Chapter 4: A Mission to "Kill" for Naruto © Kishimoto

Naruto was running toward the Koto Teahouse, he was running late due that Kushina and Homika kept telling him to be careful and to make sure he come back. "They don't have to be so worried about me I can take care of myself…But it still feels nice to have someone worry about you, it shows they care."

As soon as he arrived at the Teahouse, Naruto stormed inside. "I am here." He said out of breath.

"A Naruto you are just on time, and you are wearing your new attire very well. Now we only have to wait for Sasuke." Shinji said as he looked up from his book. Naruto nodded, his new attire consisted of a black shirt with long sleeves that hide his hands, dark grey pants that covered his feet, and of course the black mask that Kakashi had given him as a gift.

"G-Good morning Naruto." Sakura, who sat beside Shinji, spoke up softly, she eating some breakfast. Just like Naruto Sakura had changed her outfit. She wore just like Naruto a black shirt with long sleeves, and dark grey pants that reached to just under her knees.

Naruto noticed Sakura's rather happy mood, what was unusually because Sakura could usually hide her emotions from Naruto very well. "Is something wrong Sakura?" He asked a little confused

Shinji answered for Sakura who was hesitating to tell Naruto. "The orphanage kicked her out yesterday, claiming that now that she was a ninja she officially had become an adult and thus was not allowed to stay at the orphanage anymore." The Jonin took a sip of his tea.

Naruto was confused. "But then why is she happy?"

Shinji sighed. "Because I was with her at time, to pay for the items on the list I had given you. Now if you excuse me I am going to collect a certain Uchiha brat who seemingly intents to let us wait."

Naruto looked at Sakura. "What has Shinji-Sensei to do with your happiness?"

"B-Because he a-allowed me to s-stay with h-him u-until I-I have s-somewhere to l-live." Sakura said shyly.

"Really?" Naruto felt his respect of the Jonin increase. He had actually expected that the stern man ,who didn't seem to like idea of having a Genin team very much, would have just left Sakura there, something many others of Konoha's population would have done.

Sakura nodded. "Y-Yes S-Shinji-Sensei is a-actually r-really nice, h-he just d-doesn't s-show i-it." Sakura thought back to yesterday.

She had learned that Shinji lived not far from the Teahouse, in a huge mansion near the border of the town. There he had given her a room for just herself, something Sakura never had before, and after she had settle in a bit Shinji had made a very fancy dinner. When Sakura had asked him about it, Shinji had said. "Cooking is an art! And as an artist in many degrees, I have spent a lot of time to fully master this particularly form of art."

Naruto raised an eyebrow. "Really?"

Sakura nodded. "A-Afterwards I h-had a-a very n-nice bath, a-and s-slept in a v-very s-soft bed."

The door was slammed open and Shinji entered the Teahouse again carrying an passed out Sasuke over his shoulder. Sasuke's clothes looked exactly like his old ones except for the different color scheme, it even had the Uchiha fan on the back…of course if you don't count the tears and holes in them. "What happened?"

"A group of fan-girls was trying to say goodbye to their object of lust. I had to rescue Sasuke from their claws." Shinji suddered as he lifted Sasuke from his shoulder. "Poor boy."

Shinji dropped Sasuke in the seat opposite of him and sat back down next to Sakura, who shook her raven haired friend awake. Sasuke shot up. "Fan-girls!" He shouted looking around in panic. It took a while to calm him down.

"Now that Sasuke is here and awake we can start our mission. But first things first, what do you know about political missions?" Shinji asked.

Sasuke shrugged. "That they are somehow related to politics."

"I had been your teacher at the academy I would have failed you for that answer." Shinji snapped. He looked at Sakura. "Sakura can you tell your teammates what political missions are." Sakura nodded.

"Political mission are some of the highest class missions that often involve doing things for the Daimyo or nobility of your country. Mostly they are missions that could are important to the country itself, such as: assassination of other nobles threating your country, delivering of very important letters that often can decided the fate of many people, and the escort of members of nobility." Sakura turned very red when she realized how much she had said and sunk in her seat.

"She must be really happy to do something like that, last time was when mom first invited her to eat with us." Naruto thought smiling.

Sasuke looked in amazement as Sakura. "What did happened to make Sakura speak up like that? "

Shinji chuckled a bit before turning serious. "That is correct Sakura well done, our mission will be lot easier of course. It would be impossible for you to do a such a serious mission yet, however the mission we are going to do is also important."

Shinji looked over his Genin. "We are going after a bandit camp located in the north west from here. The bandits have kidnapped a lot of woman and young girls, we are going to rescue them. Are there any questions?" The three Genin shook their heads.

"Then let us go, we will arrive at the bandit camp just after sunset." Shinji looked seriously at the Genin who didn't seem very worried about the mission. "You do realize that I won't be doing much killing tonight do you?"

Sasuke and Sakura widen their eyes and looked at each other, while Naruto remained indifferent.

000

Team 7 had arrived at a small clearing not far from the bandit camp, the three Genin had been quiet since Shinji had the mission, of course Team 7 consisted of quiet people but this was a different sort of quiet that the normal one, this one felt unnaturally. The implications of what the Genin were about to do weighing heavily on their shoulders.

Shinji nodded his head and started to lead them towards the bandit camp. From their spot they could already see and hear the camp. A large fire they was burning in the center of their tents who stood in a large circle. But what got the three Genin's attention was that the closer they got the louder the screams of woman and younger girls could be heard.

It was for this very reason that Shinji had chosen this particular group of bandits for his Genin's first kills. The bandits had kidnapped woman and girls from all over the fire country, and used them as sex-slaves. Daimyo himself had given the mission to Konoha. Kill all of the bandits and return the woman and girls safely towards Konoha.

Shinji had volunteered to the mission with his team because he wanted to show his team the reality of the Shinobi world and the mission they would do in the future. He wanted his team to understand why the bandits had to be killed and what would happen if they just freed the woman and left the bandits alive.

The closer they got to the camp to paler Sakura and Sasuke became, Naruto was seemingly lost in thoughts, remembering his time with Orochimaru. "It has been a long time since I heard someone scream like that…I haven't heard it since Kakashi freed me and Yamato from the lab of that pale snake."

When they arrived at the line of the clearing they could see the entire camp, there were about thirty to forty bandits, each one with a naked women or screaming for them to stop, begging them to leave them alone.

Over to the side of the camp in the shadows set up out of reach from the warmth the large fire created was a cage, filled with around thirty women both young and old. None of them had clothes on and they were all shivering from the cold night air as several men on the outside of the bars stood luring at them, reaching into the cage and grabbing them and pulling them to the side of the cage.

Shinji looked at his Genin. Sasuke had his eyes wide open, the boy was trembling in anger and disgust. Sakura had become as white as a sheet, and was clearly trying not to look away in horror. Naruto was so far his face revealed completely expressionless, but Shinji noticed that he had unsealed his Kusarigama and his hands were shaking.

"I want you to take a good look at this, this is the reality of the Shinobi world, now you know why we are going to kill these man. If we just freed the woman and let the bandits leave they would start again in a different country." Shinji made them watch for another few minutes before retreating further back into the trees, the Genin followed him a minute later.

"We have divided the tasks on the way here, are you ready?" The Genin nodded. "Very well move out and remember that I keep an eye on you all the time." Shinji sent his Genin a small, sad smile. "Good luck." Team 7 jumped into the bushes.

000

Sakura was terrified, her whole was body shaking as she mentally prepared herself for what she was about to do. It was her job to take care of the bandits around the cage and free the women while Sasuke would take care of the bandit leader and Naruto would attack the main group of the bandits. She realized that Shinji had given her the easiest job as she slipped throughout the bushed towards the cage.

Sakura gulped, right in front of her, with his back to the tree line was a large man with long black hair and no clothes on. She could smell him from her position in the bushes, sweat, blood and sex. It was enough to make her feel sick.

Sakura slipped out of the bushes, she made sure to stay in the man's shadow so that he couldn't see her. Sakura thrust her kunai into the bandits side right into his liver just like she had been taught in the academy. Tears falling down her face the whole time.

000

Sasuke was taking deep breathes as he hide in the corner of the largest tent of the camp. His task was to kill the leader.

He had slipped in when no one was looking and found the man asleep on a pile of sheets with a naked woman with long, messy brown hair chained to the post by a metal collar around her neck. She was covered in bruises and her eyes had a dead look to them.

Sasuke's blood began boiling at the sight of her, making him forget about his nervousness, he silently emerged from behind the crates with a kunai in his hand. He stopped above the man with his kunai in both hands above the man's heart and took a deep breath.

Sasuke could feel the eyes of the woman looking at him in shock as he brought the knife down and stabbed it into the sleeping man's chest.

000

Naruto stood on the side of the camp, with his Chakra pulses he had found out that both Sakura and Sasuke had made their first kill. "Sakura..Sasuke… they feel so sad….but I can't help them right now…Shinji-Sensei will talk to them after the mission."

Naruto walked towards a group of bandits that stood watch a little out of the camp.

One of them stood up and looked at the blonde boy in front of him, he pointed his sword at Naruto. "Who are you?"

Naruto took a deep breath. "I am no one." And with these words the twelve year old began slaughtering the bandits in cold blood.

000

Shinji looked from the top of a tree down on the bandit camp noting how each of the Genin at least made one kill. "Time to put an end to this."

The Jonin-Sensei threw a lot of very thin Senbon in the air. "Jiton: Sure Senbon kill!" The Senbon moved on Shinji's command and shot towards the bandits, piercing through their foreheads and giving them an instant kill by piercing their brains.

Shinji jumped from the tree into the camp he first went to Sakura. At first she didn't seem to see him, eyes fixed on the dead body of the man on the ground at her feet. Shinji pulled her close to him, feeling the girl would need a hug, Sakura began sobbing before she cried out loud, tears falling from her eyes.

They stayed like that for a few minutes before Shinji stepped back. "We can talk later; right now these women need you. Remember the scroll in which I sealed many clothes for woman that I gave you?" Sakura nodded. "There should be enough clothes for all of the woman, make sure they get them."

Feeling slightly better now that she had something to do, Sakura made her way over to the cage door and started to pick the Sakura was busy with the lock, Shinji walked to the tent he had seen Sasuke sneak into.

Just as he was about to enter, the young Uchiha came running out of the tent and puked on the ground at his feet, blood on his face from the man he had killed as his blood burst out of his chest. Shinji bended down and patting the boy on the back. "Sasuke search the camp and seal anything that seems of use to you into your empty sealing-scroll." Sasuke stood up and whipped of the blood of his face with his sleeve before heading into the camp.

Lastly Shinji went to Naruto who stood completely still with about half of the bandits of the camp laying dead at his feet. "Is everything alright here Naruto?"

"Yes Sensei everything is fine…it sure has been some time since I killed someone." Naruto said.

Shinji nodded. "Alright then go help Sasuke seal useful things into your sealing scrolls."

000

After taking anything of value from the camp and moving away all of the woman, Shinji collected the explosive tags his students had bought and used them to blow up the camp.

The woman flinched away as soon as one of the male members of Team 7 came close to them, after what they been through Shinji would have been shocked if they didn't. So Sakura had been tasked to take care of them.

Sasuke had made a fire and was now just staring into it. Naruto wandered around a little, but made sure to stay away from the woman.

Shinji had sent a messenger hawk to Konoha to ask for transport for the women, going into little detail about what they had seen at the camp so that Minato knew to send only Kunoichi for the transport.

After making sure there were enough tents for the women, Team 7 sat down at the fire Sasuke had made. No one said anything; they just sat there in silence. Now that they finally sat down Sasuke and Sakura found themselves thinking back to what they had done, thinking about the lives they had taken. Naruto just looked into the direction of the woman keeping his full attention on them just in case.

Taking a deep breath, Shinji spoke up. "The first time I took a life for a mission I was nine years old. My team and I were returning from a simple delivering mission, the mission had gone well, very well even. But then on the way back we were suddenly attacked by a band of rough Shinobi. One of them went towards me thinking since I was the youngest and smallest that I would be an easy kill. The man stormed towards me, I don't know what his name was, or even remember what he looked like, all I remember is his blood hitting my face as I slammed my kunai into his chest."

The Genin looked at their Sensei in wonder.

"For the rest of the mission I didn't talk to anyone, nothing my Sensei or teammates said worked. I kept asking myself, why did I kill him? I saw his blood on my hands, but no matter what I did I couldn't wash it off." Shinji paused a for a short while looking up at the sky.

"When I got back to the village I went straight to my niece, nephew, and my niece fiancée; my only living family members at the time. As soon as I saw her she pulled me in a tight hug and I cried for nearly two hours. But then she began talking to me, explaining that it was for the best that I killed him, otherwise he would have killed me and maybe many more people in the future."

Shinji looked at his team. "I let you kill this soon to let you face reality, but also to protect you."

Sasuke and Sakura looked at Naruto who nodded. The two Genin understood why their Sensei had brought them here, why he had made them make their first kills so soon when other teams probably wouldn't have to until their first year had passed. It was to protect them.

Thinking about what he had said, Sakura and Sasuke were not sure how they would have reacted if their first kill had been like his, unprepared, without knowing that it was going to happen. At least they had had time to prepare themselves. He wanted them to do this at a time he could help them, to make sure they got through it and so he could be there for them.

Shinji had been prepared for many reactions from the two, shouting, crying, he expected them to hate him for what he had made them do.

What he wasn't expecting was for Sakura to come over and hug him with all her might, or the words she whispered as fresh tears started to fall from her eyes.

"T-Thank you Shinji-Sensei. Y-You r-really are v-very k-kind."

Sasuke managed to smirk a little. "You are not bad…For a Senju. And besides if we had discovered that we couldn't do the killing later on in our carrier and have to quit thanks to that, than all the training and missions we would have done beforehand would have been a big waste of time."

Shinji stammered and turning slightly red. "You are not bad for a bunch of brats your selves…and I guess…that I don't mind being your Sensei." Shinji coughed returning to his stern personality. "In any case, it will take about two-three days for the wagons to arrive and about the same time to go back. During that time I am going to plan a training schedule for when we get back. But for now rest and think about what I have said."

The Genin nodded. "I will take the first watch." Naruto volunteered.

Shinji nodded. "Alright wake me up in two hours."

000

About two hours latter Shinji opened his eyes, he had not really been asleep more in a light slumber. He got up from his spot on the ground and listened to the sounds around him. "Well it is about time to switch with Naruto, time to get up." Shinji began searching for Naruto who seemingly was wandering around the camp.

Shinji found him sitting on a branch of a tree, as soon as Shinji approached him Naruto looked in his direction. "You are already awake Shinji-Sensei? I was just about to wake you up."

Shinji sat down besides Naruto, and looked at the tents of the woman. "Your team did very well today Naruto most kids your age would have been traumatized right now, or at least cry about what they just did. I think Sakura and Sasuke did both very well…However I noticed that you didn't even seemed bothered by killing bandits…"

Naruto sighed. "The first time I killed someone I was five, Orochimaru wasn't in the base at that time and neither was Yamato. Some of the other subjects where jealous of me, jealous how much time Orochimaru spent on me instead of them. So they decided to kill me and let it look like I had committed suicide. The came to my cell, five of them, while I was asleep. Suddenly I was lifted from my bed and thrown against the wall of my cell. And they continued doing that, kicking me, hurting me and throwing me across the room, until I breathed out a lot of poison at the same time. At that point I had yet to learn how to control my Chakra pulses and Literal Line, so while they were slowly dying and screaming as a result of the poison. I sat there in complete darkness not knowing what was happening around me, and only hearing the screams. After that time many more of the other subjects tried to kill me, and I killed all of them instead. That is why I don't feel bothered by killing…I grew up with it."

Shinji patted Naruto on his shoulder. "I see thanks for sharing this with me Naruto, I will keep it in mind for in the future. Now go get some sleep."

Naruto nodded and went to his teammates.

Shinji lit his kiseru and blew out some smoke forming three words. Sasuke, Sakura and Naruto. "This will be a good team…they have much potential. "

000

Yui ran after her Sensei throughout the earth country. "Sensei how long until we reach our destination?" The brown haired girl whined, Han sighed he had been counting how many times she asked that same question the last few hours, by now she had reached two-hundred

"Not long now Yui, see that clearing in the distance?" The girl nodded. "That is where we will meet with the ANBU and receive our mission."

"Yes! What is our mission Sensei?" The girl yelled eagerly doing a 1800 turn in her mood.

Han grumbled. "Why am I stuck with such a loud student?" Yui looked at him with her eyes pleading for an answer. "I don't know for certain Yui, the only thing that I know is that the ANBU division we are meeting up with is hunting a dangerous group of criminals who has shown up in our country.

Yui cheered. "Alright I get to destroy bad guys!" Han shook his head.

As soon as they reached the clearing a ANBU member came to them, the Iwa ANBU all had Yokai shaped masks. The leader of them stepped towards Han. "Han who is the kid? We could hear her while you two where still at least a mile away."

"She is my student, Yui." Han looked down on the ANBU-captain he didn't like the tone of the masked man.

The ANBU-captain looked at Yui, who at the moment was having a one-way conversation with another ANBU member. "Just keep her in check will you and make sure she doesn't foil the mission."

Han glared at the ANBU-captain. "You worry about your ANBU, I will worry about Yui. It that clear?" The killing-intent Han sent off was enough to let the ANBU-captain drop on his knees. Han took the mission scroll from the captains pocket. "You and the other ANBU will wait here while Yui and I take care of them. Yui! Let's go!" Han took one last glance at the ANBU-captain. "Find us in about an hour the location of the criminals." The captain nodded meekly.

When the ANBU arrived an hour later at the abandoned village the criminals had used as an hideout, their eyes widen underneath their masks. Where first stood an rather large village was now only some rumble left of the buildings. The ANBU found Han stading at the outskirts of the village. The criminals lay spread over the ground as mummified corpses

"What happened here?" The ANBU-captain asked in wonder. Han only pointed at Yui who came walking towards them.

"Han-Sensei how did I do? I destroyed the bad guys like you said." Yui said cheerfully. She looked at the ANBU-Captain. "Hiya ANBU-baka! How do you like my work?"

The Captain looked at the village, it was in complete ruins with many burning holes and mummified corpses laying around, the Captain gulped. "It looks like demon or something rampaged throughout the village."

Yui nodded. "Exactly!" This earned her the looks of all the ANBU members.

The captain looked at Han. "Han who is this kid?"

"My student." Was the only think the tall man said.

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Thanks for the positive reviews this has motivated me to write another chapter so quickly, I hope you have enjoyed it.

This chapter is more emotional than the others, Shinji let the Genin kill on their very first mission without any training given by him. To protect them and let them see the reality of the Shinobi world.

Also as you have noticed in the last parts of the chapters Yui and Han will appear and you read a bit about their story until they meet Team 7

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