(Brave Shine- Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works)
Naruko's eye's opened at an incredible speed. The sunlight poured through the windows and coated her room with an uncomfortable amount of sunlight. She had to shield her eyes from the shine off of her lamp. Groaning, she sat up in her bed and looked around, her eyes immediately glancing towards their sleek digital clock.
"11! Fuck! We're late!" Naruko's hands moved to her mouth instantly and looked down at the bottom bunk. And there Naruto lay, sleeping, sleeping like a rock. Like his twin sister didn't just yell like someone was about to murder her. Sighing, Naruko jumped down from her bunk bed, grabbed her towel off a chair in the corner, and made her way over to the bathroom.
Quickly, showering, Naruko slipped on her favourite red, midriff length jacket, a black shirt and a skirt and leggings combo. What to do now? Naruto obviously isn't going to wake up that easily. But, I have to try at least!
After shaking her brother multiple times, Naruko was sure that he would be waking up soon. Obviously she was wrong. The blond sighed loudly and walked away from the bed. She took a couple of steps back and observed her twin. They both had the same bright golden locks, though Naruko's was obviously better. Their eye's, while both blue were different shades of blue. Naruto's was baby blue and Naruko's were electric blue.
Seeing that there would be no other way, Naruko bit her lip. Her tactics weren't working, and they usually did. Well to Sakurai they did. Then again, her pink-haired teammate was a light sleeper. A smile forms on her face. It's gone almost immediately though, as Naruko focuses on the task at hand. Waking up her extremely heavy sleeper of a brother.
"Dude! Wake up already!" She practically yelled. Naruto rolled over and mumbled something in his sleep.
"A couple more minutes' babe…" Babe? Shaking away the disturbing thought, Naruko was glad that she was finally getting some progress! Albeit very little, but at least its progress.
"This is why we need another alarm clock." As soon as the thought appeared in her mind, Naruko shook it off. That wouldn't work, considering how many of those they chewed through in a single week. She looked around the room for ideas that would wake her brother up.
Their room was almost as big as their classroom when the two of them were still in the academy. It was dominated by their king sized bunk bed, with its elegantly crafted, and giant wooden frame. Her velvet sheets were perfectly organized while his were strewn about. Then again, she was awake and he was asleep. To her right was giant, full length mirror. Adjacent to it was their wardrobe and to its side was a mini-fridge. Hmm. Maybe it had some leftover ramen in it…No. Naruto refused to put any of the sacred food in there, for fear that his twin's dango stash would taint his ramen.
With a loud sigh, Naruko turned around and entered their seldom used bathroom. Turning the water on, Naruko splashed her face, in hopes that the cold water would give her an idea. It didn't. Walking out, she was considering using that tactic. All of her other siblings agreed to only use it when there was no other way. And from the looks of it, there's no other way, but to use it.
"Yo, Naruto! If you don't wake up, Kenji and Tsugumi will have eaten all of the remaining ramen!" As soon as those words left her mouth, Naruto was up and awake, with his eyes wide as plates.
"You are an evil, evil person." And with those words he got up. Quickly grabbing his towel Naruto entered his bathroom and turned on the water. "GAH! You used all the hot water!" His sister's laughter could be heard all the way inside the closed off room.
After a very quick 2 minute shower, the door to the bathroom slammed open and out came Naruto struggling to put his pants on, and with his shirt backwards.
"You look so hot right now."
Naruto shot a quick glare at his sister and fixed his shirt, before putting his pants on. Correctly. "That's not something a guy want's to hear from his sister. Especially his twin."
"Bah, details, details."
"Anyways, why'd you wake me up so early?"
"Early? Early!? It's 11! I'll be surprised if we aren't late for the team meeting!"
With one final smoothing of his shirt Naruto finished up his look. "Look at it this way, we won't be later than Kakashi-sensei!"
Naruko could feel her left eye twitching. "The meeting was supposed to start at 8!"
"OK. So we'll be just as late as Kakashi-sensei."
"Just hurry up." Naruko left the room hastily, her boots squeaking against the hardwood floor of their home. She could hear the door close behind her, as well as her brother's grumbling stomach. "I hope there's no breakfast left."
Naruto couldn't help but grin at that statement. "Harsh."
"Specifically ramen."
"Okay, you just the crossed the line."
The sound of their feet on wood could be heard all the way downstairs. Their mother Kushina, smiled and laid out the final bowl of ramen. It would be the 23rd bowl of the morning. Seems like a lot doesn't it? Not if you live in a house full of Uzumaki.
"Ohayo!" Naruko's voice called out, then came Naruto's quieter and more subdued voice. Kushina couldn't help but look proud at her children. They looked gorgeous. Naruko still wore that big red jacket that was way too big for her at one time. Now it fit her perfectly and even showed off her now visible curves. Along with the short skirt-thigh high leggings combo, Kushina was sure her daughter would attract boys. If not for the fact that she already has a boyfriend.
"What's for breakfast?" Then there was son, wearing the same short-sleeved red hoodie that he wore every day. If it weren't for the fact that she knew he had duplicates, Kushina would start pushing her son to start wearing different stuff. Like his sister, he surely attracted girls and maybe even some boys to himself. Though she was sure that Sayoko would chase them off and threaten to kill them for looking at her brother's best friend and total not crush before vehemently denying that she did it for him.
Shaking off her ramblings, Kushina handed her son and daughter a pair of chopsticks each. "Here ya go! It's the usual! Ramen!"
Naruko frowned. "But we have ramen for breakfast like every day!"
Both mother and son looked at Naruko like she was Madara Uchiha reborn. "Is that a bad thing?" Naruko shook her head rapidly. "Thought so." Naruko felt a shiver go down her spine. When it came to ramen some of her family members sure could get scary.
"Speaking of which, you gonna eat that?" Naruto asked, nodding his head in the direction in which her bowl sat, untouched. The twin-tailed blonde shook her head. "More for me then!" He quickly and greedily declared.
"Just hurry up imouto-chan!"
At that Naruto stopped to give her a strange look. "O.K. There are two things wrong with that statement. First off, I'm not a girl and secondly I was born ten minutes earlier than you. Right mom?" Kushina shook her head vigorously, too engrossed in her own bowl of ramen to care.
"Who cares? Just hurry up or we'll be even later!"
"Can you two be any louder!?" A disgruntled and throaty voice cried out. Naruko turned her head towards the door and saw her older brother leaning against the doorway, with a murderous glare fixated on Naruto.
"I thought you were sleeping. On the couch. Not really the best place to sleep you know." Kushina stood up and filled herself up a glass of cold water.
"I was. Then the brats came downstairs in the most obnoxious way possible."
Naruko snorted. "Even worse than when you come home after a night of partying Kenji?" Her brother then turned his glare onto her.
"And your point? I at least try to be quiet."
"And you're doing such a fantastic job of it."
Her twin couldn't help but snicker at that. "She got you there bro." Kenji seemed content to continue glaring at the twins. Naruko's ears perked up when the sound of footsteps approaching reached them. Looking to her right was one of their older sisters, Tsugumi. Her long red hair, unkempt and unruly, going all over the place. She was still in her pajamas as well.
"What's up squirts? Kenji." She strode towards them. "I heard screaming, and seeing as how short, pale and grumpy is here, I assume it has something to do with his beauty sleep?"
Kenji's face twisted in anger as his brow began to twitch. "Short? I am not short!"
Tsugumi snorted and strolled forward and plucked Naruto's second bowl of ramen from his hands. "Compared to me, you're short."
"That doesn't count because you're older than me and thus, have had more time to grow."
"You're 18. You should have reached you're peak height by now." She then turned to the two twins. "You two best get going now. Don't want to keep the pervert waiting do you?" She pretended to think before opening her mouth once more. "Then again, aren't all men who've been in contact with Jiraiya-sama perverts?"
"Don't generalize us."
"Yeah, you're on a category of your own, Kenji." The twins turned to each other, with utterly confused looks on their face.
"Did Tsugumi just…compliment Kenji?" Naruko shivered and ran over to the door and began to put her sandals on. Her twin looked back at their older siblings in fear.
"W-wait for me! Don't leave me with these demons!" He frantically shovelled noodles into his mouth before stumbling over to his sandals. The older siblings and their mother looked on with amusement as the two twins scrambled out of the Namikaze Mansion.
"You know, I'm surprised Arashi still hasn't promoted them to jonin by now. Or at least chunin you know." Kenji turned to Tsugumi with a look.
"You know Arashi doesn't do that shit. He promotes people based on their merits, not their relations and bloodlines. Then again, a civilian like you wouldn't know that."
"Bastard! I may not be a shinobi like you, but I'm still pretty strong!"
Kenji smirked. "I never said you weren't strong, just that a civilian like you…"
"Oh my god! Shut up!"
Kenji shrugged. "Fine. You don't deserve to hear my magnificent voice anyway."
"Who would want to listen to a voice that always sounds as if it's going to murder them in their sleep, and then eat their puppies?"
"At least I'm not a 22 year old still living with their parents!"
"You're 18."
Kenji raised his finger, mouth open and ready to make a snarky comeback. Until he started to think about it all. "You have a good point."
Training Field 7
With a loud sigh, Sayoko Uchiha looked around the field, scanning for the Namikaze twins. Looking down at her scroll, she narrows her eyes. Has she read this before? Yep. These are the instructions for the Shadow Shuriken jutsu. Another loud sigh escapes her lips. Snickering. Sayoko could hear someone snickering. Turning her head, Sasuke's twin sees the pink haired medic peeking out from behind a tree just a few feet away.
"What do you want Sakurai? I have things to do." The pink haired boy waved and walked forward towards her with an apple in hand. "Are you eating an apple so you look more like an asshole?" Sayoko let a grin form on her face.
"Oh har har, very funny. What I'm wondering is: What are your thoughts on this whole villages disappearing business?" Ah yes. For the last year or so, settlements all throughout the continent were more or less being sacked. Now this is a fairly normal occasion. And this would be considered pretty normal, if not for the fact that there is a pattern. Every month or so, a village that has had fairly close ties with the Leaf has just disappeared off the map.
Sayoko tilted her head slightly to side. "It's probably nothing we can't handle." Though the fact that one of the many leaf tied villages was home to a bunch of Uchiha who had left the village years ago, didn't exactly give her a good night's sleep.
Team 7's medic smiled at her and rubbed the back of his head. "You think so huh? I suppose you're right, I mean as long Arashi-sama is here anyways."
The Uchiha returned the gesture. "Yeah, I mean nothing can be worse than the Kyubi attack or the Kaguya incident right?" She let out a deep sigh and let her head rest on her hand.
"You know, if you keep sighing like that, I'll be forced to believe that you're hopelessly in love with our leader." Shooting a glare across to her teammate did little to stifle his laughter.
"Why do people keep saying that!?"
Sakurai let a bewildered look onto his face. "Because it's true!?"
"It is not! And so help me, I will castrate you if you bring it up one more time!"
"Calm down Sayoko. Teasing my sister is my job though Sakurai not yours." Sasuke speaks up from his seat beside the riverbed. In his hands is his Katana which he promptly takes a quick glance at. "Damn, a scratch." He mutters under his breath.
"Well you're gonna have some competition when Naruto eventually moves in with you when they get married." Sakurai leaned back and looked away from Sayoko's murderous glare which was burning holes into the side of his head.
His raven-haired teammate raised an eyebrow at the statement. "Who says he's gonna go and live with us? If anything they'll move out so there would actually be some peace and quiet."
"Nah, that ain't his style. He's more likely to leave the village in search of adventure."
Sasuke looked up and thought about it before shaking his head. "No, leaving the village in search of adventure is something I'm more likely to do than Naruto."
Sayoko looked at her two teammates with a mortified look as they continued to discuss her non-existent post marriage life. "Please stop!"
From his perch, Kakashi looked down at his students with an amused smile on his face. It reminded him of his old team. Except for the fact that there were only 3 members on his team compared to his 5 students. Bringing his head up, Kakashi spotted the last two members of his unique 6 man squad sprinting towards them, their blonde hair sticking out like a sore thumb in the ocean of green and brown and blue that was the wilderness.
Jumping down from his lookout, Kakashi whistled, his little students turning to look at him. "All right team, calm down, I have spotted our two teammates from my perch of innocence. They should be here very, very soon. " His cute little students looked at each other.
"He named it?" Sasuke whispered to Sayoko who held a hand to her mouth, which did little to cover up her laughter. The pink haired medic of the group merely raised his eyebrow.
"Perch of Innocence my ass." Sakurai stated, his face blank.
"Ah you wound me greatly Sakura-chan!" Sakurai's eye twitched in annoyance as Kakashi's trademark eye smile made its way onto his face.
"First off, I may have pink hair, but that doesn't mean I'm a girl and secondly I hate cherry blossoms." Said medic shot back at his sensei who merely waved him off and pointed out to the hill where their remaining teammates were. Naruko grinned and waved at her best friend.
"Sayoko-chan! I have tell you something!" The two girls ran off to the side where the boys wouldn't be able to hear them even with their enhanced hearing.
"What's up guys…What you are wearing!?" Naruto screamed in fake terror and hid behind his pink haired medic and cowered in pretend fear. Sasuke looked down at his outfit. A black long sleeved and high collared shirt with the Uchiha fan on the back and a pair of black shorts with his legs taped up.
"What's wrong with this?"
Naruto peaked out from Sakurai's shoulders and screamed. "Don't you mean what isn't wrong with it!?" Of course, Naruto was simply overreacting.
"Anyways, why so late?" Sakurai asked, shoving the other boy away from his personal space bubble. "And don't tell me there was no ramen to eat. Or do I need to remind you that your family owns an entire warehouse full of ramen ingredients, thus making it impossible to run out of said ramen?"
"I just overslept…Ow! The hell man?" the blonde rubbed the now red and throbbing spot on his cheek. He glared at the other boy.
"That is because you are heaviest sleeper in the entire fucking village, unless ramen is involved." Sasuke piped up from behind the two who ignored him and continued to argue like a bunch of brats.
"…How dare you!? It is a family tradition to have at least one bowl of Ramen with every meal!"
"That's not healthy you know!" Naruko cried out as she and Sayoko approached, the latter with a very noticeable and prominent blush on her cheeks. "It's fine to have it once a day, but to have it every meal? That doesn't seem right. And don't even get me started on the fact that you have at least 4 bowls every meal."
"Well that's because I'm a growing boy!"
Kakashi decided to voice his opinion as well. "I'm surprised you aren't diabetic. Then again with how much of a training freak you are, I'm not surprised." He then corralled his team into a small semi-circle on the grass in front of him. "Anyways, time to brief you on the mission."
"You took a mission without asking us first?" The male Uchiha raised his brow in disbelief.
"Wait! I though this meeting was about the chunin exams!?" Sakurai sounded really confused for some reason.
"Well your little sister lied to you to get your lazy ass here." Kakashi exclaimed cheerfully. "As I was saying before I was interrupted…"
"But I don't have sister…Right?"
"Of course you do. It's Sakura right? Your identical twin sister who looks like a female version of thou?" Kakashi answered wiggling his visible eyebrow at Sakurai who looked like he was questioning life itself.
"Wait just a minute, Sasuke told me the same thing!" Sayoko pointed an accusing finger at her twin, who stared back with his trademark blank face.
"He did, but I'm not stupid, I've heard the news."
"What news?" The other set of twins and Sakurai asked out loud.
"That because of the outbreak of Civil war in Kumogakure, the exam won't be held there anymore and it's been postponed so that a new host village can be chosen." Sasuke then shot a look at his Sensei. "Let me guess, our mission is to try and rig the process so that Konoha is chosen?"
"Pfft! Not even close. What you've said is correct though, except for the part about rigging the choosing. No, in fact our mission is pretty simple. Raid a nearby bandit camp and remove their presence from the area." Kakashi had an uncharacteristic moment of uncontrollable laughter.
Naruto fist pumped the air. "Yes! An easy mission!" His twin's thought were quite the opposite.
"Aw…"
Sakurai smiled, stood up and started to make his way back to his house. "Sounds easy then! I'll see you guys at the gate!
Kakashi looked around at his remaining students. "Alright, dismissed! Meet at the main gate in an hour or so." The body flicker's signature puff of smoke and swirling leaves then were what became of the cyclops.
4 hours later…
Sakurai looked at his cards with a melancholy expression, his eyes glazed over them. An 8 of spades and a 9 of hearts. He looked up at his opponent with trepidation. Then he spoked up. "I win."
Kakashi merely smiled and revealed his pair of cards, a Queen of hearts and a 9 of diamonds. "Really? Black Jack."
"Can you guys get over here!?" They turned their attention to an irate Naruko who had her hands on her hips.
"Alright then. Sasuke! Report!" Kakashi called out as he scanned the scene that lay before him. It was a bandit camp all right. Hard to tell, due to the level of organization there was from simply looking at the layout. It was also bigger than expected.
"The camp is divided into 4 sections. The top right seems to be the medical area, bottom right is the armoury. The section next to it is probably the mess hall and the one above it are definitely the sleeping quarters." Sasuke's eyes drift to a group of bandits training. "They look well trained and well equipped compared to normal bandits."
"Don't forget well organized. Anything else?"
A smirk made its way onto Sasuke's normally blank face. "Only one. They only have one exit. What for I have no clue. It's probably only big enough for their supply carts to fit through. For a well-organized camp, that detail was certainly overlooked."
Kakashi looked at his students as they lined up to either side of him with eager expressions. "All right here's the plan."
A confused look made its way onto Naruto's face. "Plan? We don't need a plan."
"Better safe than sorry. Besides my plan will cut the mission time in half." That lit up Naruto's eyes.
"Well what's the plan then!?"
"Hammer and Anvil. The "Hammer" will be made of Sasuke, Sakurai and Naruto who will force the bandits to try and flee through their one and only exit. The "Anvil will be made of Sayoko and Naruko. I will set up a bit farther back and take out any stragglers who somehow manage to escape. Is that clear?"
"Yes sir!"
Souta Mashiro didn't like this. What was so important about the box anyways? But he couldn't open it. Not if he wanted to risk killing himself and all of men. His employer was no ordinary man. The bandit leader had been around many powerful shinobi before yet none of them excreted darkness like this one. Looking across from him, he met those accursed demonic eyes.
"Are we clear Souta?" The bandit leader nodded. The cloth door flapped. Souta let out a breath that he wasn't aware he was holding in. That man, if he could even be called that, was not someone to be trifled with. Souta realized with shame that his hands were trembling. The very same hands that had murdered many, were now shaking with fear.
The wooden box that he was supposed to be protecting wasn't even that important looking, except for its impressively detailed figure head which was handcrafted by the finest woodworkers. Topping it off was a golden lid which shone abnormally bright. His two best men, Noburo and Rai were currently guarding the aforementioned chest.
A frown made its way onto Souta's scarred and more than always smug looking face. The issue of what was in the box just wouldn't leave his mind. Souta had to know. And he would get to the bottom of it no matter what.
Haruto Mori was simply doing his job, sharpening and cleaning all the spare swords in the armoury, when he noticed that a shadow was following him around. Turning around, the red-haired bandit caught a glimpse of a figure rushing past the corner of one of the tents.
"Stop fucking around Asayuki! Get back to…Oh God!" Haruto simply wasn't prepared for what he would see when he turned the corner. He certainly wasn't prepared to see his partner hanging from a stack of crates by his own guts which were spilling out. But that wasn't all as the bandit quartermaster noticed that the legs of his fellow bandit were attached by nothing more than strands of muscle.
Haruto then felt a sharp stabbing pain in his lower back before collapsing and falling face first onto a puddle of blood. "What the hell?" He opened his mouth to scream but nothing came out as a kunai penetrated his neck and ripped right through his vocal cords. The last thing Haruto saw before he died was a foot. Said foot would smash his head into a million pieces and spread blood and grey matter all over the place.
Naruto watched his teammate work with a grimace. Sasuke returned to their hiding spot wiping the blood and brain matter off of his clothing. Their medic of a teammate then came jogging up to them.
"Explosives set. We should probably move back a bit." He stated, fiddling around with a small detonator. His hands too were covered in blood and guts. Literally.
"Alright."
Souta had no idea what was going on. One minute he dealing with his monster of an employer and then the next a massive fireball spread throughout his camp. He was currently walking to the where the chest was held in hopes that it was safe.
"Oi! Noburo! Rai! Is the box safe!? Shit."
A figure stood in a dark corner of the tent. Strewn around him were the bodies of Noburo and Rai as well as a few others. The figure stepped out of the shadows, with a dark and malicious aura shrouding his hand. "It seems that your services are no longer needed Souta-san. It's nothing personal, it's just that we need to clear cap space for some new and better talent in the free agent market."
A wave of killing intent so powerful and suffocating filled the room, brining Souta down to his knees. The amount of killing intent was more than that of Yagura when the seven swordsmen rebelled.
"Yes. That's exactly what you'll have to do to get your contract extension. Get on your knees and beg." Souta looked on with fear as his employer got closer and closer. "Don't worry. I'm not gonna kill you. I'm just going to fuck you up. Really. Really. Bad. And maybe some more."
Souta didn't even have a chance to scream before the hand cut through his body like a hot knife through butter.
Naruto ducked under a wild katana swing and then ran his entire fist and arm through the bandit's chest. Quickly ripping his arm out of the hole it created, the blonde swiftly deflected away another wild and sloppy attempt to attack him. Before he could counter though, the bandit's head flew from the body. A very familiar sound made its way to his ears. The sound of a sword being sheathed.
"Stop stealing my kill's man!" Sasuke simply smirked and flicked his wrist. A kunai flew out and over Naruto's shoulder and right between a bandit's eyes.
"Then stop talking and get onto killing."
A loud rumble made its way to their ears as the ground collapsed beneath a whole row of tents, killing all inside. Through the dust and debris, was Sakurai's pink hair that could be seen all the way from the moon. He was cracking his knuckles.
"Sasuke! Where's their boss? I think I saw their command tent, or what appeared to be their command tent but no one was in there."
The Uchiha activated his Sharingan and scanned the area once more. He made a noise that can only called- "Pure frustration." "There's no one that seems to be of importance because these guys are bandits. And besides, it doesn't matter."
Naruto left the two to their own devices as he deftly dodged another strike aimed at him. He then wrapped his arms around his attacker's waist and lifted and threw the bandit over his shoulder. A loud crash could be heard. The blonde sidestepped a jab and then shattered the bandit's blade before clotheslining the man's head clean off the body. "I think we should. Something feels off."
His raven haired teammate came up beside him. "You're talking about that massive wave of Killing Intent we sensed earlier right?" Naruto gave a nod. "All right, I'll try to find some way to determine who their leader was." Sasuke's eyes then darted to the right and he spun to right and dodged a lunging bandit who received a fistful of Sakurai's hand.
"Enough dillydallying and get back to work!"
Both Sasuke and Naruto scoffed. "Who made cotton candy here the boss?"
Naruko leaned her body 45 degrees to left and dodged the attack aimed at her. The blonde female clenched her fist, cocked it back and sent it flying into the man's nose. The sound of the ligaments in his nose breaking was pretty audible. Moving onto her next target, Naruko lowered her body and slammed her balled fist into the bandit's lower back. A loud crack signalled the breaking of his spine. Naruko lowered her head as the bandit's head flew of the body. Standing in front of her was her best friend.
"You know, if you used a katana instead of a wakizashi I'd have thought you were your brother." Seriously, if Sayoko's hair was shorter, you'd have thought that they were identical twins.
"But I'm obviously the better looking one right?" Slit throat.
"If I were a lesbian, yeah." Add another bandit that won't be able to walk again.
"Are you implying something there Naruko?" The two burst out in laughter. Naruko bent her back and was basically parallel to the ground and dodged a very close swing. She eyed the bandit in front of her like a lion stalking its prey. The bandit ran forward and let out a roar. The blonde went side to side, ducked under the slash and threw a chakra enhanced right hook. The bandits head exploded like a balloon.
"That's 35 points for Queen Naruko!"
Kakashi walked past the lines of bodies on either side of him. The silence was all he need to confirm that the mission was over, though the bodies sure did help. He stopped at the center of the camp where Sakurai was sitting down on a log trying to explain something to Naruto and Sasuke.
"…I'm telling you, whoever did that to him obviously knew what he was doing, otherwise he wouldn't be alive." Sakurai grabbed a towel and wiped his bloody hands.
"I still don't get it. Why would his own men try to kill him? Other than the fact that he could have been asshole." The blonde's brows were furrowed as his forehead scrunch up. "What do you think, Sasuke?"
"The person who did this couldn't have been one of the bandits. No matter how well trained, organized or equipped they are. Even if they did, based on Sakurai's diagnosis, it's safe to say that whoever did this has tremendous control over their chakra."
Kakashi sneaked past them and entered the bloody tent behind the clueless trio. Something was off. The tent was leaking a very volatile chakra signature. The tent was fairly spacious. In the centre was a table, probably used as the strategy table. However the body lying on top of it wouldn't have indicated otherwise. He was a tall and rugged man, with many scars on his face and torso. There was a massive scar just above his heart. It appeared to be fresh. Kakashi's face lit up in recognition.
The jonin's left hand quickly unbuttoned one of the flaps of his flak-jacket and pulled out a small scroll. He quickly unfurled it and sealed the body inside. Picking up a chunk of wood lying on the floor, Kakashi placed it in the center of the table and transformed it into the man that lay there previously.
"Um, Kakashi-sensei? What are you doing?" Naruto's voice called out. Kakashi turned to look at his student. A bead of sweat dripped down his forehead as he eyed the body.
"Finishing the job."
Naruto's eyes widened. "But he could have had valuable Intel!"
"On what?" Naruto remained quiet, despite his mouth opening and closing repeatedly. "You think this man has a connection to the Village sackings? Is that what you're trying to say? Don't be stupid. We aren't here to gather information on anything. We're here to clear out a bandit infestation that could have potentially grown to be a thorn in our side. Besides, there isn't anything you should be worried about, aside from the chunin exams."
"But…"
"But nothing. As your commanding officer, I order you to forget about this non-sense. Do you understand?" Naruto flinched, despite Kakashi's calm, yet stern voice.
"Yes sir." He mumbled quietly. He then looked at Kakashi with a fire in his eyes. "But that doesn't mean I like it."
Hokage's Office, Konoha
Minato Namikaze let his head drop onto his mahogany desk. To his left side was an enormous pile of papers that were stacked dangerously high. To his right was a bowl of ramen. The day had been unbelievably boring, tedious and tiring. As were most days. Thank god Himiko offered to take off some his work load.
The blonde Hokage, groaned into his desk as the sound of someone knocking reached his eardrums. "Come in!" He slowly lifted his head to see who was there. Minato quickly wiped the exhausted look of his face and straightened his back out.
The door opened slowly and soon Team 7 spilled in. Kakashi came in first with his usual eye-smile. Next came his two children, the twins Naruto and Naruko. After them were the Uchiha twins. But someone was missing.
"Where's Sakurai?"
"Some family troubles." Naruko eyed Kakashi with an angry glare.
"Hey it's not my fault he believed me when I told him he had a sister. Despite the fact that he doesn't."
Minato held up his hand. "You know what? I don't want to know. What I do want to know is, how did the mission go?"
"Everything went as they would usually. The bandits however were much better organized and equipped than we had anticipated." Minato caught a subtle little gesture from his former student. It was subtle enough that the rest of team 7 didn't notice.
"Alright. I'm expecting your written report to be on time Kakashi."
"Finally! Time for some ramen!" Naruto cried out, scrambling out of the room.
"I'm going to go and make sure he doesn't eat all of Ichiraku's ramen for a 4th time." Naruko called out. "See ya out home dad!"
"And where are you going Sayoko?" Said girl's brother gripped her by the shoulder, stopping her from leaping out the window.
"Uh…Nothing? I mean nowhere!"
"Yeah sure. Let's go get some ramen."
"Well what are you waiting for!? Let's go!"
"Wait! Wait Don't pull on my arm so hard you! You know what happened the last time you did this!" Sasuke called out as his sister dragged him out by the hand.
Minato looked around the room. "You can come out now Arashi." Both the copy-cat and the yellow flash turned their gazes to a dark and solitary corner. A man walked out. His blonde hair was swept to the side. Cold and calculating blue eyes scanned Kakashi like a pack of wolf's sizing up their prey. He wore a black jump suit underneath a black Anbu flak jacket with black gauntlets with a golden trim. Finishing off his outfit was a white hooded cloak that reached below the knees. Arashi made his way over to his father's desk and sat down in on top.
"You couldn't retrieve the package I see." The gears inside Arashi's head began to turn. "That means that those bandits were stupid enough to open it…"
"No. He was there. I sensed his Killing Intent." Kakashi interjected.
"Then that means that he's recovered the only solution we have. Damnit!" Arashi snarled.
Kakashi then fished around in his pockets and pulled out a scroll. "However, not all is lost. I've sealed away one of His underlings. He seems to be the leader of those bandits." He explained unsealing the man.
Arashi's eye's narrowed. "ANBU! Take this man to T&I. Get him a room with Kazuma." He turned to Kakashi and smiled, "Good job." Kakashi stepped back and away from the man as several masked men dropped down from the rafters.
"Now anyways. Onto more pressing matters. We've gotten Menma's latest report." Minato said, pulling out a file from one of his desks many drawers.
Kakashi flipped through it. "Another village?"
"Yes. Suzaku Town. A major trade port and one of the biggest importers of Konoha products. We just found out 3 hours ago." Minato continued on. "Now, I want you to take a look at this map."
Kakashi dropped the report about the village on the edge of the desk. He looked at the map intently. His visible eye then widened and shot his head up to look at his former teacher. "This is…"
Naruto clutched his stomach with a groan. Next to him Naruko, with an annoyed grimace dominating her features, held him up by the armpits.
"I told you eating that 23rd bowl was a bad idea." Naruko chastised. She helped ease her brother onto a bench outside Himiko's office. "You're lucky it's only a stomach ache and not a ruptured stomach."
"Is that even possible?"
"Actually it is. It happens when your stomach is filled with too much food, 5 litres or so, and don't expunge it all out. Then all of that mass gets pushed to the side, causing your stomach to rupture." A smile formed on the twin's faces as Himiko came up to them.
Himiko was the twin of Kenji. Though her blonde hair would not have given it away, considering her twin's fiery red. Himiko had her blonde hair tied into a braid. She was wearing the standard Konoha Jonin uniform, excluding the vest. The navy blue shirt was also short sleeved and high-collared.
The siblings got up and soon began to make their way back home. Along the Himiko complained and whined non-stop. "…and then he had the gall to say that I made a mistake!? The nerve of that douchebag. Fucking civilian council. Anyways! Enough about my day! How'd the mission go?"
Naruto's stomach growled. "Boring." To which Naruko nodded. "Yeah. It was kind of disappointing."
"Well at least you didn't have to do 300 pages of paperwork!" Himiko growled out, shaking her fist at nothing. The twins looked at each other.
"That sounds like hell." Naruto's face and voice was comepletely devoid of sympathy.
Their sister nodded enthusiastically at his statement. "You don't even know the half of it! I have to sign immigration papers, mediate business negotiations, arbitrate contracts, and hand out missions! Ugh! And don't even get me started on the amount of assholes there are! God their assholes must be gaping huge with how long the sticks up their asses are."
"Sounds harsh." Like her twin, Naruko's voice was comepletely devoid of any emotion.
"Yeah! If it weren't for the fact that father would get a bigger workload and have to deal with those assholes, I would have stopped doing this a long time ago!" The other two shared a look.
"Oh poor you."
The taller blonde sighed. "At least try to sound sympathetic."
"Oh your job is so hard/ Poor Himiko's wrist must hurt so much!" The two twins said at the same time. Himiko simply grinned.
"Thank you! And they do hurt. A lot."
"Um…I don't know if you could tell, but we were mocking you."
"O-of course I knew that! I was simply playing along!"
Their clan compound soon entered their view, as the twins shared one last look. "Yeah sure." Naruto came up to their door first. He then slipped his sandals off. "We're home!"
"Yo." Sitting down on one of their living room's many couches was Arashi. HE gave them a small wave. The house seemed empty. Naruko's eyes wandered to the T.V and they widened to the size of dinner plates.
"Is that a new episode of Nightingale Beyond!? Oh my god! This is the episode that Teru meets the original Nightingale!" Naruko dove onto the couch with a squeal.
"Anyways, where is everybody?" Naruto asked.
Arashi looked up at his younger brother. "Tsugumi's on a date with Sojirou, Kenji is in his room doing god knows what. Kazuma is still at work and so is dad, but they should be back by dinner. Natsumi is still on that long term mission in Kusagakure, Kimiko is finishing up some reports and should be home in time for dinner. Yukimura's hanging at Kage's place. And mom's at the warehouse getting the ingredients for tonight's meal." He diverted his eyes to Himiko for a split second. "Listen, why don't you go and help mom out. Himiko and I will go and set up the kitchen." Naruto nodded and eagerly made his way to the warehouse.
The two siblings then left the fangirling Naruko alone with "her Teru's abs". They made their way to the kitchen. Arashi pulled out the drawer and began to set up the kitchen.
"So what's on the up and up?" Himiko asked, laying down a pair of knives next to the cutting board. "This has something to do with Menma's report right?"
Arashi nodded. "It's pretty clear that Konoha is next on the list. But we don't have to worry about that for a while. Now we have to follow that lead Menma gave us. Hopefully it's actually something."
"I hope so too. But are you sure that sending Team 7 out on another mission again is a smart idea?" Himiko stared at her brother with worried eyes. "Especially if He is there."
"I trust Kakashi. He's proved that he can look after our siblings." Arashi responded.
"But the Land of the smoke is called that for a reason. I'm not sure they'll be ready for what they'll see there."
"Yes…That's the only thing that worries me. Menma and Saori should be here in a month or so to share what they've learned."
"Really? How come I didn't know about this?"
"Don't be too surprised, we've learned it just minutes ago."
Himiko's eyes narrowed. "You're not really here are you Arashi?" The clone smirked and gave a two finger salute. "But you are going to be coming home right?"
"By home do you mean the house that I just recently bought for me and my fiancé? Then by that definition, yes."
At this, Himiko smirked. "Oh you mean the house that's rights across from us and is in the same fucking district?" The two siblings shared a chuckle.
"AHHH! TERU-SAMA! YOUR ABS MAKE MY MOUTH WATER!"
"SHUT THE FUCK UP BRAT! I'M TRYING TO GET RID OF A HANGOVER HERE!"
Souta, frankly felt like shit. His chest ached, his legs were sore, and he was pretty sure that he crapped his pants. He looked around the completely blank room, save for the light fixture aimed at him. The former bandit leader was tied to a chair. Footsteps reached Souta's badly injured ears.
From the shadows came a man wearing a black trench coat that was fully zipped up. He was slipping on a pair of red rubber surgeon's gloves.
"Now, you may be asking why the red gloves? That's so bad guys don't see their blood. You got the memo. You wore brown pants today. And now that we've got that out of the way, my name is Kazuma Namikaze. We…Well, we are going to be spending a lot of time together." Kazuma strode past Souta and wheeled in a table full of sharp objects and a lot of other things. "Now. What's 1000 subtract 7?"
(Unravel-Tokyo Ghoul Op 1)
Life's degradation, will be discontinued. I just lost all interest in it. The characters from that story will be appearing in this one.
This story will be like Face-Off. In that it will start at a 10 and will only get…not better, I think (I hope it does), but more ridiculous and more gory and full of references.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. If I did, someone would be dying every episode, gratuitous nudity and extreme violence. So basically Game of Thrones.
Update: I've fixed most of my mistakes. Most.