AN: This story takes place two years after the fourth great shinobi war. In this story, Neji survived the war and both Naruto and Sasuke didn't lose their arms in their clash.
The forest of dead trees, a forest filled with, well, dead trees. A forest completely sapped of all signs of life with only dry wastelands and dead dried up trees to make up it's terrain. It is early in the afternoon and the dead silence would make it a great place for one to come and clear their mind and thoughts, if it weren't for the sounds of explosions erupting and kunis colliding with shurikens.
The battlefield is littered with kunis, shurikens and other ninja tools. Smokey craters created from the impact of jutsus are scattered through out the immediate area. The midst of the cloud of dust, seven shadows can be seen dashing around and colliding with each other followed by the sounds of kunis and swords clashing. From they look of things, it seemed to be four against three.
"Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Yelled out a voice. When the cloud of dust cleared, five blond haired shinobi's are seen on the field. Three of them dashed towards one of their adversaries, who is a rouge ninja, dashing side to side to confuse them.
"Let's get this guy!" One of the clones shouted as they commenced their attack. "Right!" The other two clones replied with certainty as all three of them began attacking the rouge ninja from all directions with incredible speed.
The rouge ninja blocked every incoming attack the shadow clones threw at him with a giant iron umbrella-like weapon. "Shit! You honestly think fucking shadows clones will be enough to beat me!? I don't give two fucks who your are! I'll show you how much of a savage I am when I slam you by your fucking ankles!" The rouge ninja vented out in venomous rage to the caster of the shadow clones, the one and only Naruto Uzumaki.
"This guy talks too much. Sakura, you ready?" Naruto said to his pinked haired teammate.
"Yeah, let's do this." Sakura nodded to him, keeping her eyes fixed on her target.
"Alright. HEY!" Naruto yelled out to one of his shadow clones who weren't fighting the rouge ninja. The shadow clone looked back and nodded.
"Let's go!" Naruto shouted before taken off with Sakura following a few feet behind him.
When Naruto got to his shadow clone, it gave him boost, launching him into the air. Soon after it did, the clone did a frontal roll on their back, using their feet as a platform for Sakura to land on. When Sakura made contact with them, with a mighty push, the clone pushed Sakura off with their legs. Sakura is now flying through the air towards the distracted rouge ninja with her fist ready.
"Zekken! Watch out!" One of the other rouge ninja, who has their hands full with Sai, shouted out to their comrade.
"What?" Is all Zekken said before getting hit in the jaw by a punch that feels like train hitting him in the face. The force of Sakura's punch sent Zekken skiting and rolling across the ground. "That...little..." Zekken picked himself up from the ground, recovering from the attack. The expression on his face is far beyond piss. He put his hands together to form a hands sign. "Ninja Art: Fog- Aghhhh!" Zekken got punched dead in the stomach suddenly, without any warning. He looked down and saw Sakura giving him a smug grin.
"Sorry. Too slow." She said in a cheery tone.
"You...little...bitc-" Before Zekken could finish his swear. Sakura's eyebrow twitched, knowing what he is going to call her. With that, she began punching the man the stomach and chest with enough force to left him off the ground. With each passing second her punches began faster and faster. Zekken's eyes started to roll to the back of his head and began to cough up blood as Sakura continued her onslaught, beating him senseless. Zekken can feel his rids being broken. For the finishing moving blow, Sakura's right fist started to glow with chakra, she grabbed Zekken's leg and slam him to the ground. The moment she did, she brought her fist down upon Zekken's stomach. "CHAAA!" The impact of the blow caused the ground to crack around them. Zekken's eyes are still rolled that the back of his head, he is unconscious.
"Damn!" Naruto said to himself as he witnessed what Sakura did from above. 'I'm glad that hasn't happened to me. Yet.' He had two shadow clones charging up a rasengan in both hands.
"Zekken! Dammit!" One of the rouge ninjas cursed as he fought against Sai and Yamato. "Piss off! Earth Style: Magnum Spikes!" He yelled out, conjuring up spikes of stone out of the ground.
"Wood Style!" Yamato clapped his hands together and conjures pillars of wood out of the ground and countered the stone spikes caused clouds of dust to appear. Soon after the collision, Sai appears out of the cloud dust while riding on back of the painted tiger he summoned.
"Shit!" The rouge ninja jumped into the air to avoid getting clawed in half by the tiger. The moment he is in the air, he began to hear a flapping sound behind him. He looked back to see that Sai had already had painted crows in the air and their flying right towards him. "Damn! Since when did he-AGHHH!" The flock of crows rammed into the ninja, ink splattering all over his clothes and face. "I can't see a damn thing."
"Rasengan Barrage!" Is the only thing he heard before feeling an attack get slammed into his stomach, sending him to the ground.
"Bullseye!" Naruto shouted in victory for his successful hit.
"Nice teamwork you three." Yamato praised Naruto, Sakura, and Sai on their combined efforts. "Now we just have one more to go."
With that said, team heard someone clapping which caught their attention towards a nearby tree. The last rouge ninja stepped out from behind the tree. He has on some kind of suit ninjas would wear in the rain village and a black trench coat. He has two iron umbrella-like weapons on his back and a chained sickle wrapped diagonally around his upper body. He has on a sedge hat and a breathing mask wore by ninjas of the rain village.
"I commend you on the power you've displayed so far. But don't get too full of yourself just because you dropped two weak pussies." The rouge ninja commented, not caring before his comrades utter defeat.
"It's about to be three." Sai said with a straight face.
Naruto and Sakura were trying and failing not to laugh while Yamato just let out a chuckle.
The rouge ninja raised a eyebrow. "You seem to have jokes pretty boy. We'll see who is laugh when your lying dead at my feet." With that, the rouge ninja removed his mask and bite his thumb, drawing blood. "Ninja Art: Summoning Jutsu!" A gigantic cloud of smoke suddenly appeared in front of the team. Arms and legs reached out of the smoke followed by the head of a lizard. When the smoke cleared, a gigantic two headed lizard stood before them and on top of one of the heads is the rouge ninja.
"Ladies and Gentlemen! Here is the finale!" The man announced as he thew his two iron umbrella-like weapons in the air. The umbrellas stilled suspended in the air and began to rotate, creating a whirlwind of needles.
Naruto and the team got on their guard.
"Great, just what we needed. A summon! How do we handle this?" Sakura asked aloud to the team.
"I'll take care of the giant lizard! You guys take care of him!" Naruto told everyone as his eyes began to change to yellowish color and orange outlines appeared around his eyes, indicating that he entered sage mode. Apparently, Naruto had another shadow clone hidden somewhere in the area, focusing his natural chakra. So if he needed to go into sage mode, he'll be prepared.
The lizard spewed a poisonous fog at the party of four. This wasn't a good sign.
"Quick! Get away from the fog!" Yamato yelled as the group started to break into different directions to get away for the fog. Before they could, the rouge ninja activated his next jutsu.
"Ninja Art: Needle Hurricane!" The whirlwind of needles began to rain in from all directions.
"Dammit!" Yamato cursed. "Wood Style: Wooden Cocoon" He create a wooden cocoon around Sai, Sakura, and himself. But Naruto isn't with him.
"Hahaha! Go on! Hide in that shell! See if that helps!"
Yamato began to noticed the fog is slowly burning the cocoon. It only a matter of time until the walls become too weak and give way.
The rouge ninja suddenly saw yellow flash appear that the corner of his eye. "What the hell?" He turned his head to see Naruto grabbing hold of the lizard's tail and started to left it off the ground.
"Argh! You damn-"
"Rasengan!" Is the next thing he heard followed by an explosion of wind. The rouge ninja brought his attention to the explosion to find that his poison fog has been blown away by Naruto's shadow clone and that Sakura, Sai, and Yamato are nowhere in sight. Before he could do anything else, Naruto had already felted the lizard and threw it.
"THAT DAMN KID!" The rouge ninja swore as he is falling to the ground. Yamato appeared in front of him with a kuni in one hand and a short sword in the other, giving him a cold stare.
The rouge ninja unwrapped his chained sickle. "Oh? You wanna fight? Bring it wood style bitch!"
As the two landed on a nearby tree and began clashing, Naruto is having his own situation with the two headed lizard trying to eat him!
"Whoa! Hey! Cut it out!" Naruto found himself keeping the jaws of one of the lizard heads from chopping on him, it's a good thing his still in sage mode. "Aw man! This things breath reeks!" The lizards breath is the least of Naruto's worries. The saliva of the lizard is so corrosive, some of it got on Naruto's sleeve and burned through it.
"Ahhhh! W-What the hell! Its burning through my clothes!" Naruto said with a wide eyed expression and a frightened tone.
"Naruto! Careful! It's saliva is corrosive!" Sai yelled from the painted hawk he and Sakura are on.
"Yeah! I can see that!"
In a attempt to save Naruto from being burned alive by the corrosive saliva, Sai had his familiar, the painted hawk, swoop in near the lizard's mouth where Sakura snatched him out of there by the collar.
"Thanks guys. But Sakura, were you trying to choke me?" Naruto asked his pinked haired teammate as he had his hand over his throat. Sakura did snatch him by the collar after all.
"Whatever do you mean Naruto?" Sakura asked, acting confused. She turned her head to hide her smile.
"Your smiling aren't you?! You are!"
"Hey! Be grateful that Sai and I saved your life!"
"I know, but..." Naruto sat there with his legs criss-crossed and his arms crossed. "Seeing the way how you handle things, I wonder if you'll be like that when it comes to relationsh-" Before Naruto could finish that last word, he heard something that sent chills down his spine and made the words 'Oh Shit!' races through his mind repeatedly.
"Cha!" Sakura grabbed Naruto by the collar and held him over the edge. "Finish that sentence you little punk! I dare you! Someone needs to choke your ass for putting yourself in that situation! I just saved you and you're gonna complain? I can just throw you ass back off!"
Sakura wasn't playing. A sweat ran down from Naruto's scalp to his cheek. She is deadly serious.
"U-Um. I uh..." Naruto couldn't think of anything to defend himself.
Seeing that she got her point across, Sakura pulled Naruto away from the edge of the bird while Sai only shook his head.
"Where the hell did he go?" The rouge ninja looked around vigorously for Yamato as he is jumping from tree to tree. The moment he leapt off the tree he was on, a shadow casted over him. "What?" Looking up the rouge ninja saw something that made his eyes widen. Yamato transformed his right arm into a giant wooden hammer and is coming down that the rouge ninja at with tremendous speed.
"Check and mate." Yamato said with a grin as he swung his wooden hammer arm, hitting the rouge ninja and sending him crashing to the ground. Yamato landed on his feet and reverted his arm back to normal as he walked up to the seemly half dead rouge ninja. He laid sprawled on the ground with his body twitching a little, his eye's rolled at the back of his head and he mouth gaping open.
"This is Captain Yamato to HQ. We've successful apprehended the targets." Yamato said aloud as he put a finger up to his right ear, talking to an ear piece in his ear.
The second or two went by before he got an reply. "Understood. The retrieval team are on their way to the rendezvous point. You'll hand the target over to them there." Said a man's voice on the other end of the line.
"Roger that." With that said, Yamato ended the commlink and turned to see Sai's painted hawk flyng towards his location with Naruto, Sakura, and Sai on it's back.
"Mission accomplished as always, thanks to the four of you.." Said the fifth Hokage of the village hidden in the leafs and one of the legendary saninin, Tsunade. After returning to the village, the team reported directly to the Hokage's office. Tsunade relined in her chair as she looked over the report she just got about the mission while Team 7 waited patiently. Sakura, Sai, and Yamato stood at attention in the presence of their village leader while Naruto on the other hand just stood there with his hands behind his head and had a bored expression on his face.
As Tsunade looked over the reports. Her right hand person, Shizune, stood by her side holding her pig, Tonton, in her arms. "The reports just came in. It looks like our little friends have been successful delivered to their prison. And none of you received a single injury. Color me impressed, especially on a S-rank mission." Tsunade praised them.
"Thank you, Lady Hokage." Sakura, Sai, and Yamato said in unison. All except Naruto.
Tsunade looked up from the report and noticed the bored expression on his face. "Whats wrong Naruto? Not satisfied with the results of the mission?"
"No. It's not that." Naruto answered with a sigh. "It's just that lately things haven't been as thrilling as it use to be, y'know?"
Tsunade place the report down on her desk. Still relined in her chair she crossed her arms over her chest. "That maybe true, but what can you do? Ever since the war ended, things have been quite settle for the past two years. There are no terrorist attacks, shadow organizations like the Akatsuki, etc. Because of that, one would say that the world is in a time of peace and tranquility. But considering that we're still getting high ranked missions, I would call bullshit. I don't blame you for getting bored Naruto. It's just the way how things are now."
"You guys have been working hard all day with the mission. You should go rest and enjoy this peace while you still can." Shizune added in.
"Oink! Oink!" Tonton greeted, nodding his head.
Naruto let out another sigh. "Yeah, I guess so."
"She's right y'know. If you think peace is boring, then there is something seriously wrong with you." Sakura spoke up, giving Naruto a weird look.
The look she is giving him made him feel a little uncomfortable. "What?! No-No! Its not like that!" Naruto put up both of his hands in protest. Shaking both his head and hands.
"Thats what it sounded like. As a ninja, you should be aware of the words you use and the expressions you make." Sai added in.
"Hey! Who asked you Sai?!" Naruto snapped that him.
"It seems you two have already forgotten that this is Naruto you're talking too. Sakura. You of all people should know well enough that he tents to do things without thinking. Its one bad habit he seems to have difficulty letting go." Came a certain familiar voice. The team turned around and spotted Kakashi Hatake leaning against a wall near the office door with his arms crossed and reading Make-Out Tactics.
"Oh? Kakashi sensei. How long were you standing there." Sakura asked the white haired copy cat ninja.
"Long enough to see that Naruto is bored out of his mind."
"Good. You're here Kakashi. That will be it for today. Naruto. Sakura. Sai. You're dismissed." Tsunade told the three which she received a 'Yes ma'am!' as a response. After the three left, Tsunade spoke out. "So whats the verdict Kakashi?"
Kakashi looked up of his book and closed it. "The hidden mist village managed to subdue the threat that they call a monster." Kakashi replied, putting his book in his back pouch as he walked up and stood beside Yamato. "Unfortunately. A large number of their ninja have been injured, killed, or...eaten." The atmosphere in the office grew tense when Kakashi said that last part.
"Eaten? Monster? Lady Tsunade? Whats going on?" Shizune asked confused.
"Oh yeah, thats right. I forgot to inform you. For the past two years, the land of waves have been having a situation where villages and towns were being attacked and burned to the ground. People were being slaughtered or devoured. The hidden mist village dispatched squad of ninja to handle the situation, but not a single one of them returned. Their bodies were found, and let me tell you, the scene was gruesome. The ninja they sent were gutted and half eaten. The hidden mist village launched a mass hunt to catch the bastard." Tsunade informed her.
"I've heard about that." Yamato finally spoke up. "Apparently the fifth Mizukage, Mei Terumi, single handedly took him down. They call him the Nightmare of the Hidden Mist. His real name hasn't been released yet. Now they have him chained up in a cave deep in the mountains somewhere, far away from water."
"Water?" Shizune said, still confused.
"Apparently water is kinda like his source of strength. If the tiniest drop even touch him, things turn bad really quick. If it were up to me. I would've left him chained up in the middle of the scourging deserted on the land of wind." Tsunade informed her once again.
"So the land of waves are having trouble too." Shizune said to herself but it was enough from Tsunade to hear her.
"Too? What do you mean?"
"Oh? I thought you already knew. The land of wind had a problem as well. There have been numerous disappearances of citizens and ninja. All of them tracked back to one particular man. Eventually he was found out and they arrested him, but get this, he didn't fight!"
"He didn't fight?" Yamato said with an surprised expression. "He didn't try to deny the crime or anything?"
Shizune shook her head as a response. "You'd think he would do some."
"Any information on him?" Tsunade asked her. First, a mass slaughter at the land of waves and now a mass disappearance at the land of wind. What's next?
"He said his name is Doctor. They don't know if thats a fake name or his real name. Besides that, they can't get anything else out of him."
Tsunade sighed as she place her elbow on her desk and rest her forehead on her fist. "Even after the war, freaks still come out of the woodworks. That goes to show that this world is filled with monsters. Even after I've seen the worse of them all." Tsunade said, referring to people like Madara, Obito, and Orochimaru. 'We better be prepared for the worse to come.' "Kakashi. If you ever run into Sasuke out there, give him a message for me."
Naruto walked through the streets of Konoha, still bored. He was going to spend the rest of the day training, but Sakura scold him about overworking himself. Saying that he should rest and threatened what she'll do to him if she ever caught him at the training field. There goes that plan.
"Okay. Plan B. How about...Ichiraku's? Naw. I'm not really in the mood to eat right now."
"If your so bored then go venture outside the village. It not like you have a curfew." Came the voice of Kurama, the nine tail's.
Naruto thought about it for a minute before answering. 'Y'know. Thats not a bad idea. But where should I go. Hmmm. Oh! I know! I can go to Tanzaku town. They always have something there.' Naruto's boredom immediately fade when he made that decision.
"Good. Now I can stop hearing you wine."
Naruto frowned after hearing Kurama's comment. 'Wine?'
"H-Hey Naruto." Came a soft voice from behind him. Naruto turned around to the source of the voice that called out to him.
"Huh? Oh, hey Hinata!" Naruto greeted his former classmate and friend with a friendly smile.
Hinata started to blush seeing Naruto's smile. She began fiddling with her hair, feeling a little nervous. "So, um, I heard about your mission. How was it?" She asked.
"Oh, the mission? We had to track down a few rouge ninja. It was fairly easy, I didn't even break a sweat." Naruto laughed at how rounding up those ninja was a cake walk.
Hinata blush even more and gave him a warm smile. She loved hearing Naruto's laugh and seeing his smile. But apparently she is blushing so much that Naruto caught notice.
"Hey, whats wrong? Are you feeling sick?" He asked obliviously.
Hinata immediately snapped out of her trance, noticing how much she is blushing. "Oh no-no-no! I'm fine!" She said, shaking her head. Naruto only gave her a weird look as a response. Hinata had to think of something fast before things get weird. "So um" She started, trying to think of something to change the subject. "Hey. This road leads to the main gate. Are you leaving the village?" She asked, hoping Naruto would take the bit.
"Yeah actually. I'm just on my way to Tanzaku town."
"Tanzuku town. I'm on my well there too. My father wanted me to go pick up a few things there."
"Is that so. Wanna tag along? I can help you out." Naruto offered his assistance.
Hinata looked that with a surprised expression and started to blush again. "Y-Yeah sure. Since its okay with you." 'Naruto and I...alone...together. Is this a dream?' Hinata is caught up in her thoughts that she didn't even hear Naruto talking to her.
"Hey Hinata! Are you even listening to me? Are you sure you're feeling okay?" Naruto called out to her, trying to get her attention.
"Huh?! O-Oh sorry. What was that?"
"I said we should leave now while there is still daylight. We don't want it to get dark on us on the way back." Naruto repeated himself. This is the second time she spaced out on him.
Hinata gave a nodded as a response and they both headed towards the gate.
Tanzaku town, a town continuously bustling with people of all kinds. Travelers, merchants, other ninja, etc. Due to the liveliness of the town, people considered it as "The town that never sleeps". And since it constantly receives visitors from all lands, it has a festival year-round.
"Ahh. This brings back memories" Naruto said as he took a deep breath as he and Hinata walked the towns streets. The smell of food in the air made it even more delightful. Memories of his first visit here started to flood in. Memroies when he first came here with Jiraiya to find Tsunade and learned the rasengan. Then the memories took a dark turn. Memories of when Itachi and Kisame first appeared to capture him. And when Orochimaru and Kabuto appeared as well.
"You've been here before Naruto?" Hinata asked him.
Naruto nodded. "Yeah. I came here with my master. This is where he taught me the rasengan and found Grandma Tsunade."
"Grandma Tsunade? Oh? You mean Lady Fifth." Hinata caught on to who he's referring to.
Naruto nodded. "Yup"
"Hey! Is that who I think it is?" Came a man's voice.
"Yeah! It's him! Naruto Uzumaki!" Yelled a woman's voice.
"THE Naruto Uzumaki! No way!"
Before Naruto and Hinata knew it, all eyes in the town are on them. Onlookers crowded from left to right. "Uh" Both Naruto and Hinata looked around at the crowd. Hinata looked around vigorously while Naruto looked for an open for him and Hinata to escape.
"Who the heck is that with him? Is that his girlfriend?" Said a young female voice.
That last word made Hinata's face turn beet red.
"Damn! That bitch got to him before I did." Shouted another female.
"Is it the long hair? Does he like girls with long hair?"
"Hey, can I get a picture of you guys for the paper?" Asked a man with a camera.
Hinata felt as if female in the crowd is watch with a venomous cold glare. "Um, Naruto?"
"Don't worry, I have a plan." He told as he put his arm around her and held her close. Hinata's face started to feel really hot from the blood rushing to her cheeks. He held her so close that she could feel his breath. That when she could feel the intense malice anger from all the other females.
Before the man could take the picture...
"Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Multiple shadow clones appeared out of nowhere and charged the crowd. But making shadow clones didn't assess the situation as planned. Instead, the sight of the clones triggered the war cry of every raging fangirl in the crowd. 'OH SHIT!' Is the first thought that came across Naruto's mind, seeing his shadow clones get overwhelmed by crazed fangirls.
"Oh my god! He used his shadow clone jutsu! I'm gonna take'em home! I'm gonna take'em ALL home!"
"Like hell you are Naruslut! You're not going to hoard all of them!"
"While you're fighting over fakes, I'll be snagging the real deal. Get away from him you spaced out blind looking whore!" One highly pissed fangirl screamed out at Hinata with venomous rage, trampling down anyone who got in her way.
"I don't see whats so damn special about him." Said a girl who wasn't amused at all.
"Of course you wouldn't YOU FUCKING UCHIHA WHORE!" A Naruto fangirl snapped at a Sasuke fangirl.
"The fuck you just say to me?! You wanna throws these hands?! I'll kill your bitchass!"
The crowd of onlookers quickly transformed into a mob of Naruto shadow clones, crazy angery fangirls, and poor individuals getting hurt in the crossfire.
Seeing that everyone is distracted Naruto grabbed Hinata's hand and they both ran out of there.
When they saw that the coast is clear, they stopped running to catch their breath.
"Naruto. What happened...back there?" Hinata panted.
"Beats me?" Naruto replied back. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah. Just give me a minute." Hinata said, still recovering from what they just got out of.
Just then, five people wearing brown dirty ragged looking hooded cloaks passed by them. The way these people dressed made them stand out of everyone else. Their clocks and boots are partially covered in dirt and dried blood, fur sewed to the edges of their clothes, weapons can be heard clinging as they walked, and ropes are wrapped diagonally across their chest.
The five strangers bumped through the crowd of people, causing others to tumble or drop the items like boxes or glass vases their carrying. How rude. Has anyone taught them any manners?
"What the heck is up with them?" Naruto said to himself. In truth, he couldn't shake the feeling that there is something not right about these people. Is it the way they dress that makes them look suspicious? Or is it the dirt and dried blood on their cloaks and clothes.
Could they be rouge ninja or something worse? Naruto wasn't going to stand around to find out. "Hey Hinata. You can go ahead and start looking for the things you came for. I'll catch up."
Hinata looked at him. "Really? What are you going to do?"
"There is something I really need to check out in town, but I don't know how long it'll take me. I don't want to take up your time, y'know." Naruto told her.
Hinata raised an eyebrow and looked at him for a moment before complying. "Okay. I'll be waiting for you to come back."
"Right" Naruto nodded before running off.
"You do know she saw right through your lie, don't you?" Kurama told him, knowing that his lie wasn't half believable.
"Hey, I don't want Hinata getting caught up in this if I mess up. I'm just gonna follow these guys. That all." Naruto responded back to his tailed beast.
He tailed the five strangers by rooftop. Hiding behind water tasks and other objects. Crouching low to avoid being seen. One of the strangers bumped into a girl who is walking out of a nearby flower shop, causing her to drop her flowers and other items she was holding.
"Hey! Are you gonna say excuse me!" The girl yelled out at them. The girl looked to be 18 years of age. She has black colored eye and long black wild hair that reaches down her back and covers her right eye, like Madara's hairstyle. She has on a black jacket with a white shirt on under it. She also have on black shorst that reached mid-thigh. Her shoes are the same footwear people wear in the land of fire.
The strangers ignored her and continued to walk on.
"I know you sexless bums can hear me!" She yelled out again. People in the area stopped and watched as this girl confronted these mysterious characters. One of the strangers stopped and turned to look at her through their hood.
"Don't nag at us. We'll crush you." The stranger told her in a deep male voice, his tone laced with a harsh edge. He moved the tail of his cloak to reveal the handle of a short sword, stained with blood. The sight of it made people around them gasp in horror. The man looked at her for two seconds before walking off. "Let this be your warning."
The girl looked that them with a terrified look on her face as they walked off. "Oh, S-Sorry sir. I-I went in over my head there. I'm am so sorry..." She said bowing her head. "...that the lot of you are so damn weak and pathetic that you're willing to draw a weapon on a young woman!"
The group of strangers immediately stopped. "I guess you didn't hear his warning." Said another male, but his voice is much higher than the other one.
"Ptf" The girl lifted her head up. "You think I care about your threats? This is how its going to play out. Either one of you buy me another stock of supplies or it's coming out of your asses." Her choice of words made people gasp once again, considering that one of the men revealed his sword as a death threat.
Naruto only observed from the rooftop he is on. This girl must have something up her sleeve. Because no sane person would confront people like this if they didn't.
The man who threatened her walked up to the girl and lifted his right hand to backhand her across the face. The moment he did, his wrist got broken, arm dislocated, and flipped onto a table with flower pots, smashing the table to pieces.
"It happened...so fast." The man stuttered out, sever pain throbbing through his arm and body.
Everyone stared with shocked expressions. Some began to mutter to each other while others immediately left the area the moment they saw that trouble is going to start. Naruto's expression is more surprised then shock himself. He wasn't expecting that.
"Take her out" Is all that was heard before two of the men vanished and the other two ran towards her. The man in front pulled out a short sword, attempting to decapitate her. In response, the girl ducked the blade and elbowed the man in the stomach causing him a hill over, loosen his grip on his sword and drop it. The girl caught the sword as it was falling, slipped through the man's legs and slashed him in the back. She moved just in time to avoid a chained sickle that zipped her head. She turned to see that the other man had the chain wrapped around his left arm.
"Wrong move against me." She said before stabbing the sword through the loops of the chain and into the ground.
"Shit! How the hell can she-" The man couldn't move since the chain is wrapped around his arm.
The girl ran towards him that incredible speed, going for the kill.
"Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!" The man repeated to himself. The two men who vanished appear in a blur, one in front of her and one from behind. Both of them wielded a sickle in each hand.
"I was wondering when you pussies would come out of finding." She said, stopping in her tracks getting ready to counterattack. Suddenly a yellow flash appeared in front of her and behind her followed by the man in front of the girl getting hit dead in the face, sending him crashing into a nearby wooden wall. The man behind her got hit in the chest with a small rasengan, sending him spiraling into a nearby café.
"What...the..." The girl said surprised and confused, wondering what just happened. It happened so fast it was over as soon as it started.
"Was it really worth it getting into fight a over some flowers?" Came Naruto's voice as he appeared right next to her, facing the man who is stuck on the chain.
"Thanks for the assist stranger. As for the flowers, they cost me my moneys worth. So I'm gonna get it out of them one way or another." The girl replied.
"By fighting?! Wouldn't it have been easier if you just bought some more?"
"Its the principle and I have my...reasons. Beside these guys threaten my life and I wasn't gonna let it slide. Anyway, who are you?" She asked him, changing the flower topic.
"Uh, does it matter right now? We're still in the middle of a battle." Naruto gestured to the man still standing.
"Oh forget about him." She said dismissing the man. "He can't do anything even if he wanted to. Know, what is your name hero?"
"Naruto. Naruto Uzumaki" Naruto told her his name.
Almost immediately the girl gasped. "Wait. You're THE Naruto Uzumaki?!" She asked astonished.
"Don't tell me you're another crazy fangirl." Naruto had just got away from an angry mod of fangirl and the way this girl reacted to his name made the possibility a 50/50 chance. And considering that she can fight, she might the worse of them all. 'Could she be a Kunoichi?'
"Fangirl?" The girl looked at him with an raised eyebrow. "I'm not a fangirl."
The sound of that brought relief over Naruto as he let out a huge sigh of relief. "Good, because I don't know what I would've done if you were."
"But" The girl continued. Naruto tensed up when he heard her say that word. "I rather be your keeper than a fangirl. That way I can say you're my propriety." She said, examining him from head to toe.
Naruto looked at her with eyes as wide as the moon. "Wait? Say what? Keeper?"
"Oh yeah. I'm gonna make you a keeper. I wonder what kind of babies we'll have." She said pinching his cheek.
Naruto jumped away from her. "W-What the heck?! Where is this coming from?! I don't even know you but you're talking about having kids with me?! Who the heck are you?!"
The girl busted out laughing at Naruto's reaction. "I just- I can't- You should've seen your face man. Anyway, my name is Rize. Rize Uch- Achoo!" She fake sneezed in the middle of saying her last name.
"Achoo?" Naruto looked at her confused.
"Don't worry about that. Just know my name is Rize." Rize told him with a wink.
As the two were having their moment, the last man standing managed to break free of the chain. " What the hell is he doing here?" He glared at Naruto. "He is going to compromise the operation. I have no choice but to strike him down while he is off guard." The man took off towards them in a blur, but the moment he did...
"GENTLE FIST!" Was all that was heard. Next thing the man felt is a blow straight to the chest. The force of the impact sent him rolling and skiting across the ground. Knocking him out.
"Naruto! Are you okay?!" Hinata shouted out franticly while running towards him.
'Hinata? What is she doing here? I told her I'll catch up.' Naruto looked at the men he and Rize had beaten. Then the question about her being a kunoichi or not came to his mind again. "Hey Rize. Are you a kuno-" But when he tuned to ask her, shes no where in sight. "Huh? Where did...she go?"
Rize stood at the corner of a nearby ally, peaking around the corner at Naruto and Hinata. "They seem cute together." Just then, she felt someone punch the top of her head causing her to groan in pain. "Ow! Okay, what the hell was at for!" She fussed, turning around to the person who hit.
"What the hell took you so long Rize? We should've been on the road already. It about to get dark." Said a young man in front of her. The young man had black hair similar to Shisui's hair style. He has on a black jacket as well with red outline on the edges and he had a red shirt on under it. He has on black pants that has a red dragon insignia on the right pants leg. His shoes are the footwear people wear in the land of fire as well. And he also a bandage wrapped around his forehead.
"Dammit Kazato!" Rize growled while still having her hands on her head. "Brothers aren't suppose to hit their sisters, you damn bully!"
The young man named Kazato only chuckled that his little sisters attitude. "Hey. I thought you were getting stuff for the burial?" He said noticing that he sister didn't have the flowers and other supplies.
"Well you see..." Rize started, but Kazato beat her to the punch.
"You got into a fight, didn't you." He said sounding as if he expected this. He let out a sigh. "How much did you show? You meathead."
"Not a single thing." Rize replied with a cheery smile.
Kazato flicked her on the forehead, causing his sister to cover her forehead with her hands and give him a look. "Good. I already have the food. We just need to get your supplies again and we're going home. I'm starving." He said as he walked away with his hands behind his head and his sister following suit.
"You're cooking it yourself this time." Rize told her brother.
"Oh come Rize. My cooking is not as good as your's."
"Thats because it smells like charcoal." Rize said bluntly causing Kazato to wince.
"Rash words little sister."
Late that night, in a distant wide open grassy field somewhere surrounded by trees, a house burned; set ablaze with flames that threaten to consume anything it touches. The flames illuminated the darkness as the sounds the wood burning and the house's foundation starting to give way echoing through the silence of the night.
Dead bodies of people in cloak and masks laid sprawled in the grassy field, blood splattered everywhere.
Only two people are still standing. These people had on black hooded cloaks covered with crow feathers and they have crow masks covering their face. One stood watching the house burn with a torch in their hands while the other kneel down at the nearby grave.
"Rest in peace, Uncle Ryu." Said the person kneeling at the grave in a female voice. She put flowers of the grave and stood up.
"Do you have his eyes?" Asked the other crow masked person in a male voice.
The female showed him the jar containing a pair of Sharingan eyes.
"Good" Is all the male said before tossing the torch into the flames. "All things tracing back to us have been erased from this world. We no longer have a home to return to. From here on, we are rouges."
The female placed her left hand on the hilt of her Murasama blade that she has on her left side. "We've always been rouges. Ever since that night."
The last part she said made the male let out a small growl.
"But I must say. It'll be fun hunting him down. I can feel my Uchiha blood boiling just thinking about it." The female said with excitement it her tone, looking at the male from one of her crow mask's eye holes, revealing her fully developed Sharingan.
"Right" The male replied before walking off with the female following suit. "We'll find the bastard who started all this and avenge our clan." The male revealed his fully developed Sharingan through both of his mask's eye holes. " We will find you and erase you from this world. Itachi. Uchiha!"
AN: Thanks for reading everyone. This is my first time writing a Naruto fic. I know quite a bit about the series but I'll do research to make sure I don't make any mistakes. And so I can conjure more ideas for the future of this story. Reviews from you guys would be very much appreciated. As long as it is positive. This is Chronicles, calling it a wrap.