Meanwhile, Team Seven was heading back towards the leaf village.
They were quiet as they ran, no conversation sparking as they continued on their way.
Hours later they arrived close enough to the leaf village that Minato could finally teleport them without wasting much chakra.
Putting their hands on their back, they instantly teleported in front of the Hokage Tower.
Heading inside the large red circular building, the four of them were quickly allowed to head towards the Hokage Office.
Arriving in front of the wooden door, they heard a voice telling them to come in from the inside.
They had yet to knock on the door at all.
‘Chakra sensing.’ Kazuo thought as he together with Minato, Kakashi, and Rin headed inside.
Heading inside, they were met with the Third Hokage of the Hidden Leaf, Sarutobi Hiruzen sitting behind his large wooden desk.
“Team Seven reporting for a successful mission,” Minato said as he walked to the front of the group, giving the Hokage a shallow bow before straightening up once more.
A nod of Hiruzen’s head later and Minato gave the report completely before giving the man the two scrolls that Shikaku had handed to him.
Hiruzen placed the two scrolls on the side before nodding his head.
“Good, You are dismissed. Minato Stay back.” Hiruzen said.
Nodding their heads, the three young ninjas of Team Seven headed out of the Hokage Office and outside of the Hokage tower moments later.
“Anyone want to join me for a meal at Ichiraku?” Kazuo asked as he turned toward the two ninjas.
“No, I'll be heading back home to rest,” Kakashi said before giving Kazuo a nod and using the body flicker to disappear from sight.
“I’ll be heading off to get some rest as well Kazuo, see you next time,” Rin said with a small soft smile on her face.
A quick nod from Kazuo later, the trio fully separated.
Walking through the village, Kazuo first headed toward Yakiniku Q, getting a hearty meal before changing his direction and heading off toward Training Ground Seven.
Being a part of Team Seven, he now had his own personal training ground that he could use and as such he had no need to head toward training ground one.
Arriving at the Training Ground, he quickly started his training in the taijutsu Style that Minato had taught him, he had yet to completely master it.
After finishing around an hour of Taijutsu Kata training, he moved on to Ninjutsu Training.
Starting to practice the B-rank jutsu that he had yet to master.
He was first going to master Lightning Jutsu, he had thought of a good plan of action for the future.
‘The combination of Earth style as well as Lightning style creates the Explosion Release Kekkegenkai, if I manage to combine that further with Paper Style, my power will increase several fold however I’m still quite far from actually achieving this plan. At most, it's only a faraway dream right now.’ Kazuo thought as he practiced his Jutsu.
His chosen Lightning Release Jutsu had been:
Lightning Release: Lightning Great Ball.
A lightning jutsu that was somewhat similar to the Fire Styel: Great Fire Ball however instead of it being a Jutsu that was released from the mouth, it was instead released through the palms of his hands before being connected together and forming a Large Ball filled with electricity.
The next Jutsu was Lightning Release: Shock Wave.
It was a jutsu that released a large wave that surrounded him and shocked everyone around him.
At higher levels of mastery, it could even be controlled further and only be released in one direction, further increasing its intensity.
Hours passed before it became close to midnight.
Stopping his training, Kazuo turned around and headed to his own apartment.
After sleeping and waking up, Kazuo headed toward the seventh training ground once more.
Arriving there he was met with the sight of Kakashi and Rin sparring with each other whilst Minato and Kushina Uzumaki stood to the side chatting with each other.
“Hello!” Kazuo said with a large smile whilst waving his head.
“Hey Kazuo!” Kushina said as she gave him a wave back whilst Minato simply smiled and gave him a small wave.
Kakashi and Rin didn't reply as they were still in the middle of the match.
Looking at the two, Kazuo quickly saw who the winner would be.
Nohara Rin was still much weaker than Kakashi, be it in Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, or Shuriken Jutsu.
‘Worthless really.’ Kazuo thought before continuing to head towards Minato.
“So any missions Minato Senpai?” Kazuo asked as he arrived in front of the man.
A quick shake of his head later, Minato said with a smile.
“The Cloud has already sent a letter saying that they are willing to start negotiations. The War is practically over.” Minato said before his smile increased slightly.
“For the next while, a few months or so, We won’t be taking missions as a team, you all can continue taking missions alone or together however, or join a chunnin team and complete missions with them,” Minato said.
“I see, can we still use the Training Ground?” Kazuo asked curiously as he looked at the man.
“Yes, at least until next year when the new team seven gets made.”
“All right Thanks Minato Senpai,” Kazuo said before walking further away and starting his Taijutsu Kata training.
Opening his status Menu, he saw that the Taijutsu style had reached a new level.
[ Namikaze, Ultra Two Sift Swirling Reflex Taijutsu ] [ 8/10 ]
‘Close though the last two levels will take much longer.’ Kazuo thought before releasing a sigh and continuing to train the rest of his Jutsu and moves that he could use in front of Team Seven without raising suspicion.
‘I should start training my elemental affinity as well.’ Kazuo thought as he threw shuriken whilst running around.
He didn’t know if he could become rusty in his skills since he had the system however it was best to stay in shape on the off chance that his skills could indeed degrade without practice.
[ User has Survived the Third Shinobi World War! ]
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