Fox of Nine and Wolf of Seven
Setsuna Kaori Hitsugya
Summary – Working on it
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. Some ideas in this story belong to other writers that I fail to recall
"Speech"
'thoughts'
Demons/inner selves
Jutsus
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Chapter 4:
"What's up Setsuna?" Kakashi asked as he spotted the azure-haired youth reclining in a tree near the memorial stone.
"Nothing munch, just thinking," Setsuna replied, moving his arm from over his eyes, to glance at the one-eyed jonin.
It was early in the afternoon, Setsuna was taking a break from missions and Kakashi had just finished squad 7's survival test.
"You really shouldn't dwell on it," Kakashi stated, standing in front of the memorial stone.
"Real good advice from someone who stands in front of a rock all day regretting the past," Setsuna snapped, reflexively gripping his chest tightly.
Kakashi bristled but wisely kept quiet, knowing Setsuna's reason.
"Sorry," Setsuna sighed, closing his eyes.
"I understand," Kakashi replied, "That power has given you a lot of hardships on top of your other gift."
"I still shouldn't have..." Setsuna began.
"It's fine, kid," Kakashi interrupted with an eye-smile.
He's right pup, don't beat yourself up, soothed the voice in the back of Setsuna's consciousness.
'Thanks Nanabi,' Setsuna replied gratefully.
"Anyway, tomorrow you'll be doing missions with the other three," Kakashi explained.
"Tch, damn," Setsuna muttered, "I guess its a good thing I save most of my pay."
Kakashi chuckled, "Yeah, it's a little hard to live on your own on D-ranks."
"Thanks to oji-san I got special permission to do higher-ranked missions," Setsuna sighed.
"Well if worse comes to worse you can always move back in with me," Kakashi suggested wryly.
Setsuna simply waved his hand impassively, eliciting a light chuckle from the older man.
"Well anyway you should go home and get some rest," Kakashi said as he turned to leave.
Setsuna waved again as the silver-haired jonin left the training ground.
Several weeks Later
Setsuna groaned as the Sandaime read off a list of D-ranked assignments. The last few weeks had been mind numbingly boring.
"Nuh-uh!" Naruto shouted, waving his arms across his chest, "C'mon oji-san give us a real mission, something more interesting!"
Setsuna rolled his eyes and chuckled at the blonde's antics, That boy is definitely your brother, the Nanabi commented, also chucking.
'Sometimes I wonder if we're not actually related by blood,' Setsuna replied.
Setsuna glanced at the other members of cell 7 as Iruka began giving a lecture on the ranking system.
Sasuke was his usual stoic, emo self, but he seemed to agree with Naruto's impulse.
Sakura was making google eyes at Sasuke while glaring at Naruto every once in a while.
Kakashi shot Setsuna a glance which the navy-haired boy simply shrugged and whistled innocently.
"That's enough Iruka," the Hokage said, calming the chunin teacher, "Now this seems familiar."
"What do you mean, Lord Hokage?" Iruka asked.
"I seem to remember this exact discussion five years ago, isn't that right Setsuna?"
"I have no idea what you mean, oji-san," Setsuna smirked.
"Shal I refresh your memory then?"
"What do you think," Setsuna's smirk melted into a grin that would make even the Kyuubi wet itself.
"Very well, Kakashi," Sarutobi glanced at the silver-haired jonin, "Do you believe your squad is ready for a higher-ranked mission?"
"Yes sir, but I would also request that Setsuna accompany us as well," Kakashi replied.
"He is assigned to your squad, why would you request him?" Iruka asked.
"Setsuna has a special license that allows him to work on his own unless ordered otherwise by the Hokage," Kakashi explained, "even though he was assigned to squad seven, that license is still in effect. Thus it is his choice to assist the others in a mission or not."
"Hence why Setsuna only does D-ranks three days a week with the squad and higher-ranked missions the other times," the Hokage finished, eliciting a nod from the azure-haired topic of discussion.
"Although I usually don't take missions that last longer than a week so the others don't get too behind on their training," Setsuna added, nonchalantly.
"Setsuna, do you agree?"
"Depends on the mission," Setsuna replied, "but I swear, if you give us document retrieval, I will personally make sure you get so much paperwork that you won't leave your office for the next five years."
"You wouldn't!" Sarutobi gasped, the color draining from his face.
"Try me, I'll even have her help me."
"Very well," Sarutobi replied as he began to look throught the stack of C-ranked missions, all the while thinking 'paperwork, evil; paperwork, evil.'
"Was that really necessary?" Kakashi asked over his book, while the other three genins tried to figure out what had just happened.
"Do you want to go retrieve crop reports from a bunch of senial old farmers?" Setsuna asked, raising an eyebrow.
Kakashi didn't answer.
"Here, an escort mission," Sarutobi stated, "That should do."
"An escort, sweet!" Naruto exclaimed as Setsuna groaned, rather audibly.
At least its not document retrieval, the Nanabi teased.
"Its almost as bad," Setsuna replied as Naruto began to ramble on about princesses and such.
"These brats are the ones who are supposed to protect me? They look a little wet behind the ears," a voice slurred from the doorway.
Careful pup, something about this man doesn't seem right, Nanabi warned as Setsuna rubbed the bridge of his nose, And it isn't the clear intoxication.
'Noted,' Setsuna replied, sizing the drunk up.
"My name is Tazuna, a bridge builder of ultimate renown!" the drunk exclaimed with a flourish that would've been impressive had he not stumbled, "Your job is to protect me until my latest project is completed."
"Alright team, meet ath the north gate in one hour, ready for travel," Kakashi announced before vanishing in a puff of smoke.
Setsuna chuckled lightly at his uncle's antics before turning to the other three genin, "Alright, pack only what is necessary for camping, and use storage scrolls to keep it light. Sakura-san pack two field med kits please," Setsuna instructed, eliciting a nod, a 'Hai!' and a grunt, "Naruto I'll be by your apartment once I get my stuff together."
"Alright nii-san!!" Naruto replied happily.
"Will either of you need any help?" Setsuna asked the other two.
Sasuke simply walked off.
"Setsuna-sempai, can you show me what I should put in the med kits?" Sakura asked politely.
"Sure, I'll stop by your house after I help Naruto out, 'kay?" Sakura smiled brightly and nodded befor leaving to pack.
"Alright, see you later otouto," Setsuna said to Naruto befor bluring out.
An Hour Later
"Woo Hoo!!!" Naruto cheered as they waited by the gates.
"Naruto would you quiet down," Sakura asked, she had toned down after Setsuna, along with a purple-haired lady named Anko had talked to her about her fangirlism. Setsuna even convinced Anko to assist in Sakura's training when she could. Of course Sakura didn't know if she should thank the azure-haired boy or attempt to kill him.
"It's alright Sakura-san," Setsuna chuckled, "It's only natural for Naruto to be excited, its his first time outside of the village."
Sakura turned and looked at Setsuna. He was leaning on the right side gate post spinning two kunai over his palm. His outfit consisted of black ninja pants, similar to what Kakashi wore, a black short-sleeved shirt over a fishnet shirt with sleeves that stopped just above his elbows. Over his shirt, Setsuna wore a purple vest with a hood, the vest was such a deep purple that Sakura almost thought it was black when she first looked at it. Over it all Setsuna wore a long dark-blue sleeveless coat that reached the backs of his knees. Setsuna's Hands were wrapped up to mid-bicep with what looked like bandages.
Resting on the Azure-haired boy's back was easily the largest sword Sakura had ever seen. The blade was so black it didn't reflect any light evcept for a thin clear red gem that went up the center of the blade, stopping an inch before the blade tapered into the tip. The hilt was wrapped in a ragged cloth from where the hilt met the blade to the end of the sword was easily as tall as Sakura was without the hilt and the blade was about as wide as Setsuna's chest.
Sakura herself was dressed in her usual battle dress excep she had added a long-sleeved fishnet shirt at Anko's insistence, as well as a pair of weighted shin guards and forearm guards Setsuna had given her.
Sasuke was wearing his normal wide collar blue shirt with the uchiha symbol on the back and beige shorts. He had swapped his normal forearm wraps for special chakra wraps that Kakashi had given him for strength training. All Sasuke had to do was add chakra to the wraps and they became heavier which made them perfect for both physical training and chakra control, in fact Setsuna's 'bandages' were also chakra wraps, and he like Sasuke also wore a pair on his legs as well. What Sakura wouldn't say is that she knew Setsuna use his wraps a socks which added more weight when he added chakra to the wraps.
Naruto had the biggest change in outfit. Setsuna and Kakashi had both talked to Naruto and told him that while he was in the village wearing the bright orange jumpsuit was acceptable, but during out-of-the-village missons he had to tone it down, which resulted in Setsuna purchasing several new outfits for the stubborn blond. Currently the loudmouth was dressed in a pair of black pants with extra pockets on the thighs, a dark red shirt with the leaf symbol on the shoulders; Sakura chuckled at the memory of how Setsuna had gotten Naruto to wear that shirt the first time, it was rathe eloquent; and A forest green vest with several pockets.
"Am I really suppose to entrust my life to this fool?" Tazuna asked Kakashi as the two of the approached the gate.
"Don't worry, I'm an elite jonin who will be overseeing this mission," Kakashi explained, causing Setsuna to snort.
"A habitually late, porn addicted jonin would be a more accurate description," the crimson-eyed youth chuckled, recieving a glare from Kakashi, "What? I was being nice."
Sakura tried to laugh politely behind her hand, while Sasuke snorted and Naruto hit the ground laughing.
Tazuna sweat-dropped at the blatant disrespect the boy showed to his superior.
"Careful Setsuna, I could have the Hokage force you to help with D-ranked assignments," Kakashi replied with an eye-smile.
"No you couldn't. Oji would be too afraid of the amount of paperwork my retaliation would cause, not to mention I don't think you can afford to move again so soon," Setsuna replied with a smirk.
Ah the uses of Shadow clones and green spandex, Nanabi chuckled.
"Don't even joke about that!" Kakashi cried, "I still have Nighmares because of that."
"Served you right," Setsuna shot back.
"You ninja are insane," Tazuna grumbled befor taking a swig or his sake.
befor the bottle reached his lips, it shattered, dousing the old man in the alcoholic substance.
"No more drinking until the mission is complete," Setsuna stated, slipping his remaining kunai into it's holster on his thigh.
Tazuna looked like he was going to argue but Setsuna simply turned away, "You ready to go Sakura-san?"
"H-hai! Setsuna-sempai," Sakura squeaked, not expecting the sudden question.
"Don't worry any bandits we run into won't be a problem," Setsuna said kindly giving Sakura a soft smile.
"Arigato, sempai," Sakura replied blushing profusley.
"Alright, let's get going," Kakashi announced.
Squad seven walked throught the gates and finaly began their first C-ranked mission.
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Alright finally, sorry for the long update but several things happened. First; I finally got a job but since I'm barely making rent I have to continue searching for a second job, Happy fucking joy. Second; I, with my non stop imagination, (I never stop thinking, literally. It sucks) I came up with another way to set this story up as well as a few minor changes I could add, I also cleaned up the basics for Setsuna's Shukuchihou blood line and Glaspar Doujutsu, which I will try to include later on. Third; This goes for all my fics, I hit a major writers block, (happens even to those with a non-stop thought process and to writer twice as good as I am (everyone)) I had liked to atleast hit the halfway point handwritten but said writer's block prevented that. I will attemp to update D&D an FoU0 as soon as I can as well as the next chapter for F9W7.
That's all Peace out
