Chapter 4's a go-go!

Chapter 4- Mission

Naruto woke up to see a bear masked Anbu standing by his bed. "The council has sent me to get you for a meeting." The Anbu said. "They must have found the Namikazes then."Naruto thought before he replied, "I will be there in a minute." The Anbu nodded before shinshunin away. Naruto got out from his bed and dressed in his usual attire. "Will I be arrested for this? No, they need me for the Kyuubi. They would not dare to lock me up if I hold the most powerful demon in existence." Naruto thought as he walked out of his apartment."Perhaps it is to simply tell me not to do it again. They now fear me more than ever for practicing my alchemy. To think that they fear me now that I have power when before they were torturing me with glee when I was powerless." Naruto thought as he neared the Hokage's Tower.

As Naruto entered the council room he saw the civilian half glare at him while the Shinobi half looked indifferent. "Solf Naruto, do you know why the council has requested for your presence?" Hiruzen asked, putting on his serious face on. "No, I have no knowledge to why I was sent here." "Do not lie demon! You know you had assaulted the Namikazes last night!" A pink haired woman shouted to him. Naruto frowned and said, "Must I tell you people over and over again? If I was truly a demon, I would have simply destroyed this village years ago. As to the Namikazes, yes I did hurt them." "You did not just hurt them Naruto. Kushina may have lost her entire Shinobi career. Arashi and Natsumi are now in the hospital because of their injuries." Homura said. "Those injuries were inflicted in self defense from Namikaze's assault on me." "LIES! Kushina-san would never attempt an unprovoked assault!" Tsume yelled, trying to defend her long time friend. "You may be able to refute my claim due to your friendship with Kushina-san Tsume-san. But I have Hinata-chan as a witness to the assault." Naruto said. Tsume growled before sitting down. "Do you know why the Namikaze clan tried to attack you Naruto-san?" Nara Shikaku asked. "Apparently, they wished to erase all my memories so that they could rebuild me to their image of what I should have been." Naruto replied coolly. The members of the council then started to whisper amongst each other what to do before Danzo spoke up. "Then there is no need for this discussion to continue. Assaulting a fellow leaf nin is considered high treason. Kushina-san is lucky we do not throw her in a cell." "That may be true Danzo-san, but the de..Naruto must be punished." Kohura said. "Nobody is going to get punished for defending themselves Kohura-san. This meeting is adjourned." Hiruzen said with authority.

"You may now go Naruto." Danzo said. Naruto nodded and left the building. "Are you going to defend him every time Danzo? If he murders someone in cold blood I will be forced to…" Hiruzen said before Danzo interrupted him. "Do what Hiruzen-san? Send him to prison? With his alchemy he can break out at any time. And if he stays the prison is filled with people who hate him, and now he has no qualms about killing them." Hiruzen sighed and said, "Very well Danzo, you can go now." Danzo got up and started to walk to the door before stopping and saying, "Before I go, I wish to see Naruto's alchemy at work on the field. You will assign us a high C-ranked mission." Homura glared at him and said, "You are going to get those boys and the girl killed if you assign them high leveled missions Danzo." "You should have more faith in them Homura-san. They will not disappoint." Danzo replied before leaving.

With Shikamaru:

Shikamaru laid on his roof watching the clouds. But his mind was not truly focused on them. He was thinking about his new sensei, the new Naruto, and his first kill. "I do not understand. I remember that Ibiki guy said that we were not ready for killing yet. But that Danzo guy insisted. Its like he is wanting us to be okay with killing people on missions already, even though we just came out of the academy. And Naruto, what the hell changed him? He acts totally different and is okay with killing. Its like he does not even care. Man, this is too troublesome." Shikamaru thought before an Anbu appeared with the Kanji for root on the top of the mask. "Danzo-sama requests you to report to Training Ground 13 immediately." The Anbu said. "Who are you?" Shikamaru asked before the Anbu lifted him up forcefully off the ground. "You will report to Danzo-sama immediately Nara." The Anbu said in an emotionless voice before Shinshunin away. "Man, this is troublesome." Shikamaru grumbled before setting off for the training ground.

With Naruto:

Naruto walked calmly among the streets of Konoha, ignoring the glares of the villagers. "There is no point with getting angry over fools." Naruto thought before he sidestepped a thrown brick. Naruto turned around to see a mob sneering at him. "You will pay for hurting the yondaime's wife demon!" The head of the mob shouted as the rest took out their weapons. "Must we do this? I simply want to return home." Naruto asked before one civilian rushed at him with a hammer. "Shut up demon!" He shouted as he brought the hammer down, fully intent on crushing Naruto's skull. But to his surprise Naruto simply raised his hand and grabbed the civilian's arm with relative ease. The civilian tried to escape the blonde alchemist's grasp but was unable to. Naruto then put his other hand on his arm and transmuted the man's entire body into a bomb. Naruto shoved the civilian back to the mob and said, "I believe this is yours. Have a nice day." Naruto tipped his hat before leaving. "Get back here dem…" The leader's voice was silenced when the civilian exploded, totally destroying him, killing some, and leaving others scarred and/or crippled for life in a shower of blood. Naruto heard the screams of pain and smiled. "Ahh, music to my ears." Naruto thought before an Anbu with the Kanji for root on his forehead shinshunined in front of him. "Danzo-sama requests you at Training Ground 13." The Anbu says. "Tell Danzo-sensei I will be there soon." Naruto replies. The Anbu nods before shinshunin away. Naruto then walks to the training ground.

At Training Ground 13:

Training Ground 13 was almost exactly like all the other training grounds. It was surrounded by the forest for hiding, had a small lake for water jutsus, and an open field for jutsu and taijutsu training. The only difference is that it had the unfortunate privilege of being near the forest of death. So a few of the animals there went here from time to time. Naruto arrived to see Saia drawing against a tree. "I am impressed Saia-san, you have gotten here earlier than I have." Naruto commented. Saia gave her fake smile and said, "Of coarse Naruto-san, me and Nii-san live fairly near here." Naruto nodded before turning to see Shikamaru walking there. "What do you think Danzo-sensei wants us for? I hope it is not a troublesome mission." Shikamaru said. "In fact it is Shikamaru. I would also wish for you not to call our missions "troublesome". These missions show Konoha's strength as a village." Danzo said as he saw Shikamaru look at him with surprise for being there when he was not a second ago. "What is the mission then Danzo-sensei?" Naruto asked as Danzo pulled out a scroll from his robes. "There is a bandit camp a few miles from Konoha. Our task is to exterminate everyone there. No survivors." The three genin nodded although Shikamaru looked slightly hesitant. "My private security force will provide you with any supplies that you need before we go." Danzo said, motioning to the masked root Anbu who had ninja supplies in his arms. Shikamaru walked over and got a few kunai, shurriken, and ninja wire. After a few minutes he was ready to leave. "Good, now let us depart." Danzo said as the genin followed him.

Later Nearby The Bandit Camp:

The genin watched as Saia's ink mice came back from their job and dispelled, forming a map on Saia's special paper. "As you can see, these are their current positions." Saia said as she motioned the black dots on the map. "So what do we do Saia-san?" Shikamaru asked. Naruto thought for a moment before answering, "I need you and Saia-san to take out the ones keeping guard outside the camp. Once you are done, come with me so we can finish all those inside." They both nodded to the answer before going off to deal with the guards. Shikamaru neared one and shouted, "Shadow Possession Jutsu!" Shikamaru's shadow then stretched to the bandit's feet, freezing him. "What th…" The bandit asked before Shikamaru reached for his kunai pouch on his right thigh, which the bandit did but unlike him, he had nothing there. Shikamaru then threw the kunai at the paralyzed bandit, which embedded itself between his eyes. The bandit's eyes rolled to the back of his head before falling over dead. Shikamaru almost barfed but held it back thinking, "As troublesome as it may be, I cannot look weak. I am a shinobi of Konoha!" Steeling himself, Shikamaru then moved to his next target.

After a few minutes, they returned to Naruto. "Guards have been dealt with Naruto-san." Saia said as Naruto nodded and said, "Good, now follow behind me." They nodded as Naruto created shadow clones and ordered them to go by each of the bandit tents. Then each of the clones placed their hands on the floor by the tents, causing the ground beneath the tents to combust. Shikamaru looked at Naruto and saw him look gleefully at the sight of destruction he created. "I need to see if Inochi-san can check up on Naruto." Shikamaru thought, worried about the blonde alchemist's mental health. They saw about thirty bandits who did not get caught in the explosions surround them. "Who the hell do you kids think you are?" One of the bandits asked. Naruto laughed and said, "Oh, how rude of me! My name is Solf Naruto. I am a Konoha alchemist assigned to exterminate this camp!" The bandits slightly took a step back, disturbed by how Naruto said he was to exterminate them like as if he were talking to a friend. "D-don't just stand there! Shoot those punks!" The leader of the group shouted, getting his courage back. Some of the bandits nodded before shooting arrows at the Konoha genin. Naruto chuckled before lifting his hands and transmuting the arrows in mid air to explode, shocking the bandits. "Is that it? What a shame, I was hoping for a challenge." Naruto said before launching himself on the bandits, zigzagging through them while secretly transmuting their weapons. As they exploded Saia created ink lions to attack another portion of the bandits. The lions ripped them apart with ease since the bandits were not used to fighting shinobi. Shikamaru launched kunai with explosive tags tied to them at another portion of the bandits, killing them all.

After all the bandits seemed to be killed, the genin started to leave. "Wait!" A female voice cried out. The group turned to see a group of scantly clad women who were most likely used as sex slaves by the bandits. "We just want to thank you, if it was not for you three we would have…" She was interrupted when Naruto grabbed her head and transmuted her entire body to explode. Shikamaru and the rest of the group of women could only gape in horror at what Naruto did. "What? We were ordered to exterminate this camp, no survivors. Isn't that right Saia-san?" Naruto asked. Saia nodded as she drew more lions saying, "That is correct Naruto-san." The lions then launched at the group of women, killing them as Naruto dealt with any attempting to escape. Thinking quickly, Shikamaru grabbed two teenage women and said, "Come on, I am getting you out of here." The teenagers looked at him with fear in their eyes before nodding and running with him. As they neared the forest Shikamaru said, "Go and run as fast as you can from here." The girls ran to the forest but looked back for a second as if to thank him. Suddenly though, they burst into an explosion of blood. Shikamaru could only gape at it before turning around to see Naruto with his hands out. "Thank you Shikamaru-san, me and Saia-san almost missed those two." Naruto said before calmly walking away.

Shikamaru's knees just gave out, making Shikamaru burst into tears on the ground.

To Be Continued…

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