Chapter 30: Devils in the Wave

Drying himself from his shower Naruto redressed himself and walked over to his bed where he softly kissed the sleeping Hinata on the cheek, she gave him a slight mumble and whispered softly in her sleep "Naruto-kun."

Naruto gave her a soft smile, during his shower he had meditated on the events that took place back in the inn, not only did he burn the memories into his head but he promised to never forget or have those memories removed.

As much pain as it bought him, as much as it tore him up inside, there was one positive that came from what had happened. Naruto's conviction of bringing justice to wave country was steeled now. And in order to do that he would have to bring the hammer down onto Gato and all his goons. He wasn't going to sulk and whine all day he had he was going to make Gato's company and Gato himself suffer.

Seeing that the sun was now setting only made Naruto frown in realization of how much time had gone by. Deciding to waste no more he leaned over and whispered into Hinata's ear the sweet nothings that she loved to hear. Within seconds she was awake and had wrapped her arms around Naruto's neck and pulled him down for a hot make out session. And it would have started had Naruto not placed a finger on her lips and whispered.

"Not now my Hime, there is work to be done."

Hinata pouted slightly but that soon turned to a smile when she said, "You seem to be feeling better."

Naruto just nodded and replied, "Well enough to begin our mission."

Hinata seeing the determination and fire in his eyes nodded back and gathered her equipment before heading downstairs to where Shino and Kiba were eating their rations at the dinner table.

Naruto waked over to them and asked, "So what did Kakashi have you guys do today?"

Kiba with a snort said, "You won't believe what Team 7 just began learning….. Tree climbing…."

Naruto raised an eyebrow at that with an amused look, "Seriously? I might have to talk to Kakashi about his training regimen if Team 7 is only learning tree climbing now. Were they at least able to pick it up quickly?"

Shino replied, "Haruno-san was able to walk up the tree after a few tries due to her small supply of chakra, Sai-san I believed had already previous knowledge of this skill and the Uchiha when we left was still hasn't reached the half-way point."

Naruto just shook his head at this and said, "Regardless, let's not bother ourselves with Team 7s issues. We have our own mission to take care of; tonight I want the 3 of you to use your skills of espionage and tracking in unison to accumulate me a detailed report on the movement of Gato's forces in town. In addition to this you will all have a secondary objective, Hinata yours will be to use your Byakugan to try and draw me a comprehensive blueprint of Gato's mansion, Shino you will attach your queens to key members of Gato's henchmen so we can track their whereabouts and Kiba you and Akamaru will help try to sniff out hidden traps, passageways and underground bases. One of my clones will accompany each of you to provide backup and cover. Is my orders understood?" Crossing his fingers for the Kage bunshin he made 3 clones which split off with each of the genin.

All 3 of the genin's of Team 8 said, "Understood." As both Kiba and Shino dashed out the door and towards the town, Hinata stayed back slightly and asked Naruto. "What about you?"

Naruto looked over at Hinata than tilted his head toward the floor and just said, "Unfinished business… Tilting his head back up gone were his cerulean blue eyes replaced by red ones with a black slit running down the middle and a devilishly red glow to them.

Hinata just nodded since if Naruto was going to use the Kyubi's chakra than he was dead serious, and didn't question him on his unfinished business, knowing that later Naruto would most likely tell her all about it. She smiled at him and just said, "Be careful my love."

Naruto just nodded and said, "You too hime."

3 hours later

Naruto had checked every location that he gained from the man he had interrogated, first heading to the abandon coal mine it disgusted him what he had found there, apparently Gato was using those who opposed him against their will to dig what was left of this coal mine while also using the emptied areas as a makeshift cemetery. The smell was atrocious as entire shafts in the mines were filled with wooden coffins though there were some bodies just thrown in carelessly and unceremoniously. After a complete search of the mine in case it was also being used as a dungeon Naruto completely leveled the mine with his Mokuton abilities, ensuring that Gato would never be able to use the mine again and at least the deceased had a proper burial now.

Next he headed to the warehouse at the far side of town, and saw that it was not one warehouse but a whole row of them. After incapacitating of the guards stationed there, Naruto discovered most of the warehouses contained weapons, drugs, rations and other goods. Sadly for Gato the weapons were now property of Konoha no Sato, the drugs would soon be destroyed by a freak warehouse fire, and the rations and goods would be split between the people of Wave country. And while there were no prisoners in any of the warehouses, there were prisons, cages and shackles that could only be meant for people.

After some brief traveling Naruto reached the cave north of the pier, to discover it was actually a giant sea cave being used as a hidden dock. Peering into the cave he saw a large group of what looked like Gato's thugs preparing 3 medium sized wooden boats. They loaded weapons and chains into one of them than one of the thugs said,

"Man I actually hope those town folks don't have the money to pay the boss, some of the girls there are actually pretty hot."

Another one said, "I know what you mean, maybe we should take one or two as interest for not paying on time."

Naruto saw many of them let out perverted grins and cheers at the idea of that, Naruto just whispered quietly to himself, "Disgusting…"

Watching them all enter their boats and lift their anchors, Naruto instantly ran forward and flipped into and the air and landed on top of the water in front of them barring their exit. A large man in the middle boat yelled out at Naruto, "Who in the world are you boy, actually that doesn't matter since you stumbled onto our little hideout we can't let you go." Finishing with a grin.

Naruto glared at them and only now did the men notice his slightly glowing red eyes, it stuck fear in my of the thug's their smirks were long gone from their faces and the same man said slightly fearful but still in a steady tone. "What in the hell are you boy!"

Naruto just answered, "Justice…" with that he released enormous amounts of chakra around him which quickly saturated all the wood in his proximity, primarily the wood the boats were made out of.

The large man was going to say something back to Naruto when he heard yelling and the sounds of wood creaking, whipping to his right side he saw what horrified him to no end the boat actually seemed as it was alive. The wooden floor had risen and was now binding and stabbing the men on the boat afterwards dragging them into the depths.

More yelling and splashing prompted him to turn his head to the left where the boat much like the other one was attacking his men, who were screaming and jumping off the boat in attempts to get away but none of them could outswim the wood.

In his shock the large man didn't even realize his own boat had done the same and had killed all his crewmates, by the time he realized this it was too late he was bound by the wood but for some reason it didn't pull him into the abyss…

But his train of thought was stopped when the boy walked…. No it

looked like he glide toward him on top of the water, when the boy was directly in front of him he was sucked into his eyes the man saw rage… a level of rage only reserved for demons living in the deepest part of hell.

The man whimpered out, "Please mercy."

Somehow it seemed as the rage emanating from the boy's eyes doubled…. No quadrupled as he said, "Justice has no mercy on the wicked…"

With that Naruto gave the man a hard chop to the neck sending him to the world of unconsciousness.

Next Day Afternoon

Far away in Gato's Mansion

Gato's paced back and forth wildly; ever since those Konoha Shinobi had entered into wave country he had received nothing but bad news… or no news at all. He had lost contact with a few of his higher officers and bases. The moment he heard that the abandoned inn had been lost in a freak fire he instantly pulled all the slaves he had kidnapped from around his bases in wave country and hid them in his own personal dungeon. Human trafficking was one of his most profitable businesses and if he didn't have slaves to sell to his customers than that would be bad for his reputation and company.

And while his dungeons were severely overcrowded now…. The

slaves would survive…. At least they would until Zabuza could

recover and deal with the Konoha Shinobi, Gato was most displeased when Zabuza came back empty handed but he did say he would deal with it soon enough.

Just than the door to his office open and in ran one of his messengers, "Gato-sama…. Bad news…"

"What is it?" Gato demanded impatiently.

Nervously the messenger whimpered out, "Gato-sama last night you had ordered Yoichi-sama to sail out and collect your taxes from the outlying islands; we expected them to be back by now but have received no news from them at all.

Gato was fuming with rage, "And what of the port?"

The messenger just said, "Everything is gone… when we got there it was as nothing was ever there, we couldn't find any of the men there either."

Just as Gato was going to say something, another messenger ran into the room. "Gato-sama a disaster happened last night at both the warehouses and the mine."

"WHAT!" Gato roared out definitely not in a good mood. "WHAT HAPPENED NOW!"

The second messenger sweat profusely fearing Gato's rage, "A land slide completely buried the mine, we tried to shift some of the rocks but even then we couldn't get in. And as for the warehouses a fire broke out last night and consumed everything including Fuyu-sama… we found him and the guards imprisoned burnt to death inside the cells inside the warehouse, judging by the fact that they were all shackled to the bars of the cells we have come to believe that they were still alive when the fire was started."

Gato couldn't believe his ears, in two days 2 of his most loyal lieutenants were dead and one missing. And while men were easy to replace with money loyalty was not. And what infuriated him further was the loss of all the goods he had inside the warehouses… black market weapons… drugs he had painstakingly smuggled across multiple borders and other items. "Some demon of Konoha believes it can enter and destroy my country… Get me Zabuza…" Gato growled out.

Some 30 minutes later.

Zabuza walked into Gato's office with Kimimaro by his side, Gato immediately sneered at Zabuza and said. "I see that you're up and running, tell me than Zabuza… WHY HAVE YOU NOT DEALT WITH THE KONOHA SHINOBI!"

Zabuza snorted and replied, "If they were any normal Shinobi I would have dealt with them already, but the unexpected reinforcements are on a whole other level. My subordinates and I have to properly scout and find the weakness of this new group for the highest possible success rate, we just need some more time for our plan to succeed."

Gato's face twisted into a frown, "Time is something you don't have much of Zabuza… everyday these Konoha Shinobi destroy more and more of my property and goods and every day that dammed bridge builder comes closer to completing his bridge. So tell me Zabuza when are you and your lackeys going to do what I paid you too do… because if you don't hurry up than I have no problem replacing you with somebody more competent!"

Zabuza snarled at Gato and wanted to run through the short midget with his Kubikiribocho, but he reined in his rage. Taking comfort in knowing that whatever the Shodai-gaki had in store for Gato would be much worse than whatever he could think of. "Don't worry Gato the issue will be dealt with shortly…"

Without waiting for a reply from Gato, Zabuza just turned and left the office with Kimimaro. Exiting the mansion Kimimaro said to Zabuza, "Do you believe we gave Haku enough time Zabuza-sama?"

Zabuza just smirked and replied, "Haku is very skilled in what she puts her mind too, so there is no need to worry about her."

Right on cue a swirl of water signaled Haku's entrance. "Kimimaro-kun… Zabuza-sama I have completed what has been asked of me."

"Excellent." Zabuza said with a grin. "Bring it to the Shodai-gaki I'm sure he will appreciate it."

With a nod and another swirl of water Haku was gone.

In a forest near Tazuna's house With Team 8 and 7

Team 7 was still working on the basic tree climbing technique well at least Sasuke was, Sai had already mastered it and Sakura was able to reach the top but had nearly used her entire chakra reserve just reaching the top, Team 8 on the other hand had already long mastered tree climbing with Kurenai-sensei as she was a genjutsu specialist, she put a lot of emphasis on Chakra control and working on chakra control was the first training Team 8 did with her.

Seeing as he was not their official sensei, Naruto just had them refine their already known skills. With Kiba it was helping improve his aim and shredding power behind his Gatsuga, Working on improving Hinata's Byakugan and refining Shino's taijutsu. While he himself was going through the info that was gathered by the genin of Team 8 last night, while it wasn't perfect it was brilliant work for a rookie team on their first scouting mission.

He read through the scrolls while walking around and giving some hints and corrections to Team 8, Stopping on his patrol Naruto looked up from the scrolls and then turned his head toward the top of one of the trees and said, "Haku you can come out now."

A blur leapt from the top of one of the branches, landing on the ground Haku kneelt in front of Naruto and said, "My apologies Shodaime-sama, you seemed busy and I didn't want to disturb you,"

Both Team 8 and 7 stopped to inspect the new comer.

Naruto sighed and answered, "It's alright Haku, and you have something for me?"

Haku nodded, "Correct Shodaime-sama, I have my scouted Gato's mansion quite thoroughly and pushing my artistic skills to their limit I have painstakingly drawn a rough blue print of his mansion." Haku said as she handed Naruto a scroll.

Unraveling the scroll Naruto took a quick skim over it, and like Haku said her drawing skills were very subpar. But combine this with what Hinata was able to draw last night it would be perfect.

Naruto looked up from Haku's scroll and was about to thank her but he noticed she wasn't kneeling in front of him anymore but instead had stood up and was now having a intense stare down with Hinata.

Naruto watched as they both inched their way to their pouches and slowly pulled out a kunai and this was where Naruto stepped in… well where Naruto wanted to step in in a flash Haku and Hinata had whipped their Kunai's at each other where they both clanged loudly and ricocheted off one another.

Both knew the Kunai was never going to hit… both of them knew that it was a distraction and it gave them both enough time to dash at their opponent with their signature abilities full blast, Hinata with a full powered Jukan strike and Haku had incased her hand in a spear of ice.

They would have clashed had Naruto not grabbed both their wrists and held them just mere inches away from colliding. "That's enough you two…" Naruto said.

Naruto let go of both their wrists as the chakra lacing Hinata's palm dissipated and the Ice surrounding Haku's hand fell away. Both of them leered at each other one more time then Hmphed at each other and turned their heads away.

Naruto made a mental note to talk to Hinata about this later, but first he said, "Haku I thank you for all you're hard work. Please come back tomorrow around noon and I'll give you a scroll to bring back to Zabuza." Naruto finished with a smile, Haku turned her head back toward Naruto giving him a bow she said, "As you wish Shodaime-sama." Then in a swirl of water she vanished.

Naruto turned to Hinata and let out a soft sigh, "Team 8 we have a mission update, meet me inside in 5."

Hinata nodded and followed Naruto toward the house, while Kiba who was now standing next to Shino said with a whistle, "Dam that girl was really strong… and she was pretty hot too."

Shino just adjusted his glasses slightly and responded, "Get your head out of the gutter Kiba." Than he followed Naruto and Hinata inside the house.

Sasuke on the other hand heard what Kiba had said and for once agreed with the dog boy, "He's right that girl was strong and very attractive… I must have her so we can breed powerful children… she will soon be mine as well as the Hyuga…" Sasuke thought to himself.

Inside the house

Naruto laid the scrolls, plans and blue prints on the table using Haku's drawings to fill in the holes of Hinata's outlines Naruto was able to get a near perfect rendition of Gato's mansion every room and what each one was used for.

He ran his hand over the basement that was being used as a makeshift prison… than he ran his hand over to Gato's most fortified sanctuary at the highest point of his mansion. "What a fool." Naruto said out loud as he smirked at the blueprints. "He believes himself to be untouchable, and while I admire the design of his mansion and the defenses it boasts…. But his castle wasn't designed to defend against Shinobi… The overly large window and lack of any anti chakra seals making penetrating his sanctuary far too easy."

"You want us to infiltrate his sanctuary and wait for Gato there, but how will we assure that Gato will be there sensei?" Shino asked

"You corner him into it, like you would corner a rat so it retreats and leads you right to its nest." Naruto responded, "Fear not Shino I have already a plan in motion that will guarantee Gato will be there. As for the rest of you get some rest because tomorrow night we are going to end Gato's reign over wave country."

The genin of Team 8 nodded.

"I'll be back later I'm going to inform Kakashi-sensei about our mission.

Tazuna's house

It was a riot when Naruto told Kakashi about the plan while Sai said really nothing Sasuke completely went off, demanding that he be put into the mission as well so he could show and prove his skills. Well his suggestion was immediately shot down by both Kakashi and Naruto much to his displeasure.

Kakashi on the other hand was somewhere along the same boat as Sasuke on Naruto's plan… well the part where he wasn't involved in it aside from that it was a good plan. While Kakashi didn't doubt Naruto's skill or plan, Naruto lacked the experience that Kakashi possessed….

Well maybe Kakashi just wanted to get some action… being stuck watching over a bridge builder all day was a bore. But this wasn't Kakashi's mission, the Hokage had made it specifically clear this was Naruto's mission and he would run it as he saw fit.

But Kakashi couldnt help but notice something different about Naruto it seemed like as he had a great burden on his back. One that only came when one was greatly affected by a death and at the moment you were trying to suppress the pain and guilt.

Kakashi watched as Naruto was leaving and called out to him, "Naruto…"

He turned around in response to his name.

Making eye contact with him Kakashi said, "For the moment you can keep it repressed Naruto, but once this mission is over that is when it will hit you full force. I implore you to get help after you get back to Konoha, or you might fall onto the path of psychopaths and missing-nin."

Naruto just nodded and left.

Next Day

Night Gato's Mansion

Gato sat in his office he felt a tingle run down his spine almost as he knew something bad was coming, but ultimately he ignored it, well that was until one of his henchmen ran in the room out of breath he said, "Gato-sama… Yoichi-sama… he's at the gate."

Immediately Gato stood up and said, "Quickly let him in, he has information I want." The servant took off and Gato followed him at a slower pace, but still briskly completely intent on getting every bit of information out of Yoichi. But when he got to his main hall, Yoichi wasn't in the condition Gato expected him to be in. Beaten… bloody… destroyed that was what he could have been described as… once one of his strongest and most loyal subordinates now… reducing to this quivering bloody heap of flesh, digits had been painfully removed, ears were torn, tooth were knocked out.

Gato was slowly descending the stairs to the first floor of the main hall when Yoichi said with a chuckle, "He promised me… he would stop all my suffering… he would give me a chance to redeem myself… Now here's my chance… I guess… Even demons keep their words."

With that Yoichi ripped what remained of his tatter shirt apart revealing his entire torso was covered in exploding tags, Gato saw them light up and immediately turned and lunged back up the stairs just as the explosion went off in a large bang that shook the entire mansion.

Gato yelled out in pain as he felt his right leg get slightly singed by the flames, he looked back down at the devastation caused by the exploding tags. Dozens of his men laid dead even more were injured all the art and fine furniture he had kept in the hall was destroyed, but at the moment he didn't care about those material things, what was more important was his own life so immediately he called the 3 closets subordinates near him and ordered them to bring him to his safe room.

They had to carry him a majority of the way as he couldn't walk properly with the slightly charred leg, once they got inside the safe room they slammed the door shut behind them and bolted it with a multitude of locks dragging himself over to a cushion he sat down and yelled out, "GET ME A FIRST AID KIT DAMMIT!"

There was no response so he turned his head toward the door where they were supposed to be to Gato's horror all 3 of the men that came into the room with him were now entangled in vines and branches. The door was also covered in a layer of the vegetation.

From behind him Gato heard a semi-demonic voice say, "The power of life… so beautiful."

Gato stared into the shadows as a pair of glowing red eyes walked toward him, while shaking and trying to hold his bowels together Gato was able to whimper out, "You'ree….. hiiimm… you're that deee mon…. every boddyy has bee… en talking about…"

Naruto wrapped his hand around Gato's neck and said, "Correct you are Gato… Now let me inform you your reign over wave country has come to an end… as I speak your forces are being slain or rounded up for execution… all of your assets are now the property of Konoha no Sato and soon will be reinvested back into Wave country… As for you… well you will find out soon." Tightening his grip around Gato's neck it was enough to cut off the oxygen long enough for Gato to pass out. Unceremoniously dropping Gato's limp body to the floor Naruto motioned for Team 8 to come out of the shadows.

"Kill them…" Naruto said as he motioned to the 3 bound guards.

Gasp and shock ran through the genin of Team 8.

But they didn't say anything about it… they knew that these men deserved it… that Naruto basically turned them into justice in human form by giving them the opportunity to slay those who had committed all these atrocities.

But it wasn't that simple was it, it was taking a humans life. To forever remember that by your hands another human being was dead, but they were Shinobi… here was an opportunity given to them to commit their first kill. In an environment that wasn't a battlefield where they might freeze up in shock.

Kiba was the first to step up, walking over to one of the bound minions of Gato. Kiba looked down at his clawed hands flexed it slightly than in a lighting fast swipe to the throat he tore into the man's neck completely obliterating the man's windpipe within moments he was dead…

Kiba took a few steps backwards than stared down at his hand which was covered in blood, the liquid stained his hands a shade of red. He bought his fingers into the puddle that had remained in the middle of his palm. Closing his eyes to savor the feeling of his first kill… Kiba had to admit deep down… there was a thrill too it… not psychopathic thrill… but mission success thrill.

Shino was next to step forward… he had taken some time to think about it and he believed this to be most logical, by killing in this control environment where he knew he wasn't at risk of being attack while he realigned his thoughts this was an opportunity that he couldn't passed up. Calming his nerves for a moment Shino raised both his hands and pointed them at one of the bound men, instantly a swam of bugs emerged from his sleeves and raced toward the man.

The moment the bugs reached the man and began crawling all over him, he screamed out in horror. What a foolish mistake as it just gave the bugs another entrance into his body, Shino's swarm dug into the man's body destroying it from within. After a couple of painful minutes the man's screaming ceased, his body was just a shell of skin and flesh. Everything inside was gone eaten or dissolved by the swarm as they had finished their job and retreated back to their hosts body.

While this kill was both logical and rational to Shino and he had a mission to complete and to complete it the man had to die… but still it made Shino feel unsettled on the inside.

Last up was Hinata… maybe at one point in her life she was a wall flower… shy… and unconfident of her skill and beauty. But she had been hardened by years of training with Anko, Anko had shown her things in the interrogation rooms that one could be labeled as worse than killing and death but still taking a life was a big step, but Hinata wasn't going to back down not in front of the rest of her team mates and especially not in front of her Naruto-kun.

While Hinata was well refined in the art of killing by Anko, she decided to use her family's signature attack for her first kill. Hinata stared down at her palm as chakra flowed into it, Hinata walked over to the last prisoner and without giving it a second thought she slammed her palm into the man's face.

With a squelch, splash and pop the man's skull and brain had been turned into jelly,

Hinata moved her hand away before any of the blood and brain matter began to flow out of the man's orifices.

She closed her eyes and clenched her fist trying to calm her nerves, "This is how Naruto-kun must have felt?" she thought to herself. "The pain and guilt of knowing you ended another person's life…"

Naruto watched his team all deep in thought, he knew that they would require time to get their thoughts together so he gave it to them.

10 minutes became 30 and soon it was an hour before they all were all mentally capable of resuming the mission.

Unlocking the door and walking back toward the destroyed main hall, they ran into a few of Naruto's shadow clones running past them or carrying scrolls and other valuables.

Back at the main hall they watched from the second story as clones dashed in and out of rooms around the mansion and bought back items to be sealed away into the large scrolls that had been unraveled across the floor.

In the middle where the crater from the explosion, was around 40-50 of Gato's henchmen bound and under the watchful eyes of a dozen clones.

Naruto gripped the banister he said to Team 8 without facing them. As he watched the prisoners Gato had capture mostly women and young girls being escorted out of the mansion. "Wave country needs a leader… at the moment they need somebody to bring righteousness onto those who had wronged them…"

"And I assume that you will take that roll Naruto-sensei?" Shino asked.

Naruto nodded, Hinata saw this and let out a gasp. "You're not going to leave Konoha and stay in Wave country forever are you?"

Naruto just shook his head, "No… I won't stay in Wave country; I will merely help the people to get back onto their own feet. Then allow them to appoint their own leader."

Kiba questioned, "You're not going to be a dictator like Gato are you?"

"No all dictators are bad Kiba, all the Daiymo's and Kages including our very own Sandaime are dictators. Though tomorrow you might believe some of my methods be cruel." Naruto answered.

Next Day

The denizens of wave country woke up to official decrees plastered all around town, not much was on it aside from

By official decree of the ruler Wave Country

All citizens will attend a mandatory meeting

To be held in the Town Square at noon.

Naruto knew the people would come… they still believed Gato to be in power and Gato had long instilled the fear into people on what happens if they disobeyed his orders. Naruto had no issue using that to gather the people together.

Tazuna's house two hours before noon

If Sasuke was good at something that one thing was over exaggerating on his skills, Inari often argued with Sasuke on how Gato was unstoppable and nobody could defeat him. And Sasuke would just retort the young boy by saying how he was Uchiha and how he was the one that was undefeatable not Gato.

Just as Inari was about to run out the door crying he heard somebody say from the other side of the door, "I'm telling you, bathing in the blood of your enemies is exhilarating you should try it sometimes."

Inari paled and froze as the door opened to reveal the giant that was Zabuza… who smirked down at the shaking young boy. "Boo."

That was all that was necessary to send the young boy dashing back behind her mother who was also cowering slightly.

Kakashi cursed himself as he knew he was still battling the after effects of chakra exhaustion, so at the moment he was no match for Zabuza. But he instantly felt relieved when he saw Naruto step into the house behind him.

Sasuke for once in his life was intelligent enough to not say something to the seven swordsmen of the mist, remembering the brutal beat down he had suffered at the hands of Zabuza.

Naruto was the first to say something, "Tazuna… today at noon you and your family will go to the town square."

Sakura glared at Naruto and shrieked, "WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE ORDERING TAZUNA'S FAMILY AROUND." And while Sakura didn't really care about Tazuna's family, Sakura felt the need to insult Naruto for Sasuke's sake.

Naruto narrowed his eyes at her and Kakashi saw it so he reprimanded Sakura before Naruto could, Kakashi knew Naruto's punishment would be far worse. "Now, now Sakura inside voices please…"

Naruto removed his glare from Sakura than said to Tazuna, "As of last night… I have officially proclaimed myself as the first Daimyo of Wave Country."

Gasps rang out throughout the house; even Zabuza was a tad surprised at this but only raised his eyebrow in amusement.

Sasuke on the other hand was livid, first Naruto got promoted to acting Chunin now he went and declared himself a Daimyo. That should be him not the dobe leading a country, he should have people catering to his every whim and giving him more power not the blonde fool… "How is he always getting stronger," Sasuke thought.

Tazuna was shaking… he didn't know what it was happiness? Contentment? Freedom? No longer was wave country under Gato's rule but now this blonde genin's reign… Tazuna slowly said, "Naruto-sama.. I'm positive the people of Wave Country humbly accept your claim to power in Wave Country. After all you can't be worse than Gato… at least I hope not"

"I thank you for your support Tazuna-san… and as for your second statement… my methods will be… different. But enough about that Tazuna I just wanted to inform you Zabuza here will no longer be trying to kill you or your family, but instead he will stay in Wave country with his subordinates after I leave and he will be in charge of the academy I am establishing nearby. And as for funding Gato has generously donated a large sum to the entirety of Wave Country and as Daimyo I will broker a trade alliance with Konoha and her allies, does that sound satisfactory with you Tazuna? "

Tazuna just nodded in amazement with the boy, Naruto seeing this said as he turned to leave. "Excellent than, I will be seeing you at the Town Square later than… remember its mandatory."

As the door closed behind Zabuza and Naruto, Sai said. "Naruto-sama is truly an amazing Shinobi, I do not know of anybody who has climbed the ranks faster than him. Clearly he is the greatest Shinobi of our generation."

Sasuke just snarled at Sai, but decided not to argue with him knowing that beating Sai in an argument wasn't easy especially because of Sais odd logic.

Noon Town Square

The citizens of Wave Country were packed into the large Town square at the far end were long wooden gallows that could accommodate at least 10 people at once. Near the gallows were at least 70 men chained awaiting their judgment, from whom? Why none other than the wildly popular and accepted Daimyo of Wave Country Naruto Uzumaki-Senju. It was quite a surprise when the people first got to the Town square and saw the boy sitting on a wooden throne next to the gallows, but like Tazuna the people preferred anybody but Gato and clearly this boy had something majestic, regal and strong about him that just made the people believe him.

Naruto looked out into the crowd and saw Tazuna and his family, Team 7 and Kakashi and even Zabuza Haku and Kimimaro. Naruto stood from his seat and walked to the front of the gallows that was enough to attract the attention of the populace. Taking a deep breath Naruto spoke in a loud voice so all the people could hear.

"People of Wave country… My name is Naruto Uzumaki-Senju of Konoha… Last night my team and I made a raid on the home of a corrupt and unjust ruler by the name of Gato. We bore witness to the many atrocities this man has committed and deemed him unfit to rule, and thus I overthrew Gato and crowned myself Damiyo of Wave Country…

Loud cheering broke out across the entire crowd, Naruto gave the crowd a moment to calm down before continuing.

"Now I realize there might be some who are unhappy with these circumstances, but at the time I believed this to be necessary. But please understand I want nothing more then for Wave Country to prosper and to be able to stand on her own two feet again."

Again a round of cheers broke out this time even louder.

Naruto made a calm down motion with his hands, hearing the crowd quiet down. "Before you begin labeling me as a hero, understand that I rule as a dictator and this is not a democracy. Understand that my rule is supreme and that sometimes I might have to do things many might not like. But unlike Gato I do not do them for my own personal gain but what I see as beneficial to Wave Country as I am to prove to all of you now."

He made a hand motion toward some men that had volunteered to be his executioners; they were quite overjoyed about the job actually. They pushed the first group of men up onto the gallows as the crowd booed and threw rocks at them, while it would have been customary to throw vegetable and fruits at them. The people did not have it in their hearts to waste what precious little food they had.

The nooses were bought around their necks and fitted into place, Naruto handed another man a scroll he unraveled it and read out in a booming voice.

"As decreed by Uzumaki-Senju, Naruto Daimyo of Wave Country, you have been charged with depravity of human rights to individuals of Wave country. So as your punishment your rights will be deprived in return by the Daimyo. And you all hereby sentenced to death by the method of hanging."

"Right to impartial tribunal…. Suspended!"

A pull of the switch and the ground from underneath the prisoners fell away and the men fell some 4-6 feet where their necks were snapped with a loud crack. Underneath the gallows men quickly loosened the nooses and carried the bodies away for disposal.

The nooses came up and another 10 prisoners were put into place, the crowd was absolutely thrilled. Point, cheering, celebrating.

"He's going to get it now!" one villager said

"That bastard killed my wife!" Another one said

"That one burned my house down for fun." A third one said.

Back on the gallows the messenger read the next line of the scroll.

"Right to a public trial… Suspended!"

The sound of the wooden trap door swinging open and the cracks of necks further incited the roar of the crowd.

Another group was put into place on the gallows.

"Right to an appeal… Suspended!"

That group soon fell to their death. And more of Gato's minions were tied to the nooses many of them struggled but could do little to overpower the iron cuffs and gags tied to their mouths. As they too fell to their deaths.

"Right to legal consul… Suspended!"

Another batch was disposed, and this continued on for the rest of Gato's henchmen

"Right to preparation of defense… Suspended!"

And another.

"Right to interpretation… Suspended!"

And another.

Then there was one… all alone and thrashing wildly around slowly paraded in front of the crowd was Gato… Those in the front threw punches and kicks at the already bruised and beaten man. Naruto had felt that a gag for Gato wasn't necessary as he was in too much pain to curse and spew his venom anyway.

As the noose was placed around his neck he tried to fight the hangman, but the man was too big and too strong for Gato to overpower with his short and stubby stature. A stool had to be put under Gato as his feet didn't reach the floor when the noose was being tightened; purposely the hangman pulled the noose extra hard to cause a sharp choking sound to be forced out from Gato.

The Hangmen whispered angrily to Gato, "That's for my daughter you sick bastard!"

Gato shook his head violently, "No… no… no!"

He turned his head over to Naruto and with pleading eyes he said, "Please Daimyo-sama please give me mercy don't kill me."

Naruto glared back at him and responded, "Your right about one thing Gato… I'm not going to kill you… as that would be showing you mercy."

Suddenly the messenger boomed out,

"Right to life… Temporarily sustained!"

Confused looks washed over everybody at the square many turned to each other in confusion. Naruto once again stood at the front of the crowd and said, "I am not a citizen of Wave country… I do not know how you must feel to have this man come and ruin all of you lives… it is not my place to be the one to execute this man… it should be you… that is why I hereby announce that I abdicate my position as Daimyo and highly indorse Tsunami-san to take my place." Naruto finished pointing at Tsunami in the crowd who looked clearly shell shocked. As the crowd turned to gaze at their new Daimyo Naruto stepped off the gallows and walked over to Team 8 who watched from the shadows of an alleyway the whole time.

"Are we done in Wave country Naruto-sensei? Shino asked, Naruto just looked at his team for a moment then nodded and headed back toward their house with the genin of Team 8 following Back with Tsunami she was still in shock, her as Daimyo of a country… could she even do it… Naruto-sama had such faith in her so she wouldn't let him down. She looked up at the stage to Naruto for support but found he was now gone, she then felt a hand on her shoulder turning slightly she saw it was her father who just said to her, "What do you want us to do… Daimyo-sama?"

Tsunami thought about it for a second, and remembered all the times she suffered due to Gato… the death of Kaiza… the fear of Gato taking her son away from her… the fear for her father's life for building the bridge…

Looking up at the gallows with steeled eyes she locked eyes with Gato's fearful ones for a moment then said… "Take your 10 pounds of flesh from him as you please…"

With that a stampeded broke out as everybody rushed toward Gato all intending of getting their own piece of personal revenge from the tyrant. By the time the crowd had dispersed nothing was left for the carrions to feed on except a few puddles of blood. Gato's body was completed destroyed by the civilians as they ripped him into tiny pieces and stamped those pieces into the ground. Freedom had come at last to Wave Country…