(Chapter 19: Let's see what this Team can Do.)

It would be but a short time later till our trio would soon meet up with their jonin sensei in Kazushi who was ecstatic to fully meet her charges and tell them of what she had in store for them..with the daughter of Tsunade all but barely able to contain her excitement of what she had in mind.


(June 2nd, 997 S.E, Senju Park, 10:14 Am)

It would be a sunny Friday morning as our trio of Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura were with Kazushi who was more than eager to get things started; for what she had set up for them in the months to come.

"Soooo, how's everybody doing?!" Asked a giddy Kazushi to her genin squad

"So far so good, Kazu." Naruto answered back

"I am ready to begin the day, Kazushi-sensei." Sasuke said to the amazon before him

"Hey, I'm good as is. I just wanna know if we're gonna do some hardcore training are not?" Sakura said back eliciting a wide predatory grin from Kazushi

"Oh don't worry, we're going to do plenty of training in the future…But first things first, I'm gonna need to do a bit of an assessment on where you guys stack up." Kazushi told her charges with nothing but devious intentions in her voice

"Because I know full well, that the reports I got from the academy of you guys being a bunch of middling ass bitches; was complete and total bullshit. Since I know goddamn well when someones' hiding their full power when I see it…That's why I've pulled some strings to get you guys to go on a field trip with me to test how you guys function in a real firefight, and see just what you can do when you don't gotta hold back." Kazushi further spoke knowing full well that her genin had more to offer than what the reports said

'Well, guys do you think now's the time to tell her about my powers? Since she's gonna find out one way or the other…Might as well tell her now.' Naruto asked his companions

"It would be prudent to do so; given that she's our sensei and moreover your family. So if you feel it is for the best then do so.' Was Sasuke's vote on the issue

"I say go for it, she's our sensei. And I really don't see an issue with telling her…Since I like her already!' Sakura said over their telepathic link in already liking Kazushi's vibes

"You like her because she's essentially you but with Wood Release, and even more capable.' Sasuke snidely replied

"What the fuck ever, Sasuke. Naruto go for it.' Sakura said as Naruto nodded and ended the telepathic link between them

"Is everything all good with the 3 of you? You guys look like my mom does when I get baked with her." Kazushi asked having looked at the 3 as though they were having an invisible argument

"Oh yeah, were all good…By the way, I have superpowers." Naruto flippantly told his cousin

"Ok sure…I'm sorry did you just say that you have superpowers?" Kazushi asked the shorter blonde

"Yup! Wanna see 'em?" Naruto asked his still confused sensei

"No shit, I want to see what you've got." Kazushi replied as Naruto hopped up to his feet

"You guys should probably get a good distance back; since things are about to get a bit toasty out here." Naruto warned his friends who in seeing the crackling of ethereal merigold-colored flames wisely did so

From there he raised his hands into the sky and without much more of a moments notice, Naruto unleashed a Flamethrower attack; causing Kazushi to instinctively jump back as twin pillars of flame twice the size of a grown adult. The flame-based attack soared high into the air and coloring the area around them a brilliant orangish-gold as the flames grew so intense that nearby trees in the vicinity began to smoke nearly catch fire.

The display of power had lasted for a solid minute before Naruto ended the attack, leaving the area in a 40 foot radius far warmer than what it originally was the area around them having become outright scorched to the point nothing would ever regrow from the sheer immensity of the Flamethrower in question.

"So does that prove it? Because I've got some other cool stuff I can do; if that doesn't prove I have superpowers." Naruto asked his reasonably stunned cousin

"H-How the fuck did you just do that?! I didn't see you make any handsigns, or even feel any chakra from that shit." Kazushi asked back almost stupefied by seeing her cousin unleash what could easily pass for a B-rank it not A-Rank fire jutsu

"I just can…Also, that was just me dicking around. I can show you what happens if I start trying if you really want?" Naruto asked with an impish grin as his hands then started to crack and arc with bolts of bright blue and orange lightning

"No, I think that whatever the hell that was; was good enough...Just hot fucking shit, I did not see that coming." Kazushi replied more than satisfied

'Not to mention that I don't wanna scorch the whole fucking place, because Naruto wants to actually try shit.' Kazushi said to herself

'Oh come on, I'm not gonna scorch the whole area. Just enough to where they may have to spend the whole summer regrowing stuff is all.' Naruto said to Kazushi via his telepathy

"D-Did you just talk to me in my head?" Kazushi asked in confusion

"Yeeaaahhh, that's one of the many other things I can do with my powers…Honestly, it makes for having group conversation in private really easy." Naruto told his cousin in concerns to his telepathy

"Ok, I'll keep that in mind for next time…Anything else I should know you can do before I get everything else underway?" Kazushi asked

"He can teleport if that helps." Sakura told her sensei

"You…You can do what?" Kazushi asked once again in stunned surprise

"Yeah, I can teleport. Think of it what dad does with his special kunai, except better because I can just do it at will." Naruto answered back with a wide smile on his face

"Now that I know that, that's going to make our training sessions much more interesting." Kazushi said as her predatory grin returned in full force

"That being said, my little assessment to see what the three of you jackasses got. Is gonna put you in a real-deal firefight against some missing ninja." Kazushi further spoke

"How big and bad are we talking about?" Sakura asked

"Enough to where their trying to start shit in the Hidden Waterfall Village over something called the Heroes' Water, take over said village, be a bullshit dictator and roid himself out on the stuff…The same schtick as any power-hungry lunatic." Kazushi answered back

"And your sure that you want to do this for our assessment? Not to downplay ourselves, but this seems a bit extreme." Sasuke wondered

"Oh nonsense. Between my brother training you up to be a badass swordmaster, Sakura becoming a super-assassin like the rest of her family, and Naruto from what he now just showed me being a fucking powerhouse and a half…I'm pretty sure you guys can handle yourselves just fine." Kazushi said back

"She is right you know, Sasuke. I mean think about it, what's the point of us training super hard after academy hours, and in our freetime when we aren't hanging out…Just to not test ourselves out on something awesome?" Naruto asked the Uchiha

"If anything I say we go for this, and put to work what we can do together in the real world." Naruto further added on

"He does have a point, Sasuke. Besides, how else are you going to become some badass swordsman if you don't go out and take a few risks every now and again?" Sakura answered back

"...The one time you make sound sense, and it's against potentially who knows how many hyper-dangerous enemies." Sasuke replied

"What can I say, I love a challenge and so should you…Its either that or has Mr. Super-Duper Uber Swordmaster gotten cold feet?" Sakura asked back with a snide mocking grin

"I know your playing on my pride as a warrior, I really do…And its working." Sasuke said ready to go forth and slay anyone just to shut her up

"Well, since it looks like you three idiots are all on board. Then the only other thing I can say is, I'm super-excited to see what you can do as a team!" Kazushi replied in excitement of seeing what her trio could do in a real scrap

"Guess what Kazushi we're gonna blow you away." Naruto declared

"You'd fucking better, otherwise if I have to save the three of you 'cause you couldn't cut it. Then I will plant my foot so far up your ass, you'll be able to taste my shoelaces." Kazushi swore to her younger cousin as her predatory expression only intensified

"But no pressure, since I'm sure you guys are gonna do just wonderful." Kazushi further spoke as her expression went from raptorial and predatory to cheerful and supportive

"Is there anything else you wanna talk to us about, Kazushi-sensei?" Sasuke questioned

"Not really no…As just be prepared by next week to head out to Taki by next week to rip shit up. Otherwise, you guys are free to do whatever you want. I'm gonna go get high with my mom in the meanwhile." Kazushi told them before using her super-strength to leap high into the sky to go chill out with her mother

"...What do you guys wanna do now?" Naruto asked his friends

"You wanna just go into the Forest of Death and beat shit up until lunch time?" Sakura questioned

"Sounds like a decent idea to me, what about you Sasuke? Its gonna be as decent a job as any to get us prepped and ready for any big shit we might have to fight." Naruto replied in being on board with the idea

"I don't see why not, although as we go on more and more missions. I suggest that we include seeking out bandit camps and the like, to our list of training targets. After all, fighting giant creatures is good practice no doubt. However, fighting against targets that can think and adapt accordingly will give us a greater challenge for what we need to do going forward." Sasuke answered back while also knowing that they needed to mix up things in order to continue the gains they were getting from their group training

"Hey, I'm all for whatever, we wanna do today." Naruto replied with a shrug

"Same here, Sasuke. You won't see me passing up anyway to make for better training." Sakura replied as Sasuke nodded glad that his companions accepted his idea

"Excellent, and since I already have my swords on my person. Let us be off…Naruto if you would?" Sasuke said before Naruto without missing a beat grabbed onto both of his friends and teleported away


(4 days later, June 6th, 997 S.E, Konoha, 2:10 Pm)

It was a sunny afternoon after Kazushi had got done hanging out with her dad and Lyoto for a bit, and was currently playing Hacky-Sack with Naruto…at least until she felt the presence of an invisible Jiraiya and kicked said Hacky-Sack right into his nads.

"W-Was that really necessary?...I think you might've popped a testicle." Jiraiya groaned as he fell to his knees clutching at his crotch
"Oh come off it, and stop being a giant fucking baby. If I really wanted to hit you that hard, then you wouldn't even have family jewels anymore." Kazushi said as the toad sage struggled to stand up after the nutshot in question

"By the way, nice shot Kazu. I didn't think you were that accurate with a hacky-sack." Naruto said as he high-fived his cousin

"Anyways, what do you want? Because if it ain't a good reason for interrupting our game, then Naruto and I are gonna stomp the shit out of you." Kazushi questioned the toad Sannin

"I came here to talk to Naruto…I would have done it earlier, but between him being busy at the academy and whatever else he has going on. I couldn't get ahold of him till now." Jiraiya told the Senju in question

"And what do you want to talk to my student about?" Kazushi asked

"I need to talk to him alone. It's about something very important." Jiriaya said back as he went to approach the superhuman blonde

"First things first, why would I go with or hang out with you anywhere? I don't even like you, if I'm gonna keep it a hundred percent with you." Naruto asked the sage in question

"Secondly, what the hell is it that's so important; that you can't say it in front of my sensei? Because if it concerns me, then my sensei here has the right to know what the hell it is you wanna say to me." Naruto further questioned Jiraiya

"Look, kid. I know that things have been a bit rocky between us, but just hear me out. You have to understand what I need to tell you, and this is something for your ears only." Jiraiya said as the dismissive glare the blonde gave him spoke volumes of how hard this was going to be

"A 'bit' rocky you say? That's an understatement, when thanks to you, you pretty much let Toshiro get away with nearly taking my arm off with a Rasengan. And all for what, because thanks to your prophecy and you hyping him up so much. That he can't take some much as a loss to the point that he used to beat the crap out of me…anytime I did just a bit better." Naruto shot back causing Jiraiya to internally flinch at being hit by one of his biggest misfires

"God forbid I even get into the fact that its also because of you yapping my folks's ear. That you're a pretty good chunk of the reason why I no longer have an inheritance…Granted its not all your fault, but you and your dumbass prophecy and having to hype up everyone that bowing down to them at my expense is the reason why my personal life was a few steps away from being total shit. Is the reason why you are one of the worst things in my life." Naruto partially ranted at the white-haired Sannin who felt so much repressed venom rise in his voice that he felt the ground beneath him begin to scorch and blacken

"...Bottom line, Pervy-Sage; my cousin/student has a very good reason not to wanna talk to you…Not that I can blame him." Kazushi spoke as she put a hand on his shoulder to signal him to calm down

"Like I said, I know things aren't all that great. But I still need for him to come with me, its of the utmost importance that he hears what I have to say." Jiraiya said

"Well, my answer is a giant hell no. I want nothing to do with you, or whatever weird crap you have to say to me... Because there's no reason I can think of that has me going with someone who is the reason my relationship with my family is shit. So why don't you go back to doing your 'research' or train Toshiro and Mizore already." Naruto replied

"Since I'm just trying to get on my life, as much as I can…The last thing I need is someone who has repeatedly stated that 'I'm getting in the way, and need to step aside for the 'real heroes', because I wouldn't want to stop you from bringing world peace now would I?" Naruto further spoke

"Kid you aren't making this any easier than it should be. Now come on, this is some very important stuff that you I have tell you. So quit being diificult already and come with me already." Jiraiya said as he went to approach Naruto further but was stopped by Kazushi stepping in front of him

"My student just very well said that he doesn't want to go with you. Now piss off already." Kazushi said to the Toad Sannin

"This doesn't concern you, Kazushi. This is between me and him, so move out of the way." Jiraiya said back to an unmoved Wood Release user

"Or what? Because unless you wanna explain to Naruto's dad, and my mom why you got put in a full-body cast. Then you better turn your ass around, and leave me and more importantly my student the hell alone." Kazushi borderline ordered of Jiraiya

"I don't have time for this, look come on already Naruto, and I'll tell you what is I have too," Jiriaya said knowing that he couldn't risk telling the new prophecy infront of Kazushi

'Because, I'm screwed if I tell her and it gets back to Tsunade that I'm trying to get Naruto involved in the new prophecy…The woman would have my head on a spike.' Jiraiya remarked to himself knowing that Tsunade wasn't particularly fond of him after how his prophecy went so well with Naruto's family

"Naruto, you wanna go with him, or no?" Kazushi asked her student

"Hell no, I don't want to listen to anything he's gotta say…Especially, since he's acting super shady about it." Naruto answered back

"There you have it. Now then, go on about your business, or I'm we're gonna have a problem right here and now…Your call, Pervy-Sage, because over my dead-body you go so much as inch closer to Naruto." Kazushi said as she got up right in Jiraiya's face to let him know she meant business

Something that made for a rather imposing and intimidating figure given that Kazushi was by no means a featherweight when compared to her peers; given that she stood dead even in height with Jiriaya, with dark green eyes, thick blonde hair reminiscent of a lion's mane. Which when combined with an her broad shoulders, muscular well-built frame that combined with her predatory sneer on her face made it feel like you were staring at a pissed off grizzly bear protecting one of its cubs.

Hence why Jiraiya knew that he wasn't in a position to make any moves to try and have a 'solo conversation' with Naruto about the new prophecy, when he saw nearby wood clones appearing and ready to snap him in half the moment he moved so much as a milimeter toward Naruto…So without saying another word he wisely used a shunshin to head off and way from the pair, with Kazushi waiting until he was well out of her sensory range to dispel the still-forming wood clones.

"So you all good, Naruto?" Kazushi asked her cousin

"Yeah, I'm fine. I just really do not wanna be bothered with that schmuck with how much he's already messed up my life…Him and that dumbass prophecy that the toads farted out, have been nothing but trouble." Naruto answered back in severe disdain of the Toad Sannin

"Can't say I blame you for not hating his guts. That man is a total douche." Kazushi replied

"...By the way, I used my mind powers to see what the fuck he was wanting to see me about…Yeeeaaah, I'm glad I didn't go with him." Naruto said back glad that he used his telepathic powers to see what exactly Jiraiya wanted him for

"What did you see in his noggin'?" Kazushi asked

"I wasn't able to do a deep dive, with how much crap was going on. But what I did get out of his head, was that apparently, and I'm not bullshiting when I say it…But it looks like I'm at the center of a whole new prophecy, and he wants me to play goody-two-shoes and be another one of his 'chosen ones to bring peace to or protect the world' which just raised all sorts of red flags." Naruto answered back on what he managed to root around

"That honestly makes too much sense; on why he was trying to press you to come with him. But the other question is what do you wanna do about that? Because you and I both know that he ain't gonna stop buggin' you for this prophecy crap till you cave." Kazushi wondered on how this was gonna get handled

"Oh that's easy, Kazu. We're just gonna keep screwing with him until he goes nuts." Naruto said with an impish grin

"Since the thing is that, he may be dedicated to all this prophecy crap and trying to make world peace happen. But the thing is that, since I don't like him or having my destiny made for me. I'm gonna annoy the absolute hell out of him…So its either he gives up and leaves alone, or I'm gonna make him work for it…Either way I win." Naruto told his amazon of a cousin

"That sounds perfect to me, Naruto. By the way, do you want me to tell your friends and my folks about this? Since I'm pretty sure mom and dad would love to put the screws to Jiraiya about all this stuff." Kazushi questioned knowing full well her parents would want in on this

"Go for it. If they wanna mess with Pervy-Sage too, then I'm all here for it." Naruto answered back as he went to grab the hacky-sack

"...Anyways, you wanna keep playing hacky-sack for a bit more? My shift doesn't start for another hour and some change." Naruto questioned his sensei

"Sure, I don't see why not...This time let's go full-speed." Kazushi said as Naruto kicked it over to her


(4 days later, June 10th, 997 S.E, 7:04 Am, Takigakure)

It was soon an early Saturday morning for everyone as Naruto teleported himself, his friends and his sensei to Takigakure after a few jumps of doing so; with them having made contact with Shibuki and having had the future village leader, and the jinchuuriki to fall back and allow them to finish things in their stead.

"Alright you, guys. How do we wanna do this?" Naruto asked as he saw Suien's men continuing to scour the area for more of Shibuki's sympathizers

"Well, thanks to you having teleported a lot of this Shibuki guys's people to their bases away from here. I say that you give them a wake-up call they won't forget." Sakura answered back on what should be done

"Good, that's gonna be a great starter…Sasuke anything you want to do after I fuck their shit up?" Naruto questioned the Uchiha

"Yes, you are to be on crowd control. I want you to make sure that none of his grunts leave this place alive. Meanwhile, Sakura and I will use the chaos to help flush out his men, and terminate them as we discussed." Sasuke replied

"Once we finish getting rid of them, and Suien has made his presence known. We are to re-group with each other, and finish things there…Is everyone good with that plan of action?" Sasuke further spoke as his ever-penetrating gaze turned toward his companions

"Hey, it sounds fine by me. I have absolutely no problem; making sure that people stay the hell away you guys." Naruto replied fine with whatever he need to do

"Just say the word, and I'm more than happy to get started tearing people apart!" Sakura added with her almost trademarked pugnacious grin

"Good…Naruto set up the…mind radio as you call it. We'll be needing it to make sure everything goes as smoothly and efficiently as possible. Otherwise, let's get to work." Sasuke said as said blonde nodded before establishing the telepathic link

From there Naruto leaped into the air with fistfuls of apple, cherry and orange seeds in both hands that he flung out into the open with great force, as they soon glowed a brilliant orangish white and enlarged to the size of melons as his Seed Bombs soon took full effect the moment they made impact with anything resembling a solid surface. The world around Suien's men erupted into a series of cacophonous explosions, all of which sent Suien and his own men on high alert given that buildings were blown to bits, his men and supports eviscerated as explosions incinerated and tore them to shreds, and shockwaves cascading into a deafening symphony of carnage.

As such Suien sent forth Hisame, Kirisame, and Hisame to deal with the threat while he went to gather up more of the Hero's Water to deal with the 'intruders' who had blown apart a decent chunk of his forces, yet by the time the trio of missing-ninja went to deal with the threat. They saw that a full-blown massacre was in full effect, between Sasuke used his immense speed to quickly slice through any opposition in his way; with lightning-quick precision, as limbs and heads fell to the ground one after the other, or Sakura having punched holes through the bodies of what came her way, used thunderous kicks to shatter ribs and skull like they were made of glass.

Then there was Naruto who was showing why he was on crowd control for a reason; given that when he wasn't using a Thunderbolt, Flame Burst, Seed Bombs, and Flamethrower to decimate Suien's forces with immense impunity. Especially since if any rogue Takigakure shinobi that sided with Suien got close to him he would unleash a Psyshield Bash to trample over them like a furious elephant or use Teleport to intercept a sneak attack to Sakura or Sasuke with a Psycho Cut or Brick Break to eviscerate them where they stood.

Evident when Naruto saw Hisame about to attack Sasuke with a Water Whip jutsu and as such used his superhuman speed to rush over, and attacked her with a Brutal Swing attack with his shortsword; the attack not only bisected her before she could even move to disengage from the blonde in question. It had also sent out a wave of shadow and horrid energies outward in a 40-foot cone of pure nightmarish energy; that had shown that parts of their flesh had been crushed and withered as though stomped on by the foot of a rotting giant.

'Hey, Sasuke how're looking?' Naruto asked through their telepathic link

'So far we have sundered enough of their forces to cause them to begin a retreat...Make sure none of them leave this place alive.' Sasuke answered back as he used his great speed to decapitate a Chunin and special jonin

'That's awesome, and hear you thought we were gonna have trouble dealing with these guys...Also, don't worry I'm all over it.' Naruto said while he used his superhuman speed to land a series of Psycho Cuts that left several of Suien's men disemboweled on the streets of the village

'Fair enough, and if anything it seems as though Sakura is having the time of her life.' Sasuke pointed out to the pink-haired assassin who looked to be having the time of her life

"Finally, I get to beat a motherfucker with another motherfucker! Dreams do come true!" Sakura gleefully exclaimed as she used Murasame's corpse that had a hole punched through it's skull to be used as an oversized meat flail

'That's Sakura for you, anyways, Sasuke. Keep your guard up. I have a feeling it won't be wrong before we have to fight the big guy himself.' Naruto remarked in knowing full well it wouldn't be long before Suien made himself known

'Agreed, and as far as I'm concerned. Now would be a good time to utilize more of your powers to end this…The more we waste energy that could be used to defeat Suien.' Sasuke replied as he used Chidori Sharp Spear to intercept a water glaive from Kirisame that pierced through his heart and the chests of 5 others

"Gotcha." Was Naruto's only reply

From there Naruto soon leaped into the air and yelled to Sasuke and Sakura to hit the deck as he unleashed a powerful Discharge attack, with Sasuke finishing his beheading of another of Suien's men, and Sakura roundhouse kicking one's ribs in her 24% Removal enhanced state…Both of them quickly rushed as fast as their legs could carry them into the nearest buildings to take cover, as the brilliant marigold-colored forks of lightning ripped through the summer morning at blinding speeds.

The result was all of it not the majority of Suien's men who saw Naruto erupt into a powerful lightning storm in broad daylight were not only violently electrocuted to the point you could see their skeletons, but also the fact that within mere seconds they were reduced to piles of ash from being flash incinerated. The storm that Naruto unleashed upon everyone in his vicinity to continued for a solid minute before he felt only the auras of himself and his companions within those in the 420-foot radius he reduced to ashes, with him dropping back down to his feet to see his handiwork having revealed the streets covered in ash and scorch marks.

However, as much as Naruto would've loved to admire his own handiwork; he as well as Sasuke and Sakura knew that they had to finish their job in taking out Suien, hence why after he touched down from using his electrical attack; he began the process of locating the treacherous Taki jonin. Something that wasn't hard to do given that Naruto could sense a rapidly increasing aura signature coming from the other side of the village in question, and as such after he located where it was he grabbed onto Sakura and Sasuke and teleported to the source of it in question.

Said trio had appeared within the Hero Water's Hiding Place where they landed upon the surface of the water within the great pavilion where it was held, with Sakura and Sasuke able to land and stay atop of it with their chakra; while Naruto was able to levitate and float across its surface. However, they soon saw Suien who was chugging a full gallon of Hero's Water that he drank like a man dying of thirst, as he finished his chakra spiked to an explosive degree to where he radiated a jagged aura of power, and his musculature swelled to where he seemed to be thrice his size.

"So any bright ideas you guys?" Naruto asked

"I do, we rush him and don't let up for a moment. His power may have increased substantially, however if you look closely. It isn't very cost-effective with how much he's consumed to increase his overall power." Sasuke pointed out as despite his power being stressed to new heights they could see his nose and eyes bleeding from the overload in power

"Alright, then let's do it...Ah, man this is gonna be fucking sick." Naruto said back

"I'm already on it. Let's put this fucker in a body bag." Sakura replied as she went up to 38% of her Removal to be safe

"You 3 may have defeated my forces, but let's see how you stand up to true power!" Suien boasted as he flared his now immense amounts of chakra even more

However, to Suien's surprise, all 3 genin soon rushed at him at great speeds with Sasuke activated his Sharingan while running at immense speeds to the point that a shockwave appeared behind, Sakura used Phantom Pace to rush at him at equally absurd speeds to where the water beneath her distorted, and Naruto kicked off with such force he was an orange and blue blur of motion. Suien was quick to form two Watercutting swords as he used one to parry Sasuke's blades in the nick of time from piercing his neck, and the other to parry Sakura who despite using Phantom Pace had her roundhouse kick parried although not without Suien feeling the weight of her attack nearly break his arm.

Yet this was all a setup for Naruto to have a direct route toward landing a vicious Brick Break attack toward Suien; the attack nearly made him bowl over from the sudden gut punch to his stomach, with Sakura following through by driving an Ironbreaker-enhanced knee to his nose, and a subsequent axe kick to the back of the head. However the moment Suien went to strike at Sakura it was met and immediately met by Sasuke whose crimson Sharingan was on full display, and swiftly blocked and countered a strike to his stomach with a slash at Suien's ribs; that Naruto and Sakura used as an opportunity to land twin overhand rights to his mouth.

The empowered jonin was sent skidding back by the force of the blows, as while he was able to recover from the attacks albeit with a bloodied mouth and a small handful of missing teeth; he was forced to contend against Sasuke who dashed with a Boar's Stampede that while he was able to block, it wasn't without Sasuke's Jian cutting him across the cheek. Yet even with his greater brute strength and power from the obscene amounts of Hero Water, he drank, he found himself unable to gain a hit against the Uchiha in question who was able to evade, parry, and weave his way out of his attacks; whilst using his overcommitment toward power attacks and aggression to land counters against him almost at will.

All the while Sasuke was making sure that every slash, thrust, and jab with his blades as he countered against the hulking form of Suien; had done so with each one going into one of his shoulders, his knees, or piercing and slashing into his stomach; to the point that Suien's aggression had turned the Uchiha's counters' into a perpetual motion machine of lightning quick counters that cut through his hardned flesh like a wheat thresher. However, despite his being able to land his counterstrikes almost at will; he still remained prudent and aware enough to not only evade the attacks that would cause serious damage if they landed, but also kept in constant mental contact with Sakura and Naruto; to give his mark to land their attacks against Suien.

However, it was when Suien decided to combine both his Waterfall Swords into one massive broadsword, and bring it down in an attempt to bisect the Uchiha did Sasuke mentally shout at Naruto and Sakura to come in for their strikes against him. However, Suien much to his surprise saw Sasuke vanish out of thin air as he swung down with his massive blade, and reappearing on either side of where he would've been were his two companions who held monstrous grins on their faces.

Naruto launched a jaw-busting Sky Uppercut into Suien's face that sent him spiraling into the air, yet Sakura was close behind as she grabbed onto Suien's waist and power-slammed him into the large lake beneath them; before her 'brother' came in with a blisteringly quick Mach Punch to the stomach and sent him plummeting into the depths below. The trio in question despite having landed a successful assault against him knew that things weren't going go so easily as the water beneath them soon began to distort and ripple violently before Suien quickly leapt out of the water with a vicious grin on his face.

"Let's see you little shits stop this! Water Release: Exploding Water ShockWave!" Suien bellowed as a great tidal wave advanced toward them at great speeds

'Sakura get out of the way, Naruto together now!' Sasuke shouted through their telepathic link

The pink-haired assassin nodded as she used Phantom Pace in tandem with her enhanced speed to dash out of range from the mass volume of water heading toward them; while Naruto unleashed a high-powered Flamethrower attack, and Sasuke unleashed a Fierce Dragon Flame jutsu. The two attacks combined to form a marigold colored dragon head the size of a school bus that impacted against the great tidal wave that raged toward them; the two attacks collided in a brief battle for dominance as the combination jutsu sought to devour the raging waters before it.

However, while Suien was caught up in trying to overwhelm the duo through the use of his water jutsu, and going through hand-signs for a Water Dragon jutsu, Sakura came rushing through the water's surface a cheetah on bath salts to deliver a Kure Style: Mountain Breaker to his back and the back of his skull; causing Suien's eyes to bulge out as his sull began to fracture. The bone-cracking attacks were enough to disrupt his concentration enough for Naruto to help on his part amp up the combined enough attack, and have it surge through Suien's jutsu in an explosion of superheated steam; that had Sakura soaring upwards with partial burns from the explosion while Suien had taken the brunt of it.

Yet Naruto was quick to teleport and catch his comrade and use a quick Heal Pulse to heal her of her burns from the steam explosion, while Sasuke used a burst of his full speed and the steam as cover to unleash what he called the Thunderbird's Swoop; which allowed him to leap forward and swoop down to land twin slashes against Suien. The augmented jonin bellowed out in pain as his right eye had been sliced out alongside a chunk of chest down to the deep muscle along with 2 of ribs being shorn through, as the crackling of Sasuke's bloodied and electrified blades could be heard as he rounded on Suien yet again.

However, as Suien was ready to attack the Uchiha of a swordsman once more as Sasuke dashed towards him, but as he went to rush toward him to unleash his wrath against the crimson-eyed swordsman; he was instead met with Naruto teleporting before him with a brutal Mach Punch to the liver that stopped him in his tracks. Before Sakura rushed in and attacked him with a short yet heavy combination of punches and knees to his chest that thundered like cannon-shots before sending him skidding away with a skull-cracking Ironbreaker-enhanced hook-kick that made his vision see triple.

All before Sasuke intercepted him and unleashed another one of his Two-Sword style techniques that he called Feast of the Hydra, wherein Sasuke unleashed a hyper-aggressive onslaught of slashes from every angle that to those looking on the outside looked like the many heads of a Hydra striking out to voraciously rip and tear into one's flesh. The rogue jonin in question found himself unable to bring so much as a token defense against said technique, that in part to Sasuke's surprisingly greater speed and the sheer ferocity and volume of which the attacks came in left him unable to block or guard against them all.

Hence why once Sasuke had finished the violent sequence of attacks that had left Suien's chest from the collarbone up to the waist down flayed of nearly all flesh, and painting the waters crimson as he was left recoiling from the attack. Naruto had quickly rushed in with a rib-shattering Double Kick to his chest and bone-breaking kick to his jaw, as Naruto then followed through by landing a bone-shattering Mega Kick that sent Suien flying into Sakura who was charging like a raging bull in a China shop.

Naruto dashed to meet his sister as the two unleashed their own attacks against Suien; for Sakura it was a powerful Adamantine Cherry Blossom to the stomach, and Naruto hitting him with a Brick Break to the dead center of his upper back. The result wasn't simply Suien being violently torn in half from the brute force of both attacks, but the concussive power between them causing his body to simply implode in a shower of gore, bone, and blood that sent shockwaves radiating with such intensity that it caused the large tree of the pavilion to shake as though it was roundhouse kicked by a giant.

"Well, you guys we did it. We passed with flying colors, and stopped a piece of shit from taking over a whole village." Naruto said with a cheerful grin which was in opposition to his, Sakura's and Sasuke blood covered states

"I agree, but as much as I would love to celebrate this momentous occasion. I would suggest we clean ourselves first…I could do without being covered in blood and guts." Sasuke replied as he flicked off chunks of Suien from his person

"That's pretty fair, as no offense Sakura but we both look like we came straight out of a horror movie...Man am I gonna need a shower after this." Naruto spoke as he looked down to see himself painted bloody red

"Look, you aren't gonna see me complaining…I'll feel a lot better after a hot shower, and getting this junk out of my hair...Yup that's his eyeball in my hair." Sakura said not to enthused about having to clean Suien out of her hair

"Then to the nearest not destroyed bathhouse AWAY!" Naruto shouted as the two trudged off in search of somewhere they could go to clean themselves off


(2 days later, 3:24 Pm, Takigakure, Village Head's Residence, June 12th, 997 S.E)

It would be a bit after our trio had dispatched of Suien and his forces, as they and Kazushi were currently meeting with Shibuki who was named head of the village with Suien gone.

"Again, I wanted to extend my sincerest gratitude to all of you for helping to take out Suien and his men…There are no amount of words that I can use to say thank you enough for what you've done." Shibuki thanked the Kazushi's genin for their efforts

"Part of the thanks should go to Kazushi-sensei. Had it not been for her use of her Wood Release to create those golems of hers. We wouldn't have been able to transport the civilians and your men out of the village in order to launch our attack against Suien." Sasuke said as he gestured to his sensei in question

"Hey, I just didn't want anything to stop my jackasses from puttin' in work…Turns out that you three are definitely something else." Kazushi spoke with pride in her genin for a job well done

"Also you three pass with flying colors as well." Kazushi further spoke

"See, we told you we could do it, Kazushi." Naruto said to his cousin

"You did didn't you…Well, once we get back to the village, I'm treating you all to lunch on me." Kazushi told her genin

"Score!" Exclaimed both Sakura and Naruto

"That being said, what are you going to do now that we have eliminated Suien and his forces?" Sasuke questioned the village leader before him

"Now that Suien and the majority of his forces have been eliminated. I am looking to have the village itself rebuilt stronger than ever…Granted its going to take quite a bit to have happen, but it will definitely be something special to undertake for certain." Shibuki said with a small bit of laughter

"...Who would've thought that my first week as head of the village, and I'm already heading our reconstruction…Much less having had to fend off a coup from my former teacher." Shibuki added at never having pictured things would get to this point in his life

"If you really want too, Konoha can help you guys out? We've got more than enough manpower to spare to make sure you guys aren't on the struggle bus." Kazushi offered to the new leader of Takigakure

"You don't really have to do that…You and your team have already done enough to prevent Suien from taking full control of the village. Much less saving the civilians and my men from further having to fight against him." Shibuki replied in feeling that they've done enough

"Oh no, it's no skin off our backs to help you guys. If anything we did this just cause, so this ain't anything you gotta make a fuss about. Since the only thing I'd want back from you is to make this place better than it was before Suien messed it up, and talk to our Kage about setting up something in the future for us to help you guys out…No offense, or anything but it seems real shitty that you guys don't have a friend to help out around here when things go south." Kazushi said back in refusal to let Shibuki go without aid

"I suppose it wouldn't hurt to have someone watching our backs. Especially now that we aren't in the most ideal spot; once word gets out of how things are." Shibuki spoke knowing that against his pride that it would be for the best

Seeing as how while Shibuki was confident in the strength of his village even in its weakened state, in combination with Fu's prowess with the 7-tails, and her unique brand of insect-based ninjutsu; that even he knew that they wouldn't last long should other villages choose to invade and conquer them in their current state.

"However, I would like to hold off on meeting your Hokage until things have improved here…There is still a lot of things to be done, before we are fully operational again." Shibuki further said knowing that there was much work to be done

"Is there anything else that you need us to do, while we're here? Since my genin and I are more than fine with helping you guys rebuild?" Kazushi asked

"No you are quite fine. My men and the shinobi who didn't side with Suien and his forces are already working on it. Not to mention my underling and our jinchuuriki has been a massive help in the process so far." Shibuki answered back

"Wait a minute you guys have a jinchuuriki?" Naruto asked

"Yes we do, her name is Fu…" Shibuki answered back

"While she is one of our villages' strongest shinobi, and a great asset in having fended off Suien and his men. I didn't want to risk her being caught up in what had happened in the fight. The risk of her becoming compromised or captured was far too great…So you could see why I did not have her aid you in overwhelming them." Shibuki told them in regards to his longtime friend and closest underling

"Hey, we get it. Since in case you haven't heard we've got our own set back home. Wouldn't really do well to let your ace in the hole go out and get taken. Then before you know it you gotta go at it against them, because they got compromised." Naruto said as he felt a feeling of foreboding at the thought of his sibling going rogue at any moment

'If Toshiro and Mizore going rogue against the village, ain't a scary thought I don't know what is.' Naruto said to himself in getting an unconscious shiver at the thought

"At least yours aren't a pair of assholes." Sakura said in disdain of the twin jinchuuriki

"Is there something I should know about them?" Shibuki questioned

"Let's just say that they're not the most pleasant bunch to be around…Especially from personal experience if you'd believe it." Kazushi said in not wanting to give him the full details of what they were like

"Fair enough I suppose. However, I can assure you that Fu is an absolute joy to be around. I'm sure that all of you would love her, if she wasn't busy with helping out the rest of the village." Shibuki replied knowing that said jinchuuriki was hard at work in helping to rebuild the village after Suien's coup

"I'm sure she is. Better yet, why not bring her around the village once you guys get everything settled here? You get a potential alliance with the Hidden Leaf, and your friend gets to see what our home is like and make some friends…Everybody wins!" Kazushi suggested

"That honestly doesn't sound like a bad idea…Hmmm, I'll definitely keep that in mind." Shibuki spoke in feeling it would be a good idea for Fu all things considered

"In the meantime, you are free to leave or stay while we rebuild. The option is yours, but just know that the Hidden Waterfall and all her people are incredibly grateful to all of you." Shibuki further spoke wanting to show his gratitude toward them

"No we're good. Besides, we should probably start getting back to the village…I did not tell our Kage why I was here. The last thing I need is him throwing a hissy fit because I wanted to give you three a real taste of what being a shinobi is like." Kazushi replied

"Very well then. Good luck, and safe travels back to the Hidden Leaf." Shibuki said before Kazushi nodded and motioned her genin to follow

"D-Did you really not tell anyone why we came here?" Sakura asked

"Nope, as far anyone in the village knows. I decided to take you out to fight bandits…Not help defeat a small army of rogue ninja and goons. So I would appreciate you guys not saying anything until Shibuki comes to Konoha." Kazushi answered back

"At least then I can have some wiggle room to explain why all this went down." Kazushi told them

"I will say nothing on the subject; given that this provided all of us a meaningful chance to test ourselves and our teamwork." Sasuke said back

"Hey, I was just happy to rip shit up with my friends. So you won't hear a peep from me." Sakura spoke happy to have gotten the chance to just be a menace in general

"Honestly, this was the most fun I've had all month. So I ain't gonna say nothing to nobody about this." Naruto added

"Well, if that's about it. Then, Naruto, would you mind doing the honors of taking us back home?" Kazushi asked her younger cousin

"No problem…Alright everybody you know the drill by now." Naruto told everyone as they nodded before grabbing onto Naruto

'Still feels weird that at this point I'm basically a glorified taxi service…Not that I'm complaining tho.' Naruto noted to himself before he and his genin squad vanished out of existence

So with Kazushi having given her genin squad the mother of all tests to see what they can accomplish together, as well as having seen part of what her cousin can do…It looks like our resident genin are off to a great start in having helped defeat a small army of treacherous Waterfall ninja. Therefore, how will things further come to pass as we advance further into there misadventures? Find out in the all new chapters of, Naruto: The PokeSage!


Alright, you guys that takes care of that as I hoped you guys have enjoyed this starter chapter to Part 2 of the story, since we are gonna be kicking things off on a more intense note than Part 1 of things.

Furthermore, I'd just like to say thank you to everyone who has stuck around to see Part 2 come into fruition; because I promise that things are gonna change up a lot more from how canon would normally go. So I hope that everyone will stay tuned to see what else goes down in the story, since it's only gonna get crazier from here on.

And all that done and out of the way, this is Pravus666 signing out until next time. For the next bit to come up is going to have a friendly sparring match between Naruto and Hanabi and the aftermath of what comes from it. So stay tuned for all that good stuff.

Part 2 Theme Song: To the Pain by Nonpoint

Random End Song: Ninja by Skindred


Now then onto some of the reviews from the previous chapter!

Skull Flame: I'm glad you like my depiction of a more grown up Hanabi in this instance, since it allows me to do a lot more stuff with her character as Hinata's elder sister, and not to mention it makes since for her character for what I've got planned with her going forward. And yes on the upcoming date with her and Naruto down the line.

Kourtney Uzu Yato: Yup after a fuck-ton of chapters we're finally out of the academy and into the real shit, as oh boy things will start ramping up quite a bit. Also, I will show that Naruto did get Iruka back for being a dickhead later on since...he definitely did not forget about him being a jerkass to him during finals. Plus with Minato despite him having wanting to have all of his children together on a squad, even he is self-aware to know that doing so when things are as toxic and dysfunctional as they are that such a thing would be a massive misfire on his duty as Hokage...especially when Danzo of all people is telling you not do something...Also, I have a couple of things planned for them down the pipeline that I hope you'll stick around for later on.

SPark681: I'm keeping things related to the scroll of Seals and a confrontation between Mizuki and Iruka for later, since with things going down as they have. Events are gonna get shuffled up and changed somewhat.

God of Wind:Well, its more so that its just very, very hard to burn him given the Fire Plate and even if you do damage him with Fire jutsu and related damage its just gonna make him a heck of a lot stronger given the Thermal Exchange ability. And also yes, once he's able to connect to Dialga he will be able to do whole-ass DIO time-stops like nobody's business.