Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, Kishimoto-sensei does
A/N: I'm sorry I know its been awhile and I can't apologize enough for keeping you guys waiting for nearly five months, according to my app that reminds to this story it been 152 days and I again am sorry. If you must know the reason it took so long was writers block and in the first couple of weeks I was a bit lazy, so I'm sorry.
Anyways I've closed the poll for the pairing and the winner overwhelmingly was Harem and I'll try but don't expect any big developments on this front anytime soon
I hope you guys like this chapter and more will be coming and you will not have wait as long for the chapter after this
Well thats all I have to say hope you guys like this chapter and again I'm sorry for taking so long
Team 7 was standing in the Hokage's office because they had been summoned for some reason. Naruto, Sasuke and Kakashi were standing in front of the Hokage normally but Sakura was nervous she had never been inside the Hokage office before.
"Good morning" The Hokage started, "The reason I have summoned you here is because I will be assigning you, your first C ranked mission"
At hearing those words Naruto jumped up and said,"Yatta do you mean it jiji". Even Sasuke smiled he was finally going to get to test his power against a real challenge.
The Hokage smiled at Naruto's reaction, "Yes I do Naruto-kun" said the Hokage while looking at Naruto. He then turned to Kakashi "Your mission is simple escort mission" Kakashi nodded at this.
The door to the Hokage's office then suddenly opened.
"Ah, there you are Tazuna-san" Said the Hokage
"What the a bunch of snot kids" Said Tazuna who then proceeded to drink a bottle of sake.
"You the little one with an idiotic look on your face do you really expect me to believe your a ninja" Continued Tazuna whose pink face clearly showed he was no longer sober
"Hahahaha, whose the little one with the idiotic look on his..," started Naruto but then noticed his two team mates approach him and then he kept looking from one to the other and a sudden realisation dawned on him. The look on Naruto's face quickly became angry has a began making threats while being held back by an uninterested Kakashi.
"Now, now Naruto you can't hurt the client it doesn't work that way" said the ever lazy sensei
Tazuna seemingly ignoring the angry look he was getting from a certain blonde genin went on to introduce himself to the genin team in front of him, "I am Tazuna a master bridge builder and I must return to my country, I'm building a bridge there that will change our world and I expect you to get me there safely even if it means giving up your life"
After hearing this Naruto smiled and replied, "Hm no problem old man, we'll get you back home you have my word and I always keep my word because its my nindo, its ninja way"
Tazuna then simply walked out of the room hearing all he had to hear
"You do realise, now you can't hurt him dobe" pointed out Sasuke
A sinister smile appeared on Naruto's face as he heard Sasuke's words, "Don't worry teme there ways to get my revenge". Sasuke frowned when he heard the words revenge but decided not to comment. While Sakura had a curious look on her face wondering what Naruto was planing and Kasha seemed was giggling since he was reading his orange book.
"Well since you've all heard what your mission is you will leave first thing in the morning tomorrow, I wish you luck, you are all dismissed except for Kakashi and Naruto" said the now stoic faced Hokage
"Hai, Hokage-sama" said Sakura and Sasuke as the proceeded to leave the Hokage's office both wondering why the hokage wanted to speak with Naruto and Kakashi-sensei.
"Neko"
"Hai, Hokage-sama" replied the cat masked ANBU as she shunshined in to the office
"As you are all aware now that Naruto's heritage has been revealed to the public Naruto's life is in far greater risk than it was previously which is why Neko will be coming with you on this mission but her role will be as an observer and shall only intervene when she feels Naruto's life is in danger, do you understand"
"Hai, Hokage-sama" replied both Kakashi and Yugao
"Why should Yugao-chan only intervene when only my life is in danger and Sakura-chan's or Sasuke-teme's" asked Naruto
"Because the person enemy ninja will be targeting is you Naruto and not your other team mates" answered the Hokage
"But aren't enemy ninja going to attack us anyway on this mission jiji"
"No, Naruto C-ranks usually don't have teams facing enemy ninja" replied the Hokage
Upon hearing those words Naruto sulked but didn't say anything
"Thats all you need to hear you can go now Naruto-kun" said the Hokage
"All right bye jiji, see you tomorrow Kakashi-sensei and Yugao-chan" said Naruto with a smile
"Bye Naruto make sure your on time tomorrow" said Kakashi
Naruto's face deadpan and he under his breath he said, "Coming from you" both Yugao and the Hokage heard those words and both couldn't help but giggle.
"Goodbye Naruto-kun and you won't be seeing me tomorrow" said Yugao
"Oh right" said Naruto who then proceeded to rub the back of his head and laugh nervously
Naruto then closed his eyes and focused on one of the Hirashin kunai he left at home as he did that he felt a pulling sensation in his stomach and in what looked like a flash of yellow he disappeared. Upon seeing the yellow flash the eyes of everyone in the room widened
"I didn't think he would come so far, so fast" said the Hokage, "Anyway, If anything comes up make sure you report do you understand"
"Hai, Hokage-same" replied both the ninja in his presence
"Good, your both dismissed" said the Hokage as both of them shunshined away
With Naruto
After the meeting with the Hokage Naruto was in his room, in his parents house, getting ready for his mission he ensured that he ensured he packed everything he needed especially an adequate supply of ramen. Once he was done he smiled and was excited about going on his first C-ranked mission.
On his desk he noticed there was a white envelope which was similar to the letter he got earlier from Obito. He quickly went to his desk and picked up the letter this time the whole envelope was blank. Curious, he opened the envelope to once again find several pieces of paper in it.
He found a note and then decided to read it.
Naruto reads the letter
Dear Naruto-kun,
Naruto pauses
'-kun, I don't really care' thought Naruto
Naruto continues reading
It's me again the great Obito Uchiha, I'm writing to you this time because I heard you did what I advised which I presume means you've decided to follow through with our plan. Now as you know we are working on reviving Uzushiogakure no Sato, my colleges and I have made some progress and we would like you the Uzukage to come and see the work we have done so far. I'll be in the forest of wave country waiting for you.
Till then,
Your friend (hopefully)
Obito
Naruto finished reading the letter
(A/N: As you may have guessed by now the wave arc will not be done the way it is in canon, and if you were wondering the chunin exam arc will also deviate from canon)
Naruto knew straight away that he wanted to meat Obito so he didn't even hesitate in deciding to go and meet Obito in the Land of Wave, which luckily is where his next mission his. He looked through the rest of the papers in the envelope and saw a map of the Land of Wave and with an X in an area in the forest which Naruto guessed is where he had to meet Obito. He then looked through the other pieces of paper and noticed one of them's title was "Profile: Land of Wave". Naruto decided to read this piece of paper first since he was going to the land of wave for his mission he might need to know somethings about it.
Naruto began reading
The Land of Wave is small island nation which is closed of to the rest of the world. The nation once used to be allied with Uzu no Kuni and relied on the bigger nation for protection and economic support. Once Uzu no Kuni fell in the Third Great Ninja war the Land of Wave was able to survive by relying on shipping and trade and eventually it became prosperous but then the majority of businesses and land in the Land of Wave was bought out by shipping tycoon Gatō, Who proceeded loot the land of everything it has. Currently the Land of Wave is a country that is barely able to survive thanks to the work Gatō has done.
Naruto finishes reading
When he finished reading what was on the page he saw that there were photo's of the Land of Wave attached to the page and he was shocked at the images he saw. His fist tightened, his whisker marks grew and his eyes were red. After seeing those pictures he swore that he would make Gatō pay for what he did to the people of wave.
He then looked through the other piece of paper that came with the envelope, it was titles "Profile: Demon of the Mist Zabuza Momochi' Naruto decided to read this piece of paper as well.
Naruto began reading
Zabuza Momochi also known as the Demon of the Mist was once a member of what was said to be the greatest generation of the Seven Ninja swordsmen of the Mist. After a failed attempted assassination attempt on Yondaime Mizukage he was branded a missing-nin. Due to his skills as a ninja swordsmen he has been given an A-rank rating among missing-nin if you encounter him at any point in time it is advised that you flee on sight. At some point in time he is believed to have gotten a partner whose name is as of yet unknown but witnesses have seen this partner use Ice Release Kekkei Genkai. It is also rumoured that the shipping tycoon Gatō has hired the demon. Based on past actions it is safe to assume that the reason the Demon of the Mist is working as a mercenary to fund another attempted coup d'etat.
Naruto finishes reading
'An A-rank missing-nin hmm maybe I could recruit him like Obito said and maybe I could use him against Gatō' thought Naruto. Once he finished reading the pieces of paper he yawned and then e realised that he was tired and decided to go to sleep.
Naruto Sleeps
Next Day (A/N: Finally the wave arc begins)
"Yatta!" Yelled Naruto has he stepped out of the village
"What are you getting all excited for Naruto" asked Sakura
"This is the first time I've left the village, which makes me a traveller now, dattebayo" Replied Naruto has he excitedly looked around
"Hey, am I really supposed to trust my leave to this brat, he's a joke" interrupted Tazuna
"He's with me and I'm a Jounin so there's no need to worry" replied Kakashi
Naruto angrily looked at Tazuna and under his breath he said, "Just you wait old man, just you wait"
"Well lets get going" instructed Kakashi and the group began to move. As they started moving Naruto pulled out a rubber ball and held it. His teammates noticed this and decided not to comment since they just thought it was Naruto being Naruto. Kakashi who also noticed it knew that Naruto was working on mastering the Rasengan and he was truly impressed with how far Naruto had come to already have reached the second stage of the training to master the rasengan.
After some time had passed Sakura asked Tazuna a question, "Tazuna-san, your country is the Land of wave right?"
"Yeah, what about it" replied a gruff sounding Tazuna
"Kakashi-sensei there ninja in that country to aren't there" Sakura asked her sensei
But instead of her sensei Naruto answered, "No there no ninja in the land of wave Sakura-chan but a long time ago the land of wave used to protected by Uzushiogakure"
Everyone around him looked surprised they didn't expect Naruto to know anything thats like this
"How do you know so much about the Land of Wave Naruto" asked Sakura
"Huh, well its only normal to do research on the place you're going to do mission at isn't it" replied Naruto. After hearing those words Sakura got angry she couldn't believe that she had not thought of researching the places they do missions at and she was angry because Naruto who was at the bottom of the class thought to do something so obvious. Sakura then proceeded to punch Naruto on the head.
"Ow, what was that for Sakura-chan" asked Naruto as he rubbed the bump forming on his head
"Baka, you were calling me stupid weren't you" replied an angry Sakura who looked away from Naruto as she said those words
"Huh", Naruto then tilted his head, "What are you talking about Sakura-chan"
"You really are a Baka aren't you" said Sakura as she sighed the others could only watch as this amusing event transpired event the normally stoic Sasuke had a smile on his face.
"Never mind, you said Uzushiogakure, whats that?" asked a curious Sakura, Sasuke to was curious so he decided to listen in on the conversation
"Uzushiogakure no Sato is the hidden village for the Land of Whirlpools also known as Uzu no Kuni , it was the country my mother was born in but after the third shinobi war it got destroyed so no one lives there anymore" Naruto said with a sad look on his face, "My mother was also the heir to the throne of Uzu no Kuni which technically makes me the prince of Uzu" Naruto smiled at this, "Once I found out that about my mothers past I decided to make reviving Uzu no Kuni my one of my dreams and I will do it, datteboyo" Said Naruto. As she heard Naruto's story she couldn't help but feel sorry for the blonde boy but as he finished what he said she couldn't help but smile. After hearing this story Sasuke felt like Naruto could partly understand what he was going through now and decided to open up to Naruto more.
A little more time passed and the group was still walking down the road. The road they were walking through had a single puddle on it which Kakashi found suspicious and he could bet that the ANBU following the group also found it suspicious. Once Yugao saw the puddle she knew straight away that it was a genjutsu and that there were ninja hiding their presence. She decided to get rid of the threat but released if she that now Team 7 would defiantly notice her. She used her kunai to shine a light at Kakashi. When he saw the light he realised that Yugao wanted team 7 out of the way so while she took care of the puddle.
"Now looks like as good a time as any to take break so lets take a break" said Kakashi
"All right! I finally get to eat my ramen!" shouted Naruto
"How about you guys go rest by that tree over there, I'll just go scout ahead, oh and make sure to protect Tazuna-san" said Kakashi as he eye smiled
"Hai, sensei" said all three members of team 7
Once he heard that Kakashi quickly shunshined away
"Say, Naruto why are you holding a ball" asked Sakura
As she said that a small popping noise was heard and the ball deflated
"Yatta!" Naruto jumped for joy once he saw the deflated ball but quickly realised that he still needed to make the ball pop so he grabbed another ball and began his training once again
"Uh, Naruto-baka what's with the ball" said Sakura as she was getting more angry since Naruto just ignored her
"Oh, uh sorry Sakura-chan, I'm trying to pop this ball with my chakra" Replied Naruto
Both Sasuke and Sakura briefly thought to ask why but bought figured it was some sort of game
After a couple minutes had passed Kakashi shunshined back but was holding two tied up mist ninja. When they saw the ninja both Naruto and Tazuna got nervous since both thought that the ninja had come to kill them, all though Naruto was more concerned about his team mates than himself
"Tazuna-san do you mind telling me why these two ninja came here to kill you" asked the angry looking Kakashi
Tazuna looked nervous and after taking some time to think things through he decided to come clean, "Fine I'll tell you, its because I'm building the bridge"
"Why would ninja want to kill someone for building a bridge" Asked Sakura
"Its because the bridge would connect to the mainland and would let people trade with other lands and this is something that the person running wave doesn't want' replied Tazuna
"Gatō" said Naruto in an angry voice, "Say no more old man Tazuna I'll help you stop Gatō even if it is the last thing I do"
"How did you know?" asked Tazuna
"I told you I did my research" replied Naruto
After a brief discussion (A/N: The same one as in canon, I didn't write because i'm to lazy to and i'm sure most of you are sick of reading the same dialogue over and over again) it was decided that the group would continue on its way to wave. Yugao could only sigh at the groups decision but couldn't do more than that since she was an observer.
After taking a boat (A/N: Yugao just walked it) the group was finally at wave. Again after several minutes of walking a giant sword swooped down and everyone ducked. After a couple of seconds a masked man jumped on top of the blade which was now embedded in a tree.
When he saw that face Naruto knew straight away who this person was, "You're the Demon of the Mist, Zabuza Momochi" said Naruto
"Kakashi the copy ninja" said Zabuza ignoring Naruto, "You'll have to hand over the old man now unless you want to see your little genin get hurt" as he said that several kunai where flew in his direction he dodged it quickly and looked surprised as he saw a cat masked ANBU dropping in
Haku in trees saw the new ninja appear she knew that Zabuza wouldn't be able to take on one Jounin as famous as Kakashi no Sharingan or a member of the Konoha ANBU black ops. So she quickly took out her needles and through it at Zabuza's neck. The needles hit and Zabuza was placed in a death like state. (A/N: Same as canon, Before they could anything Haku shunshined out and they couldn't track her)
"Why is an ANBU with us" asked a curious Sasuke as he looked at Neko
"I'm here on orders from the Hokage with the mission of protecting Naruto-sama" Replied Neko
All eyes went to Naruto who could only nervously laugh. After some the group finally made it Tazuna's home and once there Naruto wanted to noticed that Tazuna's home was close to where he had to meet Obito so he told Kakashi that he was going to the woods to train on with his shadow clones and left for the woods. Before Neko could follow him.
Obito had been patiently waiting at the spot for several hours now. (A/N: He's wearing the same clothes he wore when he was Tobi) He was looking at a bird which landed on a tree when he heard the sound of footsteps, when he turned to the direction of those footsteps he saw the blonde Kyūbi Jinchūriki walking towards him.
"Its nice to finally meet you Naruto" said the Obito in a calm tone (A/N: He's using his Madara voice here)
To be continued
A/N: I hope you guys liked this chapter, you must hate me for returning after five months leaving it off on another cliffhanger
In the next chapter we will get to meet the Akatsuki and we will finally see what they're doing in Uzu
MoKhan97: Its going to be harem but Nisekoi style one with one or two main pairings
Guest: I will finish it
Again thanks for the reviews and keep reviewing thanks and once again I'm sorry for taking so long
If you read my other fanfic Your White Lie a new chapter should be out in the next couple of days
One final time I'm sorry and until next time this is NPwall
