Still don't own Naruto
Chapter 68: A Simple Mission Gone Wrong
Naruto left the village heading south west. 'May as well go to Wave first. I haven't seen Tazuna, Tsunami or Inari in year's, I wonder if they will recognize me' Naruto thought as he jumped from tree to tree.
It didn't take Naruto long to reach the small island nation at all, something Naruto was pleasantly surprised about. 'This trip sure seemed to talk longer last time, although back then I was only twelve and we had to stop every couple of hours for Sakura to catch her breath.
Naruto was also shocked when he saw the bridge. It was not so much the bridge that shocked him, no he had seen it before and despite being a rather impressive bit of work. No the thing that shocked Naruto was the stone archway that rose above the entrance to the small nation that was engraved with the word's 'The Great Naruto Bridge'.
'I can't believe they named the bridge after me' Naruto thought as he began slowly walking across the bridge.
As Naruto made his way to the other side of the bridge, the fist thing he noticed was that there were several village guards and samurai waiting to greet him.
"Halt! State your name and purpose for coming here" a samurai ordered.
"Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze. I'm here on a diplomatic mission from Konoha" Naruto said.
"Konoha? Oh thank kami, we have been hoping some aid would come" the samurai said.
"Huh what are you talking about? We were not given any word that the Land of Wave's was in trouble, in fact I came here to hire the builder Tazuna to help with the rebuilding of Konoha" Naruto said.
"So you're not here to help us deal with the missing ninja who have been terrorizing us then?" the samurai said his hope beginning to fade.
"Well it wasn't part of my mission description, but that said my mission was boring so I don't see why I cant stop by and help out here" Naruto said happily.
The Samurai seemed to burst with happiness at this. "Oh thank Kami, we have lost so many men already they are incredibly skilled. The Wave samurai have not been operating long only since Gato was killed, and the only training we get is Konoha sends a few chunin out every couple of months to work on our skills" he said as he started to lead Naruto into the village.
Naruto and the samurai walked until they came to a large hall that had obviously been built after the bridge, because Naruto had never seen it before.
"What is this place?" the blond asked as they made there way into the building.
"It's Samurai HQ for Wave, it was built two years ago as a symbol that we are a free country" the Samurai said.
"Oh ok that's kinda cool, so what are the problems you are having anyway?" Naruto asked deciding it would be appropriate to at least know what the job was.
"There have been a group of four or five missing ninja that have been raiding the village. They have killed anyone who has left the village carrying a letter requesting aid and they can somehow sense when we send a messenger bird" The samurai said.
"Sounds like they have a very skilled sensor, can you tell me anything else. Skill level or where they are from?" the blond asked.
"Unfortunately no. they have killed anyone who has gotten a good look at them, the only person who saw what they looked like was a boy who hid in a secret compartment in his house that there family built when Gato was in charge. He said they all wore white masks with different designs on them" the samurai said.
"That sounds like an Anbu Hunter ninja squad. There trained to take down skilled missing ninja for there villages, but it is rare for even one of them to go rouge let alone a complete squad they are payed very well in their villages because they have one of the hardest jobs there is for ninja" Naruto said.
'Hm if its a fully skilled and trained hunter ninja squad they will not simply show them selves, more than likely they will try and attack while I'm week, they could no doubt sense that I was a ninja, and I am sure they will not want me sending word to Konoha, more than likely they will attack me when I leave, oh well to bad for them I am an excellent sensor ninja as well' Naruto thought quickly putting together a plan to take care of the rogue ninja who were terrorizing the land of wave.
"So do you have any idea's on how we can defeat them, Ninja-san?" the samurai asked.
"Yeah, it's quite simple really, I will go out after I have finished my business here, tomorrow. They will find me and ambush me, and I kill them" Naruto said with a smile.
"Your plan, it um, well sucks" the samurai said with a look that told Naruto he thought the blond was completely insane.
"It's not that bad" Naruto protested.
"It's the wost plan I have heard of since the Yondaime Mizukage decided it would be a great idea to wipe out all of there Kekkei Genkai clan's" the samurai said flatly.
"It's not that bad" Naruto pouted.
"Your basically going to go out and say, 'Hey I'm a possible threat please kill me' then expect to live, how did you ever become a ninja" the samurai deadpanned.
"I'm a jonnin, not just a ninja, besides I'm no ordinary opponent, they might think they will be capturing me, but it will all just the bait for me to set my own trap, they wont know what hit them" Naruto said confidently.
"Let me guess your trap involves some sort of suicidal charge that normal people wouldn't even consider either a plan more like a blind charge?" the Samurai guessed.
"For the most part...Yes but I will still be able to take them out no problem's" Naruto declared confidently.
"Your a looney" the Samurai posed.
"Well, that's just not nice" Naruto moped.
"It's not supposed to be, I am making fun of your damn ridiculous plan to defeat an untold amount of highly trained ninja with nothing but the foolish notion that you can defeat them with a suicidal charge" the samurai said.
"Hey, I will have you know that there is no such thing as a stupid plan. Just a genius one that fails, just you wait, when I am done I will have more than just a bridge named after me" Naruto declared.
"Wait... You are the Naruto that they named the bridge after?" the samurai said in disbelief.
"Well I think so, I haven't met any other Naruto's... have you?" Naruto said scratching his head.
"Well no, I haven't. But you seem a bit young to be the hero of a nation, even if it is just a small one like Wave" the samurai said.
'Hm guess he hasn't heard what they are calling me in Konoha, if he doesn't think I could be the person they named the bridge after I wonder how he would react if he knew I was fast becoming known as the 'Hero of Konoha'. Probably best if I didn't tell him, he would think that I had completely lost it if I did' Naruto thought with a small smile.
"Well this has been fun, but I need to find Old man Tazuna, I take it he still lives just outside the village next to the sea?" Naruto said.
"Yes Tazuna and Tsunami still live out there, but chances are Tazuna will not be home, your best shot at getting him before he gets home would be asking Inari, he is out back with the new recruits" the samurai said.
Naruto followed the man out back to a large training area where there were several young teenagers were training with swords.
"Take a break recruits. Inari this Konoha shinobi is looking for your grandfather" the samurai said.
"Sure thing sempai, what does the ninja want with Oji-san though... Naruto-Niisan? Is that that you?" Inari said clearly happy to see Naruto.
"Yeah it me, glad to see you Inari. You're a samurai now I see" Naruto said clearly impressed.
"Well, I didn't have a chance to become a ninja, so samurai was the best I could do. I suppose it is alright for a small nation, I get to be part of the start of our own military" Inari said happily.
"Well congratulation's, in time I am sure you will have a strong force able to defend against people like the thugs who are targeting the nation at the moment" Naruto said.
"So you know about our troubles. I can't stand it, we only just have got rid of Gato, and now there are these ninja thugs that are taking everything from us again. Everyone who has tried to stand up to them has been killed" Inari said. It was clear from the young samurai's tone of voice that they were desperate.
"Hey don't worry about that, this country is just starting to stand up for itself. I am not going to let a couple of bullies push you guys around anymore. They wont stand a chance against me, it's a promise" Naruto declared confidently.
"Thanks Nii-san. I'm so glad your here, I know you will be able to take care of them. After all your the one who taught me never to give up and to believe in myself" Inari said with a smile.
"Heh well, I'm just glad I could help. That said I really need to see Tazuna. Konoha was almost destroyed a few days ago, so I was sent to request aid and experienced builders to help with the reconstruction. So that's where your grandfather comes in. but obviously we need to clear up the little problems here before that will be safe" Naruto said.
"No problems here then, Oji-san is working with some of the town militia, he is trying to set up a way to watch for the invading ninja" Inari said.
"Can you take me too him, then how about I give you some lessons on taijutsu, and maybe teach you what I can with kenjutsu, actually I could probably even give you some chakra conducting blade's I'm sure they will be useful to you in the future. But that might take some time, I will need to go through my Armory to find you a sword or swords in your style. And I cant do that until after I have seen how you fight" Naruto informed the younger teen.
"Sure I will take you to him, I bet he will be pleased that you,re here as well. Come on let's go" Inari said happily before he started heading off towards the center of town.
They found Tazuna in the center square. He was ordering several men around to various area of the city.
"Well look at you old man, for an old drunk you sure have gotten yourself together" Naruto said as he approached with Inari.
"Naruto, boy am I ever glad to see you, is Kakashi and the rest of your team here?" Tazuna asked.
"No I'm on my own, but I have heard about your problems and I will deal with them, don't worry about it at all old man" Naruto said.
"Are you sure you can, I mean they are really strong nobody really has been able to stand up against them" Tazuna said.
"Why does everyone keep thinking that I am not good enough to take these guys, I defeated a man who considered himself a god, I am a Sage of Myobokuzan, first thing tomorrow I am taking those guys out you'll see" Naruto said in exasperation.
"Yeah Naruto-Niisan is right, he can do it, I'm sure of it" Inari cheered.
"That's the spirit, now come on I will give you some training while I am here" Naruto said with a smile.
"Awesome, lets go. I want to show you what I can do" Inari said.
(Konoha)
Tsunade was filling out orders for buildings to be rebuilt and approving designs for the new buildings for the head departments of her ninja forces when there was a knock on the door.
"Come in" she called putting down her pen and giving a sigh of relief that there was something else she could deal with for awhile.
The door opened and in walked Samui, Darui, and Karui. "Hokage-sama, we're here to deliver a message from A-sama. But I hope you don't mind me asking... What happened to Konoha?" Samui said as she walked into Tsunade's recently reconstructed office.
The new office was rather similar to her old one but had larger windows and was as of yet not decorated. Tenzo upon his return to the village remade the Hokage tower in an instant to give the village a head of government again. It was a shame for Tenzo that his Mokuton abilities made him the busiest and most important person in all of Konoha's rebuilding efforts. He had not had a propper rest since he returned from his mission.
"Ah team Samui, it's good to see you all again. To answer your question, Konoha was attacked, by the leader of the Akatsuki. One man practically destroyed the entire village by himself" Tsunade said leaning her elbows on the desk.
"One man destroyed one of the biggest shinobi villages by himself? Wait! What happened to Naruto and Yugito-chan! The Akatsuki didn't get them did they?" Samui asked frantically.
"No they are both fine, Naruto defeated the Akatsuki leader Pein, saving the village in the process. The villagers and even some shinobi are calling him the Hero of Konoha now. If you're looking for them after you leave here, then you will find Yugito is currently with Jiraiya working on designs for Naruto's new house and making sure the old pervert doesn't get up to anything that he shouldn't be doing. Naruto is out of the village on a diplomatic mission to some of our allied nations to ask for some aid" Tsunade informed the group.
"Wow Naruto is really strong huh. What if he just keeps getting stronger and stronger and eventually he becomes so strong that he invents a jutsu so powerful it destroys most of the life on the plannet. and then he will be the only person still alive, wandering the world all alone until he finds a small group of survivors that don't know what he did. So they invite him to join them, eventually becoming there leader and has to rebuild the world from scratch in his image" Darui said. (A/N this actually doesn't sound like a bad idea for a fanfic, I already have a basic idea for a new fic I plan to do once I have caught up to the cannon with this one as a side project. But maybe later I might come back to it, or anyone else who agrees feel free to take it up for themselves)
"This isn't the time for your stupid daydreaming, we need to deliver our message about Bee sensei" Karui said.
The mention of Kirabi got Tsunade's attention immediately. "What has happened to the Hachibi jinchuuriki?" Tsunade said, quickly fearing the worst.
"Our sensei Killer Bee, was captured by a group of four people, they each wore black cloaks with red clouds that resembled the Akatsuki, and finally we have identified one of the members of the group that attacked him... Sasuke Uchiha" Samui said, handing over a complete incident report and description's of the team that attacked Bee.
Tsunade's mood seemed to darken as she continued to read the report. 'There is no other option, Sasuke need's to be put down now, I will have to agree to make him an internationally wanted criminal. I just hope Sakura will forgive me. Still for Sasuke to join the Akatsuki, I never would have thought it. Not with Itachi being a member, or at least former member' she thought as she made it to the bottom of the report.
"As you may have guessed from the report, we have come to ask for your permission to hunt down and kill Sasuke Uchiha and mark him as a international criminal. There has already been word sent to Suna, Iwa and Kiri, via messenger bird. And the reply's have all been in agreement, we came here in person for a couple of reason's. One it was part of our agreement for anything regarding the Akatsuki to be delivered in person to prevent information leaks, and to ask for permission to look over Sasuke file, he was a Konoha ninja after all" Samui said.
"I agree, Sasuke Uchiha can no longer redeem himself, joining the Akatsuki and the capture of a jinchuuriki is unforgivable, as to the access to the record room, there is not much information on him, he left to join Orochimaru when he was still a genin but you can feel free to have a look over at what we know. You will need an escort however, we can't just have you looking through our ninja files at will" Tsunade told the group who gave a nod of affirmation before Tsunade turned to the side and gave a small signal.
From out of nowhere an Anbu appeared, she looked as if she was molded in with the wall. "Yes Hokage-sama?" the Anbu said, awaiting orders.
"Neko I need you to go find me Kakashi Hatake and bring him here at once, inform him of the situation and tell him that it is urgent, I don't have three hours to waste waiting for him to arrive" Tsunade ordered.
"At once, Hokage-sama" the Anbu said.
The Anbu disappeared via shunshin once again leaving the room apparently empty, apart from the Hokage and team from Kumo.
"That is a rather impressive jutsu, your Anbu can hide in plain sight for easy access to defend a target or to gather information" Samui complimented.
"I guess so, but that was not the purpose it's creator had when he invented it" Tsunade said bitterly.
"What do you mean? What purpose could a jutsu like that have served other than protection and information gathering?" Karui said.
"Peeking! Jiraiya invented his Chameleon Escape Jutsu in order to sneak into the woman's hot springs and take notes for his damn perverted book's. I however asked if he could teach it to a few of the Anbu, and it has now become a required jutsu to learn to become an Anbu squad captain. In time I want it to be compulsory to all infiltration team's and Anbu. But it is not an easy jutsu to master, even I have trouble with it" Tsunade said.
Upon hearing the actual purpose that such a jutsu was invented Karui was red with anger, Samui whilst keeping her calm exterior was secretly raging inside. And Darui was lost in his own world thinking about the possibilities of what would happen in Kumo if every man knew that jutsu. In the end he summarized that the women would be so scared to take showers in fear of perverts that they would stop bathing altogether leading to the downfall of Kumo.
"Now Kakashi should be here soon, hopefully within the next hour, is there anything else you need to talk about" Tsunade asked.
"Yes Hokage-sama. The Raikage has called for a summit between the Kage of the five great shinobi nations, it will be held in the land of Iron in just over a weeks time. As far as I know all the other Kage's have agreed to come, they feel something has to be done about the Akatsuki" Samui said.
"Well, it's about time. I had Jiraiya try and talk to both Oonoki and Mei, during the jonnin exams, and I tried to talk to Oonoki when he was here for the chunin exams but no luck. Oonoki thought if a nation can't keep there own jinchuuriki they should not ask others for help as it was a sign of weakness. And according to Jiraiya Mei was more interested in... Other thing's" Tsunade said with a sigh.
"So I take it you will be attending then?" Samui asked.
"Yes I will attend" Tsunade confirmed.
"Good, now each Kage is only allowed two bodyguard's for the summit" Samui informed Tsunade.
"That is acceptable. Kakashi should have been here by now. Tell you what, you guys can go take a look around the village, or go see Yugito while you are waiting, I will send Kakashi to find you once he arrives" Tsunade said.
"I think we will do that. Thank you Hokage-sama, we will return to inform you when we are done with our research into Sasuke Uchiha" Samui said with a smile before leaving the room.
(One Hour Earlier With Kakashi)
Kakashi was walking out of a recently constructed building that he had overseen the construction of, when Sakura came running up to the one eyed ninja.
"Kakashi sensei, I need to ask you something" Sakura said panting slightly, she had been looking for her old sensei for almost the entire day.
"Sure thing Sakura what do you need?" Kakashi asked.
"I was hoping you could give me some training. I'm often teamed up with you, Naruto and Yugito, and I feel useless when anything happens. Naruto has become so strong and Yugito is a jonnin I feel like I am letting the team down" Sakura admitted sadly.
"Sakura you're the support, combat is not supposed to be your strong point, in fact you are one of the best combat medic's in the village. But if you really want to train I guess I could help you out a bit. Still with your control you might be better off asking Kurenai to help you with genjutsu. After all, Naruto is a tai and ninjutsu specialist like myself and Yugito is a ninjutsu type like Jiraiya-sama so our team could maybe use some genjutsu" Kakashi said kindly.
"Yeah you're right, thanks sensei. But Kurenai sensei is still pregnant I don't want to bother her isn't there anything you can teach me?" Sakura asked.
"I guess so, you're a Suiton type aren't you?" Kakashi queried.
"I think so, I use water manipulation to a certain degree to remove poison's from patient's" Sakura said.
"Alright, then how about I teach you some Suiton jutsu that don't require much chakra, that way you wont be tired if you are called upon to heal anyone" Kakashi said with an eye smile.
"Thanks Kakashi sensei, do you know anywhere that is good to train in Suiton manipulation and suiton jutsu's?" Sakura asked.
"Well the best place would be where Naruto and Jiraiya-sama train, training ground two. There is a waterfall and quite a lot of water there, so that should be perfect" Kakashi said.
The pair headed off to train but when they arrived there they found the training ground was already occupied by Jiraiya and Yugito.
"Hello Jiraiya-sama, has Tsunade said you are allowed to start training already?" Sakura asked skeptically.
"Oh I'm not training, well not really, I was just showing Yugito here some more advanced Hair techniques while we take a break from our other job" Jiraiya said.
"Other job? I wasn't aware you had been given a mission" Kakashi said.
"It's far from a mission, we are going over plans for a new clan house to be built, we have basic designs because it is supposed to look like the one from Uzu, but I only saw that place a couple of days after it was destroyed, and the blue print's of the old place are really confusing. I'm no builder" Jiraiya moaned.
"New clan house? Uzu? Kakashi sensei what is he talking about?" Sakura questioned.
"I think he means Naruto is planing on building a Uzumaki clan house in Konoha, but how can he afford something like that?" Kakashi said questioningly.
"Oh Naruto found heaps of stuff in the old Uzumaki compound, he plans on rebuilding the clan here in Konoha, whilst still keeping the main clan house in Uzu to avoid the CRA but he is going to combine the Uzumaki clan with the Namikaze clan in honor of his father" Yugito said.
"Huh the Minato was never part of a clan, the Namikaze were just an old shinobi family like mine, they were never a clan" Kakashi said.
"You're right but neither was the Sarutobi clan. At least not until sensei became Hokage. Once Minato became Hokage he was eligible to apply for clan status, but he didn't because unlike sarutobi sensei, there were no other Namikaze's left so he would have been forced into the CRA. Not that he couldn't stop it if he wanted to, but he didn't want his children to have to be forced into it either. Luckily with Naruto the clan head of the Uzumaki clan he cannot be included under Konoha law that protects families from other nations" Jiraiya said.
"Sounds like he has done his homework, although I am a little disappointed that you wont get all that extra inspiration for your books" Kakashi said.
"I refuse to comment on that out of fear of being pummeled by Tsunade and then burned to a crisp by Yugito-chan" Jiraiya said.
It was at this point in time that an Anbu arrived in the middle of the group. "Kakashi sempai, Tsunade-sama requires your presence at the hokage tower" Neko said.
"Alright tell her I'm on my way" Kakashi said lazily.
"She insisted you come at once sempai. It's about Sasuke Uchiha" Neko said.
"What happened to Sasuke-kun, can you tell us?" Sakura pleaded.
"Sasuke Uchiha, has joined the Akatsuki and captured the Hachibi jinchuuriki. There is a team from Kumo here that are requesting that Sasuke be declared an international criminal and given a kill on sight order" Neko said.
"What? Sasuke-kun would never join the Akatsuki, there has to be some kind of mistake, you're wrong. Besides Tsunade-sama would never allow Kumo to try and kill Sasuke-kun he is a ninja of Konoha, he killed Orochimaru and Itachi" Sakura said.
"Tsunade-sama has already agreed to there request, as of fifteen minutes ago Sasuke Uchiha has been declared an international criminal and will therefore be terminated" Neko said.
"This can't be! Sasuke-kun wouldn't do that, I'm going to go talk to Tsunade-sama" Sakura said trying to hold back the tears that were threatening to escape from her eyes.
"What good would that do, if that Uchiha-teme has really been able to capture Kirabi, then A-sama will tear the whole elemental nations apart looking for the people responsible for killing his brother, if Tsunade-sama doesn't agree it could mean war" Yugito said. She felt sorry for Sakura despite finding her undying fangirlism near painful.
"I still have to try" Sakura said.
"Sakura wait, you can come see Tsunade-sama with me, but you need to calm down first, then I promise we will go straight over there" Kakashi said.
"Alright, gust give me a minute to calm down" Sakura said. 'How could you Tsunade, you know how much Sasuke-kun means to me, and you still throw him to the wolves. I don't understand at all!' Sakura cried internally as as she attempted to calm her outer emotions.
End Chapter!
Ok promise to put some action in next time.
Also I need some help with a name for a Kekei genkai that I have for an opponent Naruto will face in a few chapter's, basically it will be a Dojutsu that changes color depending on the persons mood, I don't want to give away any of the abilities but is anyone can tell me a translation to Mood Eye, then that would be a lot of help.
Anyway thanks for reading. And I hope you like it.
One more thing during the war I would like to know what characters people think are expendable and could be killed. Unfortunately Sakura is out, I have plans for her.