Kakashi groaned as he woke up, looking with his one eye around the room. "Where am I?"
"At our client's house." Naruto said, coming in. "I was just gonna check up on you. Hungry?"
"Yeah. Let's get some food."
Throughout dinner, the Gennin were all talking amongst each other, bar from Sasuke and Naruto, Sasuke his usual brooding self, and Naruto deep in thought. Finally, he spoke to their Senseis.
"Kakashi-Sensei, Gai-Sensei, I don't think Zabuza's dead." The whole room quieted hearing this.
"What do you mean, Dobe? We saw that hunter kill him."
"Now, Sasuke, allow Naruto to prove his statement." Kakashi said. Why do you say that?"
"Three things actually. The weapon the Hunter Ninja used, the place the weapon hit, and the behavior of the Nin itself. Those weapons were senbon needles. By themselves, they pose no threat whatsoever, but if you hit certain points in the body, you can produce various states, even death if you are accurate enough. They're mostly used in acupuncture, because it's nearly impossible to kill someone with the. Second, the two points on the neck the senbon struck are special nerve points which can cause a death-like state on the victim. And finally, the codex of the Hunter Nin requires the destruction of the body instantly, in the exact same spot the body fell. And the Hunter Nin dragged Zabuza away."
"That's complete bull." Sasuke scoffed.
"Actually Sasuke, everything he said is true. I was just thinking about the same thing, and have come to the same conclusion. Some Gennin you got there, Gai." He said, turning to the man.
"Thank you my most youthful rival. Naruto is indeed overflowing with the springtime of youth."
"Yeah, yeah, whatever. So from tomorrow, we will be training for the encounter."
The next day, the eight ninja were in the forest, listening to Kakashi as he explained the exercise. "You will need to climb trees."
"But we already know how to do that." Tenten said.
"Ah, but without your hands."
"Yeah, like I said, we already know how to do that." Tenten deadpanned. "We've been Gennin for over a year now, and Naruto already knew that."
"Indeed my youthful students. We shall go and practice away from here so as to not distract my rival's youthful students. Follow me." He shot off, only a green blur. Lee eagerly ran after him, almost as fast. Tenten and Naruto sighed, and Tenten too started running, and Naruto just walked away, his red cloth moving with the wind.
At the end of the week, we find Naruto sleeping in his bead. He had been out training late last night, an Gai had decided to let his sleep. He was awoken by a scream. Getting a bad feeling, he jumped through the window to the ground.
Two wannabe samurai held Tsunami, the daughter if their client, at sword-point, and Inari, Tsunami's son, was charging at them blindly. He narrowed his eyes and stopped time completely.
He walked to the two samurai and, taking one of his swords, stabbed them in the hearts, before dragging them off and dumping them into the ocean. He then started walking to the bridge. As soon as he was out of sight from the two civilians, he let time flow again. The two were now very confused. What they didn't see was a small pile of sand on the ground where the two samurai were just a moment ago.
When Naruto got to the bridge, he assessed the situation carefully. On one side, Gai and Kakashi were fighting Zabuza, and on the other, Lee, Sasuke and Tenten were battling the Hunter Nin. He saw the nin fly through one of the strange mirrors not a second later, and went to help Kakashi and Gai.
Zabuza started panicking when that weird blond appeared besides the two Leaf Jounnin. Great. I had enough problems already.
He charged at Naruto as soon as he appeared, intent on catching him off guard, but his blade was met by the Eagle swords. The two ninja traded blows, before Naruto managed to cut one of Zabuza's leg ligaments. Zabuza fell to one knee, unable to move. As Naruto swung for the Mist nin's head, his sword was intercepted by something. A body that belonged to the mysterious Hunter Nin was impaled on his sword.
"Heh, a loyal tool to the end, eh Haku?" Naruto tried to pull out his sword, but Haku held his hand.
"I will not allow you to hurt Zabuza-sama, Naruto-san. I am sorry."
Zabuza finally managed to get up and swung his sword determined on cutting right through Haku if it meant it would kill the bothersome Gennin as well. Naruto frowned, and his golden eyes blazed, before he pulled Haku out of the way, meeting the zanbato with his other sword. He was now at a slight disadvantage, but he still parried every blow Zabuza sent his way, which was driving the eyebrowless Missing Nin insane.
In fact, Zabuza was so mad that he made a mistake and slipped. The slip cost him his head, as Naruto use the advantage given to him.
Naruto finally managed to pry his blade from Haku's grip, and laid his body next to Zabuza's, nodding to Kakashi who sent a stream of flame at them, burning the bodies.
Then, a clapping disturbed the silence that fell on the bridge when Naruto was fighting. The mist encompassing the far side dissolved, and revealed Gato, along with his army of two hundred mercenaries.
"So the brat managed to kill the Missing Ninja. Good, I wasn't planning on paying them, anyway. Those ninja scum are too expensive. I got this little army for half the price. Now attack." He yelled to his army. "Leave none of the males alive. We'll keep the females for our… pleasure."
Now, normally Naruto was extremely calm and collected, so much so that he never got angry before today. Key words being before today. His golden eyes shone brightly, as he walked slowly towards Gato.
"Ha, and who is this one? He looks like he's willing to die first."
"Who am I?" Naruto growled, as some sort of darkness started creeping towards him. "I am Uzumaki Naruto. I am your Executioner. I AM THE DAHAKA!" He roared the last word, transforming into a giant black creature with horns in the form of the infinity sign. His golden tattoos shone brightly against the dark skin, and sand started to pour out of them and onto the ground. He lifted the sand, controlling it with his will, and charged at the makeshift army.
What ensued could only be described as a massacre. Within only minutes, he cut down all the thugs but one, and was standing over Gato, his sword at the man's neck, glowing.
"Um… mercy?" Gato quivered.
"No." Naruto took off Gato's head, and turned to the only bandit left. "I did not spare you out of the goodness of my heart. You have a purpose still. You will go to every bounty office, and you will tell them that the villages and people of Leaf and Wave are under the protection of the Mighty Dahaka, the Guardian of Time. If you do not do as I said, I will turn you ever so slowly into sand. And trust me, I will know. Now be gone!" The thug nodded and ran away as fast as his legs could carry him. Then, Naruto turned to his normal self.
"Well, that was fun." Kakashi eye-smiled, making his Gennin team groan, and Gai and his Gennin snicker.