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Previously on The Legendary Swordsman

"Now that you can comprehend silence's subcategory, we can start to learn the art of intimidation. Then you will be on your next mission"

XXXXXXXXXXX The Master XXXXXXXXXXXX

The Master looked at the two remaining members of the cloaked people and Yagura. As he clutched his eye, he had a sadistic smile adorning his face. The three however are not affected by that look. He was quiet for a moment and said, "Yagura-kun, what have you learned?"

Yagura reported, Master-sama, It seems like the Seven Swordsman of the Mist and the Chosen One are coming here to Kiri. I do not however know how or when they will arrive. Should we have people meet them there?"

The Master actually chuckled at the thought. He said, "Now, now, Yagura-kun. You haven't been thinking correctly. Why would I take out the Seven Swordsman of the Mist and get the boy without taking out rebels in the process. Also I want the boy to learn some things before I take care of him."

One the cloaked members asked a question, "Master-sama, wouldn't it be counter productive to let the boy grow stronger? That would only help him and the rebels not you."

The Master was not to pleased that he was being question. He back handed the guy with the cloak onto the floor. Yagura wasn't surprised as this has happened to him. The other cloaked guy eyes were a little wide but didn't say anything.

The Master calmed down and said, "You the only other cloaked guy that hasn't betrayed me, your mission has been put on hiatus. During this time start building your army. Your mission should be completed in four years. I want Wave under my control. Do you understand me?"

The cloaked man laughed. He revealed himself and said "Understood my lord, Master-sama!"

Chapter Sixteen: The Mist is Intimidating

Naruto was looking intently at Zabuza. He understood the use of silence but what about intimidation. He was soaking up the information like a sponge.

Zabuza said, "In the shinobi world, there is a way to intimidate someone without the use of physical attacks. There is something called Killing Intent or KI for short. Killing Intent is using your chakra to intimidate someone. The use of KI has its advantages. For example you can actually make someone's heart stop. "

Naruto's eyes were open. He could not believe that with the use of KI, you can make a person's heart stop. He asked Zabuza, "Zabu-sensei, how can you activate Killing Intent? What hand signs do you need? Like I was taught there are counter attacks to everything. Is there one for Killing Intent?"

Zabuza chuckled. Yes only Zabuza could find the mere subject of teaching Killing Intent is funny. The boy was making Zabuza soft. He made a mental note to either get some mental help or take some muscle enhancements. He said, "Settle down Gaki. Now Gaki for you to use Killing Intent you must think of something that makes you angry usually you want something as a personal vendetta. Then with that you control your chakra into the thought and enhance your anger to almost murder.

Killing Intent is like a chakra control exercise. You see once the thought of that personal vendetta is opened, depending how powerful it could be felt by others in a hundred meter radius. With that being the case the Killing Intent would be weak. However if you are able to concentrate it on one thing, then your Killing Intent can be extremely powerful.

Think of it as laying on a bed of nails. If you have hundred of nails nailed on a square piece of wood you can lay on it with relative ease. However if there is only one nail then the force will be too strong and that Nail will be in you."

Naruto was clearly impressed. It was not because of how Killing Intent worked although that is kind of cool. It was the mere knowledge that Zabuza actually possesses. It made Naruto question how did he know this stuff. 'Maybe it is by experience', Naruto thought. He asked, "Zabu-sensei, how do you know so much about stuff like that?"

Zabuza showed his shark like tooth. He said, "Well Naruto we, as in the Seven swordsman of the Mist, take classes and teach. Like how Kushimaru is a historian, I am a Physics Professor. Technically I am Dr. Zabuza Momochi Ph.D.." Zabuza pulled out a scroll and it was Zabuza's diploma.

Naruto could only blink. Zabuza, the muscle head of the Seven Swordsman of the Mist has a Ph.D. in Physics. Physics for Kami's sake is practically one of the hardest concepts to understand especially with the enigma life force also known as chakra is involved. His respect for his sensei grew. "So Zabu-sensei isn't dumb. I thought you were all brawn with no brain.

Zabuza had to reign himself in. He almost hit Naruto. He repeated in his head, 'Happy thoughts. Think happy thoughts. Think about a few puppies rolling around the floor.' He sighed as he finally reached his happy place.

He said, "Gaki, I should hit you. But I'll let you have that one. Next time though, you will learn your lesson. Back to the point, we will learn how to use KI. We are going to start by seeing how much Killing Intent you can handle. I'm giving you fair warning, I have a lot of chakra and KI. So when you feel like you cannot breathe or anything like that say so. I cannot stress that enough. I need to know so I can calculate of what we can and can't do with it."

Naruto nodded vigorously. He said in a exuberant voice, "Hai, Zabu-sensei! Let's rock!" Naruto waited for Zabuza to start the test. Zabuza sent an academy level amount of Killing Intent towards Naruto. Naruto seemed to be waiting for the test as he shook his back and forth as if a song was in his hand.

Zabuza then upgraded the amount of Killing Intent to Genin level. The birds on the dock were starting to run away. Naruto was still shaking his head back and forth. Zabuza obviously sees that Genin level just won't cut it.

As a result he upgrade the level to Chuunin Level. Some of the small animals were turning over. Some people started to sweat (Remember most of the Killing Intent is towards Naruto). Naruto on the other hand was seriously getting bored. To him nothing was happening. For heaven sakes he started to whistle a tune and was chilling. He was honestly thinking that Zabuza was still preparing him for the test.

Zabuza was clearly surprised. Usual nine year olds are affected by academy level Killing Intent. Naruto right now was not even affected by Chuunin Level. He sighed as he upgraded the Killing Intent to Jonin Level. As it blasted all the way to Naruto. Now the people were passing out left and right. Since the captain was being hidden by a chakra sealed door he was not affected. The Seven felt the Killing Intent and rushed out to see what the hell is going on.

When they rushed outside on the dock to see Zabuza putting Jonin level of Killing Intent towards the boy. What scared them is Naruto is not even affected by the Killing Intent. He whined to Zabuza, "Zabu-sensei, when are you going to start the test? I'm so bored!" Zabuza's eyes started to twitch. Was this boy just toying with him or was he trying to break his pride.

Oh he was so going to get Naruto. Even with Naruto's unconscious jab at Zabuza, Zabuza had to admit Naruto's ability to deal with that much Killing Intent and not even be bothered by it. Naruto must have felt such a strong Killing Intent.

Naruto looked at the rest of the Seven Swordsman of the Mist with a deep sense of confusion. He said, "Hey senseis what's up? Zabu-sensei was teaching me something about Killing Intent. He was supposed to be giving me a test but for some reason he's just standing there. Can someone please give me the test because I'm super bored."

They blinked. Naruto was not even feeling the Killing Intent coming from Zabuza. The boy was practically asked anyone to use Killing Intent against Naruto. Ameyuri raised his Killing Intent towards Naruto and nothing happened.

It was getting hard to breathe. Yet Naruto was just fine. Jinpachi put his KI into the equation. For the third straight time nothing happened to Naruto. This simply didn't make any sense. Zabuza waved his hand indicating them to stop. They stopped and looked at Naruto Uzumaki. Zabuza asked, "Oi Gaki, did you feel anything?"

Naruto turned his head sideways in confusion. He said, "I don't know what you mean. When you guys were looking at me the inside of my ear tickled. But that is it. Why do you ask?"

Yup Zabuza was twitching. His KI did not even make him twitch. He said, "Gaki, it is time for Kenjutsu training using the silent killing. Meet me at the boiler room"

XXXXXXXXXXXXXX Boiler Room XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Naruto finally reached the boiler room. He heard the boilers whistling. When he went in he saw the steam spewing out quickly. Naruto felt something was different about the steam. The steam was laced heavily with chakra. He then heard a demonic voice, "There are Seven vital parts of your body that will kill you. The liver, the kidneys, the lungs, the pancreas the stomach, the brain, and the heart. Which one should I strike first?"

Surprisingly Naruto was silent. His eyes darted from side to side. From what he was taught by Jinpachi, all chakra based attacks have a weak spot. Usually that spot is where the person is. Naruto activated the contact lens that Jinpachi gave him to look for chakra. He knew that he had to do this quickly. As the thought process was at its apex a sword was ready to strike him.

He quickly dodged it. That also gave him the ability

to find the weak spot. He did the hand signs: Boar, Rabbit, dragon, and bird. He said, "Fuuton: Senpuu Kirite (Wind Style: Whirlwind Cutter)!" Naruto blew some air out causing a whirlwind to the weak spot. The person who was attacking Naruto quickly dodge but not before the wind cut him.

This made Naruto smirk. The reason being the person's blood is in the air. Thanks to Kisame's teaching on how to track people's blood, he practically negated the chakra laced mist. Naruto sniffed the air and found the person who was trying to attack him. He pulled out his brand new sword. He had to smile as he loved how it felt in his hands.

He darted towards the person who was attacking him. He heard a clang between two swords. Naruto automatically knew that he had to try to over power the person. He tried to over power the guy. However it wasn't even a challenge as the opponent easily over powered Naruto. He pushed Naruto all the way back as if Naruto was a rag doll.

Naruto got up slowly. Okay he got some new information on his opponent. He is extremely powerful. The man is a big brute so he most likely isn't all that fast. Since Kushimaru taught him on how to be limber and Ameyuri taught him how to be quick while being shorter than your opponent, he can definitely out run and the guy and take him down low.

He ran at the man again. This time he did a zigzag route. When he got to close to the guy he struck him like before. This time instead of trying to over power the man, he spun and went to attack under at the kidney. The man surprised Naruto by blocking the attack out. Naruto then used that block to swift the momentum to his favor as he kicked the man in the back of the head. The man was so surprised that he almost missed the big healthy swing from Naruto.

Almost being the word. He block the attack and pushed Naruto back. That didn't seem to work as he saw Naruto coming back at the man. The man jumped up. The man eyes went wide when Naruto grabbed his left leg and brought him back down. Once the man's foot touched the ground he realized that he touched a seal. The seal activated and chains came out of the ground.

The chains started to chain its way around the man. The man's sword was chained also. He smirked as he did a ram sign. All of the sudden, the chains had explosive tags on every chain link. This combo came from Mangetsu and Jinin. Naruto put his sword at the person's neck.

He gave the man a cold stern look. he said to the man, "Who Are you? What do you want with me? You better answer correctly or you will not be able to speak again." Soon the mist disappeared. Naruto's eyes went wide as he couldn't believe who it is. It was Zabuza.

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Danzo XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Danzo has certainly been busy since Sandaime's mistake. He had been scouting a place, a desolate that he had been making his own. His Root members have been picking up the slack and been building his new creation. He created a new village. The village is called Kogengakure no Sato (The Village Hidden in the Roots).

Yes he has finally became a Kage. He made sure his village is a military village. For he to ultimately get full control of Konoha he must get one person. He will get him as he smirked. Oh, yes he will get the Kyuubi Jinchuriki and make him his biggest success.

XXXXXXXXXXXXXX Naruto XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Naruto could not believe that the man was actually Zabuza. He said, Zabu-sensei, what's going on? Why did you attack me?"

Zabuza chuckled. He said, "Well Gaki it is actually two things. The first is to see you in a life or death situation and how would you handle it. The second is to show you the proficiency of the Silent Killing techniques. Although you are excellent in the other fields, most people aren't so with silent killing technique along with kenjutsu and intimidation you can kill someone easily. I must admit that you definitely surprised me with your capabilities.

Now may you please untie me." Naruto reluctantly untied Zabuza. He said, "Zabu-sensei, what was up with that demonic voice? How did you do that? Although the voice was scary, the mist wasn't all that much. You need to be able to somehow disguise the chakra as it thickened the mist giving me and indication as to where you were."

Zabuza sat down and sighed. He put his head on the back of the wall. He closed his eyes. He said, "You know Naruto you have grown up a lot from the little kid I remembered. You were small and naive. I mean you still are naive. But you have grown up. You are starting to think for yourself and analyzing things that most nine years and most people cannot fathom.

It's amazing to see the little boy who ran into me almost three years ago who was afraid of some civilians but not of the Seven Swordsman of the Mist. It's funny how we never have dull day with you. You finally got your sword."

Naruto blushed at the praise. He finally felt like he belong somewhere. These guys are like the older brothers he always wanted. Of course he got angry at them but at least he knew he could trust them. He wanted to know how Zabuza became a member of the Seven Swordsmen. He asked, "Zabu-sensei, how did you get your first sword?"

Zabuza sighed in remembrance of his days when he wasn't a member. He said "I remember when I got my sword. I was fifteen years old. I just finished my tenth A-ranked mission. At the time I was able to get by with some jutsu and a kunai.

With my use of the kunai and muscular brute strength, I was chosen to be the apprentice of the Seven Swordsman of the Mist. It took me two years to make it into the order. I had to fight one of the Seven Swordsmen. I nearly didn't make it but in the end I beat him using my bread and butter; the silent killing."

Naruto nodded. It must be pretty hard to become a Seven Swordsmen. He asked, "Zabu-sensei, what made you want to become one of the Seven?"

Zabuza said, "At first I didn't want to be. To be honest I really didn't know what I wanted to be. You see back in the day to become a genin, you must do something that was devastating. You had to survive your class. That means you must kill your classmates and live. I killed them all at your age. So naturally I didn't have any friends or anyone.

The people of Kirigakure respected me for what I did. They however never liked me and was afraid of me. It was boasting someone but not care for that person. I was abandoned. I was lost as to who I was. I was going to become a missing ninja. But before I decided to leave, I found acceptance. She changed my life, my beloved, Valencia Ringo.

She was the first to accept me not as a killer but as a human being. She was my teammate with our sensei being her twin brother, Ameyuri. Trust me Ameyuri is a beast when it comes to being a ninja. He has it all Nin, gen, tai and ken. He became an apprentice of the Seven Swordsmen since he was like six. He was truly a prodigy like that Uchiha; Itachi. In fact he almost beat Itachi in the chuunin exams. Great fight by the way."

Naruto coughed to notify Zabuza that he was rambling. Zabuza chuckled in embarrassment. He said, " Where was I? Oh, right. Well you see she treated me like a human so I fell in love with her. She fell in love me. Ame is one of the most wanted members of the team and of Kiri. During one of our missions she was captured. I went literally ballistic.

She saw it. The monster that was me. She saw what I always feared for her to see. The freight was so strong that she quit being a ninja. She settled down and had a kid. That was about eleven years ago. Well anyway she was the one who got me into kenjutsu."

Naruto could hear the variety of emotions coming from Zabuza. He said, "Zabu-sensei, Ameyuri-sensei has elemental bloodline if I'm not mistaken. Did she have a bloodline also?"

Zabuza nodded. He said, "Yes, she was amazing at hyoton . She was and ice user with a cold stare to go with it. Why do you ask?"

Naruto was nervous about this question. He honestly didn't know how Zabuza would take the question. "Zabu-sensei, is that the reason you want to end the Bloodline Purge?"

Zabuza's eyes went wide. He didn't know how to answer that. Was that truth? He didn't know if could answer the question. He said, "Honestly Naruto, I don't know. I mean it is a possibility but I don't know. Maybe its the fact that I've see useless death and to see a genocide is extremely disturbing to me. Even though she may never love me again, I will protect her family."

Naruto's respect for Zabuza grew significantly. He said, "Zabuza I know that it doesn't matter as it probably won't mean anything. But I want you to know your not a demon to me and you earned my respect not for how many people you killed but help the one you love."

Zabuza smirked at the boy. He grunted, "Thanks kid. By the way in an hour or so we will be in Kiri. This is where everything is you have been taught and will be taught will make you or break you. We already have been sending the little kids, mothers, and a few of the teachers to Konoha. Some have went underground. Some are hiding their abilities. The rebels are ready to fight the Mizukage."

Naruto asked one question, "Do you think we have a chance?"

Zabuza contemplated at the question. Did they have a shot? He said, "Yes, Naruto we have a chance."

They then heard someone over the intercom, "Destination to Kirigakure no Sato in ten minutes."

Naruto looked at Zabuza. He then felt some acid in his stomach. This is where everything he has been working for will come to fruition. Is he ready or not doesn't matter now. There is no turning back. Kiri is about to me the Chosen One whether he likes it or not.

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Jiraiya XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Jiraiya sighed. This is exactly what he didn't want. For years now he has been on espionage missions. He has been countless wars. Some were small such as the civil war of the Land of Hot Springs. He has been in the Second and the Third shinobi war. Each one was horrible as people who were his friends died.

He sighed as he thought about what wars have done to him and others. It changes people. That is why the Three Sannin are the way they are. One became a drunk and ran away from her problems. The other is trying to find immortality bringing his morality to its brink to achieve it. He, himself, is trying to live like it was his last. Look at what they have become. They became monsters. There is no such thing as a good war.

Now he and his godson are thrown into a war. This war can change the outcome of everything from politics to military. He sighed as he mentally prepared himself to fight this war. It is not for the people of Kirigakure no Sato but for the one who matters to him; Naruto Uzumaki.

Author's note: this is the bridge to the over all Kiri Saga. This sets up one of the girls in the story. Fights are coming next chapter. I'm truly thinking about a time skip but I don't know. Is Naruto ready for what is to come? We'll find out soon enough. What does Danzo have in store for everyone. Is it time to see what has been going on with a certain weasel? Where has he been? All of these questions will be answered soon.

If you have questions just ask. Some questions I won't answer yet because it most likely will be coming soon or is part of the main plot. So I will not be answering those. Sorry about that. Ja for now.

JK10