Darkvizardking: Hello fans, I know I haven't updated this fic in a while but I assure you I have just reasons, though I will not give them. Now we've some of the things that Naruto can do, and the extent of the Bleeding effect, so now it's time to put them into effect, and anyone who played Brotherhood will see exactly what's going on. There is only one hint: Remember Rome. But without further delay, LET'S GET THIS PARTY ROLLING!

Chapter 4: C-rank, The Liberation of Wave has begun!

(Naruto's mindscape)

Naruto found himself floating in the mist, the lines crisscrossing once again, and he thought, 'This is from Ezio's memories, but, I thought his job was finished after he took down that borgia bastard.' He watched as Ezio fought to protect his villa, and even his subsequent conquering of Rome. The city was enormous, and he saw Ezio as he became an aged Assassin leader, and even led his own band of assassins. He saw how he saved each of them from Borgia guards, taking down their towers and restoring Rome. Naruto thought, 'Woah, the way he commands his recruits with such precision, and the best part is that it's EASILY copyable. All I need are well placed Shadow clones.'

Kyuubi heard his line of thought, and said, "I gotta hand it to you kit, that's a good way of figuring it out, but I have an odd feeling about the Uchiha." Naruto saw he was back in front of the cage, and said, "How so?" Kyuubi chuckled, and said, "You'll see kit, but for now, it's time to wake up, as you have a mission." Naruto started to vanish from his mind, and after he left, Kyuubi had what looked like a giant screen appear on the wall, and started to watch.

(Naruto's room)

Naruto woke up, feeling oddly refreshed, the info from Ezio's later life flowing quickly. He felt a weight on his arm, and he turned his head to see his wife, and thought, 'My life is changing for the better.' Akane nuzzled his cheek and said, "While I do like seeing you sleep, it's time to get up, as Anko-san came to tell you that you have a mission, and that you should pack for a long trip. Two weeks at the most. They're meeting at the west gate." Naruto nodded, and went to his equipment, and slowly started to prep his clothes, armor, weapons, his sword firmly tied to his side. Akane gave him a deep kiss on the lips, and said, "Come back soon, I want to know more about my husband, okay?" Naruto kissed her back, and said, "Don't worry, I have a reason to come back remember? I promise, I'll be back." Naruto left the room, and Akane patted her stomach, and thought, 'I hope so too, love.'

(Konoha gate)

Naruto arrived at the gate, and Naruto saw Sasuke waiting already. Sasuke turned to him and said, "Glad to see you made it, I hoped that Sakura didn't get here first, or I would never hear the end of her complaining. She hated the idea of me suggesting your team coming along." Naruto was surprised, and he asked, "Why did you ask for us to come along? Last I checked you were a huge loner, now you asked for help?"

Sasuke chuckled, and said, "There is a lot more going on then you know, brother." Naruto had his eyes wide, and he thought, 'No way, there is just no way, if Sasuke is a brother, then who else is? Iruka? What's going on here?' Before he could ask any questions, Sakura arrived and screeched, "What the hell do you think you're doing Naruto-baka? You have no right to speak to Sasuke-kun, he's far better then you'll ever be." Naruto, Sasuke, and even Kyuubi thought, 'What an annoying bitch.' Naruto started plotting ways to kill her while getting away with it, and hoped he could soon. Thankfully, Anko and Kurenai arrived, dragging Kakashi and the client behind them. They both smelled of booze, so it was obvious where the girls found them at. Naruto shook his head, as he could smell it come off them in waves, and Anko said, "Come on, we need to head out, as Wave is a few hours from here, half a day at most." She then saw Sakura's pack be slightly larger then usual for this sort of mission, and she said, "Hold it pinkette, what's in that pack?" Sakura nervously tried to back up, but Anko caught her and said, "Empty the pack, now." Sakura shook her head, and said, "I don't have to listen to a slut like you."

Now Kakashi immediately held Naruto back, who held his hidden blade ready to end her life, and said, "But you DO have to listen to me, now open your pack Haruno, NOW." Shaking in her sandals, Sakura opened her pack, and Anko snatched it out of her hands. She rummaged through it, and to her disgust, it was full of hair products, spare clothes, and worst yet, a couple crappy fake love potions you see on merchant stands, and a thong of all things. She scrunched her nose, and said, "What the fuck is this shit? Did you plan on going on a mission or a slumber party? This is a disgrace."

Sakura was insulted, and she said, "What are you talking about?" Anko felt like strangling her, and said, "This ain't no kid shit we're going into, this is serious, so go home, and repack this." She then dumped the contents of the pack on the ground, and asked, "Uchiha, you mind burning this? I would but I don't have any fire jutsu that would work." To Sakura's horror, Sasuke readied a few handsigns and using a powered down fireball jutsu, turned it to dust. Anko then threw the empty pack at Sakura's still gobsmacked face, and said, "Now go home, and fill it with PROPER equipment, and I will check again when you get back. Now MOVE IT!"

The now shivering girl saw the looks of disgust from Shino, Hinata, and even Kurenai and Kakashi, but the last straw was seeing Sasuke's face, as if he was looking at something fowl. Kiba was too busy staring at Hinata's ass, which got him a smack on the head from Akamaru. A half hour later, Sakura returned, this time with an acceptable pack of equipment, and they proceeded in a double manji formation, Anko, Kakashi, and Kurenai guarding the front, back and side respectively, Tazuna staying in the center, with the genin filling the gaps, and Naruto watching from the side. He had Shadow clones go on ahead, and scan the area using Eagle vision, and came up with nothing, until the group passed a puddle, and Naruto saw two red within it, and when they jumped out, he quickly took his short sword and threw it into the chain that the two nin were connected to, and they comically felt the snag pull them back to the tree, and that is when Naruto pounced, pinning them down and his hidden blades silencing them.

Sakura and Kiba were gobsmacked, as they saw the class clown kill two people before their eyes, and with no remorse. Sasuke smirked, and said, "Well done, it seems fortune favors your blade." Naruto chuckled and said, "Not fortune, but skill, stick around, and you may just see more of it." The others just looked on, as they had no idea what was going on, like it was some inside joke, but then Kakashi turned to Tazuna and said, "You seem to have some explaining to do, as this is no longer a C-rank mission. It's A-rank at best."

Tazuna was starting to sweat, as he said, "There's a good reason, really, we can't pay for a A-rank mission, as Gato is bleeding us dry. A C-rank was all my country can afford, please, you have to understand. It was bad before but now it's gotten worse, they say Gato is in league with people, they bear crosses as their symbols." Naruto felt a red flag, and immediately thought, 'Templar scum, they must be searching for something. Whatever it is, we need to find it before they do, count on it.'

Tazuna then said, "You have to help us, our country is failing, not even our daimyo has any money, we desperately need your help." Naruto had heard enough, and said, "Well I don't know about the rest of you, but I am going on ahead, this Gato character sounds like scum, which I intend to wipe out." Hinata and Anko blushed as they saw he was acting like a leader, even Kurenai had a red face, as thoughts she normally would scold someone for danced in her head. His tone was cold, the knowledge of the time that both Altair and Ezio spent as assassin leaders flowing into his head, the plan to kill Gato already being formed in his head.

Sasuke then said, "I'm with you, besides, this will make a good test to see how much stronger I've gotten." Kiba, not one to be outdone, agreed quickly, Hinata and Anko nodding their consent as well. Sakura was looking at Naruto like he was a freak, and said, "Why the hell did you kill those two? Couldn't you just knock them out or something?" Naruto had a tick on his head, and said, "Are you stupid? We're NINJA, and last I checked, killing is in our job description, every chuunin, and of course jonin, and a few of the older genin have killed at one point of their careers, so if you don't like it, then SHUT THE FUCK UP, AND GROW UP!"

Naruto stomped off, none noticing a masked female watching with no small amount of respect for the blonde, and she quickly left the area to report to her master.

(Zabuza's hideout)

Haku arrived at her master's quarters, and saw he was in a meeting with Gato. She heard the midget say, "Those Demon brothers of yours failed Zabuza, screw up again, and I'll make sure you and that little bitch gets killed." He would of said more, but he was stopped by a large sword at his neck, and Zabuza said, "Leave it to me, you little parasite." Gato was shaking in his shoes, and hurried out of there. Haku placed privacy seals around the room, as Zabuza said, "Thank god he left, I was two seconds away from slicing his head off then and there. Tell me you have good news."

Haku nodded, and she said, "I do, as it seems there is an Assassin amongst the genin squads protecting the bridge builder." Zabuza raised a non-existent eyebrow, and said, "Really now? So the remnants of the old order are still around, and in the leaf village no less. Did you get a good look at the boy?" Haku's face turned beet red, and she said, "I did, he is very experienced despite being so young, he took down the demon brothers in a few seconds. And he did it with zero remorse, showing that it wasn't his first kill."

Now Zabuza was really getting impressed, and he filed the look on his adopted daughter's face for blackmail material. He then said, "Well then, I better go to 'greet' them, I want to see how skilled this kid is, perhaps he can help us finally stop running, from the hunter nin and those damn Templars." Haku nodded, and said, "I believe he may, he just may." The duo quickly left the room, their pig of an employer none the wiser to their plans.

(Path to wave)

Naruto, Anko, and just about everyone else were desperately trying to shut Kiba and Sakura's constant complaining, Naruto concentrating on his Eagle vision, and sensed movement in the bushes, and quickly threw a throwing knife into the bushes with a flick of his wrist. Sakura went over to examine it, and yelled, "Why did you do that baka? You nearly killed this poor snow hare." True enough, it was a white rabbit shaking nervously, the throwing knife inches from it's head. On a crouched person, it would've been a strike to the arm or worse. Naruto and the jonin thought, 'A white hare, it must be used for substitution, SHIT, EVERYONE DOWN!" they shouted the last part, Naruto pulling Hinata down, Kakashi pulling Tazuna down, while everyone else ducked.

Naruto saw the large blade nearly graze their heads, and thought, 'If we hadn't ducked, our heads would of rolled.' He then heard a dark laugh, and saw the blade lodge itself into a tree, but the creepy thing was the man standing on the hilt of the blade. He wore no shirt, just a belt that crossed over his abdomen, his headband tilted to the side, wearing gray camo pants, and arm warmers being the only other thing on him besides his sandals, and a mask made of medical tape. He said in a deep voice, "So, I meet Sharingan Kakashi, Konoha's Snake mistress, and Genjutsu mistress all in one battle, I can actually say it's an honor to meet you all. Hand over the old man, and I won't have to kill any of you, or those brats with you."

Naruto grinned, and said, "Sorry, you must be Zabuza Momochi, Demon of the hidden mist, holder of the Kubikiri Houcho, and former swordsman of the hidden mist. What's a fighter of your stature doing working for scum like Gato?" Zabuza laughed, and said, "Looks like one of you genin actually read the bingo book, it's nice to know I'm so well known, but to the matter at hand. I'm afraid that I need money to take down the Mizukage, and that's where Gato comes in." Naruto thought of an idea, and said, "Then perhaps we can make an arrangement."

Everyone was looking at him like he was crazy, and Zabuza said, "Oh? What kind?" Naruto grinned louder and said, "Work for me, and not only will that bastard Gato will be taken down, but I'm well aware that missing nin have a problem with hunter nin chasing them down?"

Anko was sweat-dropping, and Zabuza was thinking, 'Hook, line, and sinker, now I just need to make sure,' "Could you get asylum in your village? I don't you have that kind of pull."

Naruto grinned, and said, "Oh I do, trust me." Zabuza then jumped off the blade, ripping it from the tree bark. "You have yourself a deal kid, but if you're screwing with me, I will end you, understand?" Naruto nodded, and Zabuza said, "Lead the way." Naruto saw a masked girl drop down from the trees, and said, "She with you?" Zabuza merely nodded, and the groups made their way to Tazuna's home, Naruto surprised to see towers off in the distance. He thought, 'No way, they look like the Borgia towers, it can't be.'

Kyuubi saw through his eyes and said, "But it is kit, it seems the Templars not only have returned, they foolishly kept up their old ways." Naruto was sickened, and Zabuza saw his face and said, "Gato keeps some of his higher ups in those towers, there's five around this place, on the north, south, east, west, and center of the area." After they entered the home, Tsunami, Tazuna's daughter greeted them at the door, and said, "You must be the ninja guarding my father. It's so good you're here, Gato's men have been bullying the workers at the bridge, a few have already quit out of fear." Tazuna clenched his fist, and said, "That bastard, he'll pay for what he's done." Naruto placed a hand on his shoulder, and asked, "Where does Gato have his men patrol the area?"

Tazuna raised an eyebrow, and said, "They stay near the towers mostly, the guards kill any that try to interfere. The bridge is our way out boy." Naruto smirked under his hood, and said, "Sorry, but I can assure you, by noon tomorrow, those towers will be destroyed."

Zabuza was grinning, and Tsunami asked, "But how can you do something like that? No one in town will aid you." Naruto merely replied, "I need no aid for this, the towers will burn, and everyone will know that the Liberation of Wave has BEGUN!

(A/N: HEELLLLLOOOOO! Sorry I kept you all waiting, and while yes it wasn't my best, it's really going to set the stage for the awesome shit that is gonna happen soon. So STAY TUNED, AND, REVIEW!