The first mission that the newly formed group known as Team 7 embarked upon the day following their survival test was perhaps one of the dullest assignments they could have ever taken. As they would later learn that same morning after meeting up with their team leader Kakashi was that the man had failed quite a few teams in the past, all because they were unable to pass his ridiculously deceptive bell exercise. Thing is, with this lack of experience in coaching youngsters in the field due to taking on none under his command for the past few years, it only made sense that the Jonin would pick the easiest, most laidback mission from the assortment of D-Rank assignments available to them and set their gears in motion.
What came immediately after receiving their scroll at the Hokage tower were two hours of wrist cranking, spirit crushing monotony involving the three kids painting an old man's fence. In reality, the property was in no sense small. It was bloody massive. The whole barrier, which had recently been redone by another Konoha Genin team, needed a new paintjob, and who better to spearhead that project then the recently graduated and eager members of Kakashi's squad, all of whom had been expecting something… well… more-ish.
While their Jonin instructor watched them from a nearby tree reading the same orange book Naruto and the others had seen him bring out a couple times before, the trio went about completing their given task in their own unique ways.
Sakura was the most thorough of the three; picking her third of the wall and using a repetitive, up-and-down technique that basically got her job done well and fast. Sasuke, bored as ever, had one hand in his pocket the entire time and another holding his brush while he did a more relaxed job at a more labored pace. And Naruto, exuberant as ever, just lathered his sections with as much coating as he could, making a game out of it by painting odd pictures first before going over them to cover up his graffiti.
He got his side done first, followed by Sakura, both of whom then proceeded to help Sasuke out with his because the guy was taking it easy. In the end though, the one who ended up covered in the most paint from splattering it all over himself was Naruto. He certainly made it clear to the world he'd had as much fun as possible on his first D-Rank mission ever when they went back to the Hokage tower to hand in their report.
The second mission for the day then saw the youngsters chopping wood at the local lumberjacks. Once again Kakashi left them to their own devices, moved out of the vicinity and watched his team from the sidelines as each got handed an axe and were positioned at an individual station. For the next couple hours after that the group proceeded to split logs in two one after the other, which would then be transported to other stores by the tradesmen.
This job really highlighted some important aspects about their squad. While the previous task of fence painting showed that a single job could be divided up equally between the three of them, this one was more of a spotlight towards their stamina and physical fitness levels.
Obviously the one who did the most daily exercise out of all of them was Naruto, who went plowing through logs at such a speed that by the end of the shift he'd pretty much split enough logs for three shipments. Sasuke came in second in this race, working up a sweat in the process and needing to towel down afterwards, a material that Sakura was all too happy to provide as she watched with fluttery eyes as the boy wiped his face and neck under the rays of sun. Then, of course, the one who was the most exhausted at the end was the kunoichi herself, who probably didn't do as much moving around as the other two as evident by how she collapsed by her chopping stump about halfway through for a break.
The team's third and final job for that day came in helping out in the storage area for a supermarket. Basically what the group had to do was move checked supplies from the main building into one of the many sheds out back. They would then have to stack the boxes up nicely to make sure that all of the marked goods could fit into it and that the area wouldn't be cluttered with unorganized material. The three youngsters got off to a strong start with Kakashi supervising them. He watched them closely as they moved from the building to the shed one by one, with the pile of boxes in the unit steadily filling with every trip they made.
It was pretty much business as usual for the most part. Unfortunately, while arranging stuff, Naruto unwittingly boxed himself in and ended up getting trapped behind a wall of crates.
Sasuke and Sakura watched snickering from the entrance as Naruto banged away at the walls of boxes surrounding him, "Help! I'm stuck! Guys! Let me out!"
"How the heck did you manage that, dobe?" Sasuke asked with amusement. The pink haired kunoichi beside him, unable to contain herself any longer, burst out laughing.
"I don't know teme! Just get me out of here already!"
"Only you'd ever mess up on a D-Ranked assignment, Naruto," Sakura giggled, wiping away tears of delight as the boy in orange continued to try and push his way out. Unfortunately a heavy box up top kept the rest in place, making any and all efforts to try and free himself futile. "Just relax and pull yourself together."
"I'm as pulled together as I can be, Sakura-chan! Naruto want out!"
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