And here is chapter 3!... Okay, absolutely nothing is different. DON'T LOOK AT ME WITH THOSE JUDGEMENTAL EYES! *Cries in a corner*

LET'S START!

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Shikamaru couldn't help but sigh as he went to bed that night. Being a ninja was just as tiresome as he had envisioned, but it was even harder for his team who was being trained for possibly the hardest missions. Him being lazy certainly didn't help.

He couldn't really complain about Iruka. Iruka was taking his task much more seriously it seemed like than he did his Academy job. Then again, it might just have been so that the academy was more stress-inducing, but that was something he really didn't want to find out.

Iruka was certainly braver than Shikamaru thought. Not long ago he had come home to the lazy family and basically demanded that Shikamaru was taught some more of his clans techniques, but what shocked the lazy genius was that his father didn't outright refuse, but actually considered it before conceding and admitting he had been slacking off as a teacher! Shikamaru wasn't happy, but he could somewhat begrudgingly see their point. Despite everything, Shikamaru didn't want to become the weakest link, his laziness be damned.

He sighed again before he closed his eyes, letting the dreamworld take him.

It was his usual dream. A wast, empty meadow in an equally wast forest, grass sticking up from the ground with the occasional deer wandering around. The clouds above him wandering by as he stared up at the, from his lying position at the ground. The perfect dream in his opinion, with not a single care in the world. He might not get as much sleep anymore, but his dreams was still the same at least.

Time went by in the dream, the clouds slowly drifting by lazily as the deers grazed around him. He even began dozing off in the dream. He would have dozed off too if it was not for a small detail.

The sun was setting, something that never happened in his dreams. At night it was much harder for him to cloud-gaze, so it was usually daytime during his dreams, but now, the sun was settling, and it was becoming darker uneasily fast.

Then, from deep inside the wast canopy, a light emerged. He sat up, peering inside the forest as he wondered what that was. It slowly became apparent what it was, and it scared him deeply. The light slowly expanded, and in it's wake, only death was left.

Shikamaru quickly scurried to the top of a tree and peered towards the horizon where the fire originated from. What he saw left him shocked.

He knew that place. He knew that village, maybe a bit to well. The mountain with the faces was destroyed, one of the heads having rolled over the academy, destroying it completely. The rest of the village was in even worse condition, houses having been destroyed in the fire, corpses lying on the ground, and even most of the wall that protected the village was destroyed.

He didn't notice it, but the fire had passed him, destroying the tree he stood on which sent him tumbling into the ground. Slowly, almost mechanically he stood up before walking towards his home. The slow walk turned into a brisk jog, which in turn changed into a mad dash.

He soon entered the village, and quickly found his clans home. Nothing was left, only a bit of burned wood and planks was left, and a hand stuck up from the destroyed building. Despite it being heavily burned, Shikamaru could easily identify it.

"No... Nononononono." He muttered frantically as he speed towards it, digging through the ashes. He quickly took a step back and swallowed his bile as he stared upon the horribly burned face of his father.

Tears began running down his face as he shivered, slowly crumbling down as he hugged his knees. The reality of what he was seeing slowly settling in. Then something important sprung to his mind.

"CHOUJI!" He screamed, bolting to where his heavy friend was living.

He wasn't even halfway there before he stopped dead in his track. There, right in front of him was a cloaked individual crouched on the ground, his or her hands hidden inside the sleeves, but it looked like it was praying. The cloak looked oddly familiar, but in his current state of mind he couldn't put the pieces together.

"H-Hey." He said, closing in on the person. Whether it was a man or lady was hard to tell, but whoever it was didn't react to the call.

"Are you okay?" He asked as he put his hand on the person's shoulders. Then, faster than he could react, the person turned around and stabbed him in the chest with a strangely familiar silver dagger. Then, before his vision darkened, he saw the whiskered face of his team-mate grin at him, a smile darker than he had ever seen before, and it shocked him to his very core.

Shikamaru bolted up from his bed, panting as he shook from the nightmare. He put his head in his hands as he breathed deeply, the dream constantly repeating itself in his mind. He slowly clenched his fist, anger building inside him.

"Damn you Naruto." He muttered, punching the wall.

"I know this is your fault somehow. I don't know how, but I just know it's your doing." He said as he glared at the wall, the boys grin etched in his mind.

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"Team 10 reporting for duty Lord Hokage."

Hiruzen Sarutobi, AKA The professor, AKA the Third Hokage looked about the four individuals before him.

Iruka stood at the front, a small bit of pride emanating from the man as he stared upon the wrinkled old man. Shikamaru Nara stood behind him to the left, looking tired as usual, but strangely enough sending a glare now and again to his left. To Iruka's right was Shino Aburame, standing just as stoically as was expected of an Aburame, but was he frowning somewhat? At last, directly behind Iruka stood Naruto Uzumaki, his unofficial second grandson, and a boy he hadn't seen in over a month.

He was glad he was smoking when he came in, for the changes Naruto had went through somewhat shocked him.

Hiruzen knew about the darker orange clothing the boy bought, but once again the clothes had darkened. The orange was now nearing the territory of dark-brown, and his sandals had been changed for some simple, but efficient shoes. His once hood-less jacket now had a hood with a color so dark that it seemed to dim the light of anything around it, and the face of the whiskered boy was unnaturally shaded by the shadow, making it hard even for him to spot anything, but he could still see a small smirk, he just didn't know if it was an arrogant or happy smirk.

They had accepted missions before, Hiruzen knew that, but he usually came to the mission office at noon while the team in front of him took missions at the morning. For once he had decided to come down early, If only to check up on how the blond boy did.

He took the pipe out of his mouth as he blew out some smoke.

"Ahh, Team 10. What kind of mission do you want today?" He said as he put the pipe in his mouth again.

"We would like a C-rank mission, preferably an easy assassination target Lord Hokage."

He almost choked on the pipe when he heard that, and he could swear he heard a snigger from one of the boys.

"A C-rank already? Iruka, are you crazy?!" He said, staring hard at the Jounin before him.

"I know they are ready Lord Hokage, and I think it's time they learn how a REAL assassination works." He said, meeting the gaze of the old man without flinching.

"Plus," He said, smirking." They have me after all just in case everything goes to hell."

He sat back at his surprisingly uncomfortable chair as he slowly took a drag from his pipe. A moment later, his hand went over to the D-rank pile before stopping. With a deep sigh his hand slowly went over to another pile before retrieving a scroll from it.

"Fine, you win. Your mission is bordering on B-rank, but I trust Iruka's judgment about your skills, and I trust he will keep you safe in case everything goes wrong. You are to hunt down and kill a mysterious warrior. Basically nothing is known about this man except for his attire. He is wearing full armor, not used since the ancient times with the primary colors being black and blue. He was also seen carrying a giant sword. The reports are a bit unreliable, but he is supposedly at least seven feet tall."

The old man lent back in his chair, taking a drag from his pipe. "He was last seen in crater city where he butchered several people before fleeing towards the west. I have talked to River, rain and wind country, and you are allowed to follow him into those countries if he crosses the border. This is your mission, kill this person, and bring his body back here. You have as much time as you need, but report back if he crosses over to an unannounced country."

"Thank you Lord Hokage." Iruka said as he bowed before leaving the office with his students in tow.

"Naruto, may I have a talk with you?" Asked the withered old man, making the boy stop at the door.

"Sorry old man, but we have to talk after the mission." Naruto said, barely turning around before exiting, leaving a sighing old man.

'I must say, I definitely miss the old days where he constantly came here.' He mused to himself before he took another drag from his pipe.

"Okay, everyone got their scrolls with their equipment with them?" Iruka asked directly outside the academy, receiving a quick nod from his students.

"Good, then we will leave immediately. Our first destination is Crater City. If we are lucky he might have left a trail behind, which is extremely likely since he is wearing heavy armor. All right, let's go."

"How far is it?" Shino asked as they speed through the gates, throwing the mission scroll at the guards, signaling that they was on a mission.

"It's a pretty decent distance from the village, but if we can keep at this pace with only one stop along the way, we will be there about an hour or so before the sun sets. As the name implies, the city is inside a crater, making it easier to defend than most villages, but it's extremely susceptible to flooding obviously enough."

Not much else was said during the trip. The scenery changed only minimally, going from a dense forest to a somewhat more sparse forest, which really didn't make the trip any more eventful sadly enough.

It was actually so silent that Iruka had to glance behind him several times just to make sure his students was still following him, which is when he glanced upon Naruto.

'He really didn't take it well.' He thought to himself, letting out a sigh. Iruka had hoped during this last month that Naruto would open up again, and be somewhat more cheerful, but instead it seemed like he had fallen even deeper into this new, stoic nature of his.

What he couldn't be prouder about though was his physical process. He still didn't have a chance against Iruka, but he was definitely the strongest genin on the team. It was something to be expected though. Naruto's enormous chakra pool made Shino's chakra-draining bugs basically useless, and Naruto was actually pretty good at Melee fighting even in the academy, and it had only became better.

Shikamaru actually had it even worse than Shino. While Naruto couldn't cancel out the shadow, he had barely enough strength when using his chakra to resist the influence, so it was a stalemate until Shikamaru either cancelled the technique, or ran out of chakra. Due to his lazy nature, he was actually weaker than his two team-mates, and since Shino's bugs could act independently, his shadow was useless due to loss of chakra. He had to get in touch with Gai. Despite the mans somewhat eccentric nature, he was the world's best martial artist for a reason. He knew at least something about every style, and he could help Shikamaru find something fitting while giving a good schedule.

He was a tiny bit concerned for Naruto's mental state though. He was simply so... Cold nowadays. He had followed Naruto a few times as he went home. Everything was sadly enough as normal. People glaring at the blonde. What happened later confused him every time. Slowly but surely their looks of hatred became almost scared. They scoot away from him, and if Iruka didn't know better, he would think that Naruto was almost giggling at them.

'Why haven't I talked to him yet? What is holding me back?' Iruka asked himself. Deep down though, he knew the answer.

He didn't want to face the reality that Naruto had changed.

The break, just as the trip, was uneventful. Iruka's prophecy came true as they came upon the the gigantic depression.

"Crater city is known for it's festivals. If we manage to finish this mission early we might take a day or two here." Iruka said before speeding down the side of the crater, the students following close behind.

"In case you are wondering: No, we will not take a break and rest at a hotel. A hunter has to be used to minimal amount of sleep during official missions. Now, let's split up. Ask around about the man and see if you find a trail. We will meet at the center of the town in an hour."

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"So this is the place, eh?" Naruto asked.

"Yes, this... This is where it h-happened." The woman said, a tormented look on her face.

"Hmm." Naruto went forward, looking through the place. It was at the edge of town, away from the main street that went through the village. As he looked over the place, he noticed it was quite easy to tell where people had been killed.

"Exactly where did he go?" Shikamaru asked, leaning down as he examined one of the deep gashed in the ground caused by the swordsman's weapon.

"He went west, but he seemed to go towards an old abandoned mine. His path just seemed too... Well, too determined." A man chimed in, holding the woman as she cried at his shoulder.

"What is this stuff?" Naruto mumbled as Shino closed in on him. Some kind of dark blue-ish sludge was scattered around the area.

"I don't know, but it's not poisonous, my bugs has already sampled it." Shino said, watching as Naruto dipped his finger in it.

"Neither hot or cold, yet it feels like water but acts like gel... Blergh! Tastes like shit too!" Naruto said, wiping the substance off at his clothes.

"Shino, can you get Iruka and tell him that we might know where he went? I know you have a bug on him." Naruto said, turning to Shino as he rose. With a nod the large-coated teen ran off towards a different part of town, noticing something along with his peers.

"Do you feel it?" Naruto said, looking around the place.

"Yeah, there's something in the air, something... Unsettling." The lazy nin answered, sitting on the ground as he played around with the goo.

Noticing that the sun just passed the edge of the crater, Naruto put down his hood as he turned towards Shikamaru.

"It's terror. They are deathly afraid that it will happen again. They are afraid of us too, since they most likely associate this man with a ninja due to his abilities."

His eyes narrowing, Shikamaru faced the whiskered blonde. "You know an awful lot about it I must say." He egged, once again feeling the anger he somehow ha acquired for the blonde rise in him.

"Ehh, felt it myself a few times, and seen it a lot more than one would think."

"Oh really, why?"

Naruto smirked, walking closer to Shikamaru.

"Alright, you wanna know it?" He asked, leaning close to Shikamaru. "Then you gotta earn it." He said, his smirk widening as he saw Shikamaru bristle. He caught the fist that was aimed at his face and sent his own fist smashing into the furious geniuses face, sending him flat to his back.

A grunt escaped his lips as Naruto stomped on his chest.

"What the fuck is wrong with you lately? What has gotten you so fucking angry at me, ehh?" He barked, grinding his teeth as Shikamaru averted his eyes.

Nothing happened the next few seconds, and Naruto was somewhat disappointed that Angmar didn't make one of his usual comments, but a moment later Iruka appeared with Shino right behind.

"What the heck's happening here?" Iruka said, watching Naruto take his foot of Shikamaru.

"What does it look like? Of course we are arguing." Naruto said, sneering at the rising body in front of him.

"We don't have time for your petty disputes right now, we have to track this swordsman down! The mine he is supposedly going to is a bit from town, and had been abandoned for years."

"May I ask why?" The bug-boy asked.

"There simply enough wasn't enough metals and minerals down there to make it worth it. It's a pretty narrow cave, so this man should have trouble swinging his sword in a lot of places there. Now get your act together and follow me." Iruka yelled as he ran away from the town.

Running after Iruka, Shino kept an eye on his two companions. For once it wasn't Naruto that made him nervous, but rather his quite ingenious partner. He watched him glare holes through Naruto's head while Naruto summoned his equipment from a scroll, ignoring the angry teen.

Not even 15 minutes later did they come upon the entrance of the mine.

"Shino, scout out the area, will you?" Iruka whispered, watching a few bugs fly past him and enter the mine.

"This guy was easy to trail I must say, leaving all that goo everywhere." Naruto mumbled as he sat casually on a branch, his hand resting on the hilt of his sword.

Iruka nodded. "Which is why we have to be extra careful. It's a possibility that he led us here... Strange..."

"Hmm?"

"I'm a sensor ninja, which means that I am able to extremely easily track chakra signatures, yet I can't feel anyone else's chakra than ours..."

"He's not in the cave." Shino whispered.

"Where is he then?"

"About 200 yard that way and closing in slowly."

"Okay... Shikamaru, try and slowly inch your shadow at him. If you actually manages to catch him, then you Naruto shall push chakra through Shikamaru so the binding is empowered. Shino, you shall of course cover him in bugs. When he drops, I want you Naruto to end it... Everyone understand?" He got a nod in response, and a wary glance between Shikamaru and Shino, even though Shino's eyes were hidden behind his sunglasses.

The time went by slowly, and shortly they could hear the clinging of the armor he was wearing. Soon after he appeared, and the description matched almost perfectly. A person wearing armor from the olden era, black and blue in color while he dragged a black great-sword behind himself. Easily seven feet tall, and by the looks of it, his left arm was paralyzed by the way it simply hang lifelessly down. His breathing was labored, like he almost couldn't breath, and the way he walked, it looked almost like he was about to fall over any moment.

A few tense seconds passed as he walked under them. A moment later he abruptly stopped, where he also was covered in an insane amount of bugs.

The group smiled as their plan was working perfectly.

...That was until they noticed that he didn't fall over.

"He... He has no chakra." Shino mumbled, pure disbelief in his voice as the others stared at the man in shock. A moment later the man began shaking as a dark purple aura surrounded and swirled around him, making the strain on Shikamaru that much larger as sweat began pouring down his face while he tried to contain the man.

"IRUKA, TAKE HIM DOWN!" Naruto yelled as he did his best to help Shikamaru hold the man still, pouring and stabilizing his chakra the best he could.

Iruka speed down, but right before he managed to plunge his kunai through the mans head the purple aura exploded outwards, sending Iruka flying before he smashed through the tree the genin was standing in.

Jumping down from the tree, the genin prepared themselves against the man.

An inhuman roar emanated from him as he jumped into the air, barely missing Shino as his blade gouged itself into the ground. With another roar he yanked his sword out of the ground, then spun around before hitting Naruto's sword hard enough to send the boy several yards back. His hand hurt after that hit, but he had to dodge out of the way again as the blade was stuck in the tree at the spot his head was a moment ago.

Quicker than anyone could see Iruka ran out of the debris and kicked the armored man hard in the head. The man barely flinched though, and Iruka barely avoided the same fate that had befell the town's people. A moment later he sped towards Shikamaru, trying to skewer him, but failing as Naruto smashed his blade at the top of the mans sword, making it stab the ground right in front of Shikamaru instead.

Once again he roared as he swiped upwards, barely missing the two boys before smashing his sword straight into Naruto's sword, sending him flying as he lost grip on his sword, hearing it shatter as he saw the flat edge of the blade hit the stone wall of the mine. He expected to hear a scream of rage from the being in his head, but once again, nothing, which somewhat disturbed him.

Not going to miss this chance the man once again threw himself forward, once again trying to skewer someone. His attempt this time was foiled by the reason that he found himself unable to move again, the blade mere centimeters from the boys chest.

"NARUTO, NOW!" Shikamaru yelled as he and Shino poured all their chakra through the jutsu, Iruka standing not far away, using a stronger version of the earth technique that he used against his students a month ago.

Not missing his chance he took out his dagger, jumped on the blade and skewered it through one of the small slots in the helmet, piercing the mans brain.

A moment ensued where nothing happened, and then he shook Naruto off. He dropped his blade and grabbed his head, the first human-sounding scream emanating from him as a light covered him. A moment later he disappeared, leaving nothing but ashes where he once stood, and the hilt of Naruto's dagger, the blade somehow destroyed. Even the sword disappeared, which somewhat disappointed Naruto.

With a sigh Iruka stood up from his crouched position and swiped his hand through his hair.

"Definitely a B-rank mission." He mumbled before smiling, happy that everyone in his team survived, albeit barely.

He looked over to Naruto, noticing him frowning at the two hilts in his hands before sighing and storing his broken blades inside his scroll.

"Don't worry Naruto, we'll find new swords for you."

"I hope so, for my main skill is pretty much gone 'til I get a new one."

"Sensei, exactly where did the body go?." Shikamaru asked.

"Some people have a technique or seal ready in case they die, just to ensure that we won't be able to garner any intelligence from them. It is most likely this that happened. Even if it's wrong, he simply enough could not have survived that." Iruka reassured Shikamaru, somewhat soothing the teens nerves

Clapping his hands Iruka got the attention of his students.

"Great job everyone. You got through this situation pretty well all things considered. You now see what happens when everything goes right and wrong at the same time, which is why a diverse mind is essential for being a ninja. Let's go back to Crater Town and tell everyone that their problems are gone. We'll rest at a hotel there and report back to the Hokage tomorrow." He said as they began their rapid trek back to the town.

The trip was silent as everyone was in their own mind. Shikamaru went through the battle in his head, Shino talked to his bugs, and Naruto mourned the loss of his weapons.

Iruka sighed.

'This team is way to quiet.'

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The villagers were happy, If a bit hesitant to celebrate the death of a man. It just seemed a bit controversial too them to celebrate the death of a man when they just lost several people.

The night, just as their travels was uneventful. They left early in the morning without saying goodbye, intent on reporting to the Hokage before the day was over. They used the same route they used to get to Crater, and stopped at the same place. They came upon the massive wall of Konoha, tired and dirty, and ready to take the rest of the day off. After a quick check to see if they were under an illusion they were sent through the gate, and barely five minutes later they were in front of the Hokage.

"Hmm, you have always been one of the fastest persons to write reports Iruka." Sarutobi said as he read the scroll in front of him while he smoked his pipe.

"Thank you lord Hokage."

"Hmm... A mysterious purple aura... But since his arm was paralyzed that seems unlikely... It's sad that the body destroyed itself, but I will congratulate you all for completing a mission that was clearly of higher rank than at first expected. You're dismissed."

"Thank you lord Hokage." Iruka said again as he bowed, leaving the office with his three students.

"Ahh, Naruto. If I may speak with you for a moment."

"With an almost unheard sigh Naruto turned around and faced the old man.

"What's up?"

"What is up is that I haven't talked to you in over a month. Sit down now and tell me how everything's going." He said, smiling as he motioned to the chair beside him.

"Ehh, nothing much has happened. I have trained, done some missions, the villagers are the same cretins that they have always been, the usual." He said, shrugging while standing rooted to his spot in front of the table.

Sarutobi frowned.

"Now Naruto, you must understand that-" "Yeah yeah, they have lost loved ones and blablabla. Let me tell you something; The people in Crater City also lost loved ones, yet they didn't hate the man who murdered their loved ones like the villagers are hating me. Sorry old man, but right now I don't give two shits about the villagers, and I would probably laugh if they all died."

"But you don't know how it is to lose someone Naruto!"

"... You're right, that is because I never had anyone close to me in the first place, and you know what? I somewhat like it. At least I won't act like the sheep that walk the streets."

"You know that is not what I meant Naruto." The Hokage said as he sighed.

"I know, which is why I kinda hate you right now." Naruto said before leaving, the old man unable to muster the will to stop him.

"And yet, I feel that you hate everyone more than you are willing to show." Hiruzen said to himself before lighting his pipe again and taking a drag.

"But I wonder... Was that man a Jinchuuriki, or something else?"

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It was night in Konoha, and Naruto had finally decided that going to bed might not be such a bad idea.

He had been sleeping for a few hours before sensing movement in his apartment. As he opened his eyes, his body became rigid while his breath hitched.

There, in front of him stood none other than the knight he had killed the day before. There was two things that was different though Naruto noticed through his shocked mind. For one, his helmet had a dark streak running down the cheek, emanating from the same area he had stabbed him.

The second thing he noticed was a new creature. Grey in color with a darker stripe across its face, it was taller than Naruto, and with yellow eyes that resembled human eyes somewhat. In its mouth was a scroll, and sticking out of the scroll was a sword.

The man looked down at the wolf and petted its head before pointing towards Naruto. The wolf walked forward as Naruto sat up in his bed, his legs swung to the side.

The wolf lowered its head, and understanding what to do, Naruto grabbed the scroll and sword, noticing that this sword was heavier than his last one.

The wolf walked back to the man, and after another round of petting, they both sank into a dark-purple void, disappearing without a trace.

After re-booting his mind, Naruto looked down at the sword in his hand. It was about the same length as his old sword, but the blade was shorter while the handle was longer. The blade itself was a bit wider than his old sword, and it had a strange blue hue. Through the entire length of the blade was a small line of iron. The handle-guards were shorter, but they curved a bit upwards. The handle was made of iron and leather, and the end was formed like a crystal, yet was made of iron too.

Trying out a few swings, Naruto quickly noticed that he had to get used to the new weight before he could use the sword as effectively as his old sword.

Putting the sword inside the hiding-spot on the floor, Naruto opened the scroll. The scroll was blank except for two square spots. One of them had a strange writing style that he had no idea how to read, and the other was empty.

"Is that... blood?" Naruto asked himself. Deciding to try, he bit his own thumb, and with a quick flash of inspiration, he wrote his own name. This scroll, just like the scroll he found his equipment in began to emanate light, but this time it was a brilliant silver light. After a moment of being blinded he noticed that the scroll was gone, and in its place was a small black crystal with a ring at the tip

"Well... That was interesting."

Quickly walking over to his desk he rummaged through the cupboards before finding a long, thin chain. After intertwining the chain after inching it through the ring, he put it around his neck before going back to bed.

Holding the crystal, his eyes moved over to the spot where the knight and wolf disappeared.

"I wonder... Who are you?"