55 ch55 Traveling to the Land of Waves (1/2)

I was curious how team 7 handle the situation, in the cannon Kakashi was out of shape and just using his sharingan expended allot of chakra. But now everything was different as Kakashi was in top condition and his sharingan acted as his own not wasting excess chakra as before since he could de-active and activate at will as if he was a Uchiha himself.

The Hokage told us we may encounter them in the way since they departed yesterday. I wonder how his clash with Zabuza was. I suspect since the last time I met him he most likely had improve allot and is more powerful too compared to cannon. So at least Zabuza would put a fight against Kakashi but I don't expect him to be as tired as in the original fight.

My team looks a little uneasy and it's understandable since instead of a C-rank mission we ended with a B-rank possible A-rank depending of the circumstances. Also in this mission we are to eliminate targets that get in our way. Meaning my students will experience for the first time how to kill a person. Compared to Naruto on cannon who was lucky to not have to kill nobody till after he return 2 years after the chunnin exam.

Thanks to the chakra exercises I force to train daily, my team was already above the stage of walking on water so we didn't have to stop to get a boat to our destination. Cutting the time short as we departed early it just took us about 2 hours of running with some breaks in between. I did notice the terrain while we were dashing and located some areas that look went thought some kind of natural disaster. Most likely the spot where Kakashi and Zabuza ended up fighting.

Looks like Shikamaru also pick up on that there was a confrontation. He looking at me as we travel most likely was curious. Me as his teacher just told him that a confrontation happened there and that most likely it happened the day before. Insinuating that the fight was most likely between team 7 and some unknown ninjas.

This got Ino all rile up, as she demanded us to speed it up since she was worried that her friend Sakura was in danger. We complied but warned them that our mission was not to back them up since we had our own objective. First to meet up with Kimimaru the Sound Village Elite Jounnin, as he would inform us of the bases we would hit on the land of waves.

Looks like they were on alert the moment they felt our arrival, it may look like they still were on alert and Zabuza was still alive on this timeline as well. I noticed allot of differences when I was watching team 7 compared to cannon. One was that Naruto was using the shippuden outfit instead of all orange like the original with more black than orange. This Naruto also was at least 3 inches taller than the original since this Naruto was not malnourished and was fed well. In this timeline he still had his mother after all. Sasuke was not using his navy blue high collar shirt but a black one instead and on his back he carried a Machete blade kind of sword. Looks like this Sasuke train in swordsmanship earlier than on the cannon. While Sakura didn't use her marron uniform but a white one instead with the circle on the back painted in black as she also was wearing a white headband, the white uniform was mostly homage to her medical profession as a medic ninja.

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Asuma: ”Yo! Kakashi, how are you doing?”  I said as I took out a chocolate bar from one of my pockets on my jacket and toss it to Kakashi to catch.

Kakashi: ”I am fine, got in a bit of trouble but luckily I had some assistance from a ninja from the land of Sound who was traveling. Since Sound village is a close ally since it was founded by one of ours, they didn't think twice but to help us. I could have handled it myself but at least with the back-up I had peace of mind not to worry about my students.” He said as he caught my chocolate bar.

Kakashi: ”And this is? A snack for me?” he said with a curious look.

Asuma: ”It's from my old sensei Kokolate, even though he is retired and now married he still works at the chocolate store from his parents. As a favor for setting him up with her now wife Nanako Sarutobi he sends me his special S.N.I.C.K.E.R.S.-Bar once in a while. This are limited edition flavor and he as improve them since then. This chocolate bar can recover your chakra within 3 minutes of consumption. Use it as an emergency chakra pill. No side effects on this one.” I said to him.

Kakashi: ”Wow, thanks! You always get the best things, this would totally be a life saver in the future.” He said as he stores it on one of his pockets on his Jounnin jacket.

Kakashi: ”Also sorry for late introductions this is Kimimaru, he help me with an encounter I had against 2 rouge jounnins of the mist.”

Kimimaru: ”Hi, you must be Asuma Sarutobi my contact from Konoha right?” he said as he extended his hand for a handshake.

Kimimaru was using the same attire from the original, looks like the ninjas that where chunnin or above use this attire in the Hidden Sound village. The difference was that they would wear a type of purple jacket on top of their uniform that resemble the style of kumo, which had some pockets for weapons or to store scroll or equipment. Also Kimimaru look in better shape than the original cannon and his hair was longer and tied on an upward ponytail.

Asuma: ”Yeah that's right and these little ones behind are my team 10, who will be also assisting on this mission. Also this is the scroll of the mission verification, can I have yours to verify you are indeed the contact we suppose to meet.” I said as I return his handshake and delivering a copy of the mission as he took out his out and gave it to me to verify.