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Virtue and Venom: Chapter 10

Konoha 4 months after the Wave mission: With Team 7

Naruto and Sasuke were both sparring as per usual; Naruto using his boxing/brawler style Taijutsu and Sasuke using his interceptor fist style. Naruto threw a punch at Sasuke who blocked the strike; Sasuke then hooked Naruto's arm against his body and used his opposite hand to start punching Naruto in the face.

Naruto got punched twice in the face but caught Sasuke's hand and held it tight; Naruto then pulled Sasuke closer and head butted him making Sasuke see stars.

"Asshole" Sasuke shouted.

"Bastard" Naruto shouted back as both boys continued beating the living hell out of eachother

Kakashi and Ino were looking on with sweat drops; both boys did not know the meaning to the words 'mild contact'.

"Oh kami" Ino said pinching the bridge of her nose "are all men idiots or is it just those 2" she said and Kakashi chuckled.

"Think of it this way Ino" Kakashi said with a eye smile "they are both pushing each other to new limits; it's kind of like when you train with Anko and Mamushi" he said.

Ino then paled as she remembered her 'training' with those 2; Anko chased Ino around the forest throwing live explosives and sharp kunai at her to help her learn how to evade projectiles. Mamushi whenever the 2 sparred usually won and decided to play with Ino before she beat her; thankfully Mamushi was now allowed to use Hidan's scythe that Naruto gave her during their spars.

"I rather not think about those 2" Ino said with a shiver "it's not training it's torture" she said; just then both Ino and Kakashi were grabbed from behind.

"Hey Ino" Mamushi cheered as she squeezed the blonde girl.

"Kashi how's it going" Anko said as she began bullying the one eyed jounin.

"Mamushi" Ino groaned out "too… tight… let go" Ino said and Mamushi let go rubbing the back of her head.

"Sorry I don't know my strength sometimes" Mamushi said with a giggle; Ino rolled her eyes and stood back up.

"Man, you are strong" Ino said rubbing her arms "how do you get so strong; you're almost as skinny as me" Ino said and Mamushi stuck her tongue out and smiled.

"I dunno" Mamushi said with a smile and Ino chuckled. Ino didn't really know Mamushi that well until she came back to Konoha from the land of waves; when Naruto introduced her to Ino she was a little put off on how childish she was. But after getting to know her Ino started to like her as she was very nice and cheerful; it wasn't long until Ino began seeing Mamushi as a true friend.

"So Ino" Mamushi said gaining the girls attention "how are thing with you and Naruto; you guys been on more dates or no" Mamushi said and Ino nodded.

"Yeah; we went to the movies 2 days ago" Ino said "it was… interesting to say the least…" she began

Flashback: 2 days ago

Ino and Naruto went to go see a new horror movie that was recommended by one of Ino's friends; Ino was sitting completely underwhelmed by the movie.

'Gah this movie is so cheesy' Ino thought 'I mean seriously how can anyone think this is scary' she thought; she then felt Naruto grab her hand. 'Naruto making a move huh' Ino thought with a smile as she looked over to Naruto; Ino the saw Naruto shaking and scared out of his mind as he squeezed Ino's hand.

'Oh man why did the movie have to be this scary' Naruto thought as he scooted closer to Ino for comfort; Ino looking at Naruto tried to not laugh.

'Oh my god he's actually scared; aww it's kinda cute' Ino thought as she wrapped her arm around Naruto "Don't worry Naruto I'm right here" Ino said and Naruto nodded.

"I don't think we should see horror movies anymore" Naruto said shaking like a leaf; Ino giggle at his antics and comforted her scared boyfriend.

Flashback end

"Hahaha" Ino laughed "who would've thought that a boy who fought against a S-class ninja would be scared of a horror movie" she said making Mamushi laugh. "So, what are you doing here" Ino asked and Mamushi smiled.

"Oh yeah that's right" Mamushi said looking over to Anko "sensei we got to get going or lord Hokage will get mad" Mamushi shouted to her sensei.

Anko who was currently harassing Kakashi looked over and nodded "right; work now play later" Anko said as she looked back at Kakashi "we have a mission that old man wants us to do" Anko said and Kakashi nodded.

"Alright" Kakashi said "Naruto, Sasuke lets- "Kakashi began until he looked over and saw Naruto and Sasuke rolling around on the ground.

"I'm not going to lose again" Naruto shouted as he punched Sasuke.

"In your dreams loser" Sasuke said as kneed Naruto.

Both boys then felt each other be pulled apart.

"Naruto cut it out we have a mission" Ino said dragging he boyfriend away by the ear.

"Ow, ow, ow; ok I'm coming" Naruto said in pain as Ino dragged him away; Sasuke seeing this began to chuckle. He then felt something grab his ankle and saw that it was Mamushi

"Sasuke play nice with Naruto" Mamushi said as she began to drag him by his foot "now let's go; we have a mission to do" she said as she followed Ino out of the training ground.

"Let me walk damnit" Sasuke shouted as he was dragged along the stone path "how the hell are you so strong" he shouted. Anko laughed at the boy's expense and Kakashi sweat dropped.

'Ughh women' Kakashi thought until he was grabbed around the body by one of Anko snakes.

"Let's go Kashi" Anko said with a cheer as she began to lead Kakashi out of the training ground.

"Why are you dragging me" Kakashi struggled out.

"Because I don't want to wait 3 hours for your ass to show up" Anko said with a chuckle.

"Fair" Kakashi said with an eye smile.

Hokage's office

Hiruzen was looking at both Team 7 and Team Anko "I have a mission for both your teams" Hiruzen said pulling out a scroll and handing it to Kakashi who read it.

"A C rank lord Hokage" Kakashi said and Hiruzen nodded.

"Correct" Hiruzen said "there is a large group of bandits 30 miles east of the village; they attacked a caravan and killed everyone" Hiruzen said. "Your mission is simple; find the bandits and kill them" Hiruzen said and Mamushi raised her hand.

"Can we keep their stuff" she asked and Hiruzen looked thoughtful.

"I see no problem with that" Hiruzen said and Anko and Mamushi high fived.

"Very well lord Hokage we'll be going in an hour or 2" Kakashi said as Hiruzen nodded.

"Ok Kakashi; can I talk to Anko for a minute" he said and Kakashi nodded; the others left the room leaving only Anko and Hiruzen. "How are things going with Mamushi" Hiruzen asked and Anko smiled.

"Great she's like the little sister I never had" Anko said happily; the next moment her demeanor changed "I'm just grateful that Orochimaru didn't screw her up like he did with me and Tenzo" Anko said and Hiruzen nodded.

"I was worried at first that you would not like her" Hiruzen said with a sigh of relief "but I'm glad you are treating her correctly" he said and Anko nodded.

"She is just like me; a victim of a mad man. I have no reason to hate her" Anko said turning around "and she is my revenge on Orochimaru; I'll show her love and compassion and teach her to hate Orochimaru. So, when the day comes, we can take him out together" Anko said with a smile.

"Poetic justice" Hiruzen said "the student he abandoned and the daughter he never raised killing him; very ironic" Hiruzen said making Anko nod. "Good luck on your mission Anko" Hiruzen said and Anko nodded before walking out the door.

Later on, that day at dusk: Bandit camp

A bandit was walking to the entrance to the camp; one of the camp guards stopped him.

"I'm going out hunting; I'll bring back some rabbits" he said; the guard nodded and let him pass. The bandit walked outside camp into the woods; the bandit then walked up to Team 7 and Team Anko. Naruto was holding an unconscious Ino and Kakashi spoke up.

"How many did you see Ino" Kakashi asked and Ino who was inside the bandit's body spoke.

"I counted about 100" Ino said "there are no civilians or prisoners; the only women there seem to be camp prostitutes and by the sound of it they also ambush people" Ino said and Kakashi nodded.

"Very well then" Kakashi said "wait here a few hours and when it's finally dark go back into camp with these" Kakashi said handing Ino a line of fresh gutted rabbits and a large stack of paper bombs. "You'll head back into camp and set up the bombs; when you are done come back to your body and we'll begin the attack" Kakashi said.

Kakashi then turned to Naruto" Naruto make about 200 clones, 10 at a time and have then circle the camp to keep them from escaping" he said and Naruto nodded. "Ok now get some rest we are going to need it; Ino you can go to your body we can tie and gag the bandit" Kakashi said and Ino nodded and she sat down as Kakashi began to tie her up.

"Naruto" Ino said gaining her boyfriends attention "you haven't done anything pervy with my body have you" she said with a smirk making Naruto go red.

"What no I haven't" Naruto said "besides I was the one keeping you safe; Mamushi and Anko wanted to doodle on your face with a marker" he said making Ino look over. Anko and Mamushi with smiles on their faces showed their markers.

"I was going to draw a moustache" Mamushi said with a giggle.

"I was gonna draw a dick" Anko said making Ino pale "it was going to be a real veiny bastard" NAko said.

"Jerks" Ino huffed as prepared to leave the bandit's body.

2 hours later

Naruto who was still holding Ino was waiting for her to return to her body 'c'mon Ino; hurry up' Naruto thought worriedly. Just then Ino came back to her body and woke up.

"Ok it's done" Ino said trying to get up but couldn't as she had exhausted her chakra "crap I can't get up" Ino said and Kakashi nodded.

"It's fine you did more than enough" he said before looking at Naruto "Naruto make another 4 clones and keep them here to guard Ino" he said and Naruto nodded and created 4 clones that sat on guard next to Ino.

"Ok you all ready" Kakashi said.

"I'm good to go" Naruto said pulling out Asuma's trench knives 'Asuma watch over me' Naruto thought.

"I'm ready" Mamushi said summoning out Hidan's scythe "you ready 'battle buddy'" Mamushi said looking at Sasuke who was her partner.

"Please don't call me that" Sasuke groaned out "and yes I'm ready" he said.

"Let's kick some ass" Anko said pulling out 2 kunai.

"Ok then" Kakashi said making a hand sign; just then multiple explosions erupted around camp creating fireballs in the night sky "lets go" Kakashi said as all 5 rushed to the burning camp down below.

With Naruto

Naruto was approaching one of the camps entry points when he saw 4 bandits armed with spears get into a defensive stance in front of him 'ok first test run' Naruto thought. Naruto charged up his trench knives with wind chakra as he approached the bandits; one of the bandit's broke formations and charged at Naruto trying to impale him with a thrust from his spear.

Naruto easily dodged the attack by ducking under and closing the distance; Naurto used one of the trench knives to slice open the bandit's belly spilling his guts onto the ground. Naruto ended the mans suffering by slicing his throat before continuing his way to the other 3.

The second bandit attempted to slash Naruto with the spear; Naruto used his trench knife to block the attack which ended up cutting the tip of the spear off effectively making the weapon useless. Naruto ran at the bandit delivering 2 stabs to the man; one to the liver and one to the heart so in either case the attacker would be dead.

The last 2 bandits attacked Naruto at the same time sending their spears toward Naruto in a attempt to stab him; Naruto in a display of acrobatics jumped over the spears and in between the gap between the 2 bandits. Naruto spinning his body used both his blades to simultaneously slit the enemies' throats; as he landed bot the bandits began to roll around on the ground in a vein attempt to stem the bleeding.

Naruto took a quick breath before making a hand sign 'shadow clone jutsu' Naruto created 10 more shadow clones and charged into the camp to press on with the attack.

With Sasuke and Mamushi

Sasuke ducked under a sword slash from a bandit and countered with a kick to the ribs; Sasuke then jumped and performed a spinning round kick to the bandit's head sending him stumbling.

The bandit was then decapitated by a flying scythe; Mamushi then landed bringing her scythe back to her.

"Wow there sure are a lot of bad guys" Mamushi said before looking at Sasuke "why aren't you killing anyone Sasuke" Mamushi asked.

"I only have one person I want to kill" Sasuke said "I won't kill unless it's him or if I have no other choice" Sasuke said; he then turned and saw 3 bandits running towards him and Mamushi.

Mamushi then charged at them and jumped in the air; Mamushi did a summersault a she sent her scythe towards the bandits. Mamushi impaled one before pulling the blade toward herself ripping the man in half. When she landed she spun around and sliced off the legs of another bandit before following up with a kick breaking his neck; the last bandit was about to attack Mamushi from behind but was stopped when a shuriken hit him in the leg.

Sasuke then ran at the bandit before punching him repeatedly before sweeping his legs sending him to the floor; Mamushi then brought down her scythe on the bandit hitting him with all 3 blades. Mamushi then took it out and smiled.

"Ok how about this" Mamushi said "you beat them up and I'll kill them for you; ok" Mamushi said with a smile. Sasuke was a little put off on how easily she killed her opponents but shrugged it off and nodded.

"Alright let's keep moving; we still have a lot of work to do" Sasuke said as he and Mamushi continued their way through the camp.

With Anko and Kakashi

Kakashi killed another bandit by breaking his neck; he then spun around and drove a kunai into the skull of a bandit who was trying to ambush him from behind.

"Damn good one Kashi" Anko said as she summoned 4 snakes out of her sleeves; the 4 snaked then wrapped themselves around the necks of 2 bandits. Anko with a heave swung them with all her strength hearing a sick popping sound letting her know she broke their necks "I'm at 24 so far; how about you" Anko said with a smirk.

"35" Kakashi said before throwing several shuriken hitting and killing 3 more bandits "38 now; but it isn't a competition" he said and Anko laughed.

"Just like old times in the Anbu eh Kakashi" Anko said "god I miss those days" she said; she then saw a bandit come out from behind a tent and swiftly slit his throat with a kunai. "I think we're almost done" Anko said.

"Then let's finish strong" Kakashi said as he and Anko scoured the camp.

With Ino

Ino was with the Naruto clones watching the battle down below; she felt guilty that everyone else was fighting and she was left out. Just then she saw 4 bandits running away from the burning camp.

'Perfect' Ino thought 'I feel my chakra restoring' she thought to herself; she then turned to the Naruto clones. "Hey I see one getting away; I'm going to take him out" Ino said "be my back up ok" she said.

The Naruto clones looked thoughtful but then nodded "Ok we'll be by incase something happens" the leader said and Ino nodded.

Ino then took out a kunai and tied a paper bomb to it; she threw it at the group of bandits. The bomb exploded knocking the men to the ground.

"What the fuck" one of them shouted; just then Ino came out of cover and charged at the bandits. One of the bandits took out a kunai and charged at Ino; he tried to stab Ino but she ducked under the strike.

Ino grabbed the bandit's arm and performed a judo throw that Kakashi sensei taught her; Ino flipped the bigger man onto the ground grabbing his arm and breaking it making him scream. Ino then grabbed the Kunai and jammed it into the mans leg disabling him from fighting anymore.

Another bandit that just got up charged at Ino and began attempting to punch her; Ino blocked several punched but one connected to her jaw. Ino however was not out of the fight and retaliated by bringing her leg up and kicking the man in the side of the head; Ino then used the momentum to follow up with a second kick with the opposite foot kicking the man again knocking him out.

The third bandit took out several shuriken and threw them at Ino; Ino used her own shuriken to hit them in flight. Ino then took out 2 kunai and with great accuracy threw them hitting the man in the kneecaps making him fall down.

The last bandit got up and brought out a sword, Ino took out a kunai in response; Ino and the bandit got into a face paced blade fight. Ino blocked and dodged while the man pressed on with the attacks; the bandit then slashed at Ino nicking her shirt. Ino then saw a opening and plunged her kunai in the mans armpit; the man then began to cough up blood as the kunai had punctured his lung. The bandit then fell to the ground clutching his chest; Ino felt a little sick as she just killed her first person.

Just then the Naruto clones came out of hiding and saw Ino mortified "don't worry Ino" the Naruto clone said "we remember everything the boss remembers; we know the feeling" he said. The clone and 2 others took out their trench knives and approached the 2 injured and 1 knocked out bandit "we'll finish them off; go and take a rest" the clone said as the last one escorted Ino away to wait for the others.

Dawn the next day

Naruto, Kakashi, Sasuke, Mamushi and Anko were walking out of the camp after scavenging around; Anko and Mamushi were both giggling as they looked in their bags of loot.

"I got 20,000 Ryo, 10 gold watches, 3 silver necklaces, 6 wedding rings and a platinum tooth" Anko said with a smile to Mamushi.

"I got a 15,000 Ryo, 2 Platinum watches, a gold tooth, 30 silver bars and this" Mamushi said taking out a bottle of expensive liquor "not sure if I want it though" Mamushi said.

"I'll trade you 2 watchs and a ring for it" Anko said.

"Deal" Mamushi said as the sensei and student exchanged loot; Kakashi sweat dropped at their antics.

'Geez girls' Kakashi thought 'at least wait until the bodies are cold before you start trading their shit' he thought.

'Man, all I got was a gold nugget and silver earrings' Naruto thought as he looked at the quarter sized nugget of gold in his hand 'I knew I should've gone looting with Mamushi instead of Sasuke; oh well this will at least buy me a months' worth of groceries and pay the rent' he thought.

Sasuke was looking at his loot a single jutsu scroll with fire jutsu inside 'I'm surprised they had this in there' Sasuke thought 'I guess one of the bandits was a rogue shinobi' Sasuke thought.

As they approached the rallying point Ino was standing there with a slightly saddened look on her face.

Naruto looked at her and then saw the dead bandits laying a few feet away; Naruto walked up to Ino and looked into her eyes. Naruto without Ino even speaking a word understood; Naruto hugged her and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek and smiled.

"Let's talk about it when we get back to the village ok" Naruto said and Ino nodded with a small smile.

"Ok" Ino said as she grabbed Naruto hand and walked with hi to the group; Kakashi looked around at the group.

'No casualties this time' he thought 'there's no better outcome than that' he thought. "Lets head back to the village" Kakashi said. The group nodded and began to go run back to the village leaving a destroyed bandit camp smoking in the back ground.

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