Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto

Warnings: Violence , Gore and Lemons(Much Later)

Credits: If I may have used some Ideas that are not my own, I apologize. Some of the Jutsu's were taken from The Legend Of Kyuubi's Profile page so credit goes to him

Chapter 16

Inside Naruto's Mindscape

"You don't have to do this right now Naru-kun." Kyuubi said. She had chosen to stay awake for the day, and would help him in guiding him towards Whirlpool Country. Being a thousand year old demon, she had a fair idea of the geography of the world, even if she hadn't ventured out much while she was sealed inside her previous hosts. She didn't know what changes that the places had undergone, but she knew the directions well enough.

'Come on Kyuu-chan, I need to do this now, who knows when I will be going in that direction for a mission. You know I can't let anyone else know about the detour that I will be taking.' Naruto thought back. He was currently sealing up his Sealing supplies, and other things that he might need on his own personal mission. He dispelled the Kage Bunshin that he left to study and practice sealing every day, and made his way downstairs.

Kyuubi just huffed, crossing her arms over her chest. She was just worried for Naruto, while it was true that he could handle himself pretty well in a fight, there was bound to come a time when he would be faring against an opponent that he just wasn't ready for. She wanted to be free of the seal; it was just that she didn't want the price to be too high. 'Fine. . . .Just promise me that you will be careful, and won't take any risks, and tell me if there is any danger, and . . .'

'Alright, alright, I get it. I don't see what you are so worried about; I'm not as helpless as I used to be.' Naruto was amused by Kyuubi's antics. She still tended to think of him as a child whenever there was any trouble. He honestly wondered that if he would be successful in freeing her, he would have to stop her from roasting alive someone who even looked funnily at him.

'You got that right! No one will be harming a hair on my Naru-kun's head without dire consequences.' Kyuubi said smugly. While she was aware of the fact that she only had one tail of chakra left with her, it didn't render her totally helpless. Even with a single tail of her chakra she was just as strong, if not stronger than the Nibi no Nekomata.

"Naruto-kun!" Came the voice of Mei from upstairs. Naruto smiled slightly as he made his way upstairs. This had happened the last time they had set out on their last C-Rank. While Mei was a brilliant ninja in her own right, Sealing was something that she always struggled with. She would try herself for a bit, and then, would inadvertently call for Naruto's help.

After he had helped a grumbling Mei with her predicament, he walked out the house and went towards Yugao's house to pick up a spare sword that she was lending him until he had resolved his issues with Yami. Even while distracted, he hadn't forgotten about Zangetsu's recommendation about the training for Shunpo, his feet never touching the ground. Right now, he wasn't feeling comfortable using Tensa Zangetsu. Yami had been constantly on his mind, and he claimed that his objective was the same as his, and Naruto wondered that if that was indeed the case, why he was fighting him at all.

He was so absorbed in his thoughts that he suddenly found himself at Yugao's apartment door. He had offered her a place in his house, but Yugao had politely declined, stating that it would send that wrong image to the village. While Naruto couldn't care less about what the village thought, Yugao had told him that she would move in with him as soon as he made Chunin

Yugao opened the door, already equipped for the mission, and held out a sword that she had for Naruto. It was the same blade that she had. She always kept a few spare blades, in case she may need to replace hers. The two of them together made their way to the East Gate of Konoha.

The duo reached the gates to see that both Mei and Sakiko were scowling at the client. Their client, the one they were supposed to escort and protect, was a grey hared bespectacled man with a moustache. He wore a sleeveless V-neck shirt with an obi, pants and a pair of sandals. He also carried a towel around his neck and wore a pointed hat on his head, which oddly reminded Naruto of the top of an onion.

As they neared, the client noticed the last two members of Team 11, and grumbled something. Naruto caught what he said, but chose to keep silent. After all, his statement didn't bother him too much. Mei however took offence.

"What was that! You got a death wish gramps?" Mei asked the bridge builder, glaring at him.

"What seems to be the problem here?" Yugao asked the client.

"I'll tell you what the problem here is . . . I didn't pay for a C-Ranked mission just to have a team of snot-nosed brats escort me. Where is your team leader? I wanna have some words with him." The client, who still hadn't introduced himself stated angrily.

"I am the team leader. Now I ask again, what is the problem?" Yugao asked coldly, emitting a little bit of KI to calm him down, and make him realize just who it was that he was insulting.

Tazuna, the bridge builder felt as if he was suffocating, and beads of sweat appeared on his brow, even with the short while that Yugao had held her KI on him. He quickly started making amends, it would not be advantageous for him if he were to piss of his protectors, no matter how reserved he was about their age. All he saw were three little brats and a not-so-little one as the leader after all.

"I-I a-apologize for my rudeness. My name is Tazuna, and I am a bridge builder. Please take care of me." Tazuna said bowing down slightly. Mei huffed in annoyance, while the other two smirked. They would remember this the next time a civilian harassed them.

"Just make sure that you remember that in the future." Yugao stated.

Team 11 again showed their mission scroll at the gate and left the village. After about a few hours of travel, Naruto gave his team a significant look, and disappeared into the woods, telling them that he had to take a leak. Naruto came out a few minutes later, and the group continued on their way.

Tazuna was unaware of the fact that the Naruto that had come back was just a reinforced Shadow Clone, whom Naruto had provided with a number of Chakra Seals.

(Break)

'Be safe' Naruto muttered under his breath and Immediately let go of the seals on his body, he was now proficient enough that the subsequent release of Chakra would not be immediately apparent. But it still took his a lot of time and concentration, so using it in the midst of battle was not feasible. He took to the trees and immediately Shunpoed towards the direction of Uzushiogakure. The faster he got there, the faster he could return to his team.

(Break)

"Man! This is so boring." Mei said whining. She hadn't minded the last time they had gone out for the mission as it was just the four of them; there wasn't a worthless old guy to slow them down. The three present members of Team 11 were forced to walk to their destination. And if Yugao's estimation was to be believed, they could look forward to the same thing for at-least 3 days. She was walking in front of the client alongside Sakiko with Yugao bringing up the rear.

And to top it off, Naruto wasn't with them.

Sakiko while not speaking her thoughts, agreed with Mei wholeheartedly. But this mission was important to Naruto, and the three of them would make sure that he would get the time for what he needed to do. They would make sure of it.

So they continued, and after a few hours of travelling on their second day, things got interesting.

Sakiko was the first one to notice the unnatural puddle of water. She motioned discreetly to Mei who nodded slightly in acknowledgement. She trusted Yugao had noticed it as well, and her faith in her ability was proven true as she caught her subtle hand movement to her sword. 'This is no normal escort mission . . . we shouldn't encounter any ninjas on a C-Rank'. She glanced at Naruto's clone worriedly.

'Dammit. What are ninjas doing here? This was supposed to be a relatively safe C-Rank mission. This was the reason that boss was comfortable leaving his team to go to Uzushiogakure. He would now be too far from me to receive my memories. Chakra can't travel that far back to him. I just hope that this will be the only surprise that we encounter on this mission.' Were the thoughts of Naruto's clone. Sure, he could handle a few encounters with bandits, but he wasn't skilled enough to be sure that he would come out of an encounter with ninjas without being dispelled. It would take only a single hit after all. Granted, these ninjas couldn't be that strong or for that matter that bright. Seriously, a puddle of water on a dirt road in the middle of summer . . . they couldn't be thinking straight.

Just as Team 11 passed the puddle, two ninjas rose out of the puddle. They wore air-masks, and were dressed in camouflage dresses. There was a short barbed chain that connected their two clawed gauntlets together. They charged the apparent team Jounin, figuring that they would need surprise on their side if they were to succeed in completing their mission. They silently charged at the Jounin, their chain dangling between them, and intending to coil it around the female Jounin, they ran in a circular fashion around her.

Just as they allowed a smirk to cross their faces at their apparent success in gutting the Jounin, she simply vanished from their sights.

(Break)

Yugao released a relieved sigh as she sensed the two charging Ninjas, Chunin in rank if she wasn't misreading their skills. She could handle this well enough herself, she would have let her team handle this if Naruto were present, but with his absence, she couldn't afford take any risks. If the council were to become aware of the little detour that Naruto had taken, Naruto's Ninja licence would be revoked and he would be locked up for treason. Needless to say, that outcome was not something that she was willing to risk.

Just as she sensed the chain come around her, she channelled chakra to her feet and dodged, appearing quite far away from the two ninjas. She spotted That Sakiko and Mei were both going through several handsigns, standing in front of Naruto, who was in front of the client. She quickly dashed towards the two Ninjas, who were just about to regain from their bearings, and slammed the hilt of her sword on one of the Ninjas faces, sending him crashing into the other, and disorienting them further.

In the meantime, Mei had finished with her handsigns first, slammed her foot on the ground and whispered out her Jutsu.

Doton: Dosekiryū(Earth Release: Earth and Stone Dragon).

The ground in front of Mei crumbled and a dragon charged at the two Chunin, moving forth at impressive speeds. The two Chunin didn't have time to move out of the way, use a substitution, or do anything at all. They just looked at the approaching Dragon with horrified fascination. Their minds simply couldn't process the fact that a mere Genin had used such a powerful technique.

They were slammed against a tree and one of the Ninjas got off the other and immediately hurled a glob of blood from his mouth. He helped the other ninja to his feet and they were just about to charge at their opponents, murder in their eyes, and then paled drastically as they saw the other female member of the two Genin slam her hands on the ground, and mutter something.

Sakiko had finished going through the seals for the only Ninjutsu that Naruto had taught her for the Lightning Element. She slammed her hands on the ground and muttered,

Raiton: Raikou Oonami (Lightning Release: Lightning Surge)

Blue electricity sparked under her hands for a moment and then, the two ninjas screamed as the electricity sparked through them. Sakiko kept feeding her chakra into the Jutsu until she saw that the two Ninjas had lost consciousness. She huffed as she had expelled a bit more chakra into the technique than she had anticipated.

"Good work, Mei-chan, Sakiko-chan. Though you didn't have to . . . I was gonna attack them." Yugao smiled at her team.

"Ah . . . well, I really like using Ninjutsu Sensei, so I did." Mei said smiling happily.

"That's all well and good, but you need to avoid using Chakra if you think it is going to be an extended battle. In such cases, the victor is mostly the one who has more Chakra at the end of the fight. After all, we don't have as much Chakra as Naruto-kun does." Yugao lectured.

Mei and Sakiko nodded seriously, filing that information into their heads. They drained whatever Chakra was stored in their rings, emptying them completely and restoring their chakra to the fullest.

"Now, Tazuna-san, is there something that you failed to mention in your mission request? If there are Ninjas after you, this mission won't be a C-Rank. The Ninjas, were waiting for us, trying to ambush us. Choose your words carefully Tazuna-san, lying about mission parameters is a serious crime." Yugao said, glaring slightly at the man.

Tazuna looked at Yugao fearfully, and then sighed tiredly and began speaking, "It all started when Gato arrived in Wave Country . . ."

(Break)

Naruto huffed tiredly. He hadn't stopped the entire day, sprinting full out, and utilizing Shunpo whenever there was a free expanse of vast lands. After the whole day of running, he was finally here, Uzushiogakure was just across the small stretch of ocean, an island that was surrounded by huge mountains on three sides, and only one entrance to the village. Naruto gazed at the high mountains that surrounded the birthplace of the Uzumaki Clan. He was filled with a sense of wonderment and awe, this was the place where his ancestors lived. He just hoped that Zangetsu's advice would yield some results . . .

(End Chapter)

A/N:- As you can see, I have decided to continue this story than make a whole re-write. Sorry to all those who were looking forward to it, but I realized that I had put forth a lot of effort into this story for me to not finish it, so yeah. I know that the Wave Arc has been done so many times in countless stories, but it will be an essential turning point for Naruto and his girls.

So tell me how was it? Good? Bad? Total Rubbish? . . . .Review your thoughts!