..… His informant, Komiko. She was sporting some bruises and had small cuts all over her body. Her clothes were ripped though they still covered most of her body. She was pinned down by an anbu who was trying hard to undress her. Komiko was screaming at the top of her lungs, trying to get someone, anyone to help her.

Not willing to stand another minute of these fools trying to desecrate him informant, Naruto directed a considerable amount of killing intent at the group, freezing them in place. Their bodies froze completely, trembling in fear from the unreal killer intent; even the supposedly un-emotional NE were trembling slightly. To them, it felt as if their deaths were already guaranteed. Some of the weaker Anbu dropped to their knees as it took every little bit of their will power not to just slit their own throats. For those who were able to make even the slightest movement slowly turned their head toward the source of the killer intent.

Komiko slightly brought her head up to see what made her attackers stop and saw someone through her blurry vision that made her sigh in relief. She only saw blond hair and a white trench coat, and judging by the looks on the Oto Nin's faces, it had to be someone really powerful and at the time only one person came to her mind. "Naruto-sama?" she muttered. "Is that you?" before she slipped into unconsciousness.

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All eyes landed on a figure that was standing about 100 feet away from them. Half of his face seemed to be shadowed by his red and blond locks, his eyes however remained visible. His cold blue eyes set in an expression that promised excruciating pain, and a not-so-sudden death. They were the eyes a Shinobi who had killed countless people, the eyes of someone who could swat them like insects. The monstrous killing intent that had them frozen in fear was coming from those icy blue orbs.

All of a sudden sand started to levitate off the ground and wind began to blow as HUGE amount of visible purple chakra swirled violently around the figure, shooting nearly 50 feet in the air taking the form of a Phoenix. He gave out a mighty war cry before the chakra Phoenix settled down and started to circle around him like a tornado. The whole desert began to shake and the wind mixed with sand turned into a raging sandstorm. The amount of chakra swirling around the figure was suffocating. There was enough raw chakra to dwarf even several Kages. 'Such… such power!' the Anbu captain gasped in his mind while covering his eyes from the oncoming dusts. 'Feels like… one wrong move, and we're dead! What the hell is he!?'

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(Earlier)

Komiko was walking through the empty street of Suna while chewing on a stick of pocky. Suddenly she saw movements out of the corner of her eyes. Looking closely she saw a group of Anbu speeding toward the valley leading outside of Suna. Deciding to find out what they were up to, she followed them, remembering to keep her distance. After several minutes of traveling she saw one of them look back, as if he sensed her, while the ninja turned she caught a glimpse of the tattoo on his arm. It was a musical note, wrapped around by what appeared to be a snake. She quickly hid behind one of the buildings. The Nin, not seeing anything followed his team, until they came to a stop at Suna's check in station at the end of the narrow passageway into the village. They slowly walked up to the Chuunin who was supposed to guarding the gate, but instead he was taking a nap.

"Oi wake up and sign our papers!" Demanded one of the Anbu, stepping forward. Seeing as he was the one to come forward, Komiko guessed he was the leader of the group. Not getting a response he sent some killer intent toward the foolish ninja waking him up from his comfortable sleep. He looked around to see what woke him up and saw a platoon of Anbu staring at him through their masks. Quickly straightening himself, he greeted them with a smile. "Sign the damn papers Chuunin." Captain of the group repeated with an agitated voice while leveling a menacing glare at the Suna Nin.

The Suna Chuunin, not catching the annoyance in the captain's voice, asked, "So you guys are going bac…" but before he could finish his sentence, the poor man was subjected to the full extent of the Captain's killing intent.

"Now!" The Oto Anbu captain hissed at the Chuunin who shook his head frantically in fear of his life, after quickly signing the traveling papers he bowed his head showing some respect to the Shinobi who could kill him in a matter of seconds.

Komiko felt disgusted when she saw the scene unfold in the entrance. Those Oto ninjas didn't seem have any respect for anyone, even though that guy was an idiot for napping while on duty. And what disgusted her more was that Chuunin who bowed his head those filth. Shaken out of her musing, she started following them for about 25 to 30 minutes.

She was really getting annoyed with the stupid sand and this mass desert. Even though she was a Suna shinobi, she never did like the place. It slows down your movement and also makes you use chakra to prevent your feet from being buried. Suna itself wasn't lively. There are barely any trees and sometimes most people don't even come out of their house in fear of Shukaku consuming them in his sand. They couldn't even tell the difference between a child and a demon, though that doesn't matter anymore since Gaara, the son of the Yondaime Kazekage, has already turned into what they always feared.

Komiko being so caught up in her thoughts that she didn't notice three of the Anbu replacing themselves with a bunshin while the others kept on going, continuing with their 'comrade's' Bunshin to make it less suspicious.

All of a sudden Komiko heard something cutting thought the air.

'Shit.' She thought as she narrowly dodged a swipe from someone's blade.

Looking around, she saw several Anbu standing in their respective stance with their sword drawn. The leader stepped forward and pointed his blade at her and in a demanding voice said, "Who are you and why are you following us?"

Komiko quickly thought of something believable then answered, "Um, I was on Patrol and seeing a squad of another country's Anbu was suspicious so I decided to check it out."

The captain raised and eyebrow at that. If she was a Suna Nin then she should've been aware of the alliance so there was no reason from them to seem suspicious considering they have been going in and out of Suna for quiet some time now. "Are you not aware of our alliance with Suna?" he questioned.

"Oh, Oto yes. I am aware of the alliance, but in the dark I couldn't see clearly so I assumed that you guys were spies." Komiko explained while inside she was praying to Kami that they believe her.

"I see." The captain said, not believing a single word that came out of her mouth.

She also seemed to have avoided giving out her identity, which was his primary question and he never mentioned that they were from Oto. She knowingly was following them, but why?

Then a mischievous thought crossed his mind as a sly smirk appeared on his lips hidden under the mask.

"Oh well, while you are here why don't we show you a good time before you depart from this world ne?" he said as he was slowly approaching her while his subordinates let out perverse giggles. Komiko stepped back in fear and disgust when she heard him say that. There was no way she was going to let those filthy bastards have their way with her. She would rather be dead. Komiko had to think of an escape plan, because she could sense more Anbu present in the area, but couldn't locate them as they were spread out and she needed to get out of this place before they made themselves known.

She quickly sped toward one of the openings in their circle only to have more Anbu pop out of the ground and surround her again. Komiko didn't like what she saw. These Shinobi had her surrounded and she could now see that there had to have been near 18 Anbu and those extra three she could easily tell were from Konoha. The captain from the side stepped closer toward Komiko and with perverse smirk said, "Where do you think you are going missy. We haven't even begun, let alone
be done with you yet."

Even though she couldn't see it, Komiko was sure he was smirking."You wouldn't want anything to happen to the alliance, now would you?" Komiko asked with a frightened look on her face. She was hoping she could convince them not to do what they were suggesting with her bluff. She knew it wouldn't really affect the alliance considering she was just a chuunin and the Kazekage would sacrifice her if it would bring prosperity to Suna. Also the fact that she was actually following them even after knowing they were Oto ninja. But she had to give it a try.

Under the mask of the said Anbu, his smile just got bigger when she mentioned that. "Hehe, no one is going to find out about this since you won't live long enough to talk." He finished with a chuckle, sending shiver up her spine.

Deciding not to be taunted by this fool and she said, "As if I would let you lay your filthy hands one me!" as she took a defensive stance with the frightened look on her face gone, replaced with determination to do whatever is necessary and do what she can in order to get out of this mess.

"If that's how you want to play." Captain said in an amused voice at her stupidity of thinking she could actually beat them. He then snaps his finger, "Oi, new guy, why don't you show us what you got." He said without taking his eyes off of Komiko. One of the Anbu from the back nodded his head before quickly darted toward her with the intention of immobilizing her as soon as possible.

Komiko seeing the Anbu rapidly covering the distant between them made a Suna Bunshin. Then with a quick Kawarimi she replaced herself with the Bunshin right before her enemy's kunai came in contact with her.

He sped toward her then thrust the kunai in her shoulder only to have her turn to sand when it came in contact with her. His eyes widened in surprise at not seeing her make a bunshin and seeing the surprised look on the Anbu's face, in a burst of speed Komiko easily got behind him and lodges as kunai at the base of his skull. As the Nin dropped to the ground, she said to his lifeless corpse, "That's what you get for underestimating me," with a menacing tone then spits on him.

"Himatsu!" one of the Anbu shouted when he saw the dead Anbu. He clenches his fist then ran over to the dead Anbu. Quickly checking for a pulse and not finding one he looked over to Komiko who moved a few feet away from the corpse when she heard the dead Anbu's name being shouted. She was actually surprised to see this Anbu even be concerned about his comrade's death while others were just standing there and watching everything unfold.

"You bitch, you killed my brother!" he screamed before blindly charging her.

'So that's why.' Komiko thought then jumped skyward as she started to do rapid hand seals. "Fuuton: Great Breakthrough!" she shouted before bringing her hand to her mouth, then blowing a large blast of wind at the ground. Upon impact an explosion rocked throughout the place sending sand and debris flying into the air. Some of the Anbu were able to move back before the blast hit the ground while some were caught in the after shock of the explosion. Not giving enough time for the masked ninja to retaliate she followed up with...

"Fuuton: Gale Wind Palm!" Komiko sent a strong gust of wind combined with a hail of several kunais she hurled into the gust of wind increasing its deadliness. Seconds after the performance of the Jutsu two screams followed and then stopped as fast as they came. A minute later, dust settled down enough to see through it and what they saw slightly surprised them. There in the center of what was quite noticeably a fairly large crater was the masked Suna chuunin and in front of her were two dead Anbu impaled with several kunais. The captain growled under his breath when he saw two more of his subordinates were dead. It wasn't that he cared, but the fact that he has to fill out more paperwork still remained.

He went through his weapon pouch and took out some kunai with small holes in the handle and with a flick of his wrist; the captain sent them toward Komiko at an impressive speed. They were narrowly dodged by Komiko, but a second later her eyes widened when she felt sudden pain in the depths of her ears. Her hands flew to her head, clutching it tightly as she fell to her knees from the pain and an urge to puke hit her. "W-what t-the hell was t-th-that?" She stuttered out, pain evident on her face as her vision started to become blurry and blood trickled down her neck, out of her ears.

This brought a smile to the captain's face since this was the first time he actually used those kunai considering they were made only a few days before his journey to Suna, and they seem to work pretty well. "Those kunai are called, 'Kunai no Kaichou (melody kunai)' and are special kunai designed by Orochimaru-sama's best weapon smith. They emanate constant sound that affects the inner ears, throwing a person off balance or in your case makes you want to puke." He concluded then vanished out of sight and appeared next to her then planted his knee into her gut, following up with a round house to the head sending her flying a few feet back.

Komiko slowly picked herself up and wobbled back and forth as she couldn't control her legs. The captain walked up to her and grabbed Komiko by the neck following up with a punch in the stomach, making her cough out blood. He then slammed her on to the ground hard enough to make an outline of her body and to elicit a scream of pain from Komiko. He then took out two normal Kunai and stabbed one into her right shoulder. Komiko had to bite her lower lips as not to make a sound, not wanting to give him the pleasure of hearing her scream again.

The Oto Anbu captain then removed the mask from her face and his eyes slightly widened by her beauty. If she were in Oto, she would most likely be the most beautiful woman in the whole village. Most women in Otogakure were dead ugly so that makes them even more sex crazed from all the stress building up. "Such beauty. All going to waste under this mask. Don't worry though, we'll make good use of you." He said with a lecherous chuckle. She will be good release of stress on their way to Oto, but before reaching there they would have to dispose of her.

With another kunai in hand, he started to cut her clothes along with nicking her body here and there with it, drawing some blood. Komiko's eyes widened when he started doing that and in a shaky voice, "Please don't do this. Anything but this, please," she begged as tear started pouring from her eyes. Even though she didn't want to beg to anyone, she had no choice in this situation since she still couldn't control her body. A few seconds later she started to get back some control over her body so struggled against the ninja trying to undress her only to get slapped. Hard. "Matte! Someone help me! Help!" she screamed on top of her lungs.

He slammed his left hand onto her throat when she started to scream, making her gasp for breaths. "Don't struggle and you might enjoy what we are going to do to you. Scream all you want, because no one is gonna hear you in this desert, bitch." He growled releasing her throat while fumbling with her clothes.

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(Present time in Suna)

For the first time everything was going great for the Yondaime Kazekage. The reason for that is because he had just finalized the alliance two days ago, though this served to increase the amount paperwork, but it would all be worth it by the end of the Chuunin exam that will be held in Konoha. After Konoha is destroyed, the Wind Daimyo will have no choice but to recognize Suna's military power. A smirk appeared on his face as he thought about how Suna will be the greatest of all 5 Shinobi nations.

Suddenly his body went stiff as immense amount of chakra washed over him. Quickly walking over to the window, looking outside he saw something that surprised him. Far away in the desert, he saw what looked like a sandstorm with the touch of something purple. What surprised him was that the purple tint was what he guessed to be chakra, swirling around creating the sandstorm. What's more surprising was the fact that only Jinchuriki possesses chakra that's not blue in color; only this chakra didn't feel malicious, which is usually the case.

Looking down on his village he saw civilian running around in panic. Feeling chakra signatures approaching his office, he turned around to see a squad of Anbu kneeling down in front of him. "Report!" Kazekage said in a tone of superiority though with a hint of fear.

The Anbu in front raised his head and answered, "There seems to be a massive surge of chakra half way to the border and Anbu are going there to investigate as we speak. It seems there is enough chakra to dwarf you and Shukaku combined, Kazekage-sama." The Anbu concluded with respect not sure if he offended their Kage by saying the last part.

Kazekage's eyes went wide when he heard the last part. Someone this powerful in their border and they didn't even sense until few minutes ago. They needed to prepare for an attack or whatever this thing is will destroy them before they even have then chance to rise among all other shinobi nation. "Did you confirm who or what it is?" the Yondaime Kazekage of Sunagakure asked and he was rewarded with a shake of head and a no from the Anbu making him frown.

"I see. Take all available Anbu and Jounin to search the premise then report back to me immediately." He said earning choruses of 'Hai,' from all the Anbu present in the room before leaving in a swirl of sand.

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(With Naruto)

Naruto disappeared from where he was standing while still releasing killing intent on the group, holding them down. Appearing next to Komiko, he picks her up then reappears where he was a second ago. Setting her down, he takes off his coat then placed it over her body. Looking back at the group, he decreases the amount of killing intent he was releasing, letting some of the Anbu be able to breathe properly.

"You know, if there are two things that I absolutely detest… its rapists and traitors. You fools happen to be in one category. For that you shall pay with your life." Naruto stated in monotone, taking a few steps forward.

Backing away slightly the captain of the group dared to ask, "Who the fuck are you?" trying to not sound as scared as he was inside.

"To you, my name is pit, and you have fallen into something you can never escape from." He said narrowing his eyes. Putting a hand on Muramubi behind his back, he said, "Now you die!" His voice had assumed an almost snake like hiss to it, furthering his own visage of terror.

Naruto then vanished from sight, before faint flashes of orange fire appeared in front of each Anbu simultaneously. The flashes stopped all together before it appeared once more, taking the shape of the blonde in front of the Captain facing the shocked Anbu captain who didn't even see Naruto make a single move. With a flick of his wrist, Naruto cleared the blood from his blade before a shower of blood coated the battlefield and thumps were heard as the entire group of masked Anbu fell most anticlimactically except for the captain. (A/N: I got the idea from C.H. and built it upon that.)

The masked anbu captain committed more sins than everyone else in the group and for that he shall face punishment worse than death, for Naruto had something very special planned for him.

The Oto anbu captain stumbled back for a moment, stuttering out, "W-what ar-are you?" with fear present in his eyes. Knowing he was up against someone beyond his capabilities, the captain of the dead anbu tried to shallow something in his mouth. Key word 'tried' as he had to throw it up when Naruto practically crushed his windpipe with a chop to the throat.

Catching the pill between his fingers, Naruto burst it into flame then with a sadistic smirk he said, "Suicide pill huh? Killing you will be too simple. No, I'll send you to a place where you will wish you never touched her," sending shiver down the captain's spine before passing out when Naruto pressed a pressure point in the back of his neck. Naruto decided to leave the bodies as they were, to put fear in the heart of Oto and Suna ninjas.

Naruto rolled up his left sleeve before revealing a tattoo in the shape of an orange bird. It covered his whole forearm with its wings in a position like it was about to take off as its tails was wrapped around Naruto's arm. Biting his thumb, Naruto smeared the blood on the tattoo before sending chakra into the tattoo and in a poof of red flame, a phoenix big enough for three people to ride comfortably, appeared with Naruto one top of its beak who had the anbu one top of his shoulder. Red feathers with hints of yellow in them surrounded the phoenix's body. The phoenix had pair of green eyes and on top of its forehead were 6 feathers, which stood upward. (A/N: I put the tattoo part for those who didn't read chap 1 to 6 though I really hope you did.)

Green eyes looked upward focusing on Naruto, "Greetings Naruto-sama, what can I do for you today?" the phoenix greeted in a soft feminine voice.

"Hey Ruykujaku, I want you to take this fool-" before finishing, he threw the prisoner off his shoulder and threw him toward his summon, who caught him in its talon. "-To Konoha and also relay a message." Naruto then took a scroll out of his pocket and sent some chakra to a special seal on the scroll and writings started to appear on the scroll. Stopping the chakra flow Naruto closed the scroll and tied the strap with Ruykujaku's beak. "Head straight for the Hokage tower and no matter what, do not hand him or the scroll over to anyone but the Hokage." After explaining everything Naruto jumped off of Ruykujaku and walked over to Komiko then gave her a cut her across her palm drawing some blood.

Taking a vile of her blood, he walked over to one of the dead anbu, withdrawing a paintbrush from his pouch, at rapid speed Naruto started to a seal on his face with Komiko's blood forming a crude yet effective seal his face considering he was not in the category of headless anbu. Pouring the left over blood in the dead anub's mouth he went through some one handed seals and slammed his hand on the seal whispering, "Blood Body Seal," as the seal started to glow when Naruto poured large amount of chakra into it. Standing up he saw the change in anbu's body, which took the appearance of his spy Komiko and the seal started to disappear into 'her' body.

After finishing up his handy work, he walked over to his unconscious spy and picked her up. Looking up at the sky he saw no trace of his summon and suddenly feeling numerous chakra signature heading his way, Naruto disappeared into the wind heading toward his designated destination.

Moment later…

Few minutes after Naruto left, a group of anbu along with few jounins showed up to the grisly scene of mangled and headless corpses making everyone think, 'what the hell could've done something like this?' then proceeded to gather the bodies of their dead allies and surprisingly one of Suna chuunin. After finishing they decided to look for anything that could help identify the killer. Not finding anything, they left to report to their Kazekage.

(Hour later with Naruto)

He had just gotten out of Suna's border then proceeded toward Wave country, which is a small island located off the coast of Fire country. Naruto didn't want to head toward Konoha, because he needed to take Komiko somewhere safe. In Konoha there will most likely be spies from Oto and not to mention Danzo's goons are there. He needed to take care of that traitor soon or Konoha will be in danger from the inside, which is a far greater of a threat than any other enemy. Oh well, he'll have to take care of that when he gets back to Konoha, but for now he needed to concentrate on the women in his arm.

(Next morning)

Naruto arrived at the outskirt of Wave country, with Komiko who was still unconscious considering Naruto knocked her out last night. The reason for that would be, because she was insisting that Naruto lets her down when she woke up last night after thanking him for saving her. Naruto didn't want her to injure herself more so he simply told her that she should stay where she is with a glare. Even though she quickly shut up, just to annoy the hell out of Naruto she started to poke him in the chest, which led to Naruto knocking her out. "Women are such a hassle." He mumbled to himself as he looked toward Wave from the other side of the river.

"Shunpo," Naruto whispered before he disappeared with a trail of fire right behind him before it too disappeared into the wind.

A second later Naruto appeared in Wave to see a sight he was not really expecting. Wave looked like a run down town with buildings that seems like it might fall apart any moment. People were walking around wearing ripped clothes and shopkeepers were selling bad food, which were considerably expensive. Even then some people seems to be buying it.

'I see, the country became impoverish under Gatô's control.' Naruto thought. He got report of Gatô taking over Wave from one of his informant, but he didn't think it would be this bad. Closing his eyes Naruto sent a chakra pulse trying to locate his informant, but his eyes shot open as he felt two fairly large chakra signature though both combined wouldn't even equal to 1/8 of his power. A smile appeared upon his lips as he disappeared again only to reappear in front of a two-floor house with orange roof. This is probably the only house that he saw in Wave that didn't look old.

Wanting to surprise the people inside Naruto completely masked his chakra signature. Walking over to the door and softly kicked it since he couldn't use his hands to knock. Not getting any answer from inside Naruto kicked it again, this time only slightly harder. A minute later, he heard a woman he guessed might be around her thirties by the sound of her voice call out, "Coming!"

Right after a click of the door lock, from the corner of his eyes Naruto saw two people speeding toward him at fast pace from different sides. Quickly making two kage bunshin, Naruto held onto the sleeping Komiko while each kage bunshin took out a kunai from their pouch, at lighting speed both disappeared and got behind the speeding figures and pressed kunais around their necks.

One figure tensed when she felt a kunai touching his neck. She didn't even see the person move and whoever it was must be costing Gatô large sum of money. This guy had to be one powerful ninja if Kurenai couldn't see him move. She was hoping at least Kakashi might be able to take this guy down since he is stronger of the two or they are done for.

As for Kakashi, he was in similar position as Kurenai not that he knew since he was planning to attack from the other side, but before he even got within 40 feet of his enemies, a kunai was already present on his throat.

'Naruto' seeing Kurenai tense brought his mouth close to Kurenai's ears making her even tenser. Then he whispered, "My my, you are a bit jumpy this morning, aren't you my Kurenai-chan?" sending shiver down her spine and a blush rose to her face when she recognized his voice. 'Naruto' slowly moves the kunai from her neck making sure she wouldn't attack.

Kurenai wondered why Naruto is here? He couldn't possibly have a mission here for a month and not take out Gatô. She turned around to a smiling Naruto with a peace sign, making her give out a soft giggle. He looked so cute and silly at the times.

(With Kakashi)

"You should've known better than to rush into a situation such as this blindly, Kakashi-san." The kage bunshin said with lazy voice pissing Kakashi off. Even though he knew this person was right, he still had no right to degrade Kakashi's intelligence.

"Who are you?!" Kakashi growled earning a chuckle from 'Naruto.'

"Why don't you find out for yourself?" The clone said before he released Kakashi. Seeing his chance, Kakashi swiftly spun around and thrust his kunai to impale this unknown person in the stomach only for him to fly back from an invisible punch in the face, almost sending him into the water.

Naruto rubbed his forehead from Kakashi's stupidity when he saw him sent flying by his clone. He really didn't think Kakashi would be so dense as not to figure who he was just by the sound of his voice, but then again he really didn't talk to Kakashi so it was to be expected. "Oi Kakashi no baka." Naruto called out. Kakashi was about to reveal his sharingan when someone called him an idiot. A tick appeared over his visible eye as he looked toward the voice. The tick disappeared when he saw Konoha's Fenikkusu Sannin standing there waving his hand at Kakashi while hugging a women to his chest.

Kakashi sighed in relief. Here is someone who should be able to defeat that guy. "Ohayo Naruto-sama, I am kind of in a bind at the moment so can you help me defeat that person." Kakashi finished lazily as he pointed toward Naruto's clone making Naruto sweat-drop. Kakashi blushed from embarrassed when he looked over to his 'enemy' to see another copy of the sannin. "uhhh, never mind." He said with a nervous chuckle, feeling like an idiot.

"So, which one of you is the real one." Kakashi asked while looking between the clone and Naruto. Naruto was about to answer when he saw Kurenai appear from the side of the house with his clone beside her.

When Kurenai walked in front of the house she saw Kakashi talking to Naruto who had a woman hugged to his chest. She felt a pang of jealousy hit her as she saw the young woman snuggling into 'HER' mans chest. Then remembered that the one with her will most likely be the real or the one behind Kakashi. She then heard Kakashi ask who the real Naruto was and was hoping it would be the one with her. To answer that question Naruto dispelled both clones simultaneously making Kurenai ball her fist. 'That bastard! One date and he is already cheating on me!' She thought with anger present on her face. Taking a few deep breaths, 'Ok think this through. She seems to be unconscious so maybe he is trying to help her.' She thought while trying to analyze the situation and trying to calm herself.

"Ano, Naruto-san. Who is that?" she asked while pointing toward the woman Naruto was holding.

Naruto looked at Kurenai and saw slight anger present on her face. So he carefully picked his next words not to make her angrier, "Ah she is my old informant from Suna. A couple squads of Oto Anbu attacked her withunsavory thoughts in mind. I happened to have been leaving Suna at that time and noticed then killed them all and brought her here." Expounded Naruto in a shaky voice praying he wouldn't have to face her wrath, since the old saying goes 'Hell hath no fury as a woman scorned.' Kakashi and Kurenai went wide-eyed when they heard that he killed couple squads of anbu. But then again they shouldn't be surprising at all.

"I would love to stand here and chat all day, but my friend here is in need of rest and a bit of first aid." He said in a serious tone. Getting nods from both jounin as they led him into the house.

From inside the house all the gennins were wide-eyed when they saw Naruto take on both of their senseis at the same time and still came out victorious. It wasn't much of a match considering Kakashi and Kurenai lost in a blink of an eye. Though they couldn't figure out how those clones actually held a kunai since bunshin was supposed to be only illusion.

Sasuke was seething when he saw the same technique that he still couldn't master in use. Every time he would summon a clone it would be like a paralyzed person on the floor trying to crawl while calling for help. And the highest he could make is two those before he passes out from chakra exhaustion. What pissed him off was this second rate shinobi was using the jutsu to its full potential while he couldn't.

Sakura was admiring her Sasuke-kun's 'beauty' when she saw anger on his face and immediately she knew it was because of that monster. Why the hell is he even here? To comfort her 'beloved' she said, "You are the best Sasuke-kun. I mean so what if he looks strong, you could beat him if you really wanted to. I am pretty sure Kakashi-sensei was going easy on him. There is no way he could defeat both our senseis like that." She finished in a caring voice; actually getting Sasuke out of brooding. He decided not to put her down right now since that actually made him feel better. 'Sure I can't beat that fake Sannin yet, but once I gain my Sharingan I'll just steal his jutsu and make him bow to his superior before he...' thought Sasuke with a blush making Sakura squeal thinking her 'Sasuke-kun' was blushing because of her.

"Eh, why are they bringing him into the house?" asked a beautiful woman around her thirties with slight panic present in her voice. She had waist length black hair adding to her beauty.

All the gennins looked at her and Kiba answered, "Don't worry Tsunami-san, he is a Konoha ninja and beside even if he was an enemy I would protect you with my life." He boisterously said trying to assure her she's safe with him around, completely missing the hurt look in a certain Hyuuga's lavender eyes. Tsunami was dumbfounded. She couldn't tell if the filthy mutt was actually hitting on her or would really give his life for her, but she nodded anyway and walked over to the door to open for the oncoming people.

Kiba smiled when he saw her nod thinking that he might 'get some' before leaving Wave. Even though he was in a relationship with Hinata for about a month, she still didn't want to go all the way which pissed him off. But he was sure he could get her soon enough and before that he needed to try and do Tsunami. That woman is just downright hot! (A/N: I am pretty sure all the guys would agree with that, because she is hot.)

Tsunami opened the door and locks eyes with the tall blond's sparkling blue eyes. She was caught into the deep blue eyes for couple of seconds until, "Ahem!" Kurenai cleared her throat while glaring at the woman.

Tsunami gasp and looks away with a blush adorning her face before she stuttered out, "W-w-welcome to my h-home ah..." getting a reply of Uzumaki Naruto from the beautiful blond in front of her.

"You can call me Tsunami, Uzumaki-san." Tsunami stated earning a nod from Naruto before he said, "Then I guess it's only appropriate for you to call me Naruto," he finished with a smile. This whole interaction between Naruto and Tsunami was making Kurenai jealous. Kakashi was snickering under his mask when he saw different emotions swept through Kurenai's face.

Inside the house Kiba was pissed. This bitch was blushing and stuttering from just being in front of that bastard while he's been hitting on her for a day now and he didn't get any reaction from her the whole time. The other gennins were just indifferent to the whole ordeal.

"Well please come in." Tsunami said as she stepped away from the door for Naruto to get inside. Naruto walked inside the house and looked around. He saw the Uchiha was glaring at him, along with his fan-girl Sakuto or whatever the hell her name is. Both were standing with their three other teammates.

Looking back at Tsunami he asked, "Ano Tsunami-san, would you point me toward a room where I can let my friend rest."

"You can take her upstairs and place her on the bed in the second room. I will be there shortly with a first aid kit." Tsunami stated before she went to the kitchen to get medical supplies.

Naruto took Komiko upstairs and few minutes later he came down to conversing people though Kurenai looked kind of pissed. Before he came down Naruto subtly make a Kage bushin which henges into a potted plant since he saw the lecherous look the Mutt boy was giving Komiko, and with her being unconscious she couldn't defend herself should he try something stupid. Which would end in his own miserable death 'After all I'd hate to have to explain to Sensei why I killed a clan heir...meh whatever his sisters stronger and really good looking... NO bad Naruto you have Kurenai.' He berated himself for even thinking of another woman when he was in a possible relationship with Kurenai. (A/N: No, there won't be any Kiba bashing, if you are thinking that by this paragraph or the ones before.)

Taking a seat next to Kurenai Naruto said, "Has the old man gone senile, sending bunch of rookie gennin outside of Konoha?" completely oblivious to the glares he was receiving from some gennin or at least he choose to act like he was oblivious to the glares. "So what kind of mission is this?"

Since Kurenai seems to not want to talk, Kakashi decided to answer Naruto's question, "This was supposed to be a C-ranked mission assigned to escort bridge builder Tazuna, but turns out it became an A-ranked mission when we encountered Momochi Zabuza."

Naruto narrowed his eyes, "Momochi Zabuza, as in one of the seven swordsman of former hidden village of Mist?" he asked, getting a nod from the copy ninja. "Were you able to take him out?"

"I was able to defeat him with some help, but before I could deliver the finishing blow, he was saved by one of his accomplice who was dressed as a Hunter nin." Explained Kakashi hoping he isn't called a weakling or something by the sannin for not being able to take down Zabuza by himself.

"I see." Naruto said thoughtfully.

"Kakashi-sensei, why are you tellinghim about our mission?" Sakura interjected while still glaring at Naruto.

Naruto laughed when he heard her say that. "I am the superior ranking ninja here so only the Hokage out ranks me and seeing as he isn't here right now I will be taking over the team for this mission. So why don't you be a good little gennin and stay quiet while your superior discusses this matter." He said in a cold voice adding a bit of killing intent making Sakura recoil in fright.

"Who made you my superior?" Sasuke decided to cut in. Even though he thought that acting as Naruto's friend would benefit him, he just couldn't let this guy go on thinking he is Sasuke's superior.

"First I could kill you with my pinky, second I have the title of Sannin and as such am the superior of every Konoha nin, other than Jiraiya-san who is my equal and Sarutobi-sensei who is my superior. Now shut up, you bore me." Naruto said before unleashing a small portion of killing intent that was surprisingly enough to make both the gay avenger and fan girl gasp before passing out.

Kakashi sighed. Sasuke's arrogance will get him killed and Sakura will get killed for being a fan-girl. "Can you three take these two to their room?" Kakashi asked the three gennin, earning nods from each. They then proceeded to take the avenger and his fan-girl to their respective room.

Looking at Kakashi Naruto said, "Now that nuisances are out of the way, why don't we get back to your mission?" earning a nod from Kakashi. Kurenai…. Well she was still pissed at Naruto, thinking that he was flirting with Tsunami, which is why Kakashi was answering every question asked by Naruto.

"Considering Zabuza got away, do you have any idea when he'll strike back?" Naruto asked while eyeing Kurenai, noticing her lack of participation in the conversation. At the time her face looked kind of like the Uchiha's when he broods, which is always. Only thing differentiate between their expression is that Kurenai looks beautiful while Sasuke looks like the fag he is.

Kakashi nodded, "I believe he will heal up within a week or so and in that time Kurenai and I will prepare the team," he finished while hoping to end this conversation as soon as possible so he could go back to reading his precious 'book.' He was still waiting for the new release, which should be out in about a month or so.

After hearing Kakashi's report, Naruto started thinking if he should stay here and maybe help them. His original plan was to come to Wave and maybe find a good place for Komiko to live in and head straight to Konoha since Suna will most likely label her KIA. So not to arouse suspicion Naruto brought her to the only place where shinobis barely comes unless in mission, in which case Konoha shinobi will most likely be hired. Now that Kurenai along with the company are here, there was no way Naruto could just leave them to fend off Zabuza especially since Kurenai is here. They might've been able to fend him off last time, but this time surely he will bring reinforcement. Naruto sighed as he ran his fingers through his blond fiery locks before looking at Kakashi who was now reading 'Icha Icha paradise volume 10,' making Naruto remember that Jiraiya told him to give one of the Icha Icha book to Kakashi. So he started to pull one out of his pocket, but then realized that Kakashi will most likely spend majority of his time reading the perverted book when he is supposed to do help his students' train or something. So he decided to give it to him after the mission is over.

Looking back at Kurenai he saw her staring off into space with a sad look on her face. Needing to know what was wrong with her Naruto asked, "Is there a problem Kurenai-san?" with a concerned look on his face.

Kurenai looked over at Naruto and saw the concerned look on his face, so to reassure him she responded, "Don't worry about me. I am just tired is all." before standing up and leaving the room.

"Hmm Kakashi, do you know what's wrong with her?" asked Naruto.

Putting his book down on the table in front of him Kakashi answered, "Considering the way she was looking at you while you and Tsunami-san were talking, I would say she's jealous," earning a confused look from Naruto making him sigh. Could the sannin really be this dense when it comes to women?

"Why would she be jealous about that?" Naruto questioned. He really didn't understand women. One minute they are happy and then they are sad. Kurenai looked kind of happy when she saw him but few minutes later she became all depressed.

"Probably because she likes you and it seemed like you were flirting with Tsunami-san in the doorway." Kakashi stated making Naruto blush when he heard Kakashi say that Kurenai might like him. Kakashi was kind of frustrated with Naruto for being this dense though somewhat proud of himself for being able to give one of the strongest ninja in the world dating advice.

"If that's true, I guess I'll have to speak to her about that." Naruto said before getting out of his seat and walked over to the door. "Now if you'll excuse me, I have to take care of something." Before heading out the door, leaving Kakashi to his book.

(15 Minutes Later)

Naruto arrived at his destination, which was a rundown shack on the edge of town. Walking in Naruto looked around the place that seems to have been empty for at least couple of months. Not finding the person he was looking for Naruto walked outside coming upon an old woman. "Excuse me ma'am, do you know where Shin Kyogoku lives?" Naruto asked politely to the old woman.

The old woman looked toward the voice to see a handsome young man. "Is he a friend of yours?" She asked trying to be sure that he wasn't one of Gatô's men. But he didn't look like one of them since every single of his man looked like a maniac and had perverse look permanently plastered to their face. This one seemed like a polite person.

Naruto gave her a nod and she continued, "I am sorry for your loss," getting a confused look from the sannin.

"What do you mean?" asked Naruto.

"I guess you haven't heard. Your friend was killed by Gatô's men a couple months ago. For suspicion of 'treason,' he was publicly executed to bring fear into the people of Wave since Gatô has deluded himself into thinking he was some sort of king." She finished with a sad smile remembering the polite men who used to help her with groceries and sometimes with her financial needs. He also have been hording lots of money to help build the bridge, but then one day Gatô found out about that and killed him for treason.

Naruto nodded at her then said, "Arigato," before walking away while lost in his thoughts. No wonder he hadn't heard from Shin for a while. Every one of his spy would send him reports every month or so. Naruto balled his fist at his own incompetence. He really should've checked what was wrong instead of assuming that Shin was just busy with things. But he really couldn't do anything about that except make Gatô pay for what he has done. Needing to calm himself down, Naruto walked around the island for couple of hours before he was hit with some information as his clone from Komiko's room dispelled itself. It seems she has woken up so he decided to head back.

Twenty minutes of walking, Naruto finally arrived at Tazuna's house. Opening the door he noticed everyone at the table along with two people he didn't recognize. One of the unknown people was an old man around the age of sixty with light black hair and a pair of glasses. The other one was a little kid around seven yrs of age. Even Komiko was there, who currently was slyly making her way towards Tsunami. "Ohayo minna." Naruto greeted everyone getting their attention.

The old man suddenly jumps up when he saw Naruto and with a frightened voice he demanded, "Who are you?" before he felt a hand on his shoulder. Looking back he saw Kakashi's hand on his shoulder.

He gave Kakashi a confused look. "Don't worry, he is with us." Kakashi stated making Tazuna somewhat relax.

"You have been out for a long time, Naruto-san." Said Tsunami with a small smile. Naruto looked over to Tsunami before he blushed at the sight. Everyone was curious as to what Naruto was blushing at and saw Komiko who was sitting beside Tsunami now behind her, fondling Tsunami's breast while murmuring something about being 'so soft and big,' making Kakashi and Kiba fly back from nosebleed. Sasuke thought this was stupid. Why would someone blush from seeing a disturbing scene like that? Though he couldn't help but blush at the thought of it being him feeling up that Hyuuga from the graduating class before his... before turning a way and assuming his non caring position while even Shino had a blush one his face. Tazuna choked on his breath before quickly looking away from this offending scene considering it was his daughter that was being molested. His grandson was just oblivious to this whole thing since he didn't understand what was happening.

The female population turned bright red especially the unconscious Hyuuga girl who passed out a second after her lavender eyes set on the perverse yet…. slightly erotic sight in front of her. Tsunami was blushing from both anger and embarrassment. Embarrassed from being groped by a woman and angry since everyone was watching her, even her son. "Stop this right now, Komiko-san or no dinner for you tonight!" Tsunami commanded, putting a stop to what Komiko was doing.

"I see you are getting along with everyone, Komiko." Naruto said with a chuckle earning him a sheepish grin and a nod from Komiko. "Though I didn't expect you to be so well acquainted with Tsunami-san." With a bit of sarcasm in his voice making both ladies blush.

"So how are you feeling?" asked Naruto with concern.

Komiko flexed her muscles and said, "Good as new," with zest before wincing for the pain in her shoulder.

Naruto noticed, but nodded nonetheless, looking at Kurenai he said, "Can I have a minute with you Kurenai-san?" before stepping out of the house and Kurenai followed suit. She couldn't comprehend what Naruto wanted to talk her about. It couldn't be about the mission since Kakashi already explained their situation. So what could it be?

After walking out of the house Naruto jumped on the rooftop of Tazuna's house and sat himself before motioning Kurenai to sit beside him. They both stayed quiet for a minute before Naruto asked, "Mind telling me what's wrong?" breaking the silence and catching her off guard by the question.

"What do you mean?" Kurenai said with a look of delirium on her face.

Naruto sighed. He didn't know if she was just faking confusion or was she really confused as she appeared to be, so he decided to enlighten her, "Don't play coy with me Kurenai-san, there's something bothering you, so spill." He said in a serious tone as his blue eyes locked with Kurenai's red-eyes serving to unnerve Kurenai.

"Why are you asking me this?" Kurenai questioned, not wanting to talk about it. But she really didn't think she would have a choice by the look she was getting from Naruto.

"Because, when I arrived at Tazuna-san's house, you seemed actually happy to see me, but after introducing myself to Tsunami-san, you started becoming depressed and Kakashi came to a conclusion. He said you might've thought that I was flirting with Tsunami-san and became jealous." Naruto stated.

"That pervert!" Kurenai thought balling her fist. She will be sure to make him pay for saying that to Naruto. "Weren't you?" She blurted out without a second thought.

"Do you think that little of me Kurenai-san? I would never even think of flirting with another woman considering I went out with you even if it wasn't a great one, nonetheless it was still a date." Naruto said with a hint of sadness making Kurenai feel guilty for accusing him of hitting on another woman. "I am sorry if it seemed like I was flirting with Tsunami-san, but considering my background, I wouldn't really know the difference between flirting and simply just having a conversation with a woman." He finished, trying his best to make her understand.

Kurenai somewhat understood what he was saying. She knew that he hadn't interacted with many women in his life. But even then it seemed like he was really enjoying talking to Tsunami and she just couldn't help but feel jealous since she liked him a… lot, not that she would admit it anytime soon. "S-so you really weren't f-flirting with her?" she asked in a shaky voice while looking down not wanting to make an eye contact with him.

Naruto shook his head then said, "No, even though she seemed like a nice lady, she is just not my type," with a smile, scrunching his nose as he looked at her for some kind of reaction.

Kurenai's head shot up, her eyes meeting his before she asked, "What is your type then?" with curiosity making Naruto look at the sky before assume a thinking pose. She thought he looked even cuter than before and only getting cuter by the passing day.

A couple seconds later Naruto looked back down at Kurenai and responded, "Someone who is beautiful, caring, aggressive also submissive, someone who understands me and loves me for who I am and what NOT I represent, a brunette and a woman with beautiful red eyes." finishing with a sly smirk making Kurenai beet red at the last thing on his list.

"Look Kurenai-san, I like you and if we are to continue dating then I wouldn't dream of looking at another woman as long as you are by my side." Naruto admitted with a serious face. "And this is to prove it," with that, Naruto pulled her into a passionate kiss.

Kurenai's eyes widened in complete shock and at his temerity, before slowly closed her eyes as she started returning the kiss. Kurenai's hand flew to his neck as she felt his strong arms sneak around her waist as the kiss became more and more heated as both poured all the passion they could muster into one of their many kisses to come. His tongue licked her lips searching for her permission and she hesitantly let him in. Naruto slowly picked her up and placed her on his lap, never breaking the kiss. Their bodies melded together as their tongues dueled and searched each other's mouth, tasting and savoring it.

After a minute Naruto and Kurenai parted from their heated make-out session breathing heavily followed by blushes. Naruto scratched the back of his head while Kurenai contemplated on what to say to him now. "So does that prove something?" Naruto asked, getting his answer when Kurenai shyly nodded. Kurenai sighed in relief that she wasn't the first to say anything after that.

Kurenai was thoroughly enjoying herself in Naruto's warmth before she realized that she was sitting on Naruto's lap making her jump from his lap with an impressive blush on her face surpassing her previous one. "Awww, I was enjoying that." Naruto wined earning him a playful punch on the head.

"Pervert." She said making Naruto grumble under his breath. Kurenai giggled which Naruto found to be extremely cute?

For the next two hours Naruto and Kurenai made small talks before Kakashi called them for dinner.

Naruto stood up and proffered her his hand, which she gladly accepted. She stood up and said, "I don't kiss a guy after one date so you better take me on another one buster," a little playfully with a glare.

"Sure." Naruto scratched the back of his head sheepishly with a grin on his face before both jumped from the rooftop and headed inside the house.

Walking inside Naruto saw everyone was sitting at the table in the dining room waiting for dinner. He and Kurenai walked over and sat down and few minutes later Tsunami came into the room with a platter of food in hand.

"Arigato for the food, Tsunami-san." Kakashi said and everyone else nodded their appreciation.

"It's no problem, after all you guys are protecting my father's life and trying to help make Wave country a better place for everyone." She said before taking seat next to Tazuna.

"Itadakimasu." Everyone said before an awkward silence followed where everyone just ate their food until a young boy came into the room and sat down with a scoff.

"Naruto-san, I don't think I've introduced my son to you yet, this is Inari." said Tsunami introducing her son.

"Doesn't matter, they're just going to die like everyone else who goes up against Gato" mumbled the boy just loud enough for everyone to here.

"Don't worry Inari, I assure you none of us are going to die at the hands of some business tyrant. We're all more than skilled enough to handle a mission like this, especially since Naruto-san is here right now." Assured Kurenai not knowing that this server to anger the little kid.

"Why do you even try?! You are all going to die just like… just like…" He shouted unable to finish before running from the room and up the stairs with tears freely falling from his eyes.

All the leaf ninjas could only sit there dumbfounded unable to see why he did that. Only Naruto was able to see the pain in the little kid's eyes.

"I must apologize for Inari's behavior, he's still mourning the loss of someone very dear to us," apologized Tazuna in a somber tone.

"I am sorry for your loss." Naruto said with sympathy.

Tsunami shook her head and responded, "It's ok, everyone needs to let go of their precious people sometime in life, but it seems Inari is still not over my husband's death." She said sadly.

"What happened?" Sakura butted in, unable to see that it was a sensitive subject.

Deciding that it was more of Tsunami's story to tell, Tazuna decided to let her answer and Tsunami continued, "A little over a year ago Inari became very close to a man named Kaiza who had saved inari's life. Kaiza was a very kind man who tried to protect our country and was considered a hero by most. Inari considered him as an adoptive father who no one could defeat. When Gato showed up and started trying to take over Wave, Kaiza fought back against his men. This seemed to inspire the rest of the people of Wave to do the same. However, Gato saw this and decided to have Kaiza killed in front of everyone to crush people's spirit. That day Inari saw his father literally tortured to death. After Kaiza's death everyone in wave just seemed to just give in to Gato's control. Now Inari thinks just like the rest of Wave that if anyone stands against Gato they will fail and end up dead." Tsunami expounded with a sad smile remembering the times she had with Kaiza.

"That's so sad." Hinata said with few tears in her eyes.

After hearing Tsunami's depressing story everyone's mood seemed to have dropped. Tazuna wanting to lighten up the mood in the room said, "So what's this about you guys winning easily since this gaki is here." He said pointing toward Naruto. "He looks just as weak as the other five brats." Earning his glares from all the gennins while Kakashi chocked on his food. Then a few seconds later he started turning blue before Kakashi comically started punching his chest until he got the food down.

"Damn, I think I just saw the Shinigami." He said as he was trying to catch his breath. "To answer your question Tazuna-san, Naruto-sama is one the strongest ninja in the world and he is probably stronger than all of us in this room combined." Kakashi voiced his opinion making Tazuna spit out the water in his mouth.

"Nani! He is half your age." Stated a shocked Tazuna.

"There are people younger than me, but stronger than me. In the ninja world age doesn't mean anything. Naruto-sama just happened to be one of them." Kakashi explained.

"You are flattering me, Kakashi." Naruto said while not sounding flattered at all.

The rest of dinner past in much higher spirits and it wasn't long till it was time for everyone to be headed for bed. Saying goodnight, everyone left the table to make their way to their respective bedrooms since they needed to wake up early tomorrow morning to assume their guard duty and train for the upcoming battle.

(Unknown Location)

Two figures sitting few feet away from each other were conversing amongst themselves in a corridor with only a lamp to lighten up the room, but not enough to reveal their face that was hidden in the dark. They were suddenly interrupted when another person burst thorough the door.

Both figures turned their heads toward the figure, "Orochimaru-sama!" said the newcomer while trying to catch his breath, most likely from running.

"What do you want vermin? Can't you see I am in the middle of an important meeting?" demanded one of the seated figure in a snake like hiss.

"Gomen-nesai Orochimaru-sama! But we have just received urgent news from Suna via their fastest bird regarding the squad of Oto anbu that was sent to Suna few days ago. It seems that the whole squad were slaughtered along with couple of Root members by something still unknown." The newcomer relayed the news as he was shaking from the increasing killing intent in the room from Orochimaru.

"Send a message to Suna and tell them to inform me about any recent news on this matter. Now get out of my sight chuunin!" Orochimaru commended. He would've killed the chuunin by now for interrupting his meeting, but he was needed to send a message to Suna.

"Hai." Said the scared chuunin before leaving the room.

Orochimaru looked to his side and saw the figure sitting beside him was now standing. The figure flashed him a 'smile' before saying, "I must get going Orochimaru-sama. This incident must be reported to Danzo-sama." as he walked out of the door leaving only Orochimaru in the room.

Orochimaru stared at the door then gave out a sadistic chuckled, "Kukukuku, your time will come soon Danzo. Right after my senile old fool of a sensei." He finished while licking his lips with his snake like tongue in anticipation to see the blood of his former sensei.

(Konoha)

Inside a prison cell, there sat a figured tied to a chair wearing tattered clothes that may have once been Anbu clothing. Suddenly the man towering over him wearing a black leather trench coat along with his Konoha Hitai-ate unfolded and used as a bandana over his head smiled sadistically as the door opened. The man turned to face the two newcomers said the one thing that insured that the tied up figures fate. "Boys this fellow's flames of youth have diminished and he needs your help." Pointing at the restrained figure, who took one look at the two newcomers smiling faces and pissed himself with one thought in mind 'kill me now!'

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto except for the ideas in this story, along with some jutsu and Oc's. Kishimoto is the rightful owner of Naruto though I do wish to go to Japan, kick his ass then take over Naruto story due to Kishi being an Emo-lover or hand it to a better writer than me. Hehe. Anyway, on to the story.

(In Konoha)

In the Hokage office, Sarutobi was signing his ever increasingly evil paperwork with an irritated look obvious on his features. "Stupid Naruto and his stupid ideas," he mumbled as he thought back to the day before.

(Flashback)

Finally finishing up his paperwork for the day, Sarutobi was relaxing on his comfortable chair while sucking on his pipe. Suddenly, a man wearing a black leather trench coat along with his Konoha Hitai-ate unfolded using it as a bandanna over his head shunshined into his office. Sarutobi looked plainly at him then asked, "What is it Ibiki?" with a curious look.

"Hokage-sama, there seems to be a problem with the Oto Anbu," Ibiki stated. Sarutobi gave him a questioning look before motioning for him to continue. "Under Naruto-sama's new torture tactic, we were able to obtain certain amount of information from the prisoner, but before we were able to finish up the interrogation, he started mumbling some nonsense before dying from a prolonged seizure. After using a reluctant Yamanaka to determine the cause, we found out that he had a mental breakdown due to not being able to handle… all the mental images from our newest torture," Ibiki elaborated with glee. He couldn't wait to use it on more incompetent subjects in the future. 'Naruto-sama truly is a genius,' Ibiki thought with a dreamy look.

The old man saw the look on Ibiki's face and he immediately knew that it was the same look a certain purple haired special jounin gets when she finds new type of poison to try on her prisoners and in Ibiki's case it was most likely the want to try out Naruto's special Gai and Lee torture tactic. Even though it seemed to be really effective, he just didn't have the heart to let anyone else to go through this suffering, no matter what their crime was, so he would just have to ban it. "What did you find out?" Sarutobi asked getting Ibiki out of his imaginative state.

Ibiki nodded before he said, "His name is Shibito Kazikato, Anbu captain from the newly created Otogakure located in Rice country. His team was ordered by his Kage to go into Suna and relay some message, though before we were able to find out what, he had passed." Ibiki Expounded.

"Did you find out who identity of the Otokage?" The Hokage asked earning a nod from Ibiki who said one word, "Orochimaru." Sarutobi's eyes grew wide in response.

The old man thought for a second before he said, "Dismissed, but before you go, I am forbidding you from using Naruto's special idea again," crushing Ibiki's future hope of having the ultimate torture tactic. A smile of satisfaction reached the Sandaime's lips when he saw the desperate look on Ibiki's face. 'It's true what they say. Misery does love company,' He thought with a chuckle. He then saw Ibiki using his puppy eye jutsu in such a pathetic attempt to sway him, that Sarutobi had no choice but to allow him to use it, but only on extreme cases. Ibiki gave him a nod of satisfactory before he shunshined out of the Hokage office.

(End Flashback)

Now here he was, doing more paperwork due to the Anbu's death. At this point he could only wish that someone would help him get out of this miserable life and soon.

(Wave country)

A week has gone by since Kurenai and Kakashi, along with their gennin team arrived at wave on the mission to protect Tazuna. During this time, both jounins took turns between teaching team seven and eight and guarding Tazuna while he was working on finishing the bridge.

Everyone progressed pretty quickly with their training. Hinata having already learned the tree walking, went on to water walking which took her two days to completely master. Sakura, even though completed her task on her first try, still had to continue working on it to improve her pathetic stamina. Shino got it within an hour or two. The only ones who had trouble mastering tree walking were Sasuke and Kiba since both had the most amount of chakra to control and least amount of patience. Kiba, for his part, had most certainly learned to control his emotion due to Naruto teaching him a lesson after he tried something unacceptable with Hinata, much to her displeasure.

(Flashback)

"Kuso, why can't I do this?!" Kiba yelled out in frustration. He had been practicing for a whole day and still was a few feet away from getting to the top of the tree along with Sasuke who was few inches above him.

Sasuke was even more annoyed than Kiba at the moment. Reason being: he had to listen to Kiba's complaining for the last ten minutes, which was getting on his nerves. Also, the fact he was still trying to finish this useless tree walking, even though his sensei told them that this would help their chakra control. He just couldn't see how the hell this was going to help him take down his traitorous brother. He also was infuriated that everyone else beside Kiba of course, finished tree walking before him.

He was brought out of his musing when he heard Kiba yell out, "Oi Sasuke! Lets go back. I haven't had anything to eat from the morning."

Sasuke wouldn't naturally listen to what Kiba says, but right now he was hungry, so with a simple nod, he complied to head back to Tazuna's house for lunch with Kiba.

Kiba and Sasuke jumped down on the ground and Kiba looked at his familiar Akamaru, who was sleeping under the shade of a big tree. "Let's go Akamaru, I am pretty sure you are hungry, too."

The dog woke up and barked in agreement before all three headed for lunch.

On their way, Kiba spotted Hinata in the middle of a lake practicing water walking which made him slightly jealous. Here was his girlfriend doing something that he couldn't do yet. Forgetting his hunger, Kiba looked at Sasuke who also sported a frown on his face while looking at Hinata. "Hey Sasuke, why don't you go ahead? I will join you soon," Kiba said. Sasuke made a grimace showing Kiba his annoyance.

"Whatever," Sasuke mumbled with his uncaring attitude as he slowly walked to Tazuna's home.

After Sasuke left the area, Kiba and Akamaru made their way toward Hinata. "Hey Hinata!" he called out in a sonorous tone.

Hinata looked back and saw Kiba standing on the shore of the lake. "Hello Kiba-kun," she said in a delicate voice with a smile before she gingerly walked toward Kiba as not to fall in the water. She was still somewhat an amateur in this whole walking on water thing. "What are you doing here?" she asked, after she safely stepped onto the solid ground. She stopped her stuttering around Kiba since she was more comfortable around him beside her sensei, Kurenai.

"I was originally going back for lunch, but then saw you training and you looked like you could use a break. So I thought… maybe we could do something to take your mind off of training for now," Kiba pronounced. Hinata smiled at him for being so considerate.

Nodding her head, Hinata then sauntered up to a tree and sat under the shade before motioning for Kiba to come and sit beside her, which Kiba did with satisfaction. After her boyfriend made himself comfortable, Hinata asked, "So what do you want to do, Kiba-kun?" while enjoying the little bit of rest she was getting.

"Why don't you sit back while I give you massage to help you relax." Kiba said with a slightly perverse smile which Hinata couldn't see because she was busy averting her gaze with a blush playing on her cheeks. Deciding to accept the offer due to her stiff shoulder, Hinata gave him a shy nod not knowing what his intentions were.

She turned around to give him access to her shoulder before Kiba started his work. After a minute of enjoying the massage, Hinata started relaxing.

Seeing her completely mollified, Kiba decide to go in for the kill before he brought his lips to her neck, lightly kissing. This act provoked a gasp from Hinata. "Kiba-kun?" Her breath hitched when his hands started roaming over her covered stomach, and started going higher. She could feel his breath on the back of her neck. "Wh-What are you d-doing?" She finally stuttered out with an intense blush from embarrassment.

"I want you," he whispered with a husky voice. The young Hyuuga's eyes widened in shock when his lips grazed her ear lobe. She felt his hands moving only a few inches away from grasping her pugnacious breasts.

Immediately going into action, Hinata grasped his hands, stopping him in track before she said, "Stop Kiba-kun. I-I-I am not ready yet and we are too young," with courage. A low growl was heard in response, sending a shiver down her spine in slight fear.

"But I am ready and that's all that should matter, my love," Kiba stated.

Tears threatened to fall from her pearly eyes before she quickly shut them as not to let her tears fall when she heard him say that. 'So he was just using me all this time.' She thought. While she was lost in thoughts, her firm grasp on Kiba's hands loosened, which he took as an indication of her acquiescence. With a smirk filled with confidence, Kiba squeezed her and almost drooled at the softness and hugeness of her breasts.

Hinata's eyes flew open before she shot up from the ground, her hand shooting forward to Kiba's face. A loud sound echoed throughout the clearing as Hinata's palm made contact with the Inuzuka's cheek leaving its mark. Hinata let loose a stream of tears that trailed down her soft features. Kiba stared wide-eyed at the girl from shock. He never expected her to react this way.

Just as he was about to say something, Hinata ran away from him as though he were contaminated by an invisible contagion. She raced back home with tears flowing freely down her cheeks, hoping to find comfort in the woman she had come to admire and trust over the last month.

Kiba stood where Hinata had left him, a dazed look obvious on his face, holding his red check.

(With Kurenai)

Kurenai was just doing her hair, waiting for Naruto to come so they could go outside and hangout for a while. She and Naruto had a lot of fun the past couple of days with occasional kissing and other stuff, though nothing serious. She didn't want their relationship to move too fast.

Just as she finished her hair, someone barged into her room. She thought it was Naruto so she didn't bother to check who it was. Then she heard a soft cry which sounded oddly like Hinata's.

Looking back, she saw the Hyuuga heiress face down on her bed, sobbing away. Quickly getting up, she went over to the crying girl and put a hand on her shoulder. "Hinata, what's wrong?" she asked in a mollifying tone. A concerned look obvious on her face. The girl cried louder, as if ignoring the calming presence of her sensei. Kurenai then slightly moved her student so she could cradle the girl until she could calm down enough to talk.

A few minutes later, Hinata finally calmed down. "Hinata, tell me what's wrong," Kurenai asked again with a soothing tone.

Hinata looked up at her sensei, her eyes red from all the crying. "Kurenai-sensei, (hiccup) Kiba-kun…." She proceeded to inform Kurenai of the event that took place between her and Kiba. To say Kurenai was pissed was an understatement. She knew Kiba was a hormone raged teenager, but she never expected him to pull something like this with the heiress of the Hyuuga clan. She was going to have to do something about this.

Unbeknownst to them, Naruto was standing outside of Kurenai's room with a beyond aggravated expression. He was just about to come into her room so they could head outside, but when he arrived, he heard someone crying and decided to listen in. It technically wasn't the right thing to do, but that's not the issue here. After hearing what happened, it took every bit of his will power not to just go over to the filthy mutt and rip out his throat. Even though he couldn't do that, that mutt still needs to learn his lesson and with that in mind Naruto went down the stairs to find the Inuzuka.

(Downstairs…)

Kiba came into the living room where Sasuke, Sakura, and their one-eyed sensei were watching TV. Shino was most likely guarding the bridge at the moment.

They looked at him with narrowed eyes and Sasuke asked, "What happened to you, dog breath?" with an amused look clear on his face.

"Shut up, Sasugay!" Kiba growled, annoyed by the fact that people saw him in his current state.

"Don't call Sasuke-kun that!" was the retort from the pink haired kunoichi. It was ignored by everyone in the room. At the moment, they were more interested in knowing what had happened to Kiba.

Kiba was about to shut her up, but stopped when he saw Naruto coming down the stairs with a scary look on his face.

"Kiba-san, can I see you for a moment?" Naruto asked in a firm tone, unnerving everyone in the room, especially Kiba considering he was one being called.

With a reluctant nod, Kiba decided to follow Naruto, though he wasn't sure as to why the sannin would want to talk to him in private. He hoped it wasn't because of what happened earlier with him and Hinata, though there was pretty slim chance of Naruto knowing that, unless, of course, Hinata talked to him about it. 'Nah...' Kiba thought.

"So where are we going?" Kiba asked, expecting Naruto to answer, but after a few minutes of silence, he asked again, "Are you going to tell me where we are headed to Naruto-sama?" while his eyes were filled with mock adulation and respect.

Still not getting an answer, Kiba growled under his breath and was about to repeat his question with curses only to feel a slight pull on his jacket followed by seeing nothing but a blur for a second before he was slammed into a tree, knocking the breath out of him.

"Listen, you little prick! I don't know who you think you are, but I will not tolerate that kind of behavior from a ninja of Konoha, especially not from someone who only recently became a gennin!" Naruto said in a dangerous tone, letting out some killing intent, which made Kiba tremble in fear. The boy was still trying to catch his breath.

"What (cough) the hell are you (cough) talking about?" he asked while struggling with his words as Naruto's right hand put pressure on his chest.

"I am talking about what happened between you and Hyuuga Hinata." Naruto stated. Kiba's looked at him in shock. "Do you know what you've just done?! Did you even stop to think? No, I bet that you didn't. You just copped a feel from Hyuuga Hinata! The heiress of the Hyuuga clan. I don't care if she was your girlfriend or not. You didn't ask her permission to do what you did!" Naruto stopped his verbal assault, as Kiba's eyes grew wide in realization.

"I'm glad to see you understand. Obviously you didn't take into account what kind of pull the Hyuugas have. Why, for groping the heiress, I'd say...they kill you on sight, should Hinata-san, Kurenai-san or I choose to tell the main branch. Now, I've seen greater men die for less. And it would be a shame for the heir to the Inuzuka clan to be killed for such an act. I'm sure it would bring great shame to your family." By this time, Kiba was near tears, he thought Hinata would be ok with it, which is why he didn't bother to listen when she told him to stop. Boy, was he wrong.

Naruto continued, hiding his emotions all the while. "Remember this, for it will be your only warning. I will not stand for this type of thing ever again. It is a disgrace to you, your clan, and your village. Should I ever hear of you committing such heinous acts again, I personally will be the one to deal with you. Am I understood?" Naruto barked out, forcing more fear into Kiba.

"Y-y-yes...Naruto-sama." He stuttered out with a nod, holding himself back from passing out from the overwhelming transient killing intent bestowed upon him.

"Now, get back to the house and apologize to Hinata-sama while I take care of Kurenai-san." Naruto said with an exasperated sigh before he left Kiba.

Kiba, who had no idea where he was, looked around and saw he was surrounded by trees. "How the hell did we get all the way here?" he said to no one in particular while feeling his chest strangely. It seemed as if the pressure from Naruto's hand had left an indelible imprint.

Quickly standing up, he fixed himself before heading home… again.

(Thirty or so minutes later…)

Kiba walked straight into the house, ignoring the look he was getting from the occupants in the living room.

Walking up the stairs, he headed toward Kurenai's room where he predicted Hinata to be. With shaky hands, he slowly opened the door and saw Kurenai sitting with Hinata, comforting her. "What the hell are you doing here, Kiba?" Kurenai said, making Kiba flinch.

Putting his head down in shame, he answered. "I am sorry, sensei, but I need to talk to Hinata right now."

Kurenai's glare only strengthened before she said, "Why? So you can finish what you started?" making him feel lower than the dirt.

"No, I just need a minute to apologize to Hinata for my behavior earlier," he said in a serious tone. Kurenai stared at him for a while longer before she nodded and got up to leave the room.

"If he tries anything, let me know. I will be right outside this room," Kurenai said to Hinata as she left them room.

Kurenai closed the door, leaning her head back against the wood. She sighed to herself and listened in on the conversation inside, her eyes closed.

(Inside the room)

Kiba went over to the bed and sat down few feet away from Hinata who held her head at an oblique angle, so that she could, by merely shifting her eyes, look at Kiba and then out the windows.

Kiba shifted under her gaze, trying to find the courage to say something. Taking a deep breath to calm his nerve, he said, "I am sorry for what I did, Hinata." trying to sound as sincere as possible.

Hinata stared at him then said, "I d-don't kn-know if I can for-give yo-you, K-Kiba-kun." with her stuttering back.

"Look Hinata, I am really sorry. What I did was underhanded and I didn't consider you feelings. I promise I will do anything to make it up to you, so please just give me another chance," Kiba pleaded with a desperate look on his face.

Hinata looked out the window, not wanting to see the expression on his face. She shook her head, "You br-broke my hea-heart Kiba-ku-n. Whi-which is why I don't t-think we should be a co-c-couple anymor," she replied softly, trying to hold back the oncoming tears.

"I see..." Kiba whispered with remorse. How could he have been so stupid to hurt someone like Hinata? Now he felt worse than he did when he first came into the room. "Can we at least… maybe still be friends?" he asked with hope.

Hinata looked him in the eye, trying to see if he was genuine, when she saw no deception in his eyes, she nodded her head, earning a sad smile from Kiba.

"Arigatou, Hinata," Kiba said. 'Maybe she will let me into her heart sometime in the future... I will do anything within my power not to break it twice.' With that in mind he left the room with newfound determination.

(Right outside the room)

Kurenai lifted her eyelids slowly when she felt Naruto's presence. Her crimson orbs set upon seas of blue as the young sannin walked over to her.

"I take it you had some part in making him apologize?" Kurenai asked.

"I merely told him the facts and made sure he understood that his actions could have serious consequences," the blonde replied with a smirk.

"Hmm… I am disgusted by his actions, but it seems that you're 'talk' shall suffice in punishment."

Naruto nodded before he looked around the hallway, sensing no one near he wrapped his arms around the jounin's neck, bringing her lips close to his, catching her in a passionate kiss, eliciting a moan from Kurenai. He let his tongue lick at her lower lip, asking for entrance. She complied and let their tongues dance. Kurenai brought her hands up and caressed the Phoenix sannin's face.

They deepened the kiss, relishing each other's taste. The soft sound of footsteps reached their ears and Naruto let his grasp relax. Kurenai stepped back and rested her back against the wall just as her charge opened the door.

Kiba kept his head low and walked past them, only looking up to receive a glare from Naruto. He quickened his pace and disappeared down the stairs.

"You know, if we keep doing that around the house, someone might notice. I am pretty sure Kakashi already knows about us," Kurenai said trying to catch her breath.

Naruto chuckled, "Hahaha, Kakashi should know, considering I went to him for dating advice. Besides, if anyone else finds out, I will just have to eliminate them," he finished in a joking tone. "Anyway, can I still take your offer on that walk?" Naruto asked, already knowing the answer.

"I'm sorry. I still need to look after Hinata for a while," Kurenai said as she peeked into the room to see the girl staring out the window with a dazed look on her face.

"I understand. If you guys need anything, let me know. I will be downstairs," he offered before pecking her on the lips then sauntering down the stairs.

(End Flashback)

After that, everything pretty much returned to normal, though Hinata was still a little cautious around Kiba, which was understandable.

(Next morning)

Naruto's ears perked up gently in his sleep. He had mastered detecting the quietest sounds in the past. This sound that interrupted his nap though was that of softened footsteps from far off. He jumped up, fully awake in that one moment. He knew that Kurenai and Kakashi would be protecting Tazuna early in the morning, and from what he could tell from looking outside, it was probably just past 10:00 AM.

There should have been no reason for anyone from the gennin team to be back at the house this early. And if they were, they would find no need in being stealthy, though it was too pathetic to be called stealth.

Something was amiss, Naruto's instincts screamed that.

Naruto pulsed his chakra sensing his surrounding to find some unwanted guests.

He created a Kage Bunshin then ordered, "Go wake Komiko up." as he proceeded to check the surroundings from the window. The doppelganger nodded his head before heading toward Komiko's room.

The blonde Sannin pulled out a kunai, preparing himself for an attack. He crept downstairs, making sure to silence his feet with chakra. There were sounds outside, possibly voices. Naruto listened intently, trying to pick up the conversation.

"Stop! Get away from my mom!" yelled out a boy, and by the sound of it, it was Inari. Hoping to see what was happening; Naruto sped outside, still concealing his presence from the enemy.

He was slightly surprised to see Inari running towards two men with swords. One had an eye patch on his left eye. His left hand seemed to be covered with some kind of tattoo. The other one had tattoos under his eyes with a winter hat on his head.

"Inari! No, don't come near!" his mother yelled with a desperate look on her face. The boy didn't heed his mom's words as he kept on running toward the wannabe samurais.

"The boss just said we need one hostage, right?" questioned the one with eye patch.

"Yeah, that's all," his companion answered.

"Then I guess we could kill this one."

"I swear if you hurt him, I'll…" Tsunami tried to interrupt, but never got to finish as she was knocked out by one of the assailants.

"Take a nap, woman," said the guy with tattoos under his eyes before he and his companion grasped the hilt of their swords, bringing them out of their sheaths. Both took a swipe at Inari, who was just a foot away from them.

Just as the sword came near him, Inari closed his eyes waiting for the swords to split him in half. But it never came, so he slowly opened his eyes to see someone he was at the moment glad to see. "Are you ok, Inari?" Naruto asked as he held on to the blades between his thumb and index fingers of each of his hands.

Naruto saw Inari nod before his focus shifted to the two men struggling in front of him trying to pull their swords out of his grasp. "Inari, close you eyes for a moment." Naruto said, not wanting to let the kid see what was about to take place.

Inari complied then he heard one of the men ask, "Who are you?"

Naruto gave them a sadistic smile before he answered, "You'll never know."

"And why…" tried to say the eye patched man, but his words stopped as he and his partner choked on their own breath due to the incisions on their throat. Deciding to give them a quicker death, Naruto snapped his finger before blue flames shot out from his hands, burning their body in a matter of seconds, leaving no remains.

He slowly walked over to unconscious Tsunami, then picked her up before he looked back to see a gaping Komiko. Noticing her surprised stare, he shrugged his shoulders nonchalantly.

Looking over at Inari, he saw the kid still had his eyes closed, so he said, "You can open them now, Inari."

Inari opened his eyes and looked around for the samurais but when he didn't see any, he asked, "Hey, what happened to those scary looking guys?"

Naruto thought for a second trying to come up with something, "Well you see, they are someplace else thinking about what they did. And I am pretty sure they will never bother you guys again," he expounded with a smile earning one from Inari. Komiko simply rolled her eyes at the ridiculousness of his explanation to the kid.

"Arigatou, Naruto-nii-san!" Inari yelled, wrapping his arms around Naruto's waist. The blond returned the hug, chuckling lightly at the kid's exuberance. This was the first time he'd seen the kid excited.

"Anyway, you did great out here kid. If you didn't rush toward them then I might not have been able to make it in time to save you and your mom." He praised Inari as he ruffled the kid's hair. Inari gave a big grin, which was returned by Naruto before he looked at his female informant, then handed her the sleeping mother on his shoulder. "Look after them both and don't let them out of your sight unless I come back. I need to check what is going on at the bridge. If they sent someone here to abduct Tsunami-san, then I am pretty sure Zabuza and his companion will attack today." Naruto finished, earning a nod of understanding from Komiko before he sped toward the bridge.

'I wonder if they will take up my offer.' Naruto thought as he continued toward his destination.

(Flashback)

During their stay in Tazuna's house, everyone except Naruto got the chance to train. Even Komiko was able to spar with Kurenai and sometimes the gennins, to get them used to a somewhat real battle.

So, on the third day of their stay, in order to get some training in, Naruto spent almost a whole day in the middle of a forest doing jutsu training along with physical exercises to the point where he had no energy to even walk back to the house.

The next morning, a blond with scorched black trench coat was leaning by a tree with his eyes close when they suddenly shot open after he sensed someone near by. Looking around, he checked his surrounding to see the forest in worse condition than his clothes. It was like a barren land with most of the trees burning in blue flame. Many of the plants died or were in the process of doing so due to the tremendous amount of heat.

Looking behind him, he saw a girl around his age, slowly approaching him with a basket that was third of the way filled up with some plants in her left hand.

She was wearing a pink kimono with red daffodils sewn into it, holding it in place was a sash around her waist.

'What the hell is a civilian doing all the way here?' Naruto asked himself while inspecting her closer. Her chakra level was to that of a civilian, but her posture said otherwise. She seemed to have her guard up as she walked toward him.

'There is no way she is a civilian.' Naruto convinced himself.

She kept on walking towards him and when she was close enough, he saw her face. She had an amazing face and a body with all the right curves in all the right places. She had dark brown eyes and black hair that went to her mid back with a little of her hair in front of her face. He would've blushed if it weren't for the fact that Kurenai looked better in his eyes.

"Hello, what are you doing out her in the middle of the forest so early in the morning?" she asked with a small smile.

Naruto gave her a sheepish grin then said, "Ahh, I was taking a break from hard night of training. And you miss…"

"My name is Haku, and you are?" the girl answered and half asked.

"Naruto, Uzumaki Naruto." He answered causing the girls eyes to slightly widen, which was immediately noticed by Naruto causing him to narrow his eyes.

'Shit! A Sannin here of all places. I need to inform Zabuza-sama on this matter, but for now, I need to play it cool as not to arouse suspicion.' She panicked a little while looking around the premises inspecting the damage done by Naruto. 'Even though the bingo book says he is only given the title of sannin to prove Konoha's superiority, the damage to the forest says otherwise. And what's up with those hole in the trees,' Haku thought as she stared at the perfect sphere in the tree as if it was carved or something.

"Well Haku-san, what would a civilian be doing so far away from the village? With Gato around, I wouldn't call this the safest place to be." Naruto asked with a neutral face, bringing her out of her musing.

"Picking herbs, Naruto-san," she stated. Naruto gave her a questioning look. "It's to cure injuries and illnesses," she finished with a smile.

"Need some help with that?" Naruto proffered the girl who was now picking up some herbs that were away from most of the heat in the area. She nodded and offered him her thanks.

For the next few minutes, both picked out herbs in silence while Naruto watched her thorough the corner of his eyes to check for any signs that would make her more suspicious than she already was.

For a civilian to come out all the way here alone was suspicious enough. Also that she carried herself like a shinobi. Everything else seemed pretty normal.

"So, who are these herbs for, Haku-san? If you don't mind me asking." Naruto questioned, wanting to confirm his suspicion.

"N-No, not at all. These are for one of my friends who got injured while working on a ship," she lied, sporting a forced smile.

Naruto narrowed his eyes. She seems to be lying to him, though why? He would have to find out, "That must be an awful injury if you need so much herbs." Naruto stated. "So tell me, how long is it going to take Zabuza-san to recover with this much medicine?" he finished, only to confirm his suspicion when he saw Haku's body stiffen and saw a slight movement of her hand a second later.

Being found out, with a movement of Haku's wrist, she hurled senbons toward Naruto in hopes of disabling him long enough to get away, only for him to disappear for a second before a kunai was placed near her throat courtesy of the sannin. 'So fast.' Haku thought, staring at the place Naruto was a second ago with wide eyes.

Naruto narrowed his eyes once more while standing behind her and spoke in a calm yet deadly voice. "I should kill you right now Haku-san. You are putting someone important to me in potential danger…but I am willing to let you live if you pass on a message to Zabuza-san for me."

"Why should I believe anything you say? For all I know, you will follow me after letting me go," Haku spoke with fear present in her voice.

"You don't, but what choice do you have at the moment? If I wanted to kill you, I would've done so by now, but that would be a waste of great potential. Which is why I have a proposition for you and Zabuza-san," he said, getting a curious glance from the corner of Haku's eyes, so he continued, "Say, how much is Gato paying you to assassinate the bridge builder?"

"20,000 Ryo," Haku answered simply.

"Hmm, I will triple that each month if you guys become my informants. Along with added protection from me and my other spies and I'll also get you out of Konoha's bingo book. How does that sound?" Naruto asked, earning a shocked look from Haku.

This is what they wanted. Freedom. To be not chased by hunter ninjas from all the villages all the time, and with this, they could also make double what they were earning now without having to kill people.

Naruto, seeing her thinking this over, released his kunai from her throat before stepping away from the fake hunter nin.

"And if you refuse…." Naruto blasted Haku with huge amount of killing intent, dropping Haku to her knees, gasping for breath. "…You shall perish along with Zabuza!" With a dark voice, trying to prove that he was serious.

Haku nodded as she struggled to breathe before she shushined out of the clearing.

(Unknown place in Wave)

Haku shushined into Zabuza's resting room catching her breath as sweat glistened down her forehead. It was a killing intent unlike any other she had ever felt and she could tell he was still holding back on it.

"What's wrong Haku? You seem like you've just seen a ghost," said an injured man who was bandaged to the point where he looked like a mummy. The only uncovered part being his eyes.

"We need to talk, Zabuza-sama." Haku said, looking at the man.

(End Flashback)

A few seconds later, Naruto arrived at the bridge to see something that surprised him. The whole bridge was surrounded with mist. He could barely see one foot in front of him. The only thing his trained eyes could make out was a dome made completely out of ice.

Sounds of fighting could be heard inside the mist, so to clear it up, Naruto brought both his palms out to his side, arm bent in a horse stance then pushed forth sending a burst of wind, clearing up the mist, leaving some surprised ninjas.

"What the hell!" Exclaimed Zabuza as he stared at the blond figure a few feet away from him and Kakashi.