Chapter 07
Wave Arc
It had been one week since the start of team seven. They were currently on their last mission for the week.
"Is the target in sight?", crackled a voice over the wireless headsets that they were wearing.
"This is Fox Boy, target is in sight", said another voice.
"Do we really have to do this?", asked a voice of a certain Uchiha over the wireless headset.
"Yes we do, Pink Rabbit, Fox Boy and Blue Hawk, attack".
"Hai Scarecrow", they said in unison before jumping towards the target.
"Is it the target?", asked Kakashi.
"Hai, it is, let's go to the missions office", said Naruto as he held the cat in his arms moving towards the missions office.
While walking through the village they got apologetic looks from those who had to do the 'Tora' mission and Naruto received the usual glares.
After a ten minute walked they entered the mission office to see the rest of the 'Konoha 12' there to get missions.
"Thank you very much for finding Tora", said a woman as she put some money down on the counter and took the cat and began to squeeze it as she left.
"No wonder the cat ran away, who wants to bet the cat will be gone by Monday?", he asked and received light chuckles.
"Alright team seven your missions for tomorrow are…clean weeds, babysit my grandson and painting a fence", said the Hokage.
"Come on Old Man, I want a harder mission dattebayo", said Naruto crossing his arms.
"Naruto, must I explain how mission are distributed…again", said Iruka.
"I already know, D and C are for Genin, C and B are for Chunnin and Jounin receive A and S", said Naruto in a bored tone.
"Kakashi, what do you think, are they ready for a C-rank mission?", asked the Hokage and Iruka couldn't belive the Hokage was considering it.
"Why not, I'll be there", said Kakashi.
"Fine…send in the bridge builder…team seven your mission is to guard the bridge builder known as Tazuna from Hi no Kuni to Nami no Kuni and protect him as he finishes the bridge, do you accept?", asked the Hokage as he finished explaining the mission.
"Yes Old Man/Hai Hokage-sama/Hn", replied team seven and Kakashi nodded.
An old man who smelled of Sake walked into the room.
"Which team is coming with me?", asked Tazuna.
"The blonde, pinkette, dark hair and silver hair", said the Hokage.
"So I get a team of brats, and especially the blonde one looks like an idiot, is he even a ninja?", asked Tazuna. Kiba and Sasuke began to chuckle while Sakura and Ino laughed a loud.
"Tazuna-san, my team is more than capable of protecting you so don't underestimate us…or is there something your hiding from us?", asked Naruto as he began to walk closer to Tazuna making him sweat a little.
Ah…Uh…N-No, meet me at the west gate in two hours", he said before quickly running out the room…well not running per-say but he moved quickly.
"He moves quickly for an old drunk man, anyway, I'm going to get my gear", said Naruto as he disappeared in a shunshin.
Kakashi then whispered to the Sandaime Hokage, "I request back up three hours after we leave, maybe another Genin team", and also disappeared ina shunshin.
(An Hour Later; Naruto's Apartment)
Naruto was having his normal lunch of ramen. He was having a fun conversation with his parents.
'Why? Why do you like ramen so much? You should be getting ready for your mission', yelled his father.
'Minato-kun, he's enjoying the joys of ramen. LEAVE HIM ALONE', she yelled but they continued to bicker and fight.
Naruto finished his ramen and strapped on his black Chuunin-like vest with his scrolls and Fuinjutsu items. He strapped on a pouch with Kunai and Shiruken on his right thigh and he had two pouches on his belt. One with smoke and flash bombs, soldier pills, paper bombs and other ninja equipment while the last one had a three small scrolls. One had money, food and clothes and other personel items.
'Alright, stop quarrelling, I'm ready', he told his parents and they stopped complaining.
He then left for the gate.
(Fifteen Minutes Later; West Gate)
He arrived at the gate to see Sasuke, Sakura and Tazuna. Now they had to wait for Kakashi. Sasuke and Sakura were carrying their usual heavy packs while Naruto didn't.
"Hey guys, sorry I'm late", he said as he stood in front of them.
Sasuke; seeing that Naruto didn't have a bag decided to make fun of him.
"What's up Dobe, so stupid forgot your bag?", he asked and chuckled while Sakura laughed with him and Naruto raised an eyebrow.
"No, I carry all of my stuff in scrolls, it's easier and you don't have to carry around heavy backpacks", he said as Kakashi appeared.
"Ready? Let's go", said Kakashi as he took out his Icha Icha book and walked onward towards Nami no Kuni.
Team seven and Tazuna had been walking for six hours. Due to Tazuna being an old man they had to walk in order for him to keep up. They were walking in a diamond formation.
Naruto in front, Sasuke and Sakura on the sides and Kakashi in the back with Tazuna in the center.
While walking Naruto realized that there were two puddles on the road. He stepped in one and was surprised at how deep it was.
'Let's see. No rain for a while, a deep puddle. A trap', he thought before looking back to Kakashi and seeing him give a slight nod. 'akashi-sensei realized, what about Teme and Sakura', he asked himself and took a glance at them to see they did not notice.
They continued until they walked pass the puddles then out of the blue, two ninjas wearing Kirigakure headbands with slashes sent chains out of their claw like gloves. They wrapped around Kakashi and tightened it, killing him in the process making body parts fly in the sky.
"KAKASHI-SENSEI", yelled Sakura as one of the men rushed towards her. Paralyzed with fear she didn't move.
Naruto jumped in front of her just as he finished hand seals ending in tiger, "Katon; Gokakyou no Jutsu (Fire Style; Great Fireball Technique)", and a great fireball as the name says shot out of his mouth. But what caught every one's eye was that the fire wasn't red. It was white.
The ninja that had been charging Sakura was soon engulfed by the white fireball making him scream in pain as he was cooked alive. When the ball of fire died down all was seen was a pile of ash.
"NOOOOO. YOU KILLED MY BROTHER. I AM GOING TO KILL YOU", the other yelled as he shot the claw towards Naruto. Naruto used his two swords to hit away then realized he hit it towards Tazuna.
"Kuso, Kage Bunshin no Jutsu (Shadow Clone Technique)", he said as four clones appeared. Two talked Tazuna to the ground while the other two moved the frozen Sasuke and Sakura out of the way of Naruto's next Jutsu. "Fuiton; Daikaze (Wind Style; Great Wind)", he said and a powerful wind came and pushed the ninja into a tree at high speeds rendering him unconscious.
"Good job Naruto, can you interrogate him to see what he knows?", asked Kakashi and Naruto nodded.
"Go on ahead, I'll catch up", he said as he dragged the ninja into the bushes.
"Let's go, Naruto will catch up", he said as he walked away. "Tazuna, what was that all about? I faked my death to see if it was ninja attacking ninja or if they were after you", he said and Tazuna sighed.
"A couple years ago a man named Gato came-", he was cut off by Kakashi.
"Gato. The Gatto, the one from Gato international and one of the richest men in the world?", asked Kakashi.
"Yes, he came to the village and just keeps taking our money and women. The bridge will be our only saving grace and I had to lie because the entire village pitched money and what we came up with was only enough for a C-rank miss-", he was cut off by a loud blood curling scream.
"W-What was that, Kakashi-sensei?", asked a terrified Sakura.
"It looks like Naruto finished interrogating", said Kakashi and all other three were scared that Naruto could do that.
They waited fifteen minutes before the saw five people walking in the distance. They got closer until Kakashi saw Kurenai, her team and Naruto.
"Hey Kurenai, you must be the team Hokage-sama sent, right?", he asked his fellow Jounin.
"Hai".
"Well, Naruto what did you find out?", asked Kakashi and all eyes turned to Naruto.
"They were the demon brothers of the mist, they were sent to kill Tazuna. They work for Zabuza Momochi; the demon of the mist and a professional in the silent killing technique, that's all I got before I killed him", said Naruto.
"Naruto, you killed?", asked a shocked Sakura.
"Yes I did. Killing is part of the job we have to go through as Shinobi. So I just decide to shut down my heart to not feel any emotion, it will haunt me for a couple days because it was my first kills", said Naruto as she nodded and went deep in thought.
"And what was that white fire?", asked Sasuke with a hint of jealousy.
"That's my clan's Kekkai Genkai, the ability to control white fire, all of my fire based jutsu will be white fire…it's really a pain in the ass", he said as they continued to walk.
"How is that Naruto?", asked Shino.
"Well, it is pretty hard to control and that white fire will kill you if you come in contact with it, I would rather have had my mother's abilities", he said.
"And what might that have been?", asked Kurenai.
"To control chains made out of Chakra", he said and Kurenai went wide eyed.
She then spoke, "So that means your mother is-".
"Yes".
"And your father is-".
"Yes".
"Wow, Kakashi, did you know?", asked Kurenai and all the Genin were confused as to what he was talking about.
"Yeah".
"What are you guys talking about?", asked Kiba.
"Nothing important", said Naruto as they arrived at a port to get on a boat.
"Tazuna, we don't have room for all of you, at least two will have to wait", said the captain of the boat.
"It's okay, I'll walk", said Naruto as he walked onto the surface of the water making the Genin and civilians go wide eyed.
"How can he walk on water?", asked Kiba and was shocked when Hinata walked onto the water as well mumbling something about walking as well.
Twenty minutes of moving across the water and they were all quiet.
"Naruto, can you tell us more about your clan?", asked Sakura.
"Why not? The Uzumaki clan of whirlpool. We had our own country but was destroyed by Iwagakure during a war because we were feared for our Fuinjutsu. As you can see on the back of Kakshi-sensei's Jounin flak jacket is the Uzumaki clan sign. We were distant blood relatives of the Senju clan all being decendants of the Rikoudou Sennin", he said.
"Rikoudou Sennin?", asked Kiba.
"Yes, the Rikoudou Sennin or Sage of Six Paths, the first ever ninja. He had two sons at first and one later on. The eldest son took the name Uchiha while the youngest taking the name Senju. The Senju was given his father's special Chakra resulting in the Senju clans Mokuton and the Uchiha was given a form of his eye power resulting in the Sharingan and the last son; the Uzumaki was given another form of special chakra", he finished.
"What about the Byakugan?", asked Kurenai.
"The Byakugan was the dojutsu or eye power of the Sage of Six Paths mother; Kaguya. She was an evil woman who tried to take over the world. Her son ended up stopping her….well one of them", he explained.
"What happens if someone has the blood of Senju, Uchiha and Uzumaki?, asked Sakura.
"I don't know", he said honestly.
"Okay, we have reached our destination", said the captain of the boat.
