Chap. 1
Disclaimer : I don't own Naruto
This was orginally titled The Last Four Swordsmen and was written by SagazLegend (Me) a good year ago. I was asked to continue and found myself bored enough to try it even with another fic sitting there.
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There were throngs of cheering people -civilians- surrounding the Hokage Monument on this otherwise quiet evening. They gazed at the Sandaime who was standing on the Yondaime's head. Raising his hand, the Sandaime motioned for the crowd below him to be silent. Taking a deep breath, he started speaking : "Today, on the Ninth Day since the appearance of the fox known only as the Kyuubi, we witness something thought impossible. What we have seen tonight is...the defeat of the demon, KYUUBI NO KITSUNE!-", Sarutobi, the Sandaime, paused as he watched the crowds cheer, "However, this victory at a great cost to our dear lord Hokage, the late Yondaime. This day, he has sacrificed his own life to help our village destroy the menace of Kyuubi. He has sacrificed his own soul to the Shinigami to seal Kyuubi into a newborn, named Uzumaki Naruto, who will be considered a HERO OF THIS VILLAGE!"
As the crowd cheered louder, two Anbu stationed on guard duty looked at each other, one who was called Raven, the other, Cat-face. Raven sneered under his mask and spoke with contempt, "Hey Cat-face, I'm gonna kill that brat 'Uzumaki Naruto' tonight, while its still helpless."
Cat-face looked over at his comrade. "Err...why are you going around killing newborns?"
Raven gawked, "You heard Hokage-sama, thats not a newborn, its CLEARLY a reincarnation of the Kyuubi!"
Cat-face nodded sagely. Yes that made perfect sense. Not. "Wha?"
Raven sighed, "Hokage-sama said Kyuubi was sealed into that stupid, so doesn't it make sense that the brat wouldbe influenced by Kyuubi? He'll probably end up following in that monster's footsteps finish the job!"
Cat-face nodded again. "I see where your going, but killing a Konoha citizen would earn you the death penalty, no? So why not just bring him to...I dunno...the Water country and leave him for dead?"
Raven agreed, "Excellent idea, we'll meet at the infirmary to take the brat to th-..."
A green spandex wearing blur suddenly appeared between them and shouted, "OUR VILLAGERS ARE EXCERSISING THEIR ABUNDANCE OF THE SPRING TIME OF YOUTH OVER THE DEFEAT OF THE MOST UNYOUTHFUL KYUUBI! MAY OUR GOOD ANBU FOLK JOIN THEM?"
(The two Anbu fell off the wall and were treated for a concussion and mild hearing loss shortly after)
When two Anbu limped out of the hospital, it was already night time.
"Ah..lets go..." Raven muttered darkly.
The two entered the the infirmary, Cat-face going toward the third floor while Raven stayed on the ground floor.
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Raven examined the cribs, "Huh, Aburame Shino, Aido Teyru, Arey Hetierasho...BLAST THIS IS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER!"
'Ah shit, I gotta meet up with Cat-face', he thought as he flew up the stairs.
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Cat-face was wandering around in a dark room when he saw a sign illuminated by moonlight.
It read, "This area is for pregnant women only, if you are not here to conceive a child kindly...get the hell out...Thank you, The Medical Staff."
Cat-face sweat-dropped as he hobbled out.
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Just as Cat-face left the room, Raven got to the top of the stairs and crashed into him.
Raven asked eagerly, "Did you find him?"
Cat-face looked down and muttered, "Ah...I got lost and kinda ended up in the birthing area...and uh.."
Raven sighed, infuriated at the incompetence that was his partner, and pointed to the left, "There's the stair case, lets get to the third floor."
The two Anbu crept silently up to the top infirmary room with their ninja skills, until at the top, Cat-face tripped on a stair and crashed into a crib.
Raven buried his head into his hands and wept. (These are Konoha's elite Anbu teams, yes siree Bob!)
"DAMMIT, THATS NOT HOW YOU FALL, REMEMBER OUR LESSONS? IF YOU FALL YOU ROLL TO BREAK THE IMPACT!" Raven screamed, waking every baby in the complex. As they're wails shook the building's very foundations, the two Anbu started pulling babies from their cribs, "Naruto? No...Naki...Naruto? No..Nami...Naruto? No...Narutc...wait...theres a smudge, OI I FOUND NARUTO!"
Raven looked up and snatched the baby from Cat-face's hands and breaking a window and tumbling out, Cat-face following his lead. This thoughtless action caused alarms to blare out, announcing to everyone in a three mile radius that someone had just raided the infirmary. Okay, so the whole of Konoha is only about three miles wide, but thats not the point!
Sprinting, the two Anbu hurtled over the wall before they made it out of the city as a team of Jounin broke into the nursery and a barrage fireworks lit up the sky.
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The next morning Sarutobi was short one jinchurikki and two Anbu.
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Cat-face and Raven noticed the vegatation thinning as the air grew more humid and bodies of water appeared. Finally, the pair were stopped at the channel separating the island nation of Water from the rest of the world. Channeling chakra to their feet, the two ANBU proceeded to run right across the channel. A mere fifteen minutes later, the two touched down onto Water Country soil. They grinned, having made it to their objective. Raven stepped forward with the baby when his sharp eyes suddenly saw a sign that had been planted on the beach.
It said, "Welcome to the Water Country, If you are not a Mist-Nin go ahead and turn around and go back where you came from."
The two Anbu sweatdropped as Raven handed the baby to Cat-face.
Cat-face looked at him curiously, "What do I do now?" he asked.
Raven shook his head, "I dunno..."
So Cat-face went and punted the little boy into the Water Country.
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A three year old Haku heard a cry of "BAKA!" before a little bundled child landed infront of her.