Naruto uchiha

chapter 23

Welp I haven't been active recently sry enjoy

Naruto, Kakashi and team seven had finally reached Konoha after half a day's of journey from Nami no Kuni. Considering the tiresome mission that they all had just completed, everyone had agreed to walk back at a slower pace. Once everyone had checked in with the gate guards, Kakashi called out to his team.

"You guys should go and rest now. Naruto and I will go report to Hokage-sama about the details of the mission. Take the day off tomorrow to recuperate and then we'll begin training again. Sound good?" Kakashi asked with an eye smile.

"Thanks sensei!" Hinata and Sakura replied. Sasuke merely nodded and proceeded to walk towards the Namikaze Compound. Even though the Uchiha Compound had been cleaned up and renovated, Mikoto did not wish to live in that accursed place anymore. The memories of her dead clan mates often haunted her sleep to this day. And Sasuke respected his mother's wishes. He was certain, things with him would have turned out to be a lot worse had his mother been killed too that night.

"I will see you tomorrow, Hinata-chan? Get some sleep okay?" Naruto said.

"Hai, Naruto-kun. You worry too much. You need to relax a little…" Hinata replied with a small laugh. Naruto chuckled at her reply and simply nodded. Soon enough, the two jounins took to the rooftops and travelled towards the Hokage building.

"Hey, Hinata, you want to get something to eat? I'm starving a little…" Sakura suggested sheepishly. "Yeah, sure. Let's go. Even I'm a little hungry after all that travelling. I must say Tsunami-san makes some delicious food though." Hinata stated as the two girls walked towards the dango store in the neighboring alley.

When Naruto and Kakashi entered the Hokage's office, none were surprised to see Minato lightly dozing off behind a large stack of papers. Both the jounins smirked on seeing the tired look on the Hokage's face. Kakashi cleared his throat to make Minato aware of their presence. The Yondaime suddenly jolted up from his seat and looked around to see who it was that dared disturb his peaceful dream. A sheepish look formed on his face to see his son and Kakashi with small smirks.

"Oh, when did you guys return from your mission?" Minato asked as he regained his bearings and calmly sat down on the chair.

"That's not very becoming of a Hokage, tou-san…" Naruto commented. Minato's eyebrow twitched a little on that comment. "You cheeky little brat…" he whispered under his breath. That only made Naruto and Kakashi laugh further.

"So, how did the mission go?" questioned Minato with a straight face. The two jounin's faces also turned serious as they got down to business.

"Gato has been eliminated and his headquarters has been taken care of too. I have gathered all the necessary documents pertaining to his criminal activities in the Elemental Nations. Also, all the money he had is sealed into this." Naruto stated, putting down two scrolls on Minato's desk, with the kanji of 'documents' on one and 'money' on the other. Minato unsealed the scroll which had documents and quickly scanned through the documents. He nodded in satisfaction once he had reviewed everything. The documents also confirmed his suspicion that Gato was indeed working with Akatsuki by funding them money. Although, none of the documents gave any hints as to where the Akatsuki's base might be located. But he didn't worry too much about it. With Jiraiya and Shisui working outside the village, he was certain given some time, they would find it out.

"And what about the genins? How did they perform?" Minato asked curiously.

"Quite well, actually. Sasuke and Hinata have improved greatly since the graduation. Even Sakura has shown improvement. Since, I'm not well suited to teach medical ninjutsu, there's not much knowledge I can impart to Sakura. We had also come across Zabuza Momochi and Haku Yuki, who's a member of the Yuki Clan." Kakashi reported. Minato was greatly surprised on hearing that. "Include everything in detail in your report, Kakashi." Minato stated.