I do not own Naruto in any way, shape or form. I do however own my OC and his gear (not the concepts behind them)

The next morning Korogra, Naruto, and Sakura arrived before anyone else and Sakura asked, "So should we train before the others get here?" Naruto shook his head, "Too risky, with everyone out and about we could easily be seen. As Shikamaru tends to say, 'Troublesome'." Korogra nodded, "Yeah, plus you're kinda in the clear as people wouldn't mind seeing you stronger, especially with your mother being on the council. But with what Naruto and I hold..." letting the sentence hang as she knew all too well what he's talking about, instead she asked, "Then what should we do while waiting, I mean Kakashi-Sensei will likely be a couple hours late as usual." Korogra said, "True but Ikan-Sensei should be here shortly, and Sasuke... well, he's Sasuke." Naruto had an idea and said, "Well we could do a supply and jutsu check, granted we probably won't need them since d-ranks are basically chores the lazy-ass civilians refuse to do." Korogra said, "Eh might as well, though one d-rank will be difficult according to what Tenten told me. Catching Tora for Madam Shijimi." Sakura said, "Oh yeah the 'demon cat'. So let's start with the gear check."

Laying out their equipment Korogra said, "Hm, looks like I'm low on decent kunai, all out of senbon, but I've got a good supply of exploding tags, shuriken, and ninja wire." Sakura said, "Wow I'm surprisingly low on everything, I've got three kunai but one's chipped, completely out of shuriken, no exploding tags either and a quarter roll of ninja wire." Naruto added his stuff saying, "Luckily I've got kunai to spare, but I've only got a dozen or so shuriken, about six exploding tags and half a roll of ninja wire." They then distributed their supplies among the three of them with Sakura saying, "Looks like we'll be paying a visit to Leaf-Cutters... when we get paid of course." Not noticing Ikan arrive, Naruto said, "Well I know the henge, kawarimi, and shadow clone justus. And I'm trying to figure out one to create. What about you Sakura?" Looking a little down she said, "I only know the basic academy three." Korogra said, "Well with your control you could try to learn some genjutsu and medical ninjutsu. Plus you have that crazy strength of yours, try working with that." Sakura nodded, "I'll try and see if Kurenai-Sensei can help me with genjutsu, I've also got to expand my reserves. Luckily thanks to you two I can hold my own when it comes to taijutsu." Korogra said, "Sure thing. As for me I know the academy three and I have my aura constructs as well as two attacks... which I might be able to teach you two."

Only then did they notice Ikan and Naruto said, "Oh Ikan-Sensei! How long have you been here?" She responded, "Long enough for you to distribute your supplies and check your jutsus. Why don't you train with them?" Sakura said, "Well, we'd like to but people could see us. And that would cause issues because Naruto and Korogra are hated by a lot of people." Realizing what they mean she said, "Ah right. Their condition." Nodding Korogra added, "That and one teammate is an Uchiha." Ikan said, "And you don't techniques stolen. Makes sense. How about a taijutsu spar while you wait?" They shrugged and got into their stances, acting as the referee she brought her arm down saying, "Begin." The three then rushed each other with Naruto and Korogra throwing punches and Sakura going for a kick, however as they still had to keep their masks up they dialed back the strength of their attacks. Soon Korogra sensed Sasuke approaching so they stopped the spar, Naruto said, "Now to wait for Kakashi." Two hours later he finally arrived and Sakura said, "About time you showed up Kakashi, we were about to ask Ikan-Sensei if we could get a mission without you." Kakashi said, "Sorry, I got lost on the road of life." Ikan rolled her eyes, "More like wallowing in pity at the Memorial Stone. Anyway Team 7, off to the Hokage's office to get a few missions."

Sakura, Korogra, and Naruto all said, "Right." While Sasuke merely grunted. At the Hokage's office they picked up three missions, luckily none were chasing the damned cat. Just small things like helping an older resident move boxes, repainting a fence, etc. honestly of the three they picked up the most interesting was helping fix several rooms that were damaged by stray justus. Returning to turn in the missions and grab some new ones since it was still relatively early they saw Team eight looking absolutely terrible seeing who else was in the room they understood why, a mission they took was chasing Madam Shijimi's Cat. Kakashi said, "Team Seven reporting completion of our missions." Before handing Hiruzen the scrolls, he responded, "Excellent, now the missions available now are cleaning an abandoned compound, helping a civilian replant their garden and..." He was cut off by Tora angrily growling at Madam Shijimi before scratching her and bolting. As she called after her, "Tora dear, come back!" Hiruzen sighed, "...catching Tora again." Ikan said, "We'll take up catching Tora." Shijimi heard and said, "Oh thank you. Tora used to be so sweet, I don't know what's come over her." Leaving the office Sakura asked, "Korogra?" Knowing what she was about to ask he said, "Yeah, got a read on her aura. She's heading into the woods past training ground 14." Putting the radios in their ears they took to the rooftops and Naruto said, "We might need codenames. I'll be Orange Fox, Korogra's Blue Flare, Sakura's Cherry Storm, Kakashi-Sensei's Cyclops, Sasuke's Emo Duck, and Ikan-Sensei's Plum Tea." Sasuke muttered, "I hate you Dobe." And it looked like Kakashi rolled his eye, again it's so hard to tell with him. At the training ground they split off and over the radio, Ikan said, "Plum Tea here, I've got a visual on Tora, red ribbon on right ear confirmed. Cyclops, Emo Duck, target is heading in your direction." Hiding a snicker at the codenames Naruto gave them.

Sasuke said, "Hate you all. Emo Duck ready to engage." Kakashi said, "On my signal... Now!" Sasuke leapt out of the tree above the cat, but missed when Tora jumped in surprise and scratched him before bolting, Kakashi said, "Cyclops to Cherry Storm, target approaching fast." Sakura responded, "Right. Orange Fox, Blue Flare, time to box in." Korogra said, "Roger that, I'll cover eastern escapes. Orange Fox take the west." Naruto responded, "On it. Target has slowed advance, waiting for mark." Sakura called, "Mark!" And they jumped down blocking all escape routes except the one Tora came from. Hissing Tora leapt at Korogra who called, "Switch!" And in an instant the three switched positions with Korogra now covering the southern escape, Sakura had covered the west and Naruto was covering the north. The near instant switch confused Tora into thinking all routes were blocked, in her daze she didn't notice Ikan pick her up until it was too late and slumped in defeat. Returning to the Hokage's office they got their pay and Ikan said, "Nice work today team. Why not head home for the day? We'll do some more tomorrow. Any objections Kakashi?" Kakashi shook his head, "I think they deserve some rest, not bad for Team 7's first day of active duty."

A/N: Alright, gonna stop there. Next time will probably be the beginning of the Wave mission, but I'm having trouble deciding if Haku and Zabuza should live. I was asked why I gave Korogra two affinities and Naruto only one, but I assure you I have something planned.