Sorry this took so long, I got caught up watching the NBA playoffs (go Orlando) and laughing at this review I got from a guy that read the first chapter and hated it. Something about him not liking OC's and he was gonna make a list of reasons why he hated them (why he posted his ideals on my story I have no clue) but anyway, let's move on. Here's chapter 13.
Chapter 13
"We should have just killed Nemsa when we first heard of the war."
"If we were to do that, we wouldn't know all of our enemies!"
"Tsunade, don't tell me you're using this war as a way to gather intelligence. That's what I'm for! We could lose valuable lives."
"If I remember correctly I took the job that you passed on. Therefore, we're doing it MY way."
The two sannin had been arguing like this ever since they told Team Naruto to leave the Hokage's office. Tsunade didn't want to launch a full-scale invasion of Kumogakure because she didn't want to send her ninja into the unknown. Jiraiya demanded that Konoha send help for Kumogakure. And Gaara played as mediator. All though the Kazekage was young, he was indeed the wisest of the bunch in the office.
"You're starting to let the title of Hokage go to your head. These are people's lives we're talking about here!"
Tsunade jumped out of her chair and slammed her hands on her desk, effectively breaking it in two.
"I CAN'T…I can't launch an attack without consulting the council." She plopped back into her chair and began rubbing her head. "Danzo would never let them allow me to send ANBU like I want to. If I was to declare war, then the Fire Lord would have to be notified."
"I thought you remodeled the council? Why do we have to deal with Danzo?" Jiraiya watched his old teammate carefully. He could tell she had been under a lot of stress lately due to the bags underneath her eyes.
"Homura and Koharu are retired now. I have it now so it's just my head clans, the representative for the citizens of the village, and Danzo. Somehow the bastard pulled a fast one and claims to have more power than my other council members." Tsunade gave Jiraiya an exhausted expression; "He's trying to break me mentally Jiraiya."
Tsunade looked down to see a saucer of sake next to her right hand that was laying on a tendril of sand. Another tendril of sand gave Jiraiya a saucer as well.
"I hope you don't mind me going through your desk Hokage-sama." Gaara apologized from his seat, "I just thought you two needed a drink."
The elder ninja took the drinks without a second thought. They then watched Gaara because it seemed that he came up with an idea. The red head closed his eyes and began to speak in his emotionless voice.
"Jiraiya-san is correct, we have to stop the violence as soon as possible." Jiraiya was about to say something before Gaara held his hand up, "But Hokage-sama is also correct. If she were to send a squad of ANBU to fight, Danzo would want an explanation and would probably decide against it. So what we're going to do is simple. Send a small group of chunnin for an assassination mission."
"Chuunin? I won't risk sending inexperienced shinobi to a battlefield." Tsunade rejected. She had seen what could happen to you arrogant ninja first hand.
"Then send experienced shinobi. I'll send Kankuro and Temari with whatever squad you decide. They know the lay out of the village very well. I've been sending Kankuro as an ambassador to Kumo ever since I became Kazekage. As for the shinobi you should send…"
"You already know I want my team to go in. Throw Kakashi in for a leader and there's your perfect squad." Jiraiya nodded as he finished.
"No, not the Namikazes. I'm not sending them anywhere if Sasuke is going to make an appearance." Tsunade glared at the men. "You both know that if we send Naruto anywhere near Sasuke it would ruin the mission."
"Unless you misunderstood Hokage-sama," Gaara stared at the angry Tsunade, "Sasuke isn't going to get there until another two weeks. If we were to send our teams out tomorrow, they would be able to beat the Uchiha there, kill there target, and get back to us before he even arrived."
Tsunade leaned back in her chair with her hands on her head. She began to groan loudly before addressing the man again.
"I don't want to lose those two. I know it's selfish, but we cheated them out of so much already. That and I still don't trust our missing nin."
"Kakashi is the prime choice for the leader of this mission due to the fact that he will kill Jammer if anything were to go wrong. He would also risk his life for the Namikazes and you know it." Jiraiya stated sternly.
"Not to mention the fact that his reputation of being an incredibly competent assassin would probably makes the coup lose morale." Gaara added.
"…I want a few more ninja to accompany them." Tsunade mumbled in defeat. "Shizune! Get me the records of all my chuunin!"
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
The Namikaze's home was a simple little house indeed with its small kitchen, two bedrooms, and one bathroom. The home itself had classic sliding doors, and white walls throughout the house. Much to Ino's pleasure, it was a secluded home that was at least two miles from the main part of the village. Ino figured that with the house this far away from the village that her parents could be together without anyone finding out. What saddened the girl was when she realized this home wouldn't fit a family of four in any way.
'They were probably going to move out after we were born.' Ino walked into the first bedroom to see the walls were painted purple and saw her old bed and dresser were already in the room as well. 'I have to remember to thank Daddy later.'
She then removed her cloak and draped it over her dresser, revealing midnight purple suit. She walked over to the mirror over her dresser and began to check herself out. The main thing that bothered her was the fact that she smelled like garbage. Although she was no longer the fashion/neat freak that she used to be (compliments of her brother and Gamakichi) she still hated it when she couldn't take a shower at least once every two days. Taking some clothes from her dresser she began to head to the bathroom, but stopped when she remembered Jammer wasn't anywhere in the house.
'Damn fool probably got lost.' She walked outside of the house after wiping some dried blood off of her cloak and went through hand seals before slamming her hand on the ground and saying, "Kuchiyose no Jutsu." Once the smoke cleared, a black boar that came up to her shoulders emerged. It's red hair was matted to its body, showing that the summon had been sleeping.
"Aww, Ino-chan. I was having the best dream." The pig complained in a whiny voice.
"Sorry Ganon, but I have a job for you." The boar sat up straight and awaited orders. "I need you to find the Kumo bitch."
"And kill him?" The summon began to get excited, "I'll skewer his ass! I'll make you proud Ino-chan!"
"There's no need to hunt down the Kumo bitch." Jammer shouted from a tree branch. "Wow Ganon, didn't you get big."
"Fuck off!" The summon shouted back.
Ino saw water flowing off of the roof and figured out why she didn't sense the boy sooner.
"And why were you using your stealth jutsu?" She asked the boy on the roof.
"Honestly, I was gonna watch you bathe yeah?" Jammer told her nonchalantly from the roof. "Did I just say yeah? Damn Deidara-san."
"And that answer just got your house privileges taken away." Ino said calmly as she walked into the house.
"What do you mean 'house privileges'?" Jammer jumped down from the roof and landed behind Ino.
"I mean, if I catch you in this house," She closed the door in his face as she shouted, "I'll kill you! Ganon, go find Naruto and tell him to bring some ramen for dinner!"
The boar snorted and began to sniff the air. When he finally caught Naruto's scent he dashed off into that direction, leaving Jammer by himself.
'I really need new friends.' He thought to himself as he looked for a nice spot to sleep for the night.
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
Naruto was walking around the village aimlessly. He always did this whenever Hinata kissed him goodnight, he just couldn't help it. He got instructions from Ganon a few minutes ago to get food for dinner, but he wanted to roam the streets a bit longer. He had forgotten how much he loved this village. Looking up to the Hokage monument he noticed Tsunade's face was added.
'I have to visit dad later.' He thought to himself. 'I'm sure Ino won't mind if I got ramen from somewhere else today. I just want to hurry up and go home.'
After getting his order Naruto began to walk towards his house with the biggest "pedo-smile" plastered on his face. He kept the smile on his face even when he sensed someone following him.
"Can I help you?" The blonde asked as he was walking with the bags of food in his arms.
"Ah, Naruto-kun. You really are quite sharp." The ANBU appeared in front of Naruto. Taking his mask off, Naruto realized who it was.
"Oh, you're Sakura's teammate? What's your name again?" Naruto didn't like the way he was talking to Sai. He knew that if Ino ever found out he talked to Sai without giving him a death threat then she would pulverize him.
"Naruto-kun, I'm sorry for disturbing your night, but Hokage-sama has requested your audience. Immediately." Sai gave Naruto his fake smile and then disappeared into the night.
"Great. Now Ino's gonna be cranky because she hasn't eaten since this morning. She's insufferable when she's hungry." Naruto mumbled to himself as he ran to the Hokage Tower with his bags of food in tow.
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
Naruto ran to the top floor of the tower, just outside of the Hokage's office. Shizune was pacing around impatiently outside of the large doors. Naruto looked at the girl's face and saw that her happy smile was replaced with that of a distressed frantic.
"Naruto-kun!" She ran over and hugged the boy. "You came here okay, right? All he was supposed to do was tell you about the meeting. He didn't hurt you did he?"
"Shizune, relax! I'm fine. Why would Sai attack me? Isn't he a good guy?" The older woman shook her head and ushered the boy towards the door.
"I'll explain later, you have a mission briefing to attend now." She opened the door to reveal an annoyed Tsunade sitting behind a new desk, Jiraiya and Kakashi near the window with stern looks on their faces (from what you could see of Kakashi's), and a worried Ino. "Naruto has arrived Tsunade-sama."
"Good Shizune, wait for the others. They should be here shortly." Tsunade waved off Shizune and took another sip of her sake from her private stash. Ino and Naruto stared at her as she downed the drink. "Trust me, you'll be asking me for some in a bit."
"I'll take some now if you don't mind." Ino admitted to the Hokage. Tsunade pulled out a saucer and poured the drink quick.
"Be quick, we have to be professional pretty soon." The older woman smiled to the younger blonde bombshell. Tsunade was shocked when she watched Ino gulp the alcohol in one gulp. Ino saw the Hokage's surprised face and laughed.
"She's become quite the alcoholic." Naruto said.
"The term is connoisseur!" His twin snapped back.
"Whatever. Just don't give her anything stronger. She doesn't sleep when she has too much." Naruto passed the ramen he picked up to Ino. "I thought you'd be hungry."
Ino smiled at her brother and gave the Hokage a sympathetic look.
"Hokage-sama, I haven't eaten in hours-"
"Just don't call me Baa-chan and you can eat all you want."
The door then opened to reveal the Suna siblings and Jammer. Of course Kankuro and Jammer were laughing when they walked in. Gaara looked at the shinobi and scowled at them.
"We're in an important meeting now. Can you two stay quiet for the next few minutes, or do you have to leave the room?" The threatening look in his eyes promised that he would destroy either one of them if they so much as farted during the meeting.
"Is this all the people?" Naruto asked Tsunade as Gaara walked to the left of her.
"We're waiting for a few more people." She heard knocking at the door and shouted to it, "Sakura! You know you can come in, why must you always knock?"
Sakura came into the room followed by Kiba, Sai, Neji and Shikamaru.
"Alright!" Tsunade called to everyone, "Here's the mission. This group is to go to Kumo and break up the coup. Your main objective is to kill Kuseo Nemsa. I have so many of you in this group just in case the assassination fails. However this group arranges yourselves is completely up to your leader, Kakashi. You are to arrive in Kumo within a week, kill Kuseo, and then get your asses back here. Understood?" Jammer raised his hand.
"What about Uchiha Sasuke?" Jammer asked as he felt Tsunade's glare focus on him.
"Unless your information was incorrect, he shouldn't be there until two weeks."
"Yeah, but if they started to sprint they may beat us there."
"If that's the case," Kakashi stepped in, " we'll just have to finish the mission as quickly as possible. I doubt Sasuke would rush into anything. Is that all, Hokage-sama?"
"Other than this is an A-class mission, no. Everyone please be careful. Returning back to us is the final part to your assignment. Dismissed." Tsunade then rose to her feet and left the room. The others in the room were confused before Gaara spoke up.
"She's been under a lot of pressure lately. Shizune and I told her to go to bed. If I may be so bold to give a suggestion on your group." Gaara asked Kakashi.
"Not at all Kazekage-sama." The white haired shinobi nodded towards Gaara.
"You should split yourselves into two groups. One to set traps for the Uchiha's army, and another to go through with the assassination." The Kazekage looked to Shikamaru, whom was looking over his group.
"I get it." The Nara spoke, "Have the brawlers take down Sasuke's group, and have the actual assassins take out Nemsa in Kumo. So if we were to do this, group one would consist of Kakashi, myself, Sai and Kankuro. Group two would be Naruto, Temari, Kiba, and Neji. Ino could serve as a melee fighter and a medic so we can interchanger her and Sakura."
"That's all fine and dandy, but who's gonna give us the battle plans while we're on the field?" Kiba asked.
"It should be Naruto." Jammer spoke for the first time since Gaara shut him and Kankuro up, "The kid may be an idiot, but he's pretty much a God when it comes to battle. I'll go with group two and Kiba can be your back up melee fighter in group one. Besides, I know the area best so I know what traps should go where."
"That's…possible. Honestly, I still don't trust you Jammer. I don't want to leave you with my friends." Shikamaru stared at the missing nin.
"Look, I love my village more than I hate you guys. It'll be fine." Jammer reassured the group.
"That's enough for now kids." Kakashi yawned. "We'll meet up in ten hours at the front of the gates. Pack well, and be ready mentally. If we slip up, we could bring a very bloody battle to Konoha…sweet dreams!" Kakashi then disappeared out the window, which was the signal for everyone else to start filing out. The only people left in the room was Jiraiya and his three pupils. The old man smiled at the trio and winked.
"You guys will be fine. Watch each other's backs and nothing bad can happen. I trust all three of you to do the right thing." Jiraiya looked his team over and saw that there was still an uneasy vibe between Ino and Jammer. Naruto, as usual, was the happy idiot they all loved.
"Jammer," Jiraiya called to the boy, "Naruto doesn't really have an earth affinity. I said that to psych you out. He only has wind as far as I know. Now someone else say something." Ino stood up with her cup of ramen in her hand.
"I have a wind affinity as well. I can increase the range of my kunai at least two fold. Next."
"I created a new lightning based jutsu. It's designed for multiple opponents. When I say stay back, you should do it. If the attack hits you, your gonna feel some pain." Jammer told the group. Naruto was curious.
"Is it something you learned from that Deidara guy?" Naruto asked.
"Yup! The most beautiful and dangerous attack you've ever seen. Shape manipulation at its best. Oh, and like I said, I'm not in Akatsuki. I swear."
"Alright, well…" Naruto thought for a moment. "I know! I've been training to become the next Toad Sage. Me and Gamakichi are beasts. Also, I'm really tired. Night!"
"Get back here you jerk! You can't just leave it like that!" Ino ran after her brother. Jiraiya was about to leave before looking at Jammer.
"New move huh?" Jiraiya asked him.
"It was designed to kill Naruto. In case he used Kage Bunshin. It almost kills me instantly. Jiraiya-san, what am I going to do?"
"Well, if you try to abduct him Ino will kill you. You know what's right Jammer." Jiraiya walked out the door to leave Jammer to think alone. The teen then ran out the door to see Jiraiya walking down the hallway.
"Jiraiya-san! His name is Pein. I'll tell you more when we get back!"
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
Wow, I'm sorry about that guys. I got caught up in school and stuff. Summer classes are retarded. Then I got caught up while watching the NBA playoffs (ORLANDO!) then after a month of not reading Naruto manga, I discover Danzo is the new Hokage. I'm like da hell? Anyway, my violent chapter is next chapter due to the fact that I had to set it up properly. I'm not bringing Hinata to the final fight for a reason. But now for the questions: Will they be able to kill stop Sasuke? Can Naruto bring himself to fight his "best friend?" And lastly, Why were Shizune and Tsunade so worried when they sent Sai to get Naruto? The plot is somewhat building. Oooo. R&R or do whatever. Just don't be a douche and completely flame my story because you hate OC's. I mean really, my OC is bad ass yes, but I will soon show that Naruto is even more bad ass than Jammer could ever hope to be. Oh, and I need a little input. As far as character relationships, like is everything here believable? For example: is Ino overreacting about blaming Jammer for Chouji's death and Are Naruto and Hinata's little cutesy scenes logical. Anyway, enough talking. Sorry about the long ass delay. Peace! (Besides deaths and violence in next chapter, Gamakichi vs. Ino round 2!)