Sorry this took so long everyone. Real life has been a pain, plus I was going through a bit of writers block, and finally as I said at the end of chapter 4, I really hate writing this arc now. All that combined made it very hard to keep working on this story but I pushed though because I really want to get to the Chunin Exams, where this story really starts to take off. So anyways, review responses and then the chapter.

Jose19: Yes Eva is currently more like a family member to Naruto but that will change over time as Naruto comes to really develop feelings for her and she starts feeling her own for him. Not until the Shippuden years, but eventually.

dragon matt blue: Yes I know Nagato's Rinnegan originally came from Madara but honestly I had thought of this before that reveal and it's only made me change a couple minor plans and points later on. That will eventually come up when the pair meet but that's a LONG ways off right now.

bankai777: Naruto will meet Mei eventually but not the other two since they are filler and not canon. And before anyone points out that Shion is a movie girl, the movies are just glorified filler. If it's not in the original manga than it is filler and will be ignored completely.

Kamen Rider Arashi: Naruto will have a few sword moves due to his multiple style but none from Zoro or Gilgamesh. And that last one you mentioned isn't ringing a bell so I can't say as I might end up duplicating it without even knowing it.

malymac: Yes they figured Naruto was too young to safely train with Kurama's chakra. It's also because with his Rinnegan and budding seal knowledge, they honestly didn't think he'd need it until later in his career anyways so they focused more on strengthening his basics and the abilities of his eyes.

Key to Chaos: Yes many have pointed that out to me in PMs and a couple earlier chapter reviews. However I kind of need Naruto to be capable of doing such immense training in the resort without aging so I won't be changing it but as I said when this was first brought up to me, we'll just use the excuse that Eva's tweaked it so that nobody ages inside it.

Jack: Naruto will NOT be getting magic, EVER! One thing I pointed out very early on in author's notes was that Naruto will have chakra and that's it. Now, that's not to say he won't learn how to replicate certain things with his chakra to be like magic, but they'll still be chakra techniques and not magic.

KrisB-71854: First off, nobody else from Negima will be coming in for a while, as in Shippuden years. Also, I'm actually planning a twist with that and so far, nobody has guessed or asked anything remotely close to it either so I'm going to enjoy everyone's reactions when I finally reach that point. Secondly, Eva's seal is magic based as it was made by Nagi. That's not to say chakra based seals wouldn't work on her though. Any magic seal she makes would work on Naruto with the exception of seals involving other magic since he has none, while the reverse is true for Eva. A chakra seal will work on her so long as it doesn't try affecting her chakra since she has none.

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~ Chapter 06 = Days of Wave ~

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"Well then, with Anko here I can relax a bit and change my plans for the day." Kakashi started as he had finished talking with the woman. Standing in front of him were his genin, Hinata still wet while Naruto still had Chachazero on his head. "Anko will scout around town for any info that can be useful in protecting Tazuna. Should things get bad, we'll actually make a move on Gato and take him out. I'll stay here with Sasuke to help him with tree-walking while the last two of our group will guard Tazuna today. Once Sasuke has this exercise down then we'll join you at the bridge. Understand?" He asked as his genin nodded. "Good. Tazuna should be up and getting ready so you two may want to head back now. Anko will go with you to introduce herself and learn of our current residence before she heads out on her mission." The woman sighed but started following the pair as they left, Kakashi's eyes on the doll Naruto now had. He had asked Anko about it and all she had told him was that she had been grabbed by the boy's godmother-slash-master before leaving and told to bring the doll to him. The doll was also alive and powered by something that wasn't chakra. 'A power that isn't chakra... why does that sound familiar?'

"Alright kiddies, let's make one thing clear." Anko started as the headed towards the building. "I'm not gonna be polite and I ain't gonna even try and hold myself back if the old fuck tries hitting on me. I just tear into their ego and possibly their flesh before moving on. If you guys don't want a maimed client on your hands, then warn him ahead of time." The woman told them as Hinata was shocked and Naruto had raised a brow in confusion.

"I'm really loving you Hebi-chan!" Chachazero cheered as the woman chuckled. "Can I watch if you start cutting this guy? Pretty please with blood on top?" Hinata shivered at the imagery the doll brought up while Naruto grabbed her off his head.

"Uh, Zero-chan? The client has a grandson around only like seven or eight years old. I don't care if you want to talk and all, but please don't go into the blood and gore stuff like you do back home. He's already depressing enough as it is without you actually giving him nightmares and crap." He pleaded only for the doll shake her head, still grinning.

"I make no promises. I love stabbing and I'm not afraid to say it!" At this Hinata paled and took a step away from Naruto as he held the doll and Anko started laughing loudly.

"I love this little thing! Can your master make another like her? I want one!"

"No! I'm one of a kind and proud of it! I don't want some wimpy little wanna-be sister!" The doll shouted before Naruto could even answer as Anko pouted before grabbing her out of the blond's hand and setting her on her own shoulder.

"In that case I'll just take you. Why get a copy anyway when the original is right here?" While Chachazero began debating with Anko about how her master wouldn't get rid of her, a conversation that somehow switched topics to the best knives for skinning a victim while keeping them alive, Naruto and Hinata both shared a glance.

"I-is the d-doll always like th-this?" She asked while Naruto sighed and hung his head.

"Yes. Regretfully the answer is yes. The first time I ever met her she freaked me out just by talking. Then when I was a little too nervous to get close she mocked me by saying she didn't even have anything to attack me with. I was only five and she was fucking with my head like that! I've had to deal with her for seven years already! I love the little doll like a sister but she's a damn menace!" The boy whined while Hinata only patted him on the back awkwardly, not really knowing what to do in that situation.

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After a rather subdued introduction, due to a quick warning not to hit on Anko and to stay away from Chachazero by Naruto while Hinata grabbed a towel to dry off with, the three were at the bridge. Tazuna went straight to work with his men while Naruto and Hinata stood off to the side and watched. "You know, we are near some water, you could probably get some more water-walking training in while I keep an eye on Tazuna." Naruto suggested as Hinata shook her head.

"I l-left my towel b-back at the house. Besides, s-shouldn't I s-stay here so that we're b-both ready in case t-trouble occurs?" Naruto thought for a moment before nodding his head. "And w-what if I got in t-trouble while training? Y-you'd be up here s-so I wouldn't have a-any help."

"Actually I would've sent a clone with you." Naruto told her to cut off that line of thought. "I actually can make real flesh and blood clones of myself instead of the illusionary ones the Academy teaches too so they would've been able to help you." Hinata looked surprised at this but only nodded her understanding as he didn't give anything else. After a moment though Naruto frowned. "Come to think of it, I should probably get some training of my own in too." He muttered.

"B-but you a-already know tree-walking a-and water-walking. A-and sensei said with y-your eyes, he w-wouldn't be able to h-help you much."

"I know but I still think I should get some kind of training in." He shot back before snapping his fingers. "And mentioning my clones has given me the perfect idea to work on." Without explaining he made a cross with his fingers. "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu." (Shadow Clone Technique) He called out as a copy of him appeared in a puff of smoke. Both Naruto and the clone grimaced slightly while the clone turned around and set itself at another part of the bridge to keep watch. Hinata was confused and looking from the original next to her to the clone as both occasionally rubbed their eyes and were frowning.

"H-how is this training? I-if that's alright t-to ask." She added as he grimaced again. Naruto debated telling her for only a moment before figuring that as another Dojutsu user, even if their eyes were different, she may have some kind of insight.

"Well, to start with let me ask you; what's the biggest problem every Dojutsu user faces when they're still learning how to use their eyes?" He asked as Hinata thought for a moment.

"O-our enhanced s-sight usually h-hurts the mind at f-first because we're t-taking in so much m-more than normal."

"Exactly. Our special eyes give us headaches from seeing too much until we get used to it. The Sharingan faces this too so Sasuke will know what we're talking about when he awakens his own eyes." The blond added with a thought to their other teammate. "Now normally, if you make a clone then there's no problem; you and the clone just have to deal with what you see and that's that. But I have to deal with more and multiple clones would only make my problem worse." Naruto cut off as he rubbed his eyes again for a second and Hinata tried piecing together what he was alluding to.

"D-do... do you s-see what your clone s-sees?" She asked as he grinned.

"Got it in one." Naruto answered with a nod. "I see everything my clone can see and they see what I do in turn. The downside to this is that the human mind isn't meant for this much sight naturally. Chakra is a wonderful thing in allowing humanity to overcome its natural limits but even then it can only make small gains over time without breaking. Right now, I can't even make one clone without a headache. The headache right now is so bad I'm positive that in a fight it would throw me off too much so I don't use my clones very often. It kind of sucks too since I know I can make more clones as well. Before I woke the Rinnegan, in a simple test with master I made around a hundred clones. But when I did so again after my eyes activated, the strain of seeing that much threw me into a coma for a week straight."

He remembered that because it had actually scared Eva at first as he had literally just called out the jutsu when him and all his clones screamed in pain clutching their heads before dropping and dispelling, the real Naruto unconscious from it. Eva had taken him to bed and sent for Danzo and the best medic the man had at his disposal. When the medic proclaimed that he was physically fine, Eva had been confused which prompted Danzo to ask what had happened. She explained and the man had told his ninja to do a very thorough check of the boy's eyes and mind, which gave them the answers. The nerves relating to sight were very nearly fried from sensory overload while his mind was heavily bruised from the strain. That's what had given them the idea that somehow his clones had something to do with his new sight and the coma they caused. When he had finally woken up and been cleared to train again the next day, Eva and Danzo asked him to make a single clone to see what affects it would have. The result was a major headache that left the boy so drained he actually asked to ditch training that day for a nap but also explained exactly what had happened. Both his teachers had shied away from any clone usage since, other than the occasional notice for him to try and master his new found ability in time.

"That's t-terrible!" Hinata cried, getting Naruto's thoughts back on track. "The o-only t-time the Byakugan h-has ever caused something l-like that is o-one time in the c-clan's history they t-tried to get a t-two year old to a-activate his eyes. B-but even then, the child w-was only unconscious f-for a day."

"Yeah well, more powerful eyes mean a more powerful backlash I guess. Still, the headache is a major downside but now think of the positives. What would I be able to do if I had a clone out and we shared our sight with each other?" He asked as she thought about it. Before she could answer though he continued. "I could have the clone cover my blind spots in a fight so that I can see all the way around myself and the battlefield. I could send the clone in to spy on an objective and report real-time information back to my superiors. I could work with my clone for perfectly synchronized attacks for greater effectiveness than partnering with another could ever bring. Now imagine if I could handle more than one clone at a time. How useful could this be if I had say... four clones out at one? That would give me five points of view to take advantage of. Each clone would add a bigger strain on my mind but would also give me a bigger advantage if I could work through that." Naruto explained as her eyes widened at the possibilities.

"Th-that's amazing!"

"Yeah, but right now just the one hurts like hell so I'm gonna have to take it slow. That's why even though all I'm doing right now is having a clone watch another part of the bridge compared to us, I'm still getting some training in because the sooner I can handle just having two views in my head, the sooner I can practice fighting like this. Then I'll work on another clone and just rinse and repeat until I have my limit." Naruto declared with a grin before rubbing his eyes again. "But that's a long ways off. Ow..."

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"Just keep quiet dolly and you'll see some really fun stuff okay?" Anko promised before using a simple Henge (Transformation) to disguise herself as a simple civilian girl. Chachazero nodded and kept quiet while Anko placed her on the ground and walked out into the street with a sad and downtrodden look. She had chosen this street in particular due to the fact it had a bar only three buildings down that was filled with thugs enjoying themselves while the bartender was cowering behind the counter. Clearly the men were with Gato while the tender was only serving them out of fear. By disguising herself as some pretty but plain girl a couple of the drunks might get the idea to grab her for some 'fun', in which case she would go along only far enough to get somewhere private and then knock them out so that she could drag them off and have her own fun.

She had been told countless times she enjoyed her job as a Torture and Interrogation specialist far too much.

As Anko slowly shuffled past the windows, discretely keeping an eye inside to see if she was noticed the woman had to hide her smirk as three of the men were getting up to leave. Whether they noticed her or not, they would once they got outside as she would 'accidentally' fall and play scared to grab their attention for sure. It was perfectly believable that a young girl would be scared around thugs such as these so it wouldn't get any suspicion.

At least that was the plan until she was shocked by a stray cat running out from the side of the building, making her stumble back and really trip. Landing on her rear in a huff, only barely holding enough concentration to keep her Henge up, was embarrassing and she was already thinking about the pros and cons to hunting down and skinning the cat when she heard the thugs talk behind her.

"Well, what have we here?" One asked.

"Looks like t'nights en'ertainmen' boss." Another slurred out. Anko stiffened up reasonably as she quickly made sure to get back into her act. Big fear filled eyes, check. Tense and slightly shaking body, check. And now for the terrified over-the-shoulder glance that gets dumb thugs every time.

This wasn't in any way the first time Anko had pulled this trick. Not with her perfect acting.

"P-please no..." She stuttered out as she got a good look at her new 'friends' for the evening. Two looked identical with short brown hair and dark eyes, likely twins, while the last barely seemed drunk and was bald with bright green eyes. Either he wasn't drunk and was playing responsible, meaning he was probably someone tasked with some type of responsibility in Gato's workings here in Nami, or he held his liqueur well. Either way it wasn't something a trained special jonin like her couldn't handle. They laughed before the bald one stepped up and grabbed her by her hair to lift her to her feet. Slightly painful but she'd felt worse. Anko feebly kicked and screamed as her part required while the man let go of her hair only to grab her hands and hold them behind her back with his own.

"She a looker boss."

"Oh yeah, we go' a beaut t'night." The twins both commented as the boss of the trio only laughed before keeping her arms pinned with one hand while using the other to tilt her head up to his as he was slightly taller than her. He grinned before forcibly smashing his lips down on hers to kiss her, much to the amusement of the other two. Anko continued her token resistance even as he pulled back and roughly groped one of her breasts.

"Why don't we show our friend home and have a good time boys?" He asked as she began 'begging' them not to only for the man to pick her up and toss her on his shoulder to carry her back with the other two following. As they went by the alley Anko kept Chachazero in the woman acted.

With speed her disguised form would be incapable of she struck the one carrying her in the back of the neck hard enough to knock him unconscious. He dropped to the ground, dropping her as well but she was prepared and landed in a slight roll that put her right between the twins. Anko quickly hopped to her feet before grabbing both by their heads and banging them together to knock them out as well. She spared only a quick glance around to see if anyone noticed, which no one did, before dragging the three men into the alley and tying them up with metal wire.

"Like the show dolly?" Anko asked as she released her Henge and with a surge of chakra to her arms picked up all three men at once while placing the living doll on her head for carrying.

"There wasn't any blood though Hebi-chan!" The doll complained as Anko chuckled.

"Don't worry bud. That's step two." The pair began laughing in unison as Anko stealthily headed into the woods. It was time to get some info about Gato's plans.

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"Guard duty is so boring." Naruto whined as he and Hinata were following Tazuna back to his home.

"Well sorry construction work isn't exciting enough for a ninja." The old man grunted as Naruto grinned.

"Don't worry about it. Boring is usually a good thing since it means nothing bad happened." Hinata nodded her agreement as Tazuna nodded along.

"Well then I hope it stays boring. Means work is going smoothly and there's no problems from Gato."

"Yeah I guess." Naruto muttered as his thoughts turned to what might happen if Zabuza really did survive. The man was hired to kill Tazuna so if he was truly alive then the second he was combat ready he was going to attack them. And since they already figured out his possible accomplice with the hunter ninja, that meant he wouldn't bother keeping them in reserve to 'kill' him again for a rescue but instead put their talents to use in the battle. And that was all if Zabuza was the only one they had to worry about. From what they knew of Gato, he was fine with hiring missing ninja to do his dirty work as well as thugs and bandits. Clearly a person like that wasn't likely to take defeat lying down. It was possible he could hire even more ninja to go after them since Zabuza already failed once.

"I w-wonder how Sasuke-san i-is doing with his t-training." Hinata brought up, changing the subject because she could see Naruto seemed deep in thought over the issue of Gato. The blond snapped his mind back to the present before shrugging his shoulders and placing his hands behind his head.

"I dunno, but I'd bet he's at least made it to the top by now and is probably only working on making it second nature. Just being able to reach the top doesn't mean it comes easily yet, he's got to be able to do it at a moment's notice before he can claim to have mastered the skill." Naruto commented as they reached the home of their client. As they entered Naruto and Hinata both noticed Inari glaring at them before heading upstairs to his own room while Tazuna went to the kitchen where his daughter was.

"I'm back Tsunami."

"Dinner will be ready soon." She replied, not taking her eyes off the food she was preparing. With nothing else to do Naruto walked back out to the porch while Hinata took a seat at the table. The blond only took a glance around before walking out to the nearby pier to sit down much like he did that morning while teaching Hinata water-walking before Chachazero and Anko showed up.

"Gotta admit it's a nice place. Must've been even better before Gato started screwing it over." The blond mused as he closed his eyes and relaxed. He had nothing to do until Kakashi or Anko came back with orders so he was going to take the time to relax. However that was not to be when he heard footsteps and turned around to see Anko walking up with Chachazero perched on her shoulder, both sporting identical grins as Anko was spinning a kunai by its ring and Chachazero looked to have a small red spot in her hair.

"Hey there blondie. Where's the cyclops? Got some info to share." She asked.

"Uh... he's not in the house so probably in that same clearing or one nearby I'd guess. Tazuna and Hinata are inside with Tsunami and Inari just waiting on dinner." He answered before pointing to Chachazero. "Why is there a red spot on her hair?" He asked getting Anko to blink before grabbing the doll and holding her in front of her eyes.

"Huh, guess I missed a spot of blood. Sorry there dolly." She apologized before tossing the little death lover to the blond. "That said, I ain't cleaning her up anymore. You take care of that while I go talk with your sensei kid." Both blond and doll said their goodbye's to Anko as the woman left and Naruto dipped his hand in the water below before bringing it up to rub the blood out of the doll's hair.

"So you got bloody? Do I really want to know how?" The doll hummed for a moment as Naruto cleaned her.

"Well, since you're still such a squeamish baby I guess I can spare ya the big details." Naruto's eye twitched but he said nothing. It wasn't that he was squeamish, it was that she was so freakishly obsessed with gore of any kind! "Hebi-chan tricked some slimeballs into following her, thinking they'd get laid or whatever before she went all ninja on them and knocked 'em out! Then she tied them up and dragged them off to the woods and started the torture session. It was really fun to watch too! When we get back I'm gonna ask master if I can watch a few more of those, especially when Hebi-chan is workin'!" Naruto rolled his eyes but cut her off there as he could guess what happened after that. Either Anko's methods were rather bloody and some spilled on the doll or Anko decided to indulge the doll and purposely made it bloody just for kicks.

Either way, he didn't want nor need to hear anymore.

"So you got to watch Anko work, she apparently got some info worth sharing and a bit of blood went and splashed you. Well at least one of us was amused today."

"Guard work is borin'?"

"Understatement of the year Zero-chan. I know that boring means good but I'll be damned before I like it. I'm a man of action! Give me a target and let me loose! This waiting stuff just annoys the hell out of me." Naruto ranted as the doll giggled, knowing exactly what he meant. With a closer check on the dolls hair to see the spot had been cleaned he set her on his shoulder and just sat at the pier waiting. He'd head back in when Anko came back with Kakashi and Sasuke.

"So what'cha think Master is doin' without either of us there to bug her?" Chachazero asked and Naruto raised a brow in thought before shaking his head.

"Dunno, probably something boring like sleeping knowing her."

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"I win again pervert."

"Damn it Evangeline how the hell do you always win?" Jiraiya growled as he stared down at the Go board between them. As it turned out, Eva was not sleeping but instead beating the Gama-Sennin repeatedly at whatever game he chose.

And he wasn't dumb enough to chose strip poker after the one time Minato told him what happened after he played that with her and Kushina. Poor man had been traumatized and wouldn't go near cards again if his life depended on it.

"A few reasons. One; I'm better than you. Two; I have more experience than you. Three; you just plain suck. And four; I'm better than you."

"You said that twice."

"It bared repeating. You have yet to let that sink in so don't complain when I win." The lolita fired back with a smirk. Jiraiya had arrived earlier this morning and after reporting to Sarutobi with some news he snuck off to Eva's cottage to check in on Naruto as well as share some news with her. Finding out the boy was on his first C-rank was nice until Eva told him how it had already gone screwy and told him what else happened. The only reason he didn't rush off to find and help is because she told him that Anko and Chachazero were already sent, the latter without the Hokage's knowledge as well. As such he figured he could leave it up to them to handle it and challenged Eva to a game.

No matter what they played, he had yet to beat her and it grated on his pride and his nerves.

"Anyways, Danzo said he'd also have an agent in the area keep an eye on them from the shadows but the agent wouldn't interfere until a Konoha life was in danger. You know how strict he is in that terminology so don't expect the guy to help until the guillotine is coming down." Eva began before shaking her head. "Not that it should be needed to begin with honestly. Between Kakashi and Anko, Zabuza would be taken care of and with the training we put Naruto through everybody else they may have should be easy. Zero can help as well and the boy's team can hold their own well enough. There should be no problems."

"Yeah, but I still worry ya know?" Jiraiya replied with Eva nodding lightly. Both had really come to care for Naruto over the years and it showed. Chachazero would privately tease Eva about losing some of her dark edge that gave her all of her title in the past since she had lightened up considerably after befriending Kushina. After the death of her and her husband Eva had grown cold again but finding and taking in Naruto and reversed that in short order. Jiraiya cared about the boy as well as he found him to be the best of both his parents but still uniquely himself. He was strong, intelligent, hard-working, joking and overall a fun guy to be around. Both cared for Naruto as if he were their own flesh and blood and couldn't help but worry slightly over his first actual mission, especially since it had already taken a turn for the worst.

"They'll be fine. I know it."

"Yeah. I'm kinda looking forward to hearing the kid brag about it when he gets back." The man quipped as Eva frowned.

"I had forgotten about that. He'll be as insufferable as Kushina was when he returns." She muttered getting the man to grin.

"Aw, is big bad Eva angry she can't leave the village?" He teased before raising his hands and making grabbing motions. "Well maybe if you'd growup I can show you a few things I learned in foreign countries." He stopped when he found himself surrounded by dozens of spears of ice, half pointed at his face and the other half at his manhood. "O-or maybe w-we can j-just play another g-g-game?" He shakily suggested.

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"Okay team. Anko has discovered Gato's base of operations. Tomorrow she'll sneak in and try to sabotage him from within while the rest of us will guard Tazuna. Sasuke has made sufficient progress in the exercise I feel he can get a start on water-walking. Hinata, you'll be practicing it as well our last will keep Tazuna under watch and alert us if anything comes up." Kakashi explained over dinner with the genin nodding. Anko smiled cheekily off to the side with Chachazero sitting comfortably on Naruto's head as they all ate. "Depending on what Anko finds we may be able to simply take out Gato and end this instantly. Or we may end up planning an assault on his home. We'll find out and plan for that tomorrow."

"Got it sensei." Naruto replied as Sasuke and Hinata both nodded silently. The man didn't reply as his point had been made and just went back to eating while some small conversation began between the genin and Anko, wanting to get to know a bit about their new help while she just wanted to find out how to best tortu-play with the new rookies she was stuck with for the foreseeable future. Tazuna interjected with a comment or joke here and there, usually aimed at Anko and getting either laughs or growls from her depending, while Tsunami stayed mostly silent and only gave a few comments while smiling at their own compliments about her cooking. It was only Inari that seemed to be in a bad mood, as his dark scowl would attest to.

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"So we're just gonna stand here watchin' the old guy until yer sensei comes up from the water below with your teammates?" The doll asked as Naruto nodded, her form resting on his shoulder currently as opposed to her normal head spot.

"Yeah, boring but whatever it takes for the job and all. I made a clone to watch from the other end of the bridge and also help me get used to the double sight too so at least I can get in some slight training."

"Yeah, Master and the mummy have been getting on yer case about that trick." The blond only sighed at the truth while they waited. Kakashi was down below at the water with Sasuke and Hinata, giving the former his introduction to the exercise and the latter some tips to mastering it. Loathe as he was to admit it, silently he had to give the blond credit as he had gotten her pretty far for only one morning. While water-walking was not entirely a difficult exercise after learning the tree-walking, it did usually take more time than only a couple hours to complete. Either Hinata was naturally talented or Naruto was a good teacher. Considering her problems in her clan for not being very good, the latter was more likely.

Not that he'd ever say anything to the blond about it.

Anko had vanished after breakfast promising to return the next morning unless something major came up, which left Chachazero back with Naruto since her 'new favorite buddy' was off doing true stealth work. The doll was sad for a bit before getting over it real quickly when she realized it meant she could bug 'Whiskers' all day without him able to get away, much to Naruto's dismay. He had thought about leaving her at the house but then decided against it as he didn't want to torment Tsunami and Inari with Chachazero's gore loving humor.

"So do ya think you'll really be fighting Zabuza again soon?" The doll asked as Naruto nodded with a serious, yet slightly excited look on his face.

"Yeah. If sensei is right then the guys' still alive which means he'll come back to try and finish his job. Plus since we know about the hunter this time, he'll actually bring them out as real back-up and not just an escape plan." The blond explained before grinning. "Sensei and Anko will probably end up dealing with Zabuza while me and the others deal with the hunter. I know it's kinda wrong and all but I'm honestly looking forward to it. After how we handled ourselves against first the Demon Brothers and then Zabuza, I want to see if we can take care of this guy on our own too."

"Yeah, gotta see if Master's training paid off and all right?" The doll cut in so he nodded.

"Yep."

"Cause if you lose she'll bring you back just to punish ya herself. Master doesn't train wimps ya know!" She chirped getting Naruto to pale slightly before scowling.

"Way to kill my joy Zero-chan. Now I've gotta worry about that too."

"Yer welcome Whiskers!"

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That night was essentially the same as before only without Anko's jokes or Kakashi's report, seeing as the former was still out gathering intel and nothing had changed for the latter to issue new orders. Naruto asked Hinata and Sasuke how they were doing with water-walking while Kakashi finished his meal and then pulled out his Icha Icha book to read. Tazuna and Tsunami were silent as they ate but seeing the genin smiling among each other was finally grating one's nerves too far.

"Why do any of you even try?! You're just gonna die anyways!" Inari shouted as he slammed his hands on the table and glared at the ninja. Tazuna and Tsunami sighed, both having expected something along these lines eventually but hoping against it while the ninja stared at him in confusion. Or glanced in Kakashi's case as the man soon went back to his book as if the child hadn't even spoken.

"What are you talking about? We've already won a fight once. There's no way we can lose now." Naruto boasted with a grin as Sasuke smirked in agreement. "Don't worry, nothing's going to happen to your gramps and then when his bridge is finished this whole country will be back on its feet."

"You don't know anything!" Inari shot back. "Gato's just gonna kill all of you! Nothing's going to change!"

"And what makes you say that? Gato can't do anything to us. He's too weak, always hiding behind other people to fight his battles for him." Naruto countered before frowning. "And things will change, just wait and see."

"No they won't! You don't get what it's like here! You don't know what it means to suffer!" Inari shouted as Naruto's expression dropped into an angry glare, shocking both his teammates as they had never seen him angry over anything yet.

"Don't know what it's like? Kid, you don't know since you're not suffering at all from my point of view!" Inari was about to talk but Naruto cut him off. "Don't say a damn word! You think we don't know suffering? All three of us do!" He shouted back, gesturing to his teammates. "Hinata is despised by her own family! Sasuke's whole family was killed leaving only him! And I grew up with nobody until a lucky break when I was five! All three of us have suffered! And yet you sit here with a loving grandfather and mother in a nice, comfy home and talk about suffering? Have you even seen the orphans out on the streets? They have it worse than anybody I've seen and you think you have it bad? What the hell is your problem?!" Naruto shouted before standing up and walking out the front door, slamming it shut behind him. Inari was shocked and only glanced at the others in the room before running upstairs, all of them hearing a door shut soon after.

"Is he telling the truth? About all of you?" Tazuna asked as Hinata timidly nodded and Sasuke grunted.

"I should beat the shit out of him for that. My business is my business." The Uchiha muttered before going back to his food as Hinata looked to the door before letting her gaze drop to the table. She wasn't very hungry anymore.

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"Ya know, the mummy would be angry with ya fer losin' your cool like that." Chachazero scolded tauntingly as Naruto punched a tree over and over. The doll was sitting on his cloak that he had laid on the ground after coming into the clearing to work off his stress. He had set the clothing down, set the doll on top of it and then just started punching a tree and hadn't stopped. There was now a large cracked dent in the tree while Naruto's knuckles were bleeding but he didn't care.

"I know." he replied without stopping.

"Master wouldn't like it either."

"I know."

The pair stayed silent as he kept punching the tree before finally putting chakra into his fist and punching as hard as he could. A loud CRACK echoed throughout the clearing as the tree tipped back before falling over entirely. The blond was panting heavily but just walked over to the doll and sat next to her.

"You okay Whiskers?" She asked, lacking her usual smile for once. The blond took a few deep breaths before nodding his head.

"I'll be good Zero-chan. Inari just pissed me off. He thinks he has it so bad when people right down the street have it ten times worse and he doesn't even care. It just really made me mad, but I'll be alright." He explained as she nodded, having been annoyed by his whining just like him.

"If ya want, I could scare him a bit. That'd teach him!" She offered as Naruto laughed before crossing his hands behind his head and lying back.

"No thanks. The kid's depressing enough as it is Zero-chan."

"But it'd be fun!"

"For you." He pointed out as he pulled a hand out to set the doll on his chest before placing it back under his head.

"Exactly! Ain't that the important part?" The blond just kept laughing, happy the doll new how to cheer him up. After getting that out of his system he sighed before glancing around.

"You know, it's not too bad out here. Wanna just spend the night here Zero-chan?" He asked as the doll bounced her head a couple times before tipping herself back to lie on his chest instead of sitting.

"Why not? Can I kill anything that comes to bother us?"

"Animals sure. But wake me up if it's human."

"Will do!"