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Chapter 11: The Land of Waves

One month after the bell test Team 7 had been complete a lot of d-rank missions and today was no exception.

"Okay fella's, What's your 20 in relationship to the target?" Kakashi said into his Transceiver

"My team of clones and I are about 4.8 Meters away from target and we're ready to rock on your signal." Naruto said

"While I don't need clones for just about everything I do, I'm about 4.81 meters and also ready." Said Sasuke

"Distance I roughly estimate about same as Naruto and I also have a visual via my Byakugan and I'm ready to Go." Hinata said with her Byakugan active

"Okay..." Kakashi says pausing for a couple second "NOW!"As they heard Kakashi's command they all jumped the target, Sasuke grabs Tora first as Tora tries to thrash his way to freedom by way of a leap before thrashing he proves to be a match for Sasuke, but as skilled as Sasuke is, it takes both Naruto and him to over power and subdue Tora, But not before Tora had successfully torn up both Naruto and Sasuke's Faces as well as Naruto's Clones.

"Confirmed Ribbon of Right Ear." Kakashi says on their Transponders.

"We have a confirmed ID Tora in Custody." Sasuke says

"I Can vouch for him Sensei." Hinata says

"Okay then mission accomplished capture lost pet." Kakashi says into the transrecevier, a couple seconds of silence followed before Naruto and Sasuke scream in pain from as the cat tries to scratch their eyes out…again.

"Not even Matatabi was this furious that one time Gyuki peaked at her while she was in her human form taking a bath." Kurama says as he heals Naruto's cat scratches

"Is this cat possessed or something?" Hashirama wonders

"That's a good question." Madara says

"I HATE THIS GOD DAMN CAT!"Naruto and Sasuke scream simultaneously Hinata and Kakashi start laughing as they carry Tora towards the Hokage tower. When they arrive the Fire Daimyo's wife was standing there.

"OH MY SWEET TORA MOMMY MISSED YOU!" the fire daimyo's wife starts hugging the cat to death, Sasuke and Naruto crack twin evil smiles while Hinata takes pity on the cat, but despite their feelings towards the cat the three of them were thinking the same thing.

"No wonder the cat runs away all the time."

"Alright team 7 congratulations on another successful d-rank mission your next missions is, babysitting Yojyu-sama's boy. Grocery shopping at the neighboring town. Finally helping dig up potatoes at a nearby farm." Sarutobi says Naruto steps forward

"Hokage-sama with all due respect I am sick and tired of these D-rank missions I would like to formally request a more exciting mission. Besides you could be having the Academy students doing these missions and that would help with team bonding experiences."

"That's not a bad idea Naruto." Sarutobi responds scratching his chin. "We wouldn't have to pay them as much and it would keep these stupid D-ranks from piling up."

"There's some truth to that." Sasuke thinks. "Plus I'm sure Naruto, Hinata and I can handle it."

"Amen Naruto-kun." Hinata thinks.

"I knew he was going to do this sooner or later." Kakashi thinks sighing. Iruka stands up and says.

"IDIOT! You're still a fresh graduate! Everyone needs to start with the easy missions to gain experience!"

"Under normal circumstances I would agree with you Iruka-sensei but at some point every ninja needs to learn how to properly assess and survey a situation in order protect the client during a mission. I think I speak for all of us when I say we can handle a c-rank mission."

"Well that is true Naruto if your Jounin sensei thinks you are ready then go ahead. What do you think Kakashi?"

"I think my team is ready hell I'm willing to bet a week of salary that they could handle a B-rank mission." Kakashi says. "After all they handled me in an almost full out battle."

"Alight then in that case I am assigning you a C-rank mission bring in the client." An old man walks in with a bottle of sake in his hand.

"These little brats are supposed to protect me I asked for ninjas not snot nosed brats." Just then a kunai wizzes past Tazuna's ear and imbeds itself in the wall next to him.

"Sorry my hand slipped." Naruto replies coldly.

"Naruto we shouldn't threaten our clients it's bad for business." Kakashi says. "Anyway we leave the village in 2 hours." Kakashi Shunshins off to his house; Naruto, Hinata and Sasuke leave and each start heading towards home when an idea strikes Naruto and he turns to Sasuke and Hinata.

"I want to teach you guys a form of silent communication." Naruto says.

"What?" Sasuke asks confused.

"Anbu hand signs."

"Anbu hand signs?" Hinata asks in confusion

"The Anbu black ops use them for silent communication when in enemy territory."

"When did you learn them?" Sasuke asks

"From Neko-san she taught me them when I was bored one day and popped in for a visit to Jiji but he was busy so Neko taught me Anbu hand signs because I was threatening to burn down training ground 22 again."

"How long did it take you learn it?" Sasuke asks

"About 3 hours."

"But we only have two." Hinata says

"That's why I am going to teach you a jutsu that will half the time."

"What's it called?" Sasuke asks

"The shadow clone jutsu."

"Isn't that a B-ranked forbidden jutsu?"

"Yes because it takes a lot of chakra but I am sure that you can both make one clone each."

"Alright Naruto-kun if you're sure we can do then we will give it a shot just show us the hand signs." Hinata says. Naruto nods and bring his hands together in the cross seal while Hinata and Sasuke watch with their separate Dojutsu active.

"Shadow clone jutsu!" Naruto says and 40 shadow clones appear next to Naruto in a 'poof' of smoke. Sasuke and Hinata look in surprise at what their eyes tell them.

"Naruto you dispersed your chakra into 40 equal parts." Sasuke looks in shock

"That's why this jutsu is a forbidden one because without the right levels of reserves you can die from chakra depletion as such you need to have high reserves to properly work this jutsu."

"Right Naruto-kun." Hinata smiles and brings her hands together in the cross seal that Naruto used and said. "Shadow Clone jutsu." One clone appears next to Hinata in a poof of smoke. Sasuke preforms the same hand sign.

"Shadow clone jutsu." A poof of smoke appears next to Sasuke and his own shadow clone appears next to him. Naruto looks at two of his clones.

"Go to the Hyūga and Uchiha compound and gather our things and come back to me when you're done." Naruto says the two clones nod and head off towards the compounds. Naruto turns to his friends and sits then down and starts working with them on learning Anbu hand signs.

(An hour and a half later)

Sasuke and Hinata had mastered the Anbu hand signs then the clones arrive with their gear. Then the three of them walk off toward the front gate and stand there with the client after about half an hour Kakashi arrives and eye smiles at his team.

"Alright are we already to go?" Kakashi asks

"Yea Kakashi-sensei." Hinata says.

"Same here." Sasuke says

"Ready when you are Kakashi-sensei." Naruto responds gleefully.

"Alright then team 7 first c-rank mission is a go." Kakashi holds out his thumb his up and the five of them walk out of the village and start heading towards the land of waves. After about half an hour of walking Naruto and Sasuke have gotten bored and started playing a game of Dojutsu spy where they would use there Dojutsu to spot objects at far distances and would give vague hints as to what it was and the other would have to guess what it was, so far Naruto was winning but that was because he had a great imagination while Sasuke didn't.

"So Tazuna-san why did you hire us doesn't the land of waves have its own ninja?" Hinata asks.

"No, there are no ninja in the land of waves." Kakashi says. "But in other countries there are hidden villages with their own cultures and customs where ninja reside. To the people of this continent the existence of ninja villages means strength, military strength. In other words that's how they protect themselves and maintain the balance of power with neighboring countries. The ninja villages aren't owned by any government they are run independently own and hold equal status. Now a small island like the land of waves has natural protection from the sea so there is no need for a ninja village. The five ancient lands that possess shinobi villages are the lands of fire, water, lightning, wind and earth they each occupy vast expanses of territory together they are known as the five great shinobi nations. The land of fire has the village hidden in the leafs, the land of water the village hidden in the mist, the land of lighting the village hidden in the clouds, the land of wind the village hidden in the sand, and the land of earth the village hidden in the stones. Only the leaders of these five villages are permitted the title 'Kage' which means shadow, Hokage, Mizukage, Raikage, Kazekage, Tsuchikage, these are the leaders the five shadows that reign over thousands of shinobi."

"Then Lord Hokage must be really important." Hinata says.

"Is that old man really all that great I mean I'm sure Itachi could beat him easy?" Sasuke says hating to admit that his brother was strong.

"I got him with my sexy jutsu but then again he held off the nine tails for some time so he has some redeeming qualities."

"Shame on you Naruto you have my locked up in your head and you doubt the power of a Kage." Hashirama responds like a father scolding his child.

"Your different Hashirama sensei I bet I would never get you with that sexy jutsu."

"I wouldn't be so sure about that." Madara says laughing slightly. "I mean he is no pervert but you used that jutsu with his wife and he will sure as hell get a nose bleed."

"And you're innocent Madara." Kurama says

"SHUT UP KURAMA!" Madara roars

"Hey you both just doubted lord Hokage didn't you!" Kakashi says accusingly

"Um not really." Sasuke says.

"He is no Hashirama but Sarutobi is important so I guess I will stop holding my expectations so high." Naruto says looking at Kakashi with a 'are we there yet' sort of look.

"Look Naruto I know you want some action but this is a C-rank mission we aren't going to run into any enemy ninja so just relax." Kakashi says eye smiling. After a few minutes of walking Naruto's eyes narrow slightly and he looks at Hinata and Sasuke and starts forming the hand motions they learned. Kakashi notices what Naruto is doing and his eyes widen in shock. "Anbu hand signals so what's Naruto saying." Kakashi thinks then watches Naruto's hand movements and deciphers what Naruto is saying to his team.

"Genjutsu, two ninja, Chunin level." Naruto's hand movements dictate

"Target?" Sasuke responds

"Sensei?" Hinata suggests

"No too weak, client." Naruto responds

"Possible."

"What do we do?"

"Hinata guard the client Sasuke you and I will attack if they make themselves known."

"Why do I have to guard the client?" Hinata slumped her shoulders to signify her unhappiness. "I can fight."

"Exactly."

"What?" Hinata looks confused

"Going toe to toe with a Hyūga is Suicide so you defend the client so if they are after him you can take them out."

"Alright." Hinata nods then positions herself by Tazuna and Naruto and Sasuke look at one another as they walk past the puddle in silence not even acknowledging its presence. When they were five feet away two figures emerged from the puddle and rocketed towards Kakashi and wrapped the combined claw chain around him.

"What?" Kakashi's eye widens in shock, and then the men pull on the chain and rip Kakashi apart. Naruto charges in drawing his Gunbai and slams it into the first brother then pulls out a shuriken and throws it in the center of the chain. Then Sasuke throws a kunai when Naruto's shuriken had pinned the two mist ninja to the tree. Naruto weaves hand signs and slams his hands together.

"Wood style binding tree." A tree springs up and locks the brothers together by the chain.

"Nice try." The older says then they detach the chain and the younger runs at Tazuna. Then Hinata jumps in front of Tazuna.

"You have made a huge mistake." Hinata says and then she activates her Byakugan. "Eight trigrams 64 palms!" Hinata rushes in and strikes. "Eight trigrams 2 palms! 4 palms! 8 palms! 16 palms! 32 palms! 64 Palms!" Hinata strikes Meizu Byakugan ablaze

"BROTHER!" Gozu shouts as Meizu goes flying coughing up blood.

"You shouldn't have dropped your guard around us." Naruto and Sasuke say smiling and then they kick Gozu towards the tree but unfortunately Naruto and Sasuke's combined power kill Gozu when he connects with the tree. Kakashi jumps down from the tree and eye smiles.

"Yo."

"HOW THE HELL ARE YOU STILL ALIVE!?" Tazuna asks.

"What you've never seen a substitution before?" Hinata asks pointing to the pile of logs where Kakashi 'died.'

"Why did you let your students take care of the ninja if you were alive?"

"Because I needed to confirm who their target was." Kakashi turns to his students. "Nice work you three you really know how to work together. Naruto Sasuke next time you kick someone please take care not to kill them. Hinata nice work disabling one of them for interrogation." Hinata blushes at the praise. "Alright Naruto mind finding out what these guys were after?"

"Yes sir." Naruto walks over to where Meizu was lying in pain.

"No matter what you do you won't get me to spill." Meizu says glaring at Naruto.

"Oh I think you will." Naruto smiles. "Because I'm not going to give you choice." Naruto places his hand on Meizu's head. "Human path." Naruto lifts his hand and out pops Meizu's soul and Naruto absorbs it.

An exchange from Meizu's memories surfaced in Naruto's mind.

Naruto sees a group of people one of them is without a shirt and a long sword and puffy pajama pants. A medium sized girl with a hunter mask at his waist and then a small man with two samurai guards. Then the small man says

"Alright then it's agreed, the four of you will kill Tazuna and in exchange I will pay you 22 million ryo."

"Alright Gato you got yourself a deal." The man in the puffy pajama pants says. Then Gato walks out of the room and his guards follow him.

"Zabuza-sama who will we send to kill him?" The girl asks

"Haku lets send the demon brothers I am sure they can handle whatever puny ninja the leaf will send as Gato has bleed this country dry they could only pay for a C-rank as most." Zabuza says

"Yes Zabuza-sama." Meizu and Guzo responded.

End flashback

"Well that settles it this is now an A rank mission." Naruto says

"What makes you say that?" Kakashi asks

"I'd so because we'll be up against Zabuza Momochi."

"FUCK!" Sasuke, Hinata, Kakashi shout simultaneously .

"Can someone please explain what the big deal is?" Tazuna

"Zabuza Momochi is an A rank missing ninja who is a master of the silent killing technique." Naruto says

"That is a problem."

"Anyway let's get going." Kakashi says.

(Gato's hideout.)

"FAILED! WHAT DO YOU MEAN THEY FAILED!" Gato shouted at Zabuza.

"Stop whining. This time I will go personally and this sword will be the last thing he sees." Zabuza swings his sword and holds just in front of Gato's throat.

"You sure about that apparently the old man hired some protection and they have a high ranking ninja with him. Since your first attempt failed they will be watching it will take someone with very advanced skills."'

"Who do you think you're dealing with? I am Zabuza Momochi the demon of the hidden mist."