Genjutsu Legend Chapter 3
Uchiha Sasuke was a person that made a clear image of himself to the people around the village, ever since the death of his family, he had been a person that was dark and arrogant. To the his classmates in the academy, he was a strong person that inherited the blood of the Uchiha Clan, and would be one of the future power houses of Konoha. But unknown to all of them, Sasuke would not be in Konoha for much longer, as his loyalty lies with Uzumaki Naruto, the scorn of the village.
Sasuke sided with Naruto not only because of his promise to help the Uchiha fight his brother, but also because Sasuke believes that Naruto would truly change their world. The power shown by Naruto was not even comprehendable by Sasuke, and what he saw was only a fraction of his leader. Naruto had took over the control of one of the biggest power source in Konoha by himself effortlessly...and Naruto now fully controls the "Ne" Ninjas.
Sasuke was by no means an idiot, and he often wonders about the society they live in. He found that people often accept the current world as the ideal way of life, and nothing they could do would change the world no matter how hard they tried. No one would try to attempt to change anything because they were not strong enough and they would ultimately fail...Sasuke smirked and looked at the Hokage Monument...
"Well...it seems that Uzumaki-taicho will do what you all failed to do..." whispered Sasuke to himself. All the previous were all optimistic fools that believed that people would one day become selfless and would care for each other...that very thought made Sasuke laugh. Even within families people would not trust each other, and it would be impossible for people to fully trust one another stranger. The so-called Will of Fire is just propaganda made up by the Senju Hokages, making the people of Konoha into impressionable and ignorant human beings.
"Talking to yourself again Uchiha?" said a voice besides Sasuke, making the Uchiha sigh in annoyance.
Sasuke looked over to his right to see a young man with a black forehead protector that he wore snugly over his forehead. He wore a khaki shirt, dark brown shorts, blue shinobi sandals. He also had bandages wrapped around his right arm, chest, and right leg. He had long brown hair that wen back to his mid-back the framed his face along with his Byakugan eyes.
"What is it Hyuga...does Uzumaki-taicho need something?" asked Sasuke softy as he acted casually while he walked with his friend.
Neji sighed and pinched his nose. "I wish...Uzumaki-taicho's work is so much better than training with my Genin team..." said Neji exasperated, the Genin team he had to put up with was a too annoying for him, the girl was okay to talk to, but the other two clowns were just ridiculous.
Sasuke smirked. "Oh? Weren't you going to fuck that girl on your team?" asked the Uchiha with a smirk, he always like teasing his rigid Hyuga friend.
Neji looked shocked and turned over to his friend. "What has happened to you Sasuke...when have to become so vulgar, I made love with Tenten...be careful with your wording" growled out Neji, he hated how people would describe acts of passion with such words.
Sasuke shook his head at his friend. "What has happened to me?" asked Sasuke rhetorically. "What the hell happen to you, the Neji I knew would always be all anal retentive and rigid, now you actually had sex with your teammate?"
Neji smirked. "What can I say...in just a few more months my caged bird seal will be gone, and we will be out of this dreaded place..." Neji hated Konoha with a passion, it's leader let his father die for his pathetic excuse of an uncle...the Hokage was a spineless monkey that let Kumo run them to the ground. If he was ever going to give his loyalty to someone, it would be the man that would free him from his curse and would destroy Konohagakure no Sato.
Sasuke nodded more seriously than before. "I finally activated my Sharingan a few days ago...it seems that Uzumaki-taicho's vigorous training is working afterall...I have gotten much stronger." said Sasuke as he gripped his fists.
Neji nodded. "It is the same with me, I just finished working on the new Jutsu Taicho gave me, Soren Sokatsui..."
Sasuke looked over at the older Genin. "Cool...I finished Katon: Shakoho a few days ago as well..."
Neji sighed and ran his hand through his hair. "Well we need to get as strong as possible in the next few years...Uzumaki-taicho would need our strength once his plan truly comes into fruitation...
Danzo had spent many years building his underground base, and he was proud to say that he had included everything one Shinobi would ever need. Inside the many layers of the base, there were many training rooms that were used by the many "Ne" members on a daily basis. Because they were underground, the training grounds were reinforced with many steel beams and supports so it would be more stable, and the walls of the rooms were three feet thick of iron.
He never once thought that the biggest room he had built would cause violent shakes around the entire base...
Danzo was standing next to his ex-student Sai, looking at a metal door that was shaking violently. Danzo could feel the violent shift of a very powerful chakra signature inside, but instead of being untamed and wild, it was frighteningly calm and eerie...it was like the vast ocean, sometimes peaceful and calm, but could also be violent and devastating. Danzo had no idea how someone as young as Naruto could be so powerful, the young man's mind was already a threat, but his ingenuity was even more problematic. It seems that Naruto had spent a lot of time training on his chakra control, because such gargantuan chakra reserves, it should be very difficult to control.
Sai stared at the door with limited emotions, just as Danzo and Naruto had trained him to act. The pale young man had always been lonely, as a member of Ne that had been trained since he was a baby, Sai was a prime example of an emotionless killing machine. He was powerful for a boy his age thanks to the training he had recieved from both Naruto and Danzo, but he was still weaker then the prodigous Uchiha Sasuke and Hyuga Neji.
The reason Naruto chose Sai as he close subordinate was because he sensed as yearning for belonging from the boy. Ever since he gave Sai a purpose to train instead of just telling him to like Danzo, Sai had been treating Naruto like his lifeline. His blonde leader was the only person in his world that gave him a purpose and spared him from the darkness and lonliness of being alone. Naruto felt that Sai was his most loyal soldier, not because the boy agreed with his goal or his phliosophy, but because the boy's very existence relied on him.
Danzo and Sai stood up taller the moment the door opened, the light seeped out of the slim crack as it expanded, and it showed the figure of Uzuamki Naruto once it was fully opened. The Uzumaki leader was wearing an outfit that consist of a white jacket, black sash, white hakama, black tabi and white zōri, the underside of his jacket was light blue, which was what hid his katana strapped to the side of his waist.
There was not a spec of dust of his clothes, his hair was still combed and formed into it's regular style, and his breathing was perfectly even...
Danzo and Sai peered their gaze inside the room and was shocked to see it's horrendous condition. The one hundred Ne members that Naruto requested were all lying on the ground either unconscious or dead, the thick steel walls were dented all over the place, which Danzo assumed was caused by bodies crashing into them. There were also giant cuts on the walls that looked to be at least a feet deep that trailed on for more than ten feet. The ground was stained with blood where the many bodies lie, some of them were still conscious and were groaning in pain.
Naruto walked up to his two subordinates with no emotions on his face, making Danzo and even the emotionless Sai a little nervous...
Danzo and Sai bowed a little to their leader as he walked passed them. "How was training Uzumaki-sama?" asked Danzo as he trailed behind the powerful Uzumaki.
Naruto shook his head and sighed. "The quality of the newer Ne members are up to par...but the older ones are trailing behind in strength. Some of them couldn't even fight me because my chakra was too oppressing..." said Naruto as he looked at Danzo with his periferals. "You disappoint me Danzo-san..."
The old man quicklly bowed. "My deepest apologies Uzumaki-sama, I will do my best to trained them up to par soon..."
Naruto shook his head again. "There is no need Danzo-san...those who were too weak will be demoted and form a secondary division responsible for fighting in the front lines." said the leader casually as he fixed his hair by running his fingers through them.
Danzo's eyes widened a little at the sudden brutality, but nodded nonetheless. "Wise decision Uzumaki-sama...they were too old to be redeemed anyway, cannon fodder is a good way of utilizing them." Sai stayed silent throughout the whole duration, but was slightly disturbed by Naruto's cruel treatment to his peers.
Naruto stuck his hands into his pockets and looked ahead as he spoke. "My team has to go on a C-ranked mission to the Nami no Kuni tomorrow, so while I am gone I expect you to take good care of everything here Danzo-san...especially with the developement of our army."
Danzo nodded as he kept up with his leader's pace. "Hai Uzumaki-sama!"
Naruto nodded at the old man thankfully and looked at Sai through the corner of his eyes. "And I expect you to master the Shitotsu Sansen by the time I get back Sai-kun..." finished Naruto as he looked back in front of him.
Sai nodded silently at his leader. "Hai Uzumaki-taicho!"
Hatake Kakashi can be said as one of the living legends of Konoha, his moniker Sharingan no Kakashi is known throught out the lands. His listing in the Bingo book is an A-rank, and his bounty is among the highest of Konoha Ninjas. He was the student of the Yondaime Hokage and the son of the Shiroi no Kiba, and mostly one of the future candidates of the Hokage position. Unfortunately for him, even with so many impressive attributes, he was not able to save himself from the power of his own student.
When he was still an ANBU captain, he and his team were ordered to protect the Kyuubi Junchuriki, and the white haired man was more than happy to do so. Kakashi always felt guilty about not taking care of his late Sensei's son in his absence, and thought protecting Naruto in the shadows would allow him to redeem himself. Because of the many threats that targeted Naruto from within the village, the Hokage had been ording ANBU teams to guard the boy since he was a child, and so far the boy only had to endure psychological abuse.
From what he heard from the previous guards of Naruto, he found out that Naruto was a very intelligent child that spent most of his time reading in the library, and had already unlocked the sealed state of his Zanpakuto. Kakashi himelf knew quite a bit about the Uzumaki bloodline because of his sibling relationship with Uzumaki Kushina, and from what he knew Naruto unlocked his bloodline much earlier than normal.
One time during his shift at guard, he saw Naruto training with his Kenjutsu on a training field, which was surprising because Kakashi had never seen the boy actually train aside from most of the academy teachings. From what he saw Naruto was not very good with his katana, and could use some teachings, but there was one thing that bothered him to no end...
Flashback on...
Kakashi was clad in his ANBU uniform, hiding on the top of the tree watching the legacy of his Sensei below him training with his blade. The boy's movement was unorthadox and inefficient, but when Kakahsi analysised his movements with his Sharingan, he found that some of Naruto's moves were highly difficult...
With his eye, Kakashi saw that Naruto was actually using the mass amounts of chakra in his body to align his movements quicker, and to strengthen his strikes. The concept behind Naruto's Kenjutsu style is similar to the way Senju Tsunade used her super-human strength, but Naruto not only made his strikes ultra powerful, it also made is posture super solid. By pulsing his chakra all around his body at once, Naruto's blocks could withstand up to thousands of pounds...
Naruto held his katan in front of him, and as he went through his katas, he would sometimes sudeenly freeze in order to pulsate his chakra...it was hard to use his flawless moves in conjuction with chakra reinforcements. Naruto dashed towards a tree and slashed his blade across it's trunk, the katana passed through the tree effortlessly, and a few seconds later the tree toppled. The cut was clean and smooth, the blade moved so fast with such force that the tree stayed perfectly still until the wind knocked it over a few seconds after.
Naruto smirked at his accomplishments and sheathed his blade around his waist, his eyes were unlike their regular bright, optimistic tint, but the were emotionless and menacing...
Kakashi was utterly shocked when he realized what Naruto was working on, if Naruto could fully master that style, he would be an incredible Ninja. Kakashi continued to spy of the young Uzumaki train, and he saw that the boy's improvement rate was astounding...in only a week Naruto managed to get rid out most of the rigidness of his style and create a flow with his katas. The masked Jounin was very proud of his Sensei's son, and was planning to reveal himself soon so he could train the boy...but after another week Naruto never trained again...
Kakashi found that Naruto was spending all his time reading at the library or hanging out with some kids he met at the academy...one year later his duty with the guarding mission was over and he was sent on many other high ranked missions...
It was until Naruto was fifteen years old, had failed the graduation exam three times, and had been put on his team...that Kakashi saw him again...
Flashback end...
Kakashi was happy that he got Naruto on his team as well as Uchiha Sasuke, that way he could repay the debts he owe to the Yondaime and Uchiha Obito by training their legacies to be as best as they can be. The Sharingan no Kakashi was not disappointed when Sasuke, Hinata and Naruto passed his test despite the fact that they did it in a rather clumsy abeit lucky manner.
Sasuke and Hinata was at the level of the strength and Kakashi expected from them, the Uchiha was strong for his age and had very strong chakra, as expected of a member of the Uchiha clan. The Hyuga heiress was skilled for a kunoichi her age, but she lacked the confidence and the intent to kill to truly express her potential.
Naruto was the student that made Kakahsi the most suspicious, from what the Jounin saw of him many years ago, Naruto should be much stronger than what he showed during his Genin Survival Exam. During the test Naruto only showed basic Ninjutsu and Taijutsu, if Kakashi would only use the performances on his test to grade his students, Naruto would be the weakest out of the three.
Kakashi understood that a Ninja would hide most of his strength, so he couldn't blame Naruto for keeping his secrets, but he wondered how powerful Naruto had become since his childhood. Based of the week of Kakashi observed Naruto, the Uzumaki would have improved dramatically since then, and he could only shudder at the thought of Naruto's Kenjutsu now...
The masked Jounin stopped his musing when he arrived at the main entrance of Konoha and saw his students waiting for him as usual. Hinata looked tired of waiting and was sitting on a bench resting her face in her hands. Sasuke was looking rather annoyed as he glared at Kakashi's direction while he was sharpening two kunai with each other.
Kakashi was happy when he saw his last student Naruto smile at him and offer him a wave. "Good morning Kakashi-sensei" said Naruto as he stood to greet Kakashi.
The Jounin smiled back at the tall young man. "Good morning Naruto-kun..." he said before he looked at his two other students. "...If only all of my students would be as polite as you..."
Hinata looked up at the silver haired man and gave a small smile. "Good morning Sensei" she said as she stood and wiped her clothes of any dust and dirt. Kakashi smiled at the girl and looked at his final student, but Sasuke just scoffed at him and walked ahead to the gate.
Kakashi merely shrugged before he looked at Naruto. "So Naruto-kun, where is our client?" he asked as he looked around the area.
Naruto nodded and pointed over at the giant door of the main gate. "He's right over there, and he seems quite annoyed that he had to wait so long..."
Kakashi shrugged. "It's not my fault that the road of life is so intricate..." said the man as Hinata and Sasuke sighed.
Team seven was on their way to Nami no Kuni, and the mood was rather serious and eerie as it was the team's first C-rank mission. Hinata and Kakashi were walking in the far back as Tazuna walked in the middle with Naruto and Sasuke in the front. The Uchiha and Uzumaki were in their real form in front of the others because Tazuna had not been exposed to Kyoka Suigetsu.
Hinata looked up at her Sensei curiously. "H-Hey Kakashi-sensei, does Nami no Kuni have any Ninja?" asked the Hyuga timidly.
Kakashi peered his gaze down at his girl student. "No they don't, Nami no Kuni is a trade and commerce nation, they have good relations with many other Shinobi nations. They make enough money to live prosperously without the need of a Shinobi village within their own nation and when they need something, the people of Nami can hire Shinobi from other villages, like Tazuna-san did."
Hinata nodded but Tazuna sighed. Naruto looked over at the man and decided to ask. "Is something the matter Tazuna-san?"
The man took a sip from his sake before the spoke. "The business of Nami no Kuni has not been as good as before..." Naruto inwardly narrowed his eyes. Team seven left it at that and continued their way to their destination.
Naruto looked at Sasuke with a smile. "So Sasuke-kun, how is that jutsu coming along?" he asked curiously.
Sasuke eyed his leader's fake personality with his normal arrogance. "It's coming along well, I have just about mastered it" said the Uchiha looking into Naruto's eyes.
Naruto grinned. "Nice, maybe you would have a chance to use it on this mission so I can see it."
Kakashi decided to cut in with a chuckle. "I doubt that Naruto-kun, this is only a C-ranked mission. I doubt if we encounter mny enemies at all, and even if we do, it would most likely be bandits or theives, people who we don't need to use Ninjutsu to defeat." said the Jounin to his students.
Off to the side Tazuna's expression strained a little, and nobody but Naruto had been paying attention to the old man. Ever since the start of the mission Naruto had been monitering Tazuna, and the man seemed much too nervous for a simple escort back to his home. There had been some news with Naruto's contacts from the Hi no Kuni capital, that Nami no Kuni had been experiencing some difficuties, but there were no specifics, and Naruto decided to use this mission to find out more.
After another hour, the group was still maintaining it's course and was making a good time. The formation was still the same, so Sasuke and Naruto were in front of the others, and the two young Ninja had spotted something very peculiar of the ground ahead.
There was a puddle of water lying right in the middle of the road, but this area hadn't rained for days, and it was the only puddle in a large area. Naruto chuckled inwardly at the constant stupidity he sees in people, and saw this as a good chance to hypnotise Tazuna...
Just as Naruto was going to step of the puddle, two masked men erupted from the pool of water and attacked Naruto. Each of the enemy had one end of a spiked chain attached to the guantlets they were wearing. Within a second, Naruto was seemingly restrained by the chain held by the pair of Ninja.
One of the Ninja looked at the blonde man. "You die now boy..." snarled the man with a smirk.
But both the enemy's shock, Naruto's body did not buckle under their strength, and he was holding a katana that was blocking their chain. Naruto smirked before he suddenly disappeared from within the chain and re-appeared right next to the masked men. His katana was still pulling on one side of the chain, and Naruto used that leverage to pull the two mask men to his direction as he spun his sword around. The chain wrapped itself around Naruto's blade until the two men's arm were caught against Naruto's Zanpakuto.
"Nice try..." whispered Naruto before he slashed his blade to the side, shattering the chain and severing the arms of the two men. Blood splattered everywhere as the two masked Ninja cried out in anguish.
Sasuke saw this as a good oppurtunity and flashed through some hand-seals. "Katon: Shakkaho!" A crimson orb of flames gathered in the Uchiha's hands before it shot towards the two men, and when the attack impacted, there was an explosion of fire and chakra. The two masked Ninja were sent flying into multiple trees because of the force of the jutsu, and most of their bodies were severely burnt because of Sasuke's attack.
Kakashi was amazed by the skill of both his students, he was very glad that Naruto finally showed some of his true power. The speed and Kenjutsu Naruto showed indicated some advanced skills, and could probably already be considered Chunin level power. The jutsu Sasuke just was also one that the masked Jounin had never seen before, and based of the destruction, it could be classified as a B-ranked Jutsu.
Hinata was also shocked at the skills her teammates showed. "T-That was amazing Naruto-kun, Sasuke-kun!" said the girl a bit more loudly that normal. Sasuke ignored her mostly, but Naruto smiled and nodded at the girl, making the Hyuga blush and turn away from him.
Kakashi looked over at the defeat bodies of the enemy. "Hmmm, these are the Oni Kyōdai, missing-nin from Kirigakure..." Kakashi tied up their bodies and hung them to the tree. "These two are mercinaries, they usual hunt and kill people for money..." Kakashi looked over at Tazuna with a hardened gaze, making the old man gulp and step back. "Why were they after you Tazuna. These are Shinobi attackers, on your mission statement you said that only bandit were after you and that we only had to guard you on the way back to you home and protect you while you build your bridge!"
Tazuna looked afraid when the three Genin also narrowed their eyes at him. Naruto sighed, "On a C-ranked mission there shouldn't be any enemy Ninja, if we were any weaker, we would have been killed because of your deceit. Now tell us why you lied or I will force it out of you!" Naruto was intrigued by the man, from what he knew Nami was suppose to be one of the richest nations throughout the land.
Tazuna gave up his lie because he was afraid of the group of Shinobi. "I..." Tazuna took a deep breath before he continued. "I only lied because I don't have enough money for a higher ranked mission..."
Kakashi narrowed his eyes at Tazuna. "Nami no Kuni is one of the most wealthy Nation in the world...How can you have no money?"
Tazuna looked down at the ground with sadness. "You're right, but the money Nami no Kuni makes no longer goes to the people of our Nation..."
Sasuke looked puzzled. "What do you mean by that?"
Tazuna looked at the Ninja. "It was one year ago, that a man sought out Nami no Kuni and taken total control over our Transpot and Shipping..."
Hinata was shocked. "B-But to do that do Nami no Kuni would take mountains out resources and money!"
Tazuna nodded. "The man who had taken our Nation hostage has more money than any man could ever spent..." Kakashi gestured Tazuna to go on. "He is the owner of one of the world largest Shipping Company; Gato Transport...Gato..." Tazuna spat out the man's name with venom.
Kakashi looked over at the man surprised. "Gato? The business leader...The Shipping tycoon?"
Tazuna growled a little before he continued. "Yes...Gato, one of the richest men in the world...but under his shiney surface, he is a man of evil that uses the same methods he used to take over companies and even Nations, to sell drugs and contrabands...using gangs, and Shinobi..." Naruto had a look of rememberance on his face, he had heard of Gato before when was in the capital city, he had even use Gato's shipping service to deliver resources to his properties across Hi no Kuni.
Tazuna continued. "Using his wealth, Gato took over the sea surrounding Nami no Kuni, and as an island Nation, the man who controls the sea...controls everything..." Tazuna looked more serious as he said this. "The only thing he is worried about...is the bridge I am building...It will connect Nami no Kuni to the mainland, rendering his control useless..."
Naruto nodded. "That is why Gato would send Shinobi to kill you..."
Tazuna looked angry. "No matter how dangerous it is, I must build the bridge! It is the only hope my home! Ever since Gato arrived the people of Nami had suffered on poverty. His goons would kidnap women from their homes and men would die if they try to stop them. There is no difference between hell and the way we are forced to live now..." Tazuna let a lone tear fall from his eyes. "They even killed my son-in-law..."
Tazuna suddenly got on his knees. "Please! I beg of you, don't give up on this mission! If you leave me here now they will assasinate me. I don't care if I die but without me they could never finished the bridge, and all hopes would be lost for my Nation..."
Kakashi pitied the man, but as a Jounin Sensei he was responsible for the safety of his own students...Not to mention that his three students were the lone survivor of the Uchiha clan, the Hyuga clan heiress and the son of the Yondaime Hokage...
"Sorry Tazuna-san, but my team is much to important for Konoha, there is no way that I would risk the lives of my students. They are only Genin, and this mission should be given to people that has years of more experience than them...if I allow this then I would be practically pushing my students to meet their deaths." Kakashi looked at his students and gestured them to walk away.
Hinata saw the desperate look on the old man's face. "Are you sure we can't help them Kakashi-sensei?" asked the girl sympathetically.
Naruto walked up to Hinata, grabbed her shoulder and pushed her forward towards the direction of Konoha. "There is no way we can stay Hinata-chan, you are the heiress of the Hyuga Clan, and Sasuke-kun is the last Uchiha. If the enemies find out who you two are, both of you would be walking targets for them, especially if they are Jounin level Ninja."
Kakashi nodded. "Naruto-kun is right, there is no way that we can continue this mission." Sharingan no Kakashi looked back at Tazuna, who was still on the ground. "I am very sorry Tazuna-san, I wish there is some way I can help you, but there is just too much at stake here, it is impossible for me to make such a gamble with my students lives."
Sasuke nodded and began to walk back to the direction of Konoha. "Then what are we waiting for...we don't want to anymore involved than this..." he said before he continued to walk. Inwardly Sasuke was smirking...he knew exactly what his leader would do now...
Tazuna kneeled on the ground silently as tears rolled down his face as he gripped his fists until his knuckles were white. The footsteps of team seven sounded into his ears, and soon the sound was fading and fading...until he was all alone in the forest, which will probably be his eternal resting place...
Tazuna was running faster then he had ever ran in his long life...he knew his only chance was to get back to Nami no Kuni as fast as possible and pray that he won't be noticed by any assasins that were sent to kill him. The sun was in his eyes as sweat dripped down his face, his arms and legs were tired and he was very hungry. The old man was desperate to see his family again, he could only imagine how his daughter and grandson would be if they lost him right after they lost their husband and father.
The man was panting heavily as he ran, and for the last few minutes he had been feeling dread and horror. It felt like there was someone behind him watching silently...it was like a predator waiting to attack it's prey, and the paranoia was getting to the old man...
"OKAY, WHOEVER YOU ARE, COME OUT NOW!" cried the bridge builder out of desperation.
A low menacing laughter echoed through the many trees surrounding the area, it's very sound sent chills down the back of Tazuna. His breathing hitched as he fell to the ground, the terror was too much for the civilian man, he had never been so scared in his entire life. Tazuna heard someone land on the ground in front of him, but he couldn't lift his head to look, his entire body felt like it was being rushed slowly by some kind of aura.
"So...you are the bridge builder that Gato wants dead..." said someone with a raspy voice. "I though there were some Ninja with you...afterall they defeated the oni-kyudai..." Tazuna could hear something waving in the air, the air around him were like a vortex, and something spinning was causing the wind. "I actually wanted a challenge today, killing man like you are tarnishing my name..."
Tazuna closed his eyes and waited for his death, he could hear the feet of the man walking closer and closer, and tears rolled down his face as it all happened...
"Goodbye..." Tazuna heard something big coming down to him, and his heart suddenly felt like it was going to explode...but the strike never came...
"I never expected Gato to send someone like you to do his dirty work." said a familiar voice, Tazuna did his best to look up and saw the blonde Konoha Genin blocking giant blade with his own Katana. To the old man's amazement, Naruto's blade did not waver at all under the pressure of the menacing looking cleaver of the other man.
The assasin looked into Naruto's eyes. "Konoha Ninja huh...I haven't seen one in a while, and it sure is surprising to see that a boy like you could block one of my sword strikes..."
Naruto smirked and ran his free hand through his hair, making it his favorite, swept-back style. "I will take that as a compliment...Momochi Zabuza, Kirigakure no Oni." said the Uzumaki before he forced Zabuza back with a slash of his blade. He offered a hand to Tazuna and pulled the man up.
"Y-You came back...why?" asked the bridge builder in absolute confusion.
Naruto smirked at the man. "Lets just say that there is something here that I want..." he said before he focused back on Zabuza. "I'm sorry Momochi-san, but I need to bring this man to Nami no Kuni, so would you be so kind as to let us pass..."
Zabuza just laughed and pointed his blade at Naruto and Tazuna. "You must be kidding boy, you and the old man are going to die by my hands right now!" cried the ex-Kiri Ninja as he rushed towards Naruto at high speeds. Zabuza grinned when his blade ripped through the bodies of his enemies, their blood exploded to all directions as he enjoyed his sense of accomplishment. "Stupid boy...did he really think that he cou-" Zabuza was cut off when his eyes widened. A deep cut suddenly appeared on Zabuza's shoulder, blood splattered out as he lost feeling in his right arm, dropping his Kubikiribōchō on the ground.
"Kudakero: Kyoka Suigetsu..." said Naruto's voice from behind Zabuza, and the latter was further shocked when his reality shattered. The dead bodies of his supposedly dead targets were gone, and they both were standing behind him.
"W-What...?" mutter Zabuza in pain as he held his right upper arm.
Naruto smirked again as he looked at the infamous Ninja before him. "What were you saying...you think that I would be no challenge to you..." said Naruto with a chuckle. ",,,do you still think that now?"
Zabuza glared at Naruto and grabbed his Kubikiribōchō with his left hand. "I am going to kill you boy...you will die in the most cruel way possible by my hands!"
Naruto merely smiled at Zabuza. "You shouldn't use such strong words Momochi-san...it makes you sound weak..."
The Kiri no Oni growled and charged at Naruto with his blade pulled back. "Die you brat!" he cried as he slammed his giant blade down at Naruto. Zabuza felt satisfaction when his blade sliced off the arm of Naruto, but it was quiclly gone when he saw the smirk on Naruto's face.
"Pathetic..." whispered Naruto as he stood behind Zabuza.
The ex-Kiri Ninja's eyes widened again as the Naruto in front of him disappeared, and as his left arm fell to the ground. "I-Impossible..." muttered the man before he fell to the ground.
Tazuna looked at Naruto with shock and awe, from what he saw with team seven, Kakashi and Sasuke were seemingly the more powerful ones, but Naruto had just defeated one of the most poweful Ninja in Mizu no Kuni effortlessly. The young blonde man in front of him now was much different than the one he saw an hour ago...the new one had menacing eyes and an incredbily oppressing aura. Tazuna felt like his entire being was petrified when Naruto looked into his eyes...
Naruto stared down at the fallen man. "You will not die from those wounds...so you should call you partner down from those tree to treat your wounds..." said Naruto condesendingly before he walked away, gesturing Tazuna to follow him.
A person with a hunter-nin mask on jumped down next to Zabuza and quickly carried him away via Shunshin, the person also took Zabuza's severed arm.
Naruto just chuckled in amusement and continued to walk, it baffled him how famous Ninja like Momochi Zabuza could be so weak He then looked at his client and smiled. "So Tazuna-san...how are until we are at your house...?