Note: Thanks for the reviews, follows and favs I apreciate. Also don't worry this won't be a NaruHina fic there are enough of those as it is we don't need more. Now don't get me wrong I don't hate the pairing it's just used too much that is all. If I'd have to say most likely the pairing would be either NarutoXKaguya or NarutoXKonnan. Not 100% sure of it.
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Chapter 2: First C-rank gone A-rank
Naruto was currently heading towards the hokage tower to get the pay for his last mission of the day. Naruto had been given permission from his team captain Yamato to do missions without his presence and also to take as many as he wanted. Naruto knew that Yamato was only his captain on paper as in truth the man was an anbu operative thus not really having the time to spend on D-ranks. This lead to Naruto completing 100 D-rank missions in the spam of a week with the help of his shadow clones. Minato at first was curious and didn't understand how his son could finish so many missions that fast. Eventually having enough he decided to ask him how he did it to which Naruto grinned and said two words 'Shadow clones'.
Most fresh gennin would whine and ask for more challenging missions, but Naruto didn't care in fact it was better in a way since like this he could finish them fast then train to expand his chakra reserves or train his taijutsu as to him it was subpar. Naruto got there fast and entered intent on getting his pay for today's last mission. Instead he heard his sister Naruko shout out in outrage.
"I am tired of these boring chores. Otou-san can't we get a more exciting mission like escorting a prince or some royalty?" Everyone sweat dropped at the comment.
"Naruko everyone has to do a certain number of D-ranks before their sensei thinks they are ready for a C-rank" Minato sighed knowing he was going to get a headache from the council for what he was going to say next, but continued anyway "However since you performed the minimum of D-rank missions I am willing to give you a C-rank that just came in if Kakashi approves of course" Minato finished making the fresh gennin look at Kakashi expectantly.
Kakashi was lost. On one hand he was bored of the D-ranks himself but this gave him ample opportunity for his reading material, on the other hand a C-rank will give his gennins experience and also get Naruko off his back for some time. Kakashi then noted Naruto standing at the door looking at the exchange between them happen and got an idea. 'What if I bring Naruto with me? From what Tenzo told me he should easily be able to handle a C-rank if not a B-rank. This would give me a good chance to read in peace and quiet, now let's see if I can make this work' Kakashi thought acting quickly fearing he might lose his opportunity if Naruto decided to leave and come later to hand his scroll.
"Minato-sensei I'd be willing to take this mission and I think they are ready" Kakashi looked at them and eye smiled then switched his gaze back to Minato "However just for insurance I'd wish to take an additional gennin team for this C-rank" Kakashi set his sights right on Naruto who mentally berated himself for not leaving straight away.
Minato and the rest of the gennins looked towards the door only to notice Naruto standing there waiting for them to finish. Minato smirked and nodded at this understanding Kakashi's point.
"All right, the gennin team assigned to you will be Team Yamato. However since Yamato's on a special mission only Naruto will come with you as he is the only gennin of his team" Minato said making the gennins raise an eyebrow at this, well all of them besides Naruko who was too happy to get a C-rank to notice anything around her anymore.
'Oh fuck. Now I can't train anymore…. Damn you Kakashi and your stupid addiction to that porn Jiraiya writes.' Naruto thought while on the outside he sighed in defeat.
"Yes, Hokage-sama, however is this really necessary?" Naruto asked not completely sure why was he even needed? After all team 7 had two jounin, one of which possessed the sharingan while the other is an S-class Nin. Not to mention 2 jinchuuriki trained by the same S-class Nin and by the yellow flash of Konoha, the man who had made the bingo books with a warning that said 'Do not engage. In case you meet him on the battlefield flee on sight' and also an Uchiha. So therefore what was the need for him anymore, wasn't that overkill?
"I know what you mean Naruto, but it's always good to take additional precautions also Kushina won't be back on time since I have sent her on an important mission two days ago. She won't return after another week. "Minato sighed, he would have wished that Kushina hadn't insisted on taking that S-rank but it was something concerning her daughters so he knew she wasn't going to sit by and do nothing.
"I understand Hokage-sama, I will work with team 7 on this mission" Naruto said while thinking about ways to train, he was thinking about making a shadow clone then take off and train in the other dimensions that way they won't tell he was gone. (A/N I am referring to the ones where Kaguya had transported team 7 along with Obito)
"Alright, bring the client in" Minato ordered without further ado.
As soon as Minato had finished his sentence an old man who looked like he had drank too much, stepped in eyeing the gennins and Kakashi. After a quick review of the people who were going to protect him, the man scoffed.
"This brats and that Cyclops there are supposed to protect me? Ha don't make me laugh" The man had arrogantly said making Minato eye him dangerously along with Kakashi while Naruto just stood impassively waiting for the old man to finish his rant. "They look like they can't hurt a kitten, especially the short one with blond hair, she looks like a midget"
That seemed to struck a chord since Naruko had lunged at him only to be restrained by Mito. The other two gennin weren't fairing much better as Sakura literally screamed bloody murder in her mind at the old man for insulting her Sasuke-kun while the Uchiha thought something along the lines of 'How dare that filthy old man call me useless, I am an Uchiha, an elite amongst the elite'
"Trust me, Tazuna-san they more than capable to protect you. Now please introduce yourself to the team" Minato's voice was strained barely holding his anger back, he was the hokage but he was also the father of the supposed 'midget' , lucky for him Kushina wasn't there she would have literally pound him into the ground for that remark, it looked like Mito was thinking about doing that but restrained herself.
"Fine, if hokage-sama says so. I am Tazuna, veteran bridge builder. You'll be risking your life and limb in guarding me to the max until I return to my country to complete my bridge!" Tazuna said matter of factly.
"Meet me tomorrow at 10:00 am, sharp" Kakashi informed the gennins and they all got to packing their necessities. Minato and Kakashi had a bad feeling about this mission that they couldn't just shrug off, something was wrong with the old man, he seemed almost desperate.
Next day 10:00 in front of the Konoha gates
Naruko, Mito and Sakura all gasped seeing Kakashi actually on time for something. This was a miracle; the man rumored to be late for his own funeral was actually on time for something. Naruto just looked at the sky impassively while Sasuke was in his usual brooding mode, basically his default mode. Kakashi sweat dropped at his students antics, was he that bad?
"Kakashi-sensei what happened? How is this possible? you are actually on time? "Naruko asked disbelievingly, voicing the opinions of everyone present.
"Naruko, I am on time for all C-rank and above missions" Kakashi said not taking his eye of his precious book, in his eye those books were pure art.
Tazuna also arrived half an hour later, irritating the team with his tardiness however since they were used to their sensei usually being late 2 hours minimum, team 7 considered this acceptable.
"Okay, now that we are all here let's head out" Kakashi said and slowly they started making their way to the land of waves.
The trip was mainly uneventful with only light chat going on between Sakura and Tazuna with the occasional remark from Naruko. That is until Naruto had noticed a puddle of water. 'A genjutsu, that is pretty stupid, it hasn't rained in weeks and yet there is a puddle in the road. Why not stick a god damn orange suit and place a sticker on your back saying 'Hey I am here kill me now' , that would be less conspicuous than this' Naruto thought waiting for their move. He didn't have to wait long as they first went for Kakashi trapping them with their chains. Kakashi waited for the opportune moment then used kawarimi replacing himself with a log just before being slashed into pieces. Naruko noticing them acted quick creating a few shadow clones to overwhelm the two while Mito drew her sword and charged at as well. The two fought quite well as a team, knowing when to strike. Naruko knowing her sister would follow in had created those clones to keep the two at bay while Mito either killed or immobilized them.
The two enemy ninja made quick work of the clones but had been trapped by a shuriken and a kunai ,thrown by Sasuke, that had been lodged in the middle of the chain connecting their two hands. Therefore Mito made quick work of them slashing the hands that were connected to the chain. They didn't have much time to react as they screamed in pain at the now missing limb.
Naruto watched all this silently yawning; they were probably only chunnin by the looks of it. Even if it was true that his taijutsu wasn't anything to marvel at, his ability to react or his speed weren't something to laugh at. If he'd have to say, he'd beat Guy in a battle of speed and sheer force, but Guy would topple him on sheer taijutsu technique. Soon Kakashi was back into view and smiled at his students proud for the way they handled the situation. He then quickly got some information from the now know Demon Brothers and found out they were aiming for Tazuna. After getting a death glare from Kakashi, Tazuna had promised to explain everything to them once they were on the boat. Tazuna had kept to his word and revealed that he was indeed targeted by missing nins who were apparently hired by Gato, an underworld criminal who extorted people. Tazuna explained how Gato didn't want the bridge to be finished because that would basically cut them loose from the chains that bound them to make trade with him. After a careful deliberation and voting, they decided to continue the mission. They soon hit land and headed towards Tazuna's house.
During this however Naruko sensed something in one of the bushes and threw a kunai only to scare a little white bunny. Seeing this Tazuna and Sakura yelled at Naruko for scaring them when it was actually just a little bunny. However the smarter ones from the group, meaning Naruto, Kakashi and Mito had noticed that the so called harmless animal had white fur when winter had passed which was odd. This could mean one thing he was a nin's pet animal for a replacement technique. Kakashi sensed the impending danger and warned the gennins and their client.
"HEADS DOWN!" Kakashi prompted Sakura to the ground while Sasuke did the same to Tazuna. Mito and Naruko also managed to dodge in time.
The only one who hadn't dodged was Naruto, instead he choose a more direct approach. He caught the sword with his right hand stopping it in tracks making everyone's eyes widen in surprise. After a few moments passed he had thrown it back from where it came promptly sticking it in the tree.
A tall man with short spiky black hair, brown eyes and half of his face covered up in bandages was standing on the blade of the sword glaring at Kakashi and Naruto.
"Nice to have you join us Momochi Zabuza, one of the former 7 seven swordsmen of the mist, now a missing nin" Kakashi pulled up his hittae to reveal his sharingan.
"Copy Ninja Hatake Kakashi of Konoha, rumored to have copied over a thousand jutsus with his sharingan. I will be honored to kill you "Zabuza said getting down along with his sword and landed on the water surface standing on top of it.
Kakashi was about to order his gennins to step down and protect Tazuna however he was stopped by Naruto who looked at Zabuza with a boring look on his face. It surprised Kakashi to see Naruto so relaxed while the others tensed further under the pressure.
"Yeah, yeah swordsman of whatever, can we get this done with already, I have some important things to do" Naruto said while yawning to emphasize his point.
Kakashi looked like Naruto had grown a third eye on his forehead. Didn't he know that this was a powerful enemy that he couldn't hope to measure up with? It was beyond impossible for him to fight Zabuza.
A sudden mist enveloped the place and one couldn't see nor sense chakra in it by the looks of things. All but Naruto he could see clearly and also feel his chakra because no matter how much you try you can't erase all chakra from your system that would kill you as chakra is necessary to live. Naruto couldn't help but chuckle as he thought of a way to make up for the time he had lost.
"Eight points" A voice echoed within the mist.
"What is it?" Sakura asked dumbfounded.
"The larynx, spine, jugular, lungs, liver, vein, collarbone and heart. Now which vital organ do you want to get struck at?" Zabuza asked making the gennin restless.
Naruko and Mito tightened their grips on their kunais while Sasuke looked ready to commit suicide from the bloodlust and Sakura was pretty much a statue with a kunai in her hand.
Naruto finally got sick of waiting around and went for the assassin himself.
"Eat this Raiton: Raisuryuudan no jutsu (lit Lighting Style: Lighting Water Dragon Bullet)" Naruto created a big water dragon infused with lighting chakra to make sure Zabuza is stunned if he doesn't die that is and aimed it straight towards him.
Kakashi watched as Naruto performed a jutsu with only a single hand sign and combined two elements. At this point he was beyond impressed; to have such a good mastery over elements to be able to use them in tandem is something hard to do, if not downright impossible. The kid was a prodigy like no others, to be able to use such a jutsu without breaking a sweat would mean he has incredible chakra control and chakra reserves.
Zabuza dodged the first attack of the water jutsu but the damn thing kept homing on him and he was getting tired of running away. Zabuza then changed his plans from taking out first Kakashi to taking out the brat. He made some Water Clones to take care of the wannabe ninja.
Naruto saw two water clones charging at him ready to slash him to pieces. The normal eye wouldn't even see them get close to him, however to Naruto it seemed slow, it was like they were moving in slow motion.
"Fine want to play that way" He inhaled deeply then "Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu" (lit Fire style: Great Fireball Technique) A massive fireball the size of almost all the lake spew out of Naruto's mouth. Naruto had place a bit of chakra in this and strengthened it with wind chakra making in humungous in size. The clones were obliterated to nothingness as was some of the landscape unfortunately.
Zabuza had managed to body switch with the poor rabbit which was by the looks of it and size of the jutsu charred beyond recognition. Zabuza soon saw an opening and went in for the kill swinging his sword with all his might little did he know that would be a fatal mistake.
Naruto knew Zabuza was coming straight at him therefore he turned and caught his sword in between two of his fingers. A smirk made its way across Naruto's face seeing Zabuza's look when he stopped his sword nonchalantly. Naruto acted quickly grabbing his face and pounding him in to the ground head first making the nin lose his consciousness and a new crater. Naruto then began to suck off his chakra and add it to his quickly so he wasn't noticed by his teammates, however he was stopped by two senbon striking Zabuza's neck in such a way that it looked like he was dead, the key word being looked as he was still alive.
"Thank you for helping me kill him, I have been chasing Zabuza for a while now." A look alike hunter nin made his presence known and slung Zabuza over his shoulder.
"Why don't you cut his head here, hunter nin-san?" Naruto inquired having a feeling that the one in front of him wasn't what he seemed to be and he was proven correct because the next second the man body flicked, escaping with Zabuza who was still alive. 'Should have just killed him as soon as he made himself known or better while he was observing us fight. Well at least I got some chakra from Zabuza, you win some you lose some I suppose, whatever I guess I can live with it' Naruto thought while he rejoined the other stunned ninjas along with their client.
"Naruto, how did you just use three different elemental jutsus? I saw the fire one and knew about wind and earth, but lighting? How are you exactly able to use all five elements even I can use only four of them…." Kakashi said awe evident in his voice.
"I don't know I just can, I never tested my chakra affinity " Naruto didn't outright lie, after all he had never tested his chakra affinity before.
"How about when we get to Tazuna-san's place we test your affinity?" Kakashi finished with an eye smile after he had covered his sharingan eye.
"Kakashi-sensei can we also try?" Sakura asked hoping that she could impress Sasuke by getting a good element while the former just grunted in acknowledgement.
"Sure why not, now come on let's head on, lead the way Tazuna-san" Kakashi said to Tazuna who was spacing out due to the strength of a brat who wasn't even half his age.
"Uhh yeah sure this way" Tazuna managed to get out the words leading them to his home.
When the team arrived at their destination they were warmly greeted by the bridge builder's daughter who thanked them for keeping her father safe. Her name was Tsunami and she had a son whose name was Inari. Inari was rude towards the ninjas telling them to give up and go home because they will never beat Gato and only die in the process. They let him be for the time being as he was still a kid and it did made some sense to be scared of someone who has oppressed you for some time. In the first day they just rested only for the next one to be heading out in the woods for training against the next encounter with Zabuza. Apparently Kakashi agreed with Naruto that Zabuza was probably still alive and kicking by the looks of how the look alike hunter nin handled the situation. Now Kakashi was standing in front of them with 6 chakra paper pieces.
"This is chakra paper, by channeling Chakra into it you can find out what your affinity dominant affinity as you can see mine is lighting" Kakashi held the paper who had crumbled proving his point "Now, you go first Naruko since you are so eager" Kakashi said passing her a piece.
Naruko had known her elemental affinity was but she was still excited to show off whenever she could.
"Alright Kakashi-sensei" Naruko channeled some chakra into her paper and it split in two showing that she had wind affinity.
"Looks like your primary element is wind, a good one Naruko. Do you want to try as well Mito?" Kakashi asked the redhead with an eye smile.
"I already know my affinity Kakashi-sensei it's water" Mito declined the offer as she already knew that for some time now. She understood Naruko's boisterous attitude but she wasn't the type to boast without any purpose.
At this Sasuke grumbled, why were those two already trained in nature manipulation while he wasn't? I mean yes he had learned Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu but that was all, his brother hadn't taught him anything else saying it was too soon for him.
"Then why don't you try Sakura?" Kakashi handled Sakura one who nodded in reply and pushed some chakra in the paper. It slowly turned to dirt and crumbled away making her first element earth. "Congratulations your primary element is earth. That is a pretty good one for defense, the strongest of all the five elements in that category if you ask me" Kakashi knew some earth jutsus and saw very well how proficient they were in defense.
"Sasuke I bet you'll have a fire affinity but here you should try anyways" Kakashi said giving him a piece as well. Sasuke pushed chakra into it making the paper wrinkle then catch on fire and turn to ash. "Wow that is pretty rare considering you are an Uchiha. Your main chakra affinity is lighting same as mine then second fire, that is pretty impressive on its own having two affinities but the Uchihas were known to have powerful fire affinity. For you to have a strong affinity to lighting is impressive nice job Sasuke" Kakashi eye smile proud of his student and thought about teaching him Chidori one day.
Sasuke smirked at his accomplishment. This proved he was an elite amongst elites, for him to be having two affinities at the age of 12 was indeed quite a feat. 'This proves the Uchihas are superior' Sasuke thought.
"And lastly you Naruto, I am curious what your affinity is as I have seen you use jutsus from all the elements which is impressive" Kakashi handled Naruto a chakra paper piece who looked reluctant.
'I wonder how they will react, I mean it will be funny but Minato and Kushina will find out too' Naruto thought but then an idea came struck him 'Wait this would be perfect, oh the faces they will make when they found out they had neglected my training for Mito and Naruko, even if they have half of kyuubi each sealed in themselves, it still isn't an excuse maybe they will finally wake up from their stupidity… If not… well I can always change my name to my mother's one which I am planning to do anyways.' Such were Naruto's thoughts while pushing chakra into his paper. Kakashi's eye almost popped out of his orbit at what he saw. First the paper turned half pitch black, half pristine white then it split into four. One piece ignited and turned to ashes, the second one became damp while the third and fourth ones wrinkled and respectively turned to dirt crumbling away. This meant Naruto had all five affinities plus yin, yang and yin-yang release, however Kakashi didn't know that.
"Na-Naruto, you have all five of the affinities, how is this possible? Only Shodaime, nidaime and sandaime are the ones who could use all 5 of them…. This is unprecedented to possess such strong affinity to all elements while so young" Kakashi said not believing his eye. A mere gennin, a fresh one at that, had this much power? Did kami screw with them on purpose or what? Kakashi knew that even if Naruto was acting nice and all it was only an act to fool his parents and most possible himself, the kid wanted to believe his parents will see him and so he didn't hate them or didn't show it if he did at least.
"Guess that is good, now if you excuse me Kakashi-sensei I wish to do some training by myself" Naruto said then walked away leaving an angry Sasuke behind with his two stunned sisters along with Kakashi and a pink fan girl whose thoughts were along the lines of 'Sasuke-kun is so cool, I wish he'd notice me more maybe we could go on a date while we are here?'. As soon as Naruto got out of reach he crossed to another dimension and began training himself once again dead set on reaching his goal. Naruto knew the more he trained the closer he was to achieving his goal, he might need some chakra from the bijuu for his plan to work but they didn't need to die. He knew despite their nature that his mother didn't hate them and wouldn't like to see them dead just for her sake.
Two weeks later team 7 minus Naruto whom according to them was sleeping in due to exhaustion. In truth Naruto placed a shadow clone and ordered him to pretend to sleep while he got some more training. Naruto had arrived back to their temporary home to hear screams of terror coming from Tsunami.
"Please, spare my child he has done nothing wrong" Tsunami begged the two assailants who just slapped her in retaliation.
"Gato ordered us to kill you both, but I guess we could have some fun with you first" One of the two said while chuckling like a maniac.
"Let go of my mother!" The young Inari shouted running towards the two with his fist raised.
"What are you going to do runt? You are just a brat who can't do jack shit" The same one taunted only for the both of them to drop dead from what looked like a dozen kunais embedded in their bodies.
The one who did this was Naruto who had enough and decide to step in killing the two in the process. Naruto hated people like this who thought that they could just take lives away just because they were slightly more powerful than a woman and a child respectively.
"Nice job kid for stepping up to protect your mother. That is something worthy of a hero" Naruto had said sporting a small smile on his face.
"Thank you for saving us, Naruto-san" Tsunami politely thanked him and bowed.
"Don't sweat it, it's not like I did much I am sure Inari here could make light work of them" Naruto said before he had ruffled Inari's hair. "I have to go I have a feeling Kakashi-sensei has got himself into trouble, Don't worry I will leave a clone with you in case something happens" Naruto left a shadow clone with them as promised then took off towards the bridge.
Kakashi was currently fighting Zabuza while Mito, Naruko and Sasuke were fighting Haku. Kakashi was winning against Zabuza but his gennins weren't doing so well as by the looks of it they were losing the fight inside that Ice dome.
Inside the dome.
Naruko was full of senbon needles while Mito and Sasuke were in a similar position. Sasuke had finally awakened his sharingan but still he wasn't able to keep up because of his injuries and soon succumbed to the pain falling unconscious. Naruko and Mito used all they knew and fought to the bitter end but it was no use he was just a little faster than them and that was enough to strike their weak points.
"Damn it, we need to do something at this rate we'll get killed" Naruko swore and tried to pinpoint where Haku was going to come from next at them but it was useless as Haku kept attacking and slowly drained their stamina.
Then the mirrors were melted away making Naruko and Mito sigh in relief while Haku just looked towards the one who destroyed his ice mirrors with a look of defeat on his face.
A few moments ago outside the dome.
Naruto had just arrived at the bridge and noticed Kakashi fighting Zabuza, winning by the looks of it. Also he saw team 7 minus Sakura who was guarding Tazuna, fight in what looked like an ice dome. 'I think I can destroy that with a lava release jutsu, good think that I researched some jutsus on it, looks like it wasn't a waste of time after all' Naruto thought making three shadow clones to attack from all sides so the mirrors are completely gone.
"Yooton: Yookai no Jutsu (lit Lava Release: Melting Apparition Technique)" All the clones plus Naruto had said simultaneously before lava spewed from their mouths melting the ice away. Naruto had to be careful if he place too much chakra in this he risked melting not just the mirrors but also all of the people inside therefore he used enough just to melt the ice without harming anyone, hopefully.
Naruto dispelled the clones and stepped down looking at the look alike hunter nin who had taken Zabuza away.
"Nice to see you, hunter nin-san I trust you were doing fine?" Naruto asked the masked nin.
"It's over anyway, I outlived my usefulness to Zabuza-sama go ahead and killed me" Haku said without a shred of emotion in his voice.
This made Naruto a bit curious, and why not satisfy his curiosity, the man had no will to live so he was no threat.
"Why do you think so? Did Zabuza do anything to you to suggest that ?" Naruto asked without any trace of malice.
"I am but a tool for Zabuza-sama to use, he has saved me from the kekkei genkai purge for the sole purpose of using me as a weapon and took me in as his apprentice. I am content with that however as he offered me a reason to live and a place to call home, so even if I am but a tool to use I am happy as long as Zabuza-sama accomplishes what he desires" Haku finished making Naruto massage his forehead in frustration.
By the looks of it Zabuza actually cared about him. Naruto despite wanting to drain both their chakra for his own gain knew in the end it would barely amount to one hour, two tops of his training. Now he wasn't by any means like his father who believed that peace was achievable by only means of love, he knew that for peace there was the need of a power figure who would force them to keep of the path of war even if he or she was viewed as the villain. That said he didn't slaughter just everyone, if he could and they deserved he'd spare them, that is what he thought was right. Now if someone with untrained eyes would look at this scene they'd certainly say that Haku deserved to die along with Zabuza.
Naruto wasn't someone like that, he knew that the hunter nin look alike targeted only nonlethal spots on his teammates, that gave him points in his book. As for Zabuza, Naruto knew that Zabuza wasn't working for Gato for nothing, he had a purpose and by what this boy said had proven him that Zabuza was actually trying to accomplish something, not only kill people for the money and fame. As for what Zabuza wanted by what he had heard, it made him reach the conclusion that Zabuza was trying to amass an army to overthrow the current Mizukage because of the blood purges. Naruto ultimately decided to spare them only for Kakashi to aim a Chidori infused arm at the currently pinned Zabuza, making Haku jump in front of it to take the blow.
Naruto sighed, when he actually decided to spare someone Kakashi decides to kill the said person, why was kami fucking with him making him do extra work just because Kakashi's recklessness. Naruto vanished just before chidori had touched Haku effectively pushing his arm into the ground saving the two.
Kakashi had a hard time understanding what was happening, first the hunter nin who was with Zabuza had jumped in front of his chidori now Naruto had moved faster than he could see with his sharingan and deflected his chidori saving them. This was really a bad day for Kakashi, he hadn't got to read any of his porn erhmm…. literature, now he almost killed a kid.
"Why?" Haku asked not understanding why he would save an enemy.
"Why what?" Naruto asked playing dumb.
"Why did you save me?" Haku asked dumbfounded. He was their enemy, he was supposed to kill them yet he was saving them. Why? Why would he do that? He wanted to know.
" Simple, you aren't that bad so I have no reason to kill you, besides if I wanted to kill you. I would have done it when we fought the first time" Naruto said making Zabuza grumble something in annoyance and Kakashi look at him with a curious look in his eye. "It wouldn't have been hard for me to cut Zabuza's head with his pretty sword while he was out however I had different purpose then. What matters is that you live, oh and for fucks sake Zabuza man up and tell the kid you don't see him as a weapon" Naruto added his two cents making Haku go wide eyed and turn to look at his master.
"Is that true Zabuza-sama?" Haku asked incredulously.
"Damn right it is Haku, I only did it at first because I thought you wouldn't believe me if I said I only took you in because I wanted to help you" Zabuza finished finally getting the impulse he needed to tell him the truth.
"Thank you, but I will still protect you no matter what Zabuza-sama" Haku had said effectively making Zabuza sigh and give a nod of confirmation.
"Looks like I was right, you were going to betray me after all" A voice said making everyone turn to see Gato and his army standing at ready with weapons. "Good think I decided to betray you first, as of now our contract is null, kill them boys" Gato ordered which was followed by a 'yes boss' from what looked like the leader of the army.
"Zabuza lent me that sword will you? I want to improve my kenjutsu and they'd make great targets for improvement" Naruto said with a gleam in his eyes like it was Christmas Eve. Zabuza complied and handed him his massive sword. "Kakashi-sensei you and the others please don't interfere I have some 'training' to do" Naruto then ran towards the crowd with his sword ready to cleave their limbs and heads.
'With this many I will get a lot of chakra by sucking it off from them. Even if it is in relatively small doses, their numbers are pretty high and it should bring me closer. They don't need chakra anyway by the looks of it since their heads won't stay attached to their bodies for long' Naruto thought while slashing through the thugs but also making sure to absorb every bit of chakra from them then slash them in two or at their vitals to make it looked like they died from that and not by having their chakra sucked from them.
Meanwhile Naruko and Mito had recovered and went to see what the commotion was about leaving Sasuke and Tazuna in Sakura's care. They arrived to see Zabuza, their Sensei and Haku watch as Naruto brutally killed all of the men compromising the small army. The two approached wary of the demon of the mist and his apprentice.
"Kakashi-sensei what happened here?" Mito asked trying to understand the situation, key word trying.
"Well, Gato has terminated Zabuza's contract so they are now officially not our enemies anymore" Kakashi said with an eye smile making Naruko smile and Mito looked skeptic but accepted the explanation nonetheless. "Now about Naruto, well he said he wants to practice some of his kenjutsu and decided to choose his opponents as that army. As you can see he is doing quite well as half of them are already dead" Kakashi finished with screams as background noise and someone saying something like 'please no I will give you everything you want just spare me' but he shrugged it off. After a few more minutes they were joined by the villagers who had apparently formed a small army trying to fend off Gato but Naruto beat them to it by the looks of it. Kakashi had explained what happened to them and they nodded watching silently as Naruto finished the remaining ones. Kakashi was impressed to see Naruto kill without much remorse almost enjoying it by the looks of it.
After a couple more minutes.
"Now that was refreshing" Naruto said with a big grin and looked at Zabuza throwing him his sword back. "I can understand why you love that sword so much it cuts through flesh like butter" Naruto said earning him a small thumbs up from Zabuza.
"Anytime kid, now if you excuse us will have to go now" Zabuza said preparing to leave only to be stopped by Naruto.
"Oh no you don't. You will come back to Konoha until the whole Mizukage ordeal is done. Before you say anything I can put you in a genjutsu and drag you back your choice" Naruto said with a big grin daring him to try leaving.
"Fine, but how can you guarantee us we will be safe?" Zabuza asked not quite seeing how a kid even if powerful as heck being able to influence the hokage into accepting two missing nin in their village.
"Oh don't worry about that Zabuza-san I think otou-san won't have any problem with you staying in the village. You will get lucky if you stay a civilian most likely he'll make you a jounin and haku a chunnin, dattebayo" Naruko said confident in her assumption. Naruko never really hated Haku, if anything he liked him especially since he had met the boy once during her training and seemed nice.
"There you have it one of the Yondaime's kids vouches for you, you got your insurance. One more week and we can go to Konoha" Naruto said making Zabuza look at Naruko incredulously.
"That midget is the yellow flash's kid, good I didn't kill her I'd be dead by now. Now if you tell me that the redhead is also his daughter I will seriously kill myself" Not long after Zabuza finished his sentence a hard kick had struck his intimate possessions and made him fall to his knees clutching his treasure in pain.
"For your information, yes my father is Minato Namikaze and my mom is Kushina Uzumaki" Mito said in a scary tone that would put the kyuubi to shame. "However if you call me one more time redhead I will beat you so hard that you will wish that Ibiki would take you to a talk" Mito's hair was now flailing around in the air much like Kushina's making Zabuza nod furiously not daring to anger her.
Kakashi sweat dropped at this 'Looks like I Mito is much more alike Kushina-sama than Minato-sensei' Kakashi thought watching the scene with a smile behind his mask
A chuckle was heard from Naruto's direction making Zabuza glare at him. "Hahah, the mighty Zabuza, one of the seven swordsmen also known as demon of the mist beaten by a 12 year old" Naruto continued to laugh joined by Kakashi's eye smile.
"Shut it kid" Zabuza said still on the floor in pain.
"Make me" Naruto said teasing the man who by the looks of it was in great pain.
And so the bridge attack was over with minimal casualties. One more week and they could all go back to Konoha together.
Two weeks earlier in Konoha, Hokage's office.
'Damn this paperwork is killing me…. I wonder how the previous Hokage dealt with it' Minato thought while glaring menacingly at a Kage's worst enemy, paperwork. On his desk there was a mountain of papers waiting for his stamp and to be read. Minato sighed picking up another sheet when Jiraiya along with Kushina entered the room through the window.
"Yo Minato we're back" Jiraiya announced his return along with Kushina who nodded.
"What did the toads say?" Minato asked. This was where Kushina had gone, it was regarding an old prophecy. This was first revealed to them when the girls were 4. Apparently Jiraiya and the elder toad think that they are the two children of prophecy that shall either destroy or save the world.
Jiraiya looked at the Minato with serious eyes. "They will need to get stronger. I know you won't like this" the man looked at the two knowing how what he was going to say would sound to them "We should train them more however a good thing to have would be Mokuton" Jiraiya finished making Kushina and Minato look at him suspiciously.
"What do you mean?" Minato asked having a bad feeling about what is to come.
"It would be great if we could somehow extract Naruto's kekkei genkai and give them to those two. It would be possible by taking some cells from him. I don't know how it will affect him though as the number is quite high for Naruko and Mito to use the wood release properly. Either that or we need an almost perfect mix like Tenzo's one" Jiraiya finished his theory. He wasn't a medic nin so he didn't know that much about genetics and the like. He would need to talk to Tsunade about that.
"Alright will do it, some cells taken from him won't kill him" Minato said in a carefree tone after all it is just a bit of blood it couldn't hurt him much right?
"Great, I will talk to Tsunade when the kids arrive back" Jiraiya said before breaking into perverted giggles. "Now I have some research to do" He said heading straight for a bath house.
Minato sweat dropped at his teacher's antics while Kushina looked ready to beat the crap out of Jiraiya for his perverted nature, luckily he left before she had lost it.
"Are you sure that's wise Minato, Naruto will hate us for it most likely" Kushina said having a bad feeling about this plan.
"Don't worry it will be fine. He will understand, it's for the better good" Minato reassured his wife who nodded reluctantly still unable to shake off that bad feeling.
None would know how the decision taken that day would affect their future, but they would soon find out and won't like it.
Note: Hope you you enjoyed this even if it's smaller.
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