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Chapter 8: Promotions & Missions
"Well this certainly is a big surprise I didn't think you three would pass at the same time" Genma told his three students who wearing Chunin flak jackets. It seemed that the entire team 6 had passed the Chunin exam on account of their performance against their opponents. Naruto though couldn't help but hold his excitement only 4 Genins passed and the whole team seem to graduate. Naruto's hard work had paid off and he couldn't be happier.

"Good news as well it seems our resident "raging storm" brought back the legendary Tsunade to become our new Hokage" Genma finished saying while patting Naruto's head. Naruto was blushing from all the attention. He seemed to have made the ths shinobi populace very happy with Tsunade's return

"So Genma-sensei what are we going to do then, because we became Chunin I think this village might give us a mission, a high class mission possibly" Raiden asked with a hopeful smile hoping that they were going to do an exciting mission.

"Well since you asked, yesterday I went to Hokage-sama after your promotion and she has a mission lined up for you with another shinobi as team leader" Genma told his team who looked excited that they were going to receive a mission.

"I don't know the details but the mission is tomorrow and you should get the heads up on the way. It's a B-Rank mission so do be careful and your meeting place is 11:00 am sharp so don't be late. Also good luck, you guys are a very good team and you will only get stronger" Naruto was on the edge of his seat. He couldn't wait till he was doing the mission. Now that he was fully fit he could fight at full strength and try to master the Rasengan in one hand.

Naruto and his team headed off in different directions, even though it was the morning Naruto knew he had to pack but he could do it once he got home. Training now would only make him tired in the morning and ever since he came back he was doing a lot of intense training. He had to get the muscle in his left arm much stronger. He also upped the amount of chakra in his weights, which were now 30 that greatly increased his strength and speed.

Naruto though hadn't talked to Ten-Ten ever since he came back. He assumed that she must have been busy training or doing team missions. Naruto was however still confused with his feelings. He knew that they couldn't be resolved in a matter of days and it would take a long time to come to terms with it.

Naruto did think about the destruction konoha averted thanks to the sacrifice of the third Hokage. Sasuke and Lee were still recuperating in the hospital according to Sakura and Ino. Both were hysterical when he came back injured. Naruto though really didn't care, he never even spoke to the guy he was always so reclusive. Naruto looked up in the sky and knew it was going to be a long day so decided to pack and have a little fun.

Naruto walked into the Hokage's office to see Tsunade sipping some sake and daydreaming. He though Hokage's were suppose to be busy.

"You know whenever I usually came in here, the old man at least attempted to show that he was working," Naruto told Tsunade who just looked back at him with a lazy expression. He could see she really didn't give a damn and was being lazy. Naruto also wanted to ask but never found the courage, were here breasts really natural and if not why did she make them so huge.

"Well at least I got one thing to do which is upgrade security and make sure they don't allow snot nosed brats in" Tsunade finished saying throwing her cup into her draw and taking out a pen.

"In your time spent with me, has there ever been a time where 'snot' has ever come out of my nose. I mean seriously have you" Naruto asked his leader who seemed to grow more frustrated by the minute. Naruto really liked to piss off Tsunade beacuse she would always react.

"Naruto what are you doing here, don't you have a mission that you should be getting ready for" Tsunade asked in a pathetic voice which she hoped would make Naruto go away. Naruto stopped his ranting and looked at Tsunade dead in the eye. Ever since he came back with her he wanted to know how she did her cool medic Justus and freakish strength.

"Well you see the thing is, I was kind of hoping you would teach me a couple of Jutsus and how you have all that strength. I mean your medical Justus are so cool" Naruto finished saying with a big old grin. Tsunade was shocked that someone would find her techniques actually cool. A big part of her was jumping up and down when she thought someone actually thought they were useful. Practically most of the shinobi world thought medic shinobi were a waste of skill.

Tsunade didn't give Naruto a chance to speak another word as she grabbed him and dragged him out of the office to a secluded training area.

Naruto was sitting down breathing heavily after finishing his training with Tsunade. Apparently not many people liked medical based Jutsu's. Tsunade wouldn't teach Naruto most of the complicated Jutsu's because you really needed to know about the subject and what you are doing.

"Your already tired, I thought the big bad "raging storm" would put up more than this" Tsunade taunted Naruto in a very childish manner which brought back memories of her doing that to Jiraiya. Naruto though just glared at her and resumed catching his breath. How could a Chunin keep up with a Hokage? Tsunade wasn't a person to hold back her punches and what punch she packed.

"Well I told you using my techniques take a lot of chakra control. Even though yours isn't bad it's still not perfect, but if you keep practising those ones I told then that should be fine" Tsunade explained to an exhausted Naruto who just nodded. Tsunade had told him that it takes a shinobi with near perfect chakra control to use medical Jutsus properly. She however taught Naruto a different form of her taijutsu. Apparently the first Hokage was very powerful in his punches and she had a couple of scrolls, which she remodelled to create her style. Naruto of course accepted these scrolls with a big cheer.

"Well one of the reasons I wanted to learn medical Jutsu's is so that when I do go on a mission I can actually help with minor or mediocre injuries" Naruto replied back to Tsunade. She smiled when she heard Naruto say that. He really cared for his friends and would do anything for them. A long silence seemed to erupt around them so Tsunade decided she would break it.

"So…how long have you been able to do Wood element Jutsu's" Tsunade asked him when she sat next to Naruto. Naruto though looked shocked that she knew.

"I read Sandaime's files, there's a lot of crazy things you did" Tsunade answered Naruto's shocked expression. Naruto smiled glad that he could confide in someone new even if she was an old woman disguised as a young woman.

"Sure thing Tsunade-Baa-Chan" Naruto said to the angry Tsunade who smacked him in the head for calling her an old woman.

Naruto, Raiden and Mai stood at the village gates waiting for the team leader whom they still didn't know. They were all prepared for the mission and couldn't wait to start their first official B-Rank mission.

"Oh great so you're the brats that are coming with me on the mission" The three Chunin heard a voice call out from behind them to see the second examiner of the Chunin exam.

"Oh great we have a mission with a homicidal manic" Naruto groaned out loud.

"Hey I am not homicidal, I just like to see blood that's all" Anko replied back to Naruto who just groaned out loud. This mission was going to be crazy and half with this wacko in charge.

"Ok little Chunins lets move out" Anko ordered them in a light tone and started to walk out of the village. The three Chunin sighed and trudged along hoping she wouldn't do anything rash or crazy.

"Well now that we are all together I can tell you the mission details" Anko spoke out while drawing the attention of the three shinobi behind her. They wanted to know what they were doing and needed to memorise the details.

"We have to protect a village on the outskirts of fire country from hired mercenaries. You see ever since the…attack konoha, has been stretched thin and some big shot slave dealer thinks he can muscle his way into fire country. Now we need to stop them from hurting the town's people until they can hire some full time bodyguards". Anko explained to the three Chunin who got the mission details.

"So do we know how many mercenaries there are or is it some wild guess," Naruto asked Anko who looked back and answered

"Around 75" Anko answered Naruto who looked a bit pissed off because she seemed so calm.

"This is a B-Rank mission," Raiden said out loud voicing his thoughts.

"The only reason this is a B-Rank mission and not higher is because they didn't hire missing-nins they are all non-shinobi" Anko replied to the statement Raiden said

They all knew that they had to be on top form if they wanted to be on top. It would take two days to reach the village, so they would have to camp for today until they reached their destination. Naruto looked at Raiden and Mai, there seemed to be some really thick tension between them. Hopefully it wouldn't come in the way when the mission begins.

Naruto sat down as he finished setting up his tent, Mai went to fetch some water while Raiden when to get some firewood. Anko came back dragging a wild boar. Naruto sweat dropped at the site of Anko smiling and hurling a dead boar into the middle of the campsite. Naruto of course was in charge of keeping the campsite secure. But he was given that task because he was so slow in pitching up his tent.

"So it seems the campsites in order," Anko said to Naruto while she looked around with her eerie grins she seemed to wear constantly.

"I didn't know slavery still existed" Naruto told Anko who sat next him. She looked at Naruto with a questioning gaze before replying.

"You may think slavery is gone but there are still some sick bastards who raid villages and take people mostly young girls" Anko answered Naruto's question with a sigh. Naruto looked at Anko, she was looking at the setting sun which looked quite breath taking. But Naruto was never person to like that sort of stuff. He liked looking at stars and wondering what shape they would make.

Naruto had heard from quite a number of shinobi of Anko being a shinobi that no one besides a few wanted to work with. She seemed to have the same bad reputation as him but not as worse.

"What is it kid wondering why people are scared of me" Anko spoke to Naruto who visibly jumped when Anko asked that question. For a split second Naruto thought she could read minds.

"I could see it on your face kid your like an open book, didn't they teach you in the academy to guard your emotions". Anko asked the recently made Chunin.

Naruto though didn't get to answer as Raiden and Mai conveniently decide to arrive at the same time. Instead he was in charge of cooking and starting the fire. Naruto though couldn't help but wonder what Anko meant. He never knew that he was so easy to read. Naruto thought that he seriously needed to check out ways to guard his emotions. Naruto always though he was great at hiding what he felt, ever since he was six he could always cover up the pain with a goofy grin. Maybe that wasn't working anymore and he needed a different approach to guard his feelings.

Naruto and the rest of the Team were looking up at the night sky. Naruto really loved watching the stars it was probably the only thing he did silently or without breaking a bone.

"Ok kids I'll take first watch and then I will wake up Naruto to take next watch," Anko told the three Chunins who nodded. Naruto needed to get some rest if he was able to keep up with the rest of the team tomorrow.

The four-konoha shinobi had finally made it to the village and were glad as well. Even though Naruto liked camping he liked sleeping on a proper bed more.

"Well here we are, hopefully there haven't been any attacks" Naruto spoke with a sigh in his voice while the village gatekeeper checked their identification. The team continued on walking through the village looking at the people. This village seemed to be a simple fishing village with a dock for allowing exports.

"This must a new village," Raiden announced to the group who nodded in agreement. It made sense because usually settlements built next to the sea or a large river becomes quite big very quickly.

"Yeah it makes sense why a slave trader would find this village of great importance" Mai shared her opinion on the matter. A slave trader would be able to send and take people quickly and have auctions.

"Ahh konoha shinobi, you have finally arrived this is good. A lot of people were getting worried" A young man with glasses said as he strode next to them.

"I am the village leader and I requested assistance when my sources told me that the slave trader known as Rugal had set his eyes on my town" The young leader told the group.

"Oh how rude of me my name is Seta Kyoshiro, but you can call me Kyo" Kyoshiro introduced himself to the group. Naruto and co made gave their names and rank hoping that it quashes the nervous feeling this town was having. For now the four shinobi would scout the town to see if they're any weakness they could try and fix. Naruto noticed this town did seem to have a lot of young people a couple years older than him.

Naruto however wasn't looking where he was walking and bumped into something soft that made a soft sound as it landed on the floor. Naruto looked down see a girl who was probably sixteen years of age lying on the floor rubbing her bottom.

"I sorry I wasn't looking while I was walking" Naruto rubbed the back of his head while giving his other arm to lift her up. The young girl took his arm and hoisted her self up and dusted her clothes.

"No harm done, as long as your sorry its fine" The girl replied to Naruto. Naruto though started to blush when he saw her smile. He would have to be blind not to see that she really good looking. Of course Naruto's inner pervert started to grow bigger and shout obscene things at him.

"You must be the shinobis that my brother hired" the young told Naruto with another one of her smiles that made Naruto blush even further.

"Oh how rude of me my name is Seta Yuna" Yuna told Naruto who chuckled inside, it seemed the Seta siblings were alike with their introductions.

"My name is Uzumaki Naruto pleased to meet you" Naruto gave his introduction with a foxy grin.

"Well I have to go sorry to cut our meeting short I will see you around" With that said Yuna walked off to her original direction and Naruto was left staring at her backside and her shapely…

"Wow bro you sure do work fast and she's older then you" Naruto felt Raiden next to him giving him one of his Raiden type smiles. The ones where you just want to punch him.

"There's nothing going on I just bumped into her by accident" Naruto defended him self from Raiden's fun making.

"Oh that reminds me of a funny joke I heard…." Raiden replied back making Naruto groan out loud. Naruto though drifted if and looked at the brown haired green-eyed girl who he encountered. She was beautiful that was for sure, but didn't he like Ten-Ten?

"Okay peeps it seems we are here for the long stay, until those lovely slave traders come we have to sit quietly and bide our time" in an over cheery tone she liked to talk in.

Anko seemed to not care how long they were staying seeing as they served dango. The three Chunins though had plenty of time to explore and train and hopefully be prepared for the…

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

The whole team heard a shrill scream come from outside and quickly went out to investigate. When they reached outside the whole village seemed to be gathered in the centre almost forming a circle. They saw a bloody man lying on the floor struggling to breathe. Naruto quickly went to his side and saw that his pulse was erratic.

"Does this village have a doctor" Anko shouted out to the crowd who nodded and one boy quickly ran to presumably the doctor's house. Naruto though needed to stop the bleeding so quickly did a number of hand seals. A green glow started to emanate from the boys hand but it was a very low colour. Naruto started to grit his teeth, the problem with using this with not near prefect chakra was that it would suck yours out really quickly. But slowly the wounds started to heal and Naruto placed his hands over his heart to stop his erratic heartbeat to at least get it to have a slow steady rhythm.

Anko looked out from the crowd to see a man and woman run towards them. It looked like the village doctor and they ran into the middle of the crowd. Both man and woman knelt beside Naruto and looked to see what he was doing. Naruto looked up in frustration.

"Hey are you doctors or sightseers, cant you see this man is dying" with that said they started to work next to Naruto was pouring a lot of chakra to get his heart to stop going crazy and heal the scars inside.

"Right then sir we will take it from here" Naruto looked up and nodded and started to walk back with a bit of dizziness. Anko quickly held him up and was rewarded with a typical Naruto thank you smile.

"I didn't know you were able to do medical based Justus" Raiden said with a bit of pride in his voice. Naruto looked back at him with a weak smile.

"I asked Tsunade to teach me some basic medical techniques. I was able to learn one and I need more practise on the other ones. But I just needed to calm his heart down. Also to stop the minor bleedings." Naruto answered his best friends questioning stare.

"But if you don't have perfect chakra control you end up huffing and puffing like Naruto here" Anko told the group who saw that only a few ever became medics.

"I hope he will be alright," Mai asked in a concerned voice while looking at the man. It was the worst when you couldn't do anything but watch a person suffer.

"Yeah but what attacked him" Naruto asked in a tired voice while looking at the man.

"More like whom" Raiden said as he pointed to the bloody cuts the man's shirt seemed to have which a very sharp object only caused. The whole town seemed to be on edge after the attack on the villager.

The four shinobi were sitting outside the waiting room of the hospital waiting for the doctors to finish. The village leader took it upon him self to ask the villagers questions on what had happened to the man. Naruto was quietly snoozing his head in Mai's lap while she just combed his hair through her fingers.

"Its amazing that Naruto is able to do so many things at such a young age" Mai spoke in fondness of the boy she grew to love as a little brother. Mai was glad she was placed on the same team as Naruto. She knew that he would a very dear friend right to the end.

"Hey you two don't sell yourself short, I saw your fights in the Chunin exam and let me say you guys pack a powerful punch" Anko told the group.

"I saw each of your records and let me say that not many people your age impress me like you three" Anko finished saying drumming her fingers against her face.

"Well I am going to see where the weirdo with glasses is," Anko told the two shinobi as she walked out of the room. Raiden was in deep though. He was trying to think who would go to such lengths to beat a man to near death and leave him.

"What are you thinking about Rai" Mai asked her other teammate who seemed to be in a trance. Raiden looked up in surprise at the use of his name. It seemed like she created a nickname for him.

"Nothing much, just wondering who would do such a thing" Raiden replied back hesitantly not sure how to reply to Mai anymore. It seemed an awkward silence was created between the two. As Raiden tired to think of something say but always closed his mouth right at the end.

"So how was your date with Kiba" Raiden asked Mai and as soon as he said those words he started to kick himself. 'Yeah that's great ice breaker Raiden why don't you ask her if she likes Kiba next, man I am so stupid' Raiden though to himself. Mai looked a bit shocked at the question.

"It was ok but I don't think there's anything there" Mai replied back and smiled at her friend who had a pink tinge when she smiled at him. Raiden told Mai she would find someone she would like eventually. In his rare moments of wisdom Raiden showed that he wasn't an idiot who told lame jokes.

Raiden got up and kneeled in front of Naruto's face, which was facing away from Mai's body.

"He really goes above and beyond doesn't he"? Mai asked Raiden who just nodded.

"But why do the older generation hate him so much" Raiden questioned. But got a blank stare from Mai who didn't know the answer. There was something about Naruto the struck hatred in the eyes of the villagers but why.

"Why don't we ask him after the mission, I am sure he will tell us I mean we are his best friends" Mai answered Raiden who nodded in agreement. What ever it was they would always be with Naruto, through thick and thin. A groaning sound comes from Naruto, which alerts the 2 shinobi. Naruto felt much better after that quick nap but he felt something his hair comb his golden hair.

"Finally we thought you would be out for the whole day" Naruto looked up to see Mai's cheery face greet him. Naruto slowly lifted his head to realize he was taking a nap on Mai's lap. He thanked for keeping him comfortable, which she brushed off. Naruto looked around to see they were still in the doctor's waiting room.

"It seems your awake Naruto that's good I wont have to explain my self twice…" Anko called out to them but was cut off by the doctor's room door opening and a frantic man walking out to them.

"I'm sorry to interrupt you, but our patient woke for a couple of minutes to say that he saw a encampment of mercenaries not to far from the village." The doctor spoke frantically.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

The four shinobi looked at each other and quickly ran out of the room towards the centre of the village. To see a large force of men with weapons walk into the village.

The four shinobi looked at the army of men who pushed their way into the village and looked around. Naruto started to growl seeing these monsters come into this village and take people and make them into slaves.

"So do we take them all out or do we scare them," Naruto whispered to Anko who looked and at him a and answered

"We wipe them all out, konoha's stance on slavery is to kill all who enforce it" Anko whispered her reply to Naruto and the team who only nodded in response. Naruto saw the men start to gather in the village square. The team waited for Anko's orders for them to respond because she was team leader. Anko was waiting for they were about to do but from the looks of it they were just coming here raid the village of the young.

"Ok, our first priority is to make sure none of the villagers are hurt" Anko explained to the three Chunins who nodded and started to walk out into the front of the crowd.

The army of mercenaries stopped when they saw four people emerge from the crowd and stand their ground.

"We have come here to take what we want, anyone who dares to try and stop us will die a slow and painful death" It seemed the lead mercenary had already spoke. The four shinobi looked at each other and let out a big sigh.

"Well we would say some grand speech, but seeing people like you never learn we'll skip that part and just kill you" Anko proclaimed making the three Chunin let out an even bigger sigh at the words of their team leader. Like all melodramatic villains they all started to laugh out loud. Anko looked a bit pissed of and threw a kunai straight at a man's throat instantly killing him. All the mercenaries seemed to stop at once when one of their men was killed so quickly.

The three other Chunins looked a bit shocked that Anko would be ticked off so quickly. However the mercenaries weren't going to take this lying down and charged them. Naruto looked ready and excited that he was able to fight and test his strength. So he did a quick number of hand seals.

"Kuchiyose no Jutsu (Summoning Technique)"

When the smoked cleared it revealed a large Monkey slightly larger than Anko.

"Yo King I need you to turn into the diamond pole" Naruto asked the monkey king Enma. Enma of course obliged already accepting the young boy as a great shinobi. Enma quickly turned into the diamond pole and Naruto grabbed him ready to dish out some pain. It seemed the mercenaries were quite inexperienced because they didn't know what it was like to fight against a shinobi. Anko was having fun taking down all these steroid enhanced freaks that though muscle could beat anyone.

Naruto looked in front and saw 5 of them charge him without thinking. Naruto smirked this was too easy. He showed them why he was so brutal with a staff. He effortlessly knocked out each one of the thugs. Raiden used one of his lighting Jutsu's to fry some the men completely.

"Retreat" it seemed one of the men shouted out, but the four shinobi were not going to let them get away. However Naruto saw something from the corner of his eye. The young leader of the village came running up to him.

"Please you must help me, they have taken Yuna just west of here" Kyo said to Naruto in a pleading voice hoping that he would bring his little sister back. Naruto looked back at his teammates and they looked like they could take care of themselves. Naruto nodded and went off in the direction of the 5 mercenaries.

Naruto was running at an insane amount of speed trying to catch up with mercenaries who went after Yuna. Naruto sensed that they stopped and quickened his pace even further. As he approached the five mercenaries he sensed that yet another figure was with them. But Naruto couldn't help but feel a sort of dread. Naruto landed a few feet from the men and drew the diamond pole from his back. Yuna saw Naruto land and shouted out his name.

"NARUTO"

Naruto though saw someone emerge from the shadows to see a man wearing a black robe. On his head was a black straw hat, which seemed to cover his black hair and eyes. Naruto deduced that this guy really liked the colour black. But there was something unnerving about this man. Like his eyes could see anything and he was in complete control of everything. The man went to Yuna and picked her up by the neck to see into her eyes.

Naruto though couldn't take anymore of this and quickly charged the mercenaries effectively knocking them away. By the time he finished taking out the guys the man had thrown Yuna away. Naruto rushed to her side and checked her pulse to see if she was ok.

"So konoha shinobis are here, how amusing" The mysterious man spoke to Naruto in a slow voice. Making the words sound boring as Raiden's jokes. Naruto looked up, as the man seemed to draw into a stance.

"So you are the person responsible for this, I won't forgive you" Naruto spoke out in rage as he brought his staff into one of his stances. Both fighters started to circle one another. From what Naruto could see this man left no openings, he might as well be a shinobi. Meaning Naruto would have to go all out. The mysterious man seemed to crack his fingers by using one hand and summon a red sword from nowhere.

"Bloody Sword"

Now that didn't sound good to Naruto. If a technique is called that, that only spelt trouble. Both fighters charged each other both of their weapons hitting each other. Naruto found this guy was quite powerful and looked like he was taking a stroll through konoha park. Naruto jumped back and brought his fist into the air.

Wind Release: Screw Upper

Naruto threw a red hurricane at the man hoping it would shred him. Naruto quickly picked up Yuna and left in her in a more secure place. When Naruto came back he saw the man was still standing there and he seemed to be unfazed. He brought out one hand and said something under his breath.

"Bloody Hurricane"

The first Naruto noticed was that the blood that was pooling from underneath the dead mercenaries started to rise and spinning. The second thing Naruto noticed was that this hurricane of blood was heading for him. Naruto brought both hands out and started to form wind chakra around the arms.

Wind Release: Spiral Wind

Naruto started spin and gathered a lot of wind, which deflected the bloody hurricane and pushed the black robed man. Once the wind cleared the mysterious man ran straight towards Naruto ready to punch him. Naruto saw this was his opportunity to do one of his original attacks. He started to run at him and dodge his punch.

Uzumaki Clan Taijutsu: Rising Dragon Wind Uppercut

Naruto gave the man a huge uppercut, which sent him flying into the air. But Naruto wasn't done and quickly used his Shunshin technique to appear behind him.

Uzumaki Clan Ninjutsu: Power Dunk

Naruto gathered chakra into his hand and punched the robe man in his back. Once his hand connected Naruto made his charka push off the body and explode the chakra. When Naruto landed on the ground he was sure that the man wouldn't get up. But was sadly mistaken when the man seemed to get up like nothing happened to him. He dusted him self and put his hat back on.

"Well, it seems konoha shinobi are training themselves quite fiercely these days" Naruto heard the man drawl out and look at him. Naruto needed a plan and quick because at the rate this guy was taken his technique Naruto wouldn't stand a chance.

Naruto saw the robed man do something else though. He started to do hand seals…

Blood seemed to come out of the dead mercenaries bodies and become spikes. They started to go up into the sky…

"Bloody Rain"

Naruto heard the black colour loving man whisper out. Naruto quickly countered with another technique.

Wood Release: Wood Haven

Wood started to sprout fourth from the ground and encircle him saving him from the spiky blood. Naruto needed to catch his breath, as this guy was incredibly strong. When Naruto retracted the dome of wood he saw the hat wearing man to be completely gone.

"NARUTO"

Naruto heard Raiden's voice shout out from behind him as he saw him carrying Yuna. Naruto quickly looked around to see if there were any traces of the man still their but he was gone. There was no way he imagined that fight.

"Hey Naruto you ok" Raiden called out but received no response.

Raiden wasn't even trying; these mercenaries were so weak that he could take them out with one hand. Mai seemed to think the exact same thing and was thinking that they should have made this a C-Rank mission instead. As Raiden looked at the dead bodies of the mercenaries he couldn't find Naruto.

"Guys…where's Naruto?" Raiden shouted out to the two female shinobi who looked a bit miffed at being called a 'guy'.

"Oh Raiden-san, Naruto-san went to rescue my sister who was taken by some mercenaries" Kyo shouted towards the group who looked a bit worried.

"Well Naruto shouldn't have taken so long, I am going to go after him" Raiden told the rest of the group and ran off before they could say anything else.

Raiden was running through the forest when he felt 2 chakra spikes. 'Oh god this isn't good if Naruto is using that much chakra that must mean something happened' Raiden thought to himself. But when he reached there all he saw was an exhausted Naruto. He had found Yuna on the way and she seemed to be unconscious, most likely from the stress of the situation.

"Hey Naruto are you ok" Raiden asked his friend but received no answer.

"Listen we should head back, all the mercenaries in the village are dead, I think some escaped but they wont come back after the beating we gave them" Raiden said to his friend who only nodded and got up to follow him back to the village.

The four-shinobi bid farewell to the little village after receiving their paychecks. All the mercenaries were dealt with quickly and effectively. There was no way the same man was going after the town again. But for some reason Naruto knew that the reason for coming after the town wasn't for slaves but for someone. Apparently it wasn't Yuna they were after but a girl with her criteria. He could only wonder who the weirdo was.

"So your saying this guy commanded blood, sounds like Anko-sans type of guy" Everyone chuckled at Mai's comment and she got a friendly whack from Anko on the back.

"Hey Naruto I saw Yuna giving you a big thank you kiss" Raiden called out in a teasing manner. Naruto simply grumbled at Raiden's comment.

"Oh Naruto your going to grow up to become one hell of a heart breaker" When Anko said that everyone besides Naruto started to crack up at his expense. Naruto sighed out loud everyone seemed to be love teasing or making him embarrassed.

"So you returned empty handed," A man asked, he was sitting on a chair. His hair was spiky white and he had 2 strips coming down his cheeks. He was wearing a colourful robe, which showed that the man must be colour blind to wear such ridiculous clothes.

"Yes your intelligence was completely off the girl didn't have the key, but I did find something interesting" The blacked robed shinobi told the man.

"Oh what did you find this time Asura?" The white haired man asked Asura. Asura merely smiled and explained his fight with the blonde haired kid. He was strong for a boy his age.

"So konoha doesn't seem to be in ruin after all, no matter he is probably just random shinobi that will give his life for a flawed village" The white haired man replied and looked up in a thoughtful fashion.

"We must continue our search for the key…I must find that key" The white haired man finished saying with a generic evil laugh right at the end.

"I'm sorry I left you guys by yourself, I hope no one was hurt in the village" Naruto said in an apologetic tone. Anko looked at Naruto and shook her head.

"Don't worry its fine, I mean as long as you got that girl back then its fine. Besides those mercenaries were more easier to fight than a group of Genins" Anko told Naruto who looked up at the stars as well. Mai and Raiden were asleep which left Naruto and Anko to keep watch. Because of the fighting they decided to keep watch in groups of two.

"So…" Naruto said not sure what to say in such a silent situation. Naruto was never a person who could stay quiet in a silent time.

"You have some great friends kid…they really admire you" Anko told Naruto in a whimsical tone while staring at the night sky as well. Naruto though looked at Anko in confusion. He didn't know what brought up this conversation.

"Well they are great friends…but I haven't told them why the villagers hate me" Naruto answered the fishnet wearing jounin. Anko looked at Naruto for a moment before answering.

"At least you have a choice to tell people why the villagers hate you" Anko told Naruto who looked up in surprise. Naruto didn't know there was some one like him in the village.

So…why did the villagers hate you?" Naruto asked Anko hesitantly. Naruto didn't want to pressure Anko into telling him.

"My sensei was Orochimaru" Anko told Naruto who looked shocked. Even though Naruto had met Orochimaru once he couldn't help but think she shared some of his traits.

"But Anko-San no one in the village hates you…actually you have quite a few jounin friends" Naruto said in an incredulous tone. Anko merely smiled at Naruto's obvious disbelief

"Well I have friends now, Naruto. You see after all these years I have finally been able to gain the respect of my fellow shinobi. That's why I like you kid, you keep trying and you work hard. So you deserve that promotion more than anyone else," Anko told Naruto who smiled at Anko's praise.

"For a second there you sounded like super fuzzy eyebrows, with the hard work speech." Naruto said to Anko in a playful tone. Anko visibly shuddered to being compared to that fashion reject. Naruto just let out a low laugh at Anko's expense. That was another person to add to his list of precious people.

Naruto knew that this night would be long so took out his Jutsu notebook to jot down all the techniques he knew.

Ninjutsu: Mastered

Bunshin no Jutsu (Doppelganger Technique)

Doton: Doryudan (Earth Release: Earth Dragon Bullet)

Doton: Doryuheki (Earth Release: Earth Style Wall)

Doton: Doryu Taiga (Earth Release: Earth Flow River)

Futon: Daitoppa (Wind Release: Great Breakthrough)

Henge no Jutsu (Transformation Technique)

Katon: Karyudan (Fire Release: Fire Dragon Missile)

Katon: Karyu Endan (Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet)

Kawarimi no Jutsu (Body Replacement Technique)

Kaze no Yaiba (Blade of Wind)

Meisai Gakure no Jutsu (Hiding Camouflage Technique)

Nawanuke no Jutsu (Rope Escape Technique)

Shunshin no Jutsu (Body Flicker Technique)

Konoha-Shunshin no Jutsu (Tree Leaf Body Flicker).

Tsuchi Bunshin no Jutsu (Earth Doppelganger Technique)

Kaze no Yaiba (Blade of Wind)

Bunshin Daibakuha (Clone Great Explosion)

Doton: Doryū Jōheki (Earth Release: Earth Flow Rampart)

Doton: Doroku Gaeshi, (Earth Release: Earth Shore Return)

Doton: Shinjū Zanshu no Jutsu (Earth Release: Inner Decapitation)

Doton: Dochū Eigyo no Jutsu (Earth Release: Underground Projection Fish Technique)

Shōsen Jutsu (Mystical Palm Technique)

Shuriken Kage Bunshin no Jutsu

Kage Bunshin no Jutsu

Rasengan

Kuchiyose no Jutsu

Kanashibari no Jutsu

Mizu Bunshin no Jutsu (Water Clone Technique)

Suiton: Bakusui Shōha (Water Release: Exploding Water Shockwave)

Suiton: Daibakufu no Jutsu (Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique)

Suiton: Suiryūdan no Jutsu (Water Release: Water Dragon Blast Technique)

Suiton: Suijinheki (Water Release: Water Encampment Wall)

Naruto looked at the list with a smile. Even though this looked a lot, there so many other Jutsu's in the world. Naruto wanted to master as many techniques as he possibly could.

Original Jutsu's: Mastered

Wind Release: Wind Dragon technique

Wind Release: Hurricane Upper

Wind Release: Screw Upper

Wind Release: Double Cyclone

Wind Release: Spiral Wind

Wind Release: Cyclone Fury

Wind Release: Hot Air Explosion

Rising Kicks

Shining Fist

Burning Knuckle

Shining Knuckle

Charka wave

Wind cutting kick

Rising Dragon Wind Uppercut

Spinning Dragon Wind uppercut

Power Dunk

Final Dunk

Chakra Geyser

Misogi

Raging Storm

Raging Demon

"Wow that's some list of techniques for someone your age. Did you make all of those original techniques" Naruto heard Anko ask him. She was sitting next to and was reading the list. Naruto though didn't keep his list of wood element techniques with him, as Sandaime told him not tell anyone.

"Yeah these are the techniques I mastered; there are many more techniques I can make" Naruto replied back, Naruto had his whole life to make a library of techniques.

The four shinobi were at the gates of konoha. It seemed they wouldn't be receiving a mission for at least a week and should rest up. Naruto though felt something was wrong like the air was too thick with tension.

"Well I'm going to go home for some R&R, so see you later guys," Mai told the rest of the group as she ran back home. Raiden said that he had to go home as he would be going on a mission with his father in a couple of days. This left only Naruto and Anko at the village entrance.

"Well I should give this mission report to the Hokage. Well done on a mission success. So why don't you go have ramen or something" Anko said to Naruto as she walked off to the direction of the Hokage's office. Naruto stood standing there on his own looking like a fool. Naruto thought to himself that he would get a meal at the ramen stand…

"Naruto" Naruto heard a familiar voice call out to him. He spun around to see Sakura standing there and from the looks of it she had been crying.

"What's wrong Sakura-chan?" Naruto asked in a concerned voice. But two words from Sakura confirmed to Naruto his suspicion

"Sasuke's gone"

A/N: Sorry this chapter took so long, but if you have been reading m other fic then you should know why. Sorry if everyone was accepting some action packed chapter but you got filler with an opening of a new villain. Now reason I didn't put Sasuke's retrieval arc in this chapter is because a lot of people say I am rushing it. So I will slow it down and make. Hopefully no one will find this boring. I really wanted to do the Sasuke arc but I don't people to flame me so there. Not a particularly big chapter but hey 7000 words is a lot to write. I will try and make the next chapter as great as possible and I won't slow it down any further because I don't like to stretch fan fictions because it makes it boring and for me as a writer I start to get frustrated on how I can stretch it out. That's why this chapter took so long because I was trying to find ideas. Ok enough of my crying and whining, I like to thank all my reviewers once again you guys and girls are great. Next chapter hopefully will be better than this so as always happy reading and reviewing.