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"Speech"
'Thought'
"Demon/summon/demon influenced speech"
'Demon/summon thought'
Jutsu
(A/N)
Nicknames
I don't own Naruto period end of story
--Chapter12 wave mission pt5--
Last time on Kitsune brothers
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"
Kenshin looked towards the workers as they worked, then he looked up towards Naruto's perch as the boy overlooked the area "Dear me, I wish I had some tea right now that I do"
His ears perked up as he heard footsteps coming towards him, looking up he noticed it was Tazuna. The man wiped his brow as Kenshin got up
"Anything wrong Tazuna-san?" Tazuna shook his head
"No, no it's time to call it a day so we'll be heading back to the house now" Tazuna then looked towards Naruto "Oi! Gaki time to head back home!"
Naruto glared at the man as he jumped down to meet them "Don't call me a gaki if you want to remain a man" he grinned in satisfaction when Tazuna grabbed himself in fear
"R-right s-s-sorry" the man stuttered as he turned around and headed back to his house Kenshin and Naruto following close behind
As they walked through the town Naruto noticed how impoverished the people actually were, kids and adults alike were on the streets in rags begging for food. His face contorted into one of disgust "Gatou really is bleeding these people isn't he?"
Kenshin nodded his voice somber "Yes he has, it's to the point where I am considering breaking my vow to save these people."
Naruto widened his eyes as he stared at Kenshin "Are you serious? You kept your promise for over ten years! TEN YEARS! And you're considering breaking it now?"
Kenshin's entire posture hardened "Yes I am, this man it seems can't be dealt with any other way…Tell me Naruto-san do you see many women around?"
Naruto looked around face twisting into one of uncontrolled rage "This scumbag will die! The only women around are the children below the age of fourteen and above the age of thirty-five!"
Tazuna hearing the conversation "I see you've noticed Naruto-san, it's true Gatou's men came through one day and kidnapped most of the women between the ages fourteen and thirty five. Luckily some managed to hide just in time my musume (1) was among the lucky ones" Naruto looked at Tazuna and saw a single tear sliding down his face
"Don't worry Tazuna-san Gatou will not live for very long and I swear I will free all of the surviving women he kidnapped" Naruto said surviving knowing there was the possibility some where killed after Gatou's men had their sick 'fun'
Tazuna's eyes started watering with happiness "Arigatou I hope for your success"
Soon the trios where back at the house just as Kakashi, Kurenai and the gennins walked in the gennins looking worse for wear.
Naruto raised an eyebrow "Someone mind telling me what happened?"
Kiba, Shino, Sakura, and Sasuke were all covered in dirt and sweat and looked ready to collapse. Hinata though not sweating was covered in various cuts from loosing control over the kunai sharp side pointing down.
Kurenai grinned sheepishly "well some training mishaps…I guess"
Kenshin tilted his head to the side "Oro?"
Kakashi sighed "These four…" he gestured to Shino, Sakura, Kiba, and Sasuke "…practiced the tree climbing exercise for the whole time you were gone and Hinata-san over here…" he pointed towards Hinata who smiled at Naruto "…got minor cuts from practicing Kunai balancing"
Kenshin nodded slowly not completely understanding while Sasuke fumed that a Hyuuga was getting better training than him an Uchiha.
Tazuna nodded "Well thanks to this guy" he pointed at Naruto who gave them an eye smile "We'll be finished ahead of schedule I'd say in two days if things go on like this"
Sakura glared at Naruto of her own reasons before asking with as much venom as she could which was not much asked "What could that loser do to help?" she emphasized the word loser
Naruto's smile never faltered "Simple Haruno-san Kage bunshin no jutsu"
Sasuke snorted in contempt "How could a dobe like you know a Jounin level jutsu?"
Kakashi sighed as he answered the Uchiha "Well Sasuke from what I read in his files he learned it in the country he was trained in. You must remember that he wasn't trained in Konoha, okay?"
Sasuke was seething inwardly 'I must find out where he was trained and obtain his power for my own, wait there's still the swordsman I can get him to teach me after all it should be an honor to teach an Uchiha'
Sasuke smirked arrogantly as he stepped towards Kenshin who simply tilted his head
"Train me!" Sasuke shouted
Kenshin who wasn't expecting someone to shout at him simply tilted his head the other way "Oro?"
Sasuke grunted in annoyance "I said train me!"
Everyone was now staring at the two even Inari and Zabuza who had come down to see why there was shouting Zabuza still groggy from waking up recently
"Why do you want me to train you?" Kenshin asked not really interested at all
Sasuke was irritated at this clueless man "I need the power you have to kill my brother!"
It was then that Haku walked in from picking herbs to help Zabuza recover noticing the two she walked over to Naruto "What's going on?"
Naruto turned his head to face her "Oh nothing the Uchiha is trying to get Kenshin to train him that's all just watch its kinda funny."
Shrugging Haku turned to watch the event unfold
Kenshin's expression hardened slightly "I'll have to decline I don't intend to teach anyone my style that I won't"
Sasuke was fuming mad as steam poured out of his ears "Why won't you teach me! You should feel honored that an Uchiha is asking you to train them!"
Kenshin simply looked confused "Who are the Uchihas?" these four words caused Sasuke to drop to the floor twitching as everyone else except for Sakura laughed at him especially Naruto who elaborated for the Uchiha
"Kenshin comes from an ancient time, there were no Uchihas in his time of course he won't know about you!"
Sasuke got up and dusted himself off then glared at the red haired man "We are the elites of Konoha wielders of the Sharingan that allow us to copy our opponents techniques"
Kenshin looked at him as if considering training him the said something that caused more laughter for everyone "so your clans full of strong monkeys my answer still stands that it does" Kenshin turned around to walk to the table for dinner.
As he walked towards the table he suddenly ducked down into a crouch as Sasuke's leg swept over his head trying to hit him while shouting "If you won't train me willingly I'll make you train me!"
Instead of standing up Kenshin hopped towards the table, seeing this Sasuke sent a heel drop towards the man's head only for Kenshin to twirl around it while simultaneously standing up enraged Sasuke went in for a punch to Kenshin's gut but once again he dodged this time by pivoting on his right foot in mid step. This process continued in various sequences but it all ended up the same, Sasuke attacks and Kenshin dodges.
Everyone but Sakura watched this with ever growing sweat drops on their heads
Naruto sighed "Sasuke will never get a hit on Kenshin at this rate"
Kiba just laughed "You're probably right look at that Kenshin's not even trying!" he managed between bouts of laughter
Shino chuckled but remained quiet Hinata mirrored this but instead giggled
Kurenai turned towards Kakashi "Isn't he your student? Shouldn't you stop him so we can eat?"
Kakashi sighed then rubbed his forehead in agitation "Kurenai, please don't remind me this gaki is my student. I can't believe the damn council is forcing me to concentrate on teaching him"
Kurenai was surprised "They're forcing you to teach him?" Kakashi nodded "How? I mean how could they force you of all people to take an apprentice?"
Kakashi glared at the ceiling "They threatened to soil my Otou-san's grave, then take his sword, and finally I would be exiled for treason" Kurenai growled
"Didn't Hokage-sama say anything about this?"
Kakashi sighed "He never knew about this the council is keeping him out of the loop, the council is abusing their power but Hokage-sama doesn't have decent proof to do anything about it"
Kurenai just scowled
As Haku was watching Sasuke continue to attack Kenshin without results she turned towards Naruto "Shouldn't we stop them?"
Naruto turned to her "Why? Let him continue until he gives up"
Haku pouted cutely "I'm hungry that's all" as if on cue Haku's stomach growled causing everyone to look at her even Sasuke and Kenshin, this in turn made Haku blush bright red
Naruto coughed into his hand "Right… well let's eat!" he said this with an eye smile as he walked to the dining room soon followed by everyone else.
Once everyone was seated Tsunami served dinner and everyone began to eat, pleasant talk popping up once in a while followed by more joking and laughter, this was all spoiled by one Inari
"Why do you try so hard? You're all going to die!" He shouted slamming his fist into the table
Kurenai looked at the boy "Why do you say that?"
Inari glared at all of them "Because the weak always die when facing the strong!"
Naruto scoffed "Well then it's a good thing Gatou's weak"
Inari became enraged "You're all so smug smiling and laughing all the time! You don't know what having a hard life is like! The time of heroes is dead!"
This seemed to strike a cord in Naruto as everyone noticed him tense his voice harsh and firm "I don't know what a hard life is? Don't make me laugh Gaki. All my life I grew up without parents, without grandparents, the only things I had were my Aniki and senseis. Everyday was training in something. Aniki and I were despised by the people because we were only half-bloods to them weak children born to a powerful family. They believed we wouldn't amount to anything that we would never succeed. What did we do then you ask? WE WOKRED OURSELVES INTO THE DIRT ALL TO PROVE THEM WRONG! Aniki Was acknowleded when he won a tournament that was held to decide the strongest and it wasn't until I single handily crushed a minor rebellion against my Aniki's reign that I became recognized for my strength. Aniki and I were considered weak because our Okaa-san was from a different country now look at us I'm a shirei (2) of our country's military and Aniki is our kokuou. (3) so don't whine to me about a hard life you still have an Okaa-san and a Jii-chan"
By now Naruto had stood up and headed towards the door "I'm going to blow off some steam" he the walked out the door into the woods
Everyone looked after him all thinking the same thing 'is it true?'
Kenshin as if reading their minds answered "Hai, it's all true that it is, the last time I awoke was in Naruto-san's home country, He and Kaoru-san where revered for their strength both physically and mentally though they did mention that their Otou-san had moved to a different country and became a leader there and that they wanted to move there as well, I'm not really sure about it that I am not"
This left everyone to their own thoughts as Kenshin calmly sipped his tea
Haku looked towards the door then stood up herself "I'm going to go look for him" and rushed out the door into the woods
Hinata who had also been staring out the door stood up as well "Me too we'll be back by tomorrow morning" the she too rushed into the woods
Everyone just sat there as they watched the two girls leave only to be broken out of their thoughts by Kenshin "Naruto-san is really popular with the women that he is"
Everyone turned to stare at him as he calmly sipped his tea noticing their gazes he elaborated "Why else would those two girls go after him normal friends would just wait for him to return but those two went out to see if he was alright"
A look realization crossed Kurenai's face as she muttered "Haku likes him"
Zabuza turned towards her "What?"
Kurenai repeated herself "Haku likes Naruto" she then sighed "he really has it rough when it comes to women, he has two girlfriends as it is now there's a third"
Zabuza scowled preparing to give Naruto a beating "Is he a womanizer?" You could hear the sharpness of his words
Kenshin sipped some tea "No. no Zabuza-san no need to worry about your musume in that way Naruto-san has always been well liked by women, he doesn't do it intentionally." Kurenai and Kakashi looked at him "Musume?"
Kenshin nodded "Zabuza-san seems to worry about her like a an Otou-san would their Musume"
Zabuza grunted as he accepted the answer "Now what?"
Kakashi looked out the open door "We go to bed and wait for those three to return."
Everyone nodded as they headed to bed or in Kenshin's case outside to find a comfortable spot under a tree
With Naruto
Naruto stood in a newly made clearing; trees littered the area broken at the base
He sighed as he sat down on the trunk of a tree "Mindless destruction can be so therapeutic" He heard footsteps coming towards him pulling out a kunai he prepared just in case only to relax as Haku came into the clearing
"Haku-chan what are you doing out here?" he asked as he looked around
Haku turned towards him with a smile "I came to see if you were alright"
Just as she reached him Hinata came bursting into the clearing "Naruto-kun are you alright?"
Naruto blinked "Hinata-hime what are you doing out here and yes I'm alright"
Hinata walked over to him and sat down next to him "I came to check on you" she proceeded to rest her head against his arm
Haku sat next to his other side and leaned her head on his shoulder causing Hinata to growl at her "What do you think your doing?"
Haku glared back at her "What do you think I'm resting against the man I like!"
Naruto who was caught in the middle of all this tried to calm them down "Now, now girls calm down we can settle this civilly right?"
They turned sharply to face him "Stay out of this!"
He shrunk back in fear "H-hai"
The two girls continued to glare at each other Haku stated the verbal banter "Why should you deserve him? You're what twelve and he's what maybe eighteen?"
Naruto interrupted "Anou I'm twelve, something about my family we reach physical maturity faster than normal" Haku stared at him "You're younger than me" she stated
He chuckled nervously "err yeah?"
Hinata smirked in victory "See he's my age why would he want a woman he doesn't even know?"
Haku glared long and hard at her "Because his past is like mine I grew up hated for my Kekkai Genkai the ability to control ice" she nuzzled into his neck causing Naruto to blush "What about you? You're too short to do this right? You don't even come up to his shoulder, I bet he feels weird dating a girl barely half his size"
Hinata glared at the taller girl "I'm only twelve of course I wouldn't be as tall as him." She smirked "But I did see what's under that mask of his unlike you"
Naruto sighed as the two continued to argue while clinging to him he pulled down his mask and waited to see how long it would take for them to notice, they wouldn't notice for a while
By the time his mask was down the girls arguing had gotten physical sort of
They were trying to see who could give him the most pleasure without resorting to sex basically foreplay since they were trying to pleasure him without using penetration
They had started by unzipping his trench coat revealing his black muscle shirt shocking him "Eh wait what are you two doing?" how he didn't notice them unzipping his coat we will never know
Haku looked him in the eyes only to notice his mask was off. She stared at his whiskered face for a while before shaking her head and said "Hush and let us do this" she then glared at Hinata who did the same
Slowly they reached their hands under his shirt and trailed their hands against his toned body, Naruto soon found himself short of breath with a bright red blush as their hands continued to caress his body
He gave a yelp of surprise when he felt Haku lick his exposed cheek. Slowly she trailed her tongue down his cheek onto his neck.
Hinata not to be outdone added a small bit of chakra to her fingers as they roamed over his body
Naruto was in total bliss his eyes glazed over as he allowed them to continue their ministrations not even registering their words when they asked how he felt
They both stopped as they observed his expression it was a look of happiness as his breathing calmed slowly his eyes began to return to their natural shade of blue as he regained himself
When he came to all he could say was "Wow" he sounded dazed and the two bickering girls took this as a good sign as they asked him "Naruto-kun who felt the best?"
He rubbed his head sheepishly "I couldn't tell you both felt really great, but now I'm tired I think I'll sleep out here today"
The girls pouted about not being able to decide a winner but then noticed a tent in Naruto's pants Hinata blushed heavily as Haku giggled "Naruto-kun look at your pants notice how tight it feels?"
He looked down upon noticing his pants indeed felt tighter only for his face to become as red as a tomato "Um well you see, I uhh" He tried to reason only to give up and turn around to find somewhere to sleep as he willed his tent down, once it was gone he turned towards the two girls
"Shouldn't you two head back?"
They shook their heads "No we'll stay out here with you, you look like you could use the company"
Naruto shrugged and took off his coat, he found a soft patch of grass and gestured for them to come over "We'll lie here, and it's soft"
The girls nodded blushing slightly when they realized that they would be sleeping next to him.
Naruto lay down and motioned for the girls to lie next to him; once they did they cuddled with him as he threw his coat over them
Soon Haku and Hinata where asleep, Naruto looked at them both and smiled "My himes (4) I love you all" then he too fell asleep
Next day
The trio lay there sleeping as Kenshin walked into the clearing seeing them he smiled "Come on you three everyone's worried about you head to your training areas"
They groggily sat up and stretched sighing in relief as their muscles gave satisfying pops
Naruto looked at Kenshin "What time is it?"
Kenshin smiled "its 7:30 right now, Hatake-san said that Hinata should get back to training with Kurenai as everyone left the house already for tree climbing, Naruto-san you and Haruno-san are with me guarding Tazuna because she has finished the training now she needs physical conditioning, and Haku-san Zabuza-san wanted you to help him as he loots Gatou's mansion"
They nodded Hinata speeding off in one direction and Haku in another. Kenshin looked at Naruto and smiled "Let's head over to the bridge Haruno-san is already there" Naruto nodded as they walked in the direction of the bridge
With tree climbers
Kakashi lazily read his book as he over watched the gennin still practicing tree walking he idly noticed that Shino was the highest and Kiba was lowest
Shino was resting on a high branch watching Kiba and Sasuke try to match him, Sasuke had maybe a ten foot lead on Kiba Shino approximated but Kiba was gaining ground inch by inch. As he thought about it they probably would've taken a week to master this if Hinata and Naruto hadn't given them those pointers about the amount needed. He noticed Kiba getting frustrated and decided to help him
"Kiba getting frustrated will only hinder you, calm down remember what Naruto and Hinata said not too little not too much just concentrate"
Kiba nodded and took deep breaths to calm himself down, he noticed Sasuke doing the same as they both raced up the tree and reached the same height as Shino surprising him though he didn't show it. The two sat on the branch catching their breaths as Kiba grinned at him
"Thanks for the reminder buddy" Shino simply nodded his head in acknowledgment
With Kurenai and Hinata
Kurenai sat in the same area she had yesterday waiting for Hinata, she didn't have to wait very long as Hinata jumped into the clearing
Sanding up Kurenai smiled "Alright Hinata you made great progress yesterday now let's finish up what you started than you can join Naruto, Kenshin, and Sakura at the bridge"
Hinata nodded a look of determination on her face "Hai Kurenai-sensei!"
She immediately started the exercise
Kurenai smiled as she watched Hinata practice 'Naruto must be proud to be her boyfriend' she mused to herself
With Zabuza and Haku
Zabuza nodded as Haku appeared next to him "Alright Haku we're going into Gatou's mansion and taking any money, gold, priceless artifacts, or bank information we find we'll continue until we clean the place out, stay out of sight we don't want a big fight on our hands."
"Hai Zabuza-sama" Haku answered
Zabuza grunted in annoyance "What did I say about that yesterday?"
Haku blushed if only slightly not used to the new way she was supposed to refer to him "Sumimasen Otou-san"
Zabuza smiled beneath his mask as he patted her head in a way a father would his daughter "That's my girl, now let's get started" he vanished in a swirling mist as Haku followed shortly after in the same fashion
At bridge
Naruto sat in the same spot as he did yester day over looking the area as his Kage bunshins helped with construction. He looked at Kenshin who was sitting next to Sakura he scowled "She's useless, she refuses to actually train, what does she think this is a fairy tale?"
Kenshin sighed "Sakura-san you should really train more often that you should"
Sakura scoffed "And become all sweaty and stinky? No way!"
Kenshin sighed once again "If you don't train you won't be able to protect yourself and that could get you killed that it could."
Sakura looked at Kenshin as if he grew a second head "Sasuke-kun will protect me if something like that happens, then he'll profess his undying love for me" by now she had stars in her eyes
Kenshin blinked before he got up and walked to the other side of the bridge to leave her in her own delusional world.
Sakura took some time to think about things 'Wait that was the swordsman if I can get him to train Sasuke-kun, Sasuke-kun will fall in love with me' She squealed at the thought
Getting up she headed to where Kenshin was sitting
"Hey, Kenshin-san you should train Sasuke-kun." Sakura said with a smile believing he would agree
Kenshin looked at her, sighed and said "I already told Sasuke-san I will not train him, the Hiten Mitsurugi-Ryu is a sword style that will not fail to kill unless used with a sword like mine, and I refuse to teach anyone in my style that I do."
Sakura was shocked she thought he wasn't serious when he said that he wouldn't teach Sasuke and she voiced her confusion "Why won't you train him, he's the best there is no one can beat him"
Kenshin sighed she was really dense "Sakura you are not listening to me I said I wouldn't take any apprentices ever, this sword style of mine will die with me"
Sakura as dense as she was continued "But this is Sasuke-kun we're talking about he deserves power because he is an Uchiha. He needs power to avenge his clan and your kenjutsu style is perfect for it"
Kenshin stared at her for a while as if considering it but what he said crushed any hope she had of him teaching Sasuke "Such blind loyalty is rare, and…it will get you killed that it will. You should grow up learn to protect yourself and don't rely on Sasuke that you should." He then stood up and walked to a different part of the bridge
Naruto who had watched from his spot atop the bridge smirked "good he ended her blind hope of him teaching the Uchiha and hopefully she'll actually train now"
He looked up "It's almost time to head back I wonder how everyone else is doing" he then jumped down landing next to Kenshin who smiled "Is it time to leave Naruto-san?"
Naruto nodded as he sat down "We'll have to wait for Tazuna-san though but he should be calling it a day soon" Kenshin nodded in acknowledgment
Tazuna wiped his brow "Alright let's call it a day!" everyone nodded as they headed their own ways and the clones Naruto had created canceled themselves
Naruto looked up "Alright Tazuna-san called it a day let's find Sakura and leave"
Kenshin nodded "Hai, I'll go find her" walking towards where he sat earlier he soon found Sakura sitting there looking out to sea. Placing a hand on her shoulder he spoke tone cheerful "Come on Sakura we're leaving"
She nodded and stood up as they made their way to Naruto who stood with Tazuna, Tazuna smiled as the four of them walked away towards Tazuna's house.
At house
Everyone showed up at about the same time each with a smile on their face
Kakashi eye smiled "Well Shino, Kiba, and Sasuke all mastered tree climbing" the three of them had smiles of achievement on their faces as the others clapped softly for their progress
Kurenai also smiled "Hinata mastered Kunai balancing today as well, Naruto you must be proud of her" Naruto nodded as he almost glided over to Hinata and gave her a quick kiss on the lips, it all happened so fast that only Kenshin, Kurenai, Kakashi, and Zabuza saw him take off his mask for that one moment
Naruto smiled as Hinata blushed "Damn right I'm proud of her!" she beamed as Haku pouted
Zabuza also smiled "Musume and I successfully stole twenty million ryous worth of stuff from Gatou's mansion" Haku blushed as everyone stared at her
Kurenai blinked "Eh? Zabuza-san I didn't think you would take the role of her father"
Zabuza chuckled "Yup I did I'm her Otou-san by everything but blood"
Naruto smiled again as he grabbed Hinata and glided over to Haku giving her a peck on the cheek causing her to blush even harder than she already was.
Zabuza glared at the blonde mask wearing nin "What do you think your doing gaki?"
Naruto chuckled nervously "Umm congratulating Haku-chan?" he saw Hinata glaring daggers at Haku through the corner of his eye
Zabuza glared even harder "Don't you already have a girlfriend?"
Naruto gulped "Well you see…Since I am one of the last members of my clan the council wants me and my Aniki to practice polygamy"
Zabuza grunted "You better not hurt Haku in any way or you'll regret it, got it!"
Naruto nodded rapidly "H-hai" Haku smiled as she latched herself to his arm
This action caused Hinata to growl as she latched onto his other arm "What do you think you're doing?"
Haku glared at her "Holding onto the man I like what, do you think you're doing?"
Hinata glared right back "The same thing"
This continued for a while as everyone else simply watched the sparks fly until Tsunami interrupted "Dinner is ready!"
Everyone filed into the dining room for a pleasant dinner and soon drifted off to sleep in their respective rooms or outside for Kenshin and Naruto
Next day
Everyone got up and entered the dining room for breakfast and Tazuna made a good announcement "Well we should be finished with the bridge today thank you for guarding me on this job" he bowed to all of them
Kenshin sighed "This is not over until Gatou is no longer a threat even if you finish today he will destroy it using his money to buy off some other shinobi, I have no doubt he still has plenty of money to do this, the money and things Zabuza-san and Haku-san stole are most likely the money he made illegally, there is still the money he made legally to use"
Everyone nodded as Kakashi added his own thoughts "He probably knows your close to finishing the bridge already, he might send some men here to take a hostage to convince you not to finish"
Once again everyone nodded Kurenai thinking up a quick plan looked at Kenshin "Kenshin could you stay here to make sure any who show up here don't succeed" Kenshin nodded "Hai I'll join you once things settle down here"
Everyone nodded as they stood and headed out with Tazuna
Kenshin watched them leave then turned towards Tsunami "May I have some more tea?" She nodded as she poured him another cup of tea
Kenshin quietly sat there and sipped his tea, suddenly he heard something Standing up he said quietly "Tsunami-san find Inari and hide up stairs we have unwanted visitors" she nodded and headed upstairs
Shortly after she left the room the door was cut down and two samurai walked in "Aright where's the woman?" the one with the eye patch asked
Kenshin prepped his sakabato for a quick draw "She's not here right now I suggest you leave that I do"
They scoffed "What could a wannabe samurai like you do to us true samurai?"
Kenshin didn't say anything he simply vanished in a blur of speed only to appear behind them with a drawn sword slowly he sheathed his sword once the click of the final part of the sword being sheathed was heard the two samurai fell to the floor unconscious.
Kenshin sighed dragged the two men outside then tied them to a tree, he then proceeded to walk upstairs "Tsunami-san I took care of the intruders, I'll be heading out now that I will" having said that Kenshin walked towards the bridge knowing full well that Naruto and the others could handle it
At the bridge
When the group arrived they were treated to the sight of the bodies of the workers laid out on the bridge rushing to one of the ones still living Tazuna asked "Who did this to you?"
The man coughed up blood "I don't know it happened so fast and there were so many of them" his eyes darkened and his head fell limply to the side
Kakashi got into a ready position his headband raised revealing his Sharingan "Everyone on your toes our enemy are shinobi"
They nodded and pulled out their own weapons: Hinata, Kurenai, Sasuke, and Sakura pulled out Kunai, Shino had his bugs at the ready, Kiba had pulled out a soldier pill Akamaru jumped off of his head, Haku pulled out some senbons, Zabuza readied his Zanbatou, and Naruto revealed a sealing tattoo on his arm activating it he pulled out a Katana the same length as Kenshin's sakabato
Turning towards Tazuna Kurenai spoke "Tazuna-san head back to the end of the bridge it's not safe here, Sakura go with him" both nodded as they backed away form the area
Soon the attackers appeared in large numbers Hinata watched in horror as more and more came into view "There's at least two-hundred!" everyone's eyes widened as Kiba spoke his voice one of extreme worry "Two hundred! Gatou hired that many to take Tazuna out?" Akamaru whimpered
Kakashi steeled himself "Get ready kill first don't think about it we'll talk about it later but for now it's kill or be killed" Everyone nodded as the leader of the large group spoke
"Hand us the old man and we'll let you live!"
Kakashi answered his voice firm and unwavering "You will have to get through us first!" He charged forward soon followed by Zabuza, then Kurenai, Haku, Hinata, Shino, Kiba, Sasuke and finally Naruto but before Naruto could even reach halfway he had to block a sword strike as even more enemies appeared but they weren't ordinary enemies oh no they weren't
They were demons from the remnants of the rebellion Naruto cursed "What are you scumbags doing here?" he spoke harshly as he analyzed them 'twenty-five all of them are sanbi or higher who specialize in Kenjutsu fuck this going to be long' indeed he was right their three tails weaving through the air in anticipation swords drawn
"We are here to kill you and your Onii-san, Now die you filthy Half-blood!" the leader shouted for all of the people on the bridge to hear as he struck at Naruto with his sword.
Naruto parried as he jumped above the main bridge landing on the spot he sat on the day before, his enemies landing around him Naruto snarled as he revealed his nine flowing tails which bristled showing his anger "Let's get started rebel scum!"
Meanwhile below them Kakashi and company were fending off the enormous army
They were doing well having already cut down a fourth of the enemy army Sasuke looked around "Where's the dobe! Did he get scared and run away?" Kakashi stabbed his kunai into an enemy's neck as he shouted "I don't know where Naruto is he was intercepted before he could join the fight he may be fighting rebels from his own country I heard someone say 'die you filthy half-blood!'!"
Zabuza grunted as he sliced three men in half "Less talk more killing!"
They both grunted as they killed another person each Sasuke noticed everything becoming slower, looking into an enemy's headband he noticed he eyes were now red with one tomoe in each eye and smirked
"Finally I have the Sharingan! No one will be able to stop me now!"
Haku threw a Senbon into a man's heart killing him instantly "Shut up and kill more of them damn it!" She noticed some performing hand signs "Oh no, you fucking don't, Hyouton: Makyou Hyoushou! (5)" A dome of ice mirrors formed around the ones preparing jutsus Haku quickly stepped into one of the mirrors not even saying anything she began sending barrages of senbon needles at the enemy.
Kurenai was upset why you ask? She couldn't get enough time to use any of her genjutsu so she was stuck stabbing people with kunais "Damn it! I can't even use genjutsu!" She yelled in frustration as she sliced a man's head off, yup she was upset
Hinata was doing well her enemies apparently forgot how to use jutsu as they all tried to best her in taijutsu only to be killed with a quick Juuken strike to the heart or head, Hinata grimaced as another fell before her "I'm definitely going to be sick once this all ends" she mumbled to herself
Kakashi jumped back as he flashed through a series of signs "Katon: Karyuu Endan! (6)" He blew a large dragon of fire at a group of enemies frying most of them as some jumped away to safety only to pale as they heard Zabuza shout out his own jutsu
"Suiton: Daibakufu no Jutsu! (7)" the following column of water washed the ones who dodged Kakashi's attack off of the bridge drowning them with the water pressure
Zabuza looked at Kakashi slightly out of breath "Heh we make a good team"
Kakashi was also breathing harder than normal but he still managed a "Yeah we do indeed" He looked at the still oncoming enemy and groaned "Aren't they all dead yet?"
Sasuke jumped next to him breathing heavily having wasted a lot of chakra using the Sharingan "I think we're halfway done" Zabuza and Kakashi groaned as they got ready for another wave of enemies
Sakura was breathing hard; she had blood all over her face and hands she looked at her hands than at the body of the man she had just killed "I-I t-took a l-life" she stuttered shocked to the core
Tazuna looked at her in worry one had actually gotten through and attacked them and Sakura had killed him quickly with a kunai to the heart, she was just now realizing that she killed him
Tazuna put a hand on her shoulder comfortingly "You were doing your job don't worry like your sensei said this was a kill or be killed situation be prepared there may be more"
Slowly she nodded as her breathing calmed "Hai Tazuna-san"
Naruto grunted in pain as he received a cut on his back "Damn rebels can't fight one on one have to fight in groups of twenty-five, you cowards" he had actually cut down five of them but still he was pissed
The leader of the rebel group laughed "Ha, ha, ha is that all you have to say half-blood? It doesn't matter how we only care about your death and that no good brother of yours!" two Ookami demons rushed in to slice Naruto in half, only for Naruto to jump into the air. They easily changed their direction to chase him
Naruto smirked quickly spinning in the air he sliced one in half as the other blocked at the last second only to gasp as he felt one of Naruto's tails pierce his body like a spear, When Naruto landed he flicked the body off of his tail into the waters below "Eighteen left" His enemies were unfazed by his display of skill
The leader stared at Naruto with nothing but hate raising his hand he shouted "Charge!"
The demons quickly charged at Naruto swords at the ready forcing him to back pedal to the left edge of the bridge, soon he ran out of footing to back up onto, quickly summoning another katana he shifted over so that he was closer to the center and thus the highest point on the bridge. He analyzed his situation
'Alright where I am right now they have to come one at a time unless they go the long way around to flank me and at worst they will have to fight me two at a time, this is a good position now I have to keep it'
Just as he thought nine of them jumped from beam to beam to get around him as the other nine advanced on him one at a time he quickly cut down the first one to reach him the body falling off into the water, before he could kill the second he had to duck underneath a horizontal slash from behind. Not even looking Naruto flipped one of his blades to face behind him and rammed his sword back trying to stab his attacker
He grunted in annoyance when he felt it hit metal meaning it was blocked, keeping pressure on the blade behind him he raised his other blade to block a helm breaker from the one in front of him it was a weapons lock he quickly used his tails to try to stab the two who were trying to overpower him only to feel his attacks being blocked by the two fighting him and one below him. He cursed "Damn I forgot they know how to do that!"
They stood there locked in battle of supremacy for a while
Meanwhile with the group below
They where three fourths of the way done with the army but they were all tired Kurenai took a deep breath "there's only fifty more thank Kami-sama"
Shino and Kiba shared glances and nodded Kiba threw Akamaru another pill "Let's go Akamaru! Juujin Bunshin! (8)" Akamaru soon turned into a replica of Kiba as they got into a stance, then they both jumped into the air as they shouted "Gatsuuga! (9)" the two formed twin tornados that tore into the enemy ranks killing about ten of them
Shino quickly ordered his Kikaichu to swarm over as many of the distracted Nins as possible. They did so and drained half of them dry and the other half was severely weakened
Shino fell to his knees as Kiba struggled to fight his way through the exhausted enemies to make his way back to the team once he reached Kurenai he collapsed from exhaustion
"KIBA!" Kurenai shouted in worry as she quickly took his pulse, she sighed in relief when she found he was only sleeping turning to Shino she noticed his fatigue "Shino you're in no condition to continue leave the rest to us
He nodded as he moved to the back of the group "Hai Kurenai-sensei"
Kakashi looked over Sasuke "Sasuke your exhausted take a breather let us finish this"
Sasuke nodded reluctantly as he too moved back.
Hinata and Haku nodded to each other as they moved up with the three Jounins soon Kakashi voiced his last order before engaging with the remaining enemies "We each kill four then we can rest" everyone nodded as they charged into the enemy ranks
Each dealt with their targets easily enough they were drained from the Kikaichu absorbing their chakra and couldn't respond fast enough to the charge
Wearily they walked back to where the others were as Hinata looked around "Hey where's Naruto-kun?"
Sakura shrugged "Last time I saw him he charged in with you guys"
Hinata quickly turned around ready to make sure he didn't collapse in the battle when something fell in front of her looking down she saw what it was and gasped "Kakashi-sensei, Kurenai-sensei come here quick!"
The two Jounins jogged over to where she was as Kurenai asked "What is it Hinata?"
Hinata looked over the thing before her "It's a Demon!" Kakashi and Kurenai's eyes widened as they rushed the rest of the way to where Hinata stood once they were there they looked at the body and noticed the tails instantly
Kakashi looked Hinata in the eye "where did this come from?" Hinata pointed up
Everyone's head followed her finger as they saw Naruto fighting off more demons
Hinata in her worry screamed "Naruto-kun!" The Jounins wanted to help him but they were tired and realized they wouldn't be much of a challenge for demons anyways, that's when Zabuza realized something "Hey are those tails sticking out of the Gaki's ass?"
Everyone stared at him in confusion and he clarified "Look at Naruto, are those things Kitsune tails sticking out from underneath his coat?"
Their eyes locked onto Naruto and indeed there where fox tails there Sakura counted them and gasped "He has nine tails, he's the Kyuubi no Kitsune"
Everyone gasped Kurenai had apparently forgotten about the tails as she too gasped in surprise
Kakashi sat down "There is nothing we can do now. We'll just have to sit and watch and see what happens"
Everyone nodded as they too sat down to watch Naruto's ongoing fight
Naruto had just killed the one below him and continued to fight the other two who had him in a weapons lock for a good thirty minutes now having three free tails now he quickly killed the two and threw them backwards into the ones behind them
Taking the moment to breath he prepared himself as two more rushed him spinning rapidly Naruto caught them off guard as his blades impaled their bodies he shook their bodies off of his swords as two more ran in to kill him
He blocked the two strikes quickly he lessened the pressure on each blade causing his enemies to fall off balance he seized the opportunity and killed the two their bodies fell lifelessly to the bridge below
Naruto grunted "This is taking too long damn it!" he jumped too the center beam as the remaining twelve surrounded him
The leader laughed "You are finished half-blood!" All twelve of the surviving rebels charged in at the same time, but this time Naruto didn't move from his spot instead he fought them off: duck, parry, counter, uppercut, stab, parry, dodge, strike this was one of many patterns he had to follow to kill each and every attacker off
After another thirty minutes it was only him and the leader, they glared at each other as they jumped from beam to beam soon both blurred out of sight and the clang of metal against metal was heard this process repeated itself for a while until Naruto saw an opening and took it, he knocked away the leader's sword and used his second Katana to slice his head clean off
Naruto wiped his brow as he looked around making sure no one was still ready to attack him, satisfied that there wasn't any he noticed his group looking at him in confusion he then noticed his tails sticking out, he sighed
"Well I did say we should tell them" he jumped down while pulling his mask off of his face. When he reached the ground he waved "Yo!"
They stared at him and stared, Naruto soon started to feel nervous "Anou is something wrong?"
Kakashi pointed at his tails "Care to explain?"
Naruto nodded "Right well I was planning to explain this with Aniki's help but yeah to release Akane-nee-chan who was sealed into me Aniki turned me into a Kyuubi so the lack of her chakra wouldn't kill me, so I'm a Hanyou or half demon but because of this my chakra capacity is set in stone I can't increase my reserves at all no matter what."
The group took a moment to absorb the information as Shino broke the silence "So you are not the one to attack Konoha?"
Naruto shook his head "Nope that was Akane-nee-chan in a berserker state of mind, you see Orochimaru put her under a genjutsu when she was weakened by something but she doesn't remember what it was"
Kurenai thought back to what Kaoru had said during team introductions "That's why Kaoru-kun wants to kill Orochimaru, but what I don't get is what is this Akane's relation to Kaoru where he would want to kill someone for her sake"
Naruto chuckled nervously "Well you see she is um his first wife."
Their jaws dropped as Kiba who had woken up when Hinata pointed up shouted "He's married to the Kyuubi no Kitsune?"
Kurenai shook off her shock as rage set itself in place "He's married and he still flirts around with Anko and me? The nerve of that man!"
Naruto gulped "Well he does have to practice polygamy"
Kurenai blinked "Oh yeah you mentioned that…wait how many women does he have as it is right now?"
Naruto pondered for a minute "Well he's married to Akane-nee-chan the Kyuubi and Tsuki-nee-san who is a Hachibi; I think he went on a date with Luna who is a Gobi and Reina an ichibi; I also know that San-san (10) a yonbi, Heisui-san (11) a sanbi, Chikara-san (12) a shichibi, and Kiremono-san (13) a rokubi all have some form of affection towards him. The only one I'm not sure about is Ellie-san a nibi she was sealed away the same time Aniki was born so I have no idea about her though Aniki and I have looked after her imoutos once and a while...Those girls are really naughty it's like all of the Neko clan have this huge perversion issue their all perverts!"
Everyone stared at him again as Haku voiced the question everyone had "Female perverts?"
Naruto nodded "Well yeah males only make up fifteen percent of the entire population of Makai, it doesn't help that most of the rebels are males either I mean their all dying"
Zabuza rested his head on the back of his hands "So those guys you were fighting, they were rebels?"
Naruto nodded "Yeah they can't stand Aniki or me because we're half-bloods; we're not full demons so they believe themselves superior to us, which is why they rebelled against Aniki's rule."
They were about to continue when they heard chuckling the voice drifted from the end of the bridge "It looks like hiring those two hundred nuke nins was worth it your all tired and weak"
As the person came into view it was a short fat man wearing a business suit, behind him were one-hundred thugs looking ready to kill.
Zabuza spat "Gatou you lousy scumbag"
As he finished everyone heard footsteps behind Tazuna turning around the Konoha group sighed in relief as Kenshin walked into view
Kenshin waved "Sorry I'm late I had to knock out a bunch of thugs who were in the way"
Gatou sneered "One more person won't help you, I'll kill you all and make those girls my sex slaves what do you say boys!" there were roars of approval from the men as they waved their weapons around
Kenshin's face hardened as he held his hand to Naruto and said one word "Katana"
Naruto nodded and handed him a Katana as Kenshin removed his sakabato and handed it to Kurenai "Could you look after this for me?" At her nod he turned towards Gatou
"Ten years, for ten years I have kept my vow to never kill again, but your heinous acts against these people cannot be forgiven I will take up the blade of a killer once more if it will ensure the safety of this country. Prepare to die!"
With that he unsheathed the Katana and dashed forward killing one of the thugs he blurred out of their sights as he reappeared in a different area the light reflecting off of his sword leaving a trail for others to see his sword's path, in one quick motion he killed five thugs in the same way as many of the thugs backed up "He killed five people in one swing!"
Naruto smirked "No he didn't he simply struck them so fast it looked like one swing"
Everyone's eyes widened "He's that fast?" they muttered under their breaths Naruto simply chuckled
Kenshin dashed to another group of thugs and spun rapidly killing four of them, the other thugs charged in and Kenshin would kill them all in one swing. Kenshin became a blur of movement as the reflection of his sword trailing across the bodies of the thugs became the only clue as to where he was, one by one the thugs fell to his blade, and soon there were only four left.
Kenshin appeared in the middle of their group and thrust his Katana up sending all four to the ground…dead. Kenshin's hardened glare turned on Gatou who had been inching away towards his boat "And where do you think you're going scumbag?"
Gatou backed up sweating bullets "What do you want? Money? Girls? I'll give you anything!"
Kenshin scowled "I want. YOUR LIFE!" he brought his Katana down on Gatou's head hard enough to cut the fat man in half, Kenshin scowled as he kicked the body off of the bridge
Sheathing the Katana he walked back towards the group with a somber look
"The deed is done Gatou is dead he will no longer terrorize this nation, Kakashi-san we should clean the bridge so Tazuna can finish that we should"
Kakashi nodded as he turned to the gennin "Alright everyone let's get this bridge cleaned up. Haku and Naruto could you clean the beams I'm sure there is some blood up there considering Naruto's opponents" the two nodded as they jumped up to the beams above to start their task as Kakashi continued "everyone else help clean up the main part of the bridge, toss the bodies into the water"
Everyone nodded although Sakura did so reluctantly, the group slowly made their way to the bodies of their enemies and only then did the fact of their first kills sink into mind, each reacted differently; Sakura ran to the edge and vomited into the water, Hinata turned green as she put her hand to her mouth but didn't have to vomit, Kiba stared at his hands in a daze seeing blood on them, Shino shifted around on his feet showing his discomfort, and Sasuke looked up to the sky hands clenched in understanding
Noticing their reactions Kurenai spoke up "If anyone wants to talk about it we can after this place is clean."
They all nodded weakly as they set to work throwing dead bodies into the water as Kakashi and Zabuza used suiton jutsus to clean off the blood
Kenshin nodded his head in grim acceptance "It never easy to kill, warriors simply learn to put the thought into the back of their mind, then after everything is said and done they'll do something to take their minds off of things it's how we stay sane"
Everyone nodded what he said was the truth
Alrighty chapter is done
I hope it wasn't too rushed I worked late into the nights a couple of times with this I'm not to sure about the fights but yeah I'm a beginner when it comes to those
I hope people liked the little interaction between Haku, Naruto, and Hinata. I'm hoping to show a little rivalry between Haku and Hinata over Naruto, oh they'll accept that they have to share but they will still argue over who Naruto likes more or something like that
Yes I tried to reenact the scene between Misao (Oniwaban girl who really like Aoshi) and Kenshin when she was trying to get him to talk about Aoshi because I found that scene really funny
For the fight scene with Kenshin picture his first fight in the anime when he saves Kaoru the first time mixed with when he fought those corrupt police swordsmen
Now the final thing I want to say is that I am still hoping for any artists out there to draw something for this story simply because I can't draw…period. If you do draw something could you post it on deviant art so I can set a link from my profile to it?
Anyways R&R please
(1) musume – daughter
(2) shirei – commander
(3) kokuou – king
(4) himes – princesses
(5) Hyouton: Makyou Hyoushou – Ice release:Demonic Ice Crystal Mirrors
(6) Katon: Karyuu Endan – Fire release: Fire Dragon Flame Projectile
(7) Suiton: Daibakufu no Jutsu – Water release: Grand Waterfall Technique
(8) Juujin Bunshin - Beast-Man Clone
(9) Gatsuuga - Dual Piercing Fang
(10) San – sun
(11) Heisui – calm water
(12) Chikara – strength
(13) Kiremono – sharp and able person