"What the hell!" Naruto stared as the small man (at least he thought it was a man) carried two massive wreaths that said Black Star and Death the Kid respectively. But that is not what scared Naruto. What scared him was the fact that the thing carrying the wreaths wasn't wearing pants. Naruto shook his head "I've got no time for this; I need to meet Shinigami sensei."

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"So you want me to supervise this kid on a mission?" Naruto asked.

Shinigami nodded in confirmation "Yes, the man you are hunting has been a problem for some time now and I thought it would be a great learning experience if a pair of our students had worked with someone who was more experienced."

"So what are the names of the kids I have to look after?" Naruto questioned, thumbing through the file of the killer they were going after.

"Ox Ford and Harvar D. Éclair. Ox is one of the top students in terms of grades, but could use some proper field work, hence why I am having him work with you. No point in having him waste his potential."

Naruto smirked "Top in grades, but with a lack of actual experience." He chuckled softly to himself "Sounds familiar."

Again Shinigami nodded "Which is exactly why you are the one supervising him. If anybody can him out of his focus on studying, it's you."

Naruto snapped the folder shut "You got it boss man. I'll meet him after school and then we can get started."

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Stein relaxed on his chair in front of the class "Class is dismissed." He shot for the door only for the wheels to catch on the door causing the chair to stop suddenly and send him flying into the wall. As he pried himself out his imprint he turned to face the class that was filing out "Except for Ox and Harvar. You two need to stay."

Ox pushed his glasses farther up his nose and said respectfully "Why do we need to stay Professor. I am sure that neither I nor Harvar are in need of any sort of remedial lessons."

Stein looked down at him "No you don't need any extra lessons; however, Shinigami suggested you for a more intense mission."

Both Ox and Harvar began to think about what the mission could be only for both their trains of thought to be interrupted by a loud yelling "WHAT! WHY ARE THEY RECEIVING A SPECIAL MISSION! WHY NOT THE GREAT BLACK STAR!" Black Star had arrived, trailed by a bowing and embarrassed Tsubaki, who was attempting to apologize to everyone at once.

Stein gave him an annoyed look "Because you still need to finish your remedial lessons." Black Star didn't seem to be aware that Stein was talking so instead he turned to Tsubaki "Shinigami wants to see you, something about your brother."

Tsubaki's eyes widened and she grabbed a protesting Black Star and dragged him away. Stein shook his head "Anyway, you two wait here, your supervisor will be here in a few minutes."

Stein left, leaving Ox and Harvar to wait for you ever was supervising their mission. They didn't have to wait long before a blond haired man wearing a tiger patterned jacket stepped into the room and made his way over to the two. "Hello my name is-" he stopped when he got a good look at his students.

Ox and Harvar stared at him as he froze in place. "Is there something wrong" Harvar asked.

Naruto shook his head and refocused "Sorry, I was just, uh" he stared at the two towers that made up Ox's hairstyle and resisted the urge to burst out laughing "admiring your hairstyle. Anyway, my name is Namikaze Naruto, and I will be supervising a particularly dangerous mission."

Both of his current students' eyes widened immensely. Ox excitedly grasped his hand and shook it with vigor "Namikaze! Then you must be related to Minato and Kushina Namikaze."

Naruto nodded as his arm was being pulled out of its socket "Yeah."

"Your mother and father were one of the greatest teams ever. Being a lance meister myself, and seeing how a lance is very similar to a spear, I hope to reach proficiency equal to your mother's" Ox said happily still clutching Naruto's hand in a death grip.

He pried his hand free from the boy's "Yes we better get going." Naruto walked out of the classroom with the young meister and buki following after him.

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Naruto drove through Munich calmly, despite the fact they were looking for a psychotic killer. Ox was looking out his window as Harvar relaxed in the back seat "This is a nice car."

Naruto rubbed the back of his while gripping the steering wheel with the other "Thanks, I bought it so me and my meister wouldn't have to run everywhere. And I liked this car." The car was a black 1968 Pontiac Firebird.

Naruto parked his car and they all got out. It was near midnight so no one would get in the way as they were searching. Naruto turned to face Ox and Harvar "Alright, we all need to stay together so I can keep an eye on you." They both just stared at him "We are looking for somebody extremely dangerous, so if you see anything you have got to tell me." They kept staring.

Naruto sighed "He's right behind me isn't he?" They nodded. Naruto barely jumped out of the way as something crashed into the ground right behind him.

They all got a good look at the murderer they had been sent to deal with. He was around six and a half feet wearing a torn straight jacket over an orange prison jumpsuit. His hair was a dark brown and slicked back, while his eyes shined with a hidden intelligence. But, the most prominent feature on his face was a massive of set of steel jaws placed over the lower part of his face, covered in patches of dried blood.

A stern look appeared on Naruto's face "Man-eater Han I. Baal your soul is" he paused briefly, glancing over at Ox and Harvar "well, his actually."

Ox looked at him in shock "Us, I thought we were just here to observe." Harvar on the other hand had already transformed into his weapon form, throwing himself into his arms of his meister.

Naruto looked at him in confusion "I've already reached my soul requirement; this mission is for you to get some experience." He gave them a grin and thumbs up "Good luck, I'll make sure you don't die."

Han had crossed his arm and was tapping his foot in annoyance. "You know it is very rude to ignore someone" he said in a cultured voice.

"It's also very rude to try to bite someone's head off from behind."

The killer laid his hand on the bottom of the metal jaw "That's a good point. It's only right that I" the jaw sprung open "KILL YOU FACE TO FACE!" He shot forward intent on devouring all three of them.

Naruto leapt to the side and Ox jumped backwards as Han's jaws snapped shut with a loud clang. Relaxing on top of a street lamp that he had landed on top off Naruto cheered for the duo still down on the sidewalk "Come on Ox, Come on Harvar. Take him down."

Ox stared at him "Where did he get the pom-poms."

"Don't look at me; look at the guy trying to kill you!"

Ox barely looked in time to avoid the metal jaws that trimmed at his sweater vest. Ox was backpedaling desperately trying to avoid the snapping jaws. He brought Harvar around crashing him into the metal jaw. The murderer was sent flying into the wall next to them.

"Nice work, but be alert" Naruto called down.

Ox nodded keeping Harvar pointed at the hole they had just knocked into the building. They could hear the shatter of glass and bending of metal. Harvar yelled "UP THERE." He was right as Han had just crashed through a window above them jaw held open wide.

"Use your enemy's weaknesses against him" Naruto called out as Ox barely avoided the falling cannibal.

Han smirked (not that they could see it under his jaw) "I do not have any weaknesses, so you might as well give up and let me devour you child."

Ox realized what Naruto meant "We use lightning."

As they avoided another bite Harvar understood where Ox was going with it "And his jaw is made of metal!"

Han's eyes widened as Ox rammed Harvar into the bottom of the jaw. Lightning arched up the lance into the metal, spreading out all over his body. He began to spasm in pain and smoke began to rise up from his burning clothes. He burst into black strands revealing the kishin egg that lay within in. Harvar gladly devoured it.

Naruto jumped down from his perch walking briskly over to the happy duo "Nice work kids, how about we get…" Naruto froze in mid-sentence. Ox and Harvar stared at him in confusion, noting the somewhat angry look on his face.

"Professor, what's wrong?"

"One I'm not a professor, two get in the car and drive about a mile away. Wait twenty minutes, of I'm not back by then head back to Death City and take care of my car" he said with an edge in his voice.

They both looked ready to argue, but had decided against it. They both got in the car, Harvar driving while Ox took the front seat, and sped away.

Naruto just stood in the middle of the street calmly waiting for the enemy he knew was there. He wasn't disappointed when he heard a cry of "GATSUGA!"

Naruto weaved through the two spinning attacks. They began to slow down revealing the appearance of two feral looking boys, each with fang like marks on their faces.

"Hey there Kiba, Akamaru. How long were you waiting there" Naruto said.

Kiba smirked as Akamaru (who still looked like Kiba) stayed close to the ground ready to attack again "We've been hiding up on that roof there since you got here. Now you've got come with us."

Naruto's fingers sharpened in preparation "Well I've got no intention of going back to Konoha, so you're out of luck."

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"Why did he make us go on without him?"

"I don't know, but I'm sure he had good reason" Harvar said, his hand hovering over the ignition.

Light flooded the car from behind. The meister and buki each turned around to see a spiraling pillar of fire shoot into the sky. Harvar started the car and put it in reverse. He spun the car around and raced down the road, intent on finding what had happened to their teacher.

He stopped the car at the edge of a large smoking crater. As the smoke began to clear they saw Naruto standing silently in the middle. Two bodies were lying in the crater, one a man and the other a massive dog, each of them burned and unconscious, but alive. "Didn't I tell you two to stay put till I came to you."

Harvar regained his focus "Sorry, but we saw the fire and we thought that we should make sure that you were okay."

Naruto looked at them and they nearly flinched at the dark look in his eye. He noticed their discomfort and gave them a large, but fake, grin "Don't worry guys, everything is taken care off. Now get in the car and let's go." They both just nodded and jumped back into the car. Naruto started it up and drove away as fast as he could.

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Kiba shot up out of the bed he was in. He looked around the dark room he had brought to, only for the door to be opened suddenly. "You shouldn't have gone after him alone" Shino said standing in the shadow of the doorway, Hinata nearly invisible behind him.

Kiba glared "I was going to call you."

"You know how powerful Naruto is. You should have called us the second you found him."

"Yeah will it's too late for that isn't it" he said angrily arms crossed over the bandages that covered his torso.

Shino sighed 'Kiba needs to control himself' "Did he say anything?"

Kiba's eyes lost their fire, replaced by sadness "He said that he wouldn't come back to Konoha, not after what happened."

Shino sighed again "Let's head back to Konoha."

"What? We can still get him" Kiba yelled outraged.

Shino glared behind his glasses "You're injured and by now Naruto is back in Death City. Attempting to retrieve him there would bring down the wrath of many powerful people, not to mention Death himself. Tsunade will be disappointed."

Kiba sneered "Then maybe he shouldn't have left in the first place."

*SMACK*

Hinata, who had been staying in the doorway, crossed the room in an instant and smacked Kiba across the face "You know why he left, don't you dare act like he didn't have good reason to leave!"

Kiba looked down in guilt "Yeah." He pushed himself out of the bed "Alright, let's head back home."

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"How did the mission go?"

Stein and Shinigami stood across from Naruto. Ox and Harvar had already left for home leaving Naruto to report the mission. "It went fine, the kids beat the wacko, yadda yadda yadda."

"Any other trouble?"

"No" Naruto said, but the dark look on his face betrayed what he really thought.

Shinigami stared at him "Konoha?"

Naruto wanted to avoid the question, but knew that it would be pointless. "Yes" he answered simply.

"They're attempting to take you back" Shinigami asked.

"Yeah."

"Alright, I think you should head home. You've been through enough tonight."

Naruto nodded and walked away quickly.

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"I failed" Naruto sat in the hospital bed. They had failed to retrieve Sasuke. He had failed on his promise to bring him back. He had failed Sakura.

He had won the fight but someone had hit him from behind, probably Kabuto, and he lost Sasuke. Apparently Sasuke decided to kick him around while he was unconscious. The only thing that made this situation worse was the crying Sakura sitting at the edge of his bed. That's why was surprised when she that she was sorry.

"If I hadn't begged you to go after him *sob* you wouldn't have gotten hurt like that!" Sakura said.

"Don't worry Sakura I'll get him back for you" Naruto said trying to muster up a grin.

Sakura looked at him in confusion "For me?" Her eyes widened as though she just realized something (which she had) "Naruto, I wanted you to get Sasuke back so that we could stay a team. I don't feel that way about Sasuke anymore." Sakura's eyes were down turned and a blush covered her face.

"Then who-" he was caught off as a pair of lips covered his own. His eyes were wide at the sudden turn of events but he slowly sunk into the kiss.

On the building beside the hospital Jiraiya giggled excitedly looking through his telescope into Naruto's room. A fist sent him crashing into the roof.

"I knew that I would find you up here you old pervert. Give them some privacy" Tsunade said cracking her knuckles. Jiraiya rubbed the bump forming on his head, but nodded reluctantly.

"Akatsuki has stopped moving for the time being."

"Your point."

"I want to take Naruto away on a training trip."

Tsunade sighed and rubbed the bridge of her nose "You had to do this right as they got together."

"He needs training and they'll have some time together before we go."

Tsunade nodded reluctantly "You're right, he needs to get stronger."

"I'll ask him" Jiraiya giggled perversely "as soon as they're done."

Tsunade put a Jiraiya shaped imprint into the roof.

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Naruto sighed and took his ring off "I'm not going back there." He laid the ring on his bedside table "Not after what happened."

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Another chapter down and more information on Naruto's past. Reviews are always appreciated. Not sure whether I'm going to update Rave or Stand next, probably Rave.

-Bemmybean