To say the first two months as genin was boring and not as he expected. All his sensei taught them was teamwork exercises. And to matters worse, the Uchiha kept pestering him about his techniques he used against Kakashi, you would think he understood what a kekkei genkai was considering he was from a clan with sharingan wielders. But the council more than understood in the meeting he had about a month ago. They tried to put him in the C.R.A but Naruto claimed he owed this village crap for his horrible life and refused, causing an uproar from the civilians, well until his loving kaa-chan entered the fray. The shut-up and was pissed when Tsunade threatened to kill the council because of the life they gave Naruto.
Anyway, the only positive thing about his team was the pinkette, ever since the encounter with his mother, she started treating him better and she was a fan of Tsunade as well. Naruto started to go to the library with his new friend where she would check out medical books and he would check out books about seal and element manipulation. Right now Team7 were heading towards the tower with Tora, the demon cat. Naruto uses his koton ability to cover his hand in light and pet the cat, calming the cat.
"Hokage-sama, capturing Tora was a success.'' Kakashi reported, while the rest of the team saw the cat being squeezed by its owner.
"Good work, team 7. Now we have more d-rank missions. Painting a fence, walking the Inuzuka's dogs, cleaning the bathrooms.
"Jiji, as much as I enjoy our team bonding, I think we're ready for a C-rank mission. We have a Uchiha, who's low chunin level, the smartest kunoichi genin and someone who was trained by two sanin and don't forget out sensei the copycat A-rank nin. I'm pretty sure we can handle it." Hiruzen looked at the group, then at Kakashi who gave him a nod. "Fine, bring him in."
"So this is who I paid for to protect me, a bunch of kids and a scarecrow. Especially the blonde, he looks like a joke." the man said drinking a bottle of sake but it disappeared out of his hand.
"This shit tastes like crap." The client turned around and was met with a blade pointing at his throat. "I'll hook you up old man." Naruto said, taking another swig.
"As you can see Tazuna, my shinobi are very capable." Hiruzen said with a chuckle.
"I see, well my name is Tazuna and your job is to escort me to Nami no kuni and guard me while I finish the bridge."
"Team pack for two weeks and meet at the front gate tomorrow moring at 7, don't be late." Kakashi ordered.
"Hai!" the three genin replied before disappearing out the door.
Next morning 7:30 a.m
Team 7 was already at the gate waiting for their blonde he arrived, he had two different colors of lipstick marks on his face. The group gave him a questionable look, which he noticed. "If you knew my kaa-chan past, you'll understand why she's so overprotective of me, as well as nee-chan." Naruto explained.
The group nodded and proceeded out the gate. Sakura decided to ask Tazuna about his home, Sasuke was thinking about any possible challenge this village will give him, Kakashi's nose was in his new book and Naruto, while seeming like his eyes were close, extended his senses until the kyuubi spoke.
"Kit, I wanted to say this about a month ago but I think you are about to meet your destined mate. And before you ask, basically a female who will match you in strength and heart. About a month ago, I felt a surge of power and it was like it was calling out. As the nine-tails host, you only date someone who is strong and I feel that the power I felt, you'll meet the person soon." the kyuubi said.
"Hmm, are you sure? I mean, I would love a strong woman but why is it destined?" Naruto asked.
"That's how power works. It'll either draw enemies or allies. But as the strongest being, it'll draw potential mates." the kyuubi said. The fox then narrowed his eyes forward. "Kit trouble ahead."
Naruto noticed a puddle in the middle of the road. 'A puddle, but it hasn't rained in weeks. I sense two chunin level chakra signatures. An ambush but for who?' Naruto turned to his team. Sasuke had his eyes closed, Sakura was still talking to Tazuna but Kakashi turned his lone eye towards the blonde and nodded. Naruto returned it and continued forward. When the team walked past the puddle, two shinobis with masks jumped out a wrapped Kakashi and ripped him apart.
"Kakashi-sensei!" Sakura yelled in panic. Sasuke jumped into the air and threw a kunai between the chains, lodging it into the ground. The two shinobi try to yank it free but Sasuke landed between the two and kicked both of them in the face. The kiri shinobi release the chain, separating them. One took on Sasuke and the other charged the bridge builder. Sakura jumped between with a kunai in her hands, but that didn't scare the missing nin. Once he got close to the pinkette, a bright flash appeared in front of the girl revealing Naruto. The blonde used his palm and hit the chunin under his chin, lifting him off the ground, Naruto then kicked him in the chest, sending him backwards and as a a final move, Naruto disappeared and appeared behind the nin with his ninjata in hand and stab the chunin in his chest.
Sasuke Finished up his opponent by knocking him out. Kakashi appeared out of nowhere with an eye-smile. "Good job you three. Naruto, how do you feel?" Kakashi asked, with concern in his voice. Naruto stood for a while before slowly walking to a bush and throwing up. Sakura ran towards the blonde and rubbed his back. "Your first kill will do that."
"Naruto-kun, just breathe out, we're here." Sakura instructed.
Sasuke didn't voice it but he was impressed and concerned for his teammate. In his eyes, Naruto took the first real step into becoming a shinobi, after all, he needed to be ruthless to accomplish his goal but Naruto was strong and he had the biggest heart he had ever seen. "Tazuna, these were B-rank shinobis. Do you have any idea on why they would attack our group?"
"W-why would I know?" Tazuna stuttered.
"Well, I thought they would be here for a new genin. And even though I'm a possibility, they waited in the direction from my village to yours. We didn't sign for other shinobis, just bandits." Kakashi said with a glare.
Tazuna signed. "It's true, they were after me. You see, my home has been taken over by Gato."
"Gato the shipperman?"
"The very same, but under the surface he's a terrible person who sails drugs and a slave owner. He used our land to ship out his drugs and cut our supply down. People are dying in my country."
"And by building the bridge, you're getting in his way. I'm guessing you didn't have money for a higher mission." Kakashi said.
"I say we continue, if we leave him alone, most likely he won't make it home. Plus it'll look bad on Konoha and us for abandoning someone who needs help. I'll go, even if it's by myself." Naruto said, leaning on Sakura's shoulder.
"I agree with the dobe, we should go. And besides, it'll look good on us if we complete this mission." Sasuke added.
"I agree with Naruto-kun and Sasuke-kun. We should move forward." Sakura added.
Kakashi turned to Tazuna and gave him a smile. "Well you heard them, we will continue to help but you will pay the rest once your village is back to normal. I'll call for back-up. Even if we are strong, you three are not ready for a mission of this caliber. We'll camp-out for the night and continue tomorrow." Kakashi ordered. He then summoned Pakkun and sent him back to Konoha.
Konoha tower
"Hmm, I understand. Well the chunin exams will arrive in three months. I know things aren't settled between our villages but I hope it will be in time." Hiruzen said, looking at Killer Bee and his team. Pakkun then appeared in the window, dropping a scroll and disappearing. Hiruzen read it and smiled. "A perfect opportunity, one of my genin team needs back up for a B-A rank mission. Would it be ok to send you, think of it as a test of good relations.
"Yo yo , fo sho. We'll show you how kumo roll."Bee rapped, making his team groan.
"What he meant was hokage-sama, we'll be happy to help." Samui said before the team left with a mission scroll. As they head towards the konoha team, Samui has a weird feeling in her chest, like something good was about to happen on this mission. She completely ignored it as she moved forward.
Team 7
Team 7 was headed towards their destination, when Naruto suddenly stop walking and threw a kunai into a bush. He went over and saw a white rabbit. Sakura signed and glared at Naruto. "Naruto-kun, it was just a rabbit."
"Sakura, what color is this rabbit?" Naruto asked.
"Huh, it's a white rabbit, so...wait but it's white rabbits shouldn't.." but the pinkette never got to finish when Naruto grabbed her and Tazuna, pulling them to the ground, while Kakashi did the same for Sasuke as a massive blade flew over them and was embedded itself in a tree. A figure then appeared on the handle of the blade.
Kakashi stood up and analyzed the stranger. "Zabuza Momochi, demon hidden in the mist."
"Kakashi Hatake of the sharingan, it's an honor." Zabuza retorted.
"You three, protect Tazuna. He's different from those other two, he's in a league of his own. I might have to use this." Kakashi said, lifting his headband, revealing a red eye with three tomoe.
"Ah the sharingan in all its glory." when those words left the missing nin mouth, Sasuke directed his attention towards his sensei. 'How does he have it? Is he part of.." Zabuza went through hand-signs. "Kirigakure no jutsu!" Zabuza chanted before disappearing in the mist. "Eight points: liver, lungs, spine, clavicle vein, jugular vein, brain, kidneys and heart. Which one should I strike first?" Zabuza's voice sang through the mist.
"How about none of the above." Naruto said eyes glowing gold, holding his ninjato in reverse grip with the blade going through Zabuza as the missing nin appeared between the genin and Tazuna.
"Impressive but not good enough." Zabuza said before turning into water. Zabuza appeared behind Kakashi who had his attention on his genin and slash threw him but unfortunate for the missing nin, Kakashi turned to water. 'He copied my mizu bunshin in this mist.' Zabuza thought before he felt metal on his neck.
"It's over, surrender." Kakashi said, standing behind the missing nin. Zabuza chuckled a bit in excitement, confusing Kakashi.
"Like I told blondie, impressive but not good enough." Zabuza said before another Zabuze appeared behind and kicked the jonin into the lake and rushed after him, going through some hand signs. "Ugoku suiro no jutsu!"
'No!' Kakashi thought before being trapped in a prison of water. Zabuza made another bunshin who was standing at the surface. "Team, you need to get Tazuna out of here. Now!"
"I'm sorry but that won't work. He'll just come after us once he's done with you. But don't worry I got this." Naruto said, making a kage bunshin and moving forward towards the lake with a gold light admitting from his body. The Zabuza clone charged at Naruto with his blade in hand, preparing to slice the blonde in half. As soon as he was a foot in front of Naruto, five gold slash marks appeared and the clone burst into water.
"What just happened, did Naruto-kun do that?" Sakura asked. Sasuke was silent, he didn't know what happened. He turned to Naruto and saw the blonde hands on his ninjato. Kakashi's eyes widened. Because of his sharingan he was able to track Naruto's movement barely but from what he saw, Naruto slashed the clone five times in a second. He really needs to get an update on his students' skills.
"What is that light? Well it doesn't matter, you all will die here." Zabuza said, standing next to Kakashi's prison. Naruto was about to charge forward until he felt four chakra signatures. In a flash, a black man with shades, wearing a kumo headband, kicks Zabuza away.
"Float like a butterfly, sting like a killer bee, weee." the man said.
"Hmm, what's going on? Can a fox take a nap?" Kuruma said waking up.
"I was wondering why you were quiet and the noise came from that kumo nin."
"Hmm? Ahahah, that's great! My brother is sealed in that crazy buffoon." the kyuubi said with a laugh.
Naruto's eyes widened, another jinchuriki. The blonde felt excited to meet someone who might understand him. Kakashi was released from the prison. Zabuza regain his footing and went through several hand signs, while Kakashi mimicked it. "Suiton: suiryuudan no jutsu."
Two water dragons charged at the other, colliding with each and cancelling each other out. Zabuza was frustrated that Kakashi copied him when he mixed some false hand signs in the mix. He was about to go through another set when three senbons hit Zabuza's neck, killing him.
"Sorry about that, I was after him for a while." a hunter nin said, appearing in front of Zabuza's dead body. "I thank you for the assistance.
Kakashi walked up to expect the body. "He's dead."
"This body contains many secrets, if you would excuse me." the hunter nin said. Lift Zabuza body.
"Do you want me to cut off his head?" Naruto asked approaching the nin, readying his ninjato. The hunter nin panic before disappearing. Naruto signed and turned to Bee, who was giving him a thumbs up.
"Now team, how about we.." Kakashi started before falling over, until Naruto appeared in front of him and caught him.
"He passed out from Chakra exhaustion. His sharingan must've drained him." Naruto explained.
Bee nodded. "Hey you three, don't be mean. Come out and greet the team." bee rapped, making team 7 cringed. Three genin appeared out of the tree. The guy wore a genin version anbu armor with a short sleeve black shirt and black shinobi pants. The redhead girl was wearing a long short sleeve dress, thigh-high boots.
Naruto turned to the last team member and blushed up a storm. The third member was a blonde, with a beautiful figure, she had blue eyes, short-shoulder length hair. She wore a very low-cut outfit that displayed her cleavage with mesh armour underneath, a short skirt and red guards.
