Crimson Flash of Konoha

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Chapter 3: Mission to wave and a chanced meeting part 1

A/N Aaaaaaaaaand here it is. Chapter 3 done. Sorry if it took too long. Haku won the poll by a rather large margin. New poll is up to decide if Zabuza should live or die.

The hokage looked at Naru and then at Kakashi. "Do you think they are ready for a C-Rank?" Kakashi who was busy reading his book. looked up at the old kage. "I think they might be ready for a low C- Rank" after he said that he continued to read his book. "Well then let's see" said Hiruzen while he was looking through the missions scrolls for a suitable mission. "I think this will do. You are to escort a bridge-builder to Nami no kuni (Land of the waves) and protect him from bandits." Hiruzen looked at the door near the mission table. "You may enter"

The man that entered was grey-haired man with a large beard and dark eyes. He wore a sleeveless V-neck shirt with an obi, pants and a pair of sandals. He was also rather drunk. "I thought I hired Ninja's, Not some brats and a scarecrow." He barely finished his sentence when he noticed Naru was gone. He noticed something poking him in the back and as he turned around He saw Naru with a kunai in hand pointing at his back. "I think we can take care of ourselves." With a smile on her face she walked back to her team. "I don't know about the Uchiha or Haruno, but I think me and Kakashi-nii can guard you against bandits."

"Now now Naru. We are going to protect him, no need to scare him." Kakashi gave her an eye smile. "I didn't even see her move! That power should be mine! I am and Uchiha elite!" Thought the one duck-ass haired genin. "She is so fast! Sasuke-kun deserves that power!" thought no body's favourite banshee. "Be at the north gate in 1 hour. Tazuna should sober up by that time. Pack for two weeks. Dismissed." Said Kakashi. "Hai!" Came a chorus of genin. Naru decided to walk around the village until it was time to leave.

As she walked around she noticed the glares the civilians gave her. Not that she could care about them. She wanted the Shinobi of the village to respect her. As she turned a corner she bumped into someone who turned out to be one of the members of team 10. "Sorry. I wasn't looking where I was going" Naru stuck her hand out to help up Shikamaru who was sitting on his ass. Shikamaru had shoulder length dark brown hair tied in a spiky ponytail, narrow brown eyes. He wore a green lined mesh T-shirt under a short sleeved grey jacket with green edges, adorned on both the sleeves and the back with a circle with a line through it. He had the Usual Nara laziness.

Standing next to him was the other two teammates of team 10. Ino Yamanaka had long, blonde hair, which is always seen in a high-ponytail with bangs covering the right side of her face. She wore a short purple vest like blouse with a raised collar, a purple apron skirt that is cut off on the sides and bandages on her stomach and legs and purple and white elbow warmers.

Last but not least was Akamichi Choji. He has spiky brown hair, swirl marks on his cheeks. He has a big frame that is necessary for his clan's jutsu. He wore black shorts, a long white scarf and a short-sleeved green haori and his legs and forearms were wrapped in bandages.

"Troublesome" Was all Shikamaru said. After helping Shikamaru up, she started to walk away. "Hey wait!" Shikamaru said. "I haven't seen you around. and by the looks of it you are a genin." stated Shikamaru. "Naru. Uzumaki Naru. Pleasure to meet you." She said with a small smile. "Nara Shikamaru" said the lazy Nara. "I know. The Blondie there is Yamanaka Ino. The big boned one there is Akamichi Choji. Genin team of Sarutobi Asuma." Naru looked at the stunned teens. "You must be the extra on team 7" stated Shikamaru. "Yes. I am on the Duck-ass and the banshee's team." Both Shikamaru and Choji chuckled while Ino was angry at Naru for insulting Sasuke. "Take that back!" Shouted Ino. in return Naru smiled. "Nah. I think my comment was right on the money. I have some time before my mission so anyone want lunch?" Shikamaru and Choji declined as they had a team meeting to attend. "Well maybe next time." With that they separated. Naru made her way to the gate and took a nap in the tree near the gate.

After 40 minutes Sasuke arrived at the gate, and like always he was followed by Sakura asking him out on a date to which his answer is always "no" but She clearly didn't hear him. 2 Hours later Kakashi arrived. "YOU'RE LATE!" yelled the pink haired kunoichi. "Sorry. I saw a black cat in the road so I had to take the long way around." Happy with his excuse he smiled under his facemask. "Hey Naru. Wake up, we have to go now." After Kakashi said that Naru dropped out of the tree and walked over to her teammates.

"That was a nice nap. Thanks niii-san" said a yawning Naru. "When did you arrive? We never saw you." The look on their faces was priceless when she told them that she was there even before they had arrived.

They began their long trip to Nami no kuni. (Land of waves) "Hey Naru, can I ask you a question?" Asked a confused looking Sakura. Naru looked at the pink monster. "You already did, but sure you can ask another one" Kakashi smirked as he thought about how he was rubbing of on Naru.

Sakura proceeded with her questions. "We were told to pack of the trip. Why didn't you pack anything?" Naru smirked. "Well that is where you are wrong." She took out a scroll. "Everything I need for the trip and more is stored in this scroll so I don't need to pack anything. I'm mission ready 14/7" Sakura looked even more confused at the last part so Naru decided to elaborate. "When you live the life of a shinobi, you need to be ready for anything. Missions can happen at any time and without warning. With these scrolls, I'm always prepared in case of emergency."

As they walked. Kakashi and Naru noticed a puddle on the road. Both then began to think and realized that it had not rained for days and it was rather hot outside. They looked at each other and nodded. They also noticed that their other two teammates didn't notice anything.

As they got further down the road two figures rose from the puddle. Two things immediately stood out about the two. First was the Hitia-ate with a scratch over the symbol that showed that they were missing nin from Kirigakure no sato (hidden mist village). The second was the metal claw each wore on their hands. The two missing nin were connected with a chain that came out of the claws.

The two nin rushed at the Konoha shinobi. They proceeded to wrap the chain around Naru and Kakashi and pulled the chain slicing the two shinobi to pieces. In unison they said "Two down". Sakura watched in horror as her sensei and teammate died. She was so focused on the remains that she almost fail to notice the two nin charging her.

Sasuke who just got over his shock threw a kunai at the chain punning it against a tree, but unfortunately for him, he was facing experienced shinobi. The two detached the chain while one charged Sakura the other charged Sasuke. Before they got far however they both found themselves dead. Each with a kunai logged in their skulls.

Sasuke and Sakura were confused but happy. They turned around as they head clapping. "Well Sasuke wasn't half bad but Sakura was rather pathetic don't you think nii-san?" Said a very much alive Naru. "Maa maa. Don't be mean Naru. It was their first experience with actual combat." Said an also very alive Kakashi who was still reading his book. Naru snapped at her brother with a rather lazy expression. "And they would have died if it wasn't for us."

Sakura looked at her sensei. "You're alive? But. . ." she was interrupted by Sasuke "You used the Kawarimi no jutsu?" (Body replacement technique) "Yes it was Uchiha-san. Yes it was. I wanted to make it a bit more. How should I say it" She took on the standard thinking pose. "explosive, that's the word. But nii-san wanted to see how you would act under pressure." At this point Sasuke was angry as hell. He was angry because he didn't notice the two shinobi until his sensei and teammate were 'killed'. He was also angry because he froze at the start.

"Well now that everyone has calmed down, I think it's time Tazuna-san explains why two missing nin form Kiri are trying to kill him." At this point Tazuna was sweating bullets. He had no time to think of an excuse so he decided to come clean. Tazuna started to explain how bad it had gotten since the business tycoon arrived and how his was kidnapping women and children and killing anyone who tries to get in his way.

At this point everyone was seeing flashes of their own painful deaths because of the killing intent Naru was releasing. She knew of the horrors that women have to go through when they are kidnaped. She had witnessed these acts on a previous mission and it was safe to say none of those responsible had a painless death. Naru made sure to make it as painful as possible.

As Naru calmed down, everyone was relieved. Another few seconds and they would have gone mad. "I almost feel sorry for Gato if Naru gets her hands on him." Kakashi remembered the last time Naru lost control of her anger and it wasn't pretty.

"This mission if no longer a C-Rank mission. It's a B-Rank if not A-Rank. If you had not lied about the mission you would have gotten a more experienced team, but since we are here I think we should continue the mission. What do you guys say? I know Naru wants to continue." Said Kakashi said with an eye smile. Sasuke agreed with Kakashi and as his loyal fan girl Sakura also agreed. Tazuna sighed with relieve and thanked them.

Gato's Hideout

"Your men failed! That stupid man is still alive!" Yelled a midget. Gato was short. And when I say short I mean short. At age 13 even Naru was taller than him. Gato wore a black suit, a yellow button shirt and a purple tie. He had hair that looked similar to a lion's mane. As he finished his sentence he found a huge sword that stopped just in front of his face.

A deep voice came out of the shadows. "I will deal with him personally. Now get out before I kill you." Gato looked on in fear. "J- j- just m- make sure you hold up your end of the deal." Gato turned around and left. "This might get interesting." The shadowy figure started to chuckle.

"That is one big bridge" whispered Sakura. Team 7 looked on in amazement at the partially constructed bridge. As they walked towards Tazuna's house the mist got thicker.

As they walked Naru drew a kunai and threw it at a bush. A white rabbit jumped out of the bush. "GET DOWN!" yelled Kakashi when he saw the rabbit. Sasuke, Tazuna and Sakura barely got down as a broad blade flew over them with every intention of cutting them in half. The Blade barely Hit the tree when a person appeared standing on the hilt of the blade. "Well well well. Sharingan no Kakashi. No wonder the demon brothers failed. They were good shinobi but no match for you." Naru smirked at the man on the blade and began to speak. "Momochi Zabuza, an A-Rank missing nin from Kirigakure. Wanted for the attempted assassination against the yondaime mizukage Yagura. And just to clarify, Kakashi-nii didn't defeat the demon brothers. We did!" The man now identified as Zabuza looked at the genin. "That red head looks familiar." Zabuza was a tall and noticeably muscular man with pale skin. He wore bandages around the lower half of his face. His hitai-ate was sideways on his head. He was shirtless and wore baggy pants with the typical kiri stipe pattern.

"That doesn't really matter" stated Zabuza as he disappeared and re-appeared on the lake and started to release his killing intent making Sasuke and Sakura see their deaths. Sakura sank down to the ground while Sasuke was contemplating suicide just to escape. Everyone was tense except Naru who seemed to be inspecting her nails. Kakashi decided to speak up. Don't worry Sauske. I won't let any of my comrades die. He lifted up his hitai-ate covering his left eye to reveal his sharingan. "Oh ho. The sharingan so soon. I am honoured." Sasuke was shocked. "How does sensei have the sharingan? Only the Uchiha can activate it."

"Suiton: Kirigakure no Jutsu" (Water Release: Hiding in Mist Technique) As soon as he appeared, Zabuza disappeared into the mist. "Stay on guard. Zabuza is a master of silent killing meaning you could be dead before you realize it." The three genin took a standard diamond formation with Sakura in front, Naru and Sasuke at the sides and Tazuna at the back.

The mist got very thick as they could barely see their sensei. Zabuza appeared in the middle of their formation ready to swing his blade to cut all four of them in half. But before he could he was stabbed by a kunai. Naru had reacted fast enough to counter Zubuza's attack. As the kunai pierced Zabuza he turned into water. Realizing this was a mizu bunshin. (Water clone) Zabuza appeared behind Naru but before he could do anything he was stabbed by Kakashi. This one was another mizu bunshin. A third Zabuza appeared behind Kakashi and cut the jonin sensei in half only to reveal that Kakashi himself was a mizu bunshin.

"He copied my jutsu in this mist?" thought a surprised Zabuza, who soon found a kunai against his throat. Zabuza smirked and turned into water. A surprised Kakashi dropped his guard for a second, but it was enough time for Zabuza to land a solid kick on him and sent him flying onto the lake and into Zabuza's trap.

"Suiton: Suirō no Jutsu!" (Water Style: Water Prison technique) Much to Kakashi's sock he was now trapped on a sphere of water unable to move. Zabuza then created 3 more clones to attack the genin. Kakashi ordered them to run but Naru gave him the whole speech about not abandoning her teammates when they need her. Sasuke charged one of the clones only to receive a kick to the stomach followed by a hard right hook to the face that sent him flying into a tree.

It was now Naru's turn to engage the clones. She disappeared in a burst of speed en stabbed a clone in the back of the head. Zabuza being surprised by this wasn't paying attention to the fight as his remaining clones were destroyed. Naru backed up a bit and took out a tri-pronged kunai. "Is she going to use that jutsu?" Though Kakashi. Zabuza looked at the kunai not knowing what it is. "Since I know who you are. Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Naru" she threw the kunai at Zabuza's head just before he dogged the kunai Naru continued. "Uzumaki Namikaze Naru" As she finished Zabuza's eyes widened. He knew both the surnames the girl had but it was too late as she disappeared in a crimson flash only too re appear to grab the kunai that just went past Zabuza's head and deliver a bone crushing kick to his head which sent him further onto the lake.

Zabuza stood up still shocked at the fact that he was fighting the yondaime hokage's daughter but even more shocked when she used one of the if not the most feared jutsus ever created. "Amazing! To think I would witness the Hiraishin no justsu (Flying Thunder God Technique) and it being used by someone so young as well." Commented Zabuza to a now freed Kakashi.

"I'll leave the rest to you nii-san." Said Naru as she walked back to the other genin and Tazuna. Kakashi and Zabuza were on the lake facing off against each other. Zabuza was attempting to use a jutsu but Kakashi was copying every movement Zabuza made "Suiton: Suiryūdan no Jutsu." (Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique) yelled both men as two large water dragons clashed against each other and returning to water.

Zabuza started another set of hand seal but was mimicked by Kakashi again. Zabuza stopped and yelled at Kakashi for copying him. In this time Kakashi completed the set of hand seals to Zabuza's shock. "Suiton: Daibakufu no Jutsu." (Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique) Suddenly a huge wave of water rose up and sped towards Zabuza, who was too shocked at how Kakashi predicted which jutsu he was going to use. The wave swept Zabuza hard into a tree. He could barely stand as Kakashi approached him. Everyone was shocked to see two senbon needles flying out of a tree and into Zabuza's neck, causing him to collapse and die. The perpetrator appeared Next to Zabuza. "Thank you for weakening him for me. I have been tracking him for days." The hunter nin took Zabazu's body and disappeared in a swirl of water.

Everyone looked a bit shocked at the sudden appearance of the hunter nin and the sudden disappearance. Kakashi recovered from his shock. "Well I think it's time to get moving. We don't want to get attacked again." And with that he passed out but was caught by Naru before he could hit the ground. "How far is your house Tanzuna-san?" asked Sakura. Tazuna replied by shaking his head. "It's up ahead."

They soon approached Tazuna's house and was welcomed by his daughter Tsunami. Tazuna proceeded to tell her about their encounter with missing nin and showed them where to lay Kakashi down. Team 7 was shocked when Kakashi told them that Zabuza was still alive and that he would be back in one or two weeks. He asked Naru to train the other two while he was resting.

"Okay since Kakashi-nii is out of commission, I'll be training you until he is better." Naru demonstrated the tree walking excise and gave them tips on how to do it. She left them with a kage bunshin (Shadow clone) so she continue her own training.

Naru found a clearing with young man picking herbs and instantly recognized the chakara signature. "These herbs are better for treating broken bones as I'm sure Zabuza has." Naru's voice caused the mysterious teen to jump and pull out a few hidden senbon needles. "How did you know it was me, and why are you helping me?" asked the teen. Naru replied "Why not introduce ourselves first. And you can put those away because I have no intention of fighting you now." The teen nodded and hid the senbon again.

"I am Uzumaki Namikaze Naru. Nice too meet you. What's your name?" Naru smiled at the other teen. "My name is Haku. Nice to meet you too. Now why are you helping heal Zabuza-sama?" Naru just shrugged her shoulders. "I see nothing wrong with some friendly competition." Naru smiled at Haku and helped pick the herbs needed to heal Zabuza. While they were picking herbs the talked about a lot of things namely the reason that they both got stronger. At that topic Naru was more secretive but gave enough information to let Haku know that he wasn't alone and that she also suffered a lot of pain.

For the next 4 days Naru and Haku met up at the clearing picking herbs and talking. Both of them realized that they had a lot in common with one another and became friends rather fast.

Naru spent the time after Haku left training for the upcoming battle.

To be continued. . . .

Next time on Crimson flash of Konoha

Mission to wave and a chanced meeting part 2
"Have you made your decision Zabuza?"
"Yes I have."
"And?"
"I have decided to. ."

And that's it for now. Hope you enjoyed the chapter. Next one will be up between Sunday and Wednesday. Please vote on the poll and pm me if you have ideas for the story. Naru might need a bloodline. Also suggestions for pairing for Kakashi.