Chapter Three; Rising Dust and Ashes
Land of Fire; Hidden Leaf; Hokage Office
The sun begins to peak over the horizon as Tsunade looks out upon the village she ruled over and without turning around or acknowledging the rising of a triple-layered barrier "I didn't think you'd wait this long."
"Exactly." Anko's voice as she stands at front of her squad, black hydra mask on her hip as she stands in their Anbu like outfit with very unique seals upon them "I see." Turning back to the shinobi before her "This mission is highly sensitive as it pertains to the cousin of the current Fire Daimyo."
"Are we to eliminate him?"
"Depends. This is a three-part mission." She says approaching the desk and pulling out a black scroll from her top draw "The first part is to locate the target and find any evidence to support the claim that he has ties to Lightning Country. The second part is to identify the contact with evidence to support the claim. Should these be accomplished, you are clear to eliminate the target and if possible, his contact too." She looks over them all, lingering on Naruto a bit longer than the others "Make it look like natural causes and we'll be able to sleep easier." Anko nods at that "Yes ma'am."
"Your target will be leaving for the land of hotsprings on vacation. Naturally he has both Samuari and Shinobi guards. A squad of four Jonin." She slips over a file "These are their files. Burn them before you leave."
"Yes ma'am." Anko looking over the four leaf jonin along for escort "Be sure not to be spotted. I trust you can handle that?" Tsunade asks getting a nod from the group "Then you are dismissed. Good luck." And the group return to the shadows and barrier drops. The hokage sighs as the barrier drops "Be safe, Naruto."
Land of Fire; Hidden Leaf; Zeta Hideout
"A Silent mission huh?" Kiba looking over the files of hidden leaf shinobi "They have a Hyuga." Looking to Naruto who shrugged "Keep your mask on and we'll be invisible to his Byakugan."
"I trained you for this." Anko snapped as Kiba sighs and nods "But won't they fail the mission if we succeed?" Ino adds from the table, currently filling Shikamaru's arrow heads with a heart stopping poison "Not our problem." Anko retorts with a snort. "Targets are targets."
"Found the map!" Shikamaru placing said parchment down on the table "This is the route he will likely take."
"Plenty of places for ambush. Seems like a trap to me." Kiba studying the terrain "We have to ID him and his contact." Naruto reminds "Meaning we can't eliminate him before he gets there."
"True." Kiba growls "You can do that, right Ino?" Shikamaru says as the poison mistress nods "Anko and I have been working on a new brew that…"
"Has to look natural." Shikamaru reminds and the pale blonde just nods "Untraceable." In a sing-song like manner.
"We'll have to gather intel, get in close." The Nara mulls over before glancing up at Naruto, a familiar twinkle in his eyes which causes the blond to sigh heavily before looking to Ino "Double trouble?" those words seemed to immediately brighten the mind walker's day as she beams a megawatt smile "DOUBLE TROUBLE!" Kiba offers an apologetic hand on his shoulders "Don't…" Naruto outright growled at Kiba who smirk turned viscous "Remember to paint your claws this time around!"
"Fuck you!" Naruto griped "Did you finish up Ino's transformation seal as well?" Shikamaru cutting in and Naruto nods "I finished updating the parameters to all the required seals. They just need fine tuning like before." Naruto informs the planner who nods "Double check Ino's measurements and fine tune it. The rest of us will have to wait until after this mission."
"Fine…" slips through the sigh from the Fox's container who then turns back to the map "So… after we get the green light…"
"I'll track the target." Kiba stated but was cut off by the team planning "No. I'll track him, you follow the contact."
"Nah, switch that." Anko interjects causing a raised eyebrow from the Nara "We have our targets scent, Wolf will follow him around when the blondies aren't with him."
"Fine." Shikamaru grumbled "We'll switch places then, I'll stalk their guy with Anko-sensei covering my back." He glances around at them all "Once all is confirmed…" they all nod, "One heart attack from a night of hot passionate lovemaking." Ino chuckles staring right into Naruto's eyes who returns the gaze without so much an acknowledgement that he had heard. "…and we'll catch our informant." Anko chuckling at the thought of two of her subordinates going at it with a spoilt nobleman, lip licked.
Land of Hotsprings; Tanko Town
"Hello ladies…" one Tahik Omigara, cousin of the current Fire Daimyō, bellows in all his five-foot, four big bone frame. Kara and Lana, Naruto and Ino respectively, turn away from the giggling conversation to the stocky man surrounded by samurai and two leaf shinobi, their emerald eyes noted the hidden two shinobi on the rooftops, the Hyuuga noted the duo's pale black hair "…would you care to join me this fine afternoon? My treat of course." He bows with a clear lecherous intent in his eyes and as much as Kara wanted not to, her hands were tied "Umm, my lord…" she began but her sister placed her delicate hand over her mouth "…my lord. Surely you jest. We are but mere attendance in our humble abode." Lana responded and just as she predicted the man simply bellowed a loud chuckle "Come dears. I won't take no for an answer. Flowers like you cannot be ignored." Tahik declared much to Lana's hidden amusement "Who are we to turned down our lords request." With a beaming smile, retrieving her hand from her sister as she rises, pulling off the apron and revealing the very definition of perfection of the womanly frame. She was quite pleased with her performance as she noticed that even the Hyuga had to turn his focus away from her figure "…nee-chan…" caused her to turn to Kara "Come on, Kara. It's just an afternoon. Mom won't find out." A heavy sigh from the reluctant village girl, standing up and following her sisters lead showing off her own perfectly developed frame. Tahik knew at that moment, he would not let these two flowers get away from him, just as Zeta had planned.
Anko who was acting as 'Mom' within the store was aware of the whole thing and couldn't help but wonder if she had trained those two a bit too well as even she was beginning to believe their elaborate rouse "Damn, their good." Watching the nobleman lead her two subordinates away toward one of the more reserved hot springs. In said hot spring, Kara speaks to her sister "Nee-chan, we didn't…" she was cut off as the changing room door is slide open and Lana steps into the hot spring itself "Don't need a swimsuit…" as she steps out with a soft chuckle.
Many hours later…
"They're awaiting in your room, sir." One samurai states to the unusually serious Tahik Omigara who was currently sitting across a pale blonde woman, with tanned skin and an impressive cleavage. "I will be there shortly." His whisper as he waves them off. The door shuts once more and a seal active once more "Then, this request of mine…"
"I will pass it to the appropriate channels." The woman states firmly retrieving the offered scroll, handing over her own "Then, I shall take my leave. I have a set of sisters awaiting my tender mercies." a perverted chuckle following after causing a shudder up the woman's spine though she forced a blank face upon her own as trained. By the time he opens the door, she was gone as if the wind itself had whisked her away, stepping out he glances back and shuts it behind him. From the corner, a shimmer occurs and out steps Kiba who glances at the other side of the door were Anko smirks, both holding up camaras.
The blonde shinobi steps through the town, silently and unnoticed by the locals, yet even she knew a set of eyes have been tracking her yet none of her attempts to escape discreetly worked. Deciding to be a bit more overt, she turns into an alley and quickly leaps up into the shadows of the buildings, only to immediately gets dropped, pinned by two black masked shinobi, arms locked and shadows holding her legs together "Who are…?" she pauses up noticing the masks and froze in absolute terror "Impossible…" but was immediately knocked out and the shadows consumed her. One of the masked shinobi vanishes into the shadows along with her while the other seems to shimmer away.
"Deer grazes under the moon." A voice is heard in both Kara's and Lana's heads, curtesy of a specialist seal beneath their left ears and beneath their transformation jutsu. Kara visible breaths out in relief yet Lana sighs and grumbles as their target comes into the room, the two ladies in lingerie atop his bed causing him to grin madly "Well, ladies… tonight, I shall make it a night none of us will forget." As he shimmies over the bed. The two ladies, in perfect sync, jump up and seductively approach the man with flowing hips as their hands snake over his shoulders, Lana slipping a poison capsule to Kara in the process "Oh, we believe you, Tahik-sama." Spoken in perfect unison as the two show off pills to him "What are they…?"
"A new pill that'll help us get into the mood." Lana states taking hers clearly, Kara following suit before offering a spare to him with Lana nibbling his ear "It's up to you though…" she whispers, hot breath running down his neck unaware of the jutsu she was performing on him. Kara smirks as his eyes grow vacant and absent mindedly swallows said pill and they guide him to the bed and remove his clothing throwing it around the room and into the joined bathroom. Kara pulls out a seal paper from a seal at the base of her back and slaps it upon the man's chest and signs later the noise of a very vibrant session began being heard from outside, based on the man's previous memories. Lana continues to rummage through the bathroom, filling it halfway before unsealing a kit from a similar seal and perfectly doctors the bathroom to appear as if the night was truly special.
Four hours later…
Ino's cheeks were still flushed as she steps out from the bathroom with Naruto still tying his belt around his waist "Not exactly according to plan." Glancing at her "…but whiskers. It was fun, no?" Ino sliding her arms around his waist to which he then sighs whilst glancing at the body of the former cousin of the fire daimyo blankly "Perhaps but… maybe we could have chosen a better place?"
"I was bored and all hot and bothered." Ino huffed still glued to him "We'll talk later; the mission is still on."
"Fineeee…" Ino whined as they both reapply their transformations into Lana and Kara "Nee-san…"
"Imoto." Lana replies with a lecherous smirk "We need to get home so I can discipline you."
The two exit, the guards letting them out without issue with even the Jonin team observing nothing out of the ordinary with them as they even checked their chakra signature. Once outside the gate they continued walking through the town towards the rendezvous point where Kiba and Akamaru step out from the shadows with a nod. The two nod back as the transformation drops and take out the scrolls handed to them. As they change, Kiba couldn't help but smirk upon smelling the pheromones "So, had fun?" a growl from Naruto and a beaming smile from Ino was his response, arms up in defence against Naruto for speaking out against them "Kiddo's mission is over when we get back to the hideout." Anko appearing with Shikamaru off to the side. She soon notices the love bites upon them both their necks, Naruto having far more than Ino "Got frisky huh?"
"You know it." Ino with hands on her hips with a smirk so lecherous, a certain super pervert felt ashamed of himself and his lack of perverseness.
Land of Fire; Hidden Leaf; Hokage Office
Tsunade Senju had just finished the last of her paperwork as she sat back in her seat, a heavy breath out as she stared at the pile of her worst nightmares. Shizun steps in, causing the blonde leader to freeze but upon noticing the lack of white stakes breaths out softly "Don't scare me like that."
"Sorry, mi'lady." Shizun somewhat bashfully "I just wanted to…" she paused upon seeing her masters hand raised "…mi'lady?"
"This seal…" Tsunade spoke as a certain seal pulses and as she touches it the triple barriers appear to rise and immediately Anbu Team Zeta appear from the shadows, masks up "Lady Hokage. The target has been dealt with." Hydra states as she appeared startling the medical apprentice who quickly joins her master side who stares back at the team with a hardened gaze "Report."
"The objective had a bit too much fun with a pair of fine ladies, his heart seemed to have given out." Hydra reported without any emotion nor inclination of discomfort "I see. Secondary objective?"
"Here." Deer seemingly pulling out a kunoichi, alive and breathing, from his shadow "…we have a scroll too."
"Very well. What about…?" the hokage pauses as a second scroll joins the first upon the table "Video of the two. From two angles with clear view of their faces." Hydra informs in place of the team. Their leader nods firmly "Very well. Perfect execution. You are dismissed." Upon those words the all bowed, saluted, before returning to the shadows in perfect sync and the barrier drops, leaving Shizune slightly on edge "Mi'lady?"
"What you just saw is an SS-rank secret." Tsunade explains as one of her Anbu guards drops down "Take her to T and I." she orders, and the agents nods before vanishing with the kunoichi in tow "They are known as Anbu Team Zeta."
"I've never heard of…"
"That's the point. No one does." She sighs hard before looking to her oldest apprentice "I trust you will keep this to yourself." The brunette nods "They gave me the creeps though."
"Oh really?" Tsunade with a smirk.
Land of Fire; Hidden Leaf; Zeta Hideout
"First real mission back at we aced it." Kiba chuckles with Akamaru barking in agreement "Calm down, Kiba…" Shikamaru drooled with a yawn whilst stretching out, noting Ino literally dragging Naruto into her room, slamming it shut "…we'll have more coming up now that Lady Hokage knows we're effective."
"Correct. Now, don't interrupt us, okay?" Anko chuckle before disappearing into Ino's room "Damn." Kiba whistles with a chuckle "We should probably visit home." Shikamaru states getting back off the coach "Yeah, probably." Kiba states glaring at the door "Come Akamaru, let's check in with Hana and Mom."
Land of Fire; Hidden Leaf; Inuzuka Compound
Kiba enters his clans' compound and is met by three tornadoes of claws, teeth and rage. He chuckles as he nimbly ducks, dives, and skips out the way of all three effortlessly before catching his sisters fist without looking "Hey sis. What's up?"
"How did you…?"
"You smell different kiddo." Tsume Inuzuka, current clan head "Well, it's a long story." Kiba says with a shrug "I have time." She snaps back and he sighs hard "Fine…" he glances around, noticing way too many ears listening in "…but not here. Too many ears." Speaking causally with a wave of his hands as he steps past his mother who follows him, "Fine. My den, now." Glancing back at her daughter "You coming?" Hana rushes after them.
Upon reaching the Den, the three Inuzuka's sit at the table with their canine companions silently sitting around them stoically. "So, explain?" Tsume orders and Kiba's seriousness caught the two ladies off guard as he leaned forward on the table fingers interlocked "Three words; Anbu Team Zeta."
"Never heard of them." Hana states with a firm gaze "That's the point, right?" Tsume states to which her son nods firmly "Yeah." His gaze flows from one to the other "Until recently, only the third knew of us."
"Us?"
"We were originally a team of ten." Kiba states with a clear sense of melancholy in his voice, punctuated by Akamaru who whined softly as his head hung "Now, we only have five; Six if you count our sensei."
"Who's the sensei?" Tsume questioned but her son just sighed heavily "Just so you know, the entire team, including all information regarding it, is classed as an SS-class secret."
"SS-class…?" both woman mutter and he nods "Speaking this much is already more than I should have." He glances between the two "So, all of you…" glancing at the dogs "…you lot too." They all nod and he lets out a breath he had no idea he was holding "The surviving members are; Anko-sensei as team lead."
"Anko, huh?" Tsume mumbles "Team's second; Naruto Uzumaki-Na…" he pauses but they all heard that slip and Tsume narrows her eyes "You know?" and he nods "Does he?" another nod and she smirks "How long?"
"Since we were kids." Kiba shrugs "With two Nara's on the team, didn't take them long."
"Two Nara's?" Tsume questioned but Kiba continued "Team's third; Shikamaru Nara."
"Makes sense now." Tsume comments "I'm teams Fourth, Ino Yamanaka is Five, and…" he pumps his thumb at Akamaru "Akamaru is now Six." A firm bark from behind as acknowledgement. "Who's in what role? I mean, the Nara's is self…"
"I and Nar are frontliners, Trackers, and brawlers. Shika is ranged support, strategist, and infiltration expert along with Nar."
"So you're the brawler than?" Hana questioned with a raised eyebrow to which he nods "We use a three-spec system. I have Frontliner, as I typically confront the enemy first and fight according to that assumption. I can track as a born and bred Inuzuka. Brawling is basically saying I can take on groups of enemies at a time and hold them off."
"Smart." Tsume states with a clear pensive look "Maybe we should…"
"Not mention this to anyone." Kiba almost growled at his sister who glared back but nodded "Nar, as I said is a Frontliner, his Tijutsu is fierce, fast, and debilitating which allows him to choose between killing you or leaving you a heap on the floor reeling in pain." A shudder runs across his back "Firsthand experience?" Tsume chuckles to which her son nods "It wasn't fun."
"I bet."
"His tracker skills are just as good, but sometimes, better than my own." Kiba bite out shocking the two "Wait, how?" Tsume questioned "His night sight is perfect, damn fox. Though our sense of smell seems to be on par with one another."
"Hearing?"
"On par."
"Damn." Tsume mutters as Kiba takes a sip of water from his cup "Yeah, it still pisses me off after all this time."
"So that report I got from one of ours in the Anbu?" Tsume asks with a quirked eyebrow, and he nodded "I did teach him a few of our clan techniques, his taijutsu has incorporated some of our own family style within it."
"You did what?" Hana growled "His Gatsuga isn't perfect though as a thank you…" Kiba grins viscously "We created a few new variations of clan techniques, and we agreed that I can add them to the clan library, and he wouldn't."
"Can you show us?" Tsume questioned clearly not entirely pleased that a non-clansman was using a clan technique but depending on what they came up with, she could overlook that if not. Tsume looks to her daughter then to her son and nods; she could always change that "Not yet. Soon though."
"Fine." Hana growled "Back to Nar; his stealth has always been absurd. Now he's added transformations, solid ones at that, to his arsenal. I don't think there is a single place he can't sneak into. If there is, Shikamaru will be able to."
"Damn." Hana wide eyed, Tusme just whistling with a grin, Naruto was looking more and more attractive as a possible son in law the more she learned about him.
"What about the rest of your team?" Tsume bringing them back on track "Shika's long-range support consists of a bow and arrow attacks, though his arrows are lined with sealing jutsu. Absolutely silent, even we can't hear them."
"Unusual but not unheard of. Though in the hands of a Nara…" Hana thought for a moment before shuddering "…yeah, that is scary."
"The shot's I've seen him pull with it." Kiba gulps as Akamaru whines then shudders "Nar isn't far off, though at night he is unrivalled. Anything at night, pitch black darkness Nar will always win."
"Noted." Tsume comments strained "He does plans and can walk among the shadows. No where is safe from him."
"Crafty." Hana mumbles "Ino…" he sweats a bit, pulling down his collar "…umm… she's an expert in plants."
"Expert in… plants?" Hana questioned with a raised eyebrow, but Tsume knew exactly what that meant "Heal and kill then?" the older woman states and he nods "Scary as all hell. Just like Anko-sensei."
"Her other skills?"
"Seduction naturally, though her information gathering is her primary, so we don't go in blind. She works with Shika to give us a full picture before we even get there."
"How does she gather it?" Tsume questioned but her son simply shrugs "Beats me. I know Nar has a hand in it but how much he's involved is beyond me." He gulps down the last of his water before pouring another glass "As such, she acts as our medic, poison expert, and intel gather. Anko-sensei is all about assassination, poisons, and seduction." He shrugs "Not much else to say about that."
"I see. Very informative." Tsume says in a whisper "Set up a spar with you and Naruto against the two of us. We'll leave the Ninkin out of this."
"No need." Kiba cut off confusing his mother "Let's have the ninkins take part."
"You sure."
"Yeah. Should be fun!" Kiba with a massive grin as they look at him somewhat worried that this was his boasting but at the same time, they also suspected it was well earned confidence instead.
Land of Fire; Hidden Leaf; Akimiko-Qu
"Mum wants a spar with us." Kiba states as he, Naruto, and Shikamaru sat in the barbeque place "Figured." Naruto says throwing a slice of back bacon down his throat "Though, I'm more surprised she hadn't ordered my marriage to one of your clansmen after all the Inuzuka clan jutsu I know."
"She wouldn't…" Kiba froze his feast of meat to think for a moment, his brow furrowing for a moment "Now, that you mention it."
"She's waiting to see how strong you are." Shikamaru supplied retrieving his own cooked meat "Then, either his sister…" pointing to Kiba who chocks on his mouthful "…or another clanswoman of her choosing."
"Yeah, sounds feasible." Naruto says passing a plate of thick back bacon pieces down to the large, single tailed fox at his side, mirroring Kiba's actions with Akamaru "But my sister is…"
"Are you forgetting his pedigree?" Shikamaru pointing his chopsticks towards Naruto causing Kiba to blink "Ah, right; a clan head of two clans."
"Exactly. Once the council knows, or he reaches eighteen…"
"CRA." Naruto growled at that "I want no part in that, not for this village at least." He whispered that last part and neither his companions seemed surprised at that outburst "We get it Nar; hell it's still happening." Kiba gesturing with his head to a group of civilians in another booth glaring daggers at them "Just keep yourself in check." Shikamaru glaring blankly at his blond friend "Got it."
"Got it." Naruto grumbled stuffing a green pepper into his mouth "I won't break the promise…" glancing to Kiba then staring at the Nara "…as long as they don't." both males nodded back "That's all we can ask." Kiba grinned at him "So, after this, a spar with my family?"
"Soon to be our family." Naruto smirked back causing the Inuzuka to growl back "Over my dead body."
"That could be arranged." Shikamaru joked with a grin causing the growling double before they all laugh out at that.
The three pays for their meals but as they step out, they are immediately confronted by the others of the rookie eleven, both sides stood there for a moment unable to speak. Sakura hesitantly stepped forward "Naruto…"
"Haruno." Naruto clipped with a narrow gaze causing the bubble-gum haired girl to actually recoil "No need to be so harsh, Naruto my eternal…"
"Stop. We don't have time for this, Lee." Naruto with a raised hand "We have places to be so another time."
"…but I need to…"
"Chunin Haruno." Naruto snapped and they all froze as the trio turned back "I suggest you stand down." Naruto stated "…but he's just…"
"A special Jonin." Shikamaru states surprising the group "Just as we are." Kiba added "We're really busy right now so, later." The trio walked away toward the Inuzuka compound. "We should follow them." Neji adds glaring at the fading trio "B…but… Neji…" Hinata stuttering "Come on. Time to get our answers." Tenten states stepping forward, leading the group which now included a depressed Sakura.
Land of Fire; Hidden Leaf; Inuzuka Compound Entrance
"Yo!" Anko landing before the trio as they stand before the gate of the compound, Ino at her side "Sensei." The trio respond with a nod as the Jonin glances beyond her students at the tails "You know…"
"We do." The trio chorus causing a raised eyebrow from the two ladies "…but we don't have time. My mother and sister are waiting for us. Clan business an' all." Kiba states before Naruto nudges him "Our clan business…" causing Shikamaru to snicker, Ino to glare, and their sensei to smirk "Oi." Kiba growled back as Akamaru just whined as Kuruma just chuckled deeply, suspiciously sounding like a sneeze "Cut it out pups!" Tsume Inuzuka bellowed from the compound gates causing the two boys to stand down "Mother." Kiba bowing his head in greeting "Lady Inuzuka." Ino leading the others in a bow that she waves off "Save it. Guess you're all tagging along for this friendly spar."
"Nah, those guys are just being nosy." Kiba bellows as he steps towards his mother "I see." Tsume looking at the group of Rookie Chunin "We just wanted to see what our friends have been doing lately." Tenten responds flustered at the stare the clan head was levelling at them with "We've been busy." Ino responds with her hands on her hips, leaning onto Naruto at her back "That's just an ex…"
"This is a military village…" Shikaku appearing from behind the group, his two teammates flanking him "… 'being busy' often means leave it alone, no?"
"…but…"
"But nothing." Inoichi states firmly "We all have secrets. Information that is restricted. If they are not telling you something, then they can't." with that the senior Ino-Shika-Cho trio approached the Inuzuka grounds and was welcomed in "…now leave." Anko ordered firmly with a stare that promised pain should they refuse. Slowly the Konoha rookies began to leave with longing stares at their friends, former in some cases but the stone cold looks the members of Zeta gave back was chilling.
Land of Fire; Hidden Leaf; Inuzuka Training Ground
Naruto, Kiba, Akamaru, and Kuruma stand opposite of Hana and her triplets and Tsume with her canine partner. Tsume was grinning at the seriousness of her son's face, never seeing this side of him, before glancing at Naruto, his focus stare was sending a cold shiver down her spine which made her pause for thought. Hana however was tingling in excitement at the sight of the blond, his confidence, focus, and entire being was clear as day telling her that he was mate material. Glancing at his side, the fox was clearly at his side willing to follow his orders with full confidence in his partner, causing the young adult to jump for joy at this perfect specimen opposing her "So, best of three?" Kiba supplied to which Tsume chuckled "Best of three, then a game of hide and seek," she points over to the forest beyond the field they stood "Fastest to find the other wins."
"Deal." Naruto's low voice came out rather impose yet melodic as his impassive face broke into a very feral grin that matched Kiba's "Ready for this?" said man's low whisper "When you are." an equally low voice as the two bump fists, secretly syncing the pairs chakra for the next few minutes.
"Ninja Art; Beast Mimicry!" Kiba calls out and immediately both he and Naruto grow increasingly more feral, much to the surprise of his mother and sister. Naruto's whiskers have grown far more defined, and teeth elongated as if he too was an Inuzuka "Inuzuka art; All fours Jutsu!" Kiba continued and again the two men dropped to all fours, kicking off their shoes to allow their clawed feet to grip the ground. Not wanting to be outdone the two ladies matched them fully with both jutsu, the six squaring off against the four yet for some reason the six felt completely out of depth. Growling from the four males put all six on edge.
Four bursts of speed as Kiba leads Naruto and their ninkins into a frontal assault, Tsume and her partner moving to intercept as her daughter moved to back her up, her own partners moving to flank them. Before impact both Kiba and Naruto dart aside, allowing Tsume and Kuromaru to pass by them, opening up Hana and her triplets to an attack. Caught off guard by the sudden switch, Hana was shoulder barged by the two men, sending her tumbling back into the building. The triplets skid to a halt only to be tackled by Akamaru and Kuruma, which pinned them in place as their partners rushed back at Tsume and Kuromaru.
Tsume was honestly surprised as her son and his friend were masterfully tag-teaming her and partner, matching their strikes, flipping over one another and even using the momentum of the other to enhancing strikes. Were it not for her substantial battlefield experience, she believed this fight would have been over in less than two minutes based on their ferocity. She chose to block, Kiba's claw strike in an attempt to break the twin strikes only for a back fist to knock her hips aside. Before she could readjust, a heel drop smacked her in the back courtesy of her son.
Ten minutes later.
"You did not hold back, huh?" Hana grunts as she passes a glowing green hand over her head, repairing the light concussion she had received. "You asked for it." Kiba remarks as he grabs a grape from the bowl "Still that was a surprise…" Tsume began looking from her son to his friend, noticing that despite the jutsu effects had ended Naruto's feral features till prominent "…how did you sync your signatures together?"
"It happened some time ago." Naruto looking to the ceiling, seemingly in deep in thought "Yet it was hard at first." Kiba with an usually, at least for his family, serious face as he stared hard into nothing in particular "…but we figured out a system where we channelled chakra between the two of us, allowing our chakra to merge and flow from one another to the other." Both ladies winced at that "Sounds painful." Hana as the medic ninja knew how much pain foreign chakra running through a people's network caused severe burns, seemingly of second degrees, at least in large amounts. "It would have been." Kiba confirms with a nod as he glances at the Fox currently chowing down a leg of boar with the other Ninja canines "Though, we had help…" Naruto speaking up as his gaze too fell on the fox "…so it took time, but we managed it after about a month of the process."
"A month! That's…" Hana gawks while Tsume whistles in amazement "Boosted my reserves like crazy though!" Kiba chuckles as he leans back in his seat, arms folded across his chest "We both gained each other's affinities because of it too." Naruto adds with a smirk "Oh?" Tsume with a raised eyebrow "I have a primary Lightning affinity with secondary in wind, water, and a minor fire." Kiba proclaims "I have Primary Wind, Secondary Water and Lightning, with a minor fire." Naruto explained causing the two women to blink owlishly.
"So let me get this straight…?" Tsume gaining the rooms attention "…when you were training…" pointing towards the two boys "…you figured out how to synchronise your chakra and use our clan jutsu."
"Pretty much." Naruto shrugged casually as he stands to stretch "We should get going."
"Only after you sign this…" Tsume appearing from her room, handing the Special Jonin a new scroll "…and give it back to me before dinner tonight." Naruto blinked once, twice, three times before turning to Kiba who looked equally as confused. "Mom? What are you talking about?"
"Well, he is coming over for dinner, no?" Tsume states with a smile which caused the two to glance to one another "Understood?"
"What about the game of 'Hide and Seek'?" Kiba questioned "…plus this was only one of three." Naruto tacks on "No need. I've seen enough." The clan head waves off as she heads toward the kitchen.
A/N;
I am not sure who the primary ship with Nar will be. I will be bringing in a few OC's as the other members of Zeta including a Nara and Hatake. Yakumo will be making an appearance soon one of three reserve members as Zeta activities begin to pick up. I am kinda of on the fence between Hinata or maybe Hinabi, then again I might just create a new OC Hyuuga.
I personally am looking forward towards the moment Tsunade orders Zeta to take out Oto (Kukukuku!) it won't be for two chapters though, after the Mizukage rescue op but before the Godaim Raikage assassination job. (Spoilers)