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Summary: A wife's plea answered, Their son would not be raised alone. Raised by the Toads Naruto is bound to become a fearsome Toad Warrior
Chapter 7 - Wave
Author's Note: Tackling Wave all in one go. Enjoy
Life continued for the genin of the leaf village in much the same way as you'd expect. They did d-ranks, they trained, they went out to eat. They even went on some adventures with their various sensei to see some of the more ninja exclusive sights the village had to offer. Restricted training grounds, the top of the Hokage monument, team 8 even got a tour of T&I, to the shock of many.
But what shocked no one was the building sentiment amongst genin that it was time for something more. It was time for a c-rank mission. Team 8 in particular was driven by Anko's impatience with "Wasting their mornings."
So she applied to get them a c-rank before Naruto or Kiba could even make an issue of it. And standing before them now in the mission office was Tazuna. An older man with tanned skin, wearing a sleeveless v-neck and reeking of alcohol didn't seem too impressed with the assembled genin.
"What is it? Bring your pet to work day?" He gestured at Shino. "Cause he forgot his."
Kiba looked offended at calling Akamaru a pet. Only for Shino to raise a hand, a single kikaichu on his finger tip. "On the contrary. Why? I have brought thousands of my… friends with me."
Tazuna shivered. "Well, whatever brats. What makes you think you can protect a super bridge builder like me?"
Anko took the lead on this one, a hand landing on both Kiba and Naruto's shoulders as they were about to speak. "Look old timer." She began even as he eyed her up. "These brats here, are my brats. Their pets? Ninja pets. That little toad is probably tougher than anyone in your little backwater village."
Gamakichi smirked at the compliment as Tazuna continued once more. "Well whatever, let's get going. You lot are all mine until my super important bridge gets built." He turned and started walking off as team 8 shared a look amongst each other.
"Don't worry about it too much brats, respect comes with time. Naruto, you've got enough stuff in your scroll for a month's journey?" She got a thumbs up. "Perfect, then let's get going!" They all shared a quick fist bump before following after the bridge builder.
Once they were out of the village and walking down a little used side road leading to wave country, Naruto decided to strike up some conversation. "So Tazuna, what's so super important about the bridge anyways?"
Tazuna took a swig of a water canteen he was carrying. "It's pretty simple really, kid. There's no land path to wave country. I'm gonna build one. Makes sense?" His tone was clipped as he answered, making some of the genin a little suspicious. Anko had been suspicious from the start.
Suspicions that mounted as they came across a puddle in the road. Especially when one of Shino's kikaichu returned to him and he raised a quizzical brow. "The puddle ahead contains chakra. Two shinobi are hidden within."
Tazuna looked alarmed as Anko shifted to serious business. "Understood. Kiba, Akamaru. Be ready to take them down as soon as there's an opening. Naruto, remember your toad oil jutsu? Focus on the oil glands in your hands instead and keep just a trickle running, leak some of Gamatoransu's oil into the puddle as we pass. Shino you're on capturing them once they've been disabled. They'll come for me first, don't freak out."
Naruto quickly focused, doing what his sensei said and managing to drip a steady flow of the calming oil onto the ground as he walked. Making sure to drip as much as he could into the puddle as they walked. Once they were a little ways away from the puddle the two shinobi leaped out, seemingly capturing Anko in their connected chain as they appeared to tear her to shreds.
Only then when they should have pressed the attack they… High-fived?
"Dude! Gozu that was awesome! We totally took down the jonin just like that!" The first shinobi remarked. Wild dark hair billowing as he exclaimed.
The other shinobi giggled to himself. "No kidding Meizu. These brats aren't gonna know what hit them!" They looked at the assembled genin, only just now realising that the one with the dog was gone.
Which was all the time it took for both of them to receive a passing fang directly to the back courtesy of Kiba and Akamaru. They both fell flat on their face with serious cuts on their backs, as suddenly they were engulfed in kikaichu up to their necks.
"Ohh fuck Gozu. They fucking got us."
"That's so totally lame Meizu. How'd we fuck this up?"
Anko chose this moment to reappear. "That would be because you're all doped up on toad oil." She threw a thumbs up at Naruto. "Now here's what's going to happen. You lot are gonna tell me who you work for, what you're doing etc."
The two bound shinobi shared a look. "No can do scary lady." "Yeah our boss is totally scarier than you!"
Anko just rolled her eyes as they accidentally revealed more information. "Hey guys, that's totally your choice. Really sucks that my students Kikaichu are gonna start burrowing into those cuts on your back and devour you from the inside." She gave them a predatory grin as Shino urged his bugs to begin nibbling.
"Shit! Fuck! Okay okay call them off!" The nibbles ceased. "We work for Zabuza Momochi! We were hired to kill the bridge builder." The terrified and doped up Meizu revealed.
"Hired by who?" She pressed.
Gozu answered. "Gato! Of Gato shipping! Please don't let the bugs eat us."
She nodded. "Fair deal shitbags. Just so you know you guys are fucking pathetic." She looks at Naruto. "Want to summon a toad that can take these guys back to the leaf?"
Naruto nodded and summoned a binding toad. "Gamaroya! It's good to see you."
The toad bowed to him. "You as well master Naruto. What can I do for you today?"
Naruto gestured at the demon brothers. "These two need to get taken back to the village and turned over to the bounty office." He quickly writes a note to take with them. "This will explain everything. Can you do that?"
The toad nodded. "Of course master Naruto, it shall be done." And so the toad shot out its tongue, pulling the brothers out of the bugs and into its inescapable stomach once at a time before hopping back towards the leaf.
The team shared a look of success and another fist bump as Anko rounded on Tazuna. "Now, I sorta expected pirates to send someone to stop the bridge, or maybe even a fishing guild or something trying to keep the island dependent. But Gato Shipping is a big player. This isn't a C-Rank and you know it old man." Her venomous smile extra intimidating after the display her genin put on.
"So um. You see. I didn't exactly lie. I'm building a super bridge to break our dependency on the sea. It just happens to be because Gato has a stranglehold on our ports, and kills anyone that gets in his way you see?" He raised his arms in a shrug trying to downplay the situation. "But I mean, if it's too much for you super ninja I can go on alone. I'm sure my daughter and little grandson will only cry for a while before Gato kills them too to send a message."
Anko rolled her eyes as the obvious manipulation started working on her still green genin. They looked at her with puppy dog eyes as Naruto spoke up for them. "Come on Anko-sensei, we can't go back on our first C-Rank! Besides how awesome will it be to rub it in everyone's face how much more awesome you and your team are."
She was proud of the boy for appealing to her pride, but still she was worried. "Look brats, if it was just more mooks like the demon brothers I wouldn't hesitate for a second. But Zabuza? Zabuza attempted a coup against a perfect Jinchuriki and survived. Yagura's no joke. I'm tough but I'm not Kage killer tough." She looked a little abashed at admitting she wasn't an s-rank fighter. "If we're gonna do this, it's not gonna be the way you're thinking. We're gonna have to fight dirty if we're gonna have any chance."
The boys nodded solemnly as Tazuna cheered internally.
In a perfect world they would have made it all the way to Tazuna's, and been able to set up a plan to deal with Gato and Zabuza. They were so close to it. They made it across the channel in the little boat Tazuna had arranged for them, and saw the bridge which impressed Naruto greatly. They even made it up onto the shore as the mist started creeping in.
Only Anko knew what the mist meant. "Alright brats, this is big league stuff. He's gonna try and kill us before we know where he is, listen to your instincts and you might be okay. He should be gunning for me right away anyways." They heard a rustle in the bushes as Naruto launched a kunai at it.
Only when he went to retrieve it after hearing the thud of his kunai hitting wood, he found a terrified white rabbit.
"Shit, that's for a substitution." Anko exclaimed as her instincts screamed at her to get down, tackling Tazuna as she did so.
Luckily her genin was well attuned to their instincts and followed suit, narrowly dodging the massive executioner blade that embedded itself in a tree. Zabuza appears on the blade to address them. He was a tall and noticeably muscular man with light greyish skin, short spiky black hair, dark brown eyes, and small eyebrows. "Well this isn't what I expected. When I heard the demon brothers failed I expected a team of chunin, or one of Konoha's top jonin."
Anko smirked up at the imposing man. "Yeah, well not all of us work as publicly as Kakashi and Gai. I would think a master of silent killing like yourself would have more appreciation for a fellow assassin."
Zabuza squinted at her. "Oh, now I remember you. Orochimaru's brat." She scowled. "This makes more sense now. I don't blame you for staying out of the limelight at all with him as your sensei." He dropped to the forest floor as he shoulder his massive blade. "Well Mitarashi, just hand the old man over. You know this isn't a fair fight."
Kiba bristled at the insults but Anko held him back with a gesture. "Yeah yeah, I get it. But you see my brats here are too stupid for that, and I can't have them looking down on their sensei." She stepped forward as a dark aura settled over her. "Luckily for me, I'm not famous enough for you to know about my trump card." Marking began to slide across her body as a heavy killing intent settled on the small clearing.
Zabuza smirked, summoning more of his mist as he returned with a killing intent of his own. The genin shifted formation to surround Tazuna as Naruto quickly summoned Gamakeiho, the alarm toad and Shino spread out his bugs.
"Keiho! Monitor our formation and alert us to anything that gets close." The small toad hopped onto Tazuna as the centre point to be on the lookout. The mist in their formation rapidly depleted as Shino's bugs devoured the chakra sustaining it. The sounds of metal on metal echoes throughout the clearing as Anko and Zabuza clashed in the mist.
It was lucky for Anko she was so tightly bonded with her snakes, able to locate Zabuza in the mist by the feel of the air, her normally acute senses heightened even further by her curse seal. Even with its aid, clashing with Zabuza wielding the Kubikiribocho with just her kunai was difficult. She found herself wishing for her sensei's Kusanagi blade in the struggle.
It seemed to Zabuza he was winning. His hits pushed deeply into the blocks of the much smaller woman as he seemingly battered her around the clearing. While he's been impressed by her killing intent and ability to manoeuvre in the mist, she didn't seem to be putting up much of a fight.
Until she suddenly shouted out. "Five Point Summoning Jutsu: Snake Binding Execution!"
Suddenly Zabuza felt chakra flare around him, surrounding him from five locations as suddenly he was bound by his limbs and head by large snakes, their fangs sunk deep into arteries on both legs, arms and his neck as Anko appeared before him, the mist clearing as Zabuza's concentration faltered.
Her eyes were yellow and slitted, her already prominent fangs now oversized for her face. She chuckled darkly at Zabuza. "Kukuku… You knew I was Orochimaru's student and you decided to play with me anyways?" Fear settled into Zabuza's eyes. "With all that venom in your arteries you're as good as dead unless you're hiding a med-nin nearby." She let her curse seal slip before it drained more of her already depleted reserves.
As her features returned to normal and the mist finished clearing, her summoned snakes disappeared and Zabuza fell to the ground. Beginning to convulse on the ground as Anko suddenly jumped away, immediately before a volley of spears made seemingly of ice appeared where she'd just been standing. A robed figure bearing a Mist village hunter ninja mask appeared within the ice circle, quickly shouldering Zabuza and body flickering away.
The genin made as if to pursue but she held out a hand. "Stop, I can't fight anymore and we don't know what we'd be running into. We'll deal with them after we've had a chance to rest."
"But won't that give them a chance to rest sensei?" Kiba asked.
She fell to a sitting position in her exhaustion. "Yeah, but Zabuza has to come back from the dead and I'll be ship shape tomorrow." She smirked. "Hey Naruto, don't suppose you'd summon a toad to carry me eh?"
Naruto nodded before mustering as much chakra as he could, and with his improved control managed to summon Gama.
"Ah, young master Naruto. What can I assist you with today?" The toad asked, not seeing any immediate threats.
Naruto gestured to his sensei. "Anko-sensei needs a lift. We're not going far though, right Tazuna?"
"Nah we're super close to home." The bridge builder chimed in, still in awe of the ninja battle he's partially witnessed.
So the group proceeded the rest of the way to Tazuna's. The genin none the worse for the wear and Gama taking care of their sensei they made good time, and it wasn't long before Tazuna flung open the door.
"Tsunami! Inari! I'm home! And I've got some super ninja's with me!" He bellowed as Naruto and Kiba helped Anko into the house and onto a sofa Tazuna led them too.
Tsunami was a dark haired beautiful young woman who appeared distressed at the exhausted and thoroughly ruffled sensei. "Oh dear, are they all okay father?"
Anko interjected. "Nah nah, I'm fine. These two are being extra." She playfully swats the two. "I just need about 10000 calories and a good night's sleep and I'll be right as rain." As she spoke her stomach growled.
"Oh well, that's good I suppose" Tsunami seemingly settled down some. "I suppose I'll get started on dinner then." She headed off to the kitchen.
Anko shot Naruto a playful smirk. "Hey brat, while she's working on that, wanna break into that sealing scroll for me? I actually need to eat like right now."
Naruto smiled gleefully and obliged, happy to be of help to his sensei. "Alrighty brats, here's the deal. We've got a limited window, assuming that hunter ninja was trained in medicine Zabuza's gonna be out for a week, at least. Which should keep both of them tied up. But Kiba, I need you to go back out and follow their scent back to wherever they're holed up. Don't approach, we just need a location. Once we have it Shino you'll be bugging the place, anyone and everyone that comes and goes from that place gets a bug. Do. Not. Get. Caught." She punctuated by tapping the boy firmly. "Naruto, you're in charge of defending this place while I'm out and Kiba and Shino are doing their thing." Everyone nodded, Kiba and Shino grabbing some food from, Tsunami to take with them.
Eventually making their way to the dinner table, Naruto and Anko enjoyed the hospitality of wave. Which it turned out was mostly fish. While they ate, Tazuna talked shop about the bridge and the village with the two shinobi and his daughter. At some point they were joined by Inari, who has spiky black hair and pale skin and notably wore a striped fishing hat.
"What are you guys even doing here? No one can stand up to Gato." The kid sniffled.
Naruto just laughed him off though. "Whatever kid, Anko-sensei just took down his toughest ninja. Even if he brings a whole army with him, the Toad Clan has my back." He pointed at his headband. "We got this kid. Nothing to worry about."
"You're wrong!" The kid all but screamed at him. "No one can stand up to Gato! He couldn't do it and neither can you." He ran back upstairs.
Naruto and Anko just shared a bewildered look before Tsunami apologised to them and Tazuna told them the sad tale of Inari's adopted father Kaiza. Naruto of course was deeply saddened by the tale but his determination hardened to save this land.
Naruto went up to the roof to keep a lookout as Anko felt his chakra flex, summoning a variety of small toads and toad song filled the air, weaving a subtle genjutsu around the house deterring people from approaching.
The next morning Anko slept well past 11 in the morning, but when she eventually came to her whole team was waiting for her.
"Morning brats. What'd I miss?" She groggily wiped sleep away from her eyes.
Kiba started. "Yeah it was easy enough to pick up the scent after we got back to the clearing. Zabuza reeked of rot and decay and they didn't body flicker very far." He gestured at Shino "We followed their trail back to a little cabin not too far from here actually."
Shino took over. "I had several of my insects infiltrate the cabin, with instructions to affix themselves to anyone that occupied or entered the house. Currently five individuals have been bugged, one remains in the cabin while another comes and goes periodically. The three others arrived sometime this morning and left without staying long."
Anko nodded. "Good job kids." She paused as she pondered for a moment before continuing. "The one that comes and goes is probably the hunter, gathering supplies and checking their perimeter. The stationary one is obviously Zabuza. The other three are more of a problem. They could be goons working for Gato, or they could be more shinobi-"
Shino cut her off. "None have enough chakra to be a ninja." Which turned some heads.
"Well that's helpful." She smirked. "Alright so then they probably work for Gato. Which is good because now they'll lead us back to Gato himself." Oh if only she knew. "So basically we've got two options, you tell me which one you think is better. One, we stick to the script and protect Tazuna while he builds his bridge and inevitably gets attacked again. Two, we say fuck that, kill the fuck out of Gato and take the rest of the time it takes to build the bridge to do whatever we want?"
"Um…" Naruto looked at his teammates. "Two makes more sense right guys?" They all nodded and Naruto turned his gaze back to Anko who was now smiling.
"Right call kiddies. Welcome to the wonderful world of assassinations
So, they did recon. Well, mostly Naruto did recon. It turns out Jiraiya had the toads do this kinda stuff all the time so they pretty quickly got an analysis of the situation. "Alright so," He began. "It's a pretty traditional Japanese layout. Walls on four sides with the docks down below, connected by a stairway. There are a few warehouses and barracks in the compound all surrounding a main three story mansion." He drew out a little map. "There are guys here, here, and here." He marked spots off at certain defensive points. "But Kichi should be able to bring one of us right to the window of the mansion." He looks at everyone. "Only question is who wants to go in and do it?"
They all looked between them. Kiba breaks the silence. "Look man, Gato's a bad dude and I want him dead and all. But actually killing a dude that doesn't stand a chance against me doesn't sound awesome."
Anko nods at him. "You're not wrong. Assassinations are like that." She pauses for a moment to make sure she has everyone's attention. "Most targets aren't ninjas, and you might think that makes them weaker than us. But they're not. Naruto, if you wanted to take over an entire country how would you do it?"
Naruto stared at her in horror as he made an incredulous gesture. "I don't think I could sensei."
"Exactly!" She snaps back. "But Gato did it, and he uses power and fear to rule. He might not be strong the way we are but he is powerful, and he knows good and well what can happen when you bring shinobi into it."
They all sat for a moment deep in thought before Naruto spoke up. "I can get in the easiest, and I would do it just so you guys don't have to."
Both the other boys moved to speak up but Anko silenced them, locking eyes with Naruto. "Are you sure Naruto? There's no coming back from this."
Naruto nodded sharply. "Yes sensei." He continues somberly. "With my… role in the village it's not like I can avoid it anyways." She flinched as the other boys looked confused. But she didn't contradict him.
"Alright kid. But make it easy on yourself. Use toad venom or something, don't get bloody on your first time."
He nodded sadly.
Really the mission was simple. Gamakichi was more than able to to manoeuvre through the compound, none of the untrained thugs thinking twice about the toad moving through the darkness. Simply hopping onto the first floor roof of the the main compound he opened his mouth, spitting out Naruto.
Grim faced and serious, he directed Kichi to jump on his head as he used some ninja wire to get in the window. He moved low and silently through the compound, only coming across one guard just outside of Gato's chamber, the rest of the guards spread throughout the compound, not thinking anyone would get this far.
Coating his hand in a paralytic toad venom, Naruto clapped his hand over the mans mouth, muffling his scream as he was rapidly paralysed by the ingested venom. Gently setting the man down he slipped into the room, and could easily make out the sound of a man snoring. Still keeping low he left Kichi at the door, ostensibly to keep watch but in truth so his friend wouldn't watch him take his first life.
Creeping into Gato's room he was astounded by the smell of alcohol as the middle aged man slept in a sake soaked mattress, all the while signs of his opulent wealth decorated the room. Swiftly he moved to perch on the headboard, once more toad venom coated his hands. Now a lethal poison that would finish him off before he woke.
Venom dripped from Naruto's shaking hands into Gato's mouth, tears staining his cheeks as he sealed the defenceless man's fate. A tinge of red entered his eyes for a moment as something stirred within him, responding to his sorrow.
He was out the door, back in Kichi's mouth before Gato even started to convulse.
About a week and a half later
Team 8 was lounging about the bridge as Tazuna and his crew worked away. Inari went starry eyed at the shinobi on the bridge as he periodically came across them while he helped with the bridge. Naruto, for his part, was meditating on top of Gama. Something he'd been doing often since the death of Gato.
The Gato company had torn itself to pieces with infighting in the days immediately following the mysterious death of the business tycoon, and workers flooded to the bridge to finish it and prevent someone like Gato from ever rising to power again, all the while fishermen returned to their boats. Truly wave was thriving.
But Naruto was concerned. Not for wave country, or the mission. But for a fleeting feeling he had felt while he took a life. A feeling of something else. A feeling of sorrow and hatred.
He suspected it was the feeling of Kyuubi no Kitsune. The nine tailed fox that killed his parents and was sealed within him. All his life he had searched within himself for the bijuu, finding nothing.
But perhaps that was only because he'd never had anything in common with Kyuubi. That only now through his trauma could he begin to understand and know how to feel the Kyuubi within himself.
So he withdrew into himself, seeking deeper meditations. His team simply thought he was managing his grief, which in a sense he was. He was drowning himself in it, feeling the stormy emotions to their fullest as he familiarised himself with the discordant harmony he was sure was synonymous with his tenant.
Sure enough, through his meditations he found within himself a second source of chakra. A deep well of feelings he had long avoided, isolation, loneliness, anger and hate. Feelings that evidently he shared with his tenant.
Now confident he could access his second chakra source if he so wished, after all that time spent in mediation, he breathed the world back in. Opened his eyes and saw the good things in life once more. Quickly he realised he wasn't alone, with a casually dressed Zabuza and a girl in a kimono on either side of him.
Raising his brow he spoke as cheekily as he could. "Oh? Well at least I get to see something pretty before I die." He winked at the girl.
"That's Haku." Zabuza spoke flatly. "The ninja that saved me. He's also a guy before you get any wild ideas."
Naruto's brow went up. "Eh, still pretty I regret nothing. Sup Zabuza? You don't look like you're here to kill me, and Gama can put up quite the fight himself." He looked around the crowded bridge, hoping to avoid a fight in such a populated area.
"Yeah yeah, I'm not here to kill you I guess." Zabuza muttered gruffly. "So I'm guessing it was you that did in Gato right? I can't imagine a random poisonous frog found its way down his throat on its own."
Gama croaked aggressively as Naruto laughed. "They're toads not frogs, and they're very picky about that." He shrugged. "Maybe it was me. What of it?"
Haku spoke up. "It's hard to harden your heart, to become a true shinobi. But I find it's easier when I do it to protect my precious person. Do you have people precious to you?"
Naruto envisioned Shino and Kiba, who he'd done the kill to protect. "Yeah, I get that. I definitely do. Dattebayo!"
"Then I believe you will grow truly strong." Haku gave Naruto's shoulder a squeeze as he started to head off, Zabuza following suit threw a parting comment over his shoulder.
"I'll probably set up shop here for a while, if you ever want to learn how to use that sword you carry feel free to track me down. With a sack of cash of course."
Naruto gave the man a million dollar smile. "I'll hold you to that! Try not to cause too much trouble, you guys."
Zabuza just laughed as they parted ways.
Finally, the bridge was finished. It took about a month, all told, and it was overall a good time. After his first week and a bit of mediation Naruto seemingly returned to his usual self, training with his teammates, pranking Inari and Tazuna. They even learned how to walk on water!
But eventually it was time to leave, and knowing what the boy had done, Naruto was given the choice to name it.
To much bewilderment, he called it the Jinchuriki Bridge. Or the Bridge of the Power of Human Sacrifice. Kiba and Shino thought he was being poetic.
Anko was concerned.
Luckily the trip home was quick without Tazuna to guard or anyone to fight. The gates of Konoha are a welcome sight to the genin returning home from their first serious mission. It had been more of a B-rank mission after all. Anko too was looking forward to having a chance for a private talk with Naruto.
Eventually they made it past Izumo and Kotesku to head for the administrative building, quickly being redirected to the Hokage's office when they checked in. The venerable kage sat behind his desk, smoking impassively as he let everyone take a seat.
"So, you didn't turn back after encountering the demon brothers. Which elevated the mission to B-Rank. Correct?"
"Yes Lord Hokage." The Team chorused.
"And I understand you did so full knowing you would face Zabuza Momochi in combat." Oh they were in shit.
"Yes Lord Hokage." They chanted once more.
"Then why, pray tell. Did you continue on what is certainly a B-Rank mission with a team of fresh genin Anko." He asked flatly.
Anko recoiled as if struck. "Ah, eh… Lord Hokage it was their first serious mission, and Tazuna really did need our help. Plus they're pretty good for brats and I just sorta…. Thought it would be okay?"
His stare was that of stone. "Then tell me Anko. How did it go?"
So she told him, told him about fighting off Zabuza thanks to being underestimated. Explained how Gato was killed, all of it. "So they named it the Jinchuriki Bridge like the brat wanted and we were on our way home. That's it, promise." She smiled uncertainly.
His eyes narrowed at Naruto. "I can't say I'm pleased a genin had performed their first assassination no." He gestured to Kiba and Shino. "You two may go. Your sensei will have your mission and bounty paid to you with your usual wage at the end of the week." They bowed as they left, Kiba looking nervously at Naruto as he left.
Hiruzen let out a sigh as he sat back in his chair and smoked his pipe. "Naruto, I have to wonder what you were thinking? We'd agreed to keep everything between us until you made chunin."
Naruto let out a sigh of his own. "It was kinda a statement I know. But I was mostly alluding to all shinobi making a sacrifice I guess, and the sacrifice of the life of Gato so that Wave could flourish again. But really-" he paused looking down for a second, as the room suddenly filled with malice he looked back up, eyes slitted and red. "But it's also where I found it."
AN: Two in one day? I'm shocked too. Hope you enjoyed a different take on Wave.