Chapter 20…

Someone was going to pay for this. Oh yes, Naruto was going to make someone pay for this. Whether it was Anko, Kakashi, the old man, Konoha itself, Naruto was going to rain unholy hell upon them. It had been a month since becoming a genin and he was at his wits end with these so-called 'missions'. They weren't missions, they were freaking chores. Why the hell was he doing the chores for people who were too lazy to do it themselves? He would have said so to the last client if it wasn't for Kakashi.

Kakashi explained to him that these missions were to promote team unity. Naruto scoffed at that as that was a joke to him. Naruto did not consider either Sasuke or Sakura his teammates. They didn't treat him like a teammate so why should he? It wasn't that he didn't try to be a better teammate to the two but they wouldn't allow him in. He just gave up after Sasuke ordered him on one mission to use his Kage Bunshin (Shadow Clone) to do his work. Sakura, like a loyal fan-girl, agreed with him. He told them both off and did his work. He told himself that he would work with the two but that was about it.

"Position C, are you there?" Kakashi's voice came through the radio.

"Yeah, yeah, I'm here. I've got my eye on the target." Naruto said.

"Okay then, move in and capture. Remember, we are to capture it, not kill it." Kakashi ordered.

"I got you! It isn't like we haven't caught the damn cat ten times already. Every time we do, it attempts to rip our faces off!" Naruto exclaimed.

"That's enough! Just do the mission and capture the target!" Naruto didn't say anything and charged at the target. The target saw him coming and attempted to run. As the target tried to run, his avenue of escape was cut off by Sakura. They tried another escape only to find it cut off by Sasuke. That's when the target was strung up with ninja wire. Naruto looked up at the target and made sure that it wasn't going anywhere.

Sakura walked up to Naruto and had a frown on her face.

"Hey Naruto, didn't you hear sensei? He said not to kill the target." Sakura said with a tone.

"The target isn't dead. I, for one, do not wish to be clawed every damn time we catch her. This way, we can safely take her back without being scratched." Naruto said.

"Either way, make sure that it's her." Sasuke said.

"Are you kidding me?" Naruto asked sarcastically. Sasuke ignored him and checked for the red ribbon. He touched his neck.

"Target is confirmed. We have Tora." Sasuke reported.

"Good work, come back and we'll return to the Hokage tower. Naruto, you and I need to have a discussion about you attitude toward the chain of command." Kakashi said.

"And that discussion will end the same way as always does. I'll listen, I'll pretend to care and I'll move on." Naruto said and took the radio out of his ear. He tossed it and made his way to the tower, leaving Sasuke and Sakura to deal with the cat.

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Naruto watched as the daimyo's wife crush her cat. Naruto thought that was divine justice that it was happening. As she left with her cat, Naruto stood in front of the Hokage. He gave him a look, almost daring him to give him another lame mission. Hiruzen looked at him and smirked a little. He was proud of him for keeping his anger in check but he could see that it was about to end. He knew that there was a poll going about how long it would take the blond to explode.

"Very good team seven. Now, what is there left for you? We have several D-rank missions available." Hiruzen said.

"That's it! I've had enough! I will not do another one of these chores!" Naruto shouted. Some of the ANBU hidden cursed as they had lost the poll. Iruka looked really upset by how Naruto was acting.

"That's enough Naruto! You have been a genin for only a month. These missions are all you can do for now." Iruka explained.

"Oh come on, you can't call them missions. They're chores, plain and simple. You can justify it any way you want but the fact is that we're doing the chores of people who are too lazy to do it themselves." Naruto said.

"Why you…" Iruka said.

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