Chapter 7: Something dangerous this way comes.
talking
thinking
biju/Boss summon talking
biju/Boss summon thinking
[Justu]
Or, not so much.
It had been roughly three months since team eleven was formed and in that time the three fresh genin had seriously contemplated homicide multiple times, the reason, D-Rank missions. Or as they liked to call them mind numbing boringness.
If it wasn't for the fact that he did training and off missions with his mother, Naruto probably would have lost his mind. Fortunately he had other things to do, the last three months had also been used to find out the truth.
With Mira and him and Anko sometimes being invited over for dinner or the night Naruto got a good look at his old family, and thus far they had held true in missing him and wanting him back. He had asked a lot and watched them, finding that they left his old room the way it was, also spoke about him whenever they brought it up, he even caught his mother crying when she looked through an old baby book.
Right now however he couldn't concentrate on that, he and his team had a mission, a rather dull mission they didn't want to do.
"Oh my god, why are we doing this crap." Naruko whined as she threw the shovel into the dirt, their current mission had been to weed a large field that would become a farm land.
"Because it's the mission we have been given Naruko." Mito told her calmly, although anyone who knew he could see she was starting to lose patience with these mission's herself.
"No, I mean, why are we doing these chores. You and I were trained by mom and dad who are some of the strongest ninja in the village, we are easily at chunnin level, and Tenzo is the same in his own right after what we saw." Naruko pointed out.
In between the missions they had training sessions, how to work as a team, their skill, their technique, everything. Naruto hadn't held back after the first session and began to really shine in the area's he knew.
"You know Naruko has a point, we have done the required amount of mission's. Sensei why are we still doing these missions." Naruto asked calmer then either of the others.
"It may seem like these mission's are pointless, however they serve a person well in a way to get their reputation out there and get attention." Kushina said from her spot on a large boulder off to the side.
"Oh yes I seriously doubt people would look at us because we pull weeds and walk dogs." Naruko said glaring a bit.
"Haven't you noticed that you have more mission's then any other team, people actively request you three for mission's." Kushina said smirking.
The three pondered that, it did seem they had more mission's then anyone else.
"However." Kushina said catching their attention."You three are right, your better then most, and you have the required amount of missions. So perhaps you are ready for more." She finished.
"You mean." Naruko said obviously getting excited.
"Tomorrow, we will go and get are first C-Rank mission." Kushina said.
"YES!" Naruko said jumping up, a huge smile on her hyperactive face.
"All right now get this done so we can go home, even I'm getting bored from watching the three of you." Kushina said, the rest of the mission took a grand total of ten minutes after that and the instant they finished Naruko grabbed her mother and sister and bolted away towards the Hokage tower to turn in the mission.
"Wow it's amazing that I am related to her." He said out loud watching as they left.
"Well, you must have gotten your calm side from Minato and from training with us." A small slightly squeaky voice said making him look down, and smiled at what he saw.
At his feet was a small silver dragon chick, his scales gleaming in the light. This was one of his partners Kinta, the son of Infernous. He along with his other partner Taka they made his dragon team, even though they looked small they could kick some serious ass when they needed to.
"I suppose your right about that, still though it's an odd sight." Naruto said with a chuckle.
"Don't deny, you also have your moments around people." Kinta teased making him chuckle sheepishly.
"I hate you at times you know that." Naruto said looking away from the dragon.
"Well, in any case anything you have to report?" He asked, looking back.
"So far nothing, they seem to be keeping silent and building up their funds before they make a move to capture the tailed beasts." Kinta said, several months before his family return to Konoha he and his mother had caught wind of a new formed organization that if the rumors were true were after jinchurriki. since they he had put a few dragon's on the case of monitoring them to keep an eye on what they were up to.
"All right, thats good to hear." Naruto said with a sigh of relief, even if he wasn't willing to trust his family with who he, he still didn't want to see Naruko and Mito hurt. He right now was playing the good brother from the shadows and why the time came he would show that card, however that card would be kept in the deck for quite a while. His identity was slowly beginning to come out and pretty soon he would be ready.
"Head back then, I have to head home and meet up with mom." He told the little dragon who simply nodded, then vanished in a poof of smoke.
With that over and done with he smiled and shoved his hand's in his pocket, leaving the field behind as he headed home. However he never noticed a pair of violet eye's watching him, watching him as if they knew who he was under his mask.
The next day the team walked into the Hokage office with a bigger spring in their step then usual, Naruko especially seemed to be bouncing on the balls of her feet as she waited semi patiently for Minato to give them a mission.
"You know I was half wondering when you would request a C-Rank." Said man told them in an almost sage like voice.
"We aren't that predicable dad." Mito said actually seeming a bit miffed at that comment, she took a decent amount of pride being hard to read.
"Im your dad, it's my job to be able to read you." He said calmly before going through a stack of missions for them.
"All right team eleven, C-Rank mission. A young boy has been reported to have been kidnapped and the family is paying for his return, you will meet the client in port city north of here. Once you have the required information start your search. Good luck." Minato told them, dismissing them.
"Hai Hokage." They said, then left to go and pack what gear they needed.
After leaving the two the group split off to their various homes to gather what they needed, ever the cautious one Naruto made sure to pack more then was needed to make sure they didn't run out. However, his mind seemed to be elsewhere as he packed.
"Something you want to talk about." A voice said making him turn, his mom was there in the doorway looking at him.
"C-Rank mission, first one and I'm kind of nervous." He admitted, he didn't know now if he was ready for something like this, here he was ready to go out on a mission of a higher difficulty and he didn't know if he was good enough.
Mira smiled and walked over to him, giving him a hug to help him settle his nerves.
"Sweetie, you have proved yourself again and again that you are ready. You trained your body to the ground and built it back up, you made your spirit burn brighter then any sun. You are ready for anything that the world can throw at you, some simple C-Rank mission isn't going to be much of a problem for you when you set your mind to it. Not to mention you have people you can trust, you have a team who will fight by your side should trouble come your way," she said reassuring him, she had seen him become such a strong man, she knew he was ready for what the world threw at him.
Naruto took a breath as he listened to his mother, she was right. He had done everything in his power to be ready for what the world threw at him, now it was time to show the world he was ready to face it.
"Thanks mom." He said softly hugging her back.
"All right, now you get going and be ready for whatever comes your way, mind your sensei and the girls. And promise to keep them and yourself safe." She told him in a tone that said he couldn't say no.
"Promise you their mom." Naruto said with a smile worthy of a fox.
She smiled and left him then to his packing, after grabbing everything he needed and storing it in his bags and his storage scrolls he stood and left his room. He had one more person he had to talk to first.
"So you first big mission already, about damn time." Anko's voice said behind him as she slung her arm over his shoulder.
Since returning to the village and explaining her situation regarding her former sensei Anko had quickly run through the ranks of the village and already at three months was a special jonin and a head interrogator for T&I division.
"Yeah, heading out here in a few and I figured you would have killed me if I didn't say goodbye." He said a bit nervously, even after living with her for years Anko still have a way to just scared the living crap out of him and everyone else she was around.
"Oh I would have done worse then that Naru." She said with a smirk that made him shudder.
"Anyway go make sure to kick some ass for me, and don't say you won't have a reason. There is always a reason you have to fight." Anko told him.
"Will do." He said smiling and heading for the door.
"And bring me back something cool dragon boy." She said smirking, it was a nickname she gave him after he started summoning dragon's.
"I'll think about it snake girl." Naruto called over his shoulder as the door closed, Anko chuckled and simply headed back to her room in the house to continue what she was up to.
Twenty minutes later Naruto stood at the gates of the village waiting for his team to arrive, while he did he caught sight of another team and some old man heading his way.
"Ahh Tenzo, good to see you." Kakashi said.
"Hey Kakashi, you and your team heading off on a mission?" Naruto asked seeing them, He had his team had met up with team seven once or twice during training since they used the same field and to be honest Naruto wasn't impressed by them.
First their was Sakura Haruno, a pink haired banshee who had a fan girl streak a mile wide and flipped at anyone who insulted her precious Sasuke Uchiha. Next was the raven haired boy himself, to Naruto sasuke was to much an emo for his own taste, so obsessed with trying to kill his brother and gaining power he didn't even see the rest of the world around. Finally was the ever emotionless Sai, Naruto hated him on the principle of Sai insulted his sister's whenever they were around.
"Yeah, a C-Rank." Sasuke said with a who lot of smugness in his voice, he hated Tenzo with a burning passion since he never could beat him in a spar despite him being an uchiha and the fact that Naruto had power in spades compared to him.
"Oh you too? Good to hear your moving up in the world." Naruto replied making sasuke growl having thought they were the only team to so far receive a C-Rank mission.
"Now, now you two, no need to fight, were all comrades so we should treat each other with respect." Kakashi said trying to defuse the tension.
"Plus we don't need to start something when all of us are about to leave on important mission's, you never know what you will encounter out in the world and its best to be at peak condition." Kushina's voice said behind them as she and the girls walked up.
"Ahh Kushina, so you and your team are going on a mission outside the village as well." Kakashi said giving her his trade mark eye smile.
"Yes, and while on the subject, shouldn't you and your own team be leaving about now anyway." Kushina told him calmly, she could see the faces of the team and the Uchiha looked ready to go, she didn't count the others since pinky just followed her crush and Sai never showed an emotion.
"I suppose your right, all right team we best get going." Kakashi said escorting them and the man they were ordered to protect out of the gate and soon out of sight.
"Ha I swear that man gives me a headache." Kushina said, from what Minato had told her Kakashi had gotten his team their mission hours ago.
"You really don't like him do you mom." Mito said watching the other team leave.
"If he wasn't so much a pervert and actually showed up on time for things, I probably would have some more respect for him but as it stands, no I don't. In fact if he weren't a member of your father's team I probably would have kicked his silver haired ass ages ago." Kushina admitted.
"Well, getting off the topic of the annoyance squad, we have are own mission to complete don't we." Naruko said cheerfully, she was still super excited to finally get out of the village, she and Mito wanted to start seeing the world and seeing if maybe they could find any kind of leads on Naruto.
"Your right Naruko, All right everyone lets get moving." Kushina said.
"Ahh sensei, hold on just a sec." Naruto said stopping them.
"What is it Tenzo, we need to get moving?" She said.
"Well, here's the thing, we can either run all day and arrive at time probably late at night and have to rest before we start are mission or, we could take advantage of the fact I have a summon contract." Naruto said.
"Would your dragon's be ok with you summoning them for something like this, as I recall dragons are proud and asking them to be transport might offend them?" Kushina said clearly not shocked he had signed it, she figured Mira would let Tenzo sign it a few years ago or something like that.
"Well, some of them might take offense to being summoned and us asking if we can ride them to port city however I have a few friend's among them that would probably give us a ride so long as we gave them something in return, Plus dragon's have a deep protection of young, saying we are on a mission to save a kidnapped child would probably put us in a favorable light." Naruto explained to them.
"All right, if you have some that are willing to help us then please summon them." Kushina said, she had no doubt Tenzo could summon something big, the boy had just as much chakra as the girls without them accessing the Kyubbi and that was quite an impressive feet in and of itself.
Naruto smirked and bit his thumb, swiping it over his palm before flashing through the hand signs and placed his hands on the ground.
"[Summoning Jutsu]" He said, a large cloud of smoke burst into existence blinding the girls for a moment, when it cleared thanks to what they guessed was a Gale palm from inside they marveled at the beast in front of them.
The dragon was easily as large as a house, its scales glittered a dark copper with large razor sharp wings, pale moon colored eyes gazed at the girls calmly.
"I hope there is a proper reason you have summoned me Tenzo." The dragon said, all dragon's knew the deal, until Naruto revealed his identity to the world they were to refer to him to the name he created to keep him hidden.
"I need to call in a favor Tazaru, I need you to fly me and my team to port city north of here. We have a mission to rescue a kidnapped child and we need to get there as fast as possible, you're the fastest copper dragon I know so I'm asking will you help us." Naruto asked.
The copper dragon seemed to mull over Naruto's words for a minute as he debated, but eventually he nodded his head and looked at the summoner on his back.
"All right, I will allow you and your companions to ride me to this port town so you may do your work. However, do not make this a habit Tenzo, I am a swift dragon, not a horse." He said lowering himself so the other's could climb on.
"This is literally, the most badass thing we've seen from you to date Tenzo." Naruko said smiling like a goof, being around him brought her more playful side back out.
"It is truly impressive Tenzo, I dare say dad's toad's would have a hard time fighting your dragons." Mito said taking a seat.
"Yeah they are pretty cool, plus they are great friends." Naruto said sticking to Tazaru's back with chakra as the large dragon took off and headed above the village before flying in the direction of Port City.
The trip from there was relaxing for a Shinobi mission, normal teams didn't have giant animal partner's they could call up for a ride and even though this was probably a one time thing the team enjoyed it. Mito and Naruko passed the time by practicing their charka control to try and make it even more stable.
Naruto sat on Tazaru's neck and watched as the country side rolled by below them, it was nice to be getting back out into the world and knowing fairly soon he would be able to help a family reunite with their child, that was something he was looking forward to the most.
"Tenzo." Kushina's voice said behind him making him turn, she was looking serious and slightly grim.
"Can we talk for a moment." She asked him, he nodded and she sat by him.
"So what's on your mind." He asked her.
"Ha, something i don't feel like i can share with my daughter's, something i feel like i can't even share with my husband or best friend." Kushina said.
"So why tell me?" He asked confused.
"Because out of all the people i can talk to, you I know can keep a secret." She admitted surprising him.
"All right, I can tell this is something big for you so I promise whatever it is I will keep it a secret." He said.
She nodded and took a deep breath.
"You already know about my family's quest to find are lost son Naruto, we've been searching for the better part of six years and even now we haven't had any luck, the girls are obsessed with it, Minato is to in a way, and some days I feel like it's the only thing I have to get me out of bed." She admitted.
"You must really want him back." Naruto said glad to hear that in a way, it showed they still cared.
"We don which makes this question so important, you remind me so much of him, his kind and caring personality, his never give up attitude, all the things he was before I lost him. So I need you to answer something for me honestly." She said looking at him.
"Are you my lost son?" she asked making his blood run cold, she had figured it out and now was openly asking for the truth, should he give it to her. Naruto took a breath to calm himself and looked at her.
"Sensei, i'm sorry but I'm not him." He told her, he could see the pain in her eyes from his answer, she had so badly hoped she had found him and he had told her a lie in that she hadn't. It made him so guilty just to do it but he had to, he wasn't ready for the truth to come out yet.
"Oh, ok, i'm sorry I got my hopes up for that." She said about to leave.
"But, I can tell you something. When mom and I were on are training trip we met this little blond haired kid with now that I think about it matches how you described Naruto." He said making her whip around and look at him.
"You did? Where did you see him?" She asked, her voice regaining the lost hope.
"I can't remember exactly, we were in a random forest at the time. However I can tell you what he told me, he said when we asked why he was out there that he was training to get stronger so that once day he could come back to his family a stronger man, he said he knew they didn't see him now but when he came back he would make sure they saw him and when they did he would forgive them for the past." He said, that was what he would do when he was good and ready.
Kushina smiled and her eyes grew misty as she nodded.
"Thank you for telling me that Tenzo, hearing my baby is somewhere out there and getting stronger makes me happen. While I'm still hurt I pushed him to the point he feels he needs to be away, I'm just glad he will one day come him and hopefully then he will forgive us." Kushina admitted.
Naruto nodded and smiled.
"You welcome Sensei." He said giving her a side hug, she accepted it and left after they finished to give him some privacy.
She looked back at him for a moment when he was gazing forward and smiled, her eyes still teary.
'Right now your secret is safe, but I hope you know when your ready to show us well be waiting for you to tell us the truth my sweet baby Naruto.' she thought as she gazed at his back before rejoining the girls.
Hello ladies and gentlemen, its me again back with a new update and boy was this a wild one.
So the first C-Rank Mission of Team eleven is underway,if you haven't already guessed yes eventually we will join the wave ark but things will be far from normal in my version.
What did you all think of that scene with Kushina, ill give anyone a shout out who figures out how she found the truth?
Now one final bit of news, I am probably going to be starting my third story tomorrow, I like to do three things so that will be my limit, and be warned well be going into a world of magic for that one.
Until then folks, like, review and all that. PEACE.
