Chapter 14: March of War
(One day after the promotion)
Naruto sat in his room studying fuinjutsu when he heard a knock on his window looking up the boy spotted a messenger bird. Opening it he took the small scroll of the ravens head giving him a treat as the bird flew off.
Opening the scroll he saw two different seals so he decided to open the one marked Chunin first he unsealed another scroll which the boy opened up.
Attention Naruto Namikaze you are to report to Third regiment fourth company first platoon at the end of the month. You will be under jounin platoon leader Itachi Uchiha. Please acquire any and all gear you will need before the month is up. Third Regiment leader Kakashi Hatake. The letter stated as naruto grinned.
"Third regiment underneath Itachi? I think this war might be easy." Naruto said as he unsealed the second scroll that was marked Anbu.
Attention Naruto Namikaze sealed into this scroll is your anbu uniform and mask. You have been assigned the codesign Kitsune Please report to the anbu headquarters after your mission. Anbu Commander Dragon. The second scroll read as naruto unsealed his anbu gear which consisted of black ninja pants and a black ninja shirt with grey chest armor, bracers and shin guards. There was also a mask that was shaped and painted in the form of a fox.
"Kitsune rather on the nose." Naruto heard Hiruzen remark as the teen resealed his gear into the scroll as he heard a knock on the door.
"Nee Naruto it's time for our ah… date." Kurostuchi's voice came from behind his door as naruto froze looking at the time.
"Shit hold on Kurotsuchi, I'll be ready in just a moment!" Naruto shouted as he jumped around his room grabbing a nice coat and putting on some nice looking clothes before heading out his door as Kurotsuchi stood waiting.
"Did you forget?" She asked sternly.
"Ah no of course not!" Naruto said with a grin as the Iwa girl simply sighed.
"Whatever come on let's go." She said as naruto held out his arm which the girl hesitantly took as they walked through the streets of konoha. The two walked in an awkward silence not sure what to say to each other.
"So ah tell me about yourself-" The two said at the same time before blushing and laughing.
"Well uh I'll go first, I've lived here in konoha my entire life. I like to train and ramen as well as my family. I dislike how long it takes to cook ramen and I also dislike traitors. My hobbies are training and gardening as well as reading mostly about fuinjutsu. My dream is to one day become hokage and surpass my father. I also want to end the cycle of the jinchuriki " Naruto's voice radiated conviction causing kurotsuchi to smile.
"I like training and udon. I also like my family. I dislike perverts and traitors. My hobbies are training and going on hikes. My dream is to be the tsuchikage or well it was I'm not sure if that's still possible now." She said with a bitter smile which caused the boy to frown.
"Kurotsuchi…" Naruto said, stopping causing the girl to look up to him. "I promise that one day I shall help you one day fullfile your dream." He said with a bright smile that caused the bitterness to fade from her smile.
"I'll hold you to that promise." She said as the two continued on their date.
(2 days later, the day before the mission.)
The date with Kurotsuchi went nicely after their talk. It was as if they had shattered the ice while the two weren't exactly lovers or anything like that yet they had grown just a little closer. Naruto was nervous today though for two reasons the first being he had a date with yugito the second was he and sasuke had to meet with their anbu handler.
Taking a breath Naruto was wearing some nice clothes as he knocked on yugitos door once which caused it to open as Yugito wore a simple purple sundress as she fixed her ear rings.
"You look ah nice yugito." He said with a smile that the girl returned as the two linked arms heading out into the world.
"I would say we should at the very least introduce ourselves but I guess we already kinda know each other?" Naruto said with a smile as yugito nodded.
"Yes I would have to agree which is the nice thing about me and you know each other already." Yugito said as the two conversed on their way to the restaurant and then toured around konoha for a while.
Before long it was time for Naruto to meet with Inu so Naruto dropped off Yugito at the Namikaze household before quickly switching into his Anbu gear and setting out from his house.
Jumping from rooftop to rooftop it didn't take long for Naruto to arrive at the location of the meeting which was in front of the memorial stone. Inu and another anbu were already waiting coming out of a run Naruto walked up to join the two.
"Nice to see you finally joined us Kitsune." Inu said as the two turned around to reveal that the mask was that of a Taka(Hawk). "Before we start you two can remove your masks." Inu said as he removed his own as did naruto and sasuke.
"I just want to say one more time how proud I am to see you two join the ranks of Anbu, Naruto. You are an exceptional shinobi and will go far as will you, Sasuke. I know I'm not your jounin sensei but I have watched you grow since the land of waves. You two are joining an elite force and I have a lot of expectations for you two." Kakashi finished with an eye smile as Naruto and Sasuke returned the smiles.
Kakashis face however grew serious as he put his anbu mask back on as did Naruto and sasuke.
"Taka have you contacted the sound four yet?" Inu asked as taka nodded.
"Yes Taichou I will be meeting with them outside of the village around 6 in the morning." Taka said as Inu nodded, turning to Kitsune.
"Kitsune you will be awoken at 8 am and told to gather a team out of the genin and chunin in your age group. Do you know who you will gather?" Inu asked as kitsune nodded.
"Yes taichou I will bring Neji Hyuga, Kiba Inuzuka, Shikamaru Nara, and Sai. Can I expect more reinforcements?" Kitsune asked as Inu nodded.
"Fu of taki, Yugito and the sand siblings will be sent to reinforce your retrieval team. Near the end of the war you are to join the akatsuki, taka you will be sent missions from time to time mostly in the form of assassinations. I hope you will make good use of the chidori." Inu finished as taka nodded.
"If there are no more questions you are dismissed and I wish you luck in this mission. Kitsune a moment please." Inu said as Taka bowed before disappearing.
"Taichou?" Kitsune asked, standing at attention.
"I want you to be ready for anything. It's not always possible that you will bring your comrades back alive. I know you hate to hear that but as a member of anbu that is always a possibility." Inu said, turning to the memorial stone once more.
"Hai Taichou." Kitsune said.
"But if all goes well you five will return here tomorrow maybe a little bruised." Inu said before finishing with. "Dismissed."
Naruto bowed before shushining off he quickly changed out of his anbu gear as he sat at his table reading up on fuinjutsu as he spent the night waiting for word that the mission has begun. Naruto's new mission outfit consisted of black anbu pants and sandals with a kunai holster taped to his leg. The boy wore a black long sleeved shirt with his chunin flak jacket on which was loaded with scrolls. On his hip was his sword and an equipment pouch which hung off his flak jacket.. He also had a shuriken holster on his back next to the pouch.
(With Sasuke)
Sasuke had changed out of his anbu attire and into his normal uchiha garb as he stood staring at Sakura with a sad smile on his face. Feeling a hand on his shoulder he looked up and saw Itachi.
"You will see her again soon otuto." Itachi said with a sad smile.
"I know Itachi… But what will she think of the actions I will have to commit." He said with a frown as itachi shook his head.
"Do not worry about that… Just know me and mother will love you always and support you in secret." Itachi said as Sasuke stood up the two hugging.
"If need be I will join you on a mission or two you can count on that." Itachi said as a small tear escaped his eye, not that Sasuke could see. The two separated as Sasuke saw the time had come shooting sakura one last look he turned away and headed for the sound four.
(Naruto)
The boy was restless as he waited in silence he felt tired and weary but he held off from trying to sleep. Hearing a knock on the door Naruto took a deep breath before he headed to the door. Opening it a chunin stood before him.
"Can I help you?" Naruto said with a tired voice to a chunin.
"Naruto Namikaze, you have been ordered by hokage-sama to collect a recovery team sasuke uchiha has left the village with the sound four." The chunin said with a bow before leaving. Naruto let out a tired sigh before he made three shadow clones that each went their own way to three members of the team.
Naruto personally arrived at shikamaru's house knocking on the door. It didn't take long for his mother to arrive. Yoshino, shikamaru's mother, had long, dark brown hair kept in a low ponytail with three strands framing her face, fair skin and dark eyes. While at home, she was seen in a pink blouse and dark-coloured skirt along with an apron over it. She also wears a pair of simple hoop earrings.
"Oh hello Naruto-kun what are you doing here so early?" She asked as she wiped her hands.
"I need to see Shikamaru… We have a mission, yoshino." Naruto said with a bow as the woman frowned and nodded after a minute Shikamaru joined him at the door.
"What is so troublesome you're here so early?" Shikamaru asked, wiping the sleep from his eyes.
"Sasuke has left the village. Me, you, Kiba Neji and Kiba have been tasked with tracking him down." Naruto informed the Nara who stopped before a grimace spread over his face.
"Got it just give me a minute." He said running into his house before returning with his gear and the two took off to the front gates of konoha where Kiba Neji and Sai waited. Setting down, Naruto motioned for everyone to follow him as he took off out the front gates.
"You guys have already been briefed by my bushin. Kiba, I want you to take point again." Naruto said as the inuzuka nodded, moving ahead of Naruto picking up the scent quickly.
"Neji I want your Bakugan active at all times we don't know if there's more oto nin out there or not." Naruto said as neji nodded.
"Right!" He shouted his Bakugan, activating scanning the world around them as the team jumped from branch to branch.
"Sai you're on rear guard action." Naruto said as the boy said nothing however he did give a smile. The five konoha shinobi rushed through the forest tracking sasuke's scent.
"I'm seeing the sound four straight ahead… however wait sasuke is in a barrel I think?" Neji said as Naruto frowned but nodded.
"Got it." He said as he continued to follow the sound four after another hour of running Neji frowned.
"They just came to a halt." He said the team quickly halted on a branch in front of the sound four.
"These same fuckers again? Where's the rest of your little group." Tayuya said with a sneer.
"They're busy but we're still more than capable of taking you guys on." Naruto said with a grin as their leader laughed.
"We'll see about that." He said simply before the member with four arms through a barrage of spikes at the recovery team forcing them to jump off the branch onto the ground.
The largest member of their team landed with a thud his hand on the ground.
"Doton Kekkai: Dorō Dōmu(Earth Release Barrier: Earth Prison Dome of Magnificent Nothingness)!" He shouted as a dome quickly formed around the recovery team.
"Good job Jirōbō join us once they're dead." The leader of the sound four said
before the recovery team heard the other three take off.
"Damnit!" Naruto shouted as they heard Jirōbō laugh through the dome.
"I can feel my chakra getting drained…" Neji said as he saw all of their chakra being sucked away into the dome.
"Shit there must be fuinjutsu involved in this.." Naruto said as he walked around the dome looking for any seals.
"Gatsūga(Fang over fang)!" Kiba shouted as he burst into the wall however it seemed to be doing nothing.
"Keep your chakra Kiba… The wall is too strong for that." Naruto said as he spotted Shikamaru taking up his thinking stance. Naruto felt around the dome once more, his eyes closed as he sensed chakra.
"Say Jirōbō was it? What if we just let you have sasuke?" Shikamaru asked as they heard the boy laugh.
"And abandon someone who should be considered a comrade? I don't think so." He said as shikamaru smirked. Signaling to the team he brought the team in close.
"I'm sure you've probably sensed it to naruto but I think there should be a weak spot in the dome on the farthest point from Jirōbō." Everyone nodded getting the idea as shikamaru pointed to a spot. Naruto formed a rasengan in his hand however this was a much larger rasengan than normal as he charged the wall.
"Ōdama Rasengan!" Naruto shouted as he drove his rasengan into the wall causing it to strain before it burst.
"Shit!" Jirōbō shouted as he jumped away from the collapsing dome as did the team as they stared off.
"Go ahead I will take care of him." Sai said, pulling out a scroll and ink brushed as he began to draw on the scroll before a tiger burst from it.
"Are you sure Sai?" Naruto asked as the boy nodded with a smile.
"Yes I will beat Jirōbō." Sai said as the other members of the team nodded taking off. Jirōbō attempted to stop him but the ink scroll jumped on him holding him off.
"Your fight is with me fatso." Sai said with a smile as a glare spread on Jirōbō's face before he roared he ran towards the boy who continued to draw in his scroll.
(Recovery team)
The team continued ahead in silence following Kiba who's nose twitched as they were caught in a giant web.
"What the fuck is this!" Naruto shouted trying to get free as they heard a laugh.
"Do you like it?" They heard the voice of the sound four member with six arms who finally revealed himself. "It appears you are all trapped." He said as he pulled out more chakra spikes.
"Who shall I kill first." He said with a crude smile as he began to approach the group.
"Don't worry everyone." Neji said as he tapped the webs quickly with his fingers causing them to slowly fall apart. Moving his arm the oto nin frowned as he quickly went to kill neji however the web fell apart the team freed.
"Just who are you?" Naruto asked with a frown trying to pull the webs off of him.
"I don't see why that is so important but if you must know my name is Kidōmaru." The teen said as he prepared to attack the konoha nin.
"Go on ahead I'll take it from here." Neji said as everyone looked at neji before nodding as they began to one direction causing Kidōmaru to click his tongue as he threw spikes at the konoha nin only to be blocked by the rotation of neji.
The two stared off at each other as neji protected his team from the spikes before neji charged Kidōmaru.
Back with the rest of the recovery team they raced through the forest hot on the tail of the final sound four ninja much to their shock and annoyance.
"How were they able to get past Jirōbō and Kidōmaru." Tayuya said as she hoped to another branch.
"It doesn't matter, Sasuke should awaken soon. We'll hold off the final three." said the leader of the team as he stopped throwing explosive tags towards the konoha ninja who moved to dodge the tags with Kiba and akamaru bursting through the smoke straight towards the sound four leader.
"You keep going guys!" Kiba shouted as he kicked the leader down a reveal quickly following the teen downwards.
"Shit Kiba…" Naruto said knowing that it wouldn't be an easy fight for the boy. However the two continued on.
"Two shitheads against one its not really fair." Tayuya shouted in front of them as she brought a flute up to her mouth before she played it causing the two to lose their balance.
"Genjutsu?" Naruto asked confused when she had the time to cause the disorientation.
"Indeed it was shithead." Tayuya said as she continued to play her flute causing a ringing in the boys ears much to their a burst of chakra everyone paused as they watched Sasuke burst from his basket. The curse mark spread across his skin.
"Sasuke!" Naruto shouted before the boy turned, taking off once more Naruto cursed before charging forwards past Tayuya who cursed trying to play her flute only for a shadow to rise up and strike at her.
"Your fight is with me." Shikamaru said as the two faced off.
Meanwhile, while Naruto was chasing after Sasuke, the two moved at the same pace. Coming up to a clearing Naruto dodged a bone spike as sasuke looked back towards naruto his eyes showing concern for a second but he saw naruto was fine.
Setting down he spotted who through the spike which was a teen with pale skin, vivid green eyes, angular facial features, two scarlet dots on his forehead and shoulder-length white hair, which he wore divided down the middle on his head with two separate partings on either side of his face. He wore a light lavender, loose-fitting, long-sleeved, zip-up shirt, black pants cut off around mid-calf, bandages wrapped around his ankles, traditional shinobi sandals, and a purple, rope-like belt tied in an inverted bow around his waist. He also wore two red, tube-like hair ornaments; one on either side of his head, securing two locks of his silvery-white hair.
"Has orochimaru sent you?" Sasuke asked as Naruto set down on the other side of the clearing.
"Indeed I am Kimimaro. I will guard you as you continue on towards orochimaru-sama." He said as he reached to his spine seemingly pulling it out as it took the shape of a sword. Sasuke didn't say anything as he took off once more, shooting a quick glance at Naruto who pulled out his katana.
(With Sai)
The boy ducked underneath a punch from Jirōbō as an ink beast jumped up latching onto the large teens arm as he stabbed his tanto straight upwards cutting deep into Jirōbōs arm before he received a punch to his side.
Sent flying Sai held the area he was punched feeling a couple cracked ribs as he struggled to stand. The ink beast burst as Jirōbō cursed, holding his wounded arm both of the combatants were bruised and the oto nin was cut all over the place.
"You piece of shit I can't believe you're making me use this." Jirōbō said as his skin turned red causing sai to frown as he quickly drew on his scroll much to the teens annoyance as he roared punching the ground causing it to burst straight towards sai who jumped up onto a tree before a multitude of animals burst forth.
Sai jumped off the tree as he charged towards Jirōbō jumping over a punch as he raced up the boys arm swinging his sword downwards using his momental to pull himself into a flip however he watched his horror as his tanto shattered on the teens skin as he turned punching sai in the chest sending him fly.
Coming to a halt, Sai found it hard to breath as he couldn't get up. Jirōbō approached the teen.
"Looks like this is the end of the line." He said as he brought up a kunai as sai accepted his fate however he felt nothing as Jirōbō yelled in pain holding his now stump of an arm.
"Sorry I'm late Sai-san." He heard a voice as he looked up to see yugito's nails extended like claws and Jirōbōs arm on the ground.
"You fucking bitch!" He shouted as he went to punch Yugito who turned back flipping over the boy's arm as an ink snake flew up around Jirōbō holding him still long enough for Yugito to shove her nails into the teens throat. Jirōbō gurgled for a moment as his skin turned back to normal before he fell over dead.
"Never call a girl a bitch." She said as she wiped her nails, retracting them before she picked up sai.
"Thank you yugito-san." He said as he passed out, Yugito rushed him back to konoha.
(With Neji)
The boy panted as he stood behind a tree he was bruised and bleeding as he looked for the six tailed oto nin who was in his second stage. Neji cursed as he once again dodged arrows and spiders.
Jumping to another Branch, Neji hissed in pain as he felt something hit him in the shoulder reaching back he pulled out the arrow as he hid behind another tree trunk.
"You really are a hard person to catch hyuga." He heard Kidōmarus' voice shout out before an arrow burst through the trunk as neji barely moved out of the way. Noticing neji sent a pulse of chakra through, causing the spider-like oto ninja to shout in pain as he fell to the forest ground.
"Is that the last attack of you'res hyuga!" He shouted neji waited in silence jumping quietly to another branch before dropping straight down on the spider-boy.
"No but this is!" Neji shouted as he landed a palm straight to Kidōmaru's heart causing the boy to spit up blood before falling down dead. Panting Neji fell back onto the tree as he breathed heavily.
"Don't worry neji I got you!" He heard a familiar voice shouted before he was picked up into the air by Fu who smiled at the boy.
"Thank you fu." Was all he was able to muster before he passed out in route to konoha.
(Kiba)
"Let's get you home Kiba." Kankuro said picking up Kiba who clutched onto akamaru having saved and killed Sakon and Ukon. The two raced off towards konoha.
(Naruto)
The boy blocked a swing of bone with his katana as he huffed Kimmimaro looked unphased however he received a sandal to the face courtesy of lee.
"Go on and get Sasuke. Naruto-kun!" Lee shouted much to Naruto's confusion as to why Lee was here but he internally shrugged before racing past Lee and Kimimaro fight reaching the valley of the end rather quickly.
"Bout time you made it here dobe." Sasuke said, sitting on the head of madara.
"Sorry Teme I was caught up for a moment." Naruto said as the two faced off.
"We have to make this look good…" Sasuke said as naruto simply nodded before the two clashed with their own blades. Between the heads fighting on the waterfall. Purposefully receiving cuts and scratches as the two duked it out before their blades were sent flying causing the two to burst into a series of hand to hand combat. Both took punch after punch and kicks.
Within an hour the two were bruised, bleeding and tired of punching their friend as they formed a chidori and rasengan. Charging forward the two clashed causing a large explosion of chakra as Sasuke's hand went through Naruto's shoulder just over his heart.
Cursing as they landed Sasuke kneeled beside Naruto who grinned.
"I'll give you this fight sasuke but you better get stronger for next time." He said with a smile which Sasuke returned as the two fist bumped.
"Now get going, you have a mission to take on." He said as rain fell over the valley of the end as Kakashi arrived.
"Get going Sasuke I'll take Naruto from here." He said as sasuke nodded continuing on his way to orochimaru as Kakashi picked up Naruto racing back towards konoha.
"Naruto!" Temari shouted as she fell in behind kakashi fear on her face.
"Don't worry temari its naruto he'll be fine." Kakashi said with a smile that temari hesitantly returned as they raced towards konoha.
(1 day later)
Naruto sat in his bed wrapped head to toe in bandages as he stared at his fists. He had learned quickly that almost everyone on the recovery team had received severe wounds with many of them at the point of nearly dying. Except for shikamaru who thankfully managed to walk away with just a broken finger.
"Don't beat yourself up too much Naruto." Kakashi as he entered the room. "You all went up against skilled shinobi and everyone is stable right now." He said taking a seat besides his little brother.
"I know but… I wish I could have protected them. I should have stayed to make sure they all had support." Naruto said as kakashi laid a hand on his leg.
"You did what you had to, you had your mission to make sure only sasuke made it to orochimaru." He said with a light smile.
"He's right gaki we now have a spy in a place where we desperately needed one." Jiryaya said, entering the room through the window with a light smile.
"Yeah I know." Naruto said bitterly.
"We're at war right now Naruto you will lose comrades for now just celebrate the fact that everyone on your team made it home. I will do everything in my power to make sure the Third regiment makes it home." Kakashi said with an eye smile as naruto realized how much weight Kakashi must have been under being the leader of a regiment.
"You're right I need to look on the bright side that everyone made it home alive." Naruto said as his trademark smile returned causing the other two in the room to smile.
(A week Later)
Naruto stood fidgeting in his kimono. He had been released from the hospital not too long after his talk with Kakashi and Jiraiya. Naruto returned home to a welcome home from the namikaze clan who were relieved to see naruto's return home. He had also begun his anbu training mostly late at night and today was the day that naruto's life would change forever.
Naruto stood in a kimono as he waited for his brides to reveal themselves. All his friends and their families were there along with his own family. Representatives from all the major civilian families and what not were there as well. Rasa, A and Onoki as well as Kurostuchi's father had come in from the war fronts to see the wedding.
Naruto fidgeted but he stopped his breath taken away as yugito, kurotsuchi and temari entered the wedding hall both looked beautiful. Each girl walked up taking their place besides naruto.
Minato sat happily next to naruto with a large smile on his face, happy to see his oldest married even if he was rather young.
The ceremony passed quickly leading to the reception which everyone enjoyed with lots of dancing and eating which everyone enjoyed. Naruto wished Sasuke could have been there but he enjoyed himself nonetheless.
All four of the newlyweds returned home to Naruto's room though nothing happened as they were all exhausted. So all four of them laid together falling asleep. The next month was filled with training at the anbu HQ mostly in tracking, stealth, interrogation and counter integration. His final week of training was about learning assassination
Finally the month was up and Naruto reported to the staging area of Third regiment fourth company first platoon. Naruto didn't know anyone really in the platoon as it was made up of chunin that were older than the teen.
"Naruto!" Itachi said with a smile patting the boy on the shoulder. "Glad to have
You with us." Itachi said with a warm smile that Naruto returned as everyone stopped looking at the boy.
"So we have the hokages child with us huh?" One of the chunin spoke up as naruto smiled, rubbing the back of his head.
"Hello everyone I am Naruto Namikaze I promise I won't slow you all down."
Naruto said with a bow catching everyone off guard before they continued their conversation though any animosity that was about to form was squashed.
"I am also your Anbu squad leader while we're out of the village we'll talk more about that later with everyone else that is assigned to the fourth company." Itachi whispered to naruto who nodded his anbu tattoo still fresh though it was hidden under his shirt.
"First platoon form up!" Itachi shouted before they moved to a large clearing where the Third regiment was forming up fully as each company arrived before 3,000 shinobi filled the rather large clearing.
Minato appeared in his hokage robes with kakashi to his left everyone quieted down as they waited for word from the hokage.
"Third regiment of konoha I am glad to see you all formed up here. You all have a hard task to complete over the coming months. You have been assigned to the kiri front were you will link up with the kiri rebels and the Second regiment of komo. We are placing our support and trust in you all to conquer Kiri. The fighting will be rough but we have no doubt you will succeed." Minato said to the cheers of the regiment as Kakashi stepped forward.
"I can not promise all of you will make it home alive or unwounded but I promise that I will do everything in my power along with 10th company our medical unit to make sure you make it home." Kakashi said with a bow. There were 10 companies in the third regiment with 300 shinobi each and all of them were prepared for battle.
"With that said we shall move out!" Kakashi announced much to the cheers of the shinobi gathered. Kakashi turned before taking off as the third regiment followed him in their companies
It took about a day of travel to reach the coast of Hi no kuni where the small navy of the kiri rebels waited. It would take a day to move each company across the sea to kiri however Kakashi waited on the shore each day watching them depart.
The day of the fourth company's departure, Kakashi stopped naruto.
"Whats up kakashi?" He asked, confused.
"I just want to say that I have your back Naruto… But we're going into a warzone and war is chaotic. You also might have to take on yagura at some point." Kakashi said as naruto frowned.
"He's their jinchuuriki right?" Naruto asked as kakashi nodded with a frown visible under his mask.
"Don't worry! I'll beat him if it comes down to it." Naruto said with a smile which kakashi returned before naruto boarded the boat heading for kiri. Naruto sent one last letter to temari who had been assigned to the first regiment and shikamaru was in the second company and already in kiri.
Kakashi watched the boat leave before a messenger hawk from kumo arrived.
Second regiment is in kiri alongside konoha and the kiri rebels our fleet will move to help move the rest of your regiment across. Second regiment command darui The letter led as kakashi sighed in relief that his process was about to go a lot quicker.
(Back in konoha)
Minato sat in the war and communications room as messages came in and left from all the fronts.
"Sir Word from kumo they have finished their invasion of shimo and their second regiment has arrived in kiri. Taki is almost clear of any and all enemies. Though the situation in Suna is unchanging, Iwa is fighting through the mountains towards ishi." Announced a messenger as Minato nodded.
"Anything about our own front lines?" He asked tiredly as the messenger nodded.
"We are making progress in pushing oto forces out of Hi no Kuni but its gone rather slowly so far our forces are spread thin." The messenger reported as minato sighed this war was just settling in.
"Anything from the daimyo?" Minato asked.
"His armies are mobilizing to hold the front line; he is also sending a small regiment to kiri to support our own front there." The Messenger finished his report before bowing and returning to the hawk room.
(Naruto)
The boy stood at the front of the boat watching the waves clash against it as they made their way slowly to Kiri.
'Naruto I know what your thinking but I'm sure all your friends will make it home." Hiruzen said as naruto frowned.
'I know it's just nerve racking dattebayo… Me and shikamaru could be battlefields away and I won't be able to support him." Naruto said with a sigh.
'That is the war my boy I fought and led three of them. This is the fourth war I've seen. It never gets easier but I have faith in shikamaru to pull through.' hiruzen said warmly, causing the boy to smile and nod.
In the dead of night they finally docked and disembarked, joining the rest of the third regiment that had already arrived and digging in prepared for potential attacks that never came. By the end of the next day the rest of the third regiment arrived as they joined the encampment of kiri rebels and Kumo shinobi.
"Naruto?" He heard a familiar voice ask as he turned to see Chōjūrō who smiled.
"It is you!" He shouted before running to shake the teens hand.
"Chōjūrō is good to see you again." He said with a smile.
"Ah the two sword gakis have meet again." Naruto heard zabuza as he turned to see the swordsmen with haku.
"You guys are here?" Naruto asked confused, having not seen them yet.
"Yeah we're in 7th company we were doing rear guard for a while but we're here now." Zabuza with a smirk as the four talked for a while before going their separate ways. Each of them were preparing for the war in their own ways which had only just begun on kiri.
And chapter 14 is done and the war has officially begun in kiri. How did you guys like the short sasuke retrieval mission? I never really liked the fight with the sound four so I kinda just wanted to skip past it all instead of not do it justice.
Now then we are officially settling into the war arc which I'm super excited about as this is basically what this entire story has been leading up to… well this and another arc that is way out there. For now please favorite and follow if you like it and please leave a review tell me your thoughts I want to get back to replying to some of them before the story begins!
Naruto Uzumaki-namikaze101 out!