Stuck On Red Chapter 6, a naruto fanfic

Flashback:

14 years and 11 month year old Naruto stands in a training ground that is absolutely destroyed.

"You're making progress with it, but I still don't think that you're giving it your all, Naruto" stated the Third Hokage.

"Oh yeah, let me just master this Justu that took 3 years to develop and a 1 year for one of the greatest Shinobi in the world to learn himself." Snapped back Naruto

"Well he wasn't you, so it doesn't matter. I expect better from you while I am teaching you." Relied Hiruzen

"Sure" muttered Naruto as he held his arm up and began to channel chakra through it.

"Focus on the strength of the chakra, feel how strong it is and how strong it can be. Feel the strength, but still be in control. Know your limits, allow it to grow, but contain it to what you will allow it to grow to. And remember, this is supposed to be flowing in a circle, do not make me repeat that again." Instructed the Hokage

Naruto listened and nodded, but his eyes never left his arm. The chakra built and leaked out as it spun faster and faster. His control was complete, and his power was perfect.

"Launch your attack at the Tree there, Naruto" said Hiruzen as he pointed out a tree.

Naruto nodded before rushing forward towards the tree before stabbing his right hand forward. The result was the elemental blade of Lightning and Wind tearing into the tree before exploding outwards in a massive tornado of lightning and wind.

"Very good, Naruto. The Second Hokage much like myself was a man who wanted to create as many Justu as he could. That was just one of the many that he created."

"He truly is a man of legendary ability." Said Naruto looking at the destruction of the Justu.

"Yes, as all Hokage are, you must have no sizable gaps in your abilities."

"Huh? What do you mean?" questioned Naruto

"I thought that I made that clear Naruto, did I not? I desire for you to become Hokage one day." Said the Third Hokage

Flashback End

They had been walking for a mere couple of minutes before Sakura started to complain about something or another. It might have been about when they were going to get there, but who really knows. Naruto knew that he didn't care and that was all that matters.

"So, do you have any plan as to tell me what that was about back there? Or do I have to make wild guess after wild guess until something sticks?" asked Kurenai

Naruto made a "What?" face at her before chuckling.

"The Hokage thing is pretty simple, he wants me to become Hokage and I would rather jump off of a 1000 foot cliff than do so."

"But why you? I know that you are skilled greatly beyond your rank, but that isn't uncommon. What makes you so special?" asked the red eyed beauty

"Not many people could say that they were trained for the Hokage position. The Third Hokage used to give me biweekly training until I was 14 and then once a month until I was 15. He kept pushing me for the position, hoping that I would say yes. But I have no desire to give my life for people who wish to see it end." Answered Naruto

"Wow, to be trained by Lord Hokage himself, what an honor. But if he knows the skills that you possess, why does he not simply promote you?"

"Because that would be too easy, where would the fun in that be? He would make me suffer and earn my keep like everyone else, one step at a time. I like it that way as well, I would rather get no special treatment and earn things myself than to agree to take on a job that I could never give my heart to and soar through the ranks."

There was a silence that filled the air after Naruto finished speaking, one that was broken only by the soft crunches of leaves on the ground. Or at least that was the only sound until Kurenai spoke to Naruto again.

"You may think that the people of the village don't care about you, but there are some people who do care about you. Hana, Anko, Kakashi. You should hear the way that man gushes about you in the Jonin lounge. He has never even passed a team until you came along. I think that he was waiting for a student like you to come along. Someone who could give him 100 percent of their drive and attention to his training." She said to her blond walking buddy

"That is a rather short and pathetic list of people who care about me. 17 years in a village and I got a list of 3 people, amazing" came the sarcastic Naruto response.

"Hmm, 3 people. That doesn't sound right. I guess you could add me to the list as well Naruto." Said Kurenai, her cheeks lightly dusted with red

"Well that makes it more worth it, the affections of one, Kurenai Yuhi is worth more than the love and care of the other 3 people without a doubt." Said Naruto grasping his heart over his jacket

"Oh, shut up, I can and will take my caring back" teased the raven haired beauty

Neither of them was aware that up front Sakura had broken formation to talk to Kiba for a second.

"Kiba, can you hear what Naruto and your Sensei were talking about back there?" asked Sakura

Kiba nodded and said, "I think your teammate is going to try and bone my sensei"

Sakura just looked confused and slowed down so she could fall back into her formation position.

Suddenly all of the laughter in the experienced duo's minds and mouths as they spotted a puddle.

'It hasn't rained in almost 17 days, there shouldn't be a puddle out here' thought Naruto

Kurenai had similar thoughts 'It has been over 2 weeks since rain has fallen. That puddle doesn't belong here. I guess this will be our first test.'

They walked by the puddle, first Sasuke and Kiba. Then Sakura, Hinata, and Tazuna. Then Naruto and Kurenai, and finally the trailing Kakashi.

Mere seconds after Kakashi walked by reading his porn, two figures morphed out of the puddle and lashed out with chains. The chains wrapped around Kakashi who muttered a "Not now Anko" before he realized that he was being ripped to shreds by the spike covered chains.

"NO KAKASHI SENSEI" Screamed Sakura in her Sakura way.

" That's 1 down, 6 to go" said one of the figures before they rushed forward and ripped Naruto and Kurenai to shreds. After having taken out the biggest threats, they turned their eyes on Tazuna.

"Hand over the old man and nobody gets hurt" hissed the one on the left.

"I think that's enough" said a female voice behind them.

They turned and saw Kurenai who was smiling at the brothers.

"The Demon Brothers from the Hidden Mist, you are quite the duo." She said

"We killed you, how can you be alive?" asked the brother on the right

"Because none of this is real" said Kurenai before she exploded into bubbles.

The world around the two of them spun as they were released from the Genjustu and brought back into the real world.

"Shino, take care of them" commanded Kurenai before a Tazuna exploded into a massive cloud of bugs that promptly attacked the Demon Brothers. As the duo of missing ninjas were being drained of their chakra, Naruto appeared behind both of them with 2 Kunai drawn, before he slammed the hilt of the knives into the heads of the Brothers.

Sakura looked at Kurenai and asked. "When did Shino get here?"

"Shino was always there Sakura. Kurenai put a Genjustu around our group to make it look like Shino was Tazuna. What it does is create the illusion that Tazuna was being protected by our weakest members, when in reality it was another shinobi who was capable of protecting himself and the others around him." Stated Kakashi from the back of the group, with Tazuna right beside him.

"We were in a Genjustu?" asked Sakura

Everyone, including Kiba and Hinata nodded.

"Sak sakura, d did yo you not no notice?" asked the stuttering mess that was Hinata.

Sakura just deflated and Kakashi groaned in his head.

'I spent an entire month rebuilding this girl into something average of a newly minted Genin and she fails to prove that she can breathe without instruction. I will never hear the end of this from Kurenai or anyone that she tells.' Thought Kakashi

Kurenai had a different take on Sakura 'I thought that she was supposed to be a budding Genjustu user? I don't understand how a Genjustu user didn't feel Genjustu being used. And this is Kakashi's student? The other two are skilled in just about everything, and she's so far behind. I am going to tell everyone in the Jonin Lounge about this.'

"Now that we have gotten past the destruction of Sakura's self-esteem, can we move on to the real topic at hand here?" asked Naruto, drawing the eyes of all of the Genin, but Sakura who was trying her best to become a puddle.

"Naruto is right, the topic at hand is why was there actual Missing Ninja after you Tazuna. The Demon Brothers are Chunin level Shinobi from the Village Hidden in the Mist. Those two are both B Ranked Shinobi, meaning that this mission is easily above a C ranked mission like the one that you asked for. Would you like to explain yourself?"

Tazuna just gulped at Kakashi's words, before struggling to put his own words together.

"M my village is very poor, we have no money for high priced mission. We could have not afforded anything more."

Kurenai raised an eyebrow "Yet, you can afford to build a super bridge?"

"Can we afford it? No, everything that goes into our bridge costs us lives of either my workers or their loved ones. It is all because of that swine Gato. If he never had come and taken over the Wave, we wouldn't need a bridge to survive." Tazuna answered fiery.

Kurenai, Naruto, and Kakashi's eyes all widen at the name, Gato.

"Gato? The company owner?/one of the richest men in the world?/ The business man?" asked Kakashi, Kurenai, and Naruto in that order.

The other 5 Genin looked confused, they had no idea who this Gato person was. Nor did they have an idea about why he would be important enough for 3 Shinobi to know about him.

"Gato is a shipping magnate and founder of Gato Company. When he first came to the Land of Waves, he brought a large amount of exports and products with him. However, what we didn't know is that he also was secretly a drug dealer as well as the owner of a smuggling business and attempted to take control of the Land of Waves. He quickly set up a monopoly on all of the business in Wave and used hired thugs to get what he wasn't given immediately.

He has basically held an entire country hostage for almost 2 years, the only thing that can stop him is my bridge. He knows the threat that my bridge poses to him and his goals, that is why he has tried to get me killed." Explained Tazuna in a somber tone.

Kakashi rubbed his chin before he waved Naruto off to the other Genin, allowing the adults to have a conversation on their own.

"Hmm, these were 2 Chunin level ninja that were sent after us right now, that means that our next opponent will most certainly be of Jonin caliber. I am unsure of how we should proceed" Kakashi stated.

"You make valid points, the next threat will be of the same level as you and myself, that isn't something that we could put our Genin through." Kurenai added, not feeling comfortable with having a Jonin level battle with her Genin on the sidelines.

"But what about me? They will surely kill me if I continue on my own? Then what will happen to my country? My family? You would doom thousands?" asked a crying Tazuna

"Kurenai, I know that this isn't something that any of us would willingly go into without proper support, but we do have 2 Jonin and Naruto here. That is more than enough fire power for any run of the mill Jonin to be able to handle." Said Kakashi

"You put that much faith into Naruto?" asked Kurenai

"I would trust that blond with my life" said Kakashi with conviction.

"Okay then, so we move onward with the mission." Said Kurenai

"Okay listen up gang" said Kakashi drawing the attention of the Genin, "We've decided that with the group that we have assembled here right now, we can complete this mission without anything too bad happening."

Tazuna let out a happy chuckle and the Genin all nodded prepared for the mission to continue.

"Now in the front will be Naruto and Kurenai, allowing us a strong point of attack, Shino Kiba, and Sasuke will surround Tazuna behind the two up front. Sakura and Hinata will be directly behind Tazuna while I will between them. There is 8 of us, we shouldn't ever be in a situation that endangers the client. Now let's get a move on it," commanded Kakashi

Back in the Village: Hokage's office

The Third Hokage was going about his normal Hokage day. This meant that he was dying from the ever growing boredom of doing paperwork or listening to people report their missions. Hiruzen understood that they were important, but he was old and tired. He didn't care as much as he used to.

He was savoring a rare moment where there was no paperwork and there was no mission report to listen to, when a Chunin messenger burst into his room with a scroll in hand.

"Lord Hokage, we have received an urgent mission from the joint mission of Team 7 and Team 8." Said the generic dumb fuck

"Well give it here, don't just stand there" roared the Hokage.

The Chunin gave the Hokage the scroll and quickly left the room. Hiruzen flashed through some hand signs and the ANBU in the room left as well, before all of the security seals in the room flashed as they were activated. With the room now sound proof and no Byakugan being able to see into the room, Hiruzen unraveled the scroll and read it.

"Hmm, Kakashi and Kurenai have run into a pair of Chunin level ninja with a possible Jonin level ninja opponent in the near future. The two of them should have this under control and with Naruto there as their backup, there is no problems." Mused the Hokage out loud before he realized that in his quick thinking, he was alone for the moment.

"Well since everyone is gone, and my office is sealed, might as well continue on reading the latest issue of Icha Icha book" said the Hokage as he pulled out the sacred test from his desk.

Behind the Third Hokage was a slight rippling of air as Tobi listened to the Hokage's report.

'It seems Naruto is on his way to the Land of Waves, this is the first time that I can remember that he is being sent out of the village on a mission in forever' thought Tobi before he turned his attention back to the Third Hokage who was reading porn in his sealed off office.

'Sarutobi grows harder and harder to control with every passing week that I have him under control, soon I will not be able to control him at all. I will need to pay Orochimaru a trip to see if I can't push him into killing the old goat before I lose control forever.' Thought the masked Sharingan User.

Tobi turned and looked through the window that overlooked the village, the many citizens of the Hidden Leaf Village looking like ants from the high up office.

"I think that I will send a surprise to the Wave, I need to see where everything is at in terms of being in line with my plan." Thought Tobi before he warped out of the office, so that he can set his next move into motion.

Back with Team 7 and 8:

They had arrived on the banks of the Land of Waves after a short boat ride by a guy who was entirely too paranoid for a guy traveling with 8 ninja. They had taken a short break upon arrival but were ready to continue their journey with the new formation. Naruto was in the front of the triangle formation that they had, 5 steps in front of the other 5 Genin who were wrapped around Tazuna for maximum protection. To the left of the group at a 3 step distance was Kakashi, while on the right side of the middle group at a 3 step distance was Kurenai.

This gave them the proper balance of attacking up front with Naruto leading the charge, but with Kakashi and Kurenai off to the side. But Kakashi and Kurenai were also in a position that would allow them to offer support to the Genin around Tazuna in a moment's notice. The only reason that Kakashi was not up front was that he was still much smarter and battle savvy than Naruto, he would know the appropriate course of attack to take. Whether that be to support Naruto up front or to give the Genin in the middle a primary defender on a level that none of them were close to reaching. Kurenai wasn't up front because she lacked the total assault package that Naruto or Kakashi had, with her strengths being speed, solid Taijustu, and of course her legendary Genjustu.

They march onward in that formation, until they entered a clearing where Naruto sensed something off to his left in the bushes. Quickly throwing a kunai at it, Naruto felt whatever was in that spot shift into something else. Kakashi went into the bushes and came back holding a snow white bunny.

Sakura gasped and said "Naruto, you idiot! You almost killed a bunny" as soon as she saw the bunny in Kakashi's hands.

Kurenai simply shook her head and said "Sakura, you don't see anything wrong with a snow white bunny in the middle of summer? That bunny should be a mild brown or a dark tan. That means that this bunny has been kept inside."

Hinata looked at the bunny and managed to get out "T that m means t that th this is some someone's p pet?"

Kurenai nodded at the stuttered question and Kiba and Kakashi started to sniff the air.

"Get down" called out Kakashi as he pulled down Sasuke and Sakura. Naruto grabbed Kiba and Tazuna, while Kurenai grabbed Hinata. Shino didn't need to be grabbed as he dropped the instant Kakashi started to all out Get.

A massive blade came swinging through the clearing in a massive curve. It swept down at about waist level before arcing back up and slamming into a tree high above everybody's head. A figure dropped down on the handle of the massive sword as the blade was firmly stuck in the thick trunk of the tree. The man was a tall and noticeably muscular man with light grayish skin, short spiky black hair, dark brown eyes, and small eyebrows.

When they looked closely, they saw that he was wearing bandages like a mask over the bottom half of his face. He wore his forehead protector sideways on his head, and prior to his defection from Village hidden in the Mist.

Also, he was seen shirtless, with his chest only covered by a belt to which he attached his sword that was currently stuck in the tree, wearing baggy pants with the striped pattern typical of the Hidden Mist Village and mimetic wrist-warmers extending up to his elbows, with matching leg-warmers.

Three members of our group immediately knew who he was, while the other 6 were clueless to the man before them was.

"I see, the infamous Kakashi Hatake, the Copycat Ninja. And who is he joined by? None other the Kurenai Yuhi, THE Genjustu Mistress of Konoha. No wonder the Demon Brothers failed."

"Zabuza Momochi, the Demon of the Village Hidden in the Mist." Countered Kakashi making Sakura gasp as her knowledge of foreign ninja kicked in.

"You flatter me with knowledge of my name and who I am, Kakashi. It also surprises me that a tree hugging village like yours knows of a real Shinobi such as myself." Said Zabuza as he jumped from the tree pulling his large blade with him.

"Now, why don't you hand over the bridge builder and I will allow you to leave with your lives." Said Zabuza as he pointed his legendary sword Kubikiribōchōat them.

"I'm afraid that we can't do that" said Kurenai confidently

"Listen lady, I am giving you the chance to not throw away the lives of everyone in your group. This is my final warning, leave now or suffer the same fate as the bridge builder." Warned Zabuza

Kurenai simply smiled and made a single hand sign before bursting into countless flower petals. The petals filled the clearing that they were in and Zabuza groaned at having to do things the hard way.

Making a hand sign himself, Zabuza used the signature Justu of his personal fighting style. The chakra induced mist filled the clearing as well and Zabuza was confident that he felt the slight chakra pulse that came with breaking Genjustu by using the chakra coated mist. Closing his eyes, Zabuza allowed the chakra in the mist to pin point where Kurenai was.

Appearing behind her, Zabuza swung his sword and he opened his eyes as his sword swung through nothing. Kurenai looked at him as she body was a misty haze that lacked a middle section due to the sword swipe. She smiled before she burst into more flower petals, that again fluttered around the clearing.

Zabuza grit his teeth beneath his mask as he looked at the disappearing flowers. Suddenly, all of the Genjustu disappeared as he gasped in pain as a large slash was felt across his back, blood immediately dripping down his bare back. Zabuza snarled, as he turned and swung his sword in a blur only to find that his sword again hit nothing but air. The Kurenai behind him holding the Kunai burst into the same flower petals as before.

Zabuza growled in frustration as he whirled around looking for Kurenai. He felt her in a tree above him, so he jumped into the tree already swinging his massive sword. His anger only grew when he managed to hit nothing but air again. To make matters worse, the tree that he was in came alive and started to wrap it's branches around him, holding him in place. A branch wrapped itself around his neck and started to choke him.

He struggled to break free of the thick branches that bound him, only for a burning pain to stretch across his chest. Zabuza gasped as he was suddenly on the ground with no trees around him. Instead there was another kunai caused cut across his chest, causing blood to run down his bare chest. He touched the wound and found that his hands were soaked with blood from the wound on his chest.

He finally managed to pull his eyes from his blood soaked hands to find himself surrounded by a large crowd of children. But the children were not normal, they were all covered in blood or leaking blood from various parts of their bodies. Their clothes were torn and their skin pale, as if they had been awoken from death to bother him.

"Zabuza why?" asked one kid who had a bleeding stomach wound.

"Y you w w weren't even in t this cl class" muttered another kid, this one bleeding from a gash on his head

One by one, the 33 kids all either asked Zabuza various forms of "Why?" or made statements that he didn't belong there as he "wasn't in this class". To Zabuza, he wasn't really bother by blood or dying children, as he had slathered a bunch kids his own age to become a ninja. It suddenly clicked in his head, where he had seen these kids before and why they looked so familiar. These were all of the kids in that class that he butchered to become a ninja.

Zabuza snarled as the kids formed a tight ring around him. He flared his chakra and much to his surprise, the Genjustu on him didn't break and dispel the kids. No, the amount of kids doubles as there was now two of every kid that he killed on that day. He looked around and noticed that he couldn't see anything but the children as the background of the clearing had faded into a heavy mist.

The Genjustu faded as a Kunai found itself into his left shoulder. He blinked and Kurenai and the Konoha ninja were back in the clearing and the clearing was the clearing again.

"You stupid bitch, you really should have just finished me off. The longer that you play this game, the closer this blade of mine gets to taking your life" growled Zabuza as he pulled the kunai out of his shoulder.

"Oh, is that a threat? You haven't even managed to get close to me. How can you threaten me when you haven't moved from the original spot that you jumped down and landed on." Taunted Kurenai trying to enrage Zabuza even further. It worked as the masked man let loose an angry roar as he prepared his sword for an attack on Kurenai.

With blood oozing out of the wound on his back, chest, and now shoulder, Zabuza launched himself forward at Kurenai with yet again another sword slash. The same action was met with the same result, another hazy Kurenai smiling as the sword pasted through her harmlessly. Zabuza grit his teeth at the seeing the Kurenai disappear into mist.

"You coward, you think that I don't know what you're doing, but I do. I can see through your plan now" called out Zabuza as Kurenai appeared in front of him. Zabuza released a burst of chakra from his body and the Kurenai in front of him turned into two Kurenai. Growling, Zabuza released another pulse of chakra and the two copies of Kurenai turned into 4 after he blinked.

"You think that you are so smart, well I know how to escape this Genjustu" snarled Zabuza as he pulled out a kunai and cut himself lightly the arm. The Kurenai in front of him didn't disappear, but again multiplied by two.

"What is going on here, I should be free of the Genjustu" said Zabuza

Kurenai jumped down from a tree off to the side and shook her head at the missing ninja.

"I released you from the Genjustu after stabbing you in the shoulder, these are just normal academy level clones. It was also sad to see that you didn't think of the fact that I could layer my illusions over each other. I was weaving triple layered Genjustu when I was 15, I've only gotten a lot better since then." Kurenai said as she dispelled her clones.

"You think that you can make a fool out of me? Zabuz – Aagh" said Zabuza as he started a rant, but it was cut short by two needles stabbing him in the neck.

A Kiri hunter ninja dropped down from a tree and said, "Thank you for wearing Zabuza Momochi out, it made my job all the easier to take him out once he was damaged." Said the female sounding hunter ninja.

"No problem, it was a good test of my skills to go head to head with an A ranked Shinobi like him." Said Kurenai

"Well, I should be on my way, I need to properly dispose of him. I would prefer to do that in privacy. I will take the body and be on my way" said the Hunter Ninja

"What about my reward? I basically defeated him on my own, I should be able to collect the bounty for him" said Kurenai

"Yes, you are correct, I believe that I have the scroll in here somewhere" muttered the Hunter Ninja as they started to look through their pockets before pulling out a scroll that bore the mark of the Hidden Mist Village.

"Fill that out and have it sent to the Mist, they should process a reward for you" said the Hunter Ninja after giving the scroll to Kurenai. The hunter ninja gave no other words as they walked over to Zabuza, pulled the body onto their shoulder and disappeared in a burst of smoke.

Kakashi looked at Kurenai and said "That was handled by you in a pretty impressive manner"

"Well, I am a Jonin for a reason" retorted Kurenai while she had a small smile on her face.

"I thought that it showed an ability far greater than anyone thought that Genjustu could be used for in the middle of battle" said Naruto

Everyone was impressed with how Kurenai used a series of illusions to manipulate Zabuza into basically defeating himself with his temper. Well everyone but Sasuke that was.

'I can't believe that she has the same level of mastery over illusions that HE has. I need to learn how to combat that level of skill and soon' thought the Uchiha.

Kurenai, unaware of Sasuke's thoughts, looked at Tazuna and said "Let's get you home"

A/N: I have returned, after a longer absence than I would have liked. I had about 60 percent of this written for a couple of weeks now, with me putting out chapters for my Naruto/Kim Possible story as well as my Naruto/Marvel story, I felt that I had to show this story some love as well.

Honestly, this chapter was kind of a Kurenai chapter. I feel that she got no shine in the normal canon storyline, as Itachi was basically her only opponent and he has plot devices for eyes, so you already knew that he was going to win. Do you feel like I did Kurenai and her Genjustu powers justice? If not, how could I have made them better in the flow of the battle that took place.

Next, the reason they don't want to kill Zabuza is information. They would like to capture the man and get as much info as they can from him. It would be useful to know where Gato is hiding, what type of forces that Gato has on call. Stuff of that nature, but of course a plot has to plot.

Sakura is hard to write a bit if I am being honest. She's been training for a month, which means that she has gotten better. The question is how much better? I went to the gym 5 days a week for a month, I lost 8 pounds. Progress is slow, and she was trash to begin with, so she's not trash now, she's recycle waste. Better than bad but worse than okay. I don't feel that it is a reach for her not to realize that she is in a Genjustu unless alerted to the fact at this point. Oh and I would never forget about my man Shino, but a man has to allow the plot to plot out here.

Now like a Marvel Movie, here is some mid-credit/Author Note scenes

Alternate Scene: Zabuza Battle vs Naruto

Three members of our group immediately knew who he was, while the other 6 were clueless to the man before them was.

"I see, the infamous Kakashi Hatake, the Copycat Ninja. And who is he joined by? None other the Kurenai Yuhi, THE Genjustu Mistress of Konoha. No wonder the Demon Brothers failed."

"Zabuza Momochi, the Demon of the Village Hidden in the Mist." Countered Kakashi making Sakura gasp as her knowledge of foreign ninja kicked in.

"Now, why don't you hand over the bridge builder and I will allow you to leave with your lives." Said Zabuza as he pointed his legendary sword Kubikiribōchōat them.

"I'm afraid that we can't do that" said Kurenai confidently

"Listen lady, I am giving you the chance to not throw away the lives of everyone in your group. This is my final warning, leave now or suffer the same fate as the bridge builder." Warned Zabuza

The next thing Zabuza knew was that his neck went crunch and everything went dark. Naruto stood behind Zabuza after having snapped his neck and looked at Kurenai and Kakashi.

"What? I didn't want a super drawn out battle" said Naruto

"Naruto, you can't just kill people, you have to give them a chance to defend themselves" said Kakashi a look of disgust in his eye

"Yeah Naruto, you can't just attack people" seconded Kurenai

"He was trying to kill us" said Naruto

"Yeah, trying Naruto" retorted Kakashi, "He can't do anything now"

"Let's go guys" said Kurenai as she lead the group towards Tazuna's house with a little guidance from the man himself.

"Y'all are some bitches man" mumbled Naruto as he sealed away the legendary sword of Zabuza's before he followed the rest of the group

None of them heard the sobbing of a fake hunter ninja in the trees

Next chapter, we get some more useless training that will superficially over power the Genin for some reason and more talking between Naruto and Kurenai. The Naruto and Kurenai romantic interactions are going to start around the Chunin Exams Arc, but don't hold me to an exact chapter just yet.

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