Deep Cover

Chapter 1: New Wave

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO OR ITS CHARACTERS

Chapter 1: New Wave

Naruto was happy that he finally got a real mission this time instead of those meaningless chores, they had to protect a drunk bridge builder and made sure he made his way safely to his village and was protected while the bridge was being built it may not have been the most exciting but it was better than cleaning the Inazuka dog kennels. Aside from the drunk man insulting him and being ignored by his teammates, everything was smooth sailing.

As they continued their trek Naruto noticed something strange there was a puddle and it was weird to him because it was a sunny day and it hadn't rained in the land of fire in over a week so that puddle couldn't possibly be real which could only mean it's a genjutsu, he looked around at his team to see if they noticed but it seemed like they hadn't, he then looked at Kakashi but he was the same as his team.

"And I thought I was the dumb one" – he mentally sighed

As soon as they walked past the puddle Naruto sensed two presence appear out of nowhere, they charged at Kakashi but before they could kill Kakashi like they were going to do Naruto threw a kunai in the middle of their chains pinning them to the tree, Naruto then made quick work of them with a chop to the neck effectively knocking them out.

He then turns around and looks back at his team with a grin on his face.

"Hey I took care of them since you guys didn't seem to notice the genjutsu earlier"

Naruto expected them to thank him and congratulate him or at least smile but instead, he got an impassive and unimpressed look form Kakashi, a scowl from Sasuke, and hit on the back head by Sakura for daring to show up her precious Sasuke-kun the only one who seemed to appreciate his effort was Tazuna as he looked at the boy in awe.

"Why are you guys ignoring what he just did?! He took out two of those ninjas for you and you ostracize him?" – Tazuna yelled

"May I remind you who's protecting who Tazuna? You will not question how I handle my team" – Said Kakashi in a lazy but commanding voice

"I'm happy that you were willing to stand up for me but it's fine Tazuna-san really" – Naruto said with his usual plastered fake smile, but that was all just a front as on the inside he was trying to figure out what he did wrong

"Why why do they refuse to acknowledge me no matter what I do or say to them it does nothing get's through."

"I thought that by becoming a ninja would mean I would get to prove to people that I'm not a monster and make them warm up to me but nothing seems to work"

But he was brought out of his thoughts when Kakashi began to speak

"Now Tazuna care to explain to us why C-rank missing-nin from the mist? Were after you?"

Tazuna told them his usual story about the wave being poor and not having enough money for a higher ranked mission about Gato and how much the bridge means

"Ok what would you guys want to do?" – Kakashi asked his team

"We should continue with the mission they are suffering over there in the wave and we should help them and as you could see I easily took down those two ninja that tried to attack us and Sakura and Sasuke are just as strong as me" – Said the blond

Tazuna looked at the boy in awe as he saw that he had a heart of pure gold not caring that he lied and cheated his village all he wanted was to save the wave.

Kakashi then turned his gaze to Sasuke

"We should keep going I want to test myself against strong opponents if any more ninja come by" – was his reply