Hello again everyone; I'm back once again to bring you another chapter of my story. I hope you all are enjoying my story and will keep on supporting my work; now then with nothing else to say lets begin.
Virtue and Venom: Chapter 9
Konoha Academy classroom; 2 weeks after the bridge incident: With Mamushi
Mamushi was sitting in a classroom alone humming to herself as she wrote the answer sheet on her test 'Ninja A and Ninja B are both running east and they decide to use chakra to run faster; is they ninja A use 10 percent chakra and ninja B uses 12 percent chakra and run at max speed of 20 miles an hour how soon will they reach point A 50 miles away and how much chakra will they have left at the end' she read in her head.
Behind the chalkboard which was a one-way mirror disguised with a genjutsu; Hiruzen, Ibiki, Inoichi Yamanaka, Tsume Inuzuka, Hiashi Hyuga, Shikaku Nara, Choza Akimichi and Shibi Aburame were all standing there looking at the girl do her test.
"She's almost done and it's only been an hour" Hiashi commented "I doubt even a prodigy like my nephew Neji could do such a feat; where has she been lord Hokage" he asked and Hiruzen let out a stream of smoke.
"Mamushi was found by Naruto Uzumaki" he said making the clan heads look at him "She was living in the woods outside of Konoha when he found her; no family, no clan and illiterate; when he brought her in, I appointed him as her guardian as she had no bonds except for him. She's been living like a hermit as far back as she can remember" he said. Hiruzen did not want to explain about Mamushi's origins; only a select few people knew about it. Him, Naruto, Ibiki and his doctor.
Mamushi then put down her pencil and spoke up "I'm done with my test; can I go outside and play now" she said. Iruka who was standing outside the door came in and grabbed her test.
"Almost Mamushi" Iruka said "we have one more test for you to do; lets go outside to the sparring area" he said and Mamushi perked up.
"Alright another fight" she said before walking out the room with a pep in her step.
"Alright lets go and administer the final test" Hiruzen said as he and the others walked off.
In the Sparring circle
Hiruzen and the clan heads along with team Kurenai were standing outside the sparring circle waiting to judge the match.
Kiba Inuzuka was cracking his neck and hands on one side of the circle; Mamushi was on the other side of the circle stretching before her match.
"Kiba" Hiruzen said speaking up "Thank you for volunteering to be Mamushi's opponent; and thank you Kurenai for taking time out of your busy schedule to be here with your team" he said looking at Kurenai Yuhi and her other 2 students Hinata and Shino.
"No problem lord Hokage" Kurenai said with a small smile "It's our pleasure; Mamushi has been a sort of fourth student of mine since she started showing up to our practice" she said and Mamushi smiled.
"Thank you, Kurenai sensei," Mamushi said waving; Kurenai waved back with a small smile.
"Just because you're a girl doesn't mean anything" Kiba said with a smile "I'll still beat you; equal rights equal fights" he said.
"You better not lose runt" Tsume said "is you do… well I'll leave it to your imagination" she said; Kiba nodded and got into his fighting stance.
"I'm ready" he said.
Mamushi got into her wrestling stance and looked at Kiba "lets fight" she said with a smile; she had a plan to beat Kiba and she knew it was going to work as Naruto taught her his ultimate technique.
"Ok now then" Iruka said raising up his hand "Mamushi vs Kiba; ready… begin" Iruka said.
Immediately Mamushi put her hands together in a hand sign; Hiruzen then grew wide eyed as he had no idea what she had planned.
"Transform" Mamushi shouted as she became shrouded in a puff of smoke; when the smoke cleared everyone was between stunned and horrified. Mamushi transformed from a 13-year-old girl into a woman in her early-20's with big breasts and shapely hips and hair that went past her butt; she was completely naked with clouds covering her private areas.
"Sexy Jutsu: Mamushi version" Mamushi said with a wink towards Kiba; Hiruzen, Inoichi, Shikaku, Choza and Iruka all fainted with nose bleeds. Hiashi and Shibi were looking away with blushes on their faces; Hinata was tomato red, Shino was confused, Kurenai was horrified and Tsume was angry at Kiba.
Kiba was staring at her with hearts in his eyes and a stupid grin on his face "you not going to hurt me are you Kiba" Mamushi said cutely and Kiba shook his head.
"No way baby" Kiba said walking closer "how about you and me- "Kiba did not get to finish as when he got close enough Mamushi she dropped the jutsu and kicked him in the nuts making him how in pain. Mamushi then went behind him and swept his legs from under him and mounted him; she then grabbed his arm and put him in an arm bar.
"Tap out, tap out" Mamushi said as Kiba struggled against the hold.
"No way" Kiba said lifting her up; Kiba then slammed Mamushi down on the ground expecting her to be knocked out. However, Mamushi was still clinging on as if nothing happened; Kiba then grabbed her hand and broke the arm bar.
Mamushi jumped away and then ran back at Kiba; Kiba deciding enough was enough balled up his fist and punched at Mamushi's stomach. When he made contact, he recoiled and felt a shock wave go up his arm and jumped back; Mamushi touched her stomach as she acted like nothing happened.
"Holy shit it was like punching a brick wall" he said flexing his hand "still not going to stop me" Kiba said running at her. Kiba jumped up with a kick; Mamushi used her forearm to block the strike and balled up her fist.
Mamushi then grabbed Kiba's leg and pulled him in; Mamushi then slammed her fist into Kiba's gut. Kiba had the wind knocked out of him as he fell to the ground.
"Night night" Mamushi said as she cocked her fist back; with a solid punch to the face Mamushi knocked Kiba out. Iruka then stepped in.
"Match over; winner Mamushi" he said stopping the fight; Mamushi then smiled and began to jump around.
"Yay I won" she cheered as she began to run around the arena; she did not see how stunned the clan heads looked.
"What the hell happened" Tsume said in confusion "Kiba can kick and break boards and brick with minimal effort; he's by far the strongest physically out of this year's class. And she took his attack like they were nothing" she said. Choza hearing this nodded and walked over to Mamushi.
"Excuse me Mamushi is it" he said and Mamushi nodded "can you squeeze my hand as hard as you can" he said extending his hand and she nodded.
"Sure" she said as she reached out and grabbed his hand; Mamushi then began to squeeze Choza's hand as hard as she could making straining noises while Choza just stood there with a smile on his face.
"Ok sweetie that's enough" Choza said and Mamushi let go taking in a breath.
"So did I pass my tests lord Hokage" Mamushi said looking at Hiruzen; Hiruzen nodded.
"Yes, you did Mamushi" Hiruzen said with a smile "please come by the office tomorrow for your reward" he said and Mamushi nodded.
"Ok" Mamushi cheered "bye bye everyone; see you at home Mr. Inoichi" Mamushi said as she ran off and Inoichi waved at her.
"Bye Mamushi" Inoichi said; he then looked over at his friend Choza and walked over "what's wrong bud" he said as he saw that Choza was looking at his hand.
"That girl is not what she seems" he said gaining Inoichi's attention "a girl her size should not be able to squeeze with a force like that; and I can tell she wasn't using chakra" he said. Inoichi hearing this walked up to Hiruzen and spoke.
"Who is that girl" Inoichi said in a whisper "something is off; what aren't you telling us" he said. Hiruzen looking at him with a critical eye spoke.
"My office, one hour, and bring Anko; I'll explain everything to the both of you" he said before he vanished in a swirl of leaves.
Land of Waves 2 weeks later: Campsite near Tazuna's house
With Naruto
Naruto was packing up his stuff as him and his team was preparing to leave wave country; the destruction of the bridge set back the completion date by 2 weeks. Now that is was done they were finally about to leave.
"Hey loser" Sasuke said walking towards Naruto "you almost packed yet" he said and Naruto turned around and stuck out his tongue.
"Shut it bastard" Naruto said "I'm just making sure I got all my crap; I don't want to come back and grab something I forgot… I don't want to come back at all" Naruto said looking into his pack. Inside there were 4 things; Asuma's trench knives, a scroll containing Asuma's body, a scroll containing Choji's body and a scroll containing the scroll that Asuma sealed up the Hidan guys scythe into.
"Naruto" Sasuke said gaining Naruto's attention "I'm uhhh… sorry for what happened; if you ever want to talk, just come and find me" Sasuke said before walking off. Naruto looked at Sasuke walking back over to his area.
'Hmmm" Naruto thought 'maybe he's not so much of a bastard after all' Naruto thought as he continued packing his stuff.
With Ino and Shikamaru
Ino and Shikamaru were both packing up their gear as they were getting to leave with team 7.
"Shikamaru" Ino said worriedly "say something you barely have said anything in 2 weeks" she said and Shikamaru turned to her.
"What do you expect me to say Ino" Shikamaru said with a tone "my best friend and my sensei are both dead now; one because I was too slow and the other because I was not there" he said with anger in his voice. Shikamaru wasn't at the bridge because he was ordered to stay at Tazuna's house to protect his family; when 2 swordsmen came in to take Tazuna's daughter hostage he captured and subdued them.
"Shika" Ino said "it's not your fault; you couldn't've- "she began until Shikamaru stood up slamming his gear on the ground.
"Shut the fuck up Ino" Shikamaru said scaring Ino as she never seen him like this before "you have no goddamn idea what I'm going through; you can't help me because you can't even help yourself. If it wasn't for Naruto, you wouldn't even- "Shikamaru began until a shout echoed.
"Hey" Naruto shouted carrying his pack and marching over with Sasuke "I don't know what your problem is; but you better knock that shit off. Look at what you're doing Ino" Naruto said pointing. Shikamaru turned and looked at Ino; Ino was shaking and crying.
Shikamaru completely forgot that Ino was on the team too; she also lost Asuma and Choji. "Ino I'm- "Shikamaru began but Ino just got up and walked away with Naruto in tow. "Damn it" Shikamaru said as he realized what he did; he then looked over to Sasuke "mind helping me gather up Ino's stuff" he said and Sasuke nodded.
"Fine" Sasuke said as he began to break down Ino's tent.
With Naruto and Ino
Ino was calming down and wiping her tears with Naruto sitting right next to her.
"I'm sure Shikamaru didn't mean what he said" Naruto said and Ino nodded "He's hurting we all are; we all say stupid shit when we are upset" he said and Ino nodded.
"It still hurt" Ino said looking at Naruto; Ino then grabbed Naruto's hand and gave it a squeeze feeling a little more comfort in his presence.
"Ino" Naruto said softly "back there… on the bridge… you kissed me… I was wondering what was with that" Naruto said. Ino then sighed.
"When I saw you get hurt it felt like my heart stopped" Ino said "when the bridge exploded and I thought I lost everyone I was scared and I wondered 'where's Naruto'. I don't know why… but I did" she said with a light blush on her face.
"I…" Naruto began "when you talked to me after I had my first kill; I felt something strange in my chest. Then when you kissed me, I felt it again" Naruto said making Ino's eyes widen. "I don't know what the feeling is but it only happens when I'm with you; I think maybe… I like you" he said bashfully.
Ino gulped as she looked at Naruto; she looked at his soft blue eyes and his golden blonde hair. Never in a million years did she ever look at Naruto and feel happy that he'd say something like that.
"I… feel the same way" Ino said with a soft smile; Naruto then went wide eyed and blushed "when we get back to Konoha lets talk more about it ok" Ino said and Naruto nodded.
"Ok Ino" Naruto said standing back up "lets go; Kakashi wanted to leave in the next hour" he said and Ino nodded. Ino not letting go of Naruto's hand began to walk back to camp with him in tow.
With Kakashi and Tazuna
Tazuna was standing over the grave of his deceased wife "this is good of a spot as any" Tazuna said turning around and looking at Kakashi "I want to thank you for what you and your team did… you brought peace and a new beginning to Nami" he said and Kakashi looked at him with his one eye.
"Maybe so" Kakashi said "but because of your lies 2 Konoha ninja are dead; 2 lives snuffed out too soon… because of you" he said and Tazuna nodded.
"I know and I'm sorry" Tazuna said getting down on his knees "and I'm ready to face the music; just know that… I'm sorry… I never intended this to happen. Just please tell my Tsunami where I'm at so she can bury me next to my wife" he said taking off his glasses.
Kakashi pulled out a kunai and held it in his hand "goodbye Tazuna" he said.
With Naruto, Sasuke, Ino and Shikamaru
The 4 genin were standing at the beginning of the finished bridge waiting for Kakashi; just as they were about to sit down for 3 hours, they say the masked ninja approach cleaning off a bloody kunai.
"You did it huh" Shikamaru said and Kakashi nodded.
"Yes, Tazuna is dead" Kakashi said "however it doesn't mean anything; it won't bring back the dead" he said before he started walking down the bridge. "Let's go it'll take 4 days to reach Konoha" he said.
Naruto and the others walked behind him ready to leave the bridge and Nami behind; on the side Naruto looked over and saw a sign and read what is said.
'The Asuma Sarutobi Memorial Bridge' Naruto thought 'at least he'll never be forgotten' Naruto thought as he and his team walked down the long bridge.
4 days later: Konoha Hokage office
Kakashi, Naruto, Sasuke, Ino and Shikamaru were standing in front of the Hokage desk finishing giving their mission report. Hiruzen was holding the scroll containing Asuma's body and Asuma's trench knives presented to him by Naruto; Hiruzen was crying as he had lost his only remaining child.
"Damn it" Hiruzen said softly; he then heard sniffling and saw a crying Naruto.
"I'm sorry Ji-ji" Naruto said wiping his eyes "if I was stronger I could've- "he began.
"Stop Naruto" Hiruzen said "there was nothing you could do" he said and Naruto nodded; Hiruzen then looked at the trench knives and threw them at Naruto who caught them. "Use those Naruto; I'm sure Asuma would've want you to have it" Hiruzen said "carry those and keep a little piece of him alive with you" he said and Naruto nodded.
"Ok Ji-ji; thanks" Naruto said putting the knives in his pocket.
"Kakashi go and inform Choza" Hiruzen said and Kakashi shook his head.
"Sorry lord Hokage I can't" Kakashi said "I have to go and inform Kurenai, they were… seeing eachother" he said and the Hokage nodded.
"I'll tell him Lord Hokage" Shikamaru said as he went up to the desk and picked up the scroll containing Choji's body; Shikamaru was about to walk back but stopped. Shikamaru then reached up to his sleeve and removed his head band placing it on the desk "I… can't go on being a ninja" he said shocking everyone "Choji… then Asuma sensei… I… I just- "he began and Hiruzen stopped him.
"I understand" Hiruzen said "come by tomorrow and we'll fill out the paper work" he said and Shikamaru nodded; Shikamaru then walked out the door heading over to the Akimichi compound to deliver the bad news.
"So Kakashi" Hiruzen said gaining Kakashi's attention "did you execute the client" Hiruzen asked and Kakashi nodded. Kakashi then opened up an scroll and took out a object; it was a right hand.
"Killed and there's the proof" Kakashi said putting the hand on the desk and Hiruzen nodded.
"Very well" Hiruzen said "you're all dismissed and have 3 days of R&R" Hiruzen said as everyone began to walk out. Once everyone was gone Hiruzen put up a privacy seal as he broke down and began to mourn the loss of his son.
With Naruto, Sasuke and Ino
Naruto and Sasuke were walking with Ino back to the Yamanaka compound; Ino offered both boys dinner with her and her family. Naruto accepted as he was not only hungry but also needed to grab Mamushi; Sasuke was going along as he had nothing better to do.
Upon reaching the compound and Ino opening up the door all 3 were hit by a blast of confetti.
"Surprise" Mamushi cheered with Inoichi and his wife turning on the lights "welcome back; we missed you all" she cheered as she ran over and hugged all 3 of the stunned genin. Naruto smiled and hugged her back; Sasuke was a little hesitant but hugged her and Ino couldn't because she was sandwiched between Naruto and Sasuke and couldn't move her arms. When the hug was broken Naruto looked at Mamushi.
"I missed you too Mamushi" he said with a smile; he then looked at her forehead and saw a leaf head band "uhhh…Mamushi what's with the head band" Naruto asked and Mamushi struck a pose.
"While you were gone, I became a ninja" Mamushi said "I was so awesome they passed me; I got a sensei now and I'm training and I'll be able to go out on missions soon" she said making all 3 go wide eyed.
"It's true" Inoichi said walking forward "Mamushi showed much promise in school that they gave her a test which she passed and became a apprentice to a jounin; she has to do 4 months of training before she's able to go out on missions but she is for all intents and putposes a full fledge genin" he said patting the girls head.
"But enough with that" Ms. Yamanaka said "lets get to celebrating; we have cake and food ready for all of you" she said looking around. "Where's Choji and Shikamaru; I made their favorite sweets" she said; she then saw the somber looks on their faces and froze in fear.
"Mom" Ino said in a sad tone "something happened on the mission" she said.
With Kakashi
Kakashi entered his house and went to his bedroom; he then plopped down on the bed and let out a sigh. He just got done telling Kurenai that Asuma died; she took it as well as can be expected.
"Finally, home" Kakashi said as he looked up at the ceiling "You better be grateful" he said absently.
*Flashback
"Gaaah fuck" Tazuna shouted as Kakashi tied a tourniquet around Tazuna's arm "this hurts like hell" he shouted and Kakashi finished.
"Shut it" Kakashi said standing back up "I just 'killed you' Tazuna, you should be grateful; I'm letting you live but not out of the kindness of my heart" he said and Tazuna looked at him.
"Then why" Tazuna asked.
"I'm letting you live because killing you won't solve anything" Kakashi said "I'm letting you live with the guilt of your actions; and the hand serves 2 purposes" he said. "It gives my story credibility and it gives you a reminder of what you did" Kakashi said "you got a second chance at life Tazuna; don't waste it" Kakashi said as he disappeared in a swirl of leaves.
Tazuna then got up and began to make his way to his house to get some medical attention.
*Flashback ends
'I lied to the Hokage and let a guilty man live' Kakashi thought 'I know you would've approved sensei' Kakashi thought thinking of his deceased sensei. 'And I'm sure you'd be proud of Naruto and how he's doing" Kakashi thought as he closed his eye and fell asleep.
3 days later: at training ground 7
Naruto and Sasuke were waiting for Kakashi as usual.
"Holy hell is he ever going to be on time" Naruto whined and Sasuke shrugged.
"Only been 30 minutes" Sasuke said "we still have another 2 and a half hours" he said.
"2 and a half hour for what" Ino said as she walked up with Kakashi next to her.
"Huh Ino what are you doing here" Naruto said confused.
"Ino here is our new team member" Kakashi said with an eye smile "since her old team is… dissolved she need a team; so, she got put with us" Kakashi said. Naruto smiled at this; he liked Ino and now she's on his team.
"Awesome" Naruto said "So what are we doing today" Naruto asked and Kakashi looked at him.
"We are doing joint team training" Kakashi said "I was told that we will be practicing with a new team; so now- "he began until there was an explosion spreading smoke around. Naruto, Kakashi, Sasuke and Ino all got into a defensive posture as they saw 2 figures in the smoke.
"Well, well, well lookie here my little apprentice" came a familiar voice "looks like we got some fun, new playmates to torment" the voice said.
"Yes, we do sensei" came another familiar voice "lets introduce ourselves" the voice said.
"I'm the sexy and single Anko Mitarashi" Anko shouted striking a pose.
"And I'm the cute and charismatic Mamushi" Mamushi shouted striking a pose.
"And we are the Konoha snake squad" they both shouted as a banner popped up behind them and their trench cloaks fluttered in the wind.
'We totally rocked this shit' Anko thought with a smile.
'We look so cool; just look at them they're speechless' Mamushi thought cheering on the inside.
Naruto, Sasuke, Ino and Kakashi were all frozen in place dumbfounded by what they are seeing; Kakashi then realized that Anko and Mamushi were their new training partners.
"You've gotta be fucking kidding me" Kakashi said as can see how this was going to go.
Ok another chapter done; so, to sum things up. Naruto is now going to use Asuma's knives, Ino is now om team 7 and Mamushi is now Anko's apprentice; while Mamushi is now a ninja it's going to be a while before she goes on missions because while she did pass the academy, she is still not trained enough for live combat yet. Ok then please like comment and share with your friends and until next time; Bye.
