Naruto: Smoke and Dagger
-I own nothing-
Before we start, I just wanted to point out that the team has not fought Zabuza yet, someone asked that because Sakura freaked out at the sight of a Bloated and Rotting body that has been Eaten by fish and birds. You see, the battle happens once they reach land and are walking to Tazuna's and after the fight, Kakashi passes out and the team drags him to Tazuna's home.
Also, I threw in some Metal Gear suff too... I don't own it but someone might recognize the raven stuff and a few other things
-x(X)x-
(AN: The kind of machete Naruto uses it called Panga)
(AN2: I'm sorry that at first I spelled Mei's name as Mai but spell check did that)
Naruto sat on the edge of one of Waves many docks, absently smoking one of the cigarettes he had just bought while the girl beside him ate the cooked fish and rice he had bought her along with a pair of steamed rolls...
-CAW-
"HEY!"
... Ah, make that 'the' steamed roll he had also got her.
He shook his head as the girl swiped at the crow who had stolen her roll with a flyby and went back to his smoke, ignoring the two as they went up and down the dock, the girl cursing at the bird who flapped its wings wildly, trying its best to escape the girl and eat its stolen prize.
"AH!"
He looked up at the sound of her gasp and turned just in time to see her take a trip into the water while the crow flapped its wings above the water.
Tira broke the surface of the water and climbed up onto the dock looking around embarrassed. blushing as she saw him looking, she stood up and shook her head, making the mess puff out and look like a small spiky bush.
"I guess that's one way to take a bath," he said with a grin as the crow landed next to him, still carrying the roll in its beak.
"That wasn't funny," she says squeezing the water from her shirt.
Naruto gave a small grin and plucked the roll from his crow, making it squawk and ruffle its feathers, "Maybe not to you, but it's pretty amusing to me," he told he while pulling a piece from the roll and giving it to the crow before placing the rest back into the plate as she walked over.
"Why are you helping me?" she asked after finishing the meal and sitting in silence.
Naruto blew a smoke ring in the air, "Believe it or not, I used to live on the streets, I wasn't the most liked person back in my home village, had to lean how to take care of myself and quick. I used to get beat up pretty bad, I remember one time that I got stabbed and couldn't go to the hospital so I had to sew myself back up with a sewing needle and dental floss,"
Tira looked at him with unbelieving eyes, "No way,"
Naruto nodded and lifted his shirt, revealing a large jagged scar just above his hip, "Foss isn't as strong as the real thing, they broke a couple times and I had to restitch them, that's why it looks so bad."
They sat in silence for awhile, Tira started playing with the crow after a minute while listening to the waves.
Naruto finished his smoke and flicked the end into the water before standing up.
"Where we going?" Tira asked while cocking her head to the side.
Naruto looked down at her, "'We' aren't going anywhere, 'I' have a job to do," he told her while stressing his words.
Tira's eyes widened and watered, "So your just going to leave me alone?" she asked, close to crying.
"You won't be alone," he said nodding his head to the crow, "It'll stay with you from now on, I haven't named it, so I'll leave it to you, and also..." He unsealed and tossed a box, a bit bigger than a normal shoebox to her, "Take these, I've already memorized them and figure that you could use them better than I could,"
She opened the top and found a set of scrolls on how to use Chakra as well as a few Jutsu.
"I know you've had a little bit of training, I sensed it when you were running from that shopkeeper. You had a good idea on how to use it but you used it too quickly, these scrolls will help you a lot," Naruto said before stretching, "Good luck Tira, maybe I'll see you around in the future,"
Tira watched as he burst into a flock of crows and left her alone on the docks with her new crow sitting on her shoulder, it nipped at her ear as she looked down, saddened at her friends departure. Looking at the crow she smiled sadly before looking down into the box and moving the scrolls aside. She found a belt, with a pair of pouches on the side both filled with kunai and other little ninja gear like ninja wire, ninja stars, and smoke bombs. Under that was another pouch with a small red plus sign on the front, inside she found first-aid things, a small handbook on herbs, and other little things. Lastly she found a few more handbooks on survival, and a envelope full of cash with a note.
I put all this together while waiting for the food to be cooked, I didn't take you with me because you wouldn't be able to defend yourself and I don't like having to babysit. I suggjest that you travel to the Hidden Mist Village and tell the Kage that I sent you, she'll help with your training. Go to dock 19 and ask around for Captain Hansen he owes me and he'll take you. Maybe if you prove that you can pull your own weight in a fight I'll let you travel and work with me. Also, there's two more letters in pouch on the belt, one is to the captain and the other is to the Kage of Mist, if there is a problem give the letter to them.
PS. The crow is a female... and tends to be moody when it's hungry.
-Naruto
She smiled and started crying, he had given her her first gift ever and she would become a ninja and make him proud.
-X-
"You've gotten soft,"
Naruto snorted, 'What makes you say that?' he asked while walking around.
He had known about the fox ever since he had lost his eye. It had been the demon that was pumping his little body full of power that day when he stormed up to the Hokage and took down those ninja and civilians that got in his way. But he had only met the fox face to... snout when he had passed out in the forest when he used use all his energy.
The fox snorted back, "Well lets see, back in mist you killed multiple ninja ofter knocking your cigarette into a puddle and now, you see one little homeless girl and you give her your crow, money, a meal, and lets not forget, the old ninja gear from Konoha plus all the extra stuff you took from mist,"
'If it's a problem for you, I can sing 'It's a small world afterall' while making your cage shrink,' he shot back while humming the tune in his head
"Oh kami no! Not again, it's bad enough that I'm stuck in this small ass cage laying in the sewer that you call a mind, I thank kami that I have enough room to scratch my side."
'Talk about my head in the gutter,' Naruto thought with a smirk.
"If your mind's in the gutter then I'm in the shits"
'I'll see about fixing the plumbing later,'
"Hey!"
Naruto turned around and saw a guy in a baggy green coat with a purple skullcap over his white hair standing with a sword in hand, "I heard that some blond guy has been walking around saying that Gato was going to die, also heard that he was spending quite a bit of cash and had a nasty smoking habit. That wouldn't be you would it?" he asked while trying to look threatening with his sword.
Naruto pulled out a cigarette and lit it, "Hmm," the blond exclaimed while blowing a smoke ring, "Well I haven't seen anyone else smoking as much as me I am a blond and yes I have said that Gato is going to die, so I guess it is me," he said while fixing the swordsmen with a even stare.
The swordsmen smirked, "Well then it looks like I'm gonna have to kill you then,"
Naruto sidestepped the sword as the white haired man tried to stab him and grabbed the back of his hair before snatching him back while kicking the back of his legs and sending him to the ground.
Naruto bent down, keeping the man in place with a knee to the gut while letting the cigarette fall from his lips and onto the struggling mans coat. He got into his face and breathed out a sickly green smoke that seemed to slither like a snake towards the thugs mouth but then split and entered through his nose holes when he held his breath. His eyes shot wide open and he opened his mouth to scream only to have the rest of it force it's way into his mouth.
Naruto picked up his cigarette and stood up, that was almost like what he had done on the boat but instead of a wide area, he concentrated it. To the thug, it was like having someone pour the strongest acid down his throat an into his lungs, eating away at his tissues and killing him.
"You know, you've been using that same jutsu for awhile, I don't mean to call you a one-trick pony but, why?"
Naruto wiped off the end to make sure no dust was on it before smoking it again, 'I can do a lot with what I smoke but it depends on what and how I smoke. Like with Yagura, I switched the tobacco with dope and created those hypnotic illusions,' he thought while walking away, leaving the body lying on the ground where it was soon searched by a group of people who stole anything of value, uneffected by the blood running from his face.
The Kyuubi grumbled in the back of his mind before going to sleep, leaving Naruto alone.
-X-
Tira walked to the docks to find the man Hansen, holding her head high for the first time in years while holding the box under her arm he crow perched on her shoulder. Reaching the docks she noticed that it nearly sunset and that if anyone was working on the docks, they'd be leaving soon. Meaning that she had to hurry and ask around.
Ten minutes of asking around the docks, she was pointed to a smaller merchant transport ship where she found a older man barking out orders to his crewmen.
"Ah… excuse me, are you Captain Hansen?"
"Who's asking?" the gray haired man questioned without turning around, "HEY! Pick that box up and put in below deck,"
"My name's Tira, I was told that you could talk me to the Hidden Mist Village," she told him.
The man tensed for a second, something that she noticed, "Sorry… you got the wrong person,"
"Naruto sent me, said that you owe him"
His head shot up and he turned around with a small smile, "Oh, in that case it's nice to meet you, Captain Hansen. Come aboard and let's talk away from any… unwelcome ears."
They both boarded the ship and walked into the little eating area below the captain's quarters where they sat down at the table. There was a small table, big enough the both the captain and his three crewmen to sit comfortably which was bolted to the floor incase of bad weather. Just a foot or two away was a slightly rusted fridge with a few dents and scratches on it, it too had a couple of heavy-duty bolts from what she could see. Beside the fridge was a two-burner stove, and a few cabinets along the wall.
"So, why does Naruto want me to take you to Mist?" he questioned while reaching behind him and pulling a bottle of Sake from the fridge, "I'd offer you some but I don't give alcohol to kids, Water?"
"No," she says while pulling out a sealed letter with his name on it, "But he said to give this to you if there was a problem,"
Hansen took the letter and opened it before choking on his sake. Closing the envelope and putting it in his pocket, he shook her hand wildly and said, "You got a deal,"
She sat there for a minute, listening as he yelled, 'All hands on deck, prepare to make sail straight for the village of Mist,'
-X-
Timeskip: One week
Naruto whistledto himself as he sat on the end of the unfinished bridge, completely out of sight form anyone who may have been near the edge. While it sounds strange, to sit near the edge and not be seen but since he was a ninja, he just channeled chakra to his ass and sat upside down on the underside of the bridge.
He knew that Gato had a base somewhere but no civilian would talk out of fear about the child-sized man and most of his thugs got orders from the few who did know where Gato hid. But he had caught a break when he was able to force one the lowly grunts to tell him about a plan involving Gato personally leading a large army of his goons to the bridge on a boat. It seemed that Gato was planning on betraying the missing ninja that he had hired to kill Tazuna and then killing Tazuna and the Konoha ninja.
Normally he wouldn't trust such information but the interrogation method he used was effective and ensured that the man wouldn't alert his boss.
Flashbac: Start
"Tell me!"
"Fuck you!"
"Tell me!"
"Fuck you!"
Naruto narrowed his eye, "Tell me bout Gato's plans or else"
He scoffed, "Or what?"
Naruto pulled out a switchblade and flicked it open while the thug, who was tied spread eagle on the wall of an abandoned fishing warehouse where the more upscale fishers stored their extra nets and other equipment, felt the blade poke his crotch. The sound of ripping and tearing fabric was all that was heard before the man breathed a sigh of relief as he hadn't felt any pain nor felt anything warm or sticky like blood, only a little urine. His relief didn't last as he heard growling and looked over to see another one-eyed blond walk over holding a very hungry looking dog by a rope collar.
Then it hit him, he strained to look down and saw his sack hanging then looked at the dog who was staring intently at said hanging appendage.
He looked at Naruto; "No… you wouldn't,"
The blonde gave him a smirk, "Oh I would,"
He shook as the dog tried to strain against the collar until it started to choke.
"Quite viscous isn't it? You see, the wolf is a close relative to dogs, close enough to breed, but unlike wolves, dogs are mostly domesticated but if you push it far enough, the will to survive kicks in. Due to your boss, many pets were either killed and once things got so bad or were set free once they couldn't afford to be fed." Naruto said in a bored tone, "People like you were the cause, without those like you supporting Gato the pathetic little man could've never anything like this," He stopped for a moment to motion at the dog. "So I figure… it's only fair that you be the one to feed this dog, with your body,"
The clone holding the dog by the rope let the dog shoot towards the man growling and foaming at the mouth while it tried to bite into its meal.
"NO PLEASE STOP I'LL TALK!"
The dog gave a loud yelp as it was snatched back by the rope tied around his neck.
"I'm waiting…" Naruto stated while cleaning under his fingernails with the knife.
The goon then told him every thing he knew about the attack Gato was planning on the bridge quickly, never missing a beat as he saw the dog looking at him hungrily.
As he finished Naruto looked at the clone and nodded, causing him to nod back and pull out a switchblade of his own before slowly cutting the rope around the dog's neck.
"H-hey what about me?" the tied up man cried.
Naruto looked at him coldly, "Reap what you sow, you help create this problem, now die by it,"
The rope snapped and once again the dog sailed through the air, this time with nothing to hold it back. The clone popped into smoke and faded away as Naruto burst into crows, leaving the man to be eaten as the smell attracted other hungry dogs in the area.
Flashback: End
Naruto reached into his pocket and opened his cigarette case and did a quick count, his acidic smoke could be easily done with normal smoke as long as he breathed it in and filtered a larger amount of chakra unto his lungs and throat. He could also make large smokescreens by using small amounts of chakra that would not only blind a person but also hide his smell from dogs or people with a heightened sense of smell. Another trick he learned was that while he sucked at normal genjutsu, only being able to dispel them, he was able to use… alternative methods to case illusions. He learned that if he smoked something like dope he could cast not only illusions that strongly affected his target but also the cloud he used would effectively get them high. Making it harder for them to channel enough chakra to dispel it or even fuck them up so much that their motor skills would plummet.
That's not to say all he could do was use smoke based attacks, before he had started smoking and using it to fight he had worked in a fireworks shop to make money. The old man he had met there was really grateful for the help and would let him clean and organize the stock or if he had to work on some more fireworks he would show Naruto how to run the register. But after awhile, the old mans age got to him and he started teaching Naruto how to make the fireworks so that he could rest while Naruto took over working in back. So when Naruto finished making firecrackers, bottle-rockets, things that screamed loud enough to make a dog on the other side or the road whine while throwing colorful sparks everywhere, Naruto would make his owe unique style of explosives.
He was also pretty good with a knife and showed some natural talent with a machete of all things. At first he had laughed when he had first thought about it but when he easily hacked off the arm of a pissed off yakuza, he quickly bought a pair and sealed them into a scroll.
He never did find out the complete reason why that guy was so pissed off, kept saying something about the blond embarrassing him in front of the young girl he was going to get with then taking her home and sleeping with her. He didn't know who he was talking about, the woman he got with that night was a sexy older woman that ran the brothel and thanked him getting rid of the annoying fly, thanked him all night long.
His thoughts were interrupted as he heard the sounds of fighting end and noticed a large wooden boat beside the bridge with a huge climbing net reaching up to the bridge.
"Wow, I must be out of it," he muttered to himself while cutting off the chakra flow to his ass, allowing him to free fall to the water where he rolled and landed on the sacrifice of the water at least a hundred feet below the bridge.
Taking a small scroll from his other pocket, he unsealed a wide black belt with many pouches on it. It was his mission pack containing everything he would use during a mission and was probably one of the most unconventional seeing as it didn't contain many normal ninja weapons like kunai. There were three pouches, one on each hip and one on his back. The one on the right held small bottle of pills containing poison that he would pop in his mouth before taking a smoke, which would his smoke into a cloud of poisonous gas, as well as a bottle of sleeping pills that were used in a similar fashion. But lastly he kept a piece of thick ninja wire with a handle on each end to choke his targets it he had to sneak around during missions.
On the left he kept scrolls with other equipment sealed away as well as a separate part to keep a mission scroll if he had one. But the last and largest was where he kept his bombs. Like the pouch on his left it had separate parts as well but had seals to replace what was removed, so he would always have a bomb on hand if needed.
There were five different types, the first was like a normal explosive note but instead of paper, it was a metal ball big enough to fit in the palm of your hand. The second was the same shape but was a little larger and was filled with flash power, the thing that was used in small amounts with other things to give fireworks a nice flash, but in a large amount it would blind someone. Third was a deadlier type, it was a five inch long pipe with small finishing nails and ball bearings packed inside. The forth and fifth ones was something he made for large jobs, he had gotten his hands on some demolition grade explosives (C4) strong enough to rip holes in steel and instead of fuses, it had timers. The only difference in them was the size and shape, one was a small tube around three inches long and a an inch thick while the last was a four inches long, two inches wide and a little less that an inch thick.
But the last feature he had put on his belt was a pair or storage seals on the belt which held his two machetes, should he ever need to use them.
Clipping the belt around his waist, Naruto walked around the boat while lighting a cigarette and set up a pact of C4 on it's side as not to damage the bridge when it went off. Flipping a small switch he waited for the small digital counter to blink before pressing the minute button three times and setting it to three minutes. One more switch and it was counting down with a small flashing green light to show that it was armed.
-X-
"Ha-ha-ha," Gato laughed while looking at the tired ninja, "I wasn't going to pay you anyway Zabuza, mercenaries are a lot cheaper."
Zabuza huffed and growled as he was held up by Haku who just did manage to knock Kakashi's arm off course before it could hit his chest. Saving his life but forcing the attack into her masters shoulder, which was better that his heart.
"You little bastard," he ground out under his bandages.
Gato ignored the 'little' part and smirked while looking at Haku, "Little bitch, once your master is dead I'm going to make you pay for breaking my arm, them give you to my men,"
Then he looked at the Konoha ninja, "That pink haired girl will make a nice addition too."
A loud crunch interrupted the group's lecherous laughter. They turned to see one fall forward with his neck snapped to the point where instead of hitting the stone with his face, he hit the back of his head with a dead thump, his face gazing up to the sky. Standing behind him, Naruto took the cigarette out of his mouth and blew a smoke ring.
"Your time is up Gato," the blonde said in a cold tone while watching the smoke.
"Y-You're the one who's been going around saying that you'll kill me," Gato said while gritting his teeth, "No one threatens me-"
Naruto cut him off, "There's no escape,"
Just then the boat down below exploded and started sinking, the shock wave making a few of the closer men stumble.
"The stage is set, one way or the other you will die tonight Gato, you can jump and hope to survive the fall or I will kill you." He said as crows seemed to appear out of no where, circling overhead while crying out.
While everyone was looking up no one saw a crow swoop from the side and land on Gato's shoulder.
"W-What I-is this?" He cried out as his body froze in place while the crow pecked at his head a few times before hopping to the top of his head and pecking again.
"The crow has placed the mark of death upon you," Naruto said while everyone watched as Gato tried to move.
"Is this some kind of trick?" Gato forced out.
Naruto reached into his back pouch and pulled out a single flash bomb, which made the crow fly into the air with a squawk, releasing Gato from its strange hold.
Naruto used the cigarette in his mouth to light the fuse and tossed it into he air. Everyone watched as the fuse burned into the casing before it exploded in a bright white flash. Naruto looked down and unsealed his machetes before working his way through the mob, severing limbs with every swing, some even lost their heads with a single swipe, just like Yagura. That was why he used them instead of normal ninja swords.
When the two groups of ninja and what was left of the mob were able to see again, the sight of Gato being held up in the air horizontal to the ground with a blade through his stomach greeted them.
Gato gasped and heaved as the blade sliced through his organs making him spit up blood before he went limp.
"You died a dogs death Gato," Naruto said slinging the body up in the air and slicing it in half as it came down, sending blood flying across the stone, "Just like Yagura,"
Kakashi got his first good look at the blonde man gasped in realization, 'Naruto!'
"Y-you just killed our meal ticket!" yelled one of the surviving thugs, while the others by him start shouting in agreement. "Now we'll just have to raid the town and take what we want."
The assembled mob yelled and cheered at the idea, making the ninjas tense and get ready for a fight.
Naruto raised one of his machetes at to group, "You have one chance to survive, drop you weapons and you might just walk away from this,"
There was a few nervous chuckles, "Y-yeah right, like were afraid of you, we have you outnumbered." The one who yelled called back.
Naruto reached behind his back and pulled another bomb from his pouch, this time, pulling out the pipe bomb full of nails and such. "Last chance,"
The voice was so cold that it chilled their bones.
"Fuck you," one screamed before advancing on the blonde.
Naruto's eye turned icy blue, full of curliness and death, "You've chosen to fight… pity, this bridge will run red with your blood,"
He lit the fuse with what was left of his cigarette and watched the fuse burn down before slinging it into the middle and hitting one in the face just before it went off, sending metal pipe, nails, and ball bearings flying into the mercenaries and killing or maiming most.
Kakashi and his students watched in shock, horror, barely contained sickness, and slight jealously. Kakashi watched from the corner of his eye as Sakura threw up over the bridge's guardrails and Sasuke watched the slaughter, frozen with his Sharingan spinning slowly. His other student, Sai was emotionless as the blonde ripped the men apart, probably because of Danzo's training.
Zabuza and Haku were also transfixed on the battle, Haku because of the sheer skill and brutality but Zabuza had heard something that the others probably hadn't. The blonde said 'Just like Yagura' Yagura was the Mizukage he had tried to lead a coup on but failed. Had something happened while he was running?
The villagers of Wave had also shown up to find out what the loud explosion was, imagine their shock to see Gato killed and cut in half before his army of thugs followed suit.
Naruto stopped the slaughter and buried the machete in a thug's lung before letting it go to reach up to his smoke to take one last draw before flicking the butt to the side. He held it in and let the smoke roll out with a sigh after a minute, "Ah… that felt good," he said with his eyes closed before jerking the blade up as the man fell to the ground.
A katana was blocked just before the hand holding it was severed at the wrist followed by the owner's throat. One wielding a larger sword tried to stab him but Naruto stepped out of the way and sliced his stomach open, exposing his intestines and making him bow over before being stabbed in the back by the blonde.
The only surviving men looked at each other before nodding and running around Naruto screaming in fear.
"Oh no you don't," Naruto growled throwing both of the two foot machetes at them and nailing both in the back with deadly accuracy.
The bridge was… well dead silent. The only sounds being Naruto's footsteps as he walked over and pulled his weapons free with a wet squelch.
The sound of the blondes machetes cutting the air as he slung the blood off of the dull silver blades were louder than anything else just before he sealed one away, flipping the other into a reverse grip as he patted his pockets for his cigarette case and lighter.
Figuring that this was the best time to question the blonde, Kakashi stepped towards him, "Naruto?"
The blonde found what he was looking and ignored Kakashi as he stepped closer, concentrating on lighting his cigarette instead.
"Naruto, I just want to talk-"
Naruto turned, the machete raising and slicing through the air once more. Kakashi stopped and tensed as the point of the blade stopped just an inch from his neck.
"Kakashi, former ANBU captain and student of the fourth Hokage." Naruto said coldly, "Demoted to Jounin for negligence and failure of his mission to protect a Konoha civilian."
Naruto turned his head and glared with his one eye, "Tell me Konoha trash, why should I talk to you?" he asked with the smoke bobbing up and down.
"Naruto, ever since you left the Hokage's been trying to find you,"
Naruto scoffed, "Well obviously he hasn't been looking too hard, it wasn't like I was hiding," He droned with an edge to his voice.
Kakashi really didn't have anything to say to that, he knew that the Hokage had gotten Jiraiya the toad sage to use his spy network to help look for the young boy. If Jiraiya heard about this it would be like a slap to the face and being told that his network was shit.
"We really shouldn't fight, Naruto," Kakashi said placing a finger on machetes point and nudging it aside, "I am a Jounin after-all,"
Naruto flipped the blade around in his hand, getting past Kakashi's hand and pressing the curved side to his cheek. "Rank doesn't mean a lot on the battle field. You may have been an ANBU captain in the past but seeing as you have genin to teach, I would guess that you haven't had a lot of time to practice, meaning that your rusty. You also just fought Zabuza, someone who must practice daily to ensure he is able to protect himself from the hunter ninja… or he use to…"
Hearing that, Zabuza called out, "What do you mean kid?"
"You don't have to worry about the hunters anymore Zabuza, Yagura, the fourth Mizukage, is dead." Naruto answered while backing away from Kakashi and sealing his blade. "Should you return you will get a heroes welcome as the father of Mist's revolution. No one was willing to fight until word spread through the ranks that you nearly killed Yagura, giving him the scar over his eye before having to flee,"
"So the rebels won?"
Naruto blew out a smoke ring and nodded to the question, ignoring Kakashi and his students.
Zabuza was in shock, he had known about the civil war but had heard that the rebels were slowly losing, so he was trying to raise money to help fight, but to hear that he had helped start it was shocking to say the least.
"How long?"
Naruto thought for a second. "Not too long, I'd imagine that they would be trying to rebuild first before spreading the word officially. But hey, I left just as soon as I delivered Yagura's head to the new Mizukage," he told them with a shrug as if killing Kages was nothing new.
Naruto turned and jumped up onto the guardrail with his arms crossed as another crow swooped down and landed on his shoulder. "Why, hello there." He said ignoring the looks that everyone gave him and looking at the crows odd eyes. "Those are some nice eyes you got there," he complemented, making it squawk and preen.
The crow was a little larger than the one he gave Tira, but unlike hers, which had two shiny black eyes, this one had one black and one red eye.
He raised a hand to the bird and stroked its feathers, "How would you like to be my new pet?" he asked making it ruffle its feathers and nip at one of his fingers.
No one really noticed that the rest of the crows were now gone. They were really more concentrated on watching the clearly disturbed young man talk to a crow.
After a second, he rolled his shoulder, making the crow fly off. "My job is finished, I'd wish you well Kakashi but that make me a lie, you are lower than trash, in fact… your real scum." Naruto spat at them then turned to Zabuza, "However I will wish you luck… so… good luck."
Taking the cigarette from his mouth, Naruto exhaled the smoke and to their amazement, was engulfed in the cloud completely before disappearing completely as it imploded on itself.
-X-
Tira stepped into the village with a bag from Hansen over her shoulder and took a deep breath. The smell of freshly cut timber, the sounds of saws sawing, hammers hammering, and the other sounds of construction going on filled her senses. It had been a tough trip to make alone after Hansen had docked at a newly reopened harbor on the main island but she had prevailed, but then again she had her friend on her shoulder so she didn't get too lonely.
Looking around she watched for a minute as townspeople rebuilt destroyed shops and home while a few ninja helped repair the roads with earth jutsu or cleaned them with water jutsu.
"Who are you?"
Tira jumped as the sudden voice scared her and spun around to see a masked woman stood behind her with her arms crossed.
"I-I'm Tira," She answered after the small fright.
"I haven't seen you around here before, I know the faces of almost all the people in the village and your not one of them. So, why are you here?"
"Naruto sent me here, told me to tell the Mizukage that and she would help train me."
"Naruto? Naruto Uzumaki?" the ninja questioned.
Tira nodded.
She grabbed Tira by the shoulder and both left for the tower in a small splash of water that evaporated before it hit the ground.
Tira stumbled as the woman let go of her when they arrived at the Mizukage tower. She held her gut with one hand and her mouth with the other as her face turned green before rushing to the closest trashcan and throwing up, ignoring the red head grimacing just feet away.
Mei looked down at the girl with her head in the trashcan, "Miki-chan, who is this?"
-X-
To be continued...
-X-
Naruto dosen't use meny jutsu that require hand seals and is one of the best ninjas dealing with stealth.