here's chapter six! hope you enjoy :)
disclaimer: i dont own Naruto, Emininem, Adele, or playstation Vita
It was about nine in the morning.
Teams 7 and eleven were only a few hours away from the Land of the Waves, and Naruto was thoroughly enjoying the mission thus far. He was currently listening to his PSV, while carefully surveying the surrounding terrain.
Due to his constant banter with the Kyuubi, he had learned to be a lot more perceptive of everything in life. He tried to think before he talked, he also tried to be more aware of his surroundings, he was also starting to figure out how to read people.
The Kyuubi was also enjoying the mission; he rather enjoyed it when Naruto would listen to music.
I'm not afraid (I'm not afraid) to take a stand (to take a stand)
And everybody (everybody) come take my hand (come take my hand)
We'll walk this road together, through the storm
Whatever weather cold or warm
Just let'n you know that your not alone
Holla if you fell like you've been down the same road!
The Kyuubi sang along with Eminem. Adele was the fox's favorite, but he couldn't help but be moved by the rhymes that Eminem produced.
Naruto was walking slightly ahead of the main group, Sakura and Riku were bringing up the rear while Hana, and Tazuna were talking. Sasuke wasn't listening to music, but he was in his own world anyway. He was trying desperately to figure out a way to improve his chakra control in a short amount of time, but he was currently stumped in his conundrum.
Maybe I can work with Naruto after we arrive, the avenger thought. Sai was keeping pace with Sasuke but he was only taking in his surroundings, and not really focusing on much else.
Naruto was blissfully unaware when he passed a puddle on the pathway, and due to the Kyuubi's relaxed state he didn't really think much of it, must've rained during the night, the demon thought lazily.
Sasuke was much more alert though, and immediately went on the defensive when he saw the puddle. It hadn't rained last night, Sasuke didn't get much sleep due to Sakura trying to get into his tent, it also hadn't rained for the past week.
It could be a genjutsu, I should tell Hana-sempai and see what she thinks, Sasuke thought. He stopped walking for a second, and silently pointed out the puddle to Sai. Sai nodded in understanding, and took out his ninja-to and appeared to be cleaning it. Sasuke started walking back towards Hana, but before he could reach her, the puddle exploded and two Mist shinobi that were joined by a chain rushed at Sasuke's back.
Further up the road, Naruto was alerted to the presence of the enemy ninja by the flaring of chakra used to dispel the genjutsu. He wiped his head back to the group behind him just in time to see Sasuke dodge an attack by two ninjas joined by a chain. Naruto immediately put away his Playstation Vita and rushed towards Sasuke to help him out.
Sasuke's developing ninja instincts told him to jump, high. When he jumped, he jumped right over the Demon Brothers attack, due to Sasuke's dodge, Meizu and Gozu lost their balance. Sasuke fell from the air with a drawn kunai, and just before he hit the ground, he threw the kunai with pinpoint accuracy to pin the brothers to a tree, by the chain.
Hana, Tazuna, Riku, and Sakura all watched the action from a distance. Hana decided that the boys seemed capable of handling themselves, and they could use the experience anyway.
The force of the kunai thrown by Sasuke caused the two brothers to be thrown into a tree, that didn't stop them however, for as soon as they hit the tree they disconnected the chain between them and started rushing through hand signs.
Sasuke, Naruto, and Sai were all neck and neck as they rushed the two brothers head on. Naruto saw them speeding through hand signs, and he drew out an explosive kunai and threw it at the duo.
Meizu and Gozu saw the kunai coming, but they decided to try to finish the jutsu. They finished their hand signs just as the kunai hit the tree behind them.
Suton: water wave!
A wall of fire, not as big as Kakashi's wall, sprang from the two mist shinobi's mouth, if they had time to finish the jutsu, it could have caused severe damage to the trio. The effects of the jutsu were short lived, Naruto's explosive kunai detonated in between them.
Meizu was blown from the tree, into the trees that were on the side of the path. He collided with another tree, but he didn't lose consciousness, shit! this hurts, he thought.
No doubt several of his ribs were broken.
Gozu had the worst bet than his brother, he was blown from the tree but he didn't make it to the other trees surrounding the path. He quickly got up just in time to see shuriken and kunai speeding towards him. He dodged the kunai and shuriken despite his injuries. However, he was unable to dodge when someone yelled out Futon: wind slash!
He looked behind him just in time to see a girl with a short sword give slashes at what appeared to be nothing, but it quickly became apparent what the jutsu was. Several slashes of air sped towards Gozu at break neck speeds, he barely dodged the first one, but he was unable to dodge the other four that were sent his way. The slashes of air cut deep gashes on his body; the gashes were located on his torso and his legs. Unfortunately for Gozu, one of the slashes cut both of his femoral arteries. He started swearing at the Konoha ninjas as he collapsed in a pool of his own blood and he bled out.
Meizu saw his brother die, and his survival instincts kicked in, I need to get the hell out of here! He picked himself up from where he sat, and ran as fast as his injured legs could carry him.
Back in the clearing, Hana watched as Gozu bled out, but she quickly recalled that the other brother was blown into the trees, "Sasuke, Naruto go get the other ninja before he gets away," she commanded.
The two boys nodded and sped off towards where Meizu was blown into the trees. Meizu was running-limping through the forest floor in a desperate effort to get away from the ninjas that were on his tail. His breathing was labored, and he was sure that several of his ribs were broken, his right ankle hurt like hell, and his hearing was screwed up.
Naruto and Sasuke's tracking skills were pretty good from tracking Tora constantly, and Meizu wasn't helping himself out by leaving a trail of blood where ever he ran. The two boys caught up to him rather quickly by jumping through the trees. Naruto flung two shuriken at Meizu, and they pinned him in the back of his knees. Meizu swore as he fell down, but he wasn't done yet, under no circumstances was he going to spill any information of his mission. He discretely drew out an explosive note, and covered the sound of it being ignited by yelling out profanity.
Won't he shut up! Sasuke thought as he and Naruto landed a few feet away from where Meizu lay. Naruto walked up to him cautiously and as soon as he reached out to grab Meizu…
KA-BOOM!
It was one of the strongest notes that Meizu had ever owned in his entire life, he had bought it when he graduated the academy; he saved it in a secret pouch and planned to detonate it if he was ever captured.
Sasuke wasn't as close to Meizu as Naruto was, but due to the force of the blast he was blown into a tree ten feet behind him. He hit the tree with a crushing force, and he felt three of his ribs break.
Naruto got the worst of the blast, he was blown into a tree thirty feet behind him, his eardrums were blown out, and his left leg was broken in two places. Naruto also suffered burns across all of his body, his black and orange jacket had been ripped to shreds by the blast, and his pants were charred, not to mention a broken collar bone, broken clavicle, and a few broken ribs.
Back in the clearing, as soon as the note was triggered, Hana, Sakura, and Riku were all on high alert.
"Sakura, stay with Tazuna," Hana ordered.
Sakura nodded her head, and when she looked at the bridge builder, she noticed all of the emotions playing across his face, the one most prevalent was shame.
I wonder what's eating him.
Hana, Sai, and Riku all rushed into the clearing created by the explosion, the first person they saw was Sasuke. He was in bad shape, but because he wasn't as close, he wasn't hurt as bad, but he had several broken ribs, and his eardrums were, damaged, if not ruptured.
"Riku, do you know any medical jutsu?" Hana asked as they examined Sasuke's unconscious body.
"No," Riku said.
"I do," Sai said with his weird smile.
"Good, look over Sasuke and see what injuries he has, we need to find Naruto," Hana said in her commanding tone. The one question she had on her mind was why the hell were missing-mist ninjas here?
Riku and Hana looked around the ruined clearing, trees had been blown to bits and knocked over, and the earth had been ripped up, Hana used here enhanced smell, and they found Naruto pinned by a tree.
"Damn…" Hana muttered as they pulled the tree off of Naruto. She looked over at Riku to see how she was handling the situation. She had tears were streaming down her face as they looked at Naruto. His burns were already starting to heal, but that didn't make him look any better.
I hope that fox can heal him, Hana thought.
"Sai, come over here and look over Naruto, I think he needs attention more than Sasuke," Hana ordered.
"Hai," Sai said as he stopped working on Sasuke, "you can move Sasuke now; there is no risk of injuring him anymore."
"Let's go Riku," Hana ordered, and the two they took Sasuke back to the pathway.
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In Naruto's mind, he woke up in the weird building again, Dang it!
I hope the fox can heal me.
He exited the room and walked down the familiar corridor, he came to the huge room that housed the Kyuubi and he walked inside with absolutely no fear. As soon as he arrived in front of the cage, he immediately addressed the fox.
"Will you be able to heal me?"
The fox opened his eyes and looked at Naruto in a disappointed way, yes I can heal you, but you better be careful next time, didn't it alarm you how much he was screaming? Ninja don't usually make that much noise unless it's for a reason.
"Sorry, I did notice that he was yelling rather loudly, but you really can't blame me, that was my first real combat experience."
True, I take it that you learned your lesson?
Naruto nodded his head, good, now you should go rest, most of your injuries will heal in the next twenty-four hours, so until then I need you to rest while I heal you a minor side effect will be minor amnesia.
"Thanks," Naruto said gratefully.
Do not thank me, if me healing you wasn't for our mutual benefit, I wouldn't give a second thought to letting you die.
Naruto looked the fox dead in the eye, magenta, clashed against red for a brief moment, then Naruto left his mind without another word.
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He woke up feeling rather comfortable, he didn't open his eyes at first, but when he did, he was greeted by the sight of Riku, sleeping next to his bed in a chair. Where am I?
He got up quietly so he didn't wake up anyone else up, he looked around the room, and noticed in another corner Sasuke lay in a bed, his shirt had been taken off, and his whole mid section had been thoroughly wrapped in bandages. Sakura sat in a chair next to Sasuke's bed, and she was also asleep.
What time is it?
He looked down at his right arm, looking for his watch. He noticed that he wasn't wearing any shirt, and his watch was nowhere to be found. He took a few steps from the side of his bed and an intense feeling of hunger swept over him, I need to eat!
He walked out of the room that contained parts of the team; he absentmindedly wondered where Sai and Hana were. He closed the door to the room he just exited, and walked down a hallway, he heard voices emulating from downstairs. As he walked down the hallway, he noticed how soft the carpet beneath his feet was. He arrived at the stairs and descended down them in slow steps.
Naruto was sore all over, he had never been sore or stiff his entire life, so he was very unaccustomed to the stiffness he was now feeling. When he reached the bottom step, all of the voices stopped talking, he looked into the living room that was to his right, and saw five people.
He immediately recognized, Sai, Hana, and Tazuna, but the other two people in the room were a mystery to him.
"N-Naruto, what are you doing awake?" Hana asked in a frightened tone, he should be asleep for another two days at least!
"Why wouldn't I be awake?" Naruto asked obliviously.
"You don't remember what happened?" Hana asked.
"No, I remember to ninjas attacking us, I remember one of them was killed by Riku, but after that everything goes black."
At least he remembers the mission, "Naruto, you remember Tazuna?" Hana asked as she signaled to the old man.
Naruto nodded hid head, but before he could ask whom the other two people were, Hana answered his unasked question, she beckoned towards a pretty woman with black hair.
"This is Tsunamis, and this is the ANBU Cat," Hana said while gesturing towards the other person in the room. I get a bad vibe from that cat guy, Naruto thought, "Hello Tsunamis-san, Cat-senpai," Naruto said as he gave a respective bow to the other people. Tsunamis gave a slight blush at the shirt less boy, but before she could say anything, Naruto asked a question, "So what happened to me and Sasuke?"
"After one of the Demon Brothers was killed by Riku, the other attempted to flee, so I sent you and Sasuke to capture him, you both caught up to him, but before you could capture him, he detonated an HE (high explosive) tag, which killed himself, and gravely injured you and Sasuke.
A HE tag! I'm lucky to be alive! Naruto thought, HE tags were only available to jonin, and ANBU in Konoha, but they were not as restricted in other villages.
"How long have I been out?" Naruto asked in an emotionless voice.
"Only one day," Hana said, "you had a broken leg and collar bone, ruptured eardrums, several broken ribs, and third degree burns across all of your body."
"Damn…" Naruto muttered, I'll have to remember to thank the fox.
"How badly hurt is Sasuke?" Naruto asked, his voice portraying emotion.
"He only had a few broken ribs, but he'll be fine in a couple weeks, you both should thank Sai, he stabilized your condition on the way here," Hana stated.
"What happened after the explosion?" Naruto asked.
Flash Back
Sai ran over to where Naruto lay in the destroyed trees, he noticed that his burns were already starting to heal. He ran a diagnosis jutsu on him, and paled even more when he learned Naruto's injuries. He didn't attempt to move him, but from his pack, he pulled out a small pill. The pill replenishes most of the fluids lost from burns; he took the pill, and liquefied it using a fire jutsu. He caught the liquefied pill in a small beaker, and took out a syringe. He drew the liquefied pill into the syringe, the liquid was really hot, and when he injected it into Naruto, the blonde boys gave a groan of pain.
Sai then began to heal the injuries that he could while he waited for Riku and Hana to return.
When Hana and Riku brought Sasuke back to Sakura, and Tazuna, as soon as Hana let go of Sasuke she reached for Tazuna and lifted the old drunk by his collar.
"What the HELL was that!" Hana bellowed at the poor man, "We weren't supposed to encounter any enemy ninja! We aren't prepared to fight any opposing shinobi!"
Compared to most of her clansmen, Hana was milder in spirit. She rarely spoke with out thinking of the consequences, something her little brother hadn't mastered yet…
However, whenever one of her comrades was injured or she became frustrated, she would fly off the handle just like her mother. Tazuna admitted to himself that he probably deserved whatever punishment he given, but weren't ninja supposed to be on alert at all times?
"You'd better explain quickly, because Naruto is more injured that Sasuke, and I want a quick explanation!" Hana stated, the venom easily heard in her voice.
The old man gave a sigh of defeat, "You might want to send the girls to get Naruto, it's a long story." Hana lowered the drunk, and turned to Riku and Sakura, "Go and assist Sai, and when he is ready to be moved, help him move Naruto."
"Hai," both girls said, and they ran back into the forest to help Sai. Hana turned back to Tazuna, and her face immediately hardened, "Spill it," she ordered. Tazuna told Hana about Gato, how he was starving people, and how the bridge was the only way to stop the poverty. The part that really struck Hana though was when Tazuna said that the combined money of the village had paid for the mission. The whole village could only pay for a low C-rank mission! Hana thought. Part of her really wanted to help the old man out, but a third of her team had just been injured, and who knew what type of other ninja Gato had hired. While she was silently debating the situation, an ANBU dropped from the trees.
"Hello Inuzaka-san," the ANBU said with a slight bow.
"Oh, Hello Cat-san, did the Hokage send you?" Hana asked curiously, why would an ANBU be sent without me requesting reinforcements?
"Yes," the ANBU lied, "I was tasked with watching you from a distance, but not interfering in anyway unless necessary."
Hana nodded her head in understanding; she looked over to the forest just in time to see the girls carrying Naruto's injured form.
"What is the extent of his injuries?" Hana asked.
"Naruto-san has several broken ribs, a broken foot and leg, other broken bones, and third degree burns across his body," Sai started, "Hello Cat-san, I haven't seen you in a long time."
"Hello Sai," the Anbu said in his deep voice.
Riku looked over the ANBU, and a feeling of trepidation swept over her, he talks in that same weird way just like Sai.
"You two know each other?" Sakura asked.
"Yes, Cat-san has been a friend for a long time," Sai lied.
"Cat-san, do you think it would be wise to continue the mission?" Hana asked, looking for another opinion on the matter.
"I would be able to assist you in your efforts, and I'm sure that Namikaze-san will be fine in a couple days, I looked over everyone's hospital records before I left, and despite suffering several severe injuries in the past, he has never been in a hospital for more than two days."
It would be very helpful to have an ANBU help out, but what about Sasuke? He won't heal as fast as Naruto, Hana thought, Maybe Sai can give him medical jutsu to speed up his healing…
"We'll continue with the mission, but when the funds become available I expect an A-rank mission to be paid in full," Hana said to Tazuna. The old man nodded his head earnestly, and began to thank them for helping out his nation.
"How far is it to your home?" Hana asked Tazuna.
"Its two miles, and we have to cross a river, but transport can be easily arranged."
The Hana nodded and the group started back down the path towards Nami no Kuni. Cat brought up the rear of the group, and he sent a messenger bird back to the Hokage (Danzo). Sakura and Sai carried Sasuke, but Riku insisted on carrying Naruto by herself.
They arrived at Tazuna's house around three in the after noon, it was on the outskirts of town, so the group didn't get to see any of the poverty that plagued the land. The house was a modest two story house with three bedrooms, and one bathroom. The group walked up to the house, and Tazuna knocked on the door, "Tsunamis I'm home," the builder said.
They waited a minute until the door opened, and they were greeted by a pretty woman with black hair, is that his wife! Sakura and Riku thought.
"Hi Dad," the dark haired woman said as she gave Tazuna a hug.
"Tsunamis, these are the ninja that came to help us out," Tazuna said as he gestured towards the group, their so young! Tsunamis thought.
"Hello, and thank you for coming to help out the village," Tsunmis said as she led them inside of the house. The house had a traditional Japanese layout, but it had a western style dinning room table.
As soon as everyone was across the threshold, Tsunamis immediately turned to Riku, and Sakura, "the two boys can be put upstairs in the first bedroom on the right." Riku and Sakura nodded, and they took the boys upstairs. When they reached the bedroom Riku immediately deposited Naruto on the nearest bed as softly as she could, she loved him with all herheart, but he could be pretty damn heavy!
Sakura and Sai walked to the bed across the room, and very gently put Sasuke on it. Sakura looked down at Sasuke's face, her emotions were clearly playing across hers, she had tears streaming down her face, her pink hair was a mess, and she had smudges of dirt all across her body. Please get better Sasuke-kun, she thought as she gently stroked his hair out of his face.
Riku made Naruto as comfortable as possible, she noticed that most of his burns had already healed, and his broken leg looked like it had been set. She didn't know about the healing factor of the fox, so she thought it must be the Namikaze bloodline. She gave him a quick kiss on his forehead, and exited the room. Sakura saw that Riku gave Naruto a kiss, and she was considering doing the same thing, but Hinata likes him, what type of friend would I be if I kissed Sasuke?
She decided against it, if she was going to kiss him she would do it when he was awake. When Sakura arrived downstairs, Riku was in the kitchen helping Tsunamis prepare dinner, Hana and Tazuna were discussing a timetable for the completion of the bridge, but Sai and the ANBU were nowhere to be found.
"Where did Sai go?" Sakura asked to no one in particular, "He and Cat went to the bridge to check it out." Hana said. Sakura then just sat down and waited for dinner, she was exhausted, but she would stay by her Sasuke-kun through the night.
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WITH SAI
Sai and the ANBU were walking on the bridge while conversing, "So you were sent by Danzo-sama to keep an eye on Naruto?"
"Yes," the ANBU responded, "I wasn't supposed to interfere unless absolutely necessary, I weighed the risk and benefits, and decided that Danzo-sama would be angrier with me if Namikaze-san and Uchiha-san were killed," the ANBU said. ANBU Cat had trained Sai when he was in the ROOT, Sai wasn't officially (in Danzo's books) in the ROOT anymore, but he still took orders from Danzo. The two were walking along when an unnaturally thick mist settled on the bridge, that's odd, mist usually doesn't form in the evening, Cat thought. The two started walking back to the house, when an intense killer intent radiated from somewhere in the mist. The duo quickened their pace to get out of the mist, and back to the house.
Cat and Sai didn't speak about anything that happened on the bridge during dinner, Cat didn't eat his food, he ate outside where no one could see his face.
The group at the table discussed everything from everyone's personal lives to the mission and the bridge.
FLASH BACK END
"All of that took place yesterday," Hana said, "Are you healed enough to help protect Tazuna today?"
"Yah, I'm just a little sore," Naruto said, "I'll do a little stretching, oh, and is there a shirt I could borrow?" Naruto asked while scratching his head sheepishly.
Tsunamis and Hana both blushed when they looked at his naked torso, "I don't think I have anything that would fit you," Tsunamis said while blushing.
"Oh, I'll just steal one of Sasuke's," Naruto said with a small laugh. He then went back upstairs into the room, just in time to see Riku waking up. She yawned and stretched (Naruto gave a small blush when she stretched) she gave a small eep, and gave Naruto a bone crushing hug.
"You baka, why'd you get yourself blown up!" RIku asked when she let go of him. "I didn't mean to," Naruto said while scratching his head, "how was I supposed to know he had an HE tag primed to explode?"
Riku visibly paled when she heard HE,
HE! He's lucky to be alive!'?she gave him another hug, and even a kiss on his cheek, "Well, next time be more careful," she said into his ear. Naruto gave another blush when she let go, and he started looking through Sasuke's stuff for a shirt.
"Are you going to help us protect Tazuna today?" Riku asked while he was searching for a shirt. She hoped he would stay behind, and rest a longer.
"Yah, we're actually leaving in a couple minutes," Naruto said, "He forgot to pack a spare shirt to?" Naruto said in an exasperated tone.
"I like the view without a shirt," Riku said in a teasing tone.
"I bet you do," Naruto said in a slightly irritated tone. The only other shirt he had was a black t-shirt, but that would offer no protection, and it wouldn't keep him warm on the chilly morning. He reached into his bag and put it on. Naruto was now wearing all black, he had on the black t-shirt, and black cargo pants. While he was getting ready he had one thought on his mind, how the heck did I pack a spare pants but not a shirt?
Riku and Naruto exited the room a second later, and when they arrived downstairs Tazuna and Hana were waiting for them.
"Where's Sai?" Naruto asked.
"He and Cat already left for the bridge," Hana answered, "Lets go."
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While they were walking towards the bridge, Naruto and Riku brought up the rear and they were conversing between themselves, Hana was asking Tazuna some questions.
"Have there been any attempts on your life?"
"No, I have had several threats, but nothing else."
"Ok, how long does the bridge have till completion?"
"Only a couple days, but I think Gato'll try to waste me before I finish."
Hana nodded in undestanding, "We'll do everything in our power to protect you."
Tazuna thanked her, and when they arrived at the bridge a man walked up to Tazuna. The man was dressed in nothing more than rags, his ribs were clearly visible, his sandy blonde hair was very dirty, and he walked with a small limp. "Tazuna, I've been doing some thinking, I don't think I should continue helping build the bridge."
"Daisuke," Tazuna pleaded with the man, "I've hired some ninja to protect us, we only have three days till completion!"
"Gato's men came to my house last night, they said if I don't stop, they'll rape my wife, and sell my kid to slavers," Daisuke stated.
"I'm sorry but I have to look after my family." Daisuke said as he walked away.
"Dammit, he was my best worker," Tazuna said to no one in particular.
"I'll help you out," Naruto said, and just before Riku and Hana could ask him what he was going to do, he used the familiar hand signs, and spawned three shadow clones. Turning to the clone Naruto said, "Listen to Tazuna, help him out in any way possible."
"Hai," all of the clones said and they walked up to Tazuna.
"The clones will do what ever you tell them to," Naruto told the drunk.
Tazuna thanked Naruto, and with the company of the clones, he started working on the bridge.
Nothing much happened for the first couple hours, there were only ten men beside from Tazuna, Hana, Sai, Cat, Riku, and Naruto. Naruto's shadow clones helped Tazuna out a lot, and they could get to many places that normal men couldn't.
When lunch time rolled around, most of the workers, went back to the village to find some lunch, Tsunamis had packed them a basket, and they all sat down and started to eat.
"So how much longer?" Riku asked.
Tazuna finished chewing on his sandwhich before answering, "About five days, give or take one."
"I thought you said that there was only a few days till completion," Naruto said in an accusing tone.
"Hehehe, I said that cause I wanted you guys to help me out," Tazuna said nervously, "You have no idea how much this bridge means to these people," Tazuna said.
"Gato has taken everything away from the wave, and with this bridge I can do my part to help things get back to normal," Tazuna siad with has personally raped many women that I knew before he killed them, he has personally killed many men including my surrogate son, if you come across the chance to kill that man, please make him suffer," Tazuna said quietly. After lunch, and before the men came back to work, Sai excused himself to start healing Sasuke, the Uchiha wouldn't be fully healed by the end of the mission, but he would be combat ready, and that was a huge improvement.
After Sai left, an unnaturally thick mist settled on the bridge. It's the mist from yesterday, the ANBU thought, "everyone get into battle formation!" the ANBU ordered, he was a jonin in rank, so he was the commanding officer on the mission.
Naruto, Cat, and Hana to up a defensive formation, and Riku was forced to stand by Tazuna.
"Cat-senpai, do you know what this mist is?" Naruto asked.
"No, but if my hunch is correct, we could be in for a serious fight."
"Two genin, a chunin, and ANBU, this will be interesting," a voice from inside the mist.
Nothing happened for about a minute, anxiety could be clearly seen on Riku's face, Naruto controlled his facial expression a little better, but upon closer inspection, you could also see he was nervous.
After about a second, a huge wave of killer intent blasted the area where the group stood. Tazuna fainted from the killer intent, Naruto and Riku were deathly pale, Riku looked like she wanted to run, and Naruto's hand was slowly slinking its way to his kunai pouch.
"Don't worry comrades, no one is dying today except our enemy," Cat said in the most comforting voice a member of ROOT could muster. The small vocal assurance was all that Naruto and Riku needed, use some of my killer intent.
Naruto momentarily blinked in surprise, the fox hadn't talked to him since he was injured. How? Just use some of your own, and you will automatically access mine.
Naruto gave a slight nod to no one in particular, and flared his own KI in response. It was rather impressive for a genin, but after a millisecond, its potency increased ten-fold.
Zabuza was only 20 feet from the group, he could not be seen throught the mist, he had been throwing his voice to make him sound like he was somewhere else. Because he was so close to the group, the full blast of killer intent hit him head on.
Zabuza made a grave error, he underestimated his opponent; the strong KI was too much for even him, and he had to drop down to one knee, or pass out from the flood. The sound of Zabuza's knee hitting the ground, was all that Cat needed, he took off into the mist without saying anything to the group. They couldn't see where he went because of the thick mist, they couldn't even see five feet in front of them!
Two questions were going through Hana's mind right now, where did Cat go? How does Naruto have so much KI?
A few grunts, and the sound of clashing metal could be heard through the mist, Naruto grew tired of not being able to see anything and he sped through some hand signs.
Futon: wind flood! This jutsu was basically an enhanced version of wind stream, but it was a lot stronger. A constant stream of wind erupted from Narutos mouth, he spun around to try and disperse the mist. When the mist surrounding him he looked up over to his right, and saw Cat and a ninja with a really big sword, trading blows.
Cat had managed to evade the executioners blade thus far, and now that the mist had been blown away, he could see a whole lot better.
"Riku, get Tazuna off the bridge," Hana ordered, "Naruto, that's Zabuza Momochi, he was a member of the Swordsmen of the Mist before he went rogue, be careful."
"Hai," Naruto said as he drew a kunai and got ready to fight. Hana and Naruto waited for an opportunity to enter the battle, and the opportunity presented itself when Cat had to jump back from Zabuza.
Hana immediately charged in when she saw the opening, Naruto threw his kunai at Zabuza, hoping to distract him while Hana made her approach. Zabuza deflected the kunai effortlessly with his blade, and when Hana arrived, he immediately struck out to counter Hana.
Hana had to use every ounce of her flexibility to get out of the way of the huge sword, she dodged to the right, and quickly drew a kunai and tried to stab Zabuza by getting under his defence.
Hana didn't realize how fast Zabuza was however, and she narrowly avoided getting decapitated by Zabuza. Zabuza immediately went on the offensive, he gave a horizontal slash that Hana had to jump back from, he then gave a vertical slash that started from his feet and went higher than his head.
Hana wasn't fast enough to get away from the slash, but Naruto saw her in trouble, and countered: Futon: repeating wind bullet!
Zabuza was forced to stop his slash, and block the incoming bullets of air, while he was blocking Cat also ran through some had signs: Katon: phoenix fire jutsu!
Naruto wasn't surprised that Cat used fire, it was the most common element in Konoha, Cat seemed to have really good control of his element however, because the fireballs that he released were huge!
I would expect nothing less from Konoha ANBU.
Why would you say that? Naruto asked, while he watched Hana, Cat, and Zabuza fought, Naruto knew he was outclassed in the fight without the Kyuubi's chakra.
Konoha has the least active shinobi of all of the five great villages, Konoha has won every war it has been in thus far however. In other villages quantity is given a higher value than quality, and as thus Konoha has stricter measures for shinobi. To be an ANBU in Konoha, you have to be a jonin, and undergo a fierce psychological, and physical evaluation.
Wow, Naruto thought, Hana had suffered a shallow slash to her abdomen, it didn't bleed much, but it hurt like hell.
Cat was doing fairly well, he still had a lot of chakra, and he was making headway against Zabuza.
Zabuza was getting winded from holding off the two ninja, but he wasn't called the Demon of the Mist for nothing. He jumped over a leg sweep from Hana, he brought his elbow down, trying to elbow Hana in her head. Hana blocked the elbow with her hand, but because Zabuza had jumped into the air, all of his weight was on her arms. She wasn't prepared for the sudden weight that was put on her arms, and they buckled. Zabuza rolled over as he fell towards the ground, he quickly regained his feet and slashed out as Hana tried to regain her footing. She wasn't fast enough, and she suffered s slash from her right arm to her left thigh.
Hana groaned in pain as she started bleeding, she jumped back from Zabuza, and thanked Kami that Cat held the Zabuza back. She landed next to Naruto, and fell down, "Are you alright!" Naruto asked in a slightly panicked voice.
"Do I look ok baka!" Hana snapped at him, "Go help Cat while I try to stop the bleeding," Hana ordered.
Naruto knew there wasn't much he could do, but he do did best anyway.
Naruto did he familiar hand signs as he rushed towards Zabuza, twenty Naruto's descended on the swords man, while he was busy with Cat.
Zabuza could hold off Cat pretty well, but twenty more people added into the mix could be potentially problematic. Naruto stayed back from the melee with another clone and watched as Zabuza threw Cat away again, and decimated his clones.
Well here goes nothing, Naruto thought. He timed it perfectly,
As soon as the final shadow clone was about to be dispersed, Naruto drew out an exploseive kunai, and henged into a very large shuriken. His clone picked him up and flung him at Zabuza.
He's pretty straight forward, Zabuza thought, Cat was making his way back to the battle, Zabuza merely sidestepped the shuriken and charged at the clone he thought was Naruto. As soon as he past Zabuza, Naruto released the henge, pivoted in mid air, and flung the explosive kunai at Zabuza.
Zabuza's "6th sense" was the only thing thata temporarily saved him. He dodge to the left, and the kunai wizzed right past his arm. He realized to late however that their was an explosive note attached to it, he put his arms up to defend himself just as the kunai exploded.
The missing mist nin was blown backwards, and skidded across the bridge, he was dazed, but left unhurt for the most part. His ears would probably need healing after the battle.
Naruto didn't give Zabuza time to recover, he rushed at him with his last kunai. Naruto jumped in the air, and gave a downward strike that Zabuza dodged. Zabuza tried to counter but he was hit in the back by something really hot.
Cat smirked under his mask when he saw Zabuza get hit by his fireball. He had to give it to the kid, that was a pretty ingenious move.
Zabuza was blown forwards by the fireball, and he saw Naruto waiting for him. Naruto stabbed Zzabuza with his kunai right in the chest.
"Argghh," Zabuza groaned as he was stabbed. He looked up just in time to see Naruto brining his hand down to stab him again. Zabuza shifted his feet, and took out the smaller boys legs. Zabuza was bleeding pretty badly, he tried to finish off Naruto while they were both on the ground, Naruto kept dodging his slashes with the big blade, Zabuza was starting to fell very faint, it had only been a minute or so, but what ever the blonde kid stabbed, it had a lot of blood.
Zabuza stabbed at Naruto, but much to his dismay, Naruto just exploded in a puff of smoke. Zabuza looked back to where the real Naruto stood, and inwardly groaned when he saw the boy flashing through hand signs, Futon: wind bullet jutsu!
Wind bullet and repeating wind bullet were slightly different, repeating wind bullet released a repeating stream of smaller bursts of air, but wind bullet released two large burst of air. Wind bullet was used primarily on large groups of opponents, or immobile enemies.
Zabuza was hit head on by the blast.
He felt his ribs crack from the pressure he was blown back off the bridge, and into the woods on either side of the bridge, he looked up and saw the blonde kind, and the ANBU running towards him,
but before they arrived,
everything went
black.
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