The second chapter is here! Wooop wooop!
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11 YEARS LATER
Six figures were jumping from tree to tree at an alarming rate.
"Taichou! Seems like we have been spotted."
"Copy that! Zero get on it!"
A man of small stature stopped in his tracks, this was zero. The other five stopped after a few feet and hid behind the shadows, watching the lone figure in the clearing. A moment after, six figures appeared in front of their team mate.
"Taichou, are you sure that kid can handle that?!" A female voice filled their transmitters, shock apparent in her tone. All she heard was chuckling, what does she not know!? The captain threw a bingo book in her way. "Read that, actually no. Just watch and then read it, you don't want to miss this show."
Zero looked on, as his opponents eyed him, readying themselves for combat.
"Konoha nin, why are you in iwa territory?" Zero crack his joints.
"I repeat again! Why are you in iwa territory!?" Zero cracked more finger joints.
"You are now in custody of Iwa, surrender and you will receive a fair sentence. If not, then die." The Iwa nin's tensed, the man in front of them lifted his arm, finger pointed towards them like a pistol. His wrist flicked upwards, like how it would when a gun recoils.
They laughed beside one, as he fell back. Dead. Thump. All eyes were directed at the lifeless body on the ground, a hole on his forehead. They had no time to react as Zero appeared between them, kunai already lodged on the back of two of their teammates.
Thump.
Two bodies fell lifeless in a matter of seconds, three was left. Zero stood up straight, both arms outstretched by his side's, pointed at his enemies. Screams were heard as their body convulsed, eyes rolling back to their heads.
Thump.
The lone iwa nin stared at the kid in front of him, recollecting his thoughts, he slammed both palms against the ground. "Doton Doryuusou!"
Spikes rose from the ground, narrowly avoiding the mud spikes, Zero created space between the two. "Fuuton kazekari no jutsu!" Zero waved his arm in a slashing motion, air released from his fingertips.
The fuuton jutsu cut the tips off the mud spikes and raced towards the iwa nin. With no time to react, the iwa nin catapulted himself to a branch. Zero outstretched his arm again, the sudden scrambling in his ears distracted him causing his jutsu to miss.
"Zero, it's time to go! Iwa nins would have felt the chakra spikes!"
The voice was from their captain, his orders were absolute. Relieving from his stance, he turned his back at the iwa nin and made his way towards his comrades.
"Wait! Who are you?" The the call went unheeded as the man that defeated his squad disappeared in the shadows, leaving him with 5 dead bodies.
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"Holy shit! Zero is an A rank ninja!?" She couldn't believe it! The kid, way younger than her, was as strong or even stronger that she was.
The kid for his part did not react to her blatant shock of the the information, continuing jumping from branch to branch. The ranking was nothing to him, he was there to serve his higher ups.
"So that's why they call you trigger, that attack you did… What was that?"
…..
The captain shook his head, the kid was in his own world again, probably think of ways to improve his justsu's. Deciding to be welcoming to the new recruit, he answered her question. "That is wind manipulation, he coats the tip of his pointing finger with very condensed wind. However-"
"But… to form such a thing requires great-"
"Chakra control, yes. However, what i would like to know is what happened to the other two?"
Regaining his thoughts, he could hear the mutterings in his ear piece. They were talking about him, or more specifically, his jutsu. "I used Raiton, channeling electricity to the tip of my fingers. It's like a defibrillator, but it would fry your brains out if released in the correct spot."
The captain nodded in approval, to be Anbu, you must have full control over two nature affinities and last but not least full knowledge of human anatomy. That is why Anbu's are deadly killers, silent killing is their job and that requires instant death.
However, not everyone approved of his skills, the woman shook her head in disbelief. 'What are you?'
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Naruto sat by the entrance to the training area within Anbu Headquarters. It has become a common occurrence for Anbu's to see him there, watching, learning and even joining their training. Everybody knew the masked clad kid of Anbu, how couldn't they? Personally trained by the two commanders of the divisions and if he wasn't busy, the Anbu Commander himself. Three of some of the strongest shinobi's in Konoha training a little kid, who the fuck is he?
He adorned a rather obscure masked, it was half dog, half cat. On one cheek he had a whisker like mark and on the other was a red swirl a flame-esque style. The blonde now stood at 5'7, a tall height for his age. His hair has grown longer, bangs now framing his masked at both sides.
In front of him, a new batch of Anbu's that has been hand picked by the Hokage and the Anbu Commander. However, this doesn't mean they are accepted, there was an initiation test. The initiation test was no easy feat. It was specifically created to weed out the weak and separate them from the strong.
He felt a hand ruffling his hair, disapprovement of the action plastered all over his face. He doesn't understand the need for such a thing when a simple hello would have sufficed as a greeting.
Looking up he saw a purple haired Anbu, she wore the official kit that has been given to them bar the katana sheathed behind her back. The said woman belonged in the Hunter-nin division, this can be seen through her grey hitate.
Divisions are distinguishable by their hitate, Black is infiltration and Grey is for the hunter-nin division. She plopped herself beside him causing the blonde to shuffle aside. This scene was also a common occurrence in Anbu, it was widely known that the older shinobi had taken an interest in the youngling.
"What can I help you with Cat-san? And may i remind you again, a hello would be suffice." Naruto spoke with an emotionless tone, she's persistent and her persistence will only take her so far.
The older of the two shook her head, it was the same response as always. "You know, you need to relax from time to time. When i see you, you're either training, watching people train or reading about jutsu's in the library! That is not normal for your age!" Her voice was angry but caring, like how a mother would speak to her child.
The blonde thought about her words, again, he was questioning her. Why would you do such a thing when you have not reached your goal? A goal of Anbu is to protect and serve the Hokage. To protect you must be strong, to serve you must be obedient. Training to protect, reading to serve. "Age does not affect ones lifestyle choice. Relaxing is only an option when a mission has been reached." There was no stutter in his voice, as if he was programmed to think like that. It was like he never had a childhood, it was exactly like that.
This saddened the woman, how can it not? A kid not even a month old drafted to Anbu, where was the morals in that! No one knew who he was with the exceptions of the Anbu Commander Zö and the Hokage himself. Word had spread that day of the child of Anbu, new ones learn from the old of the kid who was born in Anbu.
She was losing her calm, she was getting nowhere with the kid. The said kid had the thought process of a grown man. Before she could utter another word, a tri-pronged kunai embedded against the wood next to her head in which the head of her companion should have been. The said blonde didn't even flinch, he just leaned his head to one side to dodge the incoming kunai. The shock in her eyes says it all, only a veteran would have been able to calmly dodge that kunai, others would have parried it. This impressed the woman greatly, such calmness, such fluidity in his movements. 'He made that look too easy for his own age.'
Grabbing the kunai off the wall, Naruto stood up and stared directly ahead. "I must take my leave Cat-san." The Anbu commander stood in the middle of the training ground looking at him. Without warning, he shot off towards his mentor, leaving the purple haired anbu angry.
In no time Naruto was beside the Anbu commander who has been overseeing the initiation test, few had already left. The new blood, looked at him in amazement. Whispering started and Naruto was the main topic, or specifically, his age. He was used to the shock looks he got, even better when they find out, i have been here all my life. His thoughts was broken down by the Anbu Commander's booming voice.
"Shut the HELL UP! FOCUS!" Turning away from the group, he focused on Naruto. "Spar with me, just taijutsu."
Naruto nodded, he liked sparring with the commander. It's his way of training him, practicality is where he excels and the commander knew that. Taking a few steps back, he readied into his stance.
Both shinobis nodded, both simultaneously disappearing in a blur creating a dust cloud in their wake. They met in between, a flurry of punches was thrown until Naruto outstretched too far. "Never lunge!" Zô, grabbed onto his wrist, twisted his upper body and threw Naruto away. Naruto not being easily done, stood up and began his assault. This time, using his legs, he sent a kick toward his mentor only for it to be blocked by the man's shin. Sending another punch which was again blocked, Zô shook his head. "Your stance is loose!"
Dropping to the ground, Zô hooked Naruto's standing leg. As he was falling, Zo placed his hands against Naruto's throat, choke slamming him to the ground. The dust cloud cleared and revealed a rock in place of Naruto. "Neh, didn't i say just taijutsu?" Zô turned around to face Naruto who was a few feet away.
Naruto took out a few kunais and launched them at the commander with accuracy. "You also said, there are no set of rules in real life combat." The commander dodged the projectiles with ease.
Using the kunai's as a distraction, he appeared behind his commander. kunai in hand, he slashed the commander only for it to be parried.
"Too predictable and the slash was too wide, keep it tight!" The commander twisted his wrist to disarm naruto and sent him flying with a kick to the chest.
Landing smoothly, naruto went through a couple of hand signs. "Kage Bunshin no jutsu." Three copies of Naruto appeared beside him, in unison, they circled the commander like a vulture stalking its prey. Each second, their speed increased, fast enough to provide a screen of dust clouds.
Zo looked on with approval, 'disturbing my view using dust clouds, i approve!' His thoughts trailed as an incoming kunai whizzed passed the dust cloud, kunai in hand, the commander easily parried the projectile. A second later three kunais entered his view, having no choice, he ducked to prevent his head being sliced off. As he ducked, a shadow loomed over him, a smile graced his lips. 'Gotcha!'
Looking up, he was taken back. The Naruto he saw did not have a weapon, he didn't have his arm ready to punch him. Realisation dawned on, 'Shit! I need to get out of this dust cloud barrier. Fast!' As he jumped out, he collided with one of the clones which in turn wrapped all four limbs around him. 'Oh shit!'
BOOM
The sound of the explosion resonated across the training fields, Anbu's alike stared at the blast in which created a tall dust cloud. The dust settled and there they saw the Anbu Commander, standing with his white cape slightly burned and one of its sleeve blown off.
Before he could dust himself off, Naruto was sending a barrage of punches. Due to his disoriented state, some punches landed against his lower abdomen. Jumping back to provide distance, he threw a well precisioned kunai to prevent Naruto from getting any closer. The kunai hit the mark as it caught naruto's sleeve and in turn caught a bit of flesh in his arm. Blood trickled down from the wound, it wasn't deep enough to stop the spar but it was enough to stop his onslaught.
"Ninjutsu."
Naruto heard the shout and nodded. Unbeknown to the two, they have attracted the attention of the new blood of Anbu. Their instructors shook their heads as they looked at each other, this was another spar that they all knew would end badly for the kid.
"5000 yen, the kid doesn't last another minute?" Shouted a black haired, boar masked Anbu. A number of his comrades laughed, they knew too well nobody will bet against that.
They thought wrong, a female voice interrupted their laughter, "10,000 Yen, my baby draws blood from the commander before he eventually loses?"
Boar laughed, "Make it 50,000 and it is a deal!" Both Anbu's shook hands, their comrades acting as their witness. The woman had brown long hair tied in a bun and wore a bird masked. She is the Commander of the Hunter-nin division, the same woman that fed Naruto when he was a baby.
Said Naruto appeared to be going through a number of handsigns as wind picked up in the area. "Fuuton kaiten shuriken!" wind like shuriken formed on his hand, spinning wildly, Naruto threw the jutsu.
The wind jutsu raced towards Zö, shaking his head, he easily dodged the jutsu. "If you're gonna throw that, channel chakra to behind it! It would reach me faster." Zö smiled as placed his fingers by his mouth, a fireball appeared and projected towards Naruto at speed.
"Doryuu Heki!" Slamming the ground again, a mud wall erupted in front of Naruto, ultimately blocking the ball of fire. He panted, a jutsu you do not have high affinity to will take a lot from its user. But, he always seemed to have endless chakra. Steadying himself, he created Kage bunshins. Naruto left the cover of the wall and scouted for the commander.
Spotting the blonde, he threw a number of kunais to stall the kid. He witness the blonde dodging a couple and parrying the rest. Said blonde stopped at his tracks and faced him. "You know you should just give up, you won't win."
Naruto dismissed the idea as he took out a kunai and charged at his opponent. Twisting and turning to dodge another round of incoming projectiles, he found himself face to face with the commander with his fist cocked back.
The commander swore he saw the first smile on the lad. Shaking the thoughts away, he was prevented on taking a closer step towards Naruto due to a pair of arms grabbing on to his legs. Before he could do anything the Naruto in front him shook his head.
"BOOM!"
'Naruto' exploded, sending 'Zö' flying across the yard, landed on his back and disappearing in a puff of smoke. The real Naruto erupted from the ground and surveyed the area, nowhere. His sensei was nowhere to be senses told him to duck, so he did. A katana was hair lengths away from decapitating him. Equipping himself with his last pair of kunai's, he rushed at his mentor.
Sparks flew as metal collided with each swing they both took. Naruto was slowly crumbling, going against an anbu commander was no easy feat. Both separated one was panting heavily, the other stood straight, unwavered.
Naruto's gazed moved towards his tri-pronged kunai. Shaking his head he readied himself, throwing tri-pronged kunai as a diversion. He was about to rush until he felt that pull. The feeling of being tugged, something was trying to pull him. Naruto closed his eyes, focusing on the alien feeling.
The commander merely leaned his head to avoid the projectile. Katana in hand, he set himself knowing naruto would rush him. He stared at the blonde, waiting and shocked couldn't begin to describe what he saw.
The same emotion was currently shown by the audience they have accumulated. Shocked apparent in their eyes, the Hokage who had been watching in the balcony shared their thoughts. 'Could it be?'
Naruto disappeared, literally. A flash of yellow behind the commander and naruto appeared, tri-pronged kunai in both hands. However, the blonde swayed, feet tapping about like a drunk trying to balance himself.
His head felt it was about to be ripped in pieces and body seemed like it had been sliced like a cake. Dizziness, and sickness was overcoming him. Dropping to the floor, he vomited as he used one hand to clutch his head. Blue eyes rolled back as he dropped to the floor next to his sick.
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"What can i help you with Hokage-sama?" Zö sat on his chair, Hokage in front of him, he felt something nostalgic about the situation. The Hokage laid his hat on the desk in front of him and smiled.
"Naruto, i need him out of Anbu… He will be joining the academy."