Damn, that shit was crazy!

Okay people I'm back, no I'm not dead, no I didn't drink the water, no I didn't have sex with no girls unprotected..

Anyways, I'm sorry for the late update but I've been super busy with school and all that shit and this is my last year of high school(Fucking finally.) and everything is all over the place.

Soon we'll be right back on track with the weekly updates but for now its gonna take some time for things to start running smoothly.

Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

Yamigakure

"Fuck, Nami!" Naruto yelled. This mission went from crazy to straight out fuck me in less then three days. Naruto jumped out of the way as a pale grey creäture tried to rip his throat off with its long nails.. Minato was right these missions are weird. He whipped out his katana struggling to cut through the skin of one of the creatures. He looked over at Nami and while she was holding her own, she was clearly not the one in control.. she was punched against the side of a wall before sliding to the floor...

'Shit'

"Sasuke! Go help Nami, I'll watch your back." He said screaming over at Sasuke who was in the middle of cutting down a shinobi who tried to sneak up on him, Sasuke sharingan was blazing and his reapor blade was glowing a vibrant blue. This was the first time Naruto actually saw the power of the Chiki scyke, he always wondered what was the point of taking someone soul.. he found it revolting really but the power it carried was unbelievable.. if anything Sasuke was the only one actually doing good in this fight.. he not sure but apparently the souls sucked into thew weapon is turned into chakra, then Sasuke absorbs it but with every soul Sasuke takes on a different appearance.. Sasuke looked more dead then alive now, his skin was pale, his body has lost weight almost skeleton like.. but the power he was giving off was making him uneasy.. but as long as he was on his side, he didn't care.

Sasuke gave a small nod before cutting down the first three creatures he saw easily picking Nami up and carrying her away. Naruto closed his eyes, taking in a deep breath.. opening his eyes his Tama glowing silver. His blade began to flow.

3 days earlier.

Naruto took a minute to look over his choice of things to carry. Spread across his bed was a display of items, ranging from ninja-mask to boxers, kunais, shurikens, ink for his sealing scrolls, exploding tags, his katana, and different pair of official SPEAK gear. Which was basic Anbu clothing only his golden cape surrounded it.. he took the mask into his hands observing it, looking at its well polished frame.

He looked at the dull mask, it was completely gold, no animal design, no form of architecture.. it was plain and gold. He was no one, it was hard to accept but from now on, this was him. A mask. Which is funny, now he will have to mask to cover his true self. He tossed the mask back on the bed and grabbed a towel. He needed a shower, not before taking a look out the window, it was a full moon and Naruto Sekai glowed brightly.

" You shouldn't let yourself be so easily controlled by power." Naruto quipped an eyebrow.

"You've been awfully quiet."

"Why waste words? Get some rest, I have a feeling this mission is gonna be..odd."

Naruto didn't bother answering.

"A blue rose grows in the dark."

Nami sighed as she put away the last scroll into her book back. Everything organized just how she liked it, only thing lying around was her SPEAK gear. While the regular Anbu look annoyed her, she was actually pretty happy with the yellow cape and red mask. Her eyes lingered on the mask, she bit her bottom lip, why did she agree to this? These missions were obviously way beyond their ability. Then why? Was is because she wanted to prove something to her father? Did she not want to let her team down, by robbing them of such a great opportunity. No.

"Naruto.." She whispered. Her brother, her rival, the person not to long ago was on her kill list. Everything was so different now.. she placed her red masked over her face.

"I can't stay young forever."

Sasuke was going through a couple of katas, his sharingan full blazing a black aura circulating around him.

"Very good Sasuke, but you should go prepare."

breathing in, he began a blaze display of tai-jutsu every punch covered in black fire before smacking his hand together, a black phoenix engulfed his whole frame.

Phoenix style: Dark fire.

The bird gave a screech before destroying the small post a couple of feet in front of him. Turning his back Sasuke walked away,

'Soon Itachi, very soon.'

Next morning.

Nanashi sighed sitting on top of the gate of the village entrance. He looked down at their escort and frowned, out of all missions. To think he would have to go back to that god forsaken village. But a mission was a mission. And even if he didn't like it, he'll complete it. Performing a backwards somersault landing gracefully on his feet.

"This mission you asked for, is there anything we should know about it?" Nanashi asked, not looking back at the man. The man-made a strange sound it was either a grunt, or a scuff.

"I thought it was on a don't ask, don't tell basis?" The man responded smoothly. Nanashi smirked, already behind the man. Leaning for he could whisper into his ear.

"True." Back in the spot he was before. "But remember everything unfolds, eventually." Right on time as Kakashi arrived followed by Naruto and Sasuke.

"Where's Nami?" Kakashi said looking around. A red and yellow blur was his answer.

"Sorry I'm late." Was her only response before taking her place next to Sasuke and Naruto.

"Okay guys gather up." Nanashi spoke. "Well be heading to Yamigakure, if we move at top speed will be there by tomorrow afternoon. This is an escort mission don't expect a lot of action but at the same time be prepared for anything. I hope you all brought the necessary items for a mission."

"Hai." Was his only response. "Neh, who exactly are we escorting?" Nami asked. The man stepped forward.

"My name is, Mitsu. From now until then, you will protect me with your life. I don't care about your names, I don't care if you die. As long as you help me get to my destination. We are both on a mission, and we both don't want to fail. I am fully capable of handling myself."

The group took a minute to see this man. He was slim about 130, 5'9. He had black flowing hair tied in a pony tail that reached his mid back, ire pale skin, and blood red eyes that took up for of his iris. He wore a full black leather jacket with black gloves, covered from neck to feet in black. His voice was low and almost hungry and his eye screamed death.

Naruto frowned, the KI coming off this guy was unbelievable. It wasn't your regular ninja KI which was small and contained from lack of use, but this man was wild and crazy, power he has tapped into, something he thought was impossible by any regular person.. yes, he definitely needed to keep an eye on him. Sasuke was somewhere along the same lines but his suspicion was more than the normal.. this guy was a reaper. Nami frowned, something about this guy didn't feel right.

"Hai SPEAK, let's go." Kakashi ushered. They took into the tree line. Naruto was quickly lost in thought. Why was this guy KI so tapped into? From Ikiro description this guy was human, but if so why was he so in-tune with his KI... but that didn't bother him what did was that his KI easily passed his and he had a celestial inside him! The guy had so much KI, he could barely feel his chakra he didn't even know if he had any to begin with. He was tempted to check with his Sekai but drawing suspicion like that was not smart, plus he had to remember from now on.. everyone was an enemy even his team.

Sasuke took short glances at Naruto, it was rare to find the kid so lost in thought he caught him looking at the client and frowned.

'Any thoughts?'

' Interesting. To think you'll be lucky to come in contact with another reaper like you.. maybe you'll get to test your true power.. you'll lose of course but it'll be fun to see.'

'Hn.'

If the sage found him interesting then it was definitely something worth looking into. But for now, he'll just keep a look out for him. He knew he came far, his power was nowhere near normal but he wasn't blind he knew he needed more if he wished to kill him.. he looked at Naruto. How could he get so strong? In our spars he barely try's and we still struggle to beat him.. even if we ain't trying either but still.. there was something about Naruto that just didn't rub him right. Then comes Nami the girl had so much potential, she was clearly the fastest followed by himself but what Naruto lacked in speed he made up for it ten folds in strategy and power. He wasn't worried about her now though, maybe she'll be more of a challenge in the future.

Nami was cruising, her body was on auto pilot. She was actually training, in order for her to get control of the Ryuu style she needed to be more in tune with nature. As she marched she was slowly releasing power into the air, letting it mix with the surrounding before trying to take it back in. So far her success level was less than zero.

"You should try not letting go of it in the first place, before you release it. It'll be easier to take it back at but a basic Ryuu technique like that won't help you at all."

Nami tripped over her feet on a straight away dive to the floor. Naruto easily pivoted, jumping from tree to tree about to save her. A black blur appeared just as he was about to grab her. He did a front flip landing easily on his feet, turning his head to look back. There was Mitsu holding Nami in his arms before letting her drop roughly to the floor. And with an almost bored expression he said.

"You should really be more careful." With that he jumped back into the tree. Naruto helped Nami up, looking up at the man.

"Are you okay?" Naruto asked, not taking his eyes off the man, he moved so fast.

"Yeah, let's go." With that they both jumped back up.

"Is everything okay with you two? What happened Nami?" Nami looked down.

"Nothing less continue." She said looking at the clad in black man, a almost invisible smirk on his face.

"Hai. Let's continue." With that Nanashi took his place back in the front, the man in the middle, Naruto and Sasuke to his left and right and Kakashi and Nami in the rear.

Nami was lost in thought. That voice was clearly Mitsu, but the thing was she heard it in her head, his cold low voice... giving her advice. How did he knew I was a ryuu? Impossible he couldn't maybe it was lack of breakfast. She sighed pushing those thoughts to the back of the her mind, she began to think about what Yamigakure looked like, instead of training.

They was traveling for almost ten hours.

"Okay guys, let's make camp here. There's a village not to far from here but I don't think they'll let foreign ninjas stay at an Inn there. So-'

"Actually I stayed at this village before I went to Konoha. They are friendly people, and need the extra income. I suggest we stay there." Nanashi wasn't to happy with being cut off, but looked at his team for complaints. There was none.

"Fine, let's go."

They arrived at the small town and looked around he was right they did need the extra income. The village seem to be on its last leg, and it was already pretty beat up. Houses were in desperate needed of construction, some were missing tiles and the wood was all ready rotten from many years of erosion by rain.

"NARUTO MOVE!"

Caught of guard by the yell, it was too late. A blade pierced through Naruto's chest. Naruto looked down at the blade the tip covered in blood, he went to reach for it but it was too late, the blade was covered in poison... the last thing he saw before falling asleep was Kakashi lowering his head band.. 'Sharingan?'

before the darkness took him.

Next morning.

Naruto woke up with a groan. His head was killing him, his eyes took some time to adjust to the lighting before finally clearing out.

"He's awake."

'Sasuke?'

"To think they were able to come so close without us even sensing them! I knew we shouldn't have trusted you Mitsu, you probably set this whole thing up." Naruto heard Nanashi yell.

"I assure you, I had nothing to do with this." He heard Mitsu calm reply. Naruto turned his head he saw, Mitsu tied to a chair, ropes surrounding his whole body.

"What's going on?" Naruto yelled, and quickly regretted it as his lungs weren't ready for the influx of oxygen. Groaning in pain Naruto clenched his eyes.

"You was stabbed by something. It was fast but Kakashi was able to kill it before it got to far." Nanashi said. Naruto raised an eyebrow at the choice of words 'it'. What was that suppose to mean?

"It was disgusting, it was grey had claws, and sheep legs and when Kakashi hit it with a Raikiri it just blew up into small particles of fire." Nami added. Naruto stood up, feeling the pain jolt across his upper body but stood up right.

"I see. Why is he tied up? He's are client, I'm sure hokage-sama wouldn't want him treated this way."

"That's what I said." Mitsu said coldly, not at all fazed by his current situation.

"Shut up you! At first we thought the attack was aim at you, but when the creäture realized what it did it quickly got angry before yelling out Mitsu name and was about to attack him but Kakashi was already on him."

Naruto nodded, surprised his mask was still on him but it was expected only he could remove it, thanks to a special seal placed in the inside of all of them. The mask could only be removed when your inside the village to make sure no one could see your identity outside the walls and even then only the hokage could remove it once placed on your face. A little extreme, but it most be done.

"Up to this point, I'm surprised you recovered so quickly those creatures carry some really good poison.. I wonder what's helping you?" Nanashi and Kakashi became fully alert. Naruto, Sasuke and Nami all looked a little confused.

"Your shredding in dangerous waters Mitsu." Nanashi said coldly. Mitsu smiled and nodded.

"Carry on then."

"Anyways, we was able to find a doctor which wrapped you up pretty easily and we stood at this in. And were waiting for you to get ready. This message just went to a whole next level, if they were able to sneak up on us like that, especially you and even wound one of us we can't take this mission lightly no more. From now on, we have kill on sight orders, anything that moves, looks, feel funny we kill. I don't care what it is, you attack! Is that understood?" Nanashi yelled.

Naruto, Sasuke and Nami looked at one another. "Hai."

"Good. When ever your ready Naruto. We can't stand around here any longer." Kakashi said. Nami quickly cut-in.

"But Taicho! He's hurt! Can't we-"

"No." Nanashi said. Nami didn't relent.

"But-"

"That's enough Nami!" Naruto yelled already on his feet. Placing his cape on. He reached into his pocket taking out a scroll. He smoothly opened it, biting his thumb spreading blood over the paper.

In his hands were now two Katana.

"The Zaga sword, given by the gods to a man.. to think he's still around haha! You just seem to keep impressing me little one. What is your name?"

Naruto turned around his Sekai glowing brightly in the early morning light. "SPEAK." Naruto said. Mitsu was taken back by the look before falling off his chair, braking it in the process, being free of his bindings. Sasuke stood next to Naruto his sharingan spinning wildly a dark aura spreading around him, Nami stood next to them her eyes still their natural violet color only different hers iris was slit, a green glow surrounding her.

"You'll tell us what you know or we'll let them bring it out of you." Nanashi said proudly. They never looked more like a team then they did now, he was a little surprised by Nami but questions are saved for later.

Mitsu stood up. "Humm, interesting pair of kids you got here. But its useless, I don't know nothing and such a petty gen-jutsu wont work on me Naruto." With that the illusion fell apart and he was right back in his chair. What ever happened most of being between them as everybody was getting ready.

"Indeed, you are surprising Naruto, far ahead the other two." Mitsu said to himself. Still looking at the Zaga sword now placed in Naruto back, while the other blade was on his left hip. Naruto sucked his teeth and continue towards the door.

"Let's go. What ever attacked me, there's more of them. Isn't that right Mitsu?" The clad in black man smirked.

"How should I know?" Before appearing next to Naruto, the chair empty the rope still surrounding it. Some how, no one thought it was strange at all.

"Remember, kill anything." Nanashi reminded them before proceeding out the door.

' I'm surprised you were able to do that technique so flawlessly.' Ikiro said. Naruto kept walking, lost in thought.

'He was able to see through it pretty easily though..'

'Of course! After all you're messing with a Vamp.'

'A what?' Naruto asked scared of the answer.

'A vampire, well not exactly more of a human hybrid. It was a myth back in my days but I knew they were real. After all I fought a couple of them, and let me tell you they weren't push over.'

'Any suggestion?' Naruto asked. No wonder this guy KI was so potent.

'No, just be happy he hasn't killed you. He could do it pretty easily. From what I can tell he has bigger problems, and needs your help. If he just wanted to kill you all he would have done it the minute you left the Hokage office together."

'That makes me feel better.'

'It should.'

'How so?'

'Because you my boy has got to be the luckiest man alive.. to find a vamp who is interested in you! If my expectations are correct you just made a very powerful ally.'

'I think I'll like him better when he's on the other end of my sword.' Naruto said. He got no reply. Sasuke was having the same conversation with the sage but his was a lot more serious.

'Should I kill him?" Sauske.

'You'll die.'

Sasuke nodded. A smirk on his face, finally someone he could test the full extent of his power.

Once, they were a couple of miles away from the village, Mitsu called for a halt.

"What's wrong?" Nanashi asked.

"Were surrounded." Mitsu replied, surprisingly a little bothered. They all stood on full alert as thousands of mini eyes, surrounded the area.

"MITSU!"

I'm so sorry for the long wait then this short chapter but I have massive writers block, takes me two week just to write a paragraph. But now I'm getting back on track, and hopefully you will still enjoy!

Well sorry guys again!

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