Mikoto and Izumi, the Team Seven Version of Rechargeable Batteries

"Hiss... hoo~"

Sarutobi Hiruzen said nothing. He merely lowered his head and looked over the documents Naruto's group had just submitted.

Looking at Naruto in the photograph, he was dazed for a moment.

Minato... this child really resembled you. Just like you, he possessed astonishing talent. Most importantly, he had inherited this old man's Will of Fire.

If Naruto possessed all Five attributes when his Chakra nature was tested soon...

Thinking of this, Sarutobi Hiruzen exhaled a mouthful of cigarette smoke.

Then he would truly have inherited all of this old man's teachings.

He wanted to become Hokage... not yet.

Perhaps it would be good to have him assist Asuma first, but the status of Ino-Shika-Cho was far too important.

"Hiruzen, say something!"

Seeing that Sarutobi Hiruzen was completely ignoring him, Shimura Danzō could no longer take it and was the first to back down.

He slammed his palm onto the desk, knocking Sarutobi Hiruzen's cigarette to the floor.

"Danzo, remember this: I am the Hokage. Are you telling me how to do my job?"

Creak—

Danzo's face instantly darkened, as though he had swallowed a fly.

But he had to fight for this matter!

"Hiruzen, could it be that you—"

"I said, I am the Hokage."

"Also, keep your Root in line. Don't let them go too far."

Sarutobi Hiruzen narrowed his eyes. It had been a long time since he had been this stern with his old friend.

"Hmph, you'll regret this, Hiruzen!"

Danzo knew there would be no result from this matter.

"Pick up the cigarette! Pick up the cigarette!"

He shouted at the Root Ninja beside him.

Then, after glaring at Sarutobi Hiruzen, he turned and left.

Elsewhere.

Naruto arrived at the Supply Storage Point.

He stretched out his hands and placed them on Mikoto and Izumi in front of him.

"After eating so many of my Nutrients, it's time for you to give something back."

"Small amounts add up... the improvement may not be great, but I'd rather have more Nutrients than fewer. Otherwise, it'd be awkward if I ended up just a little short."

Naruto had been doing this for the past few years.

He was already very familiar with it.

"Mm~"

Just as the roots absorbing Nutrients burrowed deeper, Uchiha Mikoto suddenly made a sound.

At the same time, her much younger face suddenly twitched.

It startled Naruto, who had grown accustomed to everything here.

"She's waking up?"

"She shouldn't be... Have I been draining too much lately?"

Shaking his head, he did not dwell on it.

"If she wakes up, she wakes up. I still have to absorb what I need to absorb."

After absorbing part of the Nutrients within Uchiha Mikoto's body,

he saw that her Red lips had become somewhat pale.

Feeling that it was about enough, Naruto switched his target to Uchiha Izumi.

Neither of them lacked talent.

Though Uchiha Mikoto looked like a virtuous wife and mother, she was actually a powerful Jonin.

Uchiha Izumi had awakened the Three Tomoe Sharingan at her age, so her strength went without saying.

Over the years, Naruto even felt that Uchiha Mikoto had provided at least the equivalent of six Fugakus' worth of Nutrients.

Uchiha Izumi had provided somewhat less, only around three Fugakus' worth.

Suddenly, he noticed Izumi's long Eyelashes flutter slightly.

Frowning, he immediately pinched her cheek.

Yet even after he pinched Izumi's cheek red, there was still no other movement.

"At this rate, it'll take at least another two and a half years before they wake up. That's enough."

After replenishing them with some Nutrients, Naruto used the Mayfly Technique and left.

Not long after he left, Mikoto and Izumi's cheeks, nourished by the Nutrients, visibly reddened.

Strange sounds came from their throats.

As though it were some kind of communication.

"Wow!"

"Hinata, why do you catch such huge fish every time?"

Ino wailed.

She looked at her own catch: a strand of waterweed.

Then she looked at Hinata's... it had already filled Tenten's fish basket.

Meanwhile, Shikamaru lay on the ground with an unknown blade of grass in his mouth.

"Fishing requires patience. There's no need to make it so complicated. Just wait."

Splash—

Choji suddenly fell into the water.

The next instant, Shikamaru leaped into the water too, like a cat that had spotted a fish.

Looking at the fish they had caught in their arms, Ino nearly cried.

She could only run over to Naruto's side.

"Darling~"

"Can I do it?"

"Here."

Naruto chuckled and handed her the fishing rod.

The bobber that had been rising and falling immediately went still.

"It's time to start cooking."

To spare her embarrassment, Naruto said this.

Unexpectedly, before he could do anything,

Ino shot past him with a whoosh.

Then she punched a huge boulder.

Rumble—

In an instant, the boulder shattered into pieces.

"Leave the temporary stove to me~"

Ino turned around, a sweet smile on her lips.

"You have a good grasp of Super Strength, but your Chakra control can still be more precise."

Rock Lee, who had been doing push-ups, stopped moving.

He warily glanced at Ino, who was smiling sweetly and acting spoiled around Naruto.

"Neji, can you take that punch from Ino?"

"I can't. Last time, one punch broke one of my ribs. Luckily, Naruto treated me."

Neji, who had emerged from meditation, snorted coldly.

"You can take it now."

"Go give Naruto another youthful battle suit."

Rock Lee: "..."

"By the way, Neji, training according to Naruto's method... I can already use the Clone Technique. Your Gentle Fist is becoming less and less threatening to me!"

Glancing at the Clone lying crookedly on the ground, Neji closed his eyes and resumed meditating.

Several days quickly passed.

At last, it was time for the class assignments.

After washing up, Naruto put on his forehead protector and packed the basic ninja tools into his Ninja Tool Bag.

After some thought, he tied another bulging Ninja Tool Bag around his thigh.

"The things in this Ninja Tool Bag should come in handy."

"I'm already rich enough to rival a nation... and once I swallow up Gato's money, rebuilding the Land of Whirlpools will be more than easy."

The moment he opened the door wearing his forehead protector, Ino immediately objected.

Hinata's eyes, meanwhile, lit up.

All the way there, Ino held Hinata's hand, looking unhappy.

Naruto did not have any particular thoughts about it.

As for Team Seven, his advantage of knowing the future would still remain.

After arriving in the classroom, an image suddenly appeared in Naruto's mind.

Then he rolled his eyes.

There was no need. There was really no need.

That famous scene during the class assignment did not need to happen.

He was Uzumaki Naruto now.

There was no need to even think about having a famous scene with Uchiha Sasuke.

The moment Naruto's group entered, they immediately drew the entire class's attention.

Including Uchiha Sasuke.

Uchiha Sasuke glanced at Naruto.

Suddenly, an inexplicable chill ran down his spine.

"Tch!"

He snorted inwardly.

"What's wrong, Sasuke-kun?"

Pink Hair, sitting not far from Uchiha Sasuke, asked.

When Uchiha Sasuke ignored her, she did not mind.

She had not noticed it herself.

Because she had not fought with Ino over him like in the original story, nor had she fallen out with Ino,

much of her attention had been diverted by Ino, who was still the big sister she admired.

On top of that, after being coldly treated by Uchiha Sasuke for years,

she turned around and saw Ino clinging to Naruto's side.

It was impossible for her to have no other feelings.

Especially since Ino still treated her like a big sister afterward,

but Pink Hair knew that the affection that had once belonged to her had been taken away by Hinata.

Hinata's position even far exceeded her own.

Without comparison, there would be no hurt.

She glanced at the group of infatuated girls surrounding Uchiha Sasuke.

"Kind of stupid."

???

The words that slipped out made her freeze for quite a while.

"Students, quiet down."

Iruka appeared right on time.

"Starting today, all of you are ninjas."

"But you're only Genin, and you're newcomers at that. You have no experience with many things."

"The village has assigned Lead Jonin to you. From now on, you will take missions in three-person teams led by a Lead Jonin..."

Iruka spoke at the podium for quite a while.

Only then did he take out the class roster.

Following the classes assigned on it, he called out each team one by one.

"Team One..."

"Team Seven: Uzumaki Naruto, Uchiha Sasuke, and Haruno Sakura!"

Pink Hair froze. She did not stand up and cheer.

She turned around and looked worriedly at Ino.

Ino was also stunned for a moment. Then their eyes met.

Ino smiled and mouthed a few words, then heard Hinata's name.

"Great, Sakura, you'll be on the same team as Sasuke from now on. Congratulations."

"Also, keep an eye on Naruto for me. Don't let other women get close to him during missions."

Pink Hair: "..."

"Hmph."

Uchiha Sasuke pressed his hands against his upper lip, let out a cold snort, and continued acting aloof.

"Team Eight: Hyuga Hinata, Inuzuka Kiba, and Aburame Shino."

"..."

"Team Ten: Nara Shikamaru, Akimichi Choji, and Yamanaka Ino."

"No surprises there."

Ino sighed helplessly.

"It's okay, Ino. You can still go see Naruto-kun during breaks."

Hinata was not in a particularly good mood herself, but she still turned to comfort Ino.

That made Ino unable to resist hugging her and rubbing her all over again.

"All right, students. Wait here for a while. Your Lead Jonin will be here soon to take you away."

After saying that, Iruka looked over everyone once more, then turned and left.

Before long, the Lead Jonin arrived.

"I'm leaving first, Naruto."

Ino hugged Naruto before reluctantly following Shikamaru and Choji away.

Asuma took a puff of his cigarette and said with a smile, "Let's go."

The three of them rolled their eyes in unison.

Asuma was a little bewildered, but he still followed the procedure and led Ino-Shika-Cho away.

"Then Team Eight, it's time for us to go too."

At that moment, a beautiful figure appeared in the doorway.

"Kurenai~"

"Mm."

Kurenai Yuhi merely nodded faintly.

"All right!"

"It's Team Eight's turn!"

"Hahaha, once we become ninja, we'll finally get to show what we can do!"

Inuzuka Kiba howled excitedly.

Aburame Shino stood up, slipped his hands into his pockets, and walked toward Kurenai Yuhi together with Kiba.

"Naruto-kun... I... I'm leaving first."

"Mm. If you get hungry, buy something to eat yourself. If you don't have money, come get some from me. You eat a lot, so make sure you don't go hungry..."

Hinata directly covered Naruto's mouth.

"Don't... say any more."

Hinata immediately turned into the Steam Princess.

She was used to it at home, so she was not quite so shy.

But in the classroom, she still turned into the Steam Princess from time to time.

"Hehe, quite the impressive kid. At this age, he already has a girl on each arm."

Hinata arrived at Kurenai Yuhi's side with a red face.

After that teasing remark from Kurenai Yuhi, she was practically about to start steaming.

But soon, her words caught in her throat.

A pair of beautiful eyes stared fixedly at Naruto's face.

Teacher Minato?

"Teacher, we should go!"

Inuzuka Kiba reminded her, and only then did Kurenai Yuhi realize her lapse.

Before leaving, she gave Naruto one deep look.

"He looks so much like him. Perhaps Teacher Minato looked like this when he was young. What a handsome child."

What followed was a long wait.

Naruto simply meditated.

Impatience soon appeared on Uchiha Sasuke's icy face.

Pink Hair: ︿(￣︶￣)︿

She had hit the jackpot. Those two were pleasing to the eye no matter how she looked at them.

Not boring at all.

With Ino gone, she finally dared to secretly look seriously at Naruto for the first time.

The guilt made her want to crawl into a hole, but...

About two hours later.

The classroom door was pushed open.

White Hair finally appeared, holding Little Royal Uncle.

"Sorry, I got lost on the road of life."