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'Thought'
"Speak"
'Kyuubi thought'
"Kyuubi speech, Inner Sakura or Izzy(AN: they are the same person to lazy to type inner Sakura all the time.), andjutsu"
Summary: During Kumo's attempt to kidnap Hinata the ninja also attempted to kidnap the Uchiha heiress, Suzuri. Naruto helped stop the ninja and opened Hiashi's and Fugaku's eyes to what was happening to Naruto in the village. They took it upon themselves to train Naruto to be the best he can be. Watch as Naruto trains and works to protect his loved ones and fulfill his dreams.
-timeskip (6 years later)-
Naruto and the gang had been in the academy for 6 years now and had learned a lot. They all trained with their families and grew stronger every year. Now they stacked up against the strongest genin the village had to offer. In the last 6 years they had been training together getting to know each other.
Naruto now stood at 5'7" and was the smartest and strongest of the lot. He was sort of like the leader to all of them. He was older and looked out for everyone. He never let anybody get left behind. If one person didn't get something then everyone would stay and help until they did. Naruto would be the teacher since he was always studying and learning things ahead of them. You needed something Naruto would do everything he can to do it, the big brother to everyone. Today he was wearing a black sleeveless pullover. Under that he wore a white t-shirt and black jeans. He wore a pair of black combat boots and fingerless gloves.
The academy had just gotten out and Naruto, Sasuke, and Suzuri were on their way to the Hokage's office. The Hokage needed them for something but he didn't specify what. They were about 10 minutes away when a couple of Anbu shoed up in front of them. "We're here to take you to the Hokage's office. He needs to speak to you and your class immediately." One with a bear mask said. The kids nodded and the Anbu shunshined them away the office. Once there they noticed the Hokage looked incredibly worried. There was also about 4 jounin in there as well. A few minutes later everyone was there. Naruto looked around the assembled classmates. Everyone looked so different from the beginning. His traveled over every single one of them and thought back to how they had become precious to him. Then his eyes landed in the three kids who are newest to Konoha.
Natsuki was the shyest out of the three of them. She had blue hair and purple eyes. Naruto had been the first to talk to her and thus she clung to him for the first few months of her adjustment. He always called her cute when she got into her clingy/shy mode and would end up blushing up a storm. Over time she grew out of it but she was still shy around new people and around Naruto. She had developed quite the crush on him, but didn't want to say anything because she knew both Suzuri and Hinata had crushes on him to and they were more assertive than her. Naruto liked that in a girl. It was so obvious. Her skills lied along the path of close to mid range combat. Using summon animals to fight along side her in. She was ranked 4 in girls and 7 overall in the class.
Daisuke was the most outgoing and the oldest out of them. He had red spiky hair and onyx eyes. He and Naruto had butted heads because they were both competitive and wanted the "Alpha" position. He had a crush on Natsuki and would often act out trying to impress her. He was brash and often acted without thinking. It often caused him to be cracked over the head by his brother. His skills were close combat with his kodaichis. He was ranked 9 in boys and 12 overall in the class.
Riku was Daisuke's twin brother and was more calm and calculating than his brother. He was often seen hitting his brother and keeping him in line. He had silver hair tied back in a ponytail and onyx eyes. He was wary of Naruto but soon got over that and generally liked the blonde. He often teased his brother, when they were at home, over his crush on Natsuki. His skills, like his brother, dealt with close combat. He was ranked 7 in boys and 10 overall in class.
The three of them had formed a bond over the years because of their status as "new". They bonded as brothers and sister. And Naruto was glad they had found friends in themselves and the others. The Hokage cleared his throat bring Naruto out of his thoughts.
"Now I know you all are wondering what you are doing here. I have just got word that Gai's newly appointed genin team has gotten a mission where the client has lied. Now I know this is nothing new but what concerns me is the fact that it went from a regular C-rank mission to A-rank." Everyone gasped. "Yes I know. And now they are holed up in the client's house with two injured missing nin and everyone worse for wear. Now Naruto I'm sure you're thinking what this has to do with your class am I right?" Naruto nodded his head. "Right now I'm doing this because all the other genin are busy and you are all that's left besides these 4 jounin that are suited for this. Now don't think I am forcing anybody to do this so I'll ask now. Is there anyone who does not wish to answer their call for help?" Sasuke looked around at the assembled classmates and all the same thought 'lets do this.' Naruto turned his head at Sasuke who nodded at him. Naruto nodded his head and turned back to his leader.
"All of us which to go help Gai-sensei's team sir. We will do our best to get them back safe and sound and help them complete their mission." Naruto responded to the question. One jounin with a face mask looked at Naruto. 'He's natural born leader. They all seem to fall in behind him and follow his instructions.' The other jounin seemed to be having the similar thought.
"Very well then. Let me introduce you to your jounin leaders on this mission. The one with the face mask is Hatake Kakashi. The one next to him is Yuuhi Kurenai. Next her, is my son Sarutobi Asuma. And last but not least Mitarashi Anko." The Hokage stated. Naruto nodded in his direction.
"Nice to meet all of you. You all have amazing records. I'm Naruto and the two flanking me are Sasuke and Suzuri. Headed to Sasuke's left are Kiba Hinata Shino Natsuki and Riku. To Suzuri's right are Sakura Ino Shikamaru Chouji and Daisuke." Naruto responded. The jounin nodded their head and turned back to the Hokage. They were all surprised by the fact as he named them off they stepped into line where he said them. Now that was leadership. 'Good job Naruto-kun. You are well on your way to achieving your goal of becoming Hokage.' Sarutobi thought. (AN: that's not Asuma that's the third Hokage).
"Now to do this formally. Your mission is to rescue team nine and help them complete their mission. The two with them used to be enemies but since their client turned on them they turned to Team 9 for help. Now Naruto how many of your classmates know medical techniques?"
"4, Hinata, Sakura, Ino and Natsuki. Not much but enough to heal damage." He answered.
The Hokage nodded. "You 4 then will be giving medical treatment with Kurenai who also knows some." The 4 girls nodded their heads. "Now Kakashi you are in charge of this and Naruto will be you commander of your makeshift genin squad. You would do well to gain knowledge from him of your team. Rely on him to keep the kids in order." Kakashi nodded. "Alright dismissed. Kakashi command your team."
"Alright all of you go back home and pack for a month long mission. The four of us will be doing quick bag checks at the gate. I expect you all there in 1 hour. Now move." Kakashi ordered. And the kids were out the door by the time he finished his sentence. All four jounins shunshined to their house to prepare.
-timeskip (15 minutes out of the gate)-
The group were traveling via tree jumping. At the speed they were going at, they'd reach wave in a day and a half. Kakashi was currently drilling Naruto on hi wardsand had so far learned about Natsuki, Daisuke, Riku and Sasuke and was listening as Naruto explained Suzuri's skill level. "....she is close-mid range combat and specilizes like most Uchiha in the Fire element. She knows hosenka and goukakyuu. Her taijutsu skill is top in the girls and 3rd overall. She carries a small dagger in her sleeve. Now on to Hinata. Like her family she is taijutsu oriented. She's talented in tracking. Her talent in jyuuken is highest right behind Neji. Not much else. Hm lets see. Sakura has low reserves but amazing control. Best suited for mid-long range as back up with genjutsu. Or as a med-nin. I have learning some low level genjutsu. She's learned 7 of the 10 techniques on the scroll I gave her. She would do well under Kurenai-sensei. Ino is the same as Sakura only more suited for interrogation. Shika is like any other Nara and Chouji the same with the Akimichi only they are more advanced than any their age. Shino has 2 hives and is well on his way to becooming the best in his clan. Mid-long range and tracking. Not much else I can say." Naruto finished up. Kakashi nodded his head in clarification.
'This boy has trained them well, and he hasn't fallen back in the slightest. Hokage-sama was right in that I should trust him in leading these temporary genin.' Kakashi thought.
(With Anko, Kurenai, and Hinata)
"..you like the little brat don't you?" Anko says towards Hinata with a knowing smile. Hinata blushes and attempts to stutter out an answer but all that came out were little squeeks. That was enough to confirm it for Anko. 'Ooooh I'm going to have so much fun with this one.' Anko thought deviously with a wicked grin. Kurenai recognized the grin and narrowed her eyes. 'What are you planning Anko?' Kurenai thought as started moving towards Suzuri and her brother. 'Whatever it is I won't let you hurt Hinata-chan.
(with uchiha twins.)
Anko had moved up silently behind them and began to listen in on their conversation.
".....on't know why you haven't told him yet. The sooner you tell him the sooner you'll get your answer." Sasuke said to his sister. Suzuri was watching Naruto chat away with Kakashi, wondering what they were talking about.
"Well...right now Naruto is concentrating on getting stronger and I don't want to ruin that. Plus Hinata likes him to and I don't want to hurt my best friend."
Sasuke rolled his eyes. 'Women are so confusing.'
Meanwhile behind them Anko was grinning to herself. 'Oh yeah I love blackmail.'
The group travelled for another 45 minutes. They saw a small tea house in the distance. Naruto looked back over his shoulder at Sakura and Ino and saw that they tired out. The others he could tell were almost there as well. He turned back to Kakashi. "We should break at that tea shop. Sakura and Ino are tired and the others are starting to tire as well."
Kakashi took a peek over his shoulder and didn't see what Naruto saw. "What do you mean? They look fine."
"I've grown up with them. They're hiding it because they don't want to slow us down and besides we are making good time. We continue with this pace we should be there be tomorrow morning. And anyway what use are we if we aren't in fighting condition. Both Sakura's and Ino's limit is about 2 hours at a pace like this. Anyway we all could go for some tea and food in our stomachs." Kakashi nodded at his logic and began to slow his pace as they came up to the shop.
Turning around he addressed the team. "We'll stop here and rest for a bit." The temporary genin gave sighs of relief as they gave Naruto grateful stares. Everyone headed into the shop and sat down at the tables. The owners were surprised by the big lot. It was normally slow around this time of day, especially from ninja. They set about getting everybodies orders. Once down they went into the kitchen getting everthing ready. While they did that everyone began to talk about what they could expect from this mission. Naruto was sitting with the jounin garnering information on Gato and truly what to expect so he could properly prepare himself and his classmates.
"....klling of course. Everyone should expect to make their first kill." Kurnai informed. Kakashi glanced at Narutoto see his reaction to this statement. The other jounin didn't know about it but Naruto had made his first kill when he was 7 and half. Suzuri had been in trouble and Naruto to the rescue.
"Yes most definately. Well Gato hires more of thugs and mercenaries than ninja, so very little will know ninjutsu or genjutsu. And the ninjas he will hire will be missing nin but you can leave them to us. If what Gai's report says is true then we'll need to be careful when approaching their safe house. Gato has supposedly taken over the town and enslaved all the people." Asuma said. All the jounin knew what he ws leaving out but they didn't want to scare the kids to bad. Little did they Naruto knew what that unspoken thing was. He may be young but he is perceptive and smart and can connect the dots. But he didn't say anything. He knew some of his class was listening in and wanted them to experience things on their own. But his mind kept going back to what Kurenai had said about killing. The last time he had killed, Naruto was 7 1/2 years old. He was saving Suzuri and slaughtered alot people.
(flashback - 5 1/2 years ago)
Suzuri was walking back home with Naruto from the Hokage's office. Naruto kept his senses on high alert. Even though he was considered under the Uchiha and Hyuuga there was still those people that tried when he was out and about late at night. He was looking to his left in an alley when Suzuri squeeled and ran off. Naruto snapped his head in her direction as she turned the corner following something Naruto couldn't see. He booked after her but when he turned the corner she was pretty far down the street. Naruto ran as fast as he could to catch up. He watched as she turned the corner. 'Crap I'm still so far away.' Naruto thought. 'I shouldn't have let this happen in the first place'
-With Suzuri-
She turned the corner and followed the white bunny into an alley. She got to the back and looked around for the bunny. "Here bunny. Suzuri-chan won't hurt you." She called out.
"Hey hey check it out. It worked we found another one. She is a bit older than what he wants but hey if she looks like this now she'll be a looker when she's older and she still impressionable." said someone from behind her. She turned and saw 3 men at the entrance of the alley. Suzuri was really scared now. She looked around and noticed that Naruto wasn't anywhere near her. Tears welled up in her eyes as she realized she was now in alo of trouble. "HEY have you guys found anyone yet?" another voice came around a corner. The lead person in the trio that had found her turned to address the newcomer.
"Yeah and she's going to be a knockout when she gets older. Though I don't know what kind of parents would let a 6 year old travel alone." he said. The newcomer nodded his head and motioned to another group of men who was pulling along a cage. Suzuri saw it was filled with young girls around her age and her eyes widened and she really began to cry. 'Naruto where are you?' she thought and hoped he showed up soon. The two men who had flanked the first moved foward on his command to go and get her and put her in the cage with the rest of the girls. The moment their hands touched her she began screaming and kicking trying to keep them off. One of the men got kid in the face and got his nose broke. "God shut up you stupid kid. Stop strugglin so much. Your parents obviously don't want you if they left you alone this late at night. They had gotten about 5 feet when they heard the first scream of pain. They all looked towards the entrance wondering what the fuck that was all about.
-back to Naruto-
Naruto had turned the corner as Suzuri started screaming. He looked in the direction of an alley with a cart full of little girls in it parked right in front. Naruto hated alot of things but at the top of that list was people who mistreat kids in any way. Naruto's rage hit an all new high and he saw red before taking out a kunai that his Inu-nii-san had given him as the official start of his training. He charged foward at the closest guy jumped and stbbed him in the neck. The man screamed in pain before it gurguled away. Naruto wrenched the kunai from his neck and turned to the next guy stabbing him in the gut. Naruto grabbed the dagger at his waist as he pulled out the kunai and used that dagger to jam it in his eye. By now everyone had broke out of their shock and pulled out their respective weapons. One thug charged at Naruto aiming to kill with one blow. But because of the abuse Naruto slightly knew how to defend himself and ducked the wild swing jaming his kunai into his thigh and as the man fell Naruto brought the dagger up and rammed it through his chin. Senseing another attack Naruto pulled the dagger free and spun but was not fast enough to dodge the blow and recieved a gash on his right arm. He dropped the dagger but refused to give up and full body tackled the man around hiw knees stealing his dagger and stabbing him three times before he was kicked in the face by another. Naruto was sent flying and skidded to halt a few feet away. Naruto still clutching the dagger, staggered to his feet and took a wild swing and hit flesh. He had cut a guys hand off that was trying to grab him. Naruto who was now steady looked at the remaining men, and realized he was going to really need some help. Flaring his chakra as the men charged. Naruto fought as hard as he colud but it was still not enough.
In less than 5 minutes Anbu showed up with the Hokage and the Uchiha and Hyuuga head to see a bloode bath bfore their eyes and in the middle of it was a sobbing Suzuri and an unconcious, bleeding Naruto. They also noticed a cage with young girls who were wide eyed and crying lookin towards Suzuri and Naruto. Inu was in immediate action as he moved towards Naruto and Suzuri with Hiashi and Fugaku hot on his heels. Hokage barked out orders to the Anbu. Telling them to look for survivors and to open the cage and free the girls tking everyone to the hospital and to burn the dead bodies. He looked towards Inu and the others and noticed Hiashi was using what little medical knowledge to check on Suzuri while Fugaku attempted to calm his daughter down from her second almost kidnapping event. Meanwhile Inu was checcking Naruto while at the same time doing the handsigns for shunshin. Fugaku and Hiashi did the same with Suzuri leaving the Anbu with the clean up. The Hokage followed.
He appeared in the hospital as Haruka, Naruto's personel doctor, was carting him away with a few nurses and her assistant, Aiko running beside her. Inu and Hiashi was right behind them while Fugaku was securing his daughters wellfare. The Hokage moved towards Inu and Hiashi and waited with them right outside the emergency room. Fugaku joined them later with Suzuri asleep in his arms. He had sent messages to his wife and Hiashi's letting them know the situation. Not 10 minutes later did his family and Hiashi's appear outside the waiting room. They all looked worried as they sat on the benches by their respective husbands. Sasuke moved towards his sister worried for her. Because he was her twin he and her had a special connection. Sitting next her, he grabbed her hand and waited for the doctors to come out to tell them that Naruto was going to be ok.
A few minutes later Aiko came out looking worried. "Hokage-sama Naruto is bleeding out to fast. He needs a blood transfusion but the problem is Naruto has a rare bloodtype and we don't have any in stock." Everyone began to get worried.
"I have the same bloodtype as Naruto-kun. I've had to give him a tranfusion before." Itachi spoke up. Aiko nodded but she knew they would need more.
Hiashi remebering the fact that Neji, his brother Hizashi's son, also had the same blood type as Naruto. He turned towards his nephew. "Neji will you help Naruto-kun and give him some of your blood?" Neji nodded and headed into the room with Aiko and Itachi. It was about 30 minutes before Itachi and Neji came back with instructions to take it easy and drink plenty of fluids. It was another 30 minutes when Naruto was wheeled out with Haruka and Aiko. Haruka swerved off to give the report while Aiko stayed with Naruto to make sure he got settled and his normal guards were posted outside his room. Mikoto and Hikari took the kids and followed the doctors towards Naruto's room while the men stayed back to hear the report.
"Naruto suffered some real deep injuries. I can tell this wasn't a normal attack by the villagers. Multiple stab wounds and two deep gashes to his right arm. Also some defensive wounds were on his forearms. Its clear Naruto got into a fight he couldn't handle." Haruka summarized.
The Hokage looked contemplative. He thought back on the scene that he had seen and counted 8 bodies. "By the looks of what we showed up on, Naruto could handle it so long as he took them on 1 on 1. Looks like when he was finishing them up they ganged up on him. We'll have to get the full story from Naruto once he wakes up and Suzuri's view once she wakes up and is feeling better."
Everyone nodded and headed toward Naruto's room. Just then Hiashi realized something that nobody had taken into account. "Um what will Neji's and Itachi's blood do to Naruto? I mean will he gain our bloodline of will it just leave him as is? Considering the Kyuubi and its effect on his chakra system, could it do anything to his blood and DNA?" Hiashi asked.
"It shouldn't be a problem as far as medical reasons are concerned. But the whole Kyuubi issue will need to be addressed by Jiraiya since he knows more about the seal than I do." the Hokage answered. The clan heads nodded their heads at the answer. So they would leave it up to Jiraiya to check on that.
(flashback end)
Naruto Came out of his thoughts as his meal was placed in front of him. He looked to his left to see Kakashi looking at him with a sympathetic look. He touched his shoulder. "I'm sure everything will be alright. They have more experience now and so do you." All jounin looked at the two of them oddly. They all had the same thought 'What are they talking about?'
"I know but that doesn't change anything. I did what I had to do back then. I know that. But it's still hard you know. I don't want them going through that. They aren't all the same and all of them have different mental capacities. They can only take so much at once and this might break them." Naruto responded honestly. The jounin's jaw dropped. 'Naruto has killed before. When was this?' Kurenai thought. 'Hinata never mentioned anything before and she's known him almost as long as Sasuke and Suzuri has. Why wouldn't she tell? She said that she could tell me anything'
'Wow this kid just keeps on surprising me. Wonder what else he can do.' were the shared thoughts of Anko and Asuma.
"Yes well you can't keep them sheltered forever." Kakashi said. Naruto nodded his head and looked over his shoulder at his friends. They all looked happy and completely oblivious to the cruel truth all shinobi must face and they were going to get a rude awakening on this mission. They were his brothers and sisters and their pain was his pain. Their burden was his burden. They knew that, he knew that, there wasn't anybody in Konoha who didn't know it. And he would be damned before he lets anybody change that. Turning back to his plate he smiled reassured that he would be there for his family when they needed.
-timeskip 40 minutes later-
The group was back out on the road again and moving at full speed. Naruto, Kakashi and Anko summoned Kage bunshins to carry everyone. They wanted to get as close to wave as possible by nightfall. There was no talking. Everyone just concentrating on working as hard as they could to get to wave and give Gai the help they needed as soon as possible. Travelling for hours only resting long enough to recoup and drinking water. Even when nightfell they didn't stop. It was only until Kakashi noticed the kids had fallen asleep that he called a stop and set up camp. Naruto spent time setting up the tents for the girls first. Soon as that was done he gently laid each girl in their respective sleeping bags make sure they were comfortable. He moved out and saw that Kakashi had set up his and Sasuke's tenta and everyone was safely settled. He walked towards his tent.
"Your watch is right after mine I'll wake you when it's time. Your watch is last so wake us all about 7 if you can tell." Kakashi told Naruto. He nodded his head yawning and slipped into his tent and laid down. The moment his head hit the pillow he was asleep.
Hours later he was awoken by Kakashi. "Its your watch now. Remember 7 o'clock." Naruto nodded and got up stretching. He met Kakashi outside his tent. "Alright all you really need to do is keep your senses open and warn us if you feel anything that you think is a threat let one of the jounin know." Kakashi informed him.
"Alright I'll take care of things go to sleep nii-san you look like you need it." Naruto said. Kakashi nodded his head and headed off to the tent he shared with Asuma. Naruto moved over towards the fire pit and sat leaning against a log as he expanded his senses to the outer perimeter of the campsite. After awhile he realized that was boring so he summoned some kage bunshins and sent them out to guard duty. He started meditating working on his control again. Hours later he "awoke" from his slumber. It was about an hour and a half from 7 so he summoned more Kage bunshin ato go hunting. He extended his senses again and dispelled the bunshin from earlier. While he was doing so he sifted through the memories of the bunshin from last night. He was taught that Kage bunshins were very useful in many things. What made them so useful was that when dispersedthe memories they gained is passed to the original.
Nothing much had happend last night. A few animals crossing by but nothing out og the ordinary. Though one of the clones had discovered a cave with weird marks carved all along its entrance. He moved over to it and leavin a clone to take car of things. Exploring the first like 20 yards of the cave he got a weird vibe. So he left and decided to let Kakashi know about it and let him deal with it. But as he left he felt drawn to go back to the cave. Naruto paused but continued on his way and would come back with Kakashi if he decided to come back. He arrived back at the campsite he saw that the bunshins were back and had started the fire again and was cleaning and getting ready all that they had caught. Naruto started getting the dishes ready that everyone was going to use. Once the bunshins were done he put the food over the fire and began to cook the rabbits that had been cooked. He steamed some rice up while he did so. Seasoning the rabbit as it began to cook. Ten minutes later the enticing aroma was beginning to make Naruto's mouth water. He looked at his watch and noticed it was 7. He rose and moved towards Kakashi's and Asuma's tent and woke them up first. While they woke the rest Naruto finished up the meal.
Anko and Kurenai came out well rested. "Hey Kurenai nice job setting up the tent. That was the best nights sleep I've had on a mission." Anko said.
"What do you mean I thought you set up the tent last night?" Kurenai asked.
"Naruto did it." Asuma said as he walked back to the fire. His stomach grumbling for the food Naruto was cooking. Kurenai and Anko looked at each other and knew that kid was some guy to have set something that comfortable up. They then noticed the aroma wafting through their campsite. They looked towards the source and noticed Naruto dishing out rice and rabbit. The kids rushed past them and lined up. Naruto gave them their plates and immediately sat down to eat. Naruto dished out 2 more plates and held them up in their direction. Moving towards him they grabbed their plates and sat down to eat. Naruto took his own plate and began eating.
-30 minutes later-
Everyone was back on the road. Naruto was telling Kakashi about the cave one ofhis clones had found. Also about the feelings he had about the place. "It was really weird. It gavee me a weird vibe but at the same time it also felt like I was meant to be there. And when I left I had this tugging at the back of my head that I should go back." Naruto explained.
Kakashi was intrigued now. "Do you still have this felling now?"
Naruto nodded his head. "Though its less persistent now then it was when I left and was walking back to camp."
"Alright. If the feeling is still there after the mission then you and me will go and take a look." Kakashi told Naruto. Naruto nodded glad that the problem will be solved eventually. he turned back to the front and the group continued on in silence. They travelled until they got to this big river with a bridge half finished.
"That is one helluva bridge. How the hell did he actually build this. This must have taken months to get this far." Kiba said. Quoting everyone's thoughts.
"Yes well if you have the dedication then you can do something like this. Take will to. Take this as a lesson all of you. It will be useful in our profession." Naruto said. The jounin except Kakashi had their jaws on the ground. The temporary genin however took this to heart. All of them had the same goal and that would be to help Naruto achieve his dream. No backing down. He was their role model and the one who helped them the most. They would return that debt tenfold if they could. And that was a promise that all had made when Naruto saved all of them in some way.
The jounin on the other hand were surprised by the wise words from such a young boy. He hasn't even graduated yet and he knew what would aid them in the shinobi world. He was definately going to be an amazing leader for Konoha. And if he tried he could probably unite the entire elemental countries.
"Now that we are done sight seeing, lets find a way to get across this huge ass river." Kakashi said. He was proud of Naruto. He had noticed that the kids had been losing morale and Naruto had brought that morale back up and now they were more than ready at least mentally for certain things that will happen on this mission. They travelled around a little bit and couldn't find away across. So they headed back towards the bridge and noticed that they could get to the bridge by a series of platforms that connected to the bridge. Moving quickly they hopped across the platforms and used the scaffoldings to get to the top of the bridge. They moved quietly and at the top checked for any signs of enemy movement. Senseing none they moved on. Crossing the bridge they looked around. "Don't see any signs of where they could of gone." Asuma said.
"Kiba see if you can find Neji's scent." Naruto order. He nodded and he started sniffing around while Akamaru sniffed the ground. Akamaru barked and Kiba sniffed and confirmed.
"This way." Nodding everyone followed him and Akamaru. Heading through the forest they moved quickly and quietly towards the house. "I'm getting more scents. One is definately Neji's. Got three females, and four males. One is a little kid mabye 8 at the most. And blood as well. Probably from the wounded." Kiba reported as they got closer to their safe house. Nodding his head Kakashi told eveyone to speed up. They needed to get there as soon as possible to provide back up for Gai and his team. Reaching their destination in 10 minutes they saw a cabin. Walking up to the door Kakashi knocked hard on the door.
"Gai it's me Kakashi open up. We're your back up." There was a few moments silence when the door opened and revealed a tired looking Gai with Neji and a young girl standing behind him. Both ready for a fight if necessary. Neji gave a sigh seeing Naruto and the rest of his class behind the jounins. Naruto was strong he had to admit that and his class was well their way to following his lead.
"Thank Kami you guys showed up. Gato has the whole town rigged and none of us are god hunters. Well of course except the hunter nin thats with Zabuza but she's to hurt to really do much." Gai said
"Don't worry Naruto is an excellent hunter and we still have the food we brought since Naruto hunted for this morning. And we'll be setting up patrols during the nights." Kakshi responded.
Naruto turned to Hinata and the other girls. "Why don't you get started on treating the wounded. That way we can have everyone back up to par as soon as possible."
Hinata nodded and asked Neji if he could show them the where he wounded were. He nodded and lead the five girls upstairs to the room set aside for Zabuza, Lee and Haku. He introduced them when they entered the room. Meanwhile downstairs Kakashi, Gai, Anko, Kurenai, and Asuma were talking about setting up the patrols. There would be 1 jounin per group.
"I think it depends on the kids and their strengths. Kids should be put with the jounin who bests back them up. Wheres that one kid. He should be able to help us with this." Anko said.
"I agree. That way we know the kids are getting the most expeirence possible and we can still back them up. We should also change it up slightly so we know ahead of time who works with who and whose skil work with whose skill." Kurenai offered. Kakashi nodded his head and called for Naruto. Naruto came in and sat down next Kakashi.
"So what do you need?" Naruto asked.
"We need your help setting up patrols. We decided we are going to do so according to their skills and the jounin who best fits as support. So where should we start." Asuma answered.
"Well it would be rather productive if I knew what you all were cabable of. I know Kakashi because I grew up with him around and Gai by his reputation but the rest not sure of." Naruto said.
"Right well Asuma is a wind based element. He uses tench knives and is wind-based element. Anko uses summons with her style of taijutsu and uses all types of ninjutsu. I'm genjutsu oriented and uses that mostly." Kurenai answered. Naruto nodded as he took a piece of paper and jotted some things down. He hummed to himself as he thought of the jounins' skill and his classmates' skill. Grbbing another pieces of paper and he wrote down the jounins names.
"How many per team?" Naruto asked as he began chewing on the end of his pen.
"Well we have 5 jounins and 15 genin, so 3 per jounin. Feel free to mix Gai's team in there as well." Kakashi answered.
Nodding his head Naruto went back to work. He wrote down names of his classmates under the a specific jounin. He repeated multiple times making sure they had multiple choices to choose from.
"Ok the best teams here would be like this. I'll start with Kakashi. Because your an all-rounder type it would be best to have a type for each so you'll have Daisuke, Sakura, and Sasuke. Now on to Asuma. Judging by what I was told you'll have 2 mid to long range and 1 close to mid range. So you'll have Shino Suzuri and Hinata. Gai will have Shika Chouji and Ino. Anko Natsuki Riku and Kiba and Kurenai Me Lee and Tenten." Naruto nodded to himself in affirmation.
"Sounds good but um how did you know about Tenten's and Lee's abilities?" Gai asked.
"Neji shares genin experiences with me and well in order to do so he had to tell me about his team and what they could do." Naruto answered.
Kakashi clapped. "Alright now that we're done. Kurenai take first watch and hand off to Anko after that is Asuma I'll take it after that and then Gai. We'll start the patrols with the genin tomorrow. Kurenai because you have a more experienced team you'll take first patrol. We'll set parameters of the patrol in the morning. Let the genin rest and once Zabuza and his apprentice are healed up we'll draw battle plans. But I will say this. Use extreme caution with everything you do. If Gato has hired another ninja team they'll know what to look for. Naruto make sure you tell your class that." Naruto nodded at him and moved to gather the class to tell them. Neji and his team already knew this stuff. "NARUTO" He turned. "This is very important. You need to make sure they understand this." Kakashi told him. Naruto nodded and continued on his way.
"He is definately a prodigy in his own right. What's his deal?" Anko said as she stared at the door Naruto had left.
"He is just striving to be the best ninja possible." Kakashi answered.
"Well I must say he is well on his way to doing so. His flames of youth burn incredibly bright." Gai said loudly.
And End.
Well I must say that took longer than I wanted it to but here it is. Next time the rest of the class meets combat first hand. Naruto finds out something shocking. You all have one more chapter to mak your votes on Naruto's teammates. Catch you all later in the next chapter of Naruto's New Fate.