Chapter 133 - 132: Changes Over Time
Time passed quickly.
During this period, Kakashi's Team 7 had been busy with the usual beginner-level missions from the original storyline such as finding lost pets, weeding gardens, babysitting, farming, picking up trash, fixing broken fences, and dealing with the unruly boar.
Meanwhile, Makoto spent a lot of time hanging around the Hokage's office, showing off in front of Hiruzen, and tagging along on low-rank missions with Team 7 and the rest of the Konoha 11. After working with them so often, he'd gotten familiar with everyone.
Still, he couldn't help but feel confused about the whole thing.
He understood why Hiruzen, as Hokage, didn't have time to go on missions with him. That made sense. But why did he have to do these chores with every team?
After all, he was already stronger than most Kage.
At first, he assumed he'd only need to accompany Team 7 for these low-level tasks. But to his surprise, he was assigned to work with every squad.
At this point, he was practically an expert at tracking down runaway cats and dogs, handling kids, and running errands.
When he was with Team 7, he mostly hung out with Naruto and Sasuke. People often mistook the three of them for an actual team and overlooked Sakura.
With Team 8, he usually chatted with Hinata while helping her complete missions or played with Akamaru alongside Kiba.
And when he worked with Team 10, he and Ino always ended up teaming up. Honestly, that wasn't even his decision.