In this all the Jinchuurikis are the same age, and the akatsuki haven't killed more then half of them yet. Naruto's kicked out when he's 17 so the thing with Gaara is going to be something else. It never is really mentioned in here. I hate Sakura and Sasuke so I'm gonna make them look like assholes. Not sure about Kakashi, he still pisses me off on some things. Any japanese in here I've gotten from the internet and other fanfictions, so there's probably a lot of mistakes. I know this story isn't too creative because a lot of other people have done "naruto gets banished then comes back a badass" fic. This is my first so if anyone reads this don't flame me too badly, please!
Btw: I don't own Naruto, if I did Sasuke-teme woud be gettin his ass kicked by Naruto in every episode, and Sakura would be treated like she is in Naruto the Abridged Series.
As night fell upon a nameless forest three shinobi sped through the trees, in hot pursuit for the people running from them. The oldest and leader of the three looked back at his teammates through his one eye, one with light pink hair down to her shoulders and emerald eyes, the other with black spiky in the back hair, and dark black eyes, the leader sighed. They had no choice, after encountering impressive but frustrating traps of call kinds, and not have eaten anything for a while; they were all tired and were slowing down. No matter what they did they would lose the ones they were looking for. Tilting his head back the leader called, "Sakura, Sasuke, we're done, stop and rest."
"Hai, Kakashi-sensei." The two answered and jumped from the trees to the ground beneath. None noticed the eye floating in midair disappear into sand and drift away.
"They've given up and settled for the night." A man with rust red hair and the kanji for love on his right temple opened his eyes, revealing sea foam green. Turning his head he held up his hand signaling a woman with sandy brown hair in a braid with bangs covering her right eye to stop what she was doing. Six other people sighed in relief.
"Thank Kami! I don't know how much longer I could last without turning around and fighting those guys." Another man spoke up. This one had jet black, bed head, hair, his skin a light bluish color.
"That doesn't mean we can stop moving now. Everyone go with your partners to the assigned place. Katashi and Tsubasa will be going to Iwagakure, Haruka and Tsuki will stay here and head to Konohagakure, Yugito, Hibiki, and Akane will head to Otogakure, and Gaara and I will head to Sunagakure, the area we will all meet. Your missions are all the same; to tell your assigned village our answer to their requests. If they question why come up with your own answer. When you are finished meet us in Suna, understood?" A young man, the leader of the group, with sun kissed blonde, with nine red streaks through it, spiky hair, azure eyes flicked with red and slit pupils, tanned skin, and three whisker marks on each cheek (guess who) asked. Chorus of "hai" greeted him before everyone disappeared excluding the red headed man besides him. Turning to said man the leader smiled, "Shall we?" All he got was a nod before the two also disappeared from the nameless forest.
The three shinobi from before rested comfortably in front of the fire, each thinking of the strange figures they were told to catch. They called themselves the Akuma Mercenaries, Akuma Mercs for short. Rumors had gone around that this group had killed off all remaining members Akatsuki, even Uchiha Itachi, enraging a certain other Uchiha to no end. This group was different then other mercenaries; others did anything for money, even killing the ones close to them. These guys though, they had their own sense of judgment, refusing requests they didn't like, no matter how much money was offered.
Konoha, the shinobi's home, had recently sent a request and had yet to get an answer. The council had gotten impatient and ordered a team to track them down. Said team had one helluva time finding them, and an even worse one keeping up with them.
Sakura sighed she was about to sail away into sleep when two cloaked figures appeared before her and her team. Both cloaks looked the same, reaching past their feet, all black with short sleeves, though no arms came out of those sleeves, red outlined the end and the rim of the sleeves and silver outlined the ends of the hoods, which covered both figures faces from the top of their head to the top of their mouths, on the backs were kanji, the one on the left had Akuma no yabun, the one on the right had Akuma no shinrin with a long skinny sword resting on their shoulder.
"We have come to report our groups answer to Konohagakure no Sato to you in hopes that you will pass it to your Hokage." A feminine voice flowed calmly from the Akuma Merc on the left. Sakura smiled, they would be able to go home with good news, "And our answer is no." or not.
"May I ask why not?" Kakashi asked studying the two figures closely, he didn't want to fight them if he could avoid it.
"The Akuma Mercenaries already reside within a different village. There is no reason for us to ally and live in Konoha."
"I see, and what village is this?" Kakashi questioned.
"That is none of your concern." The woman on the left warned.
"I think it is. You have no right to deny Konoha's request. We were told to force you to come, and since I'm an Uchiha the fight will end quickly." Sasuke spoke up now, standing, his sharingon at the ready.
"So, this is the Uchiha Leader-samma told us about." The Akuma Merc on the right with the sword stated, the voice told them this was a female as well, but her voice was more monotone. She shook her head, "Arrogant, stupid, and a kunai up the ass. Leader-samma should have left this job to Katashi and Tsubasa; they'd love messing with his head."
"How dare you talk about Sasuke-kun like that! He isn't someone to mess with, in fact, if it wasn't for him the demon boy would still be alive and in our village!"
The temperature around them immediately dropped a few degrees. The monotone Akuma Merc spoke in a deadly tone, "You mean Uzumaki Naruto?"
The three shinobi stiffened, "That dobe is still alive!" Sasuke growled.
"Yes, we see him often, he's been doing well, getting stronger and stronger each day. Didn't you guys know? Naruto helped us take down Akatsuki, he was the one who not only killed the leader, but killed Uchiha Itachi as well. This is no lie, I promise." The girl on the left mocked.
Furious, Sasuke charged at the Akuma Merc, kunai in hand. Before Sasuke reached her the Akuma Merc smirked and completely disappeared, looking like she had been swept away in a nonexistent wind. "I suggest that you do not attack your opponent in a fit of rage without a good game plan, had I not been ordered not to start something, I might have killed you." The girl's voice surrounded them before fading out.
"Tsuki isn't usually like that, only to Konoha and Getsu shinobi." The last Akuma Merc explained.
"Why is she against Konoha?" Kakashi asked.
"We all are." This statement shocked them, "There are only a few people there we are not against, your Hokage being one of them. As for reasons, we are all good friends of Uzumaki Naruto and despise everyone who treated him badly." With that said the cloaked figure jumped into the trees, leaving the three shinobi standing there.
Kakashi sighed, "Naruto is good friends with a powerful society who hate us now. The council is not going to be happy."
"Hahaha! Are you serious!? Man I wished I was there, Naruto why didn't you assign me and Tsubasa that job!?" The blue skinned man, with the kanji Akuma no kaiyou asked while laughing as Tsuki retold her tail. All nine Akuma Mercs were currently in a large living room in a mansion, relaxing and sharing their reports of their missions.
Naruto sighed falling back on the couch he was sitting on, "I didn't want to start anything, and I knew you and Tsubasa would. Tsuki and Haruka were the ones I though would be best since they're so quiet."
"Gomen, Naruto-samma, but they said something bad about you and I just couldn't help but anger the Uchiha "prodigy" after the way you talked about him." Tsuki apologized. Without her hood Tsuki showed to have long purple hair that reached to her thigh, her eyes were a light blue on the edges and as you continued to her pupil the color darkened until it was a shade of purple at the center, making look like a dark tunnel you could easily get lost in.
"Yes, I agree, after hearing what the pink haired one said I couldn't help but fight as well." Haruka spoke quietly. Her hood was down and showed long sandy brown hair tied up in a braid with bangs sticking out , covering her right eye. The eye that was visible was black, like a rodent's.
"I would have loved to be there too. That pink haired fangirl bitch and the damned egotistical bastard piss me off!" A blonde hair girl exclaimed. Her hair was pulled into a skinny ponytail that twisted around her neck and lied on her shoulder. Her eyes were a bright, glowing, leaf green with slit pupils, a small fang hung out of her mouth. On the back of her Akuma Mercenaries cloak was the kanji Akuma no kumo.
"Ditto," Another girl with blood red hair that covered her left face smirked, her yellow eye that was visible gleamed mischievously, her kanji was Akuma no omoi.
"See Naruto, if you allowed Katashi and me to deliver the message to the Konoha shinobi, we could have returned with results that would satisfy everyone." teased the boy with a foot tall red Mohawk with orange tips, his eyes were a mud brown, his face housed a sarcastic smile, his kanji on the back of his cloak was Akuma no genkotsu.
"I don't think you guys will have to wait long. On our way back Yugito, Akane, and I over heard that Oto is planning on declaring war with Konoha, and since Konoha is allied with Suna, we will probably end up helping. We can mess with them then." A boy with short, spiky, light purpled hair reported happily. His eyes were light lavender, like a Hyuuga's, but with pupils. A thick sword with lightning bolts on the sheath rested on his side. The kanji for him was Akuma no katana.
Naruto sighed again, running a hand through his hair, he appreciated the support his teammates showed, but still…Turning to the purple haired boy Naruto decided to change the subject, "Hibiki, how did your, Yugito, and Akane's mission go?"
"Well, it went well, until we told Orochimaru that we refused, he tried to kill us, or force us to work with him, I couldn't really tell the difference. We followed your orders and didn't fight back, we really wanted to. Anyways as we were leaving we overheard, as I said, that Oto is going to war with Konoha, which we've already reported to Temari."
Naruto nodded, "That concludes the meeting I guess, you guys can do what ever the hell you do after meetings, I'm gonna get something to eat." That said, Naruto disappeared in a poof of smoke. The boy with rust red hair and the kanji for love on his right temple, left the wall he had been leaning on,
"I'm going to the Kazekage tower." He mumbled before disappearing in a whirlwind of sand.
Hibiki stood from his position on the floor, "I promised to help out Akiko at the academy next time we were in town."
"Oh please!" Katashi laughed, "You promised my ass, you're going there just to see her!" Hibiki blushed and glared at the blue boy before leaving. Katashi turned to Tsubasa with a toothy smile, "Wanna spy and make fun of them?" Tsubasa nodded and the two of them left as well leaving the four girls alone.
The green eyed girl smiled evilly at Tsuki and Haruka, "So exactly how pissed was the Uchiha?"
Tsuki sighed, "Yugito, I told you already, he was nearly foaming at the mouth."
Yugito laughed, before turning to the blood red haired girl, "What would you do Akane?"
Smirking Akane replied happily, "I wouldn't have cared what Naruto ordered, as soon as those words would have left Pinky's mouth, I would have captured them in an interrogation technique and sealed them into a tree, then burn them to a crisp."
"Yes, but I wonder," Haruka questioned, "we call ourselves the Akuma Mercenaries, isn't that telling people that we are demons?"
Tsuki shook her head, "Were being what people want us to be, but still mocking them. They called us demons, so we started a group that called themselves demons, but we do missions to help other people and destroy the strongest. Were telling our hellholes once called homes that the demons they drove out are now stronger than ever."
Yugito nodded, "It'll be great if Kumo finds out that their weapon is fighting against them."
Twenty-one year old Naruto walked down the road, smiling and waving to people who passed him. Everyone here knew his secret, his organization's secret, and still welcomed them here. After Konoha banished and almost succeeded in killing him four years ago, Gaara came and found him, and brought him here. Who knew that saving a village's Kazekage (twice!) would make him a hero? People knew of him and Gaara's condition and just respected them more. His life had been going good after getting almost killed by Konoha, even it was for the council's selfish reasons. After a year of intense training, Gaara and Naruto had both left Suna to search for the other Jinchuuriki, leaving Temari in charge while they were gone.
And they had found them, in less then a year, Yugito holder of Nibi no Nekomata, Katashi holder of Sanbi no Kame, Tsubasa holder of Yonbi no Ondori, Tsuki holder of Gobi no Ookami, Haruka holder of Rokubi no Itachi, Hibiki holder of Sichibi no Koumori, and Akane, holder of Hachibi no Hebi. Together they named themselves the Akuma Mercenaries. For the last three years the Akuma Mercs had been training mercilessly, killing the organization that threatened them, Akatsuki, and making a name for them selves in the process.
Each member contributed something to help training. Gaara helped them understand politics in more detail, Yugito taught them a seal that would allow the jinchuuriki to connect more to their demon while still staying in complete control, Katashi helped with stealth and tactics, Tsubasa taught speed and how to preserve stamina, so that they didn't have to rely on their demons for energy. Tsuki taught every member a unique Kekkei Genkai for jinchuuriki. Each member could transform their eyes into that of their demons, to any normal bystander it would just look like a freighting eye, but to the eye's target, the image stayed in their minds, eyes opened or closed, it caused the target to suffer intense mental damage. Haruka taught pain immunity, Hibiki showed them how to wield a variety of weapons, Akane put a seal onto the uniforms, making them fire proof, and taught the group basic sealing, like for storage. Lastly Naruto taught every member Kage Bushin and the special training that came with it. With the new knowledge and the quick and effective training thank to kage bushin, the Akuma Mercs could easily stand up to any hunter nin or ANBU, and Naruto, the strongest of them all, was definite Kage and Sannin level.
Naruto was about to walk into a ramen stand when familer voices stopped him in his tracks. Immedently Naruto covered his face with his hood, making sure there was no way for identification. Taking a deep breath Naruto walked calmly through the flaps and sat down on a stool not too far away from three very recanizable people. Ordering a large miso Naruto listened in on his old comrades, Ino, Shikamaru, and Choji.
"I just don't get it!" Ino cried, she no longer wore purple, but instead wore the slandered joinin outfit along with Shikamaru. Choji wore the same outfit as when he was 15, but instead of red it was black. "Whenever we come here everyone always glares at us. Aren't Konoha and Suna allies?
Shikamaru sighed, "It's probably because of Naruto," the blonde boy, almost choked on the ramen we was stuffing down his throat, Have I been found out? "Gaara and Naruto were good friends and Naruto was well liked here. They hold Konoha responsible for Naruto's death." Naruto instantly relaxed.
"That's not fair!" Ino protested, "Naruto died on a mission, it's a common death. The people here should know that, I mean, I know Naruto was a good guy and all, but wouldn't he want people to be proud that he died honorably on a mission? And another thing, it's been almost four years, shouldn't Suna let go?" Ah, so that was what the council, Sasuke, and Sakura told everyone, oh well, they should find out the truth soon. Naruto smirked before leaving some money on the counter and leaving, never looking back at his once called friends.
The Konoha nin watched from the corner of their eyes at the cloaked man that had just walked out. "He seemed familer." Choji mused; he finished another bowl and put in a pile with others.
"You're right, but I don't ever remember seeing him around Suna." Ino looked through the flaps, looking for the man again.
"It's too troublesome to worry about. Let's just go meet with Kazekage-samma, I heard that he returned from wherever today." The other two nodded and walked out after paying."
"Naruto's alive!?" Tsunade couldn't believe it, her little brother was alive! The cursed necklace wasn't ever found because he still had it! This was great! When Naruto had "died" she had drank sake and cried so much you couldn't tell the difference from the tears and the drink.
Kakashi nodded, he was happy that Naruto was doing well, but couldn't bring himself to care anymore then that, he never was really attached to the blonde boy anyway. "It seems that he's friends with the Akuma Mercenaries, who also declined Konoha's request."
Tsunade shrugged, "I knew that asking them something like that wouldn't work. You're dismissed." Kakashi quickly disappeared, orange book in hand.
Three men stood in a darkened tunnel, one with long black hair, pale skin, and yellow eyes. The man next to him with silver hair in a shirt ponytail, and glasses. Before them was a tall man, about 6'6 with white robes and a green hat with the kanji for rock on it. Orochimaru smirked, sticking his hand out for the other, "Do we have an agreement, Tsuchikage?" The man in the white robes smiled wickedly before grabing Orochimaru's hand with his.
"Yes, finally, if I can't kill the Yellow Flash myself, I'll just desroy the village he loves so much."
Gaara-one tailed racoon-akuma no Suna-demon of the sand
Yugito-two tailed cat-akuma no kumo-demon of the cloud
Katashi-three tailed turtle (fish w/e)-akuma no kaiyou- demon of the ocean
Tsubasa-four tailed chicken-akuma no genkotsu-demon of the fist
Tsuki-five tailed wolf-akuma no yabun-demon of the night
Haruka-six tailed weasel-akuma no shinrin-demon of the forest
Hibiki-seven tailed bat-akuma no katanna-demon of the blade
Akane-eight tailed snake (dragon?)-akuma no omoi-demon of the mind
Naruto-nine tailed fox-akuma no iyoku no hi-demon of the will of fire
