A/N "Grenfell doesn't own Naruto or Hellsing" hope you enjoy the chapter!

Nami no Kuni

Sasuke growled lowly to himself. This C-rank had started out relatively ok an encounter with a pair of Chunin ranked missing nin, but nothing they couldn't handle. Then, just as they were going to reach the client's house, they were ambushed by Momochi Zabuza. No big though, they had Kakashi...and then the silver haired pervert managed to get trapped in a water bubble. Luckily Sai showed some of his skill and managed to free their lazy sensei. After seeing Zabuza "die" the team then made it's way to Tazuna's house, expecting to have an easier mission. Sadly their hopes had recently been dashed with Kakashi's little reveal that Zabuza wasn't in fact dead.

Sasuke quickly punched the tree in frustration, 'So, now we are going to have to fight him again as well as his accomplice, and accomplice that is capable of masquerading as a hunter nin... shit.'

The team had been finishing up a tree walking exercise that Kakashi was teaching them, in preparation for the face off with Zabuza. Sakura had finished the exercise on the first day, though she continued to due it in order to build up her reserves. Sai had completed the exercise the day before, though Sasuke had to wonder about Sai's skill set, he never seemed to be having any real trouble with the exercise, merely keeping up with the Uchiha before he decided to pass him. Finally there was Sasuke, who didn't complete the exercise until the night before the showdown, which in part lead to his current frustration.

Finally the boy began to head back to the client's house, though he couldn't help but feel as though there were eyes watching him. Upon entering, he noticed that he had just arrived in time for dinner, taking a seat he began to eat with everyone else.

Suddenly the shinobi noticed a black and red blur pass through the walls surrounding them. Sending a questioning look towards Kakashi, he could see the Jounin banging his head onto the table, seeming to murmur, "Not him, not him!" with each slam.

Finally he could hear a dark and echoing voice coming from the walls, "I am the voice in your head, the one who ensures your dead. The darkness of the night, that makes kiddies scream in fright. Now tell me.." At this point a black clad figure could be seen coming out of the walls, "Who am I?"

Sakura quickly screamed, apparently not expecting someone to come out of the walls. Sasuke couldn't really blame her, it was a little disconcerting.

The Genin team was distracted from their thoughts once again as the door was kicked open, the smoking form of Walter from the mission office making itself know, "Damnit Naruto, the riddle is annoying."

Upon noticing the shocked team and clients Walter made a quick, but half-hearted bow, "Apologies, I am Walter, the fucker coming out of the wall is Naruto. We are the requested back up."

Kakashi looked towards the two, eyebrow slightly twitching, "Is there a reason the Hokage sent you two, or were we just unlucky."

The silver haired Jounin grew worried at Naruto's chuckles, "I threatened to go for a walk through the village if he didn't let me come."

Sakura glared at the annoying secretary, "And why would the Hokage be frightened by you taking a walk? What could a secre..." She was quickly cut off by Kakashi covering her mouth before she said something incredibly stupid to the vindictive teen.

Raising an eyebrow at the Team's Sensei, Naruto decided to answer the question, "Weeeell, the last time I decided to take a walk, there were a coincidental; 14 counts of property damage, 5 suicides, 11 deaths, 2 counts of graffiti, 25 counts of vandalism, oh! and reports of a mountain being blown up."

At their shocked faces and attempts at questioning the now confirmed to be insane secretary, Walter put his hand up to stop them, "It is best not to ask, just pray that he keeps doing it to villages outside of Konoha."

Naruto finally decided that the introductions were done and walked towards the door, "Well, we just came by to let you know we are around as your back up ta, ta."

As they were leaving the house Walter finally decided to ask a question that was bugging him, "Any particular reason why we didn't just kill the targets and be done with it?"

Naruto merely smiled his fanged grin at his friend, "I'm hoping they will be entertaining with whatever they have planned, you know, before I turn them into my next meal."

The next day saw Naruto standing on the scaffold of the bridge, watching as the shinobi fought beneath them. The vampire had left Walter with the bridge builder's family, seeing as Team 7 had neglected that little detail.

Finally the battle below had reached it's climax, the masked nin had intercepted Kakashi's Chidori, though Zabuza was still grievously wounded, his arms now out of commission. Zabuza now merely stood, excepting the fact that he was likely about to die, as he stared down at his apprentice's dying form. Naruto chose that moment to jump down to the bridge and approach his soon to be familiars, having been impressed by their prowess.

However, before he could make his offer, he was interrupted by clapping at the other end of the bridge, it seemed Gato had arrived with a small army of thugs at his back.

"Now isn't this just touching, the big bad demon had a soft spot for his tool after all." Gato stated mockingly.

Zabuza glared up at his employer, "Why are you here Gato?"

The crime lord smirked, "Well I didn't particularly feel like paying you outrageous asking price, so I figured, let you complete the job and then hire these bandits to kill you. At half the price I might add. I hadn't expected that you would fail this badly, but they should be able to take care of a wounded demon and worn out Konoha trash."

Naruto couldn't help himself, he began chuckling. The chuckling soon turning into a long laughter that had him holding his sides, "P.. please someone tell me I heard... that right." He said through his laughter.

Finally straitening up, his red eye glowing as he stared at the now frowning Gato, "Please tell me that the fat, little piggy said that he will be able to kill me."

As he made his statement, Naruto's shadow quickly formed into a demonic, fox with red eyes throughout it's body. The fox seemed to step out of the shadow, coming to a rest beside Naruto, growling at the mass of now terrified bandits. Naruto quickly raised up his hand, "Kurama, Kill." and with a snap of his fingers, all hell broke loose.

The fox like creature tore through the bandit's ranks, ripping out throats and tearing through stomachs with it's teeth and claws respectively. By the time the carnage was complete, all that was left was corpses, which were slowly being devoured by the large, demonic fox.

Team 7 could only stare in shock at what the Hokage's secretary commanded, all of them feeling slightly sick to their stomach, if not already retching off the side of the bridge. Kakashi knew he would have to talk them through what they witnessed.

Naruto had finally made his way across the now blood soaked bridge, heading towards the dying pair of missing nin. He quickly took off the masked nin's mask, revealing a surprisingly girly boy with black hair. He could see the light fading in the boy's eyes and quickly made his offer, "You two, so many things left unsaid. So many regrets. So much fear of the next life. I would like to make an offer, give your blood to me willingly and I shall ensure that the two of you are together for all eternity. What do you say?"

Haku merely took a second to respond, blood being coughed up every other word, "If Zabuza-sama... agrees then... I would... happily continue... serving him."

Zabuza just looked over at Haku, tears streaming down his face, "Fine, I agree if only to ensure that my son doesn't have to go to eternal torment for the things that I made him do."

Haku managed to stare over at Zabuza in shock, "Z... Zabuza-sama."

Naruto quickly dove and bit into Haku's neck, 'Blood willingly given, it truly is the sweeter.' Finishing off Haku, he could feel the new soul within him, having slightly more conscious thought then the typically souls. The black haired teen quickly moved onto Zabuza, in order to ensure his promise. It took slightly longer to drain the larger man, but in enough time it was done. Finally he destroyed both their bodies in order to ensure that the corpses didn't rise again as ghouls, while fun the Hokage would chew out his ass if he let a ghoul menace spread without orders to do so. However now Naruto was placed in an annoying situation, Team 7 had just witnessed him drink the blood of two missing nin.

The trip back too Tazuna's house had been quiet and awkward, made even more so by finding pieces of two bandits strewn about the front yard and Walter just leaning against the wall.

Finally Sasuke spoke up, "So... the blood thing, any particular reason you drank their blood?"

Naruto merely took out a cigarette and began to smoke, leaning against a wall. He looked to Walter who merely shrugged, not really carrying how the younger teen answered.

Naruto nodded to himself and decided to give an answer, "Blood is the currency of the soul. Certain individuals, like myself, are able to utilize the blood of the living in order to extend our own life or to utilize the abilities of those who give the blood willingly. They become familiars. There is more to it, but that is all the explanation your getting."

Team 7 looked like they wanted to ask more questions but the vampire motioned for his friend, "It's time we leave Walter, the kiddies should be able to handle the rest of their mission and I got what I wanted." The two quickly left the house and moved towards Konoha.

Konohagakure

Naruto and Walter arrived back at the Hokage's Tower within a few days, only for Naruto to be tackled by a blonde blur, "Naru-chan! your back." stated an accented voice, "Did you bring back anyzing fun?"

Naruto merely chuckled at his excitable friend, idly scratching him behind the ears, getting a purr in return, "Well, I found two perfect familiars, but alas, not much else. And what about Neko-kun, did you have fun in my absence?"

The cat-like teen jumped up before rapidly re-telling all the fun he had with the various Genin teams.

The three had eventually made it too the Hokage's office, only to find the elderly man in a pitched battle with a mountain of paperwork. The Sandaime saw the three teens as they entered and immediately jumped up, finger pointing at Naruto, "YOU! From now on, if you leave you take that damned blonde cat with you!"

Naruto raised an eyebrow as Schrödinger merely giggled lightly from behind him, "What did he do?"

The old Hokage gestured to the pile of paperwork, "For the past week, I have gotten reports of mysterious paint being dropped on Genin teams, dead fish being found in the oddest places, holes dug randomly around the streets, and no one has been able to catch Tora once. The Daimyo's wife is furious!"

Walter decided that then was a perfect time to behead the annoying cat with his wires. Hiruzen blinked as he watched the cat-boy's headless body fall to the ground, "That was oddly satisfying to watch."

Naruto chuckled lightly, "Hokage-sama, if I may. The mission to Nami was a success. Team 7 is finishing up the guard duty, Gato is dead, and Momochi Zabuza is my newest familiar, along with his apprentice."

The Hokage adopted a more serious expression as he nodded, "Very well, can you bring the two out Naruto-kun?"

Naruto nodded and seemed to be concentrating. Soon his shadow split, revealing two figures. The two quickly became more defined as the figures of Zabuza and Haku, though the edges of their bodies had black and red flames licking off them. They both were standing at attention, Haku having his mask on his face once again. Naruto finding the mask to be more intimidating then the boy's face.

Hiruzen nodded, "So the Demon of Kirigakure, I hadn't thought to see him in person, especially not like this."

Zabuza glared at the Hokage, "And just who are you, old bastard!"

The Sandaime raised an eyebrow towards Naruto, noticing the masked nin sighing in exasperation. Naruto shrugged, "They gave in willingly so most of their personality is still intact, really the only change is that they will obey anything I say and they 'live' inside of me now."

Hiruzen sighed, "Fine whatever, did you come to a decision regarding being a proctor for the Chunin Exams?"

Naruto nodded as he brought the two familiars back within his body, "Ya I think I would be best for the preliminaries and the third round. I don't have Ibiki's skill with mind screwing and Anko really wants to do the Second Exam."

The Sarutobi nodded as he marked down Naruto's name as a proctor for the Exam, "Very well. As soon as the Chunin Exams officially begin, you will be a proctor and Walter will take over the mission office until the Exams come to an end. I don't care what you do with that blonde haired devil, but try to keep him from unleashing chaos onto the village."

Naruto grinned as he saluted the elderly Hokage, "Of course Hokage-jiji."

It was a few days later that Team 7 finally arrived to collect their pay for their first C-rank mission. As Naruto looked at the pay slip that the team received from the Hokage, he let out a whistle, "So the old man actually allowed you to get paid for an A-rank on this one did he?"

At this Sai looked at the secretary in confusion, "Didn't you get paid for this mission as well Uzumaki-san? I would imagine we would have gotten paid the same amount."

Naruto merely laughed, "Nah, Hokage-jiji doesn't pay me like that anymore for emergency missions, besides, I'd say my acquisitions from that mission more than make up for whatever amount of money I would have made from the job."

A slightly confused Team 7 quickly left the office, not wanting to be around the disturbing teen for longer than necessary.

"Hey Walter, do you think I should have warned them about the Chunin Exams?" the heterochromatic eyed teen questioned.

Walter took a long drag on his cigarette, "No, it's not our job to correct the ignorance of morons."

The day of the Chunin Exams was fast approaching. Naruto had been in the Hokage's office, watching as the contestants were nominated.

Team 7 had been the first of the rookie teams sensei to step forward, "I nominate Team 7." Kakashi had stated simply.

The other two sensei also nominated their teams. Naruto would have laughed if not for the Chunin instructor who occasionally assisted the Hokage with paperwork.

"No! I taught those Genin and there is no way they could be ready for something as deadly as the Chunin Exams yet, even Gai held his team back for an extra year before making an attempt!" he had shouted at the Jounin.

Kakashi merely waved his hand lazily, "Now, now Iruka, they may have been your students in the past, but they are ours now and I think we have a better idea of how they have improved."

Iruka looked as if he was going to continue to complain at the silver haired shinobi's statement, but the Hokage quickly cut him off, "He is right Iruka-kun, while I can appreciate your concern for your students, they are no longer children and we must trust their new sensei to be able to gauge their abilities."

Naruto merely snorted from his corner, earning a few glares from the gathered Jounin, "Is there something you want to say Naruto-kun?" The aged Hokage questioned.

Naruto merely shrugged, "Honestly, from what I have seen the rookies largely aren't ready for promotion, with a couple exceptions of course. Personally, I don't care so much if they die, but some of them do truly have potential, it would be a shame for them to die so young."

Kurenai took offence to his comment, seeing as her team consistently ran into his traps on D-ranks, "And what makes you think you are in anyway qualified to say how prepared a team is for promotion? Your merely a secretary who gets off on screwing with missions."

Naruto began to growl and Hiruzen decided to head off an argument, "Kurenai-san, this isn't the first time you have complained about young Naruto's traps. How about we settle this issue once and for all."

Kurenai nodded, "I feel that his traps are unprofessional and reflect badly on Konoha. Uzumaki-san is also a bad influence on young Genin, giving them the impression they can do what they want, without consequences."

The Hokage stared at the young Jounin for moment as he took a puff on his pipe, "Are you aware, Yuhi-san that I knew about Naruto-kun's traps from the beginning?" he paused seeing a shocked look cross across the woman's face, "The traps had a purpose beyond merely being a way to screw with young Genin. They were meant to be a way to increase a Genin's ability to face unexpected odds. I will admit that the boy goes a bit overboard at times, but there is a purpose behind it all. Yet, you have allowed your team to consistently fall for the traps, despite being a tracking squad. Finally about the boy's attitude, it is a sad fact that every strong shinobi, in the history of the Elemental Nations, has had their odd quirks."

Kurenai took a moment to glance at Kakashi, who merely waved at her with an eye smile as he read his porn. Reluctantly admitting that face, "Really his attitude isn't as bad as others under my command."

Finally Hiruzen came to a decision, "Your teams will be allowed to take the Exams, however, if any of your team members dies during the Exams, then the team's sensei shall be replaced. Teams that survived whole shall be re-evaluated to see if there has been any viable improvement since they graduated, beyond clan techniques."

Kurenai winced, knowing that she would likely be in trouble when the re-evaluations came up, "As you say, Hokage-sama."

Each of the Jounin nodded and quickly left, in order to finish preparing their Genin for the Exams.

Over in the dark corner, Hiruzen could see Naruto pouting, "Did you really have to tell them about the other reason for the traps, Hokage-jiji. It's never as fun when they know the secondary reason."

Sarutobi sighed, "I was getting tired of the complaints from the Jounin sensei Naruto-kun and since I know you wont stop, it was the easiest way to get them off my back."

Naruto waved his hand lazily as he began to leave, "Ya, ya. I'm gonna go get ready for the Exams, you know how to reach me if you need me!"