Chapter 4.
Disclaimer: I don't own Garo or Naruto, cause Lara wouldn't be dead if I did.
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After receiving the time for the mission, the team headed back to their homes respectively.
Naruto's apartment.
He packed everything deemed needed (for him anyway.) He drew the dimension gap and started throwing stuff inside, ramen cups, a tent, clothes etc, before going to sleep for the next day.
Hyuga compound.
Hinata reached her father's room and knocked before going in. Hiashi saw her daughter and started, "What is it Hinata?"
"I'm going on a C-ranked mission with my team tomorrow, I won't be back until three weeks."HInata replied.
Hiashi nodded and took out a rapier, the scarboard was lavender while the handle was white.(Think of Asuna's rapier in SAO with different colours) He looked at it said, "Hinata, this is a Makai Sword. It was given to the Hyuga for a long time ago. Naruto, his sword was given to his ancestors the same way. I wanted to give this to you before the Chunnin Exams, but I think now is appropriate. There was once a time where the Makai Knights united to fight great Horrors, Garo The Golden Knight, Shiro the White Knight and Yuki the Snow White Knight. (The last two are OCs in case you don't know. The ones Hinata and Haku are getting) they were one of the best combinations. You are teamed with Naruto, the Oogon Kiishi. Therefore I believe it is best I give this to you HInata, tell Naruto to help train you in the arts of the knights and be strong as the Shiroi Kiishi."
Hinata received the sword and bowed before leaving for her room.
Next Day Konoha Gates.
Naruto, Hinata and Sasuke were waiting in front of the gates for Kakashi and Tazuna. A minute passed and the both of them showed up, Sasuke seeing this shouted, "YOU'RE ON TIME?!"
Naruto looked at him with a 'are-you-kidding' look, saying, "He told us yesterday emo, or were you not paying attention oh great Uchiha?" Sasuke huffed and turned away. Kakashi shook his head while Hinata looked impassive as they headed out.
Team 7 plus one were walking at civilian speed as they saw a puddle. Kakashi continued reading his book while Naruto and Hinata pulled out their swords, Naruto seeing this thought' I am going to have to ask her how she got a Makai Sword.'
As they passed the puddle, two masked men appeared with chains and swung it at Kakashi, wrapping him with said chains before pulling him towards them as Kakashi made a discreet Kawarimi with a log. Sasuke grunted and proceeded to charge them but was pulled back by Naruto as he and Hinata both swords drawn charged in. Naruto dodged the chains and thrust his sword, impaling one of the two men in the heart, thus killing him. As for Hinata, she evaded every strike with grace and appeared behind the man, knocking him unconscious.
After Naruto tied the man up, clapping was heard as Kakashi came out of the trees, "Well done, Naruto, Hinata. Sasuke, you should know better than to rush in empty handed towards two armed men who you don't know about."
Naruto looked at the two men's faces and stated, "Two C-ranked Chunnin, Gozu and Meizu, aka the Demon Brothers. Kakashi-sensei, you let us deal with them to gauge our reactions, didn't you?"
Kakashi nodded, "Now Tazuna, you'd be smart to tell us why to lied, don't bother giving excuses, Naruto's ring there has the ability to read minds." Tazuna lowered his head, before starting, "I'm sure you've all heard of Gato. He came to our village a few years back, his thugs raided every shop, took control of the docks. We could barely survive, I decided to build a bridge to deal with it. Some of the brave ones sent me to get help, I barely escaped and came to Konoha. But we could only afford a C-ranked, any more expensive missions were not affordable. So we settled for this one." He looked up at the team, "I know you won't continue this, but I beg of you, please help me." He said the last part bowing.
Naruto saw this and said, "Even if you didn't ask, we'd still continue the mission, as a protector and the Golden Knight, helping others is my job." Hinata nodded while Sasuke brooded. Kakashi looked at their reactions and said, "Fine, we'll continue the mission, but I'll expect extra pay as soon as Wave gets back up."
Tazuna nodded, "You won't regret this."
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As they came to a river side, the mist started to thicken. Zaruba sensed to energy in the mist and said in his metalic voice, "Naruto, this mist, it is a Makai Knight's doing. By the looks of it, it's Baron."
Naruto heard this and thought, 'Baron, Zabuza-sensei huh.' he then proceeded to shout, "Oi Zabuza-sensei, cut the crap and come out!"
As if on cue, the mist cleared revealing a masked man, holding a large sword, a circle above the hilt. The man started, "Naruto huh, its been a long time, Gaki." Naruto smirked and replied, "Likewise, I assume Gato hired you. Though I ask why?"
Zabuza then replied, "Hmph, you know of my dream to kill the Mizukage, I require money for that, you know that asshole is a Horror. Gato is merely a stepping tool." Naruto tilted his head in confusion, "Didn't you hear, the guy got killed by a woman named Terumi Mei, who by the way is the new Mizukage." Zabuza heard this and stuttered, "Mei is the new Mizukage?! Fine, I'll stop this hit, but I want a sword match first, to see if you improved these few years. Haku, get out here!"
A masked nin jumped out of the trees and landed beside Zabuza, though it seemed like a boy to Hinata, Sasuke, Kakashi and Tazuna, Naruto easily saw through the disguise and knew that she was a knight in training as well as learning a few tricks as a Makai Priest. The girl looked at Naruto and thought,'This is the Golden Knight? He is so young, like my age, though he is cute.' Zabuza then said,"This is Haku, she's my apprentice, now lets get started."
Naruto nodded and unsheathed his sword, but before he stepped foward, Kakashi asked him, "Naruto, how did you know an A-class nuke-nin, and why did you call him sensei? And why did Zaruba call him Baron?"
Naruto sighed and turned to Kakashi, "Zabuza was my teacher on kenjutsu for a year with Alfonso-nii, he is also a Makai Knight. The Yondaime Mizukage was a horror, the bloodline-bearers found out and tried to kill him, thus starting the Bloodline purge. Zabuza, the Knight Baron and Terumi Mei , a Makai priest who specialises in Lava and water based techniques, in both ninja and Makai aspects, led the rebellion. The rest of the story you know, so any more questions?"
Kakashi shook his head as Naruto stepped onto the water, Sasuke saw this and gritted his teeth, when did the dobe learn water-walking?'' As Naruto stood a few metres away from Zabuza, the two Makai Knights held their swords high and drew circles of light, donning their armor. ( For their armor, Naruto's is like Kouga's, Zabuza's is like Baron in Makai Senki.) Naruto's sword had changed a lot, now in his hands was a long double-handed sword, images of flames on the blade, whilke Zabuza's sword was almost the same, except it had more patterns on it.
The two knights then charged each other, they exchanged blows with their blades, sparks flew with every strike. Kakashi, Hinata and Haku watched in awe as Naruto matched Zabuza blow for blow, even if he was Garo, being able to fight on par with an experienced A-ranked shinobi was not easy. To Sasuke and Tazuna though, the two knights were merely a blur of gold and blue. Sasuke seethed in jealousy, 'How can a nobody like him have such power!? That strenght should belong to me, an Uchiha elite!'
As the two knights skidded to a stop on the water, Naruto started, "Zabuza-sensei, let's take this up a notch, shall we?" With that said, the lower part of his armor turned grey.(I'm giving Garo several forms, makes it more interesting. Think of this form like Ryuga's in Garo Yami o Terasu Mono) He then blurred in front of Zabuza, slashing him. To everyone else besides Zabuza, Naruto had disappeared and reappeared in front of Zabuza.
Naruto then announced, "This my Clock-up form, everything in this form increases, strength,speed as well as defence. But what this form really does is I can slow down time around me and move at the speed of light." (This is Clock-Up from Kamen Rider Kabuto, I thought it would be a good addition since I plan on making Naruto godlike.)
Zabuza sighed and released his armor, "Fine, you win, seriously it's so unfair. Every time you change forms, your time limit increases, plus my armor is already reaching the limit."
Naruto also released his armor and walked back to shore. Kakashi shouted, "What the hell Naruto! You charged an A-ranked nuke-nin and won?! How strong the hell are you!?"
Zabuza decided to answer, "Without the armor, he's a solid mid-jounin, with the armor in default form, low-Kage level, with the one you saw just now, he's mid-kage level. He also has a form with wings which makes him high-Kage lvel and the final one, that makes him beyond Kage level. Seriously, you improved a whole lot since last time. If it wasn't for the fact that I helped train you, I really would have never believed it."
Turning to Kakashi, Zabuza started, "So, now we're not enemies, I think I'll help you with this shit. I was planning to kill Gato for looking at Haku the wrong way anyway."
Tazuna gasped and said, "Gato's gay?" Zabuza face-faulted and shook his head, Haku then looked at Tazuna and said, "I'm a girl, old man." Tazuna face-palmed and grumbled,"I seriously don't know how you ninja do stuff."
Sasuke then looked at Zabuza and demanded, "Train me." Zabuza looked at him and raised an imaginary eye-brow with a are-you-kidding-me look, "No." Sasuke gritted his teeth and siad, "You will train me, I am an Uchiha. I need all the power I can get to kill Itachi, and you will give that sword, or I will kill that bit-"
He did not finish as Zabuza held him by his neck and threatened, "You do not make demands from me and you will not threaten Haku. She is worth more than you will ever, and don't give that Uchiha shit. For all I care, a good Uchiha is a dead one." With that said, he threw the emo to the ground and sat back down, before turning to Naruto, "Gaki, after this is over, take Haku with you back to Konoha, she's training to be Yuki, the Shirayuki Kiishi, I want you to take care of her for me."
"Then where will you be going?" Haku asked. Zabuza looked at her and said, "I'll be going to see Mei, I don't know what the results will be, but you were never a Kiri shinobi, you can get into Konoha with no trouble, I believe Naruto won't let anything get to you. If I bring you with me to Kiri, chances are that they will kill you with me if things go wrong."
Haku protested, "But I am your tool, if I am to die, it will be with you." Zabuza shook his head, "You were never my tool, I have always seen you as my daughter, if things go wrong, I don't want you to die because of me, you have your own life and a future, I taught you almost everything I know. Zaruba and Naruto can teach you more on your armor. Hyuga, your sword, its the Shiro's sword right?"
Naruto looked at Hinata in surprised as Zaruba spoke in his metalic voice, "So that's what it was, it seemed familiar along with that aura from that masked girl Haku. Naruto, remember Alfonso's story about the combo's of knights? Garo, Shiro and Yuki are one of them. Hinata, I assume your father gave that sword to you right?"
Hinata nodded and said, "Tou-sama wanted Naruto to train me in the Makai Arts. He told me of the story and told me I was to be engaged to Naruto-kun." Naruto heard this and shouted, "WHAAAAAAT!?"
In the castle in Valiante
Alfonso was having a cup of tea when he heard a distant shout, "WHAAAAAAT!?" and thought, 'Seems like Naruto found out about his engagement to Hinata, I hope he's not like his father and won't deny the CRA though."
Back at the road to Wave.
Hinata looked at Naruto and asked, "You don't know?" Naruto shook his head as Hinata continued, "It was written by your father and mine before we were born, I was surprised when I heard it as well."
As she said this, Haku felt a bit of jealousy as she thought, 'why do I feel like this, I just met him.' Zabuza noticed this and smirked,'seems like Haku is starting like the gaki, I hope the gaki accepts the CRA as he'll be very lucky if he did.'
Tazuna started to feel impatient and asked,"Can we get going, I'd like to reach home faster." Everyone nodded save Sasuke who merely grunted as they headed to Wave.
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Chapter done, armor debuted and two OC knights known. Review please.
