zetsu having a look of concentration in his eyes
"The Blonde knows how to flirt, unlike you Tobi" White Zetsu said to Tobi, to which Tobi just ignored and waited for Black Zetsu to talk, knowing that Black Zetsu was really the one who had the more accurate information
"The Jinchuuriki is stronger than we thought, and with the choice of his teammates and sensei plus their strength which is irregular from a bunch of 12 year olds and a Jounin-sensei, we cannot thread the situation lightly." Black Zetsu as he started recalling every instances he had watched Naruto. Tobi stood and listened as he felt more and more irked. 'That would be truly a situation that would be a problem for the Tsuki No Me Project if left unattended down the road. Kakashi you bastard, you might have killed Rin, but I can't imagine you being an effective sensei up to this point.' Tobi thought as he put his hand in his jaw. He stood and watched Iwagakure before he had an idea pop in his head.
"Who is closer to the Land of Waves?"