MIZU NO ONI
CHAPTER 4: REBIRTH IN WAVE: PART 1
He saw his prey. He was almost ready to pounce. He had already sent in the decoys to lure the prey to him, now he only need to wait. The timing had to be perfect, or it would escape, it had done so several times. His prey was quick, but he was prepared. He grinned as his prey came closer, he could practically hear it's heartbeat as it proceeded in fear. He licked his lips and held out his hands.
" Die!" The predator growled.
The prey let out a loud screech as water encased it from all sides in a ball.
In the hokage's office, Sarutobi let out a sweat drop as he saw the transaction. Shaking his head, he turned to the man in front of him.
" Well sir, I have a team perfect for you. They should be here shortly." Sarutobi stated to the man.
The man nodded before heading into the waiting room.
The predator entered the hokage tower and held his prey out before his leader. " Mission success Jii-san."
Naruto held the cat in a too small ice cage, causing the cat to shiver. Behind him was his team, the Uchiha and Haruno both scratched and glaring at the cat. Both had been used as bait in Naruto's trap. The cat was released to the Fire Lord's wife, who crushed it in a bear hug before walking out.
" Alright team 7 for your next mission. It is c-rank and will be a joint mission. You will be joined by team 8, who will meet you and the client at the gate. The mission is guard duty to wave and protection of a bridge builder. You can come in now Tazuna-san." Sarutobi called.
The door opened and an old man walked in a bottle of liquor held to his mouth. One look around and he scoffed.
" This is what you give me. A bunch of brats who look like they'll run at the first sign of trouble." The man called. " Especially the one with the duck ass on his head."
The Uchiha growled and was about to charge when the blonde spoke. " Hmm Tazuna-san, you should know by now that I am more than enough for a couple bandits."
The drunk bridge builder looked at the blonde and blinked three times. A sudden look of recognition passed through his eyes and the bridge builders jaw dropped.
" Naruto is that you kid. Man you've grown." Tazuna called.
" Hmm, you two know each other?" Kakashi asked glancing up from his book.
Naruto nodded. " Back when I first 'left' the village I went to wave. I helped stop a flood and his family offered me dinner."
" Well, since the Mizu no Oni is coming along, I'll take em." Tazuna stated looking at Naruto appreciatively.
" Very well team seven meet at the gates in two hours. Pack about a months worth of stuff, our client is building a bridge." Kakashi stated.
Naruto sat in front of the gates, nothing extra on him except a black book and an apple. As he read and munched on his blue apple, he noticed three people waking towards him.
Without looking up, he noticed the three stop and look at him. " What do you want?" Naruto called to the three.
" Nothing from you dobe." The ever irritating Sasuke called.
The other two said nothing, simply turning to wait for the others. Hinata sat on a bench and Shino walked to the bushes to speak with the bugs there. Sasuke however glared at the blonde. Twenty minutes later three more people showed up.
" Hatake-sensei, where is the Haruno?" Naruto question when he noticed that she hadn't arrived.
Just then everyone heard a scream and turned to see Sakura running(walking with style) towards the with a large bag on her shoulders. Naruto looked at the others and took note that everyone else had small bags except the jounin, Tazuna, and himself of course. With a sigh he dropped his water and pulled out his sword. The kodachi was blue silver with a black line trailing across the back. Before anyone could say anything, the blonde disappeared and reappeared behind the out of breath Sakura, his sword halfway in it's sheathe. As his sword clicked into it's sheathe, Sakura's bag split in two, relieving it of it's contents.
Before Sakura could speak Naruto reached into the pile of cosmetics and pulled out a comb and a mirror. " Leave the rest of this junk here Haruno, it will only get you killed." Naruto stated in a rare show of compassion.
" Sakura, I said pack for a month, not a nuclear war. All this isn't necessary, did you at least bring rations and weapons?" Kakashi asked, causing the girl to blush as she shook her head. " Well I'm sure we can get some stuff in Wave, next time though I make you carry all of it there and back seventeen times."
With a quick bob of her head, Sakura took the items Naruto retrieved and slipped them into her almost barren kunai pouch.
" Hey dobe, what about your stuff. Forget it on the way here." Sasuke taunted, causing the jounin to look at the blonde.
A puff of smoke appeared and a small blue scroll appeared from the back of Naruto's right glove. " Storage seal, extra clothes packed here."
" And your food?" Kurenai questioned, slightly shocked that a genin knew seals.
Naruto held up his apple. " This here is good enough. Now if that is all I would like to on with the mission."
Without another word, the group of nine set off towards Wave country.
" So Tazuna-san, want to tell me what is really going on?" Naruto asked the bridge builder as the paused for those not used to long distance travelling.
Everyone looked at the blonde curiously. " What do you mean Naruto? He just needed help with bandits while he built a bridge." Sakura stated.
Naruto ignored her and continued to peer into the bridge builder's eyes.
" It's Gato. About four years ago, he came back to Wave." Tazuna stated.
" Gato from the shipping corps. 'The millionaire' that Gato?" Kurenai asked.
Tazuna nodded. " About ten years ago, he came to the village and began to dictate. Naruto here threw him out and threatened to kill him if he returned, but when Gato found out that Naruto had left, he came back, but as extra insurance he had several shinobi bodyguards with him. At first the citizens rebelled, but when he went after the children, we stopped."
" So the country has become poor and you are building a shipping bridge." The stoic Aburame concluded.
Tazuna nodded. " Gato tried to have me killed to stop construction of the bridge."
" Tazuna-san, I understand your situation, but you have placed several genin in danger by lying about the mission. If Gato has several nin, then this mission is b-rank bordering A." Kakashi stated before turning to the genin. " The choice is yours, stay or go."
" Whether you travel with me or not, I will be going back." Naruto stated. " Gato has invaded my territory and therefore he has declared war against the Mizu no Oni."
" I shall go on also." Shino stated.
Kiba shrugged and Hinata nodded. " We will go on sensei."
" If the dobe is going, then I will too." Sasuke smirked at Naruto.
Sakura looked at her crush and was compelled to go, her body would allow nothing else. Naruto shook his head and began walking forward, Shino and Tazuna following closely. The others walked a few feet behind them.
Twenty minutes later, the group passed over a puddle of water, making Naruto sigh. Kakashi glanced at it but continued on reading as Kurenai shook her head. As everyone crossed the puddle, two figures rose from it. The two charged Kurenai and Kakashi and wrapped their chain around them.
" Two down…" The first called.
"…one to go." The second finished.
Sakura fell to her knees crying as she noticed her teachers remains. Sasuke gritted his teeth as he tossed a kunai at the two, pinning their chain to a tree. With a pop the chain came loose, and the two charged towards Tazuna. Before the got in range, a water spike shot at the two. Meizu leapt away, while Gozu rolled to the side, the water travelling behind them. Before Meizu could land, another wave of water shot at him, this time a blade. The blade sliced through his arm and split it in two, before returning to the blonde water demon. Meizu fell to the ground in pain as his brother rushed to his side. A blade of water shot at Gozu who grabbed his brother and shushined away, just dodging the blade, though Naruto knew it nicked him.
"…" Naruto said nothing, just walked forward, leaving the others staring at his back.
" Naruto, let me get this one, you sit back and guard for now." Kakashi stated as he stared at his opponent.
Naruto shrugged. " Very well Hatake, but one slip up and I'm stepping in."
Without waiting for an answer, Naruto turned to survey his surroundings. A thick mist covered the area, meaning his opponent didn't now who he was facing. Naruto used the mist as a way to look at everything around him. Closing his eyes he stretched his senses and noticed Kurenai was backing Kakashi with genjutsu, Hinata had her Byakugan active, Kiba and Akamaru were in their beast clone form, and Shino had his bugs swarming around just under the mist. The Uchiha had two kunai in his hand as did the Haruno. Naruto noticed everyone start to tremble briefly and wondered what was going on when Kakashi spoke.
" Don't worry Sasuke, I won't let anything happen to you." The one eyed nin smiled to Sasuke.
" Heh foolish words from one such as you Kakashi." The large man said from behind Kakashi, blade poised to kill.
Kakashi flashed into action and a kunai pierced his opponent. The man burst into water and Kakashi's eye widened. A shadow appeared above Kakashi and a blade sliced into his shoulder. Sakura and Sasuke took a step back as their sensei fell to the ground and…burst into water. Kakashi appeared behind the man and placed a kunai in his back, only for him to burst into water. That was when Naruto noticed Kakashi's headband was up.
"So this is the power of the Sharingan, to be able to copy the jutsu in this mist." The man said as the mist cleared. " You truly are worth you're a-rank bounty."
Naruto glanced at Sasuke and could practically hear the gears turning in his head as Sasuke noticed Kakashi's Sharingan.
" As are you Momochi-san." Kakashi stated.
Naruto ignored the two on the water and reformed Aka, Aoi, and Kiiroi, before sending them into the woods without anyone seeing. Naruto turned back to the fight as mist covered the area once more. The sounds of combat protruded from the mist as Kakashi and Zabuza battled. A few minutes later, Naruto shook his head as the mist cleared. Standing on the water was Zabuza with one hand in a water ball that surrounded Kakashi.
" Hatake, after this you need to train." Naruto stated stepping forward. " It is truly pitiful for you to be captured by one as lowly as this."
Zabuza looked at the blonde that approached him and laughed. " You think you can take me brat. Don't be delusional, grow up and stop playing ninja, this is a grown ups world kid."
"…" Naruto stopped at the edge of the water.
Zabuza grinned. " What's wrong kid, don't know how to water walk yet. Here, I'll come to you." Zabuza made seven water clones and had them charge the blonde.
As the clones surrounded Naruto Zabuza spoke once more. " Heh by the time I was your age kid, I already had my hands stained with blood."
Naruto closed his eyes and grabbed the hilt of his sword. " Shut up you mongrel." Naruto vanished and reappeared outside of the circle of clones.
Zabuza looked at the blonde amazed as his clones were destroyed. No one had seen the blonde move, not even Kakashi's Sharingan.
" My hands have been stained with blood for ten years, your blood will simply be another coat." Naruto stated as he replaced his sword in it's sheathe.
Naruto stepped onto the water and walked towards the swordsman. Stopping ten feet in front of the two nins, Naruto raised his hands. The water shot from around Kakashi and at Zabuza. Kakashi spared a glance at Naruto before covering his Sharingan and moving back to the others.
" Kakashi, your just gonna leave your student out there to fight?" Kurenai asked.
Kakashi looked to her. " You were a genin when he left, so you probably haven't heard about him much. Watch closely and you'll see why he is called the demon of water."
Zabuza leapt back and began running through seals. Naruto's hand shot up and a spike of water shot towards Zabuza from beneath. Zabuza leapt back once more and finished his seals. A large water dragon formed and flew at Naruto who raised a hand. The dragon split down the middle as it got a foot away from Naruto's hand. As the cloud of water in front of Naruto vanished, the blonde held up his other hand and a wall of water blocked the large blade that ascended towards him. Zabuza looked on in surprise as he leapt away from the blonde who sent a wave of water spikes at him. Zabuza went through seals once more and this time summoned a tsunami to attack the blonde, who simply dropped his hands to the ground. The wave dropped and faded, before Naruto pulled both hands up and a large wall of water rose with him. Suddenly a Naruto wearing a blue mask stepped out from behind Zabuza, while a red masked stepped out on the left and a yellow on the right. The three new Naruto's pulled up walls of their own and the four walls joined. The swordsman looked around warily, watching all four walls for any sign of movement. Zabuza cursed and leapt high into the air as the walls converged on him rapidly. The walls suddenly split and became four spiralling spikes that smashed into the missing nin. The drilling spikes repeatedly smashed into Zabuza as if the were battling to see who could cause the most damage. Suddenly one of the spiked knocked the bleeding and battered swordsman into a tree with a loud crack. The drills then merged and began to descend towards the blonde.
" Give the Shinigami my regards." Naruto stated.
Before the drill could connect with Zabuza, several senbon shot into the nin's neck. Naruto cancelled his attack inches short and shook his head as two hunter nin landed next to Zabuza.
" We thank you. Your distraction gave us the advantage we needed." The first stated.
The other one lifted his body. " We have been trying to catch him for quite sometime."
Naruto nodded to the two. " Go ahead, burn the body. Shall I cut his head off for you." Naruto smirked at the two.
" Um…" The two looked at each other and simply shushined away, taking the body with them.
The three Naruto clones walked to their leader, who nodded to them and Aka vanished. Naruto turned towards the others as the other two clones turned back into Naruto's gourd.
" That Yuuhi-san, is why Hatake-sensei left me to fight alone. Had he tried to aid me, he simply would have gotten hit in the crossfire." Naruto stated as he walked past the others.
' The dobe, where did he get that power. Only I deserve such power, I need it to kill him.' Sasuke seethed as he watched his teammate walk past him.
" WHAT, what do you mean those hunters were fake?" Sakura screeched at her sensei and teammate.
Naruto ignored the girl as he read his book. " I suggest we get the others up to at least low chunin before the final battle."
The group were walking towards Tazuna's house, Naruto reading, Shino, Kiba, and Hinata scouting for other enemies. Naruto told his sensei that the hunter nin were Zabuza's partners. Sasuke was glaring at the blonde, Kurenai was thinking on what she knew of the blonde, Kakashi was leaning on Kurenai, exhausted from his battle, and Sakura…well she was staring at Sasuke lovingly, like he had beat the demon of mist, until the blonde spoke.
" Yeah, give me a day and I'll handle them." Kakashi stated.
A small house came into sight and Tazuna smiled. " It's not much, but it's got space." The house was like a built like a cabin, two stories and a large porch.
As they entered the house, a woman, probably in her late twenties, came walking out of the kitchen.
" Tou-san, your back." The woman said hugging her father.
" Tsunami, these guys are the ninja I hired to protect us. I'm sure you'll recognize one of them." Tazuna said gesturing to the group who stood in front of the others.
Naruto looked at the woman. " Hello Tsunami-chan, nice to see you again."
Suddenly the blonde was engulfed in a tight hug, his face pressed into the woman's bosom. A few minutes later, everyone was introduced and sitting around in the living room, though Naruto stood against the wall.
" So how long till Zabuza is ready for round two?" Naruto asked.
" I'd guess about a week. The hunter used senbon which is the standard weapon for a medic. The places where he was hit was to induce a false death state, while the hunter gave of a scent of pollen. I'd say it was from picking medical plants." Surprisingly it was Shino that spoke.
" Alright then, we have a week to train you guys up to the level of low chunin, so starting tomorrow we're gonna be climbing trees." Kakashi stated.
Suddenly everyone looked at the nin. " We already know how to climb trees Kakashi sensei."
" Without your hands." Kakashi raised an eyebrow as everyone except Sasuke and Sakura continued looking at him.
Naruto snorted. " I'll train on my own." Naruto walked away.
" I'll train my team." Kurenai lead team 8 away.
" Well I guess you two will be training with me then." Kakashi said to his two genin.
Naruto was walking through the forest, towards his old hideout when Aka landed in font of him.
" Gato has taken everything from the village, the are on their last leg, if this bridge isn't completed, the village will die out." Aka stated.
" Gato is where?" Naruto asked as he continued forward.
" In the Elenra Estate, he has done some remodelling. He has several large ships in the docks, at least forty samurai bodyguards in the estate and four nin not including Zabuza's crew." Reported Aka. " Zabuza is posted in the forest retreat, with him are six other nin, the two 'hunters', a Kaguya, the demon brothers, and a Kumo nin. There are several people guarding Gato at all times, along with several battle cruisers out in the water. I think Gato is planning to kill everyone on the bridge if Zabuza fails."
Naruto and his clone continued walking forward, arriving in the small clearing where he used to train. Naruto suddenly stopped.
" Gato won't wait for Zabuza to fail, he wants him to tire out, so he can kill us. He's planning to betray Zabuza." Naruto stated. " I may have a use for Zabuza, but it will take some time and planning. Perhaps I can get him to join me in my goal. Go and continue your scouting, report here every night, if you are not here I will pull you back in forcibly."
Aka nodded and vanished.
Naruto continued his trek towards his former training hideout, his mind on the first time he trained there.
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-FlashBack-
" Alright kit. Your power is simply a more advanced stage of your clans bloodline. To put it simple, you skipped the stages your bloodline would have went through to get to this level. Back at the village, you killed those nin by instinct and surprise. Had they know what you could do, you would have died before your water returned to your. Therefore, we will have to get you power to a state that you can summon water from the air." Kyuubi instructed.
" Why do I need more water, I have a lot here and with your chakra I can become unbeatable." Naruto questioned.
" As you know, when your powering your water with my chakra, you can't move. After a few years, you'll get over that but for now you can't. if you rely on my power to much, you'll become like the Uchiha, you'll loose focus of training." Kyuubi explained. " And as you noticed before, the water you have here can only protect you from so much. So here's what you do. I want four hours of practicing with my chakra, both imbuing it into the amount of water you have on you, and allowing me to control the fox through you. After, I want you to concentrate on forming your fox. You need to be able to form it at moments…
-FlashBack End-
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That was the first step for the Mizu no Oni's birth. After that, Naruto made Aoi, his first water familiar. Aoi, was the body of the water fox, the heart and defense. After getting Aoi his own personality, he made Kiiroi. The tails of the fox, the power and attack. Then there was Aka, the head and eyes of the fox. The scouter.
Naruto sat down legs crossed and began meditating. Kyuubi's chakra flowed off of him in waves, but unlike when the fox was free, the chakra was warm. It still gave off the sense of death, but instead of the cold dead chill it was as if you were being guided to death in the arms of your love. Around him, water spiked up from the ground and froze, making a forest of ice spikes around the blonde.
Zabuza cursed as he sat up and pain shot through him. With a growl he ripped the rest of the needles from his neck.
" Zabuza-sama, you shouldn't be so rough, you'll really injured yourself." The masked hunter nin stated.
" Haku, you have the finesse of a butcher." Zabuza growled. " Did you have to hit the neck?"
Haku giggled before handed the swordsman a bottle of ointment. " That was the most convenient place without leave permanent damage."
The swordsman growled. " Take off that mask, it's annoying as hell. You to Shikara. Where are the others?"
" They are busy dealing with Gato. Apparently he wanted to come here and kill us for failing." The second faux hunter stated removing her mask.
The woman had snowy pale skin. He face was clear of all blemishes and her eyes were an exotic green. On her neck, was a emerald green vine tattoo. Her lips were pale pink and her hair a deep black.
" Tell that bastard that we're dealing with the Mizu no Oni and if he wants him dead, he'll send reinforcements in a week." Zabuza stated.
Shkzara nodded and vanished.
" Zabuza-sama, is the boy really that dangerous?" Haku asked.
" Even with reinforcements we might lose. When we fought, he was holding back, he could have killed me the instant he saw me." Haku gasped. " He is a strange one, but right now he's in his element, and if he wanted to destroy this village it would take but a twitch of his finger."
" You've fought him before?"
Zabuza shook his head. " No, but shortly before I met you, I ran into him."
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-FlashBack-
Momochi Zabuza cursed his luck as he dodged another blade. He and the other swordsmen had failed to kill the Mizukage and now they were scattered. Of the seven, Zabuza only knew two had survived other than himself. Cursing his luck he ran out of the village to a little clearing in the woods. With a quick glance behind him he paused. There was no way he could take on two of mist silent ops. The rivalled the seven in stealth and cunning. Zabuza cursed as he blocked the blade heading his way. Had this been any other day, these bastards would've been dead, but he was low on chakra from the failed assassination. Cursing once more he ran, he could feel the phantom blade piercing his body.
As he ran he felt a tingle down his spine and that was when they met. A kid was walking towards them, the kid was no older than nine. Zabuza couldn't get a good look at him because of the thick mist, but as he passed, he caught sight of his eyes. Several minutes later he heard screams. Somehow he knew they weren't the kids.
-FlashBack End-
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" To this day I can still feel the phantom chill from the cold blue eyes. Like ice that chilled my soul."
Naruto opened his eyes and stood. Around him was at least twenty ice spires. The spikes stood at seven feet minimum, ten max. grabbing the hilt of his sword he closed his eyes as got into stance. He spread his legs to allow movement and gripped the hilt tighter. The dirt kicked up as his feet began to revolve, turning him in a semi circle. A torrent of winds surrounded him as he rose into the air towards the end of his turn. A brilliant turquoise surrounded him and the area around him, a torrent of raging wind shot into the air. The wind spiralled high for a moment, drilling towards the heavens before faded into a gentle breeze and leaving a slightly winded blonde standing in the middle of a large spiral. The ice that once stood around him, nothing more than a fading memory, while everything else stood tall. Looking down Naruto scowled at the slight spiral beneath him, noting that it was only two inches deep and spread about four feet from him in all directions.
" Still incomplete. Sensei's was deeper and about twenty feet in radius." Naruto murmured to himself as he sheathed his sword.
With a sigh he called to the water in the air and ground. A large amount of water appeared and Naruto pulled it to him. Placing his hand in the cool water he concentrated as it began to form a thin layer of armor around him. Looking up, he sent the rest about thirty feet into the air, ready for when he called it.
Night fell on Tazuna's resident and ushered in a false sense of peace. Everyone calmly chatted with each other as they sat around the house when Naruto suddenly frowned and looked around.
" Tsunami-chan, where's the kid?" Naruto asked.
" You mean Inari, I think he's in his room. He's been training with some of the other kids. He wants to become a ninja like you. I think he found some of your scrolls in the forest." Tsunami stated.
Naruto pushed off the wall and walked upstairs. Looking around he spotted Inari's room and frowned. There was no one in it. A sudden noise caused Naruto to turn and leap down the stairs.
The door had shot open and two kid no older than twelve was in the door way.
" Tsunami-san they got him." The first kid called out frantically. " They got Inari."
Tsunami's face twisted into a look of worry. " Who got him. Ty tell me, what happened to Inari?"
The boy, Ty gulped and spoke. " We were heading here, we had just finished training when several of Gato's body guards walked up to us. They started insulting us and they grabbed Sora. Inari kicked the one with Sora and told us to run and get help. As we turned, we heard Inari scream out in pain. Sora ran back, but the were already gone and with them Inari."
Tsunami fell to her knees, first her husband, now her son. Tears flowed from her eyes as she cried, before turning to the ninja.
" Can, you help please?" Tsunami pleaded, no one noticing Naruto slip out the door, or so he thought.
Naruto landed in the forest outside the house and began his trek towards the Elenra estate, his mind set on revenge. He paused as he heard footsteps heading towards him.
" Going to rescue the boy Naruto-san?" The stoic voice of Shino called out.
"…" Naruto turned. " I owe it to his father, he helped me move on past my mother's murder, he helped me find a purpose."
The bug user nodded. " Perhaps you wouldn't mind company then."
" Why are you helping? The boy means nothing to you."
" You are correct, but justice does. I have seen what Gato has done to the people here, I wish to help rectify their life." Naruto nodded at the bug user.
" It surprises me that an Aburame wants to work with an Uzumaki, considering our history, but I shall except your offer." Naruto turned and the duo walked away.
Gato sneered at the brat in front of him. He remembered the boy, he had of course killed the boy's father.
" I thought you would have learned from that bastard fisherman's death. Apparently you and the rest of this village need to be taught an example."
The thirteen year old boy spat at the man. " Go to hell, you bastard."
Gato glared as he wiped the spit off his cheek. " Be grateful brat. For tonight you shall lose only one arm." Gato stood and left to the sounds of Inari screaming. Another night that music would lull him to sleep.
Shino and Naruto both looked at the estate as the stood in front of the gates. With a nod to each other the two leapt over the wall. The second the two hit the ground they split up, each heading to different sides of the house. Naruto growled as he formed a large ball of ice and knocked down the wall. That was the plan. Shino would sneak in the rear while Naruto directed the attention to him. Kill only ninja and samurai that oppose him, maids, slave, and any captured civilians would be spared.
Just as he thought, the explosion attracted everyone.
" What the hell was that."
" There's someone out there."
" Is it one of Zabuza's men, has he betrayed Gato."
" Doesn't matter, get him."
Through the cloud of slowly dissipating smoke, Naruto smirked and made several ice spikes, several hundred that is. The fools were about to be slaughtered.
Shino felt a chill go down his spine as he eased into the back window. His ears were assaulted by the haunting screams from the front of the house. Shaking his head slightly, he sent several bugs to scout ahead while he waited for the screams to stop.
Naruto shook his head as the last of the opposition died. Had someone walked upon the scene, they would have lost their lunch…from last year. Naruto stood like a demon, covered in blood and surrounded by the bodies of his enemies. Naruto formed a globe of water in front of him and walked into it. Stepping out the other side, Naruto stood clean, the blood left in the water behind him. The globe dropped and faded away into the ground as Naruto walked further into the building. He had no idea where inari was, and he doubted gato would remain here after he got the news, so for now he would simply kill all who opposed him. A man stood in the hallway, his face hidden by the shadows.
" Tell me why you kill so freely?" The man called.
Naruto grinned. " In this world it is kill or be killed. I kill to survive, I survive because others were killed for me." Naruto stated. " Do you hope to kill me also, or shall you simply stand there all night?"
" I shall not kill you, I was hired to protect gato, until you try to kill him I shall not bar your path. I warned him not to touch the boy, he doesn't listen." The man turned and vanished into the shadows.
Naruto scowled, something about that man rubbed him the wrong way. With a shrug Naruto continued forward. He met up with Shino in the backyard, no other opposition barred his path. The Aburame held inari over his shoulder, hoisted up by his one arm. Naruto frowned again, gato was testing his patience. He wanted to wait for Gato to make his move first, but at the rate he was going, Naruto would kill him before the week was out.
-Flash to end of week-
Inari growled at the two samurai in front of him. They had his mother, they had waited until the ninja had left before the struck. Inari happened to be in his room, training.
" Hey brat, piss off. Just go back to sleep." One of the samurai called.
His partner grinned. " Hey can I have him, my blade wasn't satisfied by the blood it had earlier."
" Gato said we only need one, go ahead, just make it quick." The first called.
Tsunami looked on in horror. " If you lay a hand on him, I'll bite my tongue and drown in my blood."
The samurai holding her snorted before smashing the hilt of his blade into her temple, knocking her out. " You were saying. Alright Kain, get the boy, I'll go on with the woman. If you don't catch up in ten minutes I'll assume you are dead and tell Gato that you failed." The man stated walking away.
Kain grinned and licked the blade of his sword. " Alright little boy time to die."
Inari snorted as the man walked towards him. The sword was lifted into the air and came crashing down on Inari's bandaged arm. Inari let out a grunt as the man smirked. Suddenly Inari grinned and lifted his arm.
" Sorry buddy, wrong arm." Inari's arm shot out and smashed into the man's temple, knocking him out.
Inari looked down at his arm and scowled as the bandages fell away. With a sigh he ripped away the other bandages and followed after the other man.
Tsunami woke to the feeling of a warm liquid dripping down her face. Looking up she saw Inari and her heart dropped until she noticed that the blood wasn't his. Inari smiled at his mother.
" It's okay mom, everything is gonna be alright." Inari stated as he wrapped his mother in a hug.
Inari looked down at his left arm, the replacement arm. It was blue and had bubbles running though it. Water. That's right his arm was made of water, but he wasn't mad, in fact he was glad.
' Thank you Naruto-nii.' Inari thought as he remembered how he got the arm.
-Flashback-
" I've been experimenting and I think I can give you an artificial limb made from my water." Naruto had said. " It will hurt and you will be out of it for a while, but it has it's advantages. You can shift the arm to what ever you want, basically it will be a weapon."
Inari had looked at him sceptically at first. " How will you do this? Is it possible?"
Naruto nodded at that. " I can make an arm from the water imbued with my chakra, I should be able to attach it to your own chakra paths, but it will hurt. The foreign chakra will fight against your own for a while, but eventually it will work right."
Inari nodded and stood. " Alright then, I'll do it."
-Flashback End-
Inari was glad he had gone through with it now.
AT THE BRIDGE
The bridge had become a blood grave. No longer was this about taking out Gato and recruiting Zabuza's crew. No this was about a promise of revenge now, and the Mizu no Oni never went back on his promises. They would die, all of them. No holding back for the sake of others, no more sparing the weak, they were all weak compared to him, no more, no more, NO MORE.
End.
What happened at the bridge. The Mizu no Oni's rebirth has begun, but why. Something big is going down and Gato is in the middle. Or is he.
Whoa, finally done with this chapter. Next chapter we take a walk on the darker side of this story. We see Naruto and Haku's first interaction, and we take a look into Naruto's banishment. The harem is finalized….next chapter, so any last minute pairings can be thrown in until it's posted, but be warned, nothing is gonna happen romantically until after the chunin exams. Probably a while after that. I decided against who I had. Now I'm done, so I leave you with these last words. Check out Lightning Mage and Ki wielding Nin. Dark jinchuuriki will be posted soon, I just got a little writer's block on the chunin fights. It will be in hopefully next month. The harem currently consist of-
FemHaku- knows his pain and she's just awesome, plus two water demons
Femsand user- also knows his pain, never tried this before, but I liked the times I read it, plus absolute defense
Yugito- like this pairing, also knows his pain, his polar opposite( opposites attract)
FemOC-Shikara Senju- Knows his pain, AGAIN, has absolute control over plants( Given to me in a review from: Artjr. his idea was Shikara Senju, so that character is his idea.)
Tayuya-also knows his pain, music is awesome
Hinata- His child hood friend
Kurenai- people like this one
Another OfC- Has absolute control over lightning
Open slot- give reason
Open slot- give reason
I know Naruto doesn't seem dark completely, but he won't ever. Just slightly darker that Gaara.
Well that's all, anything else will be stated next chapter.
Until next time
RASE OUT