Chapter 7

Infiltration And Arguments


"Talking"

"Thought"

"Inner/Demon Talking"

"Inner/Demon Thought"

"Move/Ability Talking"

"Move/Ability Thought"


Last Time: For the first time a Shinobi Mage mission was up, combining Fiore's strongest Guild's strongest members to team up with the strongest Shinobi of the strongest village. It was said that their mission, was to eradicate Orochimaru before his Snake Alliance ever has the chance to cause some real damage to the world, they all know. And hopefully for the sake of Team Seven, return an old friend back as well, but how will they accomplish that?


(Story Begins)

"I SAID WAIT!" Ayato Yelled at his pink haired flaming Dragon Slayer friend.

"LET ME AT THEM! LET ME AT THEM I'LL TAKE ON THE WHOL ALLIANCE IF I HAVE TO!" Natsu Yelled, his eyes shaped like daggers ready for Battle Mode on to take Orochimaru on.

"IF YOU HAVE TO YES BUT YOU REALLY DON'T!" Ayato Yelled, still having his arms wrapped around Natsu's chest from his back, his head under Natsu's armpits. "And besides think about It….." Ayato Paused for a second, before continuing. "Think of the villagers…. No, the citizens. If you attack now, you'll only put their lives In danger, I'm sure there's a peaceful, and DELEGENT way handling this situation without harming anyone!" Ayato Said, his voice become g slightly stern at the end of his sentence.

"Well he's got a point." Shikamaru walked up. "With the exception of the Information we were given, we don't know much about this place. Truth be told we don't even know If anyone Is still alive In the village." Shikamaru Said.

"Which Is why we need to be very careful." Kakahsi Said.

"Which Is why we discussed with Erza on the way here about teams, mainly three teams." Shikamaru Spoke up. "Me, Kakashi, and Erza each will be the team leader. Neji, Lee, Wendy, Carla you're with me, we'll scout the surrounding area for any entry points. Erza, Grey, Natsu, Happy, Naruko, Kiba, Akamaru, you'll take the search within the village, you'll be all acting as bystanders, traveller, Just passing by but you'll need to gain Inside Information. And finally, there's the rest, consisting of Kakashi, Sakura, Sasuke, Hinata, Lucy, Ayato, and Sai, who'll be contacting our contact to learn more about the village and of Orochimaru's timing." Shikamaru Explained.

"I have to be teamed up with him!" Natsu and Grey Groaned while eyeing each other, by this stage Ayato let go of Natsu and laid flat on the ground tired of holding the Dragon Slayer behind.

"Problem?" Erza Asked.

"NO MAM WE'RE GOOD!" Natsu and Grey Replied, holding each other like best buddies.

"Honestly I might ask Erza for lesson on how to deal with these two morons." Ayato Whispered to himself.

"Then It's agreed, we'll meet at night time." Kakashi Said.


(Timeskip: Twenty Minutes Later, Location: Forest)

Footsteps could be heard by the group as they walked down the road, towards the location of their contact.

"I could've help but listen to you tell Shikamaru that you're not from this world? Please explain to me that?" Sasuke Asked.

"Truth be told I'm a little curious too." Kakashi Said.

"And me." Hinata Said.

"Well…. It goes like this." Ayato Replied. "So, I was Just walking from my house, you know to get some air, and do a little exploring In the forest minding my own business, until I went In the abandoned glue factory when It was discovered by authorities that the glue was made from horses which Is VERY Illegal on my Island. It was a great place for me to explore but then out of no where I found this large portal which looked like a Stargate portal from the SCI-FI series Stargate and somehow I must've either turned I on or It did It Itself and sucked me In to another world, which Is where I am now." Ayato Explained. (Author's Note: Yes, I Just made a reference to Stargate Just now, my favourite series Is Stargate Atlantis Just a little fun fact about me.)

"What was the name of this Island?" Kakashi Asked.

"Well, It's called National Island, It was an Island that was created by a very large underwater volcano two hundred years ago, It's located near Japan but It's not considered to be part of their territory since It's In International waters. In fact, there were huge debates over this since the Island proved to be five times bigger than Hawaii, there were a lot of commotions over It, so the United Nations made their final decision that It would be considered as the world's first International Island, with different cultures and ways on the Island, with American laws though. It has It's own set of ecosystems which some are man made so even the ecosystems would be shared." Ayato Replied.

"Never heard of this United Nations at all, are you sure you're from another world?" Kakashi Asked.

"I AM!" Ayato Replied, raising his voice.

"Now, now, there's no reason to raise your voice." Kakashi Said, with a Calm tone.

"Well how do you think we can trust this contact even If he has a grudge against this Orochimaru-whatever?" Ayato Said.

"I don't." Kakahsi Said.

"WAIT HANG ON ARE YOU SAYING WE GOANNA MEET SOME PYSCHO KILLER CRIMINALTHAT YOU'VE NEVER MET BEFORE EITHER AND YOU DON'T TRUST HIM!" Lucy Yelled, In Shock.

"Well…. As far as I can remember his name Is Sasori, other wise known as his title as Sasori of the Sand, former Sand Shinobi, and as far as I'm concerned, he left the San village around Thirty years ago." Kakashi Said.

"Sounds like an old guy." Ayato Said.

"But he's still skilled." Kakashi Said.

"Kakashi-Sensei…" Sakura Said, her expression showing her mentor how tired she was, he looked at Hinata, Ayato, and Lucy.

"I guess we'll take a bit of a break, we are ahead of schedule at the moment, I'm sure a few minutes break wouldn't kill anyone." Kakashi Said, as he walked up to a broken log and sat on It.

Just then, Sasuke sat down on the dirt ground, while Sai walked up to him, looking at him with his emotionless expression on his face, as he Said, "I have something to say to you.".

"Huuuuuuuu." Ayato Sighed. "I wonder how the Master Is doing on this whole "Try And Get Me Back To My World Thing" going on?" Ayato Said to himself tired of not being back home. He sat on the ground while Lucy walked towards him kneeling down. "What's wrong?" Ayato Asked.

"Nothing." Lucy Replied, with a Smile on her face. "I Just want to say I know what you're going through. Trust me. Back before I Joined up with Fairy Tail I always freaked out on anything that wasn't normal, well normal In my perspective, but you'll get use to It." Lucy Said.

"Well the only attacks I know are given to me by this Lacrima crystal that's Inside my belly right now. I have words coming Into my head and attacks like Water Dragon Slayer this, Water Dragon Slayer that, and well you know…. But I'm Just a little worried over my family, I mean It's been a while since I last spoke or seen them, they might think I was abducted or ran away for unknown reasons." Ayato Said, with a slight worried tone.

"Hey! Don't worry we'll find a way! Just relax!" Lucy Said with a cheerful expression which lightened Ayato's mood up a bit.

"Thanks Lucy." Ayato Said.

"YOU TAKE THAT BACK!" BOOM! A large lightening slash crossed the dirt road Into the tree causing an explosion of dust, everyone turned they were far from the explosion, to see Sasuke looking at Sai with an angry expression on his face. "Go on tell everyone what you Just said!" Sasuke Said.

"What's going on here?" Kakashi Said, In slight Shock.

"Sasuke what are you doing?" Sakura Said.

"Tell them what you Said… about Naruto." Sasuke Said.

By then Kakashi looked at Sakura, whose eyes went wide at the mention of the name.

"All I said Is what Is Tsunadae-Sama thinking? Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze abandoned Konoha Two and a Half years ago, that makes him a S Class missing nin, especially If he has the Kyuubi within him." Sai Said. "Kakashi-Sensei, when a Shinobi abandons the village It usually results In one punishment and one punishment only, what IS that?" Sai Asked.

"Death." Kakashi Replied, painfully.

"For abandoning the village to Join forces with that of a traitor, Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze had fully made himself an enemy of Konoha, yet understandably, you and your team have not given up hope for him, as a Konoha Shinobi It Is best to eliminate him Instead, even If the Hokage herself ordered him to be brought back to Konoha." Sai Said.

"Yet Sai, we are ordered to bring Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze back to the leaf village." Kakashi Said.

"Yet, Kakashi Hatake, you above all people realise the strength the Kyuubi has…. In fact, you should know your former student more than everyone else here, Including his record." Sai Said.

"I'd admit I didn't realise at the time how extraordinary Naruto's gifts were, but I do know this, Sai, everyone has a limit. I guess I didn't expect Naruto to hit his limit the way he did back then." Kakashi Said.

"As In by The Way He Did you mean he purposely betrayed Konoha to Join forces with Orochimaru?" Sai Said. "As a matter of fact, the demon needs to be contained at all costs, something I think Tsunadae-Sama needs to think about." Sai Said.

Sakura flinched at the word Demon when referring to Naruto.

"Sai, for your own safety and being, I advise STRONGLY that Instead of Demon you refer to his name as It Is Naruto." Sasuke Said, Anger Indicated In his voice, his eyes looking at Sai like daggers.

"With respect Sasuke, even you of all people should know the true purpose of the Nine tails Is to serve and defend Konoha, his betrayal against the Leaf village Is nothing more but act of selfishness." Sai Said. "For the crime of abandoning Konoha, even when we still barely recovered from the Sand Sound Invasion, that demon deserves nothing more but an execution for his betrayal and-." PUNCH! Said was cut off really hard, when Sakura's fist connected to his face and Jaw, sending him flying.

"WHOA HE WENT FLYING!" Ayato and Lucy Exclaimed.

"Impressive, I didn't even notice Sakura move." Sasuke Said quietly, In Surprise.

"Well, this Isn't good." Kakashi Said, with a Sigh.

"Hrrrrrrr rrrrrr." Said Groaned, as he opened his eyes slowly, trying to get up from his back faced to the ground. As he laid his elbows and hands against the ground and slowly pushed himself up, Sakura had Jumped over him, her legs were at each of Sai's sides, looking at him with Angry eyes, as she grabbed him by his collar and threatened him.

"Don't even say a word If you don't even know a thing about him!" Sakura Growled, her pink hair had made a shadow over her eyes, so Sai couldn't see them with the exception of her mouth and nose. "If you say another thing about him….." Sakura Said, shaking with Anger. "I'LL KILL YOU!" Sakura Yelled, as her pink hair pulled back revealing her angry eyes at Sai.

"As the Hokage's apprentice, you should know-." Sai Said, before he was cut off again by Sakura.

"KNOW WHAT!" Sakura Yelled. "THE FACT THAT MOST OF MY LIFE I WAS IGNORING HIM! THE FACT THAT ALL I EVER DID WAS HARM HIM! LIKE EVERYONE ELSE IN THE VILLAGE!" Sakura Yelled. "I've always thought he had things a lot better than I did, no parents, no one to tell what you can and can't do, but I was wrong, and I Insulted him for that." Sakura Said.

"Sakura, I think that's enough." Kakashi Said, as he put his hand over Sakura's shoulder.

With that, Sakura's grip on Sai's collar slowly and eventually was let go of, allowing Sai to get up with his own free will.

Sakura slowly walked off In the forest to get to a lake that was nearby them.

"What was that all about?" Ayato Asked, In Confusion.

Sasuke heard Ayato's question, and he walked up to him and Replied, "Something…. Something that's a little personal for her.".

"Is It about this Naruto?" Lucy Asked.

"Yes." Sasuke Replied. "Naruto…. He's something that means a lot to her, she feels guilty because she hadn't realised It at all, not since he left. I'm sure there'll be a time for me to explain It all, but for now If you have anything to say about Naruto, please come to me first." Sasuke Said.

Ayato and Lucy nodded their heads at the Jounin.


(With Sakura)

Sakura sat on her knees at the lake, trying to calm her nerves and her feelings while trying not to allow the dam of tears to fall out of her eyes.

She still remembers that day, the day what she said to Naruto, even after having everything he had taken away never considering his feelings once at that moment, not until It was all too late. How she regrets everything back then, chasing after Sasuke only distracted her from the blind truth, how much Naruto had meant to her, how much his soul Is worth to her, how much she feels towards him.

The day Naruto left, was the day he changed for the worst, devoured by the very same darkness that Neji, Sasuke, Gaara, Tsunadae, and even Konohamaru were all once consumed by, before Naruto pulled them out and showed them the light. But In return, they all forced him Into the darkness, now changed Into a very different person. Hopefully for Sakura, she Just hopes that Naruto, somewhere Inside of him, Is still the exact same Naruto she loved so much, the knuckled headed, loud, believe It, Hokage dreamer, Genin, blond, funny, man he was once before.


(With The Group)

"Quick question?" Ayato Said. "What the hell was that Magic that Yamato-guy used?" Ayato Asked Kakashi.

"That, was no Magic but It was a Jutsu, Nature Chakra of Earth and Water combined to make what you seen was called Wood Style Jutsu, a Jutsu that allows Yamato not only to construct objects or create any weapons and bend them on his will, but It also allows the user to prevent someone else from using their Chakra." Kakashi Replied, as he Explained to Ayato about Yamato's Jutsu.

"Cool, I like to know a little of It myself." Ayato Said, with a Smile.

"I'm sorry, but the Jutsu for mixing different elements Is very difficult, and complicated that an average person cannot handle. Yamato Is a bit of a special case however, so only he knows and can mix such elements, even the Hokages In the past found difficulties accomplishing such a task, even Tsunadae-Sama herself cannot accomplish It either." Kakashi Explained, which Disappointed Ayato a lot which he pouted on.

"Wait! You Said It could create buildings, too right? IS that where the mansion came from?" Lucy Asked.

"Yes, Yamato had created that mansion using his Jutsu." Kakashi simply Replied.

"Speaking of the man, where Is he?" Ayato Asked, as he stopped pouting.

"Well Yamato Is a Jounin, so we gave him a special assignment ourselves to recon the village Itself using his Jutsu to disguise as wooden material so no one could get suspicious about him, call It Insurance In Case If the team led by Erza fails." Kakashi Said, which gained him a few nervous laughs from both Ayato and Lucy.

"Knowing Natsu and Grey those two on one team Is a complete nightmare and being covert and all Isn't exactly either of their traits, so I Just know they are goanna mess up." Ayato Said, with a Nervous Smile.

"Well It Is a good thing Erza Is on the team which means she can control them." Lucy Said. Lucy's face then paled as she looked away with her eyes which showed Ayato and Kakashi she knew something they didn't, and Said, "Unless….". Lucy first Paused but then Said, "Unless they do something to anger Erza, then there's nothing anyone can do to stop them.".


(With Team Erza)

"GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!" Natsu and Grey Growled at each other as their foreheads collided and them snarling like dogs.

"What's with those guys their acting like dogs." Naruko Said, with her arms crossed.

"Hmmm mmm." Kiba Coughed.

"Oh, sorry Kiba-Kun." Naruko Apologised embarrassingly.

"Alright I'm back." Erza Said, as she came through the tree In the forest heading back to her team holding what appeared to be clothes from her armour set In case If she goes on a undercover mission. "Anything happened while I was gone?" Erza Asked, as she looked around.

"NOPE WE'RE FINE!" Natsu and Grey Replied as they did their best "Buddy" dance In front of Era with their arms locked around their necks, while sweat was dropping from their bodies In fear of Erza figuring out what they were doing.

"Where'd you get these?" Naruko Asked, as she was given a pair of clothes.

"These are al from my armour stash, as a warrior I Intend to complete every mission the best I can, so I bring everything that's needed. In case If I ever go on undercover, I bought clothes of all size for both genders Just In case." Erza Replied, as she explained her reasoning.

"No kidding, these are Just my size." Kiba Said.

While talking they had failed to notice Natsu and Grey growling each other like dogs again without Erza noticing while she had her back turned against them.

"Natsu, Grey I got some more clothes for you, since your acting more like pals I thought I'd give these to you." Erza Said, as she began to turn around, once she did Natsu and Grey were back on their best "Buddy" dance once again.

(Timeskip: Five Minutes Later)

"I'M FRIENDS WITH THIS IDIOT!" was the saying on Natsu's and Grey's white T-Shirts. On Grey's T-shirt he had Natsu's Chibi face on It, while Natsu's T-shirt had Grey's Chibi face on It.

"Come on now!" Grey Moaned.

"I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS!" Natsu Yelled.

"Well It all can't be that bad, It's the best design I could get." Erza Said with a Smile.

Natsu's and Grey's clothing were both the same, with the T-Shirts, and the blue Jean shorts they both wore, though they kept their shoes, necklace, and scar on them.

"I don't mean to be mean but aren't these missions for undercover work supposed to give us disguises that won't give us away." Kiba Said, wearing what looked like a dark black Jacket with white fur on the back of his collar, wearing grey Jeans but still had his ninja shoes on, but not his Konoha headband.

"And I mean, I look good, but this'll attract too much attention." Naruko Said, as she wore what appeared to be an orange tube top that wrapped her breasts well revealing a bit of her cleavage, tight miniskirt that was black, but kept her Shinobi shoes.

"I'm sorry, but these were the best I can find, also If we are to gather Information, we may need to attract some attention, and since you're a young girl I though It'd be the best." Erza Said, with a Smile.

"LIKE THAT YOU'RE WEARING!" Naruko and Kiba Yelled In Shock.

What Erza was wearing was a black sports bra with a blue cat's eyes design, with one eye on each side of her breasts, on It, she had three small dark red triangles on each side of her cheeks which made her look like a cat, and dark cat ears over her red hair which made her look more like a cat, she wore tight dark Jeans that showed the top crack on her ass and went down above her knees, she wore high black boots, and long tight black gloves that began from her wrist and ended at her lower forearms while there was a cat's paw on the back of her hands that represented a Chibi cat's one, she wore protective shoulder pads which were dark like what skaters would use.

"That's right, meow." Erza Said, with a Smile.

"I know that armour, that's Erza's Cat Seductress armour." Happy Said, as he wore mainly a dark ninja costume (Author's Note: Think of what Happy was wearing on Episode Thirty of Fairy Tail on the play while carrying the dragon Natsu).

"Sometimes a woman Warrior's best weapon, Is their sex appeal." Erza Said.

"I can see that." Naruko and Kiba Said, as Erza walked past them, with her own black tail resembling that of a cat passing by. "YOU HAVE A TAIL TOO!" They Yelled In Shock, as the tail was attached to Erza's pants.

"Alright Happy, let's do this!" Natsu Cheered.

"Aye sir!" Happy Yelled.

"This Isn't goanna end well knowing these two Just saying." Grey Said.

"Well I better change my appearance then." Naruko Said, as she did a series of hand sign before… POOF! Naruko's whiskers were gone and her hair changed colour from blond to brown In order to hide her appearance.

"Me too." Kiba Said, following Naruko's signs, he transformed his hair to be black with his triangles disappeared, but like Naruko he too kept his eye colour.

Walking towards an opening In he forest, they could see a long, long, long bridge that went half a kilometre away from the land and Into the village.

"I don't get It, It may be a lot of water but couldn't they Just escape with a boat?" Grey Asked, In confusion.

"Apparently not, the water here Is Infested with what they refer to as "Venom Eels", they're Eels but Instead of electricity they carry poison In their bodies and have fangs as well, they are three times faster and more deadly than snakes are when In the water, also the cure for the poison around these areas comes from the root of underwater trees, and those a rare to grow since they would need a lot of sunlight, but with the clouds In the way It Is Impossible for any of the trees to receive the sunlight thus those roots are killed and replaced with regular ones Instead by the trees." Erza Replied as she explained It all to Grey.

"If that's the case then how about this bridge, so far there hasn't been a single Eel to come for us for a while now?" Kiba Asked.

"The Sea Prism Stone on each of the plank of wood prevents them from attacking the bridge. Sea Prism Stone Is very expensive so from one of your superiors told me that this village had slowly bought only a few pieces of the stone which they had used to glue on each of the plank of wood Just like the Marine ships from the Navy have underneath their own, that's how they keep the sea kings from attacking them and It Is the same method used on this bridge also." Erza Replied as she explained again to Kiba about the bridge.

The Journey took them Twenty minutes to get to the village, the bridge was long and wide, It's width was twenty metres wide, and the bridge was on the water, swaying with the waves thanks to the planks of wood holding It up, the rails were ropes that held the bridge together, and the surface was covered In a long brown tart that stuck to the planks of wood keeping the wood still for travellers safety.

Their sight of the other end was covered by the thickness of the mist that was ahead of them while travelling to the village, once they made It there, they saw two guards, each dressed In a Samurai armour, with Magic protecting them.

"HAULT!" A Guard Yelled. "Who goes there?!" He Demanded.

"We're Just travellers who entered the hotel last night here, we Just came for a stroll and wanna come back." Erza Replied.

"We can't let you In without any Identification." The Guard Said.

Erza and Naruko Gasped, as they then began putting their arms underneath their breasts, pushing them up, squeezing them together, while blushing.

"Oh darn, I left my Identification on the bed at the hotel." Naruko Pouted.

"I'm sure you handsome Samurai could understand our predicament." Erza Said, as she put her left arm against her chin, while looking dreamily at the Samurai.

"M-Maybe we could make an exception for today." The Samurai Said Nervously.

"Thank you." Both Erza and Naruko Said, as they passed the Samurai.

"Thanks man." Grey Said.

"Thank You." Kiba Said.

"Arff." Akamaru Thanked.

"Thanks man." Natsu Said.

"Arff." Happy Barked, which he thanked.

"WAIT A MINUTE!" One of the Samurai Yelled. "Did that cat Just bark?" He Said.

Natsu and Happy started to sweat drop, while Erza looked back with a slight panicked expression on her face.

"They're allowed to go through." Said a VERY deep voice, they all turned their heads towards the right side of the gate where there was another street, to see a very large man standing outside.

The man was seven meters tall, had a large stomach, and was tanned also, wore nothing but a cloth around his waist and legs, and had dark hair pulled In a pony tail, with dark eyes too.

"T-Tohru-Sama." One of the Guards Said.

"Another criminal Joined forces with Orochimaru." Erza Thought. "Tohru, otherwise known as Tohru the rogue wrestler. He's a former sumo wrestler from the Eastern parts of the world, his strength Is Immense along with his weight, but for some reason Rode the Rodent Isn't with him, his brother." Erza Thought.

"B-But Tohru-Sama, we Just heard the cat bark." A Samurai Said, which the others simply Ignored and walked by their business. Tohru pulled from his large bag on his back a bird cage which revealed a small pigeon.

"Meow." The Pigeon Meowed.

"WHAT!" The Samurai's eyes literally shot through their helmets as they looked at Tohru's pigeon In surprise and shock.

"Our pigeon for some reason can meow." Tohru Said.

With the others.

"I could've taken them fine." Grey Said.

"I'm sure you could've but we need to stay focus at our task at hand, we'll split for a bit, tomorrow we'll regroup with the others, and then the operation can commence." Erza Said.


Author's Note: HELLO MY VIEWERS! Me ATAPK, or Adam The Assassin Pirate King here, has a WONDERFUL ANNONCEMENT TO MAKE!

If you read my other stories, "Long Lost" Then you know on that recent chapter I've uploaded I've mentioned about an update story coming along. Unlike other authors or even most authors I choose not to put an update page on any of my fanfic stories, and I don't really like removing the updates to replace them with full chapters either so Instead I plan to make an update story, naming It something like "ATAPK Update Page" so I could get feed back from you guys In the review section.

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