Ami knew what was coming but she still didn't enjoy weeding old Bo's garden. Old Bo was a retired guy who had lost one arm and an eye in the Kyuubi attack. He used to maintain his garden himself, growing food and vegetables for one of the local orphanages but he was nearing 80, so his body didn't quite keep up anymore and he needed help from genin to keep his garden in check. His little garden ensured that the orphans could eat fresh produce every week.
"Damn you brat, those aren't weeds! Those are my strawberries!" The old man smacked Naruto over the head with a pole.
"Quit it old man, how was I supposed to know that?!" Naruto shouted at Bo, rubbing his head where he had hit him.
"Maybe because there are strawberries growing from it?" Ami pointed at the plump, red strawberries hanging from the bush in Naruto's hand.
"I- erm-"
Ami laughed. Comedy gold, absolute comedy gold.
She went back to pulling out weeds. The spring sun beat on them and they were sweating like crazy. It was way hotter than it had any right to be in march.
When they were done, old Bo followed the team seven to the Hokage building.
"How did team seven fare?" The Hokage asked.
"Mostly good, though the short brat should learn his crops more, he ruined about half of my strawberries!" Bo shook his head, pulling out his wallet, placing 30 thousand Ryo on the Hokage's desk before leaving.
They split the money between the government and the four members of the team.
"Okay, we have a few more missions which I think would fit quite-" the Hokage began but Kakashi sensei shook his head.
"We won't be taking on a second mission today, we will be training for the rest of the day", he motioned for the three to follow.
They walked towards their training ground, enjoying the nice spring warmth which had been so unbearable when they were working. Kakashi stood before them, pulling out three scrolls, throwing them at his genin, "in here you will find a couple of Jutsu which I think could enhance your arsenal. Practice them for the rest of the day. If any of you have questions, please come talk to me"
Ami opened her scroll. The body flicker technique, the fire release: fire clone technique and the wind release: great breakthrough. She frowned. Besides the body flicker technique, she knows these jutsu already. The lizards were masters of fire and wind release, some even possessing the scorch release kekkei genkai, so of course, they already taught her these two C rank techniques, "sensei, I already know two of these techniques"
Kakashi looked at her dumbfounded, "and where did you learn them? They don't teach C rank techniques at the academy and you are a civilian ninja"
"Mahi Mahi taught me"
"Mahi Mahi?" He looked even more confused.
"One of my summons"
"Ah- well… in that case, practice the technique you don't know yet and I'll teach you some other techniques later. What kind of techniques did Mahi Mahi teach you?"
"Mahi Mahi taught me fire and wind style techniques", she said before turning to the scroll. The body flicker jutsu only requires one hand seal and can greatly increase the users speed, though it isn't recommended for longer travel, as that would drain chakra way too fast. Someone like Naruto might be able to use it regularly but not a regular genin or even a chunin. Jonin might use it like that if they have a large enough chakra pool but that isn't guaranteed.
Ami formed the handseal and was immediately flung forwards, crashing face first into a tree, "ouch! Okay, this is harder than it looks"
She tried again, this time using less chakra. Now, she only went a couple of meters before stopping. Okay, too much chakra and she zooms uncontrollably, too little and she doesn't move enough. Over the next three hours, she fine tuned her chakra usage. Luckily, she had good chakra control, so she could regulate the usage precisely. After those three hours -and many many smashed noses- she had figured out how much chakra she needed to use for what distance. Naruto had been practicing the wind release: great breakthrough (he had given up on the body flicker technique. His chakra control was Justitia shitty to finetune the correct amount of chakra) and Sasuke had too been practicing the body flicker technique.
Ami and Naruto ate at ramen Ichiraku. They had invited Sasuke to join them but the boy had declined.
"So, what do you think about our first mission?" Ami asked as she was eating her noodles.
"I expected something more… interesting? Weeding a garden isn't exactly what I expected but at least Kakashi sensei taught us some jutsu after that. The wind style: great breakthrough jutsu is so cool. It just gii ok es like woah and then bam, you know?", Naruto explained, punching the air.
"Yeah, the C rank jutsu are on a whole 'nother level compared to the academy three", Ami nodded.
They ate in silence after that. It was getting late and Ami had expended most of her chakra whilst fine tuning her body flicker technique. She was exhausted. Back at her home, her father was waiting for her, "so, honeypie, how was your first day as shinobi?"
"It was fine, we weeded a garden and then Kakashi sensei taught us some new jutsu", she smiled, rubbing her eyes, "I just hope we won't be doing menial tasks forever… but you gotta start somewhere, right?"
"Indeed you do, indeed you do", Shinso Aru nodded as Ami walked past him, straight to the shower. She stripped naked and enjoyed the hot water running down her body. It was soothing. When she was done, Ami dried her long hair and fell onto the bed, exhausted.
The next morning, she got up bright and early for her next day as a shinobi. At the Hokage building, they were handed their next mission, babysitting.