UZUMAKI: AKAGE

(Chapter 4: Omshui: The Entrance City)

(Land Of Taki)

On the side of a mountain overlooking a large wetland two men stood, both wearing cloaks, "It's finally time…eh Riru" One of the men said, a blonde with long hair and blue eyes. The other stepped up from the ground where he was sitting. "Yeah, It's unfortunate we couldn't get a better job than this, but soon we will get what we deserve Kyatchi." The other man had short brown hair. They both overlooked the land ahead of them "So…" Kyatchi started "This is The Land of Waterfalls. I suppose this is what I should have expected." Riru nodded as he overlooked the place ahead of them, 'This place is a glorified Swamp, a beautiful swamp… good for fishing I suppose. But a swamp still…' Riru thought as he took In a breath of air. "This place is supposed to have been pretty ravaged by the War, pretty dangerous apparently," he said to his blonde counterpart. "That just means that the higher-ups trust us." Kyatchi said as he grabbed a Cigarette out of his pocket "Plus…" he continued "This mission is just to kidnap a measly girl, it's not like this is really that dangerous" Kyatchi said with a sigh.

"tch... That bastard Tamashi probably thought the same thing, and he got his ass kicked by a few kids as well" Riru said as he looked into the distance Kyatchi simply rolled his eyes and took the cigarette out of his mouth "Isn't that why we're here?" he said to Riru who looked over at him with a questioning expression "We're here to prove that we are the future of the Fumetsu, we cannot afford to let him have one over on us…" the blonde said as he continued to smoke, "We should probably get moving…" Kyatchi said as he motioned for his brown-haired partner to get up.

'Tamashi Kotei Isn't even a true member of the Fumetsu, and I'll make sure it stays that way forever…' Kyatchi thought as they started to move.

(Elsewhere: Not very far away)

Naruto and Sasuke were moving at breakneck pace towards the border with Waterfall Country, Now in a Valley surrounded by mountains on both sides of them. although Sasuke still had his eyes on the map trying to find any way on Kakashi's map for them not to go through said Waterfall Country, having remembered stories from the 'Shinobi Academy' In Konoha and his Clan, stories of The War-torn Swamps of Takigakure stories of Shinobi so brave that their names were firmly planted In aspiring Shinobi in Konoha.

"Yo, Sasuke!" Naruto said, "Watch ahead of you, you're gonna crash into a tree soon if you don't watch out!" he yelled to his friend, Sasuke only briefly looked up as he saw a tree, 'SHit!' he said as he narrowly dodged the tree he nearly hit.

"Thank you, Naruto." He said with a quick breath, Naruto simply looked at the Raven-Haired boy and rolled his eyes "I know what you're worried about Sasuke, and there's no point, there's no way for us to get to Konoha without going through The Waterfall Country, plus. We won't be there for very long." Naruto said, trying to squash Sasuke's obvious concerns.

"Plus…" Naruto said once again grabbing Sasuke's attention, as he followed Naruto's finger that pointed right forward "The borders right there, we couldn't have done anything at this point" Sasuke's eyes widened as he looked back at the map and realized that his Red-Haired companion was right.

The Border with Waterfall Country was pretty shabby, guard post's without guards. Abandoned, not to say It wasn't beautiful though, In fact. Looking beyond Into the Swamp-Lands was truly a sight to behold, It was something they had never experienced before, and they were both In awe "Even If we did have a shortcut In the Land of Fire, we would have needed to stop In Waterfall anyway." Naruto said to Sasuke as he walked over to him and pointed towards their supplies, Naruto grabbed ahold of the map and pointed towards a border town "Unmichi, We'll stop there for supplies" he told Sasuke, who was unhappy but still nodded.

"Well then…" Sasuke said as he got up from his spot "I suppose we should get going." He said to Naruto, who smirked and gave a grunt

(Also Not Far away really…)

Tamashi was going as fast as possible for 'Takigakure' he hopped from Tree to Tree at a breakneck pace 'Tch, those kids gave me a challenge, If this girl is even as half as strong as that boy… those overconfident idiots will be killed by them' Tamashi thought to himself as he finally cleared the tree-line and arrived at his intended destination, Waterfalls. A channel making the large Forest in the center an Island. He also knew that the only Into Taki was via a large waterfall, although that wouldn't be any problem for him.

So he went to enter Takigakure 'I better not die for those two…' Tamashi thought with a sweatdrop as he moved to the Island of Waterfalls.

-(しのび神)-

(Town of Unmichi)

In the Border Town of Unmichi, Naruto and Sasuke arrived for supplies for their journey, as the two walked through the town Naruto flashed his friend a slime "Hah, told you Sasuke, this place is completely fine!" he gave the raven-haired companion a thumbs up, Sasuke rolled his eyes as he looked around, truthfully. It wasn't that bad of a place, Nice. Quaint. He did notice it was very misty, on account of it being high up.

"Yeah, yeah. Let's just hurry up and get supplies." Sasuke grunted as he glanced around at the village. While Naruto fumbled around in his pocket, grabbing a piece of paper out of his coat.

"Anyway…" he started, grabbing the attention of his friend "First of all we need to get enough foo-" he stopped as he bumped into someone, falling back onto the ground, hitting his head. "Eh! Watch out, you damn kid!" Naruto heard a young-sounding man say, He looked up and saw two cloaked figures standing above him, although with the thick mist he couldn't make out specific facial features. Naruto simply gave them a dumb girn and a chuckle as he got up "hahaha…" he started as he pushed himself off the ground "Sorry 'bout that, I shoulda watched where I was going…" he said as he gave a small bow to the men.

Sasuke meanwhile was far tenser, he had better eye-sight than Naruto and could better tell the features of the duo, and he didn't like what he saw, he noticed the same symbol on the cloak of the men as he had seen on 'The Scorpion' and it made him freeze. He looked hesitant as he subconsciously reached for his weapon.

The Man who Naruto had bumped into, a brown haired man, only gave an annoyed (or angry?) grunt at the kid who had knocked into him "You're gonna have to bow a lot harder for me to accept your apology, do you even know who I am" he said as he looked down on Naruto, although instead of bowing further, he instead furrowed his eyebrows and went back up, obviously ticked off, he looked at the man with a questioning glare "No, I don't know, and I don't care who you are" he said looking at the man In front of him, waving him off, "Why… you-" the man started off before his friend grabbed his shoulder, giving him an angry glare "Riru… we don't have time for this." he said to the angry looking friend "' tsk…' Kyatchi, If you let off the brat's too easily…" the man started with a slightly maniacal grin "Then we'll never rise to our deserved level." he finished as he smiled at Kyatchi. Before turning back to Naruto and Sasuke.

"Listen here, brat…" he said to the two teens with a glare and a rising voice "Remember my name well… I am Riru Basu. 'King of the Teal River' and rising member of the 'Fumetsu Bounty Association' he said as he pointed to the pin on his cloak before continuing "And if you cross me now, I will make sure you pay the proper price" he said as he looked at the two teens who were just sweat dripping. 'This guy…' Naruto thought as he sighed. The man once again opened his mouth to continue but was quickly cut off by his blonde companion hitting him on the head "Idiot… we're on a mission here, you shouldn't say too much… even more, you shouldn't sing your own praises!" the man said as he pulled Riru's ear.

'Fumetsu…' Naruto thought as he stared blankly at the man 'That guy… the Scorpion also wore the sample cloak, I wonder if?'

"Yo," Naruto said, putting on the friendliest face he could muster. The two men stopped their squabbling and looked at the Raven-Haired teen with raised eyebrows both giving him a 'hm?'

"Do you know someone called 'The Salamander?'" he said In a tense tone. The two Fumetsu members froze, and became oddly quiet, Sasuke also noted how dark their aura had become, the one named 'Kyatchi' just looked at the two teens with a completely blank face. "Where the hell'd you learn that name?'' the blonde said with a tense tone.

Naruto chuckled and looked at the two men "Ahh, if you don't it's ok… It's just that someone going by that name attacked us the other day…" he said, trailing off at the end. Sasuke facepalmed, he was happy Naruto was also onto the same idea as him but… 'you realize that if we're right… then you just gave us away…' the boy said as he gave a deep sigh into his hand. Riru simply looked down at the Red-Haired child as posture got tenser and, weirdly… 'why's he look so excited?' Naruto thought blankly before the brown-haired man finally said "You met the 'Salamander'… and got away?" Naruto just gave a small nod. The two hunters looked at each other with a shocked, but knowing glare.

"Well… in that case, I guess this is a good chan-" RIru started off before being silenced by Kyatchi clamping his shoulder with his hand.

"We hate that guy as well!" the blond Fumetsu member said with a cheery voice. Earning a surprised expression from Naruto and Sasuke, and a shocked one from Riru.

"You probably thought we were comrades because you saw this pin, right?" the young man said in a light tone, earning back a nod from the two. "While yes, we both belong to the 'Fumetsu' that 'man' is truly just a poser, who is forcing the nice men and women of the 'Fumetsu' to keep him in, we are truly scared of what he'll do if we don't comply!" Kyatchi said, unleashing his sob story on the two before he continued.

"Ah…" he said with tears as he looked at the red-raven-haired duo "Too think he'd stoop so low as to attack children… what an evil barbarian," he said as he sobbed into his hand. His story seemed to be working as he could see the sadness on the two boy's faces

'Wow… I can't believe such an evil man exists!' Naruto thought, with a deep frown

'Attacking children for fun? It's almost like…' Sasuke thought, shivering at the idea.

'Damn that Tamashi… how could he do those things!' Riru thought, holding back tears

"Why the hell are you crying?" Kyatchi asked his shorter companion, who just sobbed louder in response.

Naruto just gave a sad frown as he looked at the obviously distraught men 'I mean… that guy's crying even thinking about the Salamander…' he said in his head as he looked at Riru.

"Is there anything we can do to help you deal with this menace?" Sasuke said, thoughts now tainted with revenge. Kyatchi waved his hands frantically, "I couldn't possibly force children to fight our battles for me!" the two boy's frowned, but Kyatchi continued "Although… I suppose if you want to, you can come with us, we were actually just about to confront him in 'Takigakure' where he has been spotted." he said with his hand on his chin.

Naruto instantly lit up, already ready to stop the villain, on the other hand. Sasuke's revenge trip had subsided. And he began to think logically. "We have a deadline, Naruto… We can't afford to do this." Sasuke said with hesitation in his voice. Naruto looked at his friend and went into a thinking position. "Hmm… I suppose you're right… It would risk disappointing the Hokage." Naruto said as he continued to think "I suppose it would be best if we just kept going on to Konoha." Naruto finished, although before anyone could say anything else, Kyatchi spoke "Ahh… That's unfortunate, I heard about what you two did to him the first time, he is very strong, yet you two were able to fend him off." the blond said with a smirk "In all honesty, I'm not sure if us two can take him down by ourselves… That man is a monster." he said, as Naruto stopped to think for a second "Plus." He once again said "He could be kidnapping another innocent right now for all we know, And I doubt they're as strong as either of you." he finished.

Sasuke just sighed as he figured out what Naruto was about to do. Kyatchi gave a small smirk. And Riru had a sweatdrop on his forehead 'What the hell are you playing at?' he thought as he looked at his blonde comrade.

Naruto took a deep breath before talking. "It's our fault he got away In the first place… I was fine with it before because I thought it was just us, but if he's kidnapping more people our age… who might not be as strong as us…" the boy paused as he thought about their struggle against the masked man. "Then we owe it to everyone who he could hurt because of our failure, to stop him while we can!" Naruto declared with conviction In his voice, both the Fumetsu members, along with Sasuke. Were all stunned by his sense of justice, Riru even had tears In his eyes, while his partner sat with a slightly widened jaw. The Uchiha simply sighed and shook his head, and as always he just decided to go along with whatever his friend was doing.

Naruto gave a thumbs-up as he turned to the black-haired teen, "Sasuke, I think the Old Man will allow us an extension" The Red-head said as he thought back to the Elderly-man he thought of fondly from his younger days

Sasuke sighed but also gave a grin "Fine, but you're the one who gets to explain everything to the Hokage" he said.

"So, Is that your decision?" the blond Fumetsu member questioned. Getting an eager grin from the two teens 'First real mission, and I already have one for you, Tamashi.' Riru just gave a confused sigh and shook his head

"Well then, boys, we should head south-west for Takigakure then," he said as he turned South-west, "Ah, wait!" Naruto said suddenly, as the two older men looked back at him, "We came here in the first place to restock, we should probably do that first." he said frantically, Riru, finally catching on to Kyatchi, spoke up "Don't worry about that, Taki' is famous for good food, and you'll find a hell of a lot better stuff there." he said, trying to assuage any of their concerns.

Naruto sighed in relief as he told them they were ready then.

-(しのび神)-

Tamashi put his hand on his chin as he looked down at his map, 'hmm… It's been a long time, but I'm sure this is Omshui.' he said as he put his finger over the second-largest Village on the Island of Waterfalls, he was sure he had followed his map right, 'The place has been rebuilt a lot since I last saw this place… But this has got to be Omshui, The Entrance City to Takigakure' many of the buildings that were nothing but rubble the last time he had been here years ago were now shops, houses, hotels.

'These guys seem to be doing well nowadays' The brown-haired boy thought as he walked to his destination, although the Village was fairly large, you could see the Waterfall that overshadowed the Village. 'There's the entrance, last time I was here It looked so big… I was right.' he thought with a sweatdrop, before continuing his walking. As he journeyed through the village he noticed a lot of restaurants were open. 'I didn't really have a chance to eat back at the bar, might as well get something now.' and with a sigh, he walked over to a nice place which seemed to be a bar and grill.

He walked into the establishment and met eyes with the man who he presumed to be the bartender. The man gave a friendly smile as Tamashi sat down at the counter next to a man with a cigarette In his mouth, who wore a Jacket with 'TAKI' on the back. "Welcome, It's always nice to see a new face at our restaurant." The Bartender said, smiling at Tamashi, "Thank you." He said In return, giving a small bow. "What would you like to eat?" the bartender questioned. "Whatever's cheapest…" Tamashi said, chuckling. The bartender gave a simple nod and walked away.

Tamashi sighed as he waited for his food, wishing he has eaten before taking off for Takigakure, he glanced around the bar and noticed there were quite a few 'On Duty' Shinobi around the place, With their Taki headbands on full display, 'Now that I think about It, there were a lot of those guys out there who were On Duty as well… The only places I've seen this War Ready were 'Sentō-Kuni' and 'Kusagakure' but this place has no reason to be like that…' Tamshi's thoughts ceased and he tensed up as he heard the man beside him speak In a quiet, but low voice.

"You seem worried Tamashi Kotei… although I guess with this many potential enemy's I suppose anyone would be…" the man said, slowing down at the boy's name, Tamashi tensed up again and with a bead of sweat coming down his forehead he slowly turned his eye to the man sitting next to him. "Who the hell are you-" The Fumetsu member whispered harshly, being cut off by a clamp to the shoulder. "Just Comply with me… Neither of us wants to cause a scene at this wonderful establishment." the man said as he stood up "I suppose we should get back to work." he said to the bartender, smiling. Tamashi also noticed all of the other 'On Duty' Shinobi seemed to cease their talking.

Tamashi simply took a deep breath and closed his eyes for a second 'This guy's obviously a member of the Takigakure Shinobi Forces for him to command this group and still be liked by the village… If I had properly observed before I probably could have seen this coming, I just have to be prepared for anything' he exalted and opened his eyes waving goodbye at the bartender and walking out the door with the Taki Forces.

After walking a ways away from the bar Tamashi stopped and said "I suppose this Is the part where you try to arrest me?" he asked the man standing to his left, glaring at him. "Yep, you're under arrest…" The Shinobi said, glaring right back. Tamashi sighed and raised his eyebrow at the man. "Hmm… you mind telling me what I did wrong, I don't think that a village would just arrest someone who just arrived In the Nation?" he asked playing dumb to the man. "You're very funny Kotei, although you're right… We wouldn't arrest an Innocent man who just arrived. 'Fumetsu' on the other hand are fair game…"

Tamashi gave a sigh at the man who was next to him and decided to just try and get out of his situation "I may be Fumetsu but I assure you that it's unrelated to me being here… I'm here for a multitude of reasons, none of which you need to be concerned about…" Tamashi attempted to reason with the man.

The Man gave a small chuckle In response to what he heard as pleas "Bah… We know how you operate… both you and the Fumetsu, If we wouldn't trust the weakest member of you guys, why would we trust one of its best-paid members?" The Man asked Tamashi with a glare

Tamashi simply let out a hum In response "If you know so much about me… Then you understand this isn't going to work out so well for you, don't you?" Tamashi said, "Before we 'start' would you mind at least telling me your name?" he finished, side-eyeing the obviously pissed man next to him, who simply let off a 'Tsk..' In response "I wouldn't think it's going to be so easy, for your Information… I'm Kirisame Shoki… Jonin of Takigakure." the man said with his eyes narrowed at the Fumetsu member. Tamashi himself was caught off guard as his eyes slightly widened.

'I've read his name In the Bingo Book before… Kirisame Shoki, Bounty Is Considered to be over 50 Million Ryo… Considered a Hero of Taki for his accomplishments during the Battle of Shichi, despite being a Genin then… The Fumetsu Leadership says we should avoid fighting him…' Tamashi immediately thought about trying to escape, but he quickly decided against it 'Trying to run here would just be foolish… Despite his popularity, his most basic abilities are kept well hidden by Taki… All I can do is face him head-on I suppose… Best case scenario, I beat the shit out of him and he puts the nation on high alert, stopping those two Idiot's from even entering…' Tamashi let out a whistle and gave a small chuckle "Someone should have told me I was going to fight such a bigshot…" Kirisame simply frowned and looked at the Fumetsu Member "I suppose you aren't having any second thoughts about what's about to happen?" he asked Tamashi with an eyebrow raised, who simply chuckled and whispered something to himself.

'Might as well take him down while he's still overconfident…' Kirisame thought as approached the man who stood still facing away from him, the Taki Jonin straightened his arm attempting to knock out the Fumetsu member with a single chop to the neck.

'Form Three: Hitokuchi' Tamashi said to himself his clenched fist collected a small, but noticeable Dark Blue aura around It, he quickly turned around and threw his fist towards the Jonin, hitting him quickly In the Chest, causing him to fly towards a shop wall. 'How the hell does this brat have that kind of speed, and what the hell's with his arm…' before he hit the wall he turned mid-air and landed on it, he took a quick breath and signaled his Division to surround the Fumetsu Member. Tamashi, In response to seeing the group of Shinobi surrounding him, frowned at his main Opponent.

"Eh! I don't want to deal with the fodder…" he quickly got Into his stance, putting his left foot ahead of his right, and pulling his Left Fist back towards him "You're my opponent right now!" he yelled at the Jonin and rushed him, leaping towards the wall he noticed that Kirisame Shoki simply raised his arm In the air, and jumped to the slightly higher balcony of the shop, Tamashi sighed and landed where Kirisame had previously been and prepared to run up the wall to his current position he noticed the man simply lower his arm to the floor and touch the railing of the balcony, Tamashi simply launched, running at the man, although before he made it very far his eyes widened.

'What the hell!' he screamed In his head as he felt his chakra disconnect from the wall, causing him to slip and fall to the ground, loudly landing on the gravel road of the village on his back. As he got back up he held his now bruised arm. Before he could charge again he heard the almost amazed sound of the random Genin and Chunin who were also there "Was that really Commander Kirisame's 'Suibun' Technique?" he heard, as well as a "This is the first time I've actually seen him use it!" he heard a (What he assumed to be) Genin whisper to the man next to him, Tamashi scoffed as he got up and glared at his opponent "Hey, you bastard!" he yelled, shaking his fist at his opponent In an angry manner "What'd you do to me there?" he screamed before clenching his fist.

Commander Shoki simply laughed at the downed Tamashi and grinned "That's just the 'Suibun' Technique. It allows me to control the form of Water… I hope you realize how bad it is to fight me here." he asked the downed Shinobi. 'Damn Bastard…' Tamashi thought with a small sweat drop, perhaps this would be just as bad as he feared.

'Form Two: Eaburēdo' Tamashi said to himself as he once again rushed towards the Jonin. "Eh? Why are you guys just sitting there, get him!" Shoki yelled, pointing to the man rushing him at full speed. Tamashi didn't mind going through the fodder as he heard a seemingly strained and nervous 'Yes Sir…' from the Genin and Chunin. The Fumetsu soldier pushed through as he was met with around four Taki Shinobi, who threw Kunai at him. Tamashi continued and maneuvered around the weapons seemingly appearing In front of the Two Young Ninja In the blink of an eye, 'One, Two' He kept count, Hitting the Shinobi as he continued through the crowd.

'Hmm… He's hitting them with a normal force, but it almost looks like a sword cutting through them…' The Taki Jonin took from the balcony.

'Three, Four… Five.' Tamashi continued razing the horde of Genin. Before he could count a six, One of the men, a Gray haired boy who Tamashi assumed to be an experienced Genin, managed to actually land a kick to his stomach, The Brown Haired boy responded In tow with a quick strike to the chest, although before being struck directly, the Kid put his arms across In an X shape and took the full impact of the 'Eaburēdo' he even noted the kid hardly even flinched, he once again charged at the Kid, along with two other Genin.

'This kid's brave…' Tamashi noted to himself as he once again threw a quick strike at the Shinobi's face, before it hit though the man threw one arm up, his fist pointing to the air, stiffening it. The two grunted as Tamashi's fist hit his arm, clashing. The force of the two hitting each other blasting back the two Genin that stood next to them.

Tamashi's eyes widened In surprise as the two continued to push each other, "You're strong… Just who are you kid?" The Brown-haired Shinobi asked In astonishment at the man's defense, Tamashi once again went for another strike but as his free hand struck the Genin's shoulder he felt his own arm being overpowered, forcing him to jump away as to not get himself hit. The Genin simply smiled as he stayed In battle form, Upon Further Inspection, Tamashi noticed he wasn't as tidy as the rest of the unremarkable fodder In his way, his hair sharply sticking around everywhere. The boy wore his coat over his shoulder and had a pair of goggles on his forehead. He gave out a sharp laugh at the Fumetsu member with a sharky Grin.

"Callan Vass, Genin of Takigakure, at your service." He said with a rough voice, Before launching himself at Tamashi, who once again noticed the boy's arm stiffening, Tamashi attempted to block the hit but found himself sent flying into a garbage can, 'Shit… He might be a Genin but I shouldn't underestimate him. He punches like a Jonin… He almost reminds me of that brat… Tamashi thought grimly back on his loss against the Kids In the Land of Fire. He shook off the thoughts and launched at the boy, engaging In a Taijutsu battle, despite their difference In experience Tamashi found himself often coming off more damage due to the boy's unusually tough skin, he also could tell the boy was getting more excited as the battle continued, which brought a smile to Tamashi's face, Once again the brown-haired boy drew back his fist and put the Younger boy on the defensive, aiming for his chest. 'Interesting, even when I hit him I end up getting bruised…' he noted before finally landing a hit on him, sending him flying a few feet back. Tamashi let out a hum at the Genin and raised his eyebrow "Hmm… why's your skin so tough?" he asked with genuine interest. Callan gave another laugh along with his continuing attempts to catch his breath. "It's my 'Kekkei Genkai' . It allows me to harden my skin like steel, that's why your hands are so bloody…" he said with a smirk on his face. "I call it my 'Steel Forretress!'" he said with pride and confidence

Tamashi simply let out a whistle In recognition 'Definitely not a name I recognize… I guess what they say about our generation being stronger than the last is true…' Tamashi gave a grin at Callan as he looked up at Kirisame, "Well kid…" Tamashi said to the Genin as he got back Into form "I can tell you'll be an Interesting one In the future Vass… but right now you're not my priority." he said to the boy who's smile turned Into a frown, before he could respond though, Tamashi disappeared out of thin air "Eaburēdo…" Callan heard In a deep voice behind him before he felt himself flying right through a brick wall at speeds he had never felt before. "You should consider yourself lucky… I would normally never use that attack against a Genin at that force…" Those were the last words Vass heard before the world went dark. 'Is this the power of a Rogue-Shinobi?' he asked himself as his consciousness faded.

Tamashi looked down at the fallen Genin with a smirk, regarding him for a second before turning his attention back to his Jonin friend "If he's that strong… I wonder how strong you're bound to be." He asked the 'Taki Hero' "Anyway… I'm getting bored of these guys, Let's just get this over with." He told Shoki as both of them got Into their respective battle stances. 'I think I've sufficiently fulfilled my needs here, Just one more thing to do' Tamashi thought as he closed his eyes and focused 'Form Three: Hitokuchi' he said to himself.

While Shoki could recognize the move from earlier he also noted that the aura was slightly more present on the rest of his body, although his left hand still glowed a dark blue Aura, even darker than last time. 'Roar Punch!' Tamashi yelled In his head as he moved full speed through the useless Genin In Between him and his target, The Commander looked on In a somewhat disturbed Interest. 'Eight, Nine… Ten.' The Jonin continued to look on, unable to even see Tamashi other than the blur that cut through his Soldiers. 'He's cutting right through them… but It's going to take more than that to hit me…'

Tamashi took a deep breath as he ran towards the last group of Genin faster than they could react, while most of the men tried to run with fear, he did notice one confident soldier making hand signs for a Katon Jutsu 'Fireball Jutsu, eh?' he continued running straight at the Genin, now with a grin on his face, 'Show me what you have…'

The Genin drew back his breath and bellowed out "Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!" Shooting a ball of fire out of his mouth that headed straight for Tamashi, however, he continued running straight forward, 'Not bad for a Genin who tells their enemy what Jutsu they're going to use…' Tamashi thought as he got within a few feet of the Fireball, cocking his fist back he ran right Into the Flaming ball heading towards him 'Hitokuchi' Tamashi said in his head as the Dark Blue Aura in his hand grew, his speed also Increased slightly a much to the surprise of everyone watching he didn't turn away from the Fire, Instead In one push he made the few feet between him and the Jutsu 'What the hell is he planning …' Thought Commander Shoki as he saw the enemy running Into the flames.

Tamashi only let out a laugh as the Flame surrounded his body, letting a smirk form on his face he moved his dark blue fist In front of himself, he quickly clenched his fist, allowing the aura's power to Increase, before punching the now engulfing Fire-Ball. Immediately the power of the Jutsu was extinguished with a single punch, the orange embers of the Fireball turned to the dark blue of the 'Hitokuchi' fading back creating a small blast of heat around the moist air.

Everyone's eyes widened upon seeing the strong Jutsu completely blocked, the Commander's eyes nearly popped out, 'Damn It… you're starting to piss me off.' he immediately jumped from his perched position on the balcony, towards the enemy who was gunning for his soldier, he could see the aura flare up once again as Tamashi covered the few feet between him and the Genin, the man cocked back his fist as he prepared to hit him with force 'Eaburēdo!' Tamashi yelled In his head, signaling the dark blue chakra to dissipate, replaced with a more-jabbing-like movement at the genin. He could see the Genin's eyes widen as he prepared to take the hit, he quickly moved his hand to finish the Shinobi quickly but before his jab could hit the man he felt his arm stop, and the Genin quickly threw back.

"I had hoped they were strong enough to take you on by now… I suppose I underestimated you." Tamashi's eyes slightly widened as he heard the voice of the Commander Jonin, he glanced over to his side where he saw the man standing there, with a seemingly angry face, Tamashi just gave a grin at his enemy "I guess you did…" he quickly moved to release himself from the grasp of the man holding him, throwing a normal punch as the man's face. But quickly found himself slipping, although this time more prepared he still felt himself hit the ground hard, he let out a groan as he pushed himself up from the wet ground 'I really hate this guy…' he said to himself as he got back Into stance.

'I don't really want to beat this guy, I don't think I can beat this guy. All I need to do is… pass on a message.' Tamashi thought to himself as he glared at the man standing above him. "I can't believe I'd be pushed Into such a situation…" Tamashi said with a sigh, looking around he could tell about ten more Shinobi had arrived, probably hearing the fight that took place "I suppose I'll have to end this quickly." Tamashi said quietly, his deep frown turning into a mischievous grin, 'I slip whenever I'm around him, the ground is a no go… so I guess I'll just have to go a different way…' Commander Shoki was shocked when he felt Tamashi use his odd aura move to punch the ground 'Shatter!'

The Commander's eyebrows raised frighteningly as signaled his Shinobi to move back, although he was cut off as a shockwave from the hit threw him away from Tamashi and seemingly started a mini earthquake, shaking the town. Tamashi, sensing his chance, launched at the Jonin at full speed. Shoki, who was still In the air, raised his hand at the young man and just let out a dark chuckle "You're pretty one-note, Kotei…" Before Tamashi reached him he felt the rain around him heavily pick up, putting out his cigarette, and the wind also blowing hard in his face, slowing him down. Although Tamashi could also tell It impacted the Jonin as well as he was thrown to the ground, however it didn't stop Tamashi as he kept pushing through the now stormy conditions In the Village Of Omshui.

'So… his ability to control Water Is this strong? I had hoped he was overstating himself…' Tamashi pushed himself through the hurricane wind, attempting to reach the other side, although eventually, the storm overtook him after nearly a minute. The Commander simply let out a grin as he could tell that his opponent was down 'That kid was too much…' Shoki thought with a grimace, finally allowing the heavy rain to subside 'Shibuki doesn't really like me causing this type of damage…' The commander let his guard down as he lit another cigarette. He also moved to tell his subordinates to grab the downed Fumetsu member, he turned towards them.

"Alright, you know what to d-" he was cut off as something appeared from the mist.

''Hitokuchi!'

The Commander's… commands were cut off by a blue streak that went across the feet between the mist and the Jonin, the man's eyes widened as he moved his arm down to bring the rain down on what he could already tell was Tamashi, although before he could complete his attack he felt the full force of the fist Into his chest, he felt himself fly back onto the road of the village, rolling through a wall, into a little shop, Shoki could immediately note the fact that this time his attack most definitely hit him, his coat knocked off him and his now broken and wounded chest, 'You damn brat…' he thought with a groan.

Despite the pain surging through his chest he still found the strength to pull himself up, pushing his arm's up, struggling, yet he persevered 'he nearly punched right through me… but on the bright side…' he finally stumbled up and glanced up at the Foreign Shinobi, who was also on the ground, loudly breathing barely able to stand, "That was a strong punch… but was it worth it? You didn't even take me down!" he yelled at Tamashi, who finally managed to stand, although he was weary he still laughed back at the Jonin "As long as I have a little bit of Chakra left… I won." he laughed at the commander.

Tamashi took a deep breath as he thought 'Don't have much left… better make it count.' he released his breath as he launched at Kirisame with a serious face, The Commander also launched at the boy, sensing that the battle was about to be decided. The first to reach the other was Tamashi, who unlike his enemy was not wounded other than messed up arms from that odd Genin, he threw a punch at the man's face which he dodged and responded with slightly backing away from his enemy. Tamashi, Instead of allowing himself to fall for it again, decided to take a leap towards the larger man.

Commander Kirisame let out a small grunt as his opponent leaped right through his trap, clearing him, humping well over the 6'2 stature of the man, even before the Commander could turn around though, he felt himself fall to the ground with a grunt of pain 'did he stab me?' the commander asked himself as he fell to the ground, Tamashi simply laughed at the downed Commander, 'This won't hold for long… I just need a few more seconds anyway.'

Everyone else, who was now just Taki Shinobi, looked on In slight nervousness, many rushing at the downed Jonin, attempting to save him, but they also took note at Tamashi, who leaned down and whispered something In the ear of the Commander, causing him to cease his resistance for a moment and go wide-eyed, and a bit pale.

'A girl? Why would they be…' his blood turned cold as he thought about what the man had told him.

Tamashi just let out a sigh and spoke at a normal volume "Well, as I said… I don't really have the time for this, just do what I asked and I don't think I'll cause any problems" he said with a grin, Shoki simply let out a small growl "Do you think I'll allow you to walk free after this!" The Commander started "Not only will I take In your friends…I'll stop you just the same!" and he started pushing Tamashi from off of him, causing him to slightly gasp and fall off "Hey, I'm not the one who wanted to fight!" He said as he landed, slipping a bit.

The Commander leaped up and threw a punch at Tamashi's face, causing the younger boy to slightly lean back, moving a few steps backward, making sure to keep in mind of his footing, although on the last step he slipped up causing him to fall onto one knee, Shoki leaped at him and pulled out a Kunai, obviously trying to finish Tamashi off, The Boy attempted to leap back but soon felt the wind holding him back, he squinted his eyes looking through the now non-visible landscape, and through the mist, he saw his enemy jump out, above him In the air.

The Commander gave a large, almost maniacal grin as he threw the weapon right at Tamashi's head. 'Tch… crazy bastard.' Tamashi slightly grimaced as the Kunai headed towards him, although he noticed he no longer felt pushed back by the win 'He has to keep his hand up to command the rain…' he reached his hand Into his pocket and pulled an Explosive Tag out. Before the Kunai hit him In the face he slightly shifted his body, allowing him to grab the Kunai and slap the tag on it, using the force of his sudden movement to throw it right back at the one who threw it at him 'I think I'll be taking my leave now…' Tamashi thought as he saw the Jonin's eyes widen at his action.

For Shoki Kirisame though, his grin immediately devolved Into a grimace as he saw his own Kunai heading right back at him, 'He had the skills to catch it, put a tag on it and throw it right back at me! You da-' his thoughts halted as the tag exploded mid-air, It wasn't the size of a normal explosive tag either, the explosion itself rocked much of the town and probably damaged a good part of the street they were on before it blew them all back the Commander braced himself as the white light enveloped his sight. The other Shinobi, who had been ordered to stay back from the fight over fears of getting involved, now stood eyes widened, The Heavy Rain ceased and the mist subsided, but most of all. The men were all surprised by the large Explosion that came out of the battle, Immediately the Genin and Chunin were ordered to move In by the Leader of the Reinforcement Squad.

As they arrived they were met with a very messed up battlefield from the two men. It seemed like the explosion had badly damaged the store that was closest, the fog made it difficult for anyone to actually find the people involved In the fighting, but soon. The Commander was found. Laying on the floor was the Jonin, who was burned and bloodied, he coughed blood up, still with a deep frown on his face.

'Sir, do you know where the criminal is?" The Chunin who found Shoki asked him, hoping for a command, "Don't even bother… He's long gone by now, I have something else to worry about for now."

"Commander Kirisame! Are you okay?" The Chunin asked, surprising the Injured man. The man gave no response, other than a small 'tch…' to Indicate he was fine. 'These Kids… This Generation…' The Jonin thought as he looked up at the sky.

(Next Chapter: Omshui II: False Masks)

Naruto: 15

Sasuke: 15

Tamashi: 17

Kyatchi and Riru: 16

Vass is referred to as a Genin at some points, I hadn't been quite sure what rank he would be... but he's a chunin.

Zora: Hello my friends, and sorry for the long wait. I've been spending a lot of my free time writing this story, so I hope it doesn't disappoint. I find it very interesting how easy It is to make a beautiful story In your head, but then struggle to translate It into writing. I have tons planned for this story, from characters to arcs. Truthfully I almost quit before I got this far, I find it odd to look back On my last story, which compared to this one is awful (In my Opinion) but then thinking back to the fact it did really well during its short time. I don't plan to revisit that story, but that story was but a stepping stone for this one, anyway. I hope you enjoy Chapter 4 of Uzumaki: AKAGE