Time Travel for Dummies

Part 5

"Do you have eyes on the target?"

"Hai, sensei," Sasuke reported, sharingan blazing, "He's on Training Field 8." With a quick glance to make sure no one else was watching, Sasuke did a quick "pull" to bring Tora closer to him.

Sakura arrived on the scene moments later, and her eyes immediately locked onto the cat. Naruto arrived soon after, and when Sasuke looked back after glancing in Naruto's direction for only a moment he found that the cat had somehow gotten himself tangled up in some underbrush that he distinctly didn't recall being there a moment ago—he would know, he'd had his sharingan activated at the time.

Definitely something odd about that....

"Sensei," Sakura started, carefully detangling the cat from the underbrush, "the target is secure."

"Yosh, return to base."

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Hmm...

Shouldn't they be getting tired of this by now?

Kakashi swore last time he remembers his genin being particularly intolerant of D-rank missions. And yet he hasn't heard a single word of complaint. Isn't it about time for the C-rank-turned-A-rank-mission in Wave?

What should he do?

If he doesn't say anything his genin will continue happily doing easy (totally safe, newly-minted genin-appropriate) D-rank missions.

But if he does say something then he'll be taking three baby genin on an extremely dangerous mission they aren't guaranteed to survive (they barely managed last time).

But if he doesn't say anything then some other little genin with a much less capable sensei and no forewarning are going to go on that mission and undoubtedly get themselves killed.

But if he does say something then at least they won't be going in totally blind like last time. This time, he'll be prepared.

Sigh. That settles it.

He'll have to ask the Hokage for a C-rank.

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Being a genin is great. No difficult life-threatening missions, just mind-numbing chores. Painting fences, weeding gardens, finding lost pets. Naruto doesn't know why he was in such a rush last time, this is great.

He's not gonna say a word of complaint; he's happy to just enjoy this while it lasts. Although...

Kakashi-sensei's been giving him weird looks for a while now. He can't fathom why—he's fixed his wardrobe, after all. Maybe it's the tattoos...

But why would sensei find that strange? It's not like he knew him before this.

Maybe sensei doesn't approve of tattoos? Hmm...

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Wow...it's taking Naruto a long time to break.

Last time she could've sworn he cracked and started asking for C-rank missions way earlier on. These D-ranks are relaxing, but she's getting a little impatient.

The Wave Mission will be a perfect excuse for a sudden change in her behavior—she's getting really tired of the whole "fangirl" schtick and pretending to be inept.

If she has to call him "Sasuke-kun" oNE MORE TIME—

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