Yo guys
Chapter two is here! I want to thank everyone that has read this story!
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Before we start, this chapter has a lot of time jumps in a small space of time :D. Please be patient the story is just getting into the flow!
Now onto the story!
3 Years later
Hawke ducked under a sweeping kick, before leaping away from a reversal kick. He was forced further and further back by his student. He swayed away from another punch before slamming in a fist of his own into his student. He was rewarded with a puff of smoke. He spun in time to see a boot thud into his face. He grunted stumbling backwards. He just managed to duck under the swinging left fist of Kitsune. He leapt backwards, his hands moving at a lightning pace.
"Water Spear Jutsu!" He roared.
Six massive pillars shot towards Kitsune. The latter just managed to flip out of the way. Kitsune leapt forwards, his fists igniting with powerful flames.
"Fire Fist Jutsu!"
Hawke ducked under one fist but was slammed by the other. He soared backwards crashing into a tree. He slid down the tree, hitting the ground with a thud. He saw Kitsune was about to move in for another attack when he raised his arms.
"Aright that's enough." He called out.
Kitsune stopped looking disappointed. Well his body language said disappointed. His actual face was covered by a hood and face mask. He grunted, before letting the flames out on his fists.
"You're getting slow Sensei." Kitsune said, turning to pick up the equipment he had left at their camp.
"You're just getting faster kid." Hawke said with a grin. "I think we both know what I'm going to say here."
Kitsune grunted as he leaned down checking his Katana blade.
"As of now you are a part of the Hunters. As of today you will begin to receive client messages. You are free to take whatever missions you want. The hunters will take 40% of any earnings as organisational funds. Also we will send you missions from time to time. This may include recon missions or assassination missions intended to keep the balance of power between villages." Hawke said.
"Fair enough." Kitsune said.
"And surprisingly enough I have a mission for you. Kill off five bandit warlords located with the fire country." Hawke said.
Kitsune glanced round sharply before nodding.
"Fair enough." Was all he had to say.
"Remember kid, If we can still move our legs." Hawke said with a grin.
"We can swing our fists." Kitsune said, grinning underneath his mask.
The pair locked forearms.
"You better get going kid, leave no prisoners." Hawke said after a time.
Kitsune looked at him as if such a thing disgusted him. Then he vanished.
Hawke sighed feeling sorry for those bandits.
3 Months Later In Konoha
Sakura and Kakashi stood before Tsunade inside her office.
"Listen up you two. I'm creating a 4 four man squad with the sole purpose of finding Sasuke Uchiha." Tsunade said watching their responses to such a statement.
"Lady Hokage why are we looking for Sasuke instead of Naruto?" Sakura demanded.
"It's the councils choice not mine. I was overruled. We also need him to keep the mob down, they too are providing pressure that we need him more than ever." Tsunade said.
"Why is that?" Kakashi asked.
"We have been receiving reports of bandit villages on our boarders being burnt to the ground. I sent ANBU squads to see what had happened and the reports they came back with a gruesome. Someone or something very very powerful is hunting down the bandits." Tsunade said. Seeing they were unimpressed she took a different tactic. "Each village had 150 Chunin or higher skilled bandits."
The pairs eye and eyes widened.
"Fair enough, ok who can we have on our team then Lady Hokage?" Kakashi asked.
"You are taking yourself, Sakura, Might Guy and Neji Hyuga." Tsunade said.
Kakashi nodded, that was a pretty balanced team.
"You leave in two months." Tsunade said.
"What why?" Sakura demanded.
"With this bandit killing force I don't want four of my top shinobi in the fire country. We wait until its quietened down before we do anything." Tsunade said.
The pair nodded before turning and leaving Tsunade alone. She flicked open the Bingo Books she had. In four out of the five there were reports of a shinobi known as Kitsune, ranked as an S Class Mercenary. She read his profile.
Name: Kitsune
Age: Unknown
Criminal Rank: S Class
Bounty: 20 Million Ryo
Organization: A group known as the Hunters
Status: Active
Recognizable Traits: Last seen wearing a pure black trench coat alone with black face mask and hood. Black trousers and boots. Black fingerless gloves. Has a Katana strapped across his back.
Wanted For: 39 Assassinations across multiple different nations. 12 Destruction of villages close to multiple boarders.
Warning! Do not approach without large reinforcements!
Wanted Dead or Alive.
Tsunade eyes widened at the sight the bounty. He was really wanted by several different nations. She flicked through the book until she came to the Hunters page.
Organizational Name: Hunters
Criminal Ranking: S Class
Average Ranking: All S Class Shinobi
Village Allegiance: None
Known Information: The Hunters appeared over a decade ago, they claim to keep the peace between nations. They always side with the weaker in a fight.
Tsunade frowned at the lack of information. She was hoping she had something more to base her choices which could affect the whole village on. Sighing she turned to look out over the village.
2 Months Later
Sakura, Guy and Neji we excitedly awaiting Kakashi and Tsunade at the main gate. They were the first Sasuke rescue squad sent out since Shikamaru's squad years ago. They had packed enough food and Ryo for several months in the field. They would be heading directly into the Hidden Sound Villages land in an attempt to get news about the young Uchiha.
"Kakashi where have you been! The fires of youth have been ready to burn brightly!" Guy roared as he saw Hatake and The Hokage walking towards them.
"Guy Sensei please." Neji begged.
"Aright listen up. Your mission is to purely find information about Sasuke. Do not engage unless needed. Once you have found the Uchiha send a message back, a support team consisting of Asuma, Lee, Hinata and Shikamaru." Tsunade said.
"Aright, I'll send the message back on Pakkun. " Kakashi said.
"Oh and one more thing, we have received word about the shinobi known as-" Tsunade began to say before she was interrupted.
"Approaching the gate!" A ninja on the walls shouted.
The five shinobi below the gate spun and stared out at the path. A single figure was walking towards them, dressed in pure black. He had a trench coat that reached down to his knees and was unbuttoned. Underneath he had a loose fitting black shirt. He had black trousers with black boots. He had a hood attached to his trench coat and was sporting a mask similar to what Kakashi wore. On his shoulder he had what looked like an unconscious person. However they couldn't see his face.
"-Kitsune.." Tsunade whispered.
Kakashi glanced at her, his single eye raised in surprise. They all watched as the drew nearer until he was within ten feet of the gate. He stopped, staring at them.
"What is your business here mercenary?" Tsunade demanded.
"I'm here on unofficial business Hokage. On a whim if I'm honest. Here to return one of your ninja." The masked man said.
He grabbed the form on his shoulder and dropped it. Every shinobi who was presents eyes widened. The form was none other than Sasuke Uchiha.
"I've removed the cursed mark, and removed any Genjutsu put on him." The masked man said, turning to walk off.
"Why..Why would you do this?" Sakura demanded, her voice cracking at the last.
"As I said, it was a on a whim."
The masked man then vanished as if into thin air.
The Konoha shinobi stood there in shock.
2 Years 7 Months later
The masked man stared down at the burning bandit war camp. Bodies littered the floor, blood ran in rivers. This was a place of death. He was dressed head to toe in pure black, so he seemed to blend in with the darkness of the night. His face was covered, he was a facemask and dark trench coat. He was unrecognisable.
"I see you finished you're mission then, Kitsune."
Kitsune didn't turn around, but responded anyways.
"Hawke."
"You are living up to your reputation at least." Said Hawke. The stocky man was studying Kitsune.
"Why are you here Hawke." Kitsune said.
Hawke looked at his former student who was filled with grief and depression, flashes of his old self appeared but he was a shadow of the kid he'd known.
"Loki is calling us back, it's time we intervene in the upcoming war." Hawke said. "Meet us in the usual place."
"I'll be there after I'm finished here. Give me a week." Kitsune said.
Hawke merely nodded and vanished into thin air. Kitsune shook his head, those idiot Kage getting into more wars. Do they not know the benefits from peace between the countries. If a war arises they will be innocents dying. In peace there are only bandits to deal with. He grunted before raising his hands to the sky.
"Unholy Cleansing Aura Jutsu!" He roared.
A massive pillar of light burst from his hands slamming into the middle of the camp. The entire camp was filled with a deafening roar as pure chakra erupted from the middle of it spreading outwards. After several moments the light receded. All that was left was an open dirt plain where the camp had stood. Kitsune nodded turning away, his job was done.
Tsunade sat in the Hokage palace, before her were the council and her advisors. A great shinobi war was on the brink of erupting and it was not looking good for the Southern Alliance. Orochimaru had managed to seal alliances with two huge powers in Iwagakure and Kumogakure along with Takigakure, Yugakure and Shimogakure. If that wasn't bad enough they had also sealed deals with the Akatsuki.
The Southern Alliance however consisted of Konohagakure, Sunagakure and Tanigakure. They were badly outnumbered and out powered. Ishigakure, Kusagakure, Amegakure and Kirigakure had remained neutral however they had sent messages saying that if either Alliances forces were seen on their land they would join the opposing alliance.
"Tsunade its not looking good. We are currently going to lose this war. Our latest reports state that the Northern Alliances forces are gathering in Otogakure ready to strike at us. We need to call on Suna to push at Iwagakure whilst we defend. Tanigakure forces should head with him. All we need to do is defend whilst they destroy them from behind!" Homura said.
"If we do that how are we meant to defend against the Akatsuki, Orochimaru and the Northern Alliance!" Tsunade cried out throwing her hands into the air.
They all stood there, it took several minutes before someone had the courage to speak up.
"We could ask the Hunters?" Kakashi said, watching Tsunade's reaction.
"Would they even help us?" Shizune said.
"Yes they would, they side with the weaker one to restore peace." Koharu said. "I vote we get into contact with them."
There was a chorus of agreement from the members of the war council and advisors.
"Fine fine, where would we even find them?" Tsunade said sighing.
"I can deal with that, I know where there base was. I'm not sure if its moved or not but I'll give it a go. Leave it to me." Jiraiya said stepping out from the shadows of the office.
"Fine, but be careful these people. I want you to take Sakura and Kiba with you." Tsunade said. "I want you go by tomorrow morning. Go!"
The council left leaving just Jiraiya with Tsunade.
"We could sure use the kid back at this time..." Jiraiya murmured watching Tsunade's reaction.
"Jiraiya. Leave now. Just go." Tsunade said, tears streaming down her face.
Jiraiya turned leaping out through the window, leaving a sobbing Tsunade. The Toad Sage leapt off heading towards the graveyard. He needed to see it again before he left.
1 Week Later
The four people looked up as they saw the door open. A man dressed in pure black stepped in, nodding to them.
"Kitsune, good of you to join us." One of them said.
"Sorry I'm late Loki." Kitsune said, he pulled up a chair and sat down at the end.
"It's fine kid, we were just about to begin." Hawke said grinning.
"Aright where were we Michu?" Loki asked the young woman sitting next to him.
"Listen up, the world is currently divided into three different factions. We have the Northern Alliance made up of Otogakure, Kumogakure, Shimogakure, Takigakure, Yugakure and Iwagakure. The Akatsuki have also sided with them." She said.
Kitsune shifted slightly with that. But nodded to carry on.
"Next we have the Southern Alliance. This is the weaker of the two. Its members include Sunagakure, Konohagakure and Tanigakure. This is the Alliance we will be supporting."
Everyone turned to see Kitsune sliding his chair back and standing up.
"The rest are neutrals? Excellent I'm heading upstairs for a bit." He said before turning and heading upstairs to the Inn they were renting.
"What's up with him?" A young man known as Cinna asked.
"Oh yeah you havnt met Kitsune yet have ya. Let's just say that Kitsune has a slight disliking to Konoha." Hawke said with a chuckle.
"Oh fair enough, another question though Hawke." Cinna asked.
"Hm?" Hawke grunted.
"I've seen everyone here fight, but I've yet to see Kitsune fight. Is he really everything he's hyped up to be?" Cinna asked curiously.
This time Loki answered.
"Cinna, he's under hyped. That 'kid' as Hawke calls him is probably the most powerful shinobi you'll ever meet." Loki said. "Aright back on track please. "
The four of them went back to planning for the war.