A Long Road

by Code Awesome

Naruto has been gone for 5 years and has learned new fighting styles and abilities from a land far away. War and loss has taught him maturity and has left him effected for the rest of his life. How will he deal with his life in Konoha after all he has been through? Naruto/Knight i may incorporate a love interest later in the story.

8. Chapter 8

A Long Road Ch 8

A Naruto Fan Fiction

I do not own Naruto

Ch 8: Assassination

…496, 497, 498, 499, 500. Naruto sat on the grass and took a long drink from his bottle, ever since he got back to the village his exercise had taken a back seat to settling in. He would do another set of pushups after his run, a few laps around the village would be enough. After a quick stretch he started to run at a pace that most would have considered sprinting, he admired the colour of the trees as he went. It was getting late in the year and some of the leaves had started to fall; if he wasn't so hot from his exercising he would have probably needed a thick sweater.

As he ran he couldn't help but think about Tsunade's condition. By the look of her apartment he was undoubtedly going through some emotional stress at the death of her dead friend. She may even be severely depressed for all he knew; all the time he had known her and he still could not read her feelings. He would need to talk to her today about a mission of some sort, if she was alone maybe he would confront her about what he had seen.

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When he approached Tsunade's office Shizune stood from her desk and greeted Naruto. "You got here just in time, I was just about to send for you. Lady Tsunade would like to see you in her office." Naruto would have liked to continue talking for a bit, but she was swamped in paper work and he wouldn't want to be a nuisance. He entered her office and noticed there were several people in the room Shikamaru, Kiba and Asuma. Tsunade was sitting at her desk "Naruto come, I was just briefing them on your mission." "My Mission?" Naruto questioned approaching her desk. "Yes you and Kiba will be running support for Shikamaru and Asuma on an assassination mission. Security is tight so if anything goes wrong you will need to step in and get them out safely." Naruto was taken off balance at the sudden news. "That wont be a problem." "Good. You will leave in the morning before dawn. Now if you will all excuse me I have some work to do." She said dismissing them. They all bowed and turned to leave. "Oh and by the way Naruto," he looked back to face her "failure is not an option." (I know that sounds cliché.)

Asuma came up to Naruto after they had exited the room "Naruto tomorrow you will need to brief me on your strengths in the field. If I cant asses your skills It may cause trouble for the hole group so think about that carefully." "Yes sir." Asuma turned to leave but stoped "And Kakashi told me to tell you that you're a chunin now. Congrats."

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Sorry for the short chapter. The next one will be much longer.

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