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Mantle and Mistral forces clashed against his. Their combined armies ranged in the tens of thousands, his own men were dying like flies, even with the aid of Vacuo, the battle looked grim. His advisor warned him of the cost and that any victory would be Pyrrhic one.
Not that it mattered
He needed to end the war, his spies informed him of Salem's agents entering the war. The very ones that caused the whole incident, he was glad she did not come the battle. The armies agreed to focus on killing the grimm before hand, no one wanted to fight grimm during the battle.
They were near one of Vacuo's largest dust mine and the battle was near it, a thin line of loyal elite soldiers stood between them and the rest. The enemy had yet to know of his presence and he wanted to that end, soon. His advisors all cautioned against it, that it was a fools risk and better to command from afar. They were wrong.
His hand touched his sword ... if you can call it that. It was risky to bring it out of it's vault but this was his only choice. He had hoped to make peace with mantle/mistral forces, but with Salem's follower still whispering into the leaders ears that was not an option. Assassination was an option but they were found out and Salem increased their protection.
This was the way to end it all, a near restart button.
The second he used it grimm would come, regardless of how much they destroyed, every grimm from vacuo to vale will come and they will come fast. He knew of the Queen of Vacuo's desert fighters will slow the hoard down and with his elite knights will personally face the grimm, of course they would use the remaining Mantle & Mistral forces as meat shields.
Moving out of his tent his armor made noise as the sound of fighting intensified. His men saw him enter the fray, using his specter as a weapon and letting his aura do the rest. He personally craved his way to the thick of it. His own elite guard, made of knights personally trained by him and the summer, fall, and spring maidens.
The enemy forces looked on with growing horror at his arrival. He took great care when he saw Salem's people among them, that was before they saw what he pulled out.
They attempted to run ... that or shit themselves, one of the two.
He pulled out the 'sword'
And swung
KONOHA
"Congratulations team, we have successfully captured tora once more!" said Kakashi. They were heading back to the mission counter, sadly it was Naruto's turn to the demon. It was not a cat, the team believed that it was a demon incarnate, no cat could be so cruel and annoying. This was worse then if the gods came back, hell he'll take a hundred Salem's over this ... thing.
As they arrived they saw the daimyo's wife call out for the monster. She crushed the cat in her hugs as team seven looked with glee, naruto was tempted to put the thing in a paralysis spell so it would be crushed even longer. It took a lot more willpower then he wanted to say no.
Then tora got out of the women's grasp and she cried out for the cat again.
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Oh yeah, he was going to paralyze that monster.
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"Well team seven, that concludes team seven's the 50th mission. Right now we have tora ... again, or perhaps babysitting the elders grandchildren—" Sarutobi began as Naruto slammed his cane down.
"Old man please! Give us something different" screw patience, right now he was mad with a capital M "We've done dozens of D-rank missions already, surely we can get something better. A C-rank, please!?"
"Naruto! Mind your manners, this is the Hokage you are speaking to" said Iruka "Besides your far to inexperience for higher level missions, D-ranks are part of what genin do Naruto, it could take months before you are allowed to participate in a C-rank."
"Come on, Lord Hokage please let us do a C-rank mission" he ignored Iruka "We've done over fifty missions surely that means we can do a C-rank or something better? Besides we're all strong enough to handle a tougher mission, how are we supposed to get better if we do chores?". When he became hokage he promised himself to do something about the D-ranks.
"Hmmm, well Kakashi has told me you all have improved recently ... kakashi, do you think your students are ready for the responsibility of taking a C-rank mission?" Sarutobi looked at the jonin.
"Well my genin have been itching for a chance of better missions. I fear that we may lose tora to naruto if we don't, but ... yes, I think my team is ready for a C-rank"
"Well then, team seven your mission will be an escort one" Sarutobi called his secretary as a few minutes later a man holding a jug of wine entered "This here is Tazuna, he is a master builder and has requested konoha shinobi to escort him back to the land of the waves."
"The hell is this? I thought I was going to be escorted by shinobi not a bunch of brats playing ninja" tazuna grumbled.
"I can assure you that my team will be able to protect from whatever comes at you. I myself am a powerful jonin so if my genin can't handle it I can" Kakashi assured the man. That seemed to calm the man down. "Excellent, alright you three I want to meet at the front gates in four hours, here are permission slips you need to get anything from the Konoha armory and I expect you to pack for at least a months worth or more."
xxx Later xxx
The team meet up later as they watch Kakashi made the last check of their equipment. Satisfied he ordered them into a manji formation as they began their trek. Their journey had only last for a few hours but for the kids it was interesting experience to be out of the village.
Kakashi himself smiled, he knew his students never left their home and their first C-rank mission showed them a taste of the outside world. Ah he remembered when he first left the village, it was something all genin should experience one in their lives.
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"There's two people in that puddle" Ozpin had naruto used their aura to watch out for any enemies. It was an advanced technique but it was similar to that of the chakra pulse. It had the user let out a pulse of aura similar to echo location, it was a useful ability for huntsmen to know if there were people or any fellow hunters nearby. Sadly it was a useless skill against the grimm and made someone an easy target to enemy huntsmen.
But for a world with no knowledge of aura?
Naruto placed his hand behind him and begun using the academy taught hand signs to his teammates. He saw a look of recognition from Sakura and a nod from Sasuke. Nothing from Kakashi. As they walked closer he noticed a puddle in the middle of the road.
A scythe sprung from the puddle and shredded kakashi to pieces.
Sakura gasped as they went into their formations. Sakura & Sasuke stayed to the rear while he extended his cane and took the front.
Two shinobi appeared from the puddle, the one to the left went first and raised his clawed hand. Naruto blocked and with a boost from aura pushed him. The other tried going to the rear as Sasuke intercepted. Sakura aid with her shuriken and team seven forced the two away from tazuna. Chains came out of their claws as they charged again.
Naruto charged and striked.
One of the jumped to the side and with the help of the other swung around. The other ninja pulled the cane and naruto closer. He collapsed the cane used the momentum to get closer. He released his cane right next to his chin, throwing him to the ground.
Sasuke blocked the other ninja and started to attack him. The other ninja jumped on top of a branch was begin hand signs.
Right as Kakashi placed his hand on him. An lighting infused punch knock the other shinobi while kakashi followed with another one at the other guy. After that it was tying them up and placing a chakra suppression seal on them.
"Kakashi-sensei your alive!?" Sakura cried in relief.
"Ma ma, why would I want to die Sakura that seems like a lot of hard work? Besides, there is something I do want to ask of you tazuna" he turned around and applied a light amount of KI at the civilian "You lied about the mission. Those shinobi were no run of the mill, they were after you. It's the middle summer and there hasn't been any rain in the last few weeks, only by using a jutsu they would be able to hide."
The man spluttered and looked around at his students for any aid. After a little bit the man look conflicted before giving in.
"Alright you got me, the truth is I did lie about the mission. But I had no choice my nation does not have the money to afford a higher level mission and if I do not come back in time the wave will perish under Gato!" explained Tazuna.
"Gato? What does the richest man in the world have to with the wave?" asked Kakashi.
"Everything, a few years that man came to our nation. At first he offered us jobs and economic prosperity, but it wasn't long till we learn the truth, he used us as cheap labor took nearly all of our wealth and hope. We have been living in fear and he has near control of the nation, my plan was to create a bridge that would bypass with shipping company and give a chance of a brighter future. When I left I knew Gato would come after me, please I beg of you I need to see this bridge through help me!"
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"If you had explained this to the hokage I'm sure we would be able to come with a deal of some sorts. I'm sorry Tazuna but by shinobi protocol we have no choice but to head. Everyone grab your gear, we're leaving now" said Kakashi. Tazuna had his head down, he had failed and with it the hope of his nation.
"... Sorry Kakashi-sensei but no can do" said Naruto. Both men looked at him.
"Naruto, that was an order. This man lied to us about the mission, as per shinobi protocol we are to leave"
"Mmm yeah about that, I'm still going to help him out. Kakashi sensei we can't let this Gato continue ruining the people of wave, I'm sorry but I am staying regardless no matter what" Naruto stood firm "You'll have to go without me."
"I agree, we've already come to far to stop now" Sasuke sided with Naruto.
"... Y-Yeah like what Sasuke said, we can't stop because of two missing ninja!" Sakura finally agreed.
The jonin glared at his three students ... before thinking on it a bit and finally sighing "Well, if my students really believe we can do it then very well. However, this does not mean it is over Tazuna. You will have to pay back Konoha for this."
"Thank you, all of you. And I promise to pay back every penny for your kindness" he looked up at them with gratitude.
"Well then, we still have a long road before we get to the wave. Tazuna, I hope you have way for us to get in if we do not want to get Gato's attention" asked Kakashi.
"Yeah I do, I told a friend of mine about the plan. He has a boat were we can use, it will lead us close to my home" the old man explained.
WAVE
"Man it's really foggy now, I can barely see anything" Naruto thought to himself.
"Indeed, and a perfect place for an ambush. Be careful" Ozpin warned.
He looked to his other teammates and saw they to were a little tensed. The academy always warned them of possible ambushes and this looked straight out of something they would warn of. Even Kakashi looked worried ... or at least he hope the man was. Tazuna looked confused and was muttering but nothing new.
"So Tazuna, um how far is your home? I know we just got off the boat but ..." asked Sakura. When they had seen the bridge even they were impressed they had never seen like that in Konoha. It was enlightening and also proved to them that Tazuna was the real deal.
"Shouldn't be to long from now" said Tazuna.
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BRRSSSH
Everyone took their weapons out and tensed, one of the bushes started to move a bit. A few seconds later a white rabbit hopped out, stopping when it saw the ninja.
"Oh, it was just a bunny" sighed Naruto "Man for a second I thought you were something else."
Kakashi watched as Naruto and Sakura tried to get close to the rabbit, motioning it towards them "Odd, that's a snow hare. It spring time so why is it sitll wearing its winter coat? No, this must be a decoy it must have been keep somewhere indoor. So now, where is the attacker?"
SHCCCCEEE...
"EVERYONE DOWN" Sakura tackled naruto and Sasuke tacked tazuna. Kakashi ducked as a massive blade swung past their head as it embedded itself into the nearby trunk. A shadow leapt onto the handle. It was a tall man wearing no shirt and camo leggings, bandages covered the lower portion of his face. But what got everyone's attention was his headband.
Or the slash across it
Missing-Nin
"Well Well, Zabuza Momochi, I didn't except one of the legendary swordsmen of the mist would grace us" said Kakashi. "Everyone, stay back this fight is out of your league. And from the looks of it I've to go all out too."
Pulling on his Headband it showed a red eye with three tomoes around the main pupil.
"Heh and I never thought I would kill the Kakashi of the Sharingan. It really is an honor, they say that Sharingan can copy any ninja technique and reflect back at the user. Back when I worked for Kiri they had a nickname for you, The Copy-Cat Ninja the man said to copy over a thousands jutsus in his life" said Zabuza.
"Impossible ... is Kakashi a member of my clan!? Did that man leave one survivor, how have I never heard of him?" Sasuke looked on with shock as his sensei used the same bloodline as our family.
"Enough the pleasant talk, as much as this has been fun I do have schedule to meet. And that man's head has to go" he applied a tiny bit of KI to scare the man before turning back to Kakashi "But first, I have to kill you first"
The man vanished before reappearing "Water Style: Hidden Mist Jutsu" The mist around them thickened and so made it impossible to see but a few feet ahead of you.
"Everyone be on your guard! And no one move from position, anyone that does is guaranteed a one way trip to the gods. All of you stay on your toes" Kakashi ordered.
"Eight different targets" It was Zabuza's voice, it was coming from everywhere "Throat, Spinal Column, Lungs, Liver, The Jugular Vein, The Subclavian Artery, ... so many choices. What vital part shall I choose? Heh-heh"
Sakura, Sasuke, and Tazuna looked terrified and were scared.
Kakashi was reading his chakra.
Naruto was merged with Ozpin as they readied their aura
"This blood thirst ... I-It feels like he could appear and kill me in a single swipe. One blink and I will be gone ... I-I don't know how long I can keep this. It's like back then you just start dying at the suspense" Sasuke raised his kunai "I'm sorry mother, father, and everyone ... I can't do this, it's like that man all over again"
"Sasuke!" Kakashi & Ozpin/Naruto shouted
"Don't worry, I will protect you all" Kakashi assured them "No matter what comes to me, I will not allow any of my comrades to die!"
"Like Kakashi said, your our comrade, if he wants to a piece of us he'll have to go through of all of us together" Ozpin/Naruto agreed
Their voices calmed the boy down as he felt himself lowering the kunai.
"I wouldn't say that you two" Zabuza appeared in the middle of their formation.
But before he could act Kakashi appeared before him and stabbed the missing-nin with a kunai. The blood that came out of the man turned to water as the clone collapsed.
"Sensei behind you!" Another Zabuza appeared slashed Kakashi in half, which also turned into a water clone. The man looked surprised but stopped when he felt a kunai pressing at his neck.
"It's over Zabuza, theses no where else to run" said Kakashi.
"Heh-Heh, you have to be a fool before you think that is enough to stop me. I admit using a water clone to watch me fight was a good move but if you think that is enough to stop me then you're wrong" Zabuza's body turned into water as kakashi felt a kunai at his throat "I'm not that easy to fool"
Zabuza swung at kakashi as the man ducked it before being kicked into the lake. He attempted to run after kakashi before he felt a sharp pain in his feet, caltrops dozens of them all scattered about. Kakashi threw them as the clones had thought and when he ducked. All them saw Kakashi slowly get up from the water.
"This water, why is it so heavy—" Kakashi thought as Zabuza appeared behind him.
"Water Style: Water Prison Jutsu" The water around kakashi enveloped him. The water became even more heavier to the point Kakashi struggled to even move a finger. "Going underwater of all places, I'm a shinobi from Kiri the water is where I'm at my best! Now with you out of the way I can take care of your brats. Water Style: Water Clone Jutsu"
Another clones of Zabuza rose up.
"Look at all of you, little kids trying to play ninja heck you even have the headband and all" the zabuza clones laughed "But nice clothes don't make a shinobi, only those that can kill and are willing to do whatever skill is all that matter. But for kids like you, we have a special name—"
Zabuza disappeared before reappearing in front of naruto "—Brats?" as the man tried to kick the blonde he was blocked by the cane. That surprised everyone.
"Everyone take tazuna and get out of here! Zabuza can't move unless he cancels the jutsu. If he moves his water clone to far then he'll will lose control of it, this is your chance get out of here!" Kakashi shouted with a sense of real fear. Sasuke & Sakura were frozen still, they had never seen their sensei look so scared before, if their sensei couldn't beat this man what could they even do?
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"Sasuke, Sakura" Ozpin/Naruto "You to find a way to get sensei out of that prison of his. If Zabuza moved then the jutsu ends, think on that for a moment. I'll hold off the clone" he threw the clone away from him.
Before the clone could speak naruto charged at the clone and forced it on the defensive. The clone took out the massive sword behind him and tried to swing it at naruto, he blocked as both struggled to overpower the other. They broke off and Zabuza attempted to slice the boys head but found harder with each dodge.
"Naruto ... just how strong are you?" Sasuke wondered as he watched his teammate hold off a jonin and for the looks of it slowly winning "Is this the power of true shinobi ... am I even a real shinobi? ... No, there's no time to think on that, naruto is giving us precious time to get sensei out" He turned back to Sakura. Shaking her out of her shock "Sakura, we need a plan to get kakashi sensei out, do you have anything? You know what skills I have from our spares. Naruto's buying us time, we can't fail them."
"R-Right, I think I may have something. Sasuke how many shuriken do you have ... do you have the big kind" said Sakura as the two planned.
As they were planning the jonins had their own thoughts.
"Impossible how is a mere genin holding against my clone, even with a tenth of my power it should have been enough to kill them. Not only that ... that boy is adapting to my sword moves, yes I can see it he's adapting so fast it's unnatural. Heh, maybe there is one real ninja among those brats after all" Zabuza thought as he watched naruto adapt to his clone becoming more and more better at counter his moves.
"Amazing, I only heard from Ebisu but to see it in action. For a genin his skills are amazing ... but how did such a boy go from dead last to fighting a jonin's clone?" Kakashi looked with wonder.
Naruto jumped away from zabuza before using his own jutsu "Earth Style: Earth Clone Jutsu" Dozens of earth clones rose from the ground and started to attack the clone. This forced the to become more aggressive taking his blade he began spinning it around to keep the clones at bay. As Zabuza slowed down naruto tried again but this time ordered his clones to go above.
Zabuza sliced through the hoard of earth clones as the real naruto charged forward before sliding on his knees to avoid the sword.
"Just a little ... there!" He was able to grabbed the midsection of the clone "Sorry but this is our end." Suddenly the clone's midsection expanded at an insane rate before it literally popped and turned the clone back into water. Zabuza was to confused but Kakashi instantly knew.
His student used chakra, more specifically injected his own chakra into the clone "I see so that was your plan naruto. Unlike real people clones are made up entirely of chakra so when you focused your chakra into its midsection you caused it expand rapidly to the point it ripped the clone in two."
Sasuke and Sakura acted, Sasuke created some clones and used the smoke from them to pull out his windmill shuriken and threw it to the real Zabuza. The man saw it come and grabbed it scoffing at the poor attempt, only to barely jumped before the second behind came. Zabuza was about to comment before he heard the sound of transformation, looking back it was Sakura who threw it.
Zabuza used the shuriken in his hand to block the strike "Sorry brat but your going to need to—" He looked at shock as he saw someone appear before him.
It was naruto.
The immortal let a barrage of jabs with each infused with his aura. Zabuza torso recoiled and was thrown away from the prison, freeing kakashi.
"W-What!? How did that kid even—that shouldn't be possible I saw him on shore a second ago—ARRGH What the hell did that he do to me!? I can barely feel anything and ... shit it's even getting harder to breathe" Zabuza looked worried. That blonde, that isn't any normal person or any prodigy, he's something beyond that. He charged at the boy, ready to skewer him with the windmill shuriken.
Only for it to be blocked by kakashi
"Sakura, Naruto, Sasuke, I'm all proud how far you all have grown. You all worked together to take out a more powerful enemy, but you three rest now, let me handle zabuza from here on out" said Kakashi.
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The two jonin vanished to a further part of the river as both went through dozens of hand signs at once.
"Water style: Water Dragon Missile" Kakashi/Zabuza yelled.
Two massive dragons made of water appeared behind them and clashed against each other, causing gallons of water to splash into everyone's faces and forcing Naruto & Sakura back to the shore. The dragons died as they let a gigantic sprout of water, as it started to calm a bit both Zabuza and Kakashi ran around each other and mimicked the others move.
"Something is not right, it's like he's—"
"—Seeing through all my moves" kakashi finished.
His veins bulge as his anger rose with it "That's it you little mimic, I personally tear you to shreds—" the missing nin gasped. From the mist he saw ... himself behind kakashi. No that was an impossible ... unless this was another of the sharingan techniques, before he could thinking on it Kakashi went first.
"Water Style: Great Waterfall Jutsu" The water underneath him exploded and formed into a vortex that slammed directly into him. Zabuza cried out as he was pummeled into the woods before stopping at a trunk. Kakashi appeared on top of the branches looking down at the man. "Well that's that ..."
"... What ... can you see into the future?" zabuza looked at him with fear
"I do ... and I see your death"
Hundreds of sebon needles striked at the man, killing him in an instant. From above feminine giggling could be heard, it was a heavily robed shinobi wearing mask with the kiri symbol on it "It seems you prediction came true copy cat ninja."
Kakashi went down to zabuza and checked his body, dead. "... So what brings one of kiri's hunter corps out here and so far away?"
"Indeed, I am part of the kiri hunter corps. Or organization is dedicated to hunting down missing nin and destroying the bodies to protect the village secrets. I've been personally hunting down zabuza for some time now, you have the gratitude of the hidden mist" the hunter nin explained, thou more to the students then to kakashi.
The jonin nodded and moved away from the body and pulling down his headband. The hunter nin went over to the corpse as both of them left the field.
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"Well then, now that's taken care of how about we—" Kakashi's body froze and man fell to the ground, his students crying out shock as they tried to help him "Dammit ... used to much ... chakra"
xxx Tuzana's Home xxx
"Jeez sensei you gave us a real scare there" said Sakura as she tended to him.
"Sorry about that, I let myself overdid there. I promise to be more careful next time" said kakashi.
"Um hey sensei, about what you said on the hunter nin, what are they exactly? I don't think ever learned of them before?" Both he and Ozpin were surprised to here about a hunter nin.
"Them, well genin don't learn this till they are chunin but they're a special ops branch originating from kiri. However, over time the other nations did adopt the idea, their mission is to hunt down and destroy the corpses of missing nin as their are a lot you can learn from a corpse.
You can learn about the jutsus they used or their bloodline if they have any, drugs or concotios they may have taken, what wounds they survived from, the whole book. If any of those secrets ever escape it could but the village in jeopardy. That's why they thoroughly destroy a corpse before moving on" Kakashi explained.
"Even I'm not safe from them, if I ever died then konoha would send a team too ... or my comrades would destroy my body. Our corpses tell to many tales and because of that we ninja die silently and without a trace."
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"One more difference between shinobi and huntsmen. A hunters body doesn't contain such secrets nor ours, magic and the aura are not things humans or faunus can observe from a corpse." Naruto thought to themselves. The strength of a hunter comes from their aura but when a person dies that aura leave immediately, whatever knowledge you could gain dies with them.
Time passed by for team 7
Until Kakashi jerked up
"Dammit all, I forgot one important thing!" he cursed
"Um what? Did you leave your wallet back?"
"No, Zabuza's corpse. A hunter nin is to destroy the corpse on the spot, but that hunter nin did not. Instead it used senbon needles to do the job ... which can be used to put someone in a death like state ..."
Naruto clenched his fist while Ozpin frowned
"... That hunter nin was a fake, Zabuza is still alive"
