Naruto of the senju clan *OPEN FOR ADOPTION*

chapter 7

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'Summon/Demon thinking'

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'Person thinking'

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Chapter 7: The Land of Waves!

Naruto and his sensei had been traveling for the majority of the night only stopping for a small break once. The sun was just beginning to rise, and Naruto and his sensei had just arrived at the shores of the Land of Fire. They were staring out at a rather large river in front of them trying to see the shores on the other side but could not because of the dense fog covering the area.

"The Land of Waves is just on the other side of this river," Yamato said as he walked up the edge of the water. He then flashed through two hand seals before a few wooden beams came out from the water and formed a small boat. Naruto could not help but smile when he saw this.

"Got to love wood release," he commented with a smile causing his sensei to chuckle before making two oars out of wood. Naruto then held up a half ram seal and created two shadow clones to row the boat.

"Wood release and shadow clones, it almost feels as though we are cheating," Yamato said as he stepped into the boat. Naruto let out a small laugh before stepping in the boat as well. He sat at the back of the boat while his sensei sat in the front with the two clones rowing the boat in the center. Naruto leaned back in the boat and propped his legs up over the side before he took a deep breath of the morning air.

"What exactly was Team 7's mission?" Naruto asked as he exhaled.

"The scroll did not go into many details about what happened but apparently they had a mission to protect a bridge-builder while he was building a bridge in the Land of Waves," Yamato explained as they sailed through the morning fog. "The client request was for C-rank level protection, but apparently he lied about the danger he was in," he said causing Naruto to contemplate on the details he just received.

"I'm guessing there are ninjas that are after the bridge-builder?" Naruto asked earning a nod from his sensei.

"That is the only hypothesis that makes any sense as to why Kakashi-senpai would request back up for a C-rank mission," Yamato said. Naruto still had a puzzled look on his face, however, there was something about the whole situation that was bugging him.

"How did Team 7 get a C-rank mission to begin with?" he asked with a puzzled look on his face. "It's only been a week since they were a team. The most mission they could have completed in that time is about 14 D-rank missions," Naruto added as he folded his arms. "That's well below the required 26," he said.

"That is true," Yamato said as he began thinking about what his student said.

"The only reason we got one this early is that we completed 51 D-rank missions and that is thanks to the clones," Naruto continued trying to figure out why team 7 was allowed to break the rules. "They are well below the required amount but still allowed to part go on a C-rank mission," he said before letting out a sigh. "Something does not add up," he added.

"Let it go, it's best not to get involved in village politics," Yamato said causing Naruto to raise an eyebrow at him. It was an odd statement in Naruto's opinion.

'How is this village politics?' Naruto asked himself. His sensei clearly knew something he did not.

"I am the acting head of the Senju clan," Naruto said surprising his sensei. Yamato was not aware of that fact, he had assumed Tsunade was still the head of the clan. "So, getting into the politics of the village is part of the job," Naruto added earning an understanding nod from his sensei.