Ch. 6 Hitting the Wave

Disclaimer: Just for a reminder I do not own Darkstalkers or Naruto.

In a small forest clearing, the silver haired pervert Kakashi could be seen relaying messages to his team through a small head piece. At this very moment Team 7 was on an important "search and retrieve" mission and right now they were closing in on their target.

"Maelstrom here, I'm in position," Naruto relayed over his headset, as he crouched down in a bush.

"Avenger here. In position," Sasuke relayed in a bored tone over his radio, as he hid behind some brush.

"Cherry Blossom reporting in position," Sakura said over here set, while she had her back against a tree.

"Do you have a visual on the target?" Kakashi asked.

"Affirmative," Naruto replied.

"Alright then, on my signal ready… NOW!" Kakashi shouted over his headset.

In that instant, the three genin jumped their target.

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"Thank you, so much for bring back my sweet Tora," a large lady complemented as she gave a brown furred cat with black stripes and a red ribbon on its ear a bear hug.

"You're welcome, ma'am, it's the least me and my squad could do," Kakashi replied as he looked over at his group, only to have three sets of eyes glaring at him.

Each one of the jonin's charges was covered in claw marks, with Sasuke being the worst from both insulting and trying to hit Tora before.

"From having to put up with that, I can see why, he always escapes," Sakura whispered to her teammates who agreed in their own way.

As the team watched the lady leave, Sarutobi began to shuffle some papers and began to look over the suppose missions, while next to him Iruka began to look over some of the other teams there.

"Now that you've completed your mission, your next one is either…" the Hokage said before being cut off.

"NO!" Sasuke shouted as he slammed his hands down on the mission's desk.

"I demand that I get a real mission, not these stupid chores, you call missions,"

"Sasuke! Show some respect for the Hokage," Iruka shouted as he glared at the unruly teen.

While this was going on both Kakashi and Sakura couldn't help but look over at Naruto. Who at the moment was watching the scene with little interest.

"I'm surprised Naruto, I thought you would be the one to ask for a tougher mission," Kakashi said as he decided to break the ice of the moment.

"Well, I had some help learning how to be a little more patient," Naruto replied as he laughed at the memory of it.

*Flashback*

Staring at the steaming bowl of goodness as Naruto liked to call ramen. He began to wonder why Jon had taken him out for a bowl when his answer suddenly came.

"Now I want you to wait five minutes before you start eating," Jon said as he began on his bowl.

"Why should I do that?" Naruto asked as he wondered about his guardian's motives.

"So you can learn to be a little more patient, trust me on this. Sometimes it's a good idea to slow down a little and wait for something," the guardian replied.

"So I just have to wait five minutes then I can start eating?" the young teen asked as he glared at the lycan, who only nodded towards his question.

"Then this will be easy," Naruto shouted as he grinned and looked back at his bowl.

"We'll see," was all Jon said as he ate.

It wasn't till almost a minute into the little challenge when the ramen fanatic began to show signs of weakness.

It first started with a simple tapping of the foot, followed by finger drumming, and then breaking out in a cold sweat and finally eye twitching.

All of sudden the wind picked up and blew a steaming broth towards him, which caused the dam to finally break.

"I need it!" Naruto shouted as he lunged for the bowl.

Only for his shout to be ended by a loud crack sound. Looking up both Ayame and her father couldn't help but sigh as they watched Jon lift his fist from the back of the blonde's head. As the said blonde was now face down on the counter.

"Try it again," was all, the guardian said as he continued with his own meal.

*Flashback End*

Naruto couldn't help but chuckle as he remembered that it took him seven tries until he got it right.

"Well then, if you want a tougher mission, I believe Team 7 has done enough D ranks to receive a C rank for now," Sarutobi said as he began as he produced a scroll, from the nearby selection.

"Here you go. You're in charge of guarding a client from bandits and thieves as he makes his way home in the Land of Waves,"

"Cool, so who are we guarding?" Naruto asked as he watched Sarutobi hand the scroll over to Kakashi.

"A bridge builder by the name of Tazuna," Sarutobi replied as he took a few puffs from his pipe.

"And that would be me," said an elderly man who wore a pair of round lensed glasses and spoke in a drunken slur, while at the same time smelt like cheap alcohol.

"So these are the brats, who are going to protect me. Hah, what a joke. The dark haired one looks like he would kill over any minute, the pink haired one looks like a wimp, and the blonde looks like complete dumbass," the drunken bridge builder added.

Hearing this both Sasuke and Sakura wanted to snap the man's neck but where shocked when they saw their blonde haired teammate stepped forward a few feet and smiled to Tazuna before saying.

"Hi my name's Naruto, and I'm the guy not judging you on your drunk ass appearance,"

From this almost everyone couldn't help but stare at the young genin in shock at what he had said to the client. With the exception of Iruka and Sarutobi who were instead chuckling a little under their breaths.

"Well then, all insults aside. I want you all to meet me at the East gate in one hour with enough gear packed for a few weeks, understand?" Kakashi ordered as he looked over his charges.

"Yes sensei," was the reply he got from each one of them as they left for home to pack.

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"Alright road trip," Naruto shouted in joy as he walked in front of the group as they left the village gates.

When they passed by the guard stand, the chunin duo Izumo and Kotetsu couldn't help but laugh at the blonde's antics.

"Remember when we use to be genin and we went on our first C-rank mission, out of the village?" Kotetsu asked his friend as he leaned back in his seat.

"How could I forget. Man those were the days," Izumo replied as he laughed at the memory.

As the two settled back to their business, they were suddenly jolted by a loud thud from on top of their station.

Before the two could lean out and see what caused the sound, a familiar blue and white furred lycan hung down from the roof before them.

"Excuse me, have either of you two seen a group consisting of a boy with blonde spikey hair, a girl with pink hair, another boy with a duck's ass on his head, and a sad lonely man with an orange book?" Jon asked the stunned chunin.

Without saying a word, both Izumo and Kotetsu pointed towards the direction Team 7 had gone.

"Thank you gentlemen, now keep up the hard work," Jon said as he leapt off the building and into the woods towards Team 7.

"Was that, what I think it was?" Izumo asked his partner as he continued to stare in shock at the retreating figure.

"Yes, yes it was," Kotetsu replied as he stared also.

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It wasn't a few minutes out of the village, till the group began to grow bored, so to pass the time, Kakashi tried to impress his students by telling them about his knowledge on chakra and the hidden villages.

Which don't go as planned, considering that each one of them were ignoring him in their own way.

As the group continued to walk, they failed noticed a puddle sitting in the side of the road, with the exception of Naruto, who accidently stepped into it and Kakashi, who acted like he didn't even notice it.

When the group was a few yards away two figures began to rise out of the puddle, although one was rubbing his now sore eye. Both were wearing camo pants, black cloaks, respirators, and hidden mist headbands, but what stood out the most were the gruesome looking gauntlet both of them had on their arms.

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As the group continued to walk, completely oblivious to the looming danger, Kakashi was suddenly bound by a long razor bladed chain with both ninjas from before on either side.

"One down," was all the two said before giving the chain a sharp tug causing the silver haired jonin to be shredded to pieces.

"KAKASHI-SENSEI!" Was all two of the three genin could say as they watching the scene unfold.

All three genin couldn't help but stare in a mixture of shock and fear, as their sensei was killed right before them. Before they could make a move the two assassins suddenly vanished.

"Where did they go?" Naruto shouted as he searched for the two, only to suddenly feel two presences behind him.

"Two down," was what one of the assassins said as both he and his partner stood behind the blonde genin.

Seeing the two in the corner of his vision, Naruto almost out of instinct, quickly threw his right arm back and slammed his elbow right into the face off the enemy ninja, causing the said nin to draw back a few steps in pain.

While still feeling the momentum from the hit, Naruto suddenly felt some inspiration on how to take one of the guys out.

While falling back, Naruto quickly threw his right hand out and performed a one-handed, hand stand before bring his left foot down hard on the back of the injured man's head, causing him to be slammed into the ground.

"BROTHER!" was all the man's now identified brother shouted before receiving a flying kick from the now un stunned Sasuke.

Watching her teammates take on the two assailants, Sakura quickly threw herself in front of Tazuna to defend him, in case one of the enemies tried to make a break for him or had someone lying in wait to attack.

As Naruto and Sasuke watched as the two brothers leap back once more. The two mist nin's unlocked the chain from their gauntlets.

The two genins braised themselves as the assassin duo quickly leapt at them with the bladed gauntlets drawn back ready to strike. Only to be clothed lined by a supposed to be dead jonin.

"Kakashi-sensei!" both Naruto and Sakura shouted in both shock and joy while Sasuke only hmed in annoyance.

"Were you, expecting someone else," Kakashi replied casually with an eye smile.

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After a quick explanation on how he survived by using a substitution jutsu, while at the same time explaining how he noticed the two assassins where actually the puddle they passed. Kakashi then began to grill the two mist nins.

"Now why would the Demon Brothers, bother going after an old bridge builder?" Kakashi asked as he stared at the now tied up killers.

"Like we're going to tell you, old man," one of the brothers shouted.

"I wasn't talking to you, I was talking to our employer," Kakashi replied as his gaze shifted from the two to Tazuna.

"You should know Tazuna, we were only instructed to guard you against bandits and thieves but now that these two have shown up this mission has changed from a C rank to a B rank. So now, what do you have to say to yourself?" Kakashi asked as he continued to stare at the bridge builder who could barely keep his gaze with the silver haired man.

"Right now we should turn back and report to the Hokage what has happened but since you three have handled the situation so well, I'm going to let you three decide, should we stay on the mission or head back?" the jonin asked as he looked towards his charges. Who each shared a serious look on their faces.

"I say we finish it. I haven't stepped down from a challenge and I'm not going to start now," Naruto shouted as he raised his fist in determination.

"If the dope, feels like he can handle it then this should be easy for me then, since I am the best there is," Sasuke said cockiness.

"If both Sasuke and Naruto think we can do it, then I'm all in," Sakura said in her own confidence while barely realizing that she had acknowledged Naruto for once rather than only focusing on Sasuke.

"So it's decided then, we shall continue. Although, I still want an explanation from you before this trip is over," Kakashi said as he turned towards Tazuna once more who only nodded in reply.

"So what should we do with these two?" Naruto asked as he pointed towards the Demon Brothers.

"Leave them to the hunter nins. They'll take care of them," Kakashi replied as he led the group forward.

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As soon as the group was out of site, one of the brothers turned towards the other before saying.

"Weren't we supposed to have someone attack them from behind just in case, something like this were to happen?"

"We were, but I guess he ran off when the jonin reappeared. Wouldn't blame him though, I would too if I was in the same situation," the other replied.

Unknown to both the brothers, about a few yard back a pair of camo and sandal covered legs could be seen being dragged off into the brush on the side of the road, while followed by a blue furred tail.

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Omake

As Team 7 left through the gates, a certain Hyunga stalker could be seen watching them leave.

"Oh, Naruto, I hope you come back safe," Hinata said to herself.

"Don't worry, he'll be fine," Felicia replied as she hoped out of the young girls jacket hood and onto a nearby trash can before changing into her human like form.

"Besides while he's gone, we need to improve on your image so when he gets back he'll have no choice but to look at you," she add with a feline grin.

"How do we do that?" Hinata asked nervously.

"Simple, first we'll train you till your skills are at an unbelievable level, while at the same time change your look," the cat girl replied as she rested her hands on the you girl's shoulders.

"For starters why don't we open this jacket and let the world see your growing beauty," Felicia said as she unzipped the Hyunga girl's jacket to reveal that Hinata was an early bloomer.

While this was going on a civilian man could be seen walking by only to have his gaze suddenly focused on the two beautiful endowed women standing nearby, despite his focus being on something else, the man barely had time the notice the pole in front of him before it was too late.

Hearing the sudden bang, both Hinata and Felicia looked over to see the man lying down on his back, out cold after making contact with the pole.

"Maybe we should hold off on taking the jacket off for a while," Hinata suggest before they heard another crash come from above, which was followed by a loud shriek.

Looking up the two saw a shinobi leaping out of broken window fear while being pursued by an angry kunoichi. From the looks of it the said shinobi had experienced the same fate as the civilian except for the fact he was above ground level rather than street level.

"Yeah, that would be a good idea," Felicia replied as she zipped the jacket back up.

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