Hey everyone, glad to see most of you are still doing good… Well anyway, let's get onto the story.
1: Why do you spell "Zabuza" as "Zabusa?"
A: … It's been a long time, give me a break! I'm smashing my head in disbelief that I got that wrong over here!
2: Genin can't do D-rank missions let alone C-rank missions outside of the country, yet this Naruto is able to? Jiraiya wouldn't let him.
A: … Sooo I'm guessing this version of Naruto holding himself against Kakashi, with his sharingan out, while also using a mirage of techniques that were B+ in rank over ten or so times straight after each other, alongside genjutsu like the bringer of darkness created by the second hokage Tobirama, isn't good enough for bandit and protection missions, missions that are recorded to be C-rank, meaning no ninja's of any rank should be involved in the mission? As for Jiraiya, that was more of a passing comment, and if he was to take an actual student, he would only be around for a few weeks at most as he runs a spy network, something that is stupidly hard to do. Also know, that this Naruto, is the Naruto from Civilian Shinobi, he has the experience, he has skills that make Minato drop his jaw at (Rasenshuriken) and is overall not a normal Genin… As a leader of a military village, who wouldn't like to boost the village's reputation with seemingly powerful Genin, the lowest level of all ranks…
3: Yin – Yang bullshit:
A: … Please, in all seriousness… read the first fic of the entire "ninja" series. This is a fic that diverts from the original storyline, this isn't a separate fic, where kishimoto's Naruto is in this world. Anyway, this isn't a solo series, this is a part of the "Ninja: Input" series that I have written up.
Anyway! Back to the story.
"Speaking"
"Thinking"
"Summons/ bijuu speaking"
"Summons/ bijuu thinking"
"Fire style: Great fireball technique"
"Zabuza! Why is it I don't have the bridge builders head on my desk already? It's been over a single day since You're "tools" as you liked to call them haven't even reported seeing the blasted old man once he entered Konoha." Shouted a small midget of a man as he glared up hatefully behind his glasses up towards a tall imposing figure, of which was now sending small amounts of killer intent directly into his boss.
Relaxing against the wall, Zabuza gave the small man a disinterested look for a moment before looking up towards the celling.
"How fast do you actually believe that the assassination of the bridge builder would be? Not only does the man have to go to the hokage to set up a mission, but then the hokage must select a team of shinobi to carry out the mission. At most, the old bridge builder could possibly only get a small Genin team with a Jonin sensei to support them. If not at all from what you have told me…" Grunted out Zabuza, getting another snort from the midget as he sank further into his brown leather chair in his plain lavender office.
Moving his hands to that of an evil dictator, the man gained a wide smile.
"Well then, I should only have to wait somewhere between a week for the delivery of the head right?" Questioned Gato, mentally having his mind whirling at his rather ingenious plan.
"That's right Zabuza… Believe I have no clue as to how a shinobi system is ran. Then, as soon as the Jonin and Genin brats arrive, hopefully you can take them out, which would then allow me to take you out… Two bounties for two ninja gives me quite the sum of money doesn't it? Kukuku… Stupid demon." Thought the short man with his grin widening across his face briefly…
Before the door suddenly slammed open, a man having ran into the room heaving with bloodshot eyes as he gasped helplessly for breath.
"H-He Ki-killed them all! He's coming for us!" Screamed the hysterical man as he charged at Gato, only to feel his body sliced in two from the chest, leaving the upper and lower part of the body of the man to split and fall onto the ground, Zabuza simply giving a tiny raise of his brow towards Gato, who narrowed his eyes.
"Deal with it." Muttered Gato, his composition not wavering from the sudden interruption of his dead mercenary.
Getting a small nod, Zabuza turned his head and body towards the door.
"Haku, let's go." Spoke the man in a clear tone, confusing Gato as he suddenly felt a small shiver run along his spine as he watched a masked teen appear from the back corner of his room.
"Hai Zabuza-sama." Muttered the masked individual as they followed along their boss with little to no hesitation.
And as the two left, Gato let out a sick and twisted smile out onto his face as he reached into his pocket.
(With Naruto)
"Really? Is this all you chumps have? I'm kinda disappointed here ya know?" Groaned out a bored Naruto as his crimson eyes stared towards the small platoon of goons standing in front of him with a lazy smile laid against his face.
It hadn't taken him too long to find the place, in fact, it would take only an idiot to miss the base, due to its giant size, a lot of trees in the area were cut down in odd positions, revealing where people where located within.
And for a ninja like Naruto, who could simply climb a tall tree to find out where the large amount of trees and clearings were taking out from, it didn't make his job all that much harder, in fact, it was remarkably that much easier finding Gato and his goons.
Which, brings him to his current situation… With the goons who were now pissing themselves as he calmly walked towards them with a look of pure sadistic boredom…
Hey, wasn't he aloud to have some fun torturing the people behind the waves suffering?
Gaining a small glint in his eyes, the blond haired teen continued to trudge forwards, carefully avoiding the dead bodies of other bandits he had destroyed on his way.
Raising his hands up, the teen gave out a mock saddened smile.
"Oh you guys crack me up. Honestly, the whole "We'll kill you brat!" just minutes before turning into "Please don't kill us!" For hired weapons, you truly are despicable…" Muttered Naruto with a dark look as he watched a single goon start to edge himself backwards towards the forest.
And as he did, he suddenly found Naruto standing behind him, having disappeared from the front of the group with a kunai now firmly dug into the man's kidney before a burst of wind chakra swept into the blade, leaving a visible white blade of energy sticking out from the man… Before he suddenly was split into two with a simple slash of the blade within Naruto's grasp.
Waiting patiently in silence as the now three mercenaries stared at him with looks of horror on their faces, Naruto gave a dark glare towards the trio, his crimson eyes burning into their minds for a moment… Before they too dropped dead, foam escaping through their mouths as the teen continued to glare at the corpse's laid on the ground.
"Scum…" Muttered Naruto softly as he turned his head towards the direction of Gato's base of operations, or at least the direction he remembered it being.
"I'm coming for you bastard." Groaned out Naruto as he began to stalk towards the direction of the building, his eyes seemingly peering through the trees and bushes and directly towards the buildings main entrance… Before he suddenly widened his eyes for a moment and dashing backwards, watching as a massive sword seemingly dug itself into the ground he was standing at.
Narrowing his eyes, the teen gained a small smirk as he watched as a fog suddenly began to surround himself.
Giving a small nod, the teen let out a small chuckle… Before clapping his hands together.
"Wind style: Gale palm" Spoke Naruto with a small grin on his face as he pushed the mist away, only to duck into a crouch as a large blade, which he previously saw wedged into the ground, now sailing above his head with a tall muscular man standing above him with a narrowed gaze… Before he suddenly swung his sword above his head before bringing it down towards Naruto.
Pushing himself into a roll, the teen quickly began to get back up onto his feet, only to seemingly twist himself slightly as a small thin needle, a senbon, passed by underneath his armpit.
And it was because of this minor distraction, the teen got a good old boot to the face, sending him flying towards a tree, which his back smashed against.
"What the hell is a lone Genin doing out here… I can't even sense anyone else aside from the brat." Grumbled Zabuza as he walked up towards the blond haired teenager on the ground before bringing his sword back down with a slash, not even caring about who the brat was.
Naruto, who was slightly dazed on the ground, could only widen his eyes… Before his head was soon lopped off, sending a geyser of blood spewing out from his detached neck.
Giving the beheaded body a small stare, Zabuza turned his attention towards the trees around him.
"Haku, go tell Gato that the person who had attacked him is dead now." Remarked the man, truly disappointed of how quick his encounter was… Before he suddenly widened his eyes as he felt a massive explosion erupt from in front of him.
"ZABUZA-SAMA!"
(With the real Naruto.)
"So Gato… Do you have anything you have to say before I kill you?" Questioned a stoic Naruto as his crimson eyes burned into the petrified midget's form, which was being suspended from the ground by Naruto himself as his white open jack swayed slightly from a tiny burst of his chakra.
Hands wrapped against Naruto's lone hand in an attempt to free himself, Gato could only let out a tears and a choked sob out as he felt the teen's fingers dig into his throat.
"P-P-Please! L-L-Let me go! I- I- I- I'll do anything!" Whimpered out the man as Naruto's crimson eyes bore into his head for a few moments… Before suddenly, the teen gained a grin.
"Have fun Kurama." Muttered Naruto whilst still holding onto Gato's form… Which suddenly stilled itself as blood began to flow from beneath the man's glasses that covered his eyes as his body twitched and spasm slightly before suddenly becoming still and unmoving.
Tilting his head a bit at the corpse he now held, the teen let out a small sigh… Before twisting the body in his hand so that it was facing away from him before suddenly slamming it straight into a wall… Which began to open as a seal beamed against the man's face.
Not a few moments later, did a massive hidden room soon appear in front of Naruto, who of which then threw Gato's remains into one of the corners of the room, not caring all that much for it as Naruto entered the hidden room, which looked more like a massive chamber filled to the brim with documents and other items of value, like gold and more.
Positioning his hands into a cross-like handsign, Naruto summoned two clones before sending them in to seal all of the chambers contents, making sure to categories everything before they were done.
Getting the memories of his exploding clones, along with a slight headache from the explosion part, the teen couldn't help but blink as one of the clones had fought against Zabuza Momochi, the demon of the mist…
… Shit… He just had an exploding clone blow up an A-rank shinobi… He was sooooo going to get into a fight with the guy now, who probably escaped the blast with little to no injuries…
"And your concerned now for what reason?" Questioned Kurama, getting a small huff from Naruto as he crossed his arms mentally.
"Well its not like I actively WANT to start fighting high ranked shinobi left, right and centre ya know! I mean, I do want to be recognised as a very powerful shinobi, but if I have to fight Zabuza, I would have to win, which means to either make him retreat or kill him. And if news got out I managed to fight an A-rank missing nin to a standstill, that would draw a lot of attention… While also probably making the hokage keep me back in the village for even thinking about engaging even if I could already fight Kakashi to a good degree." Thought Naruto with a small sigh as he watched his two clones move towards him with a single scroll between the two.
Holding his wrist out, Naruto watched as the scroll with all the items sealed within get sucked up into a transparent seal on his white jackets wrist, before giving a small sigh as he turned his back towards the open door behind him, where he could feel a massive killing intent directed at him.
And lo and behold, there stood Zabuza, his mask burnt off and his face placed in an angry scowl.
Wincing slightly, Naruto gave a small wave.
"Erm… Sup?"
(Outside the building.)
"You brat! I'll Kill you!" Screamed a ferocious voice as it chased a smaller white and blond form, of which was bouncing from tree to tree in order to lose his pursuer.
Twisting in mid-air after dodging a kunai, Naruto glared hatefully towards the angry man before raising his hands up to his mouth.
"Fire style: Fireball jutsu!" Shouted the teen, spewing forth a massive fireball towards Zabuza, who then quickly drew back his sword before swinging it forwards, cutting through the technique with ease…
Of course, Naruto sweat dropped at that, considering if he used his actual version of the jutsu Zabuza would have been burned from the attack.
"He's probably shit on your corpse if you let him live you know…" Muttered Kurama in Naruto's mindscape, watching as the teen did the splits in mid-air as the massive sword of Zabuza's flew from between his legs and sliced through a few trees in front of him.
"I can tell…" Thought Naruto with a small irritated twitch as he watched Zabuza appear where his sword had landed before charging at him with his sword.
Being mid-air, Naruto quickly threw his palm towards the ground before shooting out a massive burst of wind chakra, sending him above Zabuza once more, however, this also made him miss the tree he was attempting to land on, thus causing his form to roll against the floor being shifting into a running stance with Zabuza still hot on Naruto's trail.
Gritting his teeth, the teen finally had enough, so, using a small shunshin, Naruto appeared outside of the forest, showing the large clearing that was just in front of the large bridge that was already near completion.
Turning around towards the forest, Naruto began to rummage through a set of handsigns before clapping his hands against the ground below.
"Earth style: Swamp of the underworld!" Shouted the teen, causing the ground to suddenly sink and turn into sludge, enveloping the majority of the earth in front of the bridge.
And like a charm, a rage induced Zabuza began to fall directly towards the ground covered in mud…
However, before he made impact, a sudden sight of pure white ice materialized itself in front of Zabuza's form, and as he fell a person soon shot out of the ice like mirror, taking both themselves out of the range of Naruto's jutsu.
Twitching at that, the teen went through another set of handsigns before the earth shifted itself back into its regular flat surface.
Rolling his shoulders slightly, Naruto watched as the masked individual help up their teammate, before moving to stand besides them.
Gritting his teeth, Zabuza drew in a steady breath for a moment before stretching his neck.
"Brat… For not only costing me my job, and my future goal… You are going to die. But, I will give you this, for a lone Genin you are powerful. Maybe even at the level of my tool Haku here… Tell me… What is your name before I kill you?" Questioned the man in a deathly tone, getting a small sigh from Naruto as he rolled his shoulders slightly before moving into a fighting position with a single kunai held in reverse grip in his left hand.
Making his eyes shine within the early morning, Naruto grinned slightly.
"Naruto… Naruto Hayabusa. Shinobi of konoha, and the ninja that will bring peace to this world." Responded Naruto in a strong and passionate tone, getting a small smirk from the man with shark like teeth.
"Very well then… Naruto… It seems that your goal to bring peace to the world ends here!" Screamed Zabuza, charging towards Naruto with Haku, the masked individual, who had soon disappeared into another Ice mirror.
Gritting his teeth, Naruto charged towards Zabuza, his kunai in his hand glowing pure white as the wind around the blade seemed distorted from how much wind chakra was running through the piece of metal.
"Rahhhh!" Screamed Naruto, as he threw his kunai in front of him in its reversed grip, soon clashing with Zabuza's own sword as sparks began to fly from the teen and adults clash.
Zabuza, who was taller than the teen, couldn't help but grin as he felt the resistance the blond haired kid put against his own strength, something that intrigued him a small bit as he slowly added more and more strength into his slash, only for Naruto to replicate himself and add more and more resistance.
However, there was one thing Naruto didn't have… And that was a certain Ice release shinobi who could appear from mirror to mirror and throw ice weapons.
And that's exactly what happened as during the clash, the ice Nin moved around the clearing before flinging waves of ice senbon directly towards Naruto, whom of which quickly flicked his wrist, sending both his and Zabuza's weapons to the side, which in turn had allowed Naruto to use Zabuza's over sized weapon as a shield, protecting him from the ice senbon thrown towards him.
Grinning towards the Kiri ninja, Naruto twisted himself once more, sending a backhand towards Zabuza's ribs, only to feel his wrist impact against the man's leg, before he himself got backhanded across the head, sending him away from Zabuza's taller form.
Moving into a roll whilst going through handsigns, Naruto quickly pushed himself up before gaining a slight bulge in his cheeks before aiming his head towards Zabuza.
"Water style: Gunshot!" Shouted the teen as he splurted over three large sized summon water balls, something that made Zabuza widen his eyes as he began to dodge to the side, only to suddenly come across another Naruto, who was grinning all the while…
Oh, this Naruto also had his cheeks slightly bulging.
"Fire style: Fireball!" Groaned out the other Naruto as he splurted a massive fireball directly at Zabuza, who quickly brought his sword up as a shield, which then exploded on impact, sending him away from Naruto and across the field, only to be caught by Haku once more…
Who then had appeared behind Naruto in a blink of an eye, stabbing the teen in the back of the knee with an ice senbon before twisting around and sending a snapping kick towards the original Naruto's head… Before he suddenly exploded, sending the ice user in another direction from where Zabuza was now.
"You know… If it wasn't for me being able to swap my place with my clones so quick, I'm pretty sure you would easily do much more damage to me than I would like to admit." Spoke Naruto as he stood on another edge of the clearing, his eyes watching both Zabuza and his accomplice Haku, who's mask now held a small fracture from the bottom corner.
Cracking his neck a bit, Naruto let in a slow breath of air enter his lungs as he slowly shut his eyes… Before snapping them wide open, revealing his crimson eyes once more, only this time, his pupil seemed slightly sharpened, something akin to a foxes pupil, before he grinned widely.
"Ikuzo!" Screamed the blond haired teen as he disappeared in a flurry of wind, catching the two older and experienced ninja's slightly off guard… Before Zabuza suddenly blocked a solid punch across his cheek, before another Naruto appeared and kicked him across the head.
Unlucky for Haku, this was also happening too, as the ice ninja was getting a barrage of multiple copies of Naruto, of whom were a lot more durable than regular shadow clones.
Gritting his teeth, Zabuza quickly moved into a spiralling motion, dragging his long blade with him as he sliced anything around him before quickly jumping back onto the ocean water, Naruto hot on his heels with a hand now holding onto an explosive kunai that was being charged.
And with a twist of his wrist, Naruto sent the kunai flying… Before he let out a wide grin.
"Kunai Kage bunshin!" Shouted out Naruto in a powerful tone, where the once lone explosive kunai was now heading towards Zabuza was surrounded by hundreds of similar copies… Which all went off at the same time as Zabuza finished a set of handsigns.
"Water Style: Water dragon!" Replied Zabuza as a massive torrent of water escaped from the ocean below the shinobi's sandals, before the formless water took shape into that of a massive dragon as it smashed into the barrage of kunai that exploded on contact.
Widening his eyes, Naruto raised his arms up towards his chest, before feeling the torrent of water crashing into his form, sending him up higher and higher before seemingly swallowing him in its mouth before changing direction from the sky to the ground.
And as he watched the earth come closer, Naruto narrowed his eyes as he watched the dragon's form still connected with the water down below.
Shutting his eyes, Naruto began to shift his chakra within his body for a moment… Before snapping his eyes open, sending a massive thunderstorm of electricity through the dragon, and back into the ocean below, where a now screaming Zabuza was heard.
Feeling the water around him lose its shape, Naruto quickly began to weave a few handsigns once more, before exploding a massive barrier of chakra around him.
"Water Style: Water vortex!" Shouted the teen once more as he directed the water he was falling with into a vortex like beam which he sent towards Zabuza's partner Haku, who didn't have enough time to dodge the attack as it smashed them into the ground, their form seemingly going limp from unconsciousness.
Finally landing onto the ground below, Naruto glanced up from his crouched position towards Zabuza, who was now more or less a massive, paralysed mess, before standing up and shaking his head a bit.
"You know Zabuza-san. You and your partner could have easily left me alone after having your employer die by my hand. You didn't need to endanger yourself and or your partner for anything." Replied Naruto out loud, getting a small grunt from the man as he tried to walk onto the ground, only to fall flat against the waters surface, his chakra seemingly keeping him above the waters surface.
Lifting his head up from the water, Zabuza gave a shark like grin as blood seeped down from his mouth.
"You… Don't know what lengths… I would go… To be able to save my village kid… I know… You had taken everything… That tyrant had owned…. That would… Have easily helped me… Save my village… From my own tyrant…" Groaned out Zabuza as he felt more blood spill from his mouth, only to watch as the blond haired kid suddenly get surrounded by what appeared to be tens of Kiri shinobi's all seemingly anbu rank as their masks identified them.
Tilting his head, Naruto looked behind him towards the shinobi that decided to drop by, before scratching his head.
"From what I remember, Kiri was in a civil war right now wasn't it? What was the reason?" Asked Naruto in a curious tone, only to watch as the shinobi's stalked towards him with their swords drawn.
Giving another blank look, the teen shrugged his shoulders… Before tapping his foot to the earth, where suddenly, the ground began to glow in a bright colour, blinding all the anbu before they suddenly found themselves dug into the earth, slowly seeping into the ground as Naruto's first original technique, the swamp of the underworld, seemed to appear.
Gaining a grin, Naruto shook his head as he let out a small sigh.
"And I thought anbu were supposed to be smart. Of course, it seems like the rumours we're true, and it seems… That you will all die now… Caio!" Spoke Naruto in a chirpy tone, watching as the once silent anbu squad began screaming as the ground swallowed them whole.
Turning his attention towards Zabuza, the teen shook his head once more before walking up towards his limp form.
Crouching down so that his eyes were slightly eye level with Zabuza's, Naruto gave a crimson eyed stare.
"We need to talk."
(Three days later.)
Minato could only stare towards the document in his hand before glancing up towards a silent but nervous Naruto, who was scratching the back of his head as he avoided eye contact with the hokage, who then glanced over towards his son's side, where a tall, black haired teenage girl stood besides him with a small but pleasant smile.
Returning his eyes back to Naruto, Minato let out a tired groan.
"Please tell me what you just said again."
And done. Enjoy, laters~