Grimoire Naruto

Chapter two… Going to Wave…

Konaha… about a month after team placements…

It had a good month for our blonde hero. Not only was Kakashi actually one of the best senseis in the world, but he was able to help Naruto finish with the water-walking exercise. Weiss was also done teaching him spells so he knew all the magic he could. The D-ranks weren't horrible either… well except for one…

Tora was the cat of the Fire Daimyo's wife. Most often, due to the death-grip hugs that her master subjects her to, she would run away and cause grief for all the genin who tried to catch her. Naruto was unfortunately no exception.

After yet another failed escape, Tora was being brought back to her personal hell. Not that Naruto cared or anything… "I really hate cats." He was covered in scratches and other injuries that only claws and teeth could inflict. Kakashi looked at his apprentice, "Don't worry Naruto. This is the last D-rank mission we have to do. I'll talk to the Hokage about bumping it up a bit." "Good lord I hope so… it's so boring watching you two slave away at chores that the civilians should be doing."

"Maybe if you'd helped out a little it wouldn't be so boring Weiss." The grimoire chuckled at Naruto's expense. "And miss out on you getting demolished by a mere feline? I think not my friend." Naruto just grumbled under his breath.

They got to the Hokage Tower to give back Tora. The poor cat was instantly put into a death-hug that threatened to crush her. "Serves you right you damn cat," said Naruto under his breath. They got the pay for the mission and watched as the cat slipped from the Daimyo's wife's arms and made a mad dash for the door.

"I feel for the guy who has to catch that thing…" muttered Kakashi. He cleared his throat. "Lord Hokage? I would like to amp up the mission rank to a C-rank if you could." The Third raised a brow. "So soon Kakashi?" The jonin replied, "Believe me, sir, when I say that Naruto is more than ready for a C-rank mission. He's shown himself to be completely competent in combat and strategizing on multiple occasions. That… and there's still the fact that he kept me at bay during his test."

The aged Hokage thought it over for a moment. Then smiled and said, "Very well Kakashi… you may have a C-rank, but on one condition." "Oh?" "I will be sending team eight with you as back up seeing as it's just you and Naruto." "Ahem?" The old man chuckled. "And of course Weiss." "Thank you."

"Fair enough," said the one-eyed jonin, "I think that'll work for us. Right Naruto?" He looked back at his student with a sly look in his eye. Naruto smiled and said, "Of course not. Weiss?" "Do you even need to ask?" "Then it's settled."

"What's settled?" said an annoying voice. Team Seven looked behind them to see a disappointing sight. You see… Sasuke went to the council whining and complaining about how he didn't get put on a team and how "unfair" the test was. Needless to say the council kissed his ass and gave him and Sakura a jonin sensei. They also got a root member named Sai.

Their… "sensei" was a piece of work as well. Ebisu was one of the worst senseis ever. The fact that the man was a jonin was just disgraceful. He was always ranting about the quickest way to get to power. Naruto was glad this man was no longer teaching his surrogate little brother, Konohamuru.

He'd met the boy while talking to the Hokage. The kid was trying to… "sneak attack" his grandfather. Naruto was initially shocked when he found out he was the Sandaime's grandkid. He still punched his lights out. Konohamuru then proceeded to follow him and Weiss. He taught him a little bit of what he knew and told him to work hard.

Ebisu had found them soon after and demanded that "the Honorable grandson step away from the demon". Needless to say, he was beaten by his perverseness. Both Konohamuru and Naruto performed the "Sexy Jutsu" to make Ebisu go flying with a massive nosebleed.

"We just got our first C-rank," replied Kakashi, not wanting to start something. Ebisu started fuming. "WHAT! How could this group of misfits have possibly gotten a C-rank!" "They worked for it, that's how." The Hokage was tired of dealing with Ebisu. He would have him removed from the ninja corp. altogether, but the council would work around it somehow… They didn't want their precious Uchiha to be without a sensei.

"Then I demand that my team be given a C-rank as well!" Ebisu wouldn't shut up. Team Eight came in as this was going on and just stood there in wonderment. The Hokage could take no more. "Ebisu if you don't shut your mouth this instant then I will personally see to it your team never gets anything above a D-rank! DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR!" Ebisu wisely kept his mouth shut and stormed out with his team.

"Now that that has taken care of…" He motioned to Team Eight. Kurenai stood at attention. "Sir, we'd like to request a mission." The Third smiled and said, "You've come just in time then. Do you feel like your team could handle a C-rank Kurenai?" The genjutsu mistress was shocked. "Really sir? Of course… we've been training non-stop and have done quite a few D-ranks… but so soon?" "Yes. You'd be going in as backup for Team Seven here," he motioned to Kakashi and Naruto, "who believe that they're ready."

Kurenai looked at the blonde. She was curious to know what he and the book could do. "Of course Lord Hokage. What's the Mission?" Hiruzen smiled. "You are to escort the client back to the country of Wave. It should be fairly simple." He then pushed down on the intercom button. "Please send the client in." The door opened to reveal a drunken old man carrying a sake bottle and wearing a straw hat on his neck.

He looked them over and drunkenly said, "I'll take em'. The blonde kid there looks especially dangerous." "Alright, gather enough supplies to last you a few weeks. This is going to be a long mission," said Kakashi, "Meet up at the gate in half an hour." They all nodded and left to get ready.

A half-hour later found almost everyone at the gate. "Where's your sensei Naruto?" asked Kiba. "Probably at the memorial stone again." They jumped when they saw Weiss. Naruto shook his head. "You enjoy that too much Weiss." "I do what I can to keep myself entertained." Shino spoke up, "What is that Naruto?"

Naruto smiled a bit then started the introduction. "Ladies and gentlemen, this is Grimoire Weiss. He's been my guardian since I was a baby." "Where did he come from?" This was asked by Kiba. "I'm from a different earth than this one." "W-what do y-you m-m-mean?" asked Hinata.

(AN: Sorry I didn't do this earlier guys… here ya go.)

"I come from a different dimension than this. One full of death and sorrow. The earth I'm from was a broken place. Beautiful, but broken. In it roamed monsters known as Shades. Shades are basically human souls that left their bodies to escape a horrible disease known as "Black Scrawl". The souls became violent and started to attack the humans of the world. I was found by a man named Nier. He and I teamed up and began to search for the sealed verses, the pages that hold my power, to cure his daughter, Yonah, of her Black Scrawl.

We fought many shades and made many friends. Eventually we got the sealed verses. We then had to find my opposite, Grimoire Noir, and battle him. Unfortunately the village Nier and his daughter lived in was attacked by a giant regenerating shade. We fought the beast back but in the process Yonah was taken from us.

We searched for five years trying to find her. Eventually we figured out where her captor, the Shadowlord, was keeping her. We needed to gather five pieces of the key to his castle. Again we scoured the earth looking for them. We lost a few good friends along the way, and a village was utterly demolished, but we found the pieces. We made our way to the castle and battled our way to the top. We found out that the shades were once human and left their bodies to get away from the Black Scrawl. The thing was… They were the current humans' souls… the bodies left behind had made their own identity and left the souls behind.

We finally confronted the Shadowlord. He was apparently Nier's past self before he left his body behind. After an intense battle, I was driven beyond my limit. I had to give up my body and soul to ensure that Nier would win. In the end he did… though to my knowledge I don't know what happened after… I woke up in the middle of the fight between the Yondaime and the Kyuubi after."

Everyone stared at the grimoire. He'd been through so much and yet… "Wow…" said Kiba.

Kakashi showed up a bit later. "Alright then, are we ready?" They nodded. "Then let's go.

They walked for a few hours and were slowly approaching the border. Kakashi and Naruto took notice of the puddle on the ground. They were both instantly on their guard. They passed it without incident but then it happened. Suddenly two ninjas burst out of the puddle and wrapped up both Kurenai and Kakashi with their spiked chains. The ninja jerked and the two jonin were no more.

"Two down," started one, "four to go," finished the other. Naruto had Beastlord out instantly and started throwing dark lances their way. They were dodged as the brothers focused on him. One tried to claw at him but was quickly killed when Naruto jumped up and impaled him as he was doing a front-flip. As he came down, Naruto slammed his blade, which was still in the ninja, in front of him. The enemy was effectively split in half down the middle.

"BROTHER!" screamed the other ninja. Enraged at the loss of his brother he blindly charged in and sliced open Naruto's chest. 'Shit… it was poisoned.' He thought to himself. Naruto immediately sliced off the offending ninja's arm off and broke the other before he could do anything else. "AHHHHH!"

The enemy fell to the ground in pain and panic. Team Eight was in shock. 'H-how is Naruto even capable of that?' though Kiba. 'I do believe we've all greatly underestimated our friend.' thought Shino. 'N-naruto's s-so strong.' Do I even need to say it?Naruto looked over at the line of trees next to them. "You can come out now Sensei."

To the other team's shock, Kurenai and Kakashi walked out of the tree line with smiles on their faces. "Very good Naruto. See why I picked him now?" Kurenai had been pleasantly surprised to find out that Naruto was as good as was said. They both then turned to Tazuna, the client.

"Mind explaining why there are ninja trying to kill you?" It was true. The ninjas had been focused on Tazuna before Naruto launched his dark lances. "I… I… fine…" He then proceeded to tell them about Gato and what he'd done to Wave. Naruto wanted to keep going. He wasn't usually one to ignore those in need.

Kakashi sighed, "Well… we got the upgraded mission… but I didn't expect it to be a B to A-ranked mission. The wise thing to do would be to go back to the village… but I don't expect that you'd go for the wise thing somehow." "You're damn straight Kakashi!" exclaimed Naruto, "I'd rather die horribly than turn back knowing I've condemned even a small country to a fate worse than death!" Kakashi looked at Kurenai.

"I spoke with my team. They agree with you. Guess we keep going then." Kakashi sent one of his ninja dog summons to inform the Hokage and to have an ANBU come and pick up the ninja at their feet. They left soon after for Wave.

After a long boat ride in they made it into Wave. Gato had people everywhere so they had to remain quiet. This meant that even though they were on a motorboat they couldn't start it without alerting someone. They saw Tazuna's bridge and were impressed. It was huge! "That bridge is gonna be the one thing that'll break Gato's hold over us. So naturally he'd want it destroyed or me killed," explained the bridge builder.

They'd gotten out of the boat a while back and continued to Tazuna's village. Along the way Naruto swore he sensed someone in the bushes next to him and, not wanting anymore surprises, launched a dark lance at the bush… only for a small white rabbit to come hopping out scared for its life.

Hinata picked the poor bunny up and actually started to yell at Naruto for almost "killing an innocent little bunny rabbit"… His pride took a bit of a hit at that. Kakashi focused on the color of its fur however… 'It's white… but it should still have its summer coat…' He heard something being thrown…

AN: Aaaanddd that's a wrap! Sorry it took so long. I realize that what I did to the Demon Bros. might've been a tad overkill… but… it's a badass Naruto story… what were you expecting? The Naru/Hina stuff will begin in the next chapter. I almost feel sorry for Zabuza… It'll be a long battle though… Till next time my faithful readers! ^_^