Disclaimer: If its Naruto, I don't own it. If someone else owns it, I definitely don't own it.
Warning: OCs OOCs Sues, and some crack. You have been warned.
Note: AU.
Note #2: Read Lost if you want something more serious.
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Screw It
Chapter Twenty-Five
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"So..Sensei, whatcha think?" Naruto asked Madara
"Take a C to Wave, your rival be there, take 'im out, then stay a while, it'll all work out, just come by for your gear before you leave," Madara answered.
"Hai," Naruto said.
The sun had barely risen over the horizon when Naruto collected his band of not so merry genin, and led them to the Hokage Tower. He did not inform them that he would be getting a mission for them, all he told them was to be ready for more training, as life is a classroom all its own, the mission that they would be taking was just another subject, another course, another session in which the students would learn something of value that would greatly aid them in their futures, in the days after, for the rest of their lives.
Entering the mission room, Naruto stood at attention before the Hokage, his genin doing the same.
"Team Eight requesting C-rank mission concerning Wave, sir," Naruto stated his request.
"Granted," the Hokage said and handed over the scroll to Naruto.
"H-Hokage-sama! They haven't even done the required D's sir!" Iruka said.
"It wouldn't really matter, Naruto's track record speaks for itself, give him a D it'll jump up, he is more than capable of handling an S, or even an SS, what's a C to him," the Hokage said, then motioning to the Anbu, "Send Tazuna in."
In walked a old drunk, the smell of booze was overwhelming but not overly suffocating.
"I'm paying good money! I expected more than just a bunch of kids," the old drunk said.
"I assure you, sir, I and my team are more than enough to protect you from the monsters this world has to offer, not that you'll have to be worrying about any monsters," Naruto said.
Naruto then faced his team.
"Meet at the main gate tomorrow morning at nine, come prepared for war," Naruto instructed.
Before heading for the gate the next morning, Naruto made his way to Madara's place to gather the gear for the mission, as well as the gear for his cute little students.
Madara laid out a number of gizmos and gadgets, thingamabobs and dohickies, out on the table infront of Naruto. One of the things that Madara was going to give to Naruto was a storage scroll, but what made it unique were its contents, which was enough long range weapons to make a medium sized country jealous. Another thing was another scroll, this one containing all the ammunition that Naruto and company would be needing for the weapons to last for more than ten years. The next thing that Naruto was introduced to was a storage scroll holding frozen piranhas, these little fishies could turn a grown man to bone in less time than it took to blink, of course there would have to be a lot of them, but a single one could reduce a finger to bone in a blink of an eye, whom so ever released them from their frozen slumber would be their master for all time, that and whom so ever Madara deemed worthy, so the point was moot, and Naruto was their master. Next up on the list was another spray bottle, this one was filled with a solution that when sprayed on an inanimate object would force it to change shape and come to life, in short it would make golems. The final thing that Madara handed over to Naruto was another storage scroll, this one containing two things, or two kinds of things, one category being things that might come in handy, each with instructions, the other things was gold, silver, and rocks, in short internationally accepted currency. With those things in another storage scroll, all sealed up, Naruto bid his teacher goodbye, and left for the gate, to where his students and their client were waiting, or just arriving.
On the way to Wave the genin were tense, waiting for any sign of danger, they had all heard stories about what went on in a mission that had their sensei as a part of it. Their client and his bandit problems were the least of their worries. When they spotted a puddle at the side of the trail they were walking on, they prepared themselves for an ambush, what they got was not what they were waiting for.
"Get outta there, you idjits!" Naruto shouted at the puddle.
Out of the puddle on the side of the path came two nin, the Demon Brothers.
"Yo, Captain! How ya been?" Gozu asked.
"Yeah Cap'n!" Meizu asked.
"So..Gato sunk his teeth in Wave I take it," Naruto said.
"Yeah, originally we were supposed to off that old drunk, but seeing you on this mission, we'll come help, we'll be having a war on our hands soon enough, should the Sea Dogs find out that you'll be near water again, they'll come a calling and come a killing for you," Gozu said.
"Good, I knew this mission was gonna be interesting, go ahead and tell Zabuza to fetch Kisame, we'll have a ball, a bridge to build and round two to fight and win," Naruto said.
"Hai," the brothers said and vanished in swirls of water.
"So Tazuna, didn't think I didn't know about Gato did you?" Naruto said as he faced the client.
"Sensei, you knew that this was more than a C?" Hinata asked.
"Course I did, if I didn't I wouldn't have taken the mission, now don't start thinking about heading back for some reinforcements, cause those two subordinates of mine are gonna be gathering all the reinforcements that we'll be needing," Naruto stated.
"Shouldn't we at least inform the Hokage about these developments, sensei?" Shino asked.
"Nah, no need to worry him too much, we're more than enough to handle this," Naruto said.
"So..we get to fight nuke-nin, and the like?" Kiba asked.
"Nuke-nin are the least of your worries," Naruto said, "There are things out there that are out to get my head, so you guys being my students are automatically in the books as at least B-class, even though your skills aren't really up there yet. Tazuna, I promise you, Wave will not fall, and your bridge will have a place in the history books."
"O-okay, just get me home, help me finish my bridge, and yeah, let's just go," Tazuna said, slightly overwhelmed by what he had heard.
When the group reached the Land of Wave, Naruto left fifty clones to guard Tazuna and his family, he then had his genin follow him to the bridge, they were to set up the defense of Wave with all the seige machines that Naruto had at his disposal, all ready for battle, or otherwise simply good to go. Naruto loosed the piranhas into the waters, those little buggers didn't need to eat much, they just needed to feed at least once a year, so Naruto had them go hunt a dying whale to sate whatever hunger they had.
Once all the machines were set up, Naruto and his team left a few clones of themselves just in case trouble arrived while they were gone. Walking back to Tazuna's house, the four were joined by the Demon Brothers, Kisame, Zabuza, Haku, and the captain of Naruto's other ships. They filled him in on some new intel, Gato was dead, killed by his own son out of greed. There truly was going to be a war on their hands, the enemy had allied itself, or rather had taken over the dregs of the seas, and claimed them as his own, it truly was going to be Round Two. After hearing of Naruto's fleet of ships amassing themselves around the Land of Wave, Gato's son, also named Gato, didn't plan on directly attacking the bridge or halting its construction, he planned on taking the whole country for himself. Meaning Naruto had set up defenses on the wrong side of the island. He and his men and students needed to move fast, the enemy would be attacking the eastern portion of the island first, they needed to move everything as quickly as possible, while still leaving some people and arms behind to defend from an attack on from the west.
Construction of the bridge needed to be sped up due to the new information. Forts, blockades and walls would have to be erected in record time, to insure that nothing really bad happened to the Land of Waves. Naruto's fleet had grown in number, there were now close to five hundred ships all in all, they came in different makes and sizes as well, all serving different purposes, but all of them armed to the teeth and ready for battle.
Naruto decided to leave the naval battle to his captains, while he took charge of the defense of the island nation. He would lead, but from land, while his captains and first mate would receive orders through radio.
The day before he knew that all the fighting would begin, he informed his students that there was no backing out any longer, the choice was simple, fight and live, or cower and die. They chose to live, and took up positions, alongside their clones, they too were armed, and ready for battle.