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frankieu - Indeed but you seem to forget there is actually other members of Team 7. It's alright though, they will get it down. Also, he didn't say anything about this but there is a reason I gave them those elements, besides what Narutopedia says.
"You've only got 2 choices, either escort some bridge builder to Nami no Kuni or escort a minor noble back to his home near Tanzaku Gai, now which one will you pick?".
Team 7 was taken off guard by this, "We have to make a decision as a team. Whether we like it or not, I would like to do the bridge builder one, nobles are just plain annoying, stuck-up pricks who think the world revolves around them, what do you guys say", Naruto made his feelings very clear to the other members of Team 7.
"I don't care, I just want to get a C-rank under my belt so we can be given more in the future as the Hokage will see that we can be trusted to do these missions".
"You've started to change Sasuke", Sakura pointed out, Sasuke scowled in return, "Anyway, I agree with Naruto, I don't want to deal with some noble who thinks he would be entitled to order us around like he can with his servants".
"Very good Team 7, you've made a decision as a team, mostly anyway, Sasuke, you have to be more decisive in the future as your life could depend on it", Sasuke scowl worsened but he nodded his head, "Team 7, we meet with our client at the gates tomorrow at 7 am, gather as many supplies as possible, for now though, I think all three of you could do with a wardrobe change".
Taken aback, Sakura asked, "Why sensei?".
"I'm glad you asked, well, in a way, all three of you are walking targets. Naruto, like I said a week ago or at least implied, that jumpsuit makes you stand out to the enemy and while I understand that you are incredibly sneaky, you have to take any extra advantage you can get. Sasuke, there are many from other villages that hold massive disdain towards the Uchiha Clan and while I understand you want to honour them, wearing your clan emblem on your shirt makes you just a walking target, nothing more, nothing less", Kakashi could see Sasuke twitch in anger and just eye-smiled, "Sakura, your dress will make leg movement limited and that shade of pink is not the best to have and I won't get at because of your hair colour, I can't do anything about that. So we will go shopping as a team to get some more appropriate clothes".
They arrived outside a shop that none of the Genin on Team 7 had ever seen, let alone been to, mainly because it was hidden in one of Konoha's alleyways in the dingier side of Konoha, which made them wonder why it was there, "This place is a place that only shinobi know about,this is because the civilians would tax the shit out of it if they knew it existed, that is why it is hidden. They've always had this weird prejudice against stores created for shinobi exclusively. None of you will be denied here as you are all shinobi and as such will be treated as shinobi, no matter what clan you come from or if your not from a clan at all, doesn't matter".
They entered they shop and were greeted by a man that looked to be in his 50s with graying dirty blonde hair and aged skin, "Ah, Kakashi, you're back and I see you've brought your new team with you, they seem to have much potential. Now what can I do for you?".
"My team need more suitable clothes, Yasashii. The one in the jumpsuit focuses on ninjutsu and fuinjutsu, the black-haired one will use mostly kenjutsu and ninjutsu and the girl is learning taijutsu and iryo-ninjutsu, think you can help them?".
"Easily, what colours would you like?, I won't make them bright though".
"Orange".
"Navy blue or black".
"Red or pink".
"I expected that but anyway, I'll go and see what we can get".
Yasashii went to the back of his store. 5 minutes passed before he came back, "Here we are".
He gave Naruto a dark orange t-shirt, some black trousers that had many different places to store things and an orange cardigan-like thing that had leather padding to protect the wearer from blows, similar in idea to the flak jackets that Chunin and Jonin would wear. He then gave Sasuke a navy blue jacket similar to Naruto's except this one had metal over the shoulders and thicker padding across the chest, a pair of gauntlets that were made of metal plate and chainmail and the same trousers that Naruto got. Sakura was given dark red combat shorts and a dull pink t-shirt-like thing that had chainmail and leather underneath, some gauntlets similar to Sasuke's, only these ones had bandages wrapped around them and shin pads, similar in design to the gauntlets.
"How much do we owe you Yasashii?", Kakashi asked the shopkeeper.
"Nothing, you can have these ones for free and you can also use the changing area just over there, "Yasashii pointed to the right of Team 7, "For free as well".
"Well, you heard the man, go get changed and meet back here once your done".
After all three members of Team 7 had left the changing area, which was not co-ed, their old clothes were sealed into scrolls by Naruto which they placed into pockets in their respective leg wear and then left for their other teachers who would teach them in the arts that Kakashi couldn't teach them, except Sasuke was interested to learn just how Kakashi got his sharingan in the first place. They went to the near-abandoned Uchiha compound to talk.
"My team had been sent to disrupt the Iwa supply routes by blowing up Kanabi Bridge but we ended up slit from our sensei and trapped by a pair of Iwa Jonin, one of which made a rockfall happen. My teammate, Obito Uchiha, was caught in that rockfall, the right side of his body crushed beyond belief, with his last words, he told me to take his eye as a late Jonin gift, my eye had already been taken out earlier by one of the Iwa-nin and my other teammate, a girl called Rin Nohara, transplanted the eye into the empty eye socket. That is how I got my eye".
Sasuke's eyes widened in surprise, he had no idea that an Uchiha had willingly given his eye to him, let alone his cousin, "That's..I don't know what to say".
"You don't need to say anything, Sasuke, I'll be going now".
Kakashi was secretly tearing up himself, leaving Sasuke alone to think about things.
During that day, Naruto learned how to channel wind chakra more effectively and set to work on a barrier seal, Sasuke had learned how to effectively parry an attack with his sword and the theory behind genjutsu and Sakura had done some ridiculous mileage around the village and had learned how to treat fevers. During this whole time, Sasuke thought about the actions that his cousin had taken in regards of giving Kakashi his eye and if there really was an point to his clan values. It could be said that he was having a slight mental breakdown and a reshaping of what he thought the Uchiha were.
The next morning, all three member of Team 7 were waiting at the gates for their sensei and their client to arrive, "Sorry you three, it took a while to find him, this is Tazuna".
"So these are three people that I'll paying, look like runts to me", this ruffled a few feathers, Sakura's and Naruto's to be precise. Sasuke was still thinking about what Kakashi had told him the day before, beyond deep in thought.
"What did you say, you old drunk bastard", Naruto's words sounded like they came out of the mouth of some monster and not a 12 year old.
"Say one more insulting thing and we will beat the tar out of you, old man", the same goes for Sakura.
"Sakura, Naruto, no attacking the client. Tazuna, can you please keep your comments to yourself".
"Fine", all three people said in unison.
"Good, now let's go".
They had been walking for two hours and the journey had gone relatively smoothly but it was then that an anomaly had appeared, there was a puddle in the middle of the road. All of shinobi knew that it was high summer and it hadn't rained in this area in about a month. They pretended to not notice it and walked past it.
Two figures appeared from the puddle and attacked, only for the one on the left to get a knee to the stomach from Sakura. Sasuke then drew his sword and slashed at the one on the right's knee, nearly severing it from the rest of the man's body, before Naruto cast Futon: Daitoppa and blew them into the trees. This also ripped the barely attached bit of leg off the one Sasuke slashed at.
"Very good, you worked together without needing to use a thought out plan or signalling. Now then, let me go and 'talk' to these two shinobi".
About 7 minutes passed before Kakashi reemerged from the woods with the shinobi in tow, "These two people here are Kiri's Demon Brothers, Gozu and Meizu, a pair of missing-nin. I'd imagine they are actually stronger than you but you caught then by surprise and that is always an advantage. And they were not targeting us, they were after you Tazuna. Tell me, what's really happening in the Nami no Kuni".
Tazuna was scared out of his shoes, "Alright, I'll tell you, you see, a man named Gato has taken over Nami no Kuni and oppresses it's people and takes all it's money".
"Is this the same Gato that controls a shipping company?".
"Yes but that's just a front, he gets most of his money from drug trafficking, human trafficking, slavery and many bother nefarious deeds and he wants me dead because I'm building a bridge from Nami no Kuni to the mainland".
"Let me guess, if you build that bridge, his control over Nami is lost. So, to make that not happen, he needs to kill you", Naruto asked.
"And the shinobi he's hired will only get stronger from here", Sasuke said, this was the first time Tazuna had heard the boy's voice.
"And that will upgrade the rank in mission this is", Sakura finished.
"This was clearly not a C-rank mission from the start, why didn't just tell the Hokage about the situation?, he would've probably helped you out, even without the money", Kakashi asked.
"I've heard many vile rumours about shinobi and didn't know if I could trust the Hokage with that sort of information".
"We may as well just go back to Konoha, this mission is clearly out of a Genin's league".
"Wait Kakashi-sensei, we could just ask for reinforcements".
"Or we could do that, thanks Naruto, wait here, I'll send word back to Konoha about this"He left to do something, the other people on the party didn't know what though. A minute later, he came back, that's word sent, now then, let's get going".
"Tazuna, how come you didn't pay for a higher ranked mission?", Sakura asked the old bridge builder in curiosity. They had been walking towards Nami for another hour or so and she was starting to get absolutely bored.
"Because that's how much money I was able to scrape together, everyone in Nami is that poor, even our daimyo is incredibly poor".
"Then why were you drinking so much alcohol earlier?", Naruto stuck his nose in the conversation.
"Because I had that much left over, though I feel a bit guilty as my daughter doesn't approve of me drinking".
Kakashi made a barely audible wincing sound, he knew what could happen if women disapproved of something, he shuddered to think
They decided to take a boat across to Nami no Kuni, the man that owned the boat asked them not to make a sound, otherwise they'd be caught by Gato's men, which were mostly thugs and bandits who had no little to no shinobi training. They made it across the channel that separated then island from the mainland without issue.
Once they got of the boat, they were left on the island with no means of escape should things go sour. They were walking in what Tazuna said the direction town was when Naruto threw a kunai into the bushes and then went in to see what he had actually thrown his kunai at, to find a snow hare.
"Oi, sensei, shouldn't this have brown fur by now?".
"Yeah it should, now duck!".
All members of the group dropped to the ground as a massive blade cam flying in and wedging itself in the tree besides them. A man came and landed on the handle of the sword, "Kakashi Hatake, what a surprise and you've brought a team of Genin with you".
"Zabuza Momochi, the Demon of Kirigakure, what are you doing here?".
"You know why I'm here Kakashi, to kill that old bridge builder. Hand him over and the rest of your lives will be spared".
Kakashi lifted his hitai-ate up and prepared himself for a fight, Team 7 followed suit.
"Hokage-sama, we have just received word from Kakashi Hatake, he is calling for reinforcements, his summoning told us that this is above a C-rank mission".
"Send in Team 9", Hiruzen sighed, he had had a very bad feeling about the whole mission from the start.
"Yes sir".
Sasuke drew his own sword from it's sheath, Naruto brought his hands to his sides and Sakura got into a combat ready pose, similar to a stance that a judo fighter would use. They encircled Tazuna, protecting him from all angles.
Zabuza ran through some seals and activated Kirigakure no Jutsu and then Mizu Bunshin no Jutsu, one of which appeared behind Tazuna and the Genin of Team 7. It took a huge slash at all four members of the group who were bunched up. Sasuke took his own sword and clashed it against the Mizu Bunshin's sword, holding it long enough for Sakura to smack it into oblivion.
Meanwhile, Kakashi and Zabuza had been throwing jutsu at each other left, right and centre, once Kakashi managed to find Zabuza in the mist and stopped him chanting his targeting of certain parts of the human body, Kakashi having copied Zabuza every step of the way with his sharingan. Zabuza managed to predict Kakashi's movements and had managed to get the Konoha Jonin trapped in the Suiro no Jutsu. Kakashi had no real way of getting out.
"Shit, sensei's trapped. What do we do?", Naruto was on edge and fearing for all his comrade's lives.
"We get him out and fast, he won't last much longer in there, Sakura pointed out.
"Here Sasuke, I've got an idea".
Naruto whispered words that Sakura couldn't interpret and large shuriken appeared out of nowhere. Sasuke threw this shuriken directly at Zabuza, Zabuza manged to dodge it by simply moving his head to the side, "That was a truly brilliant plan, gaki. If you survive this, think of better plan", Zabuza mocked them.
He then felt sharp pain in his cheek which caused him to lose control of the Suiro no Jutsu and free Kakashi, having not noticed the second smaller shuriken that was hidden in the shadow of the other one, who took advantage of the surprised Zabuza and elbowed the man in the back of the head, knocking Zabuza to the ground. "Now then, time to finish this".
A shower of lightning bolts appeared around Kakashi's hand, "Raikiri".
Zabuza had barely any time to get up again before Kakashi thrust him hand forwards, towards Zabuza's gut. Then *slam* Zabuza crashed to the ground but Kakashi had not stabbed him. A shinobi dressed in Kiri hunter garb appeared.
"Thank you, I have been tracking him for months, waiting for the perfect opportunity to strike him, I thank you for weakening him so much, I shall be going now".
"Wait, I want to make sure he is dead", Kakashi cut the hunter off.
"Go ahead, it won't stop me from taking him away".
"Yes, Zabuza is dead, you may go and deal with his body in whatever way you please".
The Kiri-nin picked up Zabuza's body and left the scene for the forest, "Right Tazuna, which way is the way to your-".
Kakashi collapsed, "Damn, must've used too much chakra", with that, he blacked out.
"Will your sensei be alright?", Tazuna asked the still pretty out of it Team 7.
"Some good nights sleep and food and drink and he should be fine", Sakura replied while Naruto picked up the incapacitated man.
"Right, anyway, my house is over in that direction".
While this was going on, the shinobi in the Kiri garb had carried Zabuza to a small clearing, "Right, I take these scissors and-".
"Never mind Haku, I'll do it myself", the sudden voice of Zabuza appeared.
He proceeded to take out the senbon which had been lodged into his neck, "Damn, you sure are rough, why did have to go form my neck, there are other places in the body that having senbon applied to will have the same effect".
"I didn't want to have to damage your body though".
"Fair enough but take that mask off, the enemy shinobi are long gone", by this point, the bandages that surrounded his mouth had been cut away, revealing his sharp teeth.
"It reminds me of the old days though", Haku had taken off his mask, revealing a very feminine face.
"That what I like about you, you are so innocent and pure".
"Yes well, we have to go back to Gato now".
"Oh great, won't that be a fun time".
As you have undoubtedly noticed, a vast majority of the fight scene between Zabuza and Kakashi was cut out, why, because I can write fight scenes to save my life. This is one of the many reasons why I need a beta reader, please, I need one very soon. If anyone wants this story to be better and you have more experience writing fight scenes than I do, tell me please so you can become my beta.
In other news, this was a very quick update and I still haven't gotten that Danganronpa thing on my profile yet and I'm too lazy to go and do it now. This was also quite a short chapter, now wasn't it, this was because I, somehow, ran out of imagination, so yeah, another reason I need a beta.
This was your friend, DaPika, signing off.
P.S: Again, I really need to know about any mistakes in grammar or spelling.