CHAPTER 16
Poll closed story has evolved to a Naruto x Kurenai x Yugito, but that is it the story wont go beyond those three and as always please review.
"Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step behind their greatest failure"-Napoleon Hill
"Sensei you can't be serious the cra is not necessary" Tsunade said. "Even if he chooses not to follow it I still have to inform him about it and that he can but doesn't have to follow it" Hiruzen said. "You guys are confusing me please tell me what's going on and what's this cra thing?" Naruto asked.
"the cra was a law established by the nindaime that if a clan was dying out and there was at least one member with a useful bloodline or if the clan was prominent this law could be put in place allowing the person to take multiple husbands or wife's to repopulate the clan which is why its normally activated for males in situations like yours Naruto-kun" Hiruzen said.
"Ok hold on so let me get this right because I'm the last member of a clan you want me to take multiple wife's to make my clan grow faster" Naruto said. "yes that is what is going on Naruto but like I said to Tsunade just because you are under the law doesn't mean you have to follow it, while the law is in place for you it is optional for you if you want to take one woman or multiple women" Hiruzen said.
"Ok well I'm going to leave and think this over and I will keep in mind what you said" Naruto said. Naruto then left the office to go think leaving Tsunade and Hiruzen arguing. Naruto was heading to his team training ground so he could think this over or just train to forget it.
When Naruto arrived at the training ground he saw his team there training. "Hey guys are we going to take a mission today?" Naruto asked. Everyone looked over to him "ah yes Naruto we were just about to go looking for you, we figured you had finished your secret meeting with the Hokage by now" Kurenai said.
"We just finished so I came here to train so are we going to take a mission sensei?" Naruto asked. "Yes I am taking all of you on what is known as the bane of all genin D-rank missions" Kurenai said. "What could be so bad about a mission?" Naruto asked. "You will see soon" Kurenai said.
Kurenai and her team then headed towards the Hokage office to receive their mission. When they got to the office the hokage along with a chunin were sitting behind a desk handing out scrolls to other shinobis.
"hokage-sama we have come here for a mission" Kurenai said. "I see well a good first mission is always catching Tora" Hiruzen said with a chuckle. Kurenai looked slightly pale before accepting the mission and turning to her team. "Alright team 8 our mission is to capture Tora the demon cat" Kurenai said.
"Catching a cat how is this a mission jiji, I thought we would do stuff like guard famous people and save princesses and stuff" Naruto said. Hiruzen chuckled "well while those missions do happen sometimes you are a brand new team so you get D-rank missions, I will explain the mission chart to you Naruto" Hiruzen said.
Hiruzen then pointed to a chart on the wall. "D-rank missions are assigned to new genin so they can train and get experience, C-rank missions are given to experienced genin and low level chunin, B-rank missions are given to elite chunin and low level jounin, A-rank missions are given to mid jounin, and S-rank missions are given to elite jounin and anbu" Hiruzen said.
"Fine I understand but we won't be doing D-ranks forever" Naruto said. "Naruto is right team we won't be doing these forever but in the mean time we do have a mission so let's go and do it so we can get another mission so that we will get the minimum done faster so we can get a C-rank" Kurenai said.
Kurenai and her team then left to go find and capture Tora the demon cat. The team had been looking all over the forest for Tora when they came upon the cat. "Target in sight" Naruto said. "This is Raven 5m to target" Sasuke said. "This is Lavender 10m to Target" Hinata said. "This is Maelstrom 2m to target" Naruto said.
"Ok team GO" Kurenai said. The team then jumped forward and Naruto captured Tora in his arms and the cat started struggling until Naruto loosened his hold and started petting it at which point it curled into him and purred. "That's not possible that cat hates everyone" Kurenai mumbled.
"Well let's just say Naruto has experience when it comes to calming cats" Sasuke snickered. Naruto blushed heavily before a smirk came to his face "oh well is my experience with cats anything like your experience with massages" Naruto said and busted out laughing when Sasuke blushed.
"Shut up Naruto" Sasuke said. Once the two were done messing with each other the team headed to the hokages office to turn in Tora and the mission. Once in the office Naruto understood why the cat ran away his owner was squeezing him to death.
'Oh man I'm probably going to hear it for this later' Naruto thought. "Excuse me miss but I think I can help you so that Tora doesn't run away again" Naruto said causing the women to stop squeezing Tora. "Really how would you do that" She said. Naruto then walked up to the lady 'oh boy here it goes' "well I think Tora runs because you don't pet him right, if you pet him like this" Naruto said before showing the lady how to pet the cat making Tora purr "see if you pet Tora like this and don't squeeze him he shouldn't run away" Naruto said.
"Oh thank you so much young man" the lady said before she paid for the mission and left. Naruto turned around and noticed Hiruzen Kurenai and the chunin handing out scrolls looking at him with bulging eyes. "Naruto do you have any idea who that was you just talked to?" Hiruzen asked. "No why jiji" naruto said. "Naruto she is the only reason we keep accepting that mission she is the fire daimyo's wife" Hiruzen said.
Naruto paled slightly "but" here Naruto brightened a little "I guess now that she is not killing Tora and he's not running away it means we won't have to see her but this is good because you were nice when talking to her so there won't be any repercussions" Hiruzen said. "Well that's always good, Kurenai-sensei said we were going to do another mission though so I guess we need another D-rank" naruto said.
"Sure your mission will be pulling weeds out of a yard" Hiruzen said. "ok team you heard Hokage-sama lets go do this mission so we can get some training in" Kurenai said. Team 8 then headed off to do their mission.
The rest of the month went by relatively the same with team 8 doing missions and then training and practicing their skills as a team. Today though Kurenai had a surprise for her team that would brighten their day. "Alright team lets go get our mission" Kurenai said. Naruto and Sasuke grumbled slightly tired of D-ranks.
Once inside the office they approached the desk to receive their mission. "Ah hello team 8 I take it you are here for you mission" Hiruzen said. "Hai Hokage-sama" Kurenai said. "Very well let's see for D-ranks we have cleaning the river near training ground 20, pulling weeds, cleaning the Inu-"Hiruzen said before Kurenai spoke.
"Excuse me Hokage-sama but my team has done enough D-ranks to receive a C-rank and I believe they are ready so I am requesting a C-rank" Kurenai said. Here Naruto and Sasuke perked up. "I see very well this one just came in from wave country, your mission will be to protect a bridge builder on his way to wave and as he builds his bridge; please send Tazuna in" Hiruzen said.
The door to the side opened and an old man who reeked of alcohol stepped out. "These are the brats that are going to guard me their just a bunch of kids, but at least the sensei is hot" Tazuna said. Naruto Sasuke and Kurenai all narrowed their eyes before Naruto and Sasuke vanished before reappearing behind Tazuna.
Naruto had drawn his blade and had it against Tazunas neck and Sasuke had a kunai pointing at Tazunas manhood. "It's a good day for you Tazuna-san, because you are our client I can't hurt you but that doesn't mean I can't scare you. Not only is our team enough to guard you from whatever comes our way, but you shouldn't disrespect our sensei. Next time I won't give a warning and our mission only said to get you to wave alive it never said anything about missing a piece or two" Naruto said.
Naruto then slowly removed his blade from Tazunas throat and put it on his back. "Sensei what gate are we leaving through and in how much time?" Naruto asked. "We leave in one hour through the north gate pack for a two week trip" Kurenai said.
"Ok sensei, Sasuke lets go I have something to give you since we are going on a C-rank" Naruto said. Sasuke nodded before leaving with Naruto. The one hour passed fast for Kurenai and she was now just waiting at the gate for her team.
Hinata was the first to arrive after Kurenai, then the client Tazuna. After another minute Naruto and Sasuke arrived but both were wearing different clothes and had different gear. Sasuke was wearing a black shirt with mesh underneath and dark blue pants and he had one arm sleeve completely colored silver much like Kurenais red sleeve and he had a sword in a sheath on his side.
Naruto had changed into a dark blue shirt and top but he had bands holding down the ankles wrist and elbows on the clothes so he was still very mobile but the clothes were also tight as to not allow enemies anything to grab onto and he also had a new sword with him. While his massive sword was still on his back he now had a new katana on his side much like Sasukes sword.
"Sorry we are a little late sensei we are ready to leave" Naruto said. "ok team 8 we will move out in a defensive formation, Hinata you are in front of Tazuna use your byakugan every five minutes or so. Naruto you and Sasuke will take Tazunas sides, also Naruto keep your sensory up. Finally I will take the back" Kurenai said.
With their formation set team 8 set out.
Team 8 had been walking at civilian speeds for about an hour now when Naruto turned his head to the side and saw a puddle. 'Huh that's a weak hiding spot, better tell Sasuke and sensei' Naruto thought. Naruto then clapped his hands together making Tazuna jump and everyone else look at him Naruto then made a few discreet hand signs, then yawned.
"Man we have been walking forever how far away is this place old man?" Naruto asked. "Well at this pace only a few more hours and we should reach wave country after that it's another hour walk to my house" Tazuna said.
As Tazuna finished talking team 8 had just passed the water puddle when two ninja jumped out of the puddle and wrapped a chain around Kurenai and then pulled tearing Kurenai into pieces. "One down four to go" one of the ninja said.
The two ninja then turned their focus to Tazuna and charged him but Hinata took out a kunai and got into a defensive stance, only for Sasuke to get in front of here and activate his sharingan. Before either ninja could try to charge threw them, Naruto appeared in front of the ninja and grabbed the hand of each ninja that had the gauntlet attached and bent their arms at odd angles making a sickening crunch and making the ninja cry out in pain before Naruto knocked them out.
"Sensei you can come out" Naruto said. Just them Kurenai came out from the trees revealing that what was shredded was a log. "well done Hinata and Sasuke you immediately guarded the client and Naruto you did excellent with dealing with them but you should look at that cut their gauntlets were poisoned" Kurenai said.
"Don't worry about that sensei keep going with Tazuna I am going to interrogate these two then catch up" Naruto said. "Are you sure about that Naruto I think I can get the information" Kurenai said. "no stay with Tazuna, their maybe more ninja and as a jounin you are more capable of protecting Tazuna also ero-jiji taught me how to interrogate people for information since it is part of handling a spy network" Naruto said.
"very well your point is accurate just don't take too long next time if we are attacked again it will be a stronger ninja and we have a better chance against a stronger enemy with all four of us" Kurenai said. Naruto nodded before he took the two chunin ninja and went into the forest.
As soon as Kurenai started leaving with Tazuna and her team she could have sworn she heard laughing coming from where Naruto went into the forest. Shaking it off for now Kurenai promised herself she would ask about it later.
'Oh man this isn't good I better catch up to sensei' naruto thought. Naruto quickly sped off to his team and quickly caught up to them in a few minutes. "Sensei put your guard up" Naruto said the second he saw his team. "Naruto calm down what's going on" Kurenai said.
" those two were just scouts and expendable they were sent to spy on us to take in our numbers then try to take out as many of us as possible they also told me that a man named Gato hired more missing nin then just them to kill Tazuna" Naruto said.
Kurenai was quiet taking in the information before turning to Tazuna "speak now" Kurenai said in a serious voice. Tazuna then spilled everything about how this Gato came in and took over the whole town and of all the crimes he had committed and then why Gato wanted him dead.
"I see that is indeed a problem and a noble cause on your part but this mission has escalated and is no longer a C-rank we are not classified for this" Kurenai said. "I already sent out for reinforcements when I heard that multiple missing nin were hired by Gato but after hearing Tazunas story I only want to help more I won't drop this mission" Naruto said.
"I agree with Naruto on this there is no way I will leave Tazuna alone now that I know what's going on" Sasuke said. "I agree with Naruto-kun and Sasuke-kun we can't leave Tazuna alone and you heard Naruto-kun he sent for reinforcements we can do this" Hinata said without a stutter.
"Very well since all three of you agree and since naruto did send for reinforcements we will continue this mission but be aware that next they will send a jounin someone of my caliber so be ready for anything and pay extra attention to everything" Kurenai said.
Team 8 then continued on their way to wave unaware of the fast approaching danger. The team had been walking for a few more hours before they reached a water zone where a boat was waiting. "Tazuna hurry we can't stay here much longer" the boat man said.
Teams 8 quickly got on the boat and were sitting quietly on the boat when they approached a giant bridge. "Wow that bridge is huge is that the bridge you are working on old man?" Naruto asked. "Yes it is when I'm done it will connect the main land to fire country allowing us to be free of Gato and his tyranny" Tazuna said.
After that the rest of the boat ride was silent until they reached shore. Team 8 quickly exited the boat before Tazuna turned around. "How much do I owe you for the ride?" Tazuna asked. "Just finish the bridge Tazuna and I will consider it payment enough" the boat driver said before turning on the engine and leaving.
Team 8 was walking for a bit before Naruto flung a kunai at a nearby tree. "Come out I know you are there, I can sense your chakra that's the only reason I even noticed you to be honest" Naruto said, but decided to be quiet about the second signature he sensed incase it was friendly and didn't want to blow their cover.
"Hahaha I like you brat you seem to have good skills that will make killing you all the more enjoyable" a voice said from seemingly everywhere. "You have to come out if you want to kill me and also killing me will be a lot harder than you think" Naruto said.
"We will see about that brat" the voice replied from everywhere again. Suddenly though Naruto heard a sound before his eyes widened at what he was hearing. "Get down" Naruto shouted before he looked to the side and saw the blade coming straight for his neck.
Acting quickly because he didn't have enough time to dodge Naruto ran chakra into his arm to brace it before he grabbed the blade out of the air by the handle before his eyes widened. 'this blade is huge you would have to be strong to wield it let alone throw it but what frightens me is what this blade is' naruto thought before he threw the blade at a tree where it embedded itself in the tree before a man appeared standing on it.
"I was right you do have skills brat you stopped my blade that's impressive" the now revealed man said. "Zabuza Momochi A-rank missing ninja form Kirigakure former member of the seven ninja swordsman of the mist wanted for staging a coup against current Mizukage Yagura" Naruto said.
"I see you are very knowledgeable as well but you will only interest me when you are placed in my bingo book like your sensei, Kurenai Yuhi genjutsu mistress of the leaf and A-ranked ninja in the bingo book" Zabuza said.