Sup peoples! This is my first published story. So please be nice, even if you don't like it! As soon as i figure out how to add chapters i'll have them up. I don't own any Naruto, except a few posters, but i don't think that counts. Anywho! Enjoy!

Kitsune: Assassin for Hire

"NARUTO COME BACK! NARUTO PLEASE!" Sakura screams out. All of a sudden she hears:

"PIEN!" as she looks up to the Hokage Tower and sees a boy about her age with blonde hair wearing a black and orange outfit, standing on top of the building.

"Naruto." She whispers as tears fall down her face. The Fifth Hokage and her ANBU turn around and see him standing there glaring at the man floating in the middle of the air above the village. The man turns towards him as the boy says:

"This is between you and me. Leave the people of this village alone." Lady Hokage notices the hatred and malice in his voice as Pien responds:

"Fine. I will leave them alone, for now. After I acquire the Nine Tailed Fox I will finish here." All of a sudden the other Piens and Kohnan come up beside him.

"There is a clearing. Just outside the village. Meet me there in five minutes." Naruto says. The Pien he was talking to nods his head as they leave. He then turns his attention to Lady Hokage as she says:

"I'll send back up to help-"

"No. No back up. I will do this on my own." He says cutting her off. A shocked expression takes over her face as she says:

"WHAT! NO BACK UP! DON'T BE FOOLISH!"

"I'm not being foolish. There are too many people wounded to be sending a squad off to help me. Besides, this is my fight. I have to do this alone. ...Don't worry, so much. Pervy-sage was a good teacher. When he wasn't fulfilling his nickname." He says grinning a little. He then leaps off the top of the building and lands on the railing.

"If you don't come back in one piece, I'm not going to sew back together." She says as he lands on the railing. He then smiles that foxy grin he is famous for and jumps on to a rooftop, heading for the gates. As he gets near them he looks and sees Ibiki, Inoichi, Ino and some others standing around someone lying on the ground. As he gets closer he notices who it is.

"Shizune." He whispers as he jumps down and runs up to them. As he gets there he says:

"What happened?" Ino gasps as she turns around and says:

"Naruto." Inoichi explains how one of the Piens was reading her mind, then they picked her up and separated something as she fell off the building. Naruto clenches his fist as he asks:

"Is she going to be alright?"

"I don't know." Inoichi says. Naruto tightens his fist as he turns around and walks off.

"Where are you going?" Ino asks .Naruto doesn't stop but just responds:

"I'm going to fight the Akatsuki."

"Alone?" she asks a little bit of worry in her voice. He nods his head as she says:

"Naruto! You can't! They are really strong. You can't poss-"

"Ino, I didn't leave the village for the hell of it. I've been training to fight them for years. Besides, I'm really strong. You know I never thought I would say this to you but-Stop worrying about me so much. I'll be fine. Just trust me, for once. I know what I'm doing. I'm Uzumaki Naruto of the Leaf Village-Konohagkure. Future Hokage. So just relax." With that he disappears as he runs towards the gates.

"You better come back, Future Hokage." She says mocking him.

"He will." Ino turns around as she sees a battered Sakura standing there.

"How do you know that?" she asks.

"I know Naruto. And If I'm right he'll come back bragging about how he took them out." The pink haired konoichi says, smiling.

"You think he's that strong?" Ino asks.

"I know he is. Naruto won't lose. He can't. No matter who his opponent is he never loses. This time is no different." She says. 'Well, except one person.' Sakura thinks as she walks up to Shizune and starts examining her.

"I hope your right." Ino says. 'I do too.' Sakura thinks as Shizune sits up. She instructs Ibiki to take her to the hospital to rest.

Naruto is running through the forest thinking: 'Good thing I read all those scrolls when I was younger. Some of those Justus will come in handy today. Especially the forbidden ones.' He sees the trees stop in front of him as he grabs a kunai knife and jumps into the clearing. He sees the Piens and Kohnan standing in front of him.

"Sorry to keep you waiting. I had some last minute things to take care of." Naruto says the hatred back in his voice.

"Hope you said all your goodbyes." The head Pien says.

"Nope. Don't need to. I'm not the one who's going to die." Naruto says icily.

"Let's begin, shall we." Head Pien says.

"Let's." Naruto says making hand signs.

Tsunade is standing on the roof of the Hokage Tower, looking towards the clearing where Naruto and the Akatsuki are fighting. She had sent her ANBU to help the wounded after he left and went to the hospital to heal them. By now all of the wounded have been healed and are resting. All of a sudden she senses people coming as she says:

"What do you want?"

"You are not going to send backup?" she glances backwards and sees two people. One is a man with brown hair and glasses on. The other is a woman with her white hair pulled up into a bun on the back of her head and a pin sticking through it with a chain and ball hanging off of it. They were the council elders. Tsunade sighs as she looks back towards the clearing and says:

"No." she really hates putting up with the senile old fools as she calls them.

"No? Why not?" the older man asks.

"Because he asked me not to." Tsunade says matter-factly.

"That is not a good enough reason. What if he gets caught? Then what Tsunade?" the woman says.

"He will not get caught." She says trying to keep her temper under control, which was not working.

"How do you know this?" the woman asks.

"Because I trust Naruto." She replies getting angry.

"Trust. The people of this village trust you to keep them safe." The man says. (Sorry I don't know their names.)

"I know. That's what I'm doing." Tsunade says as Ibiki, Iruka, and Anko walk up the stairs. Just as they reach the top they see the two council leaders facing Tsunade who is facing towards the village. They consider going away until the conversation is over, but they stop as they hear what was said next.

"Really? You just sent the Kyubbi vessel to fight the Akatsuki. How are-" the woman asks as Tsunade turns around and yells:

"HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU-HE IS NOT A JUST A WEAPON! HE IS A HUMAN BEING AND A NINJA OF KONOHA! HE WOULD NEVER PUT THIS VILLAGE IN DANGER! HE WOULD RATHER DIE THAN SEE ANYTHING HAPPEN TO THIS VILLAGE! WE'RE LUCKY THAT AFTER EVERYTHING PEOPLE LIKE YOU HAVE PUT HIM THROUGH HE WANTS TO PROTECT US AND NOT KILL US ALL!!" Just then the earth shakes as Tsunade turns back around and sees a bluish glow at one end of the clearing. A few seconds later the earth shakes again as the other end of the clearing glows. She exhales as she leans up on the rail and says:

"If you're worried about my ability to keep this village safe then appoint another Hokage. Otherwise back off and let me run this village the way I see fit." They look at each other as she senses them leave and the others walk up.

"They really get on my nerves. I wish they would find someone else to pester." Tsunade says looking at the clearing.

"Are you alright Lady Hokage?" Iruka asks.

"I'll be better when the little brat gets his butt back in this village." Tsunade says as she sees the clearing glow again and then die down. All of a sudden a chill runs up all their spines as they sense the Nine Tailed Fox's chakra. Then they see a dome of red go over the clearing as a huge explosion erupts. As they feel the percussion off of it they shield their faces. After it's over they look back at the clearing and see it bigger than before and notice an eerie silence.

"Crane! Deer!" Tsunade calls out. Out of nowhere two ANBU drop behind them knelling, with one fist on the ground and the other on their leg. One has a crane mask on with long, red hair down to her waist. She is wearing a black, long sleeved shirt with the sleeves covering her hands along with a pair of black capris and black ninja sandals. She has a black vest over the shirt. The other has a deer mask on with short, spiky brown hair. He is wearing a black short sleeved shirt with black gloves on along with a vest, like the girl, black pants and black ninja sandals.

"Go to the clearing and see what just happened!" she orders.

"HAI!" they say as they disappear. They reappear in the clearing and see a gruesome scene. There are body parts, blood, and pieces of clothing, some of it black with red and some black with orange, scattered everywhere.

"I wonder which monster did this." Crane says. They look at each other as Deer says:

"I'm going to have a look around." And he walks off as Crane looks around and sees a piece of long black cloth with silver in the middle lying on the ground next to a tree. She notices the sun glint off of it as she walks closer.

"DEER!" She yells after her partner. Deer is by her side in a flash as he looks down and sees a Leaf Village headband.

"We need to report this to Lady Hokage, immediately." He says as he grabs it and leaves. She follows his lead as she disappears and reappears in front of Lady Hokage and the three proctors. Tsunade turns around as she says:

"Report." Deer then tells her what they saw and says:

"This and shreds of clothing is all we found of Uzumaki Naruto." As he hands her the headband. Tsunade takes the headband and stares at it not believing that this was all that was left of the blonde headed knucklehead that she had come to think of as a little brother. She then looks up and says:

"Get me Rookie Nine and Team Gai."

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