Sasuke and Kiba were at the gate waiting for Naruto. They were passing by the gate when the man was screaming Naruto's name so they unsealed there own ninjatos. However when they saw Naruto walk down the path to the gate in his grey Anbu vest and a katana strapped on his back they knew they wouldn't be allowed to interfere. The sealed their ninjatos and stood with Kurenai as Naruto walked through the gate.
Standing in front of him was an S-rank Boulder agent. Boulder was the equivalent of Kohona's Black ops but as dangerous as a team of Danzou's root. This particular ninja took down one of Naruto's close friends team. Naruto when he first joined Anbu was put on a team with Takeshi. Takeshi was an orphan as well so the two quickly connected. After the two made captain Takeshi transferred to Assassination. And he was sent out to kill the heir of Tsuchikage. However the entire team consisting of veterans was easily taken down. Because of this the man received his S-rank in the Bingo Book. Naruto stared at the man.
"So Naruto not going to fight me as Fox?"
"No I want everyone in the village to see me avenge Takeshi, Shin, Odin, Mei, and Yuzuki. I will display your head on the ramparts of Kohona before offering your body as a sacrifice so they may rest in peace."
"Now Naruto you know ninja are suppose to be cut from emotions." The man removed his mask to reveal blond hair and blue eyes much like Naruto's.
"So you finally reveal your face Hirohito?" Naruto drew his sword in one swift motion before wind chakra flared to life around his sword. The man smiled and then charged. He went to slash at Naruto's stomach but missed. He jumped back before Naruto could stab the man. Naruto smiled before sheathing his sword and beginning hand seals. Suddenly their was a trail of spikes shooting towards the man. He jumped before gathering earth on his hand and making it into a large point much like Gaara does with his sand and charged forward at Naruto. The blond doged the attack before trying to slam a rasengan into the man's back only for him to kick his chest breaking his concentration making the rasengan disappear.
Naruto blocked the man's punch then caught his kick before he spun his around launching him into the air. Runiing through seals quickly a giant fireball exploded from Naruto's mouth. Then Naruto ran through four hand seals and whispered the jutsu name before a wave of wind impacted the fireball making it larger. Hirohitp cursed as he saw nothing to substitue himself with. He had one option. He ran through hand seals before he used his own fireball jutsu. He filled it with his own chakra hoping his would cancell Naruto's out since a larger fire snuffs a smaller one. He was right and his fireball shot forward at Naruto. Except the blond was no where to be found. Hirohito landed and began to scan the area. He didn't expect a chakra laced uppercut from between his feet. The punch launched him into the air where a clone axe kicked him to the ground. He landed but softened the landing with chakra and quickly got up blocking a sword slash with his metal vambrace. He kicked Naruto's chest launching him back impacting a tree. Hirohito shot forward and smalled his hands on the ground. Immediately spikes shot from the ground impailing Naruto all over. Hirohito smirked for a moment before the Naruto exploded in a large explosion forcing him back. He blocked a double kick then a quick jab.
Naruto was growing tired of the stalemate fight. He decided he would have to up his game. He jumped back from his attack and pulled out a soldier pill. He popped it into his mouth and he began to gather lightning energy. He felt his body begin to tingle as he held a growing ball of lightning in his hand. It slowly began to encase his body. Hirohito knew the attack well as he used it with doton chakra and he charged forward hoping to stop the blond from achieving the goal. Naruto's eyes shot open as the lightning encasing his body gathering in his hand again forming a massive elemental rasengan much to Hirohito's confusion. Then Naruto disappeared and reappeared above the man his rasengan extended. Hirohito went to punch the blond when he felt a massive pain in his back. He turned to see the blond with his lightning rasengan extended. Then he disappeared in smoke as 5 kunai shot out of the smoke. Hirohito jumped back but winced as three kunai imbedded in his leg. He pulled them out and then saw the poison dripping from them.
"Hirohito you are finished." Naruto walked from the haze frm the battle with his katana next to his leg. Only now did Hirohito recognize the blade. It was the Anbu captain's blade. Hirohito killed the captain with his own blade and now it was the blade that would kill him. He tried to stand but Naruto laughed at his effort.
"That is a very special poison. The recipe is one of Kyuubi's favorites. It paralyzes the victim for 7 hours before your organs shut down." Hirohito saw the purple slit in the blond's eyes as they slowly turned back to blue.
"But if you think I am going to kill you with this blade your right. But first I feel each of the Anbu you killed should share in my vengance. He pulled the bag of mask's from Hirohito's shoulder and began to remove them.
"Eagle, Wolf, Toad, Frog, Slug, Snake, Dog, Owl, Raccoon, Donkey, Ox, Bear, Hawk, Cat, Red Tears, Death face, Eagle Eye, and White face. Each of these shinobi we share in my victory and they will finally rest in peace with there masks so they may protect the after life as they protected Kohona." It was a known fact in Anbu that to die and have you mask removed from your body was a great dishonor to a corpse so anyone with a Kohona mask of a deceased Anbu was shown no mercy even the civilians.
Naruto sealed each mask in a scroll before he turned to Hirohito. He slashed his hands and feet off then at his knees then his waist. Then his elbows then shoulders. Then he cut just below the ribs but shallow cuts all the way to the man's face. Naruto then placed an exploding seal on Hirohito's face before turning and entering the village as an explosion rocked the village.
Kurenai looked at Naruto in shock. Gone was his caring face but it was replaced with a look of pure apathy. He walked past her and Sasuke and Kiba before going to the Anbu headquarters.
Naurto walked in Yoshirio's office without so much as a knock where he interrupted a meeting between the Anbu head and the Black ops head. The two looked over at Naruto in frustration before Naruto dumped the scrolls on Yoshirio's desk.
"Sir I recovered the masks of Eagle, Wolf, Toad, Frog, Slug, Snake, Dog, Owl, Raccoon, Donkey, Ox, Bear, Hawk, Cat, Red Tears, Death face, Eagle Eye, and White face. The defiler is no more. His body spread far and wide as the animals of Kohona devour the remains."
Yoshirio looked at the boy's face and nodded. The two Anbu department heads nodded. They knew what taking a mask meant they also knew of the legendary partnership between Takeshi sand Naruto when they were under Whitefang. He took the scrolls and handed them to a rookie Anbu who nodded and ran to the mask sight. Each Anbu would have the mask they wore burned and it would join them in the after life. Then a new mask would be made and a new Anbu would carry on the legacy of the one before them. Naruto then exited the office without a word and returned to his appartment and sat at his table.
Sasuke and Kiba told Kurenai it was best to give Naruto some time since he and Takeshi were best friends and survived hell together when they got a hawk on their shpoulders each driopping a scroll. Openeing it they cursed as they had to go and take out a small raiding force on the border. They went unsealed their Anbu masks and put them on. Then they waited for Lee, Neji and Naruto.
Lee and Neji quickly arrived then Naruto followed in a fuuton shunshin. Naruto was back to normal as he took of his mask and gave Kurenai a kiss goodbye before he disappeared with the team as they quickly exited the village.
Anko sat at her window bored when Iruka knocked on her bedroom door. She opened it and was shocked to see him with flowers in his hand. "Anko would you go on a date with me?"
She smiled and closed the door getting changed then reopened the door and looped her arm through Iruka after he handed her the flowers and the two exited the clan house. Her mother and father were called away for a mission in Anbu. They walked past the gate and saw Kurenai walking away alone. Anko stopped and walked over to er. Iruka stod waiting figuring the girls needed time. Then she saw Anko pull Kurenai over and then the three went to the resturant Iruka was glad Anko brought Kurenai she was there teammate after all. And he guessed their sensei was on another mission.
Naruto sat in the woods. After traveling half the day the Anbu team discovered an Oto raiding camp 50 miles from Kohonagakure. Neji turned to Naruto and shook his head.
"Fox-sempai there is 8 enemies in camp. Three are asleep in the tent, 3 more standing guar on the perimeter and the other two are in the center tent." Naruto nodded then sent Neji to take the three asleep. Then he sent Sasuke and Kiba to take take the two in the center tent while he and Lee went to take out the three guards.
Neji crept through the camp using chakra concentrated on his feet to muffle his footsteps as he used a basic genjutsu to hide himself from sight. Then he silently cut a hole in the back of the tent and entered slowly. He saw his three targets asleep and quickly sliced two of the three's throats before the third woke up and screamed.
Sasuke and Kiba stared down their two opponents as a scream was heard. The two Kohona Anbu ran through hand seals quickly as Kiba used a dragon projectile to soak the enemy then Sasuke used a lightning dragon projectile to electricute the two Oto shinobi killing them easily. They turned and then saw Naruto and Lee quickly finish off the three gate guards as Neji knocked his opponent out of the tent and slammed a palm strike into his chakra coils. Then Orochimaru burst from the ground and smiled.
"Oh you killed my Iwa prisioners. Oh well I will just use you for experimental purposes."
"Why are you experimenting we all know you like boys." Naruto laughed at Kiba's comment as Orochimaru hissed. Then charged forward at Kiba when Sasuke's Sharingan made contact with the snake bastard's eye putting him in a genjutsu. Of course nothing except another Sharingan can break the Sharingan's genjutsu and Orochimaru lacked one. Naruto quickly pressed the advantage and slashed the snake sannin's neck cut the head and right arm off. The head for the bounty and the arm for Hiruzen to allow a new snake summoner.
Kurenai sat with Anko as Iruka was called for a mission after dinner. Iruka, Hayate, and Yamato were getting a large number of B ranks and even a few A ranks. For the majority of the missions they went with Shikamaru and Shino. Both were still enlisted in Anbu but different departments from Naruto and team 13. Yuugao and Hana knocked on Kurenai's door and she opened the door smiling.
"Hey guys glad you could make it." The four girls sat down and began to talk about there missions and then they began to question Kurenai about dating an Anbu operative. Of course she told them everything about the nights of worrying and the amazing reunions.
On the other side of the village team 13 just finished their mission debrief and each received a large amount of money for Orochimaru. Naruto removed his mask and quickly shunshined home to changed into a black Anbu vest and retaped his pants to his boots before walking out to a bar and getting some sake. After a shot he went to Kurenai's and knocked on her door with a bouquet of flowers he picked up on his way.
Kuernai was interrupted from telling everyone the story of how Naruto saved the team from getting killed by orochiamru with Anko helping her when someone knocked at the door. Grumbling she got up and opened the door to see Naruto standing in front of her with flowers and a new scar on his face. She ran her finger across it and he shivered.
"Oto Anbu got lucky and skimmed me with a shuriken." He then was pulled into the room as the femal chunin studied him head to toe. Senseing he should introduce himself he smiled and rasied his hand in a wave.
"Hey I am Namikaze Uzumaki Naruto." Yuugao eyed the man's dual ninjatos as Hana eyed the tattoos on his arm. Naruto seeing her curiosity began to explain. He pointed to his standard Anbu tattoo on his bicep. "This in your Anbu identification. All Anbu have it." Then he pointed to a fox on his arm. "This is because I am the Kyuubi Jinchuuriki." Then he pointed to his last one. The one his entire team got together. It was a black skull and crossbones. Underneath on a banner it said, Death before Dishonor Team 13.
Hana reckonized the last one and smiled. "My brother Kiba has that one."
"Yeah Kiba and I are good friends and comrades. Did he ever tell you I beat him in the chunin exams by farting on his face?"
"Yeah he whines about it sometimes but he also says that Sasuke, Neji, Lee, and you are the best friends he ever had."
"The five of us are a family we have been through hell together. One mission the 5 of us got surrounded by a group of Iwa shinobi and then Kiba out of now where goes 'Can we hurry this up I have to feed Akamaru soon,' The Iwa shinobi were pissed and tried to attack it didn't work out to well." Then Naruto stood back up and stretched.
"Well Kurenai I got to go report in for patrol tonight. Bye." She kissed him and then he disappeared in a lightning shunshin because eit was the least messy in his opinion.