The reaper organization chapter 7
Alright, sorry about the name change for anyone who got confused…
Sorry about rushing thought the members, but I really want o get going on the main plot
Anyway, sorry about making Naruto immortal, but it is necessary for a lot of interaction with Orochimaru. Tried to explain that he is not almighty, just he can't die of old age…
Answers to reviewers…
Dez Guardius- uh sorry, but I can't really seeing Hinata of all people becoming a cold killer…and besides, Naruto wouldn't exactly want a person from Konoha in his team.
Hoyt- okay, I'm NOT going to destroy Konoha in a few chaps because I don't feel like making hundreds of OCs, when I can use perfectly good konohains, or is it konohans? Whatever it is. As for the Nami thing, I'm not going to disclose any info on her….
Rago Dragovian- no problem, anyway, Kurenai put a Genjutsu on him as he was dying so he would suffer… :(
FFz- yeah, she's been dead for 2 chapters
Syaraon-Kun- would you rather his name mean "fish cake"?
Narutohinata fan- dang, does my story suck that bad? Anyway, I can't tell you or else you really won't keep reading it ;)
Meinos877- I feel happy now that you feel inspired, hope your story turns out good!
gof22- possibly and if I feel like it….I would have to figure out how to put him in the plot…
Soul-Harvester- well, he has been brainwashed by the death god for 5 years…
Texan Ranger- yeah, they are going to have other clothes underneath, Akatsuki wears clothes underneath their cloaks.
Windsbane- he catches on MUCH later, and yes, there will be loads of interaction with all of the Konoha ninja
Chrozs Areving-exact opposite, they are going to have the 7 Catholic virtues
Onto the story!
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Dashing though the trees, Mercy was trying to get back to the cave as fast as he could, he still had that special mission to do…only he hadn't really liked the way Shinigami-sama had said special…
I bet it has something to do with Konoha…
Yeah, you are probably right, but I hope not…I mean, I might 'accidentally' kill a good amount of civilians and get out…, but I'm still not strong enough to actually strike back at the village…
Regardless, I hope it includes more killing, watching those men get killed by those sharks was very…entertaining…
True, but my missions ALWAYS involve me killing someone...not that I'm complaining of course…
Well, I'm going to go back to sleep; wake me up when you start the slaughter…
I always do…
As he exited from his mindscape, Mercy remembered the first time he had met the massive fox,
/Flashback
A young Naruto was walking down the mysterious wet hall. After properly exploring, he found himself in a huge room, and in front of him were a massive set of bars. At first he thought they were empty, as he turned to walk away, that's when he felt it. The ground shook for a few seconds, and looking over at a nearby puddle, he saw it ripple. Looking back over to the prison, he could only watch as something huge headed towards him.
Panicking, all he could do was stand there for some reason…that's when he saw a huge pair of red eyes suddenly appear. Immediately afterwards, a gigantic mouth filled with extremely large and pointy teeth showed itself.
The thing just grinned, and scared Naruto to death.
Come closer kit…
Naruto felt like he was being pulled towards the cage, and as he neared the bars, a huge claw shot itself up against the bars. Inches form his face, Naruto flinched and dove backwards.
Hello there kit
Naruto's eyes just widened, and the monster just grinned even more, if that was possible. Summoning enough courage to speak up, Naruto weakly asked, "w-what are you?"
The prison suddenly exploded with red charka, and it effectively illuminated the prison. Naruto stood staring a HUGE monster fox…only it had nine tails.
"I am the mighty king of all demons, the lord of hell, one of the most powerful…"
"Where are we?"
Trying to contain its rage at being interrupted by a…human, the fox answered,
We are currently in your mind
"Why are you here?"
I came here freely baka
Not wanting the boy to find out that he had some power over the fox, it was necessary to lie to him.
Starting to get annoyed, the fox breathed out, causing a huge gust of wind that blew Naruto into the wall behind him. Struggling to get up, Naruto's mind suddenly clicked…that voice…
"You are the voice aren't you?
So what if I am, what are you going to do about it?
Taking into consideration that the fox could probably kill in seconds, Naruto decided to back down, much to the amusement of the fox demon.
"Wait, that means…you are real…"
Yes, as much as you are
"Then, that means that…Oji-san…"
Trying to keep back his tears, Naruto remembered all the times he had shared with the kind old man… how he had trusted him with everything he had, and it turns out that he betrayed him, and lied to him…what else did he lie about, he probably knew who his parents were as well.
The demon fox looked down at the boy with something similar to pity. The child was probably in severe depression, and with that…the fox's eyes widened. Realization dawned on the boy as he looked up at the fox with tearing up eyes,
"Wait aren't you that giant fox that attacked Konoha a while ago? Nyuubi, Kyuuboto, Kyuubi, wait that's it, the Kyuubi!"
The fox grinned,
So you do know me, yes, I am the mighty Kyuubi no Kitsune!
Naruto was really getting confused now, he had always been taught that the Yondaime had killed it… but his thoughts were interrupted by the fox.
Kit, did you know that we are fusing?
Wiping back a few tears that had already started to leak out, Naruto looked up at the fox.
"Huh, what?"
Ugh…why must I be stuck in a mortal like you…we are fusing, becoming one, combining, do I need to explain even further?
"Demo, why are we fusing?"
Not wanting to give up his pride so easily, the fox just simply replied,
I don't know, or I would have already stopped it… why must I be fused to a…human
Spitting out the word like it was poison; Naruto took offense and sent the fox a glare, which was quickly shot down when the fox gave one of his own.
"Wait…why are you behind the bars?"
Thinking fast, the fox quickly answered,
Baka…you are the one on the inside of the bars, why do think the lord of hell would get stuck in some pitiful human's mind?
Naruto 'oh' ed and then suddenly felt like he was being pulled somewhere else, and he watched as the room began to fade out, and then all that remained was an infinite blackness.
As Naruto opened his eyes, the first thing he noticed was that his face was completely soaked. Second, he was surrounded by his friends, all of them obviously waiting for him to wake up.
"See, I told you it would wake him up really fast!"
"Baka, but did you have to use the WHOLE bucket?"
The boy who had woken him up gave a sheepish grin, and then turned his attention to Naruto, "So how ya feeling man?
"Ugh…I feel sick…" Suddenly, he felt like he was going to hurl, but managed to keep it down.
"Damn, I wish I had tails…"
Looking up at the boy who said it, Naruto asked the obvious, "Who has tails?"
The boy just looked back at him, and then responded, "You do, look…"
Pointing down at the floor, Naruto began to slowly get upright and looked down at the floor. He saw what looked like a red and white fox tail just laying there, until he felt it, like a searing pain, he gasped out in pain, and fell back on the bed, wincing. All of the kids grew nervous and one girl put her hand on his forehead.
"Wow his temperature is skyrocketing! Hurry, get some water and a towel…and maybe a bucket as well."
The girl nearest the door ran off for the nearest bathroom while Naruto was sweating. Glancing around the room, his vision was turning blurry and he could just barely make out their faces. The girl returned and he felt a wet towel being placed on his forehead. He instantly felt better, the he felt like he needed to vomit again, and as quickly as he could turned his head over the side and though up all in the bucket.
With the room having a now rancid smell, someone got out another towel and wiped his mouth for him.
Pain once again engulfed his body and he felt like he was on fire. The wet towel on his head was giving off faint wisps of steam.
Relax; it will all be over in a few minutes…
Turning his head around, he tried to find where the fox was speaking from when the voice once again filled his head,
It's me, you have to relax, just accept the pain, and stop trying to resist it.
"Wait, why is it hurting?"
All of the other children just looked at him like he was crazy, one girl just sighed, "Oh great, now he delusional…" which got her a few glares.
Baka, you can just think what you want to tell me! Anyway you are burning up because my chakra is combining with yours…
When will it be over?
In a few hours, but it will get much less painful in a few moments.
Naruto just stayed silently and nearly bit his tongue as another wave of pain over came him. All of the other children just gave him pitying looks, and a few silent prayers. Somebody spoke up, "hey, shouldn't we tell Shinigami-sama about this?"
All the other agreed and one boy left to the massive Iron Gate. After throwing up again, Naruto was beginning to feel slightly better. The fox just gave the occasional grunt in his mind, not really speaking up anymore. Finally, after an hour of just laying there, the kids were beginning to get fidgety, they ere still six year olds after all.
Naruto was feeling good enough to sit up in bed and drink some water, and devour all the crackers some of the girls had brought him. It was about an hour and a half when he first felt them; it felt like he was growing a new arm, then another, then another. Eventually, it felt like he had grown nine arms, and trying to flex one, he felt one of the girls squeak and look down at the floor. One of the tails was moving! Trying to flex even more, Naruto was finally able to move all 9 at once, though his brain was still getting used to the new appendages.
Finally he felt a hundred percent better, and he also felt...powerful. Flexing his biceps, a few of the girls blushed while the guys got jealous. He then heard the fox flood his mind with its voice once again.
Finally we are done fusing, now then as for what had changed. Obviously you know about the tails, and about the improved strength. Now, realize that you are still no where near that giant kid, but you are still pretty strong.
Now then, on to much more important information. The contract that you signed had several rewards as you remember, correct? Well one of them was being Immortal, yes you hear me. That characteristic was awakened when we fused. Now, don't let that get to your head, there is a HUGE difference between Immortality and Invincibility. You can still drown and suffocate, and also if you are crushed its game over.
Though on the plus side, you get instantaneous cellular regeneration. Now when we fused, by charka was completely absorbed into each of your cells, combing with your own charka. What that means, is you can now regenerate almost instantly when you get hurt, such as a stab wound, or getting your hand cut of etc…You have complete control of your cells. The second you lose a cell, our chakra will immediately or at least until the foreign object is gone.
Now, don't go around cutting your arm off for the fun of it, you will still feel the pain that the wound would have caused, but a huge bonus, is that if your heads or heart gets impaled or slashed open, you will still live, as my essence is still in all your cells, causing you to begin to heal yourself automatically.
Now then, if you don't mind, I going to sleep, that was exhausting. I would suggest going to speak to the Shinigami now…
Nodding dumbly, Naruto got up and began to run towards the giant gate. The death god was already waiting for him, grinning his usual malevolent grin; his plans were going so perfectly.
flashback
His thoughts traveled back to finding out what his 'special' mission was; maybe it was destroying a much smaller civilian village, or maybe taking out a demon.
He stopped seemingly at random, then turned and looked over at a tree top to his right.
"Charity, you are too obvious…"
Another 12 year old jumped down form her hiding place, her cloak identical, but instead of a massive, sword strapped to her back; a quiver full of arrows was there. In her hands was a huge war bow, The Bow of Shinigami. Charity's real name was Shashu (name means archer) and she hailed from Kumo, which she hated with a passion, similar to Mercy's hatred.
She and Mercy were more like opposites, she was bright and cheery to his cold indifference, she was ranged fighter and he was a close ranged one.
Much like a certain bun-haired girl form Konoha, Shashu had pinpoint accuracy, most likely form training 5 years with a bow. He often trained with her, creating a horde of Kage Bunshins to see if they could find her before they were all shot, more often than not, Naruto lost. She would quickly pick off each one, in such a way that the clones 'death' was almost unnoticed.
"Only to you, Mercy, only to you…anyway, how was your mission? You get to kill anyone famous…or at least a challenge?"
"4 lower class Jounins consecutively, well, the first three were more likely Chunin who just lied about their rank…"
"Sorry to hear that, I got to kill a real Jounin form Kumo, gods was that fun! Anyway, I saw you coming back too so I waited for you…"
"Hn, lets just hurry up and go"
Disappearing in two blurs of black, both of them raced to the cave, Charity thought back to the day that a certain silver haired boy had befriended her…
Flashback
A young Naruto was walking down a road, off in the distance he could see what looked like a village. As he approached the gates, he realized that there was no way to get in without the proper papers. So he waited for a while until a merchant came along and snuck behind him, pretending he was the man's son, stating directly behind the man so the merchant wouldn't notice him. As they approached the gates, the guard went around and inspected the man's cart, barely even giving a second glance to Naruto.
Sighing the guard just gave the man the greeting he was forced to, "Hello and welcome to Kumo, please don't cause trouble."
The merchant just nodded and began to walk away when the guard spoke up again, "That kid was your son? He doest look anything like you"
The merchant just looked at the guard like he was crazy, "I don't have a son, and I'm traveling by myself"
The guard's eyes widened, and looked back to the space where the silver haired boy was, but there was no one there…
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Turning a corner, Naruto patted himself on the back for successfully sneaking into the village. Checking to make sure he had a little spending money, so he could buy some supplies like food and medicine. As he was passing by an ally way, he suddenly found himself being pulled in and a kunai pressed to his throat.
"Give me all your cash now" The voice sounded like it belonged to a girl his age. While he was thinking, she apparently grew impatient and pressed the Kunai even closer to his throat, drawing a small amount of blood. Suddenly brining his foot high in the air, he stomped down on one of her feet.
Grunting in pain the girl let go of him, and looked down at her hurting foot, when she looked up she saw the hand coming and pinning her against the wall. As she struggled he sighed and let off some of the pressure. He got a good look at her and noticed she was in ripped clothes, and she looked like she hadn't had something good to eat in a while. As he was thinking he didn't notice her trying to escape.
Managing to swing her legs, she was able to land a kick on his cheek. Stumbling backwards, he couldn't stop the girl form running away.
Sighing he wiped his lip and checked his pockets only to find that the girl had somehow stolen his wallet. Damnit, and he hated stealing too, Nami had always been against it. The name itself nearly caused him to break into sobs, but he managed to hold together and walked off. Still, he had to get some food, so all he could do was hope that somewhere out there, Nami would forgive him.
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Incredibly sore the next day (sleeping a tree does that to you), a young Naruto walked down the streets. He stopped by a store and decided to go in. The delicious smell of fresh-baked bread assaulted his nose, he looked around. He noticed that the shop keeper was busy off somewhere else. Having a fierce mental debate whether to steal some food or not, his stomach finally won out. The shopkeeper was still not there. Taking a few loaves he began to run out of the store when he noticed that the oven was smoking. Something clicked in his mind, why would the baker be so careless as to leave the oven on? He put the bread down for a second, and saw a second door near the back was open.
He looked outside and found a group of older children surrounding something. When he saw the mob he panicked, as for him, mobs equaled pain. But he saw that the mob hadn't even noticed him, instead, they were too busy kicking something in the middle of the circle. Climbing up on a window frame, Naruto looked down in the middle of the circle to witness a girl getting the shit knocked out of her, and next to her was a body with a big apron on. There was a huge red stain on the front of the man's shirt, and the girl seemed familiar. Squinting, he suddenly remembered her face; it was that girl who tried to rob him. The boys who surrounded her, and were wielding thing like broken sake bottles and a few kunai. The girl was trying to fight back with her fist, but to no use.
One of the boys was getting fed up with the troublesome girl and raised his kunai, as means to stab her in the back of the head. Suddenly he fell forward, not hitting the target. When the other boys looked over, all they saw was a shuriken stuck into the guys head. Looking in the direction that it appeared to be thrown, they saw a small kid, who was holding 3 more in between his fingers. One of the boys sneered and charged the kid, ready to smash his face in, when he felt the shuriken impale him, coughing up blood, and began to fall over dead, but his body was used as a spring board as the boy jumped up and pulled out two kunai. Two of the boys nodded to each other and began to attack at the same time. He was able to kill one boy, but he hadn't even noticed the other one, who just smirked at the boys back. Suddenly, the other boy fell over dead, a kunai sticking out of his neck, with the handle still in the girl's hand. She had picked it up form the first guy Naruto had killed.
Naruto looked back, shocked that the girl would even think of saving him. The other boys took this chance to run away, leaving behind the two kids and the bodies. Just as Naruto was about to speak, the girl pulled out her kunai with a sickening sound and pointed it at Naruto's neck, "All your money now!"
Eyes widening, his mind raced at possibilities to escape the girl, when suddenly he noticed that she had sat down on the ground, her kunai lay discarded on the grass near him. Her face was covered by her hands, but he could still see the tears escaping from underneath her hands. Taking a good look at the body, he noticed that the girl and the dead baker both had the same color hair...and…the same facial structure and the same…
Realization flooded Naruto's mind as he sympathized with the girl. Those boys had obviously killed her father…
He had no idea how to try and comfort the girl so he just gave her a pat on the back, mind desperately trying to remember the ways Nami had comforted him. The name once again nearly caused him to sob, but knowing that crying wouldn't solve the situation, he finally remembered something. He got close to her and gave her a hug. The girl looked up immediately and was stunned. The boy just kept hugging her. Sensing that he was just to doing it to comfort her, she immediately latched onto him, her sobs doubled.
After they were sitting there for 30 minutes, the girl finally ran out of tears, and instead began on forming random sentences and sucking air. Her face was a wreck, covered in bruises and a small stream of blood running down from her lip. To be honest, Naruto really wanted to get away from her before she got mucus all over his clothes. Slowly, she stopped crying, and instead let go of Naruto and looked down at the ground. She finally spoke up, in between sniffles, "W…w…what's…you're…name?"
Naruto gazed into her face and gave her one of his signature grins, "Uzumaki Naruto, and yours?"
The girl just looked at him then replied, "Shashu…"
And so, the two talked and eventually Naruto learned that Kumo was divided into twos sectors, the poor and the wealthy. Shashu and her father both lived in the poor sector, and because of it, they rarely got any customers. So in order to support her family, she had to resort to stealing, thought she never told her father. He had always been looking out for her, and had always taught her not to lie or cheat or steal, so she always lied to him, saying that she had sold a few trinkets or such.
After her mother died when she was born, she and her father had always lived a hard lifestyle. And eventually, her actions caused one of the local gangs to have a grudge against her family. Her father had no idea, and when he had stepped outside to get some logs for the oven, he had been killed. She had tried to save him, but it was too late. The gang members then began to attack her and he knew the rest.
She appeared to have already regained al her tears back, because she kept weeping, for such guilt, she had killed her father, the man who had always protected her, and she…she had stabbed him in the back…she was the cause he was dead…
Suddenly Naruto said something that she would never expect, "Shashu-chan, would you like to come with me, and get more friends?"
Staring at him wide eyed, she tried to find another motive, but found none in those bright blue eyes…
She immediately glomped him and began crying, not because she felt sad, but…because she had found someone who loved her like the brother she never had. Her life in Kumo was over, and soon, she would have a bright new future…but she was broken out of her dream when she heard Naruto speak up, "All-right then, can I have my wallet back now?"
Blushing, she pulled out his wallet and some of his kunai, shuriken, explosion tags, and his golden locket from Nami, some other trinkets he had picked up, some coins and some candy bars he had bought as villages back.
Naruto just stared at her, and finally responded, "Daaaaaamn"
Shashu just rubbed the back of her head and grinned
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As they approached the entrance, they bit their thumbs and swiped their blood across a tree trunk. A seal appeared then faded away. If they hadn't, everyone inside of the cave would have been alerted and they would have taken the normal procedure in taking care of intruders, killing them instantly.
Walking inside the cave, Naruto headed off to his room, first, he felt like taking a shower after the fights. After he was done, he donned his black cloak and made the hand seals to cover up the bottom half of his face. He strapped on his massive sword and headed to the main chamber.
When he got there he found five of the other members already there, the other 3 had probably finished early and got a second mission.
"Hey Naruto, how was your mission?" (It is Naruto inside the cave and Mercy outside the cave, like on missions)
Just giving the questioner a look and shrugged his shoulders. Satsui (name means Kill) was from wind country, and specialized in wind techniques. His weapons were the knives of Shinigami. He had a double bladed switch blade on his back, along with thousands of kunai and several daggers hidden in his sleeves. He was incredibly accurate with his knives and often challenged Shashu to targeting contests. His code name is Forgiveness. He, like Naruto, holds a great hate for his village, and also wants to destroy it.
Satsui just smirked,
"Well, I got to wipe out an entire gang and a few really good jounin, it was fun! They could actually fight"
Naruto gave him a smirk, "lucky bastard, I just had to take out a few jounin, if you can call them that, and an old rich guy."
"Well, I'm sure that was fun…"
"Shut up Satsui, before I rip your annoying head clean off!"
One of the girls just sighed and hovered her hand above the staff strapped to her back, "Geez, just shut up before I kick both your asses." Majoko (name means Magical girl/witch) was from the snow village, and was one of the last that Naruto had picked up. Her weapon of choice was obviously her staff, which wasn't just a normal staff. It allowed her to do Jutsu's without hand seals, something that almost no other Shinobi could do. Though, with her extreme ability, she had weakness, her Taijutsu was sub-par, though she could fight very well with her staff in hand. Her code name was Generosity and was the strongest kunoichi in the group.
Naruto just gave her a look, and then returned back to glaring at Satsui, who had a grin on his face, "Aw, common Majoko, I can't help it if I'm better than fox boy…"
All of the others just took a few steps backwards. Satsui, not looking behind him at the real threat; the cloaked figure quickly reaching for his sword, kept on gloating.
One cloaked figures just shook his head, "Satsui, you baka…"
Giving him a questioning look, Satsui had no idea what him. Wielding his sword like a baseball bat, Naruto sent Satsui flying into one of the walls with the flat of his sword. Effectively knocking him out, Naruto took this moment to gloat, "Now who's better than who again?"
"Did you really have to hit him THAT hard?"
"Is that really a question?"
Birei just sighed, "I guess not, I'll go heal him up. Later guys…"
Birei hailed from the hidden grass village and was the only member on the team to use plant jutsu's. Her name means Gorgeous and her weapon was a spear strapped onto her back. It had 2 spear head on both ends, and also two scythe blades pointing upwards and away from the tips. She always had it poisoned so that even if she scratched an opponent, they would die in minutes. She also used poison needles as a back up weapon. Her code name was Purity, which was ironic; she had a severe case of Hypersexuality. It wasn't her fault of course, her father had sold her body to his friends, and this went on for years, and she had been abused. As a result, she just got used to it, she became obsessed. She was the most unstable of the kunoichi, sometimes in deep depression and sometimes flirty and sometimes she even tried to rape some of her male teammates…. But she was still a incredible medic, and often studied Naruto's charka to find Vaccinations for diseases (whenever they went into a village there was always the chance that they could bring back some plague or something else form an infected village, so she had constantly keep updating their vaccinations) and to help heal wounded teammates. Lifting up Satsui's unconscious body, she headed over to her room.
"Hey Naruto, wanna spar?"
"Nah, I cant Saiu (name means drizzle, from Hidden rain village), I have another mission…"
Saiu was from the hidden rain village and his name meant drizzle. His weapons were the chains he kept wrapped around his wrists and hands. He usually carried up to five chains on each arm, though sometimes he would wrap his entire body in them. He could control the chains with his chakra and could change the texture of them to become spiny or extremely heavy. He also carried a ton of Katanas in a summoning scroll. He could also disconnect the links and turn them into shuriken. His code name is Composure, seeing as he is stoic and neutral in just about everything.
"Meh, whatever, I'm getting bored; I'm gonna go take a nap, see ya later guys." Heading off towards the many tunnels that went deep into the cave, Saiu left for his room.
Suddenly another cloak-wearing figure entered carrying two huge trees, roots and all. At least 10 feet in diameter and probably weighing a few tons. Though, the figure was carrying them like they were small twigs.
"Hey Kongou" (name means diamond)
Kongou dropped the two massive trees he was carrying one his shoulders (causing a small shockwave that made everyone jump) and waved a huge hand.
Kongou was from Iwa, and unlike the others, he could really care less about it. He just treated it the same as any other village. He had been harassed as a child because he was the last of his bloodline. His clan had the genetics to become huge like giants, he was at least 7 and half feet now, and was at least 5 feet when he was 6 years old. His arms were built like tree trunks; he was the strongest member of the group. Though, his appearance might just be enough to make anyone surrender, he was extremely ripped and had strength rivaling Tsunade's. Though, he was almost completely docile, when he wasn't on missions.
Strapped to his back was a huge war hammer, he was probably the only one who could even lift it. With his hammer, he was an unstoppable tank, and could cause shockwaves and create canyons with his massive strength. He was also the groups blacksmith, he would create all the 'expendable' weapons that they used, like kunai or shuriken, and with the help of some of his Justus, he had a not stop supply of metal. His code name was Integrity.
Picking up the massive trees, he went on and took them to the practice grounds, where they would probably be made into practice dummies, and the remainders would probably be used to replace the many torches that illuminated the cave. As they watched the giant walk away,Naruto waited for Shinigami-sama's orders.
Slowly his form appeared in the gate, and with his trade mark grin, that showed his extremely pointy teeth.
"Hm you are all back so soon? Excellent, now then Naruto, your mission I was telling you about earlier…"
Several minutes later, a fuming mad Naruto left the cave, passing by the last two members of the group. One just nodded and grunted at him while the other waved and wished him good luck, not that he would need it though.
Leaping up onto a nearby tree top, he started to head for Konoha.
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Jumping from tree to tree, Mercy went over his orders.
Flashback
"Now then Naruto, you know that the Genin exams are over, correct?"
"Hai Shinigami-sama"
"Good, then you probably already know your mission…"
"Infiltrate Konoha; obtain information on the new Genin teams and instructors." He said, practically spitting out the villages name, his rage already welling up inside of him.
"Good, good, but you already know what I'm going to say next, right?"
"Do not attempt any sort of attack, and not engage the enemy at any cost, Shinigami-sama, why though, why won't you let me kill just one of those bastards?"
The Shinigami just glared, "Don't question my orders Naruto, you are not to engage the enemy nins because we don't want a entire village after us, and you are no where near strong enough to fight off some of their Jounin."
Even though he knew the Death god's logic was correct, he was still fuming inside that he would have to even go inside and not kill anyone. Turing around he made sure he had all secondary weapons and supplies then headed off for the cave's entrance.
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Jumping to another tree, he watched as the gates of Konoha grew bigger and bigger.
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Life was good for Kakashi; he was just reading his smut walking down the street. Ever since that damn demon was dead, he and Kurenai and Asuma were treated like kings, every morning he would find cards and flowers at his door, from girls proclaiming their 'eternal love and devotion' to him.
As he passed by the shops, everyone waved and greeted him cheerfully, calling him the 'demon killer' and 'One of Konoha' finest'. In truth Kakashi believed that killing that boy was the greatest decision of his life, how else would he be treated like a second hokage?
As he headed towards his home for a nap, he knew he was forgetting something…oh well, it probably wasn't important any way…
He got to his apartment he collapsed on the bed and closed his eye. Reminiscing, he remembered that day, when he had killed the demon.
Flashback
Kakashi pulled out his hand from the boy's stomach and heard the sickening sound. Kurenai's hands became a blur and she cast a Genjutsu on the dying boy. Kakashi just watched s the boy appeared to be looking around at something, until he looked Kakashi straight in the face before he collapsed. Asuma just snickered and gave the dead body a few kicks in the ribs, and then picked up the boys body and sent a knife though his skull, finishing it off by spiting in his face. Kakashi felt woozy and felt himself beginning to pass out from charka exhaustion.
Kakashi the hero was carried home by his comrades, both equally drained but they had to get themselves to the hospital. As they reached they reached the hospital Gai appeared.
"YOSH MY ETERNAL RIVAL HAS SURPASSD ME ONCE AGAIN. IN ORDER TO PROVE MY USEFULNESS, I WILL SLAY 10 OF THE NINE TAILED DEMONS AND I CANNOT, I WILL RUN AROUND KONOHA 500 TIMES!"
Covering their ears at the extremely loud outburst, Kurenai was the first to speak, how the hell did Gai know that Kakashi killed the demon?"
Asuma just shrugged, "Does it matter, now let's hurry up and get to the hospital."
As they arrived there, all the nurses and doctors broke out into cheers, Gai had just told them the wonderful news, the demon was dead. Dozens of doctors rushed to Kakashi's aid. The nurses broke into a catfight over who would get to treat 'the hero.' Asuma just whistled and pretend to scratch his nose, when he was actually wiping away his nosebleed.
Several weeks afterward, Kakashi finally regained consciousness. On his bed stand, hundreds of 'get better cards' were squashed together, in fact; almost the entire floor was covered in presents/cards/flowers.
Another few days afterwards, meeting was ordered by the Hokage, and it was mandatory to attend. However, the same day, a huge celebration was held, honoring the 3 Jounin, nicknamed 'the demon slayers' and they were awarded plaques and their pictures were printed all over the city. Fireworks were set off and one ninja had the balls to henge into the fourth and award Kakashi the Medal of Honor. 'Like Teacher, like student' was the key phrase of the evening and a great feats was held. However, not a soul turned up at the Hokage's meeting, not even his guards.
He just sat alone; he had summoned Enma, who always offered sage advice. Sobbing silently to himself, the old man just kept replaying memories of him and Naruto, Enma just patting the poor old man's back. He had just briefly used his crystal all to look whet was going on at the party, and after a few minutes, he had felt shook to the core. They had set up straw dolls made in the fox's and Naruto's image and they had set them both on fire, causing as great cheer. The children even got involved, instead of straw dummies, the adults had set up piñatas, urging the children to 'swing their hardest, and hurt the demon'
Unfortunately, Sarutobi was utterly powerless, it wasn't like he could arrest and executed the ENTIRE village. He couldn't even resign, if the council was in a unanimous decision, he couldn't do anything. So all he could do was hope that somewhere out their, Naruto was finding happiness.
/flashback
Kakashi suddenly remembered his new genin squad
"…well, it builds character making them wait…"
So with that, Kakashi fell asleep.
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Waiting in the tress, a few miles away form the front gates, Mercy lay in wait. He was waiting for a merchant, or some other traveler to arrive, and finally, one appeared.
The old man checked his backpack, yep, he had all his wares, he had great things about Konoha, and had heard they were in desperate need of some construction workers, and that the pay was good. He looked back at the horse carrying all his belongings and adjusted his hat, it was really hot outside. He was just about ready to make the turn onto the main road leading into Konoha when he felt some foreign object enter the back of his skull. He was dead before he hit the ground. The horse began to buck wildly, and after casting a Genjutsu on the horse, it had calmed down.
Mercy walked up and inspected his kill, then proceeded to drag to boy into the forest. A few moments later, the merchant came out and grabbed the horse's reigns, then began the walk to the cities gates. Adjusting his hat so it mostly covered his face, the 'old man' approached the guards.
"Halt, if you wish to enter the village you must submit to a security check. Looking up at the guards in the tower, Mercy watched a Hyuuga came out. Wiping his bandaged forehead, he gave a small smile then moved his hands into the first seal to activate his Dojutsu, when the other guards watched him clutch his chest and fall to the ground. Immediately the guards surrounded him while two more checked the Hyuuga's body,
"Sir, he apparently had a heart attack, we need to get him to a hospital ASAP,"
"Sir, ill take him"
"Good, now then as for you old man, would you please let us search your luggage"
Stepping aside, Mercy let the man search the cart, looking for anything lie weapons to explosion tags, but he couldn't find anything. Nodding the man asked for his papers, which Mercy gave him willingly.
"Alright sir, everything is in order, you may enter, please enjoy your stay in Konoha."
The guards turned their attention back onto the main road. As Mercy turned the corner he re-adjusted his hat, covering even more of his face in shadow (hat is Akatsuki-like, minus the bells)
'Ugh, that was too close…damn Hyuugas and their stupid bloodline…'
As he continued on, he gave a mental order to his clone to disappear. Outside the walls, hidden behind a tree, was a clone in a black cloak, holding a blowgun. Upon receiving his orders, the clone exploded in a puff of smoke, with the guards none the wiser.
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The first place Mercy went was the academy. Using a listening jutsu, he listened as Iruka gave out the teams; he could feel his anger flaring up as he listened to the man talk, the man who didn't even teach him a damn thing about being a ninja, and the man who would daily make a fool of even in front of his classmates. Scribbling down the names on a piece of paper, he included their Jounin senseis and any special abilities that he remembered about them. Finally they reached the ones he really remembered.
"Team 7…Uchiha Sasuke, Haruno Sakura and Hyuuga Hanabi (I didn't feel like making another oc for the third position, so I just bumped Hanabi up a grade) your jounin instructor is Hatake Kakashi.
"Team 8…Aburame Shino, Inuzuka Kiba, and Hyuuga Hinata, your Jounin instructor is Yuhi Kurenai."
"Team 10…Nara Shikamaru, Akimichi Choji and Yamanaka Ino, your Jounin instructor is Sarutobi Asuma."
As each of the teams left, mercy had a show clone follow them to their respective training grounds. It was taking all of his slowly dwindling will power not to gut Asuma and Kurenai right there, but he knew that if he did fight, it would be a battle he just couldn't win, not against two upper class jounin. Sighing, he counted to ten silently, and waited for Kakashi to appear. And he waited…and waited….and waited…and finally, about 3 hours later, the man finally appeared, only to be assaulted from a mixture of fire Justus, Juken and inner Sakura.
After extinguishing the flame that was burning on his hair, he told them to go up to the roof. Staying a fare enough distance away, so the Jounin couldn't detect him, Mercy strained his ears, listening in on their introductions.
After that he wrote down all the necessary information and logged down their meeting place. All of his clones had already gotten the necessary information for the other Genin teams. Absorbing their memories, Mercy headed off for the nearest hotel.
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After signing in under a false name, Mercy collapsed on his bed. After taking a light nap, he got up and took a shower, with him running to Konoha, and the weather being so damn hot, he was reeking of sweat. After all it would be an insult to his ninja skills if he was caught by smell, though that did bring up the challenge of how he would be able to sneak I close enough during the second test, and not get caught.
Sighing, he unfurled his tails and stepped into the shower.
Normally, he would always wrap his tail around his legs and arms and torso, so as to have his own trump card, his tails were incredibly useful for sneaking up on an opponent and disabling them, or just stabbing them straight through someone's heart or head. He always had 2 wrapped around on each his legs, 1 around each arm and the last 3 on his body. Otherwise, he used an advanced genjutsu he had picked up from the forbidden scroll that completely hid them for sight, and didn't show underneath his cloths.
After his shower, he performed hand seals, then shouted out his technique,
"Ninpou: Kuchiyose no Jutsu"
In a small puff of smoke, there lay a small little fox. Looking up at his summoner, the fox waited patently for its orders.
"I need you to take this back to the cave" Giving the small fox a small scroll, Mercy also got out a summoning scroll and unsealed a piece of meat.
The fox yipped happily and devoured the meat, then ran out the door. Deciding it was time to rest, Mercy made a Kage Bunshin to keep guard, after all, he was still in the middle of enemy territory.
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Waking up in the morning, Mercy got into his normal civilian cloths the headed out. Dressed in a white sleeveless shirt and jeans, his silver hair covering up one of his eyes. Sending out his clones again to spy on the remaining teams, Mercy headed off towards team seven's meeting spot.
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Kakashi yawned and sat upright. Rubbing the sleep out of his eye, he got up and got dressed, wasn't there something he needed to do…he didn't have to go the store, the bookstore didn't have any new versions of his porn…what was it that he needed to do, oh well, it was nothing a good nap wouldn't fix…
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Sakura was currently punching a tree, letting out her anger and frustration that her sensei was once again very late. Sasuke just stood there, not really doing anything, and Hanabi was getting mad, very mad, no one made a Hyuuga wait for more than 2 hand a half hours…no one, regardless if he was a Jounin.
Finally the man showed up, and once again was attacked by the 3 genins. Rubbing the back of his neck, Kakashi told one of his signature lies, followed y Sakura screaming "LIAR!"
Pulling out two bells form his pocket, Kakashi explained the rules of the second test. Sakura was starting to get nervous; on her team were the number one rookie and a really strong Hyuuga.
When Kakashi finished, all 3 Genin disappeared into the forest. He smiled, so they could at least hide well…After several minutes of just standing there, Kakashi pulled out his book, much to the disgust of team seven. Kakashi just began his perverted giggling, which was too much for Sakura, who blasted out of the trees with something similar to killing intent. Kakashi just dodged her attacks and when he she pulled out a kunai, he just turned the page in his book.
Suddenly looking up from his book, he felt a kunai whiz by his ear, Sasuke had finally come out.
Putting his book away, he pulled out his own kunai and proceeded to block all the projectiles that the Uchiha sent his way. Sasuke was getting frustrated, so he stopped throwing weapons and charged right out of the trees. Kakashi got into a defensive position when he heard the leaves rustle behind him. Sasuke was within 5 feet of him, and whatever was behind him was beginning to move.
The Sasuke in front of him suddenly disappeared, showing that it was a normal Bunshin.
"Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu"
Shooting out a massive fireball, the real Sasuke jumped out and threw some shuriken in the middle of the fireball. Hearing the thunk of wood getting hit, he quickly pivoted and jumped to a nearby tree branch.
Hanabi was having enough fun watching the plebeians play that she didn't notice the jounin behind her.
"Boo"
Nearly jumping out of her skin, Hanabi shrieked and prepared to Juken his ass, until she noticed he wasn't there anymore…
Getting into a defensive position, she activated her bloodline limit and surveyed the area, no one was there…suddenly, several kunai headed towards her, he must have been hiding outside her sight range!
Managing to dodge the kunai, she didn't expect to be grabbed from behind and yanked into the surrounding trees. Turning around the face her kidnapper, she found herself staring at the Uchiha, who was scowling and a leech-like Sakura, clinging to one his arms. Kakashi watched as Sasuke offered up a plan, and how he had found out what the true exercise was.
Kakashi smiled and watched as the three made up a plan together. Several minutes later Sakura came out and began to fling kunai at him. After easily dogging them, he ignored them, until two of them transformed into Sasuke and Hanabi. Hanabi grabbed Sasuke hand then spun around and launched him straight at Kakashi, who pretended not to know what was going on. As Sasuke got closer and closer, Kakashi drew out his Kunai and was ready to stab him in the shoulder, when he got closer, he transformed into a log.
Suddenly, several kunai came raining down, and while Kakashi was busy dodging them, Sakura and Hanabi rushed forward and charged for the bells. With Sasuke coming down at him, Kakashi was forced to take care of him, blocking all his kicks and punches, while Hanabi rushed forward, then tried to palm him in the back, while Sakura managed to get one of the bells, the other was barely connected to Kakashi.
Hanabi and Sasuke's were perfectly coordinated, and while they were keeping him busy, Sakura went in again, and managed to get the second bell.
The three (though mostly Sakura) celebrated their victory, and waited for Kakashi's comments.
"Hmm…well, that was a fairly basic combo, but you pass, I'm proud of you Sasuke, you managed to understand the real meaning of the test, and were able to direct your teammates. You all pass…"
Meanwhile, Mercy was busy writing down all the techniques the team had shown.
'So Sasuke thinks he found it out huh? Any idiot with half a brain could figure it out; ninjas are assigned in 3 man teams, not teams of two. Honestly, Kiba could even figure this out…'
Sighing he put away his notepad and once again collected al of his clone's memories, re-playing them and learning all he could about them. After he was finished, he headed back to the hotel and sent off another fox to the cave.
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Several days later, Mercy finally had enough information. It was just too tempting to go around slaughtering all of his classmates, and those damn Jounin. Taking out a kunai and slashing open his arm, he just needed to smell blood, just to get his anger down some. Packing all his weapons and several scrolls, he was ready to leave.
Heading towards the front gate, Mercy was frisked by the guards and had to answer to a lie detector test, but soon he was on his way, and was strolling down the road. A smirk graced his face as he turned the corner. Snapping his finger, a huge explosion was heard in the distance, and he could see the smoke rising up.
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The Hokage's office was mess, Chunin were running around like chicken with their head's cut off, and the ANBU were scrambling everywhere, trying to find the mystery bomber. Sighing, the old man took out his pipe and disappeared in a puff of smoke.
Arriving at the burning building, the old man could only watch as Ninja tried to put out the fire, the gates were being closed and all the witnesses were being questioned. He sighed and rubbed his scar, it had been throbbing a while ago, though now the pain seemed to dissipate. He already knew who it was who did this; he should just thank him that he had not killed that many people. In front of him was Naruto's old apartment building. Luckily, not that many people were inside when it blew, only 5 or so were killed.
Though the most disturbing thing was the apartment owner and several ninja. They had been tied to the walls, and been killed by the explosion. They had been nearly entirely incinerated.
Sighing once again, the Hokage took a few puffs on is pipe then called over a few squads of ANBU. Giving them an order to search the academy, they were off. Several hours later, they were carrying two huge stacks stuffed with explosion notes. Iruka the school teacher had to be rushed to the hospital, due to excessive blood loss, his entire right arm had been pulled from its socket, though the old man was sure the hospital staff was more than capable of reattaching it. It was a miracle they had found the poor man at all, he had been stuffed into a broom closet with duck tape over his mouth, who ever had done this too him had wanted him to die slow, that was for sure.
Rubbing his temples, the Hokage returned back to his office, where a stack of paperwork 3 feet high was waiting for him.
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A black cloaked figure was walking along a long road. Today had been a great day for Mercy; he had a smile on his face, the memories of what he had done flowing through his mind. He had remembered the apartment manager, how had begged for mercy ironically. He remembered the man's shocked face when he whispered into his ear that he was, and the panic that set in.
Finding the nin who had tried to blow up him and Nami all those years ago had been a piece of cake, the Kyuubi had a excellent memory, and so, revenge was dished out, only he had made them suffer before they died, oh yes that had been fun indeed. He remembered how they cried for forgiveness, and how he had spit in their faces. Killing them had been one of his better decisions; however, he was worried what Shinigami-sama might say about it. He HAD been ordered not to cause anything too bad…
Shrugging, he continued on, walking along the dusty old road, headed towards home.
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Wiping his blood across the tree stump, he went inside and went to the main chamber room. Inside, he found all of the other 8 cloaked figures there waiting for him. He walked up to the Iron Gate and gave the Shinigami his report. After he had reported in and gotten slightly in trouble for the bomb incident, he went back to his friends.
"So what did I miss while I was away?"
"Satsui woke up several hours after you left, and was incredibly annoying, and keeps complaining about your cheap shot…"
"IT WAS A CHEAP SHOT, THAT BASTARD HIT ME IN MY BLINDSP…"
A collective glare shut him up quickly, while Saiu went on, "Also, we have received information that Akatsuki is beginning to move out. We are still no where near powerful enough to even take one on, we must ignore them for now."
"Anyway, Naruto, how is that seal you are working on?"
"It's still a work in progress…but I think I might be able to finish it in a few months…"
"Good, we need that seal ASAP, Kongou, have you finally finished your experimental metal?
"Yes, I am right now making Kunai out of it, to test it. If it is a success, I will begin mass producing it. The plus is we can use it for profit is worse comes to worse. Oh, that reminds me, I have a shipment of Shuriken ready to go to the store, I'll leave them outside my workshop."
"Good, Birei, how is that cure coming along for that disease that is wiping out claw country?"
"It's going….well. I'm going to need another charka sample from you Naruto."
"What news about Orochimaru?"
"He had just recently changed bodies; he also appears to have a new base and is still recruiting mercenaries and missing Nin into his army. Our spies have told us some very important information"
"What?"
"That the freak is after the Uchiha"
"Itachi?"
"No, Sasuke…apparently he has become the target of the snake, and like Ahab, he will stop at nothing till he has the boy."
"We have no further information? Like when he will make his move?"
"Unfortunately no, the information on him is limited. We are lucky to even have any, I hear the toad sannin had been desperately trying to get information on him, this could play into a favor."
"I say we sell him the information, we could make a potential ally against the snake. We may also be able to exchange the info for Jutsu's."
"True, but I don't think he would make a…useful ally, you do realize that he is the writer of those perverted books that Satsui reads…"
"I do not…"
"Under the left side of the mattress, 3rd drawer on the left on the desk, secret compartment under your dresser, need I go on?"
"How the..."
"I can hear your giggling constantly at night, so I searched your room, you really suck at hiding things, and I believe tonight will be much quieter."
"But you could have just asked me to put a silencing jutsu up…"
"I swear, I don't know whose worse, you or Birei, at least she had an excuse."
"HEY…"
"Anyway, back on topic, I highly doubt Orochimaru is going to go to Sasuke so soon, though he will probably attack on a mission of some sort, when it would take awhile for reinforcements."
"True, but he is still much stronger than Kakashi…perhaps…we should guard the boy? We can't have the snake gain the Sharingan, he would become to powerful"
"I don't see why we just don't kidnap him; we could use him as a bargaining chip with Konoha…"
"Why would we want hundreds of ANBU pounding on out door? It would be far too risky, we are not ready to stand up to even one village now…"
"True, but if we kidnapped him, we could sell him to another village…imagine how much his is worth on the black market"
"Yes…but Naruto, you know the kid right?"
"Hai…but I don't want anything to do with the Uchiha scum…"
"Hmmm, well, put it this way, you don't want the snake getting anymore powerful right? Well, if you and Kakashi both guard him, then the possibility of an attack would be lessened; your reputation would probably scare him off for a few month's…."
"You can be serious, why not send someone who…"
"Naruto, I believe that you would be best for this…you are the strongest of all of us, and you just went on a reconnaissance mission spying on them, and you are probably the only one who can stand up to the snake and live"
"….fine…I'll watch over the bastard, but if he pisses me off, there won't be anything left for Orochimaru"
"Fine, we should tell Shinigami-sama about this, and we must make the snake is stopped at all costs."
"Okay, dismissed…"
With that the nine figures left for their respective rooms.
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