The Fox, The Cat, The Rabbit, The Wolf and The Exhausted Caregiver

Talking About C-Rank Missions

While having dinner, Iruka suggest Team 7 to do C-ranks, unaware of the future chaos that's about to happen.

Meanwhile, cherry tomatoes are being passed around the table.
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One night, while they were having dinner at Iruka's home, the chuunin suggested that Team 7 should do one C-rank mission.

"C-ranks?! Yes!! No more fixing roofs and fences!" Naruto exclaimed happily, almost spilling his miso soup all over himself if it weren't for Kakashi's quick reaction to save it.

"Calm down, Naruto. We're at the table and eating right now," Iruka reminded sternly.

Sheepishly, Naruto apologised and quickly settled back into his seat, accepting his soup with a cheerful thanks when Kakashi handed it back to him.

"It would be fun to get out of the village once in awhile. I heard the Tea Country has a lot of nice tea leaves," Sakura commented while she tries to discreetly shove the vegetables she didn't like on Kakashi's plate.

"It does. I remembered buying some when I visited that place. I wonder if that teahouse I liked is still running..." the jounin mused as he ate the vegetables without a thought.

Naruto made a loud thoughtful noise. "I heard they have awesome dangos too!" he added between mouthfuls.

"Don't talk and eat, Naruto." Sakura admonished him lightly.

Naruto gave her an apologetic look and tried his best to not talk while he eats.

"I'll try to see if there's any C-rank missions to Tea Country but don't hope too much." Iruka said as he offers a bowl of cherry tomatoes to Sasuke. The Uchiha graciously accepts it with a quiet thanks to the chuunin.

"Just having something close by will be good for their first time," Kakashi smiled as he ate another piece of vegetable that wasn't in his plate before.

"Sure," Iruka agreed happily.

"I heard C-ranks are mostly escorts and deliveries." Sasuke remarked as he pass the bowl of cherry tomatoes to Naruto.

"Eh~? Sounds boring~" Naruto frowned at the bowl before passing it across Kakashi to Sakura.

"At least we could get out of the village and go to other places, Naruto." Sakura pointed out, accepting the bowl and putting a few of the cherry tomatoes onto her plate and Kakashi's. She then passed the bowl back to Iruka. "It's not usually dangerous right, Iruka-sensei?"

Iruka accepted the bowl with a smile. "Not at all! Except for the occasional bandits you might meet on the road and the dangerous animals, there's not much to be wary of," he informed them. "Still, you need to be careful when you're on the road. Bandits and animals aren't the only thing you need to watch out for. If you do what I taught you during survival exercise, I'm sure you'll be fine."

Three choruses of understanding from the three genins were heard over the table and Iruka nods in satisfaction. The table then settled back into comfortable silence as everyone went back to eating.

"...wait, why are there so many cherry tomatoes on my plate?" Kakashi wondered before narrowing his eye at his three snickering gremlins.

Iruka just hides his grin behind his cup.