Chapter 121 - Phantom Division.

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Third Person POV

Land of Fire, Year 36.

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Minato was calm while waiting for the rest of the ninjas to arrive, which took two days for everyone from the 11-person squad to finally return.

"We're back, I want you all to write your reports and hand them to me to pass on to our superiors. How is our prisoner, Lumem?" Alpha gathered everyone before finally concluding the mission.

"He's with the member of the Yamanaka clan, they're studying his mind to find information about the new poison," Lumem informed.

"Alright, you can write the report, and you're free to return to your camp," he instructed, heading towards the command tent.

"It seems we finally finished," one of the 11 spoke.

"Let's do the report, then we can talk," another said as the group sat down right there to start writing.

The ninjas from that camp looked curiously at them, after all, everyone knew the masked ninjas as ninjas on Rank A and S missions. They were the elite among missions involving direct ambushes under the command of the Hokage, dispatched to assist in the war or even ninjas with great strength among the camps.

They were not the only team, there were a few others, like the team that invaded the camps of the sand ninjas behind the information they were taking the poison formula to the sand ninjas in the north, an incident that happened a few months ago, when the first poison was a major problem for the ninjas of Konoha.

However, this team was called Phantom Division, due to their great strength in carrying out the mission and retreating at the same time. Minato had joined this division due to the recent loss of a member and he was only temporary, which was recommended by Janto, who suggested him, and as soon as he completed his first missions, he was quickly accepted by the group, with Alpha, the leader, officially making him a member of the group due to being very useful on the battlefield with his unique teleportation jutsu and strength, which surpassed a Jonin with the raijin, believing he had the strength of an Elite Jonin, even at just 12 years old and the rank of genin, and as Minato did not reveal his true power, he did not mind people speculating about his strength like this.

They wrote their reports a moment later and waited for Alpha to return. "So Lumem is becoming a Chuunin soon?" Horny, one of the 11, asked looking at Lumem.

The other members with codenames like Zelda, Echo, Blade, Ghost, Falcon, Whisper, Vortex, Mirage.

"He told me he is, looks like our mascot will no longer be a genin," Zelda commented because of Minato being a child with him.

The others started laughing at that, "That's good, we have to celebrate immediately," Mirage, being the only woman in the group exclaimed.

"I knew she would be the first to talk about celebration, have you seen how she drinks..." Echo spoke.

"Have you seen how you eat, you fat clown," Mirage teased, crossing her arms at Echo.

"At least I don't drink like you," Echo replied.

"You!!"

Thus, they began to argue in the middle of the group which was quite normal, while they were on missions, they were very serious, but when they casually conversed among themselves, they always argued especially these two, Mirage was from the Kurama clan, powerful in Genjutsu, quite famous in this time of Konoha. This particular woman was quite an alcoholic.

Echo was from the Akimichi clan and they were known for eating a lot. Minato had already had contact with one of them, so he knew the woman's complaints.

"They are arguing..." The ninjas around saw the group gathered and murmured at a distance.

"That's the Phantom Division, I heard they got the poison a month ago, even before the sand ninjas used it on the battlefield," another gossiped looking at the group.

"It's better not to mess with them... or get close."

"You're right."

While they gossiped and discussed, Minato sighed at this, looking at one shouting at the other at that moment.

"Can you stop yelling at each other?! If Alpha sees us like this, our next mission will be cleaning the camp's toilets!" Whisper exclaimed.

"He's right..." Echo murmured.

"Tsk," Mirage said as she crossed her arms and turned her face away.

"Anyway, we should be happy for Lumem, Horny still has his bottle of rum... We should celebrate," Blade said.

"Wait a minute, Lumem is just a child, you want to give him alcohol? Give your potion to me!" Mirage exclaimed as the others shook their heads at her ridiculous demand.

"Don't be a killjoy, Lumem can drink just this once. Let's do it in the next few days before any mission," Zelda murmured.

"Anyway... Congratulations, kid, I knew you'd have a bright future," Falcon commented.

"Thank you... teacher..." Lumem murmured, after all, Falcon was his teacher from the Aburame clan who participated in the rescue mission of the Damayo; they ended up meeting and he was strongly recommended to Alpha once he heard about the boy while others thought he was just a child on a dangerous mission, which of course proved a point to the contrary.

"Teacher... you should call me teacher too," Ghost said to Lumem.

"You're not even teaching him Kenjutsu yet, why should he call you that, cousin?" Blade mocked, they were both from the Hatake clan, but not as famous as Sakumo, Kakashi's father.

"That's because the kid hasn't been to my camp yet, which will happen soon, I'm just getting ahead of things..." Ghost said as if he were boasting about something.

"You just want to gain some fame when the kid becomes famous, to say you were his teacher," Whisper mocked.

"That's not true..." Ghost murmured, but everyone knew it was the opposite. Ghost wasn't a bad person, but he certainly wanted to be as famous as Sakumo. Minato personally didn't care if he would become famous because of him, as long as he could learn the Kenjutsu of the Hatake clan, it was fine for him.

They would have continued arguing, but at that moment, Alpha began walking towards them, still with his cloak and mask hiding his identity.

"Can you stop arguing, the whole camp is listening to this," he complained, while some laughed at the situation and others immediately put their hand where their mouth was on the mask.

Alpha sighed, looking at them, and continued: "Anyway, I'll take your reports, while you take these to the leader of your camp," he said, handing scrolls to everyone. "Now, you are dismissed. We will meet in a few days. I will send a message to each of the camp leaders for the summons," he said, and everyone nodded.

Zelda nodded and turned to everyone, "Well, then let's go. Don't forget, we need to celebrate in a few days. And, Horny, don't forget your bottle of rum," they said goodbye and began to leave, while Minato disappeared as always.

Minato returned to one of the southern camps, which he was currently at. He was carrying Alpha's report to the commander. Making him sigh a bit, since he had to do this. He removed his clothes hidden in his tent and began to exit, passing through the camp, until someone interrupted him in the middle of the place.

"Look who's here," Minato looked at Tsunade's brother, who was sizing him up from head to toe with curious eyes.

"Nawaki Senju," he greeted. The boy in front of him was no longer as big as he used to be, while Minato had grown a lot, narrowing the gap between them.

"Don't call me so formally," Nawaki said with a smile. "After all, we are family now, or will be, call me Uncle Nawaki," he said, looking quite audacious.

"If you're here, then it means..." Minato murmured.

"Yes, your girlfriend and at the same time, my niece came back with my sister and are in the medical camp," Nawaki said, laughing.

"Anyway, it's good to see you," Minato said after a sigh with this guy being quite audacious, he bid farewell to Nawaki before continuing on his way. He went up to the main tent and, as he was about to ask the guards for entry, heard a voice that made him uncomfortable as soon as it reached his ears.

"Come in, boy," she said, as the guards let Minato enter.

He moved inside, and there was Orochimaru in his younger form, reading scrolls here and there about reports on the current situation of the camp and the border. He was a competent leader and quite respected, Minato had to admit, but with the knowledge he had of this guy, Minato always kept his guard up and looked at him cautiously.

Orochimaru knew this and even wondered why the boy looked at him with so much mistrust, but he didn't seem to care much about it and just smiled at the prodigy who was surpassing him.

"Commander Orochimaru, here is the report from my leader," Minato said as he handed the report to Orochimaru.

He nodded as he took it and read it in front of the boy, not leaving yet. His eyes seemed to glow as he read the lines of the mission that his leader wrote. "You did very well," he said, almost sticking out his tongue. "Your jutsu is quite unique, Minato-kun. Mastering a jutsu like this at your age is really something of a genius among geniuses," he spoke with a tone of greed, which was no surprise, since Orochimaru had ambitions to want to master all the jutsus in the world in the future, even seeking immortality for such a thing. Thus, seeing someone use an S-rank jutsu, he had quite a natural reaction for his personality and goals.

"Anyway, you did very well and you will be leaving the camp soon, which is a pity, since you helped me a lot," Orochimaru spoke. Minato always helped wherever he went in recent months, even in bureaucratic situations, starting to learn how to handle the organization of a camp, if one day he took over one.

'Maybe in the next war...' he thought.

"Now you can go. Good luck, boy," Orochimaru continued and still treated him with respect, and Minato nodded, said goodbye, and left the tent and went back to his own, to organize his things to leave in the next few days. After all, he had to return to the north, since he needed a signature from Jiraiya before returning to another camp in the south, where he was currently doing his missions with the Phantom Division.

Minato finally left after a few days, he reappeared in Jiraiya's camp, startling Mikoto, since his mark was right next to her at that moment, with him quickly grabbing the kunai that the girl attacked by instinct with a feminine scream.

"Is this how you treat your old colleague?" Minato opened a smile to her, and the girl opened her eyes before realizing he was quite close to her face, causing a big blush to appear.

"How can you just show up like this after two months away?" she murmured timidly.

"Sorry, I was very busy. As much as I wanted to come back here a few times," Minato said sincerely.

"That's okay, I understand," she murmured still softly.

"Anyway, let Hanabi know I'm here as soon as you see her. I'll be staying here a few days, so we can spend some time together and talk. I want to know how your training is going. Meanwhile, I'll talk to Jiraiya-sensei. Finally, I'm going to become a chuunin," Minato said, and the girl nodded, already aware of his promotion.

"You're here then," Jiraiya commented with a big smile when Minato entered the tent a moment later. They had a lot to talk about, and Jiraiya had already prepared the documentation, officially patenting Minato as a chuunin of the Leaf Village.

Phantom Division -

Alpha (Kojiro [Civil]) – Elite Jonin. (ANBU)

Lumem (Minato Namikaze [Civil]) – Genin or Chuunin in the next chapter.

Zelda (Fumiko Sarutobi) – Jonin

Horny (Keiji [Civil]) – Jonin (ANBU)

Echo (Furi Akimichi) - Jonin

Blade (Taro Hatake) – Jonin (ANBU)

Ghost (Yuki Hatake) - Jonin

Falcon (Professor Aburame) - Jonin

Whisper (Saya Shimura) - Jonin

Vortex (Daichi Hyuuga) – Jonin (ANBU)

Mirage (Kai Kurama) – Jonin

Alpha, Lumem, Zelda, Horny, Echo, Blade, Ghost, Falcon, Whisper, Vortex, Mirage.

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