Hey, guys! Sorry about the very long absence from making this new chapter, but fans have been shouting to me about my other story Forget me Not and I can't refuse their reviews, so don't kill me!

In any case, these are the currently accepted harem members. As for the Fire/Wind combo Kekkei Genkai, it has been decided.

FemKyuubi

FemHaku

Shion

Yakumo Kurama

Hinata Hyuuga

Tayuya

Isaribi

Kin Tsuchi

Kagerou Fuuma

Sasame Fuuma

Amaru (the medic from Naruto Shippuden Movie 2: Bonds)

Yugito Nii

Koyuki Kazehana

Fuu

Temari

Anko Mitarashi

Samui

That's it for now. You still have a chance to put your choices and I'll consider them.

And now for Naruto's Wind/Fire Kekkei Genkai: Blaze Release (Enton).

As for Shion's affinity, I decided to have a Keiton (Light Release). After all, her family has been dealing with demons and such for a long time. Besides, her family's full of priestesses. That's gotta count for something.

Good? Not good? Either way, let me introduce you to the fifth chapter (the previous chapter had wrong numbering)! Oh! And Naruto has only 23% mastered Hiraishin and progress is very slow. As for the Rasengan, he needs absolute concentration to do it.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

Chapter 5: Mission to Wave

Forest of Death

Team 16 appeared, simultaneously, inside the Forest of Death, in a safe place, of course. After the team has settled down, Anko began speaking.

"Alright, let's begin introducing ourselves. Say your name, your likes, dislikes, hobbies, you know, that kind of stuff. I'll go first. I am Mitarashi Anko. My likes are dango, my friends, interrogating various criminals, especially hard to break ones. My dislikes are some of the villagers that hated me, a certain snake, and perverts. My hobbies are hanging out with my friends while eating dango. My dream is to deal with the one person that has made the village shun me." Anko started before turning to her team. "Well? Your turn."

Kyuubi shrugged and followed. "I am Kyoko Kira. My likes are to train; to fight without any kind of rules/regulations/limitations; to make people who think that they are better than others suffer, along with people who are sexists and perverts...and, of course, my Naru-kun." She added that seductively making Naruto blush and turn away. Anko chuckled. Shion just sighed and shook her head. "Moving on, my dislikes are perverts, sexists, people who take females as slaves...basically, every person that think that they are better than anyone because they are stronger, smarter, better, or just because they are a male. My hobbies include training in my free time and venting out any frustration I have through fighting. My dreams? Meh, none of anyone's concern."

Anko nodded. "Oh, you're good." She commented. Kyuubi beamed. Anko turned to Shion. "Your turn."

Shion nodded. "I am Onuri Shion. My likes are my okaa-san, Kitaga, my other friends back home." She referred to the other friendly guardians at her land. "My dislikes are the same as Kira-san. My hobbies are spending time with my friends and training to be stronger. My dream is to make my mother proud by being a great shinobi."

Anko nodded at her as well. "Pretty good. Your next, blondie." She pointed to Naruto.

Naruto lightly glared at her for the 'blondie,' but continued anyway. "I am Uzumaki Naruto. My likes are my friends, training, and ramen. My dislikes are people who hurt my friends, people who underestimate me, put others down, etc. and of course, the three minutes it takes for the ramen to finish. My hobbies are gardening, hanging out with my friends, training with different people, and eating at Ichiraku's for their ramen." This caused the three girls to sweat drop. Since the likes, he hasn't stopped talking about ramen. Well, at least, something about friends come with the ramen. "My dream is to be the greatest Hokage ever, so that I can protect my friends!" He raised a fist to the air for dramatic effect.

Anko chuckled. "Well, you still have a long way to go, gaki." She commented.

"I don't care! As long as it's for my friends, I'll go to any heights!" Naruto shouted.

Anko grinned at his statement. "Alright! Let's see you prove it, gaki." She dropped the grin and became serious. "It's time to put that training that you guys have been doing in here to good use."

The team looked at her. "What do you mean, Anko-sensei?" Shion asked.

"Simple. You need to lay a single hit on me, each." Anko said. Kyuubi grinned. Shion's and Naruto's eyes widened.

"But, how can we do that? We are just genin! You are a jonin!" Naruto shouted.

Anko chuckled. "Well, I'll try to be very gentle when testing you guys. Either way, you do this or you fail." She said.

The trio nodded before standing up and preparing themselves. Kyuubi assumed her Kitsune stance. Naruto took out his katanas and assumed a kenjutsu stance that he has been working on, with both his katanas held in a backhand fashion (like the one Starkiller uses on Force Unleashed II), the Jar'Kai stance. Shion took out her kunais and, as well, took a stance.

Anko grinned. "Ready?" The trio nodded. "GO!"

They charged at each other. Naruto ran over first and went for a cross-slash. Anko jumped over it and did an axe kick at the back of his head. When she landed, she immediately dodged a hail of shuriken that went her way, courtesy of Shion. Then, she put up her hand to block a powerful punch from Kira. She pushed the fist back, using chakra. When Kira was pushed away a good distance, Anko made handseals and said, "Katon: Goukakyou no Jutsu!" She exhaled a large fireball that was sent to the three genin.

Kira shouted to the other two, "Get behind me!" The two did so. Kira made some handseals and said, "Katon: Boukaheki!" Then, she spread out her arms and the three were covered by a dome of fire that protected them from the fireball.

When the fire cleared, Naruto and Shion ran over to Anko. Naruto put both blades into a fronthand style and jumped high. He spun in the air and slammed his blade down. Anko dodged the blades, then, did a kawarimi to avoid the shower of shuriken that was headed to her. The three genin immediately regrouped and took guard.

Then, they heard someone shout, "Sen'aijashu!" They looked up and saw a ton of snakes headed towards them.

Naruto shouted, "Scatter!" They did so just as the snakes hit the ground.

With Naruto

Naruto hid underneath a space between two large tree roots. This is bad. If the three of us are scattered, we will have an even lower chance of defeating her. At least, when we were fighting her together, we held our own well. I just have to bid my time until we can regroup for the next battle plan. Then, he waited for any kind of disturbance in the area: snapping twigs, rustling leaves, you know, that sort of shit. Since he couldn't hear anything, he decided to scout the area. Using a clone technique he learned from Hiruzen, he made a cross-shaped handseal and said, "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu." Four clones came to life. He said, "Scout the north, south, east and west from here."

The clones nodded and ran off. When they weren't in sight or hearing anymore, Naruto heard a voice.

"Now, where the hell did you learn Kage Bunshin?" He immediately grabbed his katanas and leaped away from the tree root. Once he was a good distance, he took his stance and looked to the source. He saw his sensei, sitting on a tree root above him, while having a curious expression. "Well, where did you learn Kage Bunshin?"

Naruto said, "I got it from ojii-san, when I asked if there was a quicker way to learn my new jutsus. This is the one he gave me. I wondered if that was a joke. He said that a Kage Bunshin transmits any knowledge he learned to the original when dispelled. Still, I haven't done much with it, since I learned it a day before the team placements."

Anko shrugged. "Whatever, I hope you can use them to your advantage." She grinned before she got off her root and zoomed to Naruto.

Naruto's eyes widened before he put both his blades to block against an impending punch to his chest. However, he didn't expect the punch to be chakra-enhanced, so he got pushed back to a tree. Once he recovered, he saw Anko zooming to him with a kunai in her right hand. Naruto jumped high onto a tree branch to avoid the slash.

He felt his clones dispel and their memories go over to him. Anko made two Kage Bunshins and had them attack his other two teammates. When his clone interfered, her clone dispelled it.

Naruto immediately rushed off to where Shion is, since he knows that Kira can take care of herself.

With Shion

She dodged another shuriken barrage from Anko, then, throwing her own, afterwards.

Anko dodged the shuriken, then, threw a fireball at her.

Shion immediately did a kawarimi with a rock. Once she was safe, she tied some explosive notes to six of her kunai and threw it at Anko.

Anko looked around for Shion when she heard a slight sizzling in the air. She turned to the source and saw six kunai with explosive notes headed to her. Anko jumped to the tree trunk before it exploded. Then, she whipped out her arm. "Sen'aijashu!" Snakes came out of her sleeve and zoomed to where the kunai came from.

"Fuuton: Kaze Baku (1)!" Then, the snakes were blown away by a powerful gust of wind originating from somewhere above them. Anko and the hidden Shion looked up and saw Naruto with his palm outstretched. He landed on the ground while taking out eight shuriken, one for each space between the fingers, and threw it at Anko.

Anko took out a kunai and deflected every shuriken before putting back her kunai to her pouch and making handseals. "Katon: Hosenka no Jutsu!" She breathed out numerous, chibi fireballs and sent it hurling towards Naruto.

Naruto made handseals of his own and said, "Fuuton: Sanso Kyuin(2)!" He began sucking very fast. The flames suddenly began turning smaller and smaller until they completely disappeared. Anko raised an eyebrow. Then, Naruto shouted, "Fuuton: Nisankatanso no Jomei (3)!" He let out a large breath of air that covered a large area. Anko quickly used a kawarimi to avoid being hit by it. It was a close call. The moment she did the kawarimi, the large gust hit the log and the surrounding trees. What was weird is that the trees didn't seem to be cut or winded and, instead, they became much healthier. Anko blinked. Then, again, plant life needs carbon dioxide as much as human life needs oxygen. She was about to jump out to attack him when she felt someone punch her in the gut. Before she dispelled, since she was a clone, she looked down and saw Shion with her fist outstretched.

With Kira

Kira twirled to avoid another shuriken barrage. She has been dodging shuriken and kunai barrages and various fire techniques and she's getting bored. Deciding to end it immediately, she made handseals and said, "Katon: Kaji Nagare (4)!" She released a very hot and extending stream of fire that rushed to Anko in an unimaginable speed.

Anko's eyes widened.She was about use kawarimi when the fire stream hit her before she could finish the handseals. She dispelled.

After regrouping

Naruto, Shion and Kira regrouped at a clearing. Then, their sensei appeared 6 meters from them. They immediately stood straight and took guard.

Anko smirked. "I admit. I underestimated you brats. It's time to get serious!" She whipped out both her arms and shouted, "Sen'ai Tajashu!" A lot more snakes came out of her sleeves and began going towards the three genin at a very fast speed.

Kira went forward and swiped the air using both her hands. "Juha Sho!" Then, two wide arcs of air intercepted the snakes. The snakes got split in half. Anko frowned before she sent another Hosenka towards them. Shion jumped over Kira and threw kunais with explosive tags towards the fireballs, which exploded once the kunai hit every one of the fireballs. Smoke covered the area.

Naruto, not taking any chances with targeting only one area, made handseals and said, "Fuuton: Kuki Tsubasa (5)!" He moved his arm from his left to the right, causing a wide arc blade of wind to burst forth and go forward and disappear into the smoke.

Then, they heard a female voice said, "Katon: Endan!" They looked up to see a fire ball headed towards them. Naruto made handseals and said, "Fuuton: Renkuudan!" He fired an airball to counter the fireball.

The smoke finally cleared.

Both parties were panting, the genin more than Anko, as they stared each other down.

Anko grinned. "Well, what do ya know? You guys are good. Your teamwork is satisfactory."

Naruto smiled. "Well, that's us, people who have trained and expected something like this."

Anko straightened up. "Well, as of now, Team 16 is officially formed. For now, let's rest. Tomorrow, we begin training, missions, and all that."

The three genins straightened and chorused a 'Hai' before they shunshinned out of there.

Next day

The first thing that Anko did, as a sensei, was to teach them tree and water walking, which they did rather difficultly, Naruto due to his low chakra control because of his large reserves; Kyuubi because she had the same dilemma as Naruto (she didn't think that she would need it); and Shion because she had moderate chakra reserves but still has low control (due to not training in her homeland). They finished by half-day.

Now, we see them in the Hokage Tower, awaiting their mission.

Hiruzen smiled as he saw the team. "Ah, Team 16. I assume you're here for a mission?" A nod was seen by him. When he was about to delve in the pile, however, the door was smashed open and a boy wearing goggles and a scarf came running in. Hiruzen sighed as he rubbed his temples. Dammit, not again. (This is another attempt by him. I made the timing a little off with Naruto and Konohamaru's meeting).

"You're mine, ojii-san!" The boy shouted. When he was halfway, he tripped. Naruto raised an eyebrow at him.

Naruto turned to Hiruzen. "Friends of yours, jii-san?" He asked.

Hiruzen sighed again. "Yes. Meet my grandson, Konohamaru."

Konohamaru stood up and looked around. When he saw Naruto, he pointed at him. "You! You tripped me, didn't you?"

Naruto raised an eyebrow. "And, why should I? I was asking ojii-san for a mission."

It was Konohamaru's turn to raise an eyebrow. "'Ojii-san'? What? You are close with grandpa, too?"

Naruto grinned. "Of course, he's like my grandfather."

Then, the door opened and in came a man wearing the jonin vest, a bandana, and glasses. "Honorable Grandson!" He shouted. Then, he saw him talking to Naruto. His eyes narrowed a bit.

Naruto sighed in annoyance. Great...another me hater...oh, joy.

The jonin immediately went to Konohamaru and grabbed him. "Come here, Honorable Grandson. That boy is trouble."

Konohamaru struggled. "No! I don't want to!"

"Then, how can you become Hokage? I told you before; I can give you the shortest way to it." He finished.

Naruto laughed. He laughed out loud. The jonin glared at him. "What's so funny, boy?"

Naruto calmed down. "That was pathetic! There's no shortcut to being a Hokage!" The jonin glared harder, while Konohamaru was staring at him.

"Wh-what?" Konohamaru asked.

Naruto smirked. "Yep. You heard me right. To be a Hokage, you have to work hard! You have to earn it!"

Ebisu had had enough. "Enough of this, boy! Let's go, Honorable Grandson." With that, he, along with a struggling Konohamaru left the room. Naruto sighed as the door closed.

"Another me-hater, huh, ojii-san?" He asked.

Hiruzen rubbed his temples. "Don't be too rough on him, Naruto-kun. He's just misled by the rumors. He used to be a good man." He shook his head. "Here is your mission. Tend to Miato Aki's garden." He gave the mission scroll to them. Naruto put up his hand. "Yes, Naruto-kun?"

Naruto replied, "Hey, why can't give us more missions? I mean, we can do Kage Bunshins. We could use them to help us in those missions."

Hiruzen thought about it. He did have a point. Kira and Naruto can use a lot of Kage Bunshins, Anko could do a little less than them, while Shion can do even less, but still can do it, nonetheless. He nodded. "Point taken, Naruto-kun. Here are more missions for you." He took out more mission scrolls, about 9 scrolls. Naruto grinned as he took them.

"Arigato, ojii-san!" With that, Naruto and Team 16 left the Tower.

In front of the Hokage Tower

Naruto handed two mission scrolls to Shion, three to Kira, one to Anko, to add the scrolls in her hand to two (since she held the scroll about Miato Aki's garden), and the remaining three to himself.

Anko said, "We'll meet back here after we have done our missions." A chorus of 'Hai' was heard and they shunshined to various areas of Konohagakure no Sato.

After their missions (about 5 PM)

The quartet met in front of the Hokage Tower, panting and tired.

"Alright, group, let's turn in the scrolls." Anko said. The team complied.

The team entered the Tower and was greeted by the Hokage.

"Ah, Team 16, good, I believe that you have finished all your missions?" A nod was seen. "Good, now, let me check it."

A few minutes later

Hiruzen smiled at the team. "Good job. You completed every mission. You are dismissed."

Team 16 bid themselves goodbye and left for their homes.

Team 16, after a good night's rest, spent 2 other days doing D-Ranks.

The day after that

Team 16 stood in front of the Sandaime Hokage and Umino Iruka, the official mission giver.

"Team 16, I have studied your mission roster. You have done a total of 30 D-Ranks. It is five more than the amount needed for a C-Rank. Now, I ask you, Anko-san. Is your team ready for a C-Rank?" Hiruzen stated.

Anko grinned proudly. "Of course, they are. They've showed their prowess since day 1!" Kyuubi smirked in pride. Shion smiled. Naruto grinned wide.

Iruka said, "Are you sure, Anko-san?"

Anko raised an eyebrow. "What are you getting at?"

"Umm…well, I'm just a bit worried about them."

Anko grinned again. "Oh, is that all? Well, no need to worry, they can handle themselves. Besides, they got me, don't they?"

"Well, if you're sure…" Iruka took out a mission scroll and gave it to Hiruzen.

He took it and read it. "Ah, here is one. This mission is an escort and protect mission."

Naruto said, "Escort and protect mission? Who are we protecting, a princess, a duke, a lord?"

Hiruzen clicked a button on his intercom and said to it, "Bring him in."

Then, the door opened and in came an old man with a straw hat. He also had a sake bottle on his hand.

"What's this? I asked for ninjas and I get three brats. The redhead looks arrogant, the pale-blonde one looks as if the sight of a weapon will make her faint, and the blond guy looks weak."

Then, said blond appeared in front of the old man and had a blade on his neck. He said, "Is this proof enough that I'm not weak, old man?"

Hiruzen said, "No killing the client, Naruto-kun."

Naruto immediately jumped back to his place.

Hiruzen said, "Please, don't underestimate this team. They are more than formidable to handle your mission. Team 16, this is Tazuna. He is a bridge builder of Nami no Kuni. You are to escort him to Nami no Kuni and protect him until he finishes his bridge. You have your mission. Dismissed."

Anko told her team. "We will meet up at the gate in fifteen."

A chorus of 'Hai' was heard and they dispersed, leaving Tazuna, Hiruzen and Iruka.

Tazuna asked, "Um, what does that mean?"

Hiruzen replied, "Meet up with her team at the gate in fifteen minutes."

"Oh."

Fifteen minutes later

Anko turned to see her team, walking towards her.

"Ah, right on time. Now, tell me, what have you brought?" She asked.

Kira took out a scroll and unfurled it. She bit her thumb and dragged it across the scroll. Various items popped out of it. "I brought various ninja apparatus, such as ninja wire, shuriken, kunai, etc. Also, I brought food and chakra pills."

Anko nodded. "Good…you're next, Shion."

Shion took out her bag and opened. "Um…I brought ninja wire, shuriken, kunai, and ninja scrolls for training."

Anko smiled. "Good, good…"

Naruto went last. He took out his bag. "Besides the usual ninja stuff, I brought various ninja scrolls and my ramen."

Anko raised an eyebrow. "Do you go anywhere without ramen, kid?"

Naruto shook his head. "Nope, can't live without it."

They waited for Tazuna. When he didn't come, Anko immediately left to find him. Then, she appeared a few minutes later, dragging a wasted Tazuna by the back of his shirt. "Come on, we already wasted a lot of time here."

Along the way

Shion asked Tazuna, "Tazuna-san, are there any ninja in Nami no Kuni?"

Tazuna staggered a bit; he's still wasted. "No, Nami no Kuni's populace is not that agile or fast. They don't have the energy, too."

Shion replied, "I see."

Meanwhile, Kira took noticed of Tazuna's nervousness and wondered, Why's he nervous? This is just an escort and protect mission, isn't…it? Wait, why is there a puddle when it hasn't rained in days?

She looked at Naruto, Shion, and her sensei, who also took notice of the puddle. They looked at each other and nodded. They just pretended as if nothing happened until the last second.

Then, Shion's eyes had a star figure as she saw the fate of her sensei.

She turned to warn her sensei but it was too late.

Two people wearing slashed Kiri headbands and breather masks jumped out of the puddle and wrapped Anko in chains. Then, she got shredded to pieces, due to the chain constricting her.

Shion shouted, "Sensei!"

Both people said, "One down, three to go."

Then, Shion, Naruto and Kira zoomed to them, as Naruto took out his katanas and held them in a backhand fashion and Kira to take out two kunais.

Naruto said, "Shion and I'll take the left, you take the right."

The others nodded.

With Kira

Kira threw one of her kunais at her opponent, which he just parried with his own. Then, she made a one-handed set of handseals and said, "Katon: Onibi (6)!" Then, she breathed out a very large dragon made of fire and it zoomed to her opponent.

He made a lot of handseals, which lost a lot of time on his part, and said, "Suiton: Suiryudan no Jutsu!" Then, a large dragon of water came out of his…breather mask and charged at the fire dragon. Unfortunately for him, the water dragon got overcome by the fire dragon and the fire dragon managed to singe him to the point he's only knocked with second-degree burns.

With Naruto and Shion

Naruto whispered to Shion, "I'll make a clone and have him throw me to the guy. During that time, you use any high-power technique."

Shion nodded.

Naruto made a cross-shaped seal and said, "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" A cloud of smoke appeared and a clone appeared from it. The clone grabbed Naruto by the sleeve and spun for momentum and threw him hard to the opponent.

Naruto began spinning while holding out his blades. The opponent got surprised temporarily and made a few handseals. "Suiton: Suihachi!" He held out his palm and a large torrent of water emerged from it and engulfed Naruto with water. However, Naruto wasn't fazed and just kept on zooming to him. The opponent's eyes widened and jumped away from the line of fire. However, he forgot Shion.

Shion made some handseals from her homeland and shouted, "Keiton: Hikari no Yajirushi (7)!" She held out her palm and five arrows of light emerged from her palm and zoomed to her opponent.

His eyes widened. What the? I haven't heard of any new Kekkei Genkai's lately!

He avoided all five arrows with little difficulty, however, he didn't account for an attack to come from beside him.

"Fuuton: Kaze Baku!" He turned around and saw a torrent of air going towards him in fast motion. He tried to make some handseals but was too late. The torrent of air hit him head-on and he blasted away towards a tree trunk and he got knocked out by the force.

Naruto grinned and ran over to Shion. "That was great teamwork, Shion-chan!" He said, while patting her shoulder.

Shion blushed a bit from the suffix but smiled back, nonetheless. "It was no problem, Naruto."

Naruto then grabbed his unconscious opponent and dragged his knocked out ass back to where they came from.

He turned his head leftward and saw Kyuubi doing the same with a slightly charred man.

He sighed at her. "Did you have to overdo it, Kira?"

She smiled. "Overdo, what did I overdo?"

Naruto shook his head. "Never mind."

Then, the newly recovered Anko appeared in front of them.

Naruto blinked. "Eh, but, I thought you…" he turned to where he saw his sensei got shredded and saw a shredded log, instead. "Oh…I forgot…kawarimi…"

Anko grinned. "You guys did well for fighting two mid-chuunin level ninjas. Then, again, they were underestimating you."

Naruto's eyes widened. "What, they were chuunin level?"

Anko nodded. "Yep…these two are the Kiri no Akuma no Kyodai: Gozu," she pointed to the bleeding one, "and that one is Meizu." She pointed to the charred one. "Good one, by the way, Kira. That was very well done." She grinned at Kira, who grinned back. Anko turned to Shion. "Also, what was that earlier? I haven't seen or heard of any 'Keiton.'"

Shion said, "Um, Keiton is a Kekkei Genkia that is only available to our clan, sensei. It is primarily used for defence and healing. However, when the situation calls for it, it can shift to the offensive. I didn't want to show it during our test because I haven't learned any offensive type moves."

Anko nodded in understanding. "Okay, I won't ask anymore. Now, then, let us interrogate these idiots…if you please…" she held out her hand to Naruto and Kira. "…I would like to interrogate them, personally." She had a very sickly-sweet smile that meant pain on every level to those who dared oppose her and to those who were the targets of her torture streak. Not even Kyuubi would dare oppose her. Immediately, they gave both brothers to her, slightly worrying their sanity. A few minutes later, they heard shouts of pain and Anko's laugh of insanity. Then, they saw Anko walking back to them with both brothers shaking like hell.

Anko turned to the brothers. "Now, be good little boys and go to Konoha and turn yourselves in."

The brothers, afraid of her, quickly nodded their heads. "Yes, Anko-sama, we'll do as you command." Then, they ran away from here.

Anko immediately turned serious and turned to the nervous Tazuna. "Tell us the truth, old man. Those two were companions of the Kirigakure no Kijin, Momochi Zabuza, and, according to them, an accomplice. They said they were hired by Gato of Gato Incorporated to kill you. Would you mind explaining why?"

Tazuna sighed in defeat. He gave off a rather sad and depressing story about Gato controlling Nami no Kuni and taking over everything in it. At first, Team 16 got a bit pitiful towards Nami no Kuni, however, when they heard about Gato capturing women and using them as slaves, all four of their KI's spiked. In order of descending lethality, Kira released the most KI. Anko was close second. Naruto and Shion were tied for third place.

Naruto growled, "We're going."

Kira growled next, "We won't let this atrocity continue."

Shion went next. "We will deal with Gato and his cronies."

Anko suddenly had a sadistic smile on her face. "And we will permanently make sure he won't survive our encounter."

Tazuna went over to the ground and said, "Thank you…you don't know how much this means to me."

Naruto nodded. "Let's go. I'm itching for that bastard's head."

With Konoha

Izumo and Kotetsu suddenly took guard upon seeing the Kiri no Akuma Kyodai walking towards them. However, they sensed no ill intent and slightly lowered their guard. When the Demon Brothers got within conversation range, Izumo asked, "What are you two doing here?"

Gozu said, "We have been tasked by Anko-sama to turn ourselves in to Konoha."

Meizu added, "We surrender."

Kotetsu raised an eyebrow. "Huh, Anko really did an intense work on you two."

Izumo signalled for ANBU to come and arrest the Akuma no Kyodai. The captain, someone with a bear mask, asked them, "What's up with them? I doubt that the Kiri no Akuma Kyodai would just turn themselves in."

Izumo chuckled as he said one word. "Anko…"

Kuma (Bear) nodded his head. "Understood…" Then, they left the area.

Hokage Tower

Hiruzen looked up to see Kuma in front of him, just as the door opened and in entered Team 8. He said, "Kuma, what is the reason for your visit?"

Kuma replied, "We have abducted the Kiri no Akuma Kyodai when they turned themselves in earlier today."

Hiruzen raised an eyebrow. "I assume that there is a reason why those two would have just turned themselves in."

Kuma nodded. "Hai. According to Izumo-san, the former Tokubetsu Jonin and current jonin of Team 16, Mitarashi Anko, is responsible for their behaviour."

Kurenai shook her head. Really, she overdoes it from time to time.

Kuma continued, "As of now, they are divulging information they have on their mission."

Hiruzen asked, "And?"

"They, along with the Kirigakure no Kijin, have been hired by Gato of Gato Incorporated to eliminate the bridge builder of Nami no Kuni."

Hiruzen's eyes widened. "Are you sure of this?"

Kuma nodded.

Hiruzen cursed silently. The Kirigakure no Kijin is a low S-Rank jonin, while Anko is an A-rank jonin. While he has no doubt that the Kyuubi, disguised as Kira, could handle herself, however, he's not taking any chances. He turned to the waiting Team 8.

"With the Kirigakure no Kijin in play, this mission has moved onto an A-Rank. Team 8, as of now, you are on a joint mission with Team 16. You are to leave immediately."

Team 8 thanked him and left.

With Team 16

The boat that Team 16 and Tazuna has been currently using hit land as they reached Nami no Kuni's border. Then, they continued their walking until Naruto threw a kunai to a nearby bush.

Shion ran over to check it and found a white bunny. She found it cute and snuggled it.

Anko and Kira, however, began thinking. The rabbit has white fur. If it has been in the wild, then the fur shade is brown. If it is white, then, it has been bred indoors. And that means…a substitution!

Anko and Kira shouted, "Get down!" Naruto thought fast and rushed over to Shion and made her duck. Anko grabbed Tazuna and ducked. Kira also ducked. It was just in time, too, or the standing ones would have been decapitated by a large cleaver that spun fast from the shadows to a nearby tree trunk.

They stood up and immediately took guard.

Anko shouted, "Show yourself, Momochi Zabuza!"

Then, a dark chuckled sounded. "So, you know of me, Mitarashi Anko, Konoha no Hebi Zukai (8)." Then, someone emerged from the shadows. He had a flak jacket, bandages on his nose and mouth, a slashed Kiri headband, and sweatpants. "It is such an honour to have been known by you."

Anko said, "How could I not? That cleaver is one of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist's blades, the Kubikiribocho."

Then, Zabuza went over to his blade and grabbed it. "You know, that spiky blond one looks familiar." He growled. "What's his name?"

Naruto shouted, "I am Uzumaki Naruto! Remember it!"

Zabuza's eyes widened, all familiarity suspicions aside. "Are you serious, kid? You are an Uzumaki?"

"Yeah, why?"

"I always wanted to test my mettle against an Uzumaki. They were the masters of kenjutsu, you know. They have the ability to make kenjutsu forms and katas that haven't been seen before. In fact, their own-made kenjutsu forms and katas are unique to them. It couldn't be done by any other person."

Naruto's eyes widened as well.

"From your reaction, I would say that you didn't know. Either you haven't been told or you didn't take that talk seriously. Either way, you're mine!" He charged towards Naruto. Naruto took out his katanas and assumed his Jar'Kai stance. I haven't seen that kind of stance before.

However, just as he was about to strike, he was stopped by Anko. "Your opponent is me, Zabuza."

Zabuza growled. "Fine; I'll deal with you first, before dealing with the Uzumaki boy." He jumped back and made some handseals and said, "Kirigakure no Jutsu." Then, mist covered the area.

Team 16 took guard. Naruto, Shion and Kira immediately moved to protect Tazuna while Anko took out her kunais and looked around for Zabuza.

Then, the mist became thicker and thicker. Then, they heard Zabuza's growling voice.

"The human body has 8 vital points: liver, heart, lungs, kidneys, spine, clavicle vein, neck vein and the brain. What should I target first?" Then, they felt a powerful pressure being released in the air.

Kira, being the Kyuubi disguised, shook it off. Naruto felt a bit shaken up but still alert. Shion and Tazuna, however, being as they weren't that accustomed yet, immediately stiffened and shook in fear.

Kira looked at Shion and Tazuna and grabbed them by the shoulders and helped them get over it by covering them with her chakra.

Then, Zabuza was right in the middle of the gathering. Naruto's eyes widened and he aimed for a kick at him. Zabuza just grabbed his leg and threw him all the way to the nearby tree.

Kira shouted, "Naruto-kun!"

Then, Zabuza was about to slice through the two genin and drunkard when his blade was stopped by Anko's kunai.

She had a very dangerous look. "I said your opponent is me." Then, she kicked him hard on the torso, sending him away from the three. She turned her head to the downed Naruto. "Oi, gaki, don't just sleep around!"

Naruto groaned as he struggled to stand up. "Don't…worry about me, sensei. Just deal with him."

Anko said, "I've got to take care of my students first!"

"Then, consider me taken care of!" He shouted, as he stood up. "Now, go kick that bastard's ass!"

Anko sighed. "You really are a stubborn brat, aren't you?" She turned to Zabuza, who was now on the water's surface.

Zabuza smirked. "Trouble in the house of love, I see." Naruto went slightly pink while Anko got flustered. "It doesn't matter. I still have a bone to pick with both the old man and the Uzumaki kid. For this," he held out his hand in a 'come here' gesture, "make it quick." He made a one-handed seal and summoned one Mizu Bunshin.

They stared each other down before they charged.

The clone went first by going for a kick to the solar plexus. Anko jumped over the kick and did a heel drop on the clone. The heel drop was blocked by the same leg used for the solar plexus kick. The clone, after the solar plexus kick, spun around, lay on the water and intercepted the heel drop.

Zabuza, then, did a flying kick while Anko's in mid-air. Anko got sent back. She quickly recovered and she charged again.

The water clone stood up and charged at her. They crossed paths in the middle.

Anko whipped out her arm. "Sen'eijashu!" Snakes came out of her sleeves and slithered to the water clone. The clone made handseals and said, "Suiton: Futago no Mizu Funryu (9)!" The clone opened his mouth and two water jets, swirling around one another, came out and hit the snakes.

Both snake and water didn't seem to be weakening. Then, Zabuza went past the water clone and zoomed to Anko while slamming down his cleaver on her head. Her eyes widened. Just as the cleaver came two feet from her head, a large gust of wind pushed him away.

They turned to the source and saw Naruto, with his palm outstretched. Zabuza groggily stood up. "You're stubborn for a kid." He said.

Naruto smirked before taking out his katanas. "I believe you wanted to fight me?"

Anko shouted, "Oi, you can't handle him! He's a low S-Rank, for Kami's sake!"

Naruto shouted, "He could be the Shinigami himself, for all I care! I don't turn back from a challenge!" He dropped to his stance before charging. Zabuza smirked under his mask before charging as well.

With Kira, Shion and Tazuna

Kira sighed. "He's taking all the enjoyment of fighting."

Shion smiled. "Don't worry, Kira-san. I'm sure we can have a much better target sooner or later."

Kira smiled back. "Perhaps…" She sensed someone on the trees. "Excuse me, I gotta go number one." She disappeared into the trees.

Shion appeared confused. "What's that mean?"

Tazuna bluntly replied, "It means she's gotta take a piss, kid." Shion's mouth had an O shape.

On a tree branch

A figure wearing a hunter kimono and mask was crouched on a tree branch with a bunch of senbon on the figure's hand. I can't believe this. Zabuza-sama forgot our mission to take out the old man and went for that Uzumaki kid. The figure thought. Then, the figure heard rustling behind. The figure turned to see a redhead, with a devious smirk.

"You must be Momochi's accomplice. I can smell his scent on you." The redhead, Kira, said.

"Are you related to dogs?" The figure asked.

Kira shook her head. "No, I'm more of a fox girl. How about you, girl, what's your preference?"

"I'm a boy."

Kira smirked. "Don't lie to me. I can smell your scent and it's not a male's. Also, your figure says otherwise." She became serious. "Look, I know that you're Zabuza's accomplice. There's no use denying. I'm just here to tell you that I have a proposition for you."

"Why should I believe you?"

"Because I know how power-hungry idiots, like Gato, think and they will get rid of Zabuza once he has outlived his usefulness and, probably, add you to his brothels."

The girl's eyes, hidden through her mask, widened. "Are you sure?"

"I'm dead sure. So, here's my proposition. The Demon Brothers are already in Konoha, due to…our sensei's torture tendencies, so only you and Zabuza are left. So, both you and Zabuza join Konoha and will be instated as Konoha-nin."

The girl scoffed. She looked around to see Zabuza and Naruto still in a swordfight, while his sensei is trying, and failing, to reinforce him, due to the water clone. She turned back to Kira. "How do I know that your Hokage won't just give Zabuza-sama to Kiri and turn me into a breeding stock?"

"That is where Naruto-kun comes in. He is very close to the Sandaime Hokage. He can persuade him to let you guys join. As to the breeding stock…why should he? You don't have any Kekkei Genkai…unless you do have one."

The girl cursed at her slip of the tongue. "Yes. I have the Hyoton Kekkei Genkai."

"Interesting. In any case, the Sandaime won't let you be turned into a breeding stock. He may be a pervert but he won't let anyone, Kekkei Genkai wielder or not, be left to such a fate."

The girl hesitated. "I still have to report this to Zabuza-sama."

Kira smiled. "Okay…I think you better hurry. Zabuza's about to get his ass kicked." She went back to where she came.

The girl's eyes widened before she turned around and saw that Zabuza is about to have his head cut off. She moved quickly and threw senbons.

Back to Naruto

Naruto was about to deliver the killing blow when three senbons pierced Zabuza's skin and hit his neck. Zabuza fell to the floor. The water clone Anko was fighting fell to the ground in a puddle of water. Anko went over to Zabuza and checked his pulse. "He's dead." Then, a figure came out and went over to Zabuza.

"Thank you for tiring him out. I've been hunting him for a long time." The figure said before grabbing Zabuza's body and shunshinning out of sight.

Naruto finally fell to the floor, unconscious. Anko caught him before he completely fell. "Wow, he got fatigued from that fight." She flung him over her shoulder and went over to Shion, Tazuna, and Kira. "Oi, old man, is your house nearby?"

Tazuna nodded. "Yeah, it's near."

"Lead the way then."

With that, Tazuna took the lead until they got to his house.

That was done!

Jutsu List:

(1) Fuuton: Kaze Baku [Wind Style: Wind Bomb] – Unleashes a large gust of wind towards the direction where the user's palm is pointing.

(2) Fuuton: Sanso Kyuin [Wind Style: Oxygen Suction] – Takes in a large amount of air. When used in the presence of a flame, the flame will gradually reduce in intensity and size until it is gone.

(3) Fuuton: Nisankatanso no Jomei [Wind Style: Carbon Dioxide Expulsion] – Releases the same amount of air absorbed by Sanso Kyuin. It is also usable in the presence of plants as plants use Carbon Dioxide to use photosynthesis. Another plus of this is that it can be used in pH control in swimming pools. There are more but I think I made my point.

(4) Katon: Kaji Nagare [Fire Style: Fire Stream] – It is a minor version of the Nine-Tailed Fox Fire Stream used by Kyuubi.

(5) Fuuton: Kuki Tsubasa [Wind Style: Air Blade] – Unleashes a wide arc blade made of wind.

(6) Katon: Onibi [Fire Style: Fiend Fire] – Check Harry Potter's Fiendfyre.

(7) Keiton: Hikari no Yajirushi [Light Style: Arrows of Light] – Fires a desired amount of light arrows towards the enemy. The amount of arrows depends on the user.

(8) Konoha no Hebi Zukai – Konoha's Snake Charmer.

(9) Suiton: Futago no Mizu Funryu [Water Style: Twin Water Jets] –Unleashes two water jets that swirl around each other and heads towards the opponent.

That's done!

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