A/N: The funeral is over, surprisingly, contrary to popular belief, it was fun. The time has finally come, the most hated arc in all of , the Land of Waves arc... I know allot of you will hate me after this, since my chapters are so short, it'll take that much longer, haha.

Chapter 10 - Land of Waves

Team 7 had spent 3 weeks together since becoming a team, they had spent 2 weeks doing missions, and 1 training. The training wasn't even really training, it was just the three of them fighting Kakashi over and over, until one fell, always them.

Today was another of those missions days, however Naruto was sick of the stupid D-Ranks, and he was sure the rest of them were too.

"Alright old man, forget about all those damn D-Ranks, we want a real mission!" Naruto yelled at the Hokage, making his former sensei, Iruka stand and yell things about how they were only Genin, leading to Kakashi explaining the mission system in Konoha, making Sasuke sigh and Sakura punch Naruto.

"*Sigh* Well I suppose it wouldn't be too bad, I have a C-Rank mission for you." The Hokage said making Iruka oppose right away, and Team 7 to perk up. "Send him in!" The Third yelled as a drunk old man walked into the room, holding a bottle of sake.

"Are you serious, these are the ninja who are gonna protect me, a cyclops and his three brats, the blonde one seems especially weak." The old man said making Naruto glare.

'This from a smelly old man huh?' Naruto snarled.

"Please, you can rest safe, my team is more than capable of protecting you." Kakashi said, eye smiling.

"Hey old man?" Naruto asked gaining the Third's attention. "Can I talk to you for a minute?" Naruto asked as he looked to all the others in the room and narrowed his. "Alone." He snarled.

"Yes okay, follow me." The Third said as he stood and lead Naruto into a dark room that had scrolls and books everywhere. "What do you wish to say, Naruto?" The Third ask with a smile.

"After we complete this mission, I want permission to go on a short training trip." Naruto said making the Third's eyes widen.

"A trip, for what purpose?" He asked with narrowed eyes.

"To train, the things I wish to practice, Konoha doesn't have what I need." Naruto said calmly.

"What about your team?" The Third asked sadly.

"My team does no actual training, we simply spar against Kakashi-sensei, it's getting in the way of my progress." He said matter-of-factly.

"Getting in the way.." The Third whispered. "When will you be back?"

"Around a week before the Chunin Exams begin." Naruto replied, patience abandoning him.

"I will allow this, only if you take a Jonin along with, to watch over yo-" He tried however was cut off by Naruto's yell.

"No! If another comes with me, then it would destroy the point of this trip." Naruto said calmly, patience returning.

"Hmm, very well." The Third said with a sigh, making Naruto smile. "I'll sign a pass as soon as you return, now go, go complete your mission." The Third said as Naruto ran to meet his team who were just leaving the room, along with the client.

"Naruto, there you are, this is Tazuna, he will be our client for this mission, pack for a 3 week journey then meet me at the front south gate in an hour, got it?" Kakashi asked, as he left, not bothering to check for a response.

'How am I gonna tell him about my trip?' Naruto thought as he headed home to pack for the mission.

*1 Hour Later*

An hour found Team 7, minus Naruto, waiting at the southern gate for, well Naruto.

Around five minutes passed before Naruto reached the southern gate, wearing a black robe over his normal attire, with a backpack aswell.

"Naruto what took you so long?" Kakashi asked causing the rest of Team 7's eyes to twitch.

"It's only been an hour, that was the time you gave me to pack." Naruto said calmly causing Kakashi to sigh.

"Fine, let's go." Kakashi said as they all headed out

The group had traveled for around 30 minutes before they came across a puddle, causing Naruto's eyes to narrow, however it seemed as though everyone else ignored it.

'There is no way Kakashi-sensei, a Jonin, missed that.' Naruto thought as he looked back, causing Kakashi to look at him strangely.

"Is something wrong, Naruto?" Kakashi asked with a smile.

"No, nothing." He said as he looked forward. "Nothing atall."

A few seconds later two figures jumped out of the puddle, and ran at Kakashi, wrapping him in there connected chains.

"Ha, one down!" The two yelled as they ran straight through Kakashi, killing him instantly, his body falling to the ground in a thousand pieces.

"Kakashi-sensei!" Sakura yelled as the two charged at Naruto.

"Two down!" They yelled, however Naruto leaped over there chains, kicked one on the back and grabbed the other by the collar.

"You guys, are gonna die." Naruto said calmly. 'Kyuubi, send chakra to my right fist.' Naruto thought as the Kyuubi did just that, Naruto then punched the Shinobi he grabbed by collar, why had now turned to attack him, in the face, causing the sound of bones breaking to echo throughout the area, and the man to go flying.

"Brother!" The man Naruto previously kicked away yelled, however the man Naruto punched turned into water, shocking him.

"Will you shut up Meizu, you think a little brat could kill me?" The man who turned into water asked as he charged Naruto. "Now die!" He yelled as he prepared to shove his gauntlet through Naruto's back, however to his surprise, he was kicked in the face by Sasuke Uchiha. 'Dammit.' "Meizu!" The man yelled causing Meizu to release the chains, on there way into the other mans gauntlet however, they cut both Naruto and Sasuke quite deep, causing both to call out in pain.

'Oh no, what do I do?' Sakura asked herself as she turned to look at Tazuna. 'I must protect him, but, Sasuke-kun, Naruto.' She thought as she jumped infront of Tazuna as Meizu charged towards them.

"Just you watch Gozu! I'll kill them all and then I'll be the one laughing!" Meizu yelled with a smirk as he prepared to kill Sakura, however Kakashi appeared before him and knocked him out. 'D-Damn.' He thought as he passed out.

"Good job everyone, I'm proud of each of you, especially you Sakura." Kakashi said making Sakura's eyes widen.

"Kakashi-sensei, you're alive." Sakura yelled happily, however Kakashi ignored her.

"Naruto, Sasuke, there claws had poison on them, you're just lucky that the chains didn't." Kakashi began as he tied the two attackers up. "However if you continue bleeding like that, you'll die." He said seriously, causing all 4 who he was travelling with's eyes to widen. He pulled out bandages and smiled. "Don't worry, I won't allow my comrades to die." Kakashi said with an eye smile, causing the 4 to sigh.

Once there wounds had healed, Team 7, minus Naruto begun questioning Tazuna, while Naruto looked into Gozu's eyes and began moving them in the needed movements..

"Aimaindorídingu." Naruto whispered as he entered Gozu's mind.

"I should search for why they attacked, then I'll learn all I can from them." He thought out loud as he headed out to find what he was looking for, he didn't quite know what yet.

Naruto spent around an hour or so searching for what he was looking for, he eventually came across a door that said, 'Missions'. He entered and spent another hour attempting to find there mission against him and his team, during his time searching he had found out the identity of the two attackers. Gozu and Meizu, the demon bother of the Hidden Mist Village. Upon finding what he was searching for, he spent around 40 minutes inside the memory, finding out all he could. and then he cancelled the Jutsu.

'I should keep this hidden, I don't want them knowing of me having this Jutsu, Kakashi most likely knows about it.' Naruto thought as he stood and walked over to his team.

A/N: Hey guys, unfortunately, or fortunately depending on how you look at it, there will be no updates for a little while, while I update the chapters, I'll likely be doing so every 10 chapters. If any of you are wondering about Naruto's trip and thinking, "The Chunin Exam is directly after the Wave mission." Well you must remember this is a fanfic, meaning things may change. Also the reason Naruto sometimes says Kakashi and other Kakashi-sensei, is because he is slowly becoming more like Menma, I am yet to decide whether or not he will betray the leaf or not, however he will become darker and less caring, eventually.