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The day started pretty good, which was odd for the copy-nin, usually, he would either be exhausted from a late mission or plagued by nightmares making sleep nearly impossible. Unbelievably neither one of those things occurred.
So, here he was, book in hand and happily strolling down the dirt path to meet his adorable genin students. He was an hour late but better late than never.
"Yo." He gave a cheerful wave and eye smile.
"You're late!" It seemed their morning was not going as well. Naruto had a couple of bruises (He guessed from both Sakura and Sasuke), Sakura's hair was frazzled and looked peeved (At him), and Sasuke had a couple of small scratches and gave a dark glare, (Once again, at him and he guessed the scratches were from Naruto). So, Naruto insulted Sasuke and both Sasuke and Sakura got angry and a fight broke out, at least that is what he figured. Perhaps he should focus on their teamwork a lot more.
"Maa, I had to help an old lady with her groceries." He kept smiling and relished their looks that got even angrier.
"Lies!" They shouted again.
"At least be honest for once, Kakashi Sensei!" Naruto jumped up and pointed accusingly.
"Well, and I was going to tell you about a mission, but I guess we don't have to do that today." He mused out loud. Naruto shut his mouth and Sasuke looked interested.
"Mission?!" Naruto's silence lasted about a couple seconds, huh a record.
"Why yes, you three are assigned some D-Ranks." He nearly laughed at their once hopeful expressions that turned sour.
"D-Rank!" We've been doing those dumb things for like ever!" Naruto yelled and Sakura pushed him.
"Shut up, Naruto! It is because of your immaturity why we are stuck with these missions." Sakura snapped.
"Hmm, I wouldn't say that Sakura. I assign you three D-Ranks because you all lack the teamwork needed for a C-Rank." Sakura looked down with guilt at the words.
"Please, I can take on any C-Rank with or without them." Sasuke rolled his eyes.
"I guess you wouldn't mind another week of D-Ranks then?" Kakashi raised his eyebrows, now he knew how Minato Sensei felt.
The three glared even more, well it was a good morning.
"Get that damn cat!, you moron" Sasuke yelled at Naruto who was currently right next to Tora. The poor cat looked afraid at the drenched blonde looming over it. Naruto was already over it the minute Sasuke pushed him in a river in an attempt to grab the cat faster than him. After thirty minutes they ended up trying to work together, kinda.
In the end, Sakura was the one to catch the cat and the three returned the cat to the owner. The day was filled with these kinds of missions and finally, they were one their last one. The sky was turning into hues of orange and bright pinks signaling the day is almost over. The last mission was to help this old lady clean her attic. The room was atrocious with cobwebs, spiderwebs, and all sorts of bugs scurrying over the many old boxes. Naruto bet the Aburame clan would love this place. When they were almost done Naruto dropped a box that contained tons of scrolls.
"Whoops." He chuckled and rubbed the back of his neck.
"Idiot!" Sasuke hissed and Sakura picked up the box and sighed. The old lady came up the steps at the sound to check on them.
"Oh my, are you kids alright?" She asked and they couldn't help but to smile at her sweet demeanor.
"Yes we are thank you," Sakura said.
Naruto picked up the last scroll that was tinged with yellow from the years in the attic.
"Hey, what is this?" He asked the lady.
"A scroll, moron." Sasuke crossed his arms and Sakura fawned over him.
"I know that, Idiot! I mean like what does it do?"
"Ah, I believe that is a scroll about fuinjutsu, I haven't seen that in years, it belonged to my husband Ryuji. He died many years ago and I inherited these scrolls." She informed.
"Fuinjutsu!" Naruto beamed and the lady chuckled.
"Do you even know what Fuinjutsu is?" Sasuke asked sarcastically, which prompted the blonde to glare.
"Yes, I do," Naruto crossed his arms but the way he said it made Sakura believe he did not know.
"If you are interested you can have it. This attic must have been a pain to clean up after all." She gave a small wave.
"Are you sure, Lady?" Naruto jumped at the offer.
"Yes, now I believe you are all done." She went back downstairs and the three followed.
"Goodbye, Lady!" Naruto waved and they left to see the sky dark.
"Where do you think Kaka-Sensei is?" Naruto asked the two.
"Didn't he say he would be in the training grounds waiting for us when we were done." Sakura mused.
"He did. Sasuke frowned. "Why would he stay there all day though, doesn't he have a life?"
Naruto laughed at that and even Sakura gave a smile.
"I think those books are his life, Sasuke." Sakura teased.
They entered the training grounds expecting to see the silver haired jonin reading in the tree-like always, but he was training to their surprise.
"Woah, Sensei! You don't have that book in your face!" Naruto's boisterous laugh made Kakashi stumble for a second. Sasuke narrowed his eyes at the jonin's fault, Kakashi was never off guard like that.
"Maa, are you three done with all the missions already?" He jumped in front of them.
"What do you mean already?" Sakura challenged gesturing to the star-filled sky.
"Oh, Sensei! Look at this, an old lady gave it to me for cleaning her attic!" Naruto opened the scroll and waved it in the air like a flag.
"Idiot, don't ruin it!" The Uchiha glared.
Kakashi's eye went wide at the familiar look, "Is that a fuinjutsu scroll?" Naruto nodded and Kakashi wondered what kind it was.
"Can I look at that, Naruto?" He asked and the blonde opened it flat down on the ground and Team-7 surrounded it sitting crisscross.
"Hmm, I have never seen this before. I think we should take it to the Hokage to be sure it is safe for you to keep, Naruto." Kakashi told him and Naruto became defensive.
"No way, that Lady gave it to me!"
"I think Kakashi Sensei is right, Naruto." Sakura told him.
"It is activated with chakra so the Hokage can test it out in a safe manner." Sasuke crossed his arms for like the millionth time in the day.
"It is activated with chakra?" Naruto questioned.
Kakashi knew exactly what Naturo was planning and went to stop him but Naruto quickly shoved his chakra into the scroll, along with his blue, the Kyuubi's red chakra intertwined with it. The scroll was encased in a purple like glow and as it started to expand Kakashi acted fast and grabbed it and shunshinned across the field so it wouldn't affect his students.
Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura watched in mute horror as the purple encased their Sensei and caused him to vanish.