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  It was eleven at night. Kushina tiptoed into Shin's room. Shin was still awake.

  "Shin, I'm here to sleep with you."

  Kushina luowards him, but a hand shot out and grabbed her by the colr.

  "Hey! Put me down, Tsunade! You meanie!"

  Kushina shrieked, gring at Tsunade. She hadn't expected Tsuo be awake at this hour.

  "Hmph, I knew you'd sneak in here. Back to your own room, young dy."

  Tsunade dragged Kushina away, ign her protests.

  Kushina cast a pleading look at Shin, but he could only offer a helpless shrug.

  "Tsunade, what's it to you if I sleep with Shin?" Kushina demanded.

  "You're both too old to be sharing a bed now."

  Tsunade ignored Kushina's further protests and tossed her bato her own room. Kushina pouted, defeated.

  The m, at breakfast, Kushina gred at Tsunade before dragging Shin off to school.

  "Little brat, still gring at me? Just you wait," Tsutered under her breath.

  At the Academy, Shin noticed that they were the st to arrive. Even Nawaki, who was usually te, was already there.

  The students, all wearing their forehead protectors, were a mix of excitement and nervousness. After the team assigs, they would be real Shinobi, ready to go on missions.

  "Shin, who do you think your Jōnin-sensei will be?" Nawaki asked excitedly.

  "My guess is your sister, Tsunade," Shin replied.

  Tsunade had promised him a surprise yesterday, and he suspected this was it.

  "Really? Did she tell you? Did she say who my sensei would be?" Nawaki looked at Shin with anticipation.

  "She didn't tell me. It's just a guess. Who do you want your seo be, Nawaki?"

  Shin shook his head. It wasn't firmed, but he retty sure Tsunade would be their Jōnin-sensei.

  "I want Orochimaru-sama!"

  Nawaki's eyes shoh admiration. He seemed genuinely eager to be on Orochimaru's team.

  Shin gave him a strange look. Orochimaru? What was so appealing about him?

  Then he remembered that Orochimaru did have a certain charisma. In the inal story, many were devoted to him.

  "I don't uand why you like that creepy guy."

  Shin shook his head. He didn't dislike Orochimaru, but he didn't particurly like him either. The current Orochimaru wasn't as sinister or twisted as he would bee.

  "Orochimaru-sama is a genius, one of the stro in Konoha. He's way strohan my sister."

  Nawaki seemed to idolize Orochimaru.

  "Don't let your sister hear you say that, or you'll be in trouble," Kushina warned.

  "Settle down!"

  Tanaka-sensei ehe . Seeing the chaos, his face darkened.

  Nawaki scurried back to his seat, and the others followed suit.

  Tanaka-sensei was still a formidable presence.

  The team assigs began. One by one, Jōered the , read out the names of their team members, a.

  "Team Three: Senju Nawaki, Uzumaki Kai, Hyūga Hizashi."

  Orochimaru entered, read the names, a without a word.

  Nawaki's face lit up. He couldn't believe he was actually on Orochimaru's team. He rushed out with Kai and Hizashi.

  "Team Five: Namikaze Minato, Uzumaki Akiko, Inuzuka Tsume. Follow me."

  Jiraiya entered and called out the names.

  Minato and his team left. The was gettiier.

  "Uzumaki Shin, Uzumaki Kushina, Uchiha Mikoto, you three are Team Nine. e with me."

  When only a few students remaisuered and called out their names.

  Shin smiled. He had guessed correctly. Tsunade was their Jōnin-sensei.

  They followed Tsuo a training ground in Konoha.

  "Shin, you don't seem surprised at all," Tsunade observed.

  "I already guessed it was you. This must be the surprise you mentioned."

  "Hmph, you guessed it again. How annoying."

  Kushina scowled. She wasn't thrilled about having Tsunade as their sensei. She almost wao request a transfer.

  Mikoto, however, was delighted. Not because of Tsunade, but because she was on the same team as Shin and Kushina.

  "Now, I'll assess your abilities. Don't hold back," Tsunade said.

  She wasn't going to give them aest, but gauging their strength was necessary.

  As their Jōnin-sensei, she o know their capabilities to assign them appropriate missions.

  "Is this assessment really necessary?" Shin asked.

  "Of course. I 't assign you missions without knowing your strength. Unless you want to do D-rank missions, then we skip this."

  There were five mission ranks in Konoha. D-rank missiohe lowest, simple tasks with no bat or risk, such as weeding, babysitting, and ing the streets.

  k missions involved some risk of injury, but no bat against enemy Shinobi.

  B-rank missions were dangerous, often involving bat and the risk of death.

  A-rank missions were even more dangerous, often involving Jōnin or stronger oppos. Genin weren't allowed to participate in these.

  S-rank missiohe most dangerous, involving the safety of the vilge or eveion. They were rare, but when they did occur, they were a big deal.

  S-rank missions required elite Jōnin or even Kage-level Shinobi. They were the highest paying missions, but also the most perilous.

  Fresh graduates usually started with D-rank missions. But it seemed Tsunade wasn't pnning on giving them those.

  That was fih Shin. He had no i in those low-level missions. They wouldn't help him improve, and the pay athetic.

  Besides, he didn't he money.

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