The day after receiving their Forehead Protectors, the graduates returned to their respective classrooms, as the team assignments were to be announced today.
The soon-to-be Genin were excitedly discussing who would be on a team with whom, with Sakura and Ino leading the girls in arguing over who would be on a team with Sasuke.
Hinata seemed a little affected as well, quietly asking, "Who does Naruto-kun hope to be on a team with?"
Naruto heard this and realized his chance to show off had come. He cleared his throat and said, "What I think isn't important. The main thing is that quite a few people's teams are already pretty much set."
Yeah, standard straight-guy talk. Don't learn from him, everyone. Hinata was slightly disappointed but continued to listen quietly as Naruto spoke:
"For example, Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji will form the Ino-Shika-Cho trio, so they should be in the same team."
Hinata nodded; she had heard of Konoha's Ino-Shika-Cho formation.
Naruto continued, "As for you, Hinata, you'll probably team up with Kiba and Shino to form a reconnaissance-specialized squad.
As for me, I'll probably team up with Sasuke to form an assault-type squad."
"Naruto-kun is amazing," Hinata said, praising Naruto despite her disappointment.
Shikamaru, who was lying on his desk in the front row, thought to himself that although Naruto's analysis made a lot of sense, he felt like the Fourth Hokage had told him in advance.
Sasuke, who had been eavesdropping with his ears perked up, was ecstatic. Being on a team with Naruto was great. Although he didn't know who the third person would be, it didn't matter. He felt that with his and Naruto's strength, they could win any mission even if they brought a dog along.
Before long, Iruka walked in and began to speak, "From today onwards, you are all ninjas. But you are only Genin, and there are many difficulties waiting for you in the future..."
Iruka spoke very earnestly and emotionally. He had watched these children grow up, and now they had finally embarked on the path of ninjas as they wished, and they would have to face all kinds of dangers and trials in the future.
Iruka was reluctant in his heart, looking at the earnest and absent-minded faces below, feeling both proud and sad.
In any case, Iruka finally began to read out the team assignment list, after a bunch of unimportant extras:
"Team 7, Uzumaki Naruto, Haruno Sakura, Uchiha Sasuke."
Yes! Sakura was overjoyed and turned back to give Ino a peace sign, infuriating Ino, who clenched her fists.
"Team 8, Hinata Hyuga, Inuzuka Kiba, Shino Aburame."
Although she had heard Naruto's spoiler, Hinata was still a little disappointed.
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"Team 10, Yamanaka Ino, Nara Shikamaru, Akimichi Choji."
Ino looked at Shikamaru, who was lying on the desk, and Choji, the chubby kid who was constantly eating snacks, and felt a little broken. Why did it have to be like this!
After the team assignments were announced, the Jonin came in one by one to take away their team members.
When only the Konoha 11 were left in the class, Asuma pushed open the door, still with a cigarette in his mouth, and said coolly, "Team 10, follow me."
Ino looked at Asuma, then at Shikamaru and Choji, and fell into despair. A smoker, a lazybones, and a glutton—what misfortune! The girl seemed to be wearing a mask of pain.
A few minutes after the four left, an unexpected person pushed the door open and entered.
"Mom?" Naruto jumped up in surprise. What was going on? What was this all about? She hadn't told him in advance!
"Godmother?" Sasuke leaned back in shock. He had suffered a lot since recognizing his godmother. Could it be that she was going to lead them?
The other kids were also surprised. Naruto's mother? Wasn't that the Fourth Hokage's wife? And she was Sasuke's godmother?
"Yo, Naruto, Sasuke!" The person who came in was Kushina.
Naruto finally recovered and asked, "Mom, are you going to be our Sensei Jonin?"
"That was my original plan, but Minato didn't agree," Kushina said, a little unhappy. "He said he had already decided who would lead you."
Phew, Sasuke breathed a sigh of relief, then Kushina immediately hooked him by the neck.
"Sasuke-kun doesn't seem to want me to be your Sensei Jonin..." Kushina said, clenching her other hand into a fist and drilling it hard on top of Sasuke's head.
"No... no, I was just... just sighing in disappointment." Sasuke immediately cowered; this was a woman he could never afford to offend.
Kushina let Sasuke go and waved her hand domineeringly, "Team 8, follow me!"
The three obediently followed behind her.
Akamaru was a little scared, whimpering softly. Kiba gently comforted him, but a drop of cold sweat also trickled down his own forehead, feeling that the days ahead might not be easy.
Shino pushed up his sunglasses, his expression unchanged.
Hinata's mind was filled with, "Naruto's mom, meeting the parents..." Her face turned even redder than Kushina's hair.
Naruto probably figured out the cause and effect. According to the original story, Team 8 should have been led by Kurenai Yuhi, but Kurenai is still a "Newly Promoted Jonin" and not qualified enough to be the Sensei Jonin of the Hyuga, Inuzuka, and Aburame clan heirs.
Asuma, as the Third Hokage's son, was qualified, but he was destined to lead the Ino-Shika-Cho heirs because the Sarutobi Clan was the witness of the Ino-Shika-Cho three-clan alliance, or rather, friendship.
The heirs of the Ino-Shika-Cho three clans would wear the same earrings. When the Sarutobi Clan members believed they were ninjas who could stand on their own, they would give them studs, and the original earrings would be passed on to the next generation.
Asuma was the witness of this generation's Ino-Shika-Cho. Then there were only a handful of other Konoha Jonin qualified to lead Hinata and the others, and Kushina was one of them.
As for whether Kushina, as a Jinchuriki, could easily go on missions, Konoha was actually the most lenient towards Jinchuriki. In the original story, Naruto was always doing missions normally, and there were many cross-border missions. So it was reasonable to have Kushina lead Team 8.
In the classroom, only Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura were left. The three sat in a row, and Sakura cautiously broke the silence, "Um... Naruto, Sasuke, what was that just now?"
Sakura's inner self was waving her fists, "That red-haired woman is so cool!"
Naruto replied, "That's my mom. She's probably the strongest female ninja in Konoha right now."
Sasuke nodded, adding in his mind, At least she's the scariest.
"Eh? Then why did you look so surprised just now?" Sakura asked.
"Because no one told me beforehand that she was going to be our Sensei Jonin, it scared me."
Sasuke nodded again, indicating, Me too.
"I see. Then who will our Sensei Jonin be?"
"Probably Kakashi."
"Kakashi?" Sakura didn't seem to have heard of him.
"Kakashi?" Sasuke had seen Kakashi before and knew that he was a foreigner with Sharingan, and that guy played Sharingan better than many Uchiha Clan members.
Anyway, since he was bored, Naruto casually gave a brief introduction, "Hatake Kakashi, my dad's disciple, a genius who became a Jonin at the age of twelve, known as the 'Konoha Technician' and 'Copy Ninja', he's very strong.
However, this person likes to read adult books, likes to be late, and looks lazy. If I had to describe him, he's like a salted fish..."
"It's not a good habit to talk about people behind their backs, Naruto." Kakashi's voice came from behind the three.
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