Starlight
Don't own Naruto
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'Thoughts'
"Talking'
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Chapter 8
He watches as the house comes into view. Sighs as he thinks about Yue's bloodline. He, of course, read about it in the report, but to see it in person was another thing. He hadn't known just how wild it would make the normally quite and reserved teen look. It was just so different then the eye bloodlines that were usual for Leaf. He could bet every book in his collection that a member of the Inuzuka clan wouldn't be able to match Yue transformed thus.
He sighs and wonders just when Zabuza will strike again. He didn't have to worry too much about Koichi, Terish, and Yue. It was Ganmaru, Sakura, and Sasuke that plagued his mind. He'll need to speed up their training; he could have the other three guard their client at the bright. He did have much to teach the three from Light village anyway.
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They were posted around the bridge. They had stopped a few attacks from the masked ninja and the so-called demon in the mist. They were mostly bored, though.
With the Leaf genin learning how to climb trees with just using chakra, it was mostly they just keeping a look out. They had posted a great deal of wards around the bridge. They even did some advance traps that they doubt the Leaf and ex-Mist Nins would know about. He watches as the builders take their breaks.
If they hadn't proven themselves in front of the workers, more of them would have stop coming to the bridge. He sighs and looks to where Yue was posted. He didn't need to know what Koichi was doing.
He turns to look at the ocean under the bridge. He misses his family and the kind of mission they were suppose to be doing. He still practices his family teachings and continues to read from the scroll that he brought with him to this northern land.
He then sighs as an alarm is triggered and looks over to Yue. Yue just shrugs and he grins a bit at this. It's his turn to handle things and he can't help but feel a bit grateful at the interruptions.
He leaps towards the direction of the alarms and he finds a good five ninja with the headband of Mist on their heads. He frowns and decides to watch them before acting.
They soon spy the bridge and a second set of alarms is triggered. He smirks; they were wondering when they'd try this. He'll stick with this group, knowing full well that Koichi and Yue were capable of handling the other group.
Soon the group he's watching soon are getting ready to close in on some villagers close by. He then decides to scare the living daylights out of them. He triggers the closest flare trip wire. The group is spooked out of their minds at the flare flying through the air. He then makes his appearance.
"Greeting, Ninjas of Mist. I hope you'll be willing to tell me why you're here." He says, as he seems to appear in the group's mist. He has a problem; he really wants to laugh at the expression on their faces! He just smirks at them and watches as they begin to realize that he's here and all alone. He wants to roll his eyes at this; he was trained to fight large groups of Oni and other chakra-using beasts. He also knows that these ninja can't possible know that, so they thought that they have the upper hand.
"Well, well, well. If it isn't a brat! A stupid one at that, so you think you can handle a group of six chuunin? A single genin like you?" The one with a chest full of daggers asks. He smirks even more and says, "Do you even know which village I'm from?" The other ninja just snort and a woman with her hair braided states, "Don't give a fk! You're just a genin, a rookie!" He then snorts and then laughs. He then says, "I'm from a village of Oni killers. I'm trained to fight a whole group of ugly, stinking Oni. Other then the fact you don't stink, you're just a pack of Oni to me!"
They group attacks but he's finished his ninjutsu before they even get an inch close to him. The jutsu was a root one and now they're all held up in the air and he then summon poisonous planets to grow up and tangle with the ninja's clothes. He then watches as the ninja struggle against the roots, not noticing that there were now deadly plants getting broken with some of the roots. It's his first kill, but he doesn't turn away from the group as they begin to feel the effects of the toxins that have entered their blood.
They didn't even yell out or cry out as well. He sighs as the lifeless copses fall to the ground. He then looks up and finds a flock of crows circling overhead. He moves out of the way and then watches as the crows begin to feast on the corpses. He watches it all and when it's finished, he leaves.
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He sighs as he comforts Terish. They all had their first kills today and they all had their grief, but they knew that this day was coming and they meet it head on.
Yue killed Zabuza when the jonin slipped pass him. He looks at the masked kid. He didn't have the heart to kill him, for the only real crime the kid had was being loyal to the only one to be kind to him after his parents died. He had killed the swords men that came with the two. They were a waste of breath and space.
He sighs as he hugs Terish. Yue was fast asleep on the ground. He had reinforced the surrounding wards with chakra. They'll alert them if someone tries to uses chakra or if anyone comes within a ten miles of the bridge.
He sights, Terish had stuck around to watch the crow finish their feast. They used a cover genjutsu on the three of them. It looks like they were just sitting around talking and maybe playing with some cards.
He's lucky that he remembers that game or it would have looked odd that three twelve-year-old kids were just sitting around talking. He watches as Terish slowly closes his eyes and then he lays Terish on the ground with a blanket as a pillow.
He then sighs and says, "So, how was I?" He then turns towards the masked kid. "You did well, I think." Was the answer that the other kid would give. He then moves and removes the mask. The face of the kid almost looked like a girl, if it wasn't for the simple fact that he remembers that the jonin called this kid a him, he would have believed that he was a she.
"You're not too broken up, I see." The kid says. He sits on the ground and says, "I got some training in that area. You see the demon sealed in me showed me a few of his memories. They were quite bloody and many people died because of him or what he did. I'm a bit hardened because of that. So, you got a name?" The kid thinks about it and then sighs. "Haku." He hears the older teen say. "You kind of reminded me of my sister, only her hair color is a reddish brown then black. Plus, much younger." He muses. "You must love her dearly." Haku states.
He nods and says, "So, you got a bloodline limit. Is that why your parent died?" Haku just nods his head. He sighs and says, "Yue's ability is rare in his clan. His twin sister doesn't even have it. It shows up like once every four generations." He could see that got Haku's attention. "He's not considered a monster?" Haku asks. He just snorts and says, "Monster odd choice of a word. No, Yue's not considered a monster, if that's what you're worried about. No, we don't use that term where we're from. You think humans and Demons are the only ones capable of using chakra? You'd be wrong. Our village ninja's primary job is to hunt and kill Oni and chakra using beasts from the Taijin Mountain range." He finds Haku looking surprised at that. "I didn't know there were any villages by that range." Haku says. He grins and answers, "You're thinking of the wrong side of the range. We're located south of it. It's mostly jungle there." Haku's jaw just drops, his grin widens. He continues, "There are also other intelligent races live there. Some are quite inhuman like. The Kir!ron look to be deer crossed with a horse. They have antlers that are shed every ten years. Their coloring tends to be grey, black, red, and painted. Their manes are either white or yellow. Their back hooves are split and their front hooves are singular. Their tails are like a deer's tail. They're consider friendly, though they shy away from contact." Haku just blinks and his mouth is moving but nothing coming out. "So, there you have. Odd place, huh? My friends and I find it really hard to believe that these northern lands don't have any nonhuman races living around here. Looks like they're almost finished for the day. If I untie you, well you run?" He asks the other teen. Haku sighs and asks, "Could I give him a proper funeral first?" He sighs and nods his head. He unties the older teen and then goes to wake the others.
Soon they help Haku with the funeral rights and then offer pray's to Zabuza's spirit. Then they head back to the house their staying at. He's heart feels lighter then is was before they had the funeral.
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He just looks at Haku. He's asked the other teen to teach him some water jutsus. Haku had agreed and they're been practicing for a good five days. He still couldn't get over the fact the Haku looks like a really cute girl. He sighs and redoes the seals and he finally gets it to work.
Haku smiles and says, "That's it for this evening. It's been an honor teaching you, Ganmaru." He grins and says, "Thanks for teaching me, Haku." They then turn and head for the house. They come across Sasuke and Yue coming in too. They nod their greetings to each other then walk into the house.
Their job was almost done here, and with Gato kind of died, it was also much more peaceful. He sighs as he remembers that encounter.
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Kakashi, Terish, Haku, and him were heading to have a chat with this Gato character. Haku leads the way through the forest to Gato's hidden base. Kakashi decided that Yue and Koichi could keep guard back at the house. Yue was training with Sasuke, for it seems the Sasuke spar with Yue activated Sasuke's bloodline limit. Koichi only promised not to do anything drastic with Sakura.
They've been traveling for a good two hours at high speeds. He kind of envied Terish, for Terish was moving silently through the treetops. Better then Kakashi and Haku. He then focuses on what's before them.
The trees are getting larger for the last forty minutes and now they come across the base. It's hanging in the air with lines connecting to the surrounding area. He had to admit that the place looks impressive.
They stop on one of the trees close to the place. Then Kakashi turns and says, "Now, we get in and I have a bit of a chat with this guy. You guys are to keep guard." The three of them nod their heads and then they leap towards the building.
They get pass the guard easily and then they locate the right room, they knock out the guards and transform into their likeness. Terish hides the real guards by using a genjutsu. He doesn't know what kind of jutsu Terish used, but Haku looked quite impressed at it.
They stood outside the door for a good fifteen minutes before they hear some banging sounds start up. Then they duck and watch as holes begin to appear around them. "He didn't tell Zabuza and I about having any guns!" He hears Haku say. He looks puzzled at Haku. Haku doesn't explain, but they watch as some men come running and then as they get these holes. He's horrified at this, he's never heard of something like this. Then the sounds stop and Kakashi comes out of the room.
"Lets go." Kakashi says after taking a look around the hallway. They soon are on their way out of the place and just before leaving; Kakashi uses a fire ninjutsu to set the base on fire. They don't say anything as they then head back through the forest.
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He sighs as he takes his seat by Sasuke and Koichi. He can't wait to go back home. He also knew that Haku is considered Light's captive, so it will be up to the jonin from Light to decide on what to do with the teen. He knows that Kakashi is quite happy with this and other then a few glares from Sakura, Haku fitted right in with the group.