Konoha: Starting with a sign-in for Hashirama cells

"Teacher, can we reshoot? I want to change my look."

"I couldn't wait to register last night."

Sakura looked at her photo on her ninja ID card and nodded in satisfaction. Then, as usual, she glanced at Naruto and Sasuke.

On the table in front of Sasuke was a ninja certificate.

Naruto, on the other hand, looked ethereal and seemed lost in thought, with nothing on his desk.

Thinking of Naruto's enthusiasm for training, which sometimes led to him forgetting things, Sakura subtly nudged him with her elbow.

Distracted and preoccupied with Naruto's nature transformation, he stared blankly at Sakura.

"Do you have this?" Sakura whispered.

His gaze shifted to the ninja badge, and Naruto froze for a moment before snapping back to reality, covering his face and saying, "I forgot..."

Sakura, her fists itching to punch him, suppressed the urge and lowered her hand, then secretly pinched Naruto's waist and twisted it hard: "Where's breakfast?"

"I forgot too, I was in a rush to get to school, ouch! Be gentle! Be gentle!" Naruto gasped.

"You're so good, ignoring what I said. Wait until no one's around, and I'll see how I deal with you," Sakura said in a low, indistinct voice.

As she spoke, the hand twisting Naruto's waist didn't loosen; she kept increasing the pressure.

Naruto, wearing the mask of pain, couldn't take it anymore. He suddenly stood up and ran out of the classroom, saying, "Teacher, I haven't registered yet. Go and do it right away."

With a stiff smile, Sakura placed her hand on the table without making a sound, her eyes fixed on the ninja certificate, while her mind wandered to how to correct Naruto's unhealthy lifestyle habits.

By the time Naruto hurriedly registered his ninja number, obtained his ninja certificate, and returned, the class assignments had already been completed, and everyone had been taken away by their respective Jonin.

In the huge classroom, only Sakura and Sasuke remained.

Seeing this, Naruto withdrew his foot and closed the door again.

"Where are you going? Come back here! Cough cough..." Sakura shouted reflexively, but remembering that Sasuke was still here, she immediately changed her tone and smiled.

"The Jonin he's taking over is coming soon."

"They haven't arrived yet, so I'll wander around here while you two chat." Not wanting to be a third wheel, Naruto consciously created an environment for the two of them to be alone.

Upon hearing this, Sakura finally realized what was happening.

Yes, how could she not have thought of that?

She was preoccupied with how to correct Naruto, forgetting that there was no one else in the classroom except her and Sasuke—it was a perfect world for just the two of them.

"Sasuke-kun!" Sakura said in a sickeningly sweet voice.

Before the rest of the story could even begin, Sasuke got goosebumps, got up from his seat, and walked out of the classroom with one hand in his pocket.

"..." Sakura.

Chapter 25 Looking for foreign aid

at noon.

Kakashi arrived late and found that the three genin he was supposed to take with him were not staying in the classroom, but instead wandering around in the corridor.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I was a little busy and kept you waiting."

The light swept across Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura in that order.

Kakashi laughed and said, "Come with me."

The three followed Kakashi upstairs to the rooftop terrace.

“From now on, we may be working together on missions,” Kakashi said.

"Please introduce yourself, your hobbies, things you dislike, and your dreams, etc."

After a brief pause, seeing no one take the initiative, he casually pointed to someone and said, "You go first."

"Me?" Sakura asked in surprise. After confirming, she became a little nervous and stammered shyly.

"I am Sakura Haruno. My hobby is being with the people I like, and my dream is to get married to the people I like."

Kakashi stroked his chin, looking at Sakura sitting on the far right of the steps, and couldn't help but feel puzzled.

Sakura's gaze shifted to the left as she spoke.

Who are they looking at?

Is that Sasuke sitting in the middle?

Or is it Naruto sitting on the far left?

"Let's go in order, it's your turn." Kakashi gestured to Sasuke with his eyes.

"My name is Uchiha Sasuke. I don't have any favorite things, but I hate a whole bunch of things. My dream... tsk, to kill someone," Sasuke said coldly.

Without Kakashi's prompting, Naruto spoke up, "Naruto Uzumaki, training is my hobby, I hate being ignored, and my dream for the future is to become Hokage."

Kakashi clapped his hands: "Alright, I've roughly learned about you guys. Meet at the third training ground at 5 a.m. tomorrow. That's all, bye-bye."

"Huh?" Sakura was surprised and quickly said, "Wait! Teacher, you haven't introduced yourself yet!"

"My name is Kakashi Hatake. As for the rest, you will gradually learn them if you pass tomorrow's survival exercise," Kakashi said with a smile.

"If you don't pass, you'll be sent back to the Ninja Academy and have to come back next year. I'm not even sure if you'll still be eligible then, so... Oh, and don't eat, or you'll throw up."

As soon as he finished speaking, Kakashi disappeared.

"What kind of survival exercise? That's so exaggerated!" Sakura used her imagination to fill in all sorts of wild guesses.

Naruto suggested, "I didn't expect we'd be grouped together. Let's go grab something to eat and discuss how to get through tomorrow's survival exercise."

"That sounds nice, but they'll probably just leave halfway through the meal," Sasuke thought to himself, and refused without hesitation.

As Sasuke was about to leave, Naruto broke out in a cold sweat, remembering Sakura's fierce demeanor when Sasuke wasn't around.

After failing to persuade Sasuke to stay, he didn't dare to linger and made his escape before Sasuke could.

I can't go home anymore, but my shadow clone can continue cultivating in the back mountain.

After much deliberation, Naruto decided to transform and hide in a crowded place to secretly train in the same nature transformation as his shadow clone technique.

~~~

"Huh! Sakura? What is she looking for? She looks really angry," Ino said curiously.

Sakura looked up when Ino called her, and saw Ino standing on a high place waving at her, with a listless Shikamaru and Choji eating potato chips beside him.

A flash of inspiration struck Sakura, and her eyes lit up.

“Ino has sensory abilities, we can ask her for help.”

Now that we've all graduated and been assigned to the same class, we don't need to hide anything anymore, and we have something to say when people ask.

She did this to correct Naruto. Don't misunderstand, she was simply afraid that Naruto would hold her back and drag her and Sasuke down.

A dessert shop.

Sakura and Ino, who were also disguised using the Transformation Technique, took their seats in the spot closest to the gate.

Shikamaru and Choji didn't come. Shikamaru went home for a lunch break, and Choji went to his dad's dinner party.

"Are you sure? The bearded man at ten o'clock, with his legs crossed and reading a newspaper, is that Naruto?" Sakura whispered.

“I’m sure. The Transformation Jutsu can only change your appearance; it can’t change the chakra reaction,” Ino replied softly.

"Okay!" Sakura cracked her knuckles, ready to grab Naruto, but then thought that with Naruto's strength, she might not be able to be completely confident.

"Ino, do me another favor and catch him. I'll treat you to a few more meals later."

Ino didn't refuse; she put her hands together under the table and formed a hand seal.

After printing it, aim it at Naruto.

"Secret technique, the art of mind transference."

hum!

Ino's mind separated from her body and instantly possessed Naruto's body, gaining control of it.

Sealed space.

The Nine-Tails, which had been dozing, suddenly opened its eyes and roared.

In an instant, he cracked Ino's mental transformation and knocked her spirit back down.

Naruto's body trembled, and his eyes cleared.

The transformation technique automatically dispelled because Ino had briefly controlled it.

"This feeling... no way!"

Turning her head to look at the seat not far away, Ino, who had also lost her spirit and deactivated her transformation, returned to her original form. Then she looked at the older sister next to Ino.

Naruto's lips twitched, he slammed the money on the table, and dashed towards the back door.

"Don't run! Stop!" Sakura was stunned, then realized that Ino had failed to control her, and hurriedly chased after her.

After a while, he returned alone.

The tic-tac-toe mark on her fair forehead became even more pronounced.

"That damn Naruto! Let me catch him, I'll make you pay!" Sakura angrily swung her fist.

"What?! That scared me to death!" Ino, whose mind slowly returned to her body and who was able to wake up, was still in shock.

"Ino, what happened? Your technique couldn't control him." Sakura asked, puzzled.

"I want to know why!" Ino clutched her head. "How terrifying! That roar!"

"Huh?" Sakura asked, puzzled.

"Luckily, they just kicked me out and didn't mean me any harm, otherwise..." Ino said, still shaken.

"Even a slight blow could severely damage my mental health, leaving me mentally confused for a period of time; in severe cases, death is not out of the question."

Sakura was stunned.

the other side.

"They actually sent outside help to capture me? Is that really necessary?" Naruto was speechless.