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'Talking'
"Thinking"
'Heavily demonic voice'
'Fox talking'
"Fox thinking"
*expression*
Jutsu
Flashback
Chapter 5 – Missions
'Stupid fox.' Those were the first words Naruto spoke upon waking up that morning. He had been subjected to an interesting dream, namely the dream Kyuubi put in his head of him kissing Tenten for what to him, seemed like ages.
"You're one sad lonely fox." Thought Naruto.
'Sure, I'm the pervert, then again, I don't hear you complaining about what you saw. Hmm, maybe I should make you dream about kissing that Uchiha.' Suggested Kyuubi, trying to rattle Naruto.
"If you do that, I will work out a way to summon you with less than half a single tail of power, beat you to a pulp, let you return back to the cage and then repeat." Threatened Naruto.
The fox didn't respond, and Naruto took that as the fox giving in for the moment.
Naruto then got out of bed and did his usual morning activities and training, before he went to meet up with his team for today's mission "weeding a garden".
"I can't believe this is a mission." Thought Naruto.
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After his "mission" Naruto went to practise Kenjutsu with Hayate.
'Naruto, the style I'm going to *cough* train you in is called *cough* the Crescent Moon Style.' Said Hayate, before proceeding to explain the style.
The Crescent Moon Style involved crescent shaped blade movements and deception using clones, which Naruto picked up quickly. Naruto followed this routine for a week and a half and was now reasonably good with a sword that he could make Hayate sweat for his victory, largely in part due to the fact he could make far more than two clones.
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On the day of what would have been their eleventh D ranked mission, Naruto and Sasuke, although the latter would never admit it, had enough.
'Hey old man, when are you going to give us a real mission?' Asked Naruto, his disdain for D missions clearly showing.
'How dare you! You are just a lowly Genin with no experience, that's why you have to do D rank missions to gain experience.' Yelled Iruka in annoyance.
'Seriously? Experience? What on Earth are we learning from painting a fence? I'm not a little kid anymore, I'm a ninja, and I want a real ninja mission. Besides, these D rank "missions" are just simple chores with the only exception being we get paid for doing them.' Said Naruto in exasperation.
The Hokage thought about it for a moment, before making up his mind.
'Very well, Naruto, I'm going to give your team a C ranked mission, bodyguard duty. Send in the client.' Said Hiruzen.
At this proclamation, a grey-haired, bespectacled man, with a large beard and dark eyes entered the room. He was wearing a sleeveless V-neck shirt with an obi, pants, and a pair of sandals. He also carried a towel around his neck and wore a pointed hat on his head.
'I asked for bodyguards, and I get three kids.' Said the man with a slight slur to his words.
'Who are you?' Asked Sakura.
'I'm Tazuna, a master bridge builder, and I need to get back to my hometown safely and I expect you to protect me, even if it costs you your lives.' Said the newly named Tazuna.
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After packing and meeting at the village gate, Team Seven and Tazuna headed out and journeyed to the Land of Waves. The group walked past a puddle when Kyuubi spoke to Naruto.
'Hey Kit, that was no puddle, there are two ninja hiding in that, it's an illusion.' Said Kyuubi seriously.
"Thanks for the heads up." Replied Naruto, just as seriously.
Suddenly, the two ninja emerged from the puddle when the group had walked past it. One had shoulder-length, wild dark-brown hair, and dark eyes. He wore a breathing mask that covered the lower half of his face, and a large, clawed, poisonous gauntlet on his right arm, which had a chain coming out of it that had the other end attached to his partner's own gauntlet. He wore a camouflage suit with bandages around his waist, dark-coloured, knee-length sandals, and a ragged black cape. He had a forehead protector which depicted four wavy lines in a square shape, with a single horn on it.
The other looked identical to his partner, but his forehead protector had two horns instead of one.
They charged Kakashi on both sides and wrapped their gauntlet chains around Kakashi, before shredding him to pieces.
'That's one down.' Said the one with a single horn on his forehead protector.
They then charged, one after Naruto, the other after Tazuna. Naruto jumped back a bit, unsheathed his sword, and threw it in the middle of a link in both chains, which trapped them to a tree. Sasuke then jumped on top of their gauntlets and pulled them forward by their gauntlets causing them to stumble, at which point he kicked out, hitting both with a kick to the face.
They recovered quickly and then both charged at Tazuna, as well as Sakura who was defending the bridge builder. They were about to reach them when they were suddenly held in a chokehold by Kakashi, who was completely unharmed.
'Good work everyone, very efficient.' Said Kakashi with a smile.
'Well it took you long enough.' Joked Naruto.
'Well I had to find out who their target was.' Said Kakashi smiling. He then became serious 'Tazuna we need to talk.' He said in a stern voice.
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The two ninja were quickly tied to a tree after which Kakashi spoke to his team 'They are Chunin from the Village Hidden in the Mist.'
'How did you know about our ambush?' The single horned one asked in a raspy voice.
'A puddle, on a sunny day, when it hasn't rained in weeks, I could've stopped you there, but I wanted to see who your target was. Ninja attacking ninja, or ninja attacking the master bridge builder. Tazuna, in your mission request you asked for standard protection from bandits and highway men, you didn't say you had ninja after you. If we had known this, this would be an A rank mission and we would have staffed differently and charged accordingly. As of now, we are beyond the scope of this mission.' Finished Kakashi.
'We are Genin, this is too advanced for us.' Said Sakura in what she hoped was a comforting manner.
'No.' Said Naruto.
Everyone looked at him in surprise, both for how calmly he had spoken and the fact that all he had said was a single word. Noticing he now had everyone's attention, Naruto continued on.
'This is the first real mission we have ever gotten and there is no way we are going to give it up.' Said Naruto strongly.
'I'm with the loser.' Said Sasuke, shocking everyone.
'Why are you with yourself, Sasuke?' Asked Naruto, feigning ignorance. Sasuke just scoffed and turned away.
'Well, I guess I'm in as well then.' Said Sakura, with a small smile.
'Ok, we continue with our mission then. However, all of you need to keep up your guard because the next enemy may be a Jounin.' Said Kakashi sternly.
All three of them nodded, before they set out again.
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After taking a boat for a while, they arrived in the Land of Waves and then continued walking once they were on land. After walking through a densely tree populated area for a while, Naruto felt something, or someone, was watching them. Suddenly, a massive blade flew through the air at them, moments away from beheading them.
'Look out!' Warned Kakashi causing all three to duck with Kakashi dragging Tazuna down.
The large blade thudded into a tree, remaining stuck midway into the trunk. Seconds later, a ninja was seen standing on the impaled blade. He was shirtless, with his chest only covered by a belt over his torso, to which he likely attached his massive blade. He was also wearing baggy pants with the striped pattern typical of the Village Hidden in the Mist and mimetic wrist-warmers extending up to his elbows, with matching legwarmers. He was tall and noticeably muscular with pale skin, short spiky black hair, brown eyes, and small eyebrows. He wore bandages like a mask over the bottom half of his face, with his forehead protector sideways on his head. His forehead protector was identical to the protectors of the previous group of ninja, only minus the horns.
Kakashi spoke 'Zabuza Momochi "The Demon of the Hidden Mist".'
'Kakashi Hatake of the Sharingan Eye.' Replied the man coolly.
Both stared off until Sakura decided to ask, 'What is the Sharingan?'
'Sharingan. It is a powerful Doujutsu which enables the user to instantly analyse and copy any Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, or Genjutsu. It is a feared bloodline ability which only a few Uchihas have mastered.' Said Sasuke "However, how does Kakashi have one? As far as I know, he isn't an Uchiha."
'That is correct, Sasuke.' Said Kakashi, while lifting up his forehead protector, revealing his Sharingan.
'Kakashi of the Sharingan Eye, or as you are listed in our bingo book, "The Man Who Copied Over A Thousand Jutsu". 'I'm here for the bridge builder.' Said Zabuza.
'Team, protect the bridge builder, Manji formation.' Kakashi ordered.
Instantly, Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke, surround the bridge builder on the front and both sides. Zabuza jumped on to the water and said, 'Hidden Mist Jutsu.'
Suddenly, a deep mist covered him and hid him from view. No one could see him and then he spoke 'Eight points: larynx, spine, lungs, liver, jugular vein, subclavian artery, kidneys, and heart. Now, which one should be my kill point?' He said with a heavily sadistic voice, bloodlust washing over the group.
There was silence and then in the next moment, Zabuza appeared in between the Genin and bridge builder. Kakashi disappeared a moment later and in an instant, had stabbed Zabuza with a kunai to the stomach. Water dripped out of the wound and then a second Zabuza appeared behind Kakashi, causing Naruto's eyes to widen.
'Sensei, watch out!' Yelled Naruto.
'It's over.' Said Zabuza, while swinging his blade at Kakashi's midsection.
Kakashi turned into water when the blade sliced through him and as he did, Zabuza's eyes widened.
"He saw through my move and copied my Water Clone Jutsu instantly." Thought the renowned assassin, before feeling a kunai pressed against his throat.
'Now it's over.' Said Kakashi.
Despite Kakashi's words however it wasn't, as Zabuza swung his sword back, causing Kakashi to move away so as to not be cut in half. Zabuza used this moment and landed a solid kick to Kakashi's face, sending him into the water.
As he emerged, he had a thought "The water is denser than normal water, oh NO!"
At that moment, Zabuza was upon him and before he could react, Zabuza said, 'Water Style: Water Prison Jutsu.'
Due to the small slip-up, Kakashi was now trapped in a spherical dome of water.
'This prison is made of water, but it's harder than steel. You won't escape this, Kakashi.' Said Zabuza.
'Run.' Kakashi said to his team, but Naruto had other ideas.
'Sorry Kakashi-Sensei, but this guy thinks he is a demon… well I'm going to show him that he doesn't even come close to being a demon. Don't worry though, I'll make this quick.' Said Naruto, before he looked up and levelled a pair of red slitted eyes on Zabuza.
'Water Clone Jutsu.' Said Zabuza.
'Shadow Clone Jutsu.' Said Naruto.
Five clones of Zabuza and Naruto appeared.
'Kid, you just made a big mistake in facing me.' Said all the clones of Zabuza, before going through a string of hand signs and saying, 'Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu.'
The clones of Naruto and the original all threw one of their three-pronged kunai and flashed away from the dragons, even though they didn't reach the kunai, as they still got out of range of the water dragons.
'What, it's impossible!?' Said Zabuza shocked at the evasion and as a result, didn't see that all of the Naruto clones, as well as the original Naruto were behind him.
They drew their swords and directed some of Kyuubi's chakra into the blade before they each swung the blade in a crescent moon slice.
'Demonic crescent!' They all shouted, which caused six crescent shaped blades of Kyuubi's chakra to charge at Zabuza.
Each crescent was aimed at a part of Zabuza, one for each of his arms and legs and two for his head.
Knowing he had no choice, Zabuza moved his hand out of the water prison and jumped away, releasing Kakashi and in doing so, saving himself from decapitation. The real Naruto then pounced on Zabuza and nailed him with a right hook across his face and followed up with a side kick to his solar plexus, sending him towards Kakashi.
'Sensei, I'll let you take it from here.' Said Naruto, releasing the fox's chakra, with his eyes returning to normal.
Zabuza and Kakashi faced each other and started doing hand signs in perfect symmetry. When they finished, they both shouted, 'Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu.'
The dragons rose into the air and attacked each other, with the result being both were destroyed. At this, both charged at the other, Zabuza with his blade held out to his right, and Kakashi with a kunai with the point facing down next to his left thigh. Both blades meet and Kakashi was being overpowered.
"Darn, not enough." Thought Kakashi, before he pulled out another kunai, which he pressed against the one he was already holding to augment its strength against Zabuza's massive blade.
It was now a stalemate, with neither gaining the advantage over the other, so both jumped back.
They once again started doing hand signs, but Zabuza hesitated as he begun to see himself next to Kakashi. Kakashi continued his hand signs until he finished and said, 'Water Style: Giant Vortex Jutsu.'
"What, impossible! How could he finish the jutsu before me?" Thought Zabuza in shock.
Zabuza didn't even have a chance to raise a defence and was thrown against a tree. Kakashi then threw four kunai, pining Zabuza's limbs to the tree, eliciting a grunt of pain from Zabuza. Kakashi then appeared on the tree branch near Zabuza's head.
'But how, c-can you see the future?' Zabuza asked shakily, as he inclined his head up to see Kakashi.
'Yes, and your future, is death.' Replied Kakashi.
As Kakashi finished saying this, two senbon needles flew through the air and pierced Zabuza in the neck, who gave a pained yell before his body became limp.
'Well, you were right, his future was death.' Said a voice.
The owner of the voice was standing on a tree branch and had a slender frame and was also quite short for his apparent age. His outfit consisted of a moss green, striped turtle-neck sweater, and a split skirt in matching colour that reached down to his knees.
On the outside of that, he wore a greenish-blue short kimono with white edges, and around his waist a greenish-brown obi, in the same fabric as his sweater, with a fringed trail. He also wore light brown platoon sandals with straps in the same colour as his kimono and nail polish on his fingernails and toenails in matching blue-green colour.
His long hair was gathered in a white bun holder, tied with a greenish-blue string, while two locks of his hair fell loose, framing his face, bound with metal hair cuffs at the ends.
He was wearing a hunter ninja mask on his face, which was white, with thin, curved eyeholes, and a red wavy design in place of the mouth, as well as the same symbol seen on the demon brothers and Zabuza's forehead protectors on the forehead of his mask.
'I thank you for weakening Zabuza. I have been hunting him for some time now and now I can finally destroy the secrets of our village that are hidden in this body.' The boy disappeared and reappeared near Zabuza's body, quickly slinging one arm over his shoulder.
'Thank you.' Said the boy, before he vanished, taking Zabuza with him.
'Ok, well let's get going guys.' Said Kakashi as he covered his Sharingan eye once again and with that, promptly passed out.