DISCLAIMER: I may not own naruto but I do own the bloodline limits I'm giving the characters in my fic which were not in the anime or manga.
"the target is in sight", I said as I hid behind a tree.
"I see it",said sakura as she was also hid behind a tree(note: were using comm. equip.)
"the target has just moved I'm going in", I heardsasuke remark.
"no first secure the perfect chance for the snatch. failure is not an option", kakashi said oh so seriously.
"not enough time I'm going in", I heard sasuke's voice and a bit of rustling before he closed his radio.
"dammit! sakura cover me I'm going after sasuke!", I said lunging at the target's position.
"argh!", I heard sasuke grunt as the target escaped from his clutches. it jumped into a tree and started to run away.
"tch!", I tsked and threw a stone I found on the ground at the next branch the target would step on and the branch broke. as if on cue sakura caught the target safe in her arms.
"good work team. naruto and sakura good teamwork. sasuke good try. now we report to the hokage. mission find the missing cat complete!", kakashi commented through the radio.
"it's all right sasuke! next time we'll work together", sakura encouraged sasuke. inside sakura: "DAMN WHY NARUTO IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SASUKE!", inner sakura raged like hell with five tons of c4.
"hn", sasuke stood up and left for the hokage tower sakura followed.
"that old man is so damn dead", I said as I melted into the shadows.
-simultaneously- at the shadow of the hokage tower-
a form was coming out of the shadows. "damn...", I muttered, "no matter how many times I use shadow teleportation I still can't get used to that weird feeling like being in two places at once.". I walked in towards the mission center where our debriefing would occur kakashi was already there reading his icha icha paradise the lovebirds weren't present yet. after five minutes of mentally debating wether I demand a decent work load worth my time from the old man sakura and sasuke finally
showed up. "that was quick?", I told sasuke.
"you wouldn't believe how many times I circled the town at top speed but the girl is inhuman when it comes to chasing me", sasuke explained.
"oh I see", I nodded knowingly as we went to meet the hokage. the room was wide not big cause the roof was too low. in the middle was the hokage and iruka sensei sitting at a table with the mission scrolls. we approached the table.
"mission accomplished", we all chorused as sakura showed the hokage the cat in her arms.
"perfect", he smiled he picked up a phone with a direct line and spoke to the secretary at the other end. "bring in the customer who lost her cat", he said. a fat woman who seemed to be rich according to her came in got her cat and started choking it with a bear hug.
'I have a feeling we'll be seeing that cat this monday', we all sweatdropped.
"anyway we have another mission for you babysitting a pair of twins", the old man spoke as he held up the scroll.
"no", everyone looked for the source of the voice. "no", I repeated. "you know my level of skill old man give me something worth my time", I said flatly.
"what are you talking about naruto we're only genin do you think the hokage will listen", sakura raged but on the inside again: "YEAH HE'S RIGHT GIVE US SOMETHING WORTH OUR TIME!", inner sakura shouted. the hokage looked at me thoughtfully and said.
"yes I so know you're level of skill so you'll understand I'm giving you a C class mission", I nodded in aprroval. "your mission is to escort a bridgebuilder named tazuna to his hometown in the wave country", the old man finished.
"hey! I think I heard someone talking about me", an old man came in he smelled of booze he had a pack on his back which showed he was travelling. he also had a straw hat and he was still downing a whole botlle of whisky.
"does he need protection?", I asked the third as I pointed at the drunkard.
"ah yes that is mr.tazuna our client you will be protecting him naruto?", the sandaime asked his left eyebrow raised.
"I guess but seriously do we need to protect him? his BO seems to act like a natural defense like a skunk except this is definitely a 100x more powerful", I said pinching my nose with my right hand and swatting the smell away with my left.
"naruto show more manners", everyone except sasuke said. 'though I have to agree', their thoughts in complete sync.
"is this dumb kid really gonna protect me?", tazuna asked the old man.
"yes I'm quite sure", the third said(aka. old man hehe)
I walked in the direction of tazuna everyone thought I was going to lay the smackdown on his sorry butt but instead I just walked past him and headed for the door. "when do we leave?", I asked as I stopped in my tracks.
"in ten minutes at the north gate", kakashi said as I heard him whip out his book.
"make it five", and I walked off homewards.
-at home-
"hikari!", I called for her.
"yes?", she stepped out of the kitchen wiping her hands possibly preparing something.
"I'm going on a C class mission I might be gone a couple of days", I informed her as I began to pack the things I needed.
"oh I see", she said smiling. "oh wait I just finished those clothes you wanted", she said as she took out the clothes.
"that was fast", I said as I turned around and saw hikari hand me a bundle of the purple material I made a month ago.
"I put my heart and soul into making that so you better appreciate it", she warned playfully.
I put on my new outfit and looked into the mirror 'cool!', was the only thought that struck my mind. I wore a sleeveless shirt and baggy pants, the end of the pant legs(I'm not sure what they're called) I tucked them in my boot like sandals in place of sleeves my left arm I wore a finger cut glove that extended to cover my bicep. to complete my new out fit I dug around my closet to look for my objective. I found it. It was a roll of bandages at least five meters long. I wound it around my right arm till it covered my right bicep. As I turned to tell hikari that this was great she handed me a piece of cloth I examined it and saw it was like a hair band. I looked at her questioningly.
"put it on", she said with a smile.
"how?", I asked it's not like I need a hair band.
"huff", hikari mushroom sighed and proceeded to untie my headband and put the cloth around my forehead area after putting it on she tied my fore head protector loosely around my neck. I looked back into the mirror and saw my hair was sticking up due to the headband hikari gave me which was twice as wide as my forehead protector. unlike kakashi's hair which was angularly leaned towards the front my hair seemed to lean towards the back it was wierd. but hey she said I better appreciate it so what the hell?
"thanks", I faced hikari
"no problem I got all the stuff you'll need in your pack while you were putting that on so go", she smiled motherly as she handed me my pack.
"see ya in a couple of days", I waved good bye as I melted into the shadows. a second later I appeared from the shadow of a building that was very close to the north gate. I took my time in getting there everyone was already present. "yo", I greeted them.
"umm... do we know you?", sakura asked politely.
"you don't know me?", I cocked an eyebrow. "I'm hurt!", I said feigning death.
"hm? who the hell are you?", sasuke finally noticing me or decided to notice my presence
"even you can't recognize me?", I said incredelously
"hey who's you're weird looking friend?", asked kakashi sticking his head into our conversation.
"dammit can't anybody recognize me it's me naruto!", I shouted at them
"you can't be naruto always wears that stupid orang jumpsuit not some...", sasuke eyed what I was wearing deciding what words were best used. "wierd battle gear"
"it's me now let's go I wanna come back to konoha after this mission asap", I walked off in the direction of wave country.
as we were walking down the path sakura was getting a lecture from kakashi about the different countries. I was walking in front of the group tazuna was behind me, to his right was sasuke, behind him was sakura getting that lecture from kakashi. Something was not right I felt it enemies two I thought better be quiet about this I'm sure kakashi will take action. we walked for five more minutes then suddenly two ninjas came out of the puddle each with a weird claw like thing on their arm. the first wore it on his right the second wore it on his left. they circled kakashi as a barbed chain was between them and squeezed ripping him to shreds. all this trnspired in a few seconds "one", they both chorused. "two", lefty said as he rushed me.
"pfft..", I side stepped him and let sasuke take the glory by nailing their chain to a tree and then hitting them in the kisser with a kick (remember the anime). righty now rushed me instead of lefty who rushed towards sakura suddenly sasuke was in front of sakura ready to protect her and then to my complete and total boredom kakashi caught them both in a headlock one each arm.
"sorry for being late force of habit", he said jovialy.
"what the hell were you thinking we could have been killed", sakura and tazuna raged
"I wanted to see who the target was", kakashi said simply as he tied their prisoners to a tree. "anyway", he stood up. "we need to talk tazuna-san", kakashi said forebodingly. tazuna squirmed a bit and spoke with kakashi. after a few minutes. "I see", kakashi turned to look at us. "this is certainly not a job for us this C rank mission will now be ranked as at least B class since we'll be facing enemy shinobi. We should head back and -"
"please you don't understand my people need that bridge I'm making right now they'll-", tazuna begged but was cut off
"no you don't understand becuase of what you have done not only you are in danger but me and my team as well", kakashi finished. "we're head- hey naruto where are you going?", kakashi asked me as I walked off.
"to wave country where else?", I answered
"what? why?", tazuna asked in confusion before kakashi could
"I finish what I start it's something my honor demands", I said still walking
"naruto this is no time to be acting cool we might die", sakura shouted but was shocked as sasuke followed my lead
"you too?", kakashi asked
"this is something I've been looking forward to", he simply stated as he walked behind me.
"hey kid...", tazuna caught up to me. "thanks", he said appreciatively
"no problem I thought if this thing was so important to your livelihood you might be able to afford a bath", I said indifferently.
"why you little?", tazuna raged
"sakura let's go with them before they kill each other", kakashi said with resignation as he followed the proccesion of the weird in which sakura followed reluctantly.
after a couple of hours of walking we took a boat ride and heard the history of the village it seemed that a smuggler named gatou was involved. Time to settle a score I thought. We reached the opposite bank and walked on for about an hour then suddenly I felt an immense chakra not as big as a hokage's chakra reserves but good enough for jounin. I walked on not wanting to attract attention. suddenly I stopped. "what is it naruto?", kakashi asked
"I need to take a leak", I said running into the woods. I shouted that I would follow and they left.
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naruto had just taken a bathroom break he said he'd catch up but I felt uneasy for some reason I put my book back in my pocket unable to concentrate on the book. "huff", 'this is so boring', I thought. suddenly my senses screamed danger. "DUCK,
I shouted as a huge sword flew above our heads embeding itself on one of the many trees beside the path. a man jumped onto the sword and said, "aahh... the famous copy-nin kakashi what an honor"
"who are you?", I surveyed him he wore a hiddenmist forehead protector and he was the owner of the huge sword he wore a mask like mine except his was white. "don't tell me, devil of the mist zabuza", I said with distaste.
"aahh.. mt reputation has spread far and wide I see", he leered at us. "but enough pleasantries let me kill the old man and maybe I'll kill you too", he said pointing his gigantic sword at me. "KIRIGAKURE NO JUTSU!", he shouted blanketing the whole place in mist.
"damn I guess I've got no choice", I muttered. I pulled up my forehead protector to reveal my sharingan.
"hmm... the sharingan so that is why you are famed as copy-nin kakashi the great nin who copied over 1000 jutsus.", zabuza remarked. "now who should I kill first better yet how do you want to die. blood loss? cleaved in half? or instantaneous?", he asked smugly I swore he must've been smirking.
"minna don't worry nobody dies on my watch", I smiled at them or at least I think I did. Suddenly zabusa was behind sakura ready to strike as he struck I blocked it using my kunai. then he sliced me in half.
"kakashi sensei!", sakura screamed as zabusa was about to strike at her. suddenly behind him.
"don't you know kawarimi when you see it", I asked holding a kunai to his throat.
"very good but not good enough", he smirked before he became a puddle of water and from behind me he struck.
"same here", I whispered as the clone of me which he cut in half turned into water and I was about to stab my kunai into his gut but he backflipped. I charged at him he parried my every strike skillfully with his huge sword. He jumped away from me then he started to perform a set of seals I did the same. He stared wide eyed at me then narrowed them again. At the same time we cried out, "Suiton Suiryuudan no Jutsu!", two dragons made out of water emerged from the lake near our battlefield they wound around each other and then they made a head on collision. The impact blew us off our feet zabuza used his huge sword for balance. As I tried to get up I was covered in water the whole place was deluged suddenly my clothes became heavier. I looked over the battle field everyone was having a hardtime getting up. 'shit!', I thought.
"guess it's finally starting to take effect eh kakashi?", zabuza smirked as he apraoched me.
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slowly a figure in the forest walks towards the battle by the lake. He sees a stick about two feet in length he picks it up and grins. "this ll do great", it walks on towqards the battle field.
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'shit I gotta get out of this' I think as the moisture in my clothes gets heavier and heavier.
"poor kakashi laying on the ground trying too hard to get up maybe I should rid you of your misery", the shape on his mask suggesting a maniacal grin. He swings down his sword I flare my chakra and exert more than my muscles can give. I jump out of the way of his sword that nearly sliced me in half.
"well done kakashi", he smirks seeing me breathing hard and sweating heavily. "it must be hard even to just stand right? hahaha", zabuza laughs. He starts to perform handseals I try as well but the weight on my hands disables me from even lifting them. after a couple of seconds. "Suiton Daibakufu no Jutsu!", zabuza shouts and I was able to raise my hands just in time to block.
BOOM!
the impact of the water on me could be heard for miles I was sent flying towards the lake. I used chakra to stand on water but it was eating my chakra just to stand on the water because of the weight. zabuza hits me with the hilt of his sword right in the back of my head driving my face into the water. suddenly the current surrounding my body was growing strong and then it lifted me to the surface. That's when I saw zabuza's smirking face full of himself believing his victory was at hand.
"Suirou no Jutsu", he sneered looking at me. "I would have let you live to see your pathetic genin die but your just too bothersome to have around so I'll just kill you now.", he raised the blade above his head ready to slice me in half. I closed my eyes waiting for my impending doom. I waited but the strike never came.
"I'm disappointed"
I opened my eyes. 'huh? that sounds familiar', I thought.
"that's impossible", I heard sakura say
"I expected more from one who calls himself a demon"
"Is this some sick joke?", sasuke gasped
"and more from a teacher of young children"
I looked up to see naruto in front of me zabuza's sword inches from his face but what shocked me most was that naruto was holding zabuza's sword back with a stick! He looks back at my stunned face. "If you don't wanna get hurt you better get out", he warned.
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I turned back to zabuza good thing I got back here in time man that was the longest leak I ever had to take 3 minutes! anyway sensing the battle I thought I'd need a decent weapon and what is better than a stick! I dove in just when zabuza was about to cut my sensei in half. I blocked his downward strike.
"I'm disappointed I expected more from one who calls himself a demon and more from a teacher of young children", I said seriously. I turned to my sensei I said, "If you don't wanna get hurt you better get out" as I broke the jutsu. I looked back to zabuza and pushed him back.
"who are you?", he asks me with well shock would be the understatement of the year.
"your demons", I answered as I broke the 2 foot stick, which I used to block zabuza's sword, in half. They were all stunned how in the hell did I break a stick thatcould block a big ass sword like zabuza's and why I shortened my weapon. They were about to find out. I took each half of the stick in each hand and charged zabuza. seeing me approach he uses a vertical slash but I block it with the stick in my right hand I strike horizontally with the stick in my left hand he thought it wouldn't hurt think again!
"aaahhh!", zabuza jumped away left hand clutching his right side which I cut badly he was bleeding a lot. kakashi looked at the sticks I was using his eyes widened in amazement. "what did you do to those sticks?", he asked me as he kept bleeding.
"It was easy I just circulate the chakra into the sticks as if they were a part of my body and they become harder than any mineral sharper than any blade more destructive than any catastrophe", I finished as I prepared to charge for another attack meanwhile kakashi is being helped by sasuke and the others.
"sensei...", sakura began, "what did naruto mean?", sakura asked confused.
"What naruto meant was that as long as any object dangerous or not, useless or not if filled correctly with chakra then that object will be a force to reckon with take for example a scroll without chakra and seals written on it is useless but if it does have chakra and seals within it then it is very dangerous just like those sticks naruto is using", kakashi lectured as he was rested on a tree. during that time me and zabuza had already traded quite a few cuts already. zabuza after getting the wound on his right side he also got a cut not too deep in the area between his neck and left shoulder he also had a deep stab wound on his right thigh. I on the other hand just had a couple of nicks and scratches other than a cut on my right arm there were no other noteworthy wounds. I kept attacking never giving a chance to make even half a seal.
'above, below, upper right, upper left, lower right, thrust...', I kept thinking about the next attack the next counter but I never thought about the next jutsu.
POOF!
I stabbed zabuza in the gut but all I stabbed with a stick was a log(great now I have a hammer). I took the wooden hammer turned right around and threw it as hard as I could just in time to hit zabuza as he poofed into the mortal plane of existence but twisted his body in mid-air changing his position to dodge the hammer he created a water clone and used it as a platform in mid-air jumping on it drawing his giant blade to slice me in half which he did.
POOF!
another kagebunshin! zabuza was confused as he landed on the ground sword in hand on one knee left hand supporting himself he looked around trying to find me.
POOF!
The flying hammer thrown at zabuza was me I also created another kagebunshin to throw me back before I resumed my body. I was like a spiraling rocket shooting towards zabuza but he sidestepped me and tried a vertical slash. I quickly spun around and with a burst of chakra blocked his sword with the tip of the stick via a thrust what shocked everyone was not the fact a huge shockwave was emitted from the collision of stick and sword but because split second after the two made contact the part which was hit by the stick cracked and the remaining blade above that flew at high speeds nearly missing my face by millimeters. I struck his weapon sending it flying as it hit the ground while zabuza was still in shock. I threw the stick in my left hand at his left shin which went right through and into the ground. zabuza screamed in pain he looked at me as I prepared for the final blow.
"why dishonor me by killing me with a mere stick?", zabuza asked me distaste in his voice.
"actually you should be honored because of all the elements wood is potentially the most powerful of them all", I explained.
"why is that?", he asked
"It's the same reason why your attempts at mirroring what I did ended futilely", I said. he was shocked(I think he might get a heartattack from all the shocks he's received today). "metal though strong can't hold much chakra even when the chakra is fed into it by the way I fed the stick chakra the metal due to stress would break when we both struck each others weapons you pushed too much the wooden stick on the other hand was once a part of a living being meaning...", I let it hang.
"that it could contain more chakra", zabuza's eyes widened at the realization.
"precisely since every living being has chakra it's limbs would have chakra coils making it capable of handling more chakra than metal and with the amount of chakra I pushed into it was on par or exceeded the abilities of your blade and the difference with the way we channeled the chakra into the weapons also affected the weapons. Mine was more smooth while you just forced chakra in stressing the metal further making it easier to break while I flowed my chakra into the stick and back into my body again like it was a part of my body meaning...", I my eyes narrowed as I said this
"even if metal is superior to begin with on this level of battle wood far out classes anything else", me, zabuza and kakashi chorused as they heard my explanation. everyone else was just stunned. "in simple terms in the long run wood is superior to metal", I exlained for sakura and sasuke to understand as well as tazuna.
"best we end this zabuza", I prepared to make the strike quick and painless but suddenly three needles came flyin from nowhere and struck zabuza's neck. I took one look at zabuza's body and walked away. suddenly a boy appears trying to carry zabuza away saying.
"tha-"
I held up my hand up to shut him up. I walked over to the place where my sensei and allies were resting. "everyone alright,
I asked they nodded mutely. "kakashi sensei from what I see you might have a couple of bruised or broken ribs and you seem to have pushed yourself way beyond your extreme limits.", I diagnosed. I turned to tazuna.
"my house is not far", he answered as he understood my unvoiced query. I carried kakashi with tazuna guiding the way and beside him was sakura and sasuke on each side ready to protect him. as we walked on I looked back at the boy watching us. He looked like a hunter-nin but I knew better. I didn't want to stain my hands needlessly so I hoped for their sake they would give up.
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an angel had watched all that had transpired. he was happy in the goodness his charge was showing though unopenly. He would soon show himself.
"soon... soon...", he kept repeating
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AUTHOR'S NOTES: this might be the last decent chapter for a while so please enjoy! oh yeah keep'em reiviews comin'. also I wantto ask if I write a new fic do you think you'd consider reading it?(to all who read my fic.