Chapter 4 – Cleaning The Way

Tsunade and her loyal assistant, Shizune, were analyzing documents, letters and requests for missions at Tsunade's office. They were both siting in her desk that wall full of paper, and both of them were calmly reading the documents one by one. The would put the important ones in one side of the table and the less important at the other. Their concentration was broke by a sudden voice.

"I'm here lady Tsunade." they got scared and both turned to see the man who spoke.

"Naruto! Don't do this all of a sudden! I almost had a heart attack!" said an angry Tsunade. He did not have his ninja mask on so Tsunade recognized him.

'When did he got here?' Shizune thought startled.

"Well...sorry if you are getting old..." Naruto said to the feudal lord mocking her.

"When did you get here?" asked the curious leader.

"About a minute ago. Now I need to know if you found other ninja to help me in this war..."

"Yes, five of the them. They are very capable. Here is a report with their names and skills." Tsunade handed the report to Naruto, who immediately began to read.

First Ninja: Kakashi. He is a high skilled tracker and crawler, and it is said to have dog's senses. He is also really smart and skilled in art of combat and ninja weapons. A great help in missions involving thievery, assassination and rescues.

Second Ninja: Yamato. He is highly experienced in espionage missions. It's said that his special skill involves wood, so he will be really helpful in missions at forests and places surrounded by trees.

Third Ninja: Gai. A extremely strong taijutsu user, he is really skilled at melee combat and will be useful at taking down enemies. Will be very helpful in assault and infiltration missions.

Fourth Ninja: Kurenai. Her special skill involves some kind of hypnotic poison, so she will be a big help in missions that involve kidnapping and robbery.

Fifth Ninja: Sai. This is one is the most mysterious, but we do know that the is a skilled artist and alchemist, and with his fame we can tell he will be of great use in missions were you will have to kill many enemies.

"Very good. When I need their help I will make sure to warn you." Naruto said to Tsunade giving the report back to her.

"Now, is there any mission for me?"

"Yes, a really tough one." Naruto just nodded his head to say he was ready for whatever mission it was.

"The old man Onoki has put some of his soldiers in Kusa Village, and this is the best place to begin an infiltration to the Land of Earth, so our soldiers will star moving there. But with Onoki's men at guard it will surely result in a battle where we may lose a lot of soldiers. Your mission is to go to Kusa Village and kill all Onoki's soldiers you can! When our men get there, their passage will be easy."

"Understood. I'm going now." As Naruto said he jumped off the window and disappeared in the darkness of the night. He quickly left the Namekuji Castle's area and after left Konoha's area. Moving like the wind he crossed the Land of Fire in less than three hours until get to his destination.

He could see Kusa Village from the top of a hill. It had more illumination then Konoha, specially because most of soldiers from Land of Earth were holding lanterns in their patrols. All the shops were closed and almost all the houses had their lights off, some where even abandoned by the owners who feared the war. All that would only make the mission easier. The Uzumaki dressed his ninja mask and only his eyes were left exposed. He infiltrated the village and took a good look around to see if there was any target near. As he saw no one he decided to proceed. Jumping on the rooftops of the houses and stores and moving with silent steps he looked for the soldiers who were there. He saw a strong light near a tea house and thought it could be a soldier's lantern. He jumped on the rooftop of a house that was near the tea house, and could see the guard standing right there. He was dressed in the uniform of the soldiers from Land of Earth, it was a dark green warrior's kimono with a brown hakama. The kimono had small black stones figures on it's sleeves, and in the back the kanji for Tsuchi(Earth) was clearly visible. Naruto jumped off the rooftop and fell in front of the man, who didn't even had the time to scream before Naruto drew his sword and fiercely pierced trough the man's stomach. Naruto took off the sword and putted it back on the sheath as the man's dead body fell on the ground. He started to search for a new soldier, but this time he was moving by the ground. He saw one making patrol near some houses. Naruto stood behind a wall of one of the houses and watched his target approach. Naruto could hear his steps getting louder and could already see the light of his lantern, when the man finally got close enough Naruto pulled him and threw him on the wall, and used his ninjato to pierce through his heart before he could react. He started to move by the rooftops and found two guard near a waterwheel. They were both facing a big warehouse, and on their side there was a small shop. Naruto jumped off the rooftop and stood behind the shop thinking of a way to distract them. He saw some big wood boards leaning on the shop. He threw all of them on to make some noise and attract the guards to a trap.

"Did you hear that?" one of the guards said. Naruto could hear it and he knew that his trap would work.

"Yes, I will check that out." Naruto jumped on the rooftop once again and waited for the soldier to appear. The man went to the back of the shop and saw the wood boards down. He approached to have a better look . When he did Naruto jumped on his back knocking him down. The other guard who was waiting for him to come back could only hear a scream of pain. He quickly went to the spot where his partner was, and saw his dead body over a pool of blood. The soldier got scared and immediately drew his sword. He looked around to look for the killer. The soldier felt a cold blade on his neck and realized that it was the enemy. Before he could ask for mercy the blade cut his throat finishing him. The killer lost no time and continued with his mission. After three hours passed he had already killed 67 soldiers without being seen. He had luck that all of the soldiers out there were on guard and could not leave their position. If they saw the dead bodies they would sound the alarm and the mission would be much more difficult. He decided to eliminate three more guards and then come back to the village. It was almost morning so he had to hurry. He saw three soldiers guarding a big bath house. One of them was guarding the front and the other two the sides. He got on the bathhouse's rooftop with out being seen. He first took care of the guard on the right side. He jumped on his head and twisted his body breaking his neck. He then went to the back of the

bathhouse and moved leaning on the wall. He looked at the other side to see if the other guard was coming and saw that he had his back turned to him. Naruto quickly ran in his direction and cut his throat. He took his body and jumped on the rooftop with it. He threw the body in the front part of the bathhouse to scare the soldier that was guarding there. The guard jumped behind seeing the body, and then he got up and drew his sword. He was shaking to heavily to the point that he almost couldn't hold his sword. He looked to the sides and saw only darkness. He heard a noise coming from the rooftop and looked above, only to see a blade coming in his direction. The sword pierced the mans head and send it to the ground. The assassin jumped off the rooftop and took the sword out of the soldier's head. He cleaned it to take out the blood and putted it back in the sheath. The darkness in town was know slowly disappearing, which meant it was time for him to leave. He ran trough the rooftops in direction of the exit, quickly making his way outside the village. He took a good look on the village before leaving and continued his way to Konoha. He could still smell the blood from all of his victims that night, no matter how far he would go, that smell was already stuck in him.

Chapter Four – End

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