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Chapter XX
Three Weeks Later
Naruto tied his headband tightly,he was wearing a black top and black long-sleeve inner,he had simple black jeans on. Instead of his usual Trickster slung to his back,he had Black Veil on his waist after Vergil gave him an impression during their battle.
'Well,I'm ready!'.
Rebirth;
"Kakashi,you're to lead Naruto,there will be back up by Itachi and Dante".
Minato scribbled through the rows of data on his table,since he's been Hokage he had been adjusting quite well with the post,getting of the Paperwork Disaster with The Shadow Clone Jutsu.
"Here is the detail,we've gotten reports on recent demonic activities on Suna by our long lost friends",Minato stopped when he sensed his son's chakra through the room and noticed Naruto leaning on the wall.
'Good'.
"The Akatsuki".
"And the mission is to protect the Fourth Kazekage of Sunagakure".
A wide smirk appeared on the young Naruto's face.
"Gaara Of The Sand".
Rebirth;
Kakashi stretched more,as his bones cracked,getting excited at the thought of going for an SSS-Rank mission with Naruto.
"Let's get going Kakashi-Sensei",Naruto said as he clinched his fists,both making a 'crack' sound,"I'm itching to see Gaara".
'Hmm,what could make Naruto so happy other than the cry for a battle,what's with this Gaara kid?'.
'Hmm,true boy,its been a long while since we've seen Gaara,I just hope he remembers you kid',Kurama muttered from the inner of Naruto.
"Let's move then,Naruto!",the white-haired Ninja said as he flicked off to a branch,with Naruto not too far behind as they began their journey to Suna.
Rebirth;
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"Oh,so you're saying you just have three techniques from those eyes of yours?",Dante said to Itachi,he wore a simple vest and black jeans as he laid on a chair in the Guest Room of the Namikaze Mansion.
"Yep,but they are very versatile in times of battle",
"Yeah,how versatile?",Dante said as he leaped up with crazy speed and tried to punch the young Uchiha.
Itachi,knowing what to expect easily flicked out of existence,appearing at the white-haired devil hunter,Itachi moved backwards as Dante performed a roundhouse kick towards him.
Dante clapped his hands as he balanced,"Versatile indeed,not bad for a light-weight".
Itachi just had a fake smile on,"My Sharingan was not on".
Dante's eyes only widened as he charged with a faster punch,his anger growing towards the showing-off Ninja.
"Sirs".
Dante stopped right in front of Itachi's nose and looked at the entrance to the mansion,seeing an ANBU ninja with the mask of a tiger on his face.
"What?",Dante growled towards the Ninja.
The ANBU militant just scoffed,ignoring the two 'playful' idiots.
"Lord-Hokage requests to see both of you,you should both report to him".
Dante frowned,looking at Itachi's happy face only made him get even more irritated.
'Damn you'.
Rebirth;
Modeus walked through the bushes,he wore his usual Akatsuki cloth,and had grey Ninja sandals on,he also had a brown straw hat on his head,with his black long hair falling down.
Another figure could be seen in his rear,wearing the same type of clothing.
Rebirth;
"So Vergil is that fast?,and...Naruto managed to scratch him at 7?".
"Yeah,it was even more impressive when he reached 14 and laid that technique he learned on a demonic mutt".
Itachi and Dante conserved as they walked in the hallways of the Hokage Tower,Itachi chuckling at what he just heard.
The Uchiha had always been impressed by Naruto,and after hearing the tales of Dante,he felt even more impressed.
"So,beat that with your little brother?",Dante said as he folded his arms in a boastful manner.
Itachi just smiled,knowing Sasuke and Naruto were on par before,but he wasn't sure about recent times due to the extreme power Naruto was showing,especially after he defeated Vergil during the Hokage Ceremony.
"Well,I really don't have anything to say about Sasuke,but he's also a worthy Ninja,and during our battles,he had always been a prodigy".
Dante just yawned sarcastically, and used his hand to cover his mouth as they approached the Hokage's office.
The ANBU officers let them in,already expecting the big man in red and the Uchiha.
Sasuke and Ino were present in the Hokage's room,both standing in front of the new Fourth Hokage. Minato raised his head and looked in between the two Shinobi,seeing Dante and Itachi.
"Dante,Itachi...finally,you arrive",he said with a pleasant smile.
Dante simply raised his hand,and abruptly pocketed it,lighting up a grin on his face,Itachi did the same,waving his hands.
"So what are they doing here?,and what were summoned for?...dear ridiculous Lord Fourth?",Dante started,his grin turning into a malicious smirk.
Everyone in the office laughed plainly,while Sasuke and Ino greeted the two older Shinobi and devil-hunter.
"Sasuke and Ino",Minato started,"they are because I'm pairing both of them together,Sasuke to train her on Taijutsu and Ninjutsu,you can both leave now".
The two Ninja nodded and flicked out,not wanting to disrupt whatever was gonna enclose between the three,Dante started by kicking the chair in front of the Hokage's desk to his desired position,and then sat comfortably on it.
"You sure you can trust Sasuke with Ino?,I heard she had a crazy crush on him back in the days",Dante said as he placed his legs on the desk.
"Don't worry Dante-san,I trust Sasuke",Itachi said with a smile,"So,Lord-Hokage,what did you call us for?".
Minato gathered other documents,Itachi's exclusive and perfect data shining bright in piece of the others,'One of the best...I see'.
"Itachi,Dante",the Hokage started,"I'm sending you both on an assassination S-Rank mission".
Rebirth;
Kakashi and Naruto walked on in the desert,the two already in Suna territory thanks to a short race they decided to have.
Naruto looked on at Kakashi,the Copy Ninja of Konoha was definitely one of the best Ninjas konoha will ever have,as he had always thought.
The ninja could have always been doubted due to his slim,lanky and lazy nature,but Kakashi was always dead serious during serious battles.
"Kakashi-Sensei,ever since I left,what new techniques did you learn?".
Kakashi raised an eyebrow due to the question Naruto asked,since he could have always asked since he came back.
"Well...just...some,y'know",Kakashi finished his sentence slowly but well,they continued walking until he started to feel a sense of killer intent around.
The white-haired Shinobi looked at his student and got more serious when he noticed that the Namikaze had already noticed the ki.
"Its...its like we're being watched",Naruto noted as he stood on alert.
Kakashi just looked around with a lazy eye,as there were no higher grounds,or mountains where enemy Shinobi could use to spy on them.
"I...don't think so Naruto,let's just keep...".
The Sensei didn't finish his sentence as Naruto fired a bullet just right beside his mask,passing quickly to kill the demon that now laid behind him.
Kakashi quickly turned his gaze to the demon,'Okay,we're being watched'.
The demon had a black cloak on,it was about 5 feet tall with a black body,which looked like an acid burnt skin,its head was bald,with chocolate linings in between,and It had a wide smile and white eyes on its face.
'Kurama,What the hell is this?',Naruto spoke too the fox inside him,blowing the smoke off Luke as he did.
'They are called Scarecrows,they have strong attacks but a weak body',the fox replied swiftly and accurately,'I'm always here if you need help,cause they usually come in a bunch'.
'Oh,well...that's good information',Naruto summoned Trickster and called out to Kakashi,"Take this Sensei,you might need it",he said as he threw the large blade to the white-haired Ninja.
"Oh,thanks",Kakashi said with a large grin,invisible under his mask,the ninja happy enough that he'd get a good fight.
More Scarecrows rose out of the earth,all in the same form as the fallen one,about 15 of them arose from the ground.
Naruto and Kakashi got closer and backed each other,Kakashi holding Naruto's large sword,not showing much effort as he did.
The demons started to lunge towards the two Konoha Nins,they both performed the same hand seals and held their fingers towards their mouths.
"Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu!",the two chorused,releasing large fireballs towards their opponents,immediately dispersing.
Rebirth;
Modeus watched as Kakashi and Naruto battled the horde of Scarecrows,they were using a Genjutsu thanks to his new partner.
"Modeus",he said in an unclear cracked voice,"When shall I have a taste at this...Ninjas".
Modeus listened carefully to his tone,and saw he had lust in it,"Don't get to excited,they are Ninjas to be respected Nemesis".
The Akatsuki member just smirked evilly as he grabbed his trident laying on his back,"I still can't wait to have at them",he said again his voice still sounding sick.
"We can't fight them together,we have to separate them".
"I think I'll have a go at the blonde kid,his Chakra is mighty".
Modeus just sighed,his eyes closed,he shook his head a bit as he studied his new partner,Nemesis,although they had fought side-by-side well enough,the half-devil still felt he couldn't trust the man in battle due too his nature.
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"No,you don't just attack with brutal force,Ino".
Sasuke lectured his new student,Ino Yamanaka,he didn't have any problem doing that,accepting the offer not reluctantly. Although she was formerly one of his favorite 'fan girls',it recently looked though that she no longer those feelings for him.
'Damn it,how I wish Naruto hadn't gone for his mission',Ino thought as she held two small Shurikens in her hands,'Well,at least he has also taught me some things!'.
She hurled the Shurikens outward and flicked over to Sasuke's front,not up to two paces of him. She then started by stretching out a punch to his face,he easily held it and pushed her fist back.
Ino performed a back flip,planning on kicking Sasuke's face when she did,but the Uchiha easily countered by dodging down and then standing again.
Ino pushed back as the Shurikens finally reached their target,the Shurikens madly nailed Sasuke,as Ino thought,but too her surprise what laid on the ground was a log of wood.
A row of clapping was heard from her rear,she turned gaze and saw Sasuke with his hands together,"That was not bad,I almost got caught,really".
Ino smiled plainly,she looked at Sasuke's handsome and perfect emotion less face,his hair spiking up at the back,no,no she couldn't start admiring him again,she saw that the Uchiha had already noticed her gaze.
"Anything the matter Ino?",Sasuke said slowly,he tried as hard as he could not to look at her chest and face,how organized and beautiful she was,but he knew that she was best friend's.
"No,no Sasuke,I'm...fine,let's continue".
"You don't look too good,are you sure we should go on?".
Ino could sense the care in his voice,it sounding like the first time he would actually give a damn,but he must do the same with Sakura,isn't it?.
"Yes,I think I should rest for a while",Ino said as she walked towards the shade of the trees.
"Hello,Sasuke Uchiha".
Ino looked sideways and saw a cute kid,a little bit shorter than Naruto and Sasuke,he had white hair and wore a light vest and simple fitted grey jeans.
"Hello Ryuumaki",Sasuke greeted his fellow,an idea coming to his head he took a stance.
"Ino,how about Ryu and I face off,so you learn from it and watch out movements".
Ino remembered the last time she watched Naruto spar off with a fellow Ninja,how powerful it was,they at first settled on Taijutsu only,but neither knew when they started to execute powerful Ninjutsu techniques.
"Sure,I'll just sit here and watch".
Sasuke looked over to Ryu,who was now not to far from him as he prepared himself for a battle,"You want it easy?,or Uchiha standard Sharingan user".
Sasuke smirked and stretched forth his left hand,"An Uchiha never fears".
The two dashed at each other as a grooving battle ensued.
Rebirth;
Naruto gunned down a Scarecrow with flair,he holstered Thundra and released Black Veil from its sheath,"That's 43,Kakashi-Sensei!".
Kakashi flicked out of arms way,the deadly acid pouring from the demon's mouth,he smiled as he noticed about 5 of the damned creatures on the same line,without hesitation he made hand seals and activated Raikiri.
He tore through the creatures and immediately turned to Naruto,"That's now 45",.
'Naruto has a crazy piece of Stamina and Chakra,he'll definitely win this damned contest'.
Kakashi held out his borrowed piece of weaponry,Trickster,the sword having done enough damage in the tide of the battle.
Kakashi was bout to swing the devil arm again when the remaining Scarecrows poofed away,leaving a frown on the faces of the two Konoha-Nins.
'Just like I suspected,it was a fucking Genjutsu!',Kurama muttered loudly in Naruto's mind,in an angered tone.
'Oh,and you couldn't just talk?!',Naruto replied in an even more annoyed manner.
"Well,now that you are all battered and bashed up it wouldn't be fun to play with you anymore".
Nemesis and Modeus stood out,some twenty meters away from the Shinobi,the former had a sly grin on his face while the latter just had a composed face,showing no emotion.
"Who says so?,a couple more rounds and you'd both be dead!",Naruto rambled out,having a manner of confidence in his voice as he spoke.
Kakashi motioned for the Namikaze to calm down,"They are Akatsuki Naruto,it would be stupid to go up against them at this point".
"That's from your point of view,I could take them both head on!",Naruto replied back quickly and clearly,his gaze on the two Akatsuki members,Naruto immediately ran off after his last words.
"Damn it".
"Nemesis,we have other business to attend to,we've held them long enough",Modeus said as he disappeared.
Naruto scoffed and ignored the gone rogue Ninja,continuing his run towards the other with the Trident on his back.
Nemesis frowned, before waving at the blonde Ninja,he held out his Trident and rose it up.
"Lightning Style",he made a single hand sign with his other hand,"Poseidon's rage!".
Lightning started to strike from different areas and went around in a circle as the Akatsuki disappeared,Naruto was seemingly in a death trap as the sound of lightning got closer to him.
Kakashi gasped and acted quick,he revealed his Sharingan and activated the Mangeyko Sharingan.
"Kamui!"