Naruto

Angel of Darkness

Chapter IV


Naruto was walking the streets of Konoha he could hear the hushed whispers from the villagers whispering about how the Hokage could allow him to become a ninja. Naruto had thought that once he became a ninja things would be better, that he could show them he was not the demon they claimed him to be. But the more things changed the more things stayed the same.

Naruto was on his way to the Mission Hall where his team had been told to meet. Naruto hoped it wouldn't be more chores that seemed to get the villagers more angry at him. The villagers didn't outright attack him when his team reported for the missions but he could feel the disdain and malice whenever it was Naruto's team that reported for the mission.

When Naruto arrived at the Mission Hall he saw Sasuke and Hinata waiting for him along with Kakashi who had his nose stuck in his Icha Icha novel like always, seriously hadn't he finished it already.

"Hey guys." Naruto said cheerfully.

"Dobe." came Sasuke's cold voice.

Everyone knew Naruto and Sasuke were friends but Sasuke still called Naruto a dobe and Naruto still called Sasuke a teme.

"H-hello Naruto-kun." Hinata said timidly.

Hinata while having come far in their training and getting more confident she was still a shy and timid girl, who still had a major crush on Naruto.

"Well since everyone is here shall we head inside." Kakashi said, closing his book.

Walking into the Mission Hall, Team Seven saw Team Nine leaving the Hall. Neji smiled and nodded to Naruto while Tenten waved as they were leaving. To the unknowing person Neji and Tenten wouldn't know Naruto, however most of Iruka's class knew Naruto was actually one year older than them and also failed the graduation exam of the previous class which Neji and Tenten were in and they were friends with Naruto.

"Ah Team Seven here for some missions?" Asked the aging Kage with a warm smile.

"Actually Hokage-sama, I'm requesting a C-Rank Mission for my team." Kakashi replied.

"A C-Rank you say?" Hiruzen said with a smile. "Yes I have something suited for a rookie team. It's a simple escort and protection mission. Iruka go get the client."

Iruka rose from his seat and left the hall only to return a few moments later with a drunken man. How did Naruto know the man was drunk? Well thats because he could smell the booze on him and see it in the man's face.

"This is my protection? I requested Ninja not brats." the man ranted.

Naruto, faster than anyone could stop him, drew a shuriken and threw it at the man's sake bottle and shattered it.

"We are ninja. If you don't like that, take your business elsewhere." Naruto said coldly.

"This is Tazuna, a bridge builder from Nami. He has asked for protection while he finishes a bridge connecting Nami to the mainland." Hiruzen said.

"When do we leave?" Sasuke asked.

"Meet at the front gate in one hour." Kakashi said, dismissing his genin. Once the genin were out of earshot Kakashi turned to Tazuna. "It's not wise to insult those you're hiring to protect you. My genin may only be fourteen but they have been trained like soldiers their whole lives; they can and will defend you with everything they have."

XxXFront Gate of KonohaXxX

One hour passed and Team Seven was at the front gate of Konoha, a gate that was huge and took several regular shinobi to close or the efforts of one Senju Tsunade, but she hadn't been in Konoha in years.

"Well it seems everyone is here, let's be on our way." Kakashi said.

Team Seven fell into a triangle formation around Tazuna almost on instinct with Naruto in the front since he had the best senses of the three. Kakashi was a few paces back watching his genin with Tazuna both to watch for the enemy and to see how his genin react to danger.

After two days of walking Team Seven was about half way to Nami and too far from Konoha to send for reinforcements. Naruto noticed a small puddle of water off to the side of the road which was unusual considering it hadn't rained in over a week so there shouldn't be any water puddles on the road. Naruto signaled to his team using sign language but kept the signs hidden from onlookers.

As Team Seven passed the puddle with Kakashi being the last to pass, two figures rose from the puddle and bound Kakashi in a chain and tore him to shreds. This was planned by Kakashi; it was a test for his genin and a chance to see who the target was.

"Hinata stay with Tazuna. Sasuke take the one on the left and I'll take the one on the right." Naruto ordered.

No one questioned the young blonde's orders. Naruto had somehow become second in command unofficially even though he never tried to nor wanted to, it just happened. Sasuke threw a kunai at the chain linking the enemy shinobi forcing them to disconnect to fight the genin one on one.

XxXWith NarutoXxX

Naruto stood across from his opponent with a kunai in hand. Only this kunai was different from standard kunai as was all of Naruto's kunai. All of Naruto's kunai were marked with his seal for the Hiraishin, a jutsu that made the Yondaime famed as Konoha's Yellow Flash. However Naruto had another jutsu that he liked to use, the Kage Bunshin. Naruto could use the Kage Bunshin to duplicate his kunai and make hundreds of kunai then use the Hiraishin to teleport between the hundreds of Kunai for a truly lethal attack.

"You don't stand a chance, kid. Go home to mommy while you still have a chance." the ninja said.

Naruto looked at the man's hitai-ate he saw the symbol for Kirigakure but it had a gash across the symbol, a rogue ninja.

"Not a chance." Naruto said.

"Your funeral kid." the man said.

The man was one of the infamous Demon Brothers famed for their joint combat but just as dangerous alone. The man charged Naruto with great speed but Naruto jumped back away from the man and threw his kunai making a single hand seal.

"Shuriken Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" Naruto yelled.

In a blink of an eye the lone kunai multiplied into one hundred. Naruto then pulled out a tanto from a sheath strapped on his lower back then instantly began teleporting between the kunai attacking the man from all sides.

"Ninpo: Lingchi!" came Naruto's voice from all around Meizu.

Once Naruto stopped teleporting from his hundred Kunai, Meizu was on the ground a pool of blood forming from Meizu's lifeless body.

XxXWith SasukeXxX

Sasuke stood across from Gozu with a stern yet bored look on her face.

"Stand down girlie we only want the old man but if you intend to get in our way we'll kill you as well." Gozu said.

"First my name is Uchiha Sasuke not girlie. Second, if you threaten my client then I will have no choice but to take you down, and that I can certainly do." Sasuke said not an ounce of doubt or fear in her voice.

"Uchiha I thought your clan was wiped out." Gozu said tauntingly.

"It was. I'm its only survivor." Sasuke said firmly.

Gozu rushed Sasuke who jumped over the man and flipped in the air running through hand seals as she did.

"Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu!" Sasuke yelled, unleashing a stream of fire from her mouth.

Gozu screamed in pain as he was engulfed in flames but he wasn't down yet.

"So it's true the Uchiha fire jutsu are as impressive as the legends say." Gozu said.

Sasuke wasn't done, she rab through another set of seals and unleashed a barrage of small fireballs.

"Katon: Hosenka no Jutsu!" Sasuke yelled.

Gozu tried to dodge the fireballs but found they honed in on him thanks to ninja wire controlling shuriken hidden in the fireballs. Gozu stood on shaking legs. It had been some time since someone stood on even ground as him.

"So the Uchiha clan is as strong as they say only two jutsu and you have me on the ropes." Gozu said.

"Surrender or die." Sasuke said firmly.

Gozu rushed Sasuke rearing his clawed hand back ready to decapitate Sasuke with his claws however he felt a sharp pain in his chest. Looking down he saw a tanto in his chest plunging into his heart holding the tanto was none other than Uzumaki Naruto.

"Sorry to spoil your fun teme but I wasn't about to let this scum hurt you." Naruto said.

Sasuke knew that she didn't have anything to block Gozu's attack; all she had were basic kunai and shuriken; she was a ninjutsu specialist, not a hand to hand fighter.

"It's ok dobe." Sasuke said grateful to Naruto.

Gozu dropped to his knees, blood seeping out of the wound in his chest. Naruto pulled his tanto out and blood pulsed out of the wound Gozu was dead.

"Good job you three." came Kakashi's voice as the cyclops walked out from the treeline. "Tazuna you never said Ninja were after you…"


A/N: And Cliff hanger sorry folks you'll have to wait until next chapter to find out what happens with Kakashi and Tazuna's conversation about why ninja are after him. Also I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. I had a lot of fun writing it. If you liked the chapter or have tips on how I can improve my writing, drop a review and tell me, just please no flaming. Anyway until next time ja~ne.