28 Gato's True Goal!

"It's his Chakra, I don't know how to explain it; It's kind of like yours. Not that it's star Chakra, but his base is completely different, heck I don't know if it's Chakra at all. It feels like one big mass of malice and murderous intent." Naruto said as Kakashi saw the slits in Naruto's blue eyes.

"Is it the Kyuubi?" He thought thanking that he was the only one could see them right now, as his back was to everyone else. Kibo was more surprised, he figured out another property of Naruto's Eyes, unlike before it appears that Naruto gained the ability to sense negative and positive energy, without having accessed Sage mode.

When Naruto's eyes returned to normal Kibo asked, "So can you do it?" Naruto gave a thumb up and began performing a series of complicated hand signs, a bright light shined as a golden seal formed around Zabuza's Chakra center. Kibo pulled out the Senbon needles and asked Karin and Sakura to heal him. "Kibo, are you sure you want to do this? Zabuza's not exactly a good person." Kakashi commented.

Kibo nodded his head for the two Kunoichis to continue healing them, before saying "Don't worry, Zabuza may be crazed, but he's a man of honor, and of his word. I know this is a strange thing to say, but I don't think of Zabuza as evil, he's more like a perfect example of the olden day Shinobis. Fierce, Loyal, and unfortunately sees all Ninjas including himself as tools to be used."

Kakashi thought hard as he remembered their fight, not once did Zabuza use a Jutsu, his pride as a swordsmen would not allow him to do so. If his pride as a Swordsman reflected his honor as a Shinobi, then maybe Zabuza won't be such of a problem now that Kibo has claimed his life.

"But he's still dangerous, and committed countless atrocities!" Kakashi added.

"Yes, I know; but I don't think he's completely evil. You know about Kirigakure's graduation exam right?" Kibo said with a sense of dread leaking out of his voice. "How could I not!" Kakashi began telling them about the rituals of the Kiri Ninja, and their cruel actions that have tormented countless Shinobi. "10 years ago, the Village Hidden in the Mist was forced to enact a total reform of their barbaric graduation ritual, all because of the actions of a single fiendish child!"

"What kind of actions could cause an entire village to suddenly force such a change?" Hinata asked, "Yeah! What did the fiend child do?" Sakura followed.

Kakashi sighed, "Without a moment's hesitation, or hint of any qualm. A single boy, who hadn't even qualified as a standard Ninja, slaughtered all 100 of that year's graduation class." Everyone but Kibo was shocked, when Kibo turned to Sakura and Hinata "Do you guy's remember Kakashi's words? A true Ninja must see through deception. I don't agree with his methods, but he did force Kirigakure to stop their old tradition, and the moment their Mizukage had started to bring back these rituals, Zabuza tried to assassinate him." Everyone was starting to see Zabuza in a different light, when Zabuza sat up scaring the day lights out of everyone, "I could care less about the traditions, all I've ever wanted was someone worthy to serve, and a pawn like the Mizukage who is dancing to someone else's tune is no leader worth following."

Zabuza felt his stomach and laughed, "You guys have an Fūin-Jutsu user?" He looked around to see all the talented kids staring him down, "Konoha is sure getting scary these days."

"What did you mean by calling the Mizukage a pawn?" Kakashi asked with a hint of trepidation from his tone. "I meant exactly what I said; the Mizukage is being controlled by someone." Zabuza answered without blinking.

While Kakashi's head was reeling, Zabuza looked over to see Haku and sighed "Please let Haku go free." Zabuza asked surprising Haku the most. "Nope, you two serve the Hoshi Clan now, I haven't thought of a proper title for the two of you yet, but you'll be our clans Guardian Nin." Kibo replied with his arms crossed, he wasn't willing to let go of such a talented swordsman, training his Ken-Jutsu had become a problem; since there were very few in this world that solely focused on Swordsmanship, he had little to none when it came to worthy swordsmen to spar with. The Samurai of Steel Nation might provide some decent skills, but that was a trip for another day.

"You're willing to take us in?" Zabuza said in surprise, "Yes! Only if you follow my rules, don't forget! Your life belongs to me."

Zabuza laughed and stood up and performed a salute, that Kiri Shinobi only show to their master's "From this day onward Zabuza Momochi was slain in combat, and his body destroyed. You'll need a new name." Zabuza nodded his head and said, "Since you're my new master than you'll have to choose one."

"Fine, by combining the Kanji for water (Mizu) and demon (Oni), your new name Zabuza Mizuoni." Zabuza nodded his head.

Kibo walked over to the broken half of the Kubikiribōchō and stored in his inventory. He then handed the remaining half to Zabuza. "You giving me my partner back?" Zabuza took hold of his sword's handle. "It doesn't suit me!" Kibo said patting Fujin's sheath. Zabuza holstered Kubikiribōchō when Kibo continued, "I treat my subordinates' well, as long as you remain loyal to my clan no harm shall befall you, and loose the bandages and the head protector, no one's seen your real face yet right?"

"No one has seen my real face, not even the Kirigakure Nin." Zabuza said as he removed his bandages, and head protector, everyone was surprised he turned out to be a looker, Kibo pulled out a Konoha Flak Jacket that he purchased from his system for 500 points, and handed it to him. "Wear this, and from now on, your actions are my responsibility, so no more breaking the law. Other than that, as long as treat my allies with kindness, and my foes with mercilessness then I don't care what you do." Everyone standing around Kibo shuddered when they heard this, and were glad he was on their side. Zabuza nodded his head, and so did Haku.

After talking with them for a while Kibo turned to Naruto and asked "Naruto can you remove the seals now? I think they'll behave." Naruto nodded his head, as he made a canceling sign. A glowing set of written characters shattered as they two recovered their Chakra. Seeing that they weren't attacking Kakashi let out a sigh of relief.

Kibo then began to interrogate the two, "Well care to tell me why you're so interested in this land? It can't be money, because you could just kill and steal it from Gato at any time. What was he tempting the Oni of the mist with? It also can't be mercenaries. What could a mere bunch of thugs ever hope to accomplish against one of the great 5 ninja villages? Not much use for a rebellion or assassination."

Zabuza Mizuoni as it was now laughed a bit, "Well at least our new master isn't dumb. Your right, Gato said that he found a Chakra Ore Mine on this Island. If I got my hands on that, I could mass produce dozens of Chakra weapons. Even with a bunch of thugs, as long as they're armed with powerful enough weapons in large enough number, then the entire Mizukage army wouldn't stand a chance."

Kakashi sucked in a cold breath of air, and asked "How big is the mine?"

"Gato said somewhere around 1,500 cubic meters, but both Haku, and I know that little rat is lying. Whether it's larger, or smaller than what he claimed, we haven't confirmed yet." Zabuza said plainly.

Kakashi slapped his forehead and said, "This can't get out. Listen up kids, this mission was just promoted to an S Rank mission. Which means absolute secrecy, if the other nations find out about this mine, then we'll be staring down the road of the next Shinobi war."

Everyone gasped in horror, when Kibo said, "Then we'll just have to take it all, if we take all the ore ourselves without anyone knowing, than no war will be fought over it. Of course this can't be written in any document either! It has to stay between us." Kibo placed 3,000 system points into his storage capacity limit.

After increasing it to 3,350 Cubic Meters he smiled, and sent a nod to Kakashi letting him know he wanted to speak in private, after Kibo said a few things to Kakashi, Kakashi agreeing with Kibo nodded his head as he gave an order to Team 7 "Well we still have a job to protect Tazuna and the bridge. Naruto and the rest will accompany Tazuna back to his village, and protect the people and workers from Gato's men. Just in case some of their thugs are wondering about. Kibo and I will stay here with these two and wait for Yamato to arrive."

"Well you heard him!" Kibo said when Naruto asked, "What do we do if we run into Gato's men?" Kakashi gave him a simple look and said "You're a Shinobi now; you'll have to make that decision on your own."

Kakashi thought back to when Kibo whispered something to Yamato, and thought that he knew ahead of time that all of this was going to happen, when the words he read from the Hokage's report entered his thoughts, "Time Do-Jutsu!" He started to think that this kid could see the future. Kibo turned to Kakashi and managed to guess what he was thinking before saying, "Maybe I can, or maybe I can't!"

Kakashi paused, when Kibo continued, "Right now we need to head towards Gato's hidden quarters." Kibo picked took out Raijin and handed it to Kakashi. "Try putting lightning Chakra in it." When Kakashi did he noticed a bright current of electricity shot out of the blade, with almost the same output as his Chidori. "It increases the output of Lightning Chakra by 50%, and if you inject non elemental Chakra at the base of the hilt, it will heal any damage done to the blade."

Kakashi tested out the kodachi out by swinging a few times, when Kibo said "I'm only letting you borrow it for what we have to do next." Suddenly Kakashi understood why Kibo wanted the group to separate. Sighing Kakashi said "You're not going with them." Kibo swayed his head, "No, I killed my first bandit when I was 3. I'm not exactly innocent." Zabuza grunted, "You're being soft on those brats!"

Kibo sighed "Their Shinobi now, they'll have to kill soon or later. I'm just letting them stay innocent a bit longer." Kibo responded. As he jumped onto a tree, "Well, Zabuza, Haku please lead the way."

"Were going to kill them?" Haku said puzzled, "Not Gato though, that little piggy is mine. I know torture interrogation isn't a very reliable method of extracting information, but give him to me for a few hours and I can try!" Zabuza said when Kibo laughed, "No need for torture, just make sure to give me something he's always carrying on his persons." Zabuza lifted his brow and asked, "Why?"

Kibo activated his Tengan and told him of his first ability. "In fact, when I held your sword earlier I could have used every owner of that weapon's skills. If you want, when we have some time on our hands, I'll teach it to you." Zabuza was pleasantly surprised to have such a competent master for a change. After agreeing to a plan of action, the group went off to kill, they couldn't afford to let information of the mine's existence become known, so neither Gato nor his men could be allowed to live. Today, Gato's name and his entire corrupt industry would vanish from this world.

As they approached a large compound built in the middle of a forest, Kibo and the rest shot forward and began killing from the shadows. After 10 minutes everyone inside the compound was killed without making a single sound, Gato included, Zabuza cut his head off with a single swing of his sword. Then Kibo used a transformation Jutsu to turn into Gato, he walked outside and shouted to one of the Guards. "You go gather everyone, and I mean everyone, I don't want to hear they were sleeping or fucking around. Tell them if they don't come here immediately they can considered themselves fired; and by that I mean dead."

Kibo walked back inside and slammed the door, causing the hired thugs to rush all over the island and gather the men. The four waited inside for the bandits to gather up into a large crowd outside the door.