AN: So here is the next chapter. Sorry for the wait, I just had quite a few other stories I wanted to update. Now though I finally got this one out, so I hope you all like it.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

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(Last Time)

"We're ready to begin. They've found the Nine Tails." Naruto finally replied an oddly relieved grin spreading across his face.

Interpreting his grin to mean he was happy that their three years of waiting and wandering was over, three years of pretty much doing exactly what they were doing before, only with the added irritant of Deidara's presence. Finally they were going to start the exciting stuff. "I was getting bored of waiting."

"Yeah me too." Naruto replied sending Kin a grin, as much as he enjoyed taking S-class jobs he was starting to get restless. Now though things could really start happening, especially now the Akatsuki had somehow found a Nine Tails Jinchuuriki. Despite Naruto being positive that he was in fact the only one, something that no human, not even Kin his closest friend and confidant knew. After all the knowledge of that particular secret could put her in danger and the Naruto would rather die than let that happen.

"So what happens now then?" Kin asked as she sidled up to Naruto, her hand absentmindedly trailing down his chest.

Fighting down the desire he felt rising up in him at his friend's actions, Naruto instead focused on the question. "Now, now we start hunting Jinchuuriki."

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Chapter 6

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(With Naruto)

"Ok, so let me get this straight. Your plan is that we just waltz into perhaps one of the, if not the most heavily defended Hidden Village in the world. Not only uninvited though, but also in full Akatsuki regalia as well?" Deidara asked incredulously, a disbelieving look on his face as he stared at the amused looking Naruto in front of him. "Really that's your plan?!"

"You forgot about the whole, dropping hints about how we're looking for the Nine Tail's Jinchuuriki whilst we are there bit too." Kin added in dryly, the pretty, dark haired girl, perhaps for the first time ever on Deidara's side as she too looked at Naruto incredulously.

"That's the general gist of the plan." Naruto replied back just as dryly, a bored look on his face as he looked over at the other two, his amber coloured eyes shifting from the tall, blonde haired Deidara, resplendent in his Akatsuki robes, to his loyal partner Kin, similarly dressed though with subtle adjustments to allow for her busty physique, light armour and blade. "Though you are forgetting a crucial point?"

"Oh really what? Are we going to carry a big sign with us saying 'Please try and kill us'? As if the rest of your plan wasn't already saying that!" Deidara responded sarcastically, a mocking tone to his voice.

"Shut up Deidara!" Kin broke in, her dark eyes turning flinty as she heard the mocking tone to his voice. Nobody was allowed to mock Naruto, nobody accept her of course.

"What did you just say pipsqueak!?" Deidara snapped back angrily, his eyes narrowing as he looked over at Kin.

Only for the girl to completely ignore him as she instead looked over to where Naruto was. The silver haired man, currently sitting on the ground at the base of a tree, several miles away from the border of the Leaf Village.

"What did you mean before, what are we missing?" Kin asked, an expectant expression on her face.

"The Leaf Village has just been through a minor war. Their Hokage is dead, as are nearly a hundred of their other Shinobi. They're currently leaderless and weakened." Naruto replied, his mind going back to the report Zetsu, another member of the Akatsuki had given him. One about how the Hidden Sound Village and the Hidden Sand Village had tried to invade the Leaf. With the orchestrator of the invasion, Orochimaru, having killed Hirzuen Sarutobi during the end of conflict.

"Surely that would just mean that their security will be tighter than ever to compensate for that. If we blatantly enter a recently war torn village like you're suggesting, then we'll have to face off against an entire Hidden Village, and that is a fight we can't win." Kin responded, her brow furrowed as she looked over at Naruto, absently playing with the end of her long ponytail as she tried to work out what her closest/only friend was up to.

"Yeah being found out is the point, if people know we're in the village looking for the Jinchuuriki they'll get him out of their as fast as they can. When you chase your prey, they always attempt to get back to their home, a place of safety, but when you invade their home what do they do then?" Naruto asked as he pushed himself to his feet, bringing his clawed hand up to brush some twigs and leaves off of his Akatsuki robes as he did so.

"They leave their home and attempt to find a new place to hide." Kin replied a look of comprehension on her face, before she frowned again. "But surely the three of us can't pose such a threat to a Hidden Village that they would take their main weapon out of it?"

"We don't have to pose a threat to the whole Village, just to the security of their Jinchuuriki, and considering the Leaf Village is leaderless and undermanned, I believe that moving our target is exactly what they'll do. After all they don't want a massive fight breaking out in the Village, not just because of the damage we'll cause, but also because of the impact it'll have on their reputation" Naruto replied back, before he began moving through the forest, the other two following him as he took to the trees, picking up his pace as the three rapidly ate up the miles. "Besides, Pain gave us permission to put Akatsuki on the map. If some people see us, it's no big deal, not now that we've become a bit more proactive in hunting down the Jinchuuriki."

"You know they might have already moved him, after all we're not the only ones hunting the Jinchuuriki, and apparently one of their Shinobi, Jiraiya of the Sannin, is quite the spymaster." Kin said, the girl having been told such by Zetsu, the creepy plant like man who was also a member of the Akatsuki.

"Then we'll improvise, after all they'll likely send someone to warn our target if we make ourselves known. Then we can just follow them and track our target down that way." Naruto replied, a similar thought having already come to him when he was thinking of the best way to get the apparent 'Jinchuuriki of the Nine Tails'. Which he was still kind of confused about, after all he was under the impression that he was the Jinchuuriki of the Nine Tails.

"Look yeah, I'll go along with you on this one." Deidara spoke up, the scowl on his face showing the other two that he didn't like it. "I mean my art could probably level a city, but stealth and kidnappings, they're not my strong suit, yeah. You're the ones into that kind of shit!"

"Stealth and hunting, I'm good at." Naruto acknowledged, with a nod. "Kidnapping, not so much. I don't usually leave my prey alive."

"Well then you better practice a bit of restraint." Kin replied a slight smile on her face as she looked over to Naruto. "Because I doubt that Pain would be happy if you kill the Jinchuuriki."

"Yeah he'll probably skin you alive if you do that!" Deidara added in mockingly.

"He could try." Naruto said bluntly a stoic expression on his face, one which he used to hide his uncertainty. After all he had felt the power Pain possessed, and wasn't confident at all that he could survive a fight with him. Certainly not if the other Akatsuki members joined in.

"Ha! You got balls Naruto, that's why I like you!" Deidara laughed out, quite amused by the silver haired Sage's confidence.

"I always did think you swung that way." Kin spoke up dryly.

"Wait what?!" Deidara snapped as he heard Naruto let out a slight chuckle.

"Nothing." Naruto replied back, before he turned serious once more. "Kin does make a good point though, your incapability's are the reason why you're partnered with Kin and myself. My abilities are generally short ranged, powerful and tend to be incredibly lethal. Kin's are midrange and based around stealth and skill. Yours however are long ranged and rely entirely on over the top explosions, and mass destruction."

"Which means that when we do find the Jinchuuriki, all you need to do is to make sure that he doesn't have time to use a full transformation." Kin added on, an amused expression at the insulting way Naruto had described Deidara's abilities. Not that the blonde seemed to notice.

"And what if the Jinchuuriki does transform?" Deidara asked curiously, looking from the petit Kin to the heavily built Naruto as he did so.

"If you fail, then I will have no choice but to do a summoning." Naruto said bluntly, a slight frown on his face as he did so. After all Fenrir and Akela were the only summons in the Direwolf Clan who could stand against a Tailed Beast, even if only temporarily

"You know, you bang on about these summons of yours, but I've never actually seen you summon anything before. What even is your summoning contract?" Deidara asked abruptly, his curiousity rising once again as he eyed Naruto curiously. Taking in his clawed hands and feet, his amber eyes and his shaggy silver coloured hair as he did so. Noting that Naruto was a unique looking guy, but even so Deidara wasn't sure whether his appearance was a natural trait he was born with or whether it had anything to do with him being a self-proclaimed 'Sage' or his summoning contract.

"We're here." Naruto spoke up, completely dismissing Deidara's questions.

After all his summoning contract was a sacred thing to him, he wouldn't just summon the wolves for no reason. Nor was he that keen on giving out information that may one day be used against him. He might not be a Shinobi in the traditional sense, but he was paranoid and suspicious enough to not give up information he didn't need to.

At Naruto's words all three of them came to a halt, pausing in a nearby clearing a mile or so from the edge of the forest and the Leaf Village. All three of them spreading out their senses as they did so, with Naruto, whose sensory abilities were far beyond the others, cautiously searching out all the nearby presences, ensuring that they were not in danger of someone accidently coming across them.

"And where is 'here' exactly yeah? This is just some random clearing. The Hidden Leaf is still about like a mile that way. Why don't we just go straight there and get this 'brilliant' plan of yours over and done with." Deidara said loudly, a scowl on his face as he looked over at where Naruto was crouched.

Despite his frustration though, he didn't make a move to go past him. He had after all learned over the years that he'd spent with Kin and Naruto that the other teen's sensory abilities were surpassed by none, except maybe Zetsu and Pain.

Which meant that when he said to stop, you stopped, even if it was in the middle of the woods for no discernible reason. Of course there was another reason to stop, and that was Naruto's temper. Which was truly terrifying when he was provoked, luckily though he was calm and controlled for the most part, only giving way to anger when Kin was in danger or when someone really pissed him off. Which is something Deidara had somewhat of a talent for.

Naruto in response, completely ignored Deidara as he calmly went through a number of seals. His clawed hands moving slowly and carefully, a look of deep concentration on his face. Before a half minute or so later, he finished making the dozen or so seals and instead put his right hand on Kin's chest, while his left hand took a place on Deidara's.

Much to Deidara's consternation as he shot Naruto a scowl, but didn't knock his hand away. Naruto didn't do anything without a purpose after all. Kin meanwhile shifted awkwardly, her cheeks heating up as she shot Naruto a longing look, her heart beating faster as she felt the warmth of his palm on her chest.

Before either of them could say anything though, a sealing matrix spread out from Naruto's clawed hands, running across both of their bodies before fading. After which Naruto took his hands away and instead did the same to himself, a sealing matrix once again spreading out from his hand and encircling his own chest.

"What did you just do?" Kin asked curiously, one of her hands coming up to rub at the area Naruto had placed his hand. Deidara grunting as he too looked to the amber eyed teen for answers.

"The Hidden Leaf is surrounded by a sealed dome, which alerts a team of highly trained Leaf Shinobi, known as ANBU, about anyone unauthorized person with a large chakra signature entering the Village limits." Naruto replied brusquely as he turned and started to make his way to the Village, moving cautiously this time as he did so. "Their protections don't pick up on low chakra levels though, like those that animals and civilians have, so trade is fairly unrestricted. As for the Leaf Shinobi, each of them have their chakra signature added to the dome grand matrix after graduation, which allows them, to pass the dome undetected. What I just did is an ANBU seal which will allow us to pass through the dome unmolested."

"If there's some all-seeing seal dome around the village, how come I've never heard of it before?" Deidara asked curiously as he looked over to Naruto.

"I'd assume because it's a Hidden Village." Kin answered dryly, a bland look on her face as she looked over to the blonde. "They keep secrets."

"Then how did he find out about it, yeah?" Deidara asked, a flash of annoyance passing through him as he looked between the other two.

"I was able to sense; it's after all drawing a lot of chakra from the earth in order to power it. The entire thing is an Uzumaki based design apparently, one setup when that Clan was at its peak before the Second Shinobi War. But even so, I wouldn't have been able to guess its function, luckily though Itachi, as a former high-ranking Shinobi from the Leaf filled me in on the details." Naruto replied calmly, his gaze fixed on the nearby village, his eyes turning red as he activated his Doujutsu, which allowed him to just about pick up on the translucent dome around the Hidden Village.

"The Uchiha told you that yeah? I though you two hated each other?" Deidara asked bluntly, quite surprised that Itachi Uchiha would be so helpful, especially when it was common knowledge to the other members of the Akatsuki that he considered Naruto a battle hungry savage and Kin a little girl out of her depths.

"The guy's an arse. But even he fears the wrath of Pain." Naruto replied a slight scowl on his face at the thought of the pretentious and arrogant Uchiha.

"Which basically means that Pain commanded Itachi to aid you in any way he can, so Itachi started giving away Leaf Village secrets." Kin spoke up, expanding on Naruto's explanation for the benefit of Deidara. "Though he might also be doing it because he wants to limit the collateral damage to the Leaf Village, he does have a brother there after all doesn't he?"

"Yeah but I doubt they get along, after all Itachi did slaughter their entire Clan apart from his bratty brother. The kid probably hates Itachi, and Itachi can't be all that fond of him, yeah." Deidara said, thinking back to the infamous Uchiha massacre as he did, an event that had shocked the whole continent and had cemented Itachi Uchiha's place as one of the most powerful and ruthless Missing-nin currently alive.

"Then why did he leave his brother alive then?" Kin asked, "Maybe it's because he still cares for him, which might also be why he's helping us."

"Hn, whatever, who cares about the Uchiha anyway? Though I'll admit, those Sharingan eyes they have are pretty cool. Not on the same level of my art of course, but they're up there." Deidara replied, a thoughtful expression on his face.

Naruto turned his red eyes to Deidara as he heard that, the red fading back to amber as he stopped channeling chakra to them. A contemplative expression on his face. "They do sound quite deadly. The ability to predict another movements, copy some of their techniques and cast genjutsu with eye contact."

"You thinking of getting yourself a pair as a trophy?" Kin asked curiously, after all Naruto often took trophies. His Doujutsu was one example as too were the Kiba blades he had sealed in the hilt of his sword. It was a trait Kin too had adapted as it was where she had gotten her armour and weapons from, the corpses of particularly deadly foes.

"Not as a trophy." Naruto replied quietly, his gaze shifting to Kin. "More as a gift."

Kin frown as she heard that, but wasn't able to ask any more questions as they had reached their destination. The three of them all silently scaling the walls around the Leaf Village and entering undetected. Their presences hidden by the seal Naruto had done before, one shown to him by Itachi.

About ten minutes later found the trio walking along the Leaf Village's high-street. Both Kin and Naruto looking around curiously, as this was the first Great Village either of the two had seen. On top of which this was also the place that Naruto's parents lived, and where they died. So walking through the bustling streets came with a bit of a strange feeling for Naruto.

As they walked along the high-street, the three of them also noticed that there seemed to be quite a lot of building work going on. As a number of the buildings had scaffolding on their frontage, whilst others having boards on their windows. Though considering that they'd just been through a minor war, this was something that should have been expected.

Still it was impressive to see the resilience of the residents, both Shinobi and civilians alike as the streets were busy, the Leaf Village looking well on the way to recovery.

"You know, I hear there is a place in the Village that does great ramen." Kin said a slight smile on her face as she looked over to Naruto.

Naruto cocked an eyebrow at that, the silver haired man having grown somewhat of a taste for the unhealthy noodle dish since he had begun travelling the Elemental Nations. "Let's check it out then."

"Really ramen, isn't there a better place that does, you know, proper food instead of that peasant dish? Besides I thought we were supposed to be following your master plan whilst we're here?" Deidara said waspishly as he looked around at their surroundings, noticing that their similar garb was not drawing as much attention as he had thought it would. Though then again the Akatsuki weren't that well known yet, at least not to the wider Shinobi population, plus living in a Shinobi village extravagance and flamboyancy of style was not something that would draw too much attention.

"That's what we are doing, what better place to begin asking around than a popular noodle shop?" Naruto replied blandly.

"That's just an excuse and you know it!?" Deidara snapped back.

"Shut up Deidara, you've been outvoted." Kin retort, a slight smile on her face as she saw the blonde's frustration.

"This is bullshit," Deidara muttered, grumbling to himself as he followed the other two through the busy streets and to a stall with a big sign over the top saying 'Ichiraku Ramen'.

Soon enough the three were all sat on stools in the front of the stall, waiting patiently for a pretty brunette waitress to bring them their meals. As they were doing this, the three of them also took the opportunity to ask some passersby about what happened, and what the cause was. The three of them linking it back to the infamous Nine Tails attack many years ago.

"Yeah apparently part of the reason there was so much damage is because the Hidden Sand brought along their Jinchuuriki, a real psycho that one, crushed anyone he could with his sand if you can believe it?" A pudgy civilian said loudly, his jowls wobbling as he shook his head in disgust. "How anyone can trust animals like those to be Shinobi I'll never know?"

"Hn yeah, I've heard every Village has a similar problem. Though I'm not surprised they had so much trouble controlling them, after all they are beasts." Deidara replied back, feigning a friendly demeanor as he tried to coax information out of the civilian.

"Yeah, I mean I don't know how the Leaf Village controls their Jinchuuriki as well as they do?" Kin added in, a kind smile on her face as she pushed a lock of her black hair behind her ears.

"You just need to treat them the right way is all. They're like animals after all, you've got to be strict with them, punish them if they get out of line and don't spoil them." The fat man replied back with a laugh.

"And how did that work out for you?" Kin asked curiously.

"Well we've had no trouble since the Nine Tails attack many years back. No, we keep that Sora brat in line, you don't need to worry about that." The civilian continued, a lascivious look appearing in his eyes as he saw he had Kin's full attention, his gaze roving up and down her lithe body and flawless features.

"Oh I'm ever so impressed, but where do you keep him? I take it, it's far away from schools and hospitals?" Kin continued on, leaning forwards slightly as she did so, purposefully showing off her modest cleavage.

"Yeah of course, the old Hokage, may he rest in peace, gave the brat a shitty apartment not that far from here, where the Shinobi of the Village can keep an eye on him." The fat man responded, a bead of sweat running down his forehead as his gaze flickered down to Kin's assets.

Before they could say anymore however they were distracted by the waitress returning with their food. Which prompted Kin to politely dismiss the other man, happy that she'd gotten as much as she could from him.

"So what do you reckon?" Deidara muttered to Naruto as he watched the fat man waddle off a scowl on his face.

"We've done enough, enough to get the attention of some of the Leaf Shinobi at least. I can already feel a couple of them watching us." Naruto replied quietly as he took his chopsticks and began to devour his food.

"And if they attack us?" Deidara responded, between mouthfuls of his own food.

"Then we kill them, and leave Konoha. After which we follow the plan and track down the Jinchuuriki when they try to get him out of the village." Naruto responded bluntly, knowing as he did that there were a lot of variables to the plan. Then again their always were when you were hunting something so dangerous and so well protected.

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(A few minutes later)

The three teenaged members of Akatsuki eventually finished their lunch without event, if one ignored the simply insane amounts of food Naruto consumed within the time it took both Deidara and Kin to finish a single bowl. His excuse being that he had a high metabolism.

Not that Deidara cared that much as he had already decided to throw Naruto under the bus if Kakuzu asked why they had spent more than the allotted amount money they'd been given for this mission. Which of course would happen, since Kakuzu's 'allotted amount' practically had them paying him out of their own pocket, as opposed to them actually getting money out of the tall, bad tempered bounty hunter. One who held a particular grudge against Naruto, who had become his main rival over the last few years, robbing the former Hidden Waterfall Shinobi of a lot of potential bounties and the rewards which went with them.

As they continued down the high-street though, Naruto soon veered off to the left, away from the bustle of the main street as he instead led them in the direction of a nearby canal. Not that either of them asked why as both Kin and Deidara had picked up on the Shinobi following them just as Naruto had. One of whom was not as subtle as they must have of thought they were, Naruto's nose having picked up the scent of tobacco in the air back whilst they were eating ramen.

"So how do you want to do this?" Kin asked quietly as the three of them came to a sudden stop, Kin's hand resting on her sheathed tanto.

"Loudly and explosively." Deidara grinned, flexing his hands and revealing what looked like mouths on his palms.

"As quickly and efficiently as possible." Naruto corrected, his own amber eyes quite placid as he turned around, his claws gleaming in the midday sun.

In response to the group's sudden actions, their followers decided to reveal themselves. With two figures leaping off of the roof of a nearby building, and landing several yards away from where the three Akatsuki members were waiting.

An amused look spread across Naruto's face as he saw this, his amber eyes fixing on the two as he looked the two stalkers up and down.

One of them was a tall, well-built man, with dark spiky hair and a beard. A cocky smile on his face and a cigarette hanging out of his mouth, as he placed his hands on the hilts of two sheathed trench knives he had on him. His gaze evaluating the three Akatsuki members, just as they were doing the same to him.

Their other stalker meanwhile was an attractive dark haired woman, with piercing red eyes and a heavy coating of make up on. Her outfit consisting of what looked like thick bandages that were intricately wrapped around her. Like her fellow Leaf Shinobi she too was giving the three a suspicious look, though hers was one of caution as oppose to overconfidence.

"Who are you? And what business do you have in Konoha?" The male Leaf Shinobi asked bluntly, his feet shifting as he took up in a relaxed but ready stance, clearly preparing to fight at any moment.

"We're simply artists and collectors. We were looking for quite the rare piece here in the Leaf actually. Once we heard it might be here, we came as soon as we were able. After all, there are only nine pieces like it in the world." Deidara said, a slight mocking tone to his voice as he not so subtly referenced the Jinchuuriki. His fingers once again twitching as he prepared to lash out at any moment.

"Somehow I doubt your story. The three of you are clearly trained and dangerous, so we'll ask again, why are the three of you here?" The red eyed woman asked as she shifted to fully face them, moving into a more practical position for hand seals as she began to build up her chakra, ready to leap into action at any moment.

"Oh for fucks sake, yeah! Let's just get this over with!?" Deidara snapped, the hotheaded teen's patience evaporating as he instead raised his hands. "We're here looking for the Nine Tails. Hand him over, and we won't level this place."

"Deidara, can I just remind you, we're here to gather information, not start a war. Let me handle this." Naruto said calmly, his amber eyes shifting to the side briefly as he sensed a small chakra retreating. One that he had almost missed due to the two Jounin flaring their own chakra right in front of him, luckily though his sensory abilities were far beyond those of the average Shinobi.

Narrowing his eyes Naruto assumed that the two in front of him were only here to buy time for their weaker comrade to go and warn someone, presumably the Jinchuuriki and whoever was guarding him. Which was good, as this was one of the outcomes Naruto had thought would come from his plan. Not that Naruto said anything about it as he instead turned his attention to the two Hidden Leaf Shinobi in front him. "So if you could just tell us where he is, we'll leave with no trouble."

"What are you doing?" Deidara muttered, as he heard Naruto comment, confused about what the feral looking man was up to.

"Seems like we're improvising." Kin added on dryly, a faintly amused expression on her face. "Again."

"I'm afraid Sora isn't in Konoha at the moment, but you won't be around when he gets back, so don't worry!" The man snapped back as he jumped into action a moment later, no doubt hoping to surprise his three opponents, allowing him to incapacitate them before they had a chance to fight back.

Not that this worked though, because after he said this the man pulled out his two trench knives and dashed forward. The Leaf Jounin moving so fast that to a civilian he'd be little more than a blur, his two knives each covered in a barely visible shimmer of chakra.

For Naruto though with his Senjutsu enhanced speed, strength and reflexes, was easily able to keep up with the man's speed, as he shot forwards. His amber eyes locked on his opponent and a slight snarl on his face as he met the man mid charge.

Moving in close, Naruto raised his left arm to take the man's knife strike, his right clawed right hand coming up to disembowel his attacker. Trusting in the durability his Sage Made gave him to protect him, even if the Wolves' Senjutsu style did not offer him the same durability of the Toads. With his style being more suited to offense as oppose to defense, despite that though his flesh was still as hard as stone.

Which is why he was so surprised that the man's knives drew blood as they slashed into his left arm, leaving two, half centimeter cuts in his muscled forearm. Not that Naruto paused to take this in as he easily ignored the slight twinge of pain and instead followed through with his attack. His claws sheering through the man's flak jacket and drawing blood as they tore through the upper layer of his flesh.

Unfortunately though he didn't disembowel the man like he had planned, as the Jounin had instead reacted quickly and leapt backward. His knives whistling through the air as he lengthened the chakra he was running through them and slashed at Naruto's extended arms.

Naruto however was warier this time, as he shifted down low before moving up, one of his hands moving up to grip the man's left hand, whilst he held the other flat like a spear blade and plunged it towards the Jounin's chest.

The Konoha Shinobi reacted quickly though as he shifted his hand back and turned it to the side, leaving a shallow cut on Naruto's palm as his hand clenched around both the Jounin's knife and hand. Not that that stopped Naruto from crushing his opponent's hand, shattering the man's bones against the hilt of his blade. His claws digging into the back of his hand causing even more damage as he did so.

The knife wielder cried out at that, his voice tinged with agony as he flinched backwards, trying to pull away from Naruto. Which actually saved his life as Naruto's hand clipped his shoulder, rending flesh and bone but not causing any fatal damage to his organ as was intended.

Letting go of the man, Naruto threw him backwards. A scowl on his face as he looked at the wound on his hand, seeing his blood for the first time in years. Just looking at it Naruto noted that the chakra blades would have certainly bisected a normal human, fortunately though Naruto's flesh was like iron, but still it was impressive that the man's technique had done as much as it had.

Snarling Naruto lunged forwards, his wounds already healing as he went to finish off the annoying Leaf Jounin. Any compassion he might have had for the residents of his parent's old home, vanishing as anger flashed through Naruto's mind.

As this was happening Kin had gone for the woman, her tanto already in hand as she shot forwards. Her lips pursed as she let out a high pitched whistle, casting a sound based genjutsu on her. Aiming to paralyze the other woman, which would leave her open so Kin could close in on her and dispose of her quickly.

Mid step however she was stopped by the branches of a tree that exploded grown from the ground beneath her. Not that this stopped her for long, as she instead flared her chakra and broke the genjutsu the other woman had cast on her, her eyes narrowed as she saw her target was the one that had cast the illusion, a powerful illusion at that.

The genjutsu wasn't just cast on her though, but on her two companions too. Which is what Kin noticed as she glanced around, noting that Naruto had already broken the genjutsu, his eyes flashing red as he activated his Doujutsu, breaking the genjutsu in an instant. The lucky bastard.

As for Deidara, he too had broken the genjutsu, after which he had then begun shaping his clay. A grin on his face as he began crafting a massive owl, one which would be big enough to carry all three of them. The blonde multitasking as he did so, also creating a flock of small swallow like birds at the same time, each one created from his explosive chakra infused clay.

Ignoring his two companions for a moment, Naruto was about to tear his attackers head off. Only for him to be stopped as he heard a loud crackling sound, like a thousand chirping birds, coming from behind.

Shifting around in response, Naruto easily avoided a sneak attack from another Leaf Shinobi. His now red eyes flashing as he used both his Doujutsu and sensory abilities to track his opponent, extending his senses as he did so and noticing that their little skirmish had started to draw even more attention from the Village's forces.

Leaping backwards, Naruto dodged another attack from his opponent, this one consisting of several dog like creatures made out of lightning. His amber eyes narrowing as he weaved through them, before he clashed with the other Shinobi. His clawed hands cleaving through his attacker's kunai, the man in question being a masked Shinobi with spiky grey hair, and his forehead protector covering one of his eyes. This was Kakashi Hatake, the Copy Ninja, an S-rank Shinobi Naruto recognised from a number of bounty posters.

Lashing out with his foot, Naruto seemingly broke the man's spine. Only for his opponent to turn into a shattered log, not that this surprised Naruto as he shifted around with a quick jab. Landing a punch on his opponent's real body this time, his punch breaking a few ribs and causing a bit of internal damage as he sent Kakashi crashing into a nearby building with an exclamation of shock.

"Deidara, now." Naruto said abruptly as he turned from his two, temporarily incapacitated foes. His gaze instead shifting to his two companions, noting as he did that Kin's opponent, the red eyed woman, was now clutching her stomach, her hands stained red with blood. A pained expression on her face as she attempted to hold off Kin, whilst also stopping herself from bleeding out.

Kin herself looking only slightly ruffled as she held her bloodied tanto in her right hand. A scowl on her face as she and her opponent dueled in a battle of both combat prowess and skill in genjutsu. Kin coming out the better of the two, her sound based genjutsu being far more difficult to counter than her opponent's more traditional techniques.

As for Deidara, he was currently standing atop a massive owl made of white clay. A grin on his face as his creation started flapping its mighty wings taking to the air.

"Kin." Naruto called out abruptly as he leapt up off the ground and landed on the back of the owl. Kin following after him, as she shot her opponent a slight smirk, before she jumped up, pushing off the side of a building and landing on the owl as she did so. Boarding her ride out of here just as it rose into the air, almost out of reach.

"And now the distraction." Deidara grinned as he looked down on where they had just been, noting that the grey haired man and the woman had both recovered enough to stare up at them, their knife wielding friend however was still down for the moment. Grinning wider as he saw this, Deidara then unleased his flock of clay swallows. More than a dozen of the little birds descending on the streets of the Village as he did so.

"Katsu!"

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AN: So what did you all think? I hope you all like it, and that you leave a comment or a review.

Hopefully the next update shouldn't be long. Though I want to update my stories God of Fairies and Dead Man Walking first. The two of them being a priority for this week coming, along with my Naruto/ Fairy Tail story, An Old Man In A Young Man's Body V2.

But anyway that's it, hope you enjoyed the chapter and look forward to the response.

Thanks for reading.

I'll see you all later.

Seagate.