"You could do a little better" called out the voice, causing Naruto to look up at the older man.
"You seem to have an opinion for something that doesn't concern you, old man" spat Naruto as he closed his eyes and tried to focus once more.
"It would suit you well to show me some respect Nine Tails" said the old man
Naruto opened his eyes and looked at the old man and said "Listen, if you aren't the Hokage, you need to get off my property."
A swipe of a cane came towards Naruto but the blond Genin caught the wooden staff and narrowed his eyes.
"Who are you?" questioned Naruto as he looked at the old man with bandages around a bunch of his body
"My name is Danzo, boy. And you are now my pet" said Danzo as the bandages around his eye dropped to reveal a spinning Sharingan that Naruto made the mistake of making eye contact with
Now back to the Plot
They arrived on the bridge to find it completely covered in mist and nobody in sight. And by "they", I mean, Kakashi, Naruto, Kurenai, Shino and Sakura. With there being 6 of them, it was decided that Sasuke, Kiba and Hinata would guard the house to prevent an army of bandits that Gato had from making a move on the house.
"This mist is filled with Chakra, that means that you were right Kurenai, Zabuza is alive." Said Kakashi as he raised his headband to reveal his implanted Sharingan.
"Oh, I am more than alive, I brought some friends." Called out Zabuza before he allowed the mist to fade slightly to reveal that it was more than just the fake Hunter nin that was with him. There were 2 other figures there, both wearing long black cloaks that were covered in red clouds and they wore bamboo hats on their heads.
The taller one of them tossed away his hat to reveal blue fish like face and a crossed out Hidden Mist Village headband. The shorter of the duo simply raised his hat to reveal a pair of Sharingan eyes.
"Allow me to introduce, Itachi Uchiha and my fellow ex seven swordsmen member Kisame." Said Zabuza
Kurenai looked at Kakashi and muttered mockingly "We can do this mission, we don't need help, we have a Naruto"
Kakashi being the true elite that he was ignored the jab visibly but was adding Kurenai to his shit list internally.
Kakashi glanced at Kurenai and then back at Itachi, his Sharingan spinning as he tore apart the Genus that Itachi tried to put on the group.
"Kurenai, you take Zabuza again and take him out asap. Kisame is basically immune to Genjutsu because of that sword of his, if you can defeat Zabuza, you can help Naruto immediately. Naruto you must deal with Kisame, he's basically a chakra tank like you are. I am the only one here who even stands a shot at surviving a fight against Itachi."
Kisame heard Kakashi and snorted in amusement. "You hear that Itachi? Kakashi is the only one here who could survive a fight against you. And the scarecrow is a little too knowledgeable, he even knew about my sword."
"Kakashi isn't someone that you want to fight Kisame, he was my ANBU captain. I never won a single fight against him, I would think that I had him on the edge of defeat only for him to do something that made me think 'I've never seen that before'. Kakashi is an S ranked ninja for a reason" replied Itachi as he looked at the silver haired Leaf Village Shinobi.
The fake hunter ninja blurred towards the bridge builder and Shino met them half way there.
"The entire point of this mission is to protect the bridge builder, it would be very illogical to allow you to harm him" said Shino as he pulled his hands out of his pockets, a swarm of bugs flooding from his long sleeves. Haku grit her teeth under her mask (yup, Haku is a she, roll with it).
Kakashi looked at Naruto and Kurenai who both seemed to get the message. In a blur, Naruto appeared in front of Kisame who smirked as Naruto blasted him in the face with a powerful punch. To almost nobody's surprise, the Kisame that Naruto punched exploded into water as Naruto tore through him. Naruto landed behind Itachi and Zabuza, then started to flash through hand signs. However, Kisame phased into view behind him and with a swipe of his sword, all of the chakra that Naruto had built up was stolen.
Apparently, that was the start of the fight because Zabuza launched himself at Kurenai. This forced her further down the bridge, away from her fellow Leaf Shinobi. This left Kakashi and Itachi standing where they started, both of them unmoving.
"So, do you want to fight?" asked Kakashi, his Sharingan honed onto the form of Itachi.
Itachi continued his vast range of nonexistent emotion and kept a blank look on his face, before he said "I'm not the same 13 year old kid that I was before, Kakashi."
Kakashi snorted and answered with "Of course not, you're not even there. I knew you were behind me before you thought to even make the move"
Both the Itachi and Kakashi that weren't moving faded as Kakashi broke through the bridge with a slight gash on the back of his Jonin vest but had received no damage. Kakashi pulled out a Kunai of his own and flashed toward Itachi, Itachi moved to par the kunai, but the attacking Kakashi disappeared right before contact and it was only his instincts that allowed Itachi to avoid the hands that had almost grabbed his ankles.
"To think that you caught me in a Genjutsu, you've come so far with that eye of yours. However, it still isn't a match for what a real Uchiha can do with both eyes" said Itachi as his chakra flared and Kakashi got nervous.
With Naruto and Kisame:
The fight wasn't really going one way or the other. Naruto was unable to use Chakra because of Kisame's sword. But despite that handicap, Naruto was just purely faster than Kisame, something that irked the blue fishman, a great deal. He was one of the most powerful Shinobi in the world, but this kid was still keeping up with him and even outpacing him.
"Kid, I am considered a monster in this world, but even I wasn't this fast or strong at 17. What type of freak are you?" asked Kisame
Naruto's eyes narrowed but he said nothing as he made a shadow clone that threw him high up into the air. Kisame looked up to see the bright sun blind him for a moment, but he still had enough common sense not to stand still. He moved out of the way right as a wind chakra enhanced Kunai grazed his left arm, slicing his skin.
"And the kid draws first blood, impressive. But play time is over" said Kisame as he slung his sword back onto his back and flashed through handsigns.
The water around Naruto rose into the air dozens of feet and immediately crashed back down, making Naruto unable to hear or see what Kisame was saying or doing.
'Where is he? He isn't up or to the left or right. Is he behind me' thought Naruto as he ran through the check downs for where Kisame might be. Naruto was pierced by Kisame's sword from behind and below, the sword coming up and out of the water.
"Looks like you will never get to be that great Shinobi kid." Taunted Kisame as he lifted Naruto in the air with his sword running through him. Only for Naruto to fade as his sword at through the construction of chakra that gave Kisame the illusion of Naruto.
The handle of his sword sent spikes into his hands and released him from the GenJutsu that he was in. Kisame awoke to the real world and came face to face Kurenai who had a smug look on her face.
"What the fuck just happened?" asked Kisame as he tried to regain his baring and come back to reality.
"You've been in a Genjutsu for over 10 minutes" replied Kurenai
Kisame's face twisted into one of rage and he said "That's impossible, my sword Samehada devours any chakra that comes within arm distance"
"Please, I am one of the best GenJutsu users in the world, I can put a sword in GenJutsu with ease. In fact, this world isn't even real" stated Kurenai with a smirk before a breeze picked up and blew her away like she was made of sand.
Kisame snarled as he tried to find her tiny amount of chakra in the massive ocean that he had of his own chakra flowing through his body.
Kurenai knew that her Genjutsu was not in as complete control that she made it out to be in, so she slipped away to help Naruto. If they could take down his opponent first, they would stand a better chance of defeating Kisame together than her by herself.
With the real Naruto and Zabuza
Naruto was not having the same easy time that Kurenai was having with Kisame. Kisame lacked the finer chakra control that was needed to break out of layered GenJutsu, especially when it was cast by one of the best in the world. Which brings us to the current moment in this Naruto vs Zabuza clash.
Zabuza had Kubikiribōchō in a force match with a slightly longer kunai that Naruto had pulled out. Normally the Kubikiribōchō would just cut through any normal kunai, but despite the abnormal length, the kunai was special as it held up to the might of Kubikiribōchō.
A chakra flare from Naruto made Zabuza jump backwards as a clone of Naruto appeared next to where Zabuza had been and slashed at where Zabuza's arm would have been. In a single motion. Zabuza swung his sword onto his back and ran through handsigns.
"Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu" whispered Zabuza as the vast water under the bridge that Naruto and Zabuza were on top of, rose and bent to Zabuza's Jutsu command. The dragon construct made of water broke through the bridge as it roared towards Naruto, who sheathed his kunai and slammed his hands together.
His hands glazed with wind chakra as the dragon raced at him before Naruto released a slashing blade of pure wind chakra. The wind blade slashed straight through the water dragon. Naruto ducked under a swipe of Kubikiribōchō, and landed an elbow into the ribs of Zabuza, causing the masked wearing man to wince in pain.
The most important fight, the Shino fight:
Maybe it was just the fact that Shino wore glasses and she couldn't see his eyes, but Haku had never seen anyone ever look as unimpressed with her ultimate Jutsu, Demonic Crystal Ice Mirrors. Shino wasn't worried though, he had several of his bugs on the masked ninja already draining her.
Haku was breathing a but heavier than normal, but she was passing it off as just the large amount of chakra that she was using.
"You should give up. In this dome, your bugs can't help you here" hissed Haku
Shino didn't respond as he continued to plan, placing a couple of his bugs onto the various ice mirrors that made up the dome.
Haku drifted backwards and morphed into one of the mirrors of the dome. Suddenly, all Shino could see was the masked fake hunter nin in every mirror. She was everywhere that he looked, but it played right into his plan. His insect partners were able to eat more and more of her chakra as they felt her slip from mirror to mirror.
Suddenly there was a blitz of ice needles from every direction, piercing Shino from all angles. Shino exploded into a mass of bugs that reformed back into Shino as they let the needles pass through the body of Shino. Shino using his connection with his bugs to locate Haku and flung a kunai in the direction that he was told to.
Haku was moving from one mirror to another when a sharp pain slashed along her ribs and blood began to spill out of her sides. She tried to jump into another mirror, but to her disbelief, they all started to crumble into ice shards.
"You were overconfident, a shinobi is never allowed to let emotions dictate their actions, whether positive or negative" said Shino before a kunai flew through the air and Haku knew no more of the land of the living.
With Kakashi and Itachi
Itachi was hard pressed to find an advantage on Kakashi. Kakashi had speed greater than Itachi ever remembered him having. Kakashi being a real adult and not a teenager like Itachi, allowed him to have his grown man strength as Kakashi was physically stronger than Itachi was at the moment. Kakashi was still every bit as smart as Itachi remembered him as, always just a half step ahead.
"You've grown Itachi, but I can already sense that Kurenai has trapped Kisame and is about to help Naruto defeat Zabuza. Once they finish him off, you wouldn't win a 3 on 1 despite how skilled you are, even you can't hold fight all 3 of us" bluffed Kakashi while he was really closer to collapsing due to chakra use.
"It seems that you have managed to end this fight in a draw. Remember Kakashi, every leaf has 2 sides and the roots are what hold the tree up" said Itachi before he stopped holding back and knocked out Kakashi in a burst of blurring speed and GenJutsu combination.
With Kurenai and Naruto
Naruto was able to Zabuza on his own, but with the arrival of Kurenai, the fight was basically over. Kurenai didn't announce her presence as she was hidden under a Genjutsu. So instead, she simply watched Zabuza break a par with Naruto before she slit his throat, effectively winning the fight with a simple pulling of her arm.
"Way to go Kurenai, I couldn't really find a way to overpower him. Despite his lack of speed, his sword and brute strength was more than powerful enough to stop most of attacks and Jutsu." Naruto said to his raven haired female hero.
"I did what any other comrade would do Naruto, but now that we've taken care of Zabuza, what should we do with the body?" asked Kurenai unsure of how to continue, as she usually only dealt with her own village's missing nin and not one from other villages.
"Well, you killed him so that means if we take his body, you can claim his bounty from the Hidden Mist Village, but I think that I'm going to take the sword." Said Naruto with an interested gleam in his eyes as he looked at the legendary sword.
"Sounds good, seal them up and let's get back to Kakashi" said Kurenai before she left Naruto to seal up Zabuza and the sword
At Tazuna's house: 30 Mins ago when the fights first started.
Sasuke and Kiba were in less than ideal moods, because they were left behind on guard duty and partly because the other was a disrespectful prick to the other.
"This sucks, we should be out there at the bridge" complained Kiba for the thousandth time since Kakashi and the others had left.
"Someone had to remain here to protect the family of Tazuna, Kiba" said Hinata, her irritation growing at the bitching and moaning of Kiba and Sasuke
"Hn, it doesn't change the fact that as an Uchiha, I should be out there not stuck in here" said Sasuke
"Please, who cares about all 2 Uchiha left in the world, in case you haven't noticed Sasuke, you are a far cry from the legend the fangirls in the academy made you out to be. Hell, you aren't even as strong as Naruto was at this age." Retorted Kiba, his boredom fueling his anger.
Sasuke's anger skyrocketed as he heard the words that left Kiba's mouth. As Sasuke turned to look at Kiba, Kiba could have sworn that he saw Sasuke's eyes flash crimson for the briefiest of moments. However, any possible conflict was stopped by Hinata's trap being triggered.
The trap wasn't to stop or kill anyone who approached the house, it was to alert Hinata and the others to the fact that someone was coming towards the house. "Someone is coming towards the house, be on your guard" said Hinata without a hint of her stutter or hesitation.
Kiba ran upstairs to grab Akamaru, with Sasuke slipped a kunai into his hand as Hinata activated her Byakugan. Her vision changed as walls became meaningless and she narrowed her view onto the incoming chakra signatures. They were low, lower than Sakura's were when the pink haired girl had exhausted herself the other day training. There was almost no way that these were any of her partners for this mission. It wasn't until she noticed that the size of the group was in the mid 20's that she put it all together.
"Sasuke, we got 24 bandits coming at the house, it seems that Gato planned to get at Tazuna's family to get us to stop." Said Hinata before she heard the breaking of glass upstairs followed by Kiba roaring outside.
Sasuke raced outside with Hinata following him closely, with Tazuna's family inside, they would be safe as long as they didn't allow someone inside. Kiba was armed with a kunai, parring the slashes of multiple swords coming from multiple bandits.
"Sasuke, you need to do something to force them back, Kiba is using chakra to enhance his speed to deal with the slashes but he doesn't have the control to keep this up at this point."
Sasuke didn't say anything in response, he just started flipping through handsigns and when he ended on a Tiger sign, Hinata saw the chakra in his lungs suddenly grow violent, as if it was fighting against his control.
Sasuke's cheeks bulged and Hinata said "Kiba jump"
Kiba didn't need to be told twice and he used the chakra already in his legs to give himself something of a super jump, it was just in time as Sasuke unleashed his Jutsu.
Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu
To call that fireball great, would be a bit of an understatement, as it was easily 10 feet in diameter, it raced towards the bandits and melted the sizable group of 17 that had surrounded Kiba.
'To think that I dared to taunt Sasuke, that fireball easily would have burned me to the point of no return. The bandits are basically soup at this point." Thought Kiba as he landed next to Sasuke who was breathing a little heavy, but that was to be expected when you literally just breathed fire.
"Nice hit" complimented Kiba before called Akamaru down from the house with his bag of chakra pills. Flipping one to Sasuke, Kiba then fed one to Akamaru.
Beast Ninja Art: Beast Human Clone Jutsu
Suddenly Akamaru was a clone of Kiba and Sasuke watched as the two of them raced forward and quite literally tore through a bandit. Hinata gasped and said "Kiba watch out"
A blast of lightning flashed forward and hit Kiba head on. Kiba screamed in pain as he was fried by the jutsu until Sasuke through a kunai towards the man casting it. Akamaru gripped Kiba with his teeth and started slowly dragging Kiba, but the same man turned his sights on the dog back in its dog form and Sasuke's mind saw flashes.
"Don't you dare call Akamaru 'Just a dog' he's every bit a part of my family as any normal human brother and sister" yelled Kiba after Sasuke asked Iruka if Kiba was allowed to bring a dog into the fight.
"You see brother, you're weak. You aren't worth killing like everyone else was" whispered Itachi right before he finished cutting down their parents.
Sasuke would never admit it, but family was an ideal that he cared about more than he ever would admit. Kiba said that Akamaru was family, well Sasuke would be damned if he would let someone's family get killed in front of them if he could help it. So, without even thinking, Sasuke moved and using a kunai and some ninja wire as a lightning rod, deflected the lightning jutsu. Standing in front of Kiba and Akamaru, Sasuke stood with his chest puffed out and said "I'm sorry, my friend can't play right now, allow me to provide you the service that you need"
The man, a pale emotionless looking man with a Hidden Rock Village slashed headband tilted his head. He parted his eye level long bangs out of his eye path and said "You want to fight me for him? Child, you can do nothing before me, turn around and leave with the girl and I will allow you to die on a different day"
Sasuke scoffed and said "I know what I can do for you, kick your ass" before he launched himself at the missing ninja. The blank faced man with the black hair blocked Sasuke's kick with his forearm, before spinning slamming his elbow into the unprotected stomach of Sasuke.
The second that Sasuke needed to regain his breathe was all the missing nin needed to slug him in the face, sending him skidding backwards. Sasuke used the backwards sliding to flip over and relaunch himself at the man who dodged his attacks. Sasuke noticed in the background that Hinata had gotten Kiba and Akamaru back to the house before beginning to destroy the bandits with her Gentle Fist.
Sasuke ducked under a swipe, only to run into a hard knee to face. This time there was a crunch that went along with the blow as it broke Sasuke's nose. Sasuke stunned by the blow couldn't stop the pale man from hitting him in the chest twice before getting blasted in the face again.
Despite all the punishment that Sasuke was going through, he didn't feel beat up or overly tired. Kakashi's training was to thank for that as consistently testing your limits allowed you to get the shit kicked out of you and still get back up (also known as Naruto syndrome).
"You know kid, it's admirable that you would be willing to die for your comrade, but a word of advice. Don't pick a fight if you aren't strong enough to back up the words" said the pale missing nin as he flared his chakra and disappeared from Sasuke's vision. The kick in the back came from nowhere and Sasuke fell forward before he felt something slapped onto his back.
A second later, whatever was on his back unleased a bunch of electric volts that shocked the Uchiha Genin. A hand came and grasped Sasuke by the back of the neck and lifted him into the air.
"You know, I would have thought that the Uchiha would have been a little bit tougher, but I guess that Itachi managed to kill all of the ones with skill. You aren't worth killing, if killing you wasn't good enough for him, it isn't good enough for me" said the missing nin before he threw Sasuke off to the side.
Sasuke crashed back first into a tree and watched as the man pull out a kunai and point it at Sasuke.
"Hate to make myself into a liar, but I think I will kill you kid. I would ask you not to tell anyone that I lied, but since you'll be dead it wouldn't matter." Said the man before he smirked continued on to say "Say hi to your parents from me kid"
And with that, Sasuke watched the man throw the kunai that would end his life, unable to move due to the shocking that the seal on his back gave him. The kunai looked so different when it was being thrown at your face instead of the other way around. Sasuke didn't want to give his killer the pleasure of flinching but couldn't help but blink as the kunai came closer.
The kunai hit, and the yelp caused Sasuke to look in disbelief. The kunai didn't come and hit him, instead it seems that Hinata had thrown herself in the way and had taken the kunai to the stomach.
"W why?" asked Sasuke in disbelief
"W w why n not?" asked Hinata as she choked up a bit as she coughed up some blood.
Sasuke turned and looked at his would be murderer and suddenly everything was clearer than ever. Sasuke climbed to his feet and said "I'm going to kill you"
The words came out in a manner that was chilling to hear. There was no anger, no excitement, no sadness in the words. They were said in a calm and cool manner that made it almost impossible to not believe that they would come true very shortly.
The missing nin tried to throw himself at Sasuke, launching attack after attack at the Uchiha. However, this time the results were different, Sasuke wasn't on the defensive. He was returning his own blows at the missing nin was slower this time around. His moves looked telegraphed a bit, like he was trying to let Sasuke win. Sasuke saw the man move to get a kunai from his thigh and managed to stomp on the man's wrist breaking it. The man hissed in pain but Sasuke didn't care as he followed it up with an elbow strike to the nose and was happy to hear the crunch of the other man's nose breaking.
Sasuke pulled out a kunai and with speed that he didn't know that he had, raced around to behind than man and slammed the kunai into the base of the man's spine paralyzing him for the rest of his soon to be ending life.
Sasuke pulled the kunai out as the man collapsed to the ground and Sasuke smirked.
"Any last words, I don't even know your name" said Sasuke
"Kinoto" the man said before a kunai shoved to the hilt between his eyes ended his live.
Sasuke stumbled over to Hinata and saw that she was already dressing her own wound and sank to the ground next to her.
"You saved my life" stated Sasuke
"You saved Kiba and Akamaru, I was just returning the favor" replied Hinata
"You know, you sound a lot better when you don't stutter" said Sasuke as he helped her finish patching up her stomach injury.
"You shouldn't say that, I wouldn't want your fan girls coming after me because you complimented me. By the way, you've gotten the upgraded Uchiha eyes, you've activated your Sharingan" said Hinata, the adrenaline pumping through her making her more bold and talkative than ever.
"I figured as much when the fight turned out to be much easier the second time around. Besides, I'm not interested in fan girls or their feelings. I could only ever go after a girl that is an actual ninja." Said Sasuke before he helped Hinata to her feet and started moving back towards the house, ignoring the bodies that were laying around the clearing before the house. Not realizing that the body of the missing nin that Sasuke killed caught flames and burned into ashes.
As they opened the door, Sasuke finished his unspoken words with his thoughts 'I could only ever go after a girl that is an actual real ninja like you, Hinata'
Back on the bridge right after Itachi knocks out Kakashi
Sakura was a bit scared, then the man in the cloak with red clouds knocked out her sensei and then crumbled to reveal that it was some random guy. As she walked over to her unconscious sensei and a small man came down the bridge with a group of bandits. They match towards herself, the bridge builder, and Kakashi with no type of positive intent.
What was she to do? Allow them to do what they wanted? No! She had trained to become a real Shinobi and she was very much going to damn well act like one. Grabbing a kunai from her thigh, she channeled chakra through it and when the first of the bandits reached out to grab her, she sliced his hand off.
The man screamed, but she quickly silenced him with a kunai to the neck. Her stomach lurched, but she fought down the vomit that threatened to leave her mouth. She hadn't come this far to simply allow herself to be overrun by mere bandits.
However, she didn't need to do anymore. Kurenai appeared and grabbed her and Tazuna as Naruto grabbed Kakashi. The two older Shinobi moved further down the bridge and set down the people that they grabbed.
"Sakura, you've come so far. You did a great job of protecting to the bridge builder and Kakashi-Sensei while he is like this. But you don't need to worry anymore, I'm going to take care of the rest of these guys" said Naruto as he placed Kakashi back onto the bridge.
Turning to face Gato and his army of bandits, Naruto said "Leave now or die, I don't give second chances"
Gato scoffed and said "Men, whoever gets that brat's head will be set for life" The bandits roared with excitement at the thought of money but changed when Naruto finished his handsigns.
Wind Release: Great Vacuum Blades
Nobody saw what left Naruto's out stretched hands but the entire group of the bandits along with Gato were suddenly shredded into tiny piece by invisible wind blades.
Sakura stood behind Naruto with wide eyes, 'He really is a powerful shinobi"
At the end of the mission:
Tazuna and the people of Wave watched as the two squads from Hidden Leaf Village leave across the newly finished bridge.
"What should we call the bridge, Tazuna" asked one of the villagers
"I saw a teenager stand here as man and single handedly tear an army apart because they threatened my life and the completion of this bridge that lead to the freedom of this bridge. This bridge will now and forever go by "The Great Naruto Bridge" replied Tazuna with a smile on his face.
A/N: So, I'm back and working on my stories again. I tried to give everyone a bit of the shine in this chapter. I was accused of bashing Sakura and Sasuke when I was pointing out that without Naruto to give Sakura confidence and provide that rival to Sasuke in the academy, they were weaker than their canon parts.
Oh, and if it wasn't clear, Itachi and Kisame weren't actually there. It was the same Jutsu as the one used during the Gaara Retrieval Arc. It wouldn't be realistic for Naruto or Kurenai to be able to go blow for blow with Kisame or Itachi. Naruto is closer to that Zabuza level, a weaker Jonin. I don't believe that we see Zabuza in his prime during part 1 canon because he was on the run and wasn't training or honing his skills. But I could be wrong.
Bonus Part: I Wood if I could (New story idea)
The Third Hokage was a busy man, as he had to run a village, but he was still as sharp as ever. Nothing ever escaped his attention unless he allowed it to do so. So, when for the first time in nearly 3 weeks, he didn't hear the cries of a Baby in his office, he was immediately on guard.
Going over to the corner, he found an empty crib and he summoned his ANBU immediately.
"Where is young Naruto? I left him here in my office during the council meeting, under your care Hawk" questioned Hiruzen
"Sir, you sent a letter with Serpent that you wanted Serpent to transport young Naruto to you. It was signed by you sir; the note even had your Hokage Seal on it" replied Hawk
"Serpent? But that's the code name of Orochimaru, we don't use that one anymore" muttered Hiruzen under his breath before his mind put together some pieces and said, "Gather all of the ANBU, I want Orochimaru and Naruto found and brought to me, unharmed if possible for the snake and any other condition will be unacceptable for Naruto."
Hiruzen and his top agents raced through the village before Hiruzen was summoned by Shark to an underground bunker, one like where they found Tenzo. Unsure of what he would find in the bunker, Hiruzen opened the bunker and travelled to the main chamber. There he found Naruto, alive and well if not a bit dirty and a note.
I think that this experiment will work better than any of the other's, sensei.
-Orochimaru
Next chapter we will be starting the chunnin exams and that's where I hope that the story will pick up. I promised that the Chunnin exams would be where I started the more serious Kurenai/Naruto interactions and I plan on delivering.
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