Yonkindachi

Chapter 1: Mysterious Kunai

This is my second Naruto fanfiction, which hopefully will be better than my first one. Here is a small prologue

This story takes place at the end of the Wave arc. Just as Zabuza and Haku die, a team of Oinin that use strange kunai come and seem to destroy Haku's body. While returning to Konoha, Naruto learns of a mysterious group called Yonkindachi. After a few months of research, the Chunin exams start with an elite genin team from Keikokugakure participating. Is there some sort of connection to Yonkindachi? Pairings unknown, AU Smart! Naruto, Fem Haku, many OCs.

I don't own Naruto. I do own Yonkindachi and all OCs in this story. Yay me!

"Humans speaking"

"Demons speaking"

"Humans thinking"

"Demons Thinking"

"Scene Change/Flashback"

"Jutsu name"

"I only wish that where you are, I could go," were the last words of Zabuza Momochi, the Kirigakure no Kijin to his beloved apprentice, Haku. The thugs that the late Gato hired to kill him, the Konoha shinobi, and the bridge builder Tazuna long since ran away. A light snow was falling, which Zabuza believed was Haku crying for the death of her master. Standing near him was Haku's killer, Kakashi Hatake of the Sharingan, his head bowed low in respect for the reformed nuke-nin. Behind him were his students; Naruto Uzumaki, Sakura Haruno, and the newly revived Sasuke Uchiha. Of the three, only Naruto seemed to care about the two fallen shinobi.

Standing near the Konoha-Nin were the denizens of Wave who had been gathered by Tazuna's grandson Inari to help against Gato's men. They didn't know what was happening, but it didn't seem right to cheer. Eventually the snowfall ceased; as did the spell of silence.

"As sad as this moment is, I think we should get back to building the bridge" Tazuna said, wanting to finish the bridge as soon as possible. A large group of men came from the crowd to assist the bridge builder. "Okay team, were going to bury Zabuza and Haku." Kakashi explained. "But Kakashi-sensei, why? They attacked us and nearly killed Sasuke-kun!" Sakura nearly screamed, not even bothering to mention any injuries Naruto might have had. "Because Sakura, it is the right thing to do after all." He explained, covering his Sharingan eye to conserve his chakra.

"I will carry Zabuza, Sakura you carry the girl." "I'm carrying Sasuke-kun, Kakashi-sensei!" She protested. Naruto finally spoke up "I'll carry Haku, Kakashi-sensei." He mumbled, still looking at the girl's corpse. Kakashi didn't know it, but although Naruto met her only a few days ago, he still developed a bond with her. 'She actually understood the loneliness I had to deal with. And she taught me what true strength was.' The blond Jinchuuriki thought sadly.

A few hours later

Zabuza's grave stood on a hill overlooking the sea, his head-cleaver sticking out of the ground like a tombstone. Next to it was a freshly dug grave for Haku. Without a word, Naruto stepped forward to put the dead girl's body into the grave. The setting sun drawing long shadows across the land. The blonds' hair was covering his tear-stained eyes. Nearby, Kakashi's head was bowed in respect; Sasuke was looking at the corpse with contempt 'Damn it. Now I can't copy those ice jutsu and use them to kill my brother' the raven-haired emo fumed. Sakura was just looking at Sasuke like there wasn't just a slaughter. 'Can't that pink-haired banshee stop staring at the teme for ONE second? How the hell does anyone think I actually like her?' Contrary to popular belief, Naruto was not stupid, did not obsess over ramen, and didn't like wearing bright orange. 'Does anyone actually think I like wearing this eyesore?'

His musings were cut short by the 5 kunai that were implanted in the ground between him and the grave. Showing reflexes his team did not know he had, Naruto jumped, landed, and skidded 5 feet backwards while holding onto Haku. 'Where did Naruto/the dobe/ that baka get that kind of reflexes?' thought Kakashi, Sasuke, and Sakura (respectively) thought. It was then that Naruto got a closer look at the kunai. Instead of a pointed tip, the blade was shaped like a bird's wing with five separate blades hinged together to resemble 'feathers' 'How are those possibly effective?' Sakura thought "Cha! They can't be good if Sasuke-Kun doesn't use them!" her inner voice shouted.

Suddenly, a deep voice started booming through the entire area "I'm afraid we need that body. So hand it over or we'll have to kill you." "Naruto, drop the girl now!" Kakashi ordered, not caring why they needed a dead nuke-nins body. After a few seconds Sakura added her two cents. "Naruto-baka! You heard Kakashi-sensei. Just drop the bitch! She doesn't deserve to be buried after what she did to Sasuke-kun!" she ranted, not noticing the facial expression on her blond teammates face slowly changing to rage with every word she said. It was the word 'bitch' that threw Naruto over the deep-end.

Unfortunately, before Naruto could kill the pink banshee, his body was paralyzed, he could no longer support his own weight and dropped to the ground, finally releasing his grip on Haku. 'A senbon to the neck causing loss of conscious.' He thought grimly. When he finally looked up, he saw his team looking with fear at something out of his line of vision. 'Damn it, I can't move my neck and I know my team won't help me.' He cursed as his vision blackened into nothing.

Later that night

Overlooking the nearly completed bridge was a cliff that rose nearly 100 feet above the waves. Standing on the edge of this cliff, watching the builders scramble home with half-hearted interest, was a medium-sized dark figure garbed in a cloak with a hood covering his face. A single shoot of black hair sticking out of the bottomless dark pit of the hood.

Suddenly, three shinobi Shunshined behind him. The left one had pale yellow eyes and Grey hair that spiked above his head. The one in the middle was the tallest of the three. She had dark green eyes that seemed to match her brown hair which reached down to her back in a strange, looped pigtail. The right one was the 'oddball' of the three. His skin was pale from long hours spent indoors that clashed with his dark blue hair and black eye. On his left eye was a bizarre telescopic mechanical scope that constantly whirred and clicked. Another thing that set him apart was the light green trench coat he wore with white lines running along the sleeves as opposed to the other two, whom had the same hooded cloak as the black haired man.

Without even turning around, he asked a simple command with an even yet strangely sinister voice. "Report. Did you get the nuke-nin girl?" "Hai, we did" Answered the girl, who acted as the leader of the three. "Good. I assume there were no complications?" he inquired, never once turning around. "Well, we did have to unleash a Ho-Meimu over the Kawarimi. Apparently, she had pulled a similar trick on those Konoha-nins before."

After hearing this, the hooded figure finally turned around, revealing his eyes for a flicker of a second. "The difference between the two tricks is she did it to save someone who was still alive." Came his cool and even response. "Hai, but there was that little blond kid who we had to knock out." Replied the cloaked boy, while examining a leaf that had fallen into his hand. The 'oddball' finally spoke; his tone suggested a form of contained arrogance. "Karasu-Sama, what is the purpose of retrieving this girl? In a hole or at a lab, she's still dead."

The figure, now known as Karasu, just sighed and explained with his even tone. "Yes, she is dead. The hand of Shinigami is upon her. However..." His eyes suddenly flashed a dark red for a fraction of a second "That does not mean she is useless." With his eyes once again hidden by the black depths of his hood, Karasu turned around and returned to staring at the bridge.

"Continue to monitor the Konoha-nins. There is something about them that irks me. Make sure you are not seen, or else." Karasu ordered, his cold tone leaving the punishment to the imagination of the three ninja. "Hai, Karasu-Sama" the three called out dutifully before they disappeared into the dark shadows.

'Soon, it will be time to reveal ourselves.'

On the way back to Konoha

It had been about a week since the battle on the bridge and subsequent abduction of Haku's body. Team Kakashi's mood was generally norm. Kakashi was reading his book, letting out an occasional giggle, Sasuke was brooding, and Sakura was constantly trying to get the Uchiha's attention. The only one that wasn't acting normally was Naruto. Instead of maintaining his mask of a blond idiot, He was quietly examining one of the 'wing kunai' that he had recovered from Wave.

The brooding Uchiha finally took notice in his teammate's lack of activity. "Dobe, why are you looking at that kunai? It's not like it has anything special about it." He said with a smug expression. Naruto however was to caught up in examining the strange weapon. Turning it around in his fingers, flipping it, nothing seemed to be interesting about it at all. "Baka! Don't ignore Sasuke-kun!" Sakura screamed after he didn't answer. 'Kami-sama she's annoying' the blond Jinchuuriki thought.

After hearing her shout more and calling him baka, he finally had it with the banshee, and turned around to give her a piece of his mind. "SHUT THE FUCK UP, SAKURA!" He roared, causing his teammates to stop and stare at him like he was a different person. Even Sasuke looked shocked for a second. "Will you just get off my back, Mesuinu? I'm finally quiet after you're always screeching and hitting me for annoying you and your precious 'Sasuke-kun', and you STILL have the gall to call me a baka." He snarled, releasing years of pent up rage towards the stunned Haruno.

Unfortunately, this shock didn't last long, and she just screeched in her usual manner and caused anybody in a five km radius to hold they're ears and wince. Everyone, except for Naruto. "What did you just call me, Baka?" she sneered, intent on finally bringing the hyperactive orange wearing Nin down. "Everyone knows you were the class dobe, that you're the weakest genin EVER to graduate, and you're the weakest and worst shinobi in our squad! It's no wonder you're hated by the entire village! I'll bet your parents were never married and were the disgrace of Konoha."

That final comment struck a very painful cord for Naruto. He knew who his parents were, the old man had informed him the night he became a genin. They were the greatest Shinobi from Ho no Kuni In almost one hundred years. To be insulted by some helpless fan-girl was enough to unlock the years of rage he felt towards his 'home'.

Sakura was sneering with a gloating aura, thinking she had taken down her teammate a few pegs "CHA! That will teach him to try to act cool" Inner Sakura shouted. Kakashi was shocked beyond all belief. Not only did Naruto shout at Sakura, whom everyone had assumed he had a crush on, But Sakura had insulted Naruto's skill, and his parents. 'I really hope I don't have to carry a corpse home' the Cyclops sweat dropped.

The next thing Sakura knew, she was rooted in place by the massive KI Naruto was directing towards her. There was so much that even Sasuke and Kakashi received a fair amount of it. But even the KI could not compare to what was happening to Naruto. His eyes turned red with a slight slit, while his whisker marks became more pronounced. Instead of regular nails, his hands ended in claws. When he finally spoke, his voice was deep and sinister "I would suggest not insulting my parents, Haruno." He growled, unintentionally sending chakra to his left hand which was gripping the kunai.

"And as for me being the weakest, you have no clue how very wrong you are. What did you do when the Oni brothers ambushed us? What did you do when Zabuza attacked us first in the forest, and then at the bridge? Nothing but cry for your precious 'Sasuke-kun' who just rushed in and fell flat on his ass! And you know what?" Naruto said, his sneer changing to a smirk "I was holding back at the academy. And do you know why?"

Sakura however could not answer because of the KI. "For three reasons." He explained, raising his hand and lifting three fingers. "One, anytime I did something right, I was punished severely for it. Two, If I showed my true potential, Those shitheads on the council would be all over the Hokage's ass about how I was becoming too strong and I should be executed! And three, The Academy doesn't mean Jack! You think we're gonna take written tests or use wooden weapons out here, in the real world? Hell No!

So I think it's safe to say that YOU are the weakest of our squad! And if you continue your fan-girlish attitude, your only gonna get killed! Or worse!" Naruto was so caught up on telling off his teammate he didn't notice his chakra going to the kunai. The result was rather unexpected; the kunai's 'wings' opened up like a bird's wing, which cut the blonds' hand. Hissing in pain, he dropped the now open kunai making it fall to the ground and land with a clatter. Naruto, still in his half form, then noticed something interesting etched into the 'wings' so that only when it was opened could the etchings be seen.

His curiosity piqued, he reached down and picked it up gingerly, his features returning to normal and a look of confusion spread across his once again blue eyes. The first 'wing', the one nearest to the handle, had a circle split in quarters with an animal etched each quarter.

"What is it Naruto?" Kakashi asked like he didn't just see the blond go 'Mini-Kyuubi' on Sakura. "There's something on this kunai, Kakashi-sensei." He answered without looking up. "What is it, dobe?" asked the emo avenger, still slightly shaken. Naruto finally looked up from his examination. "Well, the first is a circle cut in four parts with a dog, a cat, a raven, and a hawk. But it's the other four that interest me." Naruto adjusted a part of the kunai so that the four 'wings' were touching. Walking over to his sensei, he showed the kunai's etching and asked one question.

"Kakashi-sensei? What do you know about Yonkindachi?"

To be continued