Naruto woke up early and sat up in his bed. He couldn't sleep for some reason, he didn't know what it was but he hadn't slept very much the past two days. Maybe he was on edge from being on his first mission in a while, regardless of what it was it pissed him off. He turned to the clock on the bed rest beside him and saw that it was three in the morning. Naruto looked outside the window in his room and saw it was still pitch black. He wasn't going to get anymore sleep tonight so he figured he might as well walk around, maybe check out the battlefield where the two shinobi were killed. He knew he probably shouldn't be doing things alone but he really didn't mind too much. The idea of Ino or Shino being mad at him really didn't scare him in the slightest.

He grabbed Nuibari which was leaning against the bed stand next to the bed he was currently sitting on. He stood up and un-hatched the window and jumped out onto the village street. There were a few lamps lit along the street, giving it an eerie lighting. Naruto began walking down the street towards the forest where the two chuunin had apparently been killed. He walked the silent streets of the city as the sun was just beginning to rise. No one was awake yet, leaving the town almost completely silent. Naruto began thinking about the skill level the enemy may be. He knew that the two who were killed were just chuunin so it wouldn't take too skilled an enemy to do this, however there was no way to tell. Anyone could have potentially done this. The key was to see if there were any clues at the battle scene that could give insight into who had done this.

Naruto neared the exit of the town and could see the large forest on the other side which was Kumo territory. There was always the possibility of being attacked by Kumo shinobi but he was pretty positive that he could defend himself if it came to that. Naruto left the outskirts of town and entered into the thick and dark forest. The forest had an eerie silence that put Naruto on edge. He held Nuibari in his right hand, tightly gripping the legendary blade. As Naruto continued to walk in the forest he began noticing many fallen tree branches and even an entire trunk on the ground, which he guessed might be effects of the battle that led to the death of the two Konoha shinobi. Naruto looked at the massive tree trunk on the ground.

The trunk was cleanly cut through, which led him to believe it was either a blade of sorts or possibly a wind based attack. Naruto continued looking around the battlefield. The location of the battle had many branches lying on the ground as well as the fully collapsed tree trunk but all other trees were still in tact. Naruto looked at all the fallen branches and noticed they were also all cleanly cut through. Naruto then heard a noise coming from behind him and instinctually threw Nuibari at the location. He turned around to a thump from his blade impacting a tree. Naruto saw Shino standing next Nuibari which was lodged in the trunk of a tree.

"You should know that you can't just leave without the rest of the team…."

Said Shino. Naruto was somewhat confused about how Shino found him. Naruto had nearly mastered silent killing which utilized complete silence when moving. Naruto moved around with this same ability so he was confused and somewhat impressed by the fact that Shino had found him.

"I placed one of my insects on you at the beginning of the mission so that I could always know where you were. I also have one placed on Ino, who should be here relatively soon since I woke her. I'm able to track where you and Ino are due to my bugs absorbing an extremely small amount of chakra from you. "

Naruto was now impressed, he had definitely underestimated the abilities of Shino.

"Now I've used this ability on people countless amounts of times, but I've memorized most of the rookie nine's chakra signatures due to me using it on them on so many occasions…"

Said Shino causing Naruto to tense at the idea of where this was going.

"Your chakra was always memorable when we were younger, I distinctly remember when Anko, you, Ino and I went to the Land of the Sea. It always seemed evil or demonic, of course I didn't know you were a jinchuriki back then… Naruto."

Naruto yanked on the wires attached to Nuibari, causing it to fly back into his hand. He proceeded to lower the blade to his side as he stared at Shino's almost completely covered face.

"You're a pretty clever guy Shino, your one of the few who've found me out."

Shino stared at the masked swordsman who did turn out to be Naruto. He hd discovered the ominous chakra signature coming from Naruto a couple of minutes after starting their journey and remembered back from missions with Naruto. He had discovered the fact that Naruto was a jinchuriki about a year after Naruto left the village when Tsunade told all the rookie nine along with Team Gai. This answered the question of why Naruto had such ominous or almost evil chakra signature. Shino decided not to confront the masked swordsman until he was alone with him since Naruto obviously had his reasons for keeping his identity a secret.

"Its been a very long time Naruto, care to tell me where you've been these past years, and why you're keeping your identity a secret?"

Questioned Shino, who was inwardly completely confused about Naruto's motives for secrecy and his whereabouts for the past years that he had been gone.

"I'll tell you the same thing I've told all the others that know, that I'll reveal information when I'm ready. I'd greatly appreciate it if you'd respect my wishes and not tell or talk about this with anyone."

Said Naruto, still hoping to keep the number of people with knowledge of who he was minimal.

"Very well, but I do expect some answers in due time Naruto. Everyone has been looking for and wondering about you."

Naruto nodded his head, agreeing to reveal some information in time. Just as Naruto finished nodding his head he sensed Ino very close by. She soon appeared jumping through trees and landed next to Shino.

"You can't just run off and do what you'd like! You have to follow orders from Shino and even me!"

Screamed Ino in an irritated tone. Who the hell did he think he was!? She knew he was strong but that didn't mean he had a free reign to do as he pleased, there were rules that Naruto would have to follow if he wanted to be a Leaf Shinobi again.

"It's alright Ino, I've addressed the issue with him. Lets move on and address the mission and where we are."

Said Shino earning a sigh from Ino signifying her dropping of the subject.

"Do you have any ideas or information on what happened and who did this?"

Questioned Shino, which gained a response from Naruto.

"From what I've gathered from the cut down branches and trees, and knowledge of what happened to the two chuunin, I'd say a shinobi or shinobis who used kenjutsu were responsible. All the branches and trees are cleanly cut through and the two chuunin died from forms of cutting. What the Hokage and mission report didn't tell us is that the two were killed in Kumo territory, which means Kumo nin could have easily attacked them."

Ino stared at the masked Naruto. She was inwardly shocked at how he had become so much more observant. He had come up with pretty good description of the type of fighter and had a good reason for why said person attacked the Konoha nin. Ino and Shino began to do their own investigation of the battle ground. Naruto on the other hand remained on guard. If his hunch was correct and Kumo shinobi had killed the two chuunin, then who's to say that they won't be attacked. Ino and Shino continued to look around for another twenty minutes until Naruto's hunch came true.

A kunai came hurling strait at Ino's back from somewhere in the forest. Ino span around with kunai in hand to deflect the incoming projectile. Naruto and Shino darted to the sides of Ino in preparation for combat.

"You guys seem much better then the previous two that entered out territory."

Said a male who emerged from the forest in front of them along side two women. The boy was dark-skinned with white hair. One of the two women who looked around the same age as boy and had the same skin tone but had scarlet red hair. The other woman looked older than the other two. She had short blonde hair and very large breasts. All three carried swords and had them drawn.

The boy gained a perplexed appearance as he looked at the masked man in front of him.

"That's a pretty weird weapon you've got there."

Said the boy as he pointed directly at the masked Naruto. The blonde haired women's expression turned very serious once she took notice of the weapon that the masked shinobi had in hand.

"Omoi quiet! This might not be as easy as I thought. If that masked man is even somewhat proficient at wielding that blade we may have a large problem at hand. That's one of the Seven Legendary Swords of the mist, Nuibari. How a Konoha shinobi managed to get it is beyond me but be careful."

A shocked expression emerged on the younger boy and girl at the mention of the Seven Legendary Swords of the Mist. The boy then spoke up.

"Well Samui, I guess this will be good experience for both Karui and I."

Just as the boy finished speaking, a fourth Kumo shinobi appeared. He looked relatively young and had blonde hair.

"I sensed three unfamiliar chakra sources and decided to check it out. I guess your team found them as well Samui."

Spoke the blonde haired boy. The woman named Samui then responded.

"It's good to see you C, these three may give us some trouble so its good that you arrived to help."

Said Samui, causing C to smirk and shout.

"I'm looking forward to wiping the floor with these Konoha dogs!"

Meanwhile, Naruto was beginning to get a little nervous. The two shinobi named Samui and C were clearly jonin level shinobi while the other two seemed to be high chuunin rank. The biggest issue that Naruto would have to take into account would be the lack of combat experience he had alongside either of his two comrades at the moment.

"Do either of you have any idea how I fight?"

Questioned Naruto which caused Ino and Shino to both shake their heads signifying no.

"I guess we'll simply have to learn on the fly, I will start off by destroying their sensory abilities."

Said Shino as he began to go through hand signals for his jutsu.

"Insect Jamming technique!"

Some of Shino's bugs began dispersing from his body and all flew in different directions. They also emitted small amounts of chakra. This would confuse sensory ninja due tot here being so many chakra signals. C noticed the bugs dispersing and began to use his sensory abilities to see where they were going, only to discover their true purpose.

"Dammit, that guy is from the Aburame clan who specialize in using bugs. He spread a lot of his insects out and made them emit chakra so I can't make out any specific chakra signature, there are too many for me to go through. There definitely not that weak, get reedy you guys."

Said C as he began going through hand signs.

"Lightning Illusion Flash of Lightning Pillar!"

This caused an extremely bright light to emanate from C's body. Ino and Shino both shut their eyes and turned away from the emanating light. Naruto went through hand signs for his shadow clone jutsu and summoned two clones who each appeared in front of Ino and Shino. The three Naruto's closed their eye's extremely tight in order to block out the radiating light. Naruto knew this was some form of a distraction and guessed that a close ranged attack would occur. All three Naruto's listened intently, attempting to pick up on any noise that would give away the enemy's position. He heard three pairs of foot steps approaching and each respective Naruto charged at one of the sounds. The clanging of metal was heard as the swords of the cloud ninja connected with Nuibaris.

C recalled his jutsu with the knowledge of their attack failing. This revealed Samui, Karui and Omoi's blades being intercepted by three Nuibari blades, all wielded by a Naruto. The three cloud swordsman leapt back, which caused Naruto to dispel his two shadow clones.

"That guy with the sword is strong, he single handily stopped our combination attack"

Grunted Omoi as he raised is sword into a defensive position.

"Ino and Shino, I'm going to need to fight full strength against these guys if we want to get out of this alive. I'll have clones defend you once I activate my next jutsu, it'll be difficult for you two to fight but this will be necessary, these guys are very skilled."

Whispered Naruto to his two comrades as he flew through the hand signs for his new signature jutsu.

"Hidden Mist technique!"

A thick mist began to descend upon the battlefield. Shino had heard of the jutsu which Zabuza had used in his fight against Team 7 during their genin days, although he'd never seen it before. The first thing he noticed was that he could barely see at all. His range of vision spanned a measly 10 feet. Ino also was seeing this jutsu for the first time and had the same issue of a lack of ability to see very far.

"How do you expect us to fight with you if we can't see!"

Shouted Ino which gained a quiet response from Shino.

"Ino, this is the best chance we have now, the enemy are clearly very strong, not to mention the fact that they outnumber us. They have the same issue we have right now but we may gain an advantage if Naruto if able to fight proficiently in the mist."

Ino nodded, understanding that this may give them an advantage but quickly came to the realization that Shino addressed Naruto by his name.

"You know who he is?"

Questioned Ino.

"We're in battle right now, we can discuss this later."

The cloud ninja quickly became cautious of the mist that had now engulfed the battlefield. Samui frowned at the sight of the mist. Samui prided herself in her knowledge regarding the history of shinobi. She knew what weapons certain shinobi wielded and even their signature jutsu. She had originally only studied famous Kumo shinobi such as the Gold and Silver Brothers. But after consuming most of the information regarding famous Kumo shinobi she broadened her studies to famous shinobi across the world. This included the Seven Legendary Swordsman of the Mist and their blades. While researching the Seven Swordsman, she learned that they specialized in silent killing, utilizing the Hidden Mist Technique to perform silent killing.

"Omoi, Karui, the one we have to worry about is they guy with the mask, he likely uses the Silent Killing technique so always be on guard, you to C."

Said Samui gaining nods from her fellow Cloud shinobi. She then heard an eerie voice echo through the mist.

"You seem to know quite a bit about my fighting style without out fighting me, that's pretty impressive."

"I've done my fair share of research on the Seven Swordsman of the Mist, however I was under the impression that Kushimaru Kuriarare was dead."

Answered Samui, which cause a high-pitched laughter to echo throughout the mist.

"Hehe, well that would be correct. Fortunately for you I'm not him or else you'd surely be finished. I'm the new wielder of Nuibari, other wise known as the sewing needle."

Omoi and Karui both shook at the high-pitched laughter which echoed through the mist, causing them to tighten their grip on their swords.

"I feel like that's enough chit chatting for now… LET'S BEGIN!"

Screeched Naruto as he threw Nuibari straight at the shinobi named Omoi. Naruto grinned when he noticed that the ninja didn't see the blade heading strait for him. Unfortunately his grin disappeared into a frown as the women named Samui dashed in front of the boy. She used her sword to deflect the blade and alter its path to barely miss hitting the boy in the head.

"Shit!"

Yelled Omoi as he noticed that the needle blade had barely missed hitting him directly in the head. Naruto yanked at Nuibari's wires sending it back into his hand. Omoi leapt to the left as he noticed the blade somehow flying back into the mist.

"I told you to always be alert Omoi. If you let down your guard for a second you might die. C can you find him at all?"

Samui knew that they were in trouble if they couldn't find the masked swordsman. As of now they were sitting ducks waiting to be killed. C was facing his own struggles. His sensory abilities were the best in the Kumo, yet they had now been rendered completely useless. He couldn't sense anything in the mist due to it being constructed from chakra. Not to mention the boy from the Aburame clan had scattered so many bugs that were exerting chakra that he couldn't identify the three Konoha nin even if the mist wasn't present.

"No my sensory abilities are useless right now."

Naruto then went through the hand signs to his shadow clone jutsu, allowing him to create ten shadow clones. He figured he'd test out his opposition's kenjutsu skills. The women named Samui seemed to be skilled but he didn't know about the two younger ninjas named Omoi and Karui. The sensory typed ninja named C was still a mystery. He was obviously a skilled sensory typed ninja and was apparently talented in genjutsu which was seen in his just he activated but overall he was still a mystery. The ten shadow clones quickly dashed towards the cloud shinobi.

The four Kumo shinobi were attempting to come up with a strategy to fight within the mist but were interrupted by the sight of multiple copies of the masked swordsman that they were battling. Samui charged forward to meet the multiple clones with Karui alongside her. One of the shadow clones lunged its copy of Nuibari at Samui. She successfully countered by hitting the needle blade from below,causing the clones lunge to go over her right shoulder. Samui then brought her blade down across the clones chest, causing it to disperse. Two of the shadow clones had leapt to both sides of Samui. The clone on the right threw its blade towards her feet, which caused her to leap into the air. Once she was in the air the clone to the right threw its copy of Nuibari at the airborne shinobi's head, however Samui skillfully arched her back causing the blade to soar over head.

"Cloud-Style Front Beheading!"

Said Karui as she swiftly moved her blade down upon one of the two clones who had thrown its blade at Samui and quickly dispersed it due to it being defenseless. Omoi ran at the other clone who had attacked Samui and raised his blade to attack. Three of Naruto's shadow clones ran at him from behind, preparing to lunge their blades into Omoi's back. However, this was what Omoi had wanted.

"Cloud-Style Reverse Beheading!"

The three shadow clones behind Omoi were quickly dispersed, not expecting to be attacked in the slightest. Samui then threw her sword at the remaining shadow clone who lacked a weapon and dispersed it. That left four more shadow clones. C was handling two of the shadow clones, barely managing to evade the many lightning fast lunges and slashes being unleashed upon him. Being a Jonin he was able to handle the onslaught. C ducked under one of the shadow clones lunges and launched a kick, successfully hitting it in the chest and dispersing it. Two more shadow clones then arrived at C's location, surrounding him.

"Lightning Style: Electromagnetic Murder!"

Yelled C as electric current ran from his hands and spread to the ground where the clones were, electrocuting them and dispersing them.

Naruto frowned, these guys were good. Even the two named Karui and Omoi who weren't Jonin were talented chuunin. However, the two chuunin weren't that big an issue, the two jonin would be difficult to deal with though. He also had to take into account that their team was currently in Kumo territory. If the battle got to out of hand reinforcements could arrive for the enemy. He would have to end this battle quickly or make a large enough distraction so that him and his team could escape. Naruto made his way over to Ino and Shino who also discussing what they should do. Once Ino got sight of Naruto she spoke up.

"Naruto we need to get out of here, we know who killed the Chunin and we know why. We're at a huge disadvantage since Shino and I can't fight in the Mist. Plus the enemy is strong it would be smart if we retreated."

Naruto took in Ino's words and knew that they made the most sense. The enemies they were fighting were no pushovers and the logical choice would be to pull out. There was nothing to be gained from this battle, however Naruto was pretty sure the enemy wouldn't be so inclined as to simply allow them to flee. There was still also the matter that he personally didn't want to retreat.

"I've got a plan, and you two are simply going to have to go along with it. Shino I know your in command but you don't understand my abilities nor the level of them, so I'm pleading you to take Ino and get out of here. If you stay you'll get severely injured."

Shino contemplated the statement that Naruto just told him. There was no stuttering, or hints of doubt in his voice. Naruto had a plan and seemed sure he could handle the situation. Not to mention the fact that him and Ino were essentially useless fighting right now.

"We're not just going to leave you here Naruto! You can't expect us too…"

Ino was cut off as Shino raised his hand signifying her to stop.

"Very well Naruto, I hope you know what you're doing."

"But we can't just.."

Ino was cut off again as Shino spoke up.

"Ino as team leader this is an order, let's head out."

Ino held back her anger at just abandoning Naruto. She hadn't done anything this mission, she was only a hinderance. Naruto probably thought she was the same weakling from their genin days. He wasn't any better than her, why was he trying to be a hero? Shino then began running out of the mist towards the village they stayed in.

"Ino, let's go."

Called Shino. Ino simply stared at Naruto, angry and confused at the actions he was taking. She began to turn to run out of the mist when Naruto spoke up.

"Ino… thank you."

Ino slowly processed the words that caused her anger to vanish. His voice was so calm and it almost sounded worried. She nodded her head at Naruto before beginning to run out of the mist.

0o0

Unfortunately for the Konoha team the Kumo shinobi they were facing guessed they were attempting to escape.

"That guy wasn't that tough Samui, we handled him and his clones pretty easily!"

Boasted Karui after they defeated the shadow clones of the masked swordsman. Although Samui didn't verbalize her opinion she agreed. Her expectation for the masked swordsman had been high at the sight of Nuibari but from what she'd seen the man wasn't very proficient with it. Granted she had faced shadow clones, but it was still easy for their team to dispose of them. She listened as Omoi and Karui talked and bragged about their recent defeat of the ten shadow clones and their eagerness to defeat the Konoha team. Samui waited patiently for the swordsman to resume his attack but nothing happened.

"I think their attempting to escape Samui."

Said C which gained a nod from Samui. C wasn't planning on letting intruders simply escape without any punishment. The last two Konoha nin who entered were killed and he didn't plan on letting these three simply prance away unscathed. C also wasn't very impressed with his opponents. The only one who he faced was the masked swordsman and his shadow clones didn't seem too taltented.

"Samui I'm not going to let them flee, we're going to finish them off."

Spoke C which in turn caused nods from all three of his comrades.

"Lightning Style: Four Pillar Bind!"

Ninjutsu wasn't C's specialty. He was prolifically a sensor and a medic and preferred using genjutsu but being a jonin he did know a considerable amount of ninjutsu. Being a medic and sensor he generally didn't engage too much with powerful ninjutsu. The jutsu he used was the one he performed most when he was forced to use the skill. C was typically paired up with Darui on missions who was a ninjutsu powerhouse. The jutsu C just used was the most helpful for him and Darui on missions because it prevented enemies from escaping. This jutsu caused four stone pillars to emerge from the ground. Electric current was passed in-between them, which boxed the enemy into an area, preventing escape.

0o0

Shino and Ino continued running through the mist even when they felt tremors in the ground. They had to get out of the battlefield so Naruto could go ahead with whatever he was planning. The mist began clearing up the farther they ran, signifying that they were nearing the exit. The more the mist cleared, the more Ino and Shino heard a loud buzzing noise. As they approached the exit of the mist their visibility was greatly increased. This allowed them to see two giant stone pillars and what looked like a wall of electricity blocking their exit. Ino cursed, they couldn't get out now.

Naruto created five shadow clones after he heard a loud trembling. The Kumo shinobi had conducted some jutsu but he didn't know what. He sent all of them to search the mist to see what occurred. After a couple of minutes the clones all dispersed giving Naruto the knowledge he was seeking. The jutsu the Kumo shinobi had launched created an electrical barrier which prevented escape. This definitely got in the way of his team's plan. The electric current was preventing Shino and Ino from escaping. Naruto knew how to deal with the issue but it would force him to unveil one of his strongest techniques.

He was surprisingly not to angry about having to use his next technique. He strangely found himself to be caring about the well being of his teammates. Well, teammates was a stretch as Shino wasn't that important to him. He didn't mind the guy but it's not like he had a close bond with him. Then again he also didn't have a close bond with Ino. But he found himself relatively concerned for her well-being. Sure they hadn't really talked to much, ok well maybe that was an understatement, they'd barely talked with each other at all. She also probably thought he was insane and obsessed with killing. When they did talk it was usually pretty awkward….. or about how he held her hostage…. but that was besides the point! Regardless of how their conversation went or what she thought about him, he cared for her a little. She made him laugh, which had become a rare occurrence for him and she actually made him happy. Unveiling a technique paled in importance to her well-being.

"Secret Technique: Mist Rain!"

Said Naruto which caused a heavy rain to begin falling within the mist. Naruto smirked under his mask. These Kumo shinobi were going to learn his full abilities.

Ino and Shino stood near the electric wall, both thinking of what to do to get past the wall. Their thoughts were interrupted as they began to feel drops of rain fall upon them.

"Shino what's going on?"

Rain began to fall harder in the mist. The strangest part was that Shino and Ino could see that it had become sunny outside of the mist.

"It must be one of Naruto's or the Kumo shinobi's techniques."

Shino's gaze returned to the electrical wall. The more he looked at it, the more he noticed that the electric current was seeming to get smaller. Soon the electric current had completely disappeared shocking both him and Ino.

"Wh…What is happening?"

Questioned an extremely confused Ino. Unfortunately for her she gained no response from Shino. He quickly darted out of the mist and past the stone pillars. Ino soon followed suit as they exited the mist and entered the sunlight from the now rising sun.

"It must have been Naruto's jutsu but we've got to get going."

Said Shino, gaining a nod from Ino as they began running towards the town they spent the night in.

0o0

C was completely confused, one second it started raining and the next he felt that his Four Pillar Bind technique had been rendered useless.

It was as if the chakra in the jutsu had been sapped up by the air.

"Samui my jutsu was just negated somehow, it must have something to do with this rain. They can escape now, any idea what this rain is."

Samui shared C's confusion regarding the rain.

"I have no idea C."

Naruto smirked as he listened in on their conversation. The Mist Rain was probably his second most advanced jutsu that he had at his disposal. He decided that he'd help out his enemies with their curiosity regarding the rain he created.

"I've got a pretty good idea of what this rain is, hehe."

Said Naruto, his voice echoing through the mist. The echoing of his voice causing the Kumo nin to all tighten their guard. All four of them were somewhat disturbed by the high-pitched laughter that they heard. Naruto lightened the mist so the Kumo shinobi could see him. All four of them narrowed their eyes at the masked swordsman the second he became visible. They saw him twirling his needle sword in his right hand as he began to speak.

"This is one of my signature techniques, Mist Rain. As you may have noticed your lighting technique was rendered useless once the rain began to fall. This is because my Mist Rain eats up any chakra it comes in contact with that isn't mine. Its a pretty great jutsu , huh?"

Questioned Naruto, as he began to laugh at the look of shock on the Kumo shinobi's face. All four of the Cloud ninja thought it was insane. A jutsu that rendered all ninjutsu useless.

"I think you'll all see now that I'm not as weak as you think."

Said Naruto as he made the mist thicker in order to once again decrease the enemies visibility. He waited in the mist for a few second before he unleashed his assault. He noticed that C and Samui were standing alone while Omoi and Karui were back to back. He figured he'd start off attacking the two chuunin and attempt to finish them off.

Naruto darted full speed at Omoi and Karui. The difference in speed from the shadow clones to the original Naruto was suprising to the Kumo shinobi. Omoi noticed the attacking swordsman and swung laterally at the incoming Naruto's waste. Naruto moved Nuibari to his side and blocked the incoming strike. He then saw another slash coming from Karui who was bringing her sword down from overhead, aiming at Naruto's shoulder. Naruto leapt into the air, successfully avoiding Karui's strike. Omoi and Karui were now both turned and facing the airborne Naruto. Naruto threw Nuibari at Omoi's waste who sidestepped the incoming blade. As Naruto descended from the air he pushed the wire of Nuibari outward, which caused the blade to curve back around Omoi and into Naruto's other hand.

The wire from Nuibari was now behind Omoi's feet, unnoticed by Kumo chuunin due to his lack of vision. Naruto yanked Nuibari in his right hand, and the wire from the blade in his left hand forward. This caused the excess wire stationed behind Omoi to be pulled sharply against the back of his legs, successfully taking his feet out from under him. Omoi fell to the ground, catching the attention of Karui who looked over at her teammate who was currently on the ground. Naruto noticed this and fired his blade at the the girl's heart. Karui barely noticed in time and attempted to duck under the incoming blade but was too slow. The blade pierced through her left shoulder as she let out a scream of pain. Had she not tried to duck the girl would have been killed.

Naruto quickly caught the blade on the other side of Karui as the blade past through her shoulder. Not one to dwell on his success he quickly refocused on Omoi who was still on the ground. Naruto prepared to fire Nuibari at Omoi's head who was currently sitting up on the ground. As Naruto fired the blade out of his hand Omoi stood up, causing the blade to pass through his middle thigh. Karui let out another scream of pain as more wire ran threw her wound with every throw of the weapon. Omoi soon followed soon suite, yelling in pain as the blade went through his thigh. Naruto once again caught his blade on the other side of Omoi.

"Well that's disappointing, neither of you died. Oh well."

Said Naruto in mockingly sad tone.

"Well Karui, that's your name I believe, would you still consider me weak, hehe"

"You bastard.. Ahhhh!"

Yelled Karui as Naruto yanked upwards on the wires, causing them to cut more of Karui's flesh. Samui looked on in anger and shock as this masked swordsman successfully defeated Omoi and Karui. He could kill them at any second, she had to act.

Samui ran at the wielder of Nuibari, lunging with her sword at his chest. Naruto hit her blade upward, causing her sword to go over his shoulder while also drawing more groans of pain from the two chuunin who had been skewered by his blade. Samui pulled her sword back and leapt away. Every time that bastard moved his sword it hurt Omoi and Karui.

Naruto grinned under his mask, the two jonin couldn't do anything. Anytime they attacked he would counter with Nuibari, which inflicted pain to Omoi and Karui who were stuck on his wires.

Samui leapt towards C who wasn't of much use any more, unable to use ninjutsu, genjutsu or his sensory abilities. Samui told C her plan that she had just come up with. If they could free Omoi and Karui from the wires then they might gain an advantage again. Samui's planned revolved around C distracting the masked swordsman while she cut the wire.

C started the attack by firing multiple kunai at the masked swordsman. The man evaded the first two but soon noticed that a few had explosive tags attached to them. Naruto leapt int he air, avoiding the explosions from the tags. While in air he saw Samui running over to the wires where Karui and Omoi were. He cursed himself. If those two were freed this fight would be much more difficult. As soon as Naruto landed Samui had almost made it to the wire. Naruto darted over to intercept her blade that was now coming down to cut the wire. He soon realized that he wouldn't make it in time but came up with another idea. He channeled chakra into his hand to maximize the speed of his throw, and fired Nuibari at Samui's waste.. He wouldn't be able to stop her from freeing Omoi and Karui but he'd either kill or wound Samui who was much more a threat then the other two.

Samui noticed the incoming blade just as her sword was about to cut through the wire holding Omoi and Karui. She knew that she could either carry on with her slash to cut the wire and free the younger chuunin or deflect the incoming blade and avoid injury. Samui decided to carry on with her slash as she cut through the wire with the cloud-beheading technique. Just as she cut through the wire Nuibari pierced through her stomach, causing her to caught up blood.

"Samui!"

Yelled all three of the cloud shinobi as the blade went through her. Naruto caught the blade on the other side of her. Naruto purposely didn't aim for anything vital in order to keep her as a hostage of sorts. C quickly ran at Naruto, unleashing rapid punches him. Naruto was surprised at C's skill and managed to avoid the jonin's attack by constantly leaping away dodging. C continued his assault launching punch after punch, which was backing up Naruto further and further. C lunged for a punch to Naruto's gut but Naruto hit his hand downwards. Naruto quickly twirled his blade, preparing to bring Nuibari down on the off balance ninja until he heard foot steps approaching from behind him. He cursed himself as he realized that C's taijutsu assault was all a diversion. Naruto attempted to side step the sword strike that he knew was coming but couldn't. Karui, using only her left arm brought her sword across Naruto's left arm. The cut was relatively deep and Naruto grunted in pain.

Temporarily ignoring his wound he slammed the but end of Nuibari into Karui's face, sending her skidding across the ground. Unfortunately Naruto had forgotten about C who was currently next to him. C ripped out a kunai and lunged it into the left side of Naruto's stomach. Naruto cringed in pain and whipped Nuibari around in his right hand, lunging it at C's neck. C back flipped but was hit to the right of his spinal cord by Naruto's lunge. Fortunately for C Naruto had only lunged and had not thrown the blade so it didn't go through him.

Naruto knew this was trouble he had a severe wounds on the left side of his stomach and left arm, he needed to get out of here or end the fight. He pulled at the wires from Nuibari, removing them from Samui who groaned in pain as wires passed through her. After the wires were removed from her she collapsed to the ground. Karui also laid unconscious on the ground from a combination of blood loss and from her face being hit by the but end of Nuibari. Omoi was barely mobile from his wound to the leg while C was bleeding from the wound to his back. Overall, everyone there was in bad shape.

"Well, this has been fun, but I must be off *cough*, I hope you enjoy my parting gift."

Said Naruto, coughing up a little blood. He then began going through hand signs for his next jutsu.

"Water Style: Black Rain"

The rain and mist began to disappear and turn into small black clouds. C didn't like this and ran to Samui with his remaining energy and called to Omoi.

"Omoi, grab Karui we've got to try to get out of here!"

Omoi successfully got to Karui while battling shooting pains in his leg. C's injury wasn't too bad but he knew Samui's would be fatal if it didn't get treated soon. if he could just get away from this masked swordsman, he could heal them all. Naruto began darting out of the mist as fast as he could. He was applying pressure to his stomach wound, trying to stop the bleeding. He made it to the clearance of the mist just as the black clouds were getting bigger.

Omoi and C made their way through the blackening mist as fast as possible. C didn't like this at all. He knew the changing of color of the mist was a result of the Nuibari wielder's jutsu but he didn't know what it did. He began to see small shimmers of light just as the mist turned completely black. C began sprinting as fast as he could to get out of the mist while Omoi trudged along a little slower due to his wound. then the black mist dispersed into liquid and fell all over where the mist had been. C and Omoi quickly realized the liquid on them was oil and realized that the situation was dire now. He was going to blow up the entire area. They began pumping any chakra they had left into their legs to get out of the oil covered forest.

Naruto pulled out a senbon needle with an explosive tag. He was going to get rid of his enemies who did this to him.

"Have fun in hell ass holes, HEHE!"

Screeched Naruto. he couldn't see his enemies but figured they were still in the oil covered field. Naruto fired the senbon needle into the oil covered forest. BOOM!

Omoi and C had somehow managed to get out of the oil covered field and were trying to get distance from the oil covered area that was about to detonate. Then C and Omoi heard the detonation of an explosion. Then another and another. Explosion after explosion rocked the forest. C realized that they hadn't gained enough distance from oil covered area and told Omoi to prepare for an impact.

The explosion from the senbon set off explosion after explosion in the oil covered field. Every ignition caused another as soon the entire area where the mist once was became consumed by explosions. They started towards the center of where the mist once was and went outwards. The explosions at the perimeter of the oil covered forest sent the Kumo ninja flying backwards into trees. Omoi and C took the impacts, sheltering their injured comrades. Naruto also felt the impact after not getting far enough away and was sent flying back until he impacted into a tree.

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C groaned as he sat up from the impact of the explosions. He quickly placed Samui on the ground and began healing the wound to her stomach. He had begun treatment in time so he believed she would live as long as she didn't engage in combat anytime soon. Omoi limped over to C and placed Karui on the ground. She had a bad shoulder wound and was bleeding pretty bad but she would also live. As C was healing the two girls his thoughts went to the wielder of Nuibari who was able to defeat two elite Jonin of Kumo and two high chuunin by himself. He had displayed magnificent skill with his blade while also possessing great ninjutsu ability. The only question running through C's mind was who was this Konoha shinobi? He'd definitely have to discuss it with the Raikage when he was able to return.

Naruto laid on the ground after the impact of the explosion. He had been sent flying from the sheer force of the detonation of the oil, causing his back to collide with the trunk of a tree. He'd already lost a considerable amount of blood from his two wounds and didn't know if he'd be able to get back to Konoha alive. He managed to stagger to his feet, using Nuibari as a crutch. However he quickly collapsed to the ground, exhausted and bleeding. He slowly began to loose consciousness. The last thing he remembered was someone with long platinum blond hair kneeling beside him before he blacked out.