Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Henzuru2 ❯ Wave mission ( Chapter 8 )

Disclaimer: Nope, don't own it.

A.N: For those of you who have questions about Kyuubi teaching Naruto new jutsus, they're not really new. Think of his memory like a library. Kyuubi is the librarian, so she knows where everything is. Naruto is now kind of like a new librarian. If he wants to know something he has to look for it, or ask Kyuubi where it is. Kyuubi can also create new jutsu. That should clear some things up.

Oh, and beware of random randomness. Oh, and did I mention that Naruto has 722 Tenketsu? Normal humans only had 361.
((And sorry Philo, I have no spell check on this computer. Goes in a corner and cries. I want my laptop back!!!!!))

Part 8
Wave Mission Start

Sasuke beat Sakura this time, slowly approaching Naruto; "What do you know about Kyuubi?"

Naruto stared at Sasuke before mumbling; "Too much damage already. I'll have to fix that." He sighed. "So troublesome."

"What are you mumbling dobe?"

Kakashi and Sakura had come up behind Sasuke, to see what Naruto had to say.

Naruto shrugged; "Only this... Oninpou: Memory Suppression no Jutsu!" he formed the Demon seal and shoved his chakra through it towards everyone in the clearing, creating a small shock wave effectivly removing the last few minutes from their concious mind.

A moment later Sakura was yelling at him; "Come on Naruto! Quit playing around! We have a job to do!"

Sasuke Hmph-ed and turned back to the direction they were heading. Kakashi looked around, he sensed a strange chakra in the air. He gave Naruto a hard look; 'Na, it couldn't be.'

Naruto followed behind them. 'Thank Kami it worked."

After that they continued on without any trouble. Eventually they reached the edge of a vast span of water.

"Make sure to be super quiet as we cross. Sound carries over water and we don’t want Gato's men after us as soon as we land." Tazuna whispered.

The group of Konoha shinobi just nodded.

Naruto was bored. He knew what he was supposed to do, and it seemed stupid. Maybe he would change the past a bit. He sighed; the ride over was soooo boring. 'A good time for a nap,' he thought, and in moments he was out like a light.

When they finally arrived, Sakura had to beat him upside the head to wake him up. "Wake up, Naruto no baka! We're here. So wake up!" she kicked him one more time, just to make sure he wouldn't go back to sleep.

Naruto followed some ways behind the group, mumbling something along the lines of; "Stupid bitch. Why did I ever like her?”

A few moments passed, and then; 'There. I was wondering when he'd show up. 'Hello Haku. Now what should I do this time? Act like a fool and hurt his rabbit, or do nothing? Hmmm. Well, it worked out fine last time so...' Like a flash he pulled out several kunai and threw them into the brush surrounding them, seemingly with no reason at all.

"Baka Naruto! Quit trying to act cool! It'll never work!" Sakura yelled at him.

"Sorry Sakura-chan," he visibly shivered at the name, but Sasuke thought it was because he was afraid of her.

"Afraid of Sakura, are we, dobe. You're pathetic."

"Teme! I thought I saw something." Naruto dove after his kunai, giving a sharp look at where Haku was hiding, as if to say; I know you're there.

High in the trees Haku shivered; 'He is the only one of them to have noticed me. I shall have to be wary of him in the future. But he has made a grave mistake in not telling his team'

Naruto emerged from the brush on the other side of the path; "It was only a rabbit,” he said holding the trembling, white furred creature up by the ears.

Sakura hit him once more; "You could have killed it!" she grabbed the rabbit from him and cradled it while turning her back to the orange clad ninja.

'I hate this jumpsuit. Hey, Kyuu, remind me to burn it first chance.'

Ok, burn jumpsuit, first chance. Got it. Hey! What am I? Your secretary!?

'No, but I know that you hate it just as much as I do. I thought you’d be glad to destroy it. You've been complaining since we got here.'

Fine. Kyuubi huffed.

Kakashi was glaring at Naruto. Something wasn't right, and that thoughtful look on his face didn't belong on the face of the Naruto that he knew. Oh well, he'd figure that out later. For now Icha Icha Paradise: Winter Holiday: Limited Super Pervert Edition awaited, but first one thing; "Naruto, you shouldn't be throwing shuriken around like that... it's dangerous." he said holding his book protectively, one of the kunai had almost hit his precious.

'Damn. Missed.' Thought the blond. 'This henge is itchy. Can't wait 'till I can drop it.'

"Yo! Super Midget! Quit being a moron!" yelled Tazuna.

'Foolish Ningen have no idea.' Naruto brushed them off, continuing off down the path.

'Wait,' thought Kakashi, 'that rabbit had white fur, but it's spring, what's with it's colour? Rabbits fur changes colour with the sun, and white is the colour of winter. That rabbit had been kept in a cage for the purpose of kawarimi! So they're here already' He glanced around at the trees suspiciously.

Behind Kakashi, high in the trees, sat a shadowy figure. 'No wonder the Demon Brothers didn't stand a chance... Hidden Leaf's Copy Ninja, Sharingan Kakashi.' He heaved his giant sword into the air and hurled it towards the unsuspecting genin and their sensei. 'Die.'

'There!' Kakashi's eyes widened as he sensed the spinning death heading their way. "Everyone! Duck!" He launched himself at Tazuna, dragging the old man down with him, as two of his three students obeyed his command.

Naruto however, ignored him, side stepping the blade just when it would have sliced through him. The others didn't see this though; only the one hiding on the sidelines took any notice. Everyone else’s attention was on the blade that had been embedded into a giant oak tree, or more precisely, the man standing on the hilt of the blade.

Naruto dodged behind his team as Kakashi glared at the man. 'This man is...'

"Well well well... If it isn't Kirigakure's missing nin, Momochi Zabuza." Kakashi said while putting a hand out to restrain Naruto who looked like he was about to do something stupid.

"Stay back Naruto. This ones on a whole other level." said Kakashi.

Naruto smirked; 'We'll see.'

Zabuza glared down at the Jounin; 'Let's see what he can do. I hope Haku is watching, I may be able to learn some valuable techniques. And then turn them against him later.'

Kakashi reached up to his forehead protector; 'Against him,' "It might be a little tough, unless I use this." He said as he pushed it up, revealing his sharingan eye.

Sasuke gaped. No one but the Uchiha could have the sharingan. Was Kakashi an Uchiha? No, his brother had killed them all. Except for him. So how did he have it?

Zabuza, however, smirked; "You appear to be Sharingan Kakashi." He bowed; "Sorry, but the old man is mine."

He looked to where he had been standing, but Naruto had already dragged him off towards the edge of the clearing. Naruto sat down next to Tazuna and yawned; "Don't worry, sensei will take care of him." he closed his eyes as if to take a nap, but was actually activating his bloodline. He didn't want Kakashi to see how much power he had, just yet. That and he might actually learn something new, or maybe it would remind Kyuubi of an attack that she knew so that she could teach it to him later.

"Good work Naruto." Said Kakashi over his shoulder. "Sasuke, Sakura, surround and protect Tazuna. Do not enter this fight, that's the teamwork here." He focused some chakra into his eye making the three dots surrounding his pupil begin to move. "Zabuza, you will have to fight me first.

Zabuza grinned; "To see the sharingan so soon... I am truly honored. As you wish then." He jumped to the ground hauling his sword from the tree.

Sakura looked questioningly at her crush; "What's a sharingan?"

He answered her, but his focus was on Kakashi; "The Sharingan is part of the Uchiha bloodline, only those of the Uchiha blood can have it. It is said that it can defeat all Nin, gen, and taijutsu. But that's not the only ability that it has." Sakura gave him another questioning look.

'Then how does sensei have it?' she thought.

"That's right,” murmured Zabuza as he got in an attack form; “What’s even scarier is that you can copy your opponents moves once you see them.” He chuckled mirthlessly; "When I was still a part of Kirigakure's elite assassin squad, I kept a little handbook with me that had some information on you. This is what it said: The man who has copied over one thousand jutsu... Copy-nin Kakashi.”

‘What’s going on?’ thought Sakura and Sasuke as the two Jounin stared each other down.

‘The sharingan is a special physical condition that only appears in a select few of the Uchiha.’ He glared at Kakashi’s back. ‘Could he be…’?

His thoughts were interrupted as Zabuza rushed at Tazuna; “Enough standing around. I have to kill that old man.”

The group of genin tensed, but Kakashi threw Zabuza back. “But it seems like I will have to beat you first!” The missing-nin dodged Kakashi’s attack, landing on the water with one arm up. A thick mist began to rise around him, moving off onto the land, blocking him from view.

Sakura and Sasuke were staring at where he had stood on top of the water. ‘How is he able to do that?’ Thought both of them.

“Ninpou Kirigakure no Jutsu” Came a voice from within the mist.

“Be careful.” Ordered Kakashi; “He’ll come after me first. Momochi Zabuza is an expert in silent killing. You’ll be dead before you know it. I can’t use the sharingan perfectly, so keep on your toes.” Sakura quickly looked around her, Sasuke glared straight ahead, trying to sense the enemy. Naruto just sat on the ground seemingly asleep.

Hey Kit, if you get the chance, try out what Death gave you. I’d like to see what a shinigami can do. The one that sealed me was quite strong. Remind me to thank him if we ever find him.

‘Sure thing Kyuu. What do you say we have some fun? Kage Bunshin no Jutsu, Kawarimi no jutsu!’ a shadow clone appeared right where he had been standing before, he had disappeared to somewhere in the surrounding forest.

The mist began to get even thicker. “Heheheheh. Eight choices. Liver, lungs, spine, clavicle vein, neck vein, brain, kidneys, heart. Which should I choose?”

“What?” yelled Sakura before glancing at Naruto; “Wake up Naruto-baka!” she went to hit him, but was stopped when he grabbed her arm.

“I would suggest that you refrain from hitting me when I’m asleep. Next time, I may hurt you.”

Sakura quickly withdrew her hand. ‘What’s with Naruto? I’ve never seen him like this. He’d normally let me hit him and laugh it off.’

“Sakura! Quit spacing out! If you haven’t noticed were in the middle of a fight!” yelled Sasuke.

Suddenly a wave of intense killing intent pulsed out from the mist. Kakashi easily dispelled it with a hand-sign, but the genin and their charge weren’t so lucky. Except for Naruto, that is. He was a demon, so human killing intent was nothing to him, or his bunshin. His, when he decided to use it, would make even a kage wet his pants. Kyuu had done the same when she had attacked Konoha, and she hadn’t even been using it. So he had his bunshin lean against a tree and go back to sleep.

Sasuke froze and began sweating. ‘What dangerous chakra. It feels like I could be killed if I make a single move. It could drive a person crazy. The intensity of a Jounin… it feels like my life is being squeezed. I can’t take it! I’d almost rather die now and get it over with.’ His gaze landed on Naruto and his anger rose; ‘that dobe acts as it were nothing. He can’t be stronger than me. How can he act like that!?’

“Sasuke… Don’t worry. I’ll protect you, even if it kills me,” said Kakashi in a calm voice. He turned to them with a smile; “I don’t let my comrades die.”

“We’ll see about that.” Said Zabuza, appearing in the middle of the group. He swung his sword; “It’s over!”

Naruto had switched to his Hanyou form. He would enter the battle as a half demon, so that he could use more power than his genin self would. The whole point of the bunshin was to make sure that he was not suspected. Also, it would be bad for them to think that any kind of demon were following them, so he would have to hide some of his Hanyou traits. He could do it with Onimetsuki, but he didn’t want to take the chance that Kakashi’s sharingan could break through it.

Carefully he wrapped his tails around his waist as a belt. After that he reached into the air and opened one of his time-space pockets, pulling out a blood red bandana. He tied it so that it covered his ears and part of his hair, which had grown several inches longer. Then he pulled out his Kage Hitai-ate and tied it around his neck. Hanyou Naruto disappeared in a puff of smoke, reappearing just in time to stop Zabuza. He pointed one finger at the ground beneath him.

A small fire erupted from the beneath the swordsman. A moment later he burst into water.

“What was that?” said both Kakashi. Zabuza was standing several yards behind him.

Zabuza saw that Kakashi was distracter by what had just happened, even though he was thinking the same thing. He slashed his sword at the jounin’s back.

“Sensei! Behind you!” screamed Sakura, but she was to late. Zabuza’s sword cut clean through their teacher’s middle. Kakashi’s body collapsed as a puddle of water.

‘Mizu bunshin no jutsu…? No way! He copied it in this mist?’ Just as he finished the thought he felt the cold steel of a kunai pressed against his neck.

“Don’t move.” Kakashi’s voice was as cold as his kunai. “It’s over.”

The trapped jounin began to laugh; “Don’t you get it? There’s no way you can beat me with your monkey imitations. But it was impressive. You had already copied my Mizu bunshin jutsu, and you had it say those words while you hid in the mist and watched. Nice plan… But it’s not that easy!” Zabuza collapsed into water as the real Zabuza appeared behind Kakashi.

Kakashi spun around just in time to duck under the blade that would have ended his life, but he couldn’t avoid the kick that had been aimed at him. Zabuza’s foot caught him squarely in the stomach, flinging him into the lake. ‘Now…’ Zabuza was about to follow, when he noticed the tacks around his feet. ‘Makibishi.’ “Foolish.” He disappeared, reappearing on top of the water behind Kakashi.

‘Sensei got knocked down…’ thought Sakura.

‘Good taijutsu.’ As usual the mind of Sasuke was one-tracked.

Bunshin Naruto remained asleep.

Kakashi began climbing on top of the water; ‘This water is heavy.’ Thought Kakashi.

“Heh… Fool. Water Prison Jutsu” yelled Zabuza as the water around Kakashi rose up, trapping him in a sphere of water. “You may have tried to escape to the water. Bad idea. Now you’re trapped in my inescapable prison.” Laughed Zabuza. “It make’s things tougher if you can move.” He made a hand seal; “We can finish things later, but first I’ll take care of them. Mizu bunshin no jutsu!” another clone of water rose from the lake and headed toward the group on shore.

Naruto glanced at the Mizu bunshin and it stopped in its tracks. “You may be good Zabuza, but you should listen to your own advice. You can’t escape on water.”

Zabuza began to laugh hysterically; “You think you can take me!? A child taking on the demon of the mist!” he began laughing even harder.

On shore Sakura asked why Zabuza was called the demon of the mist. He heard he and decided to answer her. “When I was your age, these hands were dyed red with blood. Long ago, in the hidden mist village also called the blood mist village, there was a final obstacle in becoming a ninja. In the graduation exam.” Zabuza chuckled; “A battle to the death between students. Friends that trained and ate together were pitted against each other, until one lost his life. Friends who had helped each other and shared dreams.”

Sakura gasped; “Terrible.” Naruto just yawned.

“Ten years ago the mist graduation exam was forced to change.” Said Kakashi from within his prison. “The change came after the previous year, when a devil appeared.”

“Change? What did the devil do?”

“Without pause or hesitation, a young boy, not even a ninja, had killed over a hundred of the students.” Continued Kakashi.

Zabuza had a look of rapture on his face; “That… was so much fun.”

Naruto chuckled; “I’m insulted. If that’s all you people think a demon can do. You people obviously have never met a real demon.” He glanced at Kakashi; “Or one that wasn’t under someone’s control.”

Zabuza was the only one to hear what he had said, and he laughed; “What do you mean by that? Quit acting all tough. I doubt that you could even beat my bunshin, and it has only one tenth my strength.”

Naruto grinned; “You’re probably wrong, but we’ll never find out will we?” he gestured at the Mizu bunshin who had begun to make it’s way back toward Zabuza. “Suiton Supremacy: Traitor Bunshin no jutsu!” the people on shore were only able to make out the last part.

The bunshin dashed towards Zabuza with its sword raised.

While Zabuza was concentrating on dispelling his bunshin, Naruto thrust his hands into the air. His hands looked like he was trying to rip something apart, and indeed he was. As his hands moved apart, a gape was forming in the water prison.

When it was wide enough, Kakashi slipped out; “Thanks, but leave this man to me. He is no concern of yours,” he said while examining the boy standing in front of him. With his sharingan he could see that the boy held an immense power within him, not to mention that a good bit of the power spiralled around his middle. “What’s your name?”

“Don’t get distracted!” yelled Zabuza as he brought his sword down on the jounin.

Naruto waved his hand and the water under Zabuza shot up and froze around his sword, just before it hit Kakashi. The swordsman’s eyes widened in shock as one word escaped his lips; “Haku.”

Naruto grabbed Kakashi and hurled him onto the bank next to Tazuna; “Watch over your client. You need some rest, your chakra is almost depleted.” Kakashi pulled his hitai-ate over his eye and did as he was told; he had a feeling that it was in his best interest to follow the strange man’s orders.

Zabuza had just gotten his sword loose from the ice that had encased it; “How interesting. I didn’t think that there was anyone like him still alive. You would be a good opponent for him.”

Naruto stared at him; “You’re a fool Zabuza. The man who hired you will never pay you.”

“Shut up!” Zabuza roared as he charged him.

“Very well then. I, Hitoshirenu Itazura, will defeat you.” His hands moved in a circular pattern above the water. “He who has been blessed by Tsunami, goddess of waves. He who was trained by the elements. He who has defied death and time. You are summoned now! Suiton: Uzumaki no Jutsu!”

Zabuza stopped. He was forced to stop. The lakes current had changed, it was going against him. It was going too fast for him to keep going forward. But then, it changed directions. The entire lake began to spin; the centre began to sink as the waters spiralled around. Faster and faster they went until Zabuza was flung out and slammed into a tree.

Hitoshi ((That’s Naruto)) stood, hovering in the air over the centre of the gigantic whirlpool. He calmly watched as his opponent slowly stood to his feet.

The water stopped spinning as Hitoshi’s feet came in contact with its surface. He walked toward Zabuza, radiating no killing intent, but Zabuza could not help but be afraid.

‘That kid just turned a lake into a death trap and acts like it was nothing. What power! If only he was on my side.’

“Good work kid. You’re strong. I could use someone like you. What do you say to joining me? Together we could take over the elemental nations.”

Hitoshi appeared to consider it, but then; “No.” he raised his had and a giant spear of water condensed above it. The spear was about ten feet long and the shaft was one foot around. “You may die now, Demon of the mist.”

Just as he was about to hurl the spear, several senbon needles struck Zabuza in the neck, apparently killing him. Hitoshi knew better, but he wanted to have his fun.

“You’re right. He’s dead.” Said a voice from the trees. A few seconds later a mist Nin, wearing the mask of a hunter Nin appeared next to the body.

Hitoshi released his spear and walked over to the body and pretended to examine it. “So he is.” He glanced at the hunter, giving him a look that said; “I know otherwise.”

The hunter shivered at the look. “Thank you very much. I had been tracking him for some time.” He/she bowed.

“I take it you are a mist hunter Nin.”

“You would be correct.”

As if to read the genin group’s minds the hunter explained; “My job is to hunt down and kill missing Nins. I am a member of Kirigakure’s special op.s team.”

Kakashi was taking all this time to examine the two foreign Nins. ‘Judging by their voices, they can’t be much older than my team. Neither of them are normal kids, especially the one in black, Hitoshi he said his name was. I’ll have to remember him. And that forehead protector, I’ve never seen a village that uses that symbol... Shadow?’ He noticed that his team had tensed up again now that Zabuza had been defeated. Now there were two people who’s intents were unknown, and no one to keep them distracted. “Don’t worry. They’re not enemies.” He looked over at Naruto, expecting some king of reaction. “Naruto! Wake up.”

Hitoshi’s finger’s twitched as he made his clone groggily open it’s eyes. “Ehhh… What’s up?”

Kakashi sighed; ‘He’s going to get himself killed it he keeps falling asleep during battles. Wait, how could he sleep through that? The killing intent should have woken him up. I’ll have to talk to him some time.’

Sasuke glared at the two next to the body; “How could two kids beat that guy!?”

“Calm down Sasuke.” said Kakashi calmly; “There are people out there that are younger than you, and yet stronger than me.” Sasuke huffed.

The hunter kneeled next to the body to pick it up. “The battle is over. Now I must dispose of this body, it seems to contain many secrets.” He/she made a hand sign; “Farewell.” And disappeared.

“He’s gone!” gasped Sakura.

Hitoshi turned to leave; “I must be going as well.” Under his breath he murmured; “Onikage won’t be happy if I’m too late.”

But Kakashi heard it; ‘Hey! Wait!” Hitoshi turned back to him. “What village are you from? I’ve never seen a hitai-ate like yours.”

Hitoshi smiled; “I’m from the Shadow.” The shadows beneath him rose up and consumed him, leaving no trace that he was even there.

Kakashi looked at him group; “Now all we have to do is get Tazuna to his home. Let’s roll.” He started off down the path to the wave, his students and client following him.

A few seconds later he thought he heard the sound of a bunshin being dispelled, but when he turned around there was nothing. ‘Must be hearing things.’

Hitoshi had turned back into his human form, Naruto, and re-joined his team and was calmly counting down in his head. ‘3…2…1…’

Kakashi fell on his face, and his team panicked; “Sensei! What’s wrong?”

From his position on the ground he answered; “I think I used too much chakra between the Sharingan and trying to escape that water prison. So now I can’t move.” His student’s sweat dropped.

Naruto walked over to him and picked him up. “Fine. I’ll carry you to Tazuna’s. Lead the way old man.”

Kakashi felt himself loosing consciousness, but before he succumbed completely his last thoughts were; ‘How did is he strong enough to carry me by himself.’ And he passed out.

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