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First off, I want to apologize for my lack of updates. I have been extremely busy with High School, but I assure you, that this month I will produce a few more updates. I will also be unveiling a few surprises at the end of the month.
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Naruto's eyes widened in shock as he saw Inari, Tsunami, and Tazuna for the first time in year, "Oh my Kami..."
Inari ran up to Naruto and hugged his leg, "Naruto-niisan!" the force of him charging into Naruto's legs sent him toppling over.
Naruto smiled, and chuckled as he patted Inari's head, "Inari, it's great to see you again." he grinned and stood up, Inari still clutching his leg, "Man, you have gotten big, haven't you?"
Inari grinned a fox-like grin as he looked up at Naruto, "Yep, and I am stronger too!" he flexed his arm, trying to show off his muscles.
Naruto chuckled, "That you are Inari." he looked up at Tazuna and Tsunami and smiled, "Hey Tazuna-jiji, Tsunami-chan."
Tsunami smiled and walked over to Naruto, wrapping her arms around him in a warm hug, "It's so good to see you again Naruto." she smiled as she looked down at him, "You have certainly grown the last time we saw you." she pinched his cheek playfully, "Have you been eating your vitamins?"
Naruto chuckled and rubbed his cheek, "Yes Tsunami-chan, I have been eating my vitamins." Naruto then playfully poked her in the stomach, "I really owe you for teaching me how to cook. I would have died of food poisoning from my own cooking years ago if it wasn't for you."
Tsunami blushed at the praise as Tazuna walked up, and patted the top of Naruto's head, "Ha, true, the first time you made us something to eat I almost chucked it up then and there."
While the four were talking, everyone in the room was watching the events unfold before them, until Tsunade coughed, drawing the conversation to a close, "Naruto, how is it that you know the clients?"
Naruto smiled, "Well, when I originally left Konoha years ago to train, I ended up in Nami no Kuni." he smiled and looked at Tazuna, Tsunami, and Inari, "They helped me out back then."
Tsunade raised an eyebrow, and sighed, "Very well...now, all of you are to be ready to head to Nami no Kuni in-"
"Hokage-sama, if I may interject?" everyone turned to Kakashi, who was for once in a serious stance.
Tsunade raised an eyebrow, "What is it Kakashi?"
Kakashi cleared his throat and looked her directly in the eyes, "I believe Naruto should be forbidden from taking part in this mission."
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Naruto snarled at Kakashi, "WHAT?"
Kakashi ignored Naruto, "Due to Naruto's history with the client, it will prove as a conflict of interest, and will likely result in the failure of the mission. Thus I believe Naruto should not be allowed to accompany us on this mission."
Yamato stared at Kakashi with a 'what the fuck' expression on his face, not knowing how Kakashi can say something like that.
Tsunade frowned, "Denied, Naruto shall accompany you on this mission."
Kakashi tried to protest, "But Hokage-sama-"
Tsunade smashed her fist into the desk, cracking it as she snarled, "Naruto...shall accompany you...on. This. Mission...is there any part of that you wish to try and protest, or shall I have you charged with insubordination?"
Kakashi gulped and lowered his head, "N-no H-Hokage-sama."
Tsunade smirked, "Good. Now I want everyone ready to leave in 57 minutes...and Kakashi..." she cast a harsh glance at the Jonin, "If you are so much as a second late, you will be demoted to academy student and have to retake the entire Shinobi academy from scratch, am I clear?"
Kakashi's eye widened as he vanished in a Shunshin to get ready for the mission.
Tsunade chuckled to herself and looked at the remaining members of the team, "Well...what are you waiting for, go get ready."
Sasuke, Kiba, and Sakura left, but not before casting harsh glares to Naruto. Yamato stayed behind as Naruto turned back to Tazuna, Tsunami, and Inari, "So, this question has been bugging me, but how is Kaiza doing?"
Tsunami, Tazuna, and Inari flinched...but surprisingly hid it well. However, Naruto and Yamato noticed the sudden flinch.
Tsunami smiled sweetly, "He is back home."
Naruto nodded his head, but made certain to remember this incident.
One Hour Later
The team had set off on the mission a few minutes earlier after each one had secured their materials. Naruto was wearing his usual outfit...but if one looked closely, they would notice that three of his scrolls were not in their usual place, and his stance allowed him to reach for his bo-staff quickly.
Yamato was also in a stance ready for attack...
Every other Shinobi in the group was lazily walking, as if this would be a walk in the park.
Naruto sighed as he rubbed his forehead, 'Why oh why did I get stuck with these people?' Naruto was about to continue looking forward...until he felt a pair of breasts press into his back...sighing he turned his head, "Kyuu-chan, what are you doing?"
Kyuubi grinned, "Hugging you."
Naruto sighed once more...Kyuubi had insisted on coming with them...and since she was not a Shinobi, there was nothing any of them could do to stop her from coming with them. Not that Kyuubi minded her company...he just wished that Kiba, Sasuke and Kakashi would stop sending lust filled looks at her.
Kyuubi smiled...then her ears twitched as she glanced at an incoming puddle.
Naruto and Yamato also noticed the puddle, but made no move to show that they saw.
Everyone else did not even notice it, and continued on with their business.
They had not walked ten feet past the puddle...before there was a surge of chakra, a cloud of smoke, and two Shinobi with breathers and Kiri headbands leapt out to attack the group.
Kakashi's eye widened in shock, while the rest of the genin were frozen in fear.
The two Shinobi twisted their arms which had massive gauntlets on them, connected by a chain, and wrapped it around Naruto and Kyuubi...slicing them to bits.
Inari shouted, "Naruto-niichan!"
The two Shinobi hissed, "Two down..." and charged at Tsunami, Tazuna, and Inari.
Inari growled and reached into his back pocket...pulling out the same kunai Naruto had given him years before, and stood in front of Tsunami and Tazuna, holding the kunai out.
The two Shinobi swung the chain, intent on chopping the three of them to bits...only for them to trip as a sudden pressure wrapped around their ankles and yanked them so they fell on their face.
Everyone stared in shock as the two Shinobi were suddenly dragged into the forest by an invisible force. Several moments of silence passed...until their was a light clacking sound as the trees rustled, and a figure stepped out of the forest, causing all their eyes to widen.
The two Shinobi were tied up by a glowing rope-like extension and were held in the mouth of what appeared to be a massive spider. The spider itself looked to have been made out of wood and steel, and had been recolored to moreso resemble an actual spider. The spider was easily as tall as a human being, and sported eight legs, each one ending with a spiked leg with serrations, and it had a glowing abdomen filled with what appeared to be chakra...except it was a purplish color. It had eight eyes and on the back of it's abdomen, a Tenshiran flower with a single red slitted eye in the center...but the spider itself was not what caused everyone's eyes to widen...it was who was riding atop it.
Naruto Uzumaki, and Kyuubi...who had just moments ago been sliced to bits.
"Naruto-niichan!" Inari ran up towards Naruto as he got off of the giant spider. Inari sobbed into his leg, clutching him tightly, "I-I thought you d-died."
Naruto smiled and patted Inari's head, "Hey, I ain't going to die that easily." Naruto smiled down at Inari...he then frowned, turning his gaze towards the two captured Kiri-nin, "Now...let's see what you two know."
One of them scoffed, "We'll never talk...do your worst!"
Naruto grinned darkly, "Oh I intend to." he raised his hand, which revealed five chakra strings connected between him and the spider, "But first, introductions are in order..." he flicked his wrist.
A clacking sound was heard from the spider puppet...and two of the spiders mandibles extended out, and positioned themselves at the throats of the two Kiri-nin...and a long needle shot out from both mandibles, just barely stopping before they pierced their flesh.
Naruto motioned his middle and index finger, causing a whirring sound to be made inside the spider.
The two needles were then filled with a black fluid...which was clearly toxic, and for a seal to slide onto the edge of the spider puppets mandible.
Naruto grinned as the Kiri-nin started to sweat, "Now...where was I...oh yes, introductions." he smiled, "Demon Brothers...meet Onigumo..." he indicated towards the giant spider puppet, "Onigumo...meet dinner."
One of the brothers was so scared he was actually shivering, while the other one scoffed a little, "Oh please, it's just a puppet."
Naruto frowned; then smirked darkly, "In a way...yes, but how about a little biology lesson? When you are nearing death, your body starts to leak chakra in the bucket-loads. To accommodate this little fact, the body also produces chakra at the same, if not a faster rate that the body is losing it." he pointed towards the spiders glowing abdomen, "You see all that chakra back there?"
The two brothers turned their heads and looked at the spiders glowing orb of an abdomen...which was obviously filled with chakra.
Naruto grinned at their confused looks, "Onigumo is a special puppet, the only one capable of creating it's own chakra strings. But...for her to create the strings, she first needs a substantial amount of chakra in storage. Now admittedly, I contribute some of my chakra to the storage, as does Kyuu-chan, but...Onigumo's primary method of gaining chakra is through those two seals." he pointed to the seals on the mandibles, "Those are chakra absorption seals, which are connected to chakra conducting pipes that bring the absorbed chakra through a series of purifying seals to make the chakra usable by her, and allow her to create chakra strings that she can use much like how a spider can use silk."
The two Kiri-nin stared at him blankly, "And you are telling us this why?"
Naruto shrugged, "I thought I should let you both know how you are going to die..." he moved his thumb...
The mandible on the left side stabbed into one of the brothers neck, and injected the poison.
At first, the brother merely suffered a slight pinch of pain as the toxin was dripped into his system...and then a pull on his chakra...and then he was suddenly filled with agony as his chakra was yanked out of his body, and felt his very chakra network get torn from how rough the chakra was being pulled on.
The other brother watched as his brother seethed in pain, twitching repetitively as his chakra was being ripped from his body by the now glowing seal on the mandible.
Finally, the seal stopped glowing, and his brother panted as the needle was removed from his neck.
Naruto smiled, "Now, unless you want to suffer again, I suggest you start talking...now."
The brother which had been put through the torment immediately cracked, "I'll talk! I'll talk! We were hired to kill the bridge builder and his family by Gato of Gato Industries!"
Naruto's eyes widened in shock, not expecting that answer, and he turned his attention towards Tazuna, Tsunami, and Inari, who were nervously looking away. Sighing, he flicked his wrist...revealing two puppet scrolls.
One had the image of a spider on it, while the other had the Kanji for 'Fuin'.
He flicked his wrist again, opening both scrolls. One of them was covered in a cloud of smoke...once the smoke disappeared, it revealed what appeared to be a barrel, but was odd in it's dimensions. It somewhat resembled a reverse hourglass with six limbs. It had four legs each one only ninety degrees away from another limb, and it had two arms. It was covered in a vast menagerie of various seals.
Naruto held out his other hand, allowing chakra strings to attach to the barrel shaped puppet, causing it to split open on one side, and a rack filled with scrolls extended outward. The arms of the puppet grabbed two scrolls, each one with the Kanji for 'human' and rolled them open, revealing an extremely complicated seal array. .
Onigumo threw the two Kiri-nin, and they vanished into a cloud of smoke. Once the cloud dissipated, it revealed the scrolls, which now had a few new Kanji on them, signifying that they were currently in use.
Onigumo reached out with one of her arms and touched the scroll that had a spider on it, and it too vanished in a cloud of smoke. Naruto tucked it away in one of the three empty scroll spaces, and then sealed Fuin away, before placing it in one of the other empty scroll spaces.
Sighing, Naruto turned towards Tazuna, Tsunami, and Inari, "What's going on in Nami no Kuni...and I mean what's really going on."
Tazuna sighed...and looked up, "We're sorry for deceiving you, but we had no other alternative. Our country has been overtaken by a man known as Gato...of Gato industries. On the surface, he sells goods via a shipping industry, but beneath the surface, he is a cruel tyrant at the heart of a series of illegal trades...drugs, human trafficking, weapons, the whole works."
Tsunami continued, "Our country is so poor off that not even our Daimyo has that much money anymore. We barely managed to scrounge enough money together from everyone in Nami no Kuni to afford a C-rank mission."
Naruto frowned, "Why hasn't anyone tried to fight...surely Kaiza could rally the villagers together to stop this man."
All three of their heads fell...and Inari whimpered out, "T-tou-san..." a few tears flowed down his cheeks.
Tazuna sighed, "Gato knew that Kaiza would be able to rally the villagers together, so before he made it official that he had taken over...he...he..." Tazuna could not hold in his tears and wiped his eyes.
Tsunami choked out, "They killed Kaiza-kun...in a public execution."
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Naruto's eyes widened as he processed this information...
Kakashi spoke up, "Since you lied to us about the mission, we will not be completing it." Kakashi turned away and began to walk off, "Your plight is no longer our concern."
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"I'm not leaving them Kakashi."
Everyone looked towards Naruto, who was standing straight up, glaring intensely at Kakashi.
Kakashi narrowed his eyes, "Are you disobeying a direct order from your Jonin Sensei genin?"
Naruto crossed his arms, "That sure as hell is what it looks like. And personally I don't give a shit. If you want to report me to Hokage-sama, then by all means do it. She is more likely to demote you to genin for leaving me to complete a mission clearly above my station in rank than she is to punish me Hatake." he looked at his three old friends, "I will not leave them to suffer and die while I can help them...even if I have to fight all of Gato's army by myself."
Yamato smiled at Naruto's nobility. Truly, Naruto's heart was the greatest amongst the group.
Kyuubi smiled and stood by Naruto, "And since I am not an official Shinobi, you can't tell me what to do anyways so..." she stuck her tongue out and dragged her finger under her eyelid childishly, making rasberry noises.
Kakashi was about to try scolding Naruto again...
"If the dobe is going, then I'm going. I will not be outdone by a clanless orphan." everyone looked at Sasuke, who had been the one to speak up.
Sakura grinned, "Yeah, Sasuke-kun could take on Gato's army without breaking a sweat! CHA!"
Kiba grinned, "Like I am going to lose to this bastard, I will win Hinata-chans heart."
Kakashi looked at them...and eye smiled, "Well, if Sasuke is willing to do, I see no real issues."
Yamato sneered at Kakashi as the team shouted in approval.
Naruto smiled and walked with Tazuna, Tsunami, and Inari. Sasuke and Sakura, along with Kiba followed up...Kakashi was about to follow...when Yamato grabbed his shoulder, "Kakashi-sempai...can I speak to you for a moment?"
Kakashi smiled, "Sure, what is it yo-OOPH!" Kakashi doubled over as Yamato struck him full force in the stomach, and was yanked up by his hair by a pissed off Yamato.
Yamato sneered, "You disgust me...first you pick favorites with your squad, even though you had made damn well sure that Naruto was on your team you are clearly doing everything you can to stunt his growth. I know it has nothing to do with Kyuubi, as you are smart enough to know that Naruto could never be overtaken by the Kyuubi's influence...now you are willing to send a family to their deaths, and allowing a country to fall to ruin to a corporate madman, all because you won't get your pay, and you only agree to help them when Sasuke, a spoiled brat wants to continue the mission." he shoved Kakashi to the ground, "Mark my words, Kakashi-sempai...Tsunade-sama WILL hear of this." he walked past Kakashi as he stumbled to get to his feet.
Meanwhile
Three individuals sat in a small room, all of whom were clearly dangerous.
The first figure was a large man sitting on a couch, whose face was covered by some sort of cloth, and his slightly spiky hair fell over the rest of his face. He had two large sleeves on his arms, and had a pair of combat ready pants. At his side, a large blade, easily the mans size laid against his seat.
The second figure was smaller, about the height of an average teenager. The figure was wearing some sort of battle dress garments, and their hair was in a feminine bow.
The last figure stood in the shadows, and was rather tall. They had long hair that reached past their shoulders, and they wore what appeared to be a Jonin vest, and he wore some sort of fur based cloak over his shoulders. The rest of his attire was average...at first glance
The man in the corner snorted, "It's been three hours...your lackeys have failed you."
The man sitting on the couch looked up and grabbed his blade, "So it would seem...I guess it's my turn then." he stood up and walked towards the door, followed closely by the figure wearing the battle dress.
The man in the shadows spoke up, "Zabuza...don't go and get yourself killed." clearly sounding insincere about it."
The man now known as Zabuza stopped, and looked back, "So says the one whose entire squad was killed...hunting for a kid..." he walked out the door, closing it behind him.
The man raised his head as the wind blew back the curtains allowing the light to enter, revealing his features.
The mans skin was pale as death, and his eyes golden and slitted like a snakes.
The man grinned darkly, "That may be...but I am the one who survived." the light shimmered over his forehead, revealing his slashed Konoha forehead protector.
Three Hours Later
Naruto and his team walked through a thick mist in Nami no Kuni, all the while watching out for any possible attacks.
Naruto suddenly stopped...and threw a kunai into the bushes. He walked over to the bush...revealing a snow white rabbit.
Kakashi eye smiled, "Congratulations Naruto, you managed to save us from a little white rabbit."
Naruto frowned at Kakashi, "Did you ever take biology lessons Kakashi, or do they not teach you that in 'school of the dumbasses'?" he held up the rabbit, which was still quivering, "This rabbit is pure white, a winter coat, and it is the middle of the summer. Now think about this for a second...why would a rabbit with a winter coat be here in the middle of the summer?"
Kakashi stared at Naruto for a bit...then his eyes widened in realization, "Substitution..."
Naruto nodded his head...then his eyes widened, "EVERYONE DOWN!" he grabbed Tsunami, Tazuna, and Inari and brought them down as a gigantic sword flew over their heads and sliced into a tree.
Naruto quickly got up and readied himself into a battle stance, and looked around.
"Well, well, well...looks like we got ourselves a fighter." Naruto turned in the direction of the voice, to see a man standing on the hilt of the gigantic sword, "But how about we do this the easy way. Just hand over the bridge builder and his family, and nobody gets hurt."
Naruto flicked his wrist, another scroll flying out of it...this one having a shield wielding suit of armor on it, "You are going to take them over my cold dead body...Zabuza Momochi."
Zabuza sighed, "You know my name, yet you are still willing to fight."
Naruto smirked, "If I can fight Kisame and go to a stand-still...I'm pretty sure I can handle the weakest of the seven swordsmen." he unrolled the scroll, and was covered in a cloud of smoke.
Zabuza frowned, and waited to see what Naruto would pull, watching as the smoke disappeared...
Once the smoke vanished...it revealed an interesting sight. A large puppet, at least ten feet tall, with Naruto sitting where the chest would be, his arms inside the puppets arms and his legs inside the puppets legs. A single wooden armor piece fell over the chest area, which had a single crimson glass orb on it. The arms each sported three fingered hands, including the thumb, and both legs were sporting two large toes on them. One of the arms reached out...and a large pole made completely out wood shot out of the ground, into it's hands. The puppet, with the dexterity of a regular human spun the pole, and stood in a battle stance.
Zabuza grinned, "Ah...it's been a while since I fought a puppet user...this ought to be FUN!" he ripped his blade out of the tree, and flew at the giant puppet, swinging his sword down, which was blocked by the puppets staff...
The battle...has begun...
I know, a crappy ending when I haven't updated in so long, but I am really tired right no, and want to get on with the chapters for my other stories.
From now on, I will not be promising which stories I intend to update, as I myself do not know anymore, the most I can assure is that I will update stories now...
Until my next update, read, review, PM, flame with legitimate reasons, and wait for me to update...thank you.
