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chapter five- Ripples of Water

Team 7 had returned from the mission to retrieve a cat, 'Tora' for the fire feudal lord's wife. Sakura felt sorry for the cat.

The hokage took out a sheet of paper, reading the next duties for Team 7, "Babysitting an elder's grandson, shopping in the neighboring village, and help with the potato digging."

Naruto's fury broke out the silence that the two sensei's had been longing for, "NO NO NO! No, thank you!" He said it as if he had a choice. "I want to do you know. A more incredible mission! Find us a better one!" He demanded.

Sasuke agreed with Naruto's point. All they had been doing really was errands.

Sakura had one thought in her head. Geez... How annoying...

Kakashi and Kyo sweat dropped. The scarecrow could already feel that it was about time.

Kyo was longing for an assignation mission, and please not one of his friends. Not the Village Hidden in the Mist, or the Country of the Waves.

Kyo rubbed the back of his head when Iruka tried to dissuade Naruto's ideas, "You idiot! You are just a rookie! Everyone starts off with the simple duties and works their way up!"

The hokage sighed when Naruto protested.

"But! But! We keep getting the crappiest possible duties!" The other two nodded in agreement.

Kyo randomly took out a senbon and started to twirl it on his fingers waiting for the surprise he had requested of the hokage. He asked for a C-rank mission for the team. It would be better than all the D-ranks they've been getting.

And on one mission, he had to clean the laundry of a very interesting woman, she kept on hitting on him. Making him blush in insecurity, Kakashi never let that down. He shuddered.

Kakashi silenced him with a knock on the head.

The hokage explained the ranks of the missions.

Some time later...

"You guys just recently became genin, D-rank missions are perfect for you." He concluded.

Naruto wasn't listening but talking about what type of ramen he had last night.

"Hey listen!"

"I... I apologize..." Kakashi rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment. I'm going to get yelled at later, aren't I?

"Geez! All you do is give lectures like that." Naruto was sitting on the ground cross legged, "But you know what! I'm not the trouble making brat you still think I am!"

Wait Naruto was a trouble-maker? Kyo thought. He hit his forehead, you know I really need to connect myself to the outside world, more.

After Naruto's rampage Iruka and the hokage smiled.

"Ok. If you want it that much...," the hokage startled everyone. Especially Kyo who didn't think he would take his request whole-heartedly. "I'll give you a C-rank mission. It's a protection mission of a certain individual." He he, he use to only be able to express himself through pranks.

Naruto was the first to respond, "Yay!" He jumped up from sitting full of a new energy. "Who? Who? A fuedal lord? A princess!" He asked in anticipation.

"Calm down, I'm about to introduce him." He looked towards the door beckoning the person to come out, " Hey, will you come in here?"

A guy with a rope tied on his head carrying a bottle of alcohol walked in the room complaining, "What's this?" He drank a sip from his bottle. "They're all a bunch of super brats." Looking to Naruto he said with disgust in his tone. "Especially...The shortest one with the really stupid-looking face. Are you really a Ninja? Hey!"

Naruto laughed as he compared the heights of his teammates and him. He was the shortest one of the group.

He looked at the man with hatred as he understood what he said, "I'll kill you!"

Kakashi grabbed him by the back of his coat and pulled him back, " What's the point of killing the person we're suppose to protect? Idiot!" he reasoned.

The man with the glasses looked at the group and finally landed on Kyo. He put his hand to his chin rubbing it as though in thought, "Hey don't I know you somewhere? Weren't you friends with the Shark-guy what was his name? Kis-" He was cut off, Kyo put a hand over his mouth, by speaking.

"Uh... no you don't know me and you must of been thinking of someone else."

All eyes were on Kyo as he attempted to get him out of this situation. "No, I think I remember you. Weren't you one of those kid's who came to our village for supplies, after a bad mission?"

"No I assure you, you are mistaken." He declared wanting this conversation to go no farther.

He nodded as if in agreement. "Yeah..." He took a sip of the bottle and introduced himself, "I am the expert bridge builder Tazuna." He didn't remove his eyes from the brown and red haired guy.

"I expect you to provide me extreme protection until, I get back to my country and complete the bridge."

The four man team nodded, Tazuna removed his eyes off of Kyo, still in disbelief that he hadn't seen him before. What else lied in between the Hitmitsu heir? Is the word trouble or just another scroll to be unraveled?

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Team 7 stood at the gates of Kohona the large doors opening so the group could leave for there mission.

Naruto was excited with a passion. He jumped up and down his grin exceeding normal boundaries.

Tazuna pointed to Naruto and questioned Kakashi, "Am I really going to be safe with this brat? And-!"

"Well, I am a Jounin, and so is Kyo the person with the brown and red hair. So you have nothing to worry about." He said reassuringly.

Naruto doubted the man knew about ninja's he just wanted to punch the man in the face. Give him a lesson. "My name is Naruto-future Hokage! Remember it!"

Tazuna took another sip of his drink doubting Naruto's words, "Hokage is the village's number one ninja, right?" He looked at him with apathetic eyes. "I doubt someone like you could become it..."

"Shut up!" A vein was viable anger flowing through his words, " I am prepared to do anything to become Hokage! Once I become Hokage you will acknowledge me!"

Tazuna and Kyo looked at him. One with a blank look and the other with a disbelieving look.

"No I won't, brat even if you did become Hokage."

Kyo looked at him with hard eyes that Sakura couldn't understand, she was a sheltered girl and didn't have the Hyuuga's gift of reading other people's emotions.

Kyo placed his hands on Naruto's shoulders giving him a quick gesture that it was time to leave. In his frustration the others had left without him. Kyo walked behind Naruto giving him a fair distance between the team and him.

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In the group with Kyo-kun

Sakura looked at Kyo then back to Tazuna, the man was really full of secrets. She looked to the other three boys, and then back to Tazuna, the man they were assigned to guard.

"Umm.. Tazuna-san?"

"Yeah."

"You're from the Wave Country, right?"

"What about it?"

She looked forward seeing Kyo she asked, "Umm... Kyo sensei? Do they have ninjas in that country too?"

"Wave country?" His head was bent down and he looked to the voice that called his name. "Wave country? No, not in the Wave country. But...In most other countries the culture and customs may be different, but hidden villages exist, and so do ninjas."

He looked down to the ground, sigh... Wave country, after this mission he was going to have to leave soon. Kyo stopped abruptly he looked back at the members. He was going to have to leave them sooner than he needed too, and he wanted to watch Naruto grow up.

A person collided into his back, it was Naruto. He apologized without looking at his face. "Sorry Naruto." He began walking at a much faster pace, trying to get away from this team.

He needed his space, and quickly. They might not survive if he came unto a certain person.

Worse to be said, he might have to leave Konoha, the place where he was accepted as a shinobi. Not as a monster.

He heard footsteps coming behind him, with the long strides and pounding on the ground it had to be Naruto. "Yes, Naruto?" Kyo said in a barely audible voice.

"Sensei? Are you okay?" Kyo's back was still to him. He didn't turn until he answered.

"Yes Naruto I'm fine." He gave one of the best smile's that he could. Please believe it and leave me to my drawing.

"Whatever you say, sensei." He turned and went back to occupying his time by pestering Sasuke.

Sakura looked at her other sensei, and saw his backpack was unusual.

It was more like a sling, slung over the shoulder. On the back the main color was black. There was red stitches on the lining, and a pond on the off right corner. There were ripples and on one of the ripples showed to small letter. K + K .

Kakashi turned his head towards Tazuna after he noticed a puddle on the ground. There was something wrong. No normal incident would leave a puddle on the ground. It hasn't rained in weeks and was a clear sunny day. There was only one answer, shinobi.

Kakashi turned and ignored the mystery.

Slowly but thoughtfully a mist nin with a strange claw came out of the water, he flung another person over Kakashi's head. A chain attaching there two hands.

The chain wrapped around Kakashi's body and he was left vulnerable. The chains spun around him a man on either side.

Kyo never turned his body, but he kept a bold on his senbon wondering if he should let the genin handle this by themself.

There were shocked faces as Kakashi's body was turned into mince-meat.

Those who break the rules and codes of the ninja world are trash... But those who don't take care of their comrades... are lower than trash.

But those who don't take care of their comrades...

Are lower than trash.

His hands etched with anticipation, he pulled out a senbon and spun around to save Naruto. The two enemies mumered, "Two down." Fear was all over Naruto's face.

He had four senbon in his fingers, he headed for the paralalsis points in there necks.

Lower than trash.

Lower,

Than

Trash.

Kyo hit the points on the two nin's necks. There eyes bulged out and they released there grip on Naruto.

One had more stamina, and he attempted to hit the package, Tazuna. But someone was in there way, Kakashi.

In a moment the two were in his arms, he was pleased with himself since the grin. He noted Kyo was solemn as ever.

Kyo looked at there headbands, "Mist Nin, Demon Brothers." He looked at Kakashi, "They don't give up without a fight, they are known to keep fighting without hesitation." He turned to Tazuna his eyes narrowing, turning into almost demonic glare.

"Mist ninja, Tazuna. Anything you would like to share with us?" Kakashi inquired.

Tazuna stood there shaking, he seemed full of guilt. Kyo looked like he could kill someone right now, but after Sakura checking there pulse she noted, "There are dead!"

She looked to Kyo, his back was to the group and he began to walk away abandoning the group. With a glare at Tazuna saying, look-what-you-made-me-do? His eyes narrowed and he suppressed the feeling of anger, that would only get more killed.

Kyo once again turned his back to the group, he could feel there gazes in his back but it didn't matter to him.

He was lower than trash now. Those who don't care for there comrades are lower than trash.

Kyo picked up the pace leaving the people befuddled, he could here the steps of Sakura chasing after him. "Sensei! Sensei, where are you going!"

She grabbed his arm, pleading him to stop.

Kyo looked at her knowing he could easily leave, but staid in the same place, "Sakura, I am going to need to be alone for a while." Kyo looked at her turning his face to her level, "Ok?"

She shook her head as in a no, "But what about Tazuna?"

With the mention of Tazuna Kyo replied bitterly, "Tazuna's going to be fine." He assured rubbing her small hands, "Now I need to go."

All eyes were on the two Kakashi moved towards them, Kyo rummaged through his pockets pulling out a sheet of paper. He opened it and nodded.

Opening Sakura's hand he placed something in her palm before disappearing in smoke.

Sakura opened her hand and she saw a single black feather, died with dry crimson blood. There was a note attached saying: Give this to Sasuke. He should understand, or give it to Kakashi.

Sakura looked at the feather and showed it to Sasuke, "This is yours."

Kakashi looked at the sheet of paper, tears almost bore in his eyes. In the picture was a drawing of Obito in a mirror and Kyo in Kyo's shadow stood a man with a katana, and weird boots-(mist jonin's uniform.) The other guy was colored in black and blue, you could see the features slightly. He looked like a shark dressed in a black cloak.

He looked at Obito's in his shadow was him, drawn in charcoal. He looked longing at the two men as if pained or trying to understand them.

Hitmitsu-rakkae danika erazuhak you futata bitera sazu. (Very long I know)

Translated it read, 'Secret- The fallen blossom doesn't return to the branch, a broken mirror can not be made to shine; what's done is done; there's no use crying over spilled milk.'

He looked up at the wind, Kyo was like a water. He thought : When you are at the beach the water almost reached your toes, your feet sinking in the sand. But before you can touch the water, it draws back drawing in my courage as you try to reach it again- the water rippling deceit.

Kyo was like the water, once you thought you knew him completely there came something new.

The closest you will ever get to him is far away.

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End chapter i am on a roll! If you read volume two then you should know that Zabuza- the guy in most of Kyo's drawing's is coming!

Will he see through the disguise, or only see a Leaf Jonin.

Only time and writer's block will tell.

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