Alright next chapter

I have no idea how long the wave arc will take so be patient

"Speech"

'Thought'

"Demon/summon/demon influenced speech"

'Demon/summon thought'

Jutsu

(A/N)

Nicknames

I don't own Naruto period end of story

--Chapter11 wave mission pt4--

Last time on Kitsune brothers

Zabuza who had by now backed away to forty feet away from the man spoke his identity "Himura Kenshin the Hitokiri Battosai master of the Hiten Mitsurugi-Ryu"

The Konoha-nins looked confused as Kiba bluntly put it "Who?"

Zabuza stared at him in shock "You work with him and you don't even know who he is?"

Naruto sighed "Zabuza-san it's my aniki's condition there is a possibility of him turning into someone completely different like now"

Zabuza nodded slightly keeping his eyes on Kenshin "Well then, let me enlighten you little twerps about this man. A long time ago before chakra was discovered a small country was in the midst of a revolution, of which the Hitokiri Battosai was a part of; he was famed as the imperialist's strongest assassin. Right after the war ended, he vanished without a trace, no one knew what happened and the few books on his history don't say what happened to him"

Kiba who had been listening to the story whispered to Shino "I bet you one-thousand ryou Zabuza asks for his autograph"

Shino showed no visible reaction to Kiba but spoke softly "I would not be surprised this Himura Kenshin seems to be a celebrity where Zabuza is from"

Sasuke had a smirk on his face as he mumbled under his breath "Finally someone strong, I'll have this man teach me his kenjutsu style and with it I'll kill Itachi!"

Sakura was staring at Sasuke thinking 'He's so hot!'

Hinata and Naruto had similar thoughts to one antoher 'interesting maybe with this we won't have to fight'

Kurenai was staring at the Kenshin "This man is that strong? He looks frail and weak."

Kakashi gave an eye smile "Ah, so you're that swordsman Yuugao and Hayate constantly talk about in the ANBU lounge"

Kenshin stared at Kakashi head tilted to the side "Oro?" (1)

Kakashi sweat dropped as Kenshin turned back towards Zabuza "Zabuza-san was it?" At Zabuza's nod he continued "You say that no one knows what happened to me after I left. Well I'll tell you that I will, I became a Rurouni (2) and I wandered Japan for ten years that I did, with the vow to never kill again, with this sakabatō (3) I became the sword that protects to atone for the countless lives I have taken. I ended up staying with a woman named Kamiya Kaoru the assistant master of the Kamiya Kasshin-Ryu a kenjutsu style based on the protection of others. Although this thinking is naïve I prefer it over the reality that I do"

Kurenai raised an eyebrow "And what if I may ask is the reality?"

Kenshin's face hardened his voice loud and firm "Swords are created to kill, learning Kenjutsu is learning how to kill. Kaoru-dono's beliefs are those of someone who has never stained their hands with the blood of others."

Zabuza smirked "Damn right! Swords are tools for killing nothing less. Now then, Battosai…let me see the power of the Hiten Mitsurugi-Ryu!" he shouted the last part as he dashed towards Kenshin Zanbatou at the ready

Kenshin sidestepped the attack only to duck as Zabuza brought his sword around trying to cleave Kenshin's head off. He jumped away as he analyzed Zabuza "What type of sword is that Zabuza-san it's bigger than a katana but smaller then a Zanbatou"

Zabuza looked confused "This is a Zanbatou"

Now Kenshin looked confused "But that's not right the last time I saw one was against Sanosuke and the hilt of his was up to his shoulder"

The Shinobi imagined a man carrying something like that the simultaneously said "No way!"

Kenshin shrugged "Believe what you want it's true that it is" his face hardened again as he prepared for battle

"Now, Where were we?" he asked as he ran towards Zabuza with blinding speed

Zabuza had little time to react as he swung his sword in an upwards motion trying to strike the smaller man down. Sword still up Zabuza looked around "Where are you!"

"Up here" As Zabuza looked towards the voice he saw Kenshin standing on top of his sword. Zabuza's eyes widened "Impossible!"

With that Kenshin jumped high into the air throwing Zabuza of balance, and brought his sword down onto Zabuza's right shoulder with a shout of "Hiten Mitsurugi-Ryu: Ryu-tsui-sen!"(4) Zabuza gasped in pain

"Unbelievable truly a dangerous style" he fell to his knee

Kenshin stared at the man "Oh? You're still conscious? Only a few people could take that and still be conscious"

Zabuza grunted in pain as he got up "It's not over yet, I still got some fight in me" he settled into a stance again

Kenshin sighed "You're just like Sanosuke that you are, and it looks like I'll have to knock you out the same way I knocked him out the first time we met"

He dashed forward and before Zabuza could react Kenshin unleashed a barrage of strikes against Zabuza's body. All the spectators could see where the blur that was Kenshin's arm and the flashes of his sword as they rained blows upon Zabuza. When the last blow landed Zabuza fell backwards barely conscious.

He grinned weakly "Heh I lost, Itai that hurt like hell" he looked at the Konoha-nins specifically looking at Kakashi "Hey Kakashi…"

Kakashi looked down at him slightly surprised he was still conscious after that beating "Hai?"

Zabuza coughed a little "Do you think my apprentice and I could join you guys?"

Kakashi was surprised as was Kurenai and the gennin. Kiba was the one who voiced their confusion "Why would you want to join us?" while Shino added his two cents "And where is this apprentice of yours?"

Zabuza looked at them "For the dog boy's question it's because of him" he pointed to Kenshin who tilted his head to the side "Oro?" Zabuza shook his head "He beat me in my specialty no way I can kill the old man now. And for your question she's in the trees over there" he nodded towards the trees as a feminine figure jumped out into the clearing

Kakashi looked at Kurenai "What do you think? Should we trust them?"

Kurenai looked a the two as the girl who had jumped out from the trees looked over Zabuza's injuries, she then looked at Kenshin who nodded his head

She nodded in return "I think we should they could be a great help towards Konoha"

Kakashi nodded "Well Zabuza it looks like your in luck we'll work something out with the Hokage later but for now you will help us protect Tazuna-san understood?"

Zabuza who was being helped up nodded weakly "Arigatou now I… need….. To…….. Rest" he then slumped unconscious, his apprentice wobbled a bit under the added weight. Naruto seeing this aided her by slinging Zabuza's other arm over his shoulder helping her support the larger man

"Arigatou umm" she began

"Naruto, Kazama Naruto, what's your name?"

"Haku nice to meet you" she smiled her mask long gone seeing no need for it now

"Nice to meet you too Haku-chan" he said with a smirk causing the girl to blush

Hinata looked irritated and it showed when she grabbed Naruto by the ears "Now, now Naruto-kun, are you flirting with another woman when you have me and Ino-chan?"

Naruto gulped audibly "Of course not Hinata-hime I would never do that…without your permission." He mumbled the last part but Hinata heard him

"What was that?" She snapped

"Well uh you see the thing is since Aniki and I are the last of our clan we have to practice polygamy a minimum of five wives, aniki is already set with all these different women from the country we trained in and Anko and Kurenai-sensei…actually the last two aren't confirmed yet but it's probably gonna happen like that."

Kurenai was blushing deep red while Hinata had an Oh expression on her face as she let go of Naruto's ear, sighing in relief he whispered into her ear "We'll talk about this with Ino-chan alright?" She nodded

Kakashi who had stayed silent to watch the events unfold cleared his throat and turned to Tazuna "Now Tazuna-san, how far is your house?"

Tazuna who had been watching the fight in awe jumped at the sudden calling of his name

"Uh right, this way follow me." he led the group of Shinobi to his house, as they walked each did their own things: Kiba talked with Akamaru, Shino observed the land, Sakura stared at Sasuke, Sasuke stared at Kenshin thinking of ways to get the man to teach him, Kenshin was smiling as he walked, Naruto and Haku were talking about their lives, Kakashi read porn, and Kurenai glared holes in to Kakashi's head

When they reached Tazuna's house Tazuna knocked on the door "Tsunami It's me with the shinobi hired to protect me"

When the door opened it revealed a woman with raven black hair when she saw Tazuna she screamed "Otou-san! Your back" looking at the Shinobi she bowed "Arigatou for looking after my Otou-san"

Kakashi smiled "No problem it's we were hired to do"

Tsunami smiled "Come in, come in, Inari! Come say hello to your Jii-chan!"

A small boy about eight years of age ran to Tazuna and hugged him tightly

Tazuna gestured towards the Shinobi and samurai "These are the super ninja I hired to protect me, Inari say hello."

Inari looked at the small group and said in a depressed voice "Why does it matter they are all going to die anyways" the boy then went to his room

Sakura stared after the boy "What was that about?"

Tazuna sighed "He's been like that since Gatou arrived"

Tsunami who had gone into the kitchen called to them "Dinner's ready everyone get ready to eat!"

The group nodded as Haku asked "Anou Tsunami-san where may I put him?" she gestured towards Zabuza

Tsunami blinked before she nodded "Right you can put him in a spare room upstairs"

Haku looked grateful "Arigatou Tsunami-san"

Said women smiled "No problems just ask me if you need something"

Haku smiled as she and Naruto dragged Zabuza upstairs

Soon the Shinobi and Tazuna's family were eating dinner after which each went to sleep girls in one room guys in another while Kenshin and Naruto insisted on sleeping outside

Kenshin sighed "It's so peaceful tonight isn't it Naruto-san?"

Naruto smiled "Yeah it is, let's hope it stays that way"

Kenshin looked at the blond who was sitting in the tree above him "I doubt it will that I do."

Naruto looked at the moon "You're probably right." Slowly the two drifted off to sleep

The next morning

The shinobi were eating breakfast when Kakashi made an announcement

"Alright guys to prepare you guys for the future we are going to train in the woods today and Himura-san could you look after Tazuna as he works on the bridge today?" Kenshin nodded his agreement

The gennin nodded as well though Sakura did have a question "Sensei why doesn't Kenshin have to train with us if anyone doesn't need training it's Sasuke-kun"

Naruto sighed in exasperation as Kenshin sipped some tea, Naruto noticing this decided to answer her "He doesn't have to train with us because he is a samurai not a shinobi he doesn't use chakra and he had already proven to be superior with a sword therefore until the Jounin-senseis gauge our skill he is the best one for guard duty right now"

Sakura looked like she wanted to say something but was cut off by Kurenai "Haruno-san what he said is right besides Uchiha-san is not the best gennin alive there are tons of people ten times stronger than him as he is therefore he needs the training."

Sasuke scoffed at that "I am the best gennin here I have no equal" Kiba and Shino stared at the Uchiha like he was crazy. Shino was the one who spoke "Uchiha-san did you forget that you lost to Kaoru-san in the academy?"

Sasuke growled "The dobe got lucky he used some trick to win" as Sakura nodded in agreement "That's right no gennin could ever beat Sasuke-kun"

Naruto snorted "All Aniki did was channel chakra to his face to harden it and lean forward forcing you to punch incorrectly thus breaking your arm all within match parameters."

Kakashi coughed into his hand before the arguing could escalate "Anyways now that we're done let's go!" he then walked out the door at a sedate pace Kurenai leaving shortly after him

Nodding the gennins followed the two into the forest as Kenshin turned towards Tazuna "Tazuna-san I believe we should head to the bridge that I do"

Tazuna nodded "Hai, let's go" then the two left

With Kakashi and co.

Kiba was anxious he was shuffling his feet as he waited for instructions, after another minute he finally asked the question "Kakashi-sensei, what are we doing?"

Kakashi gave them an eye smile "We are going to…climb trees" all of the gennins besides Naruto, Hinata, and Shino face faulted

Sakura was confused "How will climbing trees help us?" Sasuke nodded his agreement

Kurenai took this as her cue to speak "But can you climb trees without your hands?"

Sasuke snorted "That's impossible"

Shino spoke in monotone "No it is not Uchiha-san I've heard about it from my clan but I never learned it" Naruto and Hinata nodded their heads signifying they knew this as well

Naruto looked at Hinata then whispered into her ear "Let's show them how it's done, ok Hinata-hime?" she smiled before nodding

She and Naruto each stood in front of a tree they then gathered the chakra needed to stick and slowly made their way up the tree. Since they had picked trees in the back none of the gennins saw this but Kakashi did

He clapped his hands "Well it looks like Naruto and Hinata already know this exercise" he pointed to the two as the other gennins turned around and gaped though you couldn't tell with Shino as they watched Naruto and Hinata calmly walk up a tree without trouble

When they reached a high branch they walked upside down then stopped and turned towards the group. Naruto started to speak "You want to gather the right amount of chakra to stick to the surface too little and you slip, but too much and you will repel yourself from the tree"

Hinata pulled out some kunai and threw them in front of the other gennin "Use those to mark your progress"

Then the slowly made their way down as the others picked up a kunai and began the exercise

When they reached the bottom Kurenai approached them "When did you two learn that?"

Hinata answered first "My clan needs perfect control to use the juuken" Kurenai nodded before turning towards Naruto

"I learned it in the country I trained in with my Aniki" Kurenai nodded before asking

"Where was that?" Hinata looked curious as well but Naruto only smirked "All in due time, now what should we do?"

Kurenai adopted a thinking pose "Do you know water walking?" they nodded

Kurenai thought some more "Kunai balancing?" Hinata shook her head but Naruto nodded

Kurenai nodded "Alright Hinata we'll start using the blunt side for practice then we will move on to the pointy side, you want to gather chakra in your hands and keep the kunai up straight on your palm" Hinata nodded and set to work

"Ok Naruto now about you: Do you know waterfall walking?" he nodded

Kurenai sighed I don't know chakra control exercises are obviously below you, go guard Tazuna with Kenshin ok?" Naruto nodded again before he disappeared in a swirl of leaves

With Kenshin

Kenshin was mildly surprised to see Naruto "Oro? Naruto-san I thought you were training with your team."

Naruto sighed as he took a seat beside Kenshin "I finished all the exercises my sensei could think of involving the field they were working on and she didn't want me to train in something while the others are still on control"

Kenshin nodded having learnt about Chakra the last time he awoke "maybe you should use the what's it called again…Kage bunshin no jutsu to help Tazuna finish the bridge"

Naruto looked at him for a while before a grin split his face…or what was visible of his face. Forming a single hand sign he muttered Kage bunshin no jutsu creating about two-hundred clones he then ordered all of them to go to Tazuna for orders to help with the bridge. Afterwards he sat down again

"Heh good idea now we wait until it's time to leave" Naruto jumped onto a beam and sat there overlooking the bridge keeping a vigilant eye over the surroundings

Tazuna was shocked, two-hundred trench coat wearing blondes had popped out of no where and asked how they could help, looking up he saw Naruto wave at him with an eye smile.

Tazuna smirked "Alright I want you to…" he started giving off orders which the clones followed to the exact details; he smiled "We'll be done by tomorrow at this rate" he muttered to himself as he cast a glance at the flabbergasted workers who were staring at the clones working.

Tazuna finished with his short break shouted "Get back to work they're our new helpers now we can finish by tomorrow so get your ass in gear!"

They immediately got back to work as Kenshin smiled at the scene "It's so peaceful I wish it would last but it seems that peace will not exist while Gatou is around in this area" he tightened his grip on his sword "I may have to break my over ten year vow, in order to protect the weak, I may have to kill their oppressors." He sighed again

"It looks like the Hitokiri Battosai will have to make an appearance once again"

Another chapter done! How was it?

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Oro – roughly translates to huh

Rurouni – wanderer

Sakabato – reverse-blade sword

Hiten Mitsurugi-Ryu: Ryu-tsui-sen – Flying Heaven Honorable Sword Style: Dragon hammer flash

Like I said before people like Kenshin will kill out of necessity and only those that deserve to die

Next chapter Sasuke tries to get Kenshin to train him and the final encounter with Gatou until next time!

looking for artists to draw pictures for this story and post them on Deviant art under Kitsune brothers thank you! i don't care what you draw i can't draw for shit so yeah...thanks to everyone who draws