Gatou had had everything he ever wanted… money, power, women, and anything else. He felt invincible, well he used to, not so much anymore, he watched as over 250 men he had with him were slaughtered one by one.
He wanted to run, but there was nowhere to go, he was on a ship, heading to the bridge, he was gonna kill those bastards and watch as his empire grew to legendary level.
Though he couldn't even arrive before 3 of his ships were literally obliterated, fireballs had rained from the sky, all the ships were eradicated, his own main ship was now sinking, but that wasn't what was to be feared though, it was that man.
The man that had made the sky red, the man currently pulling his tanto out of a mercenary's skull, the man in the black and red mask, 'jigoku no hakobi (Bringer of Hell)'.
He heard of the story's, he thought they were fabricated by konoha, to make them seem stronger then they truly were. But he was wrong it seemed. Because as he shakingly held up the bingo book in his hands, he looked at the mask that was right in front of him.
Why would konoha do this, why would they send him to wave, it made no sense. Maybe for Zabuza..?
That was it! He wanted Zabuza, he'll tell him where he is, he will spare him, yes, yes, he will live on.
He smirked as he watched his last man fall, a giant hole through the man's chest.
"L-Listen, I know you want Z-Zabu-" gatou couldn't finish, he was cut off by the blonde seemingly teleporting beside him, now lifting gatou off the ground with one hand around his neck, 'fox' spoke.
"hes dead"
With a sickening crunch gatou's neck snapped, dying instantly.
Another threat squashed.
Another mission complete.
Night time tazuna's house
'fox' sat at a table where his konoha comrades, and tazuna's family along with himself sat, apparently eating dinner.
"So, fox, care to tell us what has become of our enemies" the voice was kakashi, he knew what happened if Naruto found them, well… Naruto always finds them.
"Zabuza, and his apprentice, have been eliminated, and will no longer be a threat, as for gatou, he has also been dealt with, along with his ships, crew, allies, and mercenary's stationed here in nami, anything else you request of me before I return to hokage-sama, hatake-senpai." The black porcelain betrayed the voice, the fox painted on the mask snarled, seemed almost enraged.
But his voice… nothing, abosalute carelessness, this is what everyone in the room but kakashi felt, kakashi new the man behind the mask, or.. boy, atleast.
"I was thinking, my team is behind on training, if you wouldn't mind helping me with that tomorrow, maybe using that useful jutsu of yours to help tazuna's men build the bridge faster aswell, and then we can simply leave in 2 days, instead of 2 weeks?" kakashi smiled through everything he said, he really wanted to leave soon, and if naruto was willing to help, why not.
"yes hatake-senpai, I suppose that would be of little problem" tazuna, who was previously just listening ,with wide eyes, decided to speak up.
"wait, wait, how could you speed the production of the bridge that much, and what do you mean dealt with?"
Kakashi winced at the second part of the question, oh well, maybe he'll realise just what kind of things ninja's do, might help the team respect their new teacher for the next couple days aswell…'yes… I AM GOING TO GET SO MUCH READING DONE'.
"As for the bridge, I can grant you access to unlimited manpower, each man being atleast 100 times strong, and faster than your current workers" as tazuna's eyes widened, the 'fox' made a hand seal and a clone of him popped into existence.
'solid clones!?' went through the minds of all the genin in attendance.
"I can make you around 500 of these, that will last all day, and night if you want… though making any more would prohibit my training, which will not do…"
Everyone except for the famed Copy Nin was gaping at this point.
"As for gatou, his men, his empire, I have destroyed everything in those respects" fox figured that was enough to quench the man's interest, and simply turned back to leave as he stood.
"wait, explain more thoroughly, I'd like to know how gatou could possibly be stopped?" it was Tazuna who was now also standing, with a pleading look, fox answered none the less.
"I killed him, and all of his forces, I destroyed all of his ships, I took over and killed every single camp he had set, I traced down all the company's tied to him and destroyed them as well.." everyone openly widened their eyes, except the jonin in the room naturally, but naruto wasn't done "I then traced down his family members, all related to them and there family's, and killed them, as well as his friends, and any business associate he had, and their families. In the end, there is now know known ally of gatou left, with no one left I secured his money, assets, and valuable belongings, then sent them sealed to konoha, to be placed in our armoury". Everyone pretty much shivered, this man had killed, thousands, just in the last couple of days, it was… terrifying, "if that's all…" Naruto then walked out the door, heading out to train before bed.
For about 5 minutes it was complete silence, it was broken by Sakura
"how could… a human being, be so, cruel, he doesn't even care.."
Kakashi sighed, "I guess I'll tell you a little, story"
Everyone in the room turned their attention to kakashi, who slowly took out a bingo book as he spoke.
"That, is probably the most feared man in the elemental nations at the moment."
"Who is he, how strong is he?" it was the raven haired genin who spoke this time, clearly wondering how a man like him existed for so long without him knowing.
"'jigoku no hakobi (Bringer of Hell)', that's what everyone in the world is calling him, we jonin and anbu simply know him as 'fox', the right hand of the Hokage. He went through training very young, maybe you've all heard the booms that resonate from the forest of death?"
At this all the genin nodded, tazuna and his daughter of course had no idea what hatake was referring to.
"that's him, training, for 4 years, between the ages of 4 and 8 for him, those booms only grew louder, dusk till dawn, every day, all day he trained… Then he was made anbu, and the sounds lowered down, he was always out of the village, on missions, but when he was between missions, the sounds could be heard… For four years now they haven't stopped. "Everyone listened intently, though the first to figure out what kakashi just told them was sakura, being the best at basic math.
"But… kakashi-sensei, that means he's… our age".
Shock covered everyone's faces, that man 'fox', who stood at easily 5'8, was... 12 years old.
"yes, ye is the age of a fresh genin, but no one really knows that," kakashi held up the bingo book,
It showed the face of 'fox', well actually just his mask, the picture itself was intimidated, it was him, covered in blood, bodies scattered behind him, roaring red and orange flames lighting the area. Underneath was info on said ninja.
'jigoku no hakobi (Bringer of Hell)'
Real name: unknown
Jutsu: unknown
Style: ninjutsu specialist, taijutsu specialist
Element: Wind, Fire
Position: Currently elite Anbu of Konohagakure no sato
Rank: S – Extremely deadly, Avoid confrontation
Notes: Little information is known; no enemies have fought him and lived.
Everyone in the room literally shivered, an S rank shinobi, which means Kage level, a 12 year old that was strong enough to be S-rank was completely unheard of.
'how can I be so weak..' Sasuke visibly flinched at the info, this kid was someone at his brothers level, why was he so weak.
Everyone else had nothing to say, nothing to think, they just sat back, mind blank, kakashi drove the nail in the coffin with one more thing to say.
"He acts like he doesn't care because he is the perfect shinobi, emotion in check, Always".
2 days later
The battered forms of Sasuke, sakura, and ino could be seen dragging themselves behind kakashi, clearly 'fox' had trained them into the ground. Kakashi on the other hand had a slight hop in his jump, reading a little orange book, as team 7 headed back, already having parted ways with the fox mask anbu that had helped them so.
Same time, hokage office
"-and that's all hokage-sama" fox then bowed, after explaining the mission success to his leader.
"good naruto, please stand.." as Sarutobi spoke he raised to his feet aswell, naruto complied and stood straight, already quite abit taller than the aging hokage, as he neared the young anbu Sarutobi asked another odd question "please remove your mask".
Naruto hesitated, he never took his mask off, people couldn't know his identity. If they knew that he was naruto uzamaki, his façade of human would never work, and they'd all know he was a demon, but this was his commander, he would comply.
Naruto lifted the black porcelain away from his face, the first thing anyone would notice aside from his messy blonde hair, his piercing blue eyes. Ice cold, they could chill you to the bone, it showed a man that held no fear, no concern, just pure, unrivalled, ice.
The boy's blank features were shocking, his face did not move, it could be said that his mask showed more emotion. 3 whisker marks slashed at each side of his face. He did not look 12… he looked 16, maybe 17, due to his angular face, jawline definite, slim cheek bones, he was mature, that much was obvious.
Hokage smiled a bright smile, "Naruto, it's been awhile since I've seen your face!".
Naruto simply noded, not breaking his emotionless façade.
"I have to say, your pretty ugly". The aged man smiled, the biggest smile he could muster, because he saw it, naruto showed shock, then a smirk, then back to his cold emotionless face of stone. "You smile like your mother, but your almost identical to your father in actual features, astonishing."
Naruto knew of his parents, they were great ninja, one of them being one of the strongest in history, the yondaime, though he had never been compared to them. Probably because he was always treated as a demon, people never saw the resemblance to his father, though that mattered not. 'why am I thinking like this…?'.
Hokage then stepped forward to naruto, and before the blond shinobi could react, he was wrapped in a warm embrace. There, in his office, the Hokage hugged him.
2 weeks later, day of chunin exams
Naruto, concealed in the corner of the exam room, watched passively for anything suspicious. Though his mid simply wandered.
'why did he do that' The question plagued his mind, the words of his leader, the only person he ever talked to, ringing through his head.
flashback
"you're not a demon naruto." Sarutobi pulled naruto even closer in his hugging embrace, "you're a good man, and a great shinobi, you are no monster."
Flashback end
He simply didn't get it, he could not understand.
Something brought his attention away from his thoughts, he watched as this years new genin conversed with the man he was assigned to watch, one, 'kabuto', and he instantly understood why, kabuto showed them info on anyone the asked…
On the floor with rookie nine and kabuto
"-sabaku no gaara, rock lee, and… wait do your little cards have info on people outside of the exams?" Sasuke finished with a curios look on his face, wondering what he could dig up on the mysterious man that helped him complete the Wave mission.
"yes Sasuke-kun, I have information on many ninja".
"Alright, then check 'Fox' Anbu of konoha" sasuke's victorious smirk could be seen by all, and everyone but his own team was confused on why.
"Okay, we'll start with the easy ones...-"
With Naruto
Naruto listened to kabuto's speech, explaining the details he had on rock lee and gaara, though he was more wondering why the lasts uchiha in him.
Floor
"-wow, and it says here hes never been hurt on a mission, not even a scratch".
People visibly recoiled all over the room at this; gaara wasn't someone any genin should mess with.
"okay, now for 'fox'," The card spun in his hand, and then revealed the picture of the anbu that was in the bingo books, complete with splattered blood, fire, and strewn bodies. The black porciline mask making anyone alittle uneasy. "wow. This guy, I've heard of him, 'jigoku no hakobi (Bringer of Hell)', he's supposedly one of the strongest ninja since the yondaime, He's famed for his unparalleled control of wind chakra, also his ability to combine fire and wind jutsu to create his 'heru (hellfire) release' its stronger than any other combo attacks, infact that's what gave him his nickname. It's said he just kindof showed up 4 years ago as an anbu captain, since then konoha's threats have slowly but surely been eliminated, he does solo missions, completing about 100 S ranks a year, with now a total of 422 S rank missions, the highest in history. No one knows his real name, but he's an S rank shinobi none the less".
Finishing kabuto swallowed, remembering that the man he was describing was his enemy.
While everyone in the room openly went slack jawed at the information, a certain anbu that was hidden disappeared in a shushin, there was a traitor in their midst.
Hope you enjoyed! :)