BEFORE YOU PROCEED:
1. I accidentally wrote Sasuke instead of Satsuki and it auto corrected it to sapsucker I'm laughing my ass off oml
2. Thank you soo so much for 2K views. (See notes at the end of the chapter)

Well, whatever. Naruto stood shakily and made a beeline for the bathroom. He'd just explain his whereabouts to his family in the morning.

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Naruto opened his eyes lightly, groaning at how stiff his joints were. Immediately remembering that he had slept at his pseudo-brother's house, he jolted forward quickly and smacked his head into another.

"Itai! Naruto!"

Naruto, while blinking the slumber out of his eyes, stared at a pair of grey and red orbs. Kakashi was rubbing the spot on his forehead while balancing a towel and a set of his old clothes. The raven hadn't really processed much, and was currently staring blankly at his mentor. 

"What? Can't I help my cute little genin get ready for the day?"

Naruto looked at the clock. 9:36 AM it read, blaring at him in bold red numbers. Naruto then stared at silver-haired jonin incredulously. "I thought we were supposed to meet the team at eight? Unless you meant eight at night, which you obviously didn't."

Kakashi eye-smiled, putting the clothes in his arms. "I thought you knew me better, Naruto. Take your time, I want to go visit someone."

Naruto nodded slightly, and standing up on his wobbly legs, he stretched. Groaning at the sound of his bones popping, he started to the bathroom.

Closing the pale door behind him, he set the clothes and towel down on the counter before stripping. (Cough*Notgettingintomoredetail*Cough) He stepped into the shower, and blasted the hot water.

Taking his time scrubbing down, once he got out of the hot water he felt refreshed and ready for the day. Rubbing his black hair with the towel, he found something that he never seen before. Almost unnoticeable, the roots of his hair were red and blonde like Kushina and Minato's hair were like (this will not affect the story. I just wanted some of Mina-kun and Kushi-chan in there). He 'huh'ed, before going back to drying his hair.

Taking a look at the clothes that Kakashi gave him, he 'huh'ed once more. They actually weren't half bad.

He guessed that they were his genin clothes. It consisted of a navy blue t-shirt connected to a navy-blue mask with grey stripes on its shoulders, navy-blue arm-sleeves that connected to finger-less gloves, arm-guards, navy blue ANBU pants, a roll of training tape to tape the ends of the pants, a pale belt, and a weird-looking X-shaped tanto holder (Kakashi's old outfit, if you can't imagine it just search up 'young kakashi' and it'll appear).

As he put everything on, he realized that it was all a bit big on him. The only things that were perfect fits were the belt, the ends of the ANBU pants, the mask and the arm-guards. Everything else sagged slightly, giving him a (dare he say) slightly adorable look.

After throwing the towel into a woven-bin across the room, he walked down the stairs to find breakfast on the table. Not wanting to put on the mask, he let it hang around his neck. "Kakashi-sensei?"

"Yeah?" Kakashi, who donned a perfectly white apron, set down a plate on the table. He looked up and squealed, clasping his hands together. "Naru-chan!!~~ You look so adorable!~~~"

"Yes yes, save it," the raven growled, sitting down and trying to hide the blush on his face. "You said these were old clothes, right? Like, old as in a couple years old?"

Kakashi blinked. "Well, yeah. Those were my clothes from when I was fourteen."

Naruto's eyes bugged, and he almost choked. "Fourteen?! How tall were you at fourteen? These are like, twice as big as me!" After speaking, he shoved a mouthful of waffle into his mouth, ignoring the syrup that dribbled down his lips. Kakashi shrugged.

"Maybe I wasn't tall. Maybe I was just super muscular."

Naruto paused. Then he realized something. "Wait, but then, how old are you now? Like, twenty-five, right?"

Kakashi looked extremely hurt and offended. "Are you insinuating that just because I have silver hair that it means I'm old? I'm so hurt, Naru-chan!" The brunette deadpanned.

"Twenty-five is old now?"

"Well, old compared to seventeen*. I'm not even technically an adult yet, kiddo."

Naruto felt his soul leave his body.

...

Kakashi and Naruto were three hours late. By the time they got there, Itachi and Satsuki looked like they were going to pass out from worry, Menma looking mildly worried too, Naruko looked irritated, and Sai was impassive.

As soon as Naruto was seen, said brunette turned an interesting shade of red from embarrassment and started rubbing the back of his head by habit. Satsuki glomped and squeezed him, and soon Itachi joined as well. Kakashi stared at them weirdly before remembering that he hadn't told the Uchiha family anything about their impromptu sleepover. He put his Icha-Icha away, and tilted his head back slightly to get a better look at them.

"Gomen, gomen. I stole Naruto for the night because I wanted to teach him something that I thought would suit him. I should have told you first, hah," Kakashi rubbed the back of his head (where Naruto originally got the habit from, by the way), smiling awkwardly.

Itachi looked at him, suddenly seeming less tired. "That's completely okay. We were worried about him since he never came back after he disappeared. Satsuki was crying all night and I went out looking for him. I should've checked your house, that was on me. Just-" Itachi coughed into his hand. "-warn us before, hm?"

Kakashi nodded, relaxing slightly. He had been sure that Itachi would have his head, and if not Satsuki.

Naruko looked like she was going to explode. "YOU'RE LATE!!" she screeched, making the others cover their ears and wince.

When Satsuki let Naruto go, he stumbled backwards, disgruntled. Eventually, he caught his balance and calmed down. As he brushed off his shirt (which by now everyone had caught notice of), he sighed. "Let's get to the D-Ranks shall we?" he mumbled, though he was still in disdain of having to work with such low-level missions for a month. After all, with the Deadliest Shinobi* (PLEASE READ MORE in end notes) as their sensei, they should've at least been offered something more.

[Weeding]

Naruto pulled each weed out slowly, mind wandering far from where he was supposed to be. His woven basket was barely full, and each time the root got caught in the ground, the old client would scoff and mutter 'incompetence' under his breath.

Kakashi was watching his team from a distance, though his eyes landed on Naruto the most. Otherwise, he was sitting beside the old man with his orange book up to his nose. He let out a few perverted giggles every so often.

Menma and Naruko were having a competition and had already weeded half of the garden by themselves.

Satsuki was watching Naruto the whole time, as though if she would look away he would disappear.

Sai was making a flower crown with the yellow dandelions, secretly planning to put it on his younger sensei's head before he woke up.

Itachi was fast asleep on the bench the sat under the hood of the house, half shaded and half warmed by the sun.

[Walking Dogs]

Naruto had been asked politely by the young woman not to hold her dogs. She seemed fairly kind and that she didn't care what he held inside of him, though he still didn't understand why he couldn't walk one.

Kakashi was holding the biggest and second-biggest dogs and was keeping them in check fairly easily. Even though they were quite large, they didn't pull at all and did their business quietly. They were almost identical, giant fluffy brown and black great danes that were about five feet tall each. The only difference was one had a white muzzle, and the other did not.

Menma was walking a white dog. It was small and wouldn't stop yapping and pulling the lead, and when he tried to pick it up it would nip at his hands.

Naruko was walking a medium-sized brown dog who was quiet and only pulled once every few minutes It seemed scared of the larger ones, so she kept to the front.

Satsuki had two small dogs, both black. They growled at the smaller ones often so she had to stay behind Kakashi.

Itachi and Sai weren't walking any, and so they decided to keep Naruto company at the back of the large crowd..

[Baby-Sitting]

Naruto and Kakashi were the best with the little girl as she only stopped crying when either being in Kakashi's lap or Naruto's arms. They had to feed her often and she went to sleep after drinking some goat's milk left in the fridge (I've been told this is weird but when I was a baby I was always fed goat's milk). The others just stayed behind, watching and taking turns training with Itachi in the backyard.

[The Demon Cat Mission]

"Scarecrow, point A."

"Redhead, at point B."

"Blondie, point C!"

"Ravenette, uh- point D-?"

"Weasel, point E."

"Raven, point F."

"Emotion, point G."

Thankfully, everyone said it at the same time as Kakashi expected. The problem was that with everyone speaking into the intercom at the same time, it made a loud static noise that hurt everyone's ears.

"Ow," the silverette muttered. "Ravenette, try to be more aware of your surroundings next time," Kakashi whispered. "Don't stumble over your words. Who's closest?

"I'm a meter away from the cat, Sensei." Menma whispered. "I can get it whenever you need me to."

"Alright, Menma. In three, two-" Kakashi counted, readying himself for the cries of pain.

"No need."

Everybody looked up at the clearing the cat was in. Naruko stood there, grooming its fur as it purred lightly and snuggled into the girl's chest. Everyone blinked at them stupidly.

"EEEHHH?!"

...

The Sandaime smiled lightly. Team Seven had reached their minimum of four D-Ranks for the day, and it was only noon.

"Do you wish to take any more?" he asked, unrolling the scroll to scan over more missions. "We have re-painting a fence, raking some leaves, and-"

"NO!" Menma growled angrily. "I'm going home! This was tedious enough, and we've done our minimum!"

"Besides, Hokage-sama!" Satsuki piped up, clearly irritated. "We trained to be ninja, not maids. We want a real mission."

"No can do, Satsuki-chan," Hiruzen sighed. "Until you reach thirty D-Ranks on your record and have consent from both your sensei, you can't take anything higher than a D-Rank. If that is all, you're dismissed."

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"Fūton: Kaze no Yaiba (Wind Style: Blades of Wind)!" Naruto shouted, still irritated. Pumping chakra into the veins of his hands, he slashed them forward forcefully. He smirked as it cut the air and sliced the stomach of the training dummy he was using. The Jutsu was still a bit weak though. The wind was supposed to be his main affinity, but it always seemed to be so much weaker than all his fire and lightning jutsu. His wind jutsu just never seemed to turn out right.

"Nice one, Naruto-kun."

Naruto whipped around to see pale skin and dark, long hair. "Uncle Orochi! Hi! I mean, not to be rude or anything, but why are you here? I thought training was next week."

"It is. But, remember how I was going to give you a gift if you had graduated?" Orochimaru asked. Naruto nodded slightly. Orochimaru smiled somberly, making Naruto's heart crack. "Well, I change my mind."

Naruto's eyes widened. "W-What? Oh.. T-That's fine, I guess, I just expected-"

"I'm giving you two!"

Naruto sweat-dropped. "Okay then. Scared me for a second, uncle." Orochimaru smiled softly, reaching out a hand and ruffling the boy's soft locks. It seemed everyone close to him had an addiction to that, it seemed.

"The first gift I'm giving you is this." Orochimaru dug through his kunai pouch. After a while, he started sweating and digging through it more frantically. After a while, he blinked and pulled a small scroll out of his pocket. "Oh. There it is."

Naruto sweat-dropped again, before being handed the scroll. The scroll was black and had the Kanji for 'sword' in white neatly written on the front. He laid it out on the grass, and pumped chakra into it.

In a poof of smoke, a long, straight sword appeared. The hilt's wood was a nice, pristine white, and the grip was a deep black, tied with high-quality thread to make its signature diamond. Its tassel was gold, which accented the black and grey metal nicely. There was no sheath, but Naruto reckoned he could hold it in a weapons scroll or body seal. He could always buy another sheath for it, as well.

"The blade of the sword is chakra-metal, and the edge of the blade absorbs chakra. Sadly, I couldn't find the metal that does both so I had to settle with this. The edge makes it stronger, but not invincible. It can be broken by a physical hit or through implosion, so try not to go all-out on it. The seals on the hilt can be for decoration or for storing small things like food-pills or other scrolls. Each thing it holds will add weight to the hilt, so use them wisely. I made it like that so that you could store weight in your sword and swing it around in training, but it might not be as useful in a survival situation. If you need anything to store, you're probably better off carrying it in a backpack."

"This is great and all," Naruto mumbled, eyes lingering on the sword. "But I don't know how to use a sword. Like, at all."

"Some ANBU and I will be teaching you. I also recall that Kakashi-kun weld a Tanto back when he was your age, so he might be able to give you some tips and tricks. Now! For the second gift!"

Orochimaru pulled a thick scroll out from no-where, and presented it to Naruto. "This, is a summoning scroll! I have signed it before and Anko-chan has signed it as well, and now it is your turn as my second protégé! You can be a summoner of snakes!"

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edited as of 07/07/2020

* - yes, it might not be clear, but kaka-baka is seventeen. this also means that his entire gen is aged down. that is also why the third shinobi war ended when naru was 4. i'd refer you to a timeline in a different chapter, but i suggest not looking for it until you get there. there are major spoilers in that timeline.

* - remember how i said i would make up for itachi getting in anbu before kaka? well, there it is. kaka is the deadliest shinobi, is nicknamed as such after a confirmed 1037 kills (indirectly [eg. summons, paid work, etc.] and directly [eg. stabbing, chidori, etc.], only 746 directly) and probably plenty more.
if anyone can give me an authentic translation of that, i'd be grateful. he is the only SSS ranked ninja in the bingo books with flee on sight instruction. is rumoured to be above kage-level after beating the fourth hokage in an all-out spar, though, rumours are rumours. he was also the youngest to be added to the bingo books, his first ranking being an A at nine years old.
he will continue to grow stronger and stronger until long after the end of the series when he is well older than his physical prime (30). the nickname 'the deadliest shinobi' is interchanged with 'the god of lethality' and 'harbringer of war'. u may find this overpowered. i find this EXTREMELY cool. i just had to. our baby boy doesn't get enough credit.

And cut. I want to do the rest of this and the other stuff next chapter. I've noticed that I'm making Orochimaru sillier and sillier as I write this, so in like fifteen chapters you can imagine him saying 'dON'T TOUCHA MY SPHAGETT' or something along the lines.

This story has just reached 2K views. I'm so happy, even though practically nothing is mine. There are people that go out of their way just to read this, and it makes me squirm. So thank you all. (Honestly 2K isn't a lot compared to the original holy fuck 300K omg but I've never had this many reads on any of my stories on fanfiction.net before too so). It means a lot.

Anyways, peace!