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Naruto of the Nine Tails
Rated M for language, violence, adult themes, graphic imagery, clowns, gallows humor, rabid fangirls, puns, butchery of the English language, and funny hats.
A/N
WIKIPEDIA IS THE SHIT!! I've been having a hard time finding research material and though it didn't give me everything I needed it gave me most of of it and a lot that I wasn't looking for but that was useful anyway.
Chp 10: The Mission to Wave
Early morning in Hi no Kuni Kakashi stands alone talking into a radio
"Sakura what's your status?" he asks.
"Sasuke and I are in position south of the target," came Sakura's voice.
"Good, Hinata what's your status?"
"Bored," she replied.
"In regards to the mission," he corrected.
"Sitting in a tree 50 meters north of the target awaiting further orders."
"And Naruto?"
"Just waiting for me to say go."
"Ok Sasuke Sakura, get ready, Hinata set him loose."
With Sasuke and Sakura
"Remember chase him that way," no sooner had they heard that over the radio then the sound of something darting through the woods reached their ears, "Sasuke he's coming up on your position."
After taking a brief peek to locate the target, '3…2…1,' GRAB! "Target acquired."
"Ribbon on the left ear?" asked Kakashi.
"Check."
"Good, Lost Pet 'Tora' search mission complete."
Hokage's office
"Ooooh my little Tora-chan mummy was so worried yes she wus," spoke Madame Shijimi as she suffoca-I mean- held Tora.
'Wow, no wonder he ran away she's nuts,' thought Sakura as the Fire Lords wife continued to squeeze the poor cat.
"Alright lets see," spoke Sarutobi, "For Team 7's next mission you have a choice of babysitting an elder's grandchild, grocery shopping or skinning potatoes for a local restaurant."
"OOH HAIL NO!!" "Hokage-sama who do you have on logistics?"
"Um Kotetsu, why?" asked the bewildered leader. 'Why would she ask about something like that?'
"Because using GENNIN like this is a gross misuse of resources, we should have academy students doing this crap."
"So I take it you want a more challenging mission?"
"Well duh."
"Sakura you really shouldn't-" chided Kakashi but before he could finish.
"Ok." spoke the Sandaime as though Kakashi hadn't said anything.
"But it really is... Say what?" asked a dumbfounded Sakura, she hadn't expected the Hokage to cave this easily, she thought he'd have to go through the whole 'why we do it like this' speech (which she would ignore) at least or a rebuttle or something.
"I said ok."
"Why?" she asked her raging curriousity getting the better of her.
"FOOL YOU GOT WHAT YOU WANTED SHUT UP AND TAKE IT!" Inner Sakura bellowed.
"Because now that you mention it, you're right. That and if we use the easier D ranked missions as an academy training exercises," 'meaning we don't have to pay them nearly as much if at all,' "we could augment the learning curve by having the gennin take on the more difficult D missions and low risk C missions."
"So what kind of mission will we be going on Hokage-sama?" asked Hinata.
"It's a protection mission."
"So, who are we protection?" asked Sakura,
"Come in Tazuna-san."
"OH OH I BET IT'S A FEUDAL LORD, OR A PRINCE OR-"
In walks a gray haired, balding, bespectacled old man chugging sake with a rope headband, "You gotta be kiddin me these brats are ninja?"
"-a senile old drunk," finished Inner Sakura as she deflated like a popped balloon.
"They may be young but they are fully trained ninja and if there's anything they can't handle Kakashi is a Jounin," spoke Sarutobi, "and just in case everything goes to pot they've got Naruto," he finished jerking his thumb toward the corner where Naruto was taking a nap before tossing a scroll with the mission details to Kakashi.
Crash!!
Tazuna had dropped his bottle of sake as he stared open mouthed at the… well he didn't really know what to call the boy that was lying in the corner but one thing was for sure with how strong and dangerous that kid looked... he was going to need another bottle of sake...or four.
On the Road to Nami no Kuni
"Hey Tazuna-san, you're from Nami no Kuni right?" asked Sakura.
"Yes."
"Umm, Kakashi-sensei do they have ninja in Nami no Kuni?"
"Nami no Kuni is a small country and, as a general rule, has no need for ninja or a 'Hidden Village' though most other countries, especially the larger ones, do."
"Why?"
"Well a ninja village means military power…" Kakashi began.
Hinata, who already new most of this from her 'heiress training,' had her attention focused elsewhere, 'What's with Naruto?'
Shortly after they had left Konoha Naruto had started acting…weird, he kept looking around suspiciously yet whenever she activated her Byakuugan she couldn't find anything out of place.
'Trees, no broken twigs, some animals, a puddle, and us, maybe it's just because this is his first time away from the village,' she was sure that she was missing something but she didn't know what. Deciding she was probably just being paranoid Hinata deactivated her bloodline, returning her attention to the rest of the team in time to hear how in the five greatest village's the leader was given the title Kage (shadow).
"Wow Hokage-sama must be awesome," said Sakura.
"That lame geezer is that powerful? I don't know sounds fishy to me."
"You guys just doubted Hokage-sama didn't you," scolded Kakashi.
"WTF how did he-!"
"To put it in perspective for you, the night that Naruto broke out of his cage Hokage-sama was the only one that even slowed him down."
Meanwhile in an undisclosed puddle
"Ok this changes things.."spoke a husky voice.
"Ok new tactic," came a second.
"Kill the geezer then run like hell?"
"Agreed."
"On three?" asked the first.
"One," started the second.
"Two," spoke the first.
"THREE!!" they chorused.
Right next to previously stated undisclosed puddle
Tazuna was walking along minding his own business when two very fierce looking ninja leapt from the innocent looking puddle encircling him in a wicked looking chain, the two ninja then pulled it tight shredding the poor man before sprinting away, all in the space of a second. For a moment nothing happened then…
POOF
In place of the mangled bits of flesh were replaced with mangled bits of wood. At this point the poor gennin and resident Jinchuuriki turned their horribly confused eyes on Kakashi who simply gave a pointed look to the side of the road where an even more confused Tazuna was getting up off the ground.
"What? Never seen a Kawarimi before?" spoke Kakashi but didn't wait for an answer as he turned to their client "Care to explain why there are ninja attempting to kill you."
End Notes
wow it is suprisingly hard to write a story without alot of input from Naruto, hopefully I'll have more of him next chp. Also sry this one is a little shorter then I'd planed, originally I was going to go all the way through the fight with Zabuza but I figured I'd made you wait long enough.
Also for anyone wondering what Kakashi did was 1. Kawarimi with a log 2. Kawarimi with Tazuna 3. Kawarimi with the log again ending where he began with Tazuna in the bushes
Cliff notes
1. logistics- what goes where and how much
Muse Rant
I'M !! sorry to cause some of you such trouble, but due to a few heart-warming reviews, I've decided to come back. And also, Delta will start to put these out at least a little faster!
Translation by Delta: some of you made him feel all warm and fuzzy so he decided to come back, and he's going to badger me on a daily basis.