Chapter Nineteen: What the Mists Show

Naruto was waiting for his new teammates. He was in the tallest tree near the training building. He was laying down with his eyes closed. He beat his opponents easily. He did not even have to pull out his sword for the guys.

Right now though something had been on Naruto's mind. It was Itachi's memories. The memories were extremely dark. There was this one that keeps coming back. It was blurry. He tried to squint his eyes to get a clearer look. The sounds and voices were extremely botched. It was as if it the memory was trying to tell Naruto something.

The memory got a little clearer and he saw the Sandaime. He was wanted to say something to alert the Old Man that it was him. It didn't work out because he could not alter a memory that way. A ninja or Kunoichi can change certain things like where a tree is but that takes extreme amount of talent. You cannot however change dialog. This would result in the corruption and destruction of the memory.

As he heard something about a chamber where some woman was, he was tapped on his shoulder. He looked up to see the red headed jonin. Naruto said, "Ummm Mei was it? What's up?"

She looked at him with a sickeningly sweet glare. She was surprised that Naruto was oblivious to her glare. She didn't know if Naruto was simply apathetic or if he didn't know what it means when a woman glares at him like that. He actually didn't pay attention as the memories were bothering him.

She said, "Naruto-san, we have a team meeting and you are in deep space. So I thought I would be ever so helpful if you would ummm oh I don't know, get back to reality."

Naruto looked at the ground and said, "Umm Mei-chan, how do you know that this is actual reality? What makes you so sure not just a person's thought?"

Mei gave an extremely long winded, explaination, "What?"

Naruto smirked, "Exactly! Your face does have that evil menancing frown on your face. Confusion is much better look for you." He then gave her his big toothy grin and a thumbs up. Her face went into shock. Then anger settled in and she pulled out a signature kunai of hers. She screamed as she came at Naruto. Naruto sighed and took a dive towards the training building.

She was shocked that he would jump. He then did one hand sign and disappeared in a swirl of water. She gawked at what Naruto could do. Yet her anger grew as she realized that she was slightly worried about him and for him to do that. She officially considered him a jerk. She did the same hand sign and disappeared in a swirl of water.

XXXXXXXXXXXXXX Naruto XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Naruto landed on the training grounds. He saw Suigetsu and their Jonin sensei Zabuza. Suigetsu was in the nearby river. Meanwhile, Zabuza was laying up against the tree. He looked like he was sleeping. Naruto had an evil prank in plan. He tippy toed his way to Zabuza. Before he could do anything the head cleaver was at his neck. Zabuza said, "Not this time, Gaki. You've been around Mangetsu too long."

Naruto had the nerve to look sheepishly. He was about to say something, when something metallic came towards him. He caught the senbon easily with his chakra laced thumb and pointer. He noticed that there was a bluish liquid coming out. He knew that it was a stunning poison naturally from Kiri. He could also tell it most likely a woman because this poison is used for kunoichi who had seduction mission.

He said, "Nice try, Mei-chan." He saw her come down to the training grounds. She was little pissed that it missed. She said, "Next time Naruto I will get you." Zabuza put his hand up.

He said, "While you two lovebirds are fighting, which I do find amusing by the way, we got work to do. Since we are a team we need to get to know each other. Mei and Naruto I don't mean the way you two know each other. I preferbly want little Naruto to at least be a little older. Mei how shameful of you trying to get into the pants of a nine year old."

Zabuza by that time was smirking up a storm. He showed his shark tooth. That was something Naruto wanted to know about but he will ask later. He pretty muched ignored Zabuza as he was like the big brother with the tough car that takes you around with your friends and tease the hell out of you. He really didn't care. Mei on the other hand was blushing up a storm. Was it because she was angry or embarrassed, Naruto didn't know.

Right now however Naruto went into analytic mode.

The reason being is because Zabuza's demeanor changed. He sat in the middle in between, Suigetsu and Mei. He went into lotus position waiting for Zabuza's orders with a blank face.

Zabuza just stay surprised when Naruto goes into this mode. He literally switched the switch. One moment he was happy go lucky, charismatic, fun to be, and such swagger that no one can say anything. He did carry a little bit of arrogance with himself but it is a jerk status.

When he is in this state he is a totally different person. He has this cold blank demeanor. He holds a chip on his shoulder. He listens to everything. He is starting to learn different tones as to when people are giving you a hidden message and when people are being literal. He becomes this blue collared or should he say red collared guy who gets his hands dirty and does the job swiftly and quickly. When he is on the job, he is like a silent g in lasagna.

He is the perfect ninja. He is the least likely person people would suspect to be a ninja. Deception is after all a ninja's best friend. Zabuza shook his head to get the cobwebs out. He said, "Ok, guys lets start with how teams are arranged. It is arranged an elite Jonin or ANBU member who is the leader of the team. Then there is a Jonin who is the second command. Finally there are the two Genin.

Let's start at the Elite Jonin. The Jonin naturally leads the team. His/her job is also to make sure you learn the styles that fit you. He/she might know the style but more times than not he/she wouldn't. So with the connections that they recieved from there times as teammates and other things, they will find someone who can teach them. The other job is getting them ready for missions. This includes physically, mentally, and socially. If the Jonin feels the person is unable to do it, the person will not participate.

That is my job and I will not let you guys down. Now here is the second in-command leader the Jonin. The Jonin as stated is second in command. He/she have the responsibility of making sure everything is in order. They train you to make sure you are on par. She in this case will spar with either of you. She will tell me what she thinks about your ability to fight. She will also check on you at different times. If she believes you are a liability, she can and will demote you or in a time of battle subdue you or kill you.

The reason we chose Mei over here is because she is not only experienced in battle but she is one the best Medic Ninjas to exist. Only three people have been know to be able to beat her in medical ninjutsu. The three are Chiyo of the Sand, Jinpachi of the Seven Swordsman, and Tsunade Senju of Konoha. So she is up there in ranks of Medics. She is also a great leader who led her team to the rank of Chunnin all by herself."

She had this haughty look. She looked at Naruto and showed him her tongue. When she saw Naruto she noticed that he was somewhere else. Better yet he was intent with the group coupling as Zabuza was explaining the role of the Genin. She wanted to know why she couldn't get this boy under her finger. He is obviously not gay. Was she not beautiful enough? That's perposterous yet she started to seriously doubt it.

The saying goes no matter if a girl is seven or if she is ninety-seven they are self conconcious. Naruto was doing a real number on her. She bit back a bitter chuckle because a nine year old has her questioning herself. It has been over a month since she and Naruto first met and he has been a crack that has been growing larger and larger every day.

When she zoned back into the conversation, Zabuza had been to the part of introductions. He said, "Ok, now that I told you your roles, it is time for us to introduce each other. I want to know your name, rank, your capabilities, your strengths, your weaknesses, how are you going to fix those mistakes, and your overall goal in life. Since I'm the leader I will start.

I am Zabuza Momochi. I am one of the Seven Swordsmen of the Hidden Mist. My capabilities are vast so do not worry about that. My strengths include Taijutsu and kenjutsu. My weakness is genjutsu however I have gotten to a point where I can detect and eliminate genjutsus. My goal on life is to protect Kiri and the innocent. The kid with the white hair your next."

Suigetsu shrugged his shoulders at the comment. He said, "Yo, the name is Suigetsu Hozuki. I am a Genin. My capabilities vary from being in the water ,where I can become one with it, to different land abilities. My strengths include Suiton attacks, kenjutsu and taijutsu. My weakness is dehydration and stamina. My brother has been working on a seal to have never ending water. I on the other hand have been working on keeping the fight going.

My goal is to become the leader of the Seven Swordsman of the Mist."

Zabuza nodded. He didn't think Suigetsu would make a great leader but he can't judge just yet. He said, "Good job Suigetsu. Blondie your next."

Naruto said, "Hai Zabuza-sensei. My name is Naruto no surname. My rank currently is Genin. My abilities are more than I could say. My strengths include Ninjutsu, taijutsu, kenjutsu, medical ninjutsu and fuinjutsu. My weakness is genjutsu I think. It is really hard to explain. I have only been in one Genjutsu in my whole life so I don't know how strong my abilities to stopping it are. As a result, I want to find a genjutsu specialist and show me how strong I am at defeating it. My goals are doing what is right and protect people who matter to me."

Zabuza could clearly tell Naruto was holding back but deception is a ninja's best friend. He did however wanted to help with the genjutsu. He said, "Ok Gaki nicely done. Red head your turn."

Mei did a pfft noise before going. She said, "My name is Mei Terumi. I am a Jonin. My abilities comes from my Kekkei Genkais and my knowledge of other things. Anywho my strengths include Fuuton (Boil Style), Yoton (Lava Style), medical ninjutsu, and genjutsu. My weakness is stamina, taijutsu, and kenjutsu. I have learned to compensate by not only using my Yoton abilities but my ability to throw things. My dream is to become the Mizukage."

Naruto was impressed at what she is able to do. So was Zabuza. He said, "That is amazing Mei. Since Introductions are done, we are going to do different team exercises for the rest of the week. Next week we will start taking missions if I believe you are ready. The first thing we are going to do is a thousand laps around the training ground. MOVE IT!"

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Later on Night XXXXXXXXXXXX

Naruto finished his work with his brand new team. He felt relaxed. After all it is not unusual for Naruto to do that work. He pulled a scroll out of his pocket. He has not been able to learn anything from the scroll over the month without being caught. He had to officially become a part of a team to do it. He was finally given access to it.

He opened it to see different elemental ninjutsus. They varied from E ranked jutsu to A rank jutsu. He noticed the higher ones are covered by shadows for the hand signs. It made sense to him as he had to learn the small jutsus before you go A-ranked. He then saw a seemingly simple piece of paper. He notice on the side that there is a small indication to put chakra. It was a Fuin Masters indicator.

He put his chakra into the paper. Soon the paper cut itself in fours. Naruto jumped back as that wasn't normal. The four corners had different effects. The upper right corner had a deep black fire ablazing onto of it. The upper left corner became extremely soaked. It was soaked that the soil on the ground started to sprout out a little tree. The lower left corner started to sprout electricity. It was so strong that the electricity didn't go away. The final side the lower right side became dirt. It was so strong that the dirt became deeper than the ground. The papers started to spin in a tornado.

Naruto didn't know what the hell was going on. He heard a voice say, "My, my Gaki, you have serious elemental abilities. You are one of the very few and I mean very few that has more than two elemental affinities." Naruto looked up and saw the old man. He was suspicious as to why the old man is always here.

He said, "Old Man, why are you here? What do you mean about the elemental affinities?"

Jiraiya said smoothly, "I saw someone coming into the training grounds so I wanted to see who it was. I saw that it was you so I decide to see what you were doing. Imagine my surprise that I see the Gaki learning his elemental affinities. Now Gaki you want to learn about affinities. The affinities are the five basic elements. Remember the five elements go Fire, wind, lightning, water and earth.

The affinities will tell you what you are adept to. For example most people from Kiri are able to use Suiton. However, there are some who can use Futton. The affinites usually show where a person lives or family lived."

Naruto nodded as it started to make sense. He still wanted to know who this guy is. This guy somehow knew who he was. Is this the guy he should be worried? Is this the vile and evil man he had to take out? Many questions were going through his head.

His eyes narrowed at the man. He growled at the old man, "Old Man, what are your objectives? There are too many plot holes in your story. For example, how did you know I was going to Yougan and Kiri? How is it we were going to be on the exact same boat to Kiri? How is it that you know so much about jutsus and everything that comes from being shinobi? Old man who are you?"

The old man had a smirk on his face. He said, "Gaki, trust me I know more about you than you do. My name is not important as of right now. I'm a semi retired ninja who has debt from his students. I had to help a kid with learning. Coincidentally you are a kid who needs some help and I thought that you could learn a thing or two."

Naruto could not see any lie in the man's statement. However he didn't see the full truth. What made him the kid he wanted to help train. For now he will learn some things from the old man. If he had to he will hurt this guy. He said, "Old man, what do you want to teach me?"

Jiraiya smirked. He knew his relationship with his godson is nonexistent except Naruto knowing him as Old Man. This was an amazing oppurtunity to make a bond. He said, "Well Gaki, I can teach you some attacks. I can also help you hone your affinities."

Naruto was always one for learning. He sat in lotus position. He looked at Jiraiya intently. The old man pulled a stone out of his pocket. He said, "Ok Gaki your most powerful affinity is wind. Wind has the ability to be offense and defensive. It is the hardest affinity to control. Better yet you can't control wind. The wind has a a mind of its own.

You must harness it and become one with it. It is no where near easy. To start your training consists of cutting. This rock that is in my hand is your starting point. You objective is to to cut this rock in half. You must concentrate on solely gathering wind chakra."

The old man threw the rock to Naruto. Naruto caught it effortlessly. Naruto thought to himself, 'This should be easy'. Naruto closed his eyes. His mind kept going towards the wind. He saw the white underline chakra from the wind. Naruto then gathered it an sent it to the rock. He smirked as he had did the first task. Or so he thought. The rock was exactly the same way as it began. Jiraiya had to stifle a laugh. Naruto's eyes were opened.

Jiraiya said, "I forgot to tell you about this special rock. What makes this rock special is that can't be broken by normal means. It is especially hard to cut it in chakra than by normal means. If you are able to cut it then we will reach the next level of training. Also when you are able to cut it I will help you with learning some wind jutsus."

Naruto was a little pissed off. That would have definitely helped if the old man would have told him. He was going to get this though. He asked, "Old Man when do you want to meet to train?"

Jiraiya put his finger on his chin. He said, "Tell you what every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights we will meet here and train. What do you say?"

Naruto nodded. He said, "Alright Old Man. Hey Old Man, have you ever heard of the Kage Bushin? I have it down locked. I found a scroll on my bed and I started to do the jutsu. I learned it in a few minutes." He did a cross hand sign and said, "Kage Bushin No Jutsu (Shadow Clone Technique)"

When he said that five poofs of smoke appeared. When the smoke cleared, five identical Naruto's appeared. The old man was definitely impressed. He whistled at how many clones he made. He said, "Wow, Gaki that is a lot of Kage Bushin. You must have a lot of chakra. With these Kage Bushin you can learn many different ninjutsu. In fact they are the perfect bushin to learn ninjutsu. The Kage Bushin is just that. It is a clone of your shadow. Your shadow doesn't have you physical capabilities like taking such hits. They however are able to use your chakra abilities as they have their own chakra system. They can imitate the same thing as you and do your attack.

Remember the mode you were in when you summon them. If you summon them when you are playing around they won't listen to you. In fact they will do the exact opposite. If you are in battle ready mode or serious mode they will be a in a military mode. They will follow your orders to a T. So make sure you remember that."

Naruto was surprised at this. These bushin do have their uses. He said, "Old man, can they work on the other elements while I work on futon?"

Jiraiya had a back breaking grin on his face. He said, "Now you're catching on Naruto. Yes, that is the plan. If we are able to make you adept to the them you will be in amazing place. The problem is the drawbacks. The drawback is a major headache if you make to many. You can die if you use all of them at once then dispel them."

Naruto nodded as that made a lot of sense. He said, "Ok Old Man lets start."

XXXXXXXXXXXXXX One Week Later XXXXXXXXXXXX

Naruto and his team were in front of the Mizukage. They were ready for their first mission together. Naruto was very excited would be the word. Maybe it's because it is the fact that he is finally has a team with him. He was not alone. He knew in Lava if anything went wrong the Seven were there but that still didn't mean he had a team. He smiled at a thought having a team.

It made Naruto absolutely giddy. They looked at Naruto as if he had lost his mind. They shooked their head and was waiting for their orders. The Miizukage was looking through the catalog. He said, "Ahh, I have a mission for you. It is a C-rank mission. Usually we give teams like this D-rank missions but we believe that the two Jonin such as Zabuza and Mei, the two Genin will be able to surivive.

Your mission is simple. Aoi Rokusho, is a Chuunin. He has killed some of our Genin. I want you to kill him and bring him here. Bring his head here on my desk. You have two weeks to find him and eradicate him. The last place he has been spotted is the outskirts of the Land of Waterfall."

Zabuza and the team said in echo, "Hai". They got up and left to get ready to leave. When they left a shadow appeared eating an apple. He laughed. He said, "My Yagura-kun, I would never have thought that you would send Naruto on a mission this early. Jiraiya has done us a favor. He has opened the affinities to Naruto. For him to have the five elements is simply fate. Then to have the Kage Bushin at his disposal. This should be amazing ninja even though he hasn't even activate it yet."

Yagura nodded. He asked the Master a question, "Master-sama, does Aoi have the Raijin?"

The Master smirked he said, "That is what makes this mission interesting."

XXXXXXXXXXXXXX Later on that Night XXXXXXXXXX

Naruto was at the training grounds to tell the Old Man what is going on. He said, "Old Man I have a mission to go on."

The Old Man looked at Naruto with a confirmation. He said, "Ok, Naruto be safe. Here is a scroll with different jutsus. You almost got your wind chakra down."

Naruto nodded. He said, "I got it Old Man. I will be back. I promise. Datteabyo!" The old man chuckled at Naruto's antics. He watched as Naruto left. His face changed into a frown. He did a few hand signs and said, "Kushiyose no Jutsu!" a poof of smoke appeared. When the smoke disappeared a red, orange and black toad appeared.

Jiraiya said, "Gamakichi, it is good to see you. I have a mission I need you to do. I want you to watch the blonde haired boy. Spy onn him and tell me whats going on."

Gamakichi saluted. But before he disappeared he said, "Jiraiya, I want some candy before I go." Jiraiya sighed and reached into his pocket. He pulled out some caramel cand and tossed it to him. The toad had a huge smirk on his face and poofed into a puff of smoke.

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Naruto XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Naruto and his team were at the gates. Naruto had a Kiri headband on his forehead. He smirked as the ran to go get Aoi. Naruto said, "Let's Rock, DATTEABYO!"

Author's Note: Done. This is an introduction to Naruto's team. Next chapter Naruto and Zabuza verses Aoi. The Raijin verses Naruto's sword. This is going to be a fun arc. I love it. Review. I want to reach 220 reviews if you don't mind.

I will answer one question:

Komoridragon: Naruto will be able to summon Sharks. Everything else is under wraps. You will find out soon.

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