Alright next chapter and the meeting with Zabuza
Alright next chapter
Poll1
When ever Kaoru changes into someone who doesn't kill like Kenshin from Rurouni Kenshin should he also not kill or should he have an 'it was necessary' attitude towards killing?
Not kill - 3
Will kill – 3
"Speech"
'Thought'
"Demon/summon/demon influenced speech"
'Demon/summon thought'
Jutsu
(A/N)
Nicknames
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--Ch9 wave mission pt2--
Teams 7 and 8 with Tazuna in between walked down the road to Nami utterly bored
Each did various things to distract their minds from how bored they were as they walked along the path.
Kaoru was walking with Kurenai who was talking about what she had heard while he was asleep, Naruto was talking with Kiba, Shino, and Hinata; Sasuke was brooding, Sakura was either asking Sasuke out or asking Tazuna about Nami no kuni, and Kakashi was in back reading his smut or keeping an eye on the Kazama brothers
"Hey Kaoru-kun" Kurenai began
"Hai?"
"Well when we came to the gates we noticed…" she gestured towards Kiba, Kakashi, Sasuke, Shino, and Tazuna "that you were mumbling in your sleep"
Raising an eyebrow Kaoru asked "Really? What was I mumbling?"
Kurenai blushed as she remembered what she heard "Well you see… you were trying to get some girls Tsuki and Akane to not rape you or something like that"
Kaoru's face turned scarlet "Oh you heard that… well I'd rather not talk about it"
Kurenai pouted "Oh come on you can tell me" she then proceeded to use her puppy dog eyes as Kaoru relented
"Oh fine I'll tell you so stop using those eyes." Kaoru said after a sigh as Kurenai grinned
"Well you see…" and so he began to tell her his life with Akane and Tsuki
As for Naruto and his little group
"So Naruto this is what you really look like?" Kiba asked incredulously
Naruto grinned beneath his mask "Yup it would be awkward for someone who looks 18 to be actually 12 right?" he asked never letting his smile fade
Shino as he adjusted his glasses spoke in a monotone "Not awkward Naruto more like surprising or unbelievable"
Kiba and Naruto stared at Shino who in the same monotone asked "What?"
Kiba as talkative as he is spoke for them both "You said a sentence with 8 words it's usually like what 5-6 words at best?"
Naruto rubbed his head in annoyance as Hinata decided to speak "Kiba-san there isn't a big difference between 6 and 8"
Akamaru barked causing Kiba to glare at the puppy before shouting "What do you mean she's got me pegged!"
The entire group stared at him before going back to their own business
Kiba noticing the looks stared at the ground embarrassed
Laughing good naturedly Naruto patted him on the back the pet Akamaru on the head whispering "Nice one" into the puppy's ear who barked in a pleased tone
Hinata giggled a little before linking arms with Naruto despite him being much taller than her now. If one were to look at them you would think Naruto as some weirdo who's into little kids, poor basterds who tell him that
Kiba with a glint in his eye raised his head and asked the couple with a smirk on his face "So how did you two end up in that position on the bench?"
Hinata blushed crimson before trying to stutter out an answer, much to her relief Naruto took it upon himself to answer the embarrassing question
"Well Kiba the thing is I had gotten there first with Aniki but after a while I fell asleep, then soon after apparently Sakura-san over there…"
he gestured towards the pink haired girl "… tried to see under my mask, when she was about to Hinata-chan here came in stopped her and held me protectively as I was still asleep saying how only family and girlfriends could see my face, then I asked her if I could stay there having woken up for a little when she said yes I fell asleep again."
Shino who had listened quietly asked "Girlfriends as in plural?"
Hinata getting over her initial embarrassment answered "Hai Shino-san since Naruto-kun and Kaoru-nii-san are the last of their clan they are expected to have multiple wives to restore the clan"
Kiba gave a whistle mumbling "Lucky guys"
Naruto just laughed as the group continued to talk about various things
Kakashi smiled to himself even though he hid this fact by carrying his book in front of his masked face 'Well they seem to have Sensei's easy going attitude and his hair and eye color, but they have Kushina's ability to befriend people'
He looked at Kaoru again 'looks like those two are hitting it off well at least he's close to her age and not to mention legally an adult otherwise their student-teacher relationship could've been criticized harshly' Kakashi mused to himself
Checking the time Kakashi soon called out to the group "Alright teams we'll set up camp here and head out tomorrow, Shino Kiba gather firewood, Sasuke when the return start the fire, Sakura Hinata please get some water to drink and any fish if you can, Naruto could you find some food and if you know how cook it, Kaoru help me with the tents."
The gennins all chorused "Hai, Kakashi-sensei!" and then they all sped off to do their own jobs
Kakashi walked over to Kurenai "Could you keep an eye on the girls? I'll send a kage bunshin to look after Shino and Kiba" Kurenai nodded and disappeared in a swirl of leaves.
Once Kakashi was sure Kurenai was gone and Sasuke was too busy to notice he turned to Kaoru
"So… you must be Kazama Kaoru or should I say Namikaze Kaoru eh Kaoru-san?" Kakashi asked as his eye crinkled showing he was smiling
Kaoru whose head shot up in surprise looked around before turning to Kakashi
"Quiet! Hatake-san, you as my Otou-san's student know he changed his name from Namikaze Minato to Kazama Arashi because he hated being treated as royalty I am exactly the same so don't call me that got it?" Kaoru said to him sharply
Kakashi chuckled "Hai, hai I know, it still baffles me how you could talk and walk at the age of two and then left for some sort of training at age three." He said while finishing the first tent
Kaoru sighed before setting up the next tent giving a slight Hn as he worked. When he finished he spoke "So Kakashi-san I hope you're not going to show favoritism to the Uchiha brat"
Kakashi sighed in annoyance "Don't remind me about that spoiled gaki. Gaki thinks he can get everything he wants on a silver platter, but unfortunately for me and Kiba I'm under orders by the damn council to train him exclusively."
Kaoru raised an eyebrow "You and Kiba? What's that about?"
Kakashi finished the final tent "Unlike Sakura and Sasuke he knows that teamwork is the key to success and he shows the determination to use that key. Therefore I'd rather teach Kiba then Sasuke" he sighed again as he sat on a tree overlooking the clearing
Kaoru sat in an adjacent branch pondering over the copy nin's predicament "Well I could train him in a particular subject if you want me to, then I'll leave the rest of his training to you. How does that sound?"
Kakashi looked at Kaoru surprised "You can teach?"
Kaoru scowled "I am eighteen you know and I'm not really a gennin in any aspect of the shinobi life."
Kakashi looked at Sasuke who was brooding in a corner waiting for the firewood so he can finish his task "Yes could you do that?" he thought for a moment "What will you teach him?"
Kaoru grinned "I'll train him in one subject he wants and only that one I'll talk to him about it when I can get him alone. Last thing we need is a jealous Uchiha, I doubt any of the others will care that much… Though Shino and Hinata-Imouto might ask for training as well" he said as he twirled a kunai on his finger while keeping an eye on Tazuna who was sleeping in a drunken state.
He sighed once more "You know there is something fishy about this mission"
Kakashi looked at him before pulling out his book and began reading "How so?"
Kaoru looked at the book in mild interest "Why would anyone go after a bridge builder? It doesn't make any sense sure if he had money on him but this guy looks poor there's no reason for bandits to go after him"
Kakashi looked at the drunken man "Good point we should be more cautious as we go on"
Kaoru grinned "Well let's hope I don't switch personalities then some of them are rather eccentric and or loud"
Kakashi looked up from his book "Multiple personality disorder? And what do you mean eccentric?"
Kaoru never lost his grin "Sometimes I change into a completely different person usually a warrior from the past I have no control and sometimes it doesn't take a trigger to start it up"
Kakashi smiled under his mask "Now I'm interested"
Kaoru rolled his eyes "Whatever" as he continued twirling his Kunai
Before Kakashi could push the issue Hinata, Sakura and Kurenai walked into camp carrying 12 full canteens of water. Followed shortly by Shino and Kiba with the firewood, the last to show up was Naruto who had a rather large deer over his shoulder.
Kaoru jumped down from his branch and looked at the deer, satisfied he looked towards his younger brother and smiled beneath his mask "Good catch otouto"
Naruto rubbed his neck sheepishly "Anou arigatou Aniki"
Soon the deer was over a small fire in pieces as the group sat and talked about various things until the meat was ready to eat.
After the meal everyone went to bed with Kaoru volunteering first watch.
As he sat there he stared at the crescent moon right above him and sighed
"I'm going to go through a switch (1) I just know it…damn my luck" He mumbled to himself but someone else heard it as well
"Yo, Aniki Why are you worried about a switch?" Naruto asked curiously
Kaoru glanced at Naruto before staring at the moon again "It's a true switch I'm positive I'll be turning into some warrior from the past, and you do know what happens when I change back don't you?" Kaoru answered his younger brother with a raised eyebrow
Naruto adopted a thinking pose for a couple of seconds before he remembered what did happen "Oh yeah! You change back to your true form"
Kaoru nodded "Exactly! I hate that form for all the trouble it causes me, it sucks that the karada fukusei no jutsu (2) automatically dispels itself after I revert back to normal after a true switch."
Naruto sighed as he looked at his brother's head "Yeah I mean seriously people always…" he was stopped by a glance from Kaoru
"Please don't remind me otouto" Koru sighed "We'll have to explain everything after this is done…" He put his face in his palm "…Crap."
Naruto chuckled "Well it's better than trying to explain after massacring a group of enemy Nins using your tails"
Kaoru groaned "Please don't remind me about THAT persona he has caused nothing but headaches for me, the damned baka"
Naruto looked at the moon sighing "Well don't worry they would've found out sooner or later don't forget we'll also have to explain about us being demons and such as well our headaches are only just beginning" he said as he walked back into his tent
Kaoru groaned "Don't remind me Baka-otouto"
He looked at the moon again "Better wake Kurenai for the next watch"
He got up and walked towards Kurenai's tent
"Oi Kurenai-chan it's your turn for watch." Kaoru said as he shook her awake
"Hmm? Oh Kaoru-kun it's you alright I'll take watch see you in the morning" With that said she walked to take her position as watch.
Kaoru returned to his own tent "Now for some sleep Kami-sama knows I'll need it…" he laid down in his futon and thought about the heavenly being "…crazy all knowing perverted lady who has perverted sisters." He mumbled to himself as he drifted to sleep.
In heaven
Three women stood around a viewing pool watching the demon lord
The three goddesses wore identical dresses of pure white as they observed, then one with red hair who looked to be the youngest spoke "Kami-nee-san, are we really perverts?"
The one with black hair who looked to be the second eldest of the three answered for her older sister "No Shiawase-Imouto (3) we're not perverts because I deemed it so"
The third women who had blue hair sighed as she spoke "Matsuro (4) if I remember correctly you only determine how someone dies not what they do before they do, thus you can't deem someone not a pervert it's not your jurisdiction."
The one now known as Matsuro widened her eyes "Kami-nee! You aren't implying the three of us are perverts are you?"
Kami sighed and closed her eyes she then raised her hand with one finger raised up "Well let's see 1) we gather around this viewing pool to gaze at the current Maou (5) of Makai, 2) we tend to gave when he is washing himself, and 3) The three of us tend to drool slightly when we do see him naked. I think that qualifies us as perverts."
Shiawase spoke up "Kami-nee-san aren't you supposed to be perfect and not do things that are 'unholy'" she tilted her head to emphasize her confusement.
Kami sighed once again "A common misconception of these ningen (6), nothing in this world is perfect not even me"
The other two had an 'Oh' expression on their faces.
Next day (on earth)
The group of shinobi and one old bridge builder were walking down the road with no concern whatsoever or at least it looked like that on the outside, if you looked closely you would notice various members of the group keeping an eye out for trouble, Kakashi has been on the same page for half an hour now visible eye roaming the trees, Kurenai would occasionally glance at Kaoru but was really checking the area in his direction, Kaoru doing likewise towards the trees behind her, and Naruto would look around him as if checking on his friends and comrades but was really keeping an eye on everything around him. The others…well…they really were carefree
Then the four who were on alert noticed something off… a puddle in the middle of the road fifty meters ahead of them when there hasn't been any rain in weeks
Kaoru and Naruto dropped back with Kakashi and Kurenai
Kakashi looked at them "You noticed it too?" all three nodded
Naruto who had a sneaking suspicion that there were more added "Let's ask Hinata to check the area out with her Byakugan" the others nodded
Kurenai adding her two cents "good idea alert the others quietly and secretly"
Naruto nodded and walked towards the others and whispered in Hinata's ear managing to make it look like a show of affection "Drop back with aniki and sensei act like you wanted to talk with them and sweep the area with Byakugan but don't move your head when doing so, tell them about any living thing you see"
Hinata nodded and dropped back and began to talk with Kurenai while subtly activating her Doujutsu as Naruto alerted the others all of which prepared for possible combat except for Sakura who didn't believe a word he said but didn't voice it seeing as Sasuke did believe it.
When Hinata dropped back and activated her Byakugan she immediately started whispering what she saw "two men in the puddle up ahead, Kiri-nukenin, one in the tree five meters after the puddle, Iwa-nukenin he seems to be eyeing Kaoru-nii-san, twenty men in the clearing thirty-five meters to our right all iwa-nukenin waiting in an ambush formation, and one nin in a mask with the symbol for Kiri on it in the trees fifty metes in the tree lines an observer by her posture."
She deactivated her Kekkai Genkai and waited for further orders
Kurenai nodded "Good work Hinata join the others and prepare to defend the client" She whispered
Hinata nodded and walked back to Naruto with the information
Kaoru whispered too Kakashi "I'll take the front if that Iwa-nukenin wants to take me on so be it, I'll play along and go take out the ambush party as well we can't risk an open confrontation with them the team and client may be harmed"
Kakashi nodded as did Kurenai, and then Kaoru walked ahead of the group sighing as he did so making it look like he was annoyed at the two Jounin.
As the group passed the puddle the two men Hinata had sighted emerged and wrapped their chains around the two Jounin and pulled ripping 'them' into pieces they muttered
"Two down" then they rushed at the group of gennin seeing this the gennin sprang into action as Sasuke threw a shuriken then a kunai at the chain pinning the assassins to a tree, then he jumped towards them and kicked each one hard in the sides of their head snapping their chain. As they got up the Iwa-nin jumped out of the trees with a sword drawn and charged at Kaoru
Kaoru noticing this pulled out a kunai and blocked the strike as he allowed himself to be pushed back into the ambush, as he called out to the teams "Protect Tazuna-san!"
The gennins nodded well Sakura tried to but she was scared stiff. Naruto then took over Sasuke, Hinata subdue the enemy! We need them for questioning, Shino, Kiba support them, Sakura Help me protect Tazuna-san just incase those two get through!
Everyone nodded as they leapt into action Sasuke charged his opponent who threw a punch which Sasuke dodged with ease, as the Nin lost his balance Sasuke kicked him hard in the chin following up with straight punch right to the Nin's chest knocking him into a tree. Sasuke knocked the man out with a chop to the neck.
Hinata had similar ease her vigorous training paying off, she nimbly dodged around her opponents attacks when she saw an opening in his guard she used her Juuken to close the Tenketsu in his arms rendering them useless then similar to Sasuke She gave a quick chop to the man's neck knocking him out cold.
They then heard clapping, turning around they saw their senseis walking out of some bushes nearby smiling as they came closer.
Kakashi who was the first to stop walking spoke first "Good job everyone not only did you take out two Chuunin ranked shinobi you did so with relative ease, good leadership Naruto" He gave his eye smile as the gennins relaxed
Kurenai looking around noticed Kaoru wasn't back yet "Now we have to wait for Kaoru to finish up his fight" just as she said that someone crashed into a tree right next to her
Everyone looked at the man and noticed it was the one who had attacked Kaoru, they then looked at where he came from slowly Kaoru emerged from the trees with no scratches on him, he walked up towards the man who was trying to stand.
When he reached the man he grabbed his collar and pinned him against the tree and Snarled "Who sent you!"
The man looked at Kaoru in defiance "I'll never talk to the likes of you"
Kaoru tightened his grip "I'll ask again…WHO SENT YOU!"
The Iwa nin spat in his face, wiping the spit off his face Kaoru glared Slowly his right eye changed into a crimson eye with four yellow scythes the points of each scythe touching the blade of the one to its left then Kaoru uttered the words that break the man's iron will "kigi kitasu gyoushi" (7) When the man looked at Kaoru he saw the shinnigami with its Tantou drawn staring into his soul as it muttered in a deep intimidating voice "Time to collect" it then reached towards the cowering man until he screamed "I'LL TALK! JUST KEEP THAT THING AWAY FROM ME!"
Kaoru released the jutsu and the image vanished grabbing the man by his collar he asked in a snarl "Now who sent you!"
The man whimpered "We were homesick and had heard news that the kiiro senkou's (8) son was going on a mission to Nami no kuni so we staged that assault so we could return home with your head as a present but we failed."
Kaoru sighed "That's all I need to hear" with a quick motion he broke the man's neck killing him instantly. Sakura looked at him in fear before stuttering out
"H-how c-c-could y-y-you k-kill h-him s-s-so e-e-easily?" She looked ready to puke
Kaoru threw her a harsh glance before grinning like a mad man "I just grabbed his jaw and forehead then twisted his head sharply to the side, such a simple way to kill"
Kurenai sighed in annoyance "Kaoru-kun I think she meant how could you kill so easily"
A look of realization crossed Kaoru's masked face "Oh that's what you meant, well it was simple he wanted me dead because of who my Tou-san was so I killed him before he could kill me" He stated in a matter of fact way. Sakura looked like she was about to say something but Kaoru cut her off
"Haruno-san it is what we as Shinobi do, we kill to survive our harsher missions, get over it soon or you won't live very long in this cruel world we live in." turning to Kakashi he asked calmly "did you manage to get any information out of them?"
Kakashi shook his head signaling the negative "I figured why not find out from Tazuna-san seeing as he was their target, I already know who they are by their appearance the demon brothers Kiri-nukenin, Chuunin ranked" As soon as he finished talking he leveled a glare at Tazuna
"Care to explain why you lied about the mission?"
Well how was it I was planning to go to the Zabuza fight but hey I figured this was a good place to stop as well and plus I need more votes I think I can mange either way
When Kaoru mentions a true switch it means he will turn into a completely different person who looks completely different from Kaoru himself instead of just a personality flip
karada fukusei no jutsu – body duplication technique – this jutsu allows the user to change their physical body into that of their choosing Kaoru chose to copy hi younger brother for the amusement of annoying others with their 'twin' routine
Shiawase – luck
Matsuro – fate
Maou – another way of saying Devil as the story goes on more people will show up that use a different version of devil to address Kaoru
Ningen – human
Kigi kitasu gyoushi – Fear inducing gaze – kitasu actually means 'to induce' but hey inducing didn't have a translation on the translator I use. This is a low level technique that only requires the activation of one eye of Kaoru's Kekkai genkai Doujutsu (yes he can activate one eye at a time or both more or less for intimidation tactics and interrogation
kiiro senkou – yellow flash – I am not sure if that is the way the manga puts it seeing as they translated it into English but yeah it's the Yondaime's nickname he earned during the Iwa-Konoha war
Ok some of you maybe wondering how come the demon brothers where beaten so easily
Well the reason is because Hinata and Sasuke went through some pretty rigorous training since the academy
Hinata started training with a higher level of Vigor because of that note Naruto and Kaoru left as they ran from fangirls
And Sasuke worked harder so he could reclaim his position as the best after being beaten by Kaoru so easily
When I mentioned the breaking of the man's 'iron will' well you'll find out when Haku (though no one knows that yet) checks the area the ambushers were waiting in
Yes I made it so that the Yondaime changed his name from Namikaze Minato to Kazama Arashi, simply because I don't like the name Namikaze that much for some reason doesn't fit with Naruto's name
More information on the persona that causes Kaoru no end of troubles will be discussed later
How did you like the short part with Kami and her sisters Luck (Shiawase) and Fate (Matsuro)? and what about Kaoru's true form?