Naruto: The Weapon Master

Chapter 29: Of Course You Know This Means War!

It's a normal in the Hidden Leaf Village, the civilians were going about their daily business while the Shinobi of carried out the missions assigned to them by the Hokage. Apparently there are more people appearing in the village from other locations than in the past records, it's a given with the recent events from the Sand/Sound invasion all the way to the newly forged alliance between the Hidden Leaf village and the Land of Snow/Spring. Business booms for the civilians and there are more mission requests from the daimyo. As of now there is a large crowd in front of Ichiraku's and a majority of them are females, pestering Teuchi and Ayame with questions.

"Does Naruto-sama really eat here?"

"Is he single?

"Do you know of his hobbies?"

"What's his favorite ramen recipe?"

"Do you know where he is right now?"

And the questions from these girls continue to come out until Ayame had enough and banged her ladle against her pan loudly to silence them.

"I'm sorry but we can't reveal any personal information on our village's Shinobi as they're highly confidential unless given permission by the Hokage," said Ayame.

"Awww," the girls slumped in disappointment and left the shop in depression.

Teuchi let out a low whistle and chuckled in amusement "Well isn't this something, Naruto had always wanted attention. Now that he got it in excess, he actually avoiding them now…but this is actually great for business,"

Ayame giggled in agreement "True, but Hinata and the others won't be so agreeable with the fan girls coming after him though,"

"Not to mention, that I can't eat my ramen in peace with them hounding me," a person in a black cloak walked into the shop and pulled back the hood slightly to reveal a familiar face to them.

"What can you expect when you end up taking part in a movie along with one of the most popular actresses in the Elemental Nations, and the said movie being a mega hit when it premiered on the cinemas, Naruto?" said Teuchi.

"I never even knew that Makino-san, the film director would record more scenes than the first battle on that giant glacier," said the disguised Naruto.

"But that wasn't the only surprise now is it?" they turned around to see Kakashi standing behind them with his book in hand as usual and an eye smile "Like what princess Koyuki offered to you?" Naruto blushed heavily much to the curiosity of Ayame and Teuchi.

"What did the princess offer to you, Naruto-kun?" asked Ayame.

Naruto hesitated for a moment before letting out a sigh of resignation and spoke "Well it was when the team and I returned from the Land of Snow and had gone to make our report to Baa-chan..."

**Flashback**

"So that's what happened on your mission," said Tsunade as she read over the report in hand.

"Hai Hokage-sama, Doto has been defeated and the rest of his forces were subdued as princess Koyuki became ruler of the Land of Snow. She also wished to form an alliance with Konoha and willing to provide the latest prototype of the chakra armor once its recent flaw has been examined carefully," said Kakashi.

"May I see the scroll for the alliance?" asked Tsunade.

"Here you go Baa-chan, Koyuki-chan gave it to me though I wondered why she didn't give it to Kakashi-nii or Anko-chan?" Naruto strode forward and brought out a scroll with a royal seal placed upon it.

"Koyuki-chan, since when was he so familiar with the princess?" thought Tsunade, she broke the seal to open the scroll then proceeded to read through the contents carefully, she nodded in agreement of the conditions so far until her sights landed on a particular sentence which caused her eyes to widen with surprise and glanced at Naruto then the scroll several times with said person along with the others looking at her confusedly.

"Tsunade-sama, is there something wrong with the conditions for the alliance?" asked Shizune worriedly.

"Not exactly, depends on how you see it. It says here that one of the critical conditions for the alliance is a marriage contract between princess Koyuki and her chosen suitor," said Tsunade, at this everyone looked at Naruto who hadn't noticed yet.

"Really? Who?" asked Naruto.

"Who else? You Naruto. Seriously, nothing is ever simple with you involved," said Tsunade with a deep sigh.

Naruto took a step back in surprise and a red tinge appeared his cheeks, Kakashi chuckled amusedly while Anko, Sakura and Fu giggled at Naruto's awkwardness.

"M-m-me? W-w-well I-I-I never thought s-s-she wants to m-m-marry me," Naruto stammered almost as badly as Hinata.

"You can be so clueless at times Naruto-kun," Kurama shook her head in amusement.

"Well I'm not surprised, you stuck with her throughout most of the mission and even helped her out of her funk. Not to mention that we saw how much she likes you," said Sakura.

"Sakura-chan's right, Koyuki used to be mean to others but after you saved her from Doto and hearing her father's words, she became much nicer even more towards you," said Fu.

"In other words, we're okay with the marriage and her joining the family," said Anko, she knew how much Naruto hated the word 'harem'.

"B-b-but what about Hinata-hime and the others?" Naruto was still unsure of himself.

"No need to worry, Naruto-kun. We had long discussed that if any girl is to join, she should love you for who you are plus you have too big of a heart and would love us all equally," Anko walked up to Naruto and kissed him on the lips soon followed by Sakura and Fu (Chomei possessed her body for a few moments to kiss him too).

"You girls…thank you," Naruto looked back at them feeling warm-hearted with what they said and swore then and there that he would always make them happy. He turned towards a smiling Tsunade and spoke up "Baa-chan, I'll accept the marriage contract,"

"Very well then, sign here. I've have an envoy deliver it to the Land of Snow," Tsunade held out the scroll for Naruto to sign his name on it before resealing "Your mission payment will be deposited into your account, you're dismissed,"

**Flashback End**

…And that's what happened, I even added a Trans-scroll to be sent to her so that we could keep in contact. I'm planning on modifying it to be able to feature visual communication," said Naruto.

"All I have to say is that you've certainly come a long way now Naruto," said Teuchi.

"You better treat them right, or you'll never eat ramen here," said Ayame with a glint in her eyes, causing Naruto to pale in fear, to never eat ramen is nothing more than a death sentence!

"O-okay, I would like to order four takeaways of Miso pork ramen to go," said Naruto.

"Why's that?"

"You're actually talking to a shadow clone, Otouto didn't want to be bothered by those fan girls if they saw him," said Kakashi.

"In that case, give us a few minutes and we'll be done," Teuchi and Ayame got to cooking and were soon finished with them "Here you go,"

"Thanks, the boss will be sure to see you later, bye Kakashi-nii," said C-Naruto before he left en route to where the original is located.

Over at the third ground, we find Naruto having spar with Zabuza while Haku and Hinata watched them from a distance. Zabuza wielded his Kubikiribocho while for Naruto, he was wielding the long blade Mumei Tamanoo. Both swordsmen continued to clash blades, Naruto made use of his speed and athletic maneuvers to strike and evade, and for Zabuza who is using power and reflexes to block before retaliating with deceptively swift but strong strikes to fight back. Naruto skidded across the ground towards his opponent for a low slash at the legs, but Zabuza planted his zanbatou on the ground to act as a shield so Naruto quickly shifted gear by rolling on the ground and planted his feet on the flat end of the blade and flipped up above his head and unleashed a barrage of slashes as he descended. Zabuza took out a kunai to deflect the incoming strikes with one hand while using the other to wretch the Kubikiribocho from the ground and swung it at Naruto for him to raise his blade to block and used the impact to build some distance away from his opponent. Both stood poised, ready to continue with the spar but then they put away their blades and bowed to each other in respect.

"That was quite the workout kid, sweated real good from that one and you keep improving with that crazy sword style of yours," said Zabuza.

"Thanks for the spar too, it's not every day that one gets to spar with one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist," said Naruto as he returned Mumei Tamanoo back to its sheath.

"But thanks to that, I've gotten more used to dealing with guys using speed rather than power to attack me,"

Haku and Hinata walked up to them with towels in hand for both males to take and wipe the sweat off their faces.

"I have to say kid, nothing normal ever happens with you around. Engaged to a princess…boy will that be a bedtime story for when the kids are about to go to sleep!" Zabuza was laughing to how Naruto blushed from his statement, Haku and Hinata giggled as well. Fu and Sakura explained to them what happened and even communicated with Koyuki on the Trans-scroll, soon after seeing how she loves him they accepted her into the family though deep inside, they knew that there are more to come which wouldn't have been the case if Naruto wasn't supposed to restore both the Uzumaki and Namikaze clans.

"Hey boss, I brought the food!" everyone turned to see Naruto's shadow clone entering the clearing while holding large bags of food. Soon they all settled down under the shade of a tree to eat, Zabuza had a bottle of sake for himself while Hinata and Haku had iced tea and for Naruto it's orange soda in terms of drinks while for snacks it was dango, cinnamon buns and doughnuts with white icing. They were eating when Hinata noticed that Naruto had a small frown on his face.

"Naruto-kun, what's the matter?" she asked him, drawing the attention of the others.

"It's about the memory from my clone, he was on his way here when he bumped into a ninja. Strange thing was that he had has blue hair and an outfit similar to the one Haku wore when we first met and wore an eyepatch along with the Hidden Mist's forehead protector," said Naruto.

Zabuza's eyes narrowed and Haku looked a bit worried with what he just said.

"A blue haired guy with an eyepatch on his right eye…I recognize him, he's one of the members of the rebel forces in the war against the mad Mizukage," said Zabuza.

"Rebellion?" asked Hinata curiously with a hint of fear.

"No one knows what caused this, but the Mizukage suddenly began an all-out eradication of anyone possessing a kekkei genkai, many supported while others opposed and I was in the latter. My squad and I attempted to infiltrate the base and assassinate the Mizukage but it ended up in failure, forcing us to escape from the village and it was along the way that I found Haku and took her in,"

Haku was the next to speak "I used to live with my mother and father, it was a happy life for us…but when the civil war occurred and the years passed by, everyone began to fear anyone with a kekkei genkai believing that their presence would bring more war and misfortune upon them. When my mother discovered that I possessed a kekkei genkai, she was fraught with fear and tried to keep it hidden…but my father saw it and he…he…," Haku's shoulders shook as she fought back the tears threatening to come out, Naruto quickly got up and went to hug her with Hinata joining him "He killed my mother and almost killed me too had I not subconsciously defended myself! It was later that Zabuza-tousan found me and took me in" she sobbed loudly and Naruto hugged her even more tightly to soothe her pain, gradually calming her down, Zabuza looked at the ground, feeling guilty about how children like Haku had ended up the same way, that he had failed such a critical mission.

"Damn that Mizukage! How could he do such a thing?!" Naruto raged in his mind.

"That's a question only 'it' could answer," said Kurama with anger, the Mizukage didn't deserve to even be called human.

"So the war still goes on?" asked Naruto looking at Zabuza.

"For you to see that mist nin then the answer is yes. You're thinking of finding out more from this guy right?" asked Zabuza, at Naruto's nod of affirmation, he got up from the ground "Then I'm coming along too,"

"I'll take Haku back home for now, we'll see you there Naruto-kun," said Hinata.

"Okay Hinata-hime, we'll see you later," Naruto and Zabuza left for the Hokage tower which they're sure the Mist ninja would be there to speak with Tsunade and Hiruzen.

The duo entered the building where they saw the secretary sitting behind the desk and approached her.

"Excuse me, but is the Hokage meeting with anyone right now?" asked Naruto.

The woman looked up and smiled upon seeing Naruto and Zabuza "Ah Naruto-san, Zabuza-san. Hokage-sama and Sarutobi-sama is currently speaking to someone right now, so you would have to wait until they're done,"

"Thing is that we have some business with that too person and they would have to hear of it too," said Zabuza.

"Oh okay, you can go on ahead while I inform Hokage-sama of your coming,"

"Thank you,"

Then they climbed up the stairs and down the hall until they stood before the door leading to the Hokage's office, Naruto raised a hand and rapped on it a few times loud enough to be heard on the other side then a voice sounded on the other side.

"You can come inside," said Tsunade.

They entered the office where they saw Tsunade and Hiruzen sitting behind the desk, they also saw the ninja whom Naruto's shadow clone had encountered along the way. He is a middle-aged man with blue hair which is styled in a moussed-up manner. His right eye is covered with an eyepatch and some sort of talisman in each ear. He also wears a striped, grey suit with a green haori that has white trimmings that stop halfway down over them and the standard Mist Village's forehead protector.

"It's been a long time since we last met…Ao," said Zabuza with a nonvisible smirk.

Said person's eye widened in shock before narrowing upon seeing the former Mist ninja "Zabuza Momochi…what are you doing here? Last I heard of you, you were being on the run from the Mizukage's hunter Nins,"

"True but thanks to this kid here, I was accepted as a ninja of Konoha," Zabuza patted Naruto's head while saying this.

Ao looked at Naruto skeptically "This young boy here helped you gain asylum in Konoha? I find it hard to believe, he looks to be Genin rank as far I can tell,"

"I advise that you show my Chuunin some respect especially since he discussed it with me to take Zabuza in as a ninja of Konoha," said Hiruzen with a frown, Tsunade clutched the edge of the desk to contain her anger, if there's anything she hates nowadays it's slandering her godson.

Ao was startled but soon recovered and bowed to Naruto in apology "I apologize for my words ninja-san,"

Naruto simply waved him off "It's okay, just try not to assume next time,"

"Now that is out of the way, concerning your request…I'm afraid we're unable to comply with it," said Tsunade as she read the scroll which Ao brought along with him.

"But why?" Ao asked with worry.

"As of now, our Jounins and ANBU are all out of the village on important missions with long durations save for a few remaining here in case of emergencies,"

"Surely you could even spare at least 10 of your ninjas, the rebel forces has its back against the wall with the Mizukage bearing down us!" Ao looked very desperate "Mei-sama is counting on me to bring back allies to help turn the tide of the war to our side,"

"I apologize but there's nothing else we can do," said Hiruzen sadly.

"Actually why don't we help them?" Everyone turned towards Naruto with looks of surprise.

"Do you know what you're saying Naruto? You're going to get yourself involved in a war!" said Tsunade.

Ao looked at the blond in shock "Naruto, as in Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze?! I've read in the bingo books that he was the driving force rescuing the Land of Waves from a tyrant, subduing a bijuu during the Sand/Sound invasion, and the recent overruling of Doto in the Land of Snow,"

"The very same one," Zabuza looked smug at this.

"Then why is he a Chuunin, he should be a Jounin at most from such milestones,"

"Technically I am a late-Chuunin level close to early-Jounin, but I can go beyond that thanks to a specialty of mine," said Naruto, he looked at Hiruzen and Tsunade "Zabuza and Haku told me about the war and frankly I'm pissed at the Mizukage for wanting to kill his people just because of their possession of a kekkei genkai, that's not how a Kage acts. If this war goes in his favor, what won't stop him from attacking clans like the Hyuuga, Aburame, Nara and others? It's best that we help them end this war over there than ignore its potential to spread to other countries,"

Tsunade and Hiruzen were unable to refute this statement, personally they felt that the Mizukage was tarnishing the title of Kage and wanted to go there were it not for their duties for the village. Tsunade looked into Naruto's eyes and saw nothing but determination, she knows that look as it depicts his natural stubbornness, refusal to be distracted from his goal until it is achieved, and to protect everyone close to him to his very last breath.

"The kid and I aren't the only ones going, I recommend Kakashi and Gai along with us. With his arsenal strapped to his wrist, we'll be done with this war in the shortest time possible and I'll personally make sure that he returns alive," said Zabuza.

Tsunade let out a sigh before giving out her answer "Very well then, you may go but under an alias. We can't afford to draw any more attention especially from a certain group,"

Naruto and Zabuza nodded in affirmation, knowing whom exactly she was talking about much to Ao's confusion but he was grateful nonetheless, he knows of the two mentioned ninjas and with Zabuza rejoining the battle, they now have a better chance to win the war.

"I thank you for your willingness to help. Should the war be won, the reformed Hidden Mist village will form an alliance with the Hidden Leaf as per the agreement," said Ao.

"How would I be going?" Naruto looked at Hiruzen for answers.

"I recall that the ANBU wanted to recruit you after witnessing the raid on Danzo's hideout but couldn't as you were assigned to a team and a Genin at the time. But now that you're Chuunin, they've created a special position for you as provisory ANBU member," then he chuckled in amusement "They must have really wanted you to join as they had already prepared your mask and uniform since then, they're contained with this scroll. All I can ask is that you return to us alive,"

"Don't worry Jiji, I promise to return. After all I'm going to become Hokage," Naruto spoke with determination as he received scroll from Hiruzen.

"I'll send for Kakashi and Gai to brief them on the mission before meeting you both at the gate, I wish you good luck," said Tsunade.

Naruto and Zabuza nodded in affirmation and left the office with the former heading for the mansion while the latter for his own apartment. When Naruto got home and met Hinata and the others, he told them of the mission and they weren't happy about it with Haku being the most expressive by hugging him tightly and not letting him go.

"Please don't, you mustn't go! That war has taken so much from me and I don't want you and Tou-san to be taken away from me too!" she sobbed out loud.

"Listen to her Naruto-kun, there's no need to do this," said Ino, Fu along with Sakura and Hinata were in agreement.

"I understand why you're all worried which goes to show how much you love, and that warms my heart. But if I don't go and help them end this war, what won't stop that Mizukage-teme from attacking Konoha when he's through with the rebel forces because of the clans possessing kekkei genkai? You would get caught up in it and I'll never forgive myself if any of you got hurt or worse," said Naruto.

"Then we'll come with you to help, you could give us some weapons to defend ourselves," said Fu.

"And I'll help to beat those baddies!" said Chomei pumping her fists with gusto.

"No I can't, Tsunade baa-chan assigned this mission only to me, Zabuza-san, Kakashi-nii and Gai-sensei. Plus I'll be operating this mission under an alias to avoid recognition with my name already in the bingo book," said Naruto.

"Not to mention that the Akatsuki is out there looking for us," said Kurama, Chomei turned away with a pout at the refusal to join them.

Haku still wasn't convinced "But…but…," Naruto pushed her back gently to look into her eyes before placing his lips upon hers for a long deep kiss. Haku felt all of her worry and fear being washed away by the warm from the kiss before pulling away to get a gasp of air "Please…just…make to come back to us alive, promise this,"

Naruto nodded in affirmation "I will…I promise to never die and return safely,"


An hour later, Kakashi, Gai, Zabuza and Ao were standing at the edge of the large gates waiting for Naruto to arrive so that they could set off for the Hidden Mist village and meet up with the leader of the rebel forces.

Ao tapped his foot on the ground, expressing his impatience "How does he intend to make us wait, it's unbecoming of a man or Chuunin for that matter,"

"I can't blame him, my daughter must have been very reluctant in letting him to the Hidden Mist village," said Zabuza.

"Not to worry my friends! Naruto will be sure to arrive soon with the flames of youth empowering him!" said Gai with his good guy pose, sending shivers down their spines.

Kakashi poked his head out from the book which he was reading "Hmmm did you say something Gai?"

"…Damn you and your hip attitude Kakashi! But worry not, my flames of youth will not be dowsed with your coolness!"

Ao sweatdropped at all this "Are all Shinobi from Konoha this…eccentric?"

"Sorry I'm late guys," the group heard Naruto's voice and turned around to see him wearing a black hooded cloak and black trousers, arm guards, gloves and black sandals with shin guards. He wears a mask with a fox motif inclusive of long pointed ears, detailed eyebrows and three pairs of thick red stripes with two along either sides of his cheeks and one running from the top of his forehead.

"I gotta say Kitsune (an Naruto's codename) you certainly look good with the uniform," said Kakashi with an eye smile.

"The scarecrow's right, if the Hokage thing doesn't you have a decent role to fall back on," said Zabuza.

"Yes yes, nice and all but we must get a move on, we can't afford to keep leader-sama waiting any longer," said Ao.

"Okay lead the way then," said Naruto, the group took to leaping through the trees with Ao in the lead to the Land of Water.

It was a long journey with them taking at least two breaks to rest for a few moments before resuming, but sure enough they had crossed the bounder between the Land of Fire and the Land of Water as the weather changed from warm to cool with mist blanketing the areas as well as the many islands surrounded by just as many lakes. Kurama told Naruto that her fellow bijuu the three tails like to reside in areas like these due to the large bodies, piquing his curiosity about who's the current jinchurriki of the bijuu and how he/she lived.

The group were silently walking through the misty forest whilst keeping an ear out for any signs of enemies that might ambush them.

"I suppose that the Mizukage has his patrols frequent this area right?" asked Zabuza.

"Yes, with our current losses he has being actively searching for the rebels in order to wipe us out once and for all, so we had to change locations whenever they come close to finding our base," said Ao.

"Then we should be prepared for any of those patrols to show up," said Kakashi.

"Naruto-kun, there are a group of Mist Shinobi heading your way! One of them must be a sensor," said Kurama. Naruto quickly unsealed Tsukiotoshi from his waist and took it out from his sheath, causing the other Jounin to take their individual fighting stance.

"I guess we've been found huh?" asked Kakashi.

"Yeah, one of them is a sensor," Naruto affirmed the question.

The group of ninja landed on the clearing and had surrounded them, they used a pinstriped material which they wear as bracers and greaves which merge into their sandals, underneath this, they wear a full-black shirt and pants over which they wear the village's variation of the flak jacket along with the their forehead protector.

"SO we were right to hang around here, to think that we could find not only Ao but also Zabuza Momochi, not to mention some of those tree huggers. Once we capture you, we'll find the rest of the rebel forces and wipe the rest of those with dirty blood," said one of the loyalists with a smirk.

Zabuza growled in anger as he reached for Kubikiribocho on his back "After all these years, nothing has changed with this place,"

"How unyouthful of them to do such dastardly acts!" said Gai in his taijutsu stance.

"My Muramasa hungers for your souls, be sure to sate it!" Naruto charged forwards with Zabuza close behind and soon followed by the others.

The Mist ninja targeting Naruto weaved through a set of handsigns before calling out the jutsu "Water style: Water Bullet!" he opened his mouth to launch a volley of water spheres, Naruto darted left and right whilst slicing though some of the water projectiles before executing his next move.

"Secret Arts: Misty Slash!" his body became blurry as he dashed towards the opponent and appeared behind him before executing a two-hit combo to split his back wide open with the Mist ninja falling to the ground dead with his soul absorbed into the Muramasa "Send my regards to the scum whom I sent down to hell," Naruto flicked the blood of his sword and went to back up the others.

Kakashi was clashing kunai with his own chosen opponent with skillful offense and defense, then he ducked under a vertical swipe before responding with a rising high kick to knock the Mist ninja into the air and jumped after him, then Kakashi lashed out with a triple aerial roundhouse kick before using a powerful heel dropkick to drive his enemy to the ground, breaking his neck and landed safely on the ground.

Gai was almost through with his as he slammed a jab onto the Mist ninja's ribcage with such force that the cracking of bones could be heard from a distance while the ninja collapsed to the ground coughing up volumes of blood "It's even more unyouthful that you lack training, my beloved students would have defeated you as well!"

"Yeah well, you're a training nut," Zabuza walked up with Kubikiribocho slung across his shoulder, covered in blood "We got all of them, but it's only a matter of time till the Mizukage finds out about this,"

"You're right, Zabuza-san. We must make haste to the base and meet with leader-sama," said Ao.

They resumed their journey towards the current base of operations, Ao signaled them to stop before a certain part of the forest which was blanketed with the thickest mist so far. He went through a set of handsigns and Naruto took note of chakra gathering at the eyepatch, telling that Ao wasn't really blind in that eye and wondered what was behind the eyepatch.

"I need you all to stay close to me, else you'll get lost in the mist," said Ao.

Zabuza scoffed at this however "You forget that I can traverse through this kind of mist, how else have earned my place in one of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist?"

They ventured through the forest, moving around trees and walking across lakes until finding themselves standing at the edge of a clearing where numerous tents as well as Mist ninjas moving about, checking on supplies, tending to the wounded, training and more. A group of ninjas suddenly appeared in front of the group, armed to the teeth and ready to attack. However Ao strode forward with his hands out in a placating manner.

"Stand down men, they're with us," said Ao.

"Ao-senpai, you're back…and is that Zabuza Momochi with you?!" a young ninja approached him and he looked surprised upon seeing Zabuza. He is a boy with short, tufty blue hair and dark eyes as well as having pointed shark-like teeth similar to Kisame and Zabuza. He wears a square, black-rimmed glasses connected to ear protector, a blue pin-striped shirt and camouflage pattern pants. He wears his forehead protector on the front holster which is being used to carry a queer looking sword which Zabuza instantly recognizes. This sword features a wide flat blade with two curved indentations near its base to create some sort of cross guard which is wrapped up in bandages, two handles are connected to one another by a short length of cord.

"That's the Hiramekarei, where did you get it?" Zabuza demanded the young ninja who quivered from the stare down, so Ao was the one to answer.

"Chojuro had proven himself to be worthy of wielding one of the blades and was bequeathed the Hiramekarei…but honestly Chojuro, you should be more confident in yourself. I hope you've not been giving leader-sama any problems," said Ao sighing when he looked at the young ninja.

"Sorry Ao-senpai, I'll try my best next time," Chojuro looked at the ground.

"Hmph, maybe after the war I'll spar with you to see if you're any good with the blade," said Zabuza.

"O-okay,"

"I'm kinda looking at the male version of Hinata-hime, or is it just me?" thought Naruto.

"I'll take you to where our leader is," Along with Chojuro, the group walked up to a large tent situated in the middle of the campsite "Leader-sama, I'll brought the allies from Konoha. Permission to enter?"

"You may enter," a feminine voice spoke from within the tent.

"I recognize that voice," Zabuza muttered to himself though Naruto heard him but decided to see for himself who the leader is. They entered the tent and was surprised to see such a beauty of a woman.

She is a tall slender woman with auburn hair styled into a herringbone pattern at the back, a top-knot tied with a blue band, and with four bangs at the front. Two bangs are short with one covering her right eye, and two are long, crossing each other at her bust just below her chin with fuchsia lipstick. She wears a long-sleeved dark blue dress that falls just below the knees and seems to be closed at the front with a zipper, and is kept open on the front-right side from the waist down. Underneath she wears a mesh armor as well as a skirt in the same color as the dress with mesh leggings reaching down over knees underneath too. Around her waist is a belt with a pouch attached to the back on the left along with high-heeled sandals, shin-guards reaching up over her knees, dark blue nail polish on her fingers and toes.

"Whoa, she looks so beautiful," thought Naruto with a blush, glad to be wearing a mask to hide it.

"Now now Naruto-kun, this is not the time for you to be dazzled by her beauty," said Kurama teasingly, making him blush even harder.

"Allow me to introduce to you our leader of the rebel forces, Mei Terumi," said Ao with pride.

"I knew that it was you!" Zabuza exclaimed.

"Ara? I never thought that I would see you again, Zabuza Momochi. Not since the failed assassination attempt on the Mizukage, and it appears that you've joined Konoha as one of their ninjas. It's also a pleasure to meet you Kakashi Hatake and Might Gai, though I'm curious about who is that with you? He appears to be a member of the ANBU," said Mei with a smile.

Kakashi bowed to her in respect "It's a pleasure to meet you as well, our Hokage was unable to provide most of our ninjas as they're currently on important so she sent for us to provide aid in the war,"

Mei nodded to his words "I can understand the reason, though I'm curious to ask why there's a single ANBU member here with you?"

Naruto spoke "I'm actually a provisory ANBU, only to take on the role during missions of high priority such as this war,"

"I see though may I request that you remove your mask so I can see whom I'm willing to trust when on the battlefield?"

Naruto was taken aback from what she said and looked at Kakashi for his opinion, the Jounin himself was deep in thought. The reason why he's taken the position was to remain as inconspicuous as possible but if he's to be trusted along with the others, then he might have to reveal his identity unless…

"Very well then, Kitsune will reveal his identity to you," Naruto and the others looked at him in shock but he hadn't finished talking yet "However, he'll reveal it only to you and no one else considering that it is already a risk of him being here,"

"You have a point there Kakashi-san, though it is prudent that Mei gets to know our friend here better," said Ao, however those words seem to have a different effect on Mei.

"Get to know better…like go on a date…which results to marriage?" thought Mei darkly.

"After all, the best ways to gain trust is to hide no secrets between two individuals,"

"Gain trust…hide no secrets…two individuals…in order to get married,"

"So I strongly agree that-,"

"Ao..," said person turned to see Mei smiling with her eyes closed "Shut up or I'll kill you," those words were enough to scare Ao into submission while Kakashi, Gai and Zabuza felt scared out of their wits. Naruto wasn't really affected, just a slight shiver along his spine "Anyways, I'll agree to your terms,"

Reluctantly, Naruto reached for his mask and took it off then pulling down the hood to reveal his face, Mei's eyes widened in surprise before it changed into a flirtatious look at the slightly nervous blond.

"Now I see why you would hide such a handsome face, the women must have been trying to get a piece of you haven't they?" said Mei, she giggled upon seeing Naruto blush from her words "Ara, aren't you so cute?"

"Mei-sama! Surely you're well aware that he's younger than you?" said Ao.

"Younger than me…so I'm too old for marriage?" Mei then smiled sweetly at Ao again "We'll be having a spar later,"

"H-hai, Mei-sama," Ao felt a sense of dread from that.

"Poor guy, he has totally forgotten the number one rule of never mentioning anything relating to a woman's age," thought Kakashi with pity.

"How youthful of them to train even during war," said Gai with the others looking at him with a sweatdrop.

Chojuro approached Naruto shyly "So you're Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze, I've heard so much about you. I can only wish that I can be as confident like you,"

Naruto smiled at the guy "You can be confident, you just need to have more faith in yourself and the others close to you. My desire to protect others close to me is what gave me the drive to move forward and never back down,"

"You're right, I actually want to be there to support Mei-sama and not let her down,"

"Then use that reason to get stronger, then you'll gain the confidence you wished for," Naruto placed a palm on Chojuro's shoulder, getting him to smile some more. Zabuza smirked under his mask, recalling the times Naruto would train with Hiruzen's grandson and his friends from time to time.

Mei was watching with a smile, she was always with Chojuro's lack of confidence in his abilities "To be able to bolster Chojuro-kun's confidence. I can only imagine how he would look, given a few years prior he might resemble Minato," then she spoke up for them to hear "I can see that it's been a long day, so we shall be holding the strategy meeting tomorrow in the morning. Chojuro-kun will show you where you can rest,"

"Ok then, thank you for your hospitality," said Kakashi.

"Thank you Mei-san," said Naruto with a foxy grin, Mei fought the instinct to coddle him as he put his mask and hood before leaving the tent.

"By kami, he's just so cute! Maybe after the war I'll be requesting him for some missions, which will be a lot of fun!" Mei looked through the gap of the flap with a dreamy look on her face.


Somewhere far away from the base, where the Hidden Mist village is situated. The Mizukage sits at his office with a dark look on his face as he thought deeply of something unknown to others. He is a young adult, though rather short for his age with a short messy grey hair which fell over the right side of his face and spiked up on the left, and what seemed to be a stitch-like scar running from under his left eye all the way to the cheek. He wears a grey sleeveless shirt with the Hidden Mist forehead protector attached to the front, short-sleeved mesh armor over which he wears a green poncho, a turquoise sash around his waist paired with a matching green apron over his pants, and a pair of brown boots. Lending on a window behind is a club with uneven sized hooks which have a green flower on the larger end.

There was a knock on the door, which snapped him out of his thoughts much to his annoyance before calling to the person behind it.

"Come in and it better be worth my time," said the Mizukage.

The door for a Mist ninja to pass through and bow before the Mizukage "Mizukage-sama, I bring news from the surveillance team. It has been reported that a patrol team has been found dead and tracks reveal that it has been done by Shinobi not belonging to us or the rebel forces,"

"Hmmm, it seems that those fools have gone to seek help from a neighboring Shinobi village. No matter, they'll all fall before me. Once we destroy them, we'll attack the village that was foolish enough to help them,"

"Hai Mizukage-sama!" the Mist Ninja bowed once more before leaving the office.

"Soon enough, all those with the tainted blood will be wiped out from existence. Just like with the Yuki clan and the Kaguya clan, I Yagura the Fourth Mizukage swear it," the Kage looked out the window with a dark smile.


This is Hussbek online with the latest chapter, looks like Naruto has gotten rather popular in showbiz with a large fan base. He and Zabuza encounter a Mist ninja rebelling against the bloody rule of the Mizukage who has come seeking help and so decided to assist along with Kakashi and Gai. Naruto is given a position as a provisory member ANBU in order to hide his identity from the Akatsuki though had to reveal himself to Mei, the leader of the rebel forces though she took a liking to him in order to avoid any trust issues. Now let's see what effects the Konoha Shinobi will be having on the battlefield Naruto at the helm of most things.

Also i've rewritten chapters 10 and 28 to replace the Super Megaforce Power Rangers with Super Sentai Gokaiger by popular demand, so you can go and reread them.

By the way, Mei will be added to the harem but her age will be reduced from 30 to 25 to ease thing up. I'm to do a lot of planning for the next chapter so be sure to look forward to it.

Sakura
Hinata
Ino
Fem Kyuubi
Fem Haku
Koyuki
Fuu (With Chomei)
Tenten
Yugito (With Matatabi)
Isaribi
Shion
Amaru
Fem Gaara
Anko
Sasame
Shizuka
Yakumo
Hokuto (From Star Village)
Honoka (From the Summoning Research Island in Shippuden)
Mei Terumi (Slightly de-aged)*

Latest additions are marked by *. Read and Review as always.

This is Hussbek from Ghana.

Signing out.