Here it is guys, the big chapter 9, I had to work like a fucking pig to get this one out, and I am not too happy with it, maybe you guys will like it. The idea of Naruto using the Hiraishin is that he uses some kind of complex summoning to summon himself at places, tell me what you think about it.

"A mission, from the Hokage?" Naruto asked Jiraiya. Jiraiya shook his head in disgust. "Who else would give us missions Naruto we have to go now" he said. However as he began flickering away, he as interrupted by Naruto.

"Pervy sage" Naruto said sounding really serious. "Is it possible for some one to reverse summon themselves?"

Jiraiya stopped dead in his tracks.

(Flashback)

It had been a really busy day for Jiraiya, he had been summoned by the toads, apparently Gamabunta had overdosed on some Sake and the toads were worried about him, and thus Jiraiya had also been called to visit a recovering Gamabunta.

He had returned after a really busy day to the sight of Minato, his prized student practicing with a water balloon in his hands.

"Jiraiya sensei" he said as soon as Jiraiya landed with a thud. "Where did you disappear to?" he had asked him with curiosity.

"I had been reverse summoned by the toads Minato" Jiraiya said. At this Minato stopped the practicing with the balloon and began pondering, he was deep in his thoughts when Jiraiya decided to snap his fingers across Minato's face.

"You here Minato" he asked him.

Minato nodded. "Yes sensei, I have a doubt though"

Jiraiya looked at Minato with curiosity. "Yeah sure, what do you want to know?"

"Is it possible to reverse summon yourself?"

(End Flashback)

The resemblance between that moment and this was almost eerie. Jiraiya could not believe it, it was almost as though destiny itself had decided Naruto would ask him this. Jiraiya smiled, he was going to give Naruto the same answer he had given Minato.

"No, I don't think that is possible Naruto, why do you ask?"

Naruto shook his head. "Nothing, just that I will make it possible, I will find a way, because I have an idea, and the idea is really good"

Jiraiya smiled. "Ah, he said, tell me what that is then will you?"

Naruto shook his head. "Shut up your perv, I don't have to tell you anything. You'll just use it to sneak into the women's hot springs I know that"

Jiraiya scowled but inside he was gleeful. 'Minato had said almost the very same things. Naruto is going to figure it out, and he won't need the kunai. At least not yet.'

"Okay boy, now that you have had your fun, we have a mission, its time to go. Come on" he said.

"You have a mission with me?" Naruto asked, happy to be working with Pervy Sage, however Jiraiya who was getting tired of all the questions simply said "Later Brat, now we have a job to do" and flickered away, leaving behind a cursing Naruto.

'Pervy Sage seemed upset when I asked him about the reverse summoning thing, I wonder why that is?' he thought as he began sealing stuff in a scroll.

'I wonder what work he could have for me' Naruto thought gleefully, 'I hope it is a super secret S Rank mission, that would be so cool' he thought rubbing his hands, his sealing was done.

"Time to get my mission, ya know" he said enthusiastically as he dashed off towards the tower.

-x-

"A B-Rank mission?"

Sasuke, Naruto, Shikamaru, Kakashi and Jiraiya were all there. They were receiving some information about the mission from the Hokage in regards to a mission.

"Yes" Jiraiya said, "Apparently there is an auction that is taking place in Mango country that needs to be intercepted. We have suspicion that a weapon that belongs to Konoha might be for sale, or worse be moved under the table before the auction is complete. This weapon in wrong hands means disaster for our village because it contains some really potent power, so we will have to move quickly"

"What weapon is this Lord Jiraiya" Shikamaru had asked him, however Jiraiya raised his hand to silence him.

"We have received news that a missing in from Konoha, Hiruko might be interested in some things in the auction, he might make a move for it, so we have to be really quick with this. Hiruko was just a genin who was not really a hot prospect in Konoha, and it took a while before he was found missing, however that doesn't mean we can underestimate him, is that clear?" Jiraiya asked his team. They nodded.

"Jiraiya and Kakashi will be running things, Shikamaru and Naruto, you are on that squad with them, both of you, leave and pack for the mission" Sarutobi said while Sasuke stepped back. Jiraiya sighed, he knew that this was because he was not selected for the mission.

"I have already packed Lord Hokage" Naruto said, pointing towards a seal strapped on his back which caused Sarutobi to raise an eyebrow. "Help Shikamaru pack then" he said. Naruto looked at the Hokage, the Hokage looked back. There was a staredown for a while until Shikamaru stepped up.

"Come on Naruto, time to help me pack. I'll give you something to eat" he said, dragging Naruto along with him outside the office.

"Lord Hokage, why am I not on this mission? What is going on?" Sasuke stepped up

"Sasuke, who said you don't have a mission, you have an S-Rank training mission" Sarutobi said in a pacifying tone.

"Come on, don't fool me Lord Hokage" Sasuke snarled, "Why don't I have a mission?" he asked Sarutobi who gulped.

"It might not be a mission, but it is S-Ranked when it comes to secrecy" a new voice said.

Sasuke turned around, it was his brother.

"Come on, you train with me now" he said. Sasuke looked puzzled, Itachi never had time to train him when he was a kid, why would he do it now?

"I never had the time little brother, but now we have a whole week. Plus I wouldn't want my little brother to fall behind because his friend was trained by an S-Rank Nin now would I?"

Everybody smiled. Hook, line and sinker.

"Okay." Sasuke said, "I'll just go pack then" he said in a tone that clearly indicated the disbelief of the situation he found himself in. Itachi smiled. "I did it for you" he said simply.

"Now" he said as he suddenly materialised around Sasuke. "We train"

He grabbed Sasuke and flickered away.

"Jiraiya" Sarutobi said, "On your way out of the village, wake up Kotetsu and Izumo"

Jiraiya grinned. "Alright" he said as he left.

-x-

"So what am I going to be trained in?" Sasuke asked Itachi. Itachi smiled. "Genjutsu, and Taijutsu." he said "and some other tricks I need you to know in order to be ready" he continued.

"Be ready for what?" Sasuke asked him. "You keep telling me there is a threat looming but you are never specific, what exactly do you want me to be ready for this time?" he asked him.

"Ah, always patient eh? Sasuke?" Itachi asked him, "You have to be ready for Orochimaru"

Sasuke was shocked at this. Wasn't Orochimaru the snake sannin, why would he be bothered with Sasuke, why would he be attacked by this person.

"The answer to that is also very simple, our eyes" Itachi said slowly, it was as though he was capable of reading minds.

"He tried taking my eyes" he continued, "However it backfired on him as I was too strong for him, it also gave me an ..escape from a few things. However he might come after you, and that is why I need you to be stronger than you are right now, which is why we will be training till you are ready enough to be able to defend yourself from Orochimaru."

Sasuke nodded, however Itachi had more to say.

"Don't think that he is easy to defeat, even me at my full potential am not good enough to defeat that man, if you manage to get away untainted, consider yourself to be lucky. I know I did"

Sasuke gulped, was this guy as strong as Itachi was telling him.

"What about my other questions?" Sasuke asked him. "You told me you were dying. What about that?"

"Sasuke, that is a long time away in the future, we just have to train now, come on. First things first, I have to increase your Chakra levels to a point where you can do some more taxing Genjutsu effectively. Keep in mind that you will never be able have Chakra levels like Naruto, that kid has inhuman Chakra, but this something that you should have. It might come handy someday" he said. Sasuke nodded.

"Another thing I will train you in is the Sharingan, and how to use it effectively in battle, every Uchiha needs to know this, and since I was the one who denied you the education, its only fair that I teach you myself"

Sasuke nodded. "Okay then, I need you to practice water walking" Itachi said smiling.

Sasuke slumped, however Itachi had more to say, "While balancing a leaf on your head, it helps build reserves and control. Go ahead, do it" he said.

Sasuke sighed. This was a long week and only ten minutes had passed.

-x-

"So how long will it take for us to reach the place" Naruto asked no one in particular, they were all moving at a really fast pace.

"If we go on like this" Jiraiya said, "Not too long maybe one or two days, its not that far off anyway" he said, shrugging.

"So what do we have to do again?" Naruto asked Kakashi.

"We have to intercept the auctioneer Naruto. We have to see whatever we can get from him and take it. There is a probability of the weapon that belongs to Konoha being present there" Kakashi said, "We have to take that and whatever else we can find"

Naruto nodded. "Alright then, lets double our pace shall we?" he shouted enthusiastically as he began speeding up, while everybody in the group sighed. Shikamaru said something that amounted to being 'troublesome' while Jiraiya shook his head at Naruto's enthusiasm.

"Slow down brat" he called out, "Not everyone has your level of hyperactivity you know" he said. Naruto scowled as he slowed down. "We have to hurry up, what if we are late and we miss the auction and the delivery, and the weapon lands in the wrong hands of some missing nin. Come on, we have to move"

"You know what" Jiraiya said, "We have to listen to this idiot babble about how we slow him down, so we might as well quicken our pace"

Naruto laughed. "Yeah, that's the spirit Pervy Sage" he said laughing. "COME ON" he said shouting and quickening his pace again.

Shikamaru sighed. "Lord Jiraiya, what do you know about Hiruko?" he asked him

Jiraiya scratched his head as they moved along. "Not that much actually" he said. "At least not till we found out what he had become" he said, sighing.

"What do you mean?" Shikamaru asked him.

"Hiruko was responsible for the missing bodies of one of the ninja that had been captured by us during the war. This particular ninja was adept in using Storm Release and was from Kumo, but I wondered what happened to him. However Hiruko defected taking the cloud nin with him. He had not been that competent in the academy, so maybe he had freed the nin in hopes to train, I don't know. He just dropped off the map"

"Didn't they look for him?" Kakashi asked Jiraiya.

"We tried. The Sannin themselves were sent, but we could not find anything to suggest his whereabouts, we assumed he was betrayed by the Kumo Shinobi and killed, and I think that would have been like Hiruko to fall victim to that kind of a trick. He was always naive in the academy too, that was his greatest weakness"

Shikamaru and Kakashi nodded. "So maybe he wants whatever he can get his hands on so that he can become stronger still?" Shikamaru said. "But this is too much of a risk isn't it, he's close to starting a war. I mean its a miracle that no other village has caught on to this auction and the dealings that are going on. It's almost unreal."

"We can't rule out that possibility Shikamaru, we have to be prepared for everything. That is why the Hokage has a back up squad arranged for us in case things go down south, that can be one of the reasons we are travelling at the pace that we are, we need to scout the area first and check if we need any backup"

Shikamaru sighed. This was all too troublesome for him to deal with. He just stared into the distance, there was a faint orange speck that could only be Naruto. He needed to change that hideous color. He could be spotted from anywhere in that garb. 'I am getting tired, but even telling them that would be too troublesome' he thought to himself, at this rate he was heading towards complete exhaustion.

"We need to take a break now" Jiraiya said, obviously noticing how tired Shikamaru was getting. They had been going full pace for almost five hours now, and they had covered a lot of ground, there was not much time for nightfall, they might as well would have stopped now. "NARUTO" he shouted, "WE ARE TAKING A BREAK". Shouts of protest could be heard from Naruto even though he was quite a ways away. Shikamaru was just glad to get some rest. Today was troublesome and tiresome, now he needed to rest.

An hour later, there arrangements for the night had been made, Naruto was by the fire reading up on his Sealing while Shikamaru was watching the newly risen moon, Jiraiya had just come back from a perimeter check.

"Hey Naruto, you think those clones of yours will be enough to protect us?" he asked Naruto who was still buried in his book, in a manner that was not like Naruto.

Naruto shook his head. "They don't protect us, they alert us. We'll have to protect ourselves pervy sage" he said, still not looking up from the book. Jiraiya growled, the kid was getting too liberal with the words.

"Don't call me that brat" he said. Naruto shrugged. "Whatever"

Jiraiya was getting angrier by the second, it was completely unlike Naruto to act as hip and cool (as Guy would have put it) as he was right now. "Are you ready with the sealing test brat?" he asked Naruto. Naruto nodded.

"Bring it on Pervy-"

"DON'T CALL ME THAT" Jiraiya screamed.

His screams had the effect of waking up Shikamaru who had dozed off, while Kakashi sighed and whipped out his orange book. "Ah, I am in a happy place" he said as he began reading the book.

"You are in a pervy place Kakashi sensei" Naruto said, pointing at him and laughing. "You have drool coming off your face Pervy Sensei, wipe it off" he said, laughing loudly.

Kakashi sweat dropped. 'I am losing face here' he thought to himself, getting back to his book as Jiraiya began asking Naruto to show him some of the seals he had worked on during the week he had been given.

-x-

Somewhere in Mango Country.

Suigetsu Hozuki was tired. Angry and tired. He had a dream ever since he was born, to be a member of the Seven Swordsmen Of The Mist, and yet when he had found that he was close to obtaining the Cleaver that the Demon Of The Mist, Zabuza himself had used, it had been taken away by some stupid enthusiast. He did not care about anything else since then, all he cared about was the Cleaver. The very cleaver that Otaku Megure had taken, that had been his. He was going to have it soon, even if it meant slaughtering everyone in the vicinity.

"So, you were the one who wiped off Otaku's platoon eh?"

Suigetsu turned around and in an instant his sword was out. He rushed towards the person who had said that, however he missed. The person had just gone out of sight.

"I'm here" he had materialised behind Suigetsu. The man slashed from behind, however he found that the sword simply passed through him like it was a body of water, Suigetsu used the momentary distraction to jump away from this man.

"Who are you?" he asked the man.

"Hiruko" the man simply replied. "I am from the leaf" he said simply. There was a silence that was filled with the chirping of crickets. "Or at least, I was from the leaf" he said smiling.

"What do you mean was?" Suigetsu asked the man named Hiruko. However Hiruko just smiled.

"No talking" he said as he vanished, only to appear behind Suigetsu again.

"Trying to slash me again eh?" Suigetsu said in a mocking tone. "That is not going to work you know"

"I know" Hiruko said. He already had a kunai pressed to Suigetsu's neck, "However" he said in a tone that indicated boredom. "What about, shocking you?"

"Storm Release:Thunder Wave" he said just as Suigetsu said something to the effect of "Damn"

The thunder wave hit Suigetsu instantly. however instead of groaning in pain, he dissolved.

"Water clone" Hiruko said, not even remotely surprised. "That was pretty smart" he said.

"You don't seem impressed by that" Suigetsu said leaping from the trees, taking a sip of water from the bottle he carried before throwing it away.

Hiruko smiled. "I've seen better" he said simply. However the look on Suigetsu's face was far from simple. It was contorted with rage.

"YOU" he said screaming. Hiruko just stood there smiling, not saying anything more.

As Suigetsu began charging towards Hiruko, he performed another Storm Release Jutsu, hitting Suigetsu dead on. This time the water nin screamed and shouted not in anger but in pain. Hiruko smiled.

"You are pathetic" he said coldly. "But I like your bloodline, I think it is extremely beneficial for me to steal it. What do you think?"

Suigetsu just lay writhing in pain as Hiruko began laughing like a maniac. He continued laughing for another minute before he stopped. "Back in Konoha they considered me to be a total weakling, but now. I am strong" he said, and he began giggling like a school girl. "The sannin dominated everything back then, but once I have the Kunai I am looking for, along with the weapon of The Sage Of Six Paths, I will be unstoppable" he said, shaking but with laughter, not the chill that had suddenly enveloped the air.

"You want the Cleaver don't you" he said looking at the writhing figure on the floor. The way he said the words were really mocking. "Did you think you could waltz in and take what you want? You think you are God?" he asked. The body writhing on the floor was shaking even more now, out of sheer terror.

"I AM GOD" he said shouting loudly, completely lost to the world. Suigetsu realised that he could not win this fight, but he could escape. 'This is my only chance' he thought as he wordlessly created a water clone that he substituted himself with. The clone took his place while a weakened Suigetsu managed crawling away, however he realised he could not go far.

"I AM GOD, DON'T YOU KNOW SWORDSMAN?" Hiruko asked him screaming.

"STORM RELEASE: STORM DRAGON"

A terrified Suigetsu watched as Hiruko called upon a dragon made up of pure lightening that completely obliterated his water clone. He decided that he was going to die, until he came across a small pond not far away from where he had first encountered Hiruko. He decided to merge with the water and hide till Hiruko got away.

However Hiruko never came, the man seemed to obsessed with power to realise what was going on. Suigetsu breathed a sigh of relief as he lay there recovering from the injuries he had received.

He had barely escaped death today, and he would have to rethink his strategy for getting that cleaver that had belonged to Zabuza, he had no choice but to fall back today, but as he lay there hurt and almost dead he realised that more than the sword he wanted that Hiruko character to die a really sorry death.

-x-

A Day Later

"We're here" Jiraiya said as the whole platoon came to a halt. After travelling at a neck breaking pace they had finally made it to Mango Country, he turned around and looked at the faces of his team members, Kakashi looked bored while Shikamaru looked like he had just woken up. Naruto on the other hand had a grin on his face, no wonder, he was excited about the mission on hand. Jiraiya sighed, he may be talented but Naruto was still a kid, he would realise how uncomfortable missions actually are when he would grow up.

"Finally" said Kakashi taking off his bag from his back. Unlike his sensei, Kakashi had proved to be completely hopeless with seals, unlike his own disciple who had conveniently made Shikamaru a scroll too. "I thought I would never make it past Naruto's pleas to move faster" Kakashi finished, causing Naruto to look at him angrily.

"Hey Kakashi sensei, you are late for everything, I though it was fair that I rush you so that we make it before time this mission don't you think?" he asked Kakashi, who sighed.

Jiraiya raised his hand, silencing Kakashi's retort. "Enough for now, we can banter after the mission is over, no we have to assign duties"

Everybody nodded. "Naruto" Jiraiya continued as Naruto stepped up, "Scout the town ahead of us and report back, tell me whatever you can find about this auction. There might not be much to go on, but it still might prove useful" Naruto nodded before disappearing.

"His clones will make it easy, till we get the information, I need to brief you on the weapon" Jiraiya said.

"Don't we already know what the weapon is, the Kunai's that The Fourth Hokage possessed?" Shikamaru asked him, even his tone was as lazy as the person speaking it. It was almost like he was not interested to know the answer at all, as if he was asking the questions for someone's benefit.

"There's more to it than that, also there is a high possibility that we might recover some Jutsu scrolls and the like. Plus there might be many things that are not ours and are unclaimed, which I think we should take for ourselves, I mean, finders keepers right?" Jiraiya asked Shikamaru before grinning sheepishly. Shikamaru sighed and nodded.

The path of the Shinobi was one full of dishonor, and any Shinobi who actually had an honor code was just kidding themselves, however Shikamaru couldn't believe that one of the most honorable hidden villages would also resort to something as troublesome as taking the spoils of the mission.

-x-

The town was a really good place, apart from many attractive women, there was also the architecture of the buildings, it was like the whole place was made for rich people to hang out, and this is where Naruto found himself. He had already sent a clone back with all the information he had found, and the clone had just dispelled, the auction was only recently announced and many collectors were expected to come and witness and hopefully buy something.

Naruto on the other hand was looking for something else, a Ramen stand, but so far he had no luck finding one, even if he could find one he doubted it would be as good as Ichiraku's back home. Naruto sighed as he thought about Ichiraku's. Just then he saw two samurais (at least they looked like one) go into an alleyway, this perked up his interest. He decided to follow them, and activated the Invisible Technique Jiraiya had taught him. Jiraiya had told him he could use it to sneak on women in the Hot Springs but this was good enough too.

He began following them and went into the alleyway, and began overhearing what the two samurai lookalikes were saying.

"Lord Otaku was furious, the whole bandit camp has been exterminated" one of the Samurai said. The other one gasped.

"Are you serious?" he asked him. The first samurai only laughed. "Yes, I am not joking, all of them had their head chopped off, plus the Kunai was missing"

Naruto's interest perked up at this point. There was a bandit camp with a rare Kunai in its possession that had been slaughtered and the Kunai was probably taken too.

"Lord Otaku had promised his client that Kunai as soon as he had heard about the discovery, maybe he shouldn't have jumped his gun so soon, apparently this client is bat shit crazy" the first Samurai continued.

The second samurai nodded, and Naruto decided that he had heard enough. He decided to reveal himself.

"You two, what else do you know about this auction and this Lord Otaku's client, tell me" he said slowly walking towards them. The two samurai looked at each other and laughed.

"Yeah sure, we're scared of a kid" one of them said. "Ha, you're dead for what you heard kid" said the other one, though it sounded more like a jeer.

"Who said there's one of me" Naruto asked them as from nowhere two shadow clones got the drop on each of them, knocking them out.

"These two can be useful, I need to seal them and bring them to Pervy Sage" he said to no one in particular.

"Pervy Sage, who is that?" another voice asked him. It was a man with blue hair, and he was sipping a bottle of water. He was also limping, he obviously looked hurt.

"Who are you?" Naruto asked him.

"Suigetsu Hozuki"

"Who?" Naruto asked, perhaps with a tinge of arrogance, while Suigetsu smiled. "Are you with Hiruko?" he asked Naruto.

Naruto scratched his head. "Hiruko. Who is that?" he asked, he genuinely did not know, until it struck him. "Oh, Hiruko, the guy who is trying to procure some items from the auction?" he asked Suigetsu who nodded.

"Nope, I'm not with him, although we are hunting him down" he said. "Who are you?"

"I told you, I have some business with Hiruko, and I think his defeat is the right thing for me, however there is also something of mine that he has, and I want it" he said snarling.

Naruto looked at him, puzzled. "What did he take from you?" he asked him.

"The legendary beheader of Zabuza Momoichi, the Demon Of The Hidden Mist" he said, "I want that"

"Isn't that too big for you?" Naruto asked Suigetsu looking at his lean frame. "I mean even Zabuza had a lot of trouble fighting with that thing, why would you wanna carry that?"

Suigetsu sneered. "You are ignorant, you speak as though you have seen Zabuza fight with the sword" he said.

Naruto nodded. "Seen him, killed him too" he said casually, shrugging his shoulder.

"WHAT?" Suigetsu asked him, half enraged and half surprised.

"I would say it was a team effort, my sensei hit the blow but we helped. Anyway, we did not find his sword" he said shrugging.

"Who is this sensei of yours who beat him?" Suigetsu asked, his eyes widened when Naruto told him it was Kakashi Hatake, the copy nin of Konoha who had done it.

"Look, can you tell me more about this Hiruko person?" Naruto asked him. Suigetsu shook his head.

"Not until you give me something in return" Suigetsu said, smiling, he had a chance here.

"I want that sword that Zabuza carried" he continued when he realised that Naruto would not be interrupting. Naruto shook his head.

"Unfortunately I can't make that decision, however my captain can, so you can come with me" he said, taking off.

Suigetsu snarled, this kid was gonna make him run in the condition he was in. He shook away the pain he felt as he took off after the blonde kid, water bottle in hand.

-x-

"Can you bother explaining what took so long?" Jiraiya asked Naruto who had just come jumping through trees, Naruto nodded.

"Found someone who will help us" he said, and looked towards the trees just as Suigetsu appeared, everybody jumped into an attack stance but Naruto while Jiraiya scowled.

"Naruto, what if he is a spy?" he asked him, "You could have doomed us all" he said. Naruto shook his head.

"He isn't, I can't feel that way about this guy, he seems honest, that's what my instincts tell me anyway" he said shrugging his shoulders. Jiraiya shook his head.

"Anyway his name is Suigetsu Hozuki and he can tell us something about that missing nin we are hunting, Hiruko"

Suigetsu nodded and stepped forward. "He is a Konoha missing nin and can use Storm Release and Swift Release" he said, which caused Jiraiya to pale.

"How is this possible" he asked Suigetsu "They are both bloodlines from Kumo and no one on earth possesses both of them, how did he get his hands on them?" he asked Suigetsu, who shook his head.

"If it helps, he was talking about stealing my bloodline. He was also bat shit crazy as he forgot all about me and began laughing like a maniac which allowed me to escape. My body makes me weak to his techniques" he said, revealing a scar that had been left on his stomach due to the Storm Release technique.

"Stealing Bloodlines?" Jiraiya mused, "What the hell has Hiruko been up to?"

Suigetsu shook his head. "I am willing to help you with him but I want something in return" he said, pulling out a sword which Kakashi instantly recognised.

"Isn't that-"

"Zabuza's sword, of course this is a replica with not even a sliver of the power of the original" he said in a dull tone which clearly indicated that he would have loved to have possessed the original.

"So all you want is the sword eh?" Jiraiya asked him, "What if you take other items for yourself?" he asked Suigetsu who just snarled.

"I don't care about other useless artifacts, the only thing that matters to me is The Executioners Blade that that bastard Hiruko wants, you can keep the rest" he said.

Jiraiya raised his eyebrow with Suigetsu's answer to his question but he carried on. "Okay, for a while we will form an alliance with you Suigetsu-"

"Hozuki" Suigetsu finished for him.

"Are you related to Mangetsu Hozuki by any chance?" Kakashi asked him, to which Suigetsu nodded.

"Yes, my brother has mastered all the swords before me, now it is my destiny to do so myself" he said with a hint of determination in his voice.

"Its just a sword, no big deal" Naruto said, at which Suigetsu stiffened, before turning red with anger. He tightened his fists and was about to punch Naruto when Jiraiya intervened.

"Forgive my student, he is a bit stupid as you can clearly see, he is also brash and cocky, don't mind him" he said assuaging Suigetsu, he then turned towards Naruto who looked really offended at what had just happened. "Suigetsu is gonna tell us everything, it does not look like good news for us if Hiruko is talking about stealing bloodlines, set up a camp here okay?" he asked Naruto who nodded. He then formed some shadow clones to help set up a tent while Suigetsu told Jiraiya about his encounter with Hiruko.

-x-

Hiruko was an unhappy man. Yesterday the strange water ninja had managed escaping him and it was all his fault, he couldn't believe he had gotten so cocky as to let a weakling like him escape, it made him wonder if he was going to get back up for himself. It wouldn't matter however, as he would beat them all. But there was another reason and that was the loss of the Tri Pronged Kunai of The Fourth Hokage, also known as the Yellow Flash of Konoha. Since he was so intelligent, he could have deciphered the seals that were used in the Hiraishin Kunai and he could probably become the next most powerful person. However he could do none of that till he had Kunai ,and the legendary kunai that Otaku had promised him was missing.

"Where is it?" he asked Otaku, they were in Otaku's office and Otaku was visibly cowering under the gaze that Hiruko was throwing. "I SAID WHERE IS IT?" Hiruko screamed, overturning a table and making Otaku flinch.

"I-It is..It was sto-stolen Lord Hiruko" he said stammering.

"What do you mean stolen?" Hiruko asked him.

"A-A b-bandit ca-camp had come across the Kunai, however the whole c-camp w-was exterminated" Otaku said, the large amounts of Killer Intent in the room paralysing him for all intents and purposes, he was barely able to speak.

"This is not good Otaku, you had promised hadn't you?" Hiruko asked him. "HADN'T YOU?" he asked, raising his voice to a whole different level.

"I want that Kunai, one way or another. And I want it in the next week, or else." He continued, threateningly as Otaku took even more steps back.

"Or else" he said smiling. "You are a dead man Otaku"

Otaku gulped, how the hell was he going to get the Kunai in a week?

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I caved, the idea was to do a 8,000 word chapter and this one was barely 6,000, I am a disgrace. Read and review.

I did not watch the movie with Hiruko in it so I wrote him like some kind of a psycho character, sorry if he is OOC

Read and review, also read my other story Naruto:The Second Sage.

Next Update is on 6/20/12