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Her Fathers Daughter
Chapter 7: You're back!
After ten min. of wandering around Konoha, Noriko suddenly dashed off, something about hair dye. (…) They finally found themselves outside the ANBU headquarters after another thirty minuets. Kakashi was already there, back in black. His red wolf mask was hanging on his belt, and his Hitai-ite was gone, his sharingan tightly closed. The two couldn't help but cringe as they noticed some of the bone-white armor was tinged barely-noticeable pink. Clearly, that armor had seen much blood and gore. Noriko was with him, hair blond once again and blue contacts in. (I don't know how long standard hair dye takes to set; my own hair is dyed fire-engine red.) Clearly not wanting to talk, they led them into the building.
The first thing they noticed when they entered the building was that it was very warm. But, seeing as how the ANBU dress, that was no surprise. The next thing they noticed was that quite a few of the maskless ANBU were gaping at Kakashi, jaws to the floor. Numerous thuds were heard as people dropped the things they were holding. One thought ran across the three genins' minds.
'What did Tou-san/Kakashi-sensei do to merit this?' They walked to the gaping receptionist and handed her the scroll.
"Hatake Kakashi; returning captain of the Foxtrot one assassination squad. Haruno Sakura, Uchiha Sasuke, and Uzumaki Noriko; new recruits." He gave a grim smile. "I'm back." She nodded dumbly and took off with the scroll. Three loud 'Yatta!'s were heard from the they back of the room, and Kakashi suddenly found himself crushed in a group hug. The rest of the ANBU force sweatdropped at their actions and went back to their business. Kakashi finally untangled himself from the mass of bodies and got a good look at the team.
The Foxtrot one assassination team was made up of three members. The first was Aburame Suzumushi, Shino's aunt. Close to 5'5", she wore the standard Aburame giant overcoat and sunglasses, only her coat was dead black. Her long black hair was crawling with insects. Second, Hyuuga Henmei, a member of the main family, and kind of a black sheep (read: Not arrogant). He looked like your average Hyuuga, only his hair was in a short frullet. (A reverse mullet.) The last was Nara Kodai, and she was just as eccentric as her name implied. (Apparently, only Nara males are lazy.) She was 5'7" with her mega long brown hair in a high ponytail. "It's good to see you guys again. I thought you'd of quit by now." Kakashi said, slightly surprised. Henmei smirked.
"Oh, come on, you don't think we'd quit after all we've been through together! Although, I don't blame you for quitting when you did…" the good mood officially killed, he decided to change the subject. "So, these the brats?" He asked. Kakashi gave a noncommittal shrug.
"Yeah." Kodai gave a small chuckle.
"Still the same as ever; huh 'Kashi-kun? Well, we're glad your back; crabbyness and all." She chuckled some more. A small cough was heard. Kakashi turned to his genin.
"Right; Uchiha Sasuke, Haruno Sakura, and Uzumaki Noriko." He said; pointing to each in turn. "Guys, this is Abruame Suzumushi, Hyuuga Henmei, and Nara Kodai; they were part of my original ANBU team." Several 'Ohayo's later, the head of the ANBU came up to them.
"Ohayo gozaimasu, Hatake-sama." Kakashi turned to him.
"Give it up, Ikari-san; you know you outrank me now." He said cheerfully. "Guys, this is Osore Ikari, current head of the ANBU." Another round of 'ohayo's later, the genin followed the five ANBU out to the back of the building to the immense training field. Even more ANBU were there. Some were sparring, while others practiced jutsu. A few were fussing over their weapons. It was astounding how much they cared for them, if the fact that the katanas and wakizashi were razor-sharp and in mint condition had anything to say about it. A few held different weapons, like the black snake-masked one had only a flute at her side, or the blue tiger that had no weapons, but was somehow leaving long gashes on the training dummy he was using. Not one had razor fans, or chakra fangs. But one did have a huge, wooden rod on his back.
"Ok, we just need a basic demonstration of skill, see as you were trained by our most powerful operative. So…" Sasuke cut him off.
"Wait, I thought Itachi was your most powerful." He said, confused. The captain smiled at him.
"There's a reason Kakashi-senpai's stats say that he's near impossible to provoke." He shared a knowing look with the other ANBU. "Only one person ever managed to tick him off. Scary thing is, what we saw was only the tip of the iceberg." Kakashi suddenly looked exasperated.
"Oh come on; your not gonna tell them now, are you?"
Flashback
The Foxtrot one four-man team was hidden in the trees of the earth country, waiting for their chance to strike. White Wolf took lead, followed by Blackbird and Sloth, the rear taken by Fear. (lol, a rhyme…) Ten Iwa-nins sat in the clearing below them. White Wolf gave the signal and they attacked. They quickly dispatched the first nine, as White Wolf went for their target. Surprised by the sudden attack, he quickly set himself into a very familiar stance.
"So, wolf; have you ever faced the drunken fist?" Wolf sighed and got into his own stance. This guy better not…
"YOSH! WE SHALL NOW DO BATTLE WITH THE FLAMES AND BURNING PASSION OF YOUTH!" Spoke too soon.
As the man in front of him continuously spouted crap about 'THE FLAMES OF YOUTH' (All caps inten.), the vein on Wolf's forehead grew bigger and bigger until he snapped.
The rest of the team watched in morbid fascination as Wolf literally beat the crap out of the Iwa-nin.
"Remind me not to get on his bad side…" Sloth muttered.
End Flashback
Sakura and Sasuke started laughing at the strangled expression on Kakashi's face, while Noriko muttered something about irony. Still giggling, Sakura volunteered to go first.
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"Okay, Sakura; First, a Ninjutsu." Sakura nodded, performed a few seals, and called out
"Iikagen Bunshin no jutsu!" (Random clone) Four bunshins appeared. "Now the only problem is finding out which is which." She tossed a kunai at all of them. One fell to water, another to smoke, and the last two to mud. "Okay, that Mizu, Kage, and Tsuchi bunshin no jutsu." Ikari nodded.
'I reeaaaaaallllly don't like Kakashi-senpai right now. It took me years to make that jutsu work.' "Next, a Kenjutsu." Sakura grabbed her fans and flicked them open. With a sadistic grin, she shouted…
"EVERYBODY DOWN!" The ANBU got the message and hit the deck. Taking aim, she shouted, "Ninpou: Gunsen Touhi!" (Ninja arts; fan's flight.) She threw the fans, and the next second, they were back in her hands. "Kaze!" She waved one, and of the twenty-plus training dummies, only one now stood with its head still attached. Picking themselves (and their jaws) off the floor, Ikari gulped.
"Okay, uh, now Genjutsu." Sakura smiled and performed handseals.
"Suiton: Unsanmushou!" (Water style: Vanishing mist) Her body seamed to dissolve into mist before vanishing completely. "Kai" her disembodied voice sounded. She reappeared as Ikari gaped.
"Now just a Taijutsu maneuver and your good to go." She smirked evil and vanished from view. Ikari saw her reappear behind a random ANBU member and make a tiger seal.
"Konohagakure Hiden: Taijutsu no Ogi: Sennen Goroshi!" (Everyone together now! Konohagakure supreme secret taijutsu! ONE THOUSAND YEARS OF PAIN!) She rammed her fingers up the ANBU's ass and sent him flying, screaming in rage and pain. She stood up and whistled. "150', that's a new record!" She said happily as she walked back.
"Okayyy, Sasuke's next." Ikari said, wincing in sympathy.
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Ninjutsu: Sasuke performed around twenty hand seals.
"Suiton: Mizu Yari no Jutsu!" (Water style: Water spear) He waved his hand in the air and a pole made of water gathered. He hurled it at the nearest training dummy and it went completely through before falling into a puddle.
Kenjutsu: Sasuke drew his Katana and held it vertically across his face.
"Dageki no Kuro Ookami!" (Strike of the dark wolf) He charged at the dummy as a howling sound filled the air. He vanished just before he reached the dummy and reappeared behind it. He walked back to the dummy and tapped it. It fell to bits. As he walked back, Ikari managed to ask a question.
"Out of curiosity, how many times did you slice?"
"16." Ikari blanched.
'I didn't see any of those slices!'
Genjutsu: Sasuke performed handseals.
"Kyuukyoku Henge!" (Ultimate transformation) Smoke covered him and cleared to reveal…
A puppy? (lol) Smoke exploded again and Sasuke stood there. Ikari blanched again. Everyone knew it was possible to henge into other people or weapons, but it was impossible to henge into animals. As an animal, your body shape changes and you have to act like that animal, and some things animals do are physically impossible for a human. (AN: Most likely not true, but I don't give a shit.)
Taijutsu: Sasuke settled into an unfamiliar stance and launched himself at a dummy. They were surprised to see ay least ten afterimages. The first struck the dummy in the chest. Each one after it also struck the dummy. When the last image struck, the dummy was blown apart. Seeing confused faces, Sasuke explained.
"I was moving so fast that I left afterimages. Every time an image hit, the force of the strike doubled. Tricky to pull off, but very dangerous."
Ikari nodded dumbly as Noriko stepped up for her turn.
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Ninjutsu: Twenty handseals and a bow and arrow later, Noriko stood in intense concentration. suddenly, she shouted.
"Ninpou:Touhi no Kasen!" (Flight of the fire arrow) She shot arrow after arrow at thedummy, each one igniting as soon as it left the bow. Soon, the dummy was nothing but ash. Everyone gaped at Sasuke's next statment.
"She can hit a terget 70 percent smaller twenty times out of twenty times."
Kenjutsu: Noriko drew her chakra fangs. Channeling chakra through, the white auras appeared. She slashed diagonally twice, creating a double 'x'. She then slashed down vertically, trough the centers of both 'x's. The chakra streamed forward like claws, ripping apart the ground and anything they touched.
Ikari was sweating now. 'Don't want to be on the receiving end of that…'
Genjutsu: Performing seals, Ikari had to blink a few times after she announced the jutsu.
"KamiHebi!" (Hair serpent. I need a new Japanese dictonary) Her pigtails started to writhe and twist like two snakes from her head. The tips formed into snake heads that snapped at Ikari, trying to reach him to bite. With a soft 'kai', the illusion dispelled. Ikari just sat there, shaking.
"He's still afraid of snakes?" Kakashi muttered.
Taijutsu: Two handseals later, Noriko yelled out.
"Kami Senbon!" (Hair needle) Her pigtails flared out and shot multiple strands at the dummy, peircing it in all eight vital points. One thing ran across onlookers minds as her hair fell limp.
'WTF?'
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Ikari, now recovered from the snake trauma, sent them in for their masks and tattoos. Before they left, he stopped Kakashi.
"Are you sure you want to keep that mask? We could give you a new white mask, like yours used to be." Kakashi looked at the snarling red paint on the mask, remembering that it wasn't paint at all. Kakashi smirked.
"No; let our enemies fear the return of the Blood Wolf."
Whew! Long chapter. But, I finally completed it. Can anyone tell what's really decorating Kakashi's mask? Come on, it's not that hard. BTW, I'm starting a new story, called 'The Heir of the Wolf.' It should be up within the week. Check it out and tell me if it's worth continuing. Happy ficcing!
Fenikkusu-chan is walking down the street, minding her own business, when suddenly…
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! WRITER'S BLOCK!" (Screaming continues.)
That's right; our poor little Fenikkusu-chan has been assaulted with a dreadful combo.
Mind-rape by a plot bunny and the dreaded writer's block. HELP ME!