John: yo what party people, spring break is here so lets head to South beach and...
Kyuubi: you do realise that Eagle's spring break has ended right?
John: *Huddles in the corner with storm clouds* Noooooooo! Ah well at least St. Patricks day is coming up so lets go stock up on beer.
Naruto: *gagged and bound* Ummmm...Muuuhhmm.
Me:*walking in with hands rubbed raw* well we would untie you if you hadn't nearly blown up the base.
Cain: where were you boss?
Me: Scrubbing my hands clean after writing a Sakura scene in this chapter. Any my loyal fans I have returned with a new chapter, I am in need of a beta so if you want the job please pm me. I have also put a poll up on my page for the pairings so please vote and review.
"Talking"
'thinking'
Jutsu/ability
"Demon/higher being speaking"
'Demon/higher being thought'
Kasai gripped his head in frustration as he read over the report that was submitted by Team Eagle. What they were told when he regained consciousness was that the man, Chang, had suffered from exhaustion due to sailing for three days and keeping several of Gato's goons locked in the crew quarters. Because of Chang's state of mind from sailing for two days straight and pure luck, Gato's goons had broken out of the cabin. To prevent them from capturing him, he had
started a grease fire on the main deck and jumped overboard.
'Kami dammit, both Team Stone and Team Merc are out trying to get a treaty with Kumo. The other twelve jounin are working with our allies in Kirki on their bandit problem since the civil war has ended. The chunins are dealing with the pirates that are off of the coastal villages in the area. The rest are here on
leave or guard duty. That leaves the genin teams. From what Chang described, this mission would be considered at least B, A at the most; however, they
would get support from the team the bridge builder hired from Konoha,' he thought with spite 'and the only teams that have met the requirements for those missions are: Team hawk, who are in Tea country on a messenger mission, Team Omega, who are on medical leave because T.K., and Soi Fon suffered injuries on their last mission and had to be admitted to the hospital. So that leaves Team Eagle.' Kasai sighed.
"Nancy," Kasai said into the intercom
"Yes Uzukage-sama." She answered
"Can you please ask Team Eagle to report to my office tomorrow."
"Yes Uzukage-sama."
The next morning Team Eagle stood in front of Kasai.
"Thank you for coming. The man that you rescued has, as you know, informed us that Nami no Kun has fallen into the hands of Gato. This mission, if you choose to accept it, will be rated anywhere from high C to low A for the possibility of missing nin and the amount of thugs that he has."
"Uzukage-sama,"
Hiko spoke up "what is the mission objective?"
"The objective is that you are to eliminate Gato, along with any thugs. If you find any missing nin let Daniela handle the situation." He responded.
"Jiji, what is the situation in Nami?" Naruto asked.
"The situation is desperate at best, horrendous at worst. From what Chang said, when Gato arrived their economy entered a boom for several weeks before several hundred mercenaries arrived on the island. After that Gato took complete control over everything driving the people into poverty, even their Daimyo can't afford to eat. He keeps the people on a tight leash by letting his mercenaries use terror tactics."
"Uzukage-sama, is there anything we can do besides kill Gato to elevate the people who are suffering?" John asked.
"There is one thing; a master bridge builder by the name of Tazuna is trying to break Gato's monopoly by connecting the land of Fire to Nami. Recently he was nearly attacked by Gato's thugs, and has left to hire a team of Konoha shinobi. From what Chang said he only had gathered enough money to pay for a C rank. Chang was coming here in hopes of having us send a team to either gets rid of Gato or provide aid to the Konoha team." Kasai said with venom dripping off the word Konoha.
"So what is your decision?"
The members of Team Eagle looked at each other before Daniela spoke up "Uzukage-sama, even though we may not like Konoha shinobi,"
"Speak for yourself." Naruto mumbled
"anyway, we will not let anyone suffer needlessly from a tyrant for any reason. So we accept."
"All right you leave for Nami immediately."
"Hai Uzukage-sama/Jiji." They responded.
"And makes sure you keep Naruto's identity a secret this time.
"Hai Uzukage-sama." They answered as they exited the room.
"Be safe and may Kami protect you." Kasai said quietly as he watched the team rush towards the west gate towards Wave.
In a forest to the south we can hear the sound of stomping feet, cursing and what sounds like hissing. "Dammit if this cat messes up my beautiful hair one more time I'm going to kill it." A pink haired banshee shrieked.
"Maw, maw, Sakura calm down, at least that demon cat didn't try to take a bite of your hand." Cain said as he started to finger a kunai.
"Calm done you two this mission wasn't that bad." Kakashi said.
"You just sat there and read your book." Cain shot back.
"Shut it ero-baka, you got Sasuke-kun covered in garbage." She yelled causing the cat that was struggling in her arms to cover its ears. 'Kami why do you hate me?' Cain thought as they trudged up the steps to the mission room, where the Hokage was sitting behind the desk with Iruka.
"Team Seven reporting in from the capture Tora mission." Kakashi said as he entered, still reading his book.
"Hm. I demand you give us a mission that is worthy of an Uchiha." sasuke said, the arrogance dripping off of every word he spoke.
"Yea give Sasuke-kun a higher mission." Sakura said.
"What the hell is wrong with you two, he is the Hokage show some respect." Iruka shouted at the two for even having the audacity of speaking to their leader in such away.
"Calm down Iruka-kun, but he is right if either of you two even think about demanding anything from me again I will have your punishment seem like playground bullying compared to,"*tap, tap, tap* was the sound that interrupted the third from his rant causing everyone in the room to shift their view to the window, where a large golden eagle was sitting on the ledge. *tap, tap, tap* the eagle tapped the glass again causing every ninja in the room to tense up. "Okay this is getting annoying, I tried to be civil and knock. So can one of you ningen please OPEN THE DAM WINDOW!" Zephyr exclaimed. Shaking his head to get over the shock the Third turned to Iruka and said "Iruka-kun can you please go open the window to let eagle-san in"
"Yes Hokage-sama." Iruka said as he walked towards the window and opened it allowing Zephyr to fly in with the scroll clutched in his talons. Landing on the desk the hidden Anbu agents prepared to intercept the bird if it attacked as he stared at the Hokage. "Are you the Hokage?"
"Yes I am."
"Good, my name is Zephyr and I am."
"TALKING EAGLE!" someone yelled.
Turning his head Zephyr looked at the one who shrieked "Why is there a pink haired troll in the room?" Zephyr asked causing many in the room to snicker.
"Zephyr-san this is team seven consisting of Sasuke Uchiha, Cain, and Sakura Haruno"
"What are you exactly?" Cain asked
"I am a summon creature and, as the girl, you are a girl correct?"
"Yes I am you eagle-baka."
"Watch your tongue girl we eagles are one of the strongest and proudest summons there are."
"Hm. You can't be that strong the only summons that I have heard of are the: Snakes, Toads, Slugs of the three sannin, and the weasel contract that belongs to the Yondamie Kazekages family." Sasuke said.
"That is because we have finally found someone who is worthy to sign our contract." Zephyr replied.
"Then I demand that you cancel the contract with the current holder and allow me to be your new one. For only an Uchiha is worthy to be the holder of such a supposedly powerful contract." Sasuke smirked thinking he just got a new powerful tool that would allow him to beat Itachi. While Sakura was having vivid day dreams of Sauske, shirtless, riding to her rescue on the back of a giant eagle, and then after he would take her in his arms and then, she quickly wiped away the blood was dripping from her nose. Kakashi on the other hand was thinking not only would he repay Obito, he would also be the sensei to the holder
of one of the most powerful contracts in existence, everyone else in the room, who wasn't in their own little world, could feel the KI radiating off of Zephyr. Before anyone could move Zephyr turned and flapped his wings causing a strong guest of wind to slam into Sasuke, sending him into the wall, shocking the
hell out of everyone. "Listen and listen well brat, you are too arrogant for your own good. My clan will hear about your actions and I will assure you that you will never sign your contract. Now can we get back our business or would you like to deal with them first?" Zephyr asked,
"Let me deal with them first. Kakashi do you believe your team is ready for a C-rank mission?" the Third asked while preparing for the headache that the council would rise. "Yes they are Hokage-sama." Kakashi said his hand moving to where he kept his little orange book.
"All right than send him in." the Third said into the intercom. Soon the doors opened up revealing as man in his late fifties, with grey hair, black shirt, grey pants, bamboo hat, spectacles and a beer gut with a sake bottle in his hand. "This is the team that is supposed to protect me?! I was expecting some of those guys in the mask, not a boy who looked like he lost a fight with a lawn mower and a leaf blower at the same time, a pink haired transvestite troll, a Cyclopes, or an apparent pervert. They look like they would faint at the first sight of blood." He said glancing over the members of team seven, especially Cain who was
sitting on the window edge with a telescope aimed at the female side of the hot springs. The Hokage, Zephyr, and the Anbu guards gained a large sweat drop at Cain's action. "Don't worry Tazuna-san these are some of the best shinobi are academy has ever produced." The Hokage said.
"All right gaki's, I am Tazuna the super awesome bridge builder, your job is to protect me from anything as I finish my bridge in Wave."
"Team Seven do you accept the mission?"
"Hai Hokage-sama" Kakashi replied
"If you don't need us for any…"
"Actually I would like more than the Anbu and Iruka-san here to act as witness, so would you and your team mind staying Cyclopes-san?" Zephyr interrupted. Kakashi looked over at the Hokage, who nodded his head in approval. "We would be happy to Zephyr-san."
"Excellent." Zephyr rolled out the scroll he was carrying in front of the Hokage, before placing his talon directly on the scroll and channeling chakra into it. A round of gasp echoed around the room, followed by the sound of Sakura rushing out of the room. Sitting on the desk was the head of Mizuki, half of the face was burnt beyond recognition the other half still held the silent scream of pure agony. "Wh-wha-wha-what the hell, what the hell happened to him?" Cain asked.
"My summoner and my summoner's companions were hired to deal with him. He lost the fight and I am delivering his head for the bounty since my summoner couldn't be here in person to do it." Zephyr responded. After running a quick medical jutsu over the head the Hokage nodded in grim silence that this was
indeed Mizuki. Reaching under the desk the Third pulled out a scroll "Here is the bounty for Mizuki." The third said. Zephyr gripped the scroll in his talons before channeling wind chakra through them and letting out a loud screech, causing the scroll to glow white. "Everything is in order, I bid you good day
Hokage-san." With that Zephyr quickly launched himself into the air and disappeared into the clouds. "Team we will be leaving tomorrow at eight o'clock sharp. Meet me at the north gate." Kakashi said as Sakura reentered the room noticing the head was gone, she, and the members of Team even quickly left. 'Maybe I should have hired whoever did that to that criminal' Tazuna thought. As he grabbed his sake bottle and took a large swig from it before heading back to his hotel room.
The next morning Team Seven meet at the assigned gate, to their surprise Kakashi was actually on time for once causing them to try and dispel the supposed genjutsu much to Kakashi's dismay. "All right let me see your packs to see if you are prepared for a long range C-rank mission. Sasuke let's start with you first."
"Hm. I have a single self-pop up tent, flint and steel, two weeks' worth of rations, water purification tablets, blood and food pills, a medic kit, two hundred shuriken and kunai, and fifty explosive tags." Sasuke answered.
"Good, now you Sakura."
"Right, um I have a week and a half worth of rations, a tent, my makeup kit, a nice dress, Kunoichi magazine, a tinder box, several pairs of shoes, blood pills, water purification tablets, a hundred shuriken and kunai, and ten explosive tags." Sakura said as she shifted on her feet to stop from falling over with her
oversized pack.'At least he bought the lie, or I wouldn't be able to impress Sasuke-kun.' she thought. In truth she only had half of all the survival andninja gear she said she had. While having two to three different dresses, several make up kits, and a weeks worth of Kunoichi magazines beauty section.
"All right that is acceptable." Sakura smiled at this "Now let's see what you got Cain." Kakashi said turning to his last student.
"I have a single person tent, two weeks worth of rations, flint and steel, a tinder box, water purification tablets, food pills, blood and plasma pills, chakra pills, two med kits, a hundred and fifty kunai and shuriken and twenty five explosive tags." Cain said as he picked up his smaller pack that had scrolls on it.
"That is acceptable, but next time pack lighter." Kakashi said as the five travelers made their way out of the gate. Five hours down the road we find Team Seven setting up camp for the night. "Tazuna-san why did you go to Konoha to hire shinobi, doesn't Wave have a hidden village?" "I can answer that one Sakura, the truth is wave doesn't have a hidden village. Because wave is considered an important trade route to all of the hidden villages, it was declared neutral territory and no major village can attempt to take it over, nor have a village built their because the island is to small." Kakashi said not even looking up from his book.
"That is not the whole truth Kakashi-san; in truth Wave did originally have a hidden village, the hidden village of the Eddies, Uzushiogakure. In fact Wave was
originally called Uzu no Kun. It was renowned for producing some of the strongest water, wind, and lightning, and fūinjutsu masters in the world. It was their
fūinjutsu that made the nations of Kirki, and Iwa fear them, along with some rebels from Kumo. Near the end of the second shinobi world war and the beginning of the third that Uzu was destroyed. From what I remember it was just after the peace treaty was signed by the five kages that a fleet had sailed from Kirki containing nearly 1.5 million shinobi to do battle against the 500,000 in Uzu who was left to defend itself." Tazuna said with sadness entering his voice as he remembered the invasion.
"What where were its allies?" Cain asked now thoroughly engrossed in the story, along with Sakura, and Sasuke who was thinking about trying to find some powerfull scrolls to help defeat him.
"Their allies, which was Konoha in fact, where unable to provide aid for the attack struck while the Hokage was leaving the meeting, though I was surprised that your council didn't send aid." Tazuna said. "Anyways, for seven days the enemy shinobi tried to take Uzu…"
"It was by the fifth day that the enemy was able to land their troops. Out of the 1.5 million who landed only about 908,000 made it to the beach head. From there the fighting became horrendous, by the time the shinobi from Kirki, and Iwa reached the gates of old Uzu their numbers had dwindled down to 30,000, while there was only 1,000 Uzu shinobi, almost all of them were Uzumakis, since roughly 5,000 had been ordered to the teleportation seals along with 68,000 civilians. By the time the enemy had breached the gate nearly three hundred shinobi had been ordered to go to the seals. Only two hundred made it. It was
then that the team manning the first teleportation seal was attacked. By the time the twenty men fell and destroyed the seal the enemy had lost another five
hundred shinobi. Soon the only survivors of the battle moved to the last seal, which required ten people to operate. It was that that the old Uzumaki clan head
decide to send Kasai through, to which Kasai tried to protest but he was quickly knocked unconscious and thrown into the seal where he was sent to new Uzu. With that the last ten destroyed the seal and prepared to do battle against the remaining 15,000 enemy shinobi. By the time the battle was over Uzu had
fallen and only 1,500 enemy shinobi remained." Daniela said, since they were approaching the original Uzu she felt that they should know all about the battle, as she and Hiko finished disguising Naruto through the use of orange hair dye and gelling it to look exactly like Ichigo's, even going so far as to cut it so it looked more natural. Along with having him put on a new product called colored contacts, which were invented by a store owner in Uzu to replace glasses, which changed his eyes from the color of sapphires to that of mud brown (he looks exactly like Ichigo at this moment in time). They had also used makeup to
hide his whisker marks, and have given him a pair of black sunglasses to hide his eyes. They had decide to camp for the night since they were still fifty miles away from wave. "Sensei is there a reason why the people changed the name of their country from Uzu to Nami?" Hiko asked since she knew they that both of her teamates where wondering also.
"Because they were forced to by the survivors of Kirki and Iwa, they said that if any new villages appeared in the country, they would wash them away like a never ending wave. So the suvivors, after hearing the speech, decided to call it that" It was then that Zephyr reversed summoned him "Daniela-san I have returned, and I have something you might want to hear." Zephyr said as put the scroll down in front of Daniela, who took it and pocketed it before turning back to Zephyr. "What is the news Zephyr-san?"
"It appears that wave country is in danger since a man named Tazuna, who is a master bridge builder, hired a team of Konoha shinobi."
"We already knew that Zephyr;" Zephyr looked down in embarrassment "however, we don't know who he hired do you?"
"Yes I do, it appears that he is only able to hire a genin team consisting of Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno, and a boy named Cain. They are led by a man named Kakashi Hatake."
"Dam it this mission just got a lot harder, Naruto do you have those special seals that Renji said to use if we run into a sharigan user?"Daniela asked.
"Hai sensei." Naruto said as he pulled the tags out of a simple belt pouch he had on, before handing them over. Taking the tags from Naruto, Daniela began to pass them out. "All right apparently the team from Konoha is nothing but genin; however, they do have a sharigan user with them, possibly two. So to prevent them from copying your hard earned skill, I want you to place these seals on your body and channel chakra into it. The seal will only activate if a
sharigan tries to copy your work so you don't have to worry about chakra drain. Also they will become an invisible tattoo so you don't have to worry about taking it off for bathing." Daniela said as she applied the seal to herself, soon the members of Team Eagle did the same before setting up a contingent of two hundred shadow, kaze, ho, mizu, and kaminairi clones to take watch while they slept. The next morning we find Team Seven walking slowly down the forest
road. "Kakashi-sensei how much long until we enter Wave country?" Sakura whined out as she, and Tazuna, stepped through a puddle, which Sasuke became
suspicious of but paid it no mind as he walked through it. When Cain stepped in the puddle and instantly new it to be a trap since he could not feel the splash
of water on his leg, he began to move his hand slowly towards the scroll where he kept his special "toy". Kakashi, who had noticed the puddle, paid it no mind. Once everyone passed through the puddle two shapes rose from the ground. Both wore Kirki camo, a rebreathe, a clawed gauntlet connected by a chain to the others, and a Kirki head band with a slash through it. Rushing forward the two missing nin quickly wrapped their chain around Kakashi and pulled, much to Kakashi's surprised expression as his body separated into three pieces by the chain. "Kakashi-sensei!" Sakura called after hearing the ripping sound of the chain. "One down" the one on the right spoke,
"Four to go" the left one finished as they began to charge the genin. Whipping around Cain realized that the two shinobi were closing to fast to use his toy effectively. "Sasuke you take the one on the right, I got the one on the left, and Sakura defend the client." Cain said as he pulled out a kunai and through it
with chakra enhanced strength to send the chain into a tree. "Quite dobe, I can take these two by myself." Sasuke said as he charged forward to engage the stuck ninja. "Dammit Sasuke." Cain said as he flashed through a couple of signs before calling out Suiton: Teppoudama(Water Release: bullet). Firing the
large sphere of water at the two shinobi, who disconnected before the jutsu destroyed the tree and their chain. "It looks like these genin have some fight in them." the one on the right said.
"I would have to agree with you brother" the the one on the said as they ran to engage Cain and Sasuke.
"Gōzu take the one on the right. I got the one on the left." The one the left said.
"Got it Meziu." Gōzu said as he raced towards Cain quickly forcing him on defense. Sauske on the other hand reached his opponent and was quickly on offense trying to defeat Meziu. For several seconds the only thing Meziu could do was block the kunai with his gauntlet and try to nail Sauske with either a punch or a kick. All of his attempts were in vain as Sasuke pulled a second kunai and started using it to cut him every time he tried to strike. Cain on the other hand was having a worse, he had already been struck by the gauntlet once and couldn't get any breathing room as he got closer and closer to Sasuke. Allowing the next
kick to send him flying several feet back he quickly flashed through a couple of hand signs before calling out Suiton:Mizu bunshin no jutsu(Water Release: Water Clone). A clone quickly rose from the puddle that was created when the two gunshot techniques collided and rushed Meziu from behind as Cain flashed
through another set of hand signs and nearly finished the jutsu, when he felt something heavy hit him in the back, knocking him to the ground. Looking up he saw Sasuke getting up and preparing to rush at both Meziu and Gōzu, who had gotten into a tag team position. "What the hell is wrong with you asshole?!"
Cain shouted as he stood up "Hm, you should feel honored watching an Uchiha fight so shut up dope." "No fuck you; I nearly had the asshole before you decide to use me as a cushion." Both Meziu and Gōzu were smiling at seeing their foes about to tear into each other making their mission so much easier. Than everything went dark, "Good job taking charge Sasuke, Cain good work with the plan though you need to work on keeping an eye on your surroundings
though, and Sakura excellent work on taking the initiative and guarding the client, while your team took care of the threat." Kakashi said as he began tying up the two shinobi 'these two are the demon brothers what are they doing here?' Kakashi thought. "Kakashi-sensei I, I mean Cain thought you were killed."
Sakura said while Cain had a 'what the fuck' expression. "Any way I will be right back, I need to know why these two were here." With that Kakashi disappears into the woods dragging the demon brothers behind him. Thirty minutes later Kakashi returns and informed the team that they were hired by Gato to take out
Tazuna. Soon Tazuna launched in to his well-rehearsed sob story about his grandson and his daughter, along with anime style tears for added effect. This got the expected result as Team Seven put continuing the mission to a vote and all of them agreed to go on. "Kakashi sensei, shouldn't we call for back up?" Cain asked. "Na, we'll be fine." Kakashi answered.
"Umm, since I'm the client here don't I get any say in this matter?" Tazuna asked.
"Yes you do?" Kakashi answered as he pulled out his little orange book.
"Kay, than I saw we follow the gaki's suggestion, and once wave is fully healed I will be willing to pay the compensation."
"Fine, but I really don't think we need back up since we have Sasuke, who is a genius, Sakura, who had top marks in the academy, and Cain." Kakashi said as he never looked up from his book. 'I am really starting to think I should have asked that eagle if I could have hired his team.' Tazuna thought. Soon Kakashi finished the hand signs for the summoning slamming his hands to the ground causing a small bug with a vest to appear. "Yo Kakashi what's up?" the dog
asked "Paku I need you to inform the Hokage that we need back up and tell h that this mission just got bumped up to a B rank" "Understood Kakashi, also you might want to tell the kid that there is poison in his wound." Paku said, jerking his head towards Cain before running back towards Konoha, causing Cain to immediately freak out. After removing the blood from the wound, by stabbing himself like an idiot, and bandaging it the group continued on their way to wave. Neither saw the humanoid shadow in the tree disappear in the direction they were heading.
Hidden location in Wave
"Your men failed Zabuzza. My spies tell me that the bridge builder is less than a day's travel from Nami." Said a small man with wild brown hair, a black pair of sunglasses, and a business suit, he was Gato the current unofficial ruler of wave. "Shut it you little midget, of course the Demon Brother's lost they were
facing Sharigan no Kakashi. Don't worry next time I will deal with him, the bridge builder, and his cute little genin personally." Said a deep gruff voice that echoed out from the shadows, where a man shaped object could only be seen. "You better or you aren't getting paid." Gato said before he left with his body guards. "I want you to keep an eye out tomorrow, we may need to bug out tomorrow." The man in the shadows said.
"Understood." said a feminine voice from the ceiling.
Afternoon the next day, channel between Nami and Hi no Kun
Currently a thick mist covered the channel between Nami and Hi no Kun, where Team Seven and Tazuna waited patiently for the little boat they are in to hit land. Soon enough the mist cleared enough to allow the impressive sight of a large bridge stretching out into the mile deep water. "Whoa that thing is huge."
Sakura shouted out. "Quiet girly, do you want Gato's patrols to find us, I feel sorry for anyone to fall prey to them."
One mile northwest of the bridge we currently find the members of Team Eagle watching from the shore, as the remains of a patrol barge that Gato owned continues to burn as it sinks below the waves. "If this is the only thing Gato has, he's screwed." John said. "Yep" everyone else replied.
Back at the boat Tazuna just got the feeling that everything just got a little better, as the oarsmen continued to explain the importance of being quiet. Soon the mist cleared enough to allow them to see the shore line. After landing the boat and thanking the boatman the little party continued to walk towards Tazuna's house. Team Eagle was approaching the main forest road when Naruto decided to voice a complaint that he and his teammates had, he drew the short straw in other words. "Sensei,"
"Yes Ichigo?"
"When can we get some meat?"
"Well when we find an animal we can kill, skin and cook we will." Daniela answered. A little of to the right they heard something that caused them to cover their ears, and something caught Naruto's and John's attention, which caused them to quickly head in that direction with Daniela and Hiko following.
Five minutes earlier
Walking through the forest Cain had put himself on edge. Ever since the demon brother incident, and Kakashi warning them that there is the possibility of stronger shinobi coming after, he thought it was better to be safe than sorry. Sensing something was watching them, Cain through a kunai into the brush.
Walking over to the bush, Cain sees a little white bunny freaking out as the kunai struck an inch above its head. Picking up the rabbit Cain quickly walks back trying to calm it down as he opens his bag to put the rabbit in. "What the hell, baka why did you try to hurt the poor bunny." Sakura screeched,
"Hm" Sasuke said while continuing to look ahead. Kakashi on the other hand noticed that the fur was white. 'White fur, in summer time this rabbit was kept indoors, that must mean… a substitution.'
"Hey John, do you see what I see?" Naruto asked.
Looking at Naruto John started to reply "If you are talking about something that looks like the rear end of a,"
"DUCK!" Kakashi yelled as he grabbed Sasuke and Tazuna forcing them to the ground as Cain did the same to Sakura, just avoiding the massive blade that went right through the spot they were just standing in, lodging in the trunk of a tree. "Sharigan no Kakashi, no wonder the Demon brothers failed to kill the old man." Said a deep voice behind them, turning around the group saw a man with short spiky black hair, bandages covering his face, a black sleeveless shirt, no eyebrows, black pants and a sideways kirki head band with a slash through it, standing on the large zanbato blade. "Zabuzza Momochi, A ranked
missing nin, member of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and wielder of the Kubikiribōchō." Kakashi said as he pulled out a kunai. All of Team Seven were wondering what he meant, until Kakashi pulled his head band up revealing his sharigan. 'The sharigan, thatis my clans dojutsu, how the heel does he
have one? Could he be…' Sasuke thought while looking at his sensei. "Well seeing you use the sharigan so early, most likely means you want hand over the old bridge builder, right?" Kakashi nodded "Than that means I am just going to have to kill you all Suiton: Kirigakure no Jutsu( Water release: Hidden Mist Jutsu)!" Zabuzza shouted as a thick mist enveloped the Konoha ninja. "Diamond formation" Kakashi said as the Cain, Sasuke, and Sakura leapt back
and was guarding Tazuna in a loose triangle formation. "Dammit, it looks like they are fighting Zabuzza, John do you know where the bridge builder position is in the mist?" Daniela asked.
"Hai sensei." John responded.
"Good when I he starts to speak again get in front of the bridge builder and block any attack with your santoryu."
"Hai sensei" John said as he pulled out his three swords and put them in place.
"When John engages him Ichigo you will try to disperse the mist and cause a distraction, while Hiko will rush in and get Tazuna to a safe location that will be guarded by a contingent of three hundred shadow clones that will be placed under these simple camo tags." Daniela said as she unsealed five hundred tags. "If Zabuzza, or someone else, goes after Tazuna the clones will substitute itself with him, until one of use engages him to rescue Tazuna. So Ichigo I need you to produce those shadow clones."
"Hai sensei" Naruto said before summoning the clones, who each took a tag and went to hide in the forest close to the road.
'Dam, this mist is so thick that I can't see him even with the sharigan.' Kakashi thought as he was trying to sense Zabuzza. "Eight points: lungs larynx, collarbone, spine, jugular vein, kidney, liver, and heart. These are the eight points on the body that mean instant death if hit, and being a master of the silent killing technique, I can hit any of these and leave before you know you are dead." Zabuzza's voice said from everywhere as he poured on the KI, causing Sakura to piss herself and nearly pass out, Cain to start to sweat, and Sasuke to reach for a kunai. 'This is jounin leave Ki, it's unbearable. I can't stand it I
want out.' Sasuke thought as he brought the kunai to his neck. "Sasuke calm done, I won't let anyone hurt any of you." Kakashi said as he flared his own Ki to relieve the pressure. "That's so sweet, but too bad you failed to protect the client." Zabuzza said from behind the genin and in front of Tazuna.
"It's over." Zabuzza shouted as he brought his zanbato down. *Clang* the sound of metal striking metal was a surprise to everyone, what freaked everyone out even more was what they heard next. "Trying to kill my target wasn't very nice no brows." Said a voice nobody but Team Eagle knew.
In Konoha, the Third Hokage had finally finished his last bit of paper work and was now enjoying a smoke, when a little dog burst into his office. "Hokage-sama" Paku panted as he tried to catch his breath. "Paku, why are you here?" The third asked
"Kakashi-san said to tell you to send backup because apparently the mission has been upgraded to high B," the pug than went into details as he collapsed from exhaustion. 'Dammit Kakashi you should have returned, I would have sent Anbu to deal with this situation, than I wouldn't have to deal with the council nor the massive pill of paper work. Ah well, I'll bitch him out later, maybe I will have Kurenai, Anko, Hana, and Yugao burn his books as punishment, now who to send to help clean up this mess?' Looking at the off duty roster he saw two teams that would be perfect for this situation. 'All right Kakashi, you wanted
back I'll give you backup.' the third chuckled at his evil plan to get vengeance on Kakashi for forcing the evil monstrosity of paper work on him.
