Naruto Chronicles: Legacy of Corvinus

Ch. 4

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Chapter Start…

The reality of doing missions was not what Team 7 had been expecting. All they had been doing was painting fences, babysitting kids for members of the council, pulling weeds, walking dogs, and chasing the Daimyo's wife's dreaded cat, Tora.

Out of every mission that Team 7 suffered through, that cat was the worst of the worst. Speaking of that dreadful mission, it seems that Team 7 would be the unlucky souls to chase Tora down…again.

Kakashi crouched down into his hiding spot and said, "Team, are you in position?"

Sasuke calmly replied, "This is the Crow. I'm in position and glad I didn't get a stupid name."

Naruto giggled and said, "This is the Red Fox. I'm in position and ready to go."

Sakura growled as she said, "This is the Howler Monkey. I'm in position and Cairo, I hate you so much."

Kakashi heard Cairo snicker as he said, "You act as if I care or something. This is the Silver Fox. I'm ready when you are."

Kakashi bit back his laugh and said, "Move in on the target!"

The four gennin quickly jumped from their positions and circled Tora. Sakura managed to grab the cat, but Tora retaliated by furiously swiping at her face.

Cairo, who didn't want to waste any more time, pulled out a flute and played a haunting tune. Almost instantly, Tora jumped away from Sakura and walked over to Cairo.

Cairo picked up the cat and said, "Let's get back to the Hokage's office and wrap this mission up."

Naruto just snickered and said, "I don't think Sakura's face can take much more damage."

Sasuke just gave her a look and said, "I personally think it's an improvement over her normal self."

Naruto suddenly whipped out a kunai and pointed it at Sasuke's throat.

"Who are you and what the hell did you do with Sasuke Uchiha!?"

Sasuke was completely confused. "Dobe, what are you talking about? I am Sasuke Uchiha, you idiot."

Naruto just dropped his kunai and let out a sigh of relief. "Sorry about that. It's just that in all my time of knowing you, you've never told a joke."

Sasuke just waved him off. "Don't worry about it. Let's just get this cat back to its owner."

Later…

When they arrived at the Hokage's office, the Daimyo's wife had been awaiting her precious Tora's return. When Team 7 entered the room, Madame Shinji grabbed the cat and started squeezing it to death. "Oh Tora, mommy's been missing you so much. Thank heavens these nice shinobi brought you back."

Cairo couldn't take any more of this torture and cleared his throat. "Madame Shinji, I think I know why Tora keeps running away. Whenever you hug her, you squeeze her too hard. Normally, she'd just try to avoid you until she felt better. However, I'm going to guess that you like to keep her inside."

The Daimyo's wife simply nodded. Cairo gently placed a hand on her arm and said, "Tora is more of an outside cat. Her species mostly likes to be outside where they can exercise and get plenty of fresh air."

Madame Shinji contemplated this before asking, "What is your name, young man?"

Cairo bowed before saying, "Cairo Uzumaki-Corvinus at your service, Madame."

The lady nodded before saying, "Thank you for telling me this. I never realized that I my actions were really pushing Tora away. Thanks to you, I know what I need to work on to strengthen our relationship. I won't forget what you've done for me, Uzumaki-kun. In fact, I think I'll let Tora venture within Konoha a little more from now on."

As the fire lord's wife left the room, Sarutobi coughed and said, "I can't believe it. We actually might not have to deal with Tora, anymore. Kakashi, I'm awarding your team an A-ranked pay for possibly solving one of the biggest problems Konoha has ever faced."

He then wrote something down and continued, "Now, I assume that you want another D-Ranked mission."

Before he could select another scroll from the mission pile, Kakashi quickly said, "Actually, I think the team might be ready for a C-Ranked mission."

Sarutobi shuffled through the stack of missions before locating a specific scroll. "I believe that a simple escort mission should be easy enough for your team to handle. Iruka-san, please bring Tazuna to the office."

A moment later, Iruka walked in with a man wearing a straw hat. Naruto sniffed the air and thought, "Does he bathe in sake? Kami-sama, this guy reeks!"

Cairo nodded in disgust. "If I had any low-level suiton techniques, I'd give him a good shower and a mouth rinse."

Tazuna looked at the team and said, "I thought I was getting a team of ninjas. All I see is a Cyclops, a kid in need of a better haircut, two blondes who look like they're going to a rave, and an ironing board with a pink sheet draped over it."

Kakashi had been called by that name before and didn't really mind. Sasuke just ignored the comment and pulled a tomato from only he knows where.

The twins looked each other over a few times before giving each other an approving thumbs up and grin. They actually liked the concept of looking like a pair of ravers.

The only person who took offence to the man's comment was Sakura. As soon as she tried to lunge for Tazuna, Naruto stealthily tripped her and said, "Killing the client would be bad for business. Anyway, you should at least be glad that he didn't say anything worse."

Sakura just huffed as Kakashi said, "Team, gear up and meet at the gates in two hours." Before he could even blink, the twins vanished without a trace.

Namikaze mansion…

As soon as the twins touched down in the living room, Cairo walked over to a large wall and pressed his hand in the center. Suddenly, a green light ran across his hand before a female voice said, "Hand print: recognized. Please enter vocal recognition."

Cairo cleared his throat and said, "Music is nothing more than a humane method of mind control."

The computerized voice smoothly said, "Vocal recognition: accepted. Welcome to the vault Cairo."

The wall then moved away to reveal a large room that was stocked with weapons and medical supplies. Naruto followed his brother into the room and grabbed a gun holster and a pair of M-16s. He then grabbed a pair of sawed-off shotguns; two PM63s, two CZ75s, and a pair of M9s.

Cairo snorted and said, "That's just overkill for a simple escort mission."

Naruto chuckled and said, "This isn't for the mission. This one's set for something else."

Cairo grabbed two of everything as well as some ammo rounds and stored it all in an empty scroll. He then grabbed a pair of scrolls labeled 'C-Rank'.

Naruto grabbed his own scrolls before walking to the kitchen and shouting, "For the love of Kami-hime, don't do that on the table! People have to eat there!"

Cairo sealed up the room before running into the kitchen to see what made Naruto scream. When he opened the door, he was shocked to see Lucian and Sonja wrapped in each other's arms on the kitchen table.

The horrifying part of the moment was that Sonja's new kimono was slightly open and Lucian wasn't wearing a shirt. Cairo covered his eyes and said, "We came to tell you that we're going on a mission and won't be back for a few weeks."

He then turned back to the door and said, "Let's get moving, Naruto. And you two need to move this out of the kitchen."

As soon as the twins were gone, Lucian smirked and said, "We're not leaving the kitchen yet, are we?"

Sonja just gave him a playful grin. "This top is already loose. We might as well finish what we started."

Konoha gates…

Once everyone was gathered at the gate, Kakashi calmly said, "We're going to form up in a star formation. I'll be taking the center front position. Naruto, take the frontal left position. Cairo, I need you on the frontal right position. Sasuke, you'll take point behind Naruto while Sakura takes the final position behind Cairo. Tazuna-san, under no circumstances should you leave the center of this formation. Does everyone understand?"

With a nod from everyone, the group set out on their mission. About an hour later, the group passed a puddle in the middle of the road.

As soon as they passed it, a pair of nuke-nin rose from the puddle and wrapped Kakashi in a spiked chain. With a hard tug, Kakashi was shredded to pieces. One of the nuke-nin scoffed and said, "That makes one. Let's take out the rest."

They were about to go for two when everything started to feel cold and heavy. Before either could react, the twins had kicked them both into a large tree.

Sasuke quickly whipped out a shuriken and launched it at the chain, causing it to get stuck to the very same tree. He then tossed a kunai into the hole of the shuriken so that the nuke-nin wouldn't be able to get away from the tree.

Just as they were about to separate from the chain, Cairo shouted, "Hyōton: Creeping frost jutsu!" He then blew out a cold breath that rapidly encased the chain in ice. Within a few seconds, the nuke-nins' arms and feet were completely frozen.

Cairo walked up to them and held up a hand sign. "Tell me why you're here before I make the ice spread."

The nuke-nin growled in defiance. "I'm not telling you anything, punk."

Naruto gave a dark chuckle and said, "That's fine by me. I can just get the info another way. By the way, you can come out now, Kakashi-sensei."

Said Jonin appeared from the tree line and said, "Good work, you guys. Naruto, how do you plan on making him talk?"

Naruto turned to Kakashi and showed him that his normally bright blue eyes were giving off a menacing glow as well as the whites of his eyes being completely black. "Who said anything about him talking?"

With that being said, Naruto opened his mouth to reveal a set of very sharp fangs before plunging them into the nuke-nin's arm.

From the movement of Naruto's throat, Kakashi could tell that he was drinking the rogue ninja's blood.

Everyone watching, sans Cairo, had different reactions. Sakura was wierded out by the action and thought Naruto was some kind of monster, Tazuna just wrote it off as some kind of special ninja power, Kakashi paid it no heed because he knew what Naruto was doing, and Sasuke could only stare in shock and confusion. He then looked repeatedly at the twins and thought, "Just who or what are you two?"

After only a few seconds of drinking, Naruto released the man's arm and said, "These men are Gozu and Miezu, the Demon brothers of Kirigakure. They work for a man named Gato who really doesn't want Tazuna-san to finish his bridge."

Kakashi nodded and said, "Good work, Naruto. Team, it seems that this mission is well beyond the parameters of what we agreed to. This is now a high A-Ranked mission."

Tazuna sighed and said, "I'm sorry for deceiving you all. It's just that our country is so poor that we could only afford a C-Ranked mission."

Kakashi looked at his students and asked, "Personally, I think we should turn back. However, I'll let you all make that decision. Do we continue on or should we abandon the mission?"

Naruto scoffed and said, "I intend to keep going. Gato's bleeding an innocent country dry and I refuse to stand by and do nothing."

Cairo nodded and cracked his knuckles. "Count me in. Fat, corrupted pigs like Gato need to learn that they can't escape justice."

Sasuke just grunted and said, "I'm going too. Someone has to make sure these two don't get killed."

Sakura looked at Sasuke and said, "If Sasuke-kun is going, I'm going too."

Kakashi turned to Tazuna and gave an eye-smile. "It looks like we're taking you home, Tazuna-san."

The bridge builder bowed and said, "Thank you all for this. I promise to reimburse your village for this mission once Nami gets back on its feet."

Kakashi nodded and said, "Team, fall back into formation. We're moving out."

Later: bridge site…

After arriving at the incomplete bridge, Naruto whistled and said, "That's a mighty big bridge."

Tazuna smiled and said, "It's my pride and joy. Once it's finished, it will open a trade route directly with Hi no Kuni…"

"…and Gato's grip on Nami will crumble," finished Cairo. "Tyrant's like Gato can't be allowed to roam free."

"Tazuna-san, we'll defend you no matter how dangerous this mission gets. You are going to finish this bridge even if I have to use myself as a human shield while you lay down the last brick," said Naruto with a fierce determination.

Tazuna turned to Kakashi and said, "What's got him so serious?"

Kakashi sighed and said, "His uncle was once a slave who fought tooth and nail for his freedom. I can understand why he's so determined to free your people. He doesn't like seeing innocent people suffer."

Sasuke just looked at Naruto and thought, "Is this what Itachi sees in you? Is your desire to protect people what makes you strong?"

He decided to file the question away for another time. This wasn't the time or place to get distracted by lingering thoughts.

Suddenly, everyone heard a noise coming from the bushes. Thinking quickly, Naruto whipped out a kunai and tossed it at the tree.

He then walked into the bushes and came back out holding a white rabbit in his arms. "Tell me that I'm not the only one who sees what's wrong about this rabbit. No offense, Rabbit-san," he said.

The boys of the team looked at the rabbit and took in its white coat. Suddenly, Kakashi, Cairo, and Sasuke all said, "This is a snowshoe hare…"

"…in the middle of the spring…"

"…with white fur instead of brown," in that order.

Sakura looked at the group and said, "I don't get what's so weird about a white rabbit."

Cairo facepalmed and said, "Take a close look at this animal, you twit. It's a snowy rabbit with white fur in the middle of the spring season. Its fur should be brown instead of white."

Somehow, Sakura managed to catch on to what he was saying. "Wouldn't that mean that someone raised it to be an indoor pet?"

Naruto sighed in relief. "And the last horse crosses the finish line. Obviously, this rabbit is a domesticated animal. However, it had to be raised inside in a cold area for its fur to stay white like this."

Cairo nodded and added, "That means that there was someone in those bushes who used this rabbit for a substitution."

Suddenly, Kakashi's ears picked up the sound of something large coming their way. "Duck!"

Sasuke managed to pull Tazuna to the ground with the rest of the team just in time for a large zanbatō to fly over their heads. Naruto looked at the make of the blade and said, "So, he really is here if that blade's anything to go by. Kakashi-sensei, we've got a severe problem on our hands."

Sasuke looked at Naruto and said, "What's got you on edge?"

Suddenly, a slightly deep and edgy voice said, "Oh, I'm guessing that would be me."

Everyone looked up at the blade to see a man with bandages wrapped around his mouth standing on the blade.

"So kid," he said, "how exactly did you know about this blade? That's something I wouldn't expect from some greenhorn gennin."

Naruto growled and said, "I'm not just some greenhorn gennin."

Cairo nodded and said, "We were actually smart enough to pick up a Bingo Book. You're wanted for the failed coup de teat against the Mizukage, Yagura. Any decent shinobi worth his kunai knows the name of Zabuza Momochi, the Kirigakure no Kijin."

Zabuza laughed and said, "It looks like someone is well informed about me. You have some impressive kids under your belt, Sharingan no Kakashi."

Sasuke looked at his sensei and thought, "Sharingan? Is Kakashi-sensei an Uchiha?"

Sensing Sasuke's thoughts, Naruto calmly said, "He's not an Uchiha. One of your clansmen gave him their eye when Kakashi lost his on a mission."

Zabuza grabbed his blade as he jumped down from the tree. "I really don't like the idea of killing a bunch of kids, but I have a job to do. Suiton: Kirigakure no jutsu."

Almost instantly, the entire area became enclosed in a dense fog. Zabuza's voice then rang out, "The human body has eight vital points that cause instant death when hit. Now, which spot should I aim for?"

In the midst of the fog, Sasuke could feel the KI that Zabuza was pouring on the team. "It feels like someone's crushing my very soul under a large force. I don't think I can take much more of it. Maybe it would be better if…"

He started to aim a kunai at his throat when Kakashi said, "Sasuke, you need to calm down. I won't let any of my friends be killed."

Naruto grabbed the kunai from him and said, "You need to sit down, Sasuke. Let me and Cairo deal with the pressure."

As Sasuke took a seat on the bridge, Naruto and Cairo flooded enough KI to neutralize Zabuza's own. Cairo then whipped out his Sais and said, "Sensei, you have to keep closer to Tazuna-san than the rest of us. Zabuza is a master of the Muon Satsujin. If we're not careful, this mission will be over in a flash."

Zabuza laughed from within the mist and said, "You're pretty sharp, kid. Sadly, your mission is already over."