Heya! Sorry of the tremendously long time without updates... I lost my interest in writing and my stories werent going anywhere but hopefully now they will!
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. :C
The years had been long and hard without Naruto. Joy wasn't brought to faces that had lost hope, no one had believed in the impossible for a while. Sasuke had become downtrodden since joining the village again, not that the others cared much. He was not trusted as he used to be.
Most of the Rookie 9 had become Jounin. Shikamaru, Neji, and Sasuke had become ANBU. Sasuke had become colder than ever. The three ANBU had recently been moving their way through out the bingo books; taking out all who were in it.
They came across an unknown file one night as they gathered around their camp.
"Name: Unknown, Skill Level: Unknown, Home Village: Unknown, shit this guy has literally no info on him but he has been in some big scale assassination and murders." Shikamaru read out of the bingo book as he had been the next on the list.
"Should we go after him?" Neji asked Shika blandly.
"Well, yeah we will cross paths with him soon as information sources are saying that he will be moving towards Konoha." Shika replied, Sasuke just 'Hn'd' to show his acknowledgement of what they had been talking about.
"We had better get moving then if we want to get him before he takes out another important official, we don't want any trouble with neighboring countries." Neji said to the group as he slowly stood up.
They quickly packed up their campsite and began to leap rapidly through the trees. Konoha was only a few hours away luckily. The group as always was silent, not caring much about interacting with each other.
Each of them had only recently become ANBU. The test had been hard but it was worth it. Neji had chosen an eagle mask, Shikamaru a dog and Sasuke a cat. The first two still hung out with their friends as much as they had before but it caused Sasuke to become even more secluded.
The trip back to Konoha took little less than three hours, when they reached the gate, Choji who had been guarding it, asked them that they report back to the Hokage as it was requested of them. They swiftly made their way back to the Hokage's office.
The Godaime Hokage was pleased that their mission had gone so well. She looked at the team of three. They had been doing very well together; missions had been accomplished swiftly without failure.
"As you must have discovered the unknown ninja is coming here to Konoha to complete an assassination. I am assigning your team the responsibility of capturing him. We have found that he is most likely to try to assassinate Yu Gato, one of the rich lords in the Fire Country.
He will strike sometime within this week. I want you three to go live with and monitor Yu. Yu Gato has been suspected of some big drug operations within smaller poorer countries. Can I rely on you three to protect him?" The Godaime Hokage asked them with a serious face.
The three ANBU replied with a yes and disappeared with a flash to go home to collect their belongings. They met up again in front of the tower several minutes later.
"Yu Gato's mansion is on the east side of Konoha, follow me." Neji said and the others complied without a word. Yu Gato's mansion was huge, although not as big as the Uchiha's. Guards patrolled on the outer edges and they were heavily armed with swords and the like. The group slowly walked down the hill that les to the mansion.
Shikamaru showed the burly guard at the gate their passes and he waved them through. The huge marble doors to the mansion opened slowly and they walked down the long hall to the raised steps that led to a thrown like chair. A fat sweaty man resided at the top of these steps.
Neji bowed to him and the others followed suit. He informed Yu Gato that they were the shinobi he had requested. He looked pleased when he noted the Uchiha. Waving them away he informed guards to show them to their rooms.
The week went by slowly. The unknown ninja had not appeared yet and the shinobi were getting restless. Training and patrolling the halls did not give them any interest anymore yet they still had to guard the man.
Late one night near the end of the week a scream was heard through the castle. The ninjas hurriedly teleported themselves to Gato's room. A soft thump as heard as Gato's body hit the floor, headless. A shape stood by the window. He was cloaked in a dark blue traveling cloak. The full moon outside only added to the scene.
Slowly the man turned. He held a dripping bag in his hand, presumably the head of Gato. The sword was brought to his mouth as he licked the dripping blood off of it. A smile shone through the darkness.
"Ah, it hasss been a while ssinccee I killed Konoha ninjassss." A slippery, snake-like voice came from the depths of the cloak.
The three ANBU held their weapons cautiously in front of them. A silent message passed to each of them and they attacked.
Neji and Sasuke called upon their bloodlines and Shikamaru disappeared into the shadows. The bag with the head in it was tucked into the unknown nin's dark cloak. With a slippery laugh he jumped high into the air onto the vaulted ceiling, only to be met by Sasuke's Sharingan.
The famous eyes held his body trapped as Shikamaru's shadows trapped his legs. Laughter was heard through out the mansion as the missing nin threw his head back. The head of the cloak was thrown back revealing a face.
His hair was silvery blond, it fell to his mid back but was tied into a ponytail with a few strands loose from the fight. Silver, slit pupil eyes stared out at them giving them shivers. The mouth that was opened in laughter was home to many sharp, deadly teeth. The laugher was cut off as Neji's Byakugan trapped his mind putting him in a dead sleep.
The three ANBU let out a sigh, they were glad to have been able to capture him. Neji grabbed him and cuffed his hands with chakra restraining qualities. He threw him over his back and they swiftly went to the Hokage's tower.
Neji dropped him off in a high security cell and they went to report to the Hokage. He explained what had happened and the Godaime was amazed that they had captured him. They followed her as she swept out of the room to go interrogate the prisoner.
He had woken up after the ten minute wait in the cell. He still had that horrible smile on his face. Bound to the chair he was turned to the Godaime who sat down in her own chair with the three ANBU beside her.
"What is your name?" the Godaime asked, trying to keep a steady voice, this man had killed millions.
"What isss in a name Hokage? I have not gone by my true name for yearssss. Yet do you want to know what the people call meee?" He asked inching his head towards her slowly.
"Fear!" He burst out laughing again. The empty cells echoed with unrestrained laughter.
The Godaime Hokage furrowed her brow in thought, "I see a large area of foreign chakra around him," she said the three, "Why is their foreign chakra around you?" she asked him.
"Experimentsss change a perssoonnn don't they Hokage? Years under scrutiny have shown me that. I wasss captured in my youthhhh and decided interesting for some monsterous qualitiessss." He said with a evil smile still upon his face.
The Godaime looked at him with surprise on her face. "Nononononooo," she slowly whispered to herself.
"What is it Hokage?" Neji asked her.
She replied with a simple, "Naruto."