Naruto: The Savior of the Arrancar Clan

Naruto and all related characters belong to Masashi Kishimoto. Bleach and all related characters belong to Tite Kubo

Chapter 2: A Mission in the Mist

Naruto sleepily walked up to where Sasuke and Ino waited. He was never a morning person so waking up a 6:00am was the most difficult thing he's ever had to do. The minute after he said hello to Ino and glared at Sasuke he fell to the ground asleep. Ino tried to wake him, fearing a sleeping teammate would make them look bad for when Kakashi showed up. After 5 minutes of trying she gave up. 4 hours later Kakashi showed up, and was met with glares from Ino and Sasuke. Naruto, who had been asleep for 2 hours of the time, yelled,

"WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN? WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR 4 HOURS!" Kakashi smiled and said,

"Sorry but I got lost on the road of life." Naruto growled and yelled,

"WHAT THE HELL DOES THAT MEAN?" Kakashi ignored him and said,

"Alright the test is simple. All you have to do is take these bells from me." he held up 2 jingle bells and continued,

"You can use any and all jutsu you know and I warn you right now, if you aren't prepared to kill me you won't get these bells. If you fail to get them by noon you'll be tied to poles with out any lunch and forced to watch as I eat my lunch." as he finished, Ino and Sasuke went into hiding in order to form a plan of attack. Naruto on the other decided to go for a different strategy.

"Alright! You and me!" Naruto said as he got ready to fight. Naruto then noticed that Kakashi was reading a little orange book, like he wasn't even there.

"Hey! Why are you reading that book?" Naruto demanded. Kakashi replied in an aloof tone,

"Why? To find out what happens next in the story, why else? Besides, your attacks are gonna be so pathetic that I can afford to read or whatever." Naruto growled but then smirked and decided that he'd show this guy just how wrong he was. Naruto held his right hand outward with his palm facing Kakashi. A glowing red ball then appeared and shot out of his hand towards Kakashi, who managed to dodge. When the attack hit the ground it exploded, making a fairly large hole in ground. Kakashi looked at Naruto and asked him,

"What was that?" Naruto smirked and said,

"Like it? It's a little something called Cero, a technique only Arrancar can use. You were saying about my attacks being pathetic?" Kakashi shrugged nonchalantly and replied,

"I'll admit that it's more than I expected from a dead last, but it still isn't much." Naruto growled and drew Nueve-Zorro as he charged forward and bisected Kakashi. Naruto smirked, until he heard a pop sound. He looked and saw that he had only chopped a log in half. The real Kakashi appeared behind him, and made a hand sign and charged forward yelling,

"ONE THOUSAND YEARS OF DEATH!" Naruto quickly Sonidoed out of the way, not wanting to find out what that technique was. Naruto got ready with his zanpakuto again and charged. Kakashi had read up on Naruto so he knew that his skin was extremely durable, which meant he wouldn't need to worry if he dodged this jutsu or not.

"Fire Style: Grand Fireball Jutsu!" Kakashi said he he unleashed a massive blast of fire from his mouth. Naruto Sonidoed out of the way again and appeared behind Kakashi. Naruto kicked the one eyed jonin across the training ground. Kakashi recovered quickly and got ready for Naruto's next assault.

As this was going on, Sasuke and Ino were up in the trees watching Naruto take on Kakashi. Ino was amazed at how strong Naruto was, while Sasuke was growing angrier by the second.

'How can that idiot be this strong? It can't be just from that stupid bloodline of his!' Sasuke thought angrily as he watched Naruto actually give the jonin trouble.

Kakashi looked behind him and saw a pond. Kakashi smiled under his mask and made several hand signs before saying,

"Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu!" And with that a large spire of water in the shape of a dragon erupted from the pond and slammed into Naruto. Naruto got washed back a few yards, giving Sasuke the chance to make his move. Naruto looked and saw Sasuke taking Kakashi on, and wanted to get back into the action. His stomach however had other ideas.

'Man I'm starving!' Naruto thought. All that fighting made the fact he hadn't eaten all the more pronounced. Naruto then smelt the sweet aroma of food! He looked over and saw three bento boxes in front of three poles. Naruto looked back over at Kakashi who was still dealing with Sasuke, and decided he'd get his lunch early. Naruto made his way over to the food and began to eat. However as soon as he took the first bite, Kakashi appeared behind him and hit him with a genjutsu that rendered him unconscious. When Naruto woke up he was chained to a log with Sasuke and Ino standing next to him with Kakashi in front of them.

"Ah I see you're awake. Don't bother trying to bust out of those chains, I had them special made to counter act your strength." Kakashi said as Naruto struggled to get free.

"Now since you three still have a couple of hours to get a bell, I'll give you another shot. You two eat to build your energy back up, but Naruto doesn't get anything." Kakashi said as he began to walk away.

"WHAT? I'm just as hungry as them!" Naruto protested. Kakashi turned back around and said,

"Consider it your punishment for trying to eat before the rest of us. If you feed him you'll all automatically fail."Kakashi then vanished in a puff of smoke.

Naruto closed his eyes and tried to ignore his growling stomach. Suddenly he smelt food next to his nose. Naruto opened his eyes and saw Ino holding some rice up to his face. Naruto looked at her and said,

"Do you want to get sent back to the Academy?" Ino looked away for a second, as if contemplating the consequences, then looked back at Naruto with determination in her eyes and said,

"This is wrong, you need to eat just as much as us." After a moment of thought, Naruto agreed and Ino then began to feed him. Sasuke then decided that Naruto might be less annoying if he wasn't starving, so he gave him some of his food as well. After a few minutes Kakashi came back and practically yelled,

"What did I tell you? Now you have to face your punishment! Do you have anything to say for yourselves?" Ino gulped and said,

"He's our teammate, we couldn't just watch him suffer." Kakashi's visible eye widened and said,

"HE'S YOUR TEAMMATE? THAT'S YOUR EXCUSE?" Ino was scared, Naruto was nervous, and Sasuke didn't show any visible emotion. Kakashi chuckled and said,

"You pass. The exercise was about teamwork, and you showed that you were willing to put the good of the team before the mission." The genin nodded in understanding as Kakashi continued.

"In the ninja world those who break the rules are scum, that's true. But those who abandon their friends are worse than scum." The genin nodded once again as Kakashi release Naruto and told them that they would start their first mission tomorrow.


Naruto invited Ino, and begrudgingly Sasuke, over to his house. The Uchiha declined much to Naruto's relief, who had only invited him in an attempt to be civil and maybe build a tolerance to the Uchiha's presence. As the two blondes neared Naruto's house, the young Arrancar said,

"Alright, I have to warn you. My Mom has a hugging problem, so if she tries to hug you don't let her." Ino looked at Naruto in surprise and replied,

"Naruto that's mean! I'm sure your mom is very nice." Naruto sighed and replied,

"I never said she wasn't nice. Look just don't say I didn't warn you." And with that they entered the house. It was an average two story house, three bedrooms, two bathrooms, living room, and a large kitchen.

"Mom I'm home, and I brought a friend!" Naruto called out as he walked pulled his shoes off. Nel came from the upstairs, wearing the usual white Arrancar robes female members of the clan wore. Nel noticed Ino and crushed her into a hug saying,

"Any girlfriend of Naruto's is welcome here!" Ino turned purple from the red blush and the blue from lack of oxygen.

"Mom, Ino's not my girlfriend, she's on my team. And she also needs to breath." Naruto said as he leaned against the wall. Nel released the dazed Ino and said,

"Sorry. Hey do you kids want a snack?" Naruto said yes and Ino nodded, being unable to talk as she was trying to catch her breath. As Nel left to fix them a snack, Naruto walked over to Ino and whispered,

"I tried to warn you." Ino nodded and made a mental note about this incident for the future.


The next few weeks were full of boring D-Rank missions such as, gardening, babysitting, removing a bee hive, and retrieving the Daimyo's wife's cat 5 times. Naruto was at his wits end with these so-called missions. How things like that took military man power Naruto didn't know and probably never would. After doing the cat mission for the third time that week, Naruto was ready for a real mission and did the only thing he could. He asked the Hokage nicely, then not so nicely, then he begged, claiming that if he had to catch that cat one more time he'd snap. The Hokage finally gave in and gave them a C-Ranked to escort an old bridge builder to Wave Country.

"Mr. Tazuna we have a team ready for you." The Hokage said. Tazuna took a swig of whiskey and looked the team over as he said,

"I pay for an escort and all I get are 3 kids and one ninja?" Naruto growled a little and was half tempted to Cero this old drunk out the window, but a glare from Kakashi quieted such thoughts for the moment. After convincing the old man that they were qualified, Team 7 headed out with their client in tow. After dealing with some rogue ninja and hearing Tazuna's reasons for hiring ninja(A/N: We all know the story so I'm not gonna write it), they decided to continue the mission.

Soon they reached a fairly misty area, making it hard to see. Naruto sensed something moving through the bushes and fired a Cero ball into the bushes, annihilating the bush and causing a very frightened white rabbit to run out. Kakashi and Ino were going off on how he should be more careful, Naruto watched the rabbit. It was in it's winter coat but it was the middle of summer. Then he noticed a large puddle on the ground. It hadn't rained in weeks so Naruto knew something was up, but he couldn't figure out what. Suddenly a large sword came from nowhere and embedded itself in a tree. Everyone looked and saw a shirtless man with a gauze covered mouth and a ninja headband cocked to the side. Everyone got ready for a fight as they man grabbed his sword and jumped down from the tree.

"Zabuza Momochi. The Demon of the Mist." Kakashi said. The man laughed and replied,

"Kakashi Hatake. The Copy Cat Ninja." Zabuza then charged with his massive sword and went straight for Tazuna. Just as the sword almost made contact with the man, Naruto appeared and blocked the sword with his left forearm. Naruto smirked and drew Nueve-Zorro as he pushed Zabuza back. Naruto smiled widely and said,

"Come get some."


Zabuza took a good look at the boy in front of him. He didn't look like much to the nuke-nin, but when Zabuza saw the bones around his head and on the right side of his face, he knew just who the boy was.

"Well, well, well, an Arrancar. Last I heard they had died out." Zabuza said with slight interest in his voice. Naruto smirked and said,

"You know about the Arrancar Clan? In that case you should know that kitchen knife of yours won't hurt me!" Zabuza laughed and replied,

"Like I said, I heard they had died out. But I just happen to have a surprise for you. A little something I came across years ago. GRIMMJOW!" Suddenly a blur knocked Naruto into the forest and away from his team. Naruto quickly got to his feet and looked at his attacker, who he assumed to be the Grimmjow that Zabuza called. It was a boy, roughly his age. The boy had light blue spiky hair as well as light blue eyes, and also had green lines below them, similar to the eye markings usually seen on panthers. The boy wore a blue scarf that masked much of his face, a white jacket that had a black lining with the sleeves rolled up, black fishnet shirt, a pair of dark blue pants, and black boots. He also had a sword tied to his hip by a sash.

"Sorry pal, but I can't let ya cut in on Zabuza's job." He said. Naruto got ready with Nueve-Zorro and replied,

"And you think you can stop me?" Grimmjow drew his sword and got into a fighting stance. The sword looked like a simple katana, the guard resembled a crooked S, while the sheath and handle were light blue. Grimmjow charged forward and attempted to slash Naruto, who disappeared then reappeared behind him in the blink of an eye and kicked Grimmjow hard in the back, sending him flying forward. The blue haired boy quickly recovered and used, to Naruto's extreme surprise, Sonido to appear in front of him ready to slash. Naruto blocked with his zanpakuto and said,

"How did you do that?" The bluenet simply repiled,

"Zabuza says it's the because of a bloodline or some other crap, I wasn't really listening." Naruto threw him back and decided to see if his hunch was right, as he quickly Sonidoed over to him and yanked the scarf off. Naruto was speechless as he saw that the boy had bones on the side of his face that looked identical to the jawbone on the side of his own. Before Naruto could recover from his shock, the boy punched him hard in the face, causing to fly back a few yards and into a tree.

"You're definitely an Arrancar alright." Naruto as he got up. Grimmjow's eyes went from angry to confused.

"What the hell's an Arrancar?" The boy crudely questioned. Naruto sheathed his sword, and carefully walked closer as he said,

"It's my clan, and yours apparently. Zabuza never told you about them?" The blue haired boy shook his head no. Naruto sighed and said,

"Me and my mother are the last of the clan, or at least we were. My Mom said the Arrancar used to live in the Land of Darkness, but constant civil wars all but wiped us out. She thought that she was the last." Grimmjow then asked as he pointed to his bones,

"Okay, but what's up with the bones?" Naruto nodded and replied,

"The bones are one of the defining parts of an Arrancar." The boy looked away from the blond as is if in thought. Naruto then took this moment to ask,

"Didn't you ever ask about why you look like that?" Grimmjow looked back up and replied,

"Damn right I asked him. If there were others like me, but he said no." Naruto began to get angry. Zabuza knew about his clan and he didn't tell him, just to keep him around as a slave. Naruto then said,

"You can leave Zabuza now. You can come live with me and my Mom, be with your family." The bluenet glared at him and said,

"I don't think so Blondie! He took me off the streets and saved me from a life of begging!" Naruto's face lost all visible emotion and replied,

"If he cared about you that much he would have told you about our clan. Instead he kept it from you. He told me that he found you years ago, but in all that time he never told you a thing about your heritage." Grimmjow had listened to this stranger insult the man who saved him long enough. Clan member or not, he was going to kill him now. Grimmjow charged forward with his sword pointed toward Naruto's heart. Naruto held his right palm toward him and blasted him with Cero. Grimmjow fell to his knees, with his skin slightly burnt and his clothes singed. Naruto walked up to him and said,

"That was Cero, something only Arrancar can use. You managed to learn Sonido by yourself, but you won't become any stronger without training. The kind of training only another Arrancar can give you. Now I need to get back to my team. Oh and before I forget, my name is Naruto." Naruto then began walk away. Just as he was almost out of the clearing, he stopped and said,

"Just so you know, at that close of a range I could have blown your head off if I wanted. I don't want to have to kill a member of my own clan, so I highly recommend thinking my offer over." And with that, Naruto used Sonido to return to his team.


As Naruto got back he saw the dead body of Zabuza being taken by a hunter-nin. Sasuke turned and said,

"Hey loser, where have you been?" Naruto glared at Sasuke and said,

"Call me a loser one more time and I'll stab you in the crotch." The blond Arrancar was in no mood for Sasuke's mouth. Kakashi noticed Naruto's unusual crabby demeanor and asked,

"Something happen Naruto?" Naruto sighed and replied,

"The person that Zabuza sicked on me was an Arrancar." Everyone's eyes went wide at hearing that. It was a well known fact that Naruto and Neliel were the last Arrancar, so the rest of Team 7 was naturally shocked. After telling about his altercation with Grimmjow, Naruto became abnormally quiet for the rest of the journey to Wave. Ino tried to talk to him, but he politely told her he didn't feel like it. Naruto was still in shock at finding another Arrancar, which meant he wasn't at his most talkative. He never really thought about other Arrancar since he had Nel and that was enough for him. But seeing another one of his clan had put him into introspective mode, making him wonder if there were more Arrancar out there.


Grimmjow soon came across Zabuza and the hunter-nin now revealed to be in league with them. Zabuza looked at Grimmjow and said,

"What took you so long?" Grimmjow growled in a royally pissed off voice,

"Why didn't ya tell me about my clan?" Zabuza paled slightly as he tried to come up with a feasible excuse but he couldn't.

"That Naruto guy offered to take me back to his village." The hunter-nin took off his mask, revealing herself to actually be a girl, who said,

"You would leave Master Zabuza after all he has done for you?" Grimmjow looked at the girl and replied,

"Yeah I would Haku. Your clan's gone, but mine's still around. I wanna learn a little about my clan, maybe live a nice cushy life in a village." And with that Grimmjow used Sonido and vanished. Haku began to go after him but Zabuza stopped her and said,

"Let him go, he's right. I should have told him years ago, but I felt he'd be happier without wondering where his family was. Now he has a chance to find happiness and I won't stand in his way. Let's just hope he doesn't get in the way of the job." Haku reluctantly agreed.


Soon Naruto and company made it to Tazuna's house. After unpacking and having dinner, Naruto went outside to get some air. Soon he heard the sound of someone using Sonido and turned to see Grimmjow standing there.

"Alright, I guess I'll go along with ya." Naruto smiled and brought Grimmjow inside the house. Once inside, Naruto introduced Grimmjow to his team. Kakashi was suspicious, but trusted Naruto's judgement. Ino was eyeing Grimmjow, mentally drooling. And then there was Sasuke who walked up to Grimmjow and said,

"Don't get in my way or I'll beat those bones off your face." The blue haired boy gave a sly smirk and punched Sasuke into a wall. Naruto laughed and said,

"Oh, you and me are gonna get along just fine!"


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