"Oh fuck," said Naruto. It was another quest the game wouldn't let him decline and based on the objectives and the amount of experience and money this was going to be another cluster fuck.
"Go on, you three," ordered the Hokage, rotating his chair away from them to look out his window.
Naruto was not happy about this. This was not good at all. These kinds of quests usually ended up with him getting into really deep shit. It was worse in fact when Naruto tried to re-enter the office only for some invisible force preventing him from entering.
"You guys want to hit up a training field?" asked Naruto, it was a desperate attempt. While he'd never had the opportunity to invite his whole team to a training field before, never really wanted to for that matter, but given they had plenty of extra time and this mission was bound to go to shit if that quest was any indicator.
"I'm game," said Sakura, before turning and looking hopefully at Sasuke.
Sasuke stared the two down, clearly debating with himself whether or not he should go along. Finally he growled. "What's so special about going to a training field?"
"Chakra mutations," answered Naruto. "They are tough and mean and dangerous and really fun to kill, you can even work out your anger and aggression."
"Fine, but this better not be a waste of my time."
Naruto grinned.
Sakura cheered.
"Where are we going?" asked Sasuke, crossing his arms defensively. He tried to make it clear he was just trying to pacify his teammates but Naruto could see that the young prodigy's interest was piqued.
"I'm thinking field 18," said Naruto. It was likely that the recommended level for field 18 was between fifteen and seventeen. They easily fit that with their current levels plus it would give them all one more chance to level up before their mission, something that may mean the difference between life and death.
"What's on field 18?" asked Sakura.
"Don't know, never been there," said Naruto. "But that's the point. Tomorrow we're going into the unknown on our first C-Rank, anything can happen. I figure going to a field we've never been to before would be good for us."
Sakura looked doubtful for a moment before finally nodding her agreement. "Okay, let's try it but if it gets bad, we're leaving."
"Of course," said Naruto, trying to reassure the girl.
"Just don't get in my way," said Sasuke, abruptly turning and walking away from his teammates leaving them to catch up to him.
"So where is field eighteen?" asked Sakura.
"Near the power station," answered Naruto. The boy had chosen to smartly buy a map of the village and more specifically the training grounds, only available to shinobi of course. The mapping seal he made wasn't nearly as detailed and mostly just mapped where he'd gone.
That was one more thing Naruto had managed during the last two months. He'd improved his [Fuinjutsu] quite a bit, even discovering the mapping seal he applied to the goggles he once again wore only this time he actually used them . . . well, used them sometimes. Mostly they just hung around his neck but whenever he needed to use them to they were easy to slide up and on. The map was very basic, it only gave him a compass bearing and map to an area within maybe hundred meters. They didn't tell him were stuff was, they didn't tell him were people were, friendly or enemy. They didn't even show quest objectives. It was kind of lame, truth be told but still, they had a few useful moments.
So Naruto guided his team to the training field, his mind trying not to think on the quest alert that had come not too long ago.
Training Field 18 – This thick and foggy forested area is located near the Konoha Power Station. It is also home to several wild wolf packs that deter many enemies from trying to attack said power station. Recommended Level: 17.
"Wolves," said Naruto, landing on a tree branch at near the entrance to the field.
"How can you tell?" asked Sasuke.
Naruto panicked for about a second before he heard a howl and smirked.
"Hn."
"Okay, so here's the plan," started Naruto, hoping Sasuke would follow along. "I'll be keeping most of the wolves focused on me, they are likely to attack in groups and probably won't die very easily. Sasuke, I need you to kill the wolves as quickly as you can without drawing their attention from me. Sakura, can you help from range and patch us up as necessary between waves?"
"I've got it," said Sakura.
"Sasuke?" Naruto called to him, hoping for an affirmative response.
"Fine," he grunted. "Let's just get this over with."
Naruto pulled a pair of kunai and dropped to the forest floor. "Okay little puppies, it is dinner time, come and get a little Naruto. He's delicious!"
There were several howls following Naruto's taunt causing a feral grin to cross his visage.
The first wolf that attacked was a scout.
Pack Scout Lvl 15
HP: 1250/1250 CP: 250/250
This young wolf is not yet mature enough to hunt with the pack and has been relegated to scouting for the hunting party. Don't let its youth fool you, this wolf has something to prove and a bite to back it up.
"Awe, aren't you just the cutest little wolf scout?" Naruto babied the wolf, causing its eyes to turn red with anger. It charged forward, more than a little angry.
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