The Best Shinobi

Serious New Mission

"I HAVE TO SAY THAT YOU MADE ME REMEMBER MY YOUTH. YOUNG MENMA, FROM NOW ON, YOU WILL TRAIN UNDER ME WHENEVER WE ARE IN THE VILLAGE."

"YOUR LEGENDARY TRAINING FOR TAIJUTSU BEGINS RIGHT NOW."

As soon as he said that, Guy lifted Lee and Menma rushing toward the training area.

"Don't tell me he is planning to train them all night? Lee just finished his training." Tenten sighed when she saw her sensei leaving.

At this moment, Neji also rushed toward the training area. Unlike others, he had only one thought in his mind.

'Surpass Hokage! If I surpass Hokage, I will be able to break this curse. So, even if I break my bones, I must train and surpass Hokage.'

His eyes clenched alongside his fists as he muttered.

"Thank you for guiding me, Menma!"

At this moment, he had some thoughts in his mind.

Surpass Hokage!

Break the Curse Seal!

Free himself from the Curse of his family!

As soon as he reached there, he saw Lee on the side while Guy was instructing Menma. He was surprised as he didn't understand why Lee hadn't started practicing.

"Neji, you came as well." Lee was pleasantly surprised when he saw Neji.

"Why aren't you training?" Neji looked at him and asked.

Lee sighed heavily and said "Guy Sensei said that rest is important as as training. I will join them after an hour of rest. But, I am getting hungry. Maybe I should get some food."

Growl!

At this moment, Neji's stomach also rumbled and his face turned red. He didn't know whether to leave or not.

"Neji, how about we wait for half an hour and then go for dinner? We can also ask Guy Sensei to join since he will be done instructing after half an hour." Lee suggested as he watched Guy preaching Menma.

Neji found this approach reasonable and decided to wait although he was very hungry.

"So, Menma from now on, you will follow this exercise each day. Whenever I am in the village, you will do extreme training under my guidance and whenever I am not, you can do the simple training, understand?" Guy asked.

"Yes, Guy Sensei!" Menma nodded his head as he started remembering all of the exercises Guy Sensei told him. These were some hard-core exercises. But, it didn't matter much to him since he knew Taijutsu was the path of pain.

A few minutes later,

Tenten arrived and stopped them.

"You guys, how can you be so foolish? It is already night. And, none of you have the dinner yet. And Menma, you didn't even notify aunty. How could you be so irresponsible?"

Tenten immediately started scolding them, especially Menma.

Growl! Growl! Growl! Growl!

Hearing their stomach growing out loud, Tenten chuckled. She took out her scroll and made the hand signs. After that, a smoke pupped off and a lot of lunch boxes appeared.

"Thank you, Tenten!" Lee immediately rushed to sit down and open them but Neji stopped him. They put down a mat and finally opened those lunch boxes.

"By the way, I informed aunty that you will be training here tonight. But, when are you going to find the time to sleep." Tenten asked as she looked at Menma.

"Well, our missions are quite boring so I will make some time to sleep later. I need to do some hardcore training before Guy Sensei leaves." Menma replied while eating rice.

"Menma, your passion is certainly strong and I commend you for that but you also need to take care of your body. That's the reason why I didn't let Lee train immediately."

"And, besides, you can't slack off during missions. BUT, THIS IS YOUR YOUTH. SO, YOU NEED TRIAN EVEN MORE." Guy's words at first shocked the whole team but the rest of the words made it feel like Guy was still Guy.

After finishing their dinner and taking some rest, Menma started training with Guy. After an hour, Lee and Neji also joined the training and it was hellish.

The gravity seals that Guy placed on them were already heavy. On top of that, he asked them to use the pressure of chakra control while training. He let them stand on the water while training with heavy weights.

After nearly five hours, they separated and went home. Menma felt like he was too tired of training and decided to doze off for a few hours.

After four hours, he woke up. He was still a bit sleepy but he didn't continue sleeping. He knew he had to finish some task at the very least. He went to join his group who were already waiting for him at the Hokage Office.

"Alright, since Menma has arrived, let's see if we can take a new task." After Menma arrived, Genma spoke.

Everyone nodded their heads and walked inside the Hokage office.

"Team 13, we have a new task for you."

Hearing Hokage's words, they were surprised. It seemed like Hokage was waiting for them to give them a special task. This made Okinawa and Jeme fairly excited.

On other hand, Menma was calm like water in a pond.

Hokage handed them a scroll and said "This is a very dangerous mission and unlike before, this will be three team mission. I have already sent some anbu to contact other villages."

"This not only helps Genin to get stronger but teaches them the importance of cooperation. You four have to wait a little while."

Genma opened the scroll and when he read the context, he was stunned.

"Wait, an A-Rank Mission for Genins?"

Hearing his words, not just Okinawa and Jeme but Menma was also stunned. He couldn't remain calm. He still remembers the first difficult mission of Team Seven which was already so difficult but still a B-Rank mission.

But now, they were actually handed an A-Rank mission.

Hokage nodded his head and said "With three jonins and nine genins, this mission shouldn't be difficult unless there is already something that is unexpected. The Village Tsukigakure has requested support."

"It seemed like the village is currently being attacked by a strange tree that sucks the Chakra out of the land. This demon tree was created by none other than the missing ninja of our village 'Shinga'."

"Normally, I would've asked for Anbu for these kinds of missions but it seems like Shinga has turned some villagers against the village. While they aren't strong enough to make Anbu move, we can't afford to let Shinga loose."

Hearing his words, Genma finally understood the situation and nodded his head.

"Kakashi-Sensei, why did you arrive on time today?" Suddenly, a voice rang as four people walked in. The person who asked that question was none other than Naruto.

"The black cat seemed to have disappeared today and nothing else blocked my way." Kakashi replied as he turned his head.

"Tch! Just say that we have an important mission." Naruto snorted and turned his head. But when he saw Menma, he got excited and rushed toward him while waving his hand.

"Hey Menma, you are here too."

'This idiot! Can't he stay quiet for a minute?' Sasuke spoke with irritation on his face.

"Lee! Today, we have received an important mission. So, don't forget to let out your YOUTH to complete this mission successfully." Another voice rang from outside.

"Yes, Guy sensei!"

It was Lee, Guy, Neji, and Tenten who had entered the room. The arrival of Guy and Menma made Kakashi suspicious.

'Is this mission really that important? Including Genma and Guy, we will have three Jonin. Don't tell me it is an A-Rank mission?'

"Since all of you have arrived, it's time to explain this mission to you. I have already told it to team thirteen but I will explain it clearly to all of you."

"A few years ago, there was a shinobi of our village who was very proficient at Genjutsu. But, due to his twisted ideas, he created a technique that can let out someone's negative emotions and control them to kill others."

"A few days ago, he managed to steal the seed of Shinki that he had created during his time in Konoha. Now, he has used that demon seed to grow a tree and he currently sucking Chakra from Tsukigakure."

"But, not only that, but he is also using Jibakugan, the same Genjutsu that can bring negative emotions out of people. He is using on the villagers to force them to attack each other."

"Currently, the health of the chief of Tsukigakure doesn't seem right. He seemed to be approaching his end and the next head is his daughter who is still young to fight against Shinga."

"Kakashi, Guy, Genma, three of you must kill Shinga and destroy that seed. As for Genins, your job is to apprehend every villager from fighting against each other without killing them."

"Due to the difficulty of the mission because of its special condition, this mission is an A-Rank mission. So, for Genins, this will be your first A-Rank mission. Now, go!"