Chapter 28: The mission

Naruto led Jiraiya, Shizune and Tsunade through the village gate smiling the three walked through the village seeing repairs were already been made around the village the four slowly arrived at the Hokage estate to see Minato smiling waiting for them.

Minato smiled and spoke, "Tsunade thank you for returning to take the position of the six Hokage now we have stabilized the villages power once again."

Tsunade smiled and asked, "Naruto said there were some people in the hospital for me to see to lets do that before I take the Hokage position Minato."

Minato nodded and walked away with Jiraiya right behind him Naruto started to lead Tsunade towards the Hospital when the two met up with Hinata and Hiashi.

Hinata asked, "I see you succeeded in bringing Tsunade back?"

Naruto nodded and answered, "Yep and now she is going to heal all the injured people from the invasion."

Hiashi asked, "Naruto can you come by the estate I wish to talk to you?"

Shinato shouted, "Dibs front row seat to this…. Fluffy get the popcorn."

Naruto groaned, "Help."

Shinato smiled re-assured, "don't worry your chakra cloak will protect you from some of the attack."

Naruto nodded and answered, "Yes lord Hiashi."

Hiashi smiled and waved goodbye as Shizune, Tsunade, Hinata and Naruto walked off. The three arrived at the hospital.

Tsunade asked, "So who do I help first?"

Hinata said, "you could help Kakashi he was put in a genjutsu but we can't wake him."

Tsunade smiled and asked, "Ok which room?"

Hinata answered, "Room 065 on floor 2."

Tsunade nodded as the four went up the staircase into the second floor and down the corridor until they arrived at Kakashi's room. The slug Sanin walked over and placed a finger over his forehead she pushed chakra into it waking Kakashi.

Kakashi asked, "What happened?"

Hinata answered, "You got hit by a strong genjutsu from Danzo Tsunade came to wake you."

Tsunade berated, "Honestly a Jonin like you being taken down that easly Kakashi that's just sad."

Suddenly the three heard a bird call from outside

Hinata asked, "what was that?"

Kakashi explained, "It's a call for all Genin teams to report to the Hokage office. It seems he wants you there as well Tsunade."

Tsunade said, "You two go I have more injured to see."

Naruto and Hinata both nodded and walked out of the room leaving Tsunade and Shizune to their work the two dashed across the village and arrived at the Hokage mansion to see the other Genin. Waiting there slowly the door o pened and Kushina came out only to call them all into the Hokage's office.

Minato said, "we have a very important mission for some of you."

Shikamaru asked, "If some of us are not going can I be one of them?"

Minato's eye twitched in Irritation and answered, "Your just like your father find woman troublesome and like being Lazy…. But your going we need your brains for this."

Shikamaru sighed and retorted, "Troublesome." Causing Kushina to let one laugh out.

Minato sighed and continued, "Ok we Need Shikamaru, Naruto Hinata in one team led by Mira the other team will be led by Itachi in it will be Sasuke, Haku and Neji."

Kiba asked, "Why did you ask us here then?"

Minato grinned and answered, "I am actually glad you asked since some of the teachers at the academy are out helping around the village Kiba, Sakura, Shino, Tenten and Choji you will all be covering there."

Kushina jeered, "Feel free to beat him for that guys we Jonin won't stop you."

Minato sighed and said, "As for the rest of you will be spread around the village making preparations around the leaf village for the new Hokage."

Tenten asked, "Is the rumour its Tsunade?"

Kushina shouted, "TENTEN! A ninja must not listen to rumours so accurately just merely note them and see if it is of value otherwise one will lose themselves."

Lee asked, "Who taught you those youthful words of youth Kushina Sensei?"

Kushina answered, "Shinato thought of that when he started to look after a genin team…. Ibiki, Itachi, Mira and Shinato were feared because no secret was safe from them if they wanted it they would use brutal methods of obtaining it."

Ino asked, "So it was a much crueller version of how my clan obtains information with our jutsu?"

Minato nodded and said, "Ino if they wanted to they could turn the victim's very breath into their worst nightmare. So yes much worse"

Kushina asked, "Some called their team the interrogation unit and guess who was the worst out of all three of them?"

Minato answered, "Shinato and since he was an Uzumaki he knew how to get pass safety seals that stops people from spilling the information."

Kushina asked, "Three Nation had a bounty on him of 5 Million Ryo… so times that by three?"

Tenten answered, "15 Million Ryo in total whoever took him out would be set for life even there grand kids would be set for life."

Kushina said, "The money went to the leaf to be collected later on."

Ino asked, "By who…. Wait I have seen him before."

Minato asked, "Ino, Naruto and Hinata stay behind both of you will meet the others at the gate in one hour to get ready."

The other Genin walked out leaving the three in front of Minato

Minato said, "It's safe to say now Ino."

Naruto asked, "Say what?"

Ino answered, "During the preliminary how you stopped the fox from attacking me I saw Shinato and the demon I know what you hold can you forgive me?"

Naruto asked, "Are you scared of me?"

Ino answered, "No, no of course not me and you have been best friends along with Hinata since we were little your still Naruto."

Naruto smiled as Hinata apologised, "Sorry for not saying anything but I promised The fourth and Naruto's mother."

Ino asked, "That's another thing are you two father and son you look so alike?"

Minato sighed and nodded he asked, "Please don't tell anyone of this either Ino same punishment along with the fox?"

Ino nodded

Kushina asked, "Good now we have that out of the way Minato let's get onto it."

Minato smiled and said, "Right the money for Shinato's bounty technically in our books Naruto killed him during the seal so Naruto gets the money. Since we invested it now it should be 30 Million Ryo."

Ino dropped her jaw while Hinata smiled and held Naruto's hands Minato and Kushina both grinned.

Minato continued, "So Naruto what do you want to do with the money?"

Naruto answered, "Give it to the village that's what Shinato would of wanted,"

Shinato said, "Take some for yourself Naruto just one million."

Naruto said, "No its enough to pay for all the damages heck its enough to create a village."

Shinato teased, "Well on the plus side Money can't turn you against your village."

Kushina asked, "Are you sure?"

Naruto nodded as Kushina smirked and said, "well for helping our clan takes one million anyway ill spend it on the estate trust me you will like the changes."

Naruto said, "Fine."

Ino asked, "How can you turn down so much?"

Naruto answered, "easy I have everything I ever wanted already and a few of my goals are already going smoothly."

Minato said, "Enough everyone go on your missions now."

Naruto and Hinata walked out leaving the still aw struck Ino in the office. The two arrived at the gate to see the other members already

Itachi smiled and said, "Ok everyone this is the mission we received a distress signal from a town on the border of the land of fire we sent a bird that was meant to come back telling them ninja were coming but it never did that is why we are going in such a mass number."

Mira said, "Good now that's done let's move."

The two teams set off towards the border of the land of fire and land or rain. The groups jumped through the forest as fast as they could.

Mira shouted, "Everyone stop!"

All the ninja stopped at Mira's order's and looked at the Jonin.

Mira asked, "Hinata what do you see?"

Hinata gulped and answered, "Nearly all of the town is in ruins just a small part of the town is safe but its surrounded by a massive chakra infused earth wall... inside are only children and a man who has a large amount of chakra like Naruto."

Mira smiled and continued, "To the north west of our location is a camp filled with people some are tied up as hostages mainly female."

Itachi asked, "Any Ninja?"

Mira answered, "It's hard to say."

Itachi sighed and said, "Very well... we go and see who the man with the large chakra is."

The group headed towards the outskirts of the town to see building with walls and doors missing windows broken blood nearly everywhere in the town square the ninja froze looking at a pile of dead bodies left rotting the sight causing a few of the Genin to gasp and look away.

Itachi suggested, "Mira..."

Mira nodded and the two activated their Sharingan and sent the mound a light with black flames after a few moments the two released the jutsu only for a pile of black ashes in its place.

Itachi said, "it's alright you can all look now."

The Genin looked around to see the pile was now ashes slowly blowing away.

Mira said, "When we were learning from Shinato he taught us that if we ever find a dead body not to look away but to respect it by either putting it five feet under or burn it to ash even if it means not gaining another village's secrets."

Itachi continued, "The dead should always be respected one of the things in the ninja world that is wrong in his views when people defile this belief in my view."

Silence filled the area suddenly a massive earth dome shot around them as steam started to shroud around the group.

A man spoke he asked, "Who are you?"

Itachi answered, "We are leaf ninja we came to assist the town after we received a distress signal the thing I just did was to respect the dead the way my sensei taught me."

The man asked, "And who was that?"

Itachi grinned and answered, "He has many names some call him the burning shadow leaf other call him Shinato of the havens while we leaf ninja just call him by his real name."

The earth dome crumbled out of the way letting the steam vanish to reveal a man with red hair and a three point crown headband symbolizing her was an Iwa ninja.

The man said, "Hello my name is Roshi sorry about the bad start."

Mira smiled and answered, "don't worry if we wanted to I could of blasted our way out."

Roshi laughed and said, "I am sure you can stealth queen Mira and Itachi of crows."

Naruto asked, "Itachi, Mira what's going on?"

Itachi grinned and said, "Right sorry... Roshi how about we go into the base you made to look after the children and think of a plan there."

Sasuke asked, "What was that Jutsu the black flames and your eyes?"

Mira smiled and looked at Sasuke and answered, "the Jutsu is called Ameratsu nearly nothing can put them out."

Sasuke asked, "can you teach me that?"

Itachi grinned turning around he answered, "maybe later... everyone lets go to Roshi's base."

The leaf ninja followed Roshi into the massive earth dome to see tents spread around everywhere kids were running around playing while others were comforting some of the smaller ones.

Roshi said, "I stopped them all from seeing the damage and the bodies with the steam and placed them all here that's the best I can do right now."

Neji asked, "So can't you scout out or anything?"

Haku smiled and answered, "Not without exposing the young ones to what is outside."

Shinato said, "its odd the messenger hawk went down I think we need to get a closer look at their base camp."

Naruto looked towards Haku and asked, "Is there any way we can use your Ice to see what is the layout of the camp?"

Haku smiled as she answered, "Yes there is a way I will get onto it.'

Itachi looked towards the group and gathered their attention.

Itachi said, "Ok first we need to get a layout of the surroundings."

Mira continued, "Naruto I want you to create one hundred shadow clones and get them all to transform into animals then spread out... Haku I want you to use our ice with Naruto once your close enough just place a little on the trees so we can spy on them... Hinata and Neji both of you go to the edge of the town use your Byakugan to scout out any more information."

Itachi finished, "The rest of us will be here as additional guard with Roshi."

Naruto nodded and created one hundred clones and transformed some into birds others into bugs and the rest into rabbits. Haku smiled as she placed a small ice crystal on each of them as they spread out heading towards the enemy base. Haku smiled as she surrounded herself with hundreds of Mirrors and watched all the movement.

Neji and Hinata moved with the animals to the edge of the town and activated the Byakugan to see at the edge of the base was a cave leading down the cliff side to a lake. A boy sat on the cliff edge alone slowly painting

Hinata looked a few Naruto rabbits and said, "Go with Haku and capture that man he could have information."

The rabbits nodded and spread out, heading towards the cliff side. Haku nodded and slowly climbed into one of her ice Mirrors. The rabbits surrounded the painter as Ice spread around him trapping him in an ice dome,

The man slowly stood up as Haku was spread all around him holding senbon needles at the ready.

Haku warned, "Give up nobody can hear your screams."

The man quickly drew two lions and sent them charging towards what he thought was the real Haku only for them to splash off the ice. He pulled out his sword and started to deflect a senbon only to find more coming he kept defending the best he could only for him to collapse moments later out cold the Senbon needles vanished along with the mirror four Naruto clones carried the man through the forest and into their small base.

The man slowly awoke to see he was tied surrounded from the chin down in earth he looked around to see several leaf Ninja standing around him.

Itachi asked, "What is your name kid?"

The man was silent

Mira warned, "you better do as he says the silent treatment is nothing to us."

The man answered, "My name is Sai... there is a seal on me that forbids me from saying anything else."

Itachi grinned and said, "don't worry we have ways of making you talk Sai without activating the seal."

Itachi closed his eyes and opened them to reveal the Sharingan as he looked Sai in the eye

Both of them shut their eyes immediately opening them again to see they were in a different place the sky was red both ninja were on a plat form below was nothing just dark

Another version of Sai appeared next to the two frozen neither of them taking notice

Itachi asked, "Who are you, what purpose are you here for and what do you plan on doing to the female villagers."

Sai answered, "My name is Sai I work for Danzo as a member of the Root organization we are here to gather females who we can inject male sperm cells in order to create perfect ninja that we can use as weapons."

Itachi asked, "What happened to Danzo and the Akauski?"

Sai answered, "He was removed."

Itachi nodded and ordered, "when I release you your to tell me Danzo is no longer in the Akauski. Got it."

Sai nodded as the two vanished and back into the real world.

Sai said, "Danzo is no..."

Sai passed out as the seal spread around his body paralyzing him.

Itachi turned to Naruto and said, "Naruto send a few clones to take Sai back to the village make sure he gets to Ibiki he won't struggle for a few hours you should make it just fine."

Naruto nodded as a few clones picked Sai up and transformed him into a scroll the three clones left heading for the leaf village. while all the other clones vanished as Haku had a clear view of the entrance to the base.

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