Merry hanza-quanza-christica everybody. That is assuming you're reading this in December; almost seven months away.
And yeah,
Hope you enjoy it.
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The rising sun shone brightly against the new morning dew. The seemingly virgin grass smelled lightly of mildew or mold, because of the soaking that the early condensation was bringing upon the grass. This phenomenon was something that the blond haired boy walking towards the east gate of Konoha could observe, being that he had been running on muscle memory alone while he spaced out in quiet contemplation. His mind was thinking of other things, like how he was going to avoid Hatake's future questioning. It would most likely prove to be a problem if he questioned all that Naruto would like to keep a secret.
That being true, Naruto was aware of the fact that he had indeed sparked many not-so-helpful questions within his sensei's, and supposed colleagues' mind. 'Well I guess that I might be able to piss him off; such an additional benefit should not be wasted, now should it?' Naruto asked himself as he slowly neared the hefty wooden entry that was the eastern gate. Naruto soon found his bearings and was not surprised in the slightest to find that his teammates and his sensei to be nearing the open gate as well. Sakura was first to reach the exact meeting place a few meters away from the actual gate. Naruto found himself a few feet away from her-still waiting for his teammate's arrival. Naruto's crimson eyes glistened in the early morning sun as they trailed the winding dirt path and into the eyes of none other than Uchiha Sasuke.
Sakura would have followed Naruto's gaze had she not been staring into the almost feral eyes that had been only part of the mystery that had surrounded itself around the blond. They seemed to be of a mystical source, almost like something from god itself. They were completely natural and yet so unusual as well. She kept staring even as the reddened eyes found their way upon her visage. "You might want to stop staring; your boy-toy is almost here" Naruto stated monotonously. She continued to stare as she registered what he had just said and as his mouth tugged itself into a toothy, feral smile. It was not a large grin-far from it, actually. It was more of an insane, yet enlarged smirk. Sakura just turned her head and started a light fawning warm up consisting of looking at Sasuke with a face that was as red as the bloodied corpse that Naruto was now slightly craving to create. Naruto's canine filled smile faded into a small smirk; if that, as Kakashi neared the group.
When the jonin arrived, he inspected the group and didn't note anything out of order. Naruto was in his normal apparel, minus the cloak. Sasuke was brooding as usual, not in the sense that Naruto was; not in bloodlust. Naruto made Anko and Itachi seem almost human. Almost… Sakura was just completely out of it. She seemed almost as if she was in some sort of daze. Kakashi just brushed it off as the early morning sleepiness that new genin were often tortured with. "Alright, we're moving out, hand your shinobi qualification papers to the two guards and we'll be on our way" Kakashi said cheerily as he walked towards the booth that laid in waiting beside the gate-all three genin in tow.
The two chuunin assigned to foreign affairs at the eastern gate looked up from their paperwork to find a rather odd looking genin cell waiting to be allowed out of Konoha. The men slowly took the pristine white papers from the obvious jonin, then the girl, and then finally the Uchiha. What surprised them was that the container of the kyuubi was also there. Naruto just smirked as they hesitated to clear his passport. Just to freak them out a little, he also added another insane grin to the mix. It had the desired affect as the eyes of the guards widened ever so slightly, indicating their slight panic.
The chuunin quickly gathered themselves and hurriedly stamped his pass indicating his clearance. Naruto just walked back to his group who were now meeting their client. Naruto didn't know the mission details even though his team 'leader' and company did. This is because of the fact that he had skipped their last meeting. Naruto just figured that he'd find out eventually. "So, we'll be the ones to be escorting you to the land of waves Mr. Tazuna." 'Ah, I see, an escort mission.' Naruto thought as he approached his group-not including Kakashi who was apparently filling Tazuna in on some of the things the cell was authorized and not authorized to do. The team was making the appropriate final preparations for the mission when a loud outburst from the old man now identified as Tazuna interrupted the silent readiness. "You assigned these runts to protect ME?!" he began. "Look at them; piti-" his rant was interrupted by a loud whining noise followed by a choking amount of killing intent. Every movement made by anyone in the immediate area felt heavy and more energy consuming. Kakashi was shocked and found the cause of the killing intent only by chance. Naruto was glaring intently with his gnarly crimson eyes at the man that had insulted everything that he stood for.
His hand outstretched, he flicked his wrist towards his body, using the metal wire connected to the kunai that he had just thrown to fling it back into his awaiting hand. Tazuna brought his hand up to his now bleeding face and lightly palmed his shallow yet elongated cut. Naruto flipped the slightly bloodied kunai in his hand; still glaring at the man as he began. "It isn't wise to insult shinobi, your liable to be killed" Naruto's eyes pulsed slightly as the last word rolled off of his tongue. A shiver made its way down the man's spine as he watched the boy; mesmerized by his uncultivated eyes and the way he flipped his kunai; it was as if it was an extension of his own body. "Naruto! What in the hell are you thinking, you DO NOT attack the client!" Kakashi stated with authority. Naruto just smirked lightly as he walked past his shocked teammates and onto the dirt trail leading out of the village. He flipped the kunai back into his holster and allowed the metal wire to twist back into his thigh pouch. Sasuke soon regained his composure and with a small "hnn", made his way toward Naruto. Sakura was not far behind Sasuke, instinctively following him like a lost puppy. Kakashi just sighed at his protégés' behavior even if he wanted to do just as Naruto had. Tazuna was the last to follow as he began to complain about his recently inflicted wound, although making sure to keep the volume down enough to stop the noise from reaching the ears of the character that had inflicted the damage.
As the team walked, the members of the cell continuously searched for an enemy that never arrived. The mission went on without a hitch. Naruto was currently in the back of the group next to Kakashi, who had asked for Naruto to speak to him in private. 'Here it comes…' "Naruto, you have shown some abilities that you should not even be able to understand, I need an explanation and a good one." He then continued: "I also see that you have taken on some… odd, developments…" "If the kyuubi has broken or weakened the seal I need to know immediately in order to-" "I assure you Kakashi" Naruto interrupted. "Everything is under control; you need not concern yourself of matters that you cannot begin to comprehend" Naruto stated coolly. Kakashi's anger was stroked slightly at Naruto's nonchalant attitude about something that had caused so much pain and suffering upon him and so many others. It also pissed him off to no end that he would just pretend that he was an ineffectual interference that had no merit what-so-ever. "Let me rephrase that" Kakashi started. "You WILL tell me the current situation concerning the demon and you WILL tell me how you learned the rasengan." Naruto just smirked as he proceeded to walk away; allowing his hand to rise up and resurrect his middle finger from on top of his palm and into a strait position above his hand, effectively damning Kakashi to hell.
Kakashi would have been quick to discipline or otherwise maim his utterly disrespectful student had the group not been attacked at that very moment by two enemy ninja.
The two wore similar outfits with gas masks and the black and grey camouflage clothing. Perhaps the most pronounced asset of theirs was the fact that their weapon of choice was a large metal bladed chain that connected to each of their metal spiked gauntlets. Naruto was first to react as he quickly grabbed a scroll from his thigh pouch before throwing it up into the air as it unraveled around him. After a quick hand seal his hand blade was revived from the scroll and was quickly slipped onto Naruto's hand as he swiped the main roll from the air and with a quick flick of his wrist, the entire scroll was rolled back into perfection. This took all of about four seconds; enough time to allow Kakashi to be shredded to bloody bits, for Sasuke to almost be chopped in half, and Sakura to get into position to be of no help to Tazuna. The good news was that Sasuke had managed to pin the bladed chain into a tree, even though the demon brothers had been able to break the chain and gain mobility yet again.
One of the two nins thought it a good idea to make a broad swipe at Naruto's chest and head. Naruto ducked out of the way and was able to land a palm strike to the man's own chest. Naruto then detached the blade from within the palm of the glove. There was a scream of pain as the man fell to the ground, a deep gash adorning the man's middle. Blood sprayed from the man's excruciatingly deep cut as Naruto ran with deadly speed to the next enemy that was about to crush Sasuke, Sakura, and Tazuna in one swipe.
The ninja was forced into the air by a bone crushing kick to the chin from Naruto who was now in front of the group huddled together seemingly for protection of the one behind. Naruto disappeared into nothingness as he reappeared above the dazed shinobi. One final kick to the face later and the mist nin was descending to the ground at an extremely fast rate. Naruto was apparently not satisfied. He disappeared yet again to appear on the ground right next to the approximate landing spot of the nin. As the ninja finally approached the ground, Naruto proceeded to spring the blade back into existence and into the nin's face and throat. The body was cleaved into a bloody mound as the blade continued to be the edge that the carcass split off of. After the body was cleanly, or not, cut in half, the visage of Naruto became visible to his now traumatized teammates. His grin was wide, with blood that was not his own slowly flowing down his face and down his canines. His tongue ravaged his lips trying to taste as much of the red liquid as possible before it could drip down onto the ground.
After a few moments of pleasure, Naruto retracted the hand blade and made his way to his team. "Next time, try not to get yourselves killed, I will most likely not be there to save you" was all that he said to them as he walked to the only demon brother left alive. Kakashi was already at the scene tying the man down to a tree and making sure that he would live long enough for interrogation: barely.
Kakashi had seen the entire fight; and he was even more baffled. Naruto was portraying skills and techniques that were of jonin level and skill. The one question in everybody's mind though was the most nagging of all: Who exactly is Uzumaki Naruto?
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Whew, it is done.
I knocked this entire thing out at twelve o' clock at night. I don't consider that late but I normally do it in chunks and not at once.
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IMPORTANT NOTE: I am going to do a poll for a new name for my fic and so it would be cool for all who read this to vote. If you don't like the choices listed just let me know what you like and I will either add it to the list (if you can do that) or figure out which one I like best.
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