Grim Reaper of Iwa

Chapter 10

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An explosion of black smoke met the giant man when his fists met the young blond's head. "What the hell?" He asked, bewildered as he looked at the smoke. He then grew enraged. "So playing those annoying games, just like your father….pathetic!"

"So…you seem to know who I am, but I have no idea who you are." The voice of Naruto said. To the man, it seemed that the voice was all over, but then he noticed the smoke converging in on itself and a mouth was smiling at him.

"Argh….i am Kengen! I am the last of the great clan called Chikara! We held the Strength Release. We are decided from a man overseas, a great man call Hercules!"

"Last?"

"Yes, during the war, you father slaughter us all!I was merely a child back then, but I vowed to kill him, but then he gets him and his rumored wife killed by the beast known as the Kyuubi!" Kengen roared but then laughed. "So I decided to rebel against that stubborn old man. He said war was war and we should just forget the past, like people in this last can forget that shit, the last 3 wars are proof of that. Never mind he lost his own daughter to the war! So I was going to kill his own granddaughter when you showed up, son of the Yellow Flash!"

Naruto reformed and said, "You can try if you want."

"FINE!" The giant man roared. "Strength Style: Earth Shatter!"

With a name like that, that was sure to be trouble for anyone, especially the unconscious girl. So just before the man struck the ground, Naruto turned to smoke, taking the girl with him. And he was smart to do that because the area around Kengen literally became a giant fissure of sorts and that was bound to have attracted some attention. He needed to finish this soon.

"Well, that was interesting." Naruto said, kneeling next to the girl.

The man just stared at him in shock. "How the hell did you escape that!?"

"You're not very bright, are you?" Naruto deadpanned.

"Ugh! Just tell me whelp!"

"Fine, it is called Real Genjutsu." The man just looked lost. "Man, you are dumb….and that is saying something because I am not the sharpest kunai around. Anyway, I found a special item that lets me do genjutsu, but at the same time make it real. So, I made a few….hundred clones to help me practice it and so far…..i have not gotten that far with it. I can only make me and whatever I am touching part of the genjutsu. However, I have found it useful in combat because I cannot be touched."

The man just glared at him. Kengen knew how genjutsu worked, but this was different, it was more dangerous. "So what? You can attack me with it as well?"

"No." Naruto said sheepishly. "I have not gotten that far with it yet. But," His gaze grew sharp as he turned into his smoky black for and hovered around the giant man. "Imagine I could put my hold smoky hand down your throat, make it solid and choke you from the inside or do something far….worse."

By now, that man was freaking out. This kid, he may look like the Yellow Flash, but even he was not that crazy. He just gave you a quick death, his son is a little sadistic! He Kengen was so freaked out by this that he never even noticed Naruto's group.

"Oh and there is something you need to know before you die." Naruto whispered.

"What's that?"

"Do you honestly think I travel alone?"

Realization hit the man too late it seemed because just as he figured out that even though Naruto could not attack while in his smoke form, that didn't mean someone else couldn't.

"Nitro Kunai!"

"Crystal Spears!"

Two voices shouted out as the ice penetrated his feet, ground him to the ground while the pink crystals pierced his shoulders, making his arms useless. Three kids had outsmarted him….that was so uncool. However, he didn't get much time to contemplate this as a fourth person made their presence known in the form of Tsunade. "Oh fu-" was all he could let out as Tsunade punched him so hard, his insides exploded from the force.

"Bunch of idiotic dunder head back then as well." Tsunade growled before she turned to Naruto and the girl. "Good job, Naruto. Let me see if she is ok." Naruto nodded and let the older woman take over. Tsunade examined the girl and smiled. "Good, only minor cuts and bruises, but a little head trauma from that man. Good."

"Granndy Tsunade, who is she anyway?"

"Stop calling me that!" Tsunade snapped. "She is The Tsuchikage granddaughter, weren't you listening?"

"Not really." Naruto answer point blank, making everyone face vault. "but if that's the case, we need to get her back to Iwa, heh, good thing we were headed there."

"Indeed." A man said as he appeared next to them. He was wearing Iwa's ANBU armor and his mask was that of a Grisly Bear.

Naruto blinked for a moment before he said, "Oh right, Tengen's attack was basically a beacon."

"True and when we arrived, you seemed to be able to take care of yourself along with Kurotsuchi-sama, so we held back to see how good you were. Not sure if the Oof here heard you, but to have Real Genjutsu of that level from only a few days and a few hundred shadow clones I assume, that is pretty impressive."

"Heh, thanks." Naruto said with a goofy smile. "So are you here to help us take her to the hospital?"

"Yes, my team will do that, I will personally take you to the Tsuchikage so no problems arise from this incident." The man said curtly. "What of her team?"

"We found them killed." Tsunade replied sadly.

"I see, Onoki-sama will not be please about this, but he will be grateful for you helping Kurotsuchi out." Bear replied.

"Aright then. Let's get going." Guren stated.

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Onoki was an old man, yes, but he was a living legend just like Hiruzen Sarutobi. He went toe to toe with Madara Uchiha and lived. So as he stared out on the group before him, his mind wandered over to the past when he observed Naruto.

He had actually met with Minato at one point and found that the man HATED war, and only fought it because that was his duty. The more he learned about that man, the more he respected Minato, that's why he did not hold a grudge against Minato or Konoha. War was war, it never changes.

Naruto looked at the old man with annoyance. Why are all the all the powerful dudes old. Old man Sarutobi was old and he was labeled the God of Shinobi, and this guy is old and short...great.

Ōnoki was a very short, old man with a triangular beard and a moustache that has angular corners, a big red nose and thick eyebrows like Gai and Lee. The top of his head was completely bald, although, he had long white hair on the lower-half of his head which is styled in a traditional chonmage hair cut, the back of which is tied with a yellow ribbon into a topknot. Ōnoki wore a green and yellow coat with a red collar. Underneath he wore the traditional Iwagakure outfit consistent of flak jacket, mesh armour. He however has both his sleeves of his shirt, but kept the single lapel on his right side. Along with this he wears sandals.

"First off, thank you for saving my granddaughter, but I want to know WHY you are in my village, though I did not expect to see Tsunade and her apprentice with you." Onoki stated.

"Kid helped me out, so I am sticking with him." Tsunade smirked.

"I see, but why are you here?" Onoki asked.

"Oh, since our teacher is dead and Shizune-nee-chan will be having a a kid, I thought we should join a village so we are not caught off guard with the world events."

"Hmph. Smart for young people." Onoki commented in his condescending way. "But why my village?"

"Well, I am not going back to Konoha, that's for sure and I am sure you know the reason behind that." At the old man's nod, Naruto continued. "Then after what happened with Zabuza, we don't plan on going to Kiri, Suna is too far away….same for Kumo. Besides, Tsunade said you did not hold a grudge against my father…so I was hoping you would help out."

Onoki started at the young blond intently. It was true that he told Tsunade that, but there was another reason behind that. War….war was horrible and it was true that he lost his daughter, but ironically it was not to the Yellow Flash or anyone in Konoha….it was through a different village during that war.

Onoki finally nodded. "Very well. I shall let you become ninja of my village….but what about you Tsunade?"

"I already vowed I would never return to Konoha and I will not now especially with a civil war on the horizon. I will join too, just to piss them off more for what they did to my godson." Tsunade said seriously.

"Very well." Onoki replied before he looked at all of them. He knew of Tsunade's skill with medical jutsu and perhaps he could let her do what Sarutobi did not….and her apprentice could help her out until the baby of Zabuza came. Oh yeah, even he could guess that. Then there was Zabuza's own apprentices….

He knew of the Yuki Clan's bloodline and always thought it was useful, but this boy seemed more capable of a shinobi than any of his clan that he had met. Guren's clan used to be part of his village before the First decided he didn't like that for some reason and cast them out. He would let them back in just to spite that man. Plus, that bloodline could be useful. Then there was Naruto…the boy people having nicknaming the Grim Reaper. Powers unlike any other and jinchuriki that seems to get along with his Bijuu.

Jinchuriki…he already had two of those. One was….an old friend, who at times was just as stubborn as him. But for some reason, the Roshi liked to drink a lot. There was other things, but Onoki could tell the man was good…and a loyal shinobi. The other was a young man, that was extremely tall. Han was always so calm and reserved. The boy was interesting, once saying that because his Bijuu, he felt insecure with himself around normal people, to the village did not have a problem with him.

Now was Naruto, jinchuriki to the Kyuubi. This boy was the Yondaime Hokage's son and Konoha basically treated him poorly. Feh, so much for the greatest village around, treating people different than you poorly, but whatever. Sure, the village he ran was a little greedy but they live out in the middle of nowhere, what did you expect? Still, this boy was different and his death powers made him an interesting jinchuriki if the rumors were any indication.

"I will need to place you all in something for my village." Onoki stated. "Tsunade, I am going to let you do the one thing that Sarutobi never let you do during the war….something we could have used. I give you free reign over the hospital and if you wish to train people in the medical arts, then just let me know and I will see what I can do."

Tsunade had a big smile on her face at that. "Thank you."

"Just let me know what you are getting too old for it." Onoki replied with a snarky smirk, causing the woman's eyebrow to twitch. "Shizune, for the time being, I would like for you to help Tsunade in this endeavor." At the raven haired woman's nod, he continued. He looked at the three young ninja and sighed. "I am going to have to break you up into two teams."

"Huh? Why?" Guren asked while holding Naruto back from shouting, but she wanted to shout that their team would have to break up. However, she was not stupid enough to yell at a Kage.

"Simple, Kengen was not alone. For some reason, a few of our missing ninja have returned just to kill us….my granddaughter's team is dead and another team has lost a member of their team. So that is why I am doing this, but don't worry, you all we be working together a lot."

"Oh, that good then." Haku replied with a relieved smile.

"Ok, Akatsuchi's team is missing one, so Guren I would like for you to join his team. Your Crystal Release will work well with his Golem Technique. Plus, I bet Suzumebachi would love to have another girl on the team. I'll have you report to them later."

"Interesting set up." Tsunade stated. "A bee user with two earth users. I could work."

"Indeed." Onoki said, proud of himself. He then stared hard at Naruto and Haku. "I am going to give this one more chance….so don't fuck this up for me." At the boys' questioning look, he continued, " I once had an apprentice in a man named Deidara, but he let his…'art' get the better of him and went rogue. He was a good student, but he left. Kurotsuchi might not like this, but I am taking you three at my team, my personal apprentices."

Everyone just stared at the man with big eyes.

Is it possible that they were the next Sannin?

XXX

"Wow," Naruto said as he stared at the ceiling of Kurotsuchi's hospital room. The small old man had sent them there to let her know what his decision was when she woke up. She hasn't yet.

"I know, hard to believe." Haku replied, a little shell shocked himself.

"We'll do our best." Naruto replied with determination. "Zabuza trained us into the ground for this sort of thing. Now we must get even stronger for him and our friends."

"For Zabuza's unborn child." Haku replied with a small smile and a nod. He then thought of something. "Naruto, me and Guren changed a bit when Zabuza died. What about you, you still seem the same. The same idiot who just wants to keep us safe."

Naruto sighed. "I did change a bit, I gained more power."

"Huh?"

"It was just before Fu left. She knew I was holding something back and helped me through it and after that, Kurama confirmed that something had changed. My Sharingan is now unlocked to what Itachi did to me."

"Oh? Let me see." Haku stated, clearly curious about Naruto's Kyuubi enhanced Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan. He remembered the story, but was still hard to believe for him. If it was indeed real, that he would believe it.

"Alright." Naruto said with a shrug. He closed his eyes in concentration before he snapped them over to reveal the strange design of the 7 pointed shuriken design with Kakashi's pinwheel, however, the odd thing about it was that it was glowing thanks to the Kyuubi's power.

"Wow…." Came a voice that spoke for Haku. They looked over to see that Kurotsuchi was awake and staring at Naruto's changed eyes. "Those are interesting."

"Yeah, how I got them is a long story." Naruto replied sheepishly before he deactivated them and struck out his hand. "But I am not, I am Naruto Uzumak, nice to meet you."

The girl took the hand and shook it a bit weakly. However, she did smile. "Nice to meet you too. I am Kurotsuchi. I am guessing you guys were the ones to save me."

"Yeah, it was me, Haku here, then Guren, Tsunade and Shizune." Naruto replied with a smile.

"Wait, Tsunade-sama is here as well?!" the girl almost yelled.

"Yes?" Haku stated. "I am guessing you are a fan?"

"You bet! She IS the strongest woman around, so I look up to her as much as Deidara-nii." Kurotsuchi replied.

"Cool. She up and joined us in joining your village. Now she is head of everything medical." Naruto replied.

Haku sighed. "You need to work on your listen skills more. She is head of the hospital and in charge of training new med-nins."

"Isn't that what I said?" Naruto asked, looking a bit lost.

"Ugh…." Haku sighed.

Kurotsuchi took this time to laugh at them, "You guys act just like brothers, you know that?"

"So we've been told." Haku replied with a smile. "Oh, there was something we need to tell you."

"That my team is dead?" Kurotsuchi said, making the atmosphere in the room a little tense. "I know, I saw them die before my eyes. It was so horrible….but, when I was out, I felt like I had a vivid dream about them. Tell told me that since their killer was dead and they could pass up, but also told me to live my life. I will do that for them, but they were my friends, so I will treasure the time I had with them."

"Huh, I have only read about those experiences." Haku replied. "I am going to assume that one of your old teammates had a deep spiritual connection…or something like that?"

The girl actually laughed at that. "Yeah, you could say something like that. My teacher, despite being an old member of the explosion corp. was a very spiritual person…something he went over bored with a lot." She paused at that and continued with teary eyes. "I am going to miss him…"

"We miss out teacher as well." Naruto replied softly as he sat down next to her. "before coming here, our teacher, Zabuza was killed. So we can relate."

"I see. Thank you." Kurotsuchi replied. "So…I am guessing the old man got me a new team?"

Naruto burst out laughing at the girls bluntness. Haku shook his head with a smile. Oh yeah, her and Naruto will get along fine.

"Yeah, he set up a two new teams. One of our own, Guren Lagan, is on a team with…um….who where they again?"

Haku sighed. "Akatsuchi and Suzumebachi."

"Oh right, they lost someone too. I hope they get along." The bedridden girl replied.

"And the three of us are a new team." Naruto replied, not missing a beat.

"Really?" Kurotsuchi asked with wide eyes. She was not complaining, they seemed strong enough. "Who is our sensei?"

"Your grandfather." Haku replied.

Kurotsuchi stared at them for a long time at that before a small but sad smile crossed her lips. "I guess this was bound to happen sooner or later."

"Huh?" Naruto asked.

"I always wanted him to teach me, but then I would be taking Deidara-nii's place. I wanted to be his student, but then I did not want to….make sense?"

"Sort of." Naruto said, somewhat getting it.

Kurotsuchi laughed. "It is complicated, but I am glad. I hope we get along."

"Me too!" Naruto said with a big smile as he shook her hand.

While Naruto's eyes where closed in that big smile of his, Haku had noticed that Kurotsuchi was blushing a bit towards Naruto. So, you too huh? Heh, Naruto doesn't even realize it yet. Still, I guess him saving her and triggered an interest in him…I wonder where that goes…or when he will notice…

Kurotsuchi turned her attention to Haku and smiled, making the boy smile at as well. "Oh! Hey, don't tell me grandfather this yet, I want to tell him myself."

"What would that be?" Haku asked.

"A little something that Gari-Sensei taught me." Kurotsuchi replied with a smirk, making Haku sweet a little.

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A few days later, the three of them in front of the Tsuchikage's desk as he stared at them. "We have a lot to do in the next month. We have a lot of training and we will be dealing with these missing ninja ourselves, no more deaths because of these fools." Onoki stated.

"Why, what happens in a month?" Kurotsuchi asked.

Onoki gained a gleam in his eye, "It was for this reason that you are all still genin. The Chunin exams happen next month and you team, along with Guren's will be entering. However, this is not a normal exam. It will be held in the Land of Iron this time, something that does not happen very often."

"Huh…I wonder why Mifune wanted to do that this year." Naruto wondered aloud, making Onoki and Haku give him deadpanned looks.

"In any event, you will be ready for this exams because the exams held there are much harder than anywhere else, that I can assure you."

"Yes sensei." The three shouted, making Onoki gain another gleam in his eye that Kurotsuchi found herself shivering at. This next month was going to be filled with pain…

"Oh yes, Naruto, i have something for you. After all, what is a Grim Reaper with out his cloak." Onoki stated as he tossed an article of clothing at the blond. It was a pure black cloak that could zip up and looked like something the real Grim Reaper would wear, plus...it had the village symbol on the back of it in silver.

"Nice." Naruto replied with a smirk.

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Well there you all go. The next chapter for this. Now, I am in need of your help. You see, next chapter they will be dealing with missing ninja. Now if anyone can give me Iwa related missing ninja, that would be great. Also, I need an idea for who would be Guren's team leader. Plus, i know the wiki said that Gari was a very calm guy, but to me, that sounded like how he was in battle, it never said anything for outside of battle...heh.

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