Disclaimer: Does it look like I care?looks in mirror Crap it does!Slams bathroom door I can't go around looking like this!


A figure suddenly drops from the forest behind Naruto. It instantly grabs him in a strangle hold with one hand and has a kunai in the other that was held at Naruto's neck.

"You should really pay attention to your surroundings" the man says looking down at Naruto, he is wearing only pure black clothing and has a hood over his head, and then whispered in his ear," But that will not matter anyways because you're not going to be around much longer."

"Now hand over the bride builder or well, "he jerked the kunai closer to Naruto's neck," you can probably guess."

"Do you really think we're that stupid?" Naruto asked, he pulled up his right hand, the hand that had been hit a moment ago. "You see my hand here? Just a second ago the two ninja pined to the tree over there hit me with one of their claws," Naruto spoke," look at my hand now, completely fine, no one heals that fast." He said the last part as a fact, the coldness of how he spoke sent chills down a few of the genins backs. "It is you who should pay attention to their surroundings!" At that Naruto disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

At the same time the demon brothers got free from the kunai that bound their chains to the tree and made a rush for Tazuna. Sasuke, Kiba, and Akamaru got ready to attack them and Sakura got in front of Tazuna to protect him. Naruto is then seen jump from the trees right behind the mystery man.

Immediately Kakashi reappears in the road and intercepts the demon brothers by clothes lining them, one in each arm. Simultaneously, Naruto is trying to engage the man who jumped him. But, before he came fight him, a strange woodish growth appears out of the ground and rapes around the hooded figure. Out of this object appears Kurenai, Naruto and any of the other genin that notice look at the spot that she was occupying just second earlier and see that she has moved.

"If so would be so kind as to not move," Kurenai said as she put a kunai to the hooded man's neck, just the same as he did to Naruto. She had then, before anyone could blink, tied him up and dropped him on the ground. She then turned around to face Naruto. "Naruto, that was dangerous to try and attack a shinobi, by his skill he is at least a Jounin."

"I understand, but I believe that doing nothing would be worse and also I had-"At this point Naruto was cut off by to clones that had jumped out of the treetops above and as the first landed, it did so on Naruto and dispelled the one on the ground and was dispelled by the second. "-backup plain."

With this revealed it was no surprise to say that Sakura was floored at her teammates fore thought, Sasuke was only interested in the fact that Naruto had planned become a hostage and Shino, Kiba, and Hinata were stunned that he knew kage-bunshin, though not knowing the name, and how Kakashi was still alive.

"Naruto, how did you know to make a, I mean three, Kage-Bunshin?" Kurenai asked curious of his plan.

"When I bent down to wash my face I notice that not only did not cool me down like I hoped but my face was still completely dry. The only thing I could think of was that the puddle was not there, my assumption that it was a genjutsu." Kurenai nodded accepting that as plausible and move to interrogate the demon brothers.

"Now, you two, get to talking", Kurenai commands of the two demon brothers, and nudges them with her foot, only to have them disperse into to logs.

Kakashi instant confronts the hood ninja. Before he could pull back the hood, a large red spot was seen on the cloak, looking closely it was noticeable that this was growing and contently placed over the heart.

"Shit! He stabbed himself!" Kakashi placed his hand over the wound to stop the bleeding but instead of making contact with the chest, his hand went straight to the ground. Pulling away, he watched the body just melted away into a reddish-brown mush.

"Damn, a mud clone, no, that is to dark of a red to be only mud," Kakashi bent down to examine the substance and took a waif of the smell that came from the pool of mush," smells of … blood. It's a human clone, it requres the use of earth, fire, wind, water and lightning control to create. It also needs a blood sacrifice to have a copy of your DNA to impersonate the subject you want, it takes a lethal blow to kill, and it is complete autonomus, it like creating your own clone." Kakashi spoke.

"How do you know all of this, I'd think that something this would be more common knowledge, but that was never taught in the academy." Spoke the only genie who could be certain that is was never to them, Sakura.

"It is a forbidden technique, and for a reason, the clone is a separate person, not always mimicking the creator's appearance it can be used to reek havoc on someone's life, it cannot be controlled short of hypnosis or mind control, it takes huge chakra reserves to use and unless you master the sister jutsu that allows for the creator to watch though the eyes of the bunshin you will lose all of the memories when it is destroyed." Kurenai explained trying her best to answer the question.

"The ability to use the jutsu is so hard with the need to have near mastery in all of the main areas of elemental charka that very few are able to use it let alone master. There is only one person in Konah to even know the jutsu; this shows what kind of enemy we're facing. " Kakashi said as he slowly turns to Tazuna. "Now to you, Tazuna-san, the ninja clearly stated that they were after you, you mind telling us why, seeing as what could have happened?" Kakashi spoke the last part with a harsh tone and glare and the bridge builder, making Tazuna flinch.

Slowly back up fearfully, Tazuna spoke," I-I-he-I", stopping to calm down, he then began again, slower, " I told you already that I need protection from bandits, what did not mention that the low life Gatou is after me, I only thought that he would send bandits, so I thought that because I could leave out part where I wanted dead so I could afford to make the bridge and not just have protection and to be able to anything with it."

"Now, now, Tazuna why would Gatou be after a drunk like you?" Kakashi asked in a mock worried tone. "Actually, I don't think that anyone would be out to kill you, "Kakashi spoke wryly, and the genin could feel the evil smile. "In fact, I don't even think you need any protection at all! Unless of course, there's something else you never said in the official report." He then turns to face Kurenai and the genin, "on that note, we'll be heading back to Konah, bye!"

And with that the Konah ninja started to make there way home, this happen because everyone there was just playing along with Kakashi, if they thought he was serous even meek little Hinata would have spoken up.

"Wait, please! I can explain!" With that the ninja all stop and turned around and wait for him to speak."

"Then by all means don't let me stop you" Kakashi said as the team returned.

"Gatou is a super bad guy, he decide to take over the shipping of the entire country, that what supports wave country! If we can't stop his monopoly on our lives there will be nothing left, hundreds dead… because I could break Gatou's hold on us." Tazuna said covering his face with one arm.

'Wow, someone lying on pretty thick', the collective group genin thought.

'I guess I've strung him along enough as it is ' Kakashi though," Alright Tazuna we'll help you but if there's anything else your leaving out… well it won't be pretty to say the least."

"Thank you! Our country will be forever in your debt!"