Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, if i did the emo Uchiha would be dead and Naruto would be a god
I always enjoy a good challange - normal speach
I always enjoy a good challange - Thinking, flash back
I always enjoy a good challange - Jutsu and Demonic
I always enjoy a good challange - Demonic thinking
Summary: Two legendary Mercenaries come across a fight between Leaf Anbu and Sound Jonin. They slaughter the two sides only to discover that they have been tricked but they turn it to their advantage and use it as a way to cause chaos in the elemental countries. Pairings undecided
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A full moon hung high over the northern forest of the fire country. It's light shining down on everything, allowing for easy travel through the dark forest. Four Ninja rushed across the forest floor trying desperately to escape their pursuers, a team of Sound Jonin who were closing in fast. Yet unknown to both groups, they were being watched. A top one of the massive trees of the fire country stood two figures wearing high collar cloaks and wicker hats. The taller of the two had a large sword strapped to his back and was showing off his serrated, interlocking teeth in a rather feral looking smile.
"So that's the target huh?" He asked to his partner. The shorter one didn't take his red eyes off of the Ninja below them when he answered
"Yes that is the target" A quiet chuckle escaped his lips which caused his partner to shiver.
"Why do I get the feeling I'm going to enjoy what you're about to say?" The shorter one merely turned his head slightly to the left so he could see is partner. The two words that followed brought an even more disturbing smile to the larger man's face.
"No survivors!" The taller of the two started laughing as he took the sword off of his back. "but!" He stopped laughing, not enjoying the idea of a limiter. "The target most survive!"
Silence hung in the air for a few seconds. "Done!" Leaning forward and allowing his body to drop. The large man fell from the tree top for a few feet before attaching his feet to the tree trunk with chakra and ran down the tree, his sword poised behind him ready to strike.
Back at the tree top, the shorter man shook his head and chuckled again. "Always charging in!" Still chuckling the man took off across the tree tops to get ahead of the Ninja.
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With the Leaf Shinobi. They had been running for three days straight with no rest and now they were too exhausted to continue.
"(Pant)Captain(pant)what are we(pant)going to do?" Asked the bear masked Anbu "We(pant)can't let(pant)them get the target(pant)"
"Hokage-sama is(pant)counting on us" The cat masked Anbu said "But(pant)I don't know(pant)How much longer(pant)I can go for"
"What are you're orders(pant)captain?" Asked the tiger masked Anbu
The captain remained quiet. When he turned to address his team, he had taken off his mask. The moon light allowed the scars on his face to be seen clearly. Hyata Okinara had served Konohagakure no Sato for two decades, he had lost friends and family in serves for his Kage and he would gladly give his life for the village. So now, with the choice being between running and being hunted down or standing his ground and dieing with honor, Hyata knew which one to chose.
"Hokage-Sama requires this target and the enemy is trying to take it from us" Hyata stared down his team to see if any of them would run "So we stand our ground here and now. We ensure that the enemy does not get their hands on this target!"
"Hai!" The three Anbu answered their captain without any hesitation
The Anbu quickly reformed into the standard defensive formation in preparation for the enemies attack. Before long seven Sound Jonin landed in the clearing around the Anbu.
"I see you have realized that there is no escape, so hand over the target and maybe we will be merciful" Spoke the Sound team leader
"What do you want with the target?" Hyata asked. Trying to buy some time for his team to recover their strength
"All you need to know is that Orochimaru-Sama requires it!" Hissed the Jonin
"Then why doesn't he come get it himself?"
"Enough of this! You are only stalling you're……." The man was cut off by the thick mist that rolled into the clearing, hiding everything from sight "Kiri Gakure no Jutsu?"
A dark, evil laughter floated around in the mist making it impossible to know where it was coming from. The laughter was followed by a blood curdling scream and the sound of something wet hitting the ground. Even though they couldn't see what happened, the Anbu knew what had happened. One of the Sound Ninja had just been killed and he hadn't even seen it coming. "One little sound ninja done, six to go!" The voice that came from the mist sounded like a demon from hell. Another scream and splat indicated that another ninja had died. It continued like that for several minutes before there were no more screams, no more demonic voices. Only the Anbu and the mist remained.
"Captain! What do we do?" Cat
"We wait until this mist clears and then we head right for Konoha" Ordered Hyata
Almost as if it was following his orders, the mist began to evaporate. As it cleared the Anbu could see the dismembered bodies of the Sound Ninjas, as well as the one who had killed them. Standing across the clearing from them with fresh blood still dripping from his sword was the man who had single handedly taken out the Jonin. He wasn't moving any part of his body except his hands that were quickly forming seals. Hyata took one look at the cloak and hat which to him meant only one thing. "Akat….." "Suiton: Suiryudan no Jutsu" The mist suddenly reformed into a massive dragon-shape column of water that barreled into the Anbu, tearing them apart.
When the swordsman's teammate arrived on the scene, he found his partner going through the Anbu teams items in search of something. "Did you find the target?" His quiet voice carried across the dead clearing to his partner. The man stood up and tossed a small scroll to him. Lifting up his arm, the smaller of the two caught the scroll and went to open it when one of the Sound Jonin, who had somehow survived the attack, grabbed him from behind and held a kunai to his throat.
"Alright there little man, you just hand over that there scroll" The Jonin shifted his eyes to the swordsman, who had his sword back in his hand "And you colossus, won't do nothing, less you wish you're partner dead"
Said giant merely walked forward a few feet, smiled and said. "Actually….I do!" And before the Jonin could respond, the swordsman drove his sword through is partner and into the Sound Ninja. A slow gurgling noise was heard from the Jonin as he slipped to the ground for the last time. Meanwhile the mystery man with the hole in his chest just stood there as said hole sealed itself up without leaving a scar.
"Bastard! I lose more clothes that way!" Scowled the man while ignoring his partner's laughter. Getting back to what he was doing before being interrupted, he opened the scroll, looked over it for a few minutes before snapping it shut in annoyance. This was noticed by his partner who quickly took the scroll and read it for himself, until he too shut it in annoyance.
"That lying little asshole!" Spider wed cracks spread across the ground as the swordsman vented his anger "He played us for fools, no one plays us for fools"
"Calm yourself Suiton. We shall deal with the worm when the time comes" The smaller man told his partner, who he referred to as Suiton "For now we leave this place to the scavengers"
"And what will we do with the scroll Futon?" Asked Suiton, who saw no reason in his opinion to hold onto it.
"Why we take it with us and use it as leverage to get some fun out of the elemental countries" Explained the now named Futon
"Hahaha oh I like that Idea, I like that a lot" Laughed Suiton, clearly enjoying the idea of causing chaos.
The two Ninja soon vanished from the clearing. Suiton melting into the ground and Futon appeared to be disappear into the winds. Neither of them noticed the fifth leaf Anbu hiding in the trees, and even if they did they didn't care. "I must report this to Hokage-sama!" And he too vanished, only not as impressively as Futon or Suiton.
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Konohagakure no Sato one of the five great Shinobi villages and one of the key powers in the world. Normally this Village is the epitome of teamwork and hard work, but for the past five years the village has shown none of that and has even be gone to lose standing with the other countries. More and more teams were failing missions and a great many Ninja were losing their lives on missions. The Godaime Hokage Senju Tsunade, granddaughter of Senju Hashirama the Shodai Hokage, Grandniece of Senju Tobirama the Nidaime Hokage and Student of Sarutobi Hiruzen the Sandaime Hokage, sat in her offices awaiting the return of the Anbu team she had sent out to collect some documents that she hoped would be the salvation for the leaf village. As she waited, her mind wandered back to the day, five years ago when her 'little brother' and Konoha's sun shine was removed from the world, the day that Uzumaki Naruto was killed on the mission to retrieve Uchiha Sasuke. Oh ;how she cursed that name and this village for how they reacted. Endless parties and celebrations popped up over the village when word about the 'demon' being slain by the last Uchiha got out. It wasn't until she threaten to have everyone of them charged with treason did they finally stop.
A knock at the door broke her out of her thoughts. Giving the order to enter, Tsunade looked up to see Hatake Kakashi walk into the room. His nose buried in that infamous Icha Icha book, followed closely by Haruno Sakura and Sai or Team Kakashi to be more precise.
"Team Kakashi reporting in on a successful mission Tsunade-Sama" Kakashi said, not even looking up from his book
"Thank you Kakashi. You and you're team have the next couple of days off and I expect you're mission report on my desk tomorrow morning. Dismissed!" Tsunade waved them out of the room, only to find that Sakura hadn't moved. Kakashi and Sai noticed this as well so they hung back to see what was about to happen. "Is there something you wish to say Sakura?"
"Yes! I wish to know why there have been no more recovery attempts for Sasuke-kun?" The second the words left her mouth the room froze over. Kakashi knew that Sakura had said the wrong thing but he was too late to stop her.
"Haruno you know what happens when that name is mentioned in my presence and you know why there have been no more recovery attempts for that traitor, so unless you have something relevant to talk about I advise you to drop the subject" Every word Tsunade spoke was laced with suppressed rage and hatred.
"But it wasn't Sasuke-Kun that did all that. It's that seal Orochimaru gave him that's making him do all that!" Sakura protested
"Haruno you are taking up what little patience I have left with this pointless discussion so I advise you to hold you're tongue" Kakashi could see that Tsunade was barely controlling her anger and he knew it was only a matter of time before his pink haired student (seriously people complained about Naruto's orange clothes so how is bright pink any better?) said the wrong thing.
"You just don't what to save him because he did the right thing and killed that monster!" Bingo, the wrong thing just said. Fortunately at that moment the Anbu member that had escaped from Futon and Suiton burst into the room, effectively distracting Tsunade and saving Sakura's life. She's just lucky Hyuuga Hinata was not in the room or she would have died….slow and painfully.
"H-hokage-Sama, the document…..It's been stolen!" The Anbu didn't get much further then that before his face met Tsunade's fist.
"Eh? How is he suppose to tell us what happened now, Hokage-Same?" Asked Kakashi, still not looking up from his book.
"Damn" Tsunade shouted "Shizune! Bring in some smelling salts would you?"
"Hai Tsunade-Sama!" The voice of Tsunade's assistant replied from the other room.
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Hangaku town, five hours after the attack. Futon and Suiton can be found in the local inn going over their next course of action. The two of them are mercenaries of the highest caliber.
Futon known for his wind ninjutsus and fuinjutsus. At 6"5 he was the shorter of the two, but he was the more powerful. His speed was unmatched just like his stamina and chakra levels, which made his taijutsu truly something to fear. Weapons of choice were custom made double ended Kunai and nine point Shuriken. Age was Unknown but reported to be between 17 and 18. Clothing was the standard cloak and hat that the two wore other then that the only other item of clothing he wore was a mask that covered the lower half of his face. Hair was red with blonde tips and his eyes were also red. Where he is from is not known but it is rumored that he is from the Leaf village although he does not wear a headband. It has also been rumored that he has a Kitsune summoning Scroll but no prove has been found.
Suiton, the giant of the two. At 6"10 he was one of the tallest men in the elemental nations, even the Raikage stood below the man. Combine his height with his silted ice blue eyes and serrated, interlocking teeth made him quite the imposing figure to face off against. His water ninjutsus are said to rival the Nidaime Hokage's although he is well schooled in all five elemental ninjutsus. He is also a Kenjutsu master on par with any of the 7 swordsman of the Mist, the sword he wields is called Nuadu. It was a 6 foot long dual sided blade that only allowed Suiton to wield it. The Blade itself was five feet long and the handle one foot long. One side of the blade was the typical style blade for a sword, designed for slicing and cutting. But the reverse side was the true horror. For the entire length of the five foot blade was a serration that was designed to tear, shred and dismember. Just like Futon very little is know about where Suiton is from, many believe he is from The land of water because of his water Jutsus and Sword technique. But like his partner he wears no headband so he point of origin is unknown.
"So what's the plan?" Asked Suiton while pouring himself some tea.
Futon took a moment to swallow whatever he was eating before replying to his partner. In truth he really didn't have a plan.
"Well by now my clones should be nearing each of their destinations to deliver their messages" He paused to take a sip of his tea "In the mean time we pay our former client a visit" Suiton Chuckled at the thought of what they were going to do to him "Then we wait to see if any villages take the offer and come looking for the scroll"
"Sounds simple enough!"
"Also the word is that myu-jikku town is having a music festival in two months time!" Futon watched as the expression of Suiton's face went from bored to excited in 0 to 3 seconds. "And it's a big cash prize for the winner"
"When do we leave?" Suiton asked with genuine interest
"As soon as we deal with our guests!" Futon's answer confused Suiton for a moment before he followed Futon's gaze over to the door. There stood two of the most infamous S-class missing Nins in history. Uchiha Itachi and Hoshigaki Kisame.
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Fours years. Four years since the reports of Uzumaki Naruto's death. Four years since Itachi and Kisame lost their purpose in Akatsuki. Now the two wandered the elemental nations in search of the other Jinchuurikis. During those four years they had heard of the great mercenary duo of Futon and Suiton, yet for all they had heard they never got the slightest idea of challenging the two. So they paid the mercenaries no mind and continued on with their assignment. Yet here they were in a small out of the way inn, face to face with the very mercenaries that were said to be the best.
"As soon as we deal with our quests!" As soon as the words were spoken Itachi and Futon locked eyes. Each one trying to bore a hole in the others head. Meanwhile Kisame and Suiton just tossed each other passing glances then with back to looking bored.
"Well this is a surprise" Itachi said. All the while never breaking eye contact "I never would have expected to run into you two, not in this town anyway"
"Aww what's the matter Uchiha, upset that we're stealing you're fame?" Joked Suiton who now had taken quite the interest in the sword on Kisame's back.
Itachi and Futon!
"Suiton shut up! And go bother the fish!" snapped Futon before turning his attention back to the Uchiha "So what are two S-class missing Nins doing in this little out of the way village?"
"Oh we're merely passing through" Itachi replied, his focus never leaving Futon. For some reason there was just something very familiar about him. "Although I could ask you the same"
"Us? Well we were just about to leave when you two walked in" Answered Futon
"Is that so?" Itachi asked with genuine surprise "Well then I see no reason to keep you any longer, though something has been bothering me!"
"And what might that be?"
"Have we ever met before even in passing?"
Futon remained Silent. He had not expected Itachi to ask that, hell he hadn't even expected Itachi to recognize him. Then again how often does one run into an S-class mass murderer and his show and tell project, I mean partner. He needed to come up with an answer that was neither to obvious nor to difficult.
"Lets just say that we both have a common interest in a snake and his pets! Now I wish you good day Itachi-san!" And with that Futon bowed to the Uchiha and left.
Suiton and Kisame
The two giant swordsman spent the better part of ten minutes just staring at each other. Neither moving an inch or blinking. It was simple a contest of who would back down first. Finally after several minutes one of them spoke.
"Samehade doesn't like you!" Kisame said, his swords displeasure was mimicked by his own "And neither do I"
"Aww that's too bad fish stick cause me and Nuadu like you!" Suiton said with a smile that made Kisame jealous. "We'd especially like to spill you're blood right here but then they wouldn't allow us in anymore and that would be bad"
"And why would that be bad?" Asked Kisame, who was obviously bothered by the man's schizophrenic behavior.
"The make good tea!" He answered with a small smile.
Kisame's face quickly relocated itself to the floor at the stupidity of the answer. When the sharkman pulled himself back up he wondered how in the hell the guy got so far in life with such a total lack of sense. However he was soon brought back to reality by sudden laughter. Kisame looker around to find Suiton rolling around on the floor in fits of laughter.
"I don't know what's funnier. You believing me or the look on you're face while thinking" Suiton said in-between laughs.
"Why you!" Kisame let his anger take hold and brought Samehade up over his head, only to have the point of Nuadu pressed up to his throat.
"ahahah! We can't have any of that, now can we!" Suiton voice had that sickly sweet sound to it that meant trouble "I believe you're keeper is leaving!" Suiton pointed over to Itachi.
"As is your's" Replied Kisame, directing Suiton's attention to Futon
"So you are correct" Removing Nuadu from Kisame's neck and placing it on his back, Suiton bowed to Kisame "Well then Kisame-sempi, I bid you farewell and look forward to the day that we may do battle!" Suiton quickly followed Futon and the two disappeared.
Kisame and Itachi
"Hey Itachi who exactly are those two?" Kisame asked the Uchiha, since he was quiet interested in the two. Especially the swordsman who got such an aggressive reaction from Samahade. Hell he even called him Sempi.
"The taller one I have no idea who he really is Kisame. But I'm surprised you didn't recognize the other one" Itachi followed up his reply with a light chuckle that really got Kisame's attention since Itachi rarely shows any emotion.
"Now that you mention it, something about his chakra felt familiar but nothing beyond that"
"My dear Kisame, is you're age really beginning to effect you so that you don't ever remember once threatening him to 'shave his legs off' Hmm?" Itachi's smug attitude was really pissing Kisame off. Then it hit him.
"The Kyuubi brat!?" Kisame was shocked
"Correct and even though it was once our mission to capture him. If we were to try such a thing now we would be destroyed" The seriousness in Itachi's voice meant only one thing to Kisame.
"You're not lying are you?"
"I have lied about a great many things, but in this case I speak the truth. Those two are on a whole different level then we are, and if they chose to do something then there are very few who can stop them" Again Itachi chuckled "However that won't stop me from testing myself against Naruto in the future"
"I have to agree with you there Itachi. Me and Samahade wouldn't mind taking on His partner and his Nuadu" The smile Kisame wore at that moment would terrified children "So what now?"
Itachi pulled out a chair and sat himself down, while running over the menu, cementing it to memory with his Sharingan.
"We stay here for a few days and see what Naruto has planned"
And so the two members of Akatsuki sat down ordered some tea and began a game of Shogi.