Narutoverse
Shira: OB doesn't own Naruto!
Kat: Shira? What are you doing here?
Shira: Shhh! It's a secret!
Kat: O.o Okay… And what's with OB? Is that supposed to be Obi wan?
Shira: No! OblivionRose! Geesh, Kat. Oh yeah, She wants you guys to know she's reeeeeaaaalllly sorry for updating late. The good news is she saved money on her car insurance!
Kat: Um… She doesn't own a car. And I thought the good news was she finally finished that Summer Homework?
Shira: Oh yeah! That's it. Well, I must go steal Kankuro's puppets. But don't tell him he thinks it's Temari and Baki getting their revenge because they think it was him who put the paint all over their bedrolls!! Oh and don't tell Temari and Baki that I put fresh paint on their bedrolls :D I love my team!!!
Kat: Umm… I don't know who those people are, but okay.
Shira: RIIIIGGGGGGHHHHTTTTT. Good one. We don't know whose those people are –wink wink-nudge nudge
Kat: O-kay? Bye, I guess? Umm… Please Read and Review:)
Shira: Well, Kat, I think they're already reading so just review! Oh, and Bye!
-------------------------------------Demons in the Mist------------------------------------------
Naruto and Tazuna were fighting and the team just kept Naruto from attacking their client. "I will be Hokage, Believe it!" Naruto proclaimed.
"Yeah, right." Tazuna slurred and walked ahead. Sasuke ignored them while Sakura sighed. Kakashi was holding back an angry Naruto. Meanwhile, Kat was thinking about the strange feeling that something was about to happen when she stepped in a puddle of water. "Ow!" Huh? Did that puddle just say something…? She continued to walk ignoring it. "Talking puddles… Crazy…" Kat mumbled.
Only a few minutes after walking away from the puddle, two ninjas came out of the ground and captured Kakashi in their chains. The group watched in horror as their Sensei was ripped to shreds by the chains. "Sensei!" Kat yelled. What seemed to be his limbs fell to the ground.
"Kakashi-Sensei!" Naruto yelled in surprise as the ninjas came up behind him to attack. Naruto seemed to freeze waiting for the blow, when Sasuke acted fast and threw a shuriken and kunai to pin the chain, connecting the two ninjas, to a tree. The enemy ninjas stopped as they couldn't move and Sasuke landed on them, a foot on each ninjas' metal claw. Naruto was shocked by how he stopped them. Sasuke held on to the metal claws as he kicked the ninjas in their faces. They both went flying back and the chain connected to their metal claws broke, setting them free.
One of the ninjas was after Tazuna and Sakura knew she had to act fast. She stood in front of him with a kunai in front trying to protect him. "Stay behind me!"
Sakura… Sasuke thought as he saw the ninja go to strike her. He appeared in front of her acting as a human shield waiting for the ninja's claw to slice through him.
Meanwhile, the other enemy ninja went after Naruto. "Naruto-kun!" Kat yelled, drawing out her katana. She was too late, as the ninja scratched Naruto, but she did cut his side with her blade. He groaned, feeling the pain and went towards her to attack.
The enemies' attacks were stopped when Kakashi knocked them out, holding one in each arm. Naruto was on the ground and looked up to see their Sensei.
Sakura was happy to see her Sensei and let out an excited gasp, Kakashi-Sensei! He's alive! She thought.
Sasuke seemed to pout as he thought, Hn… Show off…
"Huh? But he was…" Naruto turned around to where he saw his Sensei's limbs, which were actually logs. Kakashi-Sensei… Used a replacement jutsu…
Kat looked at her teammate's reactions and sighed. Why are they surprised but I had a feeling this would happen…? Though… She looked down at her bloodied katana and dropped it in surprise seeing the blood on it. What did I do…? She had a shocked expression on her face.
"Naruto, sorry I didn't help you right away. I didn't mean for you to get hurt, I just didn't think you'd freeze like that." He continued to walk forward and Tazuna let out a sigh. They saved me after all…
"Good job, Sasuke. Very smooth. You, too Sakura." He turned his head to face Kat and spoke. "Good use of your blade, I suggest picking it up and wiping the blood off." He said. Kat smiled meekly and grabbed the katana.
Naruto was starting to get up and surprised how he screwed up. I… couldn't do anything… But Sasuke was able to in his first real battle… But he wasn't scared at all… Did his calm expression never falter while protecting me…?
"Hey! Are you hurt? Scaredy Cat." Sasuke taunted.
"Sasuke!" Naruto was about to yell at him when Kakashi interrupted him.
"Naruto! There's poison on these guys' claws. We need to remove the poison right away."
"What?"
"We have to get the poisoned blood out. Don't move, or else it will spread."
Naruto looked down at his bleeding hand worried.
"By the way, Tazuna. I need to talk to you." Tazuna looked nervous.
Everyone surrounded by a tree that had the two ninjas tied to it. Kakashi continued to speak, "These guys are Chunins from the Village Hidden in the Mist. They are known to keep fighting no matter what the cost."
One of the mist ninjas spoke through their air mask, "How were you able to detect out action?"
"The puddle…" Kat said. Kakashi nodded his head. "Right, Kat. It hasn't rained for the past couple days so a puddle shouldn't exist."
"Why'd you let the kids fight when you knew that?" Tazuna asked.
"If I was up to it, I could have killed these two within a blink of an eye. But, I needed to know who the target was for these two."
"What do you mean?"
"In other words, were you their target or someone from our ninja group. We didn't hear about you being targeted by ninja. Your request was to protect you from armed groups like gangs and robbers. This mission has to be at least a B. Our job is to support and guard you until you completed the bridge. If we had known, this mission would've been set as a more expensive B-rank. I'm sure you had a reason, but it causes problems when you lie about the mission. This mission is out of out boundaries." Kakashi explained.
"We aren't ready for this mission. Let's quit. We'll need medicine for Naruto's wound after the poisons removed. We should head back to the village and take him to a doctor." Sakura suggested.
"What?" Kat said. She didn't want to abandon the mission now even if she could feel something bad was about to come their way. For some reason I want to see it though… She thought.
"Hmmm… This might be too much. I guess we should return to the village to treat Naruto." Kakashi looked at Naruto as he clenched his teeth.
Naruto raised his kunai in the air and stabbed his hand where the wound was surprising everyone. Why is there so much of a difference… Why am I always… Kuso!
Kat seemed to zone out after this as pictures flashed into her mind. She kneeled down on the ground clenching her katana with her left hand while holding her head with her right. What…
Sakura stepped forward yelling, "Naruto! What are you doing?"
Naruto endured the pain and let the poisoned blood seep out of his wound. I should be becoming stronger… I've completed many missions, and I practice jutsus every day by myself… I'm not going to need saving ever again… I'm not going to run… I won't lose to Sasuke… I swear on it in the pain in my left hand… "With this kunai, I'll protect the old man!" He turned around to face the others, clenching his teeth. He let out a chuckle as he spoke, "We're continuing the mission."
"Naruto, it's cool and all how you removed the poison, but if you lose any more blood you'll die." Kakashi stated.
"…" Naruto paused and started to sweat. His left hand shook.
"We better stop the blood or you'll be in trouble."
"No! I'm too young to die! I still have to become Hokage! Noooo!" Naruto screamed and yelled waving his arms around in the air. Kakashi examined his wound and bandaged it up, noticing how it was healing on its own. Must be the Nine-tailed fox's chakra…
Meanwhile, Sakura noticed Kat in pain. (AN: Took them long enough… -.-')
"Kat! Are you… okay?" She knelt down to the now shaking Kat. Was she shaken up or something by Naruto's act…? What… She's… laughing?
"Bahahahaha!" Kat bellowed and fell back on the ground getting 'WTF?' looks from the other people. "Paha…! Emo…! Haha…! Stigmatism…! Ha!"
Okay, it's official, Kat's lost it. That, or she remembered one of the joke videos she saw of the Naruto show. But the others wouldn't know that.
"Katana-chan? What's wrong?" Naruto yelled, concerned for his teammate.
"I'm… Haha… Fine… I just… Haha… remembered something… ha… funny…" She wiped the tears from her eyes and held her stomach. "Thank God that head ache is gone. By the way, are you okay, Naruto-kun?" she asked.
"You bet!" Naruto proclaimed.
"Can we get on with this mission already?" Sasuke asked.
"Sure, Mr. Emo." Kat laughed again as she got up and sheathed her katana.
Sasuke glared at her and asked. "'Mr. Emo?' What the hell is that supposed to mean?"
"I. Don't. Know." Kat said in a serious monotone voice. So serious in fact it creeped out Naruto and Sakura. "On to the mission!" She yelled, pointing her finger forward and marching ahead. More sweat drops.
Kakashi sighed and thought, What's gotten into her…? I wonder if she remembered something… But why would it be about us…? Kakashi pondered about Kat's behavior and walked ahead.
Katana-chan sure is acting funny… Heh… Mr. Emo… I like Sasuke's nickname… Naruto thought while chuckling. He ran up to catch up with Kat.
Sasuke just grumbled and marched forward shoving his hands into his pockets. I'm not emo…
Kat seems off…Sakura thought. Off? She was crazy! What was that about? I mean Naruto gets hurt and she starts laughing? Inner Sakura yelled. She said she remembered something funny… Maybe it was a flashback? Sakura suggestedI hate flashbacks… Inner Sakura thought. She let out a sigh and caught up with the others.
That girl is crazy… Tazuna thought as he walked in the middle of the group.
They soon are on a boat headed towards the Land of Waves. They have a rower rowing the boat. (AN: What else would he do? '-.-)
"The mist is so thick." Sakura stated.
"Hn." Sasuke… Hned.
Soon they started to come into view of a large bridge. Naruto yelled, "Wow! It's huge!"
"Quiet! They'll hear you! Why do you think we're hiding in the mist and not using the motor?" The rower shushed Naruto, who clasped his hands over his mouth.
"Tazuna-san, before we got off you need to answer a question. Who's after you? And if you don't tell us, our job is done once we touch the shore." Kakashi stated.
"Looks like I have to tell you. No, I want you to know. This mission is probably too much for you guys. It turns out a super-dangerous man is after my life."
"Super-dangerous man?" Kakashi repeated.
"Yes."
"Who?"
"You've probably have heard his name before. The wealthy shipping magnate… Gatou."
"Huh? Gatou is… From that Gatou Company? He said to be one of the world's few extremely wealthy people."
"Who, who? What, what?" Naruto asked, eager to know. The others looked towards them to hear the answer.
"Yes, officially he runs a large shipping company… But secretly he sells drugs and other illegal items, using ninjas and gang members to take over other businesses and countries. He's a very nasty businessman. It was about a year ago he set his eyes on the Wave Country. Through financial and violent means, he quickly took country of the country's shipping company. Since he controls the shipping routes, which are the life of a small island country, Gatou has a monopoly on all business traffic. The only thing Gatou has to fear now is the completion of the bridge."
"I see… Since you're building the bridge your in his way." Sakura stated, thinking about what he said.
"So… those ninjas from earlier were hired by Gatou?" Sasuke inquired.
Naruto had a confused expression on his face obviously stating that he didn't understand any of it. Kat was contemplating about this and something struck her mind. Haku… And Zabuza… Who are they? She thought. Why did those names pop into my mind now?
"But what I don't understand is… If you knew shinobi were after you, why did you hide the fact when you hired us?" Kakashi asked. Tazuna was about to answer when Kat interrupted.
"Kakashi-Sensei, he couldn't afford the more expensive ranks. He said he comes from a poor and small country. If we quit on him once we reach shore he'll be killed for sure!" She stated.
The others looked at her with puzzled expressions and Tazuna said, "That's right. You sure are… super-observant." He stated.
"If I die it won't matter… but my cute little eight-year-old grandson will just cry uncontrollably. And my daughter will live a sad, sad life hating Leaf Village ninjas forever and ever!" He said laughing.
Great… He was playing the 'Whoa is me!' card. Will our ninjas give into this trick? Find out next time!
Shira: What??? What kind of ending is that!
Kat: Yeah, what gives? We didn't even get to see Haku and Zabuza yet!
Shira: I thought you had amnesia.
Kat: I do? Oops… Um… Well I-
Shira: You just assumed since you remembered them?
Kat: Yeah! We'll go with that! And what are you doing back?
Shira: I was bored… And Kankuro would never expect me to hide his puppets in… Where are we again?
Kat: Land of Waves?
Shira: Yeah! Land of Waves.
OblivionRose: Sorry for the cut off! But I'm going out of town and I reeeeaaallly wanted to update for you guys! But I have to get ready and leave soon, so I can't type more. I'll edit this chapter and finish it when I get back. Sorry again!
Shira: Yeah, yeah… Fine, go have fun in New York. Me and Kat will just wait here for you to get back.
Kat: Wait? What are we going to do? Just sit in her computer?
Shira: No! Of course not! We live in the Naruto world, remember?
Kat: You mean, we're not from here?
Shira: Now you have amnesia again… -.-
Kat: What?
Shira: Never mind… Let's just go to Ichiraku's. Bye readers and reviewers! Sorry again on OB's behalf.
Kat: Yay! Ramen:D