"Well that was a little annoying," Naruto muttered as he looked at the large number of severed body parts that lay before him.
Once again he had run across a group of ROOT operatives… it actually made him wonder just how many soldiers the old warhawk had under his thumb. Quickly putting that thought out of his head, he did something he had started doing when he killed ROOT ninja… seal their pieces in a large scroll he kept sealed in a tattoo on his wrist.
"What did you expect? we've been running across these guys since before we went to Nami so of course they're gonna keep showing up," the redheaded companion said in disbelief.
"Sorry, but I was kinda hoping that I'd killed most of them by now," the spiky haired blond retorted with a noticeable amount of irritation in his voice.
"(sigh) You might not realise it, but Danzō has been kidnapping children for a LONG time, if what I heard is right then he managed to get his hands on several hundred children during the Kyūbi's attack when you were born," the young girl told him seriously.
"Let me guess… they were believed to have been killed in the attack right?" the whiskered boy asked her with a hint of sadness in his voice, earning nothing more than a nod of confirmation, "you know, that just make me feel bad about killing them, they might have been good guys if it wasn't for that bastard brainwashing them."
"Tch, you'd better not start letting them go or else we will be screwed," the slightly older redhead said with obvious irritation at his statement.
"Just because I'm feeling a little bad about killing them doesn't mean I'll stop, besides, I want to be able to post this scroll ya know," the blond said with a grin as he put his scroll back in the seal on his wrist.
"You want to post it? The hell is wrong with you?" she couldn't understand what he was thinking, it wasn't everyday someone decided to post a scroll containing minced ninja.
"Nothing, I just thought it would be fun to post this with a letter, 'Dear Danzō-san, I appreciate the thoughtfulness of the gifts you sent me, however I have no use for them and so would like to return them, yours sincerely, Uzumaki Naruto,'," the whiskered blond said with a smile on his face as the girl proceeded to let out a small laugh at the thought of the old warhawk receiving his own ANBU in several pieces, "of course I'll have to address it to Baachan and have instructions for her to open it during a council meeting."
"Ha, I would love to see the look on his face when that happens, still, you'll have to post the damn thing first," Tayuya stated with a small smile as she took notice of the rapid change in scenery.
What was once a lush forest was quickly clearing to reveal a harsh desert with several ruins littering the land, remnants of an ancient civilisation, long since destroyed by unknown forces.
"I know, I just want to put another couple of dozen masks in it before sending it to Konoha," the former konoha nin said calmly as he stopped at the edge of the desert, "Tayuya, I want to try out my teleportation jutsu, so if you don't want to get left behind then I'd advise you to grab onto me."
Almost immediately the redhead let out a sigh as she put her arms around his neck before feeling her legs getting lifted around his waist, earning a hint of annoyance from her, unhappy that she was being given another piggyback by the blond, she had nothing against the last time since her legs were broken back then but now… now it just made her feel awkward.
Feeling that his travelling companion was firmly attached to him, the former genin began to focus chakra to one of his feet, creating what could only be described as a 'shoe' of chakra that covered his foot. Once he had achieved that stage he created a string of chakra at the front, forcing it to stretch as far as it could before gluing it to the ground.
Almost immediately he lifted his other foot from the ground before taking a step, pushing chakra into his heel, pushing him forward while he focused on decreasing the length of the string, effectively pulling him along the line like a track until he reached the end and finished his step.
It all took less than a second.
Feeling the rush of air hit her face for an instant, Tayuya couldn't help but look back at the forest they had just left, her eyes widening when she saw the distance travelled in that instant, it was easily two hundred metres, given that they had made the step in approximately one second, she was able to calculate in her head that they had travelled at over four hundred miles an hour.
She didn't have time to get over the shock as she once again felt the air hit her and the forest once again moved further away.
Her mind reeled in shock as the blond proceeded to take step after step, the forest no longer visible after five, as she tried to process just how impressive his new jutsu was given the total level of knowledge the inventor possessed and in the end, it shocked her more than hearing about the hiraishin no jutsu.
Once again the boy had made a ridiculously dangerous jutsu using what could only be considered basic knowledge, he was proving to her that he was more than capable of taking what he knew to the extremes that no one else would even consider.
Looking forward, she opened her eyes upon feeling the wind stop for an instant, immediately widening them as she saw an immense wall with a single passage leading inside, in less than half an hour they had reached Sunagakure… well technically they still had another 600 hundred metres to go but that could easily be walked and wouldn't risk the gate guards lashing out at a potential hostile.
Finally no longer required to keep a hold of the blond, Tayuya let go, noticing that the boy looked a little… woozy. It was obvious that he wasn't used to travelling at high speeds and unlike her, his stomach was taking the full pressure of the air that hit them during the trip. If she was honest she would have to admit that the mere fact the jinchūriki wasn't vomiting his guts up was impressive after moving at the speeds they had.
After taking several deep breaths the blue eyed mercenary turned to face the girl he travelled with and said a simple sentence she was more than happy to agree with.
"I think we should walk the rest of the trip," despite the obvious hints of him suffering from motion sickness, she could tell that he was otherwise fine as far as stamina and chakra were concerned, meaning that he was either going to throw up after one more attempt at the jutsu or he had come to the same conclusion as she had, it was better to not surprise the gate guards.
The duo were more than happy walking towards the village, easily seen by the sentries as they traversed the final portion of their journey unaided. It took nearly five minutes to walk the distance, much longer than it would've if they had simply used the jutsu to reach the gate itself, not that it really mattered, they did only move in a casual walk.
"Halt, state your names and business," came the stern call once they reached the gate, earning a small sigh off the spiky haired blond as he remembered that the gate guards of another village would obviously stop a stranger from entering without permission.
"Uzumaki Naruto, I'm here to see the Suna no Sankyōdai… if that's what you call them, I never actually thought about what they were known by in Suna before," he started seriously before he started to mutter to himself calmly.
"(sigh) that is what they are known by within these walls and they told me to allow you entrance if you were to ever show up but first I will need to ask you for some form of ID," the gatekeeper stated seriously, causing the blond to pull out the passport he was required to obtain when he became a genin.
The guard looked at the ID for several seconds, reading the details and scanning for a genjutsu just to make sure that everything was correct. Seeing no problems with the blonds ID he returned it calmly, remembering another piece of information the siblings had given him.
"welcome to Sunagakure," the guard said with a forced smile as he gestured them inside, which they decided to accept without complaints.
"(sigh) now back to standing around for hours doing nothing," the gatekeeper muttered under his breath as the duo entered the village.
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"Well that was strange, I wonder why he didn't ask you for ID," Naruto muttered calmly as they walked along the street looking at the shops, cafés and calmly wondering where they would see their targets.
"Don't know but I'm glad, Hebi-teme didn't give us ID in case it was ever linked back to him, the only exception was during Chūnin exams held in Konoha and that was purely to let that pricks team enter and test that kid he wanted as a butt buddy," she answered quietly, not at all happy with the fact that her former association could probably get her killed if it was ever found out by a ninja of the village they were currently in.
"Damn, that sucks… hmm, I wonder if we could get you one here?" the whiskered jinchūriki muttered as he caressed his chin calmly.
"Pfft, doubt it, unless they made that Gaara kid Kazekage we'll be lucky to get anything except tokens of goodwill," the redhead told him with a hint of annoyance easily detectable in her tone.
"Well we'll never know unless we try, besides, it's only a passport, all it'll do is let you in other villages if we decide to visit them," the azure eyed mercenary stated, causing the girl to roll her eyes.
"You don't get it do you, each passport has to be authorised by an official to state that the information contained is correct, that means that the Kazekage himself will have to sign to approve it if I try to get one here and I doubt he'll be happy to give one to a complete stranger," she explained before letting out a sigh at the end.
"Oh well, like I said, it's worth a try even if you don't get one," it was a simple statement that simply caused the girl to hang her head in defeat, he did have a point.
The duo kept walking calmly before Naruto grew bored and decided to simply ask someone if they knew where Gaara was.
"Excuse me, do you know where Sabaku no Gaara is?" it was a simple question directed at a young girl with long brown hair wearing a Suna hitae-ate, causing her to face him with a suspicious look before replying.
"Why do you want to see Kazekage-sama?"
The effect was immediate, with Naruto clearing his ears while Tayuya stared in disbelief.
"I'm sorry, did just say Gaara's Kazekage now?" the blond asked as calmly as he could, earning a simple nod from the girl before he turned to face his companion, "you were saying?" the shit eating grin that spread across his face was truly infuriating and it took all of the redheads self control to not punch his face in.
"Just… shut up," the annoyance in her tone was enough to tell the ninja that she had missed something the duo had been talking about earlier.
"Well, sorry to disturb ya, sayonara," the whiskered blond said to the ninja before turning towards the Kazekage's tower.
"Wait! Who are you and what do you want with Kazekage-sama?!" the brown haired girl asked as she pulled out a kunai, ready to fight the strangers that apparently wanted something from the Kazekage.
"(sigh) a bit of advice, one, an enemy is unlikely to simply ask for someone's whereabouts if they are actually after that person and two, be careful when picking a fight, you never know when you'll face someone that could kill you with a flick of their wrist," the blond stated calmly, causing Tayuya's eyebrow to raise as a corner of her lips twitched in amusement at what the blond was saying.
"Well if you're not an enemy then you shouldn't have any reason to hide why you want Kazekage-sama," the brown haired girl stated seriously, causing the blond to face her with a simple smile as he gave his answer.
"Do I need a reason to visit a friend?"
"Huh? You're a friend of Kazekage-sama?" the young girl asked with a look of surprise on her features as she looked at the boy in front of her, "what proof do you have?"
"Huh? What the hell are you talking about? The only way to prove you're someone's friend is by them agreeing with you," Naruto muttered, obviously annoyed at the girl for suggesting that there was some material way to prove a person's friendship.
"If you can't prove it then I won't let you see Kazekage-sama," the obviously protective girl stated seriously, causing Naruto to look at her blankly.
"What rank are you?" he asked calmly, causing the girl to blink a couple of times at the sudden question.
"Genin," she said uncertainly.
"Okay, if a genin is strong enough to stop me from seeing him then I'm obviously not a threat, especially when you take into account his shield," the blond deadpanned before turning towards the Kazekage's tower once again.
The girl was just about to try and stop him again when she was interrupted by a voice that they all recognised.
"Well well, so you two finally decided to pay us a visit huh?"
Now as I said before this story will not be updated, it may be rewritten at some point however that is dependent largely on a poll I set up on my proper profile.