"Squad 7 leader, this is blondie do you copy?" Naruto trying to reach Kakashi.
"Go ahead blondie." Kakashi said chuckling at the names he had given them.
"I have located target. Requesting to push target towards Pinkie's position." Naruto corresponded expecting what was said next.
"No, push it towards me. I will catch it easily." Sasuke went over the radio. In this mission alone, he had vetoed every plan Naruto made and belittled Sakura's plans if they didn't give him the most credit.
"Fine, requesting to push target towards black stuck-up." Naruto added the second part. He was getting tired of him acting like he is better.
"Enough, request granted blondie. Pinkie swing around behind encase target does evasive maneuvers." Kakashi responded before a fight can break out.
"Copy, starting push in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Now!" Naruto pushed the cat towards Sasuke. He also created a shadow clone to redirect the cat to Sakura encase of Sasuke messing up.
Naruto watched as Tora the cat rushed away from him. Their latest and greatest mission was to recover a cat that had gone missing for Madam Shijimi. The cat had gotten away every month for years. Now he was pushing right towards Sasuke's waiting arms.
Unfortunately, Sasuke being arrogant and annoyed at Naruto, decided to take revenge on the poor cat. He had pulled out a rope to tie the cat up. What he failed to realize though is the cat is fast enough to evade Genin, that means catch it by a rope would be like tying it to a hummingbird's wing. Impossible if you are slower. Difficult if you are the same speed. And easy if a multitude faster. Sasuke was not faster than the poor cat. As such the cat actually jumped on his face while he was trying to catch it, scratching him several times. Well, another scar to the collection all Naruto thought as this was gonna be the third time he got an injury that would probably scar. The first was the blast spot on his left hand from blocking the Lightning. The second was from him getting pulled on his back by the Nin-pups that were at the vet office. They pulled him along his back as he got thrown into a metal fence post that went through his leg. The dogs seemed like they had a purpose to do that to him, or was it the one Nin-pup in general that just so happened to have her shots that day. While Naruto would never know the truth, due to Shisa being as sneaky and as ruthless as Anko was when she wanted something. He really had to stop Shisa from spending so much time with her.(I am imagining Shisa as Akamaru except it is a female, has a bow on her ear from Ino, Hinata and Yakumo, and her eyes are open showing her emotions better. I also imagine her acting like a slightly evil towards whoever annoys her.)
Naruto just watched from his position as the cat pulled out a claw to push into head right above where he kept it to protect him. Naruto watched as the claw slashed the other boy's head as it jumped away. Thankfully the clone was in position to push it directly into Sakura's waiting arms. Naruto smirked as the cat curled up and purred in her arms as Sakura stroked its back giving it calming tones. The horrid cat mission or Genin killer, completed it thus an argument between Naruto and Sasuke ensued. Much to the dismay of their Sensei. This had been the 5thmission as squad they had been on still no progress between bringing group unity. But at least Sakura was slowly warming up to him.
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Naruto was sitting in the council room that ran the village 2 days later. Of course, he knew why he was here. The brat sitting across the desk area went to cry. And of course, the perpetual suck ups went and did everything they could to stop the outcome of their duel.
Naruto watched as the rest of the council filed into the room. The Shinobi side all smiled at him giving him nods of approval, especially Tsume. He had defended his claims on his mates, if what the duel was about was true. Finally, the Hokage walked into the room.
"Alright, this council meeting is in session. First order of business today is to acknowledge all of the clan heirs that have successfully become Genin squads. As such 2 heirs specifically, part of 2 clans where they are only heirs. We call the Uchiha and Uzumaki clan heirs up to allow them to choose who will represent them until they become the age of 17 or obtain the rank of Chūnin."
Giving the 2 the floor, Naruto looked over at the other boy. Knowing that he went first he would have to deal with many interruptions, gestured over to the other.
Sasuke just smirked. Of course, this loser would let the elite talk first. "I, Sasuke Uchiha of the Uchiha clan, wish to have Homura Mitokado represent the Uchiha clan. Until I become part of the council and as long as he pursues the betterment of my clan he will hold this title." Smirking now that he had a main councilor with his clan name attached, he would be able to reverse this silly duel.
After the agreement was completed by Homura, Naruto stepped forward. He had already spoken to the Hokage about releasing his parentage out. The council was in for a rude awakening.
With a cheeky Cheshire grin, Naruto spoke " I, Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze," Naruto waited until his words impacted everyone. "wish to have Hizuren Sarutobi as the representative for both of my clans. When I become a member of this council I will have him step down from the representative."
Once the announcement finished all hell broke loose from the Civilian and elder council members. Eventually the Hokage stepped in, "Enough! This council is not a place to put blame on others. This council is for the betterment of the village. Now, anything else on this manner?"
"Why, didn't you tell us he was the 4th's son?!" Michizuri a civilian council member asked.
"Oh, I don't know, maybe because the fact that his Jinchuriki status was released to the public so easily. Honestly, did you all forget my words at that time. Of course, you did. You let hatred almost lead to a young boy's death." Hizuren shouted at the council making him fear him enough to shut them up.
"Hizuren, why now? You seriously can't expect the Iwa to take this news well." Danzo stated internally grimacing at the fact one of his power moves was ripped from his hands.
"Oh, and how will that happen? How will that information get out? As long as no one in this council breathes a word of it then no one will know." Hizuren asked looking around at his potential victims.
"Of course, Hokage not a word of this will be mentioned until you view it is appropriate." Hiashi calming stated knowing full well that this was happening. Hell, all of the shinobi council did and already knew Naruto's parentage.
"See that it doesn't. If the word gets out, I will personally have whoever released it executed. Treason was already done once." Hizuren said as he released a considerable amount of killing intent. "Now, next order of business."
"Right, the Uchiha clan requests to cancel the clan duel made between them and the Uzumaki clan." Homura requested, knowing full well that now Sasuke was screwed.
"Request denied. As representative of the Uzumaki and Namikaze clan we will take the full reward." Hizuren explained. Maybe this will show the arrogant boy some humility.
"Hizuren, be reasonable. Clearly the match was nothing more than a child's match. Surely you can reverse it?" Danzo interjected. He did not want to see this boy who was destroying his plans become even stronger.
"Hmm, so are you saying an elder, I should ignore that these heirs placed a bounty on a duel to solve issues they had between the clans. A bounty that if was the other way, all of you would have been in favor for. No, I think not unless something else was replaced by it." Hizuren gave his heartfelt speech. He knew he had them in a choke hold and they were begging for mercy.
"What does the Uzumaki clan require?" Homura knew he was hanging on by a thread right now. He needed to pull through.
"Uzumaki clan requires all businesses the Uchiha clan still have and you as elders have been maintaining, additionally we require half of the vault, all of the clan secrets including jutsu and histories, and the agreement set that the Uchiha Clan will no longer try to scheme against or hinder any under the Uzumaki clan or their protection." Naruto stepped forward. He knew, that due to the businesses being under the councils' power most have been underwhelming in the amount of profits they have been producing. There was one however that Naruto wanted to protect.
"WHAT?! No! We can't accept that!" Sasuke yelled.
"QUIET BOY!" Homura yelled at him. Hoping the damage was not already done.
"Oh, it seems like your clan heir does not wish to have the trade be different. Very well, we will conduct the previous agreements." Hizuren stated.
"Hold on, give me a minute to converse with the boy. He does not know the value of his things." Homura stated as he pulled Sasuke outside.
After several minutes and a shouting match that sounded like a child trying to get his way, they returned. "We, have discussed your terms. We wish to not have the Uchiha clan secrets be taken away. We would like to have copies be made and sent to your clan instead. We also wish to have only 95% of businesses taken to allow our clan to remain having a positive monetary gain." Homura stated. He had hoped that Hizuren would be in a forgiving mood.
"Please allow us to discuss before we make a decision." Hizuren calmly stated. Inside he was jumping for joy. The fools do not realize that taking the all but 1 business would essentially cripple them.
Outside, Naruto placed a privacy seal to keep what they were talking about secret. "So, 95% of the businesses huh? Do you think they are gonna try to keep the one we want?" Naruto asked.
"Oh, most definitely. However, we have all the cards. On top of that, we are going to make it seem like we are reasonable people." Hizuren had a Cheshire grin on his face as well.
"Well, then our request is simple then isn't it?" Naruto asked rhetorically as he removed the seals and walked back inside.
"We have discussed. We will get to choose the businesses we are going to acquire. As well as allow you to keep your clan secrets. The copies will be made by me, in front of the Uchiha clan to avoid any further aggressions." Hizuren stated with a stone-faced demeanor.
'Not like I have much of a choice.' Homura thought as he agreed to the terms.
"We will set aside after this meeting." Hizuren explained. "Anything else to discuss." After a few moments, "No, meeting is adjured."
That night, Naruto celebrated with his family on acquiring the Uchiha business including 3 out of 4 chakra metal mines, all but 2 of the trade centers in other towns spread out among the nations, and the one Naruto wanted the most was Shinobi farms of the Uchiha. The Shinobi farms was basically a natural goldmine. The reason he wanted to it was because while, it did not produce a lot now, due to poor management, the farm at one point was a main supplier for most of the Fire. That means if they played their cards right. The amount they can gain was limitless.
(Putting this here to explain. Naruto has become smart enough to realize when something is valuable. The fact that the land and business would allow the production of multiple types of foods was a big factor. The Uzumaki village was strong not because of their shinobi strength but their knowledge. They were advancing too quickly for others to keep up.)
Naruto, yawned as he was at the Hokage's office for his next mission. It had been a month since the squad 7 start. They had just finished a mission for the Inuzuka compound and vet clinic yesterday much to Naruto's amusement. They had been assigned to walk the dogs, clean the kennels, and carry supplies from the storage into the respected buildings. All in all, wouldn't have been bad except for one little problem. Shisa just so happened to be there for her shots that day. What ended up happening made everyone laugh including Sakura. Sasuke had the job of walking the dogs. Apparently Shisa took it upon herself to convince the other dogs to run as fast as they could while on their walk. Sasuke was covered in dirt from being dragged around most of the day.
It was no wonder he looked mad at the Hokage with their mission selection. "Ok, Squad 7, I have several missions today for you to choose from. They include putting up fencing around the new construction project, helping out at the orphanage, or shopping for the food kitchen for retired veterans that were hurt in the last wars. Which one does your squad want?" Hizuren said placing down the jobs for the squad.
"Old man, give us something different. We are wasting our time with these useless tasks." Sasuke angrily stated. 'How am I ever going to get stronger if I do these pathetic missions.'
"Oh, you think you are ready for a tougher mission huh?" Hizuren commented pulling out another folder.
"You are wasting my time with these pointless missions. If you have a tougher one then I can finally improve instead of having to practice with these losers." Sasuke glared back at the Hokage. Little did he know he just hurt Sakura's feelings.
"Mind your manners, Genin. You are speaking to the Hokage." Iruka who was coming in to give the Hokage a report on the students. His grandson had started a grandson had started a group.
"Relax Iruka." Hizuren said in a good nature. "So, you wish for a higher mission then. Bring in Tazuna."
Squad 7 waited for several minutes before a man looking slightly drunk walked in with an admissions person. "So, my request is being filled huh? Is this the group that is taking me? A bunch of brats still wet behind the ears." Tazuna asked swaying slightly.
"Relax, Mr. Tazuna. They are new Genin however, I am a Jounin and will be able to cover for their weaknesses." Kakashi said putting the fires of a fight going on before they started.
"Fine, I am in the mood to leave anyways." Tazuna grumbled walking out the door.
"We will leave at noon. Everyone be at the gate ready to leave." Kakashi requested as he body flickered away.
Naruto soon followed Kakashi example as Sakura and Sasuke were left alone to walk out. They both were irritated for different reasons. Sasuke because Kakashi had told him he couldn't learn the Leaf Body Flicker technique that Naruto uses due to his chakra control being subpar. Sakura's problem was more directed right at the boy.
"Hey, Sasuke. Do you want to go grab breakfast and grab gear we might need for the trip together?" Sakura hoped that today would be the day she would finally get a date with the boy.
"No, thanks I am gonna go train." Sasuke said as he walked away leaving Sakura looking distraught in the road.
'Would it be so bad to go get food with her?' Sakura thought as she watched him walk away.
'He is just being a jerk. Why are we still going after him?' Sakura's inner mind asked.
'Because we have feeling for him. No matter what I want to prove that I am worth it.' Sakura inner monologed. 'Besides who else would actually care for me? It isn't like I have many friends anymore.'
'Oh, I am sure you still have friends. You just need to suck it up and apologize to Ino.' Her inner mind replied. 'Look there she is now.'
Sakura focused as she realized she walked passed Ino's parents flower and garden shop. Outside was Ino getting ready to leave for the day yelling inside to her parents.
Ino turned around to see a very upset Sakura. At that moment, it didn't matter that they weren't friends anymore. She thought she was being bullied again. "Hey, Sakura are you ok? Did something happen? Are people picking on you?" Ino asked walking over to her friend to give her a hug.
At that moment, the dams of emotions broke for Sakura. She just rushed to her friend crying into her shoulder. She tried to act tough, tried to fit in by being a Sasuke fan, and tried to prove that she was better than everyone only for it to come crashing on her. She just cried as Ino held her. After several moments, Sakura slightly crying with snot in her nose, looking at her friend, "I am sorry Ino. I am sorry everything that has happened. I am a horrible friend."
"Shhhh, none of that. I know what you were feeling. I am glad we are gonna go back to being friends." Ino tried cheering her up.
"How can you just accept my apology like that? I was horrible to you." Sakura said with her tears starting to dry up.
"Well, if it wasn't for Naruto and the others I would have been spiteful. But Naruto was the one who explained to me what you were going through. Hell, I probably would have done the same thing if we were switched." Ino smiled as she spoke softly to her friend. Her hopes that Sakura would become her friend again. Now, it seemed like it was coming true.
"He did? How would he know what it is like? He has all of you." Sakura stated feeling like Naruto was the luckiest person in the world.
"Well, he actually was worse than you when he was younger. Before we all became friends he grew up in an orphanage without a single friend. He was called demon boy since he was 2. On his 5thbirthday he was attacked and almost died. That's when the Hokage stepped in. If you want to know more you will have to ask him, but 6 months after we became friends we were attacked by an assassin. Naruto saved us all while almost dying again." Ino explained to her friend.
"So, that is why he has that scar on his eyebrow and cheek?" Sakura asked.
"Yep. That's why. If it wasn't for one of his sensei's giving Naruto his eye before he died, then Naruto would only have one eye." Ino stated feeling confident that her friend was seeing the light at the end of a dark tunnel.
"I have to go apologize to him. I have to go Ino, I am supposed to be getting ready to get for a mission." Sakura said hugging her friend again. "Once we are back, I want to hangout and make up more."
"Wait?! You are going out of the village on a mission?" Ino asked her friend as she started to run back to her house.
"Yep, we will be back soon." Sakura yelled as she was on her way to her house. She felt better than she had all month.
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Naruto was walking into his compound. He looked around at the small apartment building and additions that was being constructed thanks to the Uchiha money. He had to hand it to the Hokage, he was as shrewd and penny pinching as a banker and lawyer combined. His plan was to make the apartment for any of the other family members of his growing family encase they came to visit. It was a little bit quieter now that the Hyuuga's except for Hinata had gone back to their compound, but that didn't stop Hanabi from coming over every other day to spend time with her sister. As he entered the main house, Naruto was immediately attacked by a flying furry bullet.
"Shisa, I was just home 10 minutes ago. Ok, ok I missed you too." Naruto said as the puppy managed to knock him to floor licking his face as she did.
"Listen, I have a mission to on and I will be gone for a while. I need you to look after the place, especially Anko. You know how she gets if she doesn't have someone to cheer her up." Naruto said to the puppy getting a yip in response.
"I heard that!" Anko yelled as she was walking out of her room. "You're lucky I am running late or I would have tied you up and tested a new torture technique I have been working on."
"Well, you will just have to use it in your interrogation today then." Naruto said as he gave her a kiss on the cheek. "Let me know how it goes." Knowing Mizuki was the person she was gonna be trying to get information out of. The man was tough nut to crack if he heard correctly.
"Oh, don't you worry. I will get him to crack today if not the next couple of days." Anko claimed with a sadistic look on her face.
"I am sure you will." Naruto said confidently as he watched her go out towards the entrance of the compound.
Setting a note to the rest on the table saying that he was going away on a mission. He didn't want to them to worry after all. Getting the materials that he might need, Naruto flickered away to get some early lunch.
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Sasuke was annoyed. He had to learn chakra control. Seriously he was an elite, his control was flawless. The fact that Kakashi thought it was necessary instead of teaching him more power jutsu annoyed him. He was going to talk to Homura right now to convince the council to have them force Kakashi to teach him new jutsu.
He wished he unlocked his Sharingan already. Then he could steal the jutsu from that loser Naruto. Just thinking about the boy annoyed him. Everything he did to prove he was better just backfired. He had a jutsu that scarred his hand. 'I will make the council force him to give all of his jutsu to him.' Sasuke thought as he made his way through the village.
About half way through he saw Hinata and her squad. 'Well, I am better than these losers. I should make an example of them next time I am in the village.' He thought as he continued to walk passed them painting a fence. He was gonna prove himself on this mission. Then those sluts of that refused to be with him will see that he was just better than everyone here. Smirking he walked into the elder's compound.
"Homura! I need to speak with you!" Sasuke yelled as he kicked the door open. He already owned the place anyways.
"Sasuke, how nice to see you. What can I do for you?" Homura asked.
"I need you to do 2 things for me next council meeting. I need you to convince those fools to have Kakashi to hand over power jutsu. Next I need you to demand Naruto to hand over all the jutsu he knows. I'm not like the loser could you a lot anyways he only beat me because he cheated. Also, I need a way to beat that loser Naruto now before I leave for my mission." Sasuke demanded from elder.
"Hmm, the council I will see what I can do. As for the other request, I only have 1 way to help you beat him. However, it is gonna require you to not fight him directly." Homura replied. 'This boy really just came in here to demand things from me. Danzo is gonna be pissed if this fails.'
"Whatever, I need it now. So, make it quick, my time is precious unlike some." Sasuke sneered.
After a few minutes, Homura came back. Pulling out a box he said, "These are suppression seals. If you manage to place 5 of them on him without him realizing it you can suppress him down to a mere child's power. As easy way for you to beat him."
This had made Sasuke's day. Now he had the power to out do the loser. "Good, any work on getting those girls over to our side?" Sasuke asked. If he couldn't have the 2 sluts then he would take the rest of the girls in his class as his.
"Unfortunately, no. Most of the clans are very negative on the subject. The Kurama clan refused to discuss their daughter, Hyuuga's are talkative about both of their daughters, however, they both seem to be already in discussions for relationships, and the Yamanaka clan head is outwardly hostile to any negotiations. We can't touch the Uzumaki girl due to our agreement, so I am afraid much is not being done on that front." Homura explained hoping the boy would get what is going on.
"Well, make them open talks. WE are the Uchihas. They should be begging for their daughters to be with me." Sasuke demanded from the man.
"I will see what I can do. It is almost time for your mission." Homura said trying to get the brat out of his hair. Why did Danzo want this boy again?
Homura sighed as the boy left his compound. 'Well, I guess Danzo will have to be made aware of the situation.' He thought looking outside. 'For the good of the village.'
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Naruto watched as the squad arrived at the gate. He had a nice breakfast with Ayame, Izumi and Yūgao. The girls had seen him enter the ramen shop and decided to tease him about it. Yūgao scolded him on breaking his diet again before getting a bowl herself. Izumi just plopped in his lap ordering her meal, on his tab not that he minded. Izumi discussed how she was going to be take a shipment of Chakra paper to the border between the Fire and Rice paddies to be traded to the newly formed Sound village. Apparently they had just setup the village recently and had requested an alliance and trade agreement between the village. They were offering different foods to be brought to the village cheaper.
After the meal he told them he would be gone on a mission. He had started to exercise getting warmed up to make sure that he was ready for the day. He watched as his teammates and Tazuna. Once Kakashi arrived, "Alright let's go." He said started walking out of the village.
"Wait! What about Naruto? He isn't here yet." Sakura panicked. She wanted to have some time to apologize to him.
"Oh, right. Hey Naruto! We are leaving." Kakashi yelled up as Naruto jumped off the top of the gate using his hands as a spring board.
"Sorry, I saw you were all here but I was finishing out my set of vertical pushups. You know how Guy sensei gets if I don't finish my sets." Naruto apologized as he landed still in handstand position.
"Right….." Kakashi deadpanned. "Well, lets go. How much do you need to do now?"
"Just my 10k handstand run. I can take it easy today and do a walk instead." Naruto started walking on his hands.
"Where is your stuff loser?" Sasuke asked. He was going to take that sword from him once he won.
"Storage scroll." Was all Sasuke got as a reply as Naruto continued to walk on his hands.
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Several hours later, Squad 7 were walking down the path towards the harbor on the coast. From there they would be taking a boat to the land of Waves. Naruto was making small talk to Tazuna and Kakashi as Sakura seemed eager to try to hop in. "So, Kakashi have you been to wave before?" Sakura asked trying to get into the conversation that they were having.
"Hmm, I do not recall however I have been near it. Thankfully we do not have to go to the land of Water. What the rumors are that there is a rebellion going on." Kakashi responded back to Sakura.
"I wonder what happened that caused a rebellion to happen?" Naruto asked out loud making them all think.
"Well, nothing good if they are having a rebellion that is for sure." Kakashi replied back with his laid-back tone.
As they walked and talked Naruto and Kakashi noticed a puddle on the side of the road. 'Seriously a puddle? It hasn't rained in a week. How stupid can someone be.' Naruto thought as he nodded to Kakashi that he noticed. They walked past the puddle still in conversation. "So, Sakura, what are your plans once this mission is done?" Naruto asked trying to seem distracted by the girl.
"Uhh, I might hang out with Ino after this. We became friends again." Sakura said blushing at the thought of her crying to the girl.
"Good, she was worried about you. I am glad to see that you are back to being friends." Naruto said smiling but his eyes drifted to his hand.
Inside Sakura noticed writing to move to protect Tazuna immediately. Glancing back at Naruto he nodded to confirm what he wanted her to do.
At that moment the Demon brothers, Gozu and Meizu, attacked. Their first target was the Jounin. Catching him in their shuriken chain was easy. With a quick pull, they dispatched the Jounin and ran to stab the builder. 2 feet from the builder, the brothers were stopped by a pair of katanas. They were so close to their goal, but try as they might to over power the holder of the katanas, it refused to budge. Looking at the holders they realized that it was the same boy. "How?!" was all Gozu got to say before one of the blades quickly overpowered his arm claw smashing it into pieces as the blade did a reverse arc. "NO GOZU!!" Meizu yelled watching his brother become cut across is chest sending him flying into a tree unmoving.
"I'll….." was all Meizu got out as Kakashi appeared smashing the man down.
"Well, that seemed pretty exciting wouldn't you say?" Kakashi smiled shown through his mask. He was impressed by Naruto and Sakura's reaction time.
Sakura stood there in shock after the battle. She had done what Naruto had told her to do and it was to the benefit of the team. She watched as Sasuke froze up watching the other ninja "kill" Kakashi sensei. If that happened with an ambush, then what would happen in a real all out fight. Would he freeze up again? Would she end up dead because she didn't listen to Naruto? So many questions buzzed through her head.
"Now, these 2 are dealt with, let's discuss why you had missing nin coming after you Mr. bridge builder. If we had known that you were gonna be targeted by other ninja this would have been a minimum of a B rank mission or A if they send anyone stronger." Kakashi tone turned instantly serious.
"I had no choice. My town is being crippled to the point where we have barely enough funding to hire a simple C rank mission. Gato the crime lord has destroyed our economy. My bridge is the only thing that can save our town." Tazuna spilled the beans quicker than anyone had thought.
"This is bad, if you had just discussed with the Hokage about what is really going on then the village would have helped you out and allowed you to pay it back when you were back on your feet." Kakashi explained.
"I... I didn't know..." Tazuna sadly replied.
Kakashi sighed, "Well, what done is done. We have 2 options, we can abandon this mission and return to the village." He looked at the man panicking, "Or, we go on and complete the mission. What do you all think?"
"Hmm, we can handle it unless multiple teams of Jounin level enemies are after us." Naruto said explaining his thought process. "Do you know of any high ranked fighters Gato has?"
"I…. I know he has 1 strong enemy. He was a missing nin from the Hidden mist with a giant blade. Other than that, I don't know any others." Tazuna explained hoping to keep them on the mission.
"Hmm, I only know of 5 that it can be. If we are unlucky it will be the worst of the group. However, the others are not as much." Kakashi stated. He knew about the seven swordsmen defecting. 5 of the 7 were still alive.
"Sensei, do you think you can fight them off?" Sakura asked. Nervous about her chances of survival.
"Well, at worst I can hold them off to get you all out, at best I can defeat them." Kakashi replied.
"Regardless this is a chance for me get stronger. I say we go forward." Sasuke stated as if he could handle anything.
"I don't think I will be much help, but if we continue I will protect Tazuna." Sakura tried to sound confident.
"I guess we will have to ramp up our training Sensei." Naruto grinned at Kakashi.
"Alright, Tazuna we will continue the mission. Naruto, first sign of a fight you are to remove all restrictions. We will need our full strength." Kakashi calmly saying his commands. "Sakura, we are gonna start your strength training. Sasuke we need your chakra control up to Chūnin standard."
"Hai!" The 3 replied.
Even though he accepted, Sasuke was pissed. He was going be forced to watch the weakest get trained while he was still being to manipulate his chakra. 'Just wait I will prove I am the only one worth training.'
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While Squad 7 were setting up their plans and setting up for the night, Zabuza was waiting for his scout's report. He had a feeling that the brothers had failed but they were good sacrifices. Opening his eyes, Haku returned. "So, I am assuming they are defeated." It was a statement not a question.
"Yes, they lost to the Konoha ninjas. It seems like 2 of their members were able to stop them easily." Haku responded.
"No matter they were weak anyways. We will handle them once they arrive." Zabuza stated getting up from his couch. He needed the money from killing the builder. "Let's prepare for our guests."