Naruto of the Homunculus
Thank you to all those who Followed, Favorited, and/or reviewed. It's because of people like you that I continue to write these stories. I need some advice though. Now that Naruto has lost his chakra, will he eventually be made Hokage, or should he gain a new goal?
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"Target has been sighted," said Sakura.
"Is everyone in position?" said Kakashi.
"Yes," said his students.
"Then move out!"
Sakura and Sasuke sped through the trees and chased after their target. Soon their prey jumped into the clearing. Naruto then clapped his hands and caused a stone cage to rise up around their target.
"Capture complete," said Naruto.
"Confirm ribbon on ear," said Kakashi.
"Confirmed," said Sasuke, "this is the one."
"Mission complete then," said Kakashi, "congratulations, that was probably the fastest capture of Tora in village history."
Team 7 sighed as they looked at the fuming cat within the cage Naruto created.
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After returning Tora to the Damiyo's wife, Team 7 went to the mission room to receive their pay for the mission.
"Congratulations Team 7," said Iruka, "here's the pay for your mission."
"Iruka-sensei," said Naruto, "I get that all these jobs are important to the village, but when can we go on some real missions?"
"Naruto," said Hiruzen, "these missions are important for developing teamwork."
"I don't care old man," said Naruto, "I want a real mission!"
"SHOW SOME RESPECT!" yelled Iruka.
"It's alright," said Hiruzen, "I believe you are ready for a C rank mission. Iruka, send in their client in."
An old man carrying a sake bottle was brought into the room. He was obviously not completely sober and he scowled when he saw the Genin.
"Are these brats supposed to be my escorts?" grumbled the man, "All I see is a blond brat, a pink haired girl with no muscles, and a grouchy boy with a duck-butt hairdo."
Naruto and his teammates scowled at that.
"My team is more than capable," said Kakashi, "and I would like if you refrain from insulting my students."
"Fine," huffed the man, "my name is Tazuna and I'm a humble bridge builder who needs escort to the Village Hidden in the Waves and protection from bandits along the way."
"We will be happy to escort you," said Kakashi.
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Team 7 soon found itself heading out of the village with Tazuna en route to the Wave. Things were peaceful and the bandits they were supposed to watch out for had yet to appear. As they were walking through the forest, Naruto picked up a strange smell as they passed by a puddle of water.
Naruto stopped and sniffed the air again. He was sure now that he was smelling the scent of blood and steel from the puddle. Quick as a flash, he unsheathed one of his swords and stabbed the puddle. When the sword was pulled out, the puddle changed into a very angry mist ninja with a stab wound in his arm
"Damn brat," scowled the ninja while his companion jumped down from a tree.
"Team, protect Tazuna," said Kakashi.
Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke got into defensive positions around Tazuna and the mist ninja attacked. The ninja shot bladed chains out of metal gauntlets and quickly wrapped them around Kakashi. The ninja pulled on the chain and Kakashi was shredded.
A cold look appeared on Naruto's face and activated his ultimate eye.
"Sasuke, Sakura, protect Tazuna," said Naruto, "these guys are mine."
Naruto charged at the ninja and his fingers extended into long, sharp claws. The ninja swung the metal claws on their gauntlets at Naruto, but he swung his new claws and easily cut the steel gauntlets to pieces. Naruto's claws then extended quickly and impaled the two ninja through the head.
Retracting his claws and turning his hands back to normal Naruto turned to see his teammates with their jaws on the ground from his display.
"Well now," said Kakashi as he walked up, "you're full of surprises Naruto,"
"Kakashi-sensei, I thought you were killed?" said Sakura in surprise.
Naruto shook his head, "He used a substitution to switch out and hide in the trees,"
"How did you know?" asked Kakashi.
"I noticed that your smell changed when the ninja 'killed' you," said Naruto, "it changed from flesh and blood to wood."
"You could smell that?" said Sasuke raising an eyebrow in surprise.
"I have a sense of smell that can rival an Inuzuka," said Naruto.
"What was the technique that you used against those mist ninja?" asked Kakashi, "I've never seen anything like it before."
"It's a secret ability that only I can use," said Naruto, "I call it my ultamite spear."
"What other abilities do you have?" asked Sakura.
"That's a clan secret," said Naruto
"Clan?" said Sasuke in confusion.
"Naruto here is the head of the Namikaze clan," said Kakashi.
"Looks like you really are the number one unexpected knucklehead ninja," teased Sakura.
"I think it's time we had a talk with our client," said Kakashi, turning to Tazuna who's jaw was sitting on the ground in shock, "Mr. Tazuna, can you please explain to us why we were attacked by two chunin level missing-nin?"
Tazuna picked his jaw off the ground and sighed, "My country is in some financial dificulties. We've fallen under the rule of a corrupt man by the name of Gato."
"I've heard of him," said Kakashi, "he's the buisnessman in charge of the Gato shipping company."
Tazuna nodded, "Gato has seized our shipping lanes and placed us under his thumb. I was assigned to build a bridge to connect our country with the Land of Fire, freeing us from Gato's trade monopoly."
"I see," said Kakashi, "so why didn't you register this as a B or A rank mission?"
Tazuna sighed, "Our country doesn't have the finances necessary to pay for a mission of that rank. If you want to quit and go back to the village because of this, I won't stop you."
Kakashi turned to his team, "So what do you think?"
"Dangerous or not, we have a duty to complete this mission," said Naruto, "I'm staying."
"I'm with Naruto on this one," said Sakura, "we have to help him."
"It would look bad if we just left," said Sasuke, "so I'm staying too."
"Well then Tazuna," said Kakashi, "it looks like we'll be sticking around, but please don't lie to us anymore."
"Agreed," said Tazuna."
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Team seven was walking through the forest towards the boat that would take them to Wave country. Suddenly Kakashi stopped the group.
"GET DOWN!" he yelled.
Sakura, Sasuke, Kakashi and Tazuna hit the deck as a massive sword that resembled a giant cleaver flew at them. Naruto didn't dodge though he drew his swords and deflected the blade into a tree with a few quick strokes.
"Not bad kid," said a gruff voice.
Naruto turned and saw a man wearing black pants and a black tank top with arm warmers and a mask covering his mouth.
"Zabuza Momochi the Demon of the Mist," said Kakashi, "I assume you were sent by Gato."
"Yeah," said Zabuza, "but before I kill the old man, I'd like to test my blade against the brat who had the skill to deflect my sword."
"Not gonna happen," said Sakura before Kakashi stopped her, "Kakashi-sensei?"
"Sakura," said Kakashi, "this is a challenge from one fighter to another. If Naruto does not accept, it will be a grave insult."
"Don't worry," said Naruto, "I'll be fine."
"I wouldn't count on that, brat," said Zabuza as he pulled his sword out of the tree and held it in a battle stance.
+Naruto held his blades in a stance of his own and charged at Zabuza. Zabuza swung his massive blade, but it was blocked by one of Naruto's swords and he had to bring it back to block a combination of fast slashes and thrusts from the smaller genin. Zabuza growled. Naruto was young but he moved with the grace and skill of a master with years of experience. Naruto's blades were delivering a fluid barrage of attacks that forced Zabuza to maintain a defensive position. Zabuza also noticed that Naruto's left eye had become a symbol resembling a snake eating its own tail.
Naruto's teammates and sensei were shocked at how he was able to fight a Jonin level ninja and force his opponent into a defensive position.
"When did Naruto get so good?" said Sasuke.
"He's fighting better than he has in all the time that I've known him," said Sakura in awe.
"Naruto is fighting on par with a high Jonin or low ANBU level ninja in terms of Kenjutsu skill," said Kakashi, "but I've never seen a fighting style like this before."
Naruto soon disarmed Zabuza with a few quick but powerful strokes and made an X shaped slash in his chest.
"Damn brat," said Zabuza.
"It's time to end this," said Naruto raising his blades.
Suddenly two needles flew at Zabuza and pierced his neck, causing him to fall to the ground. Naruto felt Zabuza's neck and found no pulse, so he sheathed his swords. Soon a young ninja wearing the mask and garb of a mist Hunter-nin jumped down from a tree.
"Thank you for subduing him," said the ninja, "I have been tracking this one for a while."
"It was no trouble," said Kakashi.
"I'll be taking the body now," said the ninja before leaving with Zabuza's body.
"Kakashi-sensei," said Naruto, "why did that ninja take Zabuza's body?"
"It's the job of hunter ninja to track down missing-nin and dispose of their bodies so the village secrets won't be stolen," said Kakashi, "for example, if I left the village, the hunter-nin would be sent to make sure none of my techniques fell into the wrong hands."
"I see," said Sakura.
"Well, let's keep going," said Kakashi.
That's it for this chapter. Please post your answers to the poll in a review.