For those that asked if Naruto had insomnia, no he doesn't. The rings around his eyes are just because he is cold, like how his lips are blue.
Since so many of you are asking for it anyway I will tell you now that Samui is going to be the pairing in this fic. She will make her entrance at the chunnin exam and things will go from there.
Zabuza will most likely die, but I'm not sure yet, same with Haku. Also I will say this now, Haku will be a girl, in any fic I write Haku will always be a girl just because I say so :P
Enjoy the chapter :)
XXX
Disclaimer- I own nothing :(
XXX
Chapter 4- First Time
March 4
I lost a lab assistant today. We were working on Sub-Zero when the boy grabbed onto his arm and froze him instantly, I don't know how this happened, but I will be sure to find out.
XXX
Team 7 were preparing themselves in a small clearing 2 miles away from the bandit camp. They didn't make a fire, the warm suits making it so that they didn't need the warmth and the mission rations Naruto had made them bring didn't need cooking so there was no need for one.
Naruto had told the three young gennin what the mission was as soon as they arrived at the clearing. And all three had been unnatural quite ever since. The implications of what they were about to do weighing heavily on their shoulders.
Naruto nodded his head and started to lead them towards the bandit camp. They could already here it from where they had been, the laughing and music of people in celebration. The large fire they had burning in the centre of a field they had set their tents in. But what got the three gennin's attention the most was that as they got closer they could hear the distinct sound of women's screams.
It was for this reason Naruto had chosen this particular group of bandits for his gennin's first kills. The group had been scouted out before hand and they knew that the bandits had been kidnapping women from around fire country.
The reason he had picked them was that he wanted his team to understand why they needed to kill them and what happens when they are left alone. He remembered what his father had told him the first time he killed on a mission. It hadn't been his first kill, but it had been the first time he meant killed on purpose.
"Never wound what you could have killed, because they will just come back stronger"
It was a simple saying that Naruto had lived by ever since. It was true that in the ninja world an enemy could become an ally at the drop of a hat, but when they were your enemy you did all you can to kill them, because if not they would come back and they would know just that little bit more needed to kill you.
As they got closer the three gennin lost their pale completion and adapted confused faces at the sounds of the women's screams, which changed the moment they arrived at the tree line to the field the bandits had made camp in from confused to looks of absolute fury.
They could see maybe 30 or 40 bandits in the camp, each with a naked women 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 40 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.
Seeing how his gennin were reacting to the sight, and making a mental note to tell his father about how Madoka's eyes were shifting from blue to red, Naruto held up his hand to stop them from rushing in and when he saw three sets of angry eyes directed at him he explained.
"I want you to take a good look at what is happening right know, these men are not cool, they are less then animals and that is why we kill them. If we don't this is what happens."
He made them watch for another few minutes before retreating further back into the trees, the rest of his team following a moment later.
When they were a good distance away so that the bandits couldn't hear them, Naruto preformed a number of hand seals.
"Animate Ice Wolf Pack Jutsu"
Spiting several times on the ground, the three gennin watched as the wolves took shape, but unlike last time when Naruto had made three, now there were 20, all with large sharp teeth and deadly pointed claws.
Without waiting for orders the wolves spite up and disappeared into the woods. Turning back to his team Naruto explained.
"I've sent them to surround the camp, so if any try to escape they won't get far. Now the problem is I can't use the 'Chilled Mist Jutsu' because of the women, so you'll have to go in with full visibility, but you're not ready to use your Awareness in combat yet so it ok."
When he was sure they understood, he gave them a small, sad smile and nodded his head.
XXX
Madoka was trying to be as quite as possible as she made her way around the camp to where the cage with the women was set. She, Sakura and Sasuke had split up so that they could attack from different positions around the camp.
It was her job to take care of the men around the cage and free the women while Sasuke and Sakura would attack the main. It as a job she was all too happy to perform.
But even though she wanted to kill these men for what they were doing, she couldn't stop her hands trembling and the sweat falling down her face at the thought of actually killing another human being raced around in her head. She could hear the whispers of the Kyuubi in the back of her head telling her do it, to run out there and rip out all of their throats, to dance in their blood and spit on there corpses. And for the first time in her life, Madoka was tempted to listens to the whispers.
She didn't even realise that her eyes had turned red and her teeth grew into fangs.
Slowly sneaking up to a man on the side of the cage furthest away from the light of the fire where no one could see him molesting a teenage girl though the bars. Madoka, with shaky hands, pulled out a kunai, closed her eyes and slit the man's throat form behind.
He made no sound as he choked on his own blood and fell to the floor, coughing and gurgling as he looked up at her with wide, fear filled eyes. And she watch, watched as his chest stopped moving, watched as his fearful eyes clouded over and saw no more, she watched as the man she killed died.
XXX
Sakura was terrified, her whole body shaking as she mentally prepared herself for what she was about to do.
Right in front of her, with his back to the tree line was a large man with short brown hair and no shirt on. She could smell him from her position in the bushes several feet away, sweat, blood and sex. It was enough to make her feel sick.
Stepping out of the bushes, but making sure to stay in the man's shadow so as not to be seen, Sakura thrust her kunai into the bandits side right into his liver like she had been taught in he academy.
Tears falling down her face the whole time.
XXX
Sasuke was taking deep breathes as he hide in the corner of one of the smaller tents behind a pile of crates.
He had slipped in when no one was looking and found a man asleep on a pile of sheets with a naked woman with long, messy blonde 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.
His blood boiling at the sight of her, making him forget about hi nerviness, he made his way out from behind the crates with a kunai in his hand. Sasuke stopped above the man with his kunai in both hands and took a deep breath.
He could feel the dead eyes of the woman on him as he brought the knife down and stabbed it into the sleeping man's chest.
XXX
Everything moved quickly after that, having confirmed that they had made their first kills, Naruto had sent in a second pack of wolves to kill the bandits that were left. He didn't them to make more then one kill for their first time; it would be hard enough to deal with as it was.
The wolves descended on the bandits like a tsunami, rushing in a killing all they saw, leaving nothing but the women and the frozen gennin untouched as they proceeded to rip the men to pieces.
Naruto was fighting to stay out of the fight, fighting not to walking in and place his hands on the screaming men and drain them of all the heat in their bodies. It was a craving of his, the only time he could feel warm, those precious few seconds in which he could be warm. It was like a drug to him and he always had to remind himself of the price.
He didn't want them to see him like that, especially not Madoka.
Waiting until the last bandit had been killed so he wouldn't be tempted, Naruto stepped out of the shadows and walked over to his sister and pulled her into a hug. At first she showed no sign that he was their, eyes fixed on the dead body of the man on the ground at her feet.
And then the flood gates opened and she cried into his shoulder.
They stayed like that for a few minutes before Naruto stepped back and handed her a scroll.
"We can talk later; right now these women need you. There should be enough clothes sealed in this scroll for all of them, make sure they get them."
Feeling slightly better now that she had something to do, Madoka made her way over to the cage door and started to pick the lock.
While she did that Naruto moved to comfort Sakura, who was still crying when he got there and after sending her off to help his sister moved 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. If the situation wasn't so serious, he would have laughed.
Bending down and patting the boy on the back, Naruto pulled out two scrolls and handed one to Sasuke, telling him to seal up anything of use.
XXX
After taking anything of value from the camp and clothing all the women, Naruto had Sasuke use a fire Jutsu to burn what was left of the camp and the bodies before moving to a different field and sending a few ice clones to bring them their supplies.
He wasn't surprised when the women flinched away from him and Sasuke whenever they came near them, after what they been through he would have been shocked if they didn't.
They made a fire in the middle of the camp they had set up and Naruto sent a message to Konoha to ask for someone to come and pick up the women, going into breath detail about what they had saw so they knew to send Kunoichi.
After making sure there were enough tents for the women, Naruto lead his team over to a smaller fire away from the main camp and had them sit down.
No one said anything; they just sat there in silence. Now that they had nothing to do the three genin found themselves thinking back to what they had done, the life's they had taken. Taking a deep breath, Naruto spoke.
"The first time I took a life for a mission I was 8 years old. My team and I were delivering a scroll to the border, it was a simple mission, nothing was supposed to happen, and then we were attacked. I don't know what his name was, or even what he looked like, all I remember is his blood hitting my face as I slammed my kunai into his chest."
At this point he reached into a small pouch on his hip and pulled out an old, chipped kunai with dried blood and rust on it.
"For the rest of the mission I didn't talk to anyone, nothing my sensei or teammate could say worked. I kept asking myself, why I killed him, why not just capture him, or scare him away. I saw his blood on my hands, but no matter what I did, it wouldn't wash off, it wasn't cool. When I got back to the village my sensei told my father what had happened and how I hadn't spoken since. After the mission breathing he took me to a room an held me for what felt like hours as I cried, asking and begging him to tell me why I had killed him. That was when he told me something that changed my life. He told me 'Never wound what you could have killed, because they will just come back stronger'. I have lived my ninja career by those words ever since."
The three gennin had been captivated by his words the whole time, eyes fixed on the Kunai in his hands as they listening to everything he said like it was a life line, which at this moment it probably was. Now they understood why he had brought them here, why he had made them make their first kills so soon when other teams probably wouldn't until their first year had pasted. It was to protect them.
Thinking about what he had said, none of them were 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.
Naruto had bee prepared for many reaction, shouting, crying, even violence. He expected them to hate him for what he had made them do.
What he wasn't expecting was for Madoka to come over and hug him with all her might, or the words she whispered into his ears as fresh tears started to fall from her eyes.
"Thank you"
XXX
They stayed with the women for two for 2 days before their backup arrived with wagons to transport them to Konoha, with another 2 days to get back.
Looking after the women had done the three gennin the world of good, it reminded them why they had done what they had done. Sasuke made sure to keep his distance, mostly hunting in the forest for food and water while the girls comforted the women.
Naruto had talked to the three teens individually throughout their stay, getting them to tell him what had happened and offering advice where needed.
The moment they arrived in Konoha, Naruto had taken them to the Hokage office where as soon as they stepped through the door they were grabbed by their parents, and in Sasukes case brother as well, and pulled into the biggest hugs they had ever gotten.
Naruto stood off to the side with his family, trying not to laugh as Kushina started to choke his sister and wouldn't let go until she almost passed out.
He returned the nod and smile Itachi had sent his way over his brother's head and shuck hands with the Haruno's when they came over to thank him for looking out for their daughter.
When they were done Sasuke and Sakura went home with their families while Madoka with went to get ramen with their mother while Naruto stayed and gave his report, making sure to tell them that they had two days off from training before they left.
Turning to his father, the young Namikaze adapted a serious expression as he stood at attention.
"I trust everything went as planned?"
"It's cool, they did what was needed and I finished off the rest."
"I trust you didn't... indulge in your craving while they were around."
"No, I had my wolves do it , but I will need to go on a solo mission soon."
"I see, I was afraid this might be the case so I set aside a mission for you, it's only a small camp, but it should be enough, you can collect the scroll from the mission's office right away."
Naruto just nodded his head.
Minato smiled sadly at his son, he knew it was hard for him and the longer he waited the harder it got for him to resist. He was about to get back to his paperwork when Naruto spoke again.
"Madoka needs to start her training to control the Kyuubi's chakra as soon as possible."
"...What happened?"
"Nothing... this time, her eyes went red and her teeth grew, I don't think she noticed but it wouldn't be cool if she lost control."
Nodding his head in thought, the blonde Hokage let out a sigh.
"I had hoped we wouldn't have to do this so soon, but your right. I will have your mother start her training as soon as she can. I can write it off as a mission so that she doesn't have to leave the village for a while, I'm sure she'd like that."
Again Naruto just nodded his head at his father before tuning to collect his mission scroll.
XXX
Naruto had finished the mission before it was even dark and was back in the village just as the sun was setting.
There had only been about twenty bandits, none of them trained in any way, shape or form. He had walked through their camp and none of them had even noticed he was there until it was too late.
When he got home Madoka had already go to sleep and his father was home.
They didn't say anything as he walked into the living room, they didn't need to. Kushina just stood up from her seat and hugged him, not in her usual bone crushing way, but softly, like she was trying to show him how much she loved him just through that one act.
She did this every time he came home from one of these missions, her and his father would stay up and wait for him to come home just so they could make sure he was alright.
XXX
When team 7 next met at the training ground for their first training since they made their first kills and made their way through the mist, they were surprised to see Naruto, with his traditional bowl of ice cream in hand, wasn't alone. Sat on the log to his left eating a stick of pocky, was Itachi. They stood there, waiting for the two elate ninja sat in front of them to finish their respective treats, looks of confusion on their faces.
Letting out sighs and jumping of their logs, creeping out the gennin slightly at the fact they did it in perfect sink, Naruto made his over to his students with a small smile on his face.
"You should close your mouths; it wouldn't be cool if birds made nest in them."
Walking and standing next to his friend, Itachi adapted a smile that, once again, scared the gennin because of how similar it looked to the one Naruto was giving them.
"That true, you wouldn't want to get feathers in your mouths."
After another 5 minutes of the three young ninja starring at them, Madoka summed up what they were thinking.
"What the hell?"
At her words Itachi started laughing his head off while Naruto chuckled; the looks on their faces were just too much.
"Remember I told you I would get someone to teach you all ninjutsu? Well here he is."
It was at this point Sasuke realised that Itachi was in the mist.
"Hey, wait a minute why aren't you shivering nii-san"
Smiling at his brother, the older Uchiha flicked his brother in the forehead playful before lifted up his black shirt to reveal a tight, grey bodysuit.
"I train with Naruto all the time, hell me and Tenzou helped him create Awareness."
"That was you?"
"Why did you think I could hit a target without even seeing it? The three of us used to go on missions together all the time before he became a jonnin sensei, isn't that right Jacky-boy."
It was at this point that Itachi put his arm around Narutos head and pulled him into a headlock.
"Not cool Crow, let me go before I freeze you ass off."
"You say that every time, yet it's still there, as perfect as the day I was born."
After another 5 minutes of Naruto grumbling about how he was going to hit Itachi with something big and heavy, the oldest living Uchiha let his friend go and introduced himself to the group.
"I'm Itachi, in the Bingo book I'm known as the 'Black Crow', I like my mother and brother, my friends and pocky. I hate stuff I guess, but I can't be bothered to list them. I don't really have a dream other then to rebuild my clan but I have made a hobby of trying to set Jacky-boy here up with random women by telling them he likes them."
"Is that way the waitresses at the barbeque house keep giving me their numbers? Not cool man, the other day one spilled coffee in my laps just so she could wipe it off."
That brought a large grin to the raven haired ANBU captains face.
Having enough, Madoka hit them both on the back of the head in a very Kushina like style.
"Questions, what the hell is a Bingo book and why do you keep calling my Onii-san Jacky-boy?"
Turing to Naruto, Itachi let a confused look cross his face.
"You didn't tell them?"
"I just never got round to it."
Shaking his head, Itachi pulled out a small book from his back pocket and flipped through it till he came to the pages he was looking for.
"The Bingo book contains info on all ninja from the hidden villages that are worth knowing about, here look."
Passing the book to Madoka so she and the rest of team 7 could read it, Itachi watched with a smile on his face as he saw the looks on their faces.
XXX
The Konoha Three, a team of ninja from Konoha consisting of Tenzou Yamato (AKA the Forest Ranger), Itachi Uchiha (AKA the Black Crow) and Naruto Namikaze (AKA Jack Frost), for more information see following pages.
The Konoha Three, after their defeat of Raiga Kurosuki, former Seven Swordsman of the Bloody Mist, during a lightning storm, have been on the short-list for being the next sannin for several years. With there spotless recorded, a rarity for any ninja, and overweling strentgh when working as a team, they have all been given flee on site orders when together.
XXX
Name: Tenzou Yamato
Age: 23
Alias: The Forest Ranger
Affiliation: Konoha
Rank: S-class
Specialty: Wood Style
Tenzou Yamato, one third of the infamous 'Konoha Three', is known to posses the rare Wood Style Jutsu. Extremely dangerous.
XXX
Name: Itachi Uchiha
Age: 19
Alias: Black Crow
Affiliation: Konoha
Rank: S-class
Specialty: Genjutsu master, posses the Sharingan
Itachi Uchiha, one third of the infamous 'Konoha Three', possesses fully matured Sharingan and master of Genjutsu. Extremely dangerous.
XXX
Name: Naruto Namikaze
Age: 15
Alias: Jack Frost
Affiliation: Konoha
Rank: S-class
Specialty: Ice style and kenjutsu
Naruto Namikaze, one third of the infamous 'Konoha Three' son of Minato Namikaze, fourth Hokage and the Yellow Flash of Konoha, possessor of Ice Bloodline and master swordsman. Extremely dangerous.
XXX
With each entry there was a picture, one was Tenzou Yamato, with a shadow across his face making him look scary, one was Itachi with a smile on his face while giving the piece sign to the camera and the last was of Naruto, deep blue eyes glowing slightly from the shadows casted over his face from his hood.
Looking over the three gennin's shoulders at the pictures, Itachi laughed.
"They get the photos from the village files, I love that picture."
"It makes you look like an idiot, what's cool about that?"
"Oh please, I get girl coming up to me all the time asking me to sign that picture. It's a great picture."
The three gennin looked at their sensei in shock, none of them knew he was that good, not even Madoka.
XXX
Over the next month team 7 went on several more C-rank missions, none of which had anything to do with killing. They continued their training, but now instead of just training their bodies and Awareness, they also trained with Itachi in ninjutsu three times a week, much to Sasukes joy.
The exception to this being Sakura.
She didn't have enough chakra to perform the more taxing Jutsu, and although she was smart and had good control, she didn't have the imagination to use Genjutsu.
It was for this reason Naruto had gotten her a placement in the Konoha Med-nin program at the hospital.
It seemed Tsunade had taken quite an interest in the young pink haired girl and had taken her under her wing much like she had Shizune.
They were half way through the next month when, while in the middle of training, Itachi showed up with a serious face.
"You need to come with me now; Hokage-sama is sending the 5 of us as backup for team 8. They were sent a C-rank when they ran into Momochi Zabuza; the mission has been bumped up to A-rank."
"Cool, the 5 of us?"
At that Itachi grinned.
"Yep, I'm coming with you."
XXX
Yes I know I made Itachi different, but remember in this fic he didn't leave the village and he still has his mother and brother without his bastard of a dad there as well so I made him fun, live with it :P
R&R :)