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"Speech"
'Thought'
Flashback
"Umu speech"
"Kyūbi speech"

Ninth Unmei: Rage and Mist

"Naru-kun, wake up." Naruto could hear Hinata voice in the distance. He didn't want to get up though, he was just too comfortable. He heard Hinata repeat herself but it sounded closer. At the same time he cloud feel himself losing his sleepiness. With one final word and a strong nudge Naruto awoke.

"What is it?" Naruto said as he yawned and wiped the sleep from his eyes.

"Kakashi and Tazuna are here." Hinata informed him as she got off the ground were she was sitting next to Naruto.

"Really, when did they get here?" Naruto said as he jumped up from the ground.

"They just arrived, at the same time actually." Hinata said as she pulled Naruto along to the rest of the group.

"How long have I been asleep?" Naruto asked.

"About two hours." Hinata answered. Naruto's face lit up like a Christmas tree. He ran over to Sakura to claim victory.

"Ha, I won the bet." Naruto said with a grin plastered on his face.

"Too bad there weren't any consequences for losing." Sakura said with a smirk. Naruto's face changed from excited to self-loathing. How could he forget the terms of losing? He walked back over to Hinata and waited for Kakashi's and Tazuna's excuse for being late.

"I got lost; you know this town is very confusing to travel around." Tazuna said nervously, he face made it obvious that he was lying. 'Who's he trying to kid, he reeks alcohol.' The four genin thought with unbelieving expressions on their faces.

"I got lost looking for him." Kakashi said while he pointed his finger at Tazuna. Of course everyone there knew Kakashi was lying.

"Whatever. Let's get going." Kiiori said, completely ignoring their lies. So the group set out. There trip was going to take over a day to get there. Most of the time Naruto talked to Hinata and Sakura tried but failed miserably to start a conversation with Sasuke. After about two hours of failure Sakura moved up to Hinata and Naruto. She didn't really want to talk to Naruto so she decided to talk with Hinata. Naruto on the other hand did not want to be caught up in girl talk so he dropped back to were Sasuke was. Naruto decided that he too, would try to talk to Sasuke.

"So, Sasuke-teme, how is Your Highness doing?" Naruto said sarcastically.

"Shut up dobe. How's it going dead last, mess up anything yet?" Sasuke responded sourly. Naruto looked dumbfounded, his previous question was rhetorical and he didn't expect a response. "What's the matter dobe, forget how to speak?" Sasuke taunted with a smirk.

"What's this, Your Highness is speaking to me? A poor soul has been blessed." Naruto said full of sarcasm.

"Shut up dobe." Sasuke said with venom.

"I can not; I must tell the masses that the high and mighty Uchica has a soul." Naruto said with a fully serious tone. On the other hand Sasuke frustration was rising.

"Dead last, if you don't want to be hurt, shut up." Sasuke said as he clenched his fist.

"Bring it on teme." Naruto said as he faced Sasuke. Sasuke smirked and entered a fighting position. Naruto shot a kick at Sasuke's head that was faster than Sasuke expected but he managed to dodge. He retaliated with a low kick to Naruto's grounded leg that Naruto dodge by jumping. That was Naruto's mistake though. He now had no way to dodge and Sasuke used that to his advantage as he planted his two feet right into Naruto's gut. Naruto went flying into a tree and Sasuke was standing unscathed.

Hinata immediately ran to Naruto to check his injuries while Sakura did the same for Sasuke despite the fact that he was obviously okay. "Are you okay Naru-kun?" Hinata asked with worry over her whole face.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Sasuke-teme sure has a nasty kick." Naruto joked as he wiped the dust off of himself. For the rest of the day not a word came out of Naruto's mouth. Everyone could tell that his pride had been severely damaged by losing to Sasuke. They walked at least three more hours before they decided to set up camp.

"Okay, this is where we set up camp." Kiiori stated nonchalantly.

"Yes. During the night Kiiori and I will alternate guard positions. Sasuke, your on fire duty, so go collect wood and start a fire or something. Sakura and Hinata will gather herbs and other things to eat. Naruto, you're on water duty, so go find a stream or something. Tazuna, since you are helpless by yourself go set up tents." Kakashi ordered.

"Yes sensei." The four genin said as the dispersed.

Naruto headed back down the road because he saw a river a few miles back and he really didn't want to go search for another source of water. When he got there he let all of his rage out. 'How could he have gotten the best of me so easily?' He thought as he did some simple Jutsu to release his energy. 'I'm a fool; I gave him the opportunity to get me.' He raged in his mind. In the distance of his mind he could hear growling and rattling from behind a cage. With each thought his anger grew and his power increased, and with each though the growling and rattling became stronger. Soon the beast within him broke free from its bindings. Naruto was engulfed in the red chakra from when he fought Mizuki. With this chakra enshrouding him his was aware of himself and was acting based on will but it felt like it was something inside of him telling him to act so destructively.

Back at camp Kiiori and Kakashi could fell Naruto's chakra, which was similar to the Kyubi's and Umu's but not the same. Soon Sasuke, Hinata, and Sakura returned back to camp because of the malicious chakra. Sakura and Hinata were obviously frightened by its desire to destroy but if you looked at Sasuke closely you could see a slight slip of fear.

"Kakashi, make sure that they stay here, I'll be able to handle this myself." Kiiori ordered sternly. He quickly sped off towards Naruto. When he arrived at Naruto's location he was amazed by what he saw. The river that should have been flowing through the area was dried up. Trees were laying everywhere, torn to shreds. Naruto had red chakra oozing from him. All of his Kitsune features were apparent and chakra encased his body with an extra tail formed by the chakra. He was randomly attack anything he wanted to, without any restraint. Kiiori would have to be careful if he wanted to live. Unfortunately Naruto noticed him before he was able to come up with a decent plan. He would just have to improvise.

Naruto rushed him ferociously and swiped at his chest. Kiiori only dodged the attack by a margin of an inch with his shirt being torn. He decided that this would have to done very fast. His plan consisted of retreating for the most part. So, he started to retreat in the opposite direction of camp. He enticed Naruto with some Jutsu that didn't even faze him. Naruto chased after his prey. He ran after Kiiori faster than Kiiori could run. Soon he was again clawing at his sensei. Kiiori took the blow across the arm and in return knocked Naruto out with a chakra enforced punch. Slowly the chakra and his features receded into Naruto and Kiiori took him back to camp.

"Kiiori-sensei what happened to Naru-kun?" Hinata asked almost in tears. Naruto's clothes had been torn and burned because of the violent chakra and he was running a fever.

"He was attacked by something." Kiiori lied. 'Well it's partially true; he was attacked by something within himself.' Kiiori justified his lie to himself. "Take care of Naruto and I'll finish getting the water." He finished while he laid Naruto down.

"Okay." Hinata said while running her hand through Naruto's hair.

So the rest of the group continued with there tasks and dinner was made. Naruto somehow woke up right when dinner was ready. He tried to get up too quickly and fell right back down to his ass, alerting everyone that he was awake. Hinata immediately brought some water for him.

"Naru-kun, what happened?" Hinata asked concerned.

"I'm not sure." Naruto said while trying to remember. 'What did happen? I remember going to the river and then that's it. The rest seems surreal.' Naruto wondered in deep thought.

"Well at least you're okay." Hinata said as she gave him a deep kiss. After a few weeks of being with Naruto she was able to become more open about showing her feeling.

"Okay lovebirds, time to eat." Kiiori teased.

"Great! I'm starved." Naruto cheered. "Gahh." He moaned as he tried to get up to quickly and strained his sore body. Hinata put his arm over her shoulder and help him from the ground. So, they ate dinner and Naruto actually normal. After dinner they put Naruto on dish duty since he got out of his water duty. After dinner their sensei told them to go to bed since they would need the energy for the next day.

Naruto fell asleep relatively fast and when he was in deep sleep his was greeted by his inhabitants. They both didn't look to well either. "Hi, so care to explain what happened?" Naruto asked.

"Well, we don't really know." Kyūbi said shamefully.

"You see brat, since we are caged any more, your emotions have a direct effect on us. So when you're happy we will be happy and when your angry we will be angry. So, when you where thrashing about earlier our rage kinda took over us which in turn affected you." Umu explained wisely.

"Okay. So I must control my rage so you don't get out of hand." Naruto repeated what it was implied he should do.

"Yes." Kyūbi concurred.

"Okay since I'm here anyway can we do some training?" Naruto pleaded.

"Why not, I need someone to beat up." Umu said deviously.

Naruto and his inhabitants train for what seemed like eternity to Naruto and when they finished he was awoken by Hinata.

"Naru-kun, time to wake up." Hinata said as she nudged him awake. Fortunately for her Naruto was beginning to wake up anyway.

"Okay, I'm getting up." Naruto said as he sat up.

"Hello Naruto, Hinata. Breakfast is already ready, so go eat and then pack up." Kiiori said as he poked his head in their tent.

"Kay." They both said together. So they went out and ate while having a conversation with Sasuke and Sakura, well mostly Sakura. After breakfast they packed their bags while Tazuna packed the tents. After that they were back to the road. They walked and talked with nothing out of the ordinary. That is until they were attacked.

It happened suddenly around ten n the morning. They were walking and they were suddenly attacked from behind. There were two attackers and the first two people they attack were Kiiori and Kakashi. They had a spike chain running between the two of them and it attached to a talon on the hands. They used the chain and wrapped it around Kiiori and Kakashi and with strong tugged the tore them apart. Naruto was shocked, he just watched his sensei die before him, and now he was frozen in fear. What could he do if these two men just killed his sensei? Unfortunately for him he was their next target. He wanted to run but he couldn't his fear was holding him still. They started to wrap the chain around him but it never happened.

"The chain is stuck!" One of the two men yelled frustrated.

Sasuke had stuck their chain to a nearby tree with a shuriken. Then Hinata and Sasuke ran up to the two and tried to punch them, but two men were quicker though as they had released the chain and dodged the attacks. One aimed for Naruto while the other went in Sakura's direction. Naruto was still stuck though and the man came rapidly. When the attacker was close enough to strike Naruto he punched his fist with the talon on it towards Naruto face. Naruto was able to block out of instinct and the strike hit his hand. Fortunately Kiiori reappeared and saved him. The man who attacked Sakura didn't have much better luck as he was stopped by Kakashi. Later Kakashi explained that Kiiori and he used Kawarimi no Jutsu.

'Damn it! Why'd I have to freeze?!! First he beats me, and then he saves me.' Naruto cursed himself in his mind.

"What happened? Get scared?" Sasuke taunted. He didn't even break a sweat while fighting.

Naruto was about retort but Kiiori told him otherwise and that he had to get the poison from the claws out of his body. Naruto took his position into consideration and decided to listen.

"So, is there anything you would like to tell us Tazuna?" Kiiori asked irritated.

"Well…um…that is…" He started nervously.

"Don't try to act stupid we know that the Demon Brothers were aiming for you. So spit it put." Kakashi interjected.

"I'm sorry. This is all we could afford from my village. Right now we are in a recession and it is all because of that bastard Gatou. He came to of village and took control of our economy." He said with rage burning in his eyes.

"How?" Sakura questioned.

"Well, right now the only way to get anything into the village is by boat, and when he came he started a monopoly over the shipping industry, taking control of the economy there." He explained. "That is why I'm building a bridge to connect to the main land and rebuild our economy, it is our last hope." He finished with pained face.

"Well, this mission has just become unfit for our students." Kakashi stated. "Plus we have to get medical treatment for Naruto." He pointed out.

Naruto took a kunai and stabbed it into the top of his lower forearm but he didn't let out any cries of pain. "On this wound I vow to never run away and never go back on my word." He said with resolution burning in his eyes. "And we will finish our mission. I did not become a ninja just to run away when the going got tough." Naruto's passion moved everyone and his fellow genin agreed with him, even Sasuke.

"Naruto, you better heal the wound before you die of blood loss." Kakashi said as he pointed at the blood pouring from his fresh wound. Now that Naruto noticed it he was starting to feel dizzy.

Hinata rushed to him to heal the wound but was surprised when it was already healed. In class they learned about demons and beasts but the Kitsune never had the power of rapid regeneration unless they were extremely powerful; the example the used in class was the Kyūbi since every time they could mock it saying it wasn't strong enough. She also knew that Naruto was not that strong. Naruto took the gauze she took out and wrapped around his wound. After that they continued there journey.

"We should get there by nightfall." Tazuna said cheerfully. "We will have to cross the ocean first, since wave country is a small chain of islands." They continued for several more hours until the reached the ocean. There was a strong mist covering the area so Naruto could see beyond the shore. Tazuna directed them to a dock that had two men in boats waiting. The road the boats for about five minutes before the two mean shut off the engines. They rowed the rest of the way.

"What's that? It's amazing." Naruto gasped as they came up on a large unfinished structure in the water. Everyone else looked at what he was looking at. Hinata and Sakura also gasped and Sasuke was indifferent.

"That is the bridge I'm building." Tazuna said proudly with his ego inflating.

"It's not that great." Naruto said bitterly.

"You brat!" Tazuna yelled.

"Tazuna, shut up. Why do you think we turned off the motors, to be found by Gatou?" One of the men rowing the boats said.

"Sorry." Tazuna said meekly while glaring intently at Naruto.

Several minutes later they reached the village. They got off their boats, thanked the two men and then continued their journey. Naruto acted like a like child as he admired his surroundings. Hinata was admiring him with a smile seeing him the happiest he had been in days. They walked down the path making few deviations from it.

"Get down!" Kiiori yelled as he pulled Hinata and Sakura down. Kakashi pulled Tazuna to the floor and Sasuke and Naruto dodged into the air. In the air the saw a sword slice through the air above the others before it lodged into a tree. Suddenly they were hit from the back as a person flew past them. They hit the ground roughly and when they got up they saw a man covered in bandages on the sword and a scantly clad, blue haired woman next to him.

"Two points for me." The woman cheered.

"As expected from Copy Ninja Kakashi." The man said with his voice muffled by the bandage over his mouth.

"The Devils of The Mist." Kiiori and Kakashi said at the same time.

"Momochi Zabuza…" Zabuza introduced.

"And Momochi Tsuki." The woman said chillingly.

"The brother and sister responsible for the massacre at the Hidden Village of the Mist. You two were still kids and not even ninja when you killed all the students at the academy." Kiiori said disgusted.

"Ha, so you've heard." Zabuza said with prideful smirk.

"To think that they couldn't even defeat normal children." Tsuki mocked.

"Well I'm willing to bet that your purpose wasn't to come and chat, so let's get started." Kakashi interrupted as he rushed Zabuza and Kiiori rushed Tsuki.

"I'm sorry but you aren't our target." Tsuki said as she tried to get past Kiiori.