Chapter 2 : S-RANKED MISSION
A\n: Naruto there won't be any Naruto and Minato spar soon, maybe in flashbacks. But I promise you that you will get a good fight of Naruto and Minato in future and that's a promise. Believe it!
Rex4487 sorry to keep you waiting.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. Enjoy reading!
CHAPTER 2
Life in konoha was going steadily. Within a short konoha has recovered from the losses of last war under fourth hokage's guidance. Around seven and half months passed since Minato took the charge. Right now the blond hokage is fighting his worst nightmare...PAPERWORK. To his delight, he heard a knock.
"yes come in"said the hokage looking towards the entrance.
"You called me Min..I mean hokage-sama"said the man.
Minato placed a silencing jutsu and then spoke up"Ah yes Falcon you are assigned a mission to land of lightning. Its an S-ranked mission. You have to infiltrate Kumo and find the mysterious blade called red lightning. The sword was stolen just before the second shinobi war from the fire temple. Which was one of the reason why fire country involved itself in the war. But till now there were no traces of the sword but recently our spies in Kumo has heard about such blade believing it to be red lightning. Your mission is not only retrieve the blade."
After thinking a lot finally the falcon spoke "Can you choose someone else hokage-sama."
"May I know why Naruto"asked Minato.
"Minato nii-chan as you know doctor said Kushina nee-chan will be going in labor in about three weeks. And we are her only family. And I wish to be there for my Nephew when he is born. I want to be the best Uncle." replied Naruto.
"Naruto I can understand but this mission is a very important mission. And you were personally requested by Damiyo-sama. Originally he wanted me to go but since I am hokage I can't go on missions. And not only you have to retrieve the blade but you have to make sure no one find"said Minato who was also not willing to send Naruto but cannot refuse a request by Damiyo.
"What about Ero-Sanin he is a far better choice than me"suggested Naruto
At this both the Namikaze brother began to laugh. Last time Jiraiya was assigned a mission to Suna. The only thing he did there was doing his 'research' and was nearly caught. The mission was compromised because of him. "OK sending him is not a bright idea but"was all Naruto said before Minato cut off "Don't worry about Kushina-chan I will explain her"
"I guess I have no other choice then. When do I have to leave?"asked Naruto
"right now"said Minato
"So I guess the mission is solo then"
"No Naruto you are given a parter for this mission. Right now your partner is at village gates. You maximum have half an hour before you leave"said Minato smiling at him before Naruto disappeared in a shun-shin.
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Meanwhile at village gates..
The two chunnin were doing their guard duty. These two guards were Izurumo and Koteretsu, the eternal guards. Every generation of their families once had done the guard job. Right now the guards were idle.
"You know Koterestu lately nothing has been interesting"said Izurumo
"I know but I am getting a feeling something interesting will show up"said Koterestsu
As the two were talking a figure in shadows was observing the guards.
Uchiha Compound,15 minutes later..
"Konichiwa Mikoto-chan, Have you seen Kimi-chan?"said Naruto
"Konichiwa Naruto-kun. Sorry Naruto-kun she isn't in the compound and I haven't seen her"answered the female Uchiha
"Oh Naruto nii-san I saw Oba-san(aunt) near the village gates"replied the Uchiha heir
"Thanks Itachi-kun and Mikoto-chan, bye I gotta go I am in a hurry"said Naruto before he directed his way towards the village gate.
Village Gates
"Hey Izurumo & Koterestu have you seen Kimi-chan today?"asked Naruto
"Hello Namikaze-sama, we haven't seen Lady Uchiha"replied Izurumo "Koteretsu you?"
"nope"
"Oh, I shall look some other place then" replied Naruto frustrated since he was late for the reporting time. But before he can leave, a Kunai was placed on his neck. "Got you" replied the voice.
Seeing this both the guards began tensed. There was a security breach. 'Uneventful day was much better' thought both guards. Just then Naruto spoke up
"you Know Kimi-chan you have to do better than this"before Naruto poofed in smoke.
"Shadow clone"said Kimito before she can move real Naruto appeared behind her and grabbed her from behind.
"Ah already I am late now"said Naruto looking at time "I was looking for you entire time, I will be leaving for a mission now"
"I know"replied Kimito " Why do you think I am at the village gate ? I am your partner for this mission."
Naruto was too shocked to say anything, he was caught off guard so he just nodded and went outside the village.
"Wait Nar..."said Kimito before running behind Naruto.
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Konoha, two weeks later..
Currently the yondaime was sitting on his chair finishing paperwork. He was having a very tight schedule considering Kushina's pregnancy and upcoming chunin exams. He was remembering his active field duty days and cursing his luck for why he accepted the mantle of hokage. Suddenly entered his room through window.
"Sensei can't you use the door?" questioned the blond
"Doors are for losers. You thing the great sage from Myokuzan will use doors" replied the white haired man in fake hurt manners. Seeing this Minato sweat-dropped.
"Drop it off sensei. What is the matter?"asked Minato
"well last time I told you I have some plans for future.."spoke Jiraiya but was cut off
"Sensei this isn't the ideal time to discuss about your 'research' books"
"Hey I wasn't talking about them Anyway since you wanted it badly" the white haired sage took out a book and put it on hokage's desk "Presenting the Icha Icha Paradise"said Jiraiya with star in his eyes until he collected and turned serious "Besides the matter is about the spy network which I told you earlier. I will be leaving Konoha for 2 years soon"
"How soon"asked Minato
"Actually now"replied Jiraiya
"OK Sensei you can but I am assigning you a mission. You have to find about the whereabouts of Tsunade. It is high time she left the village and lord third didn't do anything about it. But as a shinobi of Konoha she has to resume her duty"
"OK Minato I will have find about Tsunade-hime even if you haven't assigned me. But for convincing her to return is you job"replied Jiraiya before he disappeared again through window.
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In Land of Lightning
"Halt show your I.D. And state your name and reason for entering"said the guard
"I am Rei Uttakata and she is my wife Mito. We are from Land of water and we are here for our honeymoon"replied the now identified Rei.
"OK everything is clear. Enjoy your stay"the guard replied and bend to Rei, said something in his ear and winked at him.
Rei smiled and greeted back the guards then entered to Kumo
The hidden village of clouds was a unique village surrounded by mountains. Most of populations here were shinobi among few civilians. The village was head by Raikage. The current Raikage was a ruthless kage known for his anger issue throughout the entire shinobi world. A,Yondaime Raikage was a powerful kage known for his speed due to his lightning armor and was able to survive fighting yondaime hokage.
Rei and Mito were waling down to find a hotel for their stay. Until they heard some noise. The foreign couple thought to inspect.
"What do you want demon?" said a shopkeeper to a blond girl. The girl had platinum blond hair tied in ponytail. She was wearing a purple dress. The people near her was sending here hate girls. Seeing this Rei spoke up.
"Hey why are you all picking up this pretty little girl"said Rei. The young girl slightly blushed at hearing herself pretty. She looked towards her rescuer. Her rescuer had long white hairs tied in ponytail. He was accompanied by a beautiful red haired woman.
"You seem to be new here. Once you know who she is, you will side with us"said the villager "She is Niibi."hearing this a sad look appeared on the girl's face. Until someone started laughing.
"You mean she is Jinchuriiki of Niibi. So...? You guys are pathetic you don't understand the meaning of jinchuriiki and you are abusing this innocent girl. If not she, then your village might be doomed. Instead you are in forever debt of her, for she is still protecting you by holding up Niibi."said Rei. The audience was now speechless. Not sure what to say now, the crowd dispersed. Rei bend and looked towards the girl. "hey girl are you ok? And What is your name"
"My name is Yugito-Nii" replied the girl happily towards her Saviour. Soon the group attention turned towards the clapping sound behind them.
"Well what you did for Number two was rocking,yo."replied the man bringing his hand in-front " wanna come for tea and my name is Killer Bee."
Hearing this the group gave him a deadpan look. Mito stepped in-front and said "Mito and this is my husband Rei we are sorry for the scene he caused here. We are just here for vacations."
"No need to apologies for the scene on this date, what your husband did was great,yo!"replied Bee
"Oh I think we should leave"said Mito
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The couple soon arrived at a hotel and lodged themselves in. The journey was quite long. Soon tiredness of the trip soon began to overpower Rei and he jumped on the top of the bed.
"I am calling a night. Good night."said Rei yawningly and he was just about to sleep, a pillow his face.
"WHAT THE HELL YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING"shouted Mito.
"Huh sleeping"said Rei when another pillow came to his face "Relax Kimi-chan, what is your problem?"
"Are you insane Naruto? What is my problem? We are here on a mission and because of you our whole mission can be compromised,"
"So What should I do let a small girl be a victim of hate of villagers for being a jinchuriiki and watch them"said shouted Naruto. And he slammed the door and went out. Kimito tried to stop him but it was already late.'Just be safe Naruto' thought Kimito.
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Konoha,hokage tower
Currently the current and former hokage were having discussion. The meeting was called to discuss relating to Kushina's pregnancy. The jinchuriiki's giving birth was a serious problem because during the time of birth the seal of jinchuriiki is least stable meaning with a minute interruption. Kushina was about the time to give birth to her child. So for precaution they were discussing about who to involve and place for delivery.
"So Minato are we clear about the preparations?"asked the old Sarutobi.
"Hai! Not to sound rude Just to make sure will Biwako-sama be able to handle this. Shouldn't she need assistance"asked the blond man.
"Sure she will be fine. She has done delivery twice your age young man"replied the kami of shinobi.
"Thank you third"replied Minato.
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Kumo
Kimito was sitting on bed thinking about she shouldn't be so angry at that time. She knew that Naruto knew what jinchuriiki has to face since Kushina is a jinchuriiki. She was waiting for the Naruto when he will show up so that she could apologies for that. She was busy thinking what Naruto meant to her just then she heard a door bell. She went up to open the door only to find Naruto.
"hey I have found the location of the sword"spoke Naruto "it is located in military facility protected by 5 jounins. We cannot hit them directly since we don't know what have they got, our best chance is to ambush them and take them down one by one. Lets go "said Naruto leaving the room but Kimito stopped him
"Naruto I just want to say I am sor..."said Kimito before Naruto cut her off. "No you were right that tine I was getting emotional. Now lets go."
"wait Naruto I want to say something else"said kimito but Naruto spoke up "Save it for later now hurry" as they moved out of the room.
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Naruto and Kimito arrived at the Military hideout. The night helped them. There was no moon today, the dark was their perfect ambush. They arrived there without any difficulty. They stopped at seeing the guard at gate. From his appearance he was jounin. Kimito thought of plan to distract the guard and went up to the guard and cried.
"Hey Handsome wanna have some fun"said the girl. The guard was reluctant still don't want to miss the chance as the girl was damn sexy. They arrived behind the nearby tree where they settled down. The girl offered him a drink which he drank happily. When the man was about to kiss the girl, he lost conscious and fell down.
"Hey get off me shrimp"said Kimito as she kicked the guard from away from her. "one down four more two go"
Naruto and Kimito entered the building. There were many weapons there from A-class to S-class. The duo decided to split and take down enemy nin. Naruto swiftly took down one enemy when the other saw him. The enemy nin threw Kunai towards Naruto which he did easily avoided but they weren't any ordinary Kunai They were explosive attached to it. As soon as Naruto dodged it the Kunai exploded leaving thee entire area in explosion dust. Seeing this view the nin smirked feeling satisfied he went to confirm but as was just about to look Naruto when two hands came from the earth and held his legs. The Naruto in-front of him disappeared in a poof only for real Naruto to appear from behind him and knock him off.
With Kimito
She began searching the area. As she was searching the weapon room she came across the many S-ranked weapons but among them she saw some rare weapons which was considered to be a myth. These weapons were weapons wielded by sage of six paths himself. She remembered them from the memories of her childhood where she being the daughter of Uchiha clan leader was taught all about clan secrets and other historical things. The moment she approached them, a Kunai came in her direction if not her reflex she could be dead.
"Intruder! I don't know how you got this far but definitely this is your last stop before your afterlife."said the nin as came running towards Kimito. "Doton: Yomi Numa( Earth release: swamp of the underworld)"said the ninja when entire land turned into swampland.
'Shit it is very difficult to move now' thought Kimito before she closed her eyes and opened it reveal her matured sharingan.
"So you are an Uchiha"said the Kumo nin "you Konoha scums have called for your death after that I tell the Raikage what Konoha is after"
"Well in that case you are not leaving alive." " katon: Gokakyu no jutsu ( Fire release: Great fireball technique)"shouted Kimito releasing a large ball of flame towards the kumo nin.
"Doton: Doryuheki(Earth Release: Earth Release wall)"as massive wall appeared in-front of him which blocked the upcoming fireball.
The Ninja performed several handsigns but nothing happened then he realised is under a genjutsu. He try to send chakra to release the genjutsu but nothing happened. His eyes widened when he felt a Kunai behind his neck. "How?"
"Well you were under my genjutsu the moment you looked into my eyes. The last jutsu you used I make you believe that you were using little chakra but actually you used most of it."replied Kimito before she inserted the Kunai in his neck.
After disposing his body Kimito met with Naruto.
"hey found something?" she asked Kimito. To which Naruto grinned and showed her the sword.
"Lets go!" said Naruto as they both moved out of the building.
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Naruto and Kimito arrived at the rooms and packed their bags. They began running out of the village. Naruto stopped running when he sensed the presence of three chakra approaching. One of the chakra was huge Naruto deduced it to be jinchuriiki.
"Kimi-chan you go forward. I will be back soon" said Naruto.
"Naruto did you sense someone approaching?"she asked. When Naruto didn't say anything then she spoke " I am not leaving."
Naruto wanted to argue but there wasn't any time left before they will arrive. "OK but be careful the ones who are coming are quite strong." To which Kimito just nodded. Soon the shinobi following them arrived on scene. The shinobi were Killer bee, Darui and C. Killer bee isn't a ordinary shinobi. He is the brother to current Raikage and also the jinchuriiki of Gyuki, believed to have good control over his Bijuu. Darui is the former student of the third Raikage, mastered his technique black lightning and also he is the right hand man of the current Raikage. C is the bodyguard of Raikage.
"You are the same man which I met earlier. So this is your true face"Said the sixteen year old killer bee.
Naruto kept quiet for a while. Then said to Kimito "You take up the Blondie and I will take care of these two and please be safe."
With Naruto
currently Naruto was fighting Killer Bee and Darui. "Katon: Karyu Endan( Fire release: Fire Dragon flame bullet)" said Naruto as enormous ball of flame shaped like dragon erupted from his mouth.
"Suiton: Suijinheki ( Water release : Water encampment wall)" said the jinchuriiki as large water wall neutralized the fire attack. While Darui shurikens towards Naruto which he did dodged. In response Naruto landed a power induced punch on Darui by which Darui fell on the ground. From behind Killer Bee landed a kick on Naruto which Naruto tried to block but was hit by the tail of Gyuki.
"You won't take this sword anywhere, it doesn't belong to you" said Bee.
Naruto threw a smoke bomb and went to attack Bee. Bee already in position to counter Naruto's move but was left surprised when Naruto didn't appear instead he saw a Kunai approaching with a exploding tag attached to it. Bee tried to dodged but before he could, a clone Naruto appeared behind him and held him with the bomb which exploded leading the area into dust. "Well it doesn't belong to you either"
With Kimito
Kimito used her sharingan to predict C's move. Kimito dashed towards C and sending a kick out which was blocked by C's forearm however the impact sent him flying a few feet.
"Shit she's strong"said C to himself narrowing his eyes onto Kimito as she stood there impassive.
" I would like to know how are you here so fast" Kimito said walking towards C who had not gotten himself to his feet and unsheathed his sword.
"We were informed by the fifth guard which you did leave out. I will kill you and restore Kumo's honor"said C while Kimito narrowed her eyes lightly. Yes she forget about the fifth guard at that time.
"Are you a samurai?"asked Kimito
"No"said C before he could say anything further Kimito appeared behind him and landed a punch in his gut sending him flying out to trees and making him unconscious. "Then why the hell you talk about honour"said Kimito.
"Shit I lost so much chakra to maintain the genjutsu"Kimito said to herself "I should go help and help Naruto"
With Naruto
"well it doesn't belong to you neither"said Naruto as smoke cleared only to show a unscratched Bee. "So he does have control over his Bijuu...interesting"said Naruto to himself as he dashed towards the killer Bee for taijutsu battle. Bee unsheathed his blade and move forward to attack Naruto. Naruto also unsheathed the yellow blade and proceeded to slash Bee. The moment before their sword could touch Naruto bend backward and let the slash go in air then attacked Bee. Bee before he could see what happened the blood spurted out of his chest making him kneel down in pain. Naruto turned his back and began to leave. But as he was leaving he heard the chirping of current only to find Darui launching his black lightning attack on him. Naruto noticing there is no time to dodge it closed his eyes to withstand the pain from the attack. But seconds later nothing happened. He opened his eyes only to find Kimito lying on ground. Anger was all over him now long.
Now before the jounin could realise what was going to happen. Ground beneath them shook vigorously and wood branches erupted from ground and captured the kumo jounin. Killer Bee got up and unleashed his full Bijuu mode and tried to resist the bindings on him but nothing worked. Slowly he began loosing his chakra and fell on ground. Naruto in an instant appear in front of Darui and gave him his strongest punch making him crash into woods and lose conscious. The branches began to crush the kumo nin's body until Naruto felt someone calling his name. To his relief the voice was of his companion. Naruto went up to her and laid her on his lap.
"Why did you come in between knowing that you will get hurt?"asked Naruto in broken voice.
"Do you. Remember, what you said to Kakashi at the time to console him"asked Kimito in a very weak voice.
FLASHBACK
"...you should understand that the greatest pleasure one get is protecting what is dear to you even at the cost of your own life..."
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"You should understand that the greatest pleasure one get is protecting what is dear to you even at the cost of our own life. We grew up together, we trained together, we fought together... through time we shared I realised something. I did that not only you are *cough *cough ...my comrade. You should understand by now that you are the one who is dear to me. I did this be..cause...because I love you and I always wil..."spoke the Kimito before she lost conscious. For a brief moment Naruto stayed stunned after that a smile appeared on his face.
Before he could think any further his body sensed 20 shinobi's about 10 miles. With their current speed they will be here in about 5 minutes. With no other option left he performed hand signs for summoning jutsu.
"Summoning Jutsu"
~~~FLASHBACK~~~
Naruto revealed his Mokuton ability to Third hokage. Sarutobi asked him any other secrets you want to tell.
"Well"said Naruto scratching his face "I am the summoner of Falcons."
END FLASHBACK
A large bird appeared about 25 meters in height with thin tapered wings and with sharp pointed claw that was piercing the ground. Body covered with brown feathers.
"Naruto why have you summoned me here"asked the boss falcon.
"Ren-sama my friend over here is critically injured, I want you to reverse summon us there"said Naruto sticking his eyes towards Kimito.
"Naruto only you are allowed at Mount Hayabusa. Since she is not our summoner. I am sorry"replied the falcon summon.
Naruto looked up towards the Ren. Tears flowing from his eyes. "please do as I say"he shouted. For the first time Ren forgot about the rules and just nodded. And that instant they disappeared in poof leaving the place dead silent.
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Five Minutes later...
Raikage arrived at the scene with his top shinobi's. Seeing his guards Darui and C unconscious and beaten up infuriated the leader. But also finding his brother in same condition a volcano of anger burst in him.
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Omake:
This happened around the time when Naruto was 16. Currently Naruto was heading to a casino to see Tsunade. He entered the bar only to see Tsunade in completely drunk state sitting on a casino table losing every bet she placed. Tsunade Senju totally sucked at placing bets. She has a record in losing every bet she placed. While Naruto is close to Tsunade. He has never had any real mother to begin with. So he developed mother type feeling for Tsunade. While Tsunade always think him of his younger brother.
"Tsunade-neechan, how is it going?" asked Naruto cheerily as he sat next to Tsunade.
"oh hey Naruto-kun"greeted Tsunade "lost 5 m...n ryo".
"how much?" confirmed Naruto looking suspicious.
"5 million"relied Tsunade scratching her face and giving him a sheepishly smile.
"WHAT"said Naruto "nee-chan you are a total sucker at betting"he said as a tick mark appeared on her forehead and she punched Naruto.
"so you aren't helping"Tsunade replied as Naruto sighed and got up and went near her.
"OK for the last time I am helping you. But after that no more gambling."said Naruto to which she nodded. "But what I am in getting in return?"he asked.
"How about I teach you how to use super strength since you have perfect chakra control"suggested Tsunade.
"deal"Naruto replied.
Unlike Tsunade, Naruto is very lucky at placing bets. No matter what he choose ultimately that is the outcome. Tsunade placed his entire property on line. Naruto chose no.5 and the dices were rolled and as expected the outcome was 5. The reward they won was worth 7 million ryo.
"Hey Naruto-kun after deducting the debt we still have 2 million so you can have 1million"saintly Tsunade replied.
"Neither I nor you are taking any money. All the money left will be donated to orphanages. Am I clear"said Naruto to which Tsunade reluctantly agreed.
"Besides that what will you do with that money GRANNY Tsunade"he mocked. Tsunade always had fear of growing old and ugly. Hearing this ager filled in her and she used her monstrous strength and flew Naruto.
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