Hashiramas Heir

Chapter 5: First C rank

It was a bright and sunny day as five people were walking down a road. Those five people were the four members of Team 7 and their client. They were walking in a diamond formation with Naruto in front, Sasuke on the left, Sakura on the right, Kakashi trailing behind, and Tazuna, the client, in the middle of the formation.

It had been a day since leaving the village to begin their first C rank. Normally the trip to wave would be less than a day but with Tazuna being a civilian, they had to travel at his pace. The group walked in relative peace and silence until Naruto tripped a bit. After a light chuckle at Naruto's misfortune, Sakura posed a question.

"Tazuna-san, you're from wave country right?" After a grumble of "what about it?" from him, Sakura turned to Kakashi and asked, "Kakashi-sensei, do they have ninjas in Wave country?"

"No, not in wave country. Though their culture and customs differ, hidden villages do exist and as such, other ninjas as well." said Kakashi as he patted Sakura's head, messing up her perfectly groomed hair, "Don't worry, there isn't any ninja combat on a C rank mission."

As the group walked past a puddle in the road, Sakura visibly relaxed upon hearing that. She may have gotten stronger and better as a ninja but she was still a little scared to face an enemy ninja. Her relaxed state changed immediately when she heard...

"One down"

Upon hearing those words, Everyone, except a captured Kakashi, turned around to watch Kakashi be torn to shreds by two other ninjas. Those two being the Demon Brothers, Gozu and Meizu. Both of them had shoulder length brown hair and dark eyes. They both wore a re-breather and poisonous gauntlet on one arm. They looked the same except Gozu had a single horn on his forehead protector and a cape while Meizu had two horns and shaggy hair.

The Demon Brothers, upon seeing the shocked states of the Genin, took that moment to charge for the closet one, who was the blonde kid. However when tying him up like the first ninja, they didn't notice the smirk on his face.

"Two down" said the brothers, who became shocked when the kid melted into mud as they tore him apart.

"Kawarimi (Replacement)" thought Gozu and Meizu as they suddenly started feeling hotter. They looked up to see the biggest fireball either brother had ever seen come falling from the sky. The heat from it was intense and it almost seemed unreal.

"Genjutsu" thought Meizu as he dispelled the illusion. Upon cancelling the illusion, they failed to notice that a kunai pinned their chain to a tree. Shortly after dispelling the Genjutsu, Gozu received a harsh kick from the Blonde while Meizu received one from the dark-haired kid sending them in opposite directions, snapping their chain. Despite the kicks, the brothers recovered fast enough and decided to take out their target as fast as possible and set off to deal with him. They met with the pink haired girl and their target of Tazuna. However, when striking the two, they were just Bunshins (Clones). Duped, by some brat.

Before anyone could move, Kakashi appeared and had gotten both, Gozu and Meizu, trapped under each arm. "Great job team, you all handled that perfectly. Nice Magen: Jigoka no Jutsu (Demonic Illusion: Descending Hell Technique) Naruto. And to you to Sasuke for breaking their chains with that kunai. And Sakura, way to get the VIP out of harm's way and even trick the enemy. Great work my cute, little Genin. Tazuna..we need to talk." said Kakashi as he tied Gozu and Meizu to a tree that Sakura and Tazuna had come out from behind.

"These are chunin level mist ninjas." said Kakashi before Gozu interrupted him.

"How did you react so well to us?" asked Gozu.