Yay! 21st September, my bithday, Happy Birthday to me!

Also the day I come back from exams and to writing, sorry for the massive wait but I hope you understand about mid-term exams. Anyways this chapter marks the end of all the mission except the Retrieval Arc which will be covered in the next chapter and will mark the start of the Training Trip.

So folks, enjoy!

Happy Birthday to me!


Chapter 6: More Missions and Retrieval?

Naruto opened his eyes, he had finally slept like he should in weeks because of the mission overload, sometimes he hated being promoted to Chunin, but he loved it most of the times because he used it several times to rile Sasuke up, the mission to act as guards of the actress Yukie Fujikaze, oh how much he loved it but after he completed it the princess got a little too close to his liking but being the heir of two great clans means that he will have to take multiple wives, who better than a daimyo.

With all the missions going on, he had little to no time to train and if he used Kage Bunshin, well they gave him a headache, so it was definitely out, he probably will have to do another mission today, kami he just wanted to go on this Training Trip Ero-Sennin talked about so that he can finally train.

He stood up from the bed in the Uzumaki Compound and went to the closet to wear his regular ninja outfit of the Konoha Chunin Vest over a Konoha full-sleeve undershirt, fingerless metal-plated gloves along with Konoha Shinobi pants that made up to his shins and black shinobi sandals.

He kept his supplies kit on his left side of his hip and the Fuinjutsu kit on the right side; he had the Raijin inside his right glove which had the Kanji for sword (剣) on the metal plate.

He still had not touched his mother's katana; well because he did not have the time and thought it he should have some skill with a sword before touching one of that calibre.

With those thoughts he left for the Mission Assignment Desk to get another mission from Sarutobi-Jiji-san.


Mission Assignment Desk

Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed, why did Naruto had to get on in these kinds of missions always, screw that, why did all the rookies had the worst luck with missions, he sighed again, he knew that he had to give this mission to any available team and there was only one, Team Gai, sending Naruto with them was the better option on this mission especially hearing about his previous mission, he felt proud but was still conflicted on whether he should tell the blonde about his parents or not, little did he know, the surprise the so-called blonde and Jiraiya had in store for him.

He sent for the ANBU to call the 4 members, if anyone was wondering where were the other members of Team 7, well because they were Genin, they were safe from these kinds of missions but because Naruto was a Chunin, along with Shikamaru and Shino, they were no longer under the tutelage of their sensei they were assigned to and hence, they were called to be leaders on these missions.

In a few minutes, Naruto along with Team Gai came inside the room, he looked at them and said "Well, you guys have been called for another mission as you are the only capable team to do it and Naruto is included because without him, well, there is no Genin Team able to do any mission of this calibre."

Everyone member except Lee of Team Gai twitched in annoyance, they knew Naruto was strong but it did not mean they needed to be reminded about that, as for Lee, well he was thinking about Naruto's powerful Flames of Youth to be such a strong Shinobi. Naruto, he just flipped another page of Icha-Icha censored edition so that you can only read the plot and not the … well, scenes.

As for where he found it, well, it was a gift from his father to his mother so that even she enjoy the goodness known as Icha-Icha, huh, if only these were mass-published and not a limited edition, one-time print-only for someone special on request.

Sarutobi's eyebrow twitched in annoyance, he could swear that Kakashi was influencing Naruto but he knew one thing from his time in the First Shinobi World War, never bet against an Uzumaki, he himself was victim of it. If someone was wondering how Sarutobi was not questioning Naruto about reading Icha-Icha, well eve if she liked the plot, she knew that no one knew that the Icha-Icha in her hand was the censored one, so well, the cover was made to be like one of Jiraiya's First book.

When the aged Kage saw Jiraiya's first book in Naruto's hands, he was surprised but he was sure that the boy will enjoy the book just like his parents, a cough brought him out of his stupor, he saw Naruto giving him a tired look, one that he knew very well, he was tired to doing the missions, regardless, he called the team and explained them their mission.

"You have to go to the Katabami Kinzan (Katabami Gold Mine) in the Kawa no Kuni (Land of Rivers), it is a mining town, one person there has requested for some ninjas to go there and get rid of the ruling family there who have posed themselves there, according to the client, anyone who breaks any laws there is well … buried alive by the ruling family" all Genin winced at this, well Ninja or not, burying someone alive is very low, even for a tyrannical ruler "You have to overthrow the ruling family there and kill the leader" another flinch by the Genin "If the mission is a success, then we will get a trading partner for Gold and possibly we will make them a protectorate of Konoha."

The Genin nodded as Naruto took the scroll and left with the Team, he knew that this mission will be another pain in the ass because of the description given by the former Kage.

He looked at his Team and said "Meet me at the North Gate in 1 hour and pack for … 2 weeks."

His Team nodded as he left to go and pack his own things and maybe tease a certain Uchiha that is if he had time.

Naruto arrived at his home and started packing his things; he definitely was keeping books about 'Advanced Uzumaki Fuinjutsu' by 'Uzumaki Clan.'

He still was not able to find out what was special about his mother's Katana that made it so popular but he did have his clones looking out for it though, as on cue, two clones came in front of him and held out two scrolls and puffed out of existence.

He took the first one and found out that it was a letter from his mother from his clone's memories, he really wanted to read it now, and he opened and started reading it.

Naruto

If you are reading this scroll then it means that I am no longer with you, but remember that I will always be within you, I wrote this scroll when I received the news that I am pregnant with you just as a measure in case of something happens to me or Minato, I made this scroll to tell you about my Katana, as you could see, it has a red blade with red hilt and golden flames are licking it's handle, it's sheath is pure white with blue flames on it, all in all, it is a piece of art.

You must be thinking if it has any special ability like the ones from Kiri, but Naruto that is the first lesson you have to learn and I will be teaching you that, even in death 'ttebane!

Naruto sweat dropped and felt his eyes tearing up a bit at this, his mother had a verbal tick similar to his own, that was where he had got it from, but was she really that excited that she wrote it on a letter, regardless, he kept on reading it.

Sorry, that is my verbal tick, I hope that you don't get anything like it though, so for the first lesson, a swordsmen defines his sword but a sword does not define a swordsmen, a true swordsmen does not need flashy sword to be known but his techniques should be like that, his techniques should be known, similarly, my sword is nothing special, nor were the ones of the other Uzumaki but our techniques were the ones that defined us, we had different styles for different members according to their needs but there was one style which was available only for the Clan Head and the Heir/Heiress, it was what defined me, it was known as the Hi no Kokyu (Breath of the Sun) or the Hinokami Kagura (Dance of the Fire God), it took me the minimum of 1 year to learn and another to master and I was hailed as a prodigy.

One more thing Naruto, the sword that you think belongs to me is actually what I got from Mito-sama when I got here and even she got it from someone else, so that sword is like our heirloom, so treat it with most respect or I will make you suffer pain dattebane.

Naruto actually gulped at that, he really needed to know about his mother but from what he knew, she could actually carry out that threat even on his father and that man was hailed as the strongest Shinobi in the elemental Nations.

Unfortunately, I don't have the scrolls for it, they are all in Uzushiogakure, I would have loved to go there and get it with you but it seems like luck is not on our side, but remember Naruto, Okaa-san (Mother) will always be with you, so practice you Kenjutsu and retrieve that scroll from Uzushio, and learn that style and continue the Uzumaki line.

Your Mother

Kushina

Naruto just packed the second scroll, which was from someone he didn't know but was in his father's study so decided to read it later on the mission. He packed all his things and went towards the North Gate to meet with his Team.


North Gate

Naruto was scanning the detailed map of the elemental nations to figure out his way to the Kawa no Kuni, it was on the border of Hi no Kuni and the Kaze no Kuni but was no small country viewing it's size, that aside, he had to go South-West from Tanzaku Gai to go towards his location to the mining town.

He closed the map and waited for his Team to arrive, the first was Neji, next was Lee and the last was Tenten, he just signalled them to follow him and explained the directions and the full details of the mission on the way to the country.


They arrived in the country rather early as compared to the other mission to the Cha no Kuni, they could see a mountain range and knew that it was the place they were looking for due to the description given by the client, in the middle of their way, Lee suddenly looked kind of alarmed and started sniffing as to point out something, he suddenly looked forward on the road and yelled "This grogginess. I remember it, we must be close."

"Grogginess, are you sleep-walking right now?" Naruto asked confused just like the other two.

"Do not worry. I ran a marathon here one time. It was three days and I slept through the whole thing" Lee said back

"You're pulling my leg" Naruto replied, no fucking way someone can run a marathon for 3 days without stopping and that also while sleeping.

"No it is true. Gai-sensei and I raced one another. My body is aching just thinking about it. I am so sleepy" Lee said

"Hey uh Lee you sure you're okay?" Naruto asked

"Ah I almost forgot how thick the scent of curry is around here. It is so spicy "Lee said seemingly ignoring Naruto.

Naruto himself sniffed the air and smelled curry just like the other two; he seemed confused until Lee shouted again "I was right! It is just up ahead! The curry shop of life!" and sprinted off, leaving everyone else behind in his dust

When everything got settled they got to know that this place was where Lee ate curry and apparently, his life was saved, even some shitty fanfics have better plot than this ... sorry, out of context.

But getting back to the point, they learned from her about the events that have happened up until now in the Gold Mine Town, the first thing was that the previous ruling family imposed way too high taxes on the people but one day one man came and overthrew them, they liked him at the start but then he started to bury the people who did not follow the rules made by him live and here they were now.

Naruto saw a person sitting and asked him "Excuse me, do you work at those mines, if yes, then can you describe him to me please?"

The man, who had short black hair but were covered by a grey bandana which he wore backwards and was wearing a blue yukata answered "I used to and I am your client Konoha ninjas, that person has two weird swords that he carries around with a sack on his back."

Naruto was on alert, someone who is powerful and has weird swords, that was something to be afraid of, he opened the bingo book and started to go through pages until he found one that said 'Kushimaru Kurairare' and held it out to his client and asked "Is he the one?", the client shook his head and Naruto once again started going through pages until he found some others but they were not the ones, finally, he stopped at a page saying 'Kurosuki Raiga', when the client saw it, he widened his eyes and nodded confirming his fears.

Naruto called his team members and then said "We are at a severe disadvantage in this mission." Lee just yelled how they would get through with Flames of Youth but Neji, who had seen Naruto on the previous mission, asked "What do you mean?"

"Our opponent is an A-Rank missing-nin from Kirigakure called Kurosuki Raiga, he is one of the Seven Swordsmen and wields the Kiba Blades, currently, only Lee, due to his superior speed can fight him head on and me because of my Ninjutsu and speed, no offense Tenten but he is definitely better than you in the usage of weapons" "None Taken, I just hope to see his Kiba Blades but I can't take them because they are the property of another nation" "Yeah and Neji, you need to be up close to deal any damage, our best bet would be to distract him and you should attack him from his blind side but it is difficult if he is like Zabuza."

Neji picked up here and said "Yeah, Gai-sensei told us about that mission, Momochi Zabuza, he was another one of them but if he can defeat Hatake Kakashi head on and if this guy is anything like him, then we surely are in trouble but we should try as we can't request reinforcements from the village during this time."

Everyone nodded went to sleep after eating that … well, curry (shivers). They had a busy day ahead of them tomorrow.

The next morning, it was raining but Naruto along with Team 9 were watching something happen from the top of a hill, it was a burial but the coffin was still moving, it made the claims sure that people were being buried alive here.


With the people

A coffin was being carried by four black cloaked individuals while many other people dressed the same way followed close behind. Stopping at the top of a very small hill and laying down the coffin they encircled it.

A new funeral had just begun.

Two more cloaked individuals were a top a cliff looking down on the funeral. Not much could be told by the two except that one was around 5 foot 3 inches and the other was around 6 feet tall, as well as the taller one had his cloak covering what either looked like a large hump or bag.

The taller one spoke while crying "I'm happy. I remember when I first met him"

"That's good" A voice said out of nowhere

"When I told him that I would release the Katabami gold mine from the magistrate and his taxes, he was so happy" The taller one said wiping his eyes with his sleeve

"He was laughing with such a happy-looking face. He really was a good guy" The taller one continued

"Must you do this Raiga-sama? This can't be humane, so why do you do this?" The shorter of the two asked

Seemingly ignoring her Raiga continued "Funerals are nice. They're very touching"

"Will my funeral be this intense and grand as well?" asked the mysterious voice

Eyes wide Raiga looks back and says, "Baka, you're not going to have one! You're not going to die until I die! Even if you aren't remembered for doing good things during your life at your funeral, you have always been a good kid"

"Raiga, they're coming, they're going to reveal themselves soon" The voice answered

"I'm looking forward to seeing what kind of guys they've called, and once I do, I bet there's going to be more funerals" The second one said.

"Byakugan" Neji said as he looked into the coffin, "It's alright, he's still alive. If we can defeat the others, we can still save him in time"

"Let's take them out then" Naruto said

"Yes, Let us go" Lee said after

On the ground, the coffin was shaking from pounding fists, "No! Please save me!" Rokusuke screamed from inside the coffin.

Outside the coffin many of the blacked cloaked individuals laughed evilly, that is, until a few smoke bombs landed at their feet and exploded. One person jumped out of the smoke while others stayed and took off their cloaks.

"It's the enemy!" one of them yelled

One person however ran away from the others in fear. One of the others that had stayed behind clenched his right hand and three metal claws camp out of his knuckles.

The three Genin and one Chunin ran at the enemies with Naruto putting out a battle cry.

"BASTARDS" One of the Kurosuki shouted as he was impaled by Lee's fists and kicks.

"Tenten, take care of the two enemies on the right" Neji yelled while still running.

"Hai" Tenten yelled back as she pulled out a three piece staff with chain connectors.

Tenten bashed the first Kurosuki in the cheek with the end of her staff before he could react. The other Kurosuki came in with his claws and swiped at Tenten, however she jumped over the strike and, detaching the chain staff, slammed one section of it into the man's stomach, making him cough up blood and fall to the ground. Tenten landed and held her detached staff by the two outer sections as she waited to see if one of her teammates needed her help.

Neji saw two Kurosuki running towards him and got into his gentle fist stance.

He slammed his palm into one of the enemies' stomach, making him grimace and fall over. Neji then did a spin kick and blocked the claws of the other enemy, then, continuing the spin he kicked the man in the face with his other leg.

Naruto weaved the hand-signs while inhaling air and called out "Katon: Ryuka no Jutsu" (Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique) and exhaled fire upon the enemies who were close and were burnt on contact, but because Naruto did not put much chakra into the technique, they did not die.

"There are still three left" Neji said as he stood alongside Naruto

Another enemy jumped down from a tree intending on landing on Naruto, but Naruto side-stepped him and punched him in the kidney.

A Kurosuki suddenly popped out of the ground and ran at Neji, only to be roundhouse kicked in the face by Lee

"The Beautiful Green Beast, Rock Lee, is ready" Lee said right after. He then spotted an enemy trying to hide behind a grave stone and said, "I found the last one!"

The enemy started to run away when Lee suddenly appeared in front of him in mid punch. However he stopped right before connecting and went wide-eyed. The enemy fall backward making his cloaks hood fall.

"You are..." Lee said still mid punch with his eyes widening in surprise.

"What's with him?" Naruto asked jogging over but as soon as he reached, he widened his own eyes, in front of them was the boy Karashi who was in the curry shop and is the son of the owner of the shop.

"It is not true that you joined the Kurosuki family of your own will, like Sanshou baa-san said, is it?" Lee asked

"So what if I did?" Karashi replied without any remorse with irked Naruto, this fucker had people who cared for him and he threw them away for power, he was reminded of another fucker in Konoha who did like that.

He lost it and yelled "Listen you! Sanshou-baa-san, every day while making curry, was really worried about you-"

"Naruto, please leave this to me" Lee said, making Naruto lower his raised fist and settle for just glaring at Karashi, Le looked at the boy and asked "Karashi, didn't you save my life with your curry of life? Why would you, who can make such wonderful curry, join a family that takes people lives?"

Scoffing Karashi says "No one praises you for making curry. Since I was born a man in this world, I must use it to control heaven and earth, it's better than working in a store that's falling apart and rarely has customers come by."

Naruto could not hold back any longer and went to punch Karashi but was surprised when Karashi flew back and it was not due to his fist, he turned to his right and saw Lee holding his fist out.

"Lee..." Tenten said

"Karashi, it wasn't just my life that got saved by the curry that you and Sanshou-baa-san made. If you put your whole heart into it and make a lot of curry, you can save lives. Even for a person like me, if I out my whole heart into it, nothing is impossible. That's what you taught me. I see you of back then as a better and stronger than you of now. Please promise me! Promise that you will definitely leave the Kurosuki family" Lee said

Karashi, remembering when he made the curry of life, moved onto his knees and said "I understand. I'm sorry, I'm sorry"

Lee and Naruto suddenly jumped when they heard a voice call out, "Hey! Please let me out of here. It's dark … it hurts!"

They looked down and remembered about their client Rokusuke who was buried alive. They immediately dug and took out the coffin and opened it freeing the man.

Tenten looked to her side to see Neji looking up into the sky, "Neji, what's wrong?" She asked

Neji was looking out onto the cliffs; he suddenly had a strange feeling that all of them were being watched. A picture of two red eyes popped into his mind and he went wide eyed.

"What's this, this sense of Killing Intent?" Neji said to himself and settled in his Juuken stance as a measure and instinct, the three others jogged up to him and Naruto asked "Hey Neji, what's wrong?"

"We're being watched. Most likely, it's Raiga" Neji replied which gained the others' attention, Naruto turned serious and asked "Where?" Neji just pointed at a cliff face, Naruto narrowed his eyes and said "Let's go then."

Lee turned back to Karashi, who was standing next to Rokusuke and said "Karashi, Please take care of Rokusuke"

"S-sure" Karashi said back as the four Genin jumped off towards the cliff.


The four Genin arrived at the cliff top and looked around for Raiga, Naruto was about to speak up when he noticed that a fog was slowly coming in. He was on guard immediately and was thinking about when he faced Zabuza 'Zabuza also used same technique if I am correct, what did Kakashi-sensei say? Something about Silent Killing if I am sure, I need to warn them especially Neji as he the closest to a sensor that we have.'

As the fog got thicker and thicker Neji spoke up, "This fog is-"

A dark laughter emanated from within the fog and two figures stood at the top of the cliff while the taller one spoke, "Ninpo: Kirigakure no Jutsu" (Ninja Art: Hiding in the Mist Technique).

"Everyone! Stay on guard, this is a specialty of the Seven Swordsmen, this a field they set for the Silent Killing Technique, Zabuza did the same thing but he was more skilled probably because of the blade he used" said Naruto.

Neji activated his Byakugan to see but gasped and yelled "I can't see a thing!"

"That is impossible! I cannot believe that Neji's 360 degree vision Byakugan cannot see anything" Lee said in disbelief.

"What does this mean?" Naruto asked while thinking 'What's going on? Neji can't see a thing. Is this a Genjutsu? No, that can't be, the Byakugan is designed to be able to see through all but the strongest Genjutsu, and from Raiga's profile it said that he is a Ninjutsu user and never uses Genjutsu. So … how is this possible? Is it possible that he has someone else helping him, which is surely a possibility, dammit, if only I had sensory prowess!'

"There isn't supposed to be any Jutsu that can block the Byakugan" Neji said deactivating his eyes and lowering his stance.

Up on the cliff Raiga spoke "How is it Ranmaru?"

"It's amazing; one of the four can see people's energies. Most likely it is a specialized power" said Ranmaru from nowhere.

"He can see us?" Raiga asked

"Don't worry; I have a greater power than he does. So, what are we going to do?" Ranmaru asked.

"Everyone in the Katabami Gold Mine is depending on me. I have to protect the peace of this village" Raiga answered.

"Are we going to have a funeral?" Ranmaru asked

"No. Even if we had a funeral, no one has any memories of them, so we'll just take care of them!" Raiga said clenching his fists.

Raiga reached his hands under his cloak and the sound of metal scraping metal was heard. Raising two objects into the air he yelled out "Ikazuchi no Kiba!" (Fangs of Lightning).

Raiga tapped the two packages together and lightning burst from them, tearing the packaging away revealing two swords with two spikes sticking out of each sword, with one near the hilt, and the other near the tip of the blade. Raising the blades higher two giant bolts of lightning were sent out into the air.

The rookies looked on in shock and awe while Naruto asked "Wh-what is that?"

Thunder clouds appeared overhead with lightning surging through it. Raiga looked up and yelled "Lightning, Surge!"

Suddenly a huge lightning bolt came down from the clouds and landed on the four Genin. Before they could react, it destroyed the section of the mountain they were standing on.

Raiga lowered his swords and asked "How was that Ranmaru?"

"Raiga, that's amazing!" Ranmaru replied.

Raiga started to laugh louder and louder at the thought of his completely destroyed enemies.

The smoke and mist eventually went away and Raiga saw that there was only a crater left where the lightning bolt had struck.

"They flew. They flew and were blown to pieces! As I thought, it's not bad at all. No point in having a funeral over this"

Ranmaru suddenly said "Those four are still alive"

"Impossible! After being hit with my Ikazuchi no Kiba … no, if you say so, then there's no doubt"

Two red spots appeared on the hump on Raiga's back and Ranmaru said "One of them is dangerous"


In the forest that lied below the cliff Neji spoke, "The enemy was nearby, but … I didn't see anything"

'That's strange. Even if it's a Kirigakure no Jutsu, It shouldn't be able to nullify my Byakugan'

"Byakugan"

Looking through his Byakugan Neji could now see multiple enemies in front of them, "I can see them. 23 degrees southwest, 12.3 degrees southeast, 8.1 degrees southeast, and 24.11 degrees northwest"

Tenten ran at three of the enemies and three two shuriken at each of them, Naruto made four Kage Bunshin and ran at some other enemies, Lee ran at two others and used his Konoha Senpuu, and Neji ran at one more and sliced at him with a kunai, only to hear the sound of metal striking wood.

Neji's eyes widened when his enemy turned out to be a tree "Impossible!"

Neji used his Byakugan and looked at the tree, only to be shocked when the tree in that vision looked like a human with chakra running through him; "How" Neji asked understanding that someone is definitely fooling his Byakugan.

Tenten's shuriken hit home, however her enemies turned out to be rocks. Naruto tried to use his Uzumaki Rendan but his enemy suddenly vanished in a puff of smoke, "Nani?!"

"Please help me!" A voice called out.

'Lee' was the collective thought of the other three; meanwhile Lee was hanging from a tree on the cliff side by his right leg "The enemy disappeared!"

Neji turned back and looked towards the other three with his Byakugan. He however still saw enemies right on front of his teammates 'Someone is definitely fooling my Byakugan, these illusions have Chakra Circulatory System but they are not real, is it Raiga?'

Up on the cliff stood Raiga and the second figure, Ranmaru's voice suddenly said "One is towards the cliff, one is below the cliff. One to the left. One to the right"

"We're not having a funeral, but I'll take care of them without leaving any traces" Raiga said without any remorse.

'Raiga not wanting to hold a funeral, he must be serious' the second figure thought

Raiga raised his swords and yelled out "Ikazuchi no Kiba" He then struck his swords into the cliff side and watched as lightning surged out of them and down the cliff.

All of the Genin were suddenly hit by electricity and yelled out before being blasted back.

Raiga then jumped down the cliff and landed, he looked at the fallen Genin and said "Ah, warm corpses." Then, walking over to Lee's downed form and said "We're strong, you and I. No, it's you. Ranmaru, you're strong. I'm strong when I'm with you"

"Wait, they're not dead, only unconscious" Ranmaru said.

"They're pretty stubborn. Alright, if frying them won't work. The let's crush them!" Raiga yelled.

Ranmaru laughed as Raiga lifted his swords above him and said "I'll crush your flesh and bones beautifully!"

Raiga then brought his swords down above Lee; however, before he could make contact, Lee kicked out Raiga's left leg and then kicked him in the back.

Launching back and using his swords to stop himself Raiga suddenly gasped as Ranmaru made a painful whimper. Looking back Raiga asked "Ranmaru, are you okay?!"

Lee suddenly got up and started to unleash a barrage of kicks and punches at Raiga, whom had to either dodge the attacks of block them with his sword.

"Hang on Ranmaru!" Raiga yelled "Ranmaru."

"I'm fine" Ranmaru replied, "Raiga, he's still unconscious."

"Nani?!" Raiga said as he looked at lee, only to see his eyes closed, Raiga tested it by raising his sword to Lee's face, which he then batted away before it touched him.

"Amazing, that's a good face. I'll remember it. I'll burn it into my heart. Let's have a funeral for him. I'm sure that it will be one that will make me cry!" Raiga yelled as he swung his swords at Lee.

Lee however was able to defend himself perfectly and jumped over Raiga before launching himself at him.

"Right!" Ranmaru yelled making Raiga dodge a lunging fist from Lee

"What's with him?" Raiga asked

"His movements are hard to read, but I'll try harder for you Raiga"

"Both of us will!" Raiga replied.

At the top of the cliff the second figure looked on in awe "Wow, that green kid is amazing to give Raiga-sama such a tough time"

"Left! Right! From the front! Jump! Now!" Ranmaru called out as Lee attacked. After Raiga jumped over Lee he swung on of his swords down to cut Lee in half, only for Lee to do a handstand and catch the blade between his shoes.

"You, you, you!" Raiga yelled as he swung his other sword down.

The other sword however was caught between Lee's hands, making Lee balance on his stomach

"Nani?!" Raiga yelled

"This person...why is he going this far?" Ranmaru asked.

At this point Naruto started to come to senses and he slowly opened his eyes to see Raiga in front of him with his two swords being held by someone on their stomach "Fuzzy-brows?" Naruto then tried to get up, only to fall back onto his chest. He opened his eyes again and saw that it was lee fighting Raiga … but that he had his eyes closed 'Don't tell me he's unconscious' Naruto thought. He then looked to his sides and yelled "Tenten, Neji!"

Tenten was unconscious lying on her side; however Neji opened his eyes and flipped over onto his chest. He stood up and looked at Raiga, all of a sudden a voice called out …

"Raiga, make your move!" Ranmaru yelled out.

"What was that voice?" Neji asked out loud

Raiga then jumped over Lee while getting his sword out of Lee's grip, he spun around and swiped at Lee, however Lee had moved enough to dodge the strike and kicked upwards at Raiga, tearing the back of his cloak and sending a huge bag flying.

"Raiga!" Ranmaru's voice called out from within the bag.

"Ranmaru!" Raiga yelled after

The bag landed a couple feet from Neji and the now awake Tenten.

"This is...?" Neji asked to no one in particular.

"Ranmaru, move!" Raiga yelled as he pushed Lee aside, making the rest of his cloak fall off.

Lee landed on the ground and opened his eyes saying, "What? I felt like I was fighting in a dream..."

"Ranmaru" Raiga said. He then looked at Lee and said, "Damn you!"

Raiga launched himself at Lee and swung down his sword-

Only to be jerked back like someone had pulled him back forcefully, he looked down and saw two golden chains wrapped around his waist, he did not have time to think about anything as he landed on his back and the chains retreated.

Naruto stood beside Lee and helped him up while Raiga was just contemplating what the hell happened and how to find Ranmaru while defeating these gakis from Konoha. He stood up to his full height and angrily says "You damn brats!"

Naruto then looks over to him and says "Hey, I want to ask you something."

"What is it you damn brat?!" snarled Raiga.

"You were one of the Seven Shinobi Swordsmen, right?"

"So what if I was?" Raiga angrily replied.

"So you knew Momochi Zabuza and Hoshigaki Kisame?"

Raiga just stared at Naruto with an angry look on his face and snarled "I hate them. Who wants to remember them? And I also hate you!"

Raiga charged at Naruto with his swords raised to kill, however Naruto ducked Raiga's first swing and jumped away. Naruto was then shocked to see one of Raiga's swords coming out of his chest. Raiga let out a satisfied grin, at least until Naruto suddenly vanished in a puff of smoke.

"Bunshin?" (Clone) Raiga asked himself. He then landed only to feel the blade of a kunai at his throat.

"You're weaker than before, you know that?" Naruto asked from behind Raiga.

Raiga only snorted and tapped his two swords together, generating electricity and sent it to Naruto, who just jumped away in time.

"What was that?" asked Naruto.

"Your death! Raikyuu!" Raiga formed a ball of lightning in between his swords and sent it straight at Naruto's chest.

Naruto felt volt upon volt of electricity course through his body, he screamed as he was launched back and roughly landed a couple of feet away. He was thinking about what had just happened and contemplating his options 'He is definitely not as strong as Zabuza but he is still stronger than me, let's see my options, Futon jutsus against his Raiton, Chakra Chains to hold him down and...' Naruto's right hand twitched 'the Raijin if nothing works, I can really use someone like Shika's IQ or even Neji right now.'

"I'll be sure not to remember your smiling face" Raiga said as he fired yet another lightning ball at Naruto. Naruto made a Kage Bunshin and jumped out of the way to fool Raiga and succeeded when he saw Raiga leaving to search for that package that fell from his back.


Neji and Tenten were standing over the bag that was launched from Raiga's back with puzzled looks on their faces.

"What is this bag?" Tenten asked.

"Let's find out, Byakugan" Neji looked into the bag, only to see a chakra circulatory system in it. "Inside of this..." Neji said until both his and Tenten's eyes widened slightly.

The bag started emitting a red aura and a bit of it raised above the bag. To Neji's byakugan eyes a chakra circulatory system was built right on front of him.

"He's creating chakra circulatory systems!" Neji yelled. Looking into the bag again he suddenly sees two pure red eyes open and turn to look at him. Neji then looked to Naruto who was about twenty feet away and yelled out, "Naruto, we are now at and advantage!"

Naruto came up to him with a questioning look and his clothes were a bit ragged around the chest area due to the direct hit he took earlier.

"Don't worry, Raiga's eyes are right here" said Neji.

Looking to the bag Raiga then yells out "Ranmaru! After I defeat this guy, I'm going to save you!"

"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu" Naruto said as over two dozen of himself appear in puffs of smoke.

Raiga looked around to see himself surrounded by Naruto's. He touched his swords together and generated lightning and through it at a group of clones while yelling "Raikyuu"

A couple of Naruto clones dispelled and the others taunted Raiga, "What? Was all that before just luck?"

Raiga just looked up and smirked saying, "Don't mess around. All I have to do is defeat them all!"

Naruto clones charged at Raiga, but Raiga just kept shooting off lightning and destroying the clones. The rest of the clones all jumped to dive bomb Raiga, but he just raised his swords up above him and electrocuted all of the Naruto's, thus making them disperse.

'At this rate, my chakra will...' Raiga thought as he stopped the lightning and looked and saw new Naruto clones around him. Raiga looked on and and thought 'The mist...The mist is fading. Damn it! I'll have to finish this now!' Raiga then charged a large amount of electricity and stabbed his swords into the ground.

Naruto looked on as the charged lightning destroyed some of his clones and started climbing the cliff face.

Raiga then pulled his swords out and ran to and up the lightning charged cliff.

"I won't let you get away!" The Naruto's yelled as they ran after Raiga.

Raiga sheathed his swords and made a couple of hand sings as the Naruto's chased after him. "Ninpo: Iwa Nadare (Ninja Art: Rock Avalanche)"

The ground below Raiga suddenly exploded as huge boulders came crashing down on the still running Naruto's.

"Naruto!" Neji yelled as he and Tenten heard many pops coming from the land slide.

Raiga reached the top of the cliff and looked down to see only smoke and no Naruto. "See that?" He asked himself smugly.

"Yea! I saw that!" Came an unexpected reply, Raiga turned around shocked to see Naruto in the air behind him holding a swirling mass of chakra. When he tried to move, he found it impossible and saw that there were the two chains he saw earlier holding him down.

From within the bag at Neji's side came the cry of "yamero!" (stop)

Naruto's heard the cry and thought to himself 'I can't stop in time!'

Naruto's Rasengan hit Raiga in the stomach and Raiga screamed as he was forced into the air and sent flying into the distance to his death.

Naruto landed and said to himself "I did it."


Okay, at this point it became too much for me as I did want to write these missions but still did especially the previous and this one, so I will just mention the important details and changed fight scenes from theses missions

(i) Raiga Mission.

(ii) Isaribi Mission.

After these I will completely focus on the Sasuke Retrieval and a small added part in my story and then the training trip will start, so in the next chapter, the Sasuke Retrieval will finish and the chapter next to that will mark the starting of the Training Trip, the one which I want to write.

If anyone of you wanted the full missions, I am sorry but you need a motivation to type all of this and these missions have no motivation for me but the Training Trip and the rest of the story does.


Changed Detail-1 Naruto vs Raiga (again).


Naruto was struggling against Raiga and he had made the others injured so that they were not able to battle, obviously, Lee was held down by Neji and Tenten as for Naruto, well he had lost his vest and was in his Konoha undershirt and had a few burn marks on his body from the lightning attacks. Raiga on the other side was standing there smugly in his Raigeki no Yoroi (Lightning Strike Armour).

Naruto was panting heavily as everything he had in his bad had just failed, his chakra chains could not touch Raiga because of his armour, his Futon jutsus were not advanced enough to cancel Raiga's Raiton techniques, he looked towards his right glove, which still had the metal plate with the Sword Kanji (剣) on it. He pushed chakra into it and in a puff of smoke, a brown handle was in Naruto's hand, he pushed chakra into it, giving the sword it's known look.

Raiga was way beyond surprised after watching the famous sword of the Nidaime Hokage in this brat's hand, maybe he was more than a brat but Raiga knew that he could take him down as he clearly had more experience in the art of Kenjutsu.

Naruto and Raiga pushed towards each other in an attempt to finish each other off; mid-way Raiga saw Ranmaru pleading him to stop making him lose his focus. it was enough to make Naruto use the Raijin and push him back.

When Raiga was pushed, he dropped his swords and was sent soaring down the cliff, mid-way he yelled "KAMINARI! GIVE ME MY FUNERAL!." That was when a single bolt of lightning struck from the skies upon Raiga, burning and electrocuting him so hard that there was no trace left of him.

Naruto sealed the swords and kept it a secret from Tenten so that he could avoid any international accidents between Konoha and Kiri, meanwhile Ranmaru was kept by the owners of The Curry of Life shop and started working with them.


Isaribi Mission

Naruto saved Isaribi and they were going back to the village on a ship when-


Anko was going back from the hell of a mission with her team of Naruto, Shino and Ino and that girl they rescued from that mad doctor when she saw a hawk coming towards her, she recognized it as a Konoha emergency bird, the hawk landed on the deck beside her, she removed the small parchment off it's leg and started to read it, the other three, who had also seen the hawk, came around her to see what was happening.

Anko scowled after she read the message, she turned to the other three gakis and gave them the message to read it for themselves, the reactions were what she expected; Shino raised an eyebrow; Ino was shocked and surprised while Naruto was first surprised but scowled after that.

"What do we do Anko-sensei?" asked the lone Chunin of her team.

She started thinking and then looked at Naruto and said "Oi Gaki, you have the Toad Summons, right?" Her answer was a nod from the blonde.

"You will go to help that team while we three along with this girl will go back to Konoha, the Aburame and I are exhausted and the Yamanaka is of no use on this mission, we also have to keep a watch on this girl as she can escape anytime she wants, you try to make up the distance using you summons" explained Anko.

Everyone was surprised even Shino if the raising of his eyebrows was any indication but they nodded, given Ino was deflated and disappointed due to being called useless, but they agreed.

Naruto jumped off the boat and started running towards the direction he had to go, mid-way, he bit his thumb and made the signs and yelled "Kuchiyose no Jutsu."

A magenta, two-horned toad as large as Gamabunta came out this time and in freshwater, he looked up and said "Greetings young summoner, my name is Gamaken, I tend to be clumsy."

Naruto sweatdropped at the last line and said "Gamaken-san, I need you to keep going in the North direction until we reach the Hi no Kuni, it's an emergency A-ranked mission from Konoha."

Gamaken nodded and jumped off while saying "Finally someone who does not need me to escape from peeping."

Naruto knew just who was the person who used Toads for escaping from peeping, he knew that if his father even tried to peep (shudders) what his mother would do.

Naruto just sat and hoped to reach the idiot who thought it was a good idea to abandon Konoha and join Orochimaru.


A/N: Hey guys be sure to leave reviews, it helps, I am still learning how to make my fics better and I think that it is paying off.


So anyways redorigins2 out.