All of the genins and jounins that fought the assassins were standing in front of Tsunade. They were supposed to report to her. It was normal protocol, but they just couldn't. They all lost their voices as soon as they entered the room.
"Report." Tsunade simply said. Everyone stood quiet, looking at the ground. Tsunade grew impatient.
"I said to report about Naruto's date with Dahlia! And what happened to those two, anyways?" Tsunade demanded. The genins stood quiet, silently urging the jounins to tell. Kakashi stepped up.
"The mission was...successful. However, assassins were targeting miss Dahlia, and we were successfully able to protect her." Kakashi took a deep breath. This was the hard part. "There were no serious injuries, but..." Kakashi trailed off, suddenly not being able to continue. Tsunade realized something serious happened, seeing their tense behaviour.
"Continue." Tsunade urged, secretly hiding her fear.
"Naruto was...KIA..." Asuma finished hesitantly. Tsunade's eyes widened, and Shizune gasped.
"Wha...? I-is this s-some kind of j-joke? I asked that you report what happened!" Tsunade shouted desperately, standing up from her chair. Shizune stood deathly shocked.
"I-it's true...he fought Kira, and..." Asuma couldn't continue as Tsunade pathetically collapsed onto her chair.
"Y-you're all d-dismissed..." Tsunade said emotionlessly. They placed his headband on her table. Tsunade almost cried at seeing the blood on it.
They all slowly left the room, walking along side each other. Not because they wanted to, but because they had to. They still had to tell the others about it.
"Death and betrayal is a part of being a ninja, right?" Sasuke suddenly said, quoting Kira. His face was covered by his bangs. Kakashi just put his hand on his shoulder.
"Unfortunately..." Kakashi simply answered. Sasuke clenched his fists.
"H-he wasn't supposed to die...! He was supposed to live! For everyone else's sake! He was supposed to be a hero! He could beat anyone! So why...why!?"
"Everyone has to die...no matter who you are..." Neji said sadly.
"...if only we had arrived earlier...then maybe we could've saved him." Shikamaru said, cursing his laziness for the first time.
"That's what we all would like to think...but in end, we can't change the past." Asuma said to his student.
"...but it's hard not to think about it. What we could've done. What we should've done. But since we've chosen this decision, we've paid the consequences." Shino said with more of a sad tone than a logical one.
"That bastard always did like to do things on his own...and with a blast, too. I guess he left just like the way he wanted to." Kiba said, trying to lighten up the mood. No one responded to him.
Suddenly, Sasuke started rubbing his eyes. At first they thought the proud Uchiha was crying, but he clearly wasn't.
"My eye...it's irritating me..." Sasuke commented. Kakashi looked at him in suspicion.
'Irritating eye? I remember that once happened to my Sharingan when...' Kakashi suddenly flashbacked to when Rin died. The thought of him piercing Rin through the chest with his Chidori...and now his student's bloody headband. It was all too much for him.
"I'll be going..." Kakashi said quickly, shunshining to the Memorial Stone. No one opposed him. Afterall, one of his students just died.
"N-n-no!" Hinata stuttered. Sakura paled like a ghost, while Ino and Tenten gasped.
"He can't be dead! Naruto is-" Sakura's rant was cut off by Sasuke.
"He's dead. Accept it." Sasuke said dully. Sakura looked at him and jumped into his chest, crying. Sasuke felt a bit awkward, but felt the obligation to pet her on the head.
Hinata looked at the ground with tears flowing down her face. 'I-I didn't even get to...confess...Naruto...oh, Naruto...!' Kurenai hugged her student affectionately.
Tenten didn't know Naruto as well as the others, so she didn't react as dramatically as them. However, she knew that Lee knew Naruto. She could tell he was feeling miserable. He was completely quiet. It was the first time she ever saw him like this...
Ino was trying to cheer Shikamaru up, while also subconsciously trying to do the same for herself. She knew Naruto since the Academy days, so having him disappear just like that was...saddening.
Iruka especially felt broken. His favourite student, who he was so proud of, was gone? Iruka almost wanted to die. It was exactly like when his parents died...
Everyone mourned for the dead ninja, even the emotionless Kakashi and happy Jiraiya.
'I failed you, sensei.'
'I'm sorry, Minato. I failed to raise your son...'
"What the hell is this brat doing here, Konrad!?" Erza demanded, pointing angrily at the blonde teenager in front of him.
"He's here to help." Konrad simply answered. She fumed.
"You can't just-" Erza was interrupted by Clovis' deep voice.
"Relax, let's hear him out." Clovis said. Konrad just shrugged.
"I told you, he's here to help."
"I knew something was off when you said he was 'gone.' Usually, you'd straight up say you killed them. What happened?" Julia asked, intrigued by Konrad's abnormal behaviour. Konrad began explaining what transpired in their battle.
Flashback
Naruto smirked. "This is what I wanted. Let's go!"
The two warriors charged at each other with their swords in hand. Konrad, being superior in speed, got behind him and was about to stab him again. However, Naruto predicted that and jumped in the air.
"Wind Style: Air Bullets!" Naruto, while in the air, spat out a dozen air projectiles. Konrad started forming hand seals.
"Plasma Style: Death Beam." Konrad lifted his hand, and shot multiple beams of plasma from his fingertips that easily destroyed Naruto's air bullets and went after said blonde. Naruto narrowly dodged them, with one of the beams almost piercing his shoulder
Naruto safely landed on the ground. Konrad looked at him carefully, watching for any signs of a jutsu being initiated. Konrad had to be cautious since Naruto didn't need hand seals for his jutsus.
"Multi-Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
A huge puff of smoke suddenly appeared and once it settled, a hundred Naruto clones were revealed. Still, Konrad seemed unfazed.
"Come." Konrad simply said.
All the clones charged at the assassin with a scream, trying to take him out with numbers. However, this wasn't like the battle with Gaara. Konrad was completely calm, and slowly started destroying the clones with kenjutsu alone. His clones simply couldn't keep up.
Naruto watched as his clones were being destroyed. Konrad just kept slashing and dashing.
'Alright, so he always goes for my vital areas. I just gotta watch for that, and my CP, which is at 110,000 CP right now. I was at 600,000 CP due to the increase of the Curse Mark, but Konrad was strong enough to make me use almost all of it up.' Naruto thought, impressed as he continued watching the young assassin destroy his clones with his sword alone. 'Still, I receive all the memories of those destroyed clones, so I should be able to memorize his attack patterns and form a strategy pretty quickly.'
Konrad was getting tired from fighting his clones, so he decided to end it. He put his sword back into its sheath and formed over twenty quick hand seals.
"Plasma Style: Plasma Beast of Destruction."
Konrad created a 10' giant Griffin. It charged at the real Naruto's direction, while also destroying the other clones along the way.
"Wind Style: Wind Dragon!"
Naruto's dragon did nothing but slow the beast, which made him curse and jump back. Naruto actually started forming hand seals, which surprised Konrad.
"Water Style: Water Wall!"
This time, Naruto's jutsu actually did something. The plasma beast slowed down and became smaller. Naruto immediately started forming another set of hand seals.
"Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu!"
The water dragon finally destroyed the plasma beast, making Konrad curse.
'I see. So water jutsus counter his plasma style. Plasma is basically super heated gas, so I just need to cool it down with my most powerful water jutsu.' Naruto planned. He released as much chakra as he possibly could, which put Konrad on guard. 'Kurama, I could use some chakra! This isn't gonna work without you!'
'Got it.'Kurama replied, filling Naruto's CP back to 510,000.
'My Curse Mark is still intact, so my attacks should be even stronger now.' Naruto exclaimed, before finally condensing all that raw chakra into one jutsu.
'Multi-Shadow Clone Jutsu!'
A huge puff of smoke suddenly appeared, and out came running of Naruto's clones with a water-like Rasengan in hand.
"WATER STYLE: RASENGAN MEGA BARRAGE!"
All one hundred clones were charging right at Konrad, forcing the boy to jump back and prepare his own jutsu. He formed hand seals, leaping back as he did to avoid the clones. After a solid twenty seconds of forming those seals, he stopped at the Ox-hand seal, before raising one hand into the air and releasing plasma out of it.
"Plasma Style: Celestial Arrows of the Gods!"
The plasma coming from his hand morphed into a hundred arrows, which he threw right at the Rasengan wielding clones.
BOOM!
The result of the two jutsus clashing was an enormous black explosion. It swallowed the entirety of the training ground, and even a part of the surrounding forest that was even further beyond the training field itself.
The clash sent both Konrad and Naruto flying opposite to each other. They were both lying on the ground, eyes closed.
After a couple minutes though, they both slowly stood up, panting hard. Their clothes were ripped, while also having cuts and blood all over their bodies.
They charged at each other, with Naruto's headband falling to the ground along the way.
They both punched each other in the face. Hard.
They stepped back from the force of their attacks. They didn't give up though, and they punched each other in the stomach as hard as they could. They both coughed blood out, weakly keeping their fists stuck in each other.
Naruto's attacks lacked strength, which he made up for with regeneration. Taking advantage of that, he quickly recovered and kneed Konrad's abdomen. Naruto was about to finish him with a kick, but Konrad uppercutted Naruto in the jaw before he could do so.
Konrad made a single hand seal, and disappeared. An instant later, he elbowed Naruto in the back of the head, making the blond fall down head-first. Konrad lifted his foot, and raised it over Naruto's head.
"It's over."
Luckily, Naruto rolled away and kicked Konrad in the stomach. Konrad was sent a couple feet into the air, but he flipped through the air and was able to safely land on the ground. Naruto slowly stood up, panting hard.
"Man...you're strong..." Naruto complimented in between breaths. His wounds slowly healed as a result of both Kurama and his Gamer's Body. Konrad looked at him in shock. In reality however, he only had 50,000 HP, while Konrad had 55,000.
"And you're tough...just who the hell are you?" Konrad asked, trying to recover from their conversation.
"Just a ninja who's doing his job, Naruto Uzumaki..." Naruto answered proudly. Konrad stared at him, and sighed.
"...alright, you pass." Konrad suddenly said, releasing his stance and standing up straight. Naruto blinked in surprise.
"What?" Naruto said dumbly.
"You pass the test." Konrad repeated.
"The what?"
"The Daimyo wanted to test you...to see if you were worthy of marrying his daughter. So he sent me to 'assassinate' his daughter." Konrad explained. Naruto looked at him, still confused.
"My colleagues and I weren't actually going to kill her. Our main goal was to test you. It was a good deal, really. He paid a handsome sum." Konrad explained to him simply. The wheels in Naruto's brain finally started turning.
'I was setup...?'
"But it looks like we've gotten something better. I can tell you're a jinchuriki by your stamina and regeneration. Though which one are you?" Konrad asked curiously.
"Kurama's..." Naruto muttered.
"Who?"
"The Kyuubi's." Naruto answered loudly. Konrad's eyes widened.
"The Kyuubi's jinchuuriki...you really a rare gem, Naruto. Why not come with me?" Konrad suggested. Naruto shook his head.
"No way. I've had too many people ask me that." Naruto said, a bit annoyed at this point.
"I meant to join me in the civil war. Kiri is in serious trouble. The Mizukage is killing off anyone who has a Kekkei Genkei. We need as much help as possible." Konrad said with a bit of desperation.
'Wait a minute, Haku talked about this, didn't he?' Naruto recalled briefly, before focusing on the conversation at hand. "You're strong yourself, no? Can't you just assassinate him or something?" Naruto questioned. Konrad shook his head.
"No, I can't. Yagura, the Mizukage, is the jinchuriki of the Sanbi. Killing him through regular assassination means is next to impossible. However, if we had a jinchuriki on our side, then..." Konrad trailed off, giving Naruto the hint. Naruto sighed.
"I can't just leave and go with you. I have a village to protect." Naruto said.
"The same is for me. However, I can't do what you can. I can't protect everyone." Konrad said sadly.
"Yes, you can! You're more than capable!" Naruto encouraged him.
"You don't understand. My family was killed by Yagura's men simply because my grandfather had a Kekkei Tota. They were afraid that maybe my parents and I inherited his Plasma Style. That wasn't the case. Both my parents weren't even ninjas, only I was. I was the one who had his Kekkei Tota. I was the prodigy. I let them be killed. It was my fault...and I'll make up for my sins, no matter who I have to kill." Konrad told him with a face full of sorrow. Naruto looked at him in understanding.
'He and I really are similar...jiji died because of me...but...'
"People are dying as we speak. You may live in a prosperous village, but I don't. I want to protect my people, and my village. So please..." Konrad pleaded. Naruto looked at him, contemplating whether or not he should help him. "Even as we speak, children are dying! It wasn't their choice to be born with a Kekkei Genkei! Your choice to help could save thousands! Maybe even millions in the long run!"
"Why don't you go ask the other Konoha ninja then!? They would help you!" Naruto told him, to which Konrad shook his head to.
"No. It's called politics, Naruto."
Naruto blinked in confusion. "Huh?"
"Kirigakure and Konoha have always been neutral with each other, although these days, we have been getting a better relationship, which I think you noticed at the Chunin Exams."
'Ah, right. Those gas-mask ninjas from Kiri. They were at the exams.' Naruto recalled.
"However, those ninjas were actually apart of Kiri." he explained, "We are rebels, so to speak. Helping rebels like us would strain their relationship with the Mizukage and the other officials that support him, even if those rebels are doing it for a just cause. Additionally, I'm sure you know that Konoha was recently invaded; they don't have the resources and the military power to help another village during its civil war, one that's lasted for almost a decade now. They have to focus on themselves before others, which is totally understandable."
"Ah..."
"Still, I beg of you. Please. You have to help me- no all of Kirigakure. They need you." Konrad said, before suddenly bowing to him.
"...!"
'Haku had to go through what he did because of this Yagura. His father killed his mother and even tried to kill him...! In the end though, he lost both his parents. Haku was so lost in this world that he followed someone even as heartless as Zabuza...I-I don't know if I can let anyone do that. No, I can't! I won't allow it!' Naruto slowly nodded. "I-I'll...I'll help you. Just...stop bowing." Naruto finally agreed. Konrad nodded as he rose back up, before suddenly picking Naruto's Konoha headband back up.
"Thanks. I mean it. It really means a lot to me. Anyways, I don't want my reputation to be tainted, so we'll say you're dead. Plus, I doubt they'd let you come with us if you told them. Still, are you okay with that?" Konrad asked as held Naruto's headband.
Naruto nodded almost groggily, not realizing the consequences of his actions. Suddenly, a text box appeared in front of him.
Quest Extended! Help Konrad!
Details:
Konrad has requested that you help him in Kiri's civil war. Do whatever Konrad asks and defeat Yagura to save the village!
XP: ?
Reward: None
Naruto quickly dismissed the text box and looked at Konrad suspiciously. Afterall, it could've been a trap; an elaborate one, but a trap nonetheless. However, after looking at him carefully, he realized something.
"You...you held back." Naruto pointed out. Konrad just shrugged.
"Yeah, but you should be happy. Only Clovis has ever pushed me this far. If we had fought for longer and I had a bit more chakra, I would've been forced to use my trump card. And that probably would've destroyed even the surrounding forest."
Naruto just looked at him in disbelief.
"The Kyuubi's jinchuuriki!?" Erza repeated. Konrad nodded, making Clovis smile.
"Looks like you actually thought before killing someone. Having the most powerful bijuu on our side will give us a huge advantage in the war." Clovis said happily.
"Right. We're going to Kiri so we can finally finish the civil war. Are you ready...Naruto?" Konrad asked him.
"Yeah, you bet!" Naruto answered energetically.
"Are you sure? You might have to kill, you know?" Julia said. Naruto shrugged.
"I don't want to, but if I absolutely have to, then I'll do it." 'In Haku's memory.' Naruto secretly added at the end. Clovis nodded at him.
"Alright, it'll take 3 days to get to Kiri. I don't trust you, but it seems Konrad does. Just...don't pull anything fast." Clovis said to him. Naruto nodded.
"Right!"
Naruto's name was engraved onto the Memorial Stone by Iruka. He was almost like a father to Naruto, which was why he was the one who did it.
The Konoha 11 and their sensei's all showed up to his funeral. Jiraiya, Tsunade and all the clan heads were there, too.
Since they didn't have a body, they just put his headband on the memorial. They set their flowers down, burning all the memories they had with Naruto into their minds. Iruka stepped up to give a small speech.
"Naruto Uzumaki was a great ninja, but an even greater friend...he loved and cherished everyone he knew, and did everything he could to make them happy. He may be gone now, but the time we spent with him will stay. We'll learn and grow stronger from the courage he showed to us all. Naruto will live on in our hearts and soul...and we hope that he lives happily in the other world."
Most of them left immediately after Iruka's speech. However, Kakashi, Jiraiya, Iruka and, surprisingly, Sasuke stayed.
'I'll continue what you were doing. I'll protect the leaf and everyone else. I owe that to you, my friend...' Sasuke had completely made up his mind now. Revenge was the least of his concerns.
No one noticed the newly awakened Mangekyou Sharingan in his eyes.
"We've arrived." Clovis announced to the 4 man group. Naruto looked at the enormous tunnel tent in front of them. To him, it looked like the HQ, seeing that it was by far the biggest tent. There were also a couple hundred other smaller dome tents scattered all around the area.
A blue haired, sword wielding ninja walked towards them. "L-lord Clovis! It's g-great to see you a-again! Lady Mei will be p-pleased." the stuttering ninja said happily. Clovis nodded at him.
"Great to see you again, Chojuro. You've grown." Clovis commented. Chojuro blushed.
He looked over the group, shyly nodding at each of them. However, when his gaze landed on Naruto, his expression turned from happiness to confusion.
"P-pardon me, my lord, but...who is t-this?" Chojuro asked, confused and a bit worried.
"This is Naruto. He's a friend of Konrad's." Julia informed him. Naruto waved at him.
"Yo."
"H-hello...well, I'll t-take you to Lady Mei." Chojuro said a bit hesitantly. He spared a small glance at Naruto, before guiding them to the tent.
When they entered, they saw a beautiful redhead behind a desk. To the right side of her was Ao, a middle aged man with moused-up blue hair and an eyepatch covering his right eye. Next to him was his partner, Heki. He was also a middle aged man, who had a bandanna covering his bald head instead.
"Ah. So you're back, Clovis. And with a new friend, I see." the redhead said, looking directly at Naruto.
"Yeah. And it looks to me like you've been holding up pretty well, Mei." Clovis replied.
"Alright, let's hold the pleasantries for later! Right now, let's focus on Yagura." Erza shouted, effectively interrupting them.
"Right...anyways, who's this young boy?" Mei asked curiously.
"This is Naruto Uzumaki." Clovis answered her. Mei narrowed her eyes.
'Uzumaki...weren't they wiped out?' Mei thought, curious and confused, though not outwardly showing it.
"Well, Naruto, I'm Mei Terumi. Current leader of the rebellion against Yagura." Mei said while smiling kindly.
"Awesome to meet ya! I'm Naruto Uzumaki!" Naruto introduced himself happily. Ao narrowed his eyes at him for his lack of respect.
"How dare you show such disrespect!" Ao said angrily. Mei just waved it off, though.
"It's alright, Ao. He's just a kid. Anyways, why is he here? I'm not sure if he can help out..." Mei said uncertainly.
"He's the Kyuubi's jinchuuriki." Julia informed her. Mei's eyes widened.
"The Kyuubi's!? But isn't he supposed to be a part of Konoha?" Mei asked, confused.
"I'm supposed to be dead. Please don't tell anyone." Naruto said jokingly. Mei felt uneasy, though.
"Are you sure about this? I mean, shouldn't you be at Konoha?"
"It'll be alright! I think they'll understand. I really wanna help!" Naruto exclaimed. Mei sighed
"I might get in trouble for this, but...I guess we need all the help we can get." she said. Naruto grinned.
"I won't fail you!"
"Right. Chojuro, take them to their tents. We'll be waking up at 5:00 a.m sharp tomorrow, so be prepared." Mei said sternly. Clovis glanced at Mei, then back at them.
"You guys go on ahead. I have to talk to Mei for a second." Clovis said to them. The group nodded, and Chojuro took them to their tents, which was directly behind Mei's.
"U-um...Lady J-Julia and Lady E-Erza can s-share this tent." Chojuro told them, pointing at the tent on the right. "You t-two will have to s-share this o-one." Chojuro told Naruto and Konrad while pointing at the tent on the left.
"Thanks!" Naruto said, patting him on the back. Chojuro jumped in surprise and scratched the back of his head sheepishly.
"Y-y-your w-welcome!" Chojuro shouted nervously, immediately running away afterwards. Naruto blinked.
"Ok...?"
"He's a nervous guy." Konrad told him, finally speaking up.
"Another Hinata, huh? Well, let's go." Naruto said to the quiet assassin.
They both walked into the tent. It was fairly small, having two camping beds on opposite ends. They only had a couple metres of space between them, since the beds took up most of the space.
Naruto jumped onto the bed, comfortably laying down on it. Konrad sat on the bed, and took his mask off.
"Finally. I hate wearing this thing." Konrad told him. Naruto turned to look at him.
"Hey, do you know what we're gonna do tomorrow?" Naruto asked him curiously.
"Yeah. We're going to finish off Yagura for good this time." Konrad said intensely.
"I see. So the war is basically over?"
"It's near its end, that's for sure." Konrad replied. Naruto was confused, though.
"Why bring me along then? If it's almost over, then-"
"Defeating Yagura, an S-class ninja who can control his tailed beast, will be tough. He isn't the Mizukage for nothing. That's why we need you to take care of him when he uses the Sanbi. We'll handle the rest." Konrad told him. Naruto nodded a bit nervously.
"You know, I can only use my tailed beast transformation for 50 seconds."
"You have the Kyuubi. In terms of tails, you're far superior. You'll completely destroy the Sanbi. Plus, you have us for back up." Konrad assured him. Naruto still felt pressured.
'A civil war...and it's up to me to end it. Man, how troublesome.'
"So you're telling me that you purposely had those assassins target Dahlia. Just so you could test Naruto?" Tsunade asked with hidden rage. The Daimyo hesitantly nodded.
"Y-yes! I m-mean, Dahlia really liked him. I couldn't just have her marry a n-nobody!" the Fire Daimyo tried explaining.
"Naruto Uzumaki...is the son of Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki. Do you know who those two are?" Tsunade asked through gritted teeth. The Daimyo visibly paled.
"I-I didn't know..."
"Didn't know...didn't KNOW!?" Tsunade roared, jumping out of her chair.
"You're the Fire Daimyo! You could've gotten that kind of information faster than Jiraiya finding naked woman! You didn't even bother finding out who he was! All you did was listen to the villagers!" The Daimyo slumped. Even though he technically had more power than her, he still had morals and knew when he was wrong.
"I could easily say to the public that you tried assassinating your own daughter, and instead killed a hero and jinchuuriki of Konoha!" Tsunade shouted angrily.
"But...he probably wouldn't have wanted that." Tsunade muttered, sitting back down.
"I'm sorry..." the Daimyo apologized sincerely. Tsunade glared at him, making him flinch.
"I'll...l'll double the funds to Konoha this month." he said hesitantly.
"That won't be enough to make up for his death." Tsunade said coldly.
"I-I'll triple it! Just please! Don't tell anyone!" the Daimyo pleaded. Tsunade sighed.
"Fine...but you better give us those funds!"
The Daimyo nodded desperately.
Naruto slowly opened his eyes, the stress from the last couple days finally showing. He looked around and noticed Konrad wasn't around.
'I must've fallen asleep.' Naruto thought. He was about to wear his headband, before realizing he didn't have it anymore.
'Feels weird to not have my headband anymore.' he commented.
He walked out of the tent, but not before bumping into someone.
"Ah, Naruto. I was going to wake you up. Let's go." Clovis said to him. Naruto followed him to Mei's tent.
"What's up?" Naruto asked curiously.
"A mission." Clovis simply answered, entering the tent. Konrad and Mei, who were talking, immediately noticed his presence.
"So what're we doing?" Naruto asked them.
"Well Naruto, you and Konrad will be doing a very important mission. You two will be infiltrating Yagura's capital base from the inside. We basically need you to distract Yagura and his men long enough so we can swoop in and clean them up." Mei explained to him.
"Easier said than done. How the hell are we gonna get in?" Naruto asked.
"Either use disguises or just sneak in, it's really up to you. However, you need to meet with Yagura face to face. I want you to confirm something." Ao said, nodding at Konrad who seemed to understand what he meant. Naruto seemed confused.
"Okay...? So when will you guys be coming?" he asked.
"We're giving you 24 hours. Konrad will give the signal using his watch." Julia told him.
"Beating Yagura on your own will be difficult, so just try tiring him until we come. We're going to be attacking from the outside and work our way in. Since Naruto is our only chance of defeating the Sanbi, we need him to survive. Ensure that he doesn't die, Konrad. Understand?" Mei said sternly.
The two young ninjas nodded, while also receiving a scroll for the details of the mission. Naruto, on the other hand, received a text box about the mission.
Quest Extended! Defeat Yagura!
Naruto quickly dismissed the text box, deciding that he would read it later. Konrad and Naruto both walked out nervously, with the blonde sighing heavily.
"I just woke up and I have to fight an S-class ninja...great."
"Hey, if we make it alive, how about we go to Narisawa?" Konrad suggested. Naruto eye's sparkled.
"Yeah! Let's do this!"
