Starting from the bottom Chapter 10: The C-Rank Mission, a naruto fanfic

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("Demon Talk")

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The C-Ranked Mission

One Month Later

It was bright and early with in the Hidden Leaf Village, as people went about their daily lives.

Some happy, some sad, some busy, and others lazy.

Team seven was no different.

The two remaining members were currently trying to finish their early D-Rank mission

.(Inner Woods of the Hidden Leaf Village)

Sasuke was currently hiding behind a tree and Sakura was hiding with in a bush. Sasuke put his hand next to his ear and said, "Sakura can you see the target?"

"Yes I can see it," she replied, "It's directly in front of me."

"Alright on my mark we'll capture it," not even waiting for a response, Sasuke continued, "Ready, set, NOW!"

Sasuke quickly ran from his fighting spot and made a beeline to his target and throw himself in hopes of catching it. Sadly, the target saw this coming and quickly reacted by jumping out of the way, having the Uchiha fall flat on his face.

Sakura had noticed that the target was now directly in front of her. Wasting no times, she jumped out of the bush she was hiding in. Fortunately she caught the target and she had a big grin on her face, do to some sense of achievement. Unfortunately that grin left as fast as it came.

The creature was startled but the sudden pair of hands that were holding it. So naturally it did what was natural for it to do in a situation such as this. Within a blink of an eye, the creature took a swap at Sakura's forehead with its claws, making her let go of it.

As soon as its feet hit the ground, the creature bolted as fast as it could into the bushes, leaving the two Leaf ninjas with an anger look.

"Damn that cat," Sasuke growled under his breath as he slowly gets up from the floor.

Sakura was trying to ease the pain on her forehead. Sure there wasn't any blood but it hurt like hell to her.

"Sasuke, Sakura, let's go." came a voice from the headset.

"But Kakashi-sensei, what about the…"

"The cat will have to be done with another time, Sakura." Kakashi replied, "We've spend way too much time on it as it is already." Sasuke only got angrier by the comment. "Right now let's just report back to the Hokage."

The moment that Sakura had the cat in her hand was the closest that the two had gotten on capturing the thing. For the past two hours they've been chasing it and that was the only time that they were close to capture it.

Sasuke just walked without much of a word and Sakura followed as closed as she could behind him. Sakura could tell that Sasuke was mad. She was even more worry that he was mad at her because she let the target go. Never the less, they had to meet up with Kakashi back at the mission room.

(Missions Room)

The mission room was not that active that very morning. The Hokage sat at one of the tables, so that he would be able to hand off D-Rank missions for the new Genin of the village. He really wasn't meant to do this, but the third thought that the first month of the new Genin teams got their missions from him. Normally he would assign high C to high S-Rank missions to Chūnins, Jōnins or other ninjas that could handle such a task. However, the old man thought it would be best to hand out the new Genins their missions, in hopes of encouragement to them so that they could be the best. He also thought that it was a good way to keep the Will of Fire burn deeply within them.

However, this year was anything but normal. He remembered what had led to this sudden change. In fact it was the same day that Naruto showed up to the office little over a month ago.

Flashback One month ago

(Hokage's Office)

The Third was currently reading the file that Naruto had just dropped off not too long. He even got the news that Naruto had taken down Ebisu from Yūgao. She explained everything to him and to be honest, he really had no idea on how to react to this. He had lived through many things that any normal person would go insane from and he has learned a lot from all his years as a ninja. He thought he has seen it all. However, Naruto just keep surprising him every time.

So he just thanked Yūgao for letting him know and let her return to her post.

However, that's when the old man realized something. He reopened Naruto's folder and read it.

Name: Naruto Uzumaki

Age: 13

Height: 5'7

Weight: 110

Born Date: October 10,

Relatives: None

Skill Set:

The old man noticed that there was nothing in that section. The rest were Naruto's records from school. Nothing was added to make him stand out from his peers.

"Wonder why Naruto didn't put any of the skills on to the sheet?" the kage asked out loud.

"To save both of us the trouble," the third quickly looked up at the sound of Naruto's voice. Naruto stood there in front of his desk just like he was not too long ago.

"Naruto when did you…" the old man asked.

"Not too long ago," Naruto replied, "You really are losing it old man, if you couldn't even tell I was in the room." The old man said nothing, he knew that he was getting a little bit soft as the years went by, but he still didn't expect to hear Naruto come in without making a sound.

Nevertheless, he remembered what he told himself not too long ago and stared at the boy with a calm face. Before he could ask Naruto what he was doing here, Naruto beat him to it.

"To answer your question old man, I did it so that the council won't complain about me getting stronger; plus, you know most of my skills, so there is no need for the council to know about it." The Third just raised an eyebrow. He could see the logic behind it, but still. The ninja program must have accurate facts about the ninjas in the program. However, it looked like Naruto had read his mind because he said, "I can always say that I got better with training since I'm a ninja. If that will cause too much problems, I can just change that right now if you want, but then you'll have to deal with the council,"

The Hokage stopped him there by closing the folder he was reading and placed it in a drawer within his desk. Naruto couldn't help but chuckle at the what the old man just did since he knew that the council was a pain to deal with. The old man has been through alot in his life time, and adding on more stress to him wouldn't be good for him.

The Hokage pinched the bridge of his nose and gave off a tiresome sigh. "Very well Naruto you make a valid point." he said in a calm voice, "Now what can I do for you today Naruto. I trust you didn't come here just to tell me this."

"Hm… Still see you haven't completely lost it old man." Naruto replied, however his little grin he had on his face changed to a more serious look, "Look I know you're a busy man so I'll make this short." The old man raised an eyebrow at this. This is the first time he has done anything like this. "Tomorrow will be the team assigning for the new graduates. I know that the teams are chosen due to special requirement, so I have no doubt that you chose the best you could, but I do have one request."

The old man was putting tobacco in his pipe and quickly lit it. "Don't worry Naruto I've placed you in the hands of someone I'm sure will keep you safe." he said as he let out some smoke. He was sure that Naruto came here to make sure that placed in good hands.

'Naruto is hated by almost everyone in the village.' the old man thought, 'He knew that his studies were being sabotage while he was in the academy. He must be thinking the same thing will happen again in his team.' The Hokage couldn't help but crack a smirk. 'However, I already came up with a solution to this and you won't be able to be harm Naruto.'

"Don't worry Naruto I made sure to place someone I can trust to look out for you and I've even made sure that not even the council will be able to deny your placement on a team." The old man let out another puff of smoke from his pipe. Sadly, he was a bit confused why Naruto still had a serious face.

"Thank you old man for looking out for me, but that is not why I'm here." Now the Third was really curious as to what Naruto was really here for. "I'm here to ask that you have someone watch over what happens during the team building practices that will happen the same day or the next." The old man raised a brow at trying to figure out what he was trying to say. "I have a feeling that there will be some sort of test that will show where each person will stand on the team or at least something like that."

The Hokage was trying his best to see where he was going with this and let him continue. "During that time I would like if you had someone watch over the events, mainly Anko or Yūgao,"

The old man justs remove the pipe he had from his mouth, place the pipe on the table and puffed out the smoke that was in his mouth. "Naruto, I understand that you are concerned, but have faith in me. I promise that the placement I gave you will not cause any…"

"Like I said I'm thankful for it but like I also said, that's not what I'm here for." Naruto said.

"I'm confused Naruto if this isn't for you then for whom?" The Third was now really curious as to what Naruto was asking for if it wasn't for him.

"I'm doing this for Hinata." The Hokage was going to chuckle a bit at the thought that Naruto would do this to help a friend. However the look Naruto had told him that, that wasn't the real reason he was doing this.

"By now you can see that I've been acting like a fool ever since I returned back to the village, but I'm sure you noticed that I haven't been the only one." Naruto began. The old man cocked an eyebrow at this. To be honest the only person he seen act 'odd' was Naruto himself. His pranks throughout the village, and not to mention the add paperwork he got because of him, really caused him to mainly focus all his attention on Naruto. He never really saw or heard any other children act different to make them stand out to him.

"In case you haven't figured it out, I'm talking about Hinata old man." the Third thought for a second and then remembered, Hinata had been labeled as a very shy girl in her years at the academy. Which was old since she was being cared for by Anko for the past years, so Hinata should not be that way.

'Anko isn't the type of person that would allow someone in her care to be seen as frail and fragile. Especially a young girl who is trying to become a kunoichi herself and has been living with her for the past year.'

"Can't say that I haven't noticed." the old man replied, "After all, you were the only one that 'stood' out the must since you were the one that got me more paper work by all the troublesome pranks you did around the village." Naruto just looked at him with an annoyed look, like when a kid is being reminded of a thing they did and they just doesn't want to hear it. "I assume you're going to tell me why she's been acting like this."

Naruto couldn't help but sigh at the comment, "Unfortunately, I'm just in the dark as you are. However over the years I've been with her, I think I came up with a reason as to why she is acting this way." The old man just raised a brow. He was really curious as to what Naruto thought about this whole thing.

"I believe that Hinata is scared. She is scared that her past may come back to haunt her since she has made herself a major target. She fears that her former clan will come after her sooner or later." The old man was still confused but allowed Naruto to continue. "That's why she made that mask of hers in the first place; she didn't want to be dragged back into her former clan. She knew that her former cousin was going to the academy and would most likely keep an eye on her, so she most likely made herself look weak and helpless, the Hyūga clan would most likely turn their backs and look the other way. Without the Byakugan she would already look pretty useless to her clan already, however, if they notice that she can handle herself well without the Byakugan, then the clan will most likely she a 'use' for her. Not to mention that she is still related by blood to them, meaning even without the Byakugan she can still have kids that can have the Byakugan in the future."

The Hokage listened closely to everything Naruto said. He did see how that theory made sense, however, not knowing all the facts on the matter makes thing a little hard to see the whole picture.

"I do see what you mean Naruto, but what does this have to do with the request you asked me for earlier."

"I was just getting to that. You see old man even though Hinata successfully escaped the eyes og the Hyūga, she is still a target of other families." Once again the old man was confused but did not show it. He thought it would be best to save all his questions for the end. "Since many people see Hinata as a weak and shy little girl, they'll most likely try to focus mainly on her and that will bring unwanted attention to her, and judging from what I've seen thats something she wants. Furthermore, if people begin to notice that Hinata still does have the Byakugan, or can make a new generation of Byakugan wilders, then others will most likely try to 'obtain' them one way or another. After all this village does have a bad problem of trying to gain power, more specifically the civilian families."

The old man had reaction to that since he has witness things like that before. Civilian families forcing their children to marry or focus on the most skilled and powerful shinobi in hopes to make their families gain more power and rights in the village.

"I have a feeling that Hinata is trying to move quickly up in the ranks as a kunoichi on her own, so that she won't be forced into a situation like that and she will be able to make her own choice. That's where my request comes in. I'm afraid others may try to hold Hinata back. Due to the mask she hide herself in will allow both her former clan and others to make sure she doesn't move up in the world. After all if someone has the ability to make a stronger generation and is seen as a weakling to the eyes of others, and since Hinata is still connected to the Hyūga clan by her blood and I'm afraid that the Hyūga clan may try to influence the shinobi that will lead Hinata's team."

The Hokage puff out some smoke from the pipe he inhaled when Naruto was talking. "Naruto I understand that you are worried about your little girlfriend, but i made sure that I placed the two of you incapable…"

"That doesn't mean that they still won't try." Naruto interrupted, "I don't care how much you trust someone old man. The last time that happened, I end up in the hospital and even then I was still in danger by the very same doctors and nurses that were supposed to protect me." The Hokage knew that he had a point. Every time Naruto was on his own, he was attacked and sent to the hospital were his life was still threaten by a few of the doctors and nurses. He thought of assigning one of his most trusted ANBU to keep him safe, but not even that couldn't keep Naruto safe.

"Look old man," Naruto continued, "I don't really know what's going on, I don't even know if anything I said is even true, but if it is, I don't want her to suffer for just trying to move on with her life." The old man looked at Naruto with an analyzing look. He noticed that there was no hesitation in his words and and he was quite aware that Naruto would most likely try to handle this on his own if he denied his request.

Letting out a sigh, the old man said, "Very well Naruto, I'll see what I can do."

"Thank you." Naruto turned around to leave but the the Third had one more thing he needed to say.

"Naruto before I forget, you're still not a ninja so you still have to show respect to your superiors."

"That cocky asshole got what was coming to him." Naruto replied, "Besides respect is only given to those who show it." Before the Third could say anything else, a gust of wind blew right through the office. It caused the old man to shut his eyes. The wind went as fast as it came and when the Hokage opened his eyes, Naruto was gone.

Flashback End

The Third narrowed his eyes when he hears Kakashi's team enter the mission room. He couldn't believe what had happened during the team leader conference. From what he could tell Naruto was right on a few things. For one thing Kakashi did pass his team but never explained how his team passed. Many other team leaders assumed that it was all thanks to the last Uchiha, that the team was able to pass. However, the Third noticed a look that Kakashi only made when someone was off or wrong about something.

In fact he took Naruto's advice and had Yūgao spy on the team building test. To say that the Hokage was surprised was an understatement; however he was also shocked that Kakashi didn't say a word about the achievement on Naruto part. He didn't say that the Uchiha didn't do a thing but he never explained what happened either.

'Kakashi must've been under the influence of the council.' Was the only thing that the old man could have thought at the time? Seeing that that was the case, the old man took Naruto out of team 7. However, the team would still need a third member to take part in the Chūnin Exam and to go on C-Rank missions.

Sadly, the same could be said for Team 8. As it turned out, Naruto was right on money when it came to Hinata. Though not everything he said wasn't proven, it was proven that Hinata's shy girl act had given her a major problem by both her sensei and one of her teammates.

Turns out that Kurenai had reported that Hinata had a bad case of DID, or Dissociative identity disorder. She keep talking about how Hinata was thinking that she had a rebellious state. She questioned the other two members of the team and asked if they knew a thing about this, but they knew nothing about this. When she tried to ask her if she was okay she snapped at her like a rebellious teen. She claimed that that Hinata would be temporarily removed from the Ninja Core to have a mental health check.

However not too long before the meeting started, the old man also had a talk with Anko since she was the spectating Hinata's team. Anko reported that Kurenai would always look at Hinata in a way that makes you believe that she didn't belong there. She reported that during the whole exam, both her and the teammates were treating her as if she was the weakest link. Kurenai mainly tasted both Kiba and Shino, and did even focus on Hinata.

Then came Hinata's teammate Kiba. From what Anko told him, the boy mainly treated Hinata as if she was a piece of meat. The Third assumed that that what naruto was talking about earlier. From what he could tell the team was not that well put together and will most like case problems in the future and it would be wise to avoid that problem as soon as possible.

With all that said Sarutobi decided to remove both Hinata and Naruto from their team and place them in the same team with Anko as their team leader. Their team had unique requirements but for the most part no problems have come out of it, other than Kurenai saying that Hinata shouldn't be in the Ninja Core.

"Ah… Kakashi, what can I do for you and your team?" the Third asked with a smile on his face.

"Will lord Third, were here to report that the mission to retrieve the cat was unsuccessful." replied Kakashi.

"Hm… don't worry plenty of teams had trouble with Tora. Its nothing new."

"Is this the cat you're looking for old man?" Everyone turned to the source of the new voice. In the doorway stood none other than Naruto holding a brown bondel in his noticing what the thing was, both Sasuke and Sakura eyes twitched.

"Where did you get that loser." asked the last Uchiha.

"What's it to you?" he replied.

"NARUTO you idiot, treat your superiors with respect." came the cries of Sakura.

"Right respect," Naruto said in a sarcastic voice, "Anyways keep your voice down, the little fella just gotten the chance to take a nice nap and the last thing I need is you waking her up."

"I don't care what you say, give use that cat NOW!" At the moment the cat began to wake up and when it did, its eyes fell instantly on Sakura.

With no time to react, the cat jumped out of Naruto's hands to Sakura and took a swipe at her. When she landed on her feet, Tore quickly made a dash out the door and into the woods.

"Looks like the cat gets to be free another day." Naruto turned back to look at his former team. He had to hold in his laughter when his eyes fell on Sakura. She stood there with her fists clenched to her sides and the word 'I hate that cat, I hate that cat,' being repeated over and over again with four red makings run across her forehead.

Before she could even do anything, a slam was heard. Everyone looked to the source of the noise. Their eyes landed on the Hokage's desk and noticed that Sasuke was now at the front of the desk and had a hand on said desk.

"That's enough," he said, "No more childish games, I want to go on a real mission outside the village walls, not some useless chores that any weakling can do." Naruto was about comment about how Sakura and him couldn't catch a cat, but was stopped when he could have sworn that he say hearts coming off Sakura.

'Don't have to be smart to know what's on her mind.' Naruto thought with a sweat drop being formed on the back of his head.

"You bring up a valid point young Uchiha," Naruto looked back up at the Hokage,"I've been wondering when another team would ask to go on a higher up mission."

"Another team?" the Uchiha asked. He couldn't believe that another team had already been on more difficult missions than him; however, he was relieved that he wasn't the last one to get a higher level mission.

"Yes and it just so happens that I have a low level C-Rank mission right here," at that moment Sasuke had a victorious smirk on his face, until the old man said, 'and with Naruto here, I have no doubt that you all won't have any problems completing the mission."

Needless to say, both Sakura and Sasuke were irritated at hearing that Naruto of all people will be coming along to their first C-Rank mission.

"Wait why do they need me?" Naruto questioned, "Last time I check I wasn't suppose to go with them if the mission was mid if not high C-Rank mission. I mean sure I've been on low C-Rank assignments but as long as it's within the Fire Country they should be fine."

'The idiot been on C-Rank missions already,' were the thoughts of both Sasuke and Sakura. The statement also caught the attention of Kakashi, who had his face buried in some orange book.

Sasuke just got a terrifying thought, 'Was his team the first ones to go on higher missions. How many has he gone on. Never mind he's still an idiot, he's no threat to me and he won't be holding me back.' Sasuke narrowed his eyes in hatred at Naruto. He wasn't going to let anyone from stopping him from getting stronger.

"You're right on one thing Naruto, they wouldn't have any trouble if the mission took place in the Fire Country," the Hokage replied, "That is why I'm recruiting you for mission. Not just because it a required for a four man squad to leave the the country, but for the fact that you've already had some experience in the field outside the village."

Naruto didn't question the idea but one thing was bugging him, 'The old man said this was a low C-Rank mission, so why is it from outside the Fire Country."

"So Kakashi, what do you think is your team ready to go on this mission?"

"Lord Third, I've belive that my team is ready and it will help move their training along if they tested their skills out on the field." Kakashi said turning away from his book and gave a eye smile to the old man.

"Kakashi you do realize that I'm also talking about Naruto here too you know." With those words Kakashi's eye turned from a smile to bored or annoyed look.

"Very well but only if he promise to behave and not to distract my students in their training." was Kakashi's only response.

"You don't have to worry about that Kakashi, Naruto is fully aware of the agreement that he has."

Meanwhile, Naruto was leaning against the wall with his hands cross and a neutral look on face with his red/yellow haired bang covering his right eye. He was currently thinking about something that he couldn't understand about this mission. Sasuke and Sakura on the other hand had this annoying look on their face.

"Sensai, why do we need to have an idiot like Naruto along with us, after all you yourself said we are capable of handling this on our own." Sakura claimed.

"The agreement that had me removed from the team stated that in order for the original team to go on missions outside the boundaries of the fire nation." Naruto said calmly, "Unless if the team could find a permanent replacement then your team is able to do the same things other teams would normally do."

"Shut it idiot who asked you..."

"That's enough Sakura," all eyes fell on Kakashi, "That was the arrangement that was made when Naruto was removed from the team. He's currently on a team three man squad from someone else of your graduating year to make team 7.5."

"Team 7.5...?" Sakura said as she turned her attention back towards Naruto, "Feel sorry for the poor soul that got stuck with you, or are the two of you failures at what you do."

Naruto chuckled at that, "Will at least I'm not stuck with you, and I would think you would be all too well with failures by now." Naruto pointed at her forehead that still had the claw makes from earlier on her. Sakura slowly clenched her first in anger at the comment. She wanted to hit him so bad, but realize that he might get a kick at her reaction since the last time they meet. Plus she was sure that if she did hit him, the Hokage will most likely not allow her or even Sasuke go on the mission due to her actions.

'You'll get what's coming to you loser, one way or another.' Sakura looked at Naruto directly in his uncovered eye. She slowly unclenched her fist and turned back towards the Hokage and the others.

'Oh really?' Sakura's anger expression changed to that of fear and concern. She quickly looked back at Naruto. She could have sworn she had heard Naruto's voice inside her head. However, naruto was still in the same pose as when she last looked at him.

'I must be hearing things.' Sakura thought. Having seen or heard enough, she turned back at her team and the Hokage who were staring at them, slightly puzzled.

"Are you alright Sakura?" Kakashi asked with his usual stare.

"Yes I'm fine, it's just," she looked at Sasuke who was raising an eyebrow at her action. "It's nothing sensei. So when can we go on the mission."

With that said everyone return to their normal behavior. Sarutobi on the other hand, narrowed his eyes at the situation. He could have sworn that he says a smirk on Naruto's face, but it was gone the minute he saw it.

'What are you up to boy?' The old man cleared his throat and said, "Very well since team Kakashi is willing to take the mission. That just leaves you Naruto to accept the mission so they could go."

Sasuke and Sakura tensed at those words only to be broken by Naruto's voice, "Does it matter what I say? Either way I'm screwed in either chose I make by two if not all sources at play. After all you of all people should know my case and whom I'm referring too."

Both Sasuke and Sakura try to figure out what he meant by that, as Kakashi just read the book he had from earlier.

"I'll take that as a 'yes' then." Naruto gave no expression at this. Just then the doors to the side of the room opened. All but the Hokage looked as the old man's gaze was locked on Naruto.

A man entered the room by said door. The man had gray hair and a gray beard with dark eyes, from what Naruto could see. The man wore a sleeveless v-neck shirt with, what looked like, a obi, a pair pants and a pair of sandals. The man also carried a towel around his neck and had a pointed hat on the top of his head. The last thing that could be noticed was a bottle of sake he was holding his right hand by the neck.

'HM, from the way he is dress, he's clearly civilian and from the way he is dress, I'd say you're some sort of crafter or builder,' Naruto thought.

"So this is the best this village has to offer," the man said taking a swift of his sake, "A one-eyed man, a pink haired girl, an emo brat and a red/blond haired brat." Naruto remained calm, Kakashi pecked over his book to man and Sasuke and Sakura were bursting a vein with anger of being called weak. "What gives I asked for professional ninja not a bunch of kids that look like they can still wet the bed at night."

"Not to be rude but you paid for a low C-Rank assignment." Naruto claimed, "So you get low ranked ninjas for the job. If you like more to accompany use on this job, then I suggest a backup team just in case, however it's going to cost more for the added hands for a low paying job."

"What are you talking about you idiot?!" Sasuke yelled, "I'm an Uchiha, I don't need any back-up let alone your help, Dead-Last."

"Yay loser," cried Sakura, "know your place and I told you to show respect to those superior than you. So stop trying to ruin Sasuke's…"

"Will you shut up already," Naruto interrupted, "all I'm doing is simply providing a solution to our problem. Keep in mind that I never agreed to go along with the mission, so if you would like to go then shut your mouths because the two of you are starting to give me a headache."

Naruto slowly got off the wall and stepped forward with his arms still crossed. He walked so he was now a little bit closer to the Hokage. Said man was currently lighting up his pipe.

"If I may old man, I like to suggest that we have team 11 come as back up for this mission." Naruto could already feel the anger of both Sasuke and Sakura from behind him, but continued before they could speak. "I know that they are currently out on a C-Rank mission already and will most likely return later today. I suggest that we go out first and send them out later once they recuperated and if things get out of hand, I'll send out a message for back up as soon as possible."

The old man said nothing; he knew that Naruto would most likely have thought this through already since he asked for team 11 for his back up.

"Very well Naruto," he replied, "I trust you had planned this all out already and know what you're getting into."

"Thank you sir, and if things are able to be handle, then I'll report to you if things are fine."

"Of course you will Naruto." With that Naruto turned his attention to the client.

"As for you, it isn't wise to mock the very ninja that are trying to protect you, it'll get you into trouble."

"Hm, listen you little brat," the man began, "I payed good money for ninja that will protect my life, not some brats that are younger then my daughter." At that moment Naruto made a 360 degree turn to face the other side of the room.

Everyone remained silent and watched with a confused look on their face as they try to figure out what had just happened.

"You know if you want ninja to protect you..." Naruto said as he held out two fingers of his right hand. At that moment a drop of clear liquid fell from his fingertips.

SMASH

All eyes fell back on the client and they all saw that the client's shake bottle was now on the floor with only him holding the bottle's neck.

"...then it would be wise to not insult them." Naruto turn back to face the man. Everyone saw that a kunai was resting in his hand. "If you can't do that then I suggest you ask help from another village next time." With that Naruto slowly walked out the door,

"Tazuna, I'm sorry to say this but he is not wrong." the kage said, "It is not wise to insult the ones that offer your assistance when you are the one who is asking for help, and from ninjas no less."

"And is it police for said ninja to strike the client?" the man now named Tazuna said.

"You provoked him, you have no one to blame but yourself." the aged man said blowing out some smoke from his pipe. "Plus I'd think he has proven that he is capable for the mission." he turns to face the remaining two and Kakashi, "Kakashi get your team ready for departure. Your mission is to protect Tazuna here will he finishes a bridge for his village."

"Yes lord third," Kakashi said. He turns back to the students, "You two go and pack enough supplies for about a week or so trip. It's hard to tell how long will be there, so pack light and only what is needed. Will meet up at the main gate in about an hour and a half." Both students nodded and left the building each with their own thoughts at what they just saw and will happen.

'How did that idiot do that, I'm an Uchiha, he can't be better than me. No matter I get my answers one way or another.'

'He just got lucky that's it, no way is a loser like him better than Sasuke. Besides the idiot left before he could tell when to meet up, meaning I'll have Sasuke to myself on this mission. I'll make sure to put that loser in his place one way or another.'

'Sure you will.' Both of them stopped dead in their tracks. They could have sworn they heard someone but no one was around but them. Both of them just went their way after that. Unknown to the two of them that they were being watched from the tree tops.

(Village's Main Gate)

About an hour had just passed and Sasuke was walking up to the main gate with a blue camping backpack on his back.

"Sasuke!" Sasuke had a good feeling that it was, so he just continued to move to the gate. Once there he leaned up against one of the walls and watched as Sakura was coming close to him. As usual, he ignored her and hoped that Kakashi wouldn't take too long to get there.

He didn't wait long since he noticed Kakashi come down the road with the client a few minutes later.

"Glad to see the two of you made it." Kakashi looked up to the sky, "Let's get going and hope we could get passed the border by dawn." The two just nodded and began to walk through the gate.

"Hey, what about that other brat?" the client asked.

"He will most likely have to follow use as soon as he can or not come at all." Kakashi replied, "Either way he should had waited and hear when and where to meet up with the rest of use. If not he should have gotten to gate earlier if he know where to meet up."

"That's funny, coming from you, Kakashi." Everyone stopped dead in their tracks and turn to the source of voice. Up with in the tree tops stood a young man that had a trench coat on. Said coat was a pitch black and had no other features to it. The coat however covered most the owner's body from his shoulders to his thighs. The coats sleeves were also long so they hid the owner's aims well. Not to mention that the collar hid about half of his face so it was hard to see who it was with the other half of the face being covered by the shadows.

Said figure quickly dropped to the ground. Sasuke and Sakura tensed up a bit at the thought of someone coming out of nowhere to fight. Kakashi on the other hand decided to speak up,

"So glad you could join us, Naruto." The figure slowly walked out of shadow to reveal that it was Naruto.

"I was already here to begin with," Naruto replied, "I was just making sure that if you'd even remembered that I was assigned to your team."

"Right glad to see you made it Naruto." Kakashi began, "Remember I'm higher up on this mission, so anything I say must be met without question, you got that."

"That's only if the mission remains the way it is and I only need to follow your orders for combat and formations, nothing more. Training and free time we'll have is my own time. In short as long as those two don't cause any problems and not get themselves killed, then will have no problems at all."

"Very well," Kakashi turn to the other two and said, "I want you two to stay in the front and protect us from the front. Meanwhile I'll stay close to the client." both Sasuke and Sakura nodded their heads. He then looked back at Naruto, who was forming a bang with his hair that covered his right eye. "I'd trust you have no problem being in the back of the group would you?"

"No," Naruto replied, "just lead the way and let's get this mission over with already."

"What's the matter loser afraid that your little tough guy act will only get you so far?" Sakura said, "Where did you get that thing anyways?"

"First off what I wear is none of your concern," he replied, "Second, it was a gift from a friend and I promised her that I would wear it on every C-Rank mission I would be on. She couldn't find one that I wanted so she got me this until she could find one that was better or when she takes me out for clothes shopping."

"Right like anyone would get anything for you," she replied coldly, "I bet it's just a petty for having to..."

"Sakura that's enough," Kakashi said, "Get in your assigned place and just don't talk to him." She said nothing in response and did what her sensei had asked of her. When she got in place, she got a happy smile on her face knowing that she would be next to Sasuke the whole trip.

"Alright I want all of you to listen to my every word on this mission; I'm looking at you Naruto." Kakashi turn to look at him.

Naruto was currently holding a little orange fox in his arms. He was scratching the lower part of its neck and chest. The animal's hind legs were kicking the air in enjoyment, revealing the black fur on its legs.

'Where did that thing come from?' Was everyone's thoughts.

Naruto slowly placed the fox on the ground, allowing everyone to see it. To everyone, it looked like a common fox, with orange fur covering its upper body, white fur covered it's stomach and black fur on the lower part of its legs, tail and special areas of its head.

Kakashi on the other hand couldn't help but narrow his eyes on the animal. He didn't sense it and he didn't know where it could have come from.

"Remember that I'm only under your command during battle against the enemy." Naruto explains, he was currently on one knee and rubbing the fox's head and back. "Only if the objective of the mission remains the same, I'll be under your command. Other than that, any social time like training is my own personal time."

"Wait what do mean 'remains the same' and 'under your command,' you were dragged on this team by your own doing," Sakura claimed.

"Alright then little fella, time for you to go home." Naruto got back on to his feet and the fox made a dash into the bushes. Without taking his eyes from the bushes, Naruto said, "I mean if the mission is to change in any way, I'm free to take on my own orders. Besides I more of a extra hand on this mission, meaning the two of you have to follow orders from your sensei no matter what. As for me I'm free to do whatever I want if the mission gets way out of hand, until then I must follow the orders that are given to me and not to get you killed."

"So you can just chicken out when things get too hard for you." Sasuke said with a smirk on his face.

Naruto just turn to face the others but said nothing. He noticed that Kakashi was still staring at the bushes that the fox dashed through earlier.

"Right, will like you said follow my order and should have a problem." Kakashi turned around, "Oh, and try not to get my students killed."

"Trust me I'm the least of your concerns at the moment." Naruto said.

With that the team began to walk down the road and on their way. Along the way Sakura talked to Sasuke and he ignored her, the client and Kakashi talked a bit here and there. Naruto could really care less about what they were talking about. Soon he began to remember the talk he had not too long ago back at the village.

(Flashback Ramen Stand)

"Here's your bowl of Miso Ramen Naruto." Ayame said with a warm smile on her face.

"Thank you Ayame." Naruto said as he pulled his chopsticks apart.

"So you'll be going on a C-Rank mission," came a voice next to him. Naruto quickly slurped up the noodles he was eating and then turn to face the owner of the voice.

There sat Hinata, eating a Miso Ramen and a cinnamon roll that was placed on a napkin.

Ever since they were both removed from their old teams and placed together as a new team with Anko as their new sensei. The two really didn't argued since they knew that Anko was a high ranking ninja, so naturally she'd be called off to do other assignments. However, she was always preparing for them no matter what.

So every time they would meet for a team meeting, they would either be bombarded with snakes, kunais or sometimes both. She would do this to make sure the two are ready for anything and to see how the two advanced since the day before.

After that, Anko would give them a scroll with a lot of D-Rank missions in it and asked them to complete all of them by the time they would met the next day. She would always be send to do kami knows what. The only time she would be with them on missions would be a low C-Rank mission outside the village's walls.

Both Naruto and Hinata never asked where Anko ran off to. They would often assume that she would be called into the Torture and Interrogation Department for work or she would spy on the two as they did the missions with a plate full of dumplings.

"Looks like it," Naruto began as he slipped up some more needles, "The mission is to protect an old man will he finishes building a bridge for his village. However, something still doesn't seem right about this."

"You said it was a low C-Rank mission, the most obvious enemy you would face would be bandits, if not even some hooligans rarely any ninjas."

"I know that, but the old man was not too pleased with what he paid for." Naruto slowly began to drink the liquid that remained in his bowl.

"You and I both know that people have a bad habit of judging books by the cover. After all we saw this first hand." Hinata said as she took in more of the noodles of her bowl.

"Right..." Naruto said. He really wasn't sure that this mission was what it was meant to be. He thought about all the facts he had but nothing made sense about this. The last thing Naruto wanted was to get killed in something that he had no idea about.

Doing his best to drop the thought out of his head, he placed his bowl to the side and took his chopsticks, snapped them in half and placing them in a trash can nearby.

"Anyways, what are you going to do while I'm gone Hinata?" He looked back at her and he knew that there was something on her mind.

Hinata was just staring into her bowl, more specifically the reflection in the bowl. Naruto was well aware of how much her new eyes meant to her. The two never really figure out what Naruto did exactly, however he knew that Hinata cared little that she lost the thing that many would want. To her, the new eyes meant both a sign of friendship that both of them formed and it also her freedom from oppression.

When he learned that Hinata was being his partner, his first thoughts was that Kiba was the problem, however he was surprised when she told him that the main problem was her sensei, Kurenai.

Ever since Naruto return years ago, he did his best to understand Hinata's past. He learned the way her clan would act towards one another and more importantly towards her.

From what Hinata had told him, Kurenai was a mentor her father assigned to her so that she could become stronger when she was still a part of the Hyūga clan. The two bonded like sisters, however that bound soon ended when Kurenai told her that she was unfit for a ninja's life. The one person that she trusted had betrayed her. That was the main reason that she trusted Anko the most when she was disowned from the clan.

She left the conversation at that and Naruto asked no more questions. However, he really didn't believe that Hinata was telling him everything, just the main things that would answer his questions. He asked no more questions about her past since he knew that she would tell him everything when she felt ready.

'Hinata I can see that you are afraid of your past coming back for you,' Naruto though, 'just know you're not alone in this.'

"Hinata," he placed his hand on her shoulder, snapping her out of her trance. She turned to face him and looked at Naruto's blue eyes. She can tell that he was concerned for her and making him worry was something she hated especially if it was towards her. "Hinata's you know I don't have to go. I can stay here and help you ou-"

"No don't think!" Hinata quickly looked back down at her plate, "Naruto I'll be fine, please don't worry too much about me. Besides, I'll just be taking solo D-Rank missions while you're gone. Plus I can also train with Anko and Tenten from time to time. I can even ask Ino to train with me. She's been asking me to train with her since her team is nothing but lazy.

"I'm glad to see the two of you are getting along these days." Naruto smiled to know that Hinata was social with others and he was a bit shocked that Ino was one of them. He still couldn't figure her out. Not too long ago, she was once the Vice President to the Sasuke Uchiha fan club and within the few months at the academy she just changed.

"Yup, and Ino told me that she is thankful for the help you gave her," Hinata looked at Naruto with a small smile, "Mind telling me how you changed one of the most loyal Uchiha fan girls?"

Naruto thought for a second but his mind came out blank, "I really don't know, all I can remember was giving her some advice to her a year or two ago but it was nothing special."

"What did you tell her?" Ayame said now curious on how Naruto can influence someone.

"Just stuff about health, childhood, the future and some personal problems." Both girls were now confused since they couldn't tell why those topics can change a person that much, especially if it was about two years ago. "Look you two I need to start heading out now."

"Wait Naruto," Hinata picked up a shopping bag that was to the side of her, "Here Anko wanted me to give you this after you took that cat to the Hokage."

Naruto looked at the bag that was now placed on the counter. The bag was nothing special, just a common red paper bag one would normally get from a clothing store. Naruto opened the bag and pulled out the contents that was inside.

"A trench coat?" Naruto could only guess why Anko would give him a trench coat. Seeing that Anko given Hinata a trench coat, she would most likely get him one. The coat in question was pretty nice. It was all black on the outside with a red in the inside. There really wasn't much to the coat in general.

'Hm...This looks almost the same as Anko's coats.' Naruto quickly put on the coat to see if it fit. Truth be told it did, however, both Ayame and Hinata noticed something about the coat.

"Uhh...Naruto I think that it's a bit too big for you." Ayame said. The coat looked good; however the coat was bit large, since it reached up to the half of his upper leg. Then came the sleeves, they were both a bit too long and a bit too wide. Naruto's arms were completely hidden from sight.

"Not really," the two turn towards Hinata to see what she had to say about this, "knowing Anko, she must have got you that due to your combat style." Naruto narrowed his eyes and looked at the coat.

"If I remember you like to use quick strikes in a fight in order to keep your opponents on their toes. When we spare, Anko must notice how you would always throw your ninja tools just as fast as you would take them out. The same could be said for those twin swords you use appear and then disappear in a blink of an eye."

"Plus the coat hides your blades and one of your pouches." Naruto looked at Hinata, seeing what she was trying to say. "You've recently been wearing three pouches for ninja tools, one on both lags and one at the back of your waist. The coat hides the back pouch and your sword well, giving you an edge in a fight."

Naruto thought for a second, he did see all the advantages that this gift would give him in combat.

"Besides, Anko told me that we can go with her to get one costumes for you since it looks plain being a solid color." Hinata turned back to her bow and started at it.

"Will see when I get back," Naruto replied as he examines the coat more and more. "Will I have to go now or I'll be running late."

"Bye Naruto, good luck," Ayame said, as her father waved to him good-bye to Naruto.

"Bye Ayame, bye old man," Naruto began to walk off to the main gate. However, he couldn't help but turn back to look at Hinata. He couldn't help but feel a ping in his side. He never really had a family to begin with, just a couple of people who cared for him. He couldn't imagine what it would be like to be outcast by your own blood. Sadly, the more and more he tried to get her to open up, the more she tries to evade the topic. He knew that she trusted him; it's just a matter of time before she opens up to him.

As he left, he noticed a tear streaming down the side of Hinata's face. 'Stay strong Hinata, whatever you're going through, you won't have to do it on your own.'

'Be safe Naruto,' He heard Hinata's voice. He looked back and noticed that her tear fell off her cheek and went straight into her bowl.

SPLASH (Flashback End)

Naruto was quickly pulled out of his train of thought, when he felt water hit his leg. Looking down, he noticed that his left leg was in a puddle of water.

'What the…?' Naruto looked up at the sky, 'It's the middle of a day and there's not a cloud in the sky.'

"Everything alright back there?" Naruto looked back at the group. They were up ahead on the road staring at him. He could pretty much tell what they were thinking, so he just continued walking not saying a word.

"HURRY UP YOU IDIOT, WASN'T YOU WHO WANTED TO GET THIS OVER WITH!" came the cries of Sakura.

'Lonely road, coming up to and open area. Either they still haven't noticed this might be an ambush or their just…"

SPLASH

Naruto's eye went wide when he heard the water from behind him. Not wasting anymore time, he quickly throw down two smoke pellets. As soon as the pellets hit the ground, the area was covered in smoke. Thinking fast on his feet, Naruto used this and quickly jumped to the tree lines.

"GET DOWN!" Kakashi yelled, he quickly pushed Sakura to the ground. Sakura look back up to bear witness of her sensei tangled up in chains.

"NOW" came an unknown voice. Within seconds the chains on Kakashi pulled in tighter and shredded Kakashi within seconds.

"SENSEI!" Sakura shouted in horror as her sensei was cut into a million pieces.

"That's one down," came the voice again, "Only three more,"

"Careful brother there's still another one around here." came another male voice. Everyone watched as two men stood in the clearing.

"Huh, that runt went running. If he's still here, then he'll end up like his friends here." Everyone looked at the man who spoke. Said man had shoulder-length, wild dark-brown hair and dark eyes. He wore a camouflage suit with bandages around his waist, dark-colored, knee-length sandals and several pouches around his waist. He was also wearing a rebreather that was covering the lower half of his face and a large, clawed looking gauntlet on his left arm which had a chain coming out of it that was attached to the other man's gauntlet. What really caught everyone's attention was a Mist forehead protector that had two horns on it.

"Right, let's make this quick," said the other man. This man had shoulder-length, wild dark-brown hair and dark eyes. He wore a camouflage suit with bandages around his waist, dark-colored, knee-length sandals like the other man, however, this man also wore a ragged black cape. He also was wearing a rebreather that covered the lower half of his face and had a large, clawed, poisonous gauntlet on his right arm which had the other part of the chain coming out of it. Similar to the other man, this one also had a Mist forehead protector but only had a single horn on it.

'If I remember correctly, those two are the Demon Brothers from the village Hidden in the Mist.' Naruto thought as he watched from up in the tree, 'From what I remember, those two are missing-nin with a chūnin rank. The two use a form of twin coordinated attacks. Their main weapon is those two large metal gauntlets on their arms. Those gauntlets house a retractable shuriken-styled chain that, if I remember correctly, runs in between the two of them. From the looks of it they can use it to bind an enemy and then slice them to pieces. I have a feeling. if in the event that the shuriken chain is unaffected in battle, they must have some sort of release mechanism, in order to split them up for individual attacks. I have a feeling that those points on the chains have poison on it so either way the target dies.'

'The one with single horn on his head is called Meizu and the one with the two horns is Gōzu. Both of them B-Rank in the BINGO book with a bounty of 2 thousand each.'

"You may be right about all those things kit, but you're wrong about one thing."

'Oh and what's that?'

"Meizu is the two horned one and the one with the single horn is Gōzu."

'Great, Anko had both me and Hinata memorize the BINGO book and the first time I would need it I mix up the target's names.'

"Happens to the bests of us."

'Anyways judging by that earlier attack they just did, this guys are skilled enough to conceal their chakra. However, I have a feeling that they like to go up close in battle with their weapons. Either that or they're underestimating us, in that case best to take them out before they begin to wise up.' Naruto however, quickly noticed the smirk that was appearing on the Uchiha' face, 'Best to strike when their guard is down.'

However, the same couldn't be said for Sasuke, 'Finally, I can test my skills in real combat.'

"Alright brats hand over the bridge builder and we might go easy on you." Meizu said in a somewhat dark tone.

"What do you takes use for, WEAKLINGS,!" Sasuke shouted and immediately throw a couple of shurikens at Meizu, only for him to jump up in the air and over the group.

"Now," With those words Gōzu yanked back on his gauntlet. Looking up, Sakura noticed that the chain was making its way straight to both her and the client.

"LOOK OUT!" Pushing the client to the ground, just barely missing the two of them.

"Not bad girly," Sakura quickly looked up to look at the source of the voice, but only to have the cold metal of the gauntlet smacked her from the side of her head, launching her back.

Gōzu looked at the bridge builder in front of him. He couldn't help but smirk underneath his mask at the look of fear all over the old man's face. Sadly, that smirk quickly left as he sensed something behind him.

Sasuke really didn't know when to quiet. He was running as fast as he could to catch Gōzu off guard.

BANG

Sasuke immediately felt pain in his stomach. He noticed that it was the other one, Meizu. Meizu Had kneed Sasuke right in the stomach. Unfortunately, he wasn't able to do anything after that since Meizu followed up by a smack to the face with his own gauntlet. Meizu smirked as he saw the Uchiha hit a tree hard.

"As fun as it is to smack you brats around, we really have to get this job done." Meizu Turn to his brother, "Get this over with already!"

"Fine," Gōzu turn back to notice the old man trying to make a run for it, "That's not going to work." With those words, Gōzu made a dash towards the bridge builder.

"Hm," Gōzu quickly took a step back as he noticed a bunch of kunais coming at him. A set of four landed in front of him in a straight line, while a second set of four were blocked by Gōzu's gauntlet. It didn't take Gōzu too long to notice the slips of paper tied to the end of kunais.

"Paper bombs…!" Meizu yelled.

BOOM

Meizu pulled back as hard as he could on his gauntlet. He sighed in relief as his brother came out of the smoke unharmed.

"Those weren't paper bombs," Gōzu claimed. He stared at the smoke that now covered the area.

"I don't care what it is," came the other brother, "What matters is who through it?"

That answer came quickly however, as the two demon brothers noticed a figure forming within the smoke. Within seconds the smoke cleared and revealing Naruto standing calmly in front of Tazuna.

Tazuna on the other hand couldn't tell whether to be happy or more nerves. Sure he was glad that one of the ninjas that were with him was still standing, but seeing what had happen to the other three, he had little hope that he'll last as long they did.

"Look kid I'm happy to see that you didn't leave me to die, but seeing how fast your team was taken out, I doubt you'll be able to do anything." However, he wasn't exactly expecting Naruto's response to be,

"Be quiet already, when this is all over you're going to have to answer some questions and then we'll see how things will care out from there." The old man was about to go against what he said, however he noticed the glare Naruto was giving with the coroner of his eye. He couldn't tell if he was calm, pissed off, or a mixture of the two.

"Listen to him brother, he actually thinks he can stand a chance against use," claimed Meizu, however Gōzu neared his eyes at Naruto.

"You should have run when you had the chance kid, now you and your team are going to end up like the old man going to be." Meizu was hoping to get a good scare out of the kid, but all Naruto did was narrowed his eyes since the comment mainly pissed him off more than anything else.

"Meizu, you finish off the bridge builder. I'll take the kid on." Gōzu asked calmly. Meizu was a bit taken back by this. Normally his brother would eliminate the target and he would kill those that got in their way. Sure their plans often change due to some complications but still Meizu would always kill the target.

Gōzu however really didn't say anything about it since it rare for this to happen, so who was he to bring it up.

"Old man," Naruto began, "No matter what happens, do not move. Not even for a second, don't move a muscle. Follow these instructions and will make it out alive." Tazuna said noting since he could hear the strict tone in his voice.

'What the hell is up with this kid, he's different from the others thats for sure.' Tazuna thought.

'What the hell is that...huh...idiot up to.' Where the thoughts of the Uchiha as he tried to recover from the hit he just got. He also noticed Sakura trying to get up off the floor herself.

"Last chance to run brat." Gōzu claimed, though he didn't show it, you could hear the cockiness in his voice, "If you're lucky you might actually get far before we're done with the old man and your team." Once again Naruto remained still, more pissed off at the comment than anything else

"Huh your call, brother now." Within in a blink of an eye, the Demon Brothers made a quick dash towards Naruto.

To everyone else the two brother's speed was hard to see, however through Naruto's eyes things seemed to slow down.

He noticed that out of the two brothers, Meizu was the one going straight for for him and Gōzu was off to the side. Naruto knew what they were up to,

'Hm...The old bait and switch move,' Naruto thought, 'One of them creates a distraction to lure out their target or to distract any obstacles that stands in between their target, while the other one goes straight for the objective at hand.'

'Remember Naruto, even though the bait and switch move is very old, it's still affected in combat,' Rang the voice in Naruto's head. He remembered that this was the first thing learned in battle tactics years ago, 'If you ever find yourself in a situation that the bait and switch is being used on you... just remember to never lose sight of all your enemies... and never let your guard down.

'The tactic is perfect for this situation,' Naruto quickly got a smirk on his face, 'Sadly for them I already have a way to counter this.'

Time slowly began to speed back up again, as Naruto noticed that Meizu's claw was come right at him from an upper angle.

"Sword Art:" Naruto began,

"DIE," Meizu yelled has his claw came straight down, however he was shock to see that his claws were now embedded in the ground.

SLICE

"Paralyzing Slash!"

"AHAHAHAH…" Meizu eyes widen at the sounds of his brothers cries of agony. Turning to source of the cries, shock overtook him.

He saw his brother on his knees with a dead look. His body not soon later hit the floor with a loud thud. Meizu did notice that there was a long cut running down his brother's body. He noticed that the cut on his body look no deeper than that of a paper cut, however, the blood now spilling out the corpse told him that his brother is as good as dead.

"Hm… So that's what happens when it's used against a moving target." Meizu looked up from his brother's body; there stood Naruto with his back towards both the living and dead Demon Brothers. Meizu gazed, however landed on the blade Naruto was holding in his right hand, more specifically the blood dripping from the blade. The good solid edge of the blade was dripping with Gōzu's blood.

"Like the name implies, the attack was meant to paralyze him. however I never tested it against moving targets." Naruto explained all calmly.

"I knew there was something off about you," Meizu claimed, Naruto turned to face the only brother, "You had a chance to run, two chances at that, but you didn't." Everyone was closely listening to Meizu words, even the shocked but still down team 7.

"At first I thought you were an idiot to come back and face use, however looking back at what you did, I can see that you're more smarter than we originally thought."

"Is that why you send your brother to attack the old man?" Naruto asked, "Did you wanted to test your theory on me by attacking me head on?"

"Truth be told, I did think you had more skill and you actually had a more planned out plan then the other two did." Meizu was still trying to get his claw out of the ground, and Naruto could have sworn that he heard the groan from the other two. Whether it was out of pain or annoyance he couldn't tell, but then again he didn't care."

His attention was pulled back to Meizu when he heard his claw break away from the ground.

"We've may have underestimated you the first time, but now you have to deal with me and trust me when I tell you I don't make the same mistake twice." Meizu quickly got in his fighting stance and was about to strike when he noticed that Naruto was holding up a hand sign.

"Funny, neither do I," Naruto said with an evil smirk on his face, "Look behind you."

Meizu did just that and noticed that there was a kunai embedded in the ground not too far behind him. What freaked him out was that there was a tag attached to the kunai, however the tag looked nothing to what he used to see. Normally he would see the paper have the kanji for "explode" written on it or something. However, the paper had an image of a swirl? To Meizu it looked like an image of a whirlpool he always saw when he was young in school.

"Uzumaki art:" Naruto said in a whisper, sadly Meizu was able to hear it, "Whirlpool Bridge X5."

Within seconds a massive amount of wind came out of nowhere. The wind began to swirl above the paper and within seconds Meizu was starting to be pulled into the whirlpool.

He did his best to hold on but failed and within seconds Meizu was pulled in through the whirlpool. Naruto smirk and was about to form another hand seal when a he felt a hand on his right arm.

"If I'm going to die, I'm taking you with me." Gōzu said. Within seconds the chain that was connected to his arm pulled both Gōzu and Naruto into void in a blink of an eye.

Everyone remained silent as they all try to figure out what had happened. They were pulled out of their thoughts when a nearby tree began to shake.

The two young ninjas and the old man freaked out, thinking there was still another enemy out there.

There fears were put to ease when Kakashi jump down from the tree.

"Kakashi-sensei…?" Sakura said as she did her best to hold onto the nearby tree.

"Is everyone okay?" he replied noticing both Sakura and Sasuke trying to get up, "Take it easy all of you,"

"How are you still alive?" Tazuna asked, "We saw you got torn apart by those two."

"It looked like that, however I replaced myself with logs and other scraps around the forest by using the Substitution Jutsu." he explained, "I was hiding near by in hoped to catch our assailants off guard. Speaking of which, where did they go…?"

"AHAHAHAH!" Everyone turn to the source of the screaming and noticed birds flying away in the distance.

(With Naruto/Few minutes earlier)

Naruto landed on the ground after being pulled into whirlpool.

"So it seems that you are an Uzumaki," Meizu said as he got up onto his feet, "Uzushiogakure was a village that resided in the Land of Whirlpools. That means it was close to the Land of Water. The very place my old village is located in. So naturally anyone who's lived there since birth, now's the brief history of what had happened to Uzushiogakure." Naruto remain silenced, in fact he didn't even look at Meizu the whole time.

"The Uzumaki clan, masters of Fūinjutsu, Kenjutsu and more things to boot. It was said to believe that a few survived the destruction of Uzushiogakure during the war, and that they would seek refuge in other villages. And seeing what you just did, means you could be one of them, a strong one at that." Naruto looked up towards the only standing Demon Brother. He could tell where this was going, he had a feeling that his clan was wiped out for the strength they had and the danger they may become.

He know if people of his clan did survived, then it would only be a matter of time before they would be hunted down like animals for multiple reasons, some that he wish would never happen. He knows the respect one would get for killing or capturing an Uzumaki.

"Br-Brother," came the weak voice of Gōzu. Meizu turn to his weaken brother and listened, "kill him brother. K-Kill that br-brat."

Naruto however, was pulled away when his right hand started to hurt.

"Will it's been fun kid, but you know what they say everything always comes to an end." Meizu lifted his claw and within seconds the chain that linked the two brothers snapped out releasing the chain. "If you really are an Uzumaki, then your ancestors would be proud of you."

Meizu then noticed that Naruto's sword was gone and his he looked like he was in pain. "Huh, It looks like my brother was telling the truth. When he pulled you into that jutsu of yours. he was able to inject some poison in your right hand and disarm you at the same time."

'So that's what it is,'

"I've already keep the poison from spreading and kept with in your right arm. You're going to have to let it out on your end."

'That may solve that problem, but I've used up most of my chakra. I only have enough for two jutsu.'

"Are you sure you want to use those jutsus. Are you even sure it will work?"

'It's been long enough already. It'll work.'

"Any last words kid," Meizu asked, once again getting into fighting stance.

"Ten minutes," Naruto said, catching Meizu a little off guard, "Ten minutes have passed since, you laid eyes on me. Ten minutes since you heard my voice."

"And what a good ten minutes it's been. It's a shame I'll never get to know that jutsu of yours." With those words, Meizu made a dash straight to Naruto.

"Predator" Meizu was still amaze the kid was trying to fight back, but he knew nothing could save him now.

"Sight!" Those words made Meizu freeze. He didn't know why, but he couldn't move anymore.

"W-What the," was all he could say. The surrounding forest began to vanish and was being replaced by a gray void. In fact the entire forest had lost its color and was now gray.

What freaked Meizu out the most was when he looked back at Naruto, more specifically above Naruto.

Meizu noticed two diagonal lines floating in mid-air. Before he could react to it, the diagonal lines shot open, revealing that they were eyes. The eyes were nothing he has ever seen in his life. The eyes had a golden color with what looked like cat's slits going straight down a pitch black pupil.

'What the hell is this? Is this some kind of Kekkei Genkai? Has the Hidden Leaf been hidden a secret Dōjutsu all this time.' It was then he had noticed that the eyes were staring at him. What really scares him was how the eyes were staring at him. Trained and being raised in the Hidden Mist village, he has seen this similar gaze his entire life. The eyes looked at as if it was trying to piercing through his soul. It looked they were hungry similar to that… similar to that of a predator when it stokes and corners its prey.

"Have you ever wondered how you will die?" Meizu looked back towards Naruto. He noticed that Naruto had the same eyes that were above him. "With these eyes, I can show you one of the ways you can die."

As soon as he said that, the giant eye's slit opened wide to become a four corner diamond like shape,

Within seconds, Meizu began to scream at the tip of his lungs in pain. He didn't know what was happening to him; however he could feel his entire body being cut up over and over again from every angle. It felt like hours, but really a few seconds that the pain began over his body.

Falling to his, Meizu examined his body. He had no scratch on him, but the experience felt so real.

"Hurts doesn't it?" Naruto said, "That was your mind making it real, but let's see how it feels compared to the real thing." Meizu noticed that Naruto had another sword in his left arm.

"By the way, don't ever think I'm disarmed because I always care spears. Now like you said, it's been fun. Sword Style:" Naruto then vanish from Meizu line of sight, "360 degree Slash!"

Once again Meizu screamed even more louder than before as the cuts once again began to form, only this time it felt more worse than before.

Like before, the experience only lasted about a couple of seconds. Meizu feel to his knees, finally thankful that it was over.

"Hey Meizu," Meizu turn to who called him, only to have a kunai lodged in his head.

The kunai had rope attached to the end of its handle. The rope lead straight back into Naruto's left sleeve.

"All that effort and you kill him with your little toy you made."

"Look I know I wouldn't be able to kill him like that. The best I could have done was weaken him so I can deliver the final blow. Plus I got a chance to test my new 'gadget' in battle." Naruto then snapped his fingers and four more Naruto's jumped out from the trees.

"You all know what to do right?" asked the original.

"Yes, well seal up the bodies and send them to the bounty house." replied one.

"We've already sent a message to the old man." claimed another Naruto.

"One of us is still looking over the bridge builder and the others. It's best that you switch with him so you can get there without suspicious." said the third Naruto.

"Thanks I'll on," replied the original, "By the way did Kakashi reappear?" All the clones nodded their heads in unison. "Thought as much."

"Oh before you forget, it might be best to get that poison in your system." claimed the fourth Naruto.

The real one looked at his right hand and noticed that his hand was starting to get a little purple. His left hand popped back out with a kunai. He took in a deep breath and stabbed his hand.

"I hate doing that." Naruto then held out a hand sight "Shift!"

(With Kakashi and company)

Naruto slowly walked back onto the main path way. He noticed that everyone was staring off into the distance where he came from.

"How are you going to talk your way out of this one?"

"By telling the truth."

"It can work."

"What happened Naruto?" Kakashi asked, now noticing that he was their.

"Ah Kakashi, still in one piece I see." he replied. Naruto noticed his blade lying on the ground and walked towards it.

"WHAT happened Naruto!" Kakashi asked again, only this time in a more demanding tone.

"The two Demon Brothers are dead, their bodies have been retrieved and a message has been sent to the Hokage explaining everything." again replying.

"CUT THE CRAP DOBE," Sasuke exclaimed, "What and how the hell did you do those techniques." Sasuke noticed that Naruto had picked up his sword. "And hand over that sword, I'll be able to put it in better use than an idiot."

"Yay, you'll just end up hurting the wrong people." Sakura claimed, backing up the Uchiha.

With simple flick of his right hand, Naruto removed all the remaining blood on the blade.

"Hurt the wrong person," Naruto stared at his blade calmly. In a 180 degree turn, Naruto pointed his blade at right at Sakura, "Maybe I should start right now then,"

Naruto quickly ducked down and angled his blade upwards. The blade's tip was now a few inches away from Kakashi's chest.

"I've see you've done nothing to improve their behavior." Naruto asked.

"You're pointing a weapon to a higher ranking ninja and you just threaten my student." Kakashi replied looking down at Naruto.

"From what I can see, if I was still standing up, you would have killed me by breaking my neck. I'm sure every higher ranking ninja would do that then knocking the person out."

"Your becoming a liability. As leader I'm ordering you to stand down."

"If I remember correctly, as long as the mission stands." Naruto slowly stood back up, keeping his sword in striking distance of Kakashi's chest. His eyes then darted to the bridge builder, but still kept his sights on Kakashi.

"Speaking of the mission, mind explaining what the hell this is really going on?"

"I have no clue what you're talking about." Tazuna replied nervously.

"Really, after almost getting yourself and a group of ninjas killed, you're going to continue to hide it."

"Look brat, I'm the client and for the most part you're supposed to protect me from any threat. That's what I paid your village for." The old man had had it with Naruto's attitude and walked up to him. He soon regretted his decision.

Immediately another sword came out of his left sleeve. The tip of the blade stopped within striking distance of the old man's neck.

"Unless you don't want to be decapitated, I suggest that you start telling the truth now." Naruto said in a strict tone.

"STAND DOWN Naruto, that's an order!" Kakashi demanded.

"Look I may not know the ninja world, but I'm pretty sure that you can't threaten your client." The old man claimed.

"Your right, you don't know the ninja world." Naruto said calmly, "So you most likely, don't know the consequence to lying to a village on a fake mission."

"I didn't lie. I paid for ninjas to protect me while I finish building my bridge."

"For a C-Rank mission. Last time I check, C-Rank missions normally have bandits, guans and other sorts of civilian groups. However, the two that attacked us were Gōzu and Meizu the Demon Brothers from the Hidden Mist village. Last time I check, those two are B-Rank missing nins with a ninja rank of Chūnin. With threats like that, the mission would be ranked either a B or a low ranking A."

"So just because the little kid has to fight someone better then him, he wants to run away." Tazuna said trying to stay calm, "Find go, but what do you think will happen if word gets out that the Hidden Leaf lifted one of their clients to die."

"Will let's see, you lied to one of the five major villages, you endanger the youth of village just to save money and you're trying to threaten it as well. From what I see, you're on death road with or without our help either way. Like you said you don't know the ninja word, so you don't know what a village would do to keep its image intact."

"Naruto stop talking that's an order." Kakashi asked again.

"What did I just say, we just got attacked by two ninjas that are listed as B-Rank criminals in the BINGO book. I only follow your orders if the mission remained the same and that's no longer the case, meaning I don't follow your order anymore."

"I'm still higher ranked than you."

"Really still sticking to that. Okay tell me, when were you going to confront the Demon Brothers or noticed that the mission was off?"

"You do realize I can kill you for insubordination."

"Yes you're going to kill a kid instead of incapacitating him like any other higher up would. Let me guess you want to use that special thing that you're hiding underneath your headband." Kakashi narrowed his eyes at the comment, "What you didn't think I would study up on you."

"Huh…you study yay right." Sakura claimed in a snazzy remark. Naruto said nothing. In reality, Naruto turned out both Sasuke and Sakura the whole time he was talking with the two grown-ups.

"Have you ever heard of Gatō?" Naruto turn his gaze back towards the bridge builder.

"The founder of Gatō Company, the shipping company." Naruto replied. The old man nodded,

"It's highly likely that Gatō send those ninja to kill me."

"Makes sense, he would have the money to hire missing-nin to do his work."

"Why would a tycoon like Gatō come after you." this time it was Kakashi who spoke.

"My village is located on an island, separated from the mainland. We receive our wealth by trading fishes and other goods to the mainland. However, about a month ago, Gatō showed up with his men and said that the village was known under his control. He cut off trade with the mainland and sucked my people dry with his taxes and other rules. Those who went against his rule were killed. Now everyone is afraid to fight back. I thought if I could give my people hope by building a bridge to the mainland. However, Gatō is set on making sure that I don't finish the bridge. Now do you see why I lied? I could only pay for a C-Rank mission, honest."

"As tragic as that sounds, we need to get back towards the village." Kakashi said, shocking everyone.

"Please I'm begging you, if this is about money, i promise to pay it all as soon as my village gets back onto its feet." The old man said in a pleading tone.

"I'm sorry but we're not equipped to deal with this kind of threat. We have to get back to the village." Kakashi replied in a calm voice.

"You do that," Naruto quickly twirled the sword in his left hand and it quickly went back into his sleeve. "Let's keep moving old man."

"Naruto this is not up for debate. We have to report back and get help." Kakashi said.

"I only take orders from those I trust; by far you've done nothing to earn my trust." Naruto slowly began to walk, but kept his blade trained on Kakashi. "Do what you have to do. I already called for backup. Oh by the way don't even try to take me down, I don't go down without a fight and I still have a few tricks left."

With That, Naruto again twirled his sword and it went back into his sleeve. Tazuna at this point couldn't complain anymore, so he walked with Naruto,

Kakashi was about to call back at them, but noticed Sasuke beginning to follow them.

"Where are you going Sasuke?" Kakashi asked.

"I'm not going to let that idiot ruin my chance to get better. I finally have a chance to test my in battle and I'm not going to miss it." he replied.

"Wait for me Sasuke, I'm coming too." Sakura claimed.

'Great what else can go wrong,' Kakashi thought, 'I'm going to teach that brat that he has to follow my lead not his."

'Sasuke is so cool,' Sakura thought, 'I'm not going to let that idiot Naruto ruin Sasuke's dream. Even if it's the last thing I do."

'How the hell did that idiot do that,' Sasuke thought, 'No matter I get my answers one way and get my hands on his swords."

"Good luck," All three of them stopped when they all heard the same thing in their head. The only thing is that it sounded like Naruto. They all looked as he just kept walking forward.

'What the hell is going on?'

Yes! Finally done. Well that's all for now. I promise to have another chapter up as soon as possible.

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-Wolves-Pack07 out.