章節 118: Chapter 4: Assassin and a Demon in the Mist
(Story Starts)
Team 7 with Mikoto and Tazuna were heading towards the land of wave where their mission was to escort Tazuna through the land of wave which was classified as a C-rank mission. With Kushina turn her glance at Naruto is wearing his hood before leaving the gate, along with Sakura.
'Sochi is an Assassin...? Then why didn't you tell me.' Kushina thought also along with Sakura. 'Sakura as well...when sochi recruit Sakura in the first place? Mebuki mention that he save her from the bullies and trained her to be an Assassin.'
During years when Naruto was 7 or less? Since he got home wearing a hoodie, since she or Minato want some questions for training outside in the compound instead them, since the results he ignored her with a emotionless expression. Next morning; she went to his room turns out his room filled with decorations with languages that its completely familiar and confused to what she didn't read those foreign language. She saw Naruto came home with some flowers turns out they're from the Yamanaka; since they stores any poison-type plants Naruto acquired. She went to her friend Kyoka; Ino's mother some question about some unique poison it's own right, she saw Naruto making a blowpipe and dart. (AN: I use my same idea of Ino's mother in "Prophecy of Sword of the Moon and Snow" story.)
At the training grounds; she saw Naruto tested it and fires a dart at the dummy with a blowpipe is unlike the injection sniper blowpipe. She was told by Kyoka that Naruto requires a sleeping poison and a so-called berserk poison? It was completely rare for someone obtained such interesting Poison, Naruto needs.
During lunch time, he got home with a slight concussion; she tried to healed his injuries and he still refuse. Kushina tried to have him opened up; since Naruko failed to talk to him. Then he went outside for fresh air until she followed him; turns out she was surprised that she lost him during his parkour in the rooftops.
==Flashback Started==
Kushina is trying to followed Naruto after their breakfast; with her husband at work while her daughter were met up with her friends; and then he jumped the corners in the streets and starting to climb? Since was confused of he shouldn't using shinobi arts, as that cause surprised Kushina about Naruto can climb in the buildings in the high speed to reach the top, with Kushina was curious about how Naruto can do something like that before.
So Kushina decide to tailed him by following by jumping in the top in the rooftop. As she arrived the top and hide something that no one can see her, she saw a nearby water tower to hide against it. Naruto were standing at the start of the route.
With Naruto; Shay explaining to him how parkour is different from shinobi free running. Since Naruto needs some practice. Suddenly he felt that some is watching him; she saw him doing push ups in that spot. Naruto noticed the person watching him, and with a quick look with his eagle vision Naruto determined that there was not harm from allowing the women to continue watching him. Kushina on the other hand saw his eyes that he knew she was trailing him; she was disbelief of how did Naruto can see or sense her from the start after his push ups, until he'll decide to act.
"Alright, now this time I won't to use chakra in this time in a round." Naruto said as he is on his crouching start position. "Now...start."
And thus Naruto ran up the building, using windows and bricks as handles for their climb, he would hold here or not, since he did mastered it. Kushina observed Naruto and used her sensory in order to sensed how he was using his chakra, however that surprised her that she could find no traces of it being used that she senses. She attempted to follow him to see what he was doing but on the ground she was unable to keep up with him and lost sight of him.
"How did sochi doing that, while he can run and jumping fast without using chakra?" Kushina wondered.
==Week Later==
Another week past; since she told her husband about those items that Naruto interests? Minato told his friend Inoichi about Naruto somehow was interesting a poison involves with knocking or sleeping some targets, and even a rare berserk poison too. Since she got the same thing during that happen?
When Naruto got home? They want his answers for training outside instead his home, since they tried to talk to him with no answer. Few of his friends told Minato about Naruto create a miniature version of a crossbow mounted on his wrist? So what purposed of how Naruto was interesting? During that Naruto requested to build sword and dagger with a rare metal to made a lightest strongest sword that he could made.
Kushina told him about Naruto's parkour; turns out that made him surprising of how Naruto can run and jumped in the windows, brick walls, include obstacle courses, running, climbing, swinging, vaulting, jumping, rolling, quadrupedal movement, and the like, depending on what movement is deemed most suitable for the given situation. They want to know how Naruto can free running of how fast since unlike the shinobi free running.
Kushina was getting frustrated, for the past week she has been trying to follow Naruto to no avail, while she always saw him at the different starting point after breakfast and lunch; they would always start climbing walls and running and jumping on rooftops she would be able to follow him for a few minutes but would lose him quickly after; she tried to find him, but she did not understand how, since walls of Konoha buildings were designed to prevent chakra legs and hands from sticking to them she would always fall down (she still had not realized that she should not be using chakra and using bricks and windowsills as footings). While in the streets? She followed Naruto on foot after his free running exercise, she saw nothing beyond the crowd did that surprised Kushina of how did Naruto disappeared in the crowd.
After months Kushina tried was failure. Since she told Minato everything; since he told her about each of the ANBU lost sighted on Naruto in 'hide in plain sight'. They tried to followed him in the forest when he had his ANBU scattered in the flanking positions if Naruto did leave the walls or the training grounds. as they followed Naruto in the lake; and jumped down to the lake before the ANBU will attempt to get him out in the lake; turns out that there is no sound of splashing or shunshin was able to escape? Now the result of Naruto's stealth capabilities were unable to track Naruto if his skills.
At Home; they saw Naruto that he was fine...and went to stairs before telling him for dinner...turns out that her replied "I already eat with some friends" then he went to his room and his last words "Don't disturb me...or I will leave the nest and never return to this place, again" that only cause Kushina's heart ache from his words. Its like the bonds will be broken soon. But somehow they need to find the way to fix their bonds.
==Flashback Ended==
During their journey Kushina (since she recovered from her heart ache), Mikoto and rest of the girls would try to talk to Naruto minus Sakura while she was cover the rear, but the blond didn't pay attention to them because of the book about Fuinjutsu he was reading much displeasure of the of the girls while Kakashi was doing the same reading his Icha-Icha book and finally Tazuna who kept bragging about how awesome he was much annoyance to everyone.
So far the journey was normal until everyone was able to see puddle in the road.
'Genjutsu.' Everyone thought and Naruto secretly prepared a throwing knife in his sleeve while Sakura prepared. They passed through the pond when suddenly chains appeared out of nowhere and Naruto reacted quickly and threw his hidden knife and hit the chains, stabbing it to the tree. Something pulled out from the puddle and was revealed to be two missing-nins. Kushina and Mikoto were about to charge at the two missing nins when suddenly Sakura passed through them and they quickly did a hand sign, with Naruto letting her to do her work.
"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu! (Shadow Clone)" She shouted before two clone each appeared besides her the each of the clones pulled out ninja wires from her pouches and quickly surrounded the missing nins with the wires before delivering a blow to them, sending them flying to the tree then the clones circle around the tree once and and pulled the wires and tighten the wires to make sure the missing won't be able to move.
The missing nins were about to try to escape the wires when suddenly they felt something on their throat. They look up and saw Naruto was looking at them with a cold glare and has wrist blades near his throat and while Sakura's clones yank them. That cause Kushina, Mikoto and Kakashi seeing Sakura used Kage bunshin in her young age with a large chakra reserves.
"Who sent you?" Naruto asked in cold tone.
"And your targets?" Sakura added.
"Like hell we'll tell you brats!" One of the masked nin said and a smiled appeared on Naruto face that made the masked nins creep out.
"You're gonna regrets those words." Sakura said, as she gazed at Naruto with a nod.
Then replied a nod from Naruto, before he glance at their clones and ordered something to the clones and knocked the two missing nins out before dragging them to deeper parts of the woods.
"Naruto! Sakura!" Kushina called and Naruto turns around and saw everyone was running towards them.
"Onii-chan, where are your clones taking them?" Naruko asked and before Naruto or Sakura could answer they heard a scream.
"AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" The scream was so loud that it could be heard through the entire forest.
"We told my clones to interrogate the missing nins. We should really thank Anko-neechan for those lessons." Naruto said with Sakura a sadistic smile on her face and every Konoha jounin turned paled in hearing this. They knew Anko reputation as a sadist and if Naruto was learning under her. He might become a sadistic person.
'Anko...are you teaching Naruto/sochi your 'stylish'?' Kakashi/Kushina thought.
Suddenly Naruto and Sakura's eyes widen for second before he closed for a moment before opening them. As Sakura turn at the group and said.
"Our clones are done interrogating the missing nins." Sakura reported.
"What do you get out of them?" Kakashi asked and Naruto started to talk.
"Those two were the demon brothers who were chunin level missing-nins and both of them were hired by Gato." Naruto said and everyone started look at him surprised then turned their attention to Tazuna who was now sweating bullets. Along with Sakura.
"Is there something that you're not telling us Tazuna-san?" Sakura asked as her eyes narrowed.
"I-I-I don't know what are you talking?" Tazuna said as he looks away. Since he can't deny the Assassins.
"Just tell us what are you up to old man why didn't you tell us there are also ninja targeting you. This mission is at least B-A rank mission." Satsuki said angrily. Tazuna just didn't answer her.
"If you're not going to answer us then I'm calling off this mission." Kushina said and Tazuna look at him with wide eyes.
"W-W-Wait please!" Tazuna pleaded.
"Then you better tell us now!" Sakura demanded and Tazuna sighs and started about how poor his country has become because of tyrant name Gato and the bridge was the only hope for them. After finishing his story Mikoto looks at her best friend and said.
"Kushina I think it's best we return home. This mission might be too much for our children." Kushina nodded and was about to give her order when suddenly Naruto cut in.
"I think that's a stupid decision Uchiha-sama." Naruto said and everyone look at him.
"What do mean by that Naruto-kun?" Mikoto asked and Naruto sighed from them not seeing the obvious thing.
"We have an A rank shinobi, an S-rank shinobi and SS-rank shinobi who is par with my father and you're telling us that we should return home?" Naruto asked clearly annoyed by Uchiha matriarch decision.
"But Naruto, you and rest of the girls are only genins for three months and clearly all of you are not experience enough." Kakashi said and suddenly felt a sharp near his neck and saw Naruto was extended his Hidden Blade at him. Everyone was surprised by his actions and especially Kakashi after seeing Naruto cold eyes.
"Don't talk me like that Hatake, like you know me. You don't really know since most of everyone in the family and their friends ignored me in the past." Naruto said and the adults with Naruko flinched in hearing this while Satsuki looked confused, clearly she didn't know Naruto was talking about.
"I agreed with him, Hatake-san." Causing Kakashi and Kushina shocked along with the girls shocked in surprised of how Sakura's behavior and called Kakashi or Sensei is surname. "You maybe our sensei, but I don't trust you."
"Now, Now Naruto calm down, and you too, Sakura, please." Kakashi said as he tried to calm Naruto down, along with Sakura, but Naruto just looked at him with emotionless eyes.
"Try to talk to me like that again Hatake, and I will take something that made you a man." Naruto said emotionlessly and Naruto raise his another arm then another hidden blade extended pointed at near his crotch and Kakashi rapidly nodded his head. He was scared at threat that Naruto made. Naruto put his wrist blades away much relive of the masked nin and Naruto look at Kushina with arms crossed.
"So are you really going to abandon this mission, sensei?" Naruto asked and Kushina was hesitant for a second but nodded at him.
"I'm sorry Naruto, but this mission might too much for all of you. There might some situation that you might need to kill someone and all of you are still too young for that experience." Kushina said.
"Don't worry I kill a lot of creatures in forest of death all the time when I train there along with Sakura-chan and I'm not afraid to take another being life." Naruto said and everyone look at him with shock hearing that he already killed a living being and going to the forest of death.
"WHAT YOU DIDN'T TELL THAT ME OR YOUR FATHER THAT YOU WERE TRAINING THERE! WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU GET KILLED?!" Kushina screamed at his son and Naruto narrowed his eyes at her. As he whipped his flintlock aim at Kushina's face, with her eyes widen of how he is about to do, now with a click.
*BANG!* - As loud gunshot surrounds the forest, sending the birds in the trees flying hastily, and for once in their lives, everyone is completely shocked in terrified from a strange weapons Naruto wielded.
It reveals Naruto missed or shots his aim at the tree with a hole it hits, with a smoking barrel of the flintlock that terrifies Kushina; she was completely stunned. As Naruto quickly took out another one aiming at her same spot, causing Kakashi and Mikoto shocked if Naruto will kill his mother for the neglected actions that they made. Since that weapon Naruto possessed is loud and deadly.
"Let's go one thing straight Kushina." Naruto said very cold tone and everyone shiver at this especially Kushina and Naruko they never heard this kind of tone from Naruto before.
"You, Minato or any of your friends or in the village didn't help me to become a ninja. I TRAINED my ass off so I could be strong shinobi without any help. You and the people of Konoha have nothing to do with my training. I trained on my own. Itachi-niisan and Anko-neechan are the only ones who helped me trained. They are the only adults that I can trust the most in Konoha. So don't judge me on what I do because you or any adults in Konoha aside from Itachi-niisan and Anko-neechan. DON'T KNOW ME AT ALL!" Naruto stated releasing all the anger that was hidden in heart since he was a kid.
Itachi and Anko are the only adults that Naruto considered a true friend and family while every adult in Konoha is nothing to him. But the reason that he didn't complain about not being trained since he was a kid because of all of his Assassin Ancestors training about learning to hide away his emotions and Naruto was glad that he received that training because it helped him to calm down and if wasn't for that training he would have snapped a long time ago.
Everyone was looking at Naruto with wide eyes by outburst and all the adults couldn't help but be feels ashamed and couldn't deny the fact that Naruto was right. Naruko was also feeling ashamed because she knew that she was the reason that most of the adults ignored him. Satsuki were completely shocked hearing this and couldn't help but feel sorry for Naruto. As Sakura went to Naruto to calm down as she place her hand at the flintlock and lower it down.
"That's enough, Naruto-kun. Please. You don't want to broke the first tenet." Sakura said.
Naruto let out a sigh, as he cock up slowly the pistol and replied. "Thanks, Sakura-chan." And look at them. "A Konoha Shinobi don't back down from mission and if we abandon Tazuna-san we are leaving a dying country to a mad man and I will not ignore this." Naruto said as he started to walk ahead, but moments later he stops, then Naruto reload his flintlock with quickly and look back at them.
"'Those who broke the rules are trash but those who abandon their comrades or people in need are lower than trash'. I refused to be lower than 'trash' so I'm continuing this mission even I'm going to become a missing-nin for the sake of people in the Land of Wave." Naruto said then place his flintlock on his holster and everyone look at him with wide eyes and Tazuna started to feel great hope that Naruto was willing continue the mission even he lied to them. Tazuna started to follow Naruto then Sakura looked at Kushina.
"So am I... as the matter that fact...we Assassins can't seat around do nothing." Sakura declared.
Which made Kushina shocked in surprising and terrifying. As Kushina collapse, since she had recovered from the gunshot that she almost had her kill from that weapon Naruto manufacturing.
"You and Naruto were Assassin!?" Kushina exclaimed along with Mikoto that she knew the Assassin were completely extinct and now they are re-surface. Its unlike the Senju and Uchiha Clan Wars? Assassins and Templars were also great rivalry.
"Yes, Naruto-kun and I are Assassins, and No, is that I'm a Novice with the Mentor." Sakura answered.
"Novice?" Naruko confused.
"Naruto-kun is the Mentor and the Leader of the Assassin Order. Unlike the Kage and Jonin." Sakura replied explained about the rank. That causing more shocking since Naruto is now the leader of the Assasin Order. "I'm a novice, means that is also unlike the Genin. Since Naruto-kun taught me to kill and skinned animals at the same 'forest of death' for survival with food...its not my first kill in this outside world." As she turn and followed Naruto and Tazuna, said while walking. "I will go on our mission on our own by follow Mentor's path...since you all going back Konoha for yourselves." Now they are standing without saying anything, Satsuki looked at her godmother/sensei Kushina.
"Sensei, what are we going to do?" Satsuki asked and Kushina let out a sigh, before Mikoto help her friend up on her feet and look at Mikoto and Kakashi then three adults nodded at each other.
"We are going to continue this mission like Naruto said "Those who broke the rules are trash but those who abandon their comrades or people in need are lower than trash", and he's right it would only be a great disgrace to us and the village if we back down now and this might be the only way for us to make it up to him." Kushina said then soon everyone was headed to the land of wave and continue with the mission.
"I can't believe it... Naruto-kun is an Assassin!" Mikoto stated.
"I know...that explains Naruto was trained to be an Assassin from the start...by why didn't he tell us?" Kakashi said.
==Meanwhile==
"The Demon Brothers failed you, Zabuza Momochi. I am paying you top dollar for your services and this is what I get in return?" Gato said before he was cut short by Zabuza, who pointed his Executioner's Blade at his employer's neck.
"Calm yourself, Gato. I see now that it was a mistake to send those two; I will deal with this matter…personally," Zabuza said as he smiled underneath his bandages.
==3 days later==
When the Konoha nins got to the coast they found that a thick fog had rolled in. Tazuna led them them to a man that offered them to passage to the others side. Currently they are on the motor boat heading towards the Land of Waves. Naruto was scanning around the area and was using his Eagle Vision to help him see more clearly through the fog (since he secretly create a kage bunshin to cover their backs). Soon the fog started to clear a little and everyone was able to spot the bridge that Tazuna was building.
"I have to admit that is one impressive bridge." Mikoto said as she saw the bridge.
"Thank you and that bridge will be our hope for the survival of the people of the Wave." Tazuna said with pride in his voice.
"You guys keep it down!" The man hissed. "The whole point of the morning fog was for us not be spotted so be quiet."
Soon they landed on the other side and soon walk on foot heading to Tazuna house. As they continued to make their way through the forest Naruto suddenly heard something to the bushes and immediately throws a kunai which caught everyone attention.
"Is there something wrong Onii-chan?" Naruko asked.
After reinforcing his eyes Naruto saw a white hare that was hiding in the bushes but something was wrong with the hare. 'Why does hare have white skin? It's summer unless…Kawarimi!'
"Everyone put your guards up I have bad feeling that something is going to happen." Naruto said and suddenly Kushina started to hear something.
"EVERYBODY GET DOWN!" Kushina shouted and everyone ducked while Sakura tackled Tazuna to the ground. However, a huge sword came appeared from out of nowhere and came flying towards the group.
Everyone looks up and saw large zanbatou stuck in a tree with a man standing on top of it. The man was shirtless with two cameo style armbands and pants. His face was half covered with bandages up to his nose and his head band was tilted slightly like Kakashi, except his eyes weren't covered and has the symbol of Kiri displayed on the head band with slash mark on the center.
"Well, well, if it isn't Kakashi Hatake the Copy nin, Mikoto Uchiha, the Black Crow of Konoha and the Famous Crimson Death Kushina Uzumaki-Namikaze who is par with her husband. No wonder that Demon brothers failed." The man said.
Kakashi was the first one to stand up and glared at the man. "Zabuza Momoichi, the Demon of the Mist. I would never think that someone like you would work for scum like Gato."
Zabuza just shrugged. "Doesn't matter as long as I get pay, now how about you hand over the old man and I let you all go."
"You're really are stupid, are you Zabuza?" Kushina said as she pulls out her Katana. "You think that you can beat all of us then you're asking for your death wish." Kushina went to her stance and so did the other jounins. Until Naruto spoken while analyzing the blade.
"This is quite a large blade you have here. Are you compensating for something?" Naruto asked Zabuza narrowed his eyes at him.
"You better watch your mouth kid, or I'll show you how to really wield a blade," Zabuza warned Naruto, who simply grinned at him.
"Now that is something I'd like to see." Naruto said as he went besides the jonins.
"Be careful, Naruto. This is Zabuza Momochi, one of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist. He has been called 'The Demon of the Mist' due to his brutality and bloodlust, so don't take him lightly," Kakashi warned to which Naruto replied by giving him a smirk.
"And even he slaughter all the graduates in Mist, yeah, yeah! I read it in the book." Naruto finished. "Don't worry about me, Hatake. This guy lost this fight the moment I became his opponent." Naruto said as he unsheathed his sword and dagger of Altair and entered into his fighting stance.
"Don't push your luck with me, kid. You may have some skills but I've been handling a blade a lot longer than you have," Zabuza said as until he notice a symbol on his chest.
"Naruto, stand down you stand a chan-" Mikoto was suddenly cut off by Zabuza.
"Hold on a minute Uchiha, this kid is an Assassin? I seen that symbol of a long time." Zabuza asked and Naruto nodded at him and Zabuza was grinning under the mask. Which made the Jonin surprised of Naruto possessed one of the ancient swords.
"So, are you accepting my challenge?" Naruto asked.
"Well, who am I to deny an upcoming Kenjutsu user to prove his swords." Zabuza said then he jumps down and grabbed his Zanbatou and went to his stance. Naruto had his Sword and Dagger of Altiar in his hands and also went to his stance.
"Everyone no one will interfere with fight." Naruto said and everyone eyes widened.
"Naruto you can't be serious you'll die!" Kushina said concerned and worried tone and Naruto look back at her.
"If you really sorry in what you did to me, then you or anyone won't interrupt with my fight." Naruto said. Kushina was taken aback by his words and decided to respect his decision.
"Ready kid?" Zabuza asked and Naruto nodded at him. Everyone was quiet and both fighters were waiting for one them to strike first.
"Then how 'bout you show me instead of talking me to death." Naruto said as he ran towards Zabuza.
"Gladly." Zabuza said as he swung his blade at Naruto's head.
Naruto brought up his blades and met Zabuza's sword head-on. Naruto then proceeded to push back the Executioners blade before he made a vertical swing with his sword. Zabuza parried the strike before he spun around and swung vertically at Naruto, who simply ducked and landed a kick to Zabuza's chest,which sent him flying. Zabuza managed to recompose himself, but not before Naruto was already on top of him. Zabuza was barely able to bring up his sword in time to block Naruto's attack.
"I have to admit, I was expecting more from one of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist." Naruto said in a rather insulting tone, putting Zabuza down even more with the fact that he was only fighting with dual wield.
"Don't get overconfident so quickly." Zabuza said as he kept both hands on his sword. As Naruto pushed him at the distance. Now Zabuza charges at Naruto with his zanbatou ready, while Naruto leaps to the air and held his sword high above his head was falling towards Zabuza.
*CLANG!*
Both weapons clashes and Naruto decided to jump away from Zabuza but Zabuza suddenly appeared in front of him.
*CLANG!*
Zabuza swings his zanbatou, as Naruto was able to block it with sword in one hand, until he had a opportunity to struck Naruto with his dagger ready until Zabuza reacted.
'Damn! this brat is strong and fast, by judging the sword and dagger he wielded. What kind of kenjutsu he learned?' Zabuza thought before he immediately back away from Naruto to gain some distances to barely avoid from gaining a stabbed by the Naruto's dagger.
==On the sidelines==
Everyone couldn't believe that Naruto was able stand against Zabuza, the genins were looking in awe on how Naruto was able to keep up with Zabuza but the jounin were getting worried.
"Wow, Naruto-kun is so cool!" Satsuki said happily and the two genins girls agreed to her.
"He sure is." Sakura added.
==At the Fight==
Naruto and Zabuza facing each other on the distance, as he was
"You're good kid; I want to know your name." Zabuza said. He was very impressed on how Naruto was able to keep up with him and he was only a genin but his skill as Kenjutsu user is at least an ANBU level.
Naruto had small smile on his face and stated. "My name...is Naruto…Naruto Altair Cormac...the Master Assassin of the new Assassin Order!" With a proud voice and Zabuza grinned at him after hearing his name, getting shocked gasp from everyone except Sakura.
"Naruto Altair Cormac, huh? So you had inherited the name from the legend, and also the Templar as well. Tell me did your mother teach you to fight like that?" Zabuza asked in curiosity he never saw that kind style before and the kid was able to produce the sword out nowhere and he didn't sense any chakra.
Naruto scowled at hearing his mother teaching him and shook his head that made Zabuza look at him surprised. "I was never taught by her or anyone in the village... I learn from someone else who I considered them as my idols...and even...MY PARENTS!"
==On the sideline==
Kushina was disbelief in hearing this and lowered her head in shamed. She never taught Naruto how to use a sword and here now she is witnessing that Naruto was at least ANBU level in Kenjutsu and she didn't even know it! While others were also sadden because they can't they the fact that they ignored Naruto before even he just asked small from them they would just pushed him away and also worst...she is no longer his mother...by hearing his idols were his parents now.
"That's ashamed kid but I got to say I'm really impressed if you were born in Kiri, I would have taken you as my apprentice. You have talent kid but too bad this is the end of the road for you." Zabuza said and made a tiger sign.
"Kirigakure no Jutsu! (Hidden Mist)" Zabuza said and soon mist started to get thick and soon it started cover the whole area. Naruto closed his eyes and opens again.
"There no use kid, with this mist you can't find me." Zabuza voice echoed and Naruto still standing.
"NARUTO!"
Naruto heard his 'mother' voice calling her when suddenly...
*CLANK!*
"WHAT!" Zabuza was shocked seeing Naruto blocked his attack, as he notice his sword is flow with chakra into the blade. 'His blade is enhanced with chakra that its unlike the Tetsu no Kuni (Land of Iron)'s samurais.'
Naruto staring his eyes at him and said. "My sword and dagger were unbreakable...and even I can see you..."
Zabuza stated. "But how? My mist was meant to unable see it through by anyone, until the Sharingan...unless..."
"Its not a Byakugan that I had possessed...it was...an eagle's sight." Naruto answered.
"An eagle's eye...you mean you're possessed the 'sight'!" Zabuza surprised for Naruto possessed the oldest ability that past for decades. As everyone on the sidelines was surprised about Naruto's ability.
"You don't want to know..." Naruto replied, as he disappeared with blur, as Zabuza felt a kick on his stomach, until he kneel down, then he felt something on the lake, as he look down to see the water was...it was solid ice into a sheet.
'That looks like...' As Zabuza cut his thought, and seeing Naruto sheathed his sword and dagger, then disarmed his sword with a uppercut at his chin and send him in the air, as he was unarmed then Naruto toss it at the tree, and then grab his arm, then push over his shoulder, then he toss him the air, and disappeared with a wind.
==At the sideline==
The Jounins notice that taijutsu that Naruto sends Zabuza in the air, before he disarmed his zanbatou, then he toss at the tree, then he disappeared with a burst of wind before he throw him in the air.
As the genins and jonins saw Naruto behind Zabuza in the air, they recognized that move.
"That looks like Gai's..." Kakashi is about say about that taijutsu he'll preform.
"Is sochi is attempted to use Omote Renge (Front Lotus)?" Kushina wondered. "When did Naruto learned that?"
==At the Fight==
"Its over..." Naruto said to Zabuza, as he grab him on his waist and using a aerial surplex.
"Izuna Kōka! (Drop)" Then start spinning piledriver with Zabuza until hitting the ice hard that shatters the ice that erupts the stream of water, then Naruto landed on the water standing, while seeing Zabuza was on the water floating.
Everyone was surprised at this and awe while Zabuza was shock and disbelief in what he was defeated by a mere genin.
Zabuza groaned in pain, he was about to sit up, before stand and felt something on his neck. He looks down and saw Naruto was holding a the sword of Altair near his neck.
"It's been a good fight Zabuza-san, but this is your end." Naruto said before Zabuza could talk suddenly a pair of senbon pierced the man neck. A Zabuza eyes rolled up in the back of his head splash on the water.
"NARUTO!" Naruto turn his head and saw Kushina and the others were running towards him.
"I would like to thank you for stalling him for me. I have been after Zabuza Momoichi for a long time."
Everyone looks up and saw young person wearing a mask that was wearing a blue robes that covered his/her form. He/She is holding Zabuza's sword that Naruto toss it at the tree to prevents him to retrieved it.
"You're a hunter-nin from Kiri?" Kakashi asked and the nin nodded at him then jumps down from the tree and grabbed Zabuza body by pulling the man's arm to his/her shoulder.
"I bid you all farewell." The hunter nin said before he/she disappeared in swirl of water. As Naruto sheathed his sword, as Kushina went to him and said.
"Sochi...what did you mean...your parents? I thought I was your mother after all, but why 'Altair Cormac'?" Kushina asked, during the fight against Zabuza about his name is "Altair Cormac".
Naruto sighed for he had remember he went somewhere to change his name and free himself from the cage...it was his path to take...as a Assassin.
==Flashback Start - After Graduation==
As a burst of wind appeared, then it subsided to reveal to be Naruto. He got to his destination that he was in front of the Department of Records in the Hokage Tower. After the graduation before he encountered his estranged parents were about to congrats him, as Naruto did secretly pack his stuff via storage scroll and moved into his new home, in Masyaf.
Naruto walked up to the lady at the front desk, before took off his hood (before he still had that hoodie), she immediately recognized Naruto. "Ah Naruto-sama! What brings you to this section of the tower?"
Naruto smirked and said. "As you can tell from my hitai-ate I am now a shinobi of Konoha and now legally an adult. I am here for a legal request form to change my name." The woman's expressions were ones of shock.
"I had plan to do this a few years ago, but I would have to have been emancipated to do that and doing so would draw far too much attention, and I knew that if I'll tell Hokage-sama would never allow it." Naruto explained.
The woman knew of the estranged relationship between the family? She is also one of few people besides Itachi and Anko, he felt sorry for him for being shunned and Naruto but she didn't think it was this bad. Nonetheless she handed Naruto the form. "Very well. You seem sure of this and it is my job to overlook this legal matter."
Naruto filled out the form slowly, he had been waiting three years to fill out this exact document, and when he was finished he signed the bottom and handed it back to the woman.
She read the paper and raised an eye at the name he had chosen, stated. "Naruto Altair Cormac?"
Naruto nodded.
"Very well. I will enter this name into the village's system and change your shinobi license to fit this name."
Naruto thanked the woman and left the building.
Naruto smiled softly at him through his mind and said. 'Thanks, father. This is why I had to getting rid of the final thing that tied me to the Uzumaki-Namikaze family. This day marks the ghost of Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze and the reborn of Naruto Altair Cormac...the Mentor of the Assassin Order.'
'Guess you are now a true Assassin...son.' Shay replied. 'You did hate that name for a while for they wasted years to be a perfect family.'
Naruto knowing how much he hated bearing that name. As he stopped walking and stared into the sky. 'Yeah...I owned you and Hope-kaasan are my only people that I will ever call you father, and Hope as my mother. I will no longer their son...anymore.' He heading towards the Akamichi's barbecue restaurant, before he put one his hood and with a smile.
"For now it's time to celebrate!"
==Flashback Ended==
Naruto look around and seeing everyone looked at him, minus Sakura (she knew his surname) and confused Tazuna. "Fine then, guess I had to reveal myself now..." That made them more curious minus Sakura remained silence. as he sighed and announced. "Everyone. I have an announcement. I am not a Namikaze or an Uzumaki anymore." Getting gasped shocked from everyone except Sakura.
"W-w-what, Naruto w-what are you talking about? You are my son, of course you're an Uzumaki and a Namikaze." Kushina said in a disbelieving tone.
"Sorry Kushina, but you're wrong. My name isn't Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze anymore, it's now Naruto Altaïr Cormac," Naruto said, with his eyes narrow at the shocked and disbelieved expression on her face before continuing, "I am also emancipated, so you can't do anything about it."
"What, but you can't, you're only a child!" Kushina said, still shocked at the boy, and was about to continue when Naruto shook his head.
"You can't stop me from leaving, Kushina." Naruto said, smirking. "According to the village law, after wearing a headband that shows my status as a ninja, a Genin is considered an adult. There's nothing you can do now." With that, that made Kushina speechless, along with Mikoto and Kakashi, and even Satsuki, Naruko and Tazuna.
Sakura sighed about his declared, before stepping in. "He's right, Kushina. But Naruto-kun isn't a child. He graduate and putting this headband on he became a shinobi of the Hidden Leaf, which, if you didn't know, instantly made him an adult, but he's not a child anymore, let alone yours." Which made Satsuki and Naruko shocked.
"What? But, wait, you still can't be emancipated in Konoha without any valid reasons. And since the last time we checked, we-" Kushina is about say, but with her eyes widen more for she had realized the answer.
"That's right...neglect is a valid reason." Naruto said with an icy glare, causing the red head to wince. Along Mikoto and Kakashi saw that happen.
"But Naruto, we tried everything to being your mother." Kushina tried again. "We didn't had time to treat you better, please don't do this!" Which Naruko shocked to heard this.
"Nii-san, why?!" Naruko exclaimed. "Why did you say that?"
Naruto scoffed and replied. "You, Kushina and Minato gave me enough."
As he turn around, until Kakashi stepped in and protested. "Naruto, you can't talk to-"
*Swift Slash!* - that results Kakashi to stopped along with Kushina, Mikoto, Satsuki, Tazuna and Naruko for seeing Naruto drawn his sword with a inch of his neck. They were surprising seeing Naruto was quick.
'So fast.' Kakashi, Mikoto and Kushina seeing him/her estranged son/godson's speed were rivals Minato's Hiraishin.
"I had enough for giving orders...and maintain...don't." Naruto said, as he sheathed his sword, then he begun to walk and called. "Come on, Tazuna-san, Sakura-chan, lets' go." As Tazuna followed him behind, along with Sakura.
As Naruto made a stepped and then suddenly stopped that made everyone confused for why Naruto is stopping, then he felt dizzy and his vision is blurry.
'Wha...what's happening to me?'
'It seems the bleeding effects kicks in.' Shay stated.
'Who is an Assassin wants to be sync?'
'Arno.' Shay answered.
'Wait! I had completely sync Arno's memories.' Naruto wondered, since he did sync with Arno Dorian, the Austrian-France Assassin in the revolution when he assist Napoleon Bonaparte during the time when his father's death, as he learned the man that he killed his father, was a rogue Assassin when Connor or Ratonhnhaké:ton leading the Assassin's after Achilles was retired.
'Not today...it seems Arno had found something interesting.'
'What is it?' Naruto asked.
'You will had to find out, lad.'
Sakura was snapped her fingers front of Naruto's blank expression, then collapsed to the ground.
"NARUTO/-KUN/ONII-CHAN!" Everyone shouted as they run towards Naruto. Sakura checked on his condition and sighs in relief.
"Don't worry he just exhausted that's all." Sakura said and everyone also sighed in relief then she carried Naruto in a piggyback ride until Kushina stepped in.
"Sakura, I'll carry-"
"No, can not, sensei." Sakura replied, that made sighed from Kushina, as she decide to drop it and look at Tazuna.
"Tazuna-san, can you lead us to your house so my son can rest." Kushina said and old man nodded at him.
"Sure it only few meters away." Tazuna said and soon everyone was walking towards Tazuna house.
==At Naruto's Mindscape==
Naruto is now on his mindscape, he was on broad on...a ship...
"The Morrigan..." Naruto smiled, he was on a heavily modified sloop-of-war ship with ice ram that breaks Ice sheets and ram enemy ships, carronade cannons on front to fires explosive shots, then the Puckle Gun, the early form of machine gun, the quick and continuously fire enemy target's weak points, mortar cannons for long range artillery, a 34 broadside cannons, and the Templar's arsenal allows to set the ocean aflame that burns purser ships.
"Naruto." Naruto heard his called turn his attention to see Shay, Arno, and...that surprises him seeing a hooded figure unlike the Assassin wore?
"Arno, great to see you." Naruto said happily to see him again, until he turn his gazed at the hooded figure.
"Who's that?"
"We'll tell you after Arno."
"Why...? I thought that..."
"There's more..." Arno spoke in.
"So...what are you going to show me?" Naruto asked.
Arno signed and answered. "I will show you about...the Dead Kings."
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