"Naruto if you're going to teach that blonde idio-"

"Choose your words carefully Uchiha. I do not care for Naruko-san in the slightest and I am not teaching her out of the goodness of my cold shriveled little black heart. She will learn the bare basics as I had and that is it. My point about your clan library of stolen jutsu stands. Or better yet, flex your precious name to the council and have them weaken the village by making jounin take time out of their day in protecting or bettering the village to train you. You're pretty good at that last I checked" Naruto snorted as he tossed a kunai in the air and caught it by the ring on its descent. "I have far more valuable things to research, experiment and perfect than waste my time in what is effectively remedial base training others who have had more than ample time to master with the vast resources at their fingertips."

Satsuki bristled at Narutos words though she did not show it. He should be OVERJOYED she was asking him to teach her! He should be on his knees kissing the ground at her feet thanking her for the opportunity to spend her time learning from him! 'The council will make you teach me! And then you will have to give me strong children!' she cackled dementedly in her head.

Kushina and Naruko shared a look between themselves. The hurt look on Narukos face made Kushina scowl at her sons harsh words but the two women agreed the Uchiha brat had more than enough scrolls in her clan library that covered every shinobi art that she could teach herself and not have to bother anyone. In fact they would have LOVED if the egotistical little bitch did just that instead of flaunting her name to the council and demanding that the best jounins train her instead of performing their duties to better the village and keep it safe.

"Hit the deck!" Naruto grabbed Tazuna and, reluctantly, Naruko as a faint whirring sound filled the air. Kushina and the ANBU members managed to get out of the path of the death saw racing through the air. However it was as the jounin, ANBU, Naruto, Naruko and Tazuna all avoided the death blade that a sickening squelch was heard. As the resounding thunk of metal meeting wood resounded all eyes turnes to the last Uchiha. For a moment she looked fine, looked being the key word. Nano-seconds after thin rivlets of blood trailed down her stomach as she patted it, the weak pressure seperating her torso from her lower stomach and legs.

Narukos eyes widened in horror before she lost everything in her stomach.

"Awe, poor wittle baby never saw a comrade die?" a cruel dark voice asked laughing. All eyes, save Naruko and Tazuna who joined the young woman in puking, turned to spot a man standing on the zanbatou buried blade first in the tree. "Give me the bridge builder and I'll consider letting you all go."

"Zabuza Momochi. A-rank missing nin wanted out of Kiri for the attempted and failed murder of the Yondaime Mizukage Yagura, insane container of the Sanbi. It is quite the honor to meet you I must say" Naruto said forcing himself to his feet.

Zabuza eyed the blonde kid with a modicum of interest. "You don't say? That would explain why the bastard didn't die easily aside from his strength as Kage. How did you come across that information brat?" he asked with a huff.

"Tut tut Zabuza, information is a commodity and sharing commodities with the enemy is not in my style. Though I must request the honor of shaking your hand good sir. Your little stunt with your sword just killed my stalker and I for one could not be happier. You have saved me so much of a hassle with the bullshit she was no doubt scheming in her fucked up and twisted little mind" Naruto said with a slight smirk of a smile.

The ANBU and Kushina looked at Naruto incredulously. He was HAPPY about the death of a fellow leaf ninja? Granted they were too since the decesaed girl was a mockery of a ninja but to asking to shake the killers hand? There had to be something wrong with the blonde genin.

Zabuza looked at the blonde on the road like he had two heads. On one hand the kid reminded him of himself when he was younger with the smirk on his face and the noticeable suppressed bloodlust hiding in his eyes. On the other he couldn't help thinking the kid had a few screws loose. 'Then again every ninja does' he thought to himself. "Since you, your teacher and remaining team mate are going to die anyway I'll humor a dead mans last wish" he said with a shrug of his shoulders. "Not that it matters anymore, who was the two halves of flesh of there?"

Naruto strolled toward the missing nin with his hands behind his back, as they had been since the group got off the boat after putting the kunai away an hour ago, and flexed fingers in the same sillent hand signals he used earlier to tell the ANBU and Kushina he had a plan though if there were others watching it would seem he was popping his kuckles. "Well like you said since it doesn't matter anymore, that was the last loyal Uchiha. Wasn't a fan of hers. I prefer her brother over her as an Uchiha. At least Itachi-san was more humble and more skilled outside of other Uchihas reliance on the Sharigan to fight" the blonde genin replied dismissively. "You goin to hop off your damn sword and shake my hand or not? Not honoring a dead mans last wish is a stain on your honor as a swordsman Zabuza." Noticing a seemingly insignificant ident, a slightly off kilter square, on Zabuzas headband triggered a quick memory that made him grin internally.

Zabuza growled in annoyance as he landed on the ground in a crouch, the long hilt of his zanbatou in hand. The kid had balls, he would give the blonde that. "Well I'll be damned kid, add another killed bloodline user to my kill count" the man said with a vicious smirk hidden behind the bandages around the bottom half of his face. Standing fully he offered a hand out to Naruto.

"If only I could properly do so. Your bingo book entry does not accurately state what your true kill count is" Naruto said clasping Zabuzas hand tightly. "The Crimson Toad recalls the Banished Demons to guard the gates." His voice was loud enough for the older ninja to hear but not one else.

Zabuzas eyes widened immensely at the single sentence. "Who are you brat?" he growled not liking the fact the kid knew what he knew. Only a handful of knew about his true motives and allegiances, the blonde brat before clasping his hand tightly was not one of them.

'The Winged Serpent. You and your apprentice have been recalled' Naruto mouthed with an even wider smirk. "No one of absolute importance. Its been an honor and a pleasure to shake your hand Zabuza." The moment he let go twin water vortexes were present for a split second before disappearing completely. "I think I scared him off Kushina-san" Naruto said with a feigned sad tone. "And here I was hoping for a fight. Oh well, can't win all the time I guess." He skipped happily over to the two halves of Satsuki and blinked slightly seeing her cling to her last moments of life.

"As-asshole" Satsuki said coughing up blood.

"Yeah I get that a lot. Can you ya know, die already? As amazing as it you cling to your final moments you're already dead, no force in the nations can save you" Naruto said pulling out a sealing scroll. He scowled as she weakly spat blood on his clothes before it was absorbed into the material leaving it pure white again. "Ok, NOW shes actually dead" he said seeing her heart drop out onto the ground from the strain of gravity.

"What did you say to Zabuza Naruto-san?" the frog masked ANBU asked appearing in front of the genin, his voice hard and all business. He didn't believe for a moment a genin could scare a jounin level missing ninja, let alone scare them off with just a few words. There was more going on than he was aware of and he did not like that one bit.

"Nothing of importance to you Gama-san. Master Jiraiya would be most displeased if the need to know information he carefully cultivates was divulged to those who were not of The Network" Naruto said with a sly smirk as he sealed the two halves of Satsukis corpse into a scroll. Naruko would not understand but the ANBU squad stiffened at the mention and Kushina stood a little straighter. Jiraiya was a grueling taskmaster and did not take well to breaches of secrecy, the last person who did so was made an example of that even Ibiki questioned the Sanins restraint.

"I see. I won't mention this in the report then" the frog masked ANBU said before his squad disappeared into the trees again.

"Lets get going already can we? And why the hell are you all lookin at me like I'm the center of a conspiracy here" Naruto asked crossly seeing Kushina, Naruko and Tazuna intently staring at him.

"I'm starting to wonder if you are" Kushina said to herself.

"Tazuna-san, which way to your home?" Naruko asked snapping herself out of her stare. The man shook his head breaking the stare and started down the road.

'Perhaps you're picking up one too many nuiances of Ankos nephew' Leviathan thought viewing the reactions to his, albeit successful, harebrained idea.

'Appreciating blood and violence is hardly a crime though' Naruto thought back with a mental whine. 'At least I'm not a drunk sexaholic like what Anko leads the villagers to believe. Fear is fun!'

Hitomi bopped his avatar with a giant mallet. 'In the correct doses. That was over the top. Remember how we talked about controlling your bloodlust around 'allies' kit' she scolded him. It had been a pain in the ass since her elder sisters gift of the Sages contract and weapons spiked Narutos bloodlust quite a bit making training to reign it in a hassle.

'Yeah yeah, don't kill comrades just because I want to see blood spilt. But its such a pretty shade of scarlet! Oh and the coppery taste is just di~vine! Kami I wonder the taste of blood and ramen mixed together.. Maybe I can find a vict- I mean volunteer in Nami of Gatohs men to volunteer their for me try it!' Naruto lost himself to his thoughts with a much too big smile of his lips creeping Kushina, Naruko and Tazuna out making the three give him a good ten foot gap between him and them.

"Hes scaring me kaa-san" Naruko said with a shudder hiding on the clear opposite side of Narutos view. The smile was too big, the happy spring in his step and the fact he was skipping without a care in the world was utterly terrifying.

"You aint the only one scared girl" Tazuna said as he threw the door to his home. "Tsunami!"