Untitled (Naruto Fanfic)

[飛雲]

Chapter One: Infiltration

The moon hung up high as the village of Konoha closed its gate for the day; a shadow appeared on top of the roof tops and quickly dashed toward the office of the Hokage, carefully avoided any Konoha sentry.

Konoha; despised its power and status had failed to be a hidden village. With its fame, the village’s location was known to all, even to its enemies. Everyday countless of ninja and merchants from neighboring counties arrived to this legend village, some for sightseeing, some for learning and some for spying. Though the village was a ninja village, the dominated population of the village was not all ninja; instead they were simple merchants and farmers. The country of Fire could hardly provide the needs of this village to survive and remain in power.

Yagami Yusuke easily penetrated the village; arrived a month earlier posing as a simple merchant with several charts loaded with good he was welcomed by the guards. During his stay, he had sold off most of his good; many were discounted, traded for random information that no one in the village care about.

One such information was that Yusuke learned the graduation of the Konoha Academy was due in weeks; almost all students were expected to graduate except for one; Uzumaki Naruto, whom as Yusuke noticed, were disliked by many.

Gathering information in a ninja village requires large amount of skills; to not ask questions where people could get suspicious, to be blend in with the environment. One of the most important skills of gathering information was not let the people know your intentions; to beat around the bushes and let the serpent come out at its own will.

Yusuke avoid all contacts with adult male, his target informant was younglings and housewives. Almost all Yusuke’s information about clans were came from the new generations of the clan themselves, these younglings, overwhelmed with pride of their own clan, are to take any chance they can to show off their long glorified history.

It was sort of like a trade, Yusuke satisfied the younglings lust for praise and show off their clan’s skills as Yusuke learn these important details off them. After a week, Yusuke had learned the surface of all clans in Konoha, even the once powerful, now destroyed, Uchiha Clan. He was happy with such accomplishments.

Housewives also possess some unique information; such as the secret of the famous Naruto. The big battle with the demon fox in Konoha fifteen years ago was known to all villages but none knew how it end, they only knew that the demon fox was defeated with the prize of Konoha’s youngest Hokage. But how was the demon fox was defeated was a mystery and Konoha guarded well, but every mystery had its expirations and this one had just been expired. Housewives talked freely about Naruto, how he had been a troublemaker and his gossip in school. Never knowing to Naruto, he had been the talk of town for years. Though, talk of Naruto was a taboo and there were rules that it should never to be spoken in front of people but one can never kept the mouth of the housewives.

One day as Yusuke was at his vending spot, he noticed a group of young female in front of some shop nearby, they were watching him and produced constant giggles. Curious, Yusuke studied their lips as they chat; he had learned lip reading quite long ago and its use still amazed him.

“He’s pretty cute” said one of them, eyeing Yusuke
“Yea but Sasukekun is better ” said the pink haired girl, at the name of Sasuke the girl's eyes came to life

Yusuke laughed at their innocence and turned his attention to some place else. The graduation of the Academy had just concluded. These girls must be the students; it was not difficult to tell as they kept admiring each other’s headband.

On the street Yusuke noticed the only one that was not excited, but rather depressed and gave cold glares to fellow students on the way. His hair was pure yellow, with several marks on its cheeks. He had his hand in his pocket and his head face down, walking slowly and aimlessly. Ah, this must be the only one that didn’t pass the academy, Yusuke though.

Yusuke eye followed him as he saw Naruto enters Ichiraku Ramen. Only to reappear later happily, accompanied by a white hair male, by his vest Yusuke concluded that this man was at least Chunin of rank.

Suspicious, Yusuke quickly gather up his goods and follow the two. They arrived in a nearby forest that surrounded the village; Yusuke kept his distance between the two and leaped on to a tree branch. Due to his skill on lip reading he does not need to be in a hearing range to know what the two discuss about; Yusuke was unsure about the white hair man’s skill but since he wore a chunin vest, it would be troublesome if Yusuke were discovered.

In distance Yusuke learned that the white hair man was an assistant teacher in the academy, name Mizuki. Here, Mizuki showed his sympathy for Naruto’s situation and claimed to know another way to let Naruto pass the academy without repeating the year.

Excited by this offer, Naruto accepted the quest.

“All you have to do is to sneak to the office of Hokage and steal the forbidden scroll” Mizuki said “See, if you learn the technique on the skill, surely the teachers would reconsider to accept you”

This clearly was a set up, Yusuke thought, this Mizuki guy was planning to use Naruto to steal the scroll and then run away himself. Though Yusuke knew of his plan, he had no intension of telling it to this Naruto, it would do him some good by failing. Not to trust people easily. This scroll, however did interest Yusuke, he stayed only long enough to learn the direction of this scroll and the ways of to avoid the sentry.

The next day Yusuke traded his remaining good for a couple of blank scrolls; blank scrolls were originally invented for the experienced Ninjas to record their techniques but someone had found another use for this type of scroll; by using the copy technique one can copy another’s scroll easily but the success rate are quite low, thus Yusuke traded some extra scrolls just in case.

Followed the instructions of Mizuki; Yusuke easily entered the office of Hokage and located the forbidden scroll, as he rolled the scroll open and gazed at the so call forbidden scroll. The scroll contains techniques of all elements but mainly katon skills as the village was within the fire county. Without losing anytime, Yusuke took out the blank scroll “O-ushi, Nezumi, Saru, Hebi, Copy no ninjusut” with the copy technique seal done the writing on the forbidden scroll instantly came to life; like a serpent clawing aimlessly until suddenly lurched to the blank scroll.

Yusuke tucked the copied scroll in his shirt and placed the original back knowing Naruto would be arriving soon. As Yusuke jumped out of Konoha by the eastern wall, he quickly dashed in to the forest, scanning if anyone was following. In the forest he quickly tossed his black clothes to the river near by, he took a headband out of his clothes and tied his hair around it; the protector reflects four wave like logo.

Konoha… I’ll be back

With that Yusuke jumped in to the river and swam away

To be contiune...

Note of changes: All character's age had been changed from 12 to 16

[Mini-bleach]

Not too bad. keep up the good work. can't wait for more.

[飛雲]

Chapter Two: Kirigakure

It was clear comfortable day; the seagulls sang overhead; stretched its wing to draw the sky. The fishes dance below the rocking boat; the boat was small, not meant for any long voyage out in the sea; narrow that there were only rooms for two. And yet this event did happened, Kanji couldn’t believe what he heard when he first met this man; he was twentyish, slim but not sick like, his silver like hair elegantly rose behind his head like a ponytail, his eyes were emerald green that warm people inside when they set upon it.

He wore white undershirt with black kimono and white sash, a long katana hung loosely from his sash, on top of all he also wore a white Haori coat. On his head, the part where the ponytail connects the head was a headband of a ninja village. His posture and his clothes, however, all reminded Kanji of a Samurai.

“I would like to rent your boat” The man said in a kind voice

“To where?” Kanji asked, he does not like to travel far, especially that his wife was cooking his favorite dish today

“There” The young man pointed a crossed the water where no land could be seen “To the Water Country”

Impossible, Kanji thought, even if he were to accept this patronage his little fragile boat can never stand the waves of the blue sea. He was about to reject the quest when the young man leaped on to the boat behind unannounced.

“I’ll paid you when we get there” The man said as he stepped in to the interior of the boat where there was shades, he then lay down with one of his leg on top of the other and both of his hand supporting the head like a pillow.

“You don’t understand Sama, my little boat can not travel far in the sea; the waves would knock it off” Kanji explained with his head bowed “Please rent the some lager vessels nearby”

“No bother, I’ll guarantee your safety” the young man had found his straw hat and had placed on his head “leave at once” the last sentence the young man spoken with a un-questionable command in it.

With no choice Kanji slowly guided his little no-bigger-than-a-fishing-boat out to toward the sea; he does not want to get in to any trouble, especially with a ninja from the Kiri village where they were famous for brutality.

Scared for his life Kanji navigate his boat toward the land of water; it was clear day where the sun shone brightly, it would be a beautiful day if not for this misfortune. Kanji’s kneed shook every time when a wave hits the boat, but as the young man had promised, this journey was quite safe so far.

The journey took hours but it seemed to Kanji that it had been ages since he had stepped on to solid soil. He want to get this over with, fast and yet dare not to move his boat any faster than it should. But never knowing to Kanji, it might seem slow to him but in reality his boat had gain twice as its speed with Yusuke on board.

Soon the sky was covered with a bright mist; so white that one can not even see their own hands, with this Kanji stopped his boat, completely lost in direction. He felt a hand touches his shoulder and turned to see the young man had awaken, with several gesture on his hand and some words which Kanji can not heard, the mist started to clear.

“Follow it” Yusuke commanded and went back to the boat

Kanji, amazed by this, started to follow as the mist cleared; showed a path, however the fog closed as the boat move forward. Soon a land appeared out of no where, the mist seemed to be cleared at this point since Kanji slowly could make out the color and the shape of the house.

Kanji slowly navigated his boat to the harbor, without waiting for the boat to be steady, Yusuke leaped out of the boat and stepped on to the harbor. He threw a small portion of gold from his pocket to Kanji and advised him to rent a larger boat;

“You speak the truth; your small boat really can't last long in the water”

-

The land of water, unlike the land of fire, was cool and breezy, the air smell of constant rain and snow. The regular temperature requires all its citizens wore jackets throughout the year. With its remote location, land of water had little political conflict with other countries, but also because of it, the land of water had very rather small amount of citizen than the others.

But somehow it still remained as one of the five most powerful counties, mostly due to the fact that the Mizukage, required all ninja students to compete each other in a life and death battle, only the strong lives. The survival of fitness is the law of this land; strong live, weak die.

Because of this, the village of Kiri was known to many as the “Village Hidden in the Bloody Mist”, and the ninjas were feared by many for their lust of war and battle. Even at the time of peace, one village would most likely to attack another. One such example was the Kaguya clan; Kaguya, blessed with the kekki genkai ability allowing them to controlled their own bones.

Years ago, the Kaguya started a war with another village in the land out of pure fun and was later wiped out with the combine force of all the villages in the land. This war lead the villages of water country fear the ability of kekki genkai and had ordered to slaughter any those members on sight.

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The Kirigakure was located near the south of the land; it was protected by a year long mist which would confuse any invader. Only the villagers and the constant merchants knew the way.

As Yusuke enters the village he went straight to the Mizukage’s office, which was the shape of a rain drop with the color of blue, contradicted Konoha’s red.

The Mizukage’s office was shaded and smelled of moisture, the Mizukage sat at the left side of the office, with a GO game board in front of him, carefully planning the game. There was no other at the opponent’s seat, which can only be concluded that the Mizukage was playing against himself again,

Yusuke had once questioned this act long ago and the Mizukage
replied “sometimes you, yourself is your most worthy opponent”

“Happy that you’re back, Yusuke” the Mizukage said without looking away from his game

Yusuke went on one knee after he was near the Mizukage; he took out a note book out of his clothes and raised it with both of his hands “I have completed my mission, Mizukage-sama, this is all the information I gathered while traveling to other villages”

The notebook slowly levitated from Yusuke’s hand and moved to the desk of the Mizukage by itself, the Mizukage; still concentrated in his game against himself “I trust your abilities, Yusuke. You must be tired from all the traveling, please go rest now”

With the dismissal Yusuke left the office; outside was raining again, the sky had gone dark as it approached the evening. Yusuke stepped out of the building and in to the rain, he could use his ability to shield himself from the rain, but he had always fond of rain.

An umbrella appeared on top of Yusuke’s head, repelling the rain “I heard you’re back, Yusuke-kun” the voice was clear as wedding bells.

Mai was wearing casual kimono, though she came from a Ninja family, Mai never fond of fighting and had refused to attend the academy, instead she learned many house skills. She was nineteen, unwed, three years pass the age, her father had told her more than once to get herself a man. He even set up several dinners with some other family’s son, but Mai refused them all, this act angered her father more than anything.

But what her father didn’t understand was that, is not that Mai didn’t want to get marry, but the man her father recommended are either from another rich family or another ninja family of pure blood. She had no interested to those people, she had her heart already occupied with someone else.

“I was worried” her voice was nothing more than a whisper, they paused on their track, Yusuke turned to face her. She was beautiful beyond any descriptions; long dark silky hair, light soft yellow skin with a touch of cherry lips and big round eye. No wonder she was the prized of her family.

“There is nothing to be worry about” Yusuke said “I might not be the strongest ninja, but I can take care of myself”

“Tell me of the place you went, Yusuke-kun” Mai said cheerfully, she had
already spoken enough of her feelings “Is Konoha beautiful as it was saidto be?”

“Oh yea, Konoha was very beautiful” Yusuke replied, slowly taking step forward again “So is the land of waves and rice fields.”

Yusuke continued to speak of his travels, carefully avoid any details of his mission or any brawls, he knew Mai dislike such things. He had spend three years out traveling around, though is for mission, he did enjoyed it very much. He had seen many things and had improved his techniques as a ninja. He stopped when he noticed Mai was unusually quiet, he looked at her, to see that she’s in deep thought, her expression reflects somewhat of fear.

“But no matter where I go, Kirigakure will almost be the one I love” Yusuke said suddenly.

With his words, Mai’s face suddenly light up, she had never been outside of Kirigakure but she knew there are many beautiful places out there, after hearing it from Yusuke and his praised for many of them, Mai afraid that one day Yusuke might leave this place and live to that other place, but hearing his words send calm to her heart “really?”

“Of course, this is my home” Yusuke said “Though I might not be born in this land, but this is where I grew up, where all my memories are. There is no place other that I would be rather living”

And plus, this is also where you are

To be contiune...

Note: Sorry if the begining of the story is long and dull... since there isn't any information on the "Hidden mist village" I intented to use any info that has been appeared so far, and it proves to be diffcult to fit it to the story. Anyways, next chapter would be better, I promised

Second Note: Please report any wrong information to me. Also if you have your own information that I do not know about, please inform me.

[飛雲]

Chapter Three: Hunter-Nin

Everyday since Yusuke came back to Kirigakure, he had locked himself in his small apartment; never seeing anyone nor had contacted anyone. Some thought that he had received some injuries from his travels and currently healing himself, while others believed that he was plainly in a bad mood. Though the second guess was close but not entirely true, Yusuke was not in a bad mood, he was studying the scroll he gotten from his travels (which are more than just the one from Konoha).

Yusuke was not anxious of learning any powerful techniques for he knew that techniques are nothing without strong chakra. Strong techniques usually required a strong chakra with full control in order to max out its strength, without a strong chakra or not able to control it, the technique would backfire.

Surprisingly, the scroll which Yusuke had copied the forbidden technique of Konoha possess such skill; an technique which would allow the user to increase its chakra, but it requires no disturbance, thus Yusuke isolated himself from the rest of the village, only explaining the situation to the Mizukage and Mai as training.

The enchanting chakra technique requires the user to sit with their knee crossed. Focus the chakra to the groins and then slowly mix it; seeing the groin are the part of the body produce maximum body need items, it was the best place for producing chakra. Presumably, the reason why it was forbidden was because it would bring disaster if fallen to the wrong hands.

Yusuke knew that Naruto would surely get caught by committing the theft and most likely the Hokage would destroy the scroll to prevent future troubles. If that was the case, Yusuke was the only one now holds this technique.

It was over a month when there was a knock upon his door, I was one of the ANBU, with their whole body covered with black and a mask on their face, hidden their true identities. “The Mizukage summons you” The ANBU said without emotion, he waited for Yusuke to get dress up and then they both left the house and head for the office of the Mizukage.

The office today was not as shaded as the previous time when Yusuke stepped in to the floor, the sun was shining up high today; brings life to the room. Mizukage was sitting behind his desk, looking over some files with two other people standing in front of him..

As Yusuke approached, he notices the two people were Ishmael Taihen, and Sato Iwate, two of the famous Seven Swords Man. They both watch as Yusuke approached, accepted his greetings as Yusuke bow to them.

“I have a new mission for you” the Mizukage said, his voice calm and steady. Yusuke didn’t speak; he waited for the Mizukage to explain the mission. Mizukage knew he would accept any mission he was given to, so he proceeds “According to some informant, Zabuza Momochi was spotted in the nearby water country; I want you to go and bring his head to me”

Zabuza Momochi was a legend in the village; when he was thirteen year old, he was rejected to enter the Ninja academy, angry and embarrassed, young Zabuza massacre the whole academy students, causing this low ninja village even more short of shinobis’. The Mizukage had no choice but to temporally end the graduation custom of pitting students against their classmates in battles to the death. Yusuke earned his ninja status easily because of it.

He was punished, fiercely but it didn’t down his lust for fighting and blood, instead he won himself some followers with his immensely great power. He eventually became one of the Seven Swords Man of the village. Later he even became one of the ANBU divisions, honing his stealth skills to a great degree.

Once back from a mission Zabuza brought a child with him, he calls the child Haku, and indeed the child’s skin was white as snow. During his short time in the village, Haku was isolated from people, he does not talk to other kids nor he appear interest to them. His expression was always blank, only when near Zabuza that his face would bright with love and excitement.

At some point, Zabuza attempted a coup d'état, trying to overthrow the Mizukage, but his coup failed and he and his subordinated were forced to flee the country. Through year, Mizukage send countless of ANBU to kill Zabuza, but Zabuza always managed to stay one step ahead of them.

“It seems that our Swordman had became an assassin” Mizukage’s voice brought Yusuke back from his thought “No doubt for money to attempt another coup d'état.” Yusuke could hear the love in Mizukage’s tone, of course, though the village was one of the five strongest villages, it still lacks of strong ninjas and Zabuza is no doubt one of the very best one. Mizukage must have great hopes in him, or else he would not have survived after the massacre. Is a shame he went down the wrong path.

“Your mission is dangerous, Yusuke-Kun” Sato said from the side “Zabuza had defeated each one of ANBU we had send to fetch him, his ability is un-determined”

“I’ll do my best” Yusuke said, and have his leave. Outside, he was giving a special mask that indicates he is now, a hunter-nin.

Inside the office.

“Are you sure he can be trusted?” Ishmael spoken for the first time “Regardless of his skills, he is still only a Gennin”

“There are no worries, Ishmael-kun” Sato said “Yusuke is no doubt the best of the younger generations, surely he can manage this task”

“But, he is still not part of us” Ishmael never liked Yusuke, as Yusuke was not born in the village; he was an orphan that Mizukage brought with him years ago.

“Quiet” Mizukage’s voice was not above average, but it had such power in it that pause both Ishmael and Sato “This will be a test.”