The first event was Sasuke joining them.
He still remembered Naruto's words from that day very clearly. After doing a few D-rank missions together, he often saw Naruto practicing shuriken techniques at the training grounds.
Wasn't that convenient? He himself had been deeply influenced by his brother and was a shuriken master (at least compared to others his age).
So one day, when Sasuke once again glimpsed Naruto training, he awkwardly pointed out a flaw in Naruto's technique.
Naruto immediately lit up with interest.
Yo, is Mr. Cool Guy giving pointers now?
"Why should I listen to you? You think you're that good at throwing shuriken?" Naruto stuck out his tongue, questioning Sasuke's skills.
Sakura, who was practicing nearby, paused and watched with great interest.
"Your form is wrong. The way you're throwing them won't do any real damage."
"Well, if the heartthrob Sasuke threw them that way, maybe they would."
"What did you say?!"
Sasuke immediately bristled.
"Unless you show me, I won't believe you," Naruto said, sitting cross-legged on the ground and gesturing for Sasuke to begin his demonstration.
Suppressing his irritation, Sasuke pulled out a string of kunai and hurled them in one breath, all hitting the bullseye of the wooden targets ahead.
"Wow, Sasuke-kun is amazing~" Sakura clapped, playing the good girl role.
"Hah? I wasn't even ready when I threw it. Doesn't count," Naruto waved his hand.
Sasuke's hand clenched, veins popping. "Why don't you try it then!"
"Nope. That would just be falling into your trap," Naruto stood up with a grin. "How about this—let's compete side by side and see who scores higher."
"Fine!"
A moment later.
"That doesn't count. You were standing too close and threw off my rhythm." Naruto shrugged.
"Hmph, your grip on the kunai is wrong. You need to hold it by the base and pull your arm back to build power. Your body should rotate with the throw too."
"Blah blah blah." Naruto dismissed him with his mouth, but mentally memorized all of Sasuke's key points.
"Only if you show me again will I believe you. Eh, forget it. You're just going to nag me again anyway."
"Damn it, Naruto! Again!"
Sakura tried hard not to laugh as she observed them and also took note of the techniques being discussed.
"You're using too much force. In a real fight, you'd overshoot the target."
"Check the wind—there's a headwind, so you need more power."
"Don't stiffen your waist and shoulders. Let your whole body move together."
…
Unknowingly, the whole afternoon passed.
"You kind of make some sense," Naruto said, holding out his hand and pinching the air. "I guess I improved by… maybe one ten-thousandth."
Sasuke turned his head away like he didn't want to talk to Naruto.
But truthfully, this had been his most fulfilling afternoon in a long time.
It had been ages since he spoke this much to anyone his age.
And as he kept correcting Naruto's form and saw Naruto's hit rate improve, he unexpectedly felt a sense of accomplishment.
It was like unlocking a "teacher mode," and Sasuke found himself addicted.
On the second day… and the third…
Sasuke began "coincidentally" running into Naruto training and "couldn't stand it," so he started nitpicking his techniques again.
During this time, both Sasuke and Sakura also improved rapidly.
Sometimes, Sakura would go to the shop to buy water for the three of them and even help pick up thrown kunai.
Of course, Naruto and Sasuke still argued most of the time.
But their teamwork kept improving. By Naruto's own estimate, Team 7 was now far ahead of where they were at this point in the original story.
And then, the second event happened—something kind of amusing.
Ever since Sasuke started training with Naruto and Sakura, his natural popularity began to draw a crowd of onlookers from their peers.
Most of them were girls who had a crush on him.
After all, Sasuke used to go off alone to train in secret after missions.
No one ever knew where he was.
But now, not only the girls came—some boys too, who were soon captivated by Sakura.
This version of Sakura—originally from Sichuan-Chongqing—was completely different from the original character. After reincarnating, she totally quit manga, flower shops, and entertainment. She threw herself into training wholeheartedly.
In her words, it was like grinding solo in a dungeon to level up before raiding a boss—a pure power trip.
Naruto had commented, "Isn't that just smurfing in a bronze-tier lobby?"
And promptly got smacked in the back of the head, leaving a massive bump.
Yes, her brute strength was leveling up fast.
Thus…
A new Sakura emerged: hair tied in a high ponytail, no shopping, no perming, no chitchat, no cheat powers—just pure training, muscle, and skills.
Even Ino put her "pursue Sasuke" agenda on hold to ask if Sakura had taken the wrong meds.
Sakura's response was short and sweet:
"Don't bother me while I'm training."
That hardcore attitude won the hearts of several boys.
Let's not forget—Sakura had once been passionately pursued by Rock Lee. So her looks weren't the issue.
It was just that her early cringe-worthy obsession with love, plus mocking Naruto for being an orphan (and getting flamed by Sasuke), had wrecked her reputation with most people.
Now, Sakura started getting chased by some of her classmates.
At first, she politely rejected all of them.
But later, one especially stubborn guy began waiting outside her house, showering her with greetings and concern daily.
Sakura couldn't stand it anymore. Her mental state was close to collapsing.
One sunny day, she finally snapped. She casually asked one of the boys:
"Do you have ero books?"
"Huh?"
The boy froze. Meanwhile, Naruto—watching nearby—was totally dumbfounded.
"I asked, do you have ero books?" Sakura repeated.
"I… I do," the boy stammered, deciding to just roll with it.
He couldn't help imagining some... highly inappropriate scenarios. The kind that wouldn't pass censorship on any decent platform…
"Oh, you do?" Sakura nodded.
"Well, go read them then. Talking to you is super annoying."
The boy turned to stone.
Naruto, struggling to hold back laughter, nearly choked.
Congratulations, my guy. You just got isekai'd into Mistress of Gossip and earned yourself a full bottle of Clown Serum!
Sakura's legendary line spread like wildfire. From then on, she was labeled as "poison-tongued," and the boys who had planned to pursue her all gave up.
During this time, a few idiots even tried to spread dirty rumors about Sakura. When Naruto found out, he muttered, "Typical damn degenerates," and dragged Sasuke along to beat the crap out of them.
Time passed quickly.
Today, Team 7 received the mission to help a noble catch a cat.
According to the plot, Naruto would complain after the mission, leading the Third Hokage to assign them the Wave Country escort mission.
Before setting out, Naruto said to Sakura:
"We're about to run the Wave Country dungeon," Naruto said as he checked his ninja tools.
"I've been watching the village these days, and I haven't seen any signs of other reincarnators."
"Logically, that means it's just the two of us. Yeah… honestly, I really don't think there are any others."