Chapter 10 "A C-Rank Mission"
After Naruto became a gennin, Hiruzen finally started to teach him some A-Rank Jutsu, basically the top and most common jutsu of each element. And Naruto also mastered the waterfall walking, the most advanced stage of chakra control which is required to become a medic. Naruto asked Hiruzen to teach him kenjutsu, but his height wasn't enough to wield a blade, so Hiruzen told him to wait for a few years. But what he learned the most was fuinjutsu, as after learning calligraphy, he just had to read shit tones of scrolls. Most of them were in his home's library, and he got rest of them from the Konoha archive.
His team was also doing well. Naruto had started to bond with his teammates as well, and Mei never missed a chance to tease Naruto. Toji was kind of goofy, but he never slacked of during the work, so all in all, they were doing great. Naruto also hanged out with Sasuke as now both their homes were way closer than before.
Finally, after living in the building for years, Naruto decided to open the basement. For some reasons, there were more than a dozen of different seals around the room and all of them could only be opened by Naruto's blood.
When he finally bypassed all the seals, he found out that the basement was way larger than Naruto had expected. There were tones of shurikens, kunai and there were a few boxes, full of three-pronged kunai and had a special marking on the handles.
'My, what do we have here, a space time teleportation seal!' Thanks to Naruto's knowledge of fuinjutsu he immediately recognised the structure of the seal. After inspecting the seal for a few minutes, he left the kunai in the box.
'This must be the Flying Thunder God seal. The seal is very complex, and without having the base material or someone to teach, it is impossible for me to learn it myself.' Naruto thought.
"Minato was a level 10 seal expert, and even with Tobirama's scrolls, it took him around three years to recreate the seal. You are currently at level six, so you have a long way to go, Naruto." Kurama said.
"Oh well, I ain't going to kill my brain cells over this. Let's look at other things." Naruto said. The basement was nothing less than a armoury, there was stock of everything. After looking at other things for a while, his gaze fell on a violin like thing.
"I knew, this would be here. Madara Uchiha's battle fan. You got a lottery Naruto." Kurama said.
"Madara's battle fan. Well, it is mine from now on. Naruto Uzumaki's gunbai." Naruto said as his sharingan glowed to life when he lifted the battle fan. It as light as a feather.
"But on second thought, I don't have any need for this. So, it will stay here until I need it." Naruto said as he hanged the gunbai on a wall.
After wandering around for a while, he found himself inside a room. There was the same three pronged kunai hanging at the corner to a string. On the corner, there was a bed which Naruto quickly recognised from his memories, and there was the fourth hokage cloak hanging on the wall.
"It will be better off in my room than collecting dust here." Naruto said.
"But before that, how about a prank?" Naruto said.
"What are you going to do?" Kurama asked.
"This." Naruto said as he transformed into Minato using the henge. He then dusted off the hokage robe and wore it as he walked out of the basement picking up a few three pronged kunai on his way out.
When he got out, he saw that Kakashi was sitting on the couch and was reading a certain orange book while giggling continuously.
'Heh… as expected.' Naruto thought. He then shot one of the kunai that stuck right on book. "Is that what I think it is, Kakashi?" Naruto asked copying Minato's voice perfectly.
After seeing the kunai, Kakashi's eye widened; and after a certain familiar voice, his skin paled as if he had seen a ghost. And when he looked at the source of the voice "Se… Sen… Sen…" Kakashi uttered before passing out.
"Gotcha!" Naruto said. "How did he fall for that?" Naruto said as he moulded some water chakra and splashed it on Kakashi's face.
"Hehe… wake up." Naruto said still being transformed into Minato.
"You…" Kakashi said looking at Naruto.
"Oh this-" Naruto said dropping the henge "It was a prank." Naruto said to which Kakashi sweatdropped.
"I keep forgetting that you are still a 7-year-old. But to be honest, you really got me there. I have to say, you are a master of henge, Naruto." Kakashi said as he ruffled Naruto's white hair.
Four Months Later \ Mission Office
"Aaah, my precious Tora-chan! I missed you so much!" the wife of the Fire Daimyo, Madam Shijimi, yelled out as she hugged her cat tightly in the Missions Office, despite the cat looking like it was choking to death. "You had me so worried, my little baby!"
"No wonder it ran away..." Toji muttered, three scratches across the bridge of his nose, and many more on his hands. "I would, too."
"Kind of makes you pity it..." Mei mumbled, having same number of scratches on her as Toji.
"Congratulations Mei and Toji, this was your 100th D-rank mission. And 258th for Naruto." Hiruzen said puffing his pipe.
"Thank You, Hokage-Sama." Both Mei and Toji said in unison while Naruto just nodded.
"And since all the members have completed atleast hundred D-Rank missions, now you are eligible for C-Rank missions. Let's see what we do have here?" Hiruzen said picking up some files.
"I think, this will be a good one. It is a simple escort mission." Hiruzen said giving the files to Ebisu.
"Ebisu will brief you the mission, you have to leave this afternoon for the Land of Grass. It will take around one and a half day at your speed, so you would be there by tomorrow's night." Hiruzen said.
"Thank you, Hokage-Sama." Team 7 said in unison before they got out.
Outside the Hokage Tower
"Okay, so this is an escort mission. We have to escort the daughter of the daimyo of the land of rivers, who is at her grandparent's home in the land of grass. We have to head for the land of grass this afternoon and we will meet her there. And from there, we'll have to travel at normal speed for three days to the land of rivers, escorting her all the way to her home." Ebisu said.
"A princess!? Shouldn't this be a higher-ranking mission?" Naruto asked.
"Normally it would be a B rank mission, because of her high profile but we are just extra protection, half a dozen of guards will be escorting her too." Ebisu said.
"Now then, if you don't have any more questions, do the necessary preparations and rendezvous at the exit of the village in exactly 30 minutes." Ebisu said.
"Okay." All three of them said before they shunshined away.
Village Gate
Since this was his first mission, Naruto had no idea how many things he should take. So, he took almost everything he had in his hands. When he was finished, he was a walking armory. Mei and Toji also took everything that could fit in their bag.
"Alright, we should go now." Ebisu said.
"Wait a minute, sensei." Naruto said. "You two, give me your bags."
"What?" Toji asked while Mei simply did as ask. Naruto unsealed a sealing scroll from his hand sealed Mei's bag into the scroll, and then gave the scroll to Mei.
"Thank You, Naruto-kun. When we return from this mission, remind me to give you a treat at Ichiraku Ramen." Mei said taking the scroll from Naruto.
"As you say!" Naruto chirped.
"Here." Toji said giving Naruto his bag. "But I am not going to give you a treat."
Naruto took his bag and sealed it in another sealing scroll. "I'll be full after Mei-chan's treat, so I won't have any space for your treat anyway." Naruto said with a smug face.
"If you three are done, then we have to leave for the mission." Ebisu said.
"Let's go then!" Naruto said as he shot out from the village at a blinding speed.
"Wait for us." Toji said.
…
They travelled straight for six hours nonstop until they covered one third of the total distance. But the clouds started gathering in the sky.
"We will stay here for tonight, and it looks like it's going to rain, so we'll sleep on the trees." Ebisu said standing on a tree.
"What?! But I haven't brought any sleeping bags." Mei said.
"We won't be needing that anyway." Naruto said. He then jumped to the ground and started making a few hand seal, and then he slammed his hands on the ground.
The ground rose a meter above and four rock walls rose at the perimeter of the rectangular platform, and slope also formed at the top for a roof.
"You guys' better start collecting fire wood before it starts raining, unless you guys want to catch cold during the night." Naruto said as he made five shadow clones and they all dispersed in the forest to collect firewood.
"That's so cool, Naruto-Kun." Mei chirped.
"This is when earth release is really needed, but ninjas should be discreet, you know?" Ebisu said.
"There you go flexing again." Toji said.
"Oh really, so would you want to sleep on a tree then?" Naruto asked.
"I didn't say that!" Toji said but Naruto has already entered the newly formed shack.
Naruto then unsealed four kunai and unwrapped the bandages on his leg. He then wrapped the cloth at the handle of each kunai and then stuck them on the walls and lit them on fire.
"Now we have light too." Naruto said as all his clones returned to the shack with carrying woods. Mei, Toji and Ebisu also entered the shack carrying some big leaves and fire wood too as it has started raining outside.
"I will guard this place tonight." Naruto said as he took out a food pill and eat it.
"No, you three should sleep. I will guard." Ebisu said.
"You are a jonin, and our team leader, so you need to take proper rest. Toji and Mei-Chan are also tired, so if they wake up all night, they won't be any good tomorrow either. That leaves me, and I don't have any problem like that, so, I'll do it." Naruto said as he got out of the shed and sat under a tree.
"If he has decided something, then no one could convince him otherwise." Ebisu frowned. He then took the firewood and lit a fire as it was already getting cold inside, and they could only think what would be Naruto's condition outside.
Meanwhile, Naruto used some leaves and his chains to make something like an umbrella. And he constantly molded chakra to sense anyone in the surrounding. And for the cold, he had coated his body with Fire release chakra to keep himself warm.
Next Morning
It was half an hour before the sunrise, Ebisu had already woke up but Mei and Toji were still sleeping.
"WAKE UP GUYS!" Naruto yelled at the top of his lungs.
"Just a little longer, mom." Mei murmured.
"What was that? Well then, don't blame me." Naruto said as two chains grew out form his shoulders and started wrapping Mei and Toji, while another chain picked up their belongings.
"Hey! I am already awake. Let me go!" Toji said trying to escape from the Adamantine Chains. Naruto then laid him down and gave him his belongings.
"Did you sleep well, Toji-Sama " Naruto taunted.
"Yeah Yeah, I am awake." Toji said.
"Here, eat it." Naruto said as he tossed a food fill to Toji.
"Can I get one too?" Mei said from the cocoon of chains.
"Oh you are already awake? I thought I would have to carry you like this to the land of grass." Naruto said as he also tossed one food pill to Mei.
"Really, were you going to do that? I shall accept your offer then." Mei said as she ate the food pill.
"Just kidding, I was going to toss you into a lake on our way, that would have atleast woke you up if you didn't drown." Naruto said casually.
"Who thinks of doing that with his friends?" Mei said.
"That's sadistic." Toji said.
"If you guys are done, then let's start moving. We don't want to be late for the mission." Ebisu said.
"Let's go, then." Toji said as all of them got out of the shack.
"What will be do about this?" Mei asked as he pointed at the shack.
"This?" Naruto asked. Four massive chains shot out form his tailbone and started breaking the shack, and in a matter of few minutes, the shack was reduced to dust. He then made some hand seals and placed his hands on the ground, and the place where the shack was engulfed by the ground. The place was as good as new, except for the grasses.
"This should be fine now." Naruto said.
"Alright." Toji said as he started going. Ebisu and Mei also caught upto him.
"The branches are wet and slippery, so be careful when you land on them." Ebisu warned then.
"Hehe… that is not a problem for me!" Naruto said as four chains stabbed themselves into the tree on which Toji was standing and Naruto used them to both maintain his balance and increase his speed.
"Not everyone has those chains." Toji said.
"That's your problem." Naruto said.
They traveled like that the whole day and even after the sun was down, as it was a full moon night. And due to the rain, their speed was significantly reduced, as they were late by six hours. When they reached the land of grass, it was past midnight. Neither Toji nor Mei was in any shape to even move a muscle without having proper rest. They were traveling nonstop since the daybreak. Ebisu and Naruto were no good either, from the look of it, Ebisu really needed some rest if he was to work tomorrow. On the other hand, Naruto was using a Transformation Jutsu to mask his tiredness, but his movements were also becoming sloppy.
"Finally, we are here!" Toji exclaimed looking at a compound. There were two men guarding the entry of the compound.
"You people must be ninjas that master hired from Konohagakure no Sato. Please come inside." One of them said as he opened the gate.
All four of them entered the compound. From the outside, it didn't actually look that big but it was actually quite big from the inside. Lamps were lighted all around the building, but they seemed unnecessary in the bright moonlight. After walking for a while, they all ended up in a room.
"You can rest here, Lady Minori will leave at daybreak." The man said as he went out.
"So, we have around 5 hours to rest." Mei said.
"Yeah, not much if you ask me." Toji said.
"Come on, we are on a mission. Be grateful that you even get to sleep." Ebisu said.
The man then entered holding four bowls of food on a tray and put it on the table.
"Here is your food." He said.
"Thank you for this." Naruto said.
Early Morning
After the sun raised, it was time for them to escort Minori, daughter of the Daimyo of the Land of Rivers, to her home.
To Team 7's surprise, Minori was just a 10-year-old girl. She had black hairs, pale white skin and was wearing a red floral design kimono. She was even more calm and composed than Naruto was. After saying her goodbyes to her grandparents, she quietly sat in her palanquin. As told before, there were 6 guards in the convoy and two men to lift the palanquin.
Ebisu discussed the formation with the guards, and according to the supposed formation the six guards were to form a rectangle around the Palanquin. As for team 7, Ebisu in front, Toji at the back, and Naruto and Mei were to at either side.
The two men lifted the palanquin and all the members of the escort team quickly took their place. After they left the place, there was an awkward silence in the convoy.
"Are you usually this quiet?" Naruto asked Minori but she didn't said anything.
"I am talking to you Princess." Naruto said.
"I… I have been taught not to talk with strangers!" Minori said.
"What!?" Naruto chuckled. "We strangers are supposed to protect you with our life, so atleast talk a little. So that, if time comes, we wouldn't think that we risked our life for an emo brat." Naruto said.
"O…okay. What do you want to talk about?" Minori asked.
"How about we exchange names first?" Naruto suggested.
"I am Minori Hanasaki, heir of the Hanasaki family of the Land of Rivers." Minori said.
"And I am Naruto Uzumaki, the last known member of the Uzumaki clan and a gennin of Konohagakure no Sato from the land of Fire." Naruto said.
xXx
In the night, Naruto made another shack for the group, and this time he also made some windows in the walls. This continued for the next two nights.
Some foolish robbers tried to attack them on their way, but Ebisu made quick work of them. The next morning, four days since they left the land of grass, they just had to cross a river and walk for an hour to finally reach Minori's home.
"There is the bridge, we are close." Ebisu said pointing at a bridge. But probably due to the weather, it was all foggy around the bridge. As they got on the bridge, the fog only became denser with each step.
"After three days of travelling, you will finally reach home Minori-chan." Naruto said.
"Yes, it was a really good journey." Minori said.
"We will still have to travel for a whole day to reach our home." Mei said.
"Say, isn't it too much fog here?" Naruto said as Toji heard some burble below the bridge.
"Where are you looking at, Toji?" Naruto asked.
"Nothing, I just heard some burbling. Probably some fish." Toji said looking at Naruto. Naruto then moulded some chakra to check out, and when he did, his heart skipped a beat.
'Crap!' Naruto thought and even before he could do anything a water dragon rose from the river and crashed right beside the palanquin, throwing Mei at the railing of the bridge and crashing the palanquin at her, crushing her to death. Due to the impact, Naruto and the two men that were holding the palanquin were thrown off the bridge.
As Naruto was falling he quickly shot out a chain from his hand, holding the railing of the bridge but Kurama took over Naruto's body and called back the chains before they fully stretched. And because of this he also fell in the river, but right before hitting the surface of the water, he used the Gale Palm against the river to cushion his impact, but the two men that fell along with Naruto instantly died on impact.
"What was that for?" Naruto asked.
"You do realize that I cannot regrow your limbs, don't you? And by the speed you were falling, if I hadn't interfered your hands would have torn off." Kurama said.
"Thank You. Experience really is a thing." Naruto said.
Meanwhile at the Bridge
Beside from Mei, everyone quickly got on their feet. Minori also came out of her palanquin, but she got terrified after seeing Mei's body. Everything below her waist was crushed from the palanquin and her left arm was torn off from the shoulder. One of the rods from the railing was also stabbed across her ribs, puncturing her right lung.
But before Minori could process what just happened, the three guards standing in all cut down in half in a single swing. A tall slender man wearing a black cloak with red cloud pattern was standing before the bodies of the men. He was holding a bloodied oversized sword which had a hole in it.
"You!" Ebisu said. It looked like he got a PTSD after seeing the man.
"I remember you; you are the kid who got saved by that green clown back then. Might Duy, was he?" The man said.
"You look more of a clown yourself. Don't tell me you escaped from a circus and stumbled upon us." Toji said as he took out a kunai.
"Who are you, runt?" Juzo asked.
"Toji, and you?" Naruto asked.
"Juzo Biwa." Juzo said as he dashed at the group and quickly cut down two of the guards even before they could draw out their swords. As he was about to cut the third guard, he quickly pulled back his sword in order to block a kunai from Ebisu.
"Are you that eager to die?" Juzo said as he chopped off the head of the last guard without wasting any time. In the meantime, Ebisu picked up one of the Katanas of the guards and tossed another to Katana to Toji.
"Let's attack the two of us together." Toji said as he and Ebisu attacked Juzo. Both engaged Juzo in a kenjutsu battle, with Juzo having the upper hand.
Both Toji and Ebisu tried to attack Juzo at the same time but Juzo blocked their attacks with his long sword and kicked Toji in the guts, throwing him away. Seeing his student kicked away, Ebisu also jumped away from Juzo to help Toji.
But as soon as Ebisu landed, he quickly made a few hand seals and spit out a volley of fire at Juzo, but Juzo simply jumped backwards to dodge the attack and disappear into the mist.
"Are you alright?" Ebisu asked, keeping his guard up for any attack. Toji quickly got up and stick his back with Ebisu.
"Yeah, I think the two of us are the only ones alive. How do we deal with a monster like him?" Toji asked.
"Use your instincts." Ebisu said as he blocked a strike from Juzo, but the strike was strong enough to push him away. Toji quickly started forming some hand seals, as he deduced himself as the next target.
And his instincts were right as he saw a sword coming at him, but he also slammed his hands at the ground. Before the sword could reach him, a spike protruded out from the bridge and skewered Juzo.
"Earth Release: Earth Flow Spear." Toji said as he got up, still sticking his back to Ebisu. Both Toji and Ebisu looked at the skewered Juzo, but instead of blood, water started flowing out of his wound and suddenly Juzo dispersed into water himself.
"Water Clone-" Ebisu said but before he could react, both him and Toji were impaled by Juzo in the chest.
"You fell for that?" Juzo taunted but suddenly a strong gust of wind blew off the mist around them, and Naruto was standing at the railing of the bridge.
"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!"
At first Naruto was smiling, but as soon as the mist disappeared and Naruto saw both his sensei and his friend dying by the hands of a stranger in a black cloak, the smile turned into a frown and then into anger. He also saw Mei crushed by the palanquin and Minori was beside her.
"Another kid? You should have run away when you had the chance." Juzo said as he took out his sword from the bodies of Ebisu and Toji letting both their bodies to fall on the ground. Seeing his comrades die, Naruto's sharingan sub consciously flared to life.
Naruto quickly made a set of hand seals and exhaled a powerful gust of wind that turned into a blade in mid air. Juzo also made a few hand seals and a water wall formed before him, blocking the wind attack.
"So, you are an Uchiha. Now, if I play this correctly, I might get your sharingan." Juzo said as he formed another hand seal, and the water wall took the form of a dragon before attacking Naruto.
"Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu." Juzo said as he also charged at Naruto with his sword.
Seeing the Water Dragon approach, Naruto made another hand seal and a Earth wall formed before him, and he then unsealed a bunch of paper bombs from his hands and stick them to his side of the wall. And then he made another Earth wall, but this one was thicker and bigger than the previous one.
After the water dragon collided with the mud wall, the paper bombs exploded, making the wall act as a grenade and shot countless pieces of the shattered wall in the direction of Juzo. Juzo used his sword to deflect the bigger pieces, but the smaller ones hit him dealing considerable damage.
"Such a desperate move. But, I am far beyond your level." Juzo said but before he could do anything, four chains shot out from behind the wall and attacked Juzo. He tried to defend against the chains but there were more than he could handle, so he jumped down the bridge.
"I have fought with an Uzumaki the third great Ninja war, so I know how to deal with these annoying chains. Their accuracy decreases with distance and after thirty meters, they are only good for binding huge targets." Juzo said as he formed another hand seal and a giant wave of water erupted from the river high in the air.
"Water Release: Giant Vortex Jutsu." Juzo said panting heavily. 'This jutsu requires way more chakra than any other jutsu I know.' Juzo said to himself.
Seeing the large volume of water, Naruto quickly recognised the Jutsu and shunshined towards Minori.
"Get in the Palanquin." Naruto said as Minori quickly got inside the palanquin without any questions. Naruto then made a hand seal and inhaled to his maximum capacity.
"Fire Release: Majestic Destroyer Flames!" Naruto said as he blew out a literal sea of flames that vaporised all the water before it could fall down, creating steam all around the place.
After he finished the jutsu, Naruto was panting heavily. But suddenly Juzo appeared behind Naruto, and before he could realize, Naruto was trapped inside a sphere of water.
"Such monstrosity. If I have counted right, you just showed 4 different chakra releases. You really are something, brat." Juzo said. "It is shame that I have to kill you. You will simply suffocate to death, as I want your Sharingan for myself." Juzo said looking at Naruto's sharingan, but suddenly, he broke the eye contact. "Oh, I forgot, NEVER LOOK INTO THE EYES OF AN UCHIHA."
"What are you doing, Naruto?" Kurama said.
"He is just better than me. He just killed my friends and by sensei, how can I hope to defeat him?" Naruto said.
"You are just a fool. You had many opportunities to kill him, but you missed every one of them. You could have used the Rashmon gates here, instead of burning your chakra, you could have put him in a genjutsu right now and break free of this fucking water sphere. But you are too deviated by the deaths of your comrades that it has clouded your decision-making ability. Your mind is not in the battle, but it is in the grief of the death your friends." Kurama said.
"I should have mentioned this before, a shinobi doesn't only kill and dies, sometimes he has to witness the death of his comrades too. You aren't always the one to kill, but sometimes you are the ones who gets killed. If you can't stand the death of your comrades, then give up on your dreams and die here." Kurama said.
"But if you can be cold and ruthless, as this profession demands and can spill blood to protect your friends then I will help you." Kurama said.
"I will." Naruto then switched with him without a second thought.
Suddenly, a slit appeared on Naruto's sharingan, and his body started glowing. Suddenly he was covered in yellow and orange chakra with black patterns on it. (A/N: KCM 2)
"This is my chakra cloak." Kurama said to Naruto. He then overpowered the water release jutsu and broke free.
"What's happening?" Juzo asked as he jumped away from Naruto.
"You… DIE." Naruto said as he appeared beside Juzo and smashed him the ground. He then kicked him in the face, breaking the bridge in the process.
While falling, Juzo grabbed Naruto's leg, but Naruto snatched Juzo's sword from him and chopped his arm off from which he was holding his leg.
"How dare you touch me, you insect." Naruto said as they both landed on the debris of the bridge. But before Juzo could understand what happened, Naruto chopped off his remaining three limbs and smacked him into the pillar of the bridge, embedding him into it.
"Die!" Naruto said as he stabbed the sword into Juzo's neck, beheading him in the process.
"I can't believe this worm was giving you this much trouble." Kurama said. He then turned off his chakra cloak and jumped back on the bridge with the sword.
"Well... you are just too much strong." Naruto said.
"Huh… there are more." He looked at the end of the bridge where around four dozen men were standing with swords and spears.
"I am good now; I will deal with them myself." Naruto said.
"As you wish. Your body is way too small for me to handle anyways." Kurama said as he switched back with Naruto.
Naruto then glared at the group. "What do you want?" He asked.
"Hand over the girl and we will spare you." A man wearing a purple kimono said.
"Uncle!?" Minori said.
"Uncle? So did you hired the man that I just killed?" Naruto asked.
"Isn't it obvious? Now hand over the girl, so that I can kill her and become the next Lord." The man said.
"What? How come killing her will make you the next Lord?" Naruto asked.
"My Brother is on his death bed, and he will die in a few days. But instead of me, she is chosen to become the next lord. But if she dies here, then the position will be mine for sure." The man said.
"I see. Now, I give you one last chance, surrender or die." Naruto said.
"Don't make me laugh. I thought I would spare you but now you will die too." The man said. "Go, kill both of them." He ordered as all the men marched towards their death.
"AS YOU WISH." Naruto said as he stabbed the sword in the ground and the same chakra cloak covered his body and a slit appeared on his eyes as before. He then took out a pair of kunai and charged at the approaching group.
Half a dozen of golden chains shot out from Naruto's back and skewered a dozen men straight through their heads. While the chains were doing their job, Naruto also used the kunai to slit the throat of a man snatched his katana.
"This one is lighter than the previous one." Naruto said as he stabbed another man in the heart but before he could pull out the sword, he noticed that another man was trying to stab him from his left. But before his sword could reach Naruto, Naruto glared at him, putting him in a genjutsu before slitting his throat.
"25 left!" Naruto said as he used his chains as a whip to smash the heads of the enemies.
"What is he?" The man said as he started sweating. What was happening before him wasn't a fight at all, it was an one-sided massacre. The sight of his men dropping dead like flies had shaken him to the very core of his being. In a matter of few minutes, of the 48 men he had brought, only two were standing.
Suddenly two chains shot out from Naruto's shoulder and lifted the last two men by their neck. He then smashed both their heads to each other, spraying blood all over the place.
"1 left." Naruto said as he dropped their bodies on the ground. And before the man could realize, Naruto was standing right before him. Suddenly, Naruto's hand was covered in a Purple Lightning.
"You are the reason, my friends and my Sensei died here. So, you will die here too." Naruto said as he stabbed the man in the heart with his hand. He then reverted to his normal form and turned off his Sharingan. His whole body was covered in blood and his white hair was dyed red again.
"Rest in Peace, Ebisu-sensei… Mei-Chan… Toji." Naruto said looking at their dead bodies as tears started falling from his eyes.
Naruto then took out a sealing scroll and sealed Juzo's Kubikiribocho in. He then unsealed four corpse sealing scrolls and sealed the bodies of Juzo, Mei, Toji and Ebisu.
"Guess you have to walk a little bit." Naruto said looking at Minori who was too terrified to even react.
"Hurry up, I have a mission to complete." Naruto said in a soft voice as he lend a hand to Minori. Minori then slowly grabbed Naruto's hand to get up.
After walking just for an hour, Minori finally reached her home safe and sound. Naruto then, without wasting anytime, quickly left for Konoha.
On his Way to Konoha
Due to Naruto travelling at top speed and the village being relatively closer, it was just a journey of six hours for Naruto. Naruto was about to reach the village when Kurama spoke up.
"You realized it, don't you?" Kurama said.
"Realize what?" Naruto asked.
"About your Sharingan." Kurama said. Naruto then formed a mirror in his mindscape and found out that his 2 tomoe sharingan was now a 6 Tomoe Sharingan.
"What is this?" Naruto asked.
"Guess my hunch was right. You possess the Founder Sharingan.Or in other words, the same eyes as father." Kurama said.
"What? What is Founding Sharingan? And who is your Father?" Naruto asked.
"Me and all other tailed beasts were created by Hagoromo Otsutsuki, better known as Sage of Six Paths. And you possess the same eyes as him." Kurama said.
"You mean Sage of Six paths possessed the Sharingan? But I read that he had a special Dojutsu called the Rinnegan." Naruto asked.
"He possessed both. The truth is that the Rinnegan was the evolved form of the Sharingan." Kurama said.
"So, then how is this different from a normal sharingan?" Naruto asked.
"Well, there are different forms of sharingan. The first one is the tomoe variant, and then comes the Mangekyo Sharingan. Here is the real difference. When someone who possesses a sharingan suffers great emotional trauma, like losing the person who was most precious to him, his sharingan evolves into the Mangekyo Sharingan. Each Sharingan comes with a different ability, but if you happen to possess a Mangekyo, then you will have the ability of every other Mangekyo." Kurama said.
"There is one more thing, usually using a Mangekyo damages the eyesight and eventually results in blindness. And to prevent that, the user must replace his Mangekyo with another Mangekyo from someone in his first degree of relation. But you Mangekyo will not have such side effects, hence will directly evolve into the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan." Kurama said.
"I see. Well, save the talk for future, as I ain't going to lose someone close to me anytime soon again." Naruto said as he entered the village.
"Where is the rest of your team kid?" Izumo asked.
"Dead." Naruto said before he shunshined away.
"Who knows what the future has for you." Kurama said.
Author's Note
Well, this one took longer than other. At first I thought to make it a two chapter arc but then I decided to make it an one shot. So many things happened in this chapter so let's explain each one of them.
Naruto is just using Minato's Kunai as normal kunai, and not FTG. He is too young to use it anyway. Next is Madara's Gunbai. If you have read the previous chapter carefully, you will know how Madara's Gunbai ended up in Minato's basement. Now the Akatsuki. Naruto is not aware of Akatsuki as an organization but you can say that Akatsuki is introduced in the story now, though the main cast of Akatsuki will be introduced much later.
And finally about Naruto's Sharingan, well, I won't talk about it. Because anything I say will be a spoiler for the story, so be patient and wait for the things to unravel. Don't forget to write a review. See ya in the next chapter.
