To Fayneir: Tsukiyomi is an illusion designed to inflict whatever torture the user can think of, not the victim if I remember correctly, and would therefore still work. Though it works on only one victim at a time, meaning that any orks summoned will be able to fight on completely unhindered, and since you have to stand still to cast Tsukiyomi, you'd be a sitting duck for any dakka or choppa headed your way.
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The next month team seven, having completed almost thirty D-rank missions/chores, found themselves gathered once again for a D-rank mission when Naruto snapped. They were gathered in the general briefing room where lower class missions were handed out.
"WHAT? Baby-sitting? We become ninja's so we can start baby-sitting? What kind of mission is that Old Man?" Naruto shouted out to the Hokage sitting behind his desk.
"Naruto! show some respect for the Hokage!" Sakura shouted.
"Oh come on! We've been doing these D-ranks for ages, don't tell me you like doing these. We're ready for something bigger." Naruto said, crossing his arms.
"Naruto, I don't think it's safe for you just yet to go out of the village." Iruka put in.
"I'm surprised you say that after what Naruto did in your classroom Iruka." Sarutobi said with a slight smile. "If anything I would have expected you to thank me on your bare knees to let Naruto out of Konoha."
Naruto grinned embarrassedly. They had been tasked with repainting the room, and of course he had got bored, so in order to speed things up, he had used a brand new 'paintbomm'. Unfortunately, Kogs da mek had focused more on the 'bomm' part and less on the 'paint' part. Reactions to the new, ultra-airy classroom had been less than satisfying, and as such they spent the rest of the day putting the walls back up.
"But it is a valid objection nonetheless. Naruto, your team mates also need to agree with this, as well as your sensei." Sarutobi said, turning serious again. "Uchiha Sasuke, do you feel you are ready to take on a fully fledged c-rank mission?" Sasuke merely nodded once. 'One more step closer' he thought.
"Haruno Sakura, do you feel ready to take on a fully fledged c-rank mission?" Sakura looked over at Naruto and Sasuke, both of which were staring at her expectantly.
'I won't hold them back! Besides, Sasuke-kun can always protect me if it gets dangerous, and then there's still Kakashi-sensei.' she thought, and said confidently "Yes Hokage-sama."
"Very well. Hatake Kakashi, is your team ready as they say?" Kakashi cast a single glance at the determined faces of his team.
"Yes, I believe in them sir. Team seven is ready." he said.
"Then team seven is hereby assigned to protect Tazuna the bridge builder on his journey back to wave." Sarutobi said. "Ah, here he comes."
Naruto looked up at the bridge builder that entered the room. "A drunk? We have to protect a drunken old man?"
"Huh, says the one with the stupid looking face. Are you three brats the ones assigned to protect me?" Tazuna said, barely staying upright.
"YOU! GRAAAH! LEMME GO, I'LL KILL HIM!" Naruto shouted brandishing his new short sword as he was held back by Kakashi.
"You can't kill the client Naruto, that's bad for business. Calm down a little will you?" Kakashi said.
Two hours later, the team assembled by the gate, Naruto bouncing up and down in excitement. It was ticking of Tazuna.
"Sheesh kid, calm down. Looks like ya got lice or something." he said. Tazuna was clearly hung over, yet had a fresh sake bottle in his hand.
"It's my first time out of the village, I'm excited! Who knows what I'm going to discover out here!" Naruto said, examining each blade of grass and each speck of dust with boundless enthusiasm. Three to four hours later, that enthusiasm had evaporated as they walked to Wave.
"Man, I'm bored." Naruto said, crossing his arms behind his head.
"Oh, shut it mister I'm-out-of-the-village-my-first-time. I think we're lucky not running into bandits or the like." Sakura said.
"Say, Kakashi-sensei, could we go any faster?" Naruto asked, ignoring Sakura.
"Well, we could, but that would tire us down more than I'd like. We need to be prepared for an ambush, and that means staying fresh."
"What if I had a technique that would speed us up and not tire us down so much?"
"You have a technique like that?"
"Sure." Naruto made his favourite hand sign and focused on Da Wickid Whirlpool.
POOF!
"Oy liddle boss! Wot do ya need us for? Dere ain't nuffing ter krump!" Kogs said from the top of the battlewagon. Everyone but Naruto looked in shock at the summoned... thing. A great box like construct had been crudely welded on a six-wheeled frame, pipes on the rear belching great bouts of smoke. At each corner of the box stood a big shoota, with random plates of armour riveted in place all over the metal behemoth, and a narrow slit at the front provided the driver a general idea of what was going on outside. The entire thing was painted in red, with the exception of the bumper which had a crude sort of mouth with great fangs painted on it in white and red. On top stood Kogs waving his choppa, obviously annoyed that there was nothing to chop, his faithful grot ammo runt Gurm beside him.
"Aw shut it. Coming guys?... Guys? Hello?" Naruto looked over at the stunned team. "Oh, I should probably introduce you. This is Kogs, big mek of the Evil Sunz and Gurm, his grot ammo runt. Kogs, this is Sakura-chan, Sasuke-bastard, Kakashi-sensei and Tazuna the drunk bridge builder." he said. This shook everyone back from their trance.
"Hey! Pay more respect to your client!" Tazuna said.
"Naruto, couldn't you have come a little sooner with this?" Kakashi asked deadpan.
"No, I wanted to see the world a little closer, so..." Naruto grinned apologetically.
"Ya gonna keep yapping or we gonna drive?" Kogs said bored.
Kogs soon dispelled, annoyed that he didn't get to kill anything. This suited the remaining grots riggers just fine, as they could now stride around the wagon feeling important with impunity.
"YAAAGH! GREEN THINGS! AGAIN!" Sakura shouted as they tried to loot her bag for the nth time. The grots quickly scurried for cover again, having learned the hard way just how powerful her punches could be when ticked. Kakashi was reading his book, being somehow able to ward off any grot attempts to loot him without even looking up. In a corner, Tazuna was engaged in a drinking contest with some other grots, and losing. Badly.
"Ya liddle *hic* rats! 'Ow come ya not dead yet?" he slurred as he saw Gurm down a bottle of sake reaching up to its thigh.
"Weese been *hic* zeatin'!" the Gurm slurred, now well and truly drunk. "Ya see we swap when ya not *hic* lookin' and... I sayz dat out loud didden I?" Tazuna had fallen asleep, and therefore missed the statement.
"Hah! Us grots is da best!" the Gurm said defiantly before fainting as well.
Up front, Naruto was having a great time driving, grinning madly as he swerved round another corner, honking the horn at passers-by. The other travellers were often terrified by the wagon, to the great amusement of the grots who were standing on top, waving a banner and making rude gestures. Sasuke gave them an annoyed look.
'Idiot summons for an idiot user. Fitting I guess.' he thought, before returning to his brooding.
Nobody noticed the puddle of water they raced through.
Having wasted their first opportunity for an ambush, due to the wagon moving too fast for them to catch up, the demon brothers quickly took a shortcut to their second ambush site, where they spanned their chain across the road. Then they realised what the flaw in their plan to stop a multi-ton wagon going a hundred miles an hour using only their own weight was.
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The battlewagon approached. The demon brothers drew their chain tight, and prepared to strike the wagon. The weapon glittered with poison and sharp edges, used hundreds of times before on human flesh. Well maintained, utterly lethal and- The wagon struck the chain, pulled the brothers along through sheer momentum, and drew them closer so that they wound up being crushed to a bloody paste under the rear wheels.
Naruto frowned. He could have sworn he heard a slight 'tink' coming from the front.
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"We need a new plan!" the twins shouted out to each other.
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Plotline development! What will the new plan be? Even I don't know yet, so until next time.
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