Third chapter up! To answer some questions... Naruto is still very strong, just a little weaker than his old self since he had to make new techniques for his new identity, but he will get stronger. In the war, Obitio did die, and Madara was presumed dead, but the sly bastard Orochimaru was able to heal him. And lastly, I'm going to be referring to Naruto as Mystogan for a while, so I hope there is never any confusion.
Enjoy!
I don't own Naruto or any Manga/Anime Series, Although I wish I did!
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Chapter : 3
"Lets me go you stupid son of a bitch!" Yelled a deep, rough, masculine voice.
The voice belonged to a big titan of a man being dragged in the dirt by a blue haired bounty hunter, Mystogan. The man was at least 6'5" and weighed about 300 pounds. Muscles rippled as the brute tried to struggle out of the bindings that were placed around him, but it was of no use.
"I swear! When I break free, I'm gonna rip you to shreds!". The man yelled out.
Mystogan sighed under his breath, "Thats what you said two miles ago…"
He wondered why he always managed to get stuck with the loud annoying men. one month had gone by and literally every bounty he chose, ended up like this. Still, Mystogan dismissed the thought and dragged the man through the dirt as if he was dragging a sack of feathers behind him, showing no signs of weariness.
"Well I mean it! You're toast when I get out!" The man yelled, becoming red in the face, and feeling his veins on his forehead pop out.
"And then after I beat you I'll -Errk!" The man grunted and fell unconscious as Mystogan hit him with the end of one of his scythes. He'd probably have to repeat the process within an hour or so. That man didn't stay down easily.
Mystogan sighed with relief as he could now walk in peace. He eyed the path before him and guessed that the reward facility, to turn the man behind him in, was at least another three hours away.
A rustle in leaves made Mystogan come to a halt, and he observed his surroundings carefully. When his back was turned to the forest on his right, three kunai shot out through the leaves at blinding speeds.
Mystogan spun around, narrowly missing the kunai, and put his two wrists together. Out of his connected palms, formed a spiraling blue ball of chakra that quickly shifted into a concentrated beam of chakra. The beam was shot right back at the attacker, at nearly twice the speed of kunai.
After the beam was shot, Mystogan stood very still, listening for any movement, until he heard the sound of a body falling over. He walked into the forest and spotted a man slouched on the ground, dead, and with a gaping hole through his torso.
The blue haired bounty hunter walked closer to the body and searched it for any items that may be useful. He found a paper that held the picture of the same man he had just captured hours ago….another bounty hunter.
Bounty hunters did not usually run into each other searching for the same person, but it happens. This was just the first time Mystogan had actually experienced a situation like that.
"Hey dickhead! Where'd you go!" A voice screamed out.
*Sigh* "Great...He's up again." Mystogan murmured while walking back out of the forest and seeing his captive struggle against chakra enforced bindings.
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After a month of searching, Shikamaru had been able to compile a list of places where people had seen the presumed "assassin". From what he could tell, the man was a bounty hunter. Just wandering the land, killing or capturing anything that gave a high pay. That meant, someone must have put a bounty on Naruto's head, or the man would have never been near the village.
He decided to provide this information with his leader, Tsunade.
"Lady Hokage, we must go after this man! He killed my friend and all I can think about, is how to get revenge!" Shikamaru demanded, standing alone in the Hokage's office.
Tsunade, sat in her chair with her hands held together over her mouth in thought. Her glare was an instant reminder to Shikamaru that she was always put into a bad mood when the topic of Naruto came up.
"Well, you have very good points...but we are low on jonin for long term search missions. You know we are still recovering after the fourth great ninja war." Tsunade said.
"Two people, thats all I need."
Tsunade gave it some thought, and made her decision.
"Very well, who will you choose?" She asked.
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*Knock* *Knock*
A door of a decently sized home opened up and revealed pale eyed, black haired woman. She looked very worn down.
"Shikamaru! What brings you here?" She asked in a quiet, yet delighted voice.
Shikamaru smiled smiled at his friend Hinata, and filled her in on the information that he had aquired. She listened intently, and smiled seeing as where the conversation was going.
"-And thats why I'd like to take Kiba with me on the mission." Shikamaru said.
Behind Hinata, there was a loud noise, like glass breaking, and Shikamaru could see a tiny brown haired child race through the hallways riding a big white haired dog, Akamaru. Not far behind, an older brown haired man chased the boy and dog.
"Kiba! I swear! If you, Akamaru, or Tobi break anymore things in our home!" Hinata yelled, surprising Shikamaru, since he never heard her yell like that. Kiba raced over to Hinata's side and gave her a kiss on the cheek.
"You know you love me!" Kiba said, grinning slyly. "Anyway, I overheard something about a mission? When do we leave?"
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Don't forget to comment! You are all great! If you have any suggestions about pairings or ideas to better the story just leave a review or PM me! I saw a suggestion for Ino, as a pairing, which may be interesting. Oh! And a small hint for next time is we will see a bit more of Ichi Namikaze!
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