Demonic Requiem

by Cerino the Ultimate Ninja

What if Kushina Uzumaki survived childbirth, what if their was a mysterious new village present for the chunnin exams and who's side will they take, and who is the fourth member of Team 7 and what secrets does he hold. Naruto/femKyuubi later on OC/OC

2. Wave

Hello and welcome to my second chapter of Demonic Requiem. I don't really got anything to say other than I do not own Naruto. The only thing I own is the jutsu's, characters, villages, est. And to Human Kitsune Hero you'll see as the story progresses. And again PLEASE review I like hearing you thoughts and/or complaints.

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Demonic Requiem

Chapter 2: Wave

-somewhere in a forest bordering Konoha-

"Target is in sight at 15 meters." Naruto said through the walkie staring intently at their target of which they had been tracking for the past 30 min. (I'm given you one guess.)

"Target in sight at 17 meters." Kiba said through his end.

"Target in sight at 12 meters." Was Hinata's report.

"Target in sight at 4 ft." Was Cerino's call startling all of them. And sure enough there was the enigma himself lounging lazily on a tree branch just above the unsuspecting victim.

Kushina for the life of her couldn't figure him out. After passing the exam they all of course went for ramen at Ichiraku's where she learned that he had been a ninja 5 years prior to now. And that he had probably gotten past the rank of genin. Which was another question. Why had Sarutobi made him a genin. Why not a chunnin or jounin but the latter wasn't that likely.

"Ok it's a go! I repeat apprehend the target." Kushina said seeing that they were all in position.

There was a rustle of fabric as Naruto, Kiba, and Hinata moved in to capture the target. "Oh shit! Kiba it's heading to you!" Naruto shouted.

"A crap! It slipped past me that little-"

"I got it." Kiba began only to be interrupted by Cerino who appeared behind Kiba holding Tora by the scruff of her neck with his pointer and middle finger.

This again brought Kushina another memory.

-flashback-

"Sorry I'm late an old lady needed help carrying her groceries to her house." Came the ever present excuse for tardy of which no one believed and only one commented on.

"Yosh! That was very youthful of you Kakashi!" Said one Maito Gai

"You say something Gai?" Was the reply of the ever tardy Kakashi Hayate.

"Curse you and your hip attitude Kakashi!" Was the reply.

"Now that that's out of the way. WILL YOU BOTH SHUT-UP AND LETS GET ON WITH THE REPORTS!" Kushina Namikaze shouted.

"Yes. Let us be on the way with the genin exam reports now that Kakashi was kind enough to join us." Sarutobi said as the rest of the jounin's sweatdropped at Kakashi's and Gai's behavior. The ninja council was off to the side to listen to what potential the new batch of genin had.

"Team One fails." One jounin began.

"Team Two fails." Another jounin continued.

"Team Three fails." Asuma Sarutobi said.

"Team Four fails."

Team Five fails."

Team Six fails."

Team Seven passes." Kushina said with pride.

"Team Eight passes." Kakashi said surprising many. None had ever past his exams before! But what else could they expect from the Uchiha prodigy.

"Team Nine is still youthfully in circulation." Gai said proudly.

"Team Ten passes." Kurenai said.

"Ok will the passing teams sensei's please step forward and give us a skills analysis of your students." Sarutobi said scribbling down on a sheet of paper.

"I guess I will go first." Kakashi began. "The Uchiha is arrogant. He chose to take me head on while Sakura watched off to the side. It was Shino who figured out the true meaning of the bell test. The only reason they initially failed was because Sasuke wouldn't listen and continued to take me head on and the Haruno soon followed and continued to watch not even lifting a finger to help Sasuke. And after seizing a chance Shino sprung a trap that nearly took off one of my fingers. He was about to continue to help Sasuke until Sasuke struck him from behind effectively knocking him out."

"I am going to have to drill into Sasuke's head the possibility that he isn't the strongest thing in this city and he might need help at some points. Shino is well rounded in Ninjutsu and Taijutsu although he knows a few Genjutsu's also. Sakura will take the most work seeing as she barely has enough chakra to make five clones. Her Taijutsu skills are none existent along with her Ninjutsu and Genjutsu. I would have her pulled from the program completely if she wasn't book smart." Kakashi finished. Shino's father remained impassive and the Uchiha didn't have a council member yet seeing as that Sasuke was the only heir and would take the Uchiha seat when he came of age.

"I'll go next then." Kurenai began. "They all did very well being brought up together as children so they all worked together naturally although I'm going to try to get Ino over her stupid crush. She could be so much better if she would just get over Sasuke. Chouji's Taijutsu skill is off the grid and combined with Shikimaru's brains they could be a force to match the first Ino-Shika-Cho trio." She finished with a grin. The parent's of the aforementioned genin smiled with pride.

"And then theirs me." Kushina said. "They all past with flying colors. Naruto, Kiba, and Hinata left immediately and tried to figure out the exams. Cerino simply walked off and disappeared after I lost sight of him. Soon after they launched a carefully laid plan against me with Cerino, Naruto, and Kiba acting as distractions as they lead me toward where Hinata was hidden under a Genjutsu and soon after she got the bells."

"As for skills well. Naruto is well balanced in everything other than Genjutsu for he can dispel them but not create any other then the henge. Kiba is good in Taijutsu and Ninjutsu and coupled with Akamaru they can surely keep anyone on their toes. Hinata is good in stealth and tracking and light Taijutsu coupled with Kiba's enhanced senses we could make and excellent tracking or attack team with Hinata acting as backup and medic. And Cerino." At this she sighed. Tsume grinned wolfishly and Hiashi smiled warmly hearing about Hinata's success.

"Why didn't you tell me he has five years ninja experience?" This caught all of the ninja's present attention.

Sarutobi sighed. "Again it's not my place to tell you of his past for it is a dark and sad one. But yes he has been a Ninja since the age of 9 not 14. Now please continue."

"Ok well from what I see he seems to be more of a main tank than anything although he was able to track Naruto, Kiba, and Hinata down within 5 minutes without being detected so I'm not sure. But he seems slow but strong. I'm going to work on his speed the most to even him out. On another note his Kenjutsu skills are on par with Naruto's or maybe even mine for he was able to herd me toward the woods were Naruto and Kiba sprung the next stage of their trap." Kushina finished only for Sarutobi to chuckle at the slow part.

"What?"

"Apparently I need to explain the 'fine points' of his arrival. Other than his right leg seizing up and causing him to fall into the market district seeing as you know that. I won't disclose much but let me tell you that he can be fast in his own way. Did you know that he traveled from Kumogakure to Konoha in under 4 day's?" Shocking many for that was a feat they alone couldn't probably manage without keeling over dead upon arrival. "Let alone the previous 3 days of travel to Kumo. So let me say this. Don't worry about his speed. If anything leave his training to himself. He's always seemed to do better that way." Sarutobi finished with a smile.

"Ok then is that all?" Kushina said studying Sarutobi.

"No that is all. Dismissed." Was his reply.

-end flashback-

From that day on she hadn't learned anything else other than that he lived in a clan house not far from Tsume's. Although she remained vigilant to find out anything else.

Right now they were in the Hokage tower heading to the Hokage's office for another mission. Cerino holding the accursed cat in the same manner as before although a little away from his body to avoid further injury.

"Forgot how boring D ranked missions were. And hears to that I won't have to take them again after this." Cerino said with a grimace before he winced. Looking down they found that the cat had somehow got a hold of one of his fingers and was now biting it for all that is was worth.

Lifting it up to eye level Cerino glared at it with his slitted eyes effectively making it go stock still. "Now listen here fuzz ball. I don't like you and I would enjoy nothing more than to take some barbecue sauce to ya. So keep still before I follow through with the aforementioned plan." Meaningless to say the cat kept still

There was another thing Kushina found odd. Cerino seemed to be accustom to giving orders. Not that he ever tried to take over her job. No. He followed every order she gave him. But when he gave an order like he just did. It was with the voice of a commander. Someone who was used to leading men out to the battlefield.

-flashback…again-

About a week after Team 7 was formed Kushina visited the Inuzuka compound to visit her good friend and sister figure.

Answering the door Tsume grinned at her long time friend. "Well hello their stranger what can I do for you?" She teased.

"Yes I know, I know. I haven't been over in a while. I've just been busy training my Team and so on." Kushina answered embracing Tsume as they headed to the living room.

"So how has Kiba behaved during missions and training?" Tsume asked smiling as she brought out some sake.

"He's behaved. Although the D ranked missions are killing him. Where's Kuromaru?"

"I thought so. His father was the same way. And Kuromaru's out in the kennel. I think he has the hot's for one of the bitches their." Tsume replied grinning.

"Well it's about time. He really needs to settle down with a nice girl." Kushina replied.

"Yeah I know. So how has your Team been?"

"Well Naruto's the same. The D-ranks are driving him crazy. Hinata is dealing with it a little better than them although I can tell she is starting to get slightly frustrated." Kushina replied smiling.

"And what is this I hear about your fourth member. Cerino Delgada is his name I believe right?" Tsume asked looking puzzled.

The smile left Kushina's face. "He's…I don't know he doesn't really seem to mind them. Really he acts bored with them more than anything. Even when catching Tora!" Kushina said looking exasperated.

"Really. I also heard from Kiba that he's pretty good in an argument too. Something about 'putting Sasuke in his place' during the team selections." Tsume said also getting serious. "He also said that he smelled like wolves."

"Yeah he did get into an argument with Sasuke. And completely kept a level head the whole time. And when I questioned him the next day he simply evaded answering like a pro. Always being one step ahead. Always finding a way to back me into a corner" Kushina then went into detail of the argument and the previous event.

"Hm that is something. And if he's not lying about the whole Sharingan business then he probably has a bloodline of his own to have such records."

"Your right I think he does have a bloodline a doujutsu no less." Kushina said describing how his eyes 'seemed' to turn golden.

"Yep that does sound like a doujutsu. Although I've never heard of a doujutsu that turns the eye color golden so I'm stumped." Tsume replied deep in thought.

"Same here. I don't know about you but I think something big is about to go down and I think Cerino is somehow involved. He's obviously hiding something."

"I know but what can you do. Now onto a lighter note-" Tsume began and they made small talk the rest of the day hanging out like they did in the old days.

They were later joined by Hana Tsume's daughter and they soon filled her in on the Team and Cerino seeing as she was in ANBU.

"I'll see what I can dig up on him." She said with a smile.

-flashback end-

As they handed Tora over to it's rightful owner they enjoyed watching it be tortured by the Fire Daimos wife. "Ok other missions. We have mowing the local gardeners lawn. Cleaning up Konoha's river. Or you could-" Sarutobi was stopped by a kunai going between his middle and ring finger.

"Nonononono!" Cerino began in quick succession to stab the kunai in between his fingers never even nicking one. As he sped up him and Sarutobi staring at each other Sarutobi not even fazed by the kunai slowly increasing speed until it was a blur a further testament to Cerino's skill with a blade.

"Listen her old man. I am not going to waste my time on these meaningless errands that would be left to academy students where I come from." Cerino continued the kunai never slowing down only leaving more indents in the table. Finally the tempo was halted and Cerino stabbed the table the kunai once again between his middle and ring finger. "Or you are going to be missing something very dear to you!" He finished digging the kunai in deeper into the wood making Sarutobi sweat.

Kushina couldn't help but grin. 'How did he know that's where Sarutobi Keeps his Icha Icha Collection?' Seeing Sarutobi glance at her she just shrugged still smirking.

"Th-Theres a C rank escort mission to Wave that you can have." Sarutobi said handing the scroll to Cerino who took it and tossed it over his shoulder to Kushina.

Ripping his kunai out of the desk making it groan in protest Cerino said in his best impression of a Russian mobster. "Pleasure do'in business wit ch'you."

"Wait!" Sarutobi said just as they were about to leave grins on their faces. "Since Teams 8 and 10 are having similar complaints I'm going to make this a joint mission so if you'll just wait a second." Sarutobi said pressing a button on his intercom. "Bring me Teams 8 and 10 please. Now all we need to do is wait for them." Sarutobi said with a sadistic grin towards Cerino.

Kushina watched the exchange with interest and Cerino launched the same kunai in the same spot making Sarutobi sweat again. 'It's like a contest between them.' She concluded.

Soon after Teams 10 and 8 entered and Sasuke was the first to speak. "Why are they hear!?" Pointing at the other two teams. Team 7 and Chouji, Shikamaru, and Kurenai waved at Shino who waved solemnly back.

"I have just issued a C ranked mission to Team 7 and I thought since you all have been complaining about D ranked missions I thought I would make this a joint-team mission." Sarutobi said.

"Oh and you think that the idiots couldn't handle it. I probably could handle the mission by myself." Sasuke said arrogantly making Sakura swoon.

Before Team 7 could say anything Sarutobi said. "Why would that be Sasuke from my records hear they nearly double in the amount of D-ranked missions your team has completed and Team 10 here have completed nearly as much. If anything I'm sending the other teams to watch over your team." Sarutobi said with a mischievous smile.

Sasuke fumed and was about to retort only for Kakashi to say. "We accept the joint mission with Team 7."

"So do we." Kurenai said. With encouragement from her squad.

"Ok then. You can come in now Tazuna." Sarutobi called.

A drunken man wearing brown work clothes and a bottle of sake in hand stumbled in to the room. "Are these the runts who are supposed to be protecting me. They look like they wouldn't last a second in a real fight. Especially the kid with the hair that looks like a ducks arse." He said his voice slurring slightly making the Teams snicker.

Kushina's only reply was. "Well don't worry you have three of the strongest jounins in Konoha backing them up. Now I want all of you to head home and pack and meet at the city gates in 3 hours."

They each silently departed but not before Cerino went over to Sarutobi and once again retrieved his kunai but she could of sworn she saw him whisper something to the aged Hokage but she couldn't read his lips due to the angle.

-with Cerino-

As he entered his temporary home Cerino saw Yugito lounging on a couch slurping on a milkshake of sorts. "Hey I'm gonna be gone on a mission for a week or two so behave yourself. And please don't empty the vaults on one of your shopping spree's."

"Ok." Was his reply as she stood up and walked over to him. But instead of simply saying goodbye she hugged him making him go stiff from reflex. "Take care of yourself little bro. I know how you always seem to be where all the action is so stay alert."

"Oh. Look who's getting sentimental. What's next? You going to rent a chick flick and a box of tissues." Cerino said with a grin only to be slapped upside the head.

"I'm being serious. You nearly collapsed on me several times back there! Even you oh mighty one have your limits. And the way your testing them I'm afraid you'll push it too far. I mean when was the last time you…stretched properly?" She asked looking worried carefully choosing her words.

Cerino sighed. "Back at the clearing before our arrival." He answered truthfully.

"You see!? That what I mean. You know that your chakra can't remain cooped up for more than a couple of months! And I very damn well know what happens after that!"

"Don't worry I'll shift on the trip to buy some time. I'll probably do it during the night while I have watch."

"Ok." Yugito said sounding relieved slightly. "But remember don't push your self to far."

"Yes mom." Cerino said only to receive another smack to the head.

-three hours later-

All of the teams plus Tazuna met up at the gate and before long they set off. The genin were excited. This was their first time out of the village and they were excited to see new things.

But Chouji noticed something odd. "Hey Cerino where's your gear?" This brought the others attention to how Cerino had no pack or gear on him of any kind.

Reaching into his cloak Cerino produced a scroll. Twirling it in his fingers Cerino said. "No worry. I don't really like packs so I learned minor sealing techniques to make up for it."

No one else really bothered him after that. Little oddities like this were starting to lose their effect on them.

After several hours they came upon a puddle in the road. All of the jounin noticed it and nodded to each other. Cerino, Naruto, Hinata, Shino, and Kiba noticed it to with the latter barely catching on after a seconds thought and a whiff of the air. Akamaru growled lightly.

As they past it two figures rose out of it. They each had a wicked metal gauntlet on opposite arms connected by a long and very sharp chain. Rushing forward they encircled the jounin and with a pull ripped them apart. Sakura screeched in horror, Ino stared in disbelief along with the others.

"Three down." One said.

"Nine to go." Finished the other as they charged.

Cerino was the first to spring into action. Drawing his katana he sliced the chain in half in one fluid motion. Seeing their main weapon now useless they changed tact. Charging Cerino from both sides they each took a swipe at him. Ducking under the one in front of him and using his forward momentum he did an aerial roundhouse kick to the others face.

The other brother swung around and moved to slice Cerino's arm with his claws. Which were visibly dripping with poison. Dodging to the side Cerino only received a nick on the arm. Team 7 snapping out of their stupor sprang to action with Shino close behind while Team 10 guarded Tazuna.

"Gatsuuga!" Kiba cried turning once more into a mini tornado as he began to separate the brothers. Naruto knocked one off balance so Hinata could rush forward Byakugan activated closing key Tenketsu so he could not mold chakra only to have it sucked away by Shino's bugs and knocked against a tree by Kiba. Akamaru ran up to him and growled as if daring him to try and get up.

They turned to help Cerino only to find him dodging a right hook from his opponent and fluidly took a hold of his wrist with his right hand and with his left palm broke his elbow inwards causing him to scream and the others to wince in sympathy.

But he didn't stop there! Continuing around he wrapped his left forearm around his throat he put his right hand on his opponents chin and began to turn his head. His opponent put up a little of a fight before his neck muscles gave out and there was a sickening crack as he collapsed to the floor…dead.

"KOHAKU!!!" The one laying against the tree shouted seeing his brother die. He then collapsed against the tree all of the fighting spirit in his eye's gone. He only stared blankly at his comrades corpse.

The others were stunned. How could someone be so cold. To kill someone in cold blood when they were obviously no longer a threat was simply…wrong.

There was a swirl of leaves and before them and their stood their sensei's unharmed and very much alive. While Kakashi interrogated the enemy ninja Kushina confronted Cerino.

She stood before him starring slightly up at him as she studied his eyes. Although they were different and difficult to read she was able to get her answers from them. He held no remorse for killing that enemy proving that it wasn't his first kill and he knew it wouldn't be his last. She asked one simple question.

"Why? Why did you kill him? You could of easily restrained him!" She said showing that she was quiet angry with him.

He simply stared back. "Cause we are ninja and it's our job. Weather we like it or not. To restrain him would have been pointless seeing as only one would be required for interrogation. I admit that I don't like it and I never will. But I've learned to live with it. I grew up my whole life killing others to survive."

"But that doesn't justify killing someone one when they could be spared!" Kushina retaliated.

"So what? Either way he would die. We can't afford to let them go for that would jeopardize our mission. If anything I was merciful sparring him the interrogation."

"I don't know where you were brought up." Kushina said shaking her head. "But that is not how we do things here." Turning back to the others they began to question Tazuna.

Before leaving Kushina glanced at Cerino's upper arm. "Here let me check that out. We will probably need to reopen it the drain most of the poison out so that it isn't fatal."

"I think your seeing things Kushina." Cerino said opening the cut cloth to reveal unscathed skin. "He only nicked my coat. One of the many advantages of a cloak." And soon after they all agreed to move on.

Later on that night as they were making camp and had supper the issue of who would take watch aroused. "I'll take first watch." Cerino volunteered. Everyone hadn't spoken a word to Cerino after Kushina had that talk with him and he seemed to like it that way so they didn't feel like arguing.

"Ok. Just wake me up around 2:00 to take the second shift." Kushina said as she headed to her tent. Everyone else did the same.

As Naruto laid down he went through the usually ritual. 'Good night Yumi.' (I didn't give Kyuubi a name last chapter because I couldn't think of one.)

"Goodnight Naruto" Yumi replied.

-later that night-

Around 11:00 when Cerino was positive that they were all asleep he discreetly made a shadow clone which took his place on the tree branch he had been lounging on and he slipped into the night.

-next morning-

Naruto was sleeping rather well in his tent when he was awoke by shouting. Quickly springing to action he grabbed his katana, and rushed out of the tent expecting an attack but all he saw was his mother yelling at Cerino who was simply lounging on the same tree branch as last night staring down at her blankly.

"Why didn't you wake me! Your no good to us dead tired Cerino!" Glancing around Naruto found the others in the same state.

Before further inquiry was made Cerino replied. "There was no use waking you. I needed time to think and I wouldn't of been able to sleep anyways. So it's a win-win scenario. You get your rest and I get my answers."

"But that's still no reason to break orders." Kushina said exasperatedly. "Fine no use whining about it now. But you better keep up we aren't slowing down for you!"

"Wouldn't have it any other way." Cerino replied.

You could tell that all that day Kushina was looking for any sign of Cerino being tired but none showed themselves. All that day Cerino kept up with them not once nodding off or slowing down. He didn't even have dark spots under his eyes!

Brushing it off they continued their journey. As they came to the shore they found a small boat waiting for them. It was to small for them all so the jounin said they would water walk along side of it. "I know the exercise too so I will join them." Naruto said grinning at Sasuke's glare after the jounin demonstrated the technique.

"Does anyone else know the water-walking exercise?" Kakashi asked.

"Yeah." Cerino answered not surprising anyone seeing as he was just full of them and after his demonstration at the team selection.

So they were off the jounin, Naruto, and Cerino running along side the cramped boat while the engine was running. A mist began to roll in thus impairing their vision and soon after the boat driver killed the motor and began to manually steer them to shore. For 'safety' reason's.

As the ninja walked by the boat Sakura was fawning over Sasuke and being so close to him. Ino could only watch in disgust. 'Did I really act like that at the academy?'

Off to the side Kurenai couldn't help but smile. 'She's finally realized how stupid she has been acting.' She thought. She had even seen her contemplating cutting her hair. Which she seemed to really like it grown out.

They soon caught sight of an enormous bridge. It was magnificent. The bridge would surely be able to support the small country of wave. "Tazuna if I may ask. Where did you get the funding for this bridge?" Kakashi asked staring at the bridge. "If Wave is as poor as you say then this must have put a couple hundred people out on the streets."

"You are partially correct Kakashi." Tazuna said looking down trodden. "Most of the beams and cement are from temples and buildings we've torn down for materials. And the rest we bought and transported to Wave using several of the hidden boats we were able to hide from Gato. The people who gave and sold all of their possessions usually moved in with close friends and family. They did it because they knew that in the long run…we would be freed thanks to their generosity." It was silent after that as they mulled that over in their minds.

They finally reached the opposite shore after several more minutes. Bidding the boat driver farewell they continued on to Tazuna's house hoping to get there before dark.

As they were walking when Kiba and Naruto thanks to Yumi giving him enhanced senses caught the smell of metal, sharpening oil, and death. Acting in a flash Kiba tossed a kunai into a nearby bush. Upon further inspection they found a snow white rabbit looking ready to jump out of it's skin.

As Sakura began to scold Kiba for his action the jounin began to question the breed of the rabbit. Then they all hear a sound that they had heard many times before. The sound of a large metal object flying through the air straight towards them. "DUCK!!!" They all said in unison Kakashi grabbing Tazuna and dragging him with them.

A large zanbatou flew right over their heads and buried itself into a tree several yards ahead of them. A ninja in cow styled pants, bandages wrapped around his lower face and no eyebrows appeared on the hilt of the sword soon after it stopped it's deadly cyclone. "Well-well-well. Kushina Namikaze Konoha's Red Death, Kakashi Hatake the Copy Cat Ninja, and Kurenai Yuuhi The Genjutsu Mistress of Konoha. No wonder the Demon Brothers failed to kill the old man. Three Konoha legends all to protect one bridge builder?"

"Momochi Zabuza Demon of the Bloody Mist. Now what would you be doing here?" Kakashi replied. Naruto tensed up at the name. His mother had made him read the bingo book front to back and told him that if he were to ever encounter one of the men/woman in their he was to flee as quickly as he could.

"It's truly an honor to meet you all. And I would gladly stay and exchange titles and stories with you but sadly I'm in a rush so please hand over the bridge builder now and no one has to get hurt." Zabuza said jumping down from his post and retching his sword out of the tree as a thick mist started to form around them.

Kushina was very nervous now. Her first instinct was to tell Naruto to run. But she couldn't let him run. tightening the grip on her hilt she knew the best thing she could do was defend him.

"I'm sorry but we can't do that Zabuza. So you are going to have to either leave or fight us!" Kakashi said pulling up his head band revealing his trump card. The Sharingan.

Sasuke stared angrily at Kakashi. 'How does he have the Sharingan!? A filthy commoner such as him doesn't deserve it's power!'

"Weeelll. I truly am honored. Revealing your Sharingan so early in a fight. You must really be taking me seriously!" Zabuza laughed out stepping back into the mist and onto a lake nearby before he was fully obscured by the mist.

"Kushina, Kurenai defend Tazuna!" Kakashi said stepping forward into the mist. The genin tightened formation around Tazuna while Kushina and Kurenai guarded the sides.

"There are eight points. Eight points of which I can hit to kill you. The larynx, spine, liver, collarbone, jugular vein, kidneys, brain, and the heart. Which should I choose?"

Cerino was having a flashback of his first C rank. The date of which was tattooed on his arm.

-flashback-

The only thing that could describe the moon light bathed cliff edge was destruction. Destruction covered it. In the form of blood, limbs, and corpses. The once forest covered cliff edge was either hacked into splinters are burned into ash. The only form of life was a small figure kneeling before the only patch of grass in the radius of 100 meters.

The figure was obviously crying by the way it's small form shook and shuddered every few seconds. The young boy no older than 9 years old whose white hair was dyed crimson from his earlier rage. He could only stare at both his crimson hands and back to his dead teammates. They had not died by his hands but he couldn't help but feel responsible.

His eye's fell on the form of a young boy barely 14 years old boy. Who's face was frozen eye's open staring at the sky with a peaceful look on his face. As if he had done what his heart commanded in the last seconds of his life. The only implication that he was dead was the rather large pool of blood around his body. The boy only sobbed hard at that. His sobbing grew an grew until he was wailing at the full moon above him.

A few miles away a women with similar snow white hair that reached her waste heard the wail but to her it sounded like a wolf howling. But she knew who it was. "CERINO!" She cried before crashing through the underbrush heading straight to him. 'I swear to motherfucking kami I will kill whoever hurts my son!'

-flashback end-

He too tightened his grip on the hilt of his still sheathed sword. 'I WILL NOT allow their first real mission to turn out like MINE!' Cerino all but vowed glancing at the genin surrounding them. They each looked ready to faint as they felt the killer intent wash over them.

Kakashi noticed that Zabuza was gathering a large amount of chakra and was about to move in when he noticed that Zabuza's chakra signature had split! 'Clones!' Kakashi thought as he saw two of them move by him as another charged him but he easily dispatched it. But it had served it's purpose.

The two clones were bearing down on the group. "Lookout!" Kakashi shouted as he saw the clone appear directly in the middle of the group.

Kushina and Kurenai alerted by the shout were about to move when they saw the clone. But it was already moving to cleave the entire group in half and they were at the wrong angle to strike.

Then a rustle of fabric. A black blur and the next moment Cerino appeared digging a kunai into the clones neck a soundless snarl firmly planted on his face. But the victory was short lived as the second appeared in front of him and delivered a bone breaking kick to Cerino's chest launching him toward the water. As Cerino sailed through the air he was able to launch a kunai directly between the clones eyes before he could move on to the others.

"Cerino!" Kushina shouted sprinting after him. "Protect Tazuna!" Kushina shouted back toward Kurenai seeing that she was getting ready to move in also.

Kushina didn't get far before another clone appeared before her only to be sliced in half by her blade. Moving toward Kakashi they soon were within speaking range.

"Where's Cerino?" Kushina asked him as the stood back to back waiting for another attack.

"On the lake fighting a couple of clones and we got several heading our direction and Kurenai put a Genjutsu up to protect her and the genin." Kakashi replied.

"Is there any chance we can get to him?" Kushina said back as the clones neared.

"Not without fighting off these clones!" Kakashi replied side stepping one of them delivering his elongated kunai to it's neck before moving on.

Kushina was trying to think of a way to get to Cerino as she sliced one clones head off. She didn't know how strong he was but he couldn't possibly hold up against an S-class criminal for long. 'Let's hope you got more than one trick up your sleeve Cerino.'

As this was going on Cerino was out on the lake trying to lay down a game plan. He had finally drawn his sword and had cut down one clone with it and he and a second clone were circling each other. 'Ok I shifted yesterday so I should be good to use all my chakra.' At that he chuckled.

"What's so funny shrimp?" The clone asked albeit though Cerino was the same height as him.

"It's just been a while since I've had a decent Kenjutsu match. And that it's also been a while since I've turned up the heat!" Cerino said before flashing through a group of handsigns in a flash. "Fire Style: Dragons Breathe Jutsu!"

'What!' The clone thought as the golden flames sprung at him and he instinctively leapt to the side. Only for the clone to turn to steam as it past by him.

Zabuza felt the chakra spike and decided to finish this quickly. Creating a few more clone they raced off for the jounin and Cerino.

As Kushina and Kakashi finished off the last of the clones they were about to move for Cerino until another clone appeared behind Kakashi only for it to be stabbed in the gut before it could move. But that's what it wanted. Dropping a explosive tag Kakashi didn't have time to move before it went off.

Flung into the air he was thrown onto the pond and sunk into it. 'This water it's thicker than normal.' Kakashi thought before he heard something above him "Water Style: Water Prison Jutsu!"

And sure enough an orb of water encircled Kakashi lifting him up out of the water. The mist began to thin for the Konoha ninja to see their captured comrade. It was deafly quiet signaling that Cerino's fight was over also. For better or worst they didn't know.

"Stand down now or I will cut of his oxygen supply!" Zabuza ordered Kushina. Seeing no way out of it she lowered her sword not knowing how to save him yet.

"Now hand over the bridge builder and I'll let him free. I'll also hand over the other brat. Or at least his corpse." Zabuza taunted.

Kushina didn't know weather to believe him or not. No one moved for a good minute before Zabuza finally grew impatient and said. "Fine since that's how it's got to be. You might want take a deep breathe Kakashi this could take a whARGHHHHH!"

Even as he said this a katana pierced through his chest. A katana wielded by a familiar black clad enigma. "So I'm a corpse now right? Word of advice Zabuza don't bluff about something you ain't 100 percent sure about!" Cerino…well he looked like shit. His body was soaked with water and his own blood. There were cuts ranging from nicks to slashes all over him. And he was obviously pissed! "Now I'm calling the shots here! Now release Kakashi and dispel the rest of your godamned clones! Or I will rend yer motherfucking heart in two!"

The clones around Kushina dispersed into water but the water prison didn't change. At that Cerino twisted the blade earning a gasp from Zabuza. The water prison fazed and slowly began to disperse. Forming a plan he let it fall instantly and flashing through a series of handsigns he called his move. "Water Style: Grand Waterfall Jutsu!" A pillar of water rose from the water and smashed into him and Cerino shooting them into the water and into the tree's.

Cerino groaned as his back hit a tree and the water dyed down leaving him in a puddle of red water. Then the whole scene with the hunter-nin happened leaving the group quietly.

Kushina quickly sprung into action rushing to Cerino's side. At the moment he was clutching a branch above him and was pulling himself to his feet. "Hey hold up there Cerino sit back down Let me check out those wounds." Kushina said placing a hand on his chest. Getting a nod from Cerino she helped him to the ground again.

Leaning his head back against the tree he let out a bark like laugh as he said. "Just got the wind knocked out of me I'm fine."

"You won't be if you bleed anymore Cerino." Kushina replied. A few minutes of silence passed as she healed the bigger gashes mainly on his torso. "That was pretty clever of you Cerino. Sneaking up on an S-rank ninja is a feat nearly impossible for a genin." She said with a smile.

"Yeah thanks Cerino. You saved us a lot of trouble." Kakashi said.

Cerino chuckled slightly only to hiss as Kushina healed one of the bigger wounds. "Ok that's all I can do here. Is your house far?" She questioned.

"No. It's about a good five miles down the road." Tazuna answered pointing down the way they were heading.

"Just one thing." Cerino said reaching over and retrieving sword from his side Kushina was finally able to get a good look at it.

It was the same length as any katana around three or so feet long. And as the hilt suggested it was beautiful. Near the tip of the blade was a wolfs head hackles raised poised to bite at anything that got near it. Flowing behind the head were what looked to be flames which made the wolf head look like a alternate version of a 'fire dragon'.

"Alright…well up you get Cerino." Kushina said pulling his right arm over her shoulders while his left held on to his sword. "Jeez Cerino! You need to lose some weight." Kushina said adjusting his arm around her shoulder.

"Hey! Muscle weighs more than fat check it out!" Cerino said grinning weakly while flexing his arm. Everyone got a good laugh out of that.

-Sometime later-

'Ohh…fuck my head. Feels like I took 10 hits from Tifa straight to the head!' Cerino thought as he forced his body to wake up.

He was about to sit up when a hand pressed against his chest firmly yet softly pushing him down. "Hold up their Cerino. I don't think you should be getting up just yet." Kushina said from her chair beside his bed.

Groaning Cerino reluctantly lowered himself back down on the bed. "How long was I out?" He rasped out.

"You passed out from blood-loss along the way. It's 6:38 p.m. You've been out for a little over 24 hours." Kushina replied fixing the blankets.

"And you're here because…" Cerino asked.

"We knew you would be waking up soon so we had someone here to make sure you didn't get up." She answered simply.

Cerino chuckled before reaching up to his chest above his heart. When he found nothing his eye's snapped open and he nearly sat up again looking around for it.

Kushina chuckled. "Looking for this?" She said while holding up a necklace. It's was simple yet beautiful with a gold chain with a pendant in the shape of a black and white wolf that looked like it was howling. 'He must really like dogs.' Kushina concluded.

Snatching it out of her hand he quickly fastened it around his neck. "If I may ask. Who gave that to you?"

"A very close friend of mine." Cerino replied. After a few minutes of comfortable silence Cerino spoke up again. "When will I be able to get up?"

"After I check and make sure your wounds are properly closed. Speaking of which I should probably do that now." Kushina said moving the blankets aside revealing his bare chest which was covered in bandages.

His torso looked like a horror story all on it's own. It was covered with scars ranging from slashes to stab wounds. Some of the more noticeable ones were the one just above his naval which was round and had a matching one on the other side showing that he had been impaled by a spear or something of the like.

Their were many more like that one but none were as big as it. Then their were the one's on his back. Long gashes that Kushina recognized as whip marks most like from torture seeing as they were all on his back. Then their were the multiple stab wounds along his back from what Kushina recognized as kunai wounds. Kushina had summarized that he received them all at once seeing as none overlapped each other.

Everyone looked amazed by the display of pain when they first took of his shirt. Minato had similar scars on his body so Kushina was used to it she was just surprised that someone so young had already experienced so much pain.

"Well looks like you can get up your wounds have closed up nicely just don't go exerting yourself to much so that they don't reopen." Kushina said with a smile as she re-bandaged Cerino's wounds.

"Where's my clothes?" Cerino asked after noticing that he only had some black shorts on.

"Here's one of your shirts. I was able to get one of your scrolls open with the blood on the bandages." She said handing him a wife beater. After he had slipped it on she then helped him to his feet and walked with him down stairs to the kitchen where the others were getting ready for dinner.

Kiba was first to notice them as they walked into the kitchen where they were eating. "Hey Cerino you feeling any better?" This drew their attention to them as Cerino sat down inbetween Hinata and Naruto.

"Well other than being sore and hungry I got no reason to complain. As I'm pretty sure you noticed I've had worst.' Cerino said sighing as he rested his elbow on the table resting his cheek on his fist.

"Well I just want to say thank-you for helping to get my father here safely!" Tsunami said after being introduced by Kurenai.

"No prob." Cerino said back with a smile.

"Cerino I don't mean to bother you more in your injured state but we've been thinking and we have summarized that Zabuza is alive." Kakashi said seeing as he told the group yesterday it was only fair Cerino knew as well.

"Yeah I guessed as much seeing as the hunter-nin are supposed to 'dispose' of the body on the spot." Cerino answered back only getting a nod from Kakashi.

"Yes so we've decided we would have today to relax and rest and tomorrow we would begin training."

"Alrighty then."

They ate in silence after that thinking on assorted things. After a while Hinata asked a question that had been bugging her ever since she had seen him without a shirt on. "Say Cerino what are those date's on your arm for?" Once again all eye's were on him.

Their were four altogether and each were written with different colors and designs. The first was written in gold and seemed to shine almost. The next was blood red and seemed to have blood running down it. The one after that was about a year later and seemed to be made out of platinum blonde tread or hair. The next was about another year later and was black and white and seemed to resemble his cloak.

Cerino slowly finished his bite of food before answering. "Life changing days." He said shortly pointing to the first on his shoulder which was around when he was seven. "This one I will keep to myself."

Moving down to the second which was two years later. "This one was my first C-rank mission."

He was about to continue when Sasuke cut him off. "Why is that so 'life changing'?" He said in a mocking voice.

Cerino's eye's flashed dangerously at him making him flinch. "Don't mock what you can't understand Uchiha or I will shut you up my self."

"But still what happened to make it so important." Kushina asked genuinely curious.

Cerino sighed before relenting. "It was a simple scouting mission. We go in investigate a bandit camp and get out. Simple. Or so we thought." Once again he sighed leaning back in his chair staring at the ceiling.

"During our mission we got made. The only female member of our team slipped up. It was an idiotic mistake. Seeing as I was younger than the rest of them that made me…well I guess you could say a prodigy. She was one of my many fan girls 'bah'. How I hated them. She cared more for her looks than for her training. But that one slip up caused a tragedy. Apparently their wasn't only bandit's in that camp but ninja also.

Mainly genin with only 2 or 3 chunnin and 1 jounin. He was the leader. Once we realized we had been figured out we made a bee-line for it. But my teammate was wounded and we were forced to carry her out of their thus slowing us down.

It wasn't long before they caught up with us and surrounded us. So it was up for a fight. They simply left us alone for the rest of the night. My teammate died from blood loss during that night seeing as her femoral artery was sliced during our escaped.

So it was just me, my sensei Jun, and my best friend Takeshi surrounded by more than fifteen ninja. We buried Hitomi during the night. Then right then and there we made and agreement. We decide that if we were going to die we decided that we would make sure that our enemies knew that they were in a fight!"

Cerino calmed himself down before continuing. "Jun and Takeshi set up traps during the rest of the night while I cast a rather 'complex' Genjutsu to cover their tracks." That bit perked Kurenai's interest. "And as a backup we rigged the whole clearing with explosives. So that once they were all in the clearing and it was inevitable that we were going to die we would take each and every one of them goddamned nuke-nin with us." Cerino said chuckling bitterly at the end.

"Once that was done there was nothing left to do but sit and wait for them to make the first move." Cerino sighed running a hand through his hair. "That was the worst part of it I would say. Silently waiting for a fight that you know will probably be your last. And of course to set the mood it began to rain.

One of the things that I'll always remember about that period of time was…how quiet it was. Not one of us felt like talking. We were wrapped in our own thoughts. I found it kind of funny and yet I found it kind of sad but…the thoughts going through my head was some of the best I've ever had. It was like…like it was like everything became clear to me and for the first time of my life…my goal was clear, no obstacles, no puzzles, just waiting to make that finally desperate struggle worth while.

Then it began. We noticed movement in the tree line as we gathered around Hitomi's grave. The more inexperienced genin charged first triggering our traps either being killed by kunai and shuriken or being crushed by logs or the like. with their numbers cut nearly in half we leveled the playing field slightly.

But we were still out numbered 2-to-1 at least. The real fighting broke out soon after with Jun engaging the enemy jounin alone as the chunnin and the few surviving genin to us. Of course are chances were bad from the start seeing as we were all out numbered. Soon it came to the point were we knew we were either going to set of our main trap and go out with a bang our continue fighting and let them live.

Kind of obvious what we chose." At that Cerino turned his gaze to the ceiling a small sad smile on his face. "But as we set off the charges Takeshi made the ultimate sacrifice. tackling me to the ground he used his own body as a shield for me…I'll never forget that one moment for it was burned into my brain like a photograph.

I was knocked out from the shockwave. I woke up during the night and was picked up by an ANBU scouting party. (I'm not sure it the ANBU are limited to just Konoha so lets just say that it's a rank like genin or jounin.)

And their you have it. Now you tell me that ain't a life changing day." Cerino finished before gesturing to his arm again. "…and the rest…I'll keep to myself also."

The table was silent. They were in awe at the story and how Cerino seemed to be unaffected by it. "Well I guess that goes to show you. Even one simple mistake in out line of business can cost you your life and the life of your teammates." Cerino continued.

Everyone continued to eat their dinner in silence after that. After cleaning his plate Cerino stood up and stretched before saying. "Well I'm going outside. See you in a few."

Snapping out of her thoughts Kushina asked. "Where are you going?"

"I need to stretch my legs. Ya know get them working properly again. Relax I won't get lost." He answered walking out of the room with a wave and a grin.

Soon after that everyone left for bed their thoughts on various things about their profession.

-the next morning-

Tsunami walked into the kitchen half awake pondering on what she should make her guests for dinner only for the smell of sausage and eggs to assault her nose. Entering the kitchen she found Cerino sitting at the table already eating while reading a book.

"Good morning Tsunami." Cerino said startling her.

"Sorry you just startled me that's all. I didn't expect any of you to be up at this hour." She said glancing out the window to find that it was still dark.

"Well where I grew up we followed the concept that 'the early bird gets the worm' type of deal. Lucky for you and for them I made extra." Cerino said looking up from his book grinning.

Tsunami couldn't help but smile back. 'Could this man actually kill someone in cold blood like they said he did.' She thought as she fixed herself a plate. As she was about to take a bite she hesitated.

"It's ok Tsunami I didn't poison it and it's edible." Cerino said not even looking up.

Tsunami flushed and stuttered out. "What makes you think I thought that?"

"Oh nothing just this ongoing stereotype that men are terrible cooks!" Cerino said once again grinning at her. (I hate that! I ain't bragging but I ain't a half-bad cook my self.)

She chuckled silently before taking a bite and finding that it was actually pretty good. "Wow this is delicious! Where'd you learn to cook like this?"

Cerino chuckled and answered. "My mother taught me after I showed some interest in cooking. And I've gotten better over time."

They ate in silence after that as the rest of the household filtered into the kitchen. "Wow Tsunami you really outdid yourself!" Naruto said once everyone was finished.

"Well thank you but it's not me you should be thanking." Tsunami said with a smile.

"Then who is it?" Naruto asked.

His only answer was for Cerino to whistle and point at himself still reading his book.

Everyone just anime stared at him as he seemingly oblivious to the stares turned the page.

"Well since you are all finished up I think we should move onto that training Kakashi mentioned yesterday." Cerino said as he put his book away finally noticing that they were staring at him. "What?"

Snapping out of their stupors they all began to make their way out of the house. Upon seeing Cerino following Kushina quickly stopped him. "Nonononono you ain't going anywhere Cerino. We can't have you re-opening those wound now can we. You just take it easy and give your wounds more time to close up properly."

"Relax Kushina I got a way to fight without pushing my body too far. I just need to practice a little seeing that it's been awhile since I used the techniques required for it."

Kushina sighed knowing that is was futile to try and dissuade him.

"Ok. Under two conditions. One: you stay within sight. Two: you will stop immediately if any of your wounds re-open to give them time to close back up. Your still a little paler than usual so I wouldn't recommend losing to much blood."

"Got it." Cerino said as he continued out side and to where the others had headed off to. He wore black loose fitting ANBU style cargo pants with another wife beater.

Cerino entered the clearing in the forest as Kakashi and Kurenai explained the tree walking exercise the teams 8 and 10 as Kushina showed Hinata and Kiba the water walking exercise while she gave Naruto some tougher exercises to do during the water walking like sticking leaves on different parts of your bodies with chakra while running on it. They left Cerino alone seeing as he would have his own training regime.

As they did that Cerino walked over to the far side of the clearing before sitting down and pulling out a sealing scroll. Unsealing it's contents their lied before him 15 blue orbs each identical in size and shape with intricate seals etched all around them. Picking each one up and examining them closely for any flaw in the seals and pushing a small amount of chakra into them so that they glowed blue slightly.

Kushina finishing instructing her team leaned casually against a tree and watched as he inspected the strange orbs. 'They seem to be able to hold any chakra that is given to them. And the seals are probably what molds the chakra. But what for is the question.' Hey what can I say being the wife of a sealing legend has it's perks.

Once he was sure that they were all in perfect condition he charged each of them with a set amount of chakra so that they shimmered with stored chakra before rolling them out in front of him before rolling back up the scroll and sticking it back in his pants pocket.

Standing up Cerino closed his eye's and got into a sort of meditative pose with his hands in front of his stomach palms facing up. Breathing in deeply he brought them out to the side and upwards till his arms were extended straight up before he turned his palms down and as he exhaled he brought his hands back down.

Opening his eye's again revealing that they had once more turned pure golden! Now that Kushina had a better look she saw that his eyes didn't seem to have any iris just a pupil. Around the pupil were what looked to be five teardrops with the tips facing the pupil. They each were pitch black and identical much like the Sharingan's tomeo.

Slipping into a loose stance he focused on the blue orbs as they glowed a little brighter before floating into the air making Kushina raise an eyebrow. They began to arrange themselves so that they surrounded and circled Cerino as his eyes scanned each one for something.

Then one of the orbs behind Cerino shifted from blue to green. With surprising speed due to his injuries Cerino whirled around careful not to move his bandaged torso too much and shot what looked to be an orb of pure highly compressed chakra at it. There was a low 'ping' as the orb was struck by the attack and flew back a good distance before stopping and sailing back into the circle once again glowing blue.

Another 'ping' rang through the clearing as another orb turned green and was struck by another orb of chakra. Kushina was perplexed by the strange attack Cerino was using. Seeing as the orbs were probably designed to withstand the attack she wasn't seeing it's full affect. Cerino's hands were glowing with the amount of chakra apparently needed for the attack. He never missed a target as this continued.

The whole area was bombarded my a fuselage of 'pings' effectively drawing everyone's attention as the tempo of the pings grew faster and faster. It got to the point that when Cerino would shot one orb another would immediately turn green. Then to shake things up two orbs on completely different sides of Cerino glowed green.

'How is he supposed to hit th…' Kushina thought only to be interrupted by to rather loud 'pings' as Cerino hit them dead on.

This continued on as they continued to turn green only to be shot down a second later. Soon it got to the point where two would turn green at a time and once more the tempo began to grow faster and faster until there was hardly any space between the pings as the area around Cerino became a blur of blue and green orbs and the strange chakra 'blasts' Cerino was firing. Cerino seemed to be doing some kind of dance as he span and twirled in place his arms out stretched a grin plastered on his face.

Then it began to slow down the pings tempo began to slow down and after the orbs settled back into their positions as they glowed a peaceful blue. Cerino simply stood in the center as they continued to circled. Staring at them with those golden eye's like a hawk searching for it's prey. His hands were enveloped in chakra showing that his attack was ready.

Then in unison every single orb glowed green at the same time. Spectators stared dumb-founded as Cerino grinned lowered both arms his attack fading and he raised his right arm into the air palm open as if grabbing something. There was a blinding flash of light as all the chakra in the orbs seemed to be 'leeched' from them forming an orb of pure chakra in Cerino's hand as he brought it up to eye level.

The orbs began to fall to the ground. Until the chakra in Cerino's hand dispersed into each one again catching them before they his the ground. They once again rose into the air and began to do something different. Forming a straight line in front of Cerino hardly an inch in between them. Cerino once again grinned as he pointed his right arm at the ground forming another chakra blast.

He shot it into the ground and it seemed to travel through the ground like a shockwave kicking up dust as it thundered toward the orbs as they remained unmoving. There was a rather loud 'PING' upon impact as the orbs flew back into the forest clunking of a trees and some even got imbedded into the trees as they ceased glowing. The area were the shockwave ripped through looked as if a rockslide went through it as the grass had been uprooted and the soil had been churned.

Cerino relaxed his stance as he pulled the scroll out of his pocket and resealed the orbs before sticking it back into his pocket. Once he had replaced the scroll inside his pants pocket he stretched his arms and back before turning back to the group. He froze in mid step as he noticed that they were all staring at him or more in particular his eyes.

Once again he said only one word. "What?"

"Y-y-you h-have a doujutsu?!" Naruto stuttered out in amazement.

"Yeah yeah I have a bloodline so what?" Cerino said casually.

"Then why haven't you used it before?" Chouji asked.

While off to the side Shikamaru muttered. "Troublesome."

"Quite frankly I don't like using it right off the bat during a fight. It gives me a trump card to pull out of things get messy." Was the response to the question.

Now that on it's own was a strange thing to do seeing as any clan with a doujutsu learns to use it right off the bat to gain a tactical advantage from the start. "So your saying that you've had a bloodline limit this whole time you just haven't felt like using it!?" Kiba said from his spot on the water as he somehow miraculously stayed on the surface along with Hinata when they began to watch Cerino's 'training'.

"Yeah that's pretty much hitting the nail on the head." Cerino answered back shrugging.

"Weeeeell I wouldn't say that's completely true. I did use it to see through the mist and sneak up on Zabuza but that was the only time I used it ever since I arrived. Which is why I wanted to get some practice in with it.

You see my clan is different from the Uchiha or the Hyuga. Unlike them we don't rely completely on our doujutsu during a fight. One of their greatest weaknesses is that when you take their doujutsu from either of them they can be easily taken down seeing as they have trained only using their doujutsu. Although the Uchiha are better off seeing as they have at least 'some' experience fighting without their doujutsu." Cerino finished with a shrug. "But not that much better."

"So what is your doujutsu called?" Kushina asked after a minute where Hinata was in a thinking pose and Sasuke was fuming.

"Go-ruden-manako." Cerino answered back simply. (Which translates into 'golden eye'. I know not the best of names but I thought it fit.)

"And what does it do?" Hinata asked

"Jeez do you guys want me to give you my life story while I'm at it?" Cerino asked with a smirk. "That should at least answer most of your questions!"

"Well we need to know what it does so we know what your capable of and how we could use it with Hinata's Byakugan and Sasuke's Sharingan." Kurenai retorted back politely.

Cerino sighed before rubbing the back of his head and said. "Well Sasuke looks like you are getting a break. I was going to let you mull it over a little while longer but…ok I'll bite." Looking at them having already deactivated his doujutsu he began. "Now there are many theories and suspicions about just 'where' the Hyuga and the Uchiha got their bloodline. Some say the Byakugan was a gift from Kami itself and the Sharingan was a gift from some powerful demon. Well they are both wrong." The listeners were beginning to wonder how this would explain his bloodlines abilities but didn't interrupt. "The Sharingan and Byakugan are really just as I said before 'bi-products' past down from an older and stronger doujutsu. Any guesses which one?"

"W-wait you mean to tell me that the Sharingan was developed from…" Kakashi began but trailed off settling only to stare at Cerino with his only good eye.

"Bingo the Sharingan and the Byakugan both descended from my bloodline."

There was a pregnant silence as the group could only stare at Cerino and he simply stared back. "B-but THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!!" Sasuke shouted back his Sharingan flaring to life. He didn't want to reveal that he had obtained his Sharingan just yet seeing as he was going to use it to copy some of Cerino's jutsu but he lost control in his anger. "THERE IS NO WAY THAT THE ALL POWERFUL SHARINGAN DECENDED FROM A DOUJUTSU AS PATHETIC YOURS!"

Cerino simply leveled his gaze with Sasuke's Sharingan. "Believe what you will Uchiha I ain't going to waste the time and the energy needed to convince you. But you can't escape the truth that your 'all powerful' Sharingan is only a cheap imitation of what it's predecessor could do.

Now where was I…oh right. Now the Sharingan and Byakugan while descended from my doujutsu they both capitalized on the two key abilities only on weaker stages. My eye's can see in every direction and when I focus on it I can see for miles around. Meaning that my clan has it's own version of the Hyuga's 'gentle fist'.

And while the Sharingan can copy jutsu it only copies the hand signs and how the opponent molds his chakra to complete the jutsu. My bloodline does that but it also breaks the jutsu down and allows me to know every detail about the jutsu thus allowing me to copy jutsu faster and more execute copied jutsu more effectively right off the bat."

"And those attacks you just used are they…techniques your doujutsu grants you." Kushina asked after a second of silence.

"I guess you could say that. It's basically in the same ball park as the Hyuga's gentle fist. Anyone can do it but not as effectively seeing as my bloodline helps me mold my chakra properly. The other one I used is one of my doujutsu key abilities meaning that anyone without my doujutsu can't use it. I can sap the chakra out of anything that doesn't have chakra coils such as clones. You see without chakra coils they can't hold onto their own chakra so I can easily sap their chakra out of them and use it against them. So next time Zabuza summons his clones he will be in a big surprise"

Cerino answered with a grin at the end. "Now I believe we had some training to do?"

That snapped the jounin out of their stupor and they continued to instruct their students in their exercises.

-five days later-

Ever since the first day of training they stayed on a strict training schedule as they continued to train with the tree/water walking exercises and Cerino practiced some more with his 'chakra bullets' as he called them.

He showed them that there were two different types of bullets also. The basic one was used to throw or crush an opponent while the more advanced one could slice and opponent as he demonstrated of a tree trunk which was effectively ripped to shreds. He also showed them that it didn't take as much chakra as they thought. The key was how compressed the chakra was.

While this was going on their would always be a small group of genin and at least one jounin guarding Tazuna as he continued on working on his bridge. The more time they stayed at Tazuna's the more they realized how poor wave was making them want to help them even more…well almost all of them. Sasuke was furious at Cerino for disrespecting his 'precious' Sharingan and would constantly hound him about teaching him. And Sakura would constantly berate him for turning him down saying that 'people would kill to have the honor of teaching Sasuke.'

As the week went on Ino was beginning to become more and more disgusted with they was she acted if Sakura's fawning was any indignation to how she acted during the academy. She now understood why Kurenai was constantly telling her that if she cared about her team at all she would get over her crush. And Cerino's story was further proof of the danger she was putting her team in. So she began training. Not only on chakra control. But on many other things also. She even asked Kurenai if she could teach her some Genjutsu which she happily agreed to.

Sakura's only response to her behavior was a 'Fine less competition for me.'

The rest took Ino's changes in stride and quickly accepted her as part of the group and they continued to train. Very soon everyone had learned the tree walking exercise and began on the water walking exercise.

While this was going on Inari Tsunami's son finally had his little 'outburst'.

-flash back to day 3-

Everyone was gathered around the kitchen table eating a delicious supper that Tsunami and Cerino had made seeing as he had stayed at the house that day for a break seeing as one of his wounds had re-opened the day before on accident.

They were talking and laughing and Ino was showing them a Genjutsu Kurenai had taught her that day earning applause from the group after the dancing monkey had disappeared from the table. The jounin couldn't help but smile as the group of genin began telling jokes and discussing training idea's they had planned when they got home.

There was a roar of laughter as Cerino was recalling a rather humorous incident with his mother. "…Then she looks at me and says. 'Where the hell did that pan come from?' and then I go "I don't know you tell me!'" That earned another bout of laughter from the listeners. Cerino wiped a tear away from his eye and continued. "Then next thing we know the whole courtyard is covered with pans! Now at that moment my mother was effing pissed and she began to tear the courtyard apart looking for them. Oh the looks on their faces when she found them by the lake. Then she chases them for the rest of the day! And I was too busy laughing my ass off to save them when she caught em'. Needless to say they were kept busy the rest of the night! But I could tell my mother was just as amused by it as I was she just was trying to cover it up unlike yours truly!" Cerino finished chuckling. Everyone was surprised when Cerino revealed that he had a humorous side under that serious attitude of his.

They continued to laugh and joke for a few minutes longer until the silent boy in the corner of the room finally snapped. "Why do you try so hard! You're just going to die like the rest of the people who stood up to Gato!" That drew everyone's attention to him.

"Inari don't say that!" Tsunami scolded the boy.

"So what it's true!" Inari retorted.

The others stared sympathetically at Inari. They had been told about how his father had been executed in public.

"You don't know that."

Everyone glanced at Cerino as he looked at Inari and he back at him.

"Yeah I do! Everyone who has stood up to him have been swatted away like flies!" Inari retorted.

"No one is flawless. No warrior is infallible. The indestructible were made to be destroyed, the invincible were made to be beaten. Gato is no different." Cerino said tactfully.

"Do you honestly think 13 people can stand up to the army of thugs Gato has!" Inari yelled back.

"Yes I do. It's been proven time and time again that with the proper training and skill one ninja can take on a small army of bandits no problem. And you have 13 highly trained ninja before you. Not to mention 3 of Konoha's strongest jounin. Why do you think Gato is trying so hard to stop us? I'll tell you why. He's scared. He's scared that we can break his hold on wave and crush his empire." Cerino answered back still calm as ever.

"It doesn't matter! It won't be enough it never will!" Inari said now on the verge of tears. "If my father couldn't do it what chance do you have!"

"And what would he think of your behavior now? What would he say to you upon seeing you in your current state. Locking yourself in your room to cry your eye's out while you wallow in self-pity and loathing. Wouldn't your father want you to be happy? Trust me I know how it feels. You just want to give up and not care about anything ever again. You continuously think of things you could of done to save him but were too weak to do so." Cerino said.

Inari just stared at him in amazement. That was exactly what he thought and how he felt. "What do you know about it!?" He shouted back crying openly.

Cerino let out a small sad laugh as he turned his gaze to his right bicep or more importantly to the dates tattooed their. "You don't think I watch my whole team die before me and not go through what you are now? For weeks a remained locked in my room only eating enough to survive and didn't communicate to anyone not even my mother. That is until she broke my door down and beat some sense into me…and I do mean that quite literally." Cerino almost subconsciously began to rub his jaw as if to make sure it was alright. "And not a day goes by that I resent her for that. She was able tear down that emotional barrier I had set up while I drowned in self-pity. She sat down and made me talk about it.

After that I only trained harder than before. For now I had a drive, a goal. I promised to myself that I would not allow that to happen again. And it didn't. Now let me ask you…do you have a goal do you have anyone you want to continue your fathers legacy or are you going to crawl into the shadows and cower in the face of danger? The choice is yours and only yours to make." Cerino said leveling a challenging gaze at Inari.

His only response was for Inari to get up and walk away from the table. Tsunami made a move to follow him only to be stopped by Cerino.

"No. Let him go. He needs time to himself to sort things out."

-flashback end-

Everyone was currently eating supper once again the only difference was that they were talking strategy not joking around. "Ok tomorrow will be the most likely day that Zabuza will make his return so we need to be ready. I say we all go to the bridge to take him head on. Tazuna you have warned all the workers not to show up tomorrow right?" Kakashi said from his spot at the table.

"Right. My workers won't show up unless they are given the ok." Tazuna said from his spot beside Tsunami.

"What if Gato sends someone to kidnap Tsunami and Inari to use as hostages?" Shino spoke up for the first time.

"However troublesome it is he's right. If Gato is as scared as Cerino said he is he will defiantly try and get some kind of bargaining chip to use." Shikamaru agreed for once wide awake.

"We've already discussed that and have decided that Cerino will stay here and defend them." Kakashi answered back.

"What?!" Cerino responded looking rather pissed.

"Look Cerino we've already decided that due to your injuries you would be of no use to us if someone were able to get close enough to you to try and take you down with Taijutsu. And since Gato is most likely to just send thugs thinking that we would all come tomorrow." Kushina retorted calmly.

Cerino sighed in defeat before saying. "Don't you think I had already thought of that? If any one does get close enough to attack me they'll have him to think about." Cerino said biting his thumb and flipping through some hand seals. "Summoning jutsu."

A medium sized plume of smoke appeared only to disperse to reveal a waist high black and white wolf! It looked feral and ready to fight at that very moment as he sat on his haunches looking between them with shockingly blue eyes much like Naruto's. There seamed to be a strange symbol on his forehead which was actually a patch of white fur.

It had powerful leg muscles that looked like it could tear you apart with it's claws. Another noticeable feature was how it's white fur seemed to glow while the black seemed to draw in and trap all light around it. The hair around it's neck seemed to stand up and looked slightly like dreadlocks. It seemed to have both ears pierced by blue loops. (Just picture Link's wolf form in Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess only about the size of Akamaru after the Shippuden and again haven't played it google it.)

"Sorry to call you out like this Fenrir but they needed proof that I had back-up." Cerino greeted smiling from ear to ear.

It turned it's gaze to him and appeared to grin also revealing pearly white fangs. "No problem you know I've always enjoyed spending time with you cub." Fenrir answered politely.

"Oh where's my manners? Everyone this is Fenrir I guess in Inuzuka terms he's my companion." Cerino then proceeded to introduce Fenrir to the teams.

"So Fenrir as I was explaining to them before I summoned you. If anyone gets too close they will have you to deal with right?" Cerino said elbowing him in the side teasingly.

"Damn straight." Fenrir replied with a grin. Or a wolf equivalent of a grin.

"But that still doesn't change the fact that someone needs to stay here and guard Tsunami and Inari and you are best fit for the job Cerino." Kushina retorted.

"Mom I'll stay." Naruto said stunning many.

"What are you talking about Naruto?" Kushina asked looking surprised.

"Look it's better this way. As Cerino explained after his training. Who else can perform that jutsu to get rid of Zabuza's clones? If anything that will be our trump card and will help you out in the fight." Naruto retorted.

"However troublesome it is. Naruto's right. Zabuza can summon an army of clone's at the beginning of the fight to level the playing field. We need Cerino their to ensure that we can counter that both effectively and without wasting energy." Shikamaru answered after some thought.

"Or." Sasuke spoke up with a smirk. "He could teach me that jutsu and I can use it?"

"How many times do I have to tell you Uchiha? You can't use it without my doujutsu!" Cerino retorted.

"If your pathetic bloodline can do it then the all powerful Sharingan can." Sasuke said with a smirk. "And besides if that whore of a mother of yours taught you then it has to be easier that you let on."

That was the breaking point. With a howl of rage Fenrir tackled Sasuke who was thrown from the table and into the wall only for Fenrir to pounce on him and bare his fangs ready to rip his throat out.

"You insult Rei one more time and I swear to motherfucking kami not even Shingami will be able to find your tortured soul once I'm done with you!" Fenrir growled out sinking his claws into his chest drawing blood and getting his point across.

"That's enough!" Cerino ordered glaring at Fenrir. And as Fenrir returned to his side he said "He doesn't know who he just insulted. And besides I wouldn't expect someone from a clan as mentally unstable as the Uchiha clan to understand. Seeing as they were all wiped out by just one of their own they must have been weaklings." Cerino retorted with a smirked. He seemed to enjoy pushing Sasuke's buttons.

With a howl of rage Sasuke launched himself at Cerino only to be restrained by Kakashi. "YOU DON'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THAT SO SHUT YOUR MOUTH!"

"Practice what you preach Uchiha." Was Cerino's only retort.

Once they all had settled down Kushina sighed and said. "I guess Shikimaru's right. We will need that ability to take care of any clones that Zabuza summons. So Naruto are you sure you can handle this alone?"

"It's okay mom Gato will probably only send a couple of thugs. No need to worry!" Naruto responded with his famous fox grin.

Ok know that that's taken care of I say we all go to sleep." Kurenai said as she stood up and headed to her room.

"She's right we'll need to be in tip-top shape for tomorrow." Kakashi said as they all headed to bed.

"So Fenrir you going back to Kirara or are you staying here?" Cerino asked at the base of the stairs.

"Sorry man I have to get back to the wife. We're expecting in a couple of months so I need to be at her side." Fenrir answered.

"Oh well! Hey once we get back why don't you two stay at the compound for awhile I haven't seen you two in ages!" Cerino offered with a grin.

"Yeah she'll like that. See you tomorrow cub." Fenrir said before poofing away.

-the next day-

It was dawn and everyone was in the living room gearing up. Cerino once again donned his cloak. "Ok now Naruto once you deal with the thugs if any you come straight to the bridge. Tsunami you and Inari should follow him." Kakashi ordered as they all got ready to leave.

At that Inari came down the stairs attracting their attention. "I-I-just wanted to say…good luck!" Inari said with a grin and a wave.

"No problem if everything goes well you'll have your land back before the day is done!" Kurenai replied with a kind smile.

"Ok we've wasted enough time so lets get going!" Kiba said bouncing on the balls of his feet.

"Ok let's head out!" Kushina said as they exited the house.(I ain't going to bother with the kidnapping scene it's the same as in the canon. And I know I have been skipping stuff like that but I'm just trying to get this chapter done. I haven't really had very many chances to type in the last couple of month's.)

-on the bridge-

As they walked across the bridge a thick mist began to roll in. "I guess we were right. Everyone stick together and Cerino when he summons his clones don't get rid of them right off the bat. Wait…for the opportune moment." Kakashi laid down the game plan.

Cerino only nodded Fenrir already at his side.

As they neared the end of the bridge they came face to face with Zabuza, the fake hunter-nin, an unknown nuke-nin from rock, and another teen also a rock-nin about the same age as the hunter-nin and the genin.

"Well! Looks like you guys figured it out seeing as there are so many of you!" Zabuza said with a grin.

"Yes we did and we have returned for a rematch seeing as the last one was interrupted." Kakashi replied calmly.

"Well then lets not delay this any longer. I got a score to settle with that brat with the attitude." Zabuza said eying Fenrir.

"I see you were at least humbled by our last 'meeting'." Cerino retorted.

"Heh. I have to admit. You did good sneaking up on me. Too bad for you Haku was their to stop the killing blow." Zabuza said and on queue summoned a small army of Water clones along with Haku.

The clones and the originals all attacked as one. But to their immense surprise Cerino only smirked before raising his right arm just like in the clearing. Their was another blinding flash of light and Zabuza and Haku could only watch in horror as their clones had their very chakra drained from them forming a medium sized ball in Cerino's outstretched palm. It was then they noticed his eyes.

'He has a doujutsu. Shit this could be bad if he can do that as many times as he wants we are severely outnumbered!' Zabuza thought in amazement as he watched his clones turn into puddles.

"Shit!" The rock-nin teen said before throwing a kunai at them and flashing through some very familiar hand signs. "Kage Kunai jutsu!" and one kunai became one hundred which he had hoped would cover their retreat. Key word is 'hoped'.

Quickly bringing the orb of chakra to bare Cerino stepped in front of the group before releasing it as a giant shockwave knocked all of the kunai off course. "Kushina take care of the jounin, Sasuke, Kiba get Haku, Cerino take care of the other rock-nin! I got Zabuza!" Kakashi shouted as they all moved to engage their targets.

Cerino and his opponent were engaging in a long-range battle after he tried to rush Cerino only receiving four deep gashes along his chest from Fenrir. 'WHAT THE FUCK! No matter what I do he always has a counter!' He thought as he called out his jutsu. "Water Style: Water Bullet jutsu!'

His response was. "Fire Style: Grand Fireball jutsu!" Now in most cases he would of won but he swiftly learned that Cerino's fire jutsu were stronger than others as he watched his water bullet turn to steam.

'He always seems to be one step ahead of me and with that doujutsu I am really out classed here!' He thought as he tried to think of a way to get out of the predicament he was in.

Kushina was doing very good at the beginning of her fight with the jounin. Emphasis on was. After knocking the jounin's own katana to the side effectively breaking through his guard and giving him a slash mark across his back. Then the jounin went on and summoned a larger than normal bear who effectively turned the tide with it's brute strength seeing as it was about as tall as a small shack.

While she was distracted by the bear after she dodge to the side as it charge the jounin rushed forward and swung his blade in a fatal course with her stomach. She was able to parry the strike but not without getting a rather deep gash in the side effectively slowing her down.

Cerino seeing her get slashed with his Go-ruden-manako. 'damn she is outnumbered. I can't help her without revealing certain jutsu's that I don't want. So how can I help her!' Cerino thought before glancing down at Fenrir. 'Unless…'

"Hey Fenrir!"

"Yeah?" Was his answer.

"Listen I got this punk you go and help Kushina with that summon okay!" Cerino said still staring down his opponent.

"You sure? You know that would look suspicious and in your condition?" Fenrir said looking at the still visible bandages through his cloaks open front.

"Fenrir you know I could take this punk on with my hand tied behind my back! But Kushina needs your help now. Do I have to mention that her son is on his way and I don't want to have to tell him his mother either died or got seriously injured during this fight. NOW GO!" Cerino ordered firing several chakra bullets at his opponent forcing him to jump back buying Fenrir time.

"Ok cub." Fenrir said racing to were he could smell Kushina and wet bear.

Kushina was contemplating how she would be able to get out of this predicament alive. 'I can't get to Kurenai and she wouldn't be in her element in this fight. Naruto ain't here yet and Hinata might be able to help but then again probably not she ain't ready for open combat yet.' Kushina thought desperately. That is until her answer came in the form of a white and black blur which quickly stopped at her side revealing Fenrir in all his glory.

"What are you doing here aren't you supposed to be protecting Cerino!?" Kushina yelled although having a bad feeling she already knew the answer.

"Cerino sent me here to help you with this 'walking carpet'." Fenrir retorted growling at his adversary hackles raised.

"But you know he is in no condition to fight properly!" Kushina said back. Although she was thankful for the help and consideration she didn't want it if it caused more harm to her already weak teammate.

"Listen! I know Cerino better than you do! He can take care of himself. He was more worried about you than himself at the moment so he sent me as backup!" Fenrir growled out tense as a spring board.

Seeing it was useless to argue she simple slipped into a defensive stance that didn't exert her already bleeding right abdomen. "Ok. I'll take your word but I still don't like it."

"You don't got a choice. No lets do this!" Fenrir said before bounding forward tackling the bear summon back Kushina hot on his heels.

While this was going on Cerino was fighting his opponent who seeing that his main defense was gone charged in and engaged him with his katana only to be stopped in his tracks by Cerino's own katana.

'Damn! Maybe this wasn't such a good idea! I am being ran into the ground here!' The genin thought as his strike was easily parried by his opponent. But he didn't see Cerino flick his wrist causing a kunai to appear in his hand. Striking with his new weapon Cerino caught him by surprise driving the kunai into his chest cavity.

The genin had a shocked look on his face as he stared at the kunai. Looking up he saw Cerino's cold eyes staring back as he raised his katana and swung it at his neck and he knew no more.

Cerino pulled the kunai out of the dead genin's chest as his head rolled across the bridge splattering blood and grey matter everywhere.

Kushina flicked her wrist deflecting her opponents katana before she drove hers straight through his chest severing his heart and causing him to go limp. Fenrir had proven himself more useful than even she had imagined. Keeping the bear busy with his smaller size and faster attacks Fenrir had easily driven the bear away from Kushina allowing her to reengage her target leading up to her killing blow.

Turning to assist Cerino with his opponent only to catch the last moments of his fight before he decapitated his opponent. She had seen him fight with his blade before and had long ago summarized that his style seemed to be of a balance of finesse and grace with it's own measure of brutality. This was just the first time she had seen it in a proper fight…she wasn't far off either.

Turning to help to others with their fights only to see them coming to a close. Kakashi had caught Zabuza with his nin-dogs ready to finish him off with a 'Chidori' thus explaining why the mist was thinning. Naruto appeared to have arrived and helped Kiba and Sasuke break out of Haku's Crystal Ice Mirrors somehow with the help of Shino.

Cerino was walking back to the main group clutching his side seeing as one of his larger wounds had reopened due to his fight when he twisted it wrong. He didn't know why but something in his stomach told him to keep his doujutsu activated and that he was missing something. Searching around the bridge frantically for what he missed. He found it in a split second.

"KAKASHI STOP!"

Kakashi's electrified hand stopped just inches from Haku's chest. Turning to glance at Cerino with both his eyes wide. They were wide cause he listened. Why did he stop? He just heard the voice and felt as if it was the Hokage or something of the like. For a second it felt like when the Fourth had given him an order back in the good old day's.

Cerino's only answer was to point across the bridge. Zabuza getting the message thinned the mist even more. Their was Gato and a small army of bandits standing their looking all smug.

"Well looks like we've been discovered. And only a moment too soon I wanted to hear Zabuza's innards being splashed all over this bridge!" Gato said still grinning.

"You motherfucker! You were never intending to pay us were you!" Zabuza shouted back ready to rip him in halve with his bare hands seeing that Kakashi had commanded his nin-dogs to let him go already seeing were this was going.

"Of course not! It's much cheaper to pay a ninja for a job and then kill him in his sleep! Believe it or not your not cheap!" Gato said still looking smug and feeling high and mighty.

"Well Zabuza it looks like I was right. This isn't a fight for us." Haku said sweating bullets seeing as one split second later and she would have been dead.

Zabuza set a steadying hand on her back to keep her from falling seeing that her legs were shaking. Not everyday you come within an inch of your life. Quiet literally at that. (I've been their TWICE!)

The group knew that they were out numbered and with their main fighters already tired they knew they had to think of something and they had to think of it NOW!

Cerino was only standing their staring at them his mind going into overdrive already think up several different ways out of their predicament but only a few being favorable seeing as the others would reveal too much.

'I might as well play off what I have already shown.' He concluded as he began to prepare for their charge.

"Now then seeing that we haven't got anything else to say how about we get this started. Then go ahead and level the village seeing as it is the source of this…bridge. And remember to leave the woman!" Gato said eying Kushina seeing as she was closest.

'Ah hell no he just didn't eye ball me!' Kushina thought with a tick mark above her head.

"I'LL MOTHERFUCKING CASTRATE HIM!" Naruto shouted as he was being held back by Kiba

Cerino simply slipped his left foot behind him to act and a brace and used his chakra to stick to the bridge seeing as Kushina was slightly behind him. Raising his hand he charged up a chakra bullet. Only this one was bigger that the rest which caught everyone's attention. They stood frozen as he brought it to bare with the army of bandits his face was blank.

The next few moments could only be described as a massacre. Cerino's new chakra bullets seemed to not simply stop after contact but keep going like a freight train not only launching the bandits back but also slicing them to ribbons. Firing of chakra bullet after chakra bullet soon the entire army was nothing but a pile of bodies/limbs and blood splattered across the bride. The only thing left was Gato standing their looking ready to piss himself as Cerino slow stalked towards him.

"Now there is only one thing I hate more than bloodthirsty tyrants like you and that is traitors. But you set bar high for all of the spineless, weaklings who use their money to get what they want." Cerino ranted his blade already drawn as Gato began to back up from him only to find that he was already at the edge of the bridge.

"Wait WAIT! What do you want! Money?! Take it all!? Power?! I got connections! Woman?! Take them all!" Gato said trying to buy his way out.

Cerino's only response was to laugh. "Money?! I'm already rich with my clan vaults all together I could buy your empire several times over! Power?! I don't want it! I will earn it with blood, sweat, and tears. Woman?! I already have a girl! And none of your cheap hookers could ever out do her! Now…DIE YOU WILTHY WORM!" Gato was only able to let out a small girlish squeal as Cerino swung decapitating him. His head flew in a high arc out off the bridge and out of sight. Kicking Gato's still standing body off the bridge he turned around and walked back to the group who for the first time saw him actual pissed. And quiet frankly they never wanted to see him pissed in the first place.

Now they could only stare chibi style as he marched across the bridge only stopping to motion Fenrir to follow him. As he walked off the bridge him met the villagers standing their armed with crude weapons ranging from wooden mallets to pitchforks. At their head was Inari and Tsunami. Cerino only smirked slightly before patting him on the head before continuing on towards Tazuna's house.

When the group got to the battle site they all began to shower Tazuna with questions. All following the same principle. "What happened to Gato and his army?" Zabuza only shook his head and pointed at the still retreating back of one Cerino Delgada.

-end-

I originally was going to continue on with this a little further but I decided not to. WHEW! This is officially the LONGEST chapter I have ever wrote. 38 PAGES!!! DAMN! Sorry it took so long but there is good news! I am getting a computer in my room and I already got a flash drive so my chapters hopefully will be coming a little quicker now so rejoice! And for readers of 'Lucario' hope for a chapter for that in the next month or so seeing as I am unsure when I'm getting the computer.

Until next time:

Cerino the Ultimate Ninja