This is a challenge from Storylover213. I don't own any of it.

Chapter 4: Conflict in Wave

Naruto yawned as he rose up from bed. He put on his clothes and went downstairs. He was greeted with the sight of the three genin and their so-called jonin sensei. Ami and Sakura were eating a huge stack of pancakes while Sasuke was just finishing his meal.

"Okay," Naruto said, "I'm taking some food down to our prisoner. If he's willing to cooperate we will gain some very useful information."

Naruto grabbed some food and went downstairs to Zabuza. Naruto placed the food down in front of him and asked, "Have you decided?"

The masked swordsman answered, "I have and I'm agree to your terms. Anything to get Haku out of this damned life.

Naruto grinned and said, "What can you tell me about Gato's organization?"

Later…

Naruto walked up from the basement. When he did Team 7 looked at him expectantly.

"Well?" Kakashi asked.

"He's agreed to help us," Naruto said, "He's told me that Gato has a base a few miles East of here. Gato has a large army of mercenaries that are at his beck and call, so getting through to the man isn't going to be easy."

Sasuke smirked and said, "So what? They're just a bunch of mercenaries. We're ninja. We me on our side we're bound to win."

The girls were about to say something when Naruto said, "There is also the chance that Gato hired more missing nin some probably as strong or stronger than Zabuza."

Sasuke smirk was wiped off his face. The two Kunoichi looked nervous now.

"Now then," Naruto said, "According to Zabuza it will take him a week to get back to fighting strength. In that time I am going to train your butts off. So…what has Kakashi taught you?"

Sakura answered, "Teamwork."

Naruto raised an eyebrow and asked, "What else?"

Ami said, "That's it."

Naruto turned to look at Kakashi and said, "You are either one of the most idiotic or the most lazy men I have ever seen. You haven't even started them on chakra control exercises."

Kakashi shrugged and said, "I didn't deem it necessary."

Naruto picked Kakashi up by the front of his shirt and growled, "You should have given them proper training before letting them go on a C-rank. It is a miracle that they haven't been killed yet. I swear you are going to catch hell for this you Scarecrow."

Naruto dropped Kakashi on his butt and created a pair of Shadow clones.

"You," Naruto ordered the first clone, "You are to guard this house with your life."

Naruto turned to the second clone and said, "You are to go to the bridge with Tazuna and guard him with your life. Am I understood you two?"

The clones saluted and said, "Sir yes sir!"

Naruto turned to team 7 and said, "You guys are coming with me. We have a lot of training to do if you are even going to start being ready for the fight ahead."

With that the young jonin and three genin walked out of the house and toward the forest.

As they walked Sasuke asked, "Hey what was that jutsu you used?"Naruto turned back to him and answered, "It was the Shadow Clone jutsu and A-ranked kinjutsu that uses chakra to form a solid clone."

Sasuke looked surprised and siad, "How is that kinjutsu? It's just like a regular clone."

Naruto shook his head and said, "I said solid clones boy. The jutsu is a kinjutsu because it divides the chakra in them evenly through each clone. Basically it takes a lot of chakra just to form one. And in case you are going to ask I'm not going to teach you. You'll need much more chakra to form just one then you do now."

Sasuke crossed his arms and grumbled to himself as he was denied a jutsu. He was also upset that he, the rookie of the year, had basically been called weak.

Finally the group arrived at their destination.

"Okay," Naruto said, "for training today we'll start with the tree climbing exercise."

Sakura said, "You mentioned that earlier. What is it?"

Naruto explained, "Basically this exercise helps you learn how to effectively use chakra. Before you say anything let me explain. When you use chakra in a jutsu the amount of chakra control you have can make it much more powerful. Also it decreases the amount of chakra wasted when you use a jutsu. Basically chakra control is the one thing that can help a Shinobi become stronger."

The genin in front of him nodded.

"For this exercise," Naruto said, "you are going to focus chakra into the soles of your feet and walk up the side of the trees in front of you. If you focus too little you won't stick. If you focus too much the bark will break. Mark your progress with a kunai. When all three of you are able to reach the top we will continue."

The three genin went at the trees and started climbing. After a few minutes Ami and Sakura were at the top.

"Hey look," Sakura yelled, "We made it!"

Naruto smiled and said, "Very good girls, but I want you two to keep going."Ami looked down at her temporary sensei and asked, "Why?"Naruto answered, "You two come from civilian families. As such your chakra reserves are very low giving you incredible control. Keep it up so you can buikdl up yoru chakra reserves. If you feel tire take a break. You won't be any good to us if you're suffering from chakra exhaustion."

The two girls looked at each other tiredly before sighing and jumping down. With that they ran up the tree again.

As the girls were building their chakra reserves. Sasuke was having trouble running up the tree. Every time he tried to run up his foot either wouldn't stick or crushed the bark. Sasuke was growing more and more frustrated with each attempt which only made his charka control worse.

"Calm down Uchiha," Naruto said, "If you let your anger cloud your judgment you won't even begin to get the training exercise down."

Sasuke huffed and continued.

Naruto sighed.

'This is going to be a long week,' Naruto thought.

Over the next three days the same routine continued. Ami and Sakura had started to gain a small amount of muscle since they started training and eating right. Sasuke was still annoying and arrogant, but that was nothing that was new. After finally taking Naruto's advice to calm down he managed to get control over the chakra exercise.

Now Naruto stood in front of his temporary students and said, "Okay kids I've got some different training for you today."Ami asked, "Is it another chakra exercise?"Naruto throught for a second and said, "Maybe I'll get to that later. I've decided to trust you all with a different jutsu."Sakura asked, "You're giving us jutsu?"Naruto answered, "Yes, but only one each. I have a condition however. I will also introduce the next stage in chakra control…water walking."

Sakura looked confused and asked, "Water walking?"

Naruto nodded and said, "Yes. Water walking is the next step. You see to walk on water is more difficult then walking on a tree. The water's surface is constantly changing from one height to another during a wave. For water walking to work you must constantly adjust the amount of chakra in your fee to keep yourself afloat."Sasuke said, "Yeah what about the jutsu?"Naruto rolled his eyes and said, "First need to learn your elemental affinity. Before I continue can anybody tell me what that is?"

Sakura raised her hand and said, "The elemental affinity is the element that a person's chakra is set to which include fire, water, earth, wind, and lightning. A certain affinity can strengthen or weaken a jutsu used. A person can use jutsu other than that affinity, but at the cost of more chakra."Naruto clapped and said, "Very good Ms. Haruno. There is more than that however."

Naruto took out three pieces of paper and said, "This is chakra paper. If you focus your chakra into he paper it will show you your elemental affinity by a different reaction it has. Fire burns it, earth turns it to dust, water makes it wet, wind cuts it, and lightning makes it wad up. Sasuke you go first."

Sasuke took the paper and focused his chakra into it. The paper burst into white hot flames. Sasuke dropped the paper out of fear of being burned.

"A fire affinity," Naruto observed, "and a powerful one at that. Okay Ami you next."

Ami took a piece and focused. The paper started to wad up.

"Lightning," Naruto observed, "Now your turn Sakura."

Sakura took her piece and focused her chakra and the paper crumbled to dust.

"Earth," Naruto said, "A very interesting group. Sasuke and Ami are the only affinities capable to offense alone. Sakura's can be used to attack and defend."

Naruto took out three small scrolls.

"Each of these are special jutsu that I've created," Naruto explained handing one scroll to each gening, "Sasuke's jutsu is called Firebird Blast. it basically a fireball that takes the shape of a bird. Ami's is a called Storm Fist. This jutsu covers both hands and feet become enveloped in lightning allowing you to add an extra kick to your attacks. Sadly it constantly drains a small amount of chakra so you can only use it for a short amount of time. Finally Sakura's is called Earth Shatter Dome. it forms a dome of rock around the user and then it breaks apart flying in the direction of the user's choosing giving both defense and offense."

The three grinned at the jutsu they were given.'

"Now then I want you to try out the jutsu first," Naruto said, "If you start to feel faint during use then stop immediately. Rest for a few minutes and then start working on the water walking exercise. After that try using the jutsu again."

The three genin moved to different spots and tried their jutsu.

Sasuke yelled, "Fire Style: Firebird Blast!"

Sasuke fired a medium sized bird from his mouth that met the surface of the lake and exploded with the force of an explosive tag. Sasuke smirked, but then felt tired. He wobbled a little bit and fell to one knee.

'If I want to fully use this jutsu,' Sasuke thought, 'I have to gain more chakra.'

Ami went through handsigns and said, "Lightning Style: Storm Fist!"

Lightning sparked around her hands and feet for a few seconds. She smiled happily, but then started to feel the effects on herself. She immediately canceled the jutsu and fell to her knee panting. She may have upped her chakra reserves and control, but it wasn't enough.

Sakura went through her hand signs and said, "Earth style: Earth Shatter Dome."

A dome of earth rose up around her and then quickly went shot off in different directions. Sakura panted at the exertion and rose up.

The training continued like for the next few days. The young genin would continue to water walk and in certain cases fall through the water and come up sputtering. To say the least it was funny for a while. By the end of the week the three were able to do their jutsu without feeling exhausted. Or in Ami's case she could do her jutsu for about four or five minutes before she started feeling the effects of the constant chakra drain.

The only bad thing that came from it was Sasuke. After finally managing to get his jutsu down he started ordering Naruto to make him more jutsu. When that didn't work he demanded the notes on how to make a jutsu. That didn't get him anywhere either.

At the end of the week Kakashi and Zabuza were up and ready.

In the basement of Tazuna's house Naruto stood holding a large Zanbato or to be precise Kubikiri Houcho.

"Now then," Naruto said, "I'm trusting you. If I detect even the slightest hint that you are going to betray us you'll be dead before you can bat an eyelash."

Zabuza, knowing that this kid was serious nodded. Naruto undid the seals and then unbound the former Kiri nin. Zabuza rose up and rolled his shoulders cracking them. Naruto was on guard. Zabuza held out his hand. Naruto gave the man his sword who then proceeded to put it on his back.

"Now then," Zabuza said, "I managed to learn that Gato's mansion is a few miles from the town. We can get there in about an hour's walk if those little shrimps of yours are up for the challenge."Naruto chuckled and said, "Those shrimps are stronger than they seem."

Naruto got up stairs to see Kakashi and his team were ready to go.

"Okay guys," Naruto said, "Let's go. The sooner we get through with this mission the sooner the kids get to go home and brag."

With that in mind the six ninja left the house and headed for Gato's mansion.

After an hour of running the ninja arrived at Gato's mansion. It was a huge very expensive looking place with a large wall and a few mercenary guards around the place. Multiple fires around the place revealed that there were a bunch of camps for the bandits and mercenaries that Gato had hired to help protect his cowardly little hide.

Naruto observed the scene and said, "Okay I got an idea. I'll make a clone and send it down to one of the camps. I'll go down to another and cause a diversion. In the pandemonium you gys go in and get Gato. Radio me if you run into trouble. Is that understood?"

The group nodded. Naruto formed a shadow clone that went down to the other side of the mansion where the bandit camps were located.

"He does know how to command doesn't he?" Zabuza said.

The group nodded.

The two Naruto's arrived down at the camps and prepared to strike. The original Naruto's eyes flashed red while the clone's eyes flashed brown.

(I would like to thank Bearybeary for the following jutsu.)

Real Naruto: "Fire Style: Scorch Firebird!"

Naruto clone: "Earth Style: Gaia Quake!"

The original Naruto burst into flames and flew up forming a massive bird that screeched freaking out a lot of bandits. The bird then swooped downward obliterating the camps in front of it and turning all that were in them to ash.

The Naruto clone brought up both hands and slammed them onto the ground causing a huge quake. The ground beneath him rumbled and then broke. The ground shattered beneath the bandit camp and they all feel screaming into the dark abyss below.

The Naruto clone dispersed and Naruto smirked at the destruction in front of him.

The other ninja felt their jaws hit the floor. That was the most incredible display of power that they had ever seen. Sasuke was making a mental note to copy his jutsu once he got his Sharingan.

Back in the camp Naruto looked to the right to see a bandit who was looking up at him in terror. He managed to avoid the blast as he was on the edge of one of the closest camps.

"The Yondaime," he muttered in fear, "It's impossible…you're dead."

Naruto answered in a serious tone, "I got better."

The young jonin then took out a kunai and slammed it into the man's head.

Meanwhile the other ninja had run into Gato's main house. They encountered a lot of resistance from bandits.

Sasuke was using his new fire jutsu to burn all the bandits in his path. He still had enough chakra after that to start throwing kunai and taking out the ones that were closer. He found a great thrill in killing these mercenaries. (Yes Sasuke will be crazy in this.)

Sakura was managing to keep the mercenaries attacking her away with a couple of well placed kunai and shuriken. The killing made her feel sick, but she was managing through all the disgust.

Ami was practically in the same boat as Sakura.

Zabuza was decapitating one mercenary after another.

Kakashi was using some of his weaker jutsu to save his chakra.

After a few minutes of fighting Naruto burst from the side and slammed an earth chakra powered fist into the side of at mercenaries head.

Naruto snarled as he went through hand signs and said, "Lightning Style: Lightning Shot!"

The whiskered jonin drew back his right arm and threw it forward unleashed huge bolts of lighting that arced from one mercenary to the next. After a few seconds the mercenaries were all dead. The smell of burning flesh almost made the newly minted genin vomit.

In his mansion Gato was sweating bullets. His entire army had just been decimated by a couple of ninjas. What were these guys mutants? Demons? Whatever they were they weren't going to stop until he was dead. Then calmed down when he remembered his back up plan

"I guess you guys are up," the fat midget said, "You better not betray me like that little rat Zabuza."

The two figures walked out of the office.

Naruto and the group were making their way to Gato when two men stood out in front of him.

One was a man with green ahir wearing a rain headband on his head and had an umbrella on his back. He also had a black handle on his belt.

The other was a massive well built man with a thick beard and moustache. He wore old jonin clothes and had a scratched through Iwa headband on his head. He also had a massive battle ax in his right hand.

"Aoi," Zabuza said, "Maruishi Sonozaki. I should have guessed you guys would be here."Ami, Sakura and Sasuke looked confused.

"These guys are Aoi Rokusho and Maruishi Sonozaki," Naruto explained remembering them from the bingo book, "Aoi is known for betraying Konoha to go to Rain and for stealing the Raijin the blade of the Nidaime hokage. Kaiza is a missing nin from Iwa and is wanted for the murder of a great deal of his own comrades."

Kaiza smirked and said, "So the mini-Yondaime knows his stuff. Well then you should know that you don't stand a chance against us."

Seeing something behind the large man Naruto said, "I don't think that will be an issue."

At that moment a bunch of senbon flew out of the shade and struck Aoi in the shoulders. The one's aimed at Kaiza were deflected by his ax.

Naruto unsealed a pair of tonfa and got into a stance.

Kakashi reacted quickly and charged at the stunned Aoi and stabbed him in the head with a kunai.

Maruishi snarled angrily as he charged at Naruto intent on killing him. The young blonde dodged the massive ax and swung his tonfa and slammed it into the man's ribcage. The man grimaced and stepped backwards.

The man growled and said, "Your old man cost us the war you little brat. I plan on making the man pay through your corpse."

Naruto rolled his eyes and said, "You'll have to get to me first gramps."

Maruishi snarled and swung his ax again in a horizontal arc. The young Namikaze ducked under the massive blade and shot out an earth chakra powered kick that cracked his ribs. Maruishi cried out, but was silence when Naruto slammed his tonfa into his jaw breaking the bone.

The now silenced man backed away dropping his ax and clutching his face. Naruto then grabbed the ax and after shifting chakra into his arms jumped upward and swung it cleanly separating the missing nin's head from his shoulders.

Naruto caught the head and sealed it away in a storage scroll. The blonde then walked over to Aoi's dead body and then took his head off before sealing it in a scroll as well.

"What are you doing?" Sakura asked confused about his actions.

"These guys have bounties on their heads for being missing nin," Naruto explained, "If you turn in something that says you defeated them such as their head or a weapon that only they use then you can gain the bounty."

Sakura nodded in understanding. It was still disgusting to her, but she understood.

"Zabuza," Haku yelled as she embraced her father figure.

Zabuza hugged her back and said, "Haku we're going with them. It's better than running around getting chased by hunter nin."

Haku looked shocked at her father figure, but understood all the same.

With the tender moment over the group of ninja burst into Gato's office.

Naruto wakled over to the desk and looked around. He heard a slight whimpering noise and felt disgust run through him. He lifted up the desk and threw it to the side. Under it was Gato who looked really scared.

"Please don't kill me," Gato whimpered, "I'll give you anything you want."

Naruto rubbed his chin and thought, "Give me your account number."Gato looked nervous and he shakily wrote down a number on a piece of paper. He handed it to Naruto.

"Thanks," Naruto said before he slammed his fist into Gato's face knocking him out cold.

Naruto then wrapped the man in ninja wire before hefting the man over his shoulder.

"What are you going to do with him?" Zabuza asked as they left.

"I think it's about time that the people of wave got their payback for what this little maggot has done to them over the years," Naruto explained.

The following morning the people of wave were surprised to find Gato tied to a post with the words "Payback time" written on him.

The shock turned to anger as they approached the man. The screams of a tortured and dying man filled the early morning. At least for most of them. The kids were sent home with earplugs.

Cut! Okay the wave mission is over and Gato is dead. I decided to end this one short because I've been having issues writing lately. I might not be able to update as much as I want, but at least I managed to get this one done and over with. Okay bye. Happy President's Day