Hello everyone I'm back once again to bring you another chapter of my story; sorry for the 3 weeks pause I was on vacation and needed time to recharge. But now I'm back and let's begin.

Money and Malice: Chapter 14

Shores of Wave: With Team Kurenai and Team Guy

Kurenai was in the front of the boat when it approached the shore line; the fog lifted just enough for her to see the shore line "looks like we arrived" Kurenai said as she turned around and looked at Tazuna, her team and Guy's team. "Ok everyone I want a tight formation" Kurenai said with a tone of authority "Me and Guy will guard Tazuna; Kiba, Lee and Neji will take the front while Shino, Hinata and Tenten take the rear" she said and they all nodded.

"Neji, Hinata; use your Byakugan to scout ahead" Guy said to the 2 Hyuga's who both nodded "Kiba use your senses and Shino use your insects as well" he said and both nodded. "Let's get this mission underway" he said with a gleaming smile.

As they approached the shore Neji looked over to Hinata "try not to be a burden Lady Hinata" Neji said making her flinch "your record of failures out ways your successes" he said.

Kurenai hearing this was about to say something but someone else spoke up "Neji" Lee said gaining his attention "I know of your distain for the Main house; but do not insult Hinata" he said. "It's most un-youthful" Lee said.

Neji hearing this scoffed and turned away; Hinata looked at Lee and spoke "thank you Lee" she said softly and Lee smiled at her.

"No problem Hinata" Lee said with his good guy smile.

Kurenai seeing this smiled 'looks like Hinata might have another friend' Kurenai thought; just then the boat pulled up onto the beach and stopped.

"This is as far as I go" The boat captain said "good luck Tazuna… you're going to need it" he said.

"Thanks for the load of confidence Ko" Tazuna said as he disembarked the boat with his ninja escorts "ok people let's move; if we're quick we can be at my house by sundown" he said.

Down the road: 30 minutes later

Hinata and her group were walking down the road which was still covered with fog; using her Byakugan to scout around she was keeping watch from the back of the formation.

"Damn this fog" Kiba said from the front of the group "I can't see shit" Kiba said and Akamaru barked in acknowledgement.

Kurenai went up and slapped him on the back of the head "language Kiba; it's ungentlemanly to curse" she said. As they continued to walk down the road the mist began to thicker and both Hinata and Neji stopped the group.

"Guy sensei, Kurenai sensei" Neji said gaining their attention "this is not natural mist; it's chakra based" he said.

"Can you 2 see the source" Guy asked and Hinata spoke up.

"No, it's blocking us from using out Byakugan" Hinata said as she looked around.

"Hehehehe" came a dark chuckle from the mist "look what we have here; Konoha shinobi, been a while since I've fought some" the voice said.

"Diamond formation" Kurenai shouted; the entire group proceeded to get into a diamond around Tazuna on guard "keep your eyes peeled" Kurenai said.

Suddenly out of the mist 2 hands being controlled by threads came out; they grabbed onto Kiba and Lee by their necks.

"What the hell" Kiba shouted; barely a second passed and both Kiba and Lee were pulled into the mist making everyone go wide eyed.

"Lee" Tenten shouted as she saw her green clad teammate disappear; this distraction however costed her as Tenten was lifted off the ground by a black blur and went into the mist.

"Tenten" Guy shouted "Hinata; go after her" Guy said and Hinata nodded.

"Yes, Guy Sensei" Hinata said as she ran off after Tenten.

"Hehe; lost half your number already" Came the voice once again "however we won't kill them if you listen to our demands" it said. "Give us the bridge builder and there will be no unnecessary loss of life" the voice said.

"We do not negotiate" Kurenai said; however, her resolve was shaken. Kiba, Lee, Hinata and Tenten were now gone; leaving only her, Guy, Shino and Neji to defend Tazuna.

"Don't say I didn't try" the voice said; the mist lifted slightly and a figure appeared. A tall muscular man with an extremely large sword appeared out of the mist; Kurenai and Guy both recognized who it was.

"Zabuza Momochi; rogue Kiri ninja and member of the 7 Swordsmen" Kurenai said narrowing her eyes; Zabuza chuckled at this.

"My reputation proceeds me I guess" Zabuza said.

"Quite a formidable opponent" Guy said getting into his Taijutsu stance "however, you are out of your league; you cannot possible beat a Taijutsu and a genjutsu master" he said. Zabuza smirked under his bandages and chuckled.

"True; however, I'm only fighting you" Zabuza said "she will be fighting the woman" Zabuza said confusing them both.

"Who's 'she'" Kurenai said.

"I am" Came a voice above them; both Kurenai and Guy looked up and Kurenai was blindsided by a kick that sent her flying and rolling down the road away from the group. Kurenai flipped and landed a few dozen yards away from the group and stood up; a figure landed it was a young woman with pink hair popping out of her hat. She was wearing snow country chakra armor and had what looked like mechanical wings on her back "so this is a Konoha Kunoichi… you're pretty I'll give you that" she said "however you don't look that tough" she said.

Kurenai scowled at this "I'll show you; I'm Konoha's genjutsu mistress, do not take me lightly" Kurenai said.

"Ha sure thing lady" The woman said "I'm Fubuki; now let's get busy" Fubuki said as she opened her wings.

With Kiba and Lee

Kiba and Lee were being held by the arms as they flew through the air; suddenly both boys were kicked in the stomachs and sent flying back. Kiba coughed up blood as Akamaru fell out of his jacket and Lee got up seemingly unphased and got into his taijutsu stance.

"Gah! What the fuck" Kiba shouted as he got up; as he did, he saw the arms reconnect to the owner "what the fuck" Kiba said.

There were 2 masked individuals standing there; one had a balaclava type mask showing only his blue eyes while the other wore an anbu mask with a kiri symbol on the fore head.

"Well, my love; which one do you want" Haku asked Naruto.

"I'll take the green guy; you take the one with the dog" Naruto said as he took off his leather jacket and tossed it aside; Naruto's threads started to come out and act as tendrils all along his arms.

"Ok then" Haku said taking out some senbon and holding them in her hand.

"It's most un-youthful to attack someone out of the blue" Lee said as he prepared himself "prepare for battle scoundrels" Lee said.

"Akamaru; get ready boy" Kiba said as he got on all fours "we're gonna cream these guys" Kiba said as his teeth and claws extended.

With Tentan and Hinata

Tenten was released from whatever was holding her and was dropped on the ground tumbling a couple of times "Tenten" Hinata shouted as she ran to help her up "are you ok" Hinata asked.

"I'm fine" Tenten said getting up "what the hell was that" Tenten asked.

"Me" came a voice; both Hinata and Tenten looked and saw a girl with mint green hair flying with what seemed like insect wings coming from her back. "Hey look I'm not going to kill you; but I am going to knock you both out" Fu said as she landed "so you want to do this the easy way or the hard way" she said.

Tenten grabbed a scroll and opened it; Tenten brought out 2 Tonfa's and got into a stance "no way bitch" she said.

Hinata also got into a stance "please leave and there will be no violence" Hinata said trying to reason with her.

"Sorry; but we have a job to do" Fu said as she got into her taijutsu stance "sorry in advance" Fu said as she charged both Hinata and Tenten.

With Zabuza

Zabuza swung his sword at Guy who ducked under the large blade and retaliated with a kick to Zabuza's midsection; Zabuza dodged and spun around swinging his sword. Guy rolled out of the way and grabbed a few shuriken from his pouch; Guy threw the shuriken at Zabuza and Zabuza had to go on the defensive.

Zabuza put his sword in front of himself to act as a shield against the incoming projectiles; the shuriken clang against the side of the sword and fell to the ground. Before Zabuza could move Guy closed the distance; Guy running at his max speed jumped and threw a flying kick.

"Dynamic Entry" Guy shouted as he flew through the air towards Zabuza; Zabuza's eyes went wide and he blocked the kick with his sword. The kick landed and Zabuza was sent flying back from the force of the blow; Zabuza corrected himself in mid-air and stuck his sword into the ground to slow himself.

Zabuza stopped the momentum and looked up; Zabuza saw his sword had and saw cracks spiderwebbing from the spot where the kick landed.

'Holy hell; if that hit my head, I'd be dead' Zabuza thought as he looked back at Guy "I'll admit it; you are living up to your reputation" Zabuza said as he put his sword onto his shoulder. "But I have a job to do; so, you're going to have to die" Zabuza said and Guy smirked.

"Sorry but that is not going to happen" Guy said as he reached into his pouch and pulled out a scroll; Guy opened it and a puff of smoke erupted from the scroll. Guy brought out 2 steel nun-chucks and held one in each hand "our mission is to protect no matter what; so that's what we are going to do" Guy said and Zabuza nodded.

"Very well" Zabuza said as he began going through hand signs "Water Style: Water Clones"; Zabuza created 6 water clones and cracked his neck. "Ok let's continue" Zabuza said as he and his clones grabbed their swords and charged Guy who began to spin his nunchucks.

With Naruto

Naruto was currently in a fast-paced taijutsu battle with Lee; Naruto was using his Earth Chakra like how Kakuzu usually does in order to harden his body. However even with this Naruto was feeling every punch and kick from Lee felt like he was getting hit by a sledge hammer; Naruto blocked another punch from Lee and countered with one of his own.

Lee seeing the punch dodged and threw a kick towards Naruto's midsection; Naruto was hit full force by the kick and was knocked back a few feet. Naruto landed and disconnected his arm using his threads once again to control it; Lee not expecting and attack so soon was unable to put up a proper defense.

Lee was punched in the face by the flying fist making blood gush from his nose and mouth; however, he was not expecting to be grabbed by the appendage. Naruto retracted his arm once again pulling Lee along with it; Naruto brought back his other arm and when Lee was close, he threw a punch.

Naruto slammed his fist into Lee's gut sending him back in the opposite direction; Lee went flying but corrected himself and landed. Lee stood up and spat some blood from his mouth.

"Wow you were able to take my punch" Naruto said "I gotta say you're a lot tougher than you look" Naruto said and Lee smiled.

"I appreciate it; you are also a worthy opponent" Lee said getting back into his stance "but sadly I must defeat you" he said.

"Heh; whatever you say bushy brows" Naruto said as he took off his shirt shocking Lee; Lee saw that there were 2 fox mask like objects sewn into Naruto's chest. Naruto began to groan as one of his fox masks detached itself and began to take shape; the mask had a body made out of threads standing at Naruto's height "Man that's aggravating" Naruto said.

Lee seeing this was wide eyed "how… peculiar" Lee said before shaking his head "never the less; I will defeat you and your… whatever that is" Lee said as he charged at Naruto and his mask.

With Haku

Haku was a little bit away from Naruto and was fighting Kiba; so far, she was doing well as the Inuzuka lacked the speed to catch up to her. Kiba slashed at Haku with his claws; Haku however was merely dodging side to side.

"Is this your first fight" Haku asked while dodging another swipe "because you seem pretty inexperienced" she said; Kiba growled and threw a kick.

"Shut up" Kiba shouted; Haku jumped over the kick and threw 3 senbon at Kiba and hit in the arm with the all 3 "gah you bitch" Kiba shouted.

Haku landed and let out a sigh 'such vulgar language' she thought; Haku then sensed another presence behind her and turned around. Akamaru was mid-air with his mouth open ready to bite Haku's neck; Haku made a single hand sign and made a ice mirror right in Akamaru's path of flight.

Akamaru smacked into the mirror at full speed and fell to the ground shaking his head; Haku then reached down and grabbed the dog by the fur and threw him towards Kiba.

"Akamaru" Kiba shouted as he jumped and caught Akamaru "are you ok boy" Kiba asked and Akamaru whined. "Come on boy" Kiba said as he fed a food pill to Akamaru "lets waste this bitch" he said taking one himself.

Haku saw Akamaru turn red and Kiba begin to look more feral; Akamaru then jumped onto Kiba's back and transformed into another Kiba. "Ok lady" Kiba said "lets dance" he said as both ran towards Haku; both Kiba and Akamaru jumped into the air and began to spin. "Fang over fang" Both shouted.

Haku seeing this went through hand signs as they approached 'Ice Style: 1000 needle of death' Haku slammed her foot onto the moist ground and a large amount of water went into the air. The water froze and became one thousand ice needles; Haku brought down the ice needles onto the 2 vortexes.

Both Kiba and Akamaru were hit by the ice needles and both canceled their jutsu's fell to the ground; both Kiba and Akamaru had multiple cuts along their bodies.

"Damn it" Kiba said as he pulled out a ice needle from his left leg; as he did so he saw Akamaru get up his fur now white and stained with blood "boy are you ok" he said. Suddenly the air got really cold and Kiba looked around; Kiba saw ice mirrors begin to form around him until he and Akamaru were trapped in a dome.

'Ice Style: Crystal Ice mirrors' Haku thought as she walked into one of the mirrors; her reflection was now in every mirror in the dome and she spoke "This will not be pleasant for me or you" she said as she brought out more senbon. "Please forgive me" Haku said.

With Kurenai

Kurenai jumped behind a tree as another explosion rocked the area near her blowing up dirt and rocks 'damn it' Kurenai thought; Kurenai heard 'whooshing' above her and looked up. Fubuki came down with a flying axe kick aimed towards Kurenai's head; Kurenai jumped out of the way as Fubuki's foot crashed into the ground.

Kurenai not wasting anytime took out a kunai and charged Fubuki; Fubuki seeing this also took out a kunai and rushed towards Kurenai. Both women locked blades and began to slash at each other with Fubuki taking the offensive.

Fubuki slashed at Kurenai's neck missing her flesh but cutting off a few strands of her long black hair; Kurenai used her free hand to grab onto Fubuki's hand and pulled her in. Kurenai put her kunai into a reverse grip and brought it down to stab Fubuki; however, she could not see Fubuki smile at this as she focused her chakra.

Fubuki sent out a chakra pulse from her armor blowing Kurenai back a foot before she regained her footing; Fubuki capitalized on this by slashing Kurenai across the stomach cutting open her cloths. However, Fubuki was caught off guard when Kurenai turned into rose pedals.

'Genjutsu' Fubuki thought as she sent a small pulse through her system; this broke the genjutsu in time for Fubuki to see Kurenai sending a stab from off to her left. Fubuki in a moment of desperation put up her left hand; Kurenai's kunai stabbed through Fubuki's palm and exited the other side.

Fubuki grabbed onto her hand and pulled Kurenai towards her; Fubuki kicked Kurenai in the face busting her lip and making her stumble back. Fubuki had an angry look on her face as she took out the kunai from her hand with a wince "I'm lucky I'm right-handed" Fubuki said "you're going to pay for that bitch" she said.

Kurenai looked at her with her busted lip and spoke "bring it" Kurenai said as both women charged at each other.

With Fu

Fu went through hand signs 'Blue Joro Spider' Fu fired a web like net at Hinata and Tenten who both jumped out of the way and charged at Fu from opposite directions.

"Take this" Tenten shouted as she swung her tonfa at Fu who ducked back; Tenten began to advance on her and Fu dodged. Tenten tried to hit Fu with the short end but F caught it; using a technique Haku taught her Fu bent Tenten's arm and disarmed her of her weapon.

Fu grabbing a hold of the tonfa slammed it onto the back of Tenten's head sending her to the ground clutching her bleeding wound; Fu was about to hit her again but Hinata came up from behind. Hinata with her gentle fist launched a palm strike at Fu who had to dodge in order to not get hit; Hinata went after Fu who put her hand up to defends herself.

Using a precise strike Hinata hit Fu's arm sealing a chakra point and making it go numb and making her drop the stolen tonfa; Fu was shocked and Hinata continued her assault. Hinata hit Fu in the stomach making her lean forward over; but when this happened Fu grabbed onto Hinata's arm and jumped.

Fu proceeded to put Hinata into a flying arm bar and bring her to the ground; Fu began to pull down on Hinata's forearm while pushing up on her elbow.

Hinata struggled to fight back as her arm was being bent and felt like it was on fire "just give up" Fu said "quit being so difficult" Fu said. Hinata gritted her teeth.

"No" Hinata said pulling her arm up "I'm not going to fail this time" Hinata said as she tried to resist.

"Well," Fu said as she gripped Hinata's arm "say bye, bye to the arm" she said as she got ready to break Hinata's arm.; however, before she could she had to let go of Hinata and dodge.

Tenten's foot landed right where Fu's head was; Fu jumped and landed a few yards away and looked at both Hinata and Tenten "are you ok" Tenten asked and Hinata got up nodding and flexing her arms.

"Yes, I'm fine" Hinata said as she looked at Fu; Hinata then saw something unusual with her Byakugan. The chakra points she struck on Fu were reactivating 'what; how is she doing that, it should take hours' she thought.

"This is getting us nowhere" Tenten said as she dropped her other tonfa and took out 2 scrolls "lets get serious" she said.

"Right" Hinata said as she got back into her taijutsu stance.

Fu sighed as her wings appeared 'this is going to take a while' she thought.

With Tazuna, Neji and Shino

Tazuna was standing with both Shino and Neji guarding him as Kurenai and Guy fought their battles about 100 yards away on opposite ends 'how could this go so wrong' Tazuna thought as he looked at Nejo "shouldn't you be helping them" he asked.

"It's now wise" Neji said "what is there's another enemy waiting for us to split off" Neji said as he tried to scan around with his Byakugan but the chakra infused mist was making it difficult.

"I agree" Shino said "if one of us leaves there could be another enemy who will attack; we should stay put" he said. "Kurenai Sensei and Guy Sensei are jounin for a reason" Shino said "they will prevail" he said.

Tazuna grit his teeth 'damn it; I just wanted to go home' Tazuna thought.

At Tazuna's house

Inari was reading a book while his mom was cooking dinner 'Grandpa should've been back by now' Inari thought; Inari over the past few years has been cold and jaded. After his father Kaiza was killed by that blonde child all those years ago, he has been in a constant state of sadness.

Suddenly there was a knock at the door "Inari; could you get that" Tsunami said from the kitchen.

"Ok Mom" Inari said as he hopped up and walked over to the door 'maybe it's grandpa' he thought; Inari opened the door and was confused.

"Inari who is it" Tsunami said as she walked over.

"Umm… who are you miss" Inari asked looking at the red-haired girl.

"Are you Tsunami and Inari… daughter and grandchild of Tazuna" Karin asked adjusting her glasses.

"Yes, we are; why do you know where he is" Tsunami asked; Karin let out a sigh.

Karin created 2 chakra chains from her back and both Inari and Tsunami got worried looks on their faces "I need you both to come with me" Karin said coldly.

Ok another chapter done; I hope you all enjoyed it. If you did please like, comment and share with your friends; and until next time bye