"There are nine levels of power..." (Speech)
"Rin, Kyo, Toh, Sha, Kai, Jin, Retsu, Zai, and Zen." (Thoughts)
"This is the Silent Way of the Mystic-Knights, the Moonlit Path of the Shadow-Warrior,
the Invisible Assassins of Feudal Japan, the NINJA." (Bijuu or higher Deity)
This is the story of Uzumaki Naruto, the True Shinobi. (Narration)
True Shinobi
"Leave it to Kakashi to be late for the first G rank mission in Konoha history." Anko says with an annoyed grunt. She had been searching for nearly two hours for the man! All the usual places, training grounds, bookstores, his apartment, left no trace of where he could be.
"There wasn't even any dirt I could use on the guy! No Icha Icha, no photos, no nothing!" Anko says with a pout. Gracefully gliding from rooftop to rooftop, Anko races throughout the city of Konohagakure. The sun blazes its heat around Konoha, the civilians below bustle about their business. Even with her viper like sight, Anko can't find Kakashi anywhere in the downtown area. Gliding from the roof to a telephone pole, Anko sits in full lotus.
"Alright this is getting me no where! Hell now I'm late because of him!" Anko says mentally, her face souring at the thought. Taking a few deep breathes, Anko calms herself and thinks clearly.
"Kakashi may act like a baka, but the guy is a war veteran. An A rank shinobi with a kill on sight order; you don't live through that being a baka. Now where would a war veteran go..." Anko wonders before realization struck her. She can't help but smile at figuring it out; it was so obvious! Raising to her feet, Anko gracefully runs across the thin telephone line before leaping to a nearby building and wall running up it to the rooftop. Searching for Training Ground Three, Anko uses her binocular vision to scope out a figure at the Konoha Memorial Stone. Like a snake, Anko sends chakra to her tongue, hisses and sends chakra in two directions; combining both taste and smell.
"Yep definitely Kakashi. I'd recognize that odor o' Wolf anywhere." Anko says before shunshinning in a typhoon of leaves...
At the Memorial sight...
Kakashi, for once, wasn't reading his Icha Icha. To anyone who looked on the surface, Kakashi looked as aloof as ever. Same blank, and lazy expression as always, but if you looked underneath the underneath, one could tell Kakashi was staring at a particular name on the Kunai shaped Memorial.
"Obito..." Kakashi sighs mentally. The mere name sends Kakashi back to the day his life changed forever...
Flashback, Kakashi age thirteen...
Kakashi stared in horror once the dust cleared from the Doton: Iwayado Kuzush. His teammate and new best friend had the entire right side of his body completely crushed by a giant boulder. Tears began to effortlessly fall from Kakashi's face at the sight of his friend and teammate. Blood was spashed out of his mouth and yet he had a pleasant smile on his face. Kakashi rushes to his friend's side as he tries to push the boulder off of him.
"Don't... It's okay, Kakashi." Obito said with a tired voice, blood pooling from his mouth. Obito gasped trying to get air into his crushed body; he knew he wouldn't make it.
"I don't think... I can make it... My right side is completely crushed. I... can't even feel anything anymore... The pain is finally gone..." Obito gasped with a smile. Kakashi tried to focus chakra into his arms to increase his strength, but the boulder didn't even budge. Kakashi gave up screaming profanities, slamming his fists into the boulder. Rin can't believe her eyes, crying them out and holding her hand over her mouth to block the cries. She looks away from the sight, until Obito coughs up some blood.
"Obito!" Rin screamed, no longer holding in as she cried for her fallen friend. Why did that have to happen? Why did Obito have to... Kakashi fell to his knees and slammed his fists on the ground.
"Dammit!... If only... If only I listened to you, and come to rescue Rin in the first place... This would've never happened!" Kakashi screamed in sorrow. He failed, he failed his sensei and his teammates; he was worse than scum!
"So what if I'm a captain? So what if I'm a Jounin?" Kakashi said, grunting his teeth to hold back his tears.
"...OH yeah... I had forgotten..." Obito said, using his remaining strength to test his left hand.
"The only one who... Didn't give you a gift... For becoming a Jounin Kakashi." Obito says twitching his fingers to try to move them...
Flashback end...
Kakashi touches his headband where said gift is located. With a sigh, Kakashi steps to the side, a leaf typhoon swirls where he was once located. Once the typhoon dies down, one Anko stands next to Kakashi with a knowing expression; this was not the place to goof around. A lot of shinobi and kunoichi lost their lives for the sake of both the mission and Konohagakure; the ultimate display of patriotism and honor.
"Looks like you found, Anko chan. Let's see what she's won ladies and gentlemen!" Kakashi says with his signature eye smile. Anko finds it both amazingly simple to read and yet devilishly mysterious at the same time.
"Touche Kakashi..." Anko says mentally.
"Alright, how's about you get to the Academy in five minutes. Not five minutes after an hour, five minutes; one hundred-thirty seconds. For each second you're late, I'll add another Barbados Threadsnake to your meals; all of them." Anko says with a devilish smirk, hissing to add effect, before shunshinning to the Academy.
Kakashi pays his respect to his fallen teammate before making the ram seal and disappearing in a puff of smoke. Barbados Threadsnakes are about four inches in length, Anko is known for her vindictive nature; having placed said snakes in the pants of one guy foolish enough to grope her.
At the Academy...
All Jounin, Tokubestu Jounin, and their newly formed Genin squad were currently waiting for the MIA Hatake Kakashi and Mitarashi Anko. Teams Eight and Ten had already met their senseis and were all introduced, only staying to wait for their colleagues. Kurenai expected this from Kakashi, hell even Anko's absence made sense.
"Anko chan was always one for theatrics." Kurenai says, deciding to go over the mission scroll one more time. This is the first G rank mission, possibly in the entire world. It will involve all newly formed teams' specialties. Team Eight would be the Tracking unit, searching and finding the target. Team Seven would be the unit to take down the enemy and Team Ten would interrogate the enemy for information. On paper, it sounds like a simple C rank mission. However, after growing up during the times of the Third Shinobi World War, she knew was anything below a B rank mission.
Asuma is currently smoking one of his cigarettes, the only thing keeping him from finding Kakashi himself and trapping him in his Fuuton: Kaze Kachuu. He was done to his last pack and only had two left! Genma just chews on his long senbon, while reading a scroll on practical uses for Genjutsu. Hayate is busy cleaning the blood off a kunai, something that did not go unnoticed by the gathered Genin.
"Where are they!" Ino and Sakura scream causing all with or without sensitive hearing to wince in pain. Naruto was having his patience tried by his "senseis"
"I don't think I can take those two screaming one...More... TIME! This is worse than having to remain calm while being shoot!" Naruto mentally groans. From what he gathered from the other senseis, the three squads would be the first Genin to ever take a G rank mission. Failure was not an option for any of the young Genin. If they failed this, it would be the ultimate black spot on their record! If they weren't sent back to the Academy, they'd be stuck doing D rank missions. Tenten told Naruto ALL about those glorified chores and having the chance to take missions similar to this was too tempting to pass up.
"Sucks to be Ten chan!" Naruto jokes mentally, failing to hide the chuckle from the others.
"What's so funny dobe?" Sasuke says his ever present 'Holier than tho' aura lacing all over him. Saukra and Ino are posted in the seats next to their idol, both trying to get his attention.
"Oh nothing much. Just your little worshippers over there. Don't they know idol worship is bad for their health?" Naruto jokes flashing his 'foxy' grin. Naruto has the uncanny ability to make people laugh, the entire room chuckling or giggling is proof enough to that claim. The laughter is silenced when a eerie KI leaks from Ino and Sakura, who glare death at Naruto.
"Wow that genjutsu is awesome! It makes you look so creepy and that dark atmosphere that surrounds you, brilliant I say BRILLIANT!" Naruto says with mock humor. His attempt to clown his way out of trouble fails, only serving to anger the preteen girls more. Ino and Sakura walk over towards Naruto, then jog and before long, they're dashing over towards him.
"Oh no... They're picking up speed! They're running right at me!" Naruto mentally says with mock horror. The two preteens cock back their fists and subconsciously pump chakra into their fists, Naruto can feel it. Even though the only jutsu Naruto knew were Kage Bunshin, Shuriken Kage Bunshin, Kunai Kage Bunshin, Kawarimi, variants to Shunshin, and summoning, it was how he used what he knows that made him unique. That and he was a C rank sealer and could sense chakra. When Sakura and Ino are close enough, Naruto naturally weaves out of the way. Sakura and Ino stumble before falling on their faces, their raging chakras blinded them.
Angel giggles at the foolish girls, "Trying to hit my Naru kun. Those two might as well have came at him running in mud."
Sasuke just grunts a "Hn." not really caring if the dobe got lucky and actually dodged his attackers. Before the now embarrassed and pissed preteens were about to get up and try again, until a whirlwind of leaves sends them flying back to their seats roughly. When the whirlwind dies down, the Genin all have mixed reactions at what they see.
"What the hell am I seeing?" Naruto says with a blush. The wind from her Shunshin blows her clothes around, showing off all her feminine assests. She's wearing a fishnet body suit that frames her battle primed body. Equipped with metal shin guards and a tan trenchcoat with deep pockets on both sides, and who couldn't notice the orange skirt.
"Did I mention my favorite color is orange?" Kyuubi says from within Naruto's mind. They didn't want to risk one of the more detail orientated Jounin to spot his disguise.
"Mine too..." Naruto admits, following along with the rest of the males actions of staring at said woman. Before Kurenai can finish one of her personal anti-perv genjutsu, a puff of smoke erupts next to Anko. Coughing can be heard as both Hayatte and Kakashi try to fan the smoke away from them.
"Shouldn't have overshot that Shunshin." Kakashi says through coughs. Once the smoke is cleared, Kakashi clears his throat. Before he can speak, Anko adds some chakra to a scroll, tosses it up in the air and a banner that says 'Mitarashi Anko, Konoha's Seductress!... And Hatake Kakashi,' fireworks and streamers comes from the scroll's center. Several of the male Genin, minus Sasuke, applaud the woman for her entrance.
"Nine/Nine!" Naruto and Kyuubi say with a sign that reads 9.
"TEN!" Kiba says with valor, holding a sign that reads 10 (please be my sensei!)
Sasuke just "Hn" but with a noticeable blush compared to the Uchiha's normally pale skin.
Shino just fixes his glasses, something all glasses wearers know is a constant thing. Though the bugs within him were buzzing with activity. Chouji stops eating his chips, pulls out a scroll, adds chakra to it and unseals a slice of watermelon. He takes a huge bite out of the fruit as juice gushes out. Shikamaru finds himself in caught in a thought experiment. "I am the closest I have ever been to seeing a naked woman, this is good. However, it is in front of Ino, who hates perverts; this sucks... So does this situation suck or not?" Shikamaru's mind juggles the idea around his head, while Roland looks on absently. Dontez does a wolf whistle, that Kakashi joins in. All the females, minus one smirking Anko, were glaring at the men, sending them a wave of KI that destroyed any sexual energy the guys could produce.
"YOU'RE LATE!" Ino and Sakura roar, only to have cuts appear on their cheeks and thin layers of blood leaking out. Slowly looking behind them, the two preteens see a pair of kunai lodged into the wall. Looking back in front of them, they see Anko's stretched out arms and make the mistake to look into her chocolate brown eyes.
"You leave that shit in this room! From now on, when you are in my presense, you will behave like Kunoichi." Anko says darkly. The two preteens gulp and shake their heads fervently.
"Well since introductions are out of the way. Why don't we begin this mission briefing?" Kakashi says with his ever present aloof face. The young Genin drop all playful or skittish behavior in order to listen intently to their first mission.
"As you may or may not know, yesterday after graduation, an informant came to the Hokage with some concerns." Kurenai says in a professional manner. Ino can't help but smile proudly, knowing she was the so called 'informant'.
"Take that FIVEHEAD!" Ino says mentally, sending a victory smirk Sakura's way. She was one step closer to winning Sasuke's heart! Kawaii!
"It turns out, Mizuki had contact with an S rank criminal of Konoha and became an instructor in order to find the perfect fall guy for his plan." Anko says, failing to hide her the scowl on her face. To think Mizuki had made contact with THAT man... She should have kept a eye on the weasel...
"I'm almost afraid to ask, but what was his original plan?" Naruto asks, for some reason not liking the sounds of this mission.
"Well as it turns, Mizuki planned to take the dead last student and give him a so called 'extra credit' so he could pass the exam. However, that plan was a bust, since the informant had contacted the Hokage beforehand. " Kurenai says, trying to leave out a certain 'detail' about the incident.
"And that's when Mizuki henged into one Alexandros Uzumaki Naruto and stole, what he believed, was the Forbidden Scroll of Fuuin. Unknown to him, Hokage sama relocated the scroll and left a scroll containing low level Uchiha clan fire scrolls." Kakashi says, revealing just about everything about a supposed A rank secret to a group of Genin. Kurenai glares at her fellow Jounin, who just shrugs aloofly.
"The mission involves at least three of the Genin, they might as well know." Kakashi says, reaching for his Icha Icha, until he hears a snake hiss. Kakashi wisely puts the book back in his pouch, causing Anko to smile warmly. To say the Genin were shocked was an understatement.
"How dare that no name reject steal from the Uchiha! They will never find his body..." Sasuke says mentally, subconsciously rubbing the feather tattoo on his right hand.
"Mwhahahaha yesss... Bring me the life force of those that dare stand to the glory of the Uchiha!" Basan roars from within the feather seal.
"Yes... All shall fall before the Uchiha..." Sasuke chants mentally, smirking smugly to himself.
"That baka henged into me?" Naruto asks outraged! To steal a shinobi's name was one thing, but to steal their appearance and commit crimes in their names? That... Was actually quite clever, perhaps he underestimated the Chunin. Still, this had to be dealt with quietly and swiftly.
"Despite Mizuki having low level katon jutsus, he has still stolen private property from Konohagakure with intent to sell it to an enemy. It is because of this, that Hokage sama believes this is the best way to test your skills as Shinobi and Kunoichi. Failure is not an option." Kurenai says, adding a oppressing aura to the room to add effect. Some of the lesser Genin gulp, but they're all in agreement.
"This is a joint mission, using each of your unique abilities to take down the threat. Team Eight, it is our job to track the enemy and see if capture is possible." Kurenai says, reaching into one of her pockets and removing a piece of cloth with Mizuki's scent.
"Kiba san, I need you to take a whiff of this and see if you and Akamaru can pick up a trail." Kurenai commands, but Kiba doesn't take it.
"After four years of enduring those boring ass class, I have his scent memorized. The baka didn't get that far, I can smell him just leaving the village." Kiba says smugly. Kurenai nods, impressed that Kiba's sense of smell was so keen; no doubt thanks to Hana.
"Kuernai sensei, I would like to inform you that I have one of my kikaichuu currently tracking Mizuki." Shino says, readjusting his glasses. Kurenai couldn't help but feel pride in her time, so far they seemed up to the task.
"Listen up Team Anko!" Anko yells, her team instantly fall in line and await orders.
"We are the muscle in this mission! We are tasked with bringing Mizuki down; alive if possible, but dead is fine." Anko says.
"HEY! How come they get all the action?" Kiba yells, outraged that he was stuck with being a glorified Blood hound, while Team Seven got to fight the traitor! Kurenai flashes through hand seals and before Kiba knows it, he finds himself running in the forests of Konoha. His nose is filled with Mizuki's scent, he is so close! Kiba could prove he is the alpha among his graduation class! Mizuki stops running and turns around, with a Fuma Shuriken in hand. Before Kiba can get to the next tree limb, Mizuki hurls his weapon at Kiba. Not being able to dodge in midair, Kiba tries to bend out of the way, but fails as the shuriken cuts through his body. Kiba sees his blood and organs spill out of him long before the pain settles in.
"AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Kiba screams, holding onto his missing bottom half, only to see that he is perfectly fine. Everyone looks at him like he's gone crazy, Kiba just looks at Kurenai, who has a knowing grin.
"Being Shinobi is not about fame and fortune. It is not about saving the princess and living a life of luxury. Your job is to follow orders and preserve the peace of your village. If any of you have notions of getting into the Bingo Books with an S rank status under your name, you walk a foolish path. To true Shinobi, information is golden and the more you know the better off you'll be. If an enemy has information on you, they can devise counter strikes against you." Genma says sagely, though it only gets to some of the Genin.
"That leaves Team Ten with the interrogating Mizuki for whatever information we can obtain." Asuma says, smoking the last of his cigarettes, flicking the bud in the trash.
"Do you *cough* accept this mission *cough*?" Hayatte says through coughs. All Genin present give a salute.
"Then what are you waiting for? Bring us our Nuke nin!" Anko commands as the Genin all rush out of the room, some in shunsin variants and some just running out...
And there you have it folks! The very first G rank mission! I will admit I have not read that many fanfics, so maybe someone has used the whole G rank mission thing. If so I'd like to say 'Great minds think alike!' I mean I felt that D rank missions were glorified chores. Just something for the author to get a few chucks and giggles. I mean there are better ways to work on someone's teamwork... Plus, if we were to be honest, the Konoha Nine were NOT prepared for the Chunin Exam. The only reason they didn't die was because they were the main characters. I mean seriously, ninja trainers do not have people go through that to develop ninja skills; legit ninja skills. Not that hollywood shit. Anyway, after reading a fanfic (can't remember the name, sorry) I've decided that Naruto will have ONE girl from each major village with the possibility of two from one village at max. I feel that the other characters of Naruto take a back seat to Team Seven. Hell, a lot of those characters have untapped potential! I'll try my best to draw that potential to the surface! Oh yeah, I get my translations from and if you're curious. I could provide a list, if someone asks for one.