Author's Note: Please forgive the long delay. I had the bad case of writer's block and couldn't think of anything until three months later. Again I am sorry.

Disclaimer: *sigh* I do not own Naruto. I don't own Fang or Moon either. Those belong to their respective persons.

Chapter 3: Team Seven's Mission. Auron vs. Moon.

Kitana's POV:

You know when you do things so many times it gets boring? Well, doing D missions so many times is getting to be that way. Really annoying if you ask me. And here we are, my team and myself getting another boring D mission.

"Hold on old man," Naruto said, much as annoyed as I am. "We've been going D missions since we started as a team. These aren't really testing our skills as a whole. We need a bit more of a challenge."

"Naruto! We've given these missions based on your graduated scores," Iruka said. I snorted.

"Please. If these missions are based on our scores, we should be doing C missions based on my own score," I replied crossing my arms over my chest and giving them a pissed off look. Sasuke sighed beside me.

"Look. We're not getting anywhere with this. Just give us a better mission other than chasing a cat and we'll be out of your hair." The Hokage and Iruka looked at each other. The Third looked down at his paper work and shifted through it. He finally pulled one out and passed it over to Iruka. Our old teacher took it and looked.

"Alright. Bring in Tazuna. We have his body guards," he simply said. An older human walked a moment later and I thought I was going to gag. The entire guy smelled like he'd been drinking all night long.

"These are suppose to be my guards. Looks like a bunch of brats to me." I glared.

"Look. If you want better guards than pay for better ones. But as I'm seeing it looks like you spent much of it at the bar. You get what you paid for," I said with no emotion.

"As you kids say it 'whatever'," Tazuna said annoyed. Naruto slapped his forehead and then pinched the bridge of his nose.

Few minutes later….

I shaded my eyes as I looked up at the sun. Then a vein popped on my forehead.

"That damn idiot is always late." I let out a big sigh. " Well if he does come early Hell will freeze over and the end of world will just that come to an end." Sakura looked at me weird after trying to get the attention of Sasuke. The Uchiha just ignored her like many of his other fans. I just shook my head. A poof sounded behind me and I rolled my eyes.

"Sorry I'm late. A black cat ran…" Naruto leapt into action before I could.

"No excuses sensei. Let just get this done alright," he said. So on we went to the Wave. Man that place brings back memories.

"On the road again. I can't wait to get on the road again," sang Naruto as we walked. Sasuke promptly smacked him in the back of the head.

"Enough you idiot. You don't have to sing that every time we go on a mission." And right on que Sakura agreed. I let out sigh once more.

"Guys." My team stopped. I then whispered, "We're being followed." I motioned for everyone to continue moving. I on the other hand fell back behind the group. The charka signatures were strong but not as strong as I'd like. I noticed earlier that Kakashi made a shadow clone and was tailing us in the trees. The Kakashi clone was suddenly attack with spiked chains and ripped apart.

"One down…" one said.

"Four to….." the second didn't get to finish as Naruto rushed in and tackled him. As the first one came in, pulled by the chains, Naruto kicked him in the face up into the air. I came in from behind the first and slammed him into his brother. (A/N: The Demon Brothers people.) My blonde brother/son moved in time so I could do so. Sasuke and Sakura blinked rapidly at our teamwork.

The brothers apparently weren't knocked out as they saw that Naruto was the main tough one and charged him. A tall dark shadow stepped in front of my blonde companion, grabbed their heads, and smacked them together. He dropped them and they landed with a thud. The shadow turned out to have worn a dark-almost-black green gi and matching hakama. I looked down at his feet noticing that he didn't wear any shoes. I looked back up at him and smiled.

"Well, well, well. If it isn't Davis Growover," I said placing my hands on my hips. Davis; in this form didn't have his wings or horns and was about a foot shorter than his original height. The only reason I recognized him was because he didn't wear shoes at all. Davis didn't wear shoes because he usually tore them up when going back to his regular form and he usually couldn't form them when he transformed. Besides he preferred to feel the earth underneath his feet.

"Blessings upon you this day, Kitana," he said in the normal elven greeting. I put my hands to my forehead and spread them wide to my sides.

"May the Lady's hand be upon you," I greeted back. I then placed a hand on my hip. "So what brings you here?" Davis pointed at the two unconscious ninja.

"Causing trouble and the Council wanted it fixed," he said. The half dragon looked over at Tazuna. "They wanted to see how far the bridge had gone and the estimate on when it was going to be finished." The bridge builder snorted.

"Don't know who you work for but I suggest you stay out of it," he replied. Kakashi than decided it was time to come out of hiding.

"Then maybe you could explain why ninja are attacking us and not bandits," the grey haired ninja said. The bridge builder started forming sweat down his face then let out a sigh.

"Alright. You got me. The request for help I made to your village, as you've might have guessed, this job is more dangerous than you and your students were led to believe." Naruto pinched the bridge of his nose.

"And it has something to do with Gato," Davis replied. We all turned to him. "I've heard reports about what was going on in the Mist. The Council ruled that we (us elves) were not to interfere." Tazuna blinked at him while Team Seven didn't look all that surprised when Davis said about the reports. My team figured that the elves had spies in all the ninja nations.

"Are you talking about the one who looks like legitimate businessman?" the bridge builder asked. Davis nodded. "In truth he's a ruthless, murdering criminal who employs gangs and teams of shinobi, and traffics in drugs and contraband. He takes over companies and ends up running entire countries. He lives by every low and vicious trade known to man." I looked at my team and then to Davis.

"Gato started coming in reports about a year ago from my understanding," Davis said. "He was under the guise of a business venture. Violence was being reported and we heard that he had taken over the Wave's entire marine transportation and shipping industry. Gato, from what I heard, has a stranglehold on all forms of transportation and wealth. The reports say that the ruthless businessman is fearing that if the bridge is completed his wealth and power will be diminished."

"Considering Tazuna is the manger of the project, I'd say that Gato wants you dead so he can continue his empire without the interference of other nations," I stated placing my left hand to my chin. Kakashi brushed leaves from his outfit.

"I still don't understand why, if you knew you were a target of a ruthless thug with ninja at his disposal, why didn't you tell us when you asked for help," our sensei said. Davis cleared his throat.

"Nami no Kuni isn't a very prosperous land. Hasn't been since we left. From what I heard the local lords are poor." Tazuna nodded. I snuffled my nose and suddenly I sneezed. I glared towards the sky wondering who had the balls to call my name behind my back. Davis continued, "I see no point in you continuing on your mission Kit." I turned to him.

"Why? If we don't continue and Tazuna doesn't finish the bridge than it would be an elven problem." My old teammate looked at me questioningly. "You mention before about how the bridge was going. I figured that the Council wants the bridge complete so it doesn't become an elven problem." Sakura raised her hand like we were back at the Academy.

"Why would it be your people's problem if the bridge isn't complete?" Our pink haired teammate asked. I let out a sigh and shook my head.

"Gato is destroying human life. Elves believe that life is precious above all else and would take steps in eliminating Gato. The Council does not want Gato going to far in his carnage and does not want to make it to the eliminating part," I said knowing full well what the Council wanted. I continued, "I think we should continue this mission. We don't want the people of Nami no Kuni to hate all ninja because we let their only hope die." I know it was rude but I read Tazuna's mind knowing full well that he wanted to bait us with the story of his daughter having hatred towards ninja if he was killed. I just twisted differently.

"I suppose it can't be helped. We'll continue to protect you, at least until you get the bridge finished," Kakashi stated and then thought, 'This is the worse mission-for-hire of all time.' I snorted then smirked.

'No kidding,' I thought. Davis went over to the Demon Brothers. Foam had poured from their mouths and my old teammate sighed. He took a scroll out of his pack and clipped a small piece of hair of each. Davis unrolled the scroll and placed the hair in the middle of a drawn circle. Images of both brothers appeared on the scroll and my old teammate rolled up the scroll. (A/N I've reread the manga and it seems the author/illustrator forgot to put in what happened to the Demon Brothers.) My team, Tazuna, Davis and myself continued into the Wave crossing over to the island in a motorboat. The boat man rowed for he didn't want to get caught and Tazuna wanted to get there without being seen.

"This is as far as I go. Take care of yourself," the boat man said to Tazuna. He started up his boat. I looked at the sky realizing we had delayed ourselves by talking and the sun was dipping low on the horizon.

"Thanks for taking such a risk, I shouldn't have asked it," the bridge builder called over his shoulder. The boat and its owner zoomed off. Davis let out a sigh that sounded more like a snort. He tucked his hands in his baggy sleeves and walked on. The clothes on him seemed to make him look smaller than he did. My old teammate walked ahead of the group. He always had the best nose.

Several minutes into our walking Davis stopped us. He threw out his hand and sniffed the air. My half-dragon friend started growling. His eyes suddenly widen and threw up his hands as he caught a rather large sword with his bare hands. The sword wielder came out of the mist surprised. I supposed he meant to have the thing chunk into a tree and he land on its handle. Davis growled again.

"I'm surprised that you caught it with that speed," the badly dressed ninja stated. My old teammate snorted and tossed the sword back to the owner.

"I could catch an arrow flying faster than that blindfolded," Davis stated as he placed a hand in front of us to stop us. "This one is mine. No one interferes got that." The tone of his voice surprised me. He hadn't used that tone since Antiana died. Davis then began to revert back to his original form. His body began to fit his clothes again. Long, curved horns sprouted from his head, his nails became long, sharp claws, and his turned to dragon feet. Wings sprouted from his back and out of the holes in his top. It's been a while since I had seen Davis in this form. My old teammate has visited Naruto and I over the years but always in his human form. This is the first time that either my team and Naruto has seen him in this form.

I looked over to Tazuna who looked like he was about to piss his pants. Sakura's irises became tiny dots and had her hands over mouth. Sasuke was equally shocked. His entire body shook. Kakashi's visible eye widen in shock as well. As for Naruto, he plastered a grin on his face. My son had always wanted to see Davis' true form. My old half-dragon friend had always said no. Davis rolled his neck as if stiff. His opponent looked just as shocked as the rest of my team.

"Zabuza Momochi, the human who ran off and left the Land of Mist," my old teammate growled. I than knew that this was one of the ninja that Davis was sent after. Zabuza got over his shock and straighten.

"You know of me yet I know none about you," the bandage covered ninja stated as he place his sword straight up and leaned on it a little. Davis narrowed his eyes.

"You need not concern about knowing me. You'll seen be unconscious and heading with me for questioning." Zabuza snorted at Davis' statement. I then sensed something else, another charka signature. I narrowed my eyes. It was hard to place the charka, for it kept moving about.

"Come out!" I shouted. "I know you're there." I drew my bow from my back and notched an arrow into place. I turned to Davis. "You fight that one. We'll handle the other." Davis didn't turn to look at me but kept glaring at Zabuza. Naruto pulled out his katana and the rest of my team pulled out kunai. I looked at Kakashi.

"Naruto." My son looked at me. "You, Sakura and Sasuke protect Tazuna." He nodded and him and the rest of Team Seven surrounded the bridge builder. Our new opponent landed on a branch looking down at us. An ANBU Mist mask covered his face. His hair was up in a bun. I pulled the string back on my bow. I started hearing fighting as Davis engaged battle with the rouge Mist ninja. I was about to release my arrow when my vision started spinning. I felt a sharp shooting pain in my skull and my stomach. The pain was too much that I didn't realize I was on the ground screaming. All I could feel is Auron's now my charka drain away. I heard Naruto call to me and my vision blacken and I heard no more.

Konoha. Earlier that same day. A half hour after Team Seven left.

Normal POV.

Auron quietly looked over the underground pipeline layout of Konoha. Over the years all sorts of manner of creatures had invaded the tunnels. No one went down there because the creatures didn't bother the water and sewage systems. Now the Konoha Council have had trouble with the creatures coming out the tunnels and attacking citizens. They did not know how to handle them so they had asked Auron; him being the wiser in the ways of the said monsters; and Fang who can help with his over worldly charka.

The phoenix-in-human-form looked up at the sound of Fang puking up what was left of his breakfast. Several times the Uchiha had gone to the bathroom to vomit up his stomach. The black haired half-breed was coming down with something and it didn't help that it was a full moon tonight. Auron had even suggested in going to the hospital to treat his stomach. Auron was a phoenix but he didn't have that much knowledge in healing human illnesses. Fang was outraged at that and was going to give Auron a piece of his mind at the suggestion when he rushed into the bathroom and let his stomach out. The phoenix laughed at Fang's predicament.

Fang came out of the bathroom wiping his mouth. Auron looked at him with a 'are you going to take my suggestion' look. The Uchiha narrowed his eyes knowing that the red head was right.

"I hate you," Fang growled. Auron smirked.

"I know you do," the phoenix stated knowing to well that Fang only hated him at the moment for stating a fact. Auron got up from his seat and rolled up the blueprints. The local ninja can handle the creatures for a few days. Fang's face turned pale again and Auron grabbed the back of the Uchiha's skull. The black haired half-breed felt a warmth through his body.

"It's only temporary but it'll be enough to get you to hospital," Auron explained as he walked to the door and opened it. Fang groaned and walked out the portal. The phoenix walked out and closed the door behind him. The Uchiha complained the entire way and Auron was about knock the stubborn dark haired Fang out.

They reached the hospital and Fang was having second thoughts. Him and hospitals never really had an agreement with the other. Auron grabbed the Uchiha by the collar of his shirt and dragged him in. The phoenix chunked Fang and the half-breed slid across the floor and hit his back into the reception desk. The nurse looked surprised as the red head walked up to the desk and hoisted the Uchiha to his feet.

"Look I'll deal with it," Fang pleaded to Auron. The phoenix didn't turn his head but glared his eyes at the Uchiha.

"No," Auron stated. "If we don't get it treated it might become worse and Kit will kill me." Fang raised an eyebrow. "Kit would want the satisfaction in killing you herself and if I let you die…." The phoenix let the sentence hang and began talking to the nurse. The Uchiha hung his head. He knew that Auron was joking about Kitana wanting to kill him but still. Fang turned to look at the nurse who picked up a phone. The queasiness was beginning to come back in full force and the Uchiha knelt to the ground, clasping the edge of the desk with one hand and the other covering his mouth. He prominently vomited on the floor. The smell of stomach acid reached his nose and Fang wanted spew some more. Moon, who had been silent for most of the day, laughed.

'Look how weak and pathetic you are,' said his demon. 'You can't even fought off a simple poisoning.' The demon paused. 'No it's more than that. You haven't drunk….' Auron silenced him.

'Enough you pathetic worm! You're hacking on your vessel and you don't realize the danger you both are in!' Moon growled but said not another word as several doctors came around the corner with a gurney in tow. Two doctors helped Fang onto the bed. As he looked ahead, Fang thought he saw Kitana staring back at him down the hallway. Auron stepped in front of his vision. The group began going down the other way. The phoenix moved to the side and the vision of the Claymore was gone. The Uchiha blacked out and didn't wake again for several hours.

Auron looked down the hallway, where Fang had seen Kitana earlier. Or what looked like Kitana. The phoenix knew differently. That Kitana was different. She had come for a reason. After Fang was rolled into surgery Auron followed the charka trail that this different Claymore left for him and for him alone. The phoenix found her on the roof. It was little after noon when the red head stepped onto the roof.

"Why are you here?" Auron asked. This Kitana didn't turn around, just kept looking at the sky.

"Memories," she replied. "Simple memories. Ones that have past for centuries for this one." Auron got a confused look on his face.

"There must be another reason why you're here," Auron was moving to see her face. Kitana turned to reveal a sad face. The phoenix also noticed that this one didn't have a scar across her face.

"The multiverse is a sad place for this one," she said in third person. "Many memories this one has made but none compared to the one that misses this one the most." This future Kitana looked at Auron. "This one has traveled far to get here." She suddenly walked over and clasped the phoenix's hands. "Please save Fang not for this one's sake but for the other Kitana's." The old Claymore closed her eyes and poured knowledge on how to save the Uchiha through Auron's hands. The phoenix was looking down and when the knowledge had stopped he looked up. The future Kitana had disappeared leaving him alone on the roof.

Auron knew what he had to do. He rushed down to Fang's Operating Room and banged the doors open. Several nurses got in his way.

"Sir, you need to leave. You need to wait outside." The nurses pushed the phoenix out and guarded the door. Auron went to the waiting room desk and asked to be notified to what room Fang would be in. The phoenix felt bothered. Something wasn't sitting right. Moon didn't even try to communicate with him. The red head seeped charka through the walls towards Fang. At least it would help.

Several hours later…

"Mr. Phoenix." A nurse walked in carrying a clipboard. Auron got up from his seat and walked up to her. "Mr. Uchiha came out of the surgery alright but we had trouble during the said procedure." The phoenix eyed her.

"What kind of trouble?" he almost growled. The nurse looked nervously around feeling the heat coming off the red head.

"Well, he was having trouble breathing and it seems that there was some damage to his organs." She looked up at him and asked, "did he do something in the past to have those damages?"

"None that I know of or more what he didn't tell me," Auron snorted. The nurse nodded and wrote it down on her clipboard. She sighed with relief when the phoenix turned down his heat.

"You must really care about him," she stated. The phoenix said nothing. "Well, if you'll come this way I'll show you to his room." They left the waiting room and moved towards the stairs. The nurse and Auron reached the third floor and continued down the hallway. The phoenix suddenly stopped. The smell of black charka came to his nostrils. The nurse didn't feel anything wrong and turned back to him.

"What's wrong?" She dropped her clipboard at the sight of Auron. What frighten the nurse was the pure hatred on his face. Auron's eyes glowed with fiery heat The phoenix's charka was visible to all and he could see the black charka leaking out of a doorway not too far away. The dark charka reached out towards the red head's own, wanting to consume it.

Auron pushed past the nurse and walked towards the room. He knew a battle would soon escalate between him and Moon. The phoenix knew the charka well enough to know that it was Moon's.

"Evacuate the hospital. The people are in danger," Auron didn't give the nurse time to protest when he charged into the room. The room was dark and the only light that was showing was the slow rising moon. Moon's eyes glowed an eerie moon blue. The phoenix knew then that Moon had transformed Fang's body to fit his needs. When Auron had entered the room his charka cast a red orange glow into it.

Moon had forced Fang's hair to grow and turned the top half white and the bottom half black. Three claw like tattoos on each side of his cheeks had been highlighted by the glow of Auron's charka. Moon grinned showing sharp teeth and used a forked tongue to lick his lips hungrily. The demon's charka danced about and licked at the phoenix's charka. Moon licked his claw like hands.

"Delicious. Absolutely delicious," Moon's grinned widen at his statement. Auron's face was expressionless. He knew Moon was programmed by the Akatsaki to capture tailed beasts. Fang had resisted the programming but apparently his demon hadn't. To the phoenix, Fang's demon was out of his league. The red head had more fighting experience than the demon hunter. "I've been wanting to fight you since we've met you." Moon was referring himself and his vessel. Auron scoffed at the notion.

"Please," the phoenix said. "I think that you wanted to make out with me more than you wanted to fight me." Auron leaned on one foot and put a hand to his hip. "I know that the flirtations towards Kit was aimed more at me than her." Moon's eyes glowed furiously with rage. The demon charged with god-like speed towards the red head. Auron grinned, grabbed Moon's hands with his own, and pushed forward out the wall of the room. The phoenix wanted to take the fight outside for part of him wanted a bit of destruction done.

Auron spun the both of them in the air and threw Moon into the ground, creating a large crater. Fang's demon growled and pushed himself up. The phoenix had stayed in the air with charka wings.

"You see Moon," Auron explained, "unlike you, whose only hunted demons and never saved a life, I have trained to protect those ones I care about." Moon narrowed his eyes as he got up to his feet. "And you know, I'm going to save Fang." Fang's demon snarled and jumped up to hit Auron square in the face. The phoenix landed into a tree, bending backwards against its will. The tree groaned in protest and a huge snap sounded into the air. The truck of the tree broke in half at Auron's force.

Auron shook his head and heard Moon laughing. The phoenix looked up to see that Fang's demon had formed crude bat-like wings with his black charka. The red head glared and muttered an apology to the tree. Auron got off the tree, grabbed the top half and chunked at the airborne Moon. The white/black haired demon got the tree full face and crashed over the hospital fence and into a nearby building. Half of the structure collapsed and screams erupted into the night. Dust filled the air and Auron floated up into the air to see the damage.

Moon rushed up from the rubble and tackled Auron, slamming the red head into the concrete fence with iron bars. Dust gathered around Auron and when it cleared an iron spike was protruding through the phoenix's chest. Blood soaked through the red head's white shirt and started pouring to the ground below. Moon flew down and brush his fingertips under Auron's shirt. He pulled out his hand and licked the red head's blood. The phoenix's blood started to boil under the demon's feet and he jumped in surprise.

Auron's entire eye balls turned inky black and the proud phoenix pulled himself off the bar and the crumbed fence. The charka that surround the red head turned a darker shade of red. The hole in his chest closed and the blood on the ground flowed back to the phoenix turning into charka. Auron grinned showing equally sharp pointed teeth as Moon. He was also faster than the demon suspected for the phoenix blink out and was in front of him. Moon didn't feel the pain in his chest until looked down and found Auron's arm through it.

"You want to fight dirty, then let's fight dirty," Auron growled in an inhuman voice. Fang's demon felt that he was fighting the devil himself as the proud phoenix's charka embraced him. The charka gave off intense heat and within 30 feet burned. Buildings caught fire and melted as the charka formed a globe around them. With his other hand Auron grabbed Moon's hair and pulled him closer. The red head pulled out his hand from Moon's chest and embraced him. Fang's demon felt a desire to suddenly kiss this mighty phoenix. Moon wanted to taste the lips of the person of this extraordinary power. Auron's grin widen and gave what the white/black haired demon wanted.

Moon suddenly felt like he was being drained. Auron was drain his charka away so he couldn't do more damage. Fang's demon didn't mind though for he got wanted. He got to taste the proud phoenix's lips and a bit of his power. Auron's globe of charka, with the blackness of Moon's, began repairing the damages that he and Moon had wrought. The large moon in the sky shown more brightly that night casting a blue glow on the village of Konoha. And boy are they both going to get it when Kitana Claymore gets back home.

Thank you to anyone who was patient enough with me and liked this chapter. And sorry to the person who owns Fang and Moon. Writer's block sucks and it would move. Now I have the motivation to continue this story. Sadly the block has moved on to a different story.

Next time on Demons: Team Seven start their major battle with Zabuza and his masked friend. Afterwards they come home just in time for the Chunin Exams. Read what happens next time.

Side note. If anyone bugs me enough with reviews I might have the next chapter up before I leave for Basic.