The Expressionless Poker Face

Ooookaaayy!!! This story is doing good so far!! (Well, I hope it's good -.-"). Anyway, thanks to Ignisha for your review. That helps a lot to build my confidence^^. Whoa, I forgot to say my disclaimer on the previous chapter, so I guss I'll say it now. All of Naruto and Bleach properties here are not mine, except my OC, Yaha!!


Last encounter: An ANBU suddenly appeared by his side.

"Are you Uzumaki Naruto?" she asked.

"Yes?"

"Lady Fifth requested your presence immediately."

"OK, I'll be there," he replied.

The ANBU then disappeared in thin air. Before he started to head back to the Hokage Office, he took a quick glance at his apartment. The person really was nowhere to be seen.


Naruto walked to the Hokage's Office with his mind still wandering about the person. Then he stopped his thoughts when he arrived at the office's door and knocked.

"You requested my presence, Tsunade-sama?" he asked.

Sakura, Kakashi, and Yamato who was there had the alarm rang in their head and had their jaw dropped.

'Did he just show some respect?' questioned Sakura to herself. Kakashi, however, just smiled under his mask.

"Yes, I requested your presence. There are several things that I want to announce you, team 7."

The team stayed silent, signaling the blond haired Hokage to continue with the announcement.

"The first is that I have assigned Sai, along with Ibiki and Anko to go on a long term mission to Iwa. The mission would take around 3 years. During three years, your team will be imbalanced because your sensei will be doing solo missions after this attack. Both of you need one more person to be a complete team to re do group missions."

"Do you mean we'll have another person in this team temporarily?" asked Sakura. Tsunade nodded.

"This is interesting. Who is that, Tsunade-sama?" asked Kakashi.

"Come in!" called Tsunade to someone outside the door.

The door opened and a man with short spiky red hair that Naruto had seen before entered the room. This time, the man didn't wear a haori and instead, he wore a Jounin vest. He has jade green eyes and a necklace can be seen hanging around his neck.

"Hello, My name is Kaito. Pleased to meet you," he greeted them.

"Hey wait! Weren't you in this village before? I saw you twice." Naruto asked him directly.

"Yes, I was here. Just looking around the beauty of the village and rent an apartment."

"I see."

"Kaito is an elite Jounin and specialized in assassination, scout, and mind trick. SO I guess you know what to do. Is there any question?" Sakura raised her hand.

"What is his age? Does he from a ninja clan?"

"I'm sure you can ask it outside, Sakura."

"I'm sorry."

"Well, if there's nothing to ask—"

"Wait, where does he come from?"

"He's from Leaf, too. He was an ANBU captain after you, Kakashi."

Kakashi looked surprised, but then he gave them his usual expression. After that, they were dismissed and Kakashi asked them to meet him and Yamato on Training Ground 3. There, Naruto and Sakura saw three logs. It reminded them at their first Genin test by Kakashi. For worse, it reminded them to Sasuke.

"Alright, so please introduce us, your likes, dislikes, your goal to the future and your background."

"Hai. My name is Kaito. I don't really like things and don't really dislike things. As for my goal to the future, I have none. My background, well… I'm not from a ninja clan, but I'm sure you have heard of my nickname before, the Akai Senko."

Sakura, Kakashi and Yamato gasped. "You're the Akai Senko!? The second fastest ninja after Yondaime Hokage?!" exclaimed the three of them in unison. Kaito sweat dropped, but then nodded. Naruto also sweat dropped at his intro.

'His introduction is almost like Kakashi-sensei's …' thought Naruto.

"Wow, our team will be invulnerable!" Yamato said happily. Kaito just smiled.

"Oh, by the way, I'm 16 years old." Kaito added, which made Naruto and Sakura slack jawed.

"Hmm… this is interesting. Let's check your ability!" Naruto grinned.

"Good idea, Naruto. Both of you, Naruto and Sakura, will be facing him alone. Is it okay for you, Kaito?"

"Yeah, no problem with that," he answered confidently.

Kakashi then inhaled deeply before shouting a "BEGIN!!"

Naruto and Sakura jumped backwards to make a distance and so was Kaito. Then Naruto performed his favorite shadow clone jutsu. Sakura used this chance to mix herself with the clones. Naruto roared and all of the clones threw kunais and shurikens at him. Kaito smiled. He put his hands in his pockets and disappeared in a red flash, knocking out all of Naruto's clones one by one. The blond haired boy looked shock at how fast he took all his clones. But then, Kaito looked up. Sakura was aiming her punch at him, and was shocked as Kaito knew her position. Kaito jumped and delivered a punch to her stomach which made her fly few feets back. Naruto got her then created another clone to distract him.

Kaito finished the clones and looked around with his expressionless eyes. Kakashi and Yamato watched in awe.

'This guy's speed is almost the same with the Fourth…' thought Yamato amazed.

"Found you," said Kaito with a smile, as he disappeared again in a red flash.

Naruto who was watching around, suddenly saw Kaito standing on a tree branch, smiling at them.

"You need to be better than that, Naruto-san, Sakura-san."

Both of them had a surprised look on their face.

'Just how fast can this guy be? He found us so fast, and yet I couldn't sense him…' said Sakura to herself.

"Well? Are you going to surrender or what?" asked Kaito.

Naruto suddenly poofed, making Sakura surprised even more.

'A clone?!' thought Sakura and Kaito surprised.

Kaito quickly turned to his back. There Naruto was with his Rasengan, ready to hit him anytime. Kaito jumped away, but suddenly greeted with Sakura who was already behind him. She was also ready to punch him with her inhuman strength. Kaito quickly made a handseal, and left 3 clones to receive their attack. The real one was running to other direction and prepared paper bombs. The clones then got attacked and the smoke blurred Naruto and Sakura's vision for a while. When they just got down, they were surrounded by paper bombs.

"WHAT?!!" shouted Naruto. He then grabbed Sakura's wrist and jumped to other direction.

"It took you guys long enough," said Kaito who was suddenly behind them.

Sakura turned and delivered a punch, but Kaito avoid it by grabbing her wrist, making her flinched. Naruto took a kunai and attacked him, aiming for his neck. Again, Kaito dodged it, and took them back to the training ground, where Kakashi and Yamato had been waiting.

"Alright, that's enough. If I may say, you are suitable for close and range combats, are you not, Kaito?" asked Kakashi.

"Well, yes and no. In some certain conditions, I could only afford a close combat."

"What are those certain conditions?" asked Sakura.

"… Sorry, I can't tell you just now," answered Kaito with a smile.

In other place…

Ukitake was pacing around his office. He had just met Kaito 3 days ago. Kaito said that he was assigned a mission to the real world and he was extremely worried.

Flashback…

"Sotaichou Yamamoto Genryuusai had assigned me to the Shinobi Continent. But I have a problem."

"What is it, Kaito?"

"The faux body. I had asked Urahara-san to get me one, but I hadn't received any news. I'm afraid he can't get one."

"Aren't you a shinobi in your past life?"

"I did and no one had ever known me, as I always wore a mask. But my body must have gotten rot by age."

Flashback ends…

Since that, Ukitake hadn't got any news from Kaito. Little did he knew Kaito had gone for the mission.

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