About three months after Naruto had graduated and started learning from Kakashi he took a mission out of the nd of fire for the first time.

  "You got all the stuff I told you to get?" I asked as we headed to the vilge gates with him on the day he was set to head out.

  "Yeah I got it all, don't know why I'd need any of it though since we're just esc this rude old guy to his home." Naruto said with a bit of pint.

  "It's not about whether or not the mission calls for it but rather if something ued happens you'd be better prepared. Like what if you came across a missing nin or something and you guys got injured? A medical kit would e iy damn handy then wouldn't it?" I asked and he begrudgingly admitted I had a point.

  That wasn't the only thing I had him pack though as I made sure he brought soldier pills, explosive tags and plenty of shuriken and kunai. In addition I even gave him a type of medie that I created during my time with my sehat was basically a soldier pill but worked but overdrawing ones resources for a short boost of power. The dowhough was that after it wore off you'd get put out of ission for at least two weeks.-

  It was a st resort type deal and I made sure that he k when I gave it to him while also making it clear that under NO circumstances was Kakashi to eat it as that would leave the three genin highly vulnerable. Their sensei was the only Jonin level threat in their squad so if he gets put out of ission like that it was on the genin to get home safely which was harder than you may think with the sta squads from other vilges that gh the nd of fire.-

  Missing nin were also a big problem as due to the bounties on their heads they rarely settled in a single pd instead wahe nd in an uably manner. My about them entering one on this seemingly easy mission was as a result rooted in actual past events that occurred simirly. I wasn't sure why but something told me that this mission wouldn't be so simple for their squad and this was the best I could do to help make it easier on them.-

  (Third person pov squad seven)

  At the gate to the vilge an old man with a grumpy look was waiting along side a man with silver hair and most of his face covered and two children. This was of course Kakashi and two of his three genin, Sasuke and Sakura. They were waiting for the st member of the squad to arrive as he was te by a few minutes.

  "Sorry I'm te! Kenzo kept me baake sure I packed all the stuff he told me to!" a blonde haired boy yelled as he ran up to the group.

  "Being prepared is an important part of being a shinobi but so is being on time, remember to leave early from now on Naruto." Kakashi said calmly and Naruto nodded.

  "If we are done wasting time lets get a move on already." the old man said grouchily.

  With that the group officially set off towards the edge of the nd of fire and the nd of waves. At first everything seemed normal as they traveled along the road but soon enough after they got about halfway to their destination they were ambushed. The ambushers were low level genin from the hidden mist that were hiding in puddles at the side of the road.-

  "I think it's time you expin why a k esission has shinobi ing after you don't you?" Kakashi frohe old man sternly.

  "Please you have to uand! I am not a wealthy man and B rank her missions are too expensive for me to afford so I may have left out some details in order to get the help of shinobi! I didn't mean any harm but that bastard Gato has the nd of waves in a chokehold and now he is trying to prevent us from building a bridge that would break his hold on the nd." the old man said ashamed but sincerely.-

  "Who is this Gato guy and why would he try to kill you?" Naruto asked fused.

  "Gato is the founder of the Gato trading pany that he has used to take trol of the ey of the nd of waves by cutting off our access to the rest of the world. However is secretly a drug peddler and smuggler with no moral bottom line so long as he gets more money. My vilge which is located at the edge of the nd of Fire and the nd of waves decided to try and build a bridge to break his hold. Gato has sent people to harass us every step of the way but now that the bridge is almost finished he is desperate to stop this threat to his trol. He is likely hiring shinobi to kill me and my family in a final bid to stop us. We had expected this however which was why I went to the hiddeo hire shinobi of my own to protect us." the old man said seriously.

  There was a discussioween the squad about what should be done and the majority voted that they should still try ahe old man sihere was no telling if Gato may try aend his greed to the nd of fire as well. After that the old man was markedly o the squad as they traveled. Two days ter a thick mist rolled over the group and Kakashi got into a fight with a missing nin that Narutnized as someone Kenzo had spoke of, Zabuza Momochi!-

  The attack started with the massive bde flying at the bridge builder aing repelled by Kakashi. Zabuza created a thick mist to cover the area while Kakashi opened his sharingan. What followed was a masterful game of deception and tering as Zabuza sent two water es to attack the bridge builder while Kakashi tered the mist and thea the bridge builder. At one point Kakashi got caught in a water prison jutsu that kept Zabuza in pce while a water e was sent to fight the genins.-

  Naruto proved the deg factor there as he created many shadow es that all distracted the water e while the real oransformed himself into a Fuma shuriken to be thrown by Sasuke. The real Zabuza easily dodged the shuriken but was forced to release Kakashi after it transformed bato Naruto who threw a kunai at him while he was in mid air. Kakashi then got into a jutsu battle with Zabuza where he would off bahe man by copying everything he did including his speech. The battle ended however when a masked bounty hunter "killed" Zabuza and stole the corpse.