A/N: Hello everyone! Welcome to the Lost Uchiha version 2 chapter 1. So, before you start let me say thank you to anyone who came to this new version from the old one this first chapter is similar, but different as well. Also, of course I have to send special thanks to my friends and authors MaxGentlman 1, VenomSpider33, and Ghost Fire 6, they helped me get this reboot off the ground and edited, they're all really great so as soon as you're done here go check them out all of them!

Disclaimer: You are all well aware that I do not own Naruto or it's established characters I only own the featured OC, any other OC's down the road I will let you know who owns if it's not me.

Enjoy!

Seven year old Tsukiya Uchiha sat in the living room of his home. He was excited; his big brother Shisui was due home any minute. Tsukiya loved his brother, and hoped to one day be a powerful shinobi just like him.

Tsukiya was a normal child. He was just the right height for his age, had black hair with a slight blue tint to it that hung just above his shoulders. His bangs were long and hung on either side of his face and stopped just above his eyes. He was fair skinned. His eyes were onyx colored. He had normal sized straight nose and a narrow jaw line.

He and Shisui were very close; Shisui even occasionally trained him when he was home from missions. They shared a powerful bond. Shisui always made time for Tsukiya. He had once stayed up until the early hours of the morning, helping him master the Fireball Jutsu. Tsukiya was worried today because lately Shisui had become distant. Not cold, but very concerned.

Tsukiya had fallen asleep in the living room when he was awoken by a knock on their front door. He stood up, stretched, and answered the door. In front of him stood a man with dark hair that was graying in places. The right side of his face was wrapped in gauze, which it hadn't been when he had last seen him, but he knew the man.

"Hello Danzo." Tsukiya said as politely as possible giving a bow. This was after all one of the village elders and that made him one of Shisui and Itachi's bosses.

Danzo though looked grave and completely ignored the greeting. "Where are your parents Tsukiya?" He asked.

"They're out back sir I'll go and get them for you." Tsukiya said running into the backyard.

"Mom, Dad; Danzo is here to see you." he said, poking his head out the door.

His parents looked up and headed inside. "Thank you Tsukiya, why don't you go to your room this is not likely for you to hear." his father said.

"Yes, sir." He said walking down the hall into his room. As he slid the door open he was surprised to find Itachi sitting on his bed. He made to speak, but Itachi moved quickly and covered his mouth shaking his head as he slid the door closed.

"Sorry Tsukiya, Danzo can't know I'm here. I'm not supposed to be." Itachi said quickly.

"Itachi, if you're not supposed to be here, then why are you?" Tsukiya asked worried for his beloved cousin.

"Because I know Shisui would do the same for me." Itachi said calmly. Tsukiya noticed tear tracks down Itachi's face and immediately became worried.

"Itachi, what's wrong?" Tsukiya asked sitting on his bed and facing Itachi.

"Tsukiya, Shisui is dead he committed suicide either early this morning or late last night." Itachi said taking great care to keep his voice calm.

Tsukiya was in shock. Shisui, commit suicide; it just seemed so unreal. Shisui had always been happy even in the darkest of times. He had taught Tsukiya to see the best in every situation and every person. Now, he was gone forever. It could not be true, but Itachi would never lie not about something this serious.

"He did?" Tsukiya asked his voice shaking.

Itachi nodded, looking depressed. "Yes, I discovered the note on the bridge this morning and reported it to Danzo, that's why he's here. To tell your parents." Tsukiya nodded, silent tears running down his face. Itachi, looked as though he was fighting his own urge to cry.

"However, what I did not report to Danzo is that there were two more letters there; one for me and the other for you." Itachi said holding out a letter.

"I've read them both, so I can tell you this and you'll understand afterwords. You have two weeks. Tsukiya one more thing, no matter what you hear or what happens know this Danzo can't be trusted." Itachi said as he left through the window.

Tsukiya starred at where Itachi had been, wondering just what he was talking about. Then it hit again at full intensity. Shisui, his only brother, one of if not the most important person in his life was gone and he was never coming back.

Tsukiya lay down on his bed his face in his pillow and began to cry almost hysterically, the note clutched tightly in his hand under his pillow. At one point his parents came in and found him crying.

"He must have listened in." His father said sadly.

His mother made her way over and sat beside her crying youngest child as she too wept. For a long time they all simply sat, the loss of Shisui hanging over them.

At one point Tsukiya drifted off into sleep. When he woke up, it was about mid-afternoon if his clock was correct. His parents were gone, likely to try and deal with this in their own ways. He sat up, rubbed his still red eyes, and pulled the letter out from under his pillow, he could feel a tightness in his chest, Shisui had left this for him who knew what it would say. Carefully he unfolded it and read:

Dear Tsukiya,

By the time you read this I'll have been dead for hours, possibly days. I need to start this off by saying: THIS IS NOT BECAUSE OF ANY OF YOU! I have my reasons for doing what I've done. Reasons, that I'm sure you'll learn when you're older.

Tsukiya, I know this will be hard for you to understand, but I need you to run. It's not safe to be an Uchiha in Konoha anymore. This may seem crazy, but I say this out of concern for you. You have to run! If Itachi was the one to deliver this, and I'm sure he was, he'll have given you a time frame; abide by it! If not get out as soon as possible!

Lastly, Tsukiya I want you to know I'm sorry. I will never get to see you grow into the amazing person and shinobi I know you will become. Underneath my bed there is a loose floorboard. In there are a few things you will need and something I want you to have. Tell no one of anything said here.

Tsukiya know this: I love you! Please, stay safe.

Love,

Shisui

Tsukiya read the note a few times over. Shisui was telling him to run. Shisui himself had never run, ever. Yet something had him scared, to the point he committed suicide, and told Tsukiya to run. Maybe it was not fear maybe it was concern. Either way, something awful was coming and Itachi and Shisui knew, and wanted him to run.

Would Itachi tell Sasuke to run as well? He assumed he would. He knew though that even if he hated it he had to run. Shisui had always looked out for him, and he was doing so here even after death. He walked to the end of the hall and turned into his brother's room. In the far right corner, the bed sat, never to be used again. Making sure his parents were not watching he walked in and slid the door closed.

His brother's room was much like his own except Shisui had various weapons hanging from the walls. Shuriken of all sizes, Kunai, large fuma shuriken, swords, and even weapon pouches filled with who knew what. He noted all that was there, if he was going to run, he may need some of these.

As quietly as possible, he pushed the bed away from the wall. He stopped when he finally saw not just a loose floorboard, but a fair few of them. Pulling them up carefully, so that it did not break anything, he was surprised by what he found. Inside was a large black pouch and a long thin sturdy looking something. Underneath them there was what looked like a set of clothes, and beneath that was something he couldn't quite make out.

He picked up the pouch first and opened it. Inside was money; a lot of it. Shisui had never spent much other than the essentials, plus weapons and scrolls. There was enough to safely get to any of the other villages. Tsukiya tucked the pouch into his pocket.

He turned his attention to the long thin object that sat on top of the clothes. It was black and appeared to separate near the top. Gripping the smaller end he pulled. A sword slid itself out of the scabbard. It was a chokuto straight sword. It was longer than a usual sword being about three feet including the handle. It was amazing and light, but it could clearly take damage. He slid it back into its scabbard which was made out of the same metal as the handle.

Placing the sword beside him he examined the set of clothes before setting them aside and looking at the largest object beneath them. Getting it out took a bit of effort, he had to twist and turn it carefully to get it out. The effort was well worth it though.

He pulled out a large Gunbai war fan. It was a wide fan with a long handle that Shisui had wrapped in a Grey grip cloth. The fan itself was crimson with a black border and black sharingan like tomoe on it. At the very end of the handle was another note in Shisui's handwriting.

Tsukiya,

These clothes are of my own design. They will grow as you do it's a special technique I developed for my favorite clothes. The sword was specially made by the Uchiha blacksmith, as was the Gunbai we based it on the design of Madara Uchiha's weapon. Both weapons have the ability to channel chakra, and when your better at it, nature transformations. I intended to give these to you when you graduated the academy, but obviously, if you're reading this, plans have changed. Take care of yourself, Tsukiya. Know that I am always with you even if I can't physically be there anymore.

Love,

Shisui

For the first time since he had been told of his brother's death, Tsukiya smiled. That was Shisui; always thinking ahead. Always creating new techniques, even if they seemed pointless to others. He gathered all the supplies and moved them to his room.

He made several trips, grabbing anything he thought could be useful. He pulled the weapons pouches off the wall, as well as the shuriken holsters. While he was going through all the supplies he did not notice he was being watched.

Itachi sat on the roof of the home beside Tsukiya's. He watched as Tsukiya carried the supplies from one room to the other. He let out a sigh of relief; he was obeying Shisui's request. This was good as the deal Itachi had made allowed him to only spare his own brother.

Shisui would have made the same deal, then again if Shisui were still alive this plan of his wouldn't have to be used at all. After what happened between him and Danzo, Itachi could not blame Shisui for his actions; had it been Itachi he would have done the same, but now he was stuck. This was the only option he could think of to prevent a war.

'Shisui, I wish you were still here to help. I could use a friend about now.' Itachi thought sadly as he headed home to plan.

It had been one week since Shisui's suicide. Tsukiya was diligently, waiting for the right time to leave. He hated to do this to his parents, so soon after his brother's death. However Shisui had made it very clear he needed to leave.

So he had planned it out carefully. When his father asked him to make the tea he did, but he placed a special powder in his parents' cups. He had discovered this mixture in Shisui's notes. It was odorless, tasteless, and easy to make with plants bought to be spices.

He knew one thing for sure; if awake his father would be able to stop him. He was, after all, a fully trained Jonin. There was only one reason this would work. His father always let his guard down at home, everyone did, and it provided an easy opening.

He carefully poured just the right amount in so they would not wake until he was long gone. He brought the cups back into the dining room and sat down to enjoy dinner with his parents.

"So, Tsukiya, I saw you've been studying your brothers notes a lot recently." his father said, looking at him.

"Yeah, well, with Shisui gone I need to improve somehow and he took very detailed notes about jutsus of all sorts and shuriken techniques."

"Plant based sleeping agents?" His father asked smirking. Tsukiya froze looking at him in shock.

"You almost got away with it, but I was watching you with my Sharingan." He said flashing his sharingan briefly.

'How did I forget to incorporate the Sharingan? Tsukiya thought, mentally kicking himself. Apparently his father hadn't let his guard down as much as he thought.

"Listen, dad I can explain..." Tsukiya began, but his father held up a hand to silence him.

"Tsukiya, don't bother, I know you're leaving. I found the letters from Shisui while you were out a few days ago and the supplies."

Tsukiya was stunned. Not that his father had gone through his things, that made sense if he had known for days.

No, what surprised him was that it had all been found. He thought it would be safe in the false wall of his closet. In addition what surprised him more was;

"If you knew, then why haven't you tried to stop me?" Tsukiya asked confused.

"Well, I admit I thought about it. It would have been easy to do, but then I read Shisui's letter. You were the most important person in Shisui's world. He always put you first, so while as a parent I may not like the idea of my seven year old son running off, I know that Shisui would never tell you to do something that was not in your best interest. I won't tell your mother, but promise me you'll make your brother and the family proud wherever you go. Also know that whatever is coming when it's over I will come and find you." He said smiling.

"I will, I promise." He said smiling in a shocked fashion at his dad.

His mother entered with a large roast chicken. They ate quietly talking of nothing of real importance. Tsukiya watched as they both drank every drop of their tea. Soon after dinner both adults said they were tired and turned in for the night.

Tsukiya said goodnight to them for what he was aware might be the last time for a long time. He hugged them both tightly and longer than he normally would have, before they all went to bed. He waited until eleven thirty when he was sure they were asleep. He got up and changed into the outfit Shisui had left for him.

He wore a sleeveless dark grey tunic with a large Uchiha Clan symbol on the back, and smaller symbol on the front over his heart. The tunic was held closed by a Dark red pouched shinobi belt over a long-sleeved black undershirt, with black pants and a shuriken holster on each leg, and white boots on his feet. His sword was at his hip in its sheath. The red and black Gunbai was sealed in a scroll that he kept in one pouch on his belt on his back was a large black backpack.

He left through his window, leaving a note behind for his mother to find when she woke. He tried very hard not to cry as he left the Uchiha compound. He walked through the village, enjoying the cool night air, and ignored the questioning looks he was getting.

At the village gate, he was met by Itachi, who looked grim and tired.

"So, you're leaving tonight?" he asked calmly.

"Yeah, I am. I'll be back one day though." Tsukiya reassured.

"I'm sure you will. Do you know where you're headed?" He asked.

"Yeah, I'm going to go to Kirigakure."

"The Mist village? Interesting choice; they do produce some amazing shinobi, but be careful. It's also very dangerous." Itachi smiled, looking a bit cautious.

"Yeah, that's what I've heard. I think I'll be alright though." Tsukiya smiled.

Itachi then pulled him into a hug. "Whatever happens take care of yourself okay?" He asked.

This broke Tsukiya's shaky resolve and he began to cry silently. "Yeah, I promise." He said, hugging Itachi around his stomach.

Itachi nodded smiling down at him. "Hey, come on now, shinobi don't cry." He said even though Tsukiya could see a tear rolling down Itachi's face.

"Right!" Tsukiya nodded wiping his tears away. They smiled at each other and departed in opposite directions; Itachi towards home and Tsukiya away from it; each crying silently.

'He's going to be alright.' Itachi kept saying in his head. It was all he could do to keep himself from running after Tsukiya.

He wished he could walk away; from this mission he had been given. From the troubles he would soon face. That he could tell Tsukiya to come back and it would be alright; that Shisui was still there. Life had just become so complex. He sighed, knowing this was only the beginning of his troubles.

Tsukiya's running away sparked another uproar within the Uchiha clan. Some felt it was cowardly and Tsukiya should be found and dragged back. Others could not blame the boy; if they had lost their siblings like that, and at that age.

All this coupled with Shisui's suicide, half the clan thinking Itachi had murdered Shisui and the planning to overthrow the village. The Uchiha clan was falling apart from the inside out.

'The worst is still yet to come.' Itachi thought sadly. He looked out the window as his father argued with the other Uchiha heads. It had been four days since he had last seen Tsukiya.

'Where are you now?' Itachi wondered, leaning on the window sill. Keeping his face blank and emotionless.

Tsukiya meanwhile was… well, to be honest, he was not entirely sure where he was. What he knew was that he was on the right island for the Hidden Mist Village. It had taken six days to get there three by foot to the boats and three more by boat getting here. The problematic part was he could not for the life of him find the village.

'Hidden Mist village how very aptly named seeing as this whole island is covered in Mist!' Tsukiya thought bitterly.

It had begun to get dark out though it was hard to tell through all the mist. He continued to move for a few hours when his stomach growled, he got out a food pill out of his bag and swallowed it. He knew that he needed actual food soon, but this would at least keep him going.

The trouble was that he still had no idea where he was. At least not exactly, He knew that according to the directions he had gotten the village was northwest from where he had started. Pulling out a compass he began to trek northwest.

The walk had been somewhat peaceful, and then he heard the growling. He paused drawing his sword from his hip and gazing around. The growling came again, and then there was a rustling. Out of the tree's emerged a small pack of wolves.

"Oh joy." He breathed out before they attacked him. He tried to fight them off, but apart from being outnumbered, he only knew the Fireball Jutsu, which was more likely to hurt him more than it would help in a forest.

So he ran for a long time; slashing, dodging, and weaving between the wolves as they chased him. At one point that became slightly easier. Had he been able to see his eyes, he would have noticed they had become red with a black pupil and two tomoe around each eye.

At last, scratched, bitten, bleeding, and bloodstained he managed to stab the last one through the chest. It fell off with a soft thud and Tsukiya flicked the blood from his sword and sheathed it, panting. He fell to his knees slightly proud of himself. He heard footsteps coming from his right. Turning, his sharingan still active, he could see a small group of people approaching. He reached for his sword again, panting and then he lost his energy and slipped into unconsciousness.

-Hours Later-

Tsukiya woke suddenly, his head feeling heavy. Everything was also much darker than it had been. He was dimly aware he was laying on something slightly softer than the ground. He blinked rapidly trying to clear his vision.

"Oh good, you're awake. We were beginning to wonder. You know, for a kid, you're awfully durable. Most kids would have gone down for good from only a few of those wounds," A woman's voice said.

Turning his head slightly, he found a woman with shoulder length red hair and grey eyes, smiling down at him.

"Thank you, I think? Where am I?" He asked, his throat dry.

"Still in the middle of the forest, you're just less likely to die of blood loss now," She said as he groaned, sitting up.

"Well, thanks for that, but why save me? And where are my things!?" He asked, noticing he was missing his belt, backpack, and sword.

"We took them, and you aren't getting them back until I have some answers." A new voice, male this time, said, and from behind the woman stepped three people.

The first was a tall and noticeably muscular man with pale skin, short spiky black hair, brown eyes, and small eyebrows. He was wearing bandages like a mask over the bottom half of his face. He wore a sleeveless black shirt and matching pants, complete with a waist-guard, and, striped wrist and leg-warmers. He also had bandages loosely tied around his neck like a scarf and a giant buster sword on his back.

The other two were kids about his age. The boy had long black hair, pale skin and large, dark-brown eyes, and a slender frame. He was wearing a short blue kimono with light blue edges and a dark grey split skirt. He actually looked quite feminine at first glance.

The girl had crimson eyes, fair skin, and red hair which she wore in an unusual hairstyle. Her hair is short and spiky on the right side, while longer and straight on the left side. She wore brown narrow glasses, a teal short kimono with a grey turtleneck with short sleeves, a jade-green obi around her waist, and red shorts, light-purple wrist bands, and navy blue sandals.

They each held some of his gear. Letting out a breath, he said "Give those back."

"We might, but as I said first we have some questions, kid. Answer them and maybe you'll get your things back," The man said.

Tsukiya glared at him, but took in a deep breath and nodded. The man gave what he assumed was a smirk based on his eyes; "Okay kid who are you, and what are you doing out here?"

"My name is Tsukiya Uchiha and I'm running away from home to Kirigakure. Well I was until I got lost and then I ran into a pack of wolves, and you know what happened from there." Tsukiya said sitting up slightly.

"Interesting, I would find this hard to believe, if it weren't for the fact that I saw your sharingan earlier." The man said and Tsukiya filed the information that his sharingan had awoken for later use as the man spoke again.

"Alright kid listen up, you have three options here. You can either continue to wander around lost in the mist in hopes of finding the village and likely die before you find it. You can come with us and agree to follow my orders no matter what, or I can kill you where you now sit choose." Zabuza said

"Why would you want me along we just met." Tsukiya said suspiciously.

"Simple: the Uchiha Clan is so well known because of the impressive shinobi it turns out and the Sharingan. If you train under me you could become a truly powerful shinobi. Haku could also use a sparring partner for when I am unable to be." Zabuza said gesturing to the boy who gave him a casual smile.

Tsukiya thought it over. Honestly, he was only giving him one option at this point: Go with them or die. He did not want to die and had no doubt the man could easily kill him as he could feel the chakra rolling off him and it felt demonic. He sighed, but eventually came to a decision.

"Alright, I'll go with you if you'll teach me." Tsukiya said.

Zabuza nodded and put his sword back on his back. "Good choice kid, eat rest all of you we move out as soon as the sun rises." He said turning away from them after they all nodded and he was given back his supplies.

The evening passed with Tsukiya learning more about the others. The boy was named Haku he had grown up in the Mist village, however when his father had discovered he had a bloodline ability he had turned him and his mother over to an angry mob as the village was against bloodlines. The mob had killed his mother, but Haku had managed to escape killing the mob in the process. He had wandered around the village for weeks before Zabuza found him and took him in.

The girl and her mother were named Karin and Aiko Uzumaki, a last name he could have sworn he had heard somewhere before. Aiko, as it turned out, had been one of Zabuza's followers, in his attempted coup of the Mist Village, acting as his chief medic and a tracker. When that had failed they all had been forced to flee the village.

'Wonderful, traveling with a gang of missing nin, not sure if this is any safer than whatever Itachi and Shisui were having me run from.' Tsukiya thought.

Tsukiya in return told them about his life all the way up until his brothers suicide and the letters he had left telling Tsukiya to run. When he finished he was biting his lip to keep from crying.

"So, you're the younger brother of Shisui The Teleporter huh? I fought him once. The kid had a hell of a lot of talent." Zabuza said. Thinking back on it, his fight with Shisui had taken Zabuza to his limits. Even then they had had no real winner as his squad had been forced to fall back.

Tsukiya just nodded silently. He had been proud to be Shisui's brother. He still was. No matter what happened, that would never change.

Soon after that all of them drifted off to sleep after deciding who would be on watch and when.

'This could be interesting. Maybe things will work out' Tsukiya thought as he took his post on watch with Karin.

-Five Years Later-

Haku and Tsukiya were leaping through the tree's they had been in the Land of Waves for about three days. Zabuza was meeting with their next employer. Unfortunately, a few hunter-nin had also tracked the group down. That's where Haku and Tsukiya came in, Zabuza ordered them to deal with the hunter-nin.

The two of them had not changed much appearance wise in five years other than being taller and, in Haku's case, changing clothes. Haku now wore the standard Kirigakure pinstriped outfit which stopped at his knees. Over this he wore a green haori with white trimmings, and around his waist a brown sash with a fringed trail wrapped around his waist twice. He also wore light-brown platoon sandals with straps in the same color as his kimono and nail polish on his fingernails and toenails in matching blue green color.

"Why do we have to deal with the hunter-nin again?" Tsukiya asked.

"Oh, Tsukiya's afraid of the hunter-nin." Haku said taunting him.

"No, I'm not, I just don't see why we have to deal with them. You can feel their chakra just as well as I can; they're weaklings." Tsukiya said.

"That may be, but we have our orders. You know not to question Zabuza. Besides, this is basically what he trained us both for." Haku said.

"So come on, the sooner we get this over with, the sooner we can get back to the others." Haku said

"Karin included?" Tsukiya asked, smirking over to Haku, who turned just a bit pink.

"You take the one on the left I take the one on the right. We meet back here when we're done?" Haku asked, avoiding the question.

"Sounds like a plan, try not to keep me waiting too long." He smirked as they separated.

Tsukiya activated his sharingan on the way. It never hurt to learn a new jutsu. His sharingan was now fully developed from his training with Haku and Zabuza. Life had been very interesting since he joined them. He had almost non-stop training. When they were not training they were on some sort of mission to earn money.

He had been devastated when he learned of Itachi's slaughter of the clan excluding Sasuke. He had almost gone off to hunt Itachi before he realized the day Itachi killed the clan would have been the day Tsukiya's time to leave the village would have been up.

He also remembered what Itachi had said about Danzo, something didn't add up. Thinking on it he decided to wait before acting and stayed with the group he had found himself a part of.

As he approached where one of the chakra signatures was coming from he heard the hunter-nin before he saw him. He was taller than Tsukiya by at least half a foot. He had long black hair and was wearing a standard Kirigakure shinobi uniform and a white mask with a dark-blue wave pattern leading from the slitted eyes and covered the whole mouth.

He stayed hidden. Drawing a few senbon needles from the holster on his right leg, he threw them at the mans open right side. The man heard them coming, and drew a few shuriken throwing them so that they struck each needle, knocking them off course.

"Whoever you are, I can can feel your chakra. Stop hiding like a coward and face me." The Hunter-nin said confidently.

"I wasn't hiding out of fear, merely testing the waters. Trying to decide if you were worth any real effort." Tsukiya said as he appeared, standing on a tree branch above him.

"Who are you?" The man asked.

"That's not really all that important here. The real question is who are you and what do you want here?" Tsukiya asked.

"I am a hunter-nin of Kirigakure. My partner and I are hunting the fugitive Zabuza Momochi, and any of his allies have you seen him?" He demanded

"Of course I have and you're close, but unfortunately for you the journey ends here. Turn back, or I kill you." Tsukiya said calmly

"Listen to me punk, if you know where he is tell me now!" The man yelled.

"Oh, is someone getting angry? I'll make you a deal if you can beat me you get to live and I'll tell you where Zabuza sensei is." Tsukiya said casually, leaning against the tree trunk.

"I don't have time to play around kid." The man said.

"Alright then, we'll make this short." Tsukiya said before leaping from the branch and falling towards the man forming rapid hand seals.

"Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!" He thought, blasting a large spurt of fire from his mouth towards the man who fell into hand signs of his own just in time.

"Earth Style: Mud Wall!" He thought, blocking the blast of fire though some of the wall crumbled to the ground at his feet.

Before the man could move, Tsukiya appeared to his left and slammed his gunbai into the man's gut sending him flying to the side and slamming into a tree. As he stood shakily the man was met with Tsukiya's foot in his face knocking him upwards.

The man flipped in mid air and landed a few feet away from Tsukiya staring at him with a new found concern he fell into hand seals and was surprised when Tsukiya fell into the same one's.

"Earth Style: Rock Shuriken!" They said together as several large rocks began to pelt at them faster than if they had simply been thrown. Most collided with each other though a few slipped through on each side. Tsukiya grabbed his Gunbai adjusting it so it blocked the rocks,but he could still see his opponent.

The Hunter-Nin took his opportunity and while he was blocking the rocks he jumped up and forward flipping over Tsukiya. He landed behind him and stabbed im in the kidney. The fight was over or at least he thought so.

However Tsukiya had followed the move with his sharingan, and he was stunned literally and figuratively when 'Tsukiya' smirked and became water sinking to the ground.

'A water clone!?' The man thought stunned as with no warning the area was suddenly covered in mist.

"Ninja Art: Hidden Mist Jutsu," Tsukiya's voice said, seeming to echo from all around the man as he stared, barely able to see his own hands in front of his face.

"What the hell has Zabuza been teaching you!?" The man demanded, a slight panic seeping into his tone.

He received no response until suddenly Tsukiya's blade pierced through his back and out his chest the man stared for a second at the blade before he crumpled to the ground sliding off the sword. He tried to move a little.

"I wouldn't do that you'll just bleed faster." Tsukiya sighed flicking the blood from his blade and sheathing it. He walked over to the down shinobi and took his mask.

"Why? Why help Za… buza?" The man asked coughing and grasping at his foot.

"I have my reasons, not that you should concern yourself with it. I know your just trying to keep me in range of that self sacrificing technique you hunter-nin use to erase your existence, and I don't have any more time to waste. Remember I offered you a chance to leave." Tsukiya said walking away.

Moments later there was a small explosion and the ground were the hunter-nin had been was a charred spot.

'This used to be a lot more challenging.' He thought, making his way back to the meeting place.

He got there and saw Haku sitting on a stump, waiting for him with a gloating smirk firmly in place.

"I was beginning to wonder if you had been overpowered." He said as he got up and they headed to where the others were.

"Please, that guy either underestimated me, or overestimated himself. Either way he died, but he learned a lesson." Tsukiya said.

"Does it matter?" Haku asked.

"Not really, no." Tsukiya said as they stopped in what could only be described as a large tree house. They walked in and found Zabuza, Karin, and Aiko standing behind him in discussion with a short man in a black suit and sunglasses. He also had two men with katana's on their belts.

"A simple assassination? That's it, Gato?" Zabuza asked.

"No, not so simple. I hired some other and much cheaper ninja and they failed apparently, he hired ninja of his own to guard him." Gato said.

"Huh, seems like an easy enough job. Haku, Tsukiya, be ready to move in a few minutes." Zabuza said.

"You sure those two little kids can handle this?" Gato asked looking over Tsukiya and Haku.

"Watch who you call little, shorty." Tsukiya said.

"How dare you, do you know who I am!?"

"A rich man in a bad suit, with more money than brains and a short man's complex?" Tsukiya smirked.

Gato growled, as Karin actually giggled which from her was a rarity.

"Tsukiya, silence now." Zabuza said and instantly Tsukiya stopped talking and nodded.

"That's right respect your betters." Gato said even though Tsukiya ignored him, and took a place behind Zabuza as well which only made Gato angrier.

"We'll be back. Aiko, Karin, follow but keep your distance where I tell you just in case. Haku, Tsukiya move out." Zabuza said and they all body flickered away. Leaving a fuming Gato as they set out to find their target.

A/N: So there you have it chapter 1 is in the...well not books more data banks. Anyway, not much else to say. I hope you liked it and see you next time!