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In a small clearing in a forest just outside Yajuugakure, a shinobi with black spiky hair that reached half way down his back was sitting on top of a stump, with his legs crossed and his hands forming the sign of the tiger. His eyes were closed as his face was facing toward a puppet that was sewed together and was hanging from a tree branch.
The ninja was wearing a silver shirt with long sleeves and a high collar. His pants were dark green like tree leaves. His mouth was covered by a metal mask that had an impression that made the mask look like an open mouth with two fangs on top and two fangs on bottom.
"Now!" yelled the shinobi as he quickly opened his brown eyes. The puppet opposite of him was then slashed down the middle by an unseen force, leaving three cuts down the puppet's fabric. The then started to lose cotton that was spilling out of the cuts.
"Still too slow." the shinobi said as he stood up from his spot. "I wonder where those genin I was suppose to look after are." he said while he looked up at the blue sky. The clearing was empty except for him, the log he was sitting on, and the puppet.
"Sorry were late." a female said behind him.
He looked around to see Tenten and Naruto standing behind him.
"So you're two of the three brats I'm suppose to train." the shinobi replied.
'Already I hate him' Naruto thought through his head.
"I wonder where the third brat is?" the shinobi asked.
"Sorry, I'm late sensei." a new male voice said. Just then a boy the same age and size as Naruto jumped from behind a tree and landed behind Naruto and Tenten. He had short green hair and brown eyes. He wore a brown shirt with a green vest over it. His vest had six pouches on the front, three on each side and one above the other. He wore blue pants and his shurikan pouch on his right hip.
He had a device on his right arm, the device was a metal plate that was half way wrapped around his arm, and was attached by a wide black strap.
The device had a foot long blade sticking outward from his body in the middle of the plate's side. Three holes were higher up the plate's side on the same side.
"And you are?" the shinobi asked him.
"My names Mangu sir." The boy named Mangu said.
The shinobi then looked at Tenten and Naruto.
"Tenten." "Naruto." They both replied saying their names.
"I'm Ookami. Listen up I have one rule in my squad. You keep up, or you're out. Besides that we'll start off with a simple mission, so I can see how strong you're are." the shinobi named Ookami told them.
"What? What?" Naruto repeatedly asked excitedly.
'Why do I have a feeling this brat will lead to me becoming insane.' Ookami thought as Tenten punched Naruto on his head, for him to shut up.
"They're with Ookami now. We better report to Raion that they're in his hands now." A shinobi wearing a bird mask said in a male voice to another shinobi in a bird mask.
They then quickly vanished from the tree tops they were standing on to overlook Naruto and Tenten's team.
After a while, Ookami lead Naruto, Tenten, and Mangu to a dirt trail outside of Yajuugakure. The trail was surrounded by miles of forest. Up ahead of the trail was a cart with three wooden boxes in it. There were two men standing in front of the cart, each caring a sword on their hips in sheaths. They wore straw hats shaped like wide cones, and the same uniform, a white shirt with the Chinese symbol for 'delivery' on the back and grey pants with black shoes.
"Your mission is simple; escort these two to the next town. It's not far, but there might by bandits along the way, so don't lower your guard." Ookami told his squad.
"That's easy." Naruto proclaimed with him punching the air above him.
'He has a point.' Tenten thought.
"Then you'll finish fast." Ookami told Naruto.
The three genin then nodded and with Ookami leading the way, they walked toward the cart. The two men by the cart greeted them happily as one of them came to shake Ookami's hand.
"Greetings Nori." Ookami said as he shook the man's hand.
"Long time no see Ookami, now let's get going. It's not a far trip, but I want to get back by nightfall." said the man named Nori as he pulled his hand from Ookami.
"It's two o' clock now, so we have plenty of time, even if we run into bandits." Ookami said as he looked at the sun's position.
They soon started down the trail toward the village. The two men were pulling the cart by two ropes tied to the cart, while the cart was rolling along on two wooden wheels. Ookami was in front of the cart, while Tenten was at the left and Mangu was on the right. Naruto was walking behind the cart with a kunai in his left hand.
'I wonder if bandits will really strike.' Naruto thought as he walked behind the cart.
'If any bandits try to attack I'll stop them.' Tenten thought.
'I'll show the sensei, just how strong I am.' Mangu thought.
'I wonder what the three brats are thinking.' Ookami wondered.
Just then an arrow struck one of the wooden boxes in the cart.
Ookami, Mangu, Tenten, and Naruto then stared in to the forest in the direction the arrow was shot from.
"Why don't you make this easy on yourselves, and hand over the loot." A man said from deep in the forest.
'Alright, now the fun can begin.' Naruto yelled in his head.
'Something isn't right. I should have sensed the arrow while it was being fired, but I didn't. There's only one explanation….' Ookami thought.
"Our opponent is a shinobi." Ookami whispered under his breath.
"What was that sensei?" asked Mangu.
"We're fighting enemy ninja, you three better be on your toes." Ookami told Naruto, Tenten, and Mangu.
'This is perfect. I wonder if I get to see the skills that Koumori was talking about.' Ookami thought.
Just then Ookami ran into the forest alone toward the direction of the voice.
"Hey, Tenten what should we do?" Naruto asked his teammate.
"Our mission is to guard the cart, so that is what we'll do." Tenten told him.
"How obedient of you." A man said from behind Tenten.
Tenten quickly turned around to see the enemy. He was wearing a cloud headband across his forehead. He had short black hair and brown eyes. His mouth and nose were covered by a breather. He wore a long black cloak that covered the rest of his body.
The cloud ninja then pulled out his arm while he was holding a wooden club. He then lifted the club above his head, and then brought it down toward Tenten.
His arm was then stopped by three needles that struck his arm and were now sticking out of his skin.
"Now try this!" yelled Mangu as he appeared in the air above the cloud-nin. His arm with the device was over his head, and was about to bring the side with the blade on the cloud-nin's head.
"Nice try." another cloud-nin said as he kicked Mangu in the ribs in the air before he could strike the cloud-nin that was attacking Tenten.
Mangu was kicked out of the air and landed onto the ground five feet away from Tenten.
The other cloud-nin then landed right in front of Mangu's laying body. As Mangu was trying to stand up, the cloud-nin stomped on Mangu's stomach and left his foot laying on top of Mangu's stomach.
"Good one Handou." the cloud-nin with the club told his partner as he pulled the three needles out of his arm.
He was then knocked backwards by Tenten with a long blue staff.
"Why you?" the cloud-nin said as he lifted himself from the ground.
"Hey don't forget me!" Naruto yelled as he performed a hand sign.
"Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Naruto yelled as he created ten shadow clones, making eleven Naruto's. Nine of the Naruto's ran toward the cloud-nin while two stayed back to guard the cart and the two delivery men.
'Shadow Clones! I thought only ninja of Konohagakure knew that art! Something isn't right.' The cloud-nin with his foot on Mangu said to himself as he stared at the clones.
"Great." The cloud-nin with the club said as he performed his own hand signs.
"Thunder Style! Lightning Bolt Strike!" the shinobi said as he lifted his club again.
Once he brought his club down, a bolt of lightning came down from the sky and struck the group of Naruto's.
"Not bad huh. I can summon lightning even when there's no clouds in the sky." The cloud-nin said about his technique.
"Try this!" Tenten yelled as she struck the cloud-nin in the stomach with the tip of the staff.
She then retreated until she was a few feet away from the ninja, and pulled out a rolled-up scroll. Once she unraveled the scroll. She then shook the opened side in the cloud-nin's direction, as a barrage of kunai was shot from the scroll.
'Damn, that blow…..I can't dodge of block….that stupid witch.' The cloud-nin thought as he was struck by the kunai knives.
Meanwhile, Naruto was lying in the center of a crater that was made by the lightning bolt. The crater was burnt black by the blast, as smoke was floating from the ground.
'Where am I?' Naruto asked himself as he found himself somewhere in his mind. The place resembled a prison, but the floor had water that was knee deep.
"So you came to pay me a visit. Hehehe…." A voice from behind Naruto said.
Naruto turned around to see an enormous cage door. Inside the cage was the faint outline of a fox with nine tails. The fox stared at Naruto with its fang showing.
"What are you?" Naruto asked the beast.
"Interesting you don't remember me. Hehehe. I wonder if I should tell you, but that wouldn't be a lot of fun. I think I'll let you find out why you can't remember, but to answer your question. I'm Kyuubi, the nine-tailed demon fox." The fox said to Naruto.
"What are you doing inside my body?" Naruto asked.
"I guess you could say I'm a guest. Hehehe. However you have more problems. Your friend is in trouble. I sense an enormous attack is about to be released." The Kyuubi told Naruto.
"What? No! How do I get out of here mister Kyuubi sir?" Naruto asked panicking.
"Mister Kyuubi sir. Hehehehehe. Maybe I like you this way. If you want out you have to use my chakra. Good luck with your fight. Hehehe. You need it." The Kyuubi said, as blood-red water started to surround Naruto.
Naruto then quickly opened his eyes to find himself once again, surrounded by red-chakra in the form of a one-tailed fox.
"This power it's incredible." Naruto said growling.
Using his new strength, he jumped out of the crater and landed in front of everyone.
The character named Mangu name is short for Mangu-su which means 'Mongoose'