Disclaimer: I Don't Own Naruto
The area was silent except for the almost inaudible breathing coming from a young blond-haired teen. He was in Area 44. also known as the Forest of Death. Naruto snorted as he remembered how the old man had told him to avoid the forest. Sure the place could be dangerous at times if you was unprepared, but Naruto wasn't afraid at all. He knew he was the strongest thing in the forest. It was however a good place to train due to all the monstrous animals. Speaking of monstrous animals, a large tiger pounced on Naruto from behind. The shinobi rolled to the side avoiding the attack and pumped demonic chakra into his large sword. The weapon's appearance shifted into it's demonic form and let out some animalistic clicks as the eye on it widened. Yes, Naruto's blade was sentient to the point it could communicate with it's wielder. Naruto withdrew the sword from his back and held it with two hands as the beast in front of him growled.
"Kitty wants to play rough." Naruto mumbled to his self before swinging the blade vertically at the beast's head. It jumped backwards, crouching low before pouncing again attending to rip Naruto's throat out. He quickly raised the blade causing the tiger to bite down on the sword. Short spikes erupted from the blade piercing the tiger's mouth causing it to cry out in pain and let go. Naruto activated his Mugengan and heard the Kyuubi remark about him having to use his bloodline against a mere animal. The blond growled at this holding out his hand and balling it into a fist. The area around the animal began to crumble causing it to cry out in pain. After a few moments the beast exploded into a bloody shower splattering Naruto with it's guts. The blonde turned his head a fraction before holding out his hand and firing a pink sphere at the tree behind him causing a small explosion.
"Jeez gaki watch where you shoot those things." A rough feminine voice said as a familiar figure jumped out of the trees. It was none other than Mitarashi Anko, snake mistress of Konoha.
"Why were you spying on me?" Naruto asked wiping the guts from his weapon.
"Hokage-Sama wants to see you." Anko answered.
"I hate when my training is interrupted." The blond grumbled as a pink portal opened in front of him. The young shinobi walked into the portal and it closed, leaving Anko alone in the forest.
-The Hokage Tower-
The Sandaime was at his desk doing boring paperwork when a pink rift appeared a few feet in front of him. Naruto came walking out the portal and nodded at the Hokage.
"You wanted me?" The blond asked.
"Ah yes Naruto I have a new m-" Sarutobi started but was interrupted when several people walked in. They were Kakashi, Uchiha Sasuke, Haruno Sakura, and Sai.
"Hokage-Sama we've finished our mission." Kakashi said then noticed Naruto.
"Oh hello...Naruto." The gray-haired shinobi said glaring at the blond.
"Hmmm, well all of you need a mission and I think I have an idea." Sarutobi mused.
"What do you mean Hokage-Sama?" Sakura asked.
"I'm assigning the five of you on a mission together." The Hokage began. "Your mission is to escort a bridge builder to the Land of Waves. Even though it's an simple escort mission I have a feeling more will happen"
"Great I have to work along weaklings." Naruto grumbled.
"I am an Uchiha, a member of the strongest clan in Konoha." Sasuke barked glaring at Naruto.
"Your Sharingan is no match for my eyes, you haven't even unlocked yours yet." The blond remarked turning to face Sasuke.
"Your just a orphan loser, you don't even have a bloodline!" Sasuke cried out. In an instant Naruto had Sasuke pressed against the wall with his sword to the young Uchiha's neck.
"Say that again, I dare you." Naruto said unleashing a large amount of killing intent.
"Naruto that is enough!" Sarutobi shouted. Naruto growled before moving his sword away from Sasuke's throat.
'His amount of killing intent is unbelievable'. Kakashi thought staring at Naruto. The Sandaime pressed a button on his desk.
"Kikyo please send the client in." He said. A few moments later a slightly drunken man who looked to be in his mid thirties walked in the room.
"I wanted ninjas to protect me, not some girl with pink hair, a kid with duck butt hair,a really pale kid, and a guy with one eye. Blondie with the giant sword looks good though." The man remarked.
"Tazuna-san I assure you Team 7 and Naruto are fully capable of protecting you." Sarutobi said.
"Whatever." Tazuna grumbled.
"Okay team meet at the Main Exit Gate in 30 minutes." Kakashi said before disappearing in a puff of smoke. Naruto said nothing, just created a rift in front of him and walked into it.
-Naruto's Old Apartment-
Naruto hadn't entered the building in years and he was disgusted when he saw the condition of his "home". He made a mental note to clean later on after his mission. For now he just destroyed any trash and fixed up the raggedy old bed.
'Close enough.' He thought to himself.
'Are you ready for your mission?' Kyuubi asked.
'Of course I am. However I'll have to restrain myself from killing Kakashi like I did before.' Naruto said thinking about his match with the gray-haired jonin.
'Don't worry kit, the time for your revenge will come and it will be satisfying.' Kyuubi told him and Naruto smiled darkly. Locking the door behind him, Naruto exited his run down apartment and decided to walk to the Main Gate instead of teleporting there. As he walked past, civilians backed away from him and Naruto smirked at this.
'The fools have finally learned.' He thought.
"Uhm Naruto-san?" A female voice said breaking him out of his thoughts.
"Oh hello Tenten-san." The blond said turning to look at the kunoichi.
"Oh you can just call me Tenten." The weapon mistress said blushing a tiny bit.
"Well Tenten, what do you need?" Naruto asked.
"I wanted to have a quick spar if you weren't busy." Tenten asnwered.
"Well I do have a mission but this shouldn't take long." Naruto said placing his hand on Tenten's shoulder.
"Are you going to Shunshin?" Tenten asked and the blonde scoffed.
"My technique is much better." Naruto said as he Mugengan activated. Slowly pink energy began spiraling around the two before they vanished.
-Training Ground 3-
They appeared on a grassy field and Tenten fell to her knees panting. Naruto looked down at her a slight smirk on his face. Holding out his hand to here, she took it and stood up.
"So what are the rules?" He asked.
"Kenjutsu only." Tenten said taking out a scroll and summoning a standard issue katana. Naruto nodded withdrawing his sword from his back and jumped back a few feet. The two swordsman stared at each other waiting, before Naruto made the first move. In the blink of an eye he was in front of her and pushed his blade forward. She parried the attack with some difficulty and swung her blade at Naruto's arms. The speed Naruto maneuvered the blade with amazed her as he attacked again , forcing her to jump back with several slashes. Even though Naruto's sword was bigger he moved as if he was wielding a normal sized katana. The blond swung at her head making her block again and she held her place with difficulty due to Naruto's strength. He pressed down on her katana making the kunoichi grit her teeth as she pushed against his sword.
The blond haired teen closed the distance between them incredibly fast and slashed at her several times. Large tears appeared in her clothing and he threw a round house kick that sent her tumbling away. The bun haired female looked up to see him staring down at her and his sword at her neck.
"I win." He stated.
"Your really strong Naruto, I wasn't any match for you." Tenten said standing up.
"Don't fret Tenten-san, few in this village can defeat me." Naruto spoke turning away.
"Hey I said not to call me that!" The kunoichi called.
"I'll see you later, Tenten." The swordsman said before walking into a pink portal. Tenten sighed as she began walking home to get herself fixed up.
-Konoha Gate-
Naruto walked out of his portal and was greeted by the sight of Sasuke, Kakashi, Tazuna, and Sakura waiting for him.
"Nice of you to arrive Naruto, now we can finally head out." Kakashi said.
"Yeah whatever." Naruto mumbled as the group began walking.
A hour and a half later, they are walking along a small path each individual was doing something to keep themselves preoccupied while they were walking. Kakashi read his orange book, Sakura annoyed Sasuke and he tried to ignore her, Tazuna drank his sake, and Naruto was having a mental conversation with Kyuubi.
"Hey kit there's two ninja up ahead." The Kitsune said.
'Yeah I know." Naruto responded mentally.
The group walked past two puddles and Naruto narrowed his eyes. Suddenly a clawed hand sprouted from the puddle and two men dressed in black cloaks jumped out. Naruto gripped his sword handle before quickly drawing it from his back, the surface of the weapon covered in hot fire. Naruto teleported between Tazuna and Gozu and kicked the older demon brother in the stomach sending him into a tree. Meizu saw this and threw his clawed gauntlet at Naruto's head. Naruto ducked under the gauntlet, coming back up to grab the chain and pull the nukenin towards him. Once Meizu was close enough, Naruto thrusted his sword forward. The fire that covered the blade melted through Meizu's torso and he screamed in pain. Sakura , Tazuna, and Kakashi's eyes widened at what Naruto had done.
'Of course he did, he's a demon after all.' The one-eyed Jonin thought.
'If I had that kind of power I'd be able to kill Itachi.' Sasuke thought clenching his fist.
Meizu fell to the ground, now having a gaping hole in his chest with burned edges. Gozu got back up to his feet and saw what Naruto had done to his brother.
"You bastard!" The younger brother yelled. "I'll kill you!"
Gozu ran at Naruto and threw his gauntlet out. The blond held up his hand muttered under his breath.
"Space-Time Release: Sands of Time Forward." The blond mumbled.
As soon as the gauntlet got close Naruto grabbed onto it. The metal began rusting quickly before falling apart. The ability creeped along the chain aging it and soon reached Gozu's arm. He cried out as the jutsu hit his body and he began aging also. Gozu's body grew frail and his hair withered.
"Naruto we need him alive!" Kakashi crawled out. However Gozu continued aging and quickly became dust.
"Sorry." Naruto said as his sword turned back to normal. "I put to much chakra into it."
Kakashi growled at this as he knew Naruto did it on purpose. Deciding to work on that later, he then turned to Tazuna.
"Tazuna-san, mind telling me why you have nukenin attacking you?" The Jonin asked.
So Tazuna explained the situation to them and how Gato controlled his home. Kakashi immediately said that they should return to Konoha to get backup. Sasuke however said he wanted to finish the mission as it might be good experience. Of course Sakura agreed with her crush, not caring how many ninja attacked them. Naruto knew he could stand against whoever attacked them and he'd like to fight stronger shinobi. Being outvoted, Kakashi sighed and said they'd continue with the mission.
After a while of walking again , Naruto sensed something in the bushes. He held up his hand and silently fired a orb of pink energy that exploded once it made contact. He explosion caught the attention of the others and they saw the corpse of a rabbit.
"What the hell Naruto-baka, you killed that poor animal!" Sakura shrieked as she raised her hand to hit him.
"Haruno, if you strike me I will send you to a far away void in another dimension where you will shriek and shriek as much as you like and no one will hear you." Naruto said glaring at her. Sakura cringed at the killing intent he was unleashing on her.
"Naruto that's enough." Kakashi ordered. Naruto stared at his sensei for a few moments before stopping the killing intent that was directed towards the pink-haired kunoichi. He felt an amount of killing intent directed towards him from an unknown area.
"Everybody down!" Kakashi shouted. Sasuke, Kakashi, Sakura, and Tazuna fell to the ground while Naruto stayed up. He quickly held up his sword and turned his body. A giant sword collided with his blade making a loud clang sound ring through the air. The sword fell to the ground and Naruto quickly fired a spatial orb towards a few trees. A figure jumped from them right before the attack hit and caused a explosion.
"Wow, I wasn't expecting the gaki to stop it But I guess that's what to expect from Konoha's Entity of Destruction." The man said.
"Momochi Zabuza, nukenin of Kirigakure and also known as the Demon of the Mist. Your also a ex-member of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist." Naruto said.
"Naruto how does he know you?" Kakashi wondered.
"The gaki has his own page in the Bingo Book." Zabuza said.
'How is he so strong?' Sasuke asked himself.
'I must tell Danzo-sama of this.' Sai thought.
"What rank am I?" Naruto asked.
"B." Zabuza answered.
"Then I'll have to kill you and that should bring me up to A-rank." Naruto said before kicking Zaubuza's sword in the nukenin's direction. The older swordsman caught it and nodded.
"Wait Naruto you can't handle him. Let me-." Kakashi began.
'Shut it Hatake." Naruto interrupted activating his Mugengan. "This is between me and him."
Kakashi narrowed his eyes at Naruto but relented. He hoped that Zabuza could kill the jinchuriki.
"Sai, Sakura, Sasuke protect Tazuna. Naruto I'll provide cover." The Jonin ordered, lying about the last part.
"Whatever." Naruto mumbled. "Space-Time Release: Spatial Blade."
Naruto's sword was covering in pink swirling energy as he swung the weapon at Zabuza. The older ninja raised his sword and blocked the attack. The chakra began cutting through the Kubriki (sp?) and Zabuza jumped back. The blond sent wind chakra into his sword, air spinning quickly around it.
"Wind Release: Howling Wind Scar." Naruto said swinging his sword . Strong wind shot from the sword tearing the ground up as it headed towards Zabuza. He tried to stand his ground but was blown by the strong attack and flew into a tree. Once he hit the tree , he dissolved into water.
'When the hell did he make a Mizu bunshin?' Naruto thought looking around.
"Kirigakure no Jutsu." Zabuza said and mist flooded the area. Naruto smirked and pumped demonic chakra into his sword. Flesh-like material covered half of the blade, a mouth appeared, a a slitted eye opened up.
"Did you know Momochi-san, that this mist is mostly chakra and the rest being moisture in the air?" Naruto asked.
"Your point kid?" Zaubuza's disembodied voice asked.
"It's just a snack for my sword." The blond said. His sword licked it's lips before it bean sucking in the chakra-fused mist. After a few moments the mist was no more and Zabuza was revealed.
"Space-Time Release: Infinity Spatial Cut." Naruto said waving his hand in the air. Hundreds of small glowing needles appeared in front of him. Suddenly, the shot forward towards the other swordsman who jumped back to avoid the attack. Naruto pointed towards him again and the needles went to his location. Team 7 and Tazuna watched as Naruto made the needles follow Zabuza who backed up into a tree. The needles pierced and slashed his skin, leaving dozens of cut wounds. The nukenin was breathing heavily and holding his shoulder that had been cut badly. Naruto hefted his sword on his shoulder and walked towards the ex-mist nin.
"I expected more from you Momochi." He muttered raising his sword up in the air.
Suddenly, several needles flew from a tree and stabbed Zabuza in the neck causing him to fall to the ground. A feminine figure wearing a mask jumped down from a tree in front of Zabuza.
"Thank you swordsman-san. I've been tracking him down for quite some time now." The Hunternin said.
"Sure." Naruto said lowering his sword back down and returning it to his back. The Hunternin disapeared with Zabuza's body and the blond turned back to him "team".
"Okay what now?" He asked.
"Now we continue on the way to the bridge." Kakashi informed.
'I must learn how he is so strong, I NEED that power.' Sasuke thought greedily.
'That demon is stronger than I thought, I must find someway to kill him.' Kakashi thought sinisterly.
'Hmm I wonder what Sasuke-kun's favorite color is.' Guess who thought that.
'I overestimated Zabuza, I was hoping for a better fight.' Naruto thought frowning.
'I have much to report to Danzo-sama when we return to Konoha.' Sai noted.
With these thoughts in mind, the group continued on their way to the bridge.