Compared with Kurenai Yuhi and Asuma, Kakashi, an elite Jonin, had it much worse.
The members of his Team 7 were Sasuke Uchiha, Naruto Uzumaki, and Sakura Haruno.
One was an orphaned avenger with a whole clan wiped out, one was a hyperactive Jinchuriki who embodied the fox demon and was hated by the entire village, and one was a clueless, useless, split-personality love-struck fool.
Put these three together, and their knack for causing trouble would give even Hao Shuai a headache. He didn't know whether the Third Hokage had assigned them to Kakashi because he thought highly of him, or because he had it in for him and wanted to torture him by any means possible.
Of course, Naruto and the other eight had it pretty good. At least their team leaders were all well-known Jonin.
Just look at the other classes full of nobodies. Some of their team leaders weren't even Jonin—they were only Chunin.
When you thought about it, Jonin were already a village's top fighting force. They even had the authority to participate in decision-making. Unless there were special circumstances, why would they casually be assigned to lead graduates from the Ninja Academy?
After all, the Ninja Academy graduated so many students every year. Even Konoha, the strongest of the Five Great Ninja Villages, wasn't so extravagant as to provide every class with a Jonin Leader!
And as for the Konoha 12?
Come on, just look at who the Konoha 12 were!
They were either from prominent clans or Jinchuriki of the Nine-Tails. Even Tenten and Sakura, who had the most ordinary backgrounds and seemed utterly unremarkable, were special in their own ways. One was a rich heiress whose family owned Konoha's largest Ninja Tools shop, and who tossed around ninja tools as carelessly as if