Xanaris: He only told the class a basic history of the Rinnegan and how it compares to the Sharingan or Byakugan. To the rest of the class though he didn't really give them anything.

Rikudou Naruto: Eventually that will happen however neither are skilled enough to do that.

yukicrewger2: I know it's technically 'vectors' with the Rinnegan's Deva abilities however in canon they were introduced as gravity abilities and until Naruto fully learns them and expands on them into more powerful techniques and uses, they will still be referred o as gravity abilities because at the basic level they are at, that's what him and his teachers are believing them to be.

Mesojoe: Good guess as that's almost exactly what I was planning for the blades of his pactio with only a couple differences that I'll keep to myself. Also, the reason Nagato used six bodies even though it was later shown he could use multiple abilities at once was because it gave him the multiple vision ability that made his combat potential even higher. I'd also be willing to bet it was easier to focus on using each ability together through the six bodies than it was using them all in one.

GodShadowEX: Who said Naruto has forgiven the villagers? Just because he hasn't done anything to them and doesn't seem to hate them doesn't mean he's perfectly okay with how they treated him for the first five years of his life. And as for him following his parents to protect the village, that's more of him wanting to live up to their legacy as a powerful Shinobi rather than an obligation or anything. However both he and Eva know that the best way for him to do that would be to go on missions to get some real world experience that he can't get through training under the vampire no matter how much they try. But the only way he's going to be able to leave the village without raising suspicion from Sarutobi would be to do so as a Konoha Shinobi so she's let him join the program under a couple stipulations and is keeping a close eye on the old Kage to make sure he won't try anything.

Celestia GF of the Void: I know what pactios are meant for and I didn't go with a solid version of the Halo beam swords just because they popped into my head. That was just the original idea but I knew that without proper backing or reasoning then it would be a stupid idea so I thought everything over and gave them a way to work for Naruto. If I just wanted Naruto to get a neat sword I could have given him any sword from any game or movie and been done with it. The Halo beam swords popped into my head first so I thought them over first. Even after finalizing my plans for his blades I still went and came up with at least three other perfectly valid ideas that had a full list of pros and cons to them in concerns as to what they were and their ability but in the end I felt my original thought was best so I choose them. One of my other ideas got a slight tweaking and will instead become Sasuke's pactio artifact under a different name even. Trust me, I know what I'm doing.

Authors' Note: I have three things to cover here so let me get them out of the way.

First up is that a couple of you referenced Asura's Wrath as a comparison for Naruto's fighting style. I'm going to be perfectly honest here, I had no idea what anybody was talking about until I looked it up and then saw a couple Youtube clips of the game. When I saw that I can understand where people are drawing comparisons from and that actually made me feel a little depressed. I thought I had something original here. An Asura path focused Rinnegan Naruto that could fight with swords in a couple hands while shooting off chakra lasers or jutsu with others seemed like a pretty badass idea to me so I worked on it until I came up with what I put last chapter. And then while I'm feeling proud of my originality I get reviews telling me that it wasn't that original after all. That depressed me a bit. All that work to be original and it turns out the ideas already been done somewhere else… (T-T) I won't be changing it since just about every fight planned for Naruto revolves around the fighting style but it's still a kick in the ass to my pride and ego.

Second is the reports I'm bashing. No I'm not. I'm making Sarutobi obsessive and manipulating while making Kakashi hateful and obsessive. And before anybody tries to say that is basing then I'm going to counter you by pointing straight at canon Sasuke. In real Naruto canon Sasuke is nothing but obsessive and hateful towards who he wants his revenge on as well as anyone that gets in his way. Now would anybody say Kishimoto is bashing Sasuke in canon? No, I'm far more likely to hear arguments as to why Kishimoto is gay and in love with the character more than anything. So what I'm doing is not bashing. Bashing is openly insulting, mocking and doing whatever possible to put a character down when they don't deserve it. I've had Kakashi toe the line in regards to Naruto himself and I've had both Eva and Naruto insult Sarutobi in private. Is that bashing? No, the two men are just rather obsessive and hateful towards the blond pair.

Finally and most importantly, the reviews (and insults) telling me that it was a stupid move to have Naruto reveal what he could do. First let me point out that Naruto didn't share everything. He told a lot of what he could do for sure but he didn't tell them everything. Now as for why I actually did what I'm repeatedly being told was a stupid move. First off, Eva has a bit of trust for Kakashi based on his relationship to Minato, who she trusted openly. She doesn't know the jonin hates Naruto since she's never met him and can only go off his record and what Minato said about him which is that of a very strong and loyal man of Konoha. As for Sarutobi finding out, well that's simple. He was going to find out through mission reports and possibly seeing the powers directly himself somehow so she saw no reason for Naruto to hide them since knowing about the powers doesn't mean knowing how they work or how to counter them. Plus as I've said and even had Naruto himself say, he has more powers and will have more in the future since he hasn't discovered everything the Rinnegan can do. None of the three powers he's already shown have any sort of relation to each other meaning that the next power Naruto gets could be anything. How do you plan and counter when the enemy can literally do anything imaginable and a few things that aren't? You can't so they saw no reason to hide them from Sarutobi since he'd learn about them anyways.

Also, here's a counter-argument, how is the team supposed to work together correctly when they don't know what their partners can do? In an army a general has a very good grasp on what his troops can do. Maybe not everything, but he knows enough about their skills that he can make appropriate plans and place soldiers where they would work best. As Naruto is now under Kakashi's command, the man needs to know a lot about what his soldiers can do. It's why he sparred against each of them. Had Naruto not paused to explain a little and then obey the jonin's order to explain more, the man still would've learned about the abilities through their spar with the end result being the same only taking longer.

Some tried to argue that anyone trained by Eva, Danzo and Jiraiya wouldn't have given away so much. Well I feel that's countered mostly by what I've already pointed out. He didn't give away everything and a commander needs to know what his subordinates can do. Also, Eva never met Kakashi while Jiraiya and Danzo haven't had any contact with him since before the Kyuubi attack. How are they supposed to know how bitter and hateful he's become when the man hides it from everyone but the Sandaime? Jiraiya's spy network is for everything outside of Konoha and Danzo's Root may keep track of all potential threats but even they could miss something. Plus Kakashi has been loyal which is all Danzo's really concerned with so since the jonin hasn't ever made an actual move against Naruto he hasn't discovered the man's hate for him.

That's everything… I think. Anyways, onto the chapter!

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~Chapter 04 = The First Mission~

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"Man that was boring…" Naruto whined as they left the Inuzuka compound after returning the dogs they had all taken for walks. "When are we going to get some real missions?" The boy asked as Sasuke nodded to his right and Hinata tapped her fingers together on his left. Behind them Kakashi walked with his nose in an orange book and a scowl on his face.

"As a newly formed genin squad these are the missions available to you. Until I deem the three of you a competent team these are the only one's we'll be getting." He explained, masking the hate he had for Naruto's constant complaining about D-ranks. In his mind he felt the demon should be happy it wasn't getting killed just off principle alone and should feel grateful that it was being allowed to work for the village. Sasuke grunted in annoyance as both he and Naruto felt they were ready for the next level while Hinata wasn't so sure and was okay with getting some more training in first. While she felt that Naruto could definitely handle himself and Sasuke likely could as well she didn't think she could yet and didn't want to drag the team down or make her teammates constantly protect her.

"Well fine then. Let's get some more training instead of these chores so we can go on the real missions quicker." Naruto shot back while Kakashi huffed but didn't answer as the team walked into the Hokage Tower to report their 'mission success'. When the secretary greeted them kindly with a smile and let them through Naruto put on his blank stoic face.

"Ah, team seven. Mission complete I presume?" Sarutobi greeted warmly with a smile, inwardly glaring at Naruto. While Sarutobi kept up the kind and grandfatherly façade, he had been planning over the past few months how to get Naruto back under his control. When he had first seen the Rinnegan himself he had to suppress his growl at how powerful the boy was becoming under Evangeline. Yes he needed Naruto to be strong, but only after the boy was indoctrinated to his views and was his loyal pawn. As such he needed to find a way to get Naruto away from Evangeline and then re-educate him to his liking, but thanks to the pactio he had with the vampire he was having trouble thinking of good ideas. Kakashi walked up and handed them man a scroll with the details as the Hokage took it and set it aside with a small sigh. "Would you like another mission or will that be all for today?" The man asked as Kakashi hummed for a moment.

"No I think that will be it for today Hokage-sama." The man replied as the Hokage nodded and dismissed them, one last glance at Naruto as they left. Once outside Kakashi closed his book and looked at his genin. "Alright you three, I'm open for training if you'd like otherwise you're dismissed." He offered as Naruto shrugged.

"I'll go train with master then. She was helping me with something about my Rinnegan I've been working on anyways." The jonin nodded, inwardly pleased 'the demon' didn't take his offer as he wasn't planning on helping him anyways.

"I need some help with a fire jutsu I've been working on." Sasuke said so Kakashi nodded again.

"Alright. Hinata, what about you?" The girl thought for a moment before shaking her head so he shrugged. "Alright but if you want it, I'll be at our team training grounds with Sasuke." He told her before placing a hand on the Uchiha's shoulder and they vanished as he used a Shunshin. Hinata was about to leave before Naruto put a hand on her shoulder.

"Hey wait a sec Hinata." The girl turned around to him as he grinned. "Why not come with me and meet master? She's been wondering if you were going to come around for any help or not and she's kind of curious and wants to meet you too." Naruto told her as the girl nervously fidgeted for a second before nodding her head and following him as he left. Up above Sarutobi scowled as he glanced down from his window. He needed Naruto under his control. And for Evangeline to stop ruining his plans.

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"Hey master, I'm back! And I brought Hinata with me!" Naruto called out as Hinata entered the small cottage and looked around. When Naruto had originally started taking her towards the training grounds she had questioned him about really going to see his master. The boy had just chuckled but told her that she lived past the training grounds as she liked her privacy. Naruto grinned as he led Hinata through the house, noticing the girl was just looking around and eyeing the few dolls that lined the shelves placed around the walls. "Master likes dolls and puppets a lot." He commented as she silently nodded.

"Hey whiskers! Welcome back. Whose your friend?" Chachazero called out as Hinata jumped from the voice appearing out of nowhere. The doll chuckled while Naruto rolled his eyes at her antics.

"Where are you Zero-chan?" He asked as Hinata had even turned on her Byakugan to find the source but couldn't see any chakra source outside of her own and Naruto's immense reserves.

"Aw come on whiskers! You should know me better than that." She taunted as the blond sighed before holding a hand up.

"Ura Kyokusei." (Reverse Polarity) The boy called out as he focused on the small magical signature he had gotten used to from years of living with the doll. The boys' eyes flashed slightly as the small doll was pulled from her hiding spot and flew into his hand. "Got you."

"Cheater! You used jutsu." She whined as Naruto gave the doll a cheesy grin before turning to the stunned Hinata.

"Anyways…" He started to get back on track. "Hinata, this is Chachazero, or as I call her Zero-chan. She's a special living doll master made years ago." The boy introduced as the girl timidly nodded to the green haired doll he was holding. "Zero-chan, this is Hinata Hyuuga. She's one of the teammates I was telling you and master about."

"Yeah, the girl you begged master to help train cause her family's being retarded. I remember." The doll chirped before blinking and tilting her head to the side. "So yer scared of me white eyes?" She asked as Naruto rolled his eyes again. Hinata nervously shook her head slightly so the doll whined in the boys' hand.

"Don't let her names get to you. She nicknames everyone, sometimes insulting and sometimes not."

"Like whiskers here!"

"Yeah…" The boy deadpanned as he was interrupted. Hinata however bent over to get a closer look with her eyes active.

"Th-there's no chakra…" She wondered as she looked over the doll intently with her bloodline. "W-what powers h-her? I-if it's not t-to much t-trouble." She asked as Naruto shrugged.

"Master's power. She doesn't use chakra but something else. It's a little different but the end result is super strong techniques that are just like jutsu." The boy explained as he then held Chachazero up to his face. "Where is master anyways? She would've come up by now."

"In the resort! She was relaxing last I saw her." Naruto blinked before looking to Hinata and then back to Chachazero.

"You think master would mind if I showed Hinata the resort or would she be angry with me?" The blond asked as Hinata looked confused at how they were talking about a resort in the middle of Konoha. How was that possible? The doll bobbed its head back and forth before answering.

"I dunno but if she is angry I'm gonna laugh! Maybe she'll beat you up again!" Naruto sighed, half expecting something in that line of answers from the little doll. "Ya think she might attack white eyes if she is angry?" The blond instantly shook his head.

"No, master only punishes the ones who deserve it. It would be my fault if she gets mad about the resort so I'm the one she'd punish." The boy answered before thinking on it some more and shaking his head as he turned to Hinata. "I guess I'll have to introduce you to master some other time. Sorry." he apologized as Hinata shook her head.

"I-it's okay. I-I'll just head h-home now. S-see you tomorrow N-Naruto-san." She replied before leaving as Naruto sighed and walked into the kitchen to make himself a snack, setting Chachazero on the table as he did.

"Ya know I'm surprised Zero-chan. You didn't threaten Hinata once." He called out as he grabbed the bread for a simple sandwich.

"Are you kidding? She looked scared of me already! I've gotta wait until she's used to me before I do that! That way I can keep her scared longer!" The doll chirped as Naruto stopped to turn and deadpan at the magical creation before shaking his head and going back to his food. He honestly didn't know why the doll liked to have everyone scared of her or why she liked blood and knives so much. Despite living with her for a little over seven years, it had been one mystery the Rinnegan bearer had never figured out. "So, are ya gonna bring her by again whiskers?"

"Maybe, I'm going to ask master about letting her see the resort though first. If she says no then we'll have to actually set a date instead of just bringing her by the next time I get the chance." The boy mused as the doll hummed in agreement behind him.

"Bring who by?" Both Naruto and Chachazero turned to see Evangeline walking up in her usual gothic Lolita styled clothes, this time black, as she hopped into a seat at the table. Both the doll and boy gave her a quick 'hi master' that she waved off. "Bring who by?" She repeated as Naruto finished making his sandwich and took a bite.

"My teammate Hinata." He answered after swallowing the food. "I just brought her by but Zero-chan said you were in the resort and I wasn't sure if it was okay to show that to her or not so I chose not to just to be safe and she went home." He explained as Eva shrugged.

"I wouldn't mind if she saw the resort eventually, so long as she's trustworthy about it. I mean, can you imagine how much I'd be pestered to let people use my resort like you do if word got out that I have an enclosed time-space under my command that runs on a slower yet parallel flow of our time? People, Sarutobi especially, would be demanding I either make another or let them use it as they wish for training purposes alone. That's not even counting the people that would actually want to use it for its original purpose of relaxation." She answered and the boy nodded. It made sense and neither of them wanted to help Sarutobi in any way after everything he had done to them.

"You know, I've been wondering… why can't you make another?" He asked as he sat down across from her.

"Two reasons. One is because I lack the necessary materials for it. It took me a few years to make this one off memory alone and I can't get access to a few of the rarer materials anymore since they can't be found here." She explained. "A couple of the materials were simply items I had with me from the Mundus Magicus when I was sealed here. And two, because it would be too much of a drain on my mind."

"Your mind?"

"Making sure that resort stays in it's perfect condition takes a bit of concentration when it's in use that I can generally ignore. But if I were to add a second then it would be giving me a constant headache and I don't want to deal with that just for some random fools I don't know or care anything about." Naruto nodded his understanding as Evangeline changed the subject. "So how's your time with Hatake coming?" She asked as Naruto slumped in his seat.

"Ugh… boring!" He whined as Chachazero giggled. "When we're together he just has us run teamwork drills or works with Sasuke and Hinata on what he can while giving me a clone to spar with in my taijutsu. Then we go do random chore A for random civilian B and call it a day. After that he'll sometimes offer training but only Sasuke seems to take him up on that since I can just get some better training here with you in the resort and Hinata will head back to her clan for training. It's been two weeks! I'm so bored of this 'job' already. I'd rather just get a real mission but sensei keeps saying until we are a competent team this is all we'll be getting. The old monkey's been acting all cheery and grandfatherly for everyone too which is really annoying since he's just a scheming old fuck." Eva smirked at his irritation and insult at Sarutobi while the doll giggled again.

"Get over it Naruto. Kushina told me she had to deal with the same bullshit back in her genin days, and that was right before a war. In days of peace, those are the basic rules you live by." Eva chided as he groaned from being told he had to deal with the 'missions'.

"If ya want whiskers, I could just start stabbing you. Then you'd get some excitement!" The doll cheered as Naruto just lazily reached over and tipped her to her side. "Hey no fair! Put me back up! Master? Master stop laughing and charge me so I can get him back for that! Come on this isn't funny!"

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"Good morning team seven. Are you ready for another mission?" Sarutobi asked as he looked to see Kakashi enter in without his book for once as Naruto kept his face blank and Sasuke had on his normal aloof look. Hinata stood next to them nervously tapping her fingers as was her normal habit while Kakashi looked down at the three before facing the Hokage. "We have plenty of D-ranks available currently." The old man offered as Sasuke's aloof look changed into a scowl and Naruto's eye twitched before stopping. Even if Sarutobi was doing his best to try and force Naruto to submit, the old man would admit the main reason he loved handing genin their assignments was watching them try to hold back their ire at doing simple chores.

"I believe my team is ready for a C-rank Hokage-sama." Kakashi called so the man raised a brow but nodded his head.

"Alright then." He mused before looking to over a list of available missions and then handing Kakashi a scroll with one he felt they could do. "There is a bridge builder in the waiting room downstairs that wants protection from bandits as he returns home to Nami no Kuni (Land of Waves) to finish his bridge. Your job will be to guard him until the bridge is complete and then return to the village." The man explained so the group nodded as Kakashi looked over the request.

"Okay. Team, pack for a month and then meet me at the south gate in one hour." The man ordered so the genin nodded and left. Kakashi placed the scroll in his pouch and turned to the Hokage as the man gave him a look to explain why he was sending out genin only a couple weeks old on a C-rank already. The fact that one genin was both a jinchuriki and trained to extreme levels for his age being beside the point. "Personally I believe Sasuke is progressing very well and will be able to complete the mission adequately and Hinata will be able to do her part well enough to get by. Loathe as I am to admit it, the demon is already upper chunin level in skill sir. It'll be able to do what's necessary should any trouble come up. The three also work well together save for a few instances where Sasuke tried to one-up the demon and cost them the exercise. It's why I've been training him harder on the side, to help him catch up so that he won't feel inadequate and won't accidentally cost anyone their lives on the job." The man explained as Hiruzen lit his pipe and took a drag of the tobacco.

"I see. Kakashi, if the situation comes up, you are to protect Naruto just as much as your other two students. I know you do not like him but Konoha needs the Kyuubi's power and the Rinnegan is too strong to let go either. Yes, focus on Sasuke's and Hinata's safety more, but don't let Naruto die or be crippled due to your hate." The man ordered as Kakashi grit his teeth but nodded. If it wasn't for the fact he was the perfect man for the job he would've had nothing to do with the demon that took his sensei and the woman he looked up to.

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"Finally! A real mission!" Naruto cheered as he stood by the gate with his pack on the ground next to him. Sasuke grunted with a smirk as Hinata walked up and set her pack down next to the others.

"I agree. Those chores were insulting to an Uchiha." The boy boasted as Naruto rolled his eyes.

"Oh don't start with the almighty Uchiha stuff again Sasuke. Please." Naruto groaned before smirking. "The Uchiha were great and you're pretty skilled yourself but you still can't match up to the eyes of god." The blond taunted as Sasuke growled and looked off to the side as Hinata looked from boy to boy.

"P-please don't fight right n-now. W-we need to be f-focused for the mission." She admonished timidly. Naruto scratched the back of his head as he apologized while Sasuke just sighed and nodded his head. This had become a normal occurrence with the three. Any time Sasuke would start to get a swelled head about his heritage, Naruto would bring him back down by bragging about his eyes which never failed to anger the Uchiha. Then Hinata would jump in asking them to stop and Naruto would apologize while Sasuke would relent because she would usually point out they had other priorities to focus on. "S-so who do y-you think we're g-guarding?" She asked as Sasuke shrugged and Naruto closed his eyes.

"Hokage-sama said a bridge builder so he's probably some strong older guy. I mean, you've gotta have some muscle to work with all the heavy materials that go into construction right?" The blond mused as his teammates glanced at one another before nodding as it made sense. "Do ya think we're gonna have any trouble though?" He asked as Hinata shrugged and Sasuke grunted.

"Hn. Personally I'm hoping we do. I want to test my skills out on someone." Their attention was caught when Kakashi called out to them from down the street and they turned to see him walking up with a man wearing a sleeveless brown shirt and a straw hat. He was also drunk as was obvious from the blush on his cheeks, the strong smell of sake coming off him, and the bottle in his hand. "You were saying about someone strong?" Sasuke remarked dryly in reference to Naruto's comment as he just chuckled in disbelief.

"Everyone, meet Tazuna. He's the man we'll be guarding as he finishes his bridge connecting our two countries." Kakashi introduced as the man took a swig of his drink.

"This is it? When you said you had three skilled ninja under your command I thought I'd be getting someone older than these brats." The man drunkenly mused before glancing at Hinata and Naruto. "What's wrong with their eyes huh? Is the girl blind? And the blond looks like someone hypnotized him." Hinata seemed to shrink into her coat as Naruto face palmed. Sasuke just smirked at their misery while Kakashi waved the questions off.

"She can see fine and the other isn't hypnotized." He replied with the thought of 'Yet.' running through his mind in regards to Naruto. "Their eyes are different due to a special brand of ninja techniques. I have a different eye as well under my headband and Sasuke has the potential to awaken his own special eyes with further training. Don't worry Tazuna-san, everything's fine." He explained before gesturing for the genin to pick up their bags. "But let's get on our way shall we? Nami is a long ways away after all. Sasuke, you take point while I'll follow up behind. Hinata can have the left while the right will be covered by the last member of our group." Kakashi ordered so the genin nodded and got into position around Tazuna as they walked out of the gates, Naruto looking back to the village for a moment before getting a small smile and turning back to watch the path.

"S-something wrong Naruto?" Hinata asked as she caught him looking back. She glanced back herself to see if there was anything there but upon seeing nothing of interest decided to ask the boy. The blond perked up at the question but shook his head.

"No I'm fine. It's just my first time out of the village is all. It's got a kind of novelty to it and stuff. I'll be alright Hinata." The blond replied as Sasuke scoffed ahead and Kakashi rolled his eye. So what if it was your first time out of the village? So long as you do your job right it won't be your last. "Anyways, lets just focus on this right now, protecting the client." Hinata nodded her head with a slight glance back at Konoha as his words had made her realize it was her first time out of the village as well.

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"So he's off on a C-rank to protect some nobody bridge builder from Nami?" Evangeline mused as she read the note Sarutobi had sent her in regards to her conditions for her allowing Naruto to join his forces, the condition of note being she be alerted to any mission C-rank and above he went on. While the man didn't want to tell her anything and hated her, he knew if he refused her demands then he'd simply lock the boy up in her cottage and never let him back out unless she had to. "Heh, looks like not only is he finally on a real mission like he wanted but he gets to see another country. Lucky brat."

"Are you jealous master?" Chachazero asked as the blond girl quirked an eyebrow before shaking her head.

"Not really. I had to go through the same thing with Kushina bragging about her missions so I'm used to it. It's annoying but I'll deal with it." She answered as she set the note down. "I'm more concerned about something happening and Naruto possible freezing up or something. We trained him to be prepared yes but this will be his first time in a real situation. In training he knew we'd never actually kill him. Come close yes, but he would always survive. It doesn't seem like much but losing that single safety net could make him forget everything about his training when the time comes. It's happened to others before. It's something you can never really prepare for, no matter how hard you train or how realistic a situation you're put through. The real thing is always a shock and you may freeze up or forget what to do in those situations." Eva explained as Chachazero tilted her head to the side.

"Then do ya want to check up on him or something?" She asked as Eva shook her head.

"He will be fine with an experienced jonin there." The vampire mused.

"Uh master? You there?" Naruto's voice rang out in her head making her eyes widen.

"Then again I've been wrong before." She muttered before summoning the pactio card and placing it to her head. "What is it brat? I swear to Kami, if you're just bragging then when you get back I'm letting Chachazero give you a three day long torture session." The girl threatened. She could practically feel the fear and despair the boy felt through the link right after.

"No way master! Something actually came up!" He quickly responded so she huffed but told him to explain. "Turns out our client lied about the real danger he was in cause he couldn't afford a higher ranked team. We were attacked by a couple chunin nobodies from Kiri and took care of them easily before interrogating them. Anyways, we found out that the client is really being hunted by some rich business guy that's perfectly okay with sending ninja after him. It was decided we'd continue on because this guy's bridge will save his country. We just want to call for some back-up since we were told who these nobodies work with."

"Which would be who?" Eva asked, both irritated and relieved something had happened that required back up. Irritated because this was meant to be a simple protection detail and now it was far beyond that and relieved because they were smart enough to call for back up. It also meant nobody was hurt.

"A former jonin of Kiri and part of the greatest generation of their famed Seven Swordsman, Zabuza Momochi." Naruto admitted as Evangeline's eyes widened. Kushina had ranted a couple times about Kiri's Seven Ninja Swordsman, mostly as a desire to fight them and see how strong they really were. When Eva had taught Naruto about Kiri she made sure to include the group as well as the bounty profiles on each member of the strongest generation. Zabuza was the third user of his sword, Kubikiribocho, but was also the most skilled person to ever touch it and was hailed as the Demon of the Mist for his actions at his own graduation ceremony. Coupled with his unrivaled stealth skills and mastery over water jutsu and the man was more than a threat to the three genin. "Uh master?"

"S-sorry. Just a little shocked you're going up against him." She shook her head to clear her thoughts before sighing. "I'll inform Sarutobi about this. No doubt he'll send back up, he wouldn't want risk to come to his precious 'weapon'. I'll also inform Danzo and he may send an agent to keep watch from the shadows." The girl told him as Naruto thanked her and cut off the connection.

"What's going on master?" Chachazero asked and Eva looked over to the doll before getting an idea and grinning. Danzo and Sarutobi may both send someone, but that didn't mean she couldn't.

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(Earlier)

Things were silent as the group of five traveled. Sasuke was eager to prove himself so he was looking around with a slight smirk in the hopes of spotting an enemy to attack. Hinata for her part was hoping not to fight but keeping a good look out herself, turning on her bloodline every five minutes for a better view before switching it back off to conserve chakra. Naruto was keeping his own special eyes peeled as he had his Rinnegan active in looking for chakra signatures. He had he chakra to spare so while he couldn't see the energy used by Shinobi as well as Hinata could, he could keep his search on for far longer. Kakashi though…

…he was reading a little orange book and giggling every few seconds.

"So how long have you brats been ninja?" Tazuna asked, both actually curious and eager to end the silence as well. Naruto kept his eyes up as he glanced at the civilian before going back to his search.

"We've been genin for a couple weeks but we've all been training for years before this." The blond admitted. "I can't speak for them but I've been training since I was five."

"Same." Sasuke grunted as he was keeping an ear on the conversation slightly.

"I-I've been t-training l-lightly since three." Hinata admitted as Tazuna looked at her with wide eyes and a shocked look.

"Five? Three? What the hell? You're just kids!" He shouted as Sasuke grunted again and Naruto shrugged.

"Ninja and civilians have different beliefs. You're lives aren't raised and built around a dangerous career choice with what you'd consider super-powers. Ours are. As such it's best to get ourselves used to the powers and the hardships from a young age so that we can better handle them when we're older." Naruto explained before glancing ahead as he could see some small chakra. "Hey Hinata, I think I'm picking up chakra ahead but it's really faint so I'm not sure." Naruto called out as Kakashi finally pulled his attention away from his book while the girl activated her own eyes.

"That's a puddle Naruto. You're eyes must be broken." Sasuke grunted as Hinata gasped.

"No! There's p-people hiding in the w-water!" The girl called out as Kakashi shushed them.

"Quiet!" He hissed while he slowed down slightly but didn't actually stop walking. "They may be after me for my reputation from the war. They may also be after our client or be waiting for someone else entirely. For now, act as if you don't know but be ready to react should they attack. Your priority is Tazuna, got it?" The jonin ordered and the genin nodded, Tazuna suddenly looking scared at how things were possibly going to get heavy in a few seconds.

The group stepped over the puddle with some slight tension but otherwise acted as if things were normal. When nothing happened Tazuna let out a sigh of relief. "For a second I thought-"

"Sensei!" Hinata called out as she had her eyes active to see behind her as Kakashi was suddenly wrapped up by thorn covered chains. Naruto spun around holding a hand out as he aimed at one of the ninja holding the chains.

"Inryoku Myaku!" (Gravity Pulse) He called as his eyes flashed and the ninja was sent flying as the chain snapped. Sasuke quickly spun and tossed kunai at the other making him leap back to his partners side. The two ninja were dressed similarly in that they both had large black cloaks over themselves to hide their full appearance while hey wore large masks over their mouths meant to allow breathing underwater. Around their foreheads were matching headbands with for small wavy lines in a rectangle representing the village of Kiri. "Who are they?" The blond asked as Hinata got into her jyuuken stance in front of Tazuna and Sasuke moved forward to stand ahead of her on her right while Naruto moved forward to do so on her left.

"How the hell did they know we were here?" One of he men asked as the other got up and looked at the genin even as Kakashi pulled the chains off of himself with a scowl.

"Two of my genin possess very special eyes right now. Trying to hide from them was stupid." Kakashi warned as Naruto grinned and Sasuke smirked, both were hoping to fight. The two attackers both grimaced but readied themselves to fight.

"Hand over the old man and nobody has to get hurt!" They shouted in unison and Tazuna took an unconscious step back. Kakashi glanced at the man before looking to his genin and seeing how they were eager to battle. Looking back to the men the jonin chuckled.

"We refuse. Get them." The man calmly ordered as both Naruto and Sasuke let out identical grins and charged in. The two ran forward as Sasuke made hand seals before jumping up as Naruto ran under him.

"Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu!" (Fire Release: Grand Fireball Technique) He called as he launched a fireball at the two. They split apart to dodge but Naruto held his hands up as they both shifted to the rotating lens' of his mechanical form.

"Enerugi Taihou!" (Energy Cannon) From his hands to blue beams shot out that had the attackers gasping in shock before one managed to replace himself with a log while the other took the shot directly in the chest. He was blasted back and crashed against a tree before slumping down unconscious, large burns covering his chest where the laser had struck him. The other reappeared and dashed straight for Hinata and Tazuna but the girl ducked under his opening swing and jabbed him in the arm and side six times and he collapsed to the ground clutching his side howling in pain. Tazuna had stumbled back and while Hinata had a grimace on her face she still stood her ground in case he got back up.

"Very good you three." Kakashi praised as he walked over and knocked the whining one unconscious so that he would be quiet. He then dragged him over to the tree the other one was at and pulled out wire to tie them up. "The fireball distraction and beam attack worked better than it had in practice and Hinata, you kept your calm and disabled your opponent with smooth and precise strikes." The man shared a quick eye smile at two of his students, ignoring the third, before turning his focus back on their two captives. "Now that I get a good look at them, I recognize the two of them. These are Gozu and Meizu, chunin level missing nin from Kiri that go by the moniker of the demon brothers. Now why would they be after a simple bridge builder?" The man mused before getting up and giving Tazuna a blank yet cold stare. "Care to explain that Tazuna-san?"

The man flinched but then looked down and shook his head, seemingly having sobered up from the shock of the attack. "There's someone that doesn't want my bridge completed. I'd be willing to bet my life that he's the one who sent those two after me." He started before sighing. "You see, Nami no Kuni is a shipping country. We get by via the income from shipping our goods all over the world. As we're also an island country, the docks and ships are our lively hood. A couple years ago, a man named Gato showed up."

"You mean Gato of Gato Corporation correct? One of the richest men in the world Gato?" Kakashi interrupted to question and Tazuna nodded.

"The very same. At first when he turned his eye on Nami we were happy. We thought with his business, our country could prosper all the greater. But slowly all the shipping companies were closing down or being bought out until only the ones run by Gato remained. That's when it started. He started charging ridiculous amounts to use his ships, and threatening people that wouldn't pay new taxes he implemented. Anyone that refused was killed publicly. These last couple years Gato solidified his hold over Nami and reduced my home into a poverty stricken country. Since we need ships to get our wares out and survive and Gato owns the ships, we've been reduced to being unable to survive. Eventually I got enough money and people together to start building my bridge. After all, if my bridge is complete, we won't need his ships to send our wares out. We'd be able to escape his oppression. Obviously, Gato doesn't like that. He started threatening me so I put work on the bridge on hold while I scrounged up every last ryo I could and snuck away to Konoha to try and get some help. I couldn't afford a bigger or better team so I lied about the danger. I'm sorry." The man finished as he hung his head. The genin shared looks among each other showing they wanted to help while Kakashi sighed. Before he could decide what to do though, the restrained brothers behind him started to stir.

"Ugh… what happened?"

"My students defeated you. Genin only a couple weeks into their careers beat two chunin." Kakashi mocked before getting down to business. "Alright now, who hired you to take out Tazuna and are there any other Shinobi working with you?" He asked cheerfully as the two glared. "Just know that if you refuse to tell me I'm more than willing to use torture to get these answers." He answered in the same cheery voice which crept the two brothers out.

"Gato hired us." Gozu answered.

"And we work under Zabuza Momochi." Meizu added. Kakashi nodded before striking the two hard in the head to knock them back out.

"Zabuza Momochi huh?" The man mused as he stood back up and walked over to the genin and their client.

"Wait a minute, Zabuza Momochi? THE Zabuza Momochi? Demon of the Mist? Ex-A rank jonin of Kiri? Member of Kiri's Seven Ninja Swordsman? Owner of the Kubikiribocho? Master of stealth and water jutsu? THAT Zabuza Momochi?" Naruto called out as Kakashi nodded.

"You seem well informed about him." The jonin commented so Naruto chuckled sheepishly.

"Master taught me a bit about Kiri's famed seven and I also kind of like famous swordsman." The blond admitted so Kakashi shook his head and went back to the matter at hand.

"Anyways, with someone of Zabuza's caliber on the job this is automatically an A-rank mission. Genin are not supposed to ever touch any A-rank missions until they have at least a few years experience under their belts." The man admitted before looking to Tazuna. "I'd like to help, but we are not equipped for this mission. We need to go back to Konoha for reinforcements."

"Why not just keep going but call the reinforcements from here?" Naruto asked as Kakashi looked at him and he pulled out his pactio card. "Remember I said with this I can talk with master telepathically? I'll just contact her and get her to tell Hokage-sama everything so he'll send people." He offered before looking to Tazuna. "We have to help him sensei. What Gato is doing isn't right." Inwardly Kakashi scoffed at the demon acting like it cared but outwardly he nodded his head for Naruto to go ahead with alerting his master and the Hokage. The boy grinned and walked off a few feet before placing the card to his head and talking to seemingly nothing. At one point the had even paled dramatically before shaking it off and explaining their plight. A quick goodbye and he walked back over.

"So?"

"Master said she'd alert Hokage-sama and make him send help." Naruto replied so Kakashi nodded and turned to Sasuke and Hinata.

"Do the two of you want to continue on as well or go back to Konoha?" He asked and Sasuke scoffed.

"I say we go." Well that was expected. Hinata tapped her fingers together nervously before glancing at Tazuna and nodding.

"N-Naruto-san is r-right. Gato n-needs t-to be stopped." The jonin sighed before standing up straight again.

"Alright then. Get back in position and we'll keep going."

Author's Note: I swear, this is going to be the last time I ever do the damn Nami arc. I swear that not only do I know it by heart now word for word but I know every possible outcome for the damn arc too. No matter what, if I ever make another story and it starts in the early cannon, I'll just mention the wave arc but never again will I full on write it out. It's gotten so damn annoying.

Anyways, review and favorite like always. Enjoy!