AN: Whelp, here's the next installment of Raiden Senju-Potter: and the Shinobi Mage! It took me way longer than I initially thought it was going to take me to finish this chapter because of the fight scenes . They aren't really my strong suites and I really hope you enjoy them!

Many of y'all have asked whether Sakura will remain in team seven or be replaced by Raiden... And my answer is...She'll be remaining in Team Seven.

From the very start if this story I was going to have Team Seven remain the same. Raiden was only going to be a temporary member until they find him his own time and Raiden. I've made an allusion on to who are the candidates to be in his team way back in a Author's Note... or I think I did... if I didn't then I'm losing my mind because I'm pretty sure I did... Anyways, enough of my rambling. I'm just going to say it... Zabuza will become Raiden's team captain and Haku will be one of Raiden's teammates. Raiden will convince Zabuza and Haku to join Konoha after Zabuza gets his revenge against Gatō, Zabuza will uses Gatō's money and weapons stash to fund the effort's against Mizukage.

The third member... I'm still debating the third member for Raiden's team. I was thinking of having Sai join his team under Danzou's order to watch Raiden for him or Sai being rescued from Danzou's control. I might struggle a bit to write Sai, but I'll try my best to capture his social awkwardness and lack of social skills. If it's not Sai then it'll be an OMC or OMF... What do y'all think?

Also, many of y'all want Raiden to use Kakashi's book as leverage for the future... so be expecting an outtake chapter in the near future!

Note!: Jutsu list for this chapter is listened in the End Notes. And this chapters has a TRIGGER WARNING!: which contains mention of a possible RAPE situation which involved Raiden when he was younger, but nothing happened. Raiden killed the man before the man could touch him in anyway. (The scene where this happens is towards the end of this chapter and is just one brief paragraph where Raiden insinuates a [would be] rape situation.) I'm just putting this warning to give y'all a heads up, and will continue to put warnings (when the situation arise) when there's a torture, rape, or an explicit scenes within a chapter.

Q/A:

Animeromance1972: You asked whether they'll remain in the same team, and if Sasuke and Sakura go right back to their usual behavior?

I think I've answered the first part of your question in my author's note detailing how the teams are going to be arranged. Now, for the second part of your question: yes and no... Sasuke and Sakura will be acting bratty and immature for a while; however, their attitudes will change over time. Post Land of the Waves Arc and during the Chuunin Exam Arc, Sakura will start to question herself in her ability and start realizing she needs to change. Her crush on Sasuke will start to dim slightly, and she'll rekindle her friendship with Ino. She'll realize her skills in medical ninjutsu and start working towards getting stronger. Sasuke, on the otherhand will remain as canon.

When will Naruto notice his own feelings towards Rai?

Naruto already has feelings for Raiden, but he's a bit oblivious. I mean, they've shared some moments already and he's starting to notice Raiden as a potential love interest. It won't be until the Chuunin Exams are over and Naruto will have to leave Konoha, to train with Jiraya, that he'll realize how much he loves Raiden.

What house will Rai be placed in at Hogwarts?

Gryffindor... I know, I know how clique. BUT! Raiden really doesn't have any other choice, unless he wants Dumbledore to be suspicious of him. Raiden's goal is to stay under Dumbledore's radar during his stay at Hogwarts and if he goes into any other house, Dumbledore will keep an eye on Raiden's every move. Dumbledore expects Raiden to be his weak, submissive weapon, and Raiden is the complete opposite of what Dumbledore is expecting. Plus, most of his mates are in Gryffindor.

If Dumbledore wasn't the headmaster, or trying to use Raiden as his weapon then Raiden will most likely be in Slytherin. Raiden showcases all the traits of the four house: courage and bravery for Gryffindor, dedication and loyalty for Hufflepuff, intelligence and creativity for Ravenclaw, but his ambition, resourcefulness, and adaptability are his top traits.

Kukuriki: Team 9 is still in rotation?

Yeah they're still in rotation. The reason I haven't mention them is because they graduated two years prior than the rest. They decided to stay in the Academy for two years instead of the four year program everyone else took.

And yeah... I didn't realize my jutsu list was a spoiler waiting to happen... the reason why I have it at the beginning is because I use Japanese names for the jutsu instead of English names. But, I'll certainly try it out and see how it turns out. If people don't mind I'll just add my jutsu list at the end of each chapter from now on.

MayaHikari: You do bring up a great point, Kakashi could've been a better sensei for his team. He failed at promoting teamwork which would've potentially cost him his students lives during the Land of the Waves Arc. No matter how skilled Kakashi is, he couldn't handle BOTH, Zabuza and Haku on his own. If Naruto and Sasuke weren't there, Haku would've killed Kakashi's students and help Zabuza take Kakashi down. Naruto and Sasuke were able to keep Haku distracted enough while Kakashi took care of Zabuza, that was until Haku sacrificed himself by taking the death blow meant for Zabuza.

However, Kakashi did have a hard time getting his students to realize the importance of teamwork. Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura needed a life threatening situation to open their eyes and sorta create bonds with each others. Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura are stubborn... I don't think they would've been able to learn the lesson they learn during the Land of the Waves Arc any other way... Of course, I can be wrong and that's just my opinion.

AJ Picard: Is Raiden going to Hogwarts physically, or are they using the Gemini clone from the beginning?

Raiden will be attending his first week at Hogwarts (2nd year) before he switches places with his clone. (Note: Raiden will be jumping back and forth with his clone during major events; such as, the fight with the Basilisk, first week and last week of school, etc...) He'll spend two intensive years training with the Kitsunes and Okami before he'll merge with his clone, leaving Konoha and attending Hogwarts full time during his Fourth Year and up.

Also, I'll like to point out that Raiden will start to develop much faster than the other kids his age; considering the time difference between the real world and the summon's worlds. Three weeks within the Kitsune's summons world (Kitsune/Okami Forest) equals two days in the real world. So, by his fourth year Raiden will be looking like a seventeen year old, yet he'll still be a fourteen year old... I'm still playing with this idea and haven't locked it in yet.

athenakitty: Will Sakura get untied?

Will someone come and untie her from the tree stump... nope. Nobody is going to untie her after the stunt she played. She'll be able to escape on her own... eventually.

Main Pairing: Raiden's Harem: Senju-Potter Raiden/Uzumaki Naruto/Uchiha Itachi/Sabaku no Gaara/Neville Longbottom/Viktor Krum/Fred and George Weasley.

Side Pairings: Remus Lupin/Sirius Black/Yamato Tenzou, Ron Weasley/Hermione Granger(temporary), Draco Malfoy/Blaise Zanbini, Seamus Finnigan/Dean Thomas, Luna Lovegood/Hermione Granger, Hatake Kakashi/Umino Iruka, Inuzuka Kiba/Aburame Shino, Haruno Sakura/Uchiha Sasuke, Hyuuga Neji/Rock Lee, Sabaku no Kankuro/Hyuuga Hinata, Nara Shikamaru/Sabaku no Temari, Akamichi Chouji/Yamanaka Ino, Sai/Tenten, Momochi Zabuza/Haku, Sarutobi Konohamaru/Moegi/Udon.

Tags: Dumbledore/Molly/Ron/Ginny Bashing, Alpha Raiden(Harry), BAMF Raiden(Harry), BAMF Naruto, BAMF Neville, Powerful Raiden (Harry), Smart Raiden (Harry), Jinchuuriki Raiden (Harry), Protective Raiden (Harry), Dom Raiden (Harry), Grey Raiden (Harry), Animagus Raiden (Harry), Animagus Neville, Animagus Fred and George, Shy Neville, Harem, Threesomes- M/M/M, M-preg & Surrogacy, Creature Inheritances, Familiar bonds, Manipulative Dumbledore, Mokuton Raiden (Harry), Souton Raiden (Harry), Earth Elemental Neville, Water Elemental Fred, Air Elemental George, Fire Elemental Viktor, Eventual Smut, Fluff, Mild Humor, Mages and Sages,

~ Parseltongue~

{Taking in a different language"}

["Demon talking via mental link"]

'Thoughts'

Chapter Seventeen : Bandit Outlaws, Beware!

February 29th, 1992, 5:30 a.m.

Senju Compound, Konohagakure no Sato, Hi no Kuni

Remus hummed to himself in utter bliss, nursing a piping hot cup of black coffee in his hands. He sat at the table, gazing through the window thinking about everything that has happened within the past month, realizing, just how his world has been turned upside down and for the better. He was finally happy and content for the first time of his life since he lost his pack. Years' worth of pain and grief has slowly been lifted from his shoulders, and he can finally move on. He can start living his life again and become a better man for Raiden and Sirius' sake.

He remembers that fateful day quite clearly. How could he not remember that day! It was the day he lost best friends, his family, his pack mates, and his mate!

He knew something was wrong.

Days priors to James and Lily's death; he noticed the couple were acting quite strange. He couldn't exactly put a finger on it but he found it strange how James and Lily were distancing themselves from Dumbledore more and more as days passed by, and seemed uncomfortable whenever Dumbledore would ask them how Harry….well, Raiden now, was doing.

Dumbledore would often ask if he could hold Raiden, or even babysit Raiden to give James and Lily sometime to relax, but James and Lily would smile at the old man and decline his offer saying that Sirius or he could look after Raiden. Dumbledore would turn emotionless, but nod kindly before walking away leaving James and Lily alone.

On the day of James and Lily's death, Dumbledore sent him to Germany in order to recruit some other werewolves for their cause to fight Voldemort. He tried to fight Dumbledore, but the elder wizard 'insisted' it was for the "greater good," that they couldn't afford to have other werewolves to join Voldemort's side.

He was in the middle of entering the Black forest when he felt his bond with James snap and breaks away from him; immediately, he was overcome with immense pain which made him doubled over, losing his balance. He braced himself on a tree truck to prevent himself from fall and knew that James was gone. He gave out a painful howl which echoed throughout the forest, his inner wolf grieving for his pack mate.

Tears fell down his face, acknowledging James' sudden death.

It wasn't five minutes later that he felt another bond break away from him, and it killed him. He felt the bond which connected him to Lily break away until nothing was left, but a hollow void in his heart. His inner wolf gave out an eerie, haunting howl which sends shivers down his spine, mourning the death of another pack mate. He felt as his body contorted painfully, shifting and rearranging bones as his inner wolf came out just as he lost conscience, and his wolf took over.

He didn't wake up until the next day, tired and utterly exhausted; both physically and emotionally. He wasted no time and traveled back to England via portkey in order to find his mate and take his cub away; as James and Lily asked them to.

However, when he arrived and went directly to Dumbledore, he discovered the Dark Lord has been vanquished by his cub, and his mate was imprisoned for betraying James and Lily and killing Peter in the process. He felt as someone sucker-punched him right in the heart, knowing that his mate, his Sirius, was the one responsible for James and Lily's death was too much for him to bare.

At that point, Remus just wanted to take his cub away and leave, but that didn't happened. When he asked Dumbledore where his cub, his Harry was, the old coot smiled sadly at him and told him he couldn't take Harry in; but assured him Harry was going to be taken care of and will be safe in a loving home.

Remus snorted humorlessly at Dumbledore's assurance. Raiden was far from safe with the Dursley's. He was glad Raiden was able to get away from the Dursley's household and away from their abuse. Now, Raiden has gotten stronger, he's able to fend for himself if needed; via hand-to-hand combat, thanks to his ninja training. Not to mention, Ninjutsus could be seen as high powered elemental spells in wizards' eyes.

Remus smiled fondly as he remembered how Raiden took in Wizarding magic, like a duckling to water, everything he taught him the green eyed boy replicated perfectly within the first few tries. If Remus didn't know better, he'll say Raiden was a magical prodigy, he sure acted like one, but he knew Raiden worked extremely hard for his success.

He wondered if Naruto would be the same after discovering the blonde teen had a magical core. He wanted to teach the blonde; but unfortunately, his magic was sealed, not blocked, for the time being and wouldn't be unsealed until the Kyuubi no Kitsune wakes from his slumber.

So, while he trained Raiden with his Spellwork, he taught Naruto the theory of said spells, hexes, curses, and charms. However, he taught both boys basics of Arithmancy, Ancient Runes, Potions, and Herbology; seeing as, those classes didn't highly depend on active magic, rather than ambient magic which both boys could use.

Of course, Remus couldn't teach them more than a few hours because of their busy schedule, but the few hours he could, he wasted no time and worked the boys into the ground. Raiden and Naruto didn't mind because they were actually bored with their current team missions, the only days they were too tired for Remus' lesson were the days their team captain; which much to Raiden's delight, was Kakashi. The silver haired Jounin work them to the bone, making sure they weren't wasting their time.

Remus has sit in for couple of Kakashi's lessons, and he couldn't blame the boys for being dead on their feet after Kakashi's training days, the slivered haired Jounin had Naruto and Raiden do more complex training drills, which required extreme precision and endurance.

"Good morning Moony," Raiden managed to stifle out before he gave out a jaw-breaking yawn, he covered his mouth out of courtesy and wiped a stray, sleep ridden tear that manage to roll down his cheek.

Remus smiled fondly at the raven haired boy. "Good morning Raiden, did you remember to take your potion this morning?" He asked the boy as he placed a big stack of pancakes in front of him, alongside a classic British breakfast. He heard a muffled 'thank you' before he placed a plate for himself and sat down at the table, nursing a cup of coffee.

"Yes, I took it just before my morning workout." Raiden wrinkle his nose in disgust, remembering the horrible taste of the potion. He still hasn't gotten used to their taste after drinking them on a daily basis. He wondered if all potions tasted that horrible.

Remus laughed knowingly as to why Raiden was making a face; most potions tasted absolutely horrid, there are a with few exceptions: such as, a dreamless draught which oddly tasted like honey infused milk, or a pepper-upper which tasted like quite fruity, like cherries.

"So, you have any plans for today Moony?" Raiden asked.

Remus shook his head; watching as the green eyed boy drenched his pancakes with honey, practically used the entire bottle. Remus opted to use with a healthy dose of homemade strawberry perseveres which Raiden made couple days ago, instead of using the jar of fresh honey.

Remus discovered that Raiden had a huge sweet tooth, with an extra fondness for anything chocolate related. The raven haired boy always made sure to carry his own personal stock of chocolate wherever he goes, he discovered Raiden's chocolate and sugar addiction when he have Raiden a chocolate frog.

The poor chocolate frog never stood a chance in getting away, as soon as it moved Raiden stabbed it with a kunai and devoured it in seconds. As soon as Raiden finished his chocolate frog, he demanded to know where he could buy more and Remus introduced him to Sugarplums' Sweets Shop, where he bought all chocolate frogs they had in stock and various Wizarding candies he wanted to try out.

"Hmm, no, not really," Remus hummed lightly, he took a sip from his coffee. "Other than check up on your farm to see if we can start planting the magical plants and herbs, I'm pretty much free…. Oh, and fortify the cabin I'll be spending next week during the full moon."

Raiden nodded, "Will it be ready by then?"

"It should be, the Hokage already sent a group of ANBU and a Fuuinjutsu specialist to ensure the cabin was ready and outfitted with chakra infused chains; which should be able to hold me, just in case Moony wants to explore your territory. I'm merely adding wards to keep others away from the cabin and perhaps some other wards."

Raiden finished his stack of pancakes and gulped down a glass of chocolate milk when they heard Naruto stumbling down the stairs and made his way towards the kitchen, rubbing his eyes in sleepy daze.

The blonde was still wearing his pajamas, proudly wearing his sleeping cap that covered his messy blonde locks and a pair of frog slippers Remus gifted him last week when he discovered the blonde's fondness for frogs.

"Morning Rai…Remus…" The blonde mumbled in between a jaw-breaking yawn. He smiled sheepishly before he sat down and reached for his plate of food, wasting no time in devouring the food in front of him with relish.

"Good morning Naruto," Remus smiled at the blonde, unfazed by Naruto's eating habits.

Raiden shook his head as he watched his best friend gorged himself with a healthy gusto. It's been a week since they've slowly started to patch their friendship back together as they were before the whole Mizuki-incident; they weren't tense around each other, and spend time with each other aside from their training with their team, but they weren't attached to each other's hip. They have branched out and met new people.

While Naruto was hanging out with Remus or Iruka, Raiden was training with Kiba and Akamaru which mainly consisted of roughhousing or lounging around the Inuzuka compound; if he wasn't was Kiba, he was hangout with Hinata, trying to raise the Hyuuga heiress confidence and offer her advice and moral support.

It also seemed, as if Naruto managed to find a little minion in Konohamaru, the Hokage's grandson. The boy was so enamored with Naruto, that he spent days stalking Naruto until he gathered his courage to ask, or rather, demanding, Naruto to teach him everything he knew. The blonde didn't hesitate and took the young Sarutobi under his wing, teaching him valuable skills; such as how to prank, how not to get caught while pranking, (and much to Raiden's dismay), taught Konohamaru his Oiroke no Jutsu.

When Raiden discovered the blonde teaching that particular jutsu to poor Konohamaru, Raiden chased Naruto around the village with a wooden bat, threatening to maim the blond for corrupting Konohamaru's innocent youth with Naruto's pervy jutsu. The blonde tried to apologize as he ran and promised Raiden he wasn't going to continue teaching that jutsu, Raiden relented and forgave him.

However, when they caught up with Konohamaru, they didn't expect Konohamaru to perform the jutsu for them and transform into a rather unattractive, half-naked woman. Raiden released his killer intent and slapped Naruto on the back of the head, making the blonde release a whimper in pain as he felt Raiden's killer intent surrounding him.

Konohamaru, oblivious, to Raiden's killer intent, tried making some suggestive poses and tried to flirt with Raiden, which only irritated the Senju heir and increased his killer intent five-fold.

It was safe to say that Naruto has never ran as fast as he did has that day; trying to escape Raiden's fury, which included: dodging wooden shurikens, kunai, spears, arrows, and other dangerous projectiles.

February 29th, 1992, 10:30 a.m.

Training Field 14, Konohagakure no Sato, Hi no Kuni

It was thirty minutes before Naruto and Raiden were supposed to meet up with their team at Training field 14, their designated training field where Kakashi, their team captain, tells them what they're going to do for day; whether they'll be training, working on teamwork exercises, or doing some low level mission; like help some old lady weed out her garden or help civilians with some easy task.

Their team missions have mainly consisted of helping people with their garden, something which Raiden knew was because of his legendary green thumb. Loads of people requested their team to help with gardening duties, which Naruto and Raiden didn't mind at all; they secretly enjoying those missions and had a blast doing things they loved.

Sasuke and Sakura, or course hated those missions.

Sakura cried and whined too much, complaining about getting dirty and ruining her smooth hands with dirt and manual labor, fearing she'll have callouses. Everyone usually ignores her ranting; well, everyone except Raiden, which usually results in Sakura tripping on weeds that magically appear out of nowhere, earning the pink haired Kunoichi a face full of dirt. Raiden may or may not be responsible with her clumsiness…

Sasuke, on the other hand, fumed as he watched Raiden being fawned and praised for his work; often receiving treats for his help as a job well-done, such as baked goods or drinks to keep him happy, 'After all, a young man like yourself must keep himself hydrated under this blazing sun and a cookie or two won't hurt either,' so the women said in their defense.

Kakashi didn't mind the gardening missions too much; they were boring enough that he could sit back and read his books while supervising his Genins from a tree, ensuring they stayed on task every now and then.

However, the only down side to those missions were his wistfully sighs and groans, as he watched beautiful women fawn and coo at Raiden incessantly. He admits he's a bit jealous…. Okay, he's really, really jealous how Raiden seems to have women all over him without even trying! He fears how the women will be once Raiden has reach full maturity, he mentally cries at the unfairness in the world…. Of course, he ignored the part where the women are trying to shove their daughters at the Senju heir rather aggressively.

Raiden had to deal with the awkward stares and wistful gazes from the daughters of the women. He ignored their flirty attempts and offer fake smiles as he decline their advances as he worked. He wasn't interested in marrying one of them or even considering them as a potential bride, he just wanted to work in peace!

It's almost been almost a month since he's been officially part of Team Seven. He, however, wasn't a permanent addition to Team Seven; as Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke were. He was merely there as a temporary addition, until there's an opening for another team available, or so Iruka stated a few weeks back.

As the matter it fact, the only reason as to why Raiden was part of Kakashi was because he was given the choice to pick his temporary team; which irked the Uchiha heir immensely during their first weeks together as a team.

Raiden hasn't regretted his decision to join Team Seven; no matter how many times Sasuke tries to antagonize him or how Sakura would glare at him. He brush away their childish antics and tried to cooperate with them if needed. He tried his best to ignore them and take one for the team, Kakashi can't say he hasn't put in the effort because he has, but the pair hasn't even tried to work with Raiden.

Raiden, however, hasn't forgiven the pink haired menace, not after she tried to kill Naruto to save Sasuke. If he had his way, he would've killed Sakura if it weren't for Matsu, whom stopped him from slitting her throat. At least now, Sakura was extremely weary of him after tasting his killer intent. He would smile whenever Sakura would flinch whenever his eyes glowed or barred his sharp fangs at her. It might be a bit petty of him, but he didn't care.

Nobody hurts his blonde without facing his wrath.

Feeling Raiden's anger rises at Sakura's betrayal, Naruto instinctively, leaned towards the taller boy resting his head against Raiden's chest. He sighed contently as he felt Raiden's hands run through his hair, "Ugh, when is Kakashi-sensei gonna arrive! It's been almost an hour has he's still not here." The blonde complained.

Just as Raiden was going to answer the blonde's question, the silver haired Jounin appeared in front of them, giving his students a casual wave. "Yo," Kakashi muttered, ignoring the glares from Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura for his tardiness.

"Finally!" exclaimed an outrage blonde.

Kakashi batted his hands at the angry blonde, "Don't blow a fuse, chibi. I was just getting our mission for today." Naruto glared at his sensei, crossing his arms over his chest grumpily. Raiden patted the blonde head, calming the blonde's ire.

"Any who…. Our client will be waiting for us in ten minutes in front of the Northern Gate." Kakashi clapped his hands, "We'll be ensuring he reaches the outskirts of the village safely without damaging his merchandise ans wait until a traveling caravan comes to pick him up."

Naruto hooted happily, "Finally! We get to see some action!"

Sasuke grunted.

Kakashi rolled his eye at the blonde's excitement, "This is a D-Rank mission, Naruto. Chances are we won't be fighting any bandits along the way. We're simply escorting our client, it's just a precaution."

"Aww," The blonde pouted, unleashing his puppy eyes at their sensei.

Kakashi wavered a bit, looking away from the blonde's adorable puppy eyes he shook his head, "We barely have a month working as a group, Naruto. We're nowhere near ready to have a higher rank mission; we at least, have to accomplish the standard one hundred D-Rank mission before we're eligible for a C-Rank mission or higher."

"At least we're not looking for Tora, Naru." Naruto shivered at the thought. He certainly was thankful they were asked to look for the evil cat; he swore that cat was the devil incarnate! There was no way a cat could cause so many problems in so little time!

The quickly group made their way towards the Northern gate where they were greeted kindly by their client, a middle age man and his ten year old son. The merchant noticed Raiden and his smile brighten. His soft purple eyes crinkle at the corners as he watched his son launched himself at the raven haired Shinobi, hugging him as tightly as he could.

"Raiden-nii-san, you're here!" The blue haired boy exclaimed, elated by Raiden's presence.

Raiden lowered himself to catch blue haired boy and hug him back. "I thought you guys were leaving next week?"

The boy's father rubbed by back of his head sheepishly, "Well that was the plan, but our caravan decided to pick us up before we leave for Kaze no kuni. Apparently, they couldn't stay at Tengeku district due to the renovation they're currently undergoing."

"Papa was going to tell you yesterday, but I asked him to wait because we were hiring your team to escort us, and I wanted to spend some time with you before we leave." The little boy jutted his lower lip out, pouting and looking shyly at Raiden.

Raiden smiled. "That's sweet of you Hiro-kun," he ruffled Hiro's bright blue hair fondly. He looked over his shoulder noticing the confused looks he was receiving from his team and smiled sheepishly. "Err, right. Daisuke… Hiro…" he addressed the merchant and his son respectively, "I would like you to meet our team captain, Hayate Kakashi and the rest of our team: Haruno Sakura, Uchiha Sasuke, and of course, you already know Naruto."

Kakashi coughed, "Pleasure to meet you, Daisuke-san and Hiro-kun" offering a friendly eye-smile to their clients. "I take it you already know Raiden and Naruto."

Daisuke nodded. "Yeah, Raiden was in fact, our first customer when we arrived in Konoha three years ago, and since then I can't get rid of the brat." He teased, shooting a smirk at the raven haired boy.

"Whatever you say, old man." Raiden snorted, adjusting his grip on Hiro as he stood up. He stood still as Hiro wormed his way up and wrapped his arms around Raiden's neck. Hiro rested his chin on Raiden's shoulder and peeked over shyly, catching a glimpse of Raiden's teammates. He noticed Naruto and smiled brightly at the blonde.

"Naru-chan, you're here too!"

Naruto gave Hiro a warm smile. He has given up trying to correct Hiro, he could never say no "Yup, I'm in the same team as Raiden."

"Sugoi!" Hiro exclaimed a little to loudly for Raiden's taste, making Senju heir winced slightly. Hiro noticed when Raiden tensed slightly and apologized sheepishly.

"Sorry Raiden-nii-san."

Raiden waved it off. "It's alright, Hiro-kun. No harm, no fowl."

Kakashi clapped his hands together, "Alright team, let's get into formation!"

Thirty minutes into their mission, Matsu and Raiden perked up, sensing four new chakra signatures surrounding them, bring their total to six unknown assailants on their trail. They've noticed two chakra signatures, as soon as they depart from the village's gates, following them from a safe distance merely observing their every move, as they weren't the only ones who noticed, both Kakashi and Naruto noticed the unknown ninjas.

[ "Do you know where they are?"] Matsu asked Raiden, using their mental link.

Raiden nodded, 'Yeah, there's two unknown ninjas behind us, two ninjas ahead of us, and two more on our sides. It seems they are preparing to attack us.' Raiden commented, noticing how Kakashi and Naruto were getting ready to strike at any moment. Sasuke and Sakura were both oblivious to their upcoming battle.

Naruto didn't waste anytime picking up Hiro and instructing the blue haired boy to get on his back and hold onto him tightly, the blue haired boy oblivious to what's happening only did what any other kid his age would do and shriek happily. Raiden shoot at look at Daisuke, conveying the severity of their situation and nodded towards Naruto, Daisuke understood and quickly trotted off towards Naruto ensuring both his son and he were protected by Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura.

It wasn't much longer that the silence within the forest was broke, and the fight began as Kakashi deflected the incoming shurikens with his kunai.

Immediately, the ninjas who were flaking their sides throughout the forest jumped from their hiding spots and into open view. They were quickly followed by the two ninjas who were following from behind and surround Kakashi and his team, waiting for their leader to appear.

A tall, stocky man wielding a large wooden club appeared in front of Kakashi. "Well, well, well. What do we have here boys? A pair of kids and their grandpa protecting our merchandise!" He grinned madly, "Looks like our lucky day!" He exclaimed loudly, barking a dog-like laugh.

Next to what seemed to be the leader of the bandits, stood a beautiful blonde woman with icy blue eyes. The woman scoffed, "This isn't going to be a challenge Jirobō, you promised me a challenge!" She whined half-heartily as she twirled her dual dagger in her hands.

Jirobō, the leader of the bandits shook, "Sorry, Miku. I thought the Konoha had better shinobi than a pair twerps and an old geezer."

"Oi, who are you calling a twerp!" Naruto shouted in outrage.

Raiden and Matsu both face-palmed.

Jirobō and Miku turned their attention to Naruto and laughed, making Naruto sputter in anger. However, when he felt Hiro hold onto his neck tightly, he backed off. He wasn't going to allow Hiro nor Daisuke to get hurt, not after the father and son duo have shown Naruto nothing but compassion and love.

"So, what's the plan boss!" One of the bandits shouted at their leader.

"Hmm, I guess we can let them live. They aren't worth our time and were only after the merchandise." He shot a look at Kakashi and asked, "So, what do you say old man?"

Kakashi's visible eye twitched at being called old. "Well, I'm afraid I cannot allow you to steal our client's cargo. So, either you and your pathetic group of bullies walk away unharmed, or stay and suffer the consequences. I warn you, you wouldn't want to anger those two boys, you'll deeply regret it." Kakashi pointed at Naruto and Raiden.

Jirobō and Miku stared at the blonde who they laughed at earlier and scoffed, "pshh, the little pretty boy doesn't look like much. Put him in a dress, add some make-up, tame his hair, and he'll look like a girl." Miku cooed slightly. However, when the duo shifted their attention to the raven haired boy, who was standing in front of the cart, they stared into the boy's glowing green eyes and fought the urge to flinch and back away. They could feel the beast that was lying underneath the boy's skin, ready to be released like an apex predator, a wolf waiting to pounce on it's prey.

Undeterred by Kakashi's warning, Jirubō grinned. "Don't say I didn't warned you, you heard him, boys! Attack, leave no survivors!"

Miku licked her bottom lip, "Leave the blonde one alive, he'll be worth quite a penny after I'm done with him."

Kakashi sighed under his breath, already knowing the outcome of the battle. "Formation 11, and aim to incapacitate... I'm talking about you Raiden, try to keep them alive." He whispered the final part to Raiden, knowing the boy was able to hear him due to his sensitive hearing. Raiden nodded grudgingly, he wanted to rip the woman's throat for threatening Naruto.

Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura quickly got into position, forming a triangle around Daisuke and Hiro, ensuring their clients were safe within their formation. Naruto quickly made two shadow clones and placed when within their triangle formation and handed Hiro to one of his shadow clones, he leaned towards the boy and whispered into his ear, asking to boy to shut his eyes and cover his ear. Daisuke shot Naruto a relived and grateful look at the blonde before one for a shadow clone was covered him.

Raiden, quickly made two shadow clones and asked them to protected the cart. His shadow clones nodded and took our their katana.

"Pshh, clones aren't going to stop us, ya know!" He raised his club, yelling for his men to start attacking. The bandits wasted no time and started engaging in battle, breaking into two pairs; one group went directly towards Raiden and the cart, while the other group attacked Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura.

Kakashi withdrew a kunai from his weapons pouch and ran towards Jirobō and Miku, trying to lead the duo away from his team and client, knowing his team was able to take care of the bandits; especially, considering Naruto and Raiden weren't going to allow Daisuke and Hiro get hurt. Just as he planned, both Jirobō and Miku took his challenge and went after him.

Raiden caught a glimpse of Kakashi leaving with Jirobō and Miku out of the corner of his eye. He reached into his pocket and withdrew his weapon scroll and took out his kusari-gama. Raiden twirled the metal chain attached to the metal weight as he watched two bandits run towards him with their weapons drawn before they stopped few feet away him.

"Oi, Hanzō. You want to take care of this brat, or should I do the honors?" The taller of the two asked his purple haired companion, as he ran his hand through his dark brown matted hair.

The purple haired man shot a half-crazed grin at his partner, his right hand tighten around the hilt of his katana. The man could feel his blood lust growing as he started at the emerald eyed boy in front of him and sized him up. Hanzō knew that the raven haired boy shouldn't be taken lightly, his posture was solid and sturdy, something which was earned after years of training and real battle experience.

He knew Jirobō was foolishly to dismiss the children and their team captain as easy picking, their foolish leader didn't know he was currently trying to take down Koppi Ninja no Kakashi, the man who's said to know over 1,000 different jutsu and perform them flawlessly, a shinobi who is feared and wanted by many. If Kakashi has trained his students, then his students must possess raw talent or specials skills. He noticed how Kakashi didn't spared to leave any instruction to his team other to form their triangle formation. However, the raven haired boy in front of him wasn't part of the formation, nor did Kakashi left any other order for the boy, which meant the boy knew how to handle himself and was trusted Kakashi. Which meant, the boy was more dangerous than he seemed.

He wondered just how strong the boy might be, perhaps... just perhaps his battle might satisfy his blood lust. Looking at the raven haired one last time he nodded, "I'll take care of the brat, he's mine. You just worry about getting the merchandise, Kazuma." Kazuma nodded sharply and left his blood thirsty companion behind, as he made his way towards the cart.

Hanzō glanced at the boy one final time before he disappeared from sight only to reappeared behind the raven haired boy with his katana protruding from the boy's gut. He tsked in dissatisfaction how easy he took down the boy, he couldn't even reveled in the boy's warm blood ran down his hand and blade.

"Any final words?" He whispered into the boy's ear.

Raiden smirked, "what kind of ninja are to you fall for such a simple trap?"

Hanzō's eyes widen as the raven haired boy exploded into a white cloud of smoke, followed by a sticky amber colored substances which was clinging onto him. He looked down at his hands and realize it wasn't blood running down his hands, no it wasn't blood at all, it was sap... tree sap to be precise. He felt a sharp curved blade wrap around his side, just barely digging into his skin.

"Well, aren't you in a sticky situation." Raiden chuckled under his breath, satisfied with how his well his new jutsu, Ekijuu Bunshin, worked. His brand new jutsu was based on an shadow clone which when destroyed, expels a sticky tree sap substances meant to cover an opponent and slow them down.

Hanzō tried to jump away and escape, but he was glued down to the ground thanks to the tree sap covering his lower half of his body. He inwardly cursed at his stupidity, he should've known it wouldn't be easy taking down a boy trained by Kakashi. He knew was boy must be good, but he didn't suspect the boy to switch which one of his clones within a blink of an eye. He didn't even noticed when the raven haired boy made the switch.

Turning his head around, he noticed Kazuma was struggling fending off a single clone and was losing badly from the number of wounds all over is body. He noticed the clone wasn't a regular clone, it was acting more life-like, which shouldn't possible. Even the clone he attacked wasn't acting like a regular clone, it should've disappear as soon as he pierced his stomach, but instead it last couple seconds before it exploded.

In fact, the clones appeared to be acting like elemental clones, which are incredibly hard to make. Most ninjas are barely able to make a single elemental clone; if they're lucky, perhaps two elemental clones at most due to the fact that elemental clones take up a hefty amount of chakra to sustain them.

'This kid is no pushover... I wonder what else he's capable of...' Hanzō thought to himself before he closed his eyes. Slowly, Hanzō started to focus his chakra outwards, surrounding his body to break his rock armor in order for him to escape the tree sap. He jumped away as soon as he was free, leaving his katana behind. He'll try to salvage it after he's dealt with the kid.

Rolling his shoulder back, Hanzō stared intensely at the raven haired boy,his stony gaze was drawn to the kusari-gama the boy wielded in his hands. He reached into his back and withdrew his wakizashi with a single swoop. He raised his blade in front of him and dashed towards the raven haired boy.

He wasn't playing around anymore, he was going for the kill.

Raiden twirled the metal chain around as he stood in place. His sturdy, verdant gaze was locked onto Hanzō's approaching body, waiting for the bandit to get closer to him before he made his move. Once Hanzō was couple feet away from Raiden, he quickly threw his metal ball at Hanzō, managing to wrap it around the bandit's left leg. Raiden yanked the mental chain causing the bandit to fall down on his back.

Hanzō quickly recovered from his tumble and jumped backwards, creating a large gap between him and the raven haired boy. He watched as the raven haired boy whipped his weighted chained around him with ease, never once lose control over it. Hanzou shook his head and tried another frontal attack, this time he was watching out for the weighted chain. As he got closer to the raven haired boy, he successfully evaded all of the boy's attempts to push him back. He hastily whipped out his wakizashi and went for the boy's stomach, only to have his blade taken out of his hands when the weighted chained wrapped around his wakizashi.

Hanzō cursed and somersaulted backwards to evade the boy's sickle. He placed his left hand on the ground and pulsed his chakra towards his palm, forcing his chakra onto the ground , "Doton: Retsudo Tenshō!" Hanzō smirked at the ground below his hand started to scatter slowly, he watched as the earth below the raven haired boy started to crumple before it gave away completely, creating a large plume of dust as the ground scattered onto itself and buried the raven haired boy alive.

Hanzō stood up straight, wiping off the dust and gravel on his hand. He watched as the dust started to clear away from the huge crater in the field and grinned as he spotted the raven haired boy's kusari-gama on the ground next to his wakizashi. Hanzō made his way towards the crater, taking his time knowing that he's killed the boy. He picked up his wakizashi and sheathed it before he spotted the kusari-gama laying next to it. He bend down to pick the kusari-gama and pocketed it away, the chained sickle seemed to be a high quality weapon, one which could fetch him a nice price, or replaces his lost katana.

Just as he was about to walk away, he heard the sharp, distinctive sound of metal cutting through the air approaching behind him. He barely managed to jump away from the fury of shurikens embedded to the ground he was standing on seconds ago. Hanzō jerked his head around, catching the glint of glowing, verdant eyes from the treeline.

"How!? You should be dead!?" Hanzō yelled.

Raiden disappeared and reappeared in front of Hanzō within a blink of an eye, shocking the older man. He gave the bandit a bored look as he stuffed his hands into his pockets and sighed, "if I were a regular Genin, I wouldn't be able to escape your jutsu. But, I'm not just a regular Genin. I knew what you were planning as soon as you slammed your hand onto the floor, I simply waited for your jutsu to reach me, before I jumped out of the way right before the ground scattered underneath me. The only reason you didn't see me escape was because of the dust plume your jutsu generated. You were so sure you're jutsu was going to work that you didn't suspect my escape."

Reaching into his pockets, Raiden withdrew a paper tag and activated it, creating a large plume of dust engulfing both of them. Hanzō covered his mouth and nose with his left arm, trying to block the smoke from entering his lungs. He looked around trying to spot the boy, but it was near impossible to see anything that wasn't right in front of him. Hanzō gasped painfully as Raiden kicked the back of legs, causing him to fall down on his knees. He felt the sharp edge of his wakizashi on his neck, barely touching his neck. If he moved an inch he'll bleed out before he can counter and surely die.

"You aren't my target, so there's no point in prolonging this battle any further." Raiden whispered into Hanzou's ear. He quickly withdrew a chakra suppression tag and slapped it on Hanzō's forehead. Once he knew Hanzō couldn't use his chakra anymore, Raiden withdrew the wakizashi from his neck and made sure to hit all of Hanzō's pressure points to incapacitate him further, a skill he learned from Hinata. He quickly hogtied him and looted for any valuables the bandit had in his possession. "Count yourself lucky, your blonde friend isn't going to be so lucky." Hanzō shivered as he felt the raven haired boy's killer instinct washing over his body, he could smell the boy's blood lust and it wasn't pleasant.

"Wait!" Hanzō yelled, stopping the boy before he left. "Watch out for her daggers and darts, she loves lacing them with poison meant to paralyzing her targets."

Raiden nodded sharply, he turned around and watched at his clone knocked out Kazuma and tied him up. He glanced towards Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura direction and noticed they didn't need any help, they had their own battle under control. He asked his shadow clone to stay behind just as a safeguard before he left to find the blonde woman. She's going to regret implying anything about his Naruto.

"Oi, what is that kid doing here?" Miku exclaimed, causing Jirobō to stop abruptly. The bandit leader watched as a raven haired boy landed next to the silver haired man and whispered something to the older man.

Jirobō scratched the back of his neck lazily, dismissing the brat until he noticed something familiar on the brat's hip. It took him couple of seconds to realize the brat had Hanzō's wakizashi attached to his hip. There's no way the brat could've taken it from Hanzō without killing or knocking out Hanzō. His eyes widen dramatically in shock, he sputtered comically almost choking on his saliva.

"What's the problem?" Miku asked Jirobō. The bandit leader pointed at the raven haired boy, "that brat has taken Hanzō's wakizashi!"

Miku arched her perfectly sculpted eyebrow, clearly not believing Jirobō. "That's not possible. Hanzō is one of our best men, he couldn't have been taken down by a child."

Jirobō growled in irritation. "Well, then explain how the brat has Hanzō's wakizashi!"

Miku rolled her eyes at the man, but turn towards the raven haired boy's direction anyways. She was about to retort when she spotted a familiar black and blue striped hilt on the boy's hip. There was no questioning who that blade belong to.

"That's Hanzō's wakizasi!?"

"See, I told you!"

"But how? Hanzo is one of our best men!?"

"Heck do I know, do you think they called reinforcements?"

"Impossible, they would've triggered my seals," Miku countered. After all, she was the one who placed the proximity ward seals around the forest, she would've been the first to know if intruders tripped her seals...Unless... they boy did manage to knockout Hanzō on his own... but if that's the case, then why did they boy decided to leave his teammates behind rather than helping them?

On the other side of the field, Raiden finished debriefing Kakashi on their status. The older man nodded and hastily wrote a letter, asking for a group to retrieve the incapacitated bandits, he sealed the letter and handed it to Raiden. The Senju heir whistled a quick succession of pitches and waited for Hedwig to arrive to his call, he knew Hedwig was within their vicinity, hunting for her prey and enjoying the lush forest area which surrounded Konoha.

Raiden heard a familiar hoot and saw Hedwig soared through the sky out of the corner of his eye, he quickly raised his arm and waited for her to land. Hedwig trilled happily as she perched on his arm, she moved closer and nuzzled Raiden's face. Raiden smiled down at his affectionate owl and stroke her feathers, "Hey girl, enjoying the forest, aren't you?" Hedwig bobbed her head, hooting happily as if Raiden could understand her. Raiden chuckled, happy to know his owl was enjoying her freedom.

When Hedwig return back from her trip from Hogwarts, Raiden personally showed Hedwig his compound. Hedwig was delighted to see her new home, she flew throughout the Senju compound, exploring every single cranny she could fit or fly through. She quickly claimed the Senju aviary as her own and wasted no time into making her nest. Weeks passed as she explored the village and the forest sounding Konoha, looking for the best materials to make she nest out of, and even brought Raiden couple of gifts to show her gratitude; which, consisted of dead rats, small hares, berries, and a handful of shiny, valuable objects such as: gems, crystals, and in some rare cases money.

Hedwig quickly made her presence known within Konoha and preened under the countless awestruck gazes she received from the villagers, especially the children who saw her. She allowed couple of children to approach her, even stroke her feathers if Raiden or Naruto was nearby so she can perch on them. However, if someone dared to approach her without her permission or hurt her hatchlings, especially Naruto, all hell broke loose. Her vindictive side showed, and her victims suffered her feathery wrath, many of her past victims are terrified and wary of her after their ordeal... and a certain cat would often aid Hedwig's revenge efforts.

Raiden had received a lot of complaints and even threats of having her put down, but whenever the villagers who've been attacked by "Hedwig," tried to bring it towards the Village council, they always cowed for two reasons: feeling Raiden's wrath, and the other is having to see Hedwig during the council meetings, grooming her feather with her sharp beak and her seeing her soul piercing, yellow eyes follow their every movement.

Countless of the other clans heads have asked where he gotten Hedwig from; they were interested in acquiring their own owl after they've seen how effective Hedwig is at delivering his letters. Raiden told them his uncle, Remus, bought her from a "merchant" during his travels as a gift for his birthday. Many were disappointed, and asked if he'll ever breed her, Raiden told them he wasn't going to. However, he did promised he'll try to find the "merchant," if they were interested in acquiring their own owl... After all, it could prove to be a good business investment for the future... perhaps, it can give Remus and Sirius an upper hand when they decided to take their clan's name within Konoha.

Raiden's straying thoughts interrupted by Hedwig's grooming efforts, the Senju heir smiled softly at his owl. "Hey, girl. Can you take this to Izumo and Kotetsu?" Hedwig chirped in agreement, she nipped Raiden's ear lobe before she spread her wings and flew into the sky, carrying the letter safely between her sharp beak.

Kakashi sighed, "guess it's time to wrap this up." The silver haired man yawned, uncrossing his arms from his chest.

Raiden rolled his shoulders back, "they should be here within 15 minutes or less."

"Well, try to not maim her too much, we'll need her alive." Raiden growled next to him, not liking his suggestion. "She seems to be the brain behind the operation , and we need to know why they were harboring a missing ninja in their little bandit group... Something tells me there's something deeper going on and why they're close to out borders."

Raiden frowned, "fine." He cracked his fingers, slowly he withdrew his newly acquired wakizashi and grinned sharply. His emerald green eyes darken, while the golden ring around his irises glowed slightly, "but she's mine."

Kakashi rubbed the back of his head and sighed, knowing he won't be able to change Raiden's mind. "Alright." He replied shortly, watching as Raiden disappeared from his sight. He couldn't help but worry if Raiden was growing up too fast and turning a bit cold. The boy didn't hesitate to spill blood anymore, but he knew Raiden wouldn't spill innocent blood.

Raiden would do anything to keep his loved ones safe, as well protect those who can't protect themselves; especially women and children. He's seen how the children at the orphanage would beam whenever Raiden and Naruto would visit them bearing wooden toys and dolls Raiden crafted himself. Or how the duo would play with the orphans, teaching those orphans who were interested in becoming a ninja some skills, or just giving the children some attention they yearned. All of the orphans called Naruto and Raiden their big brothers whenever they would visited them.

Thanks to Raiden's successful farm and investments, he's able to run a food bank for families who are in need of fresh food, by providing fresh fruits, vegetables and canned goods Naruto and Raiden make every month. Not to mention, Raiden donates a pretty hefty amount of his own money to the orphanage every month to make sure the orphanage to have everything they need to keep the children fed and happy. As well as creating a scholarship foundation for orphans and children from low income families who wanted to become ninjas; by providing all materials they'll need throughout their training until they graduate from the Academy.

All of Kakashi's fears were batted away as he remembered what Raiden will have to deal with in the near future, the boy he saw as a younger brother was going to have a hard life once he leaves the village, and goes back to England to deal with Voldemort and Dumbledore's forces. As much as he hated it, Raiden will need to be cold and ready to kill if it ensures he'll come back alive, the more practice he gets the better it'll be for Raiden, no matter how gruesome it sounds. War is never easy...

Shaking his thoughts away, Kakashi readied himself for his target.

"Where did the brat go!" Jirobō exclaimed abruptly, he scanned the forest around them in search of the boy but it proved to me useless, the boy disappeared into the forest. He debated whether he should go after the boy, but decided against it. The boy didn't pose that much of a threat.

However, Miku thought otherwise. The boy was much stronger than he appeared; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to take down Hanzō, a missing ninja from Iwagakure, so easily...

Miku stopped and jerked her head to the left as she heard the distinct sound of metal piercing the air, she grabbed her whip and deflected a set of shurikens headed her way. She glanced at the direction where the shurikens came from and flinch as she saw a pair of feral green eyes, glowing ominously within the shadows of the trees, glaring darkly at her with burning rage. As soon as their eyes met, the boy disappeared within the shadows, almost as if he was consume by the shadows.

Miku licked her lips, her blood lust was rising as the boy proved to be a challenge... Perhaps, today was her day after all. Her hand tighten around the handle of her whip and set off into the forest. She wasn't going to wait for the brat to come to her; instead, she'll hunt him down. After all, she always loved a good chase.

["It seems Naruto has things under control."] Matsu commented as he saw Raiden's shadow clone's memory.

"Yeah, and the reinforcements should arrive soon." Raiden replied. He reached into his inner pocket of his trench coat and retrieved a small flask of green fluid. Raiden withdrew a single wooden arrow and his bow from one of his scroll. Carefully, he poured a small amount of the green fluid into a small wooden bowl he made and dipped the arrowhead in the green fluid for couple of seconds, making sure they were coated.

[" Are you sure you want to test that poison right now?" ] Matsu asked, wondering if it was a good idea to test an experimental poison Raiden was experimenting with. The poison was based on a diluted hemlock extract which should be potent enough to paralyze his target(s), but not deadly enough to kill them. However, Raiden hasn't perfected his poison yet, if the dose is too high it would result in heart and respiratory failure apart of full paralysis, within an hour his target(s) will die.

"Normally, I wouldn't test it without making sure it worked perfectly, but if she loves using poison in her arsenal as Hanzou said; then, she must have a high poison tolerance and resistance, as most poison crafters." Raiden reached into his pocket and took out a strange looking stone, " However, she doesn't then I have couple of bezoar with me just as a precaution."

Raiden placed his hand on the tree truck he was leaning on and closed his eyes, focusing his chakra and merge it with the tree's natural chakra in order to expand his chakra sensory range. He could feel the life within the forest: trees, plants, rivers, fauna, anything which had a chakra source, he could feel and pint point their location. He ignored all of the familiar chakra sources and focused on the one headed in his way, he nodded and drew his bow with the poison arrow in placed, ready to fired at any moment.

Raiden inhaled through his nose, arrow drawn fully and waited for the blonde women to get closer. His eyes narrowed as he could see tree branched being hatched away by a sharp whip from afar, and knew it was her. Raiden closed one eye and aimed, he inhaled a sharp breath and release both his breath and arrow, sending his poison tipped arrow at his target. He paused and smirked when he heard a loud yell echo through the forest, his arrow made contact. Raiden put away his bow and jumped tree to tree towards the woman.

When he arrived, he saw the woman yank out the arrow embedded on her left shoulder. She hissed painfully and threw the arrow to the ground. Her head snapped towards Raiden direction and growled, barring her teeth at him.

"Good shot brat, I'll give you that." She inspected her wound and licked her thumb, tasting her blood. She licked her lips and smirked, "Oho! nice job with the poison, but I'm afraid it won't work on me." She raised her finger towards her wound and focused her chakra, a green glow appeared around her finder and slowly drew out the poison.

"You see, I have a special talent when it comes to poisons." Once all of the poison was drawn out of her wound, she heal her injury. She inspected the poison with a calculating look and drank it, her body shivered in delight and sighed dreamily as she licked her lips. "I've yet to come across a poison to affect me... and one I cannot control." Miku inhaled deeply, puffing her cheeks as he signed a handful of signs. She opened her mouth, expelling a massive cloud of poison.

Raiden's eyes widen and acted hastily, he jumped backwards trying to get away from the poison cloud and covered his nose with his sleeve to prevent from inhaling the poisonous air by accident. He watched as the poison cloud lingered in the air unnaturally, slowly clumping into tiny balls and turning into spores. Raiden ripped a of shirt and wrapped it around his face, making sure to cover his lower half.

Miku crackled madly as she stood in the middle of the cloud of spores, unaffected by the poisonous air surrounding her. She tsked at Raiden as if she's scolding a naughty child, and grabbed her whip from her hip. She snapped her whip in the air, sending the poisonous spores towards Raiden direction. The Senju heir jumped away, evading the spores at all cost causing the mad woman to laugh.

Raiden growled, he grabbed a set of wooden shuriken and threw them at Miku. The blonde woman easily deflected the wooden shuriken with her whip, she noticed the shuriken were made from wood and chortled. "Those practice shuriken aren't going to hurt me! Next time try using steel shurikens instead of wooden ones!"

Raiden smirked, but didn't reply. He wasn't planning on damaging her with his wooden shurikens, nope, he was planting couple of traps by changing his wooden shurikens into tree roots as soon as they embedded themselves to the ground; which, should wrapped around her ankles when she was close to them.

Raiden inhale a deep breath, taking as much clean air into his lungs as he could and signed a handful of hand seals in quick succession. Raiden puffed his cheeks out and expelled a three medium sized air bubbles from his air bubbles blew away the poisonous spores, clearing away any poisonous residue which may have lingered in the air.

Miku smirked, she gripped her whip's handle firmly. She ran towards the boy at an alarming rate and raised her whip and snapped it. Raiden jumped away from the whip and took out his katana from his back harness. He tighten his hands around the handle of his katana and watched at the blonde woman charged at him again. This time, instead of fleeing, he charge at the woman fearlessly. Before they could got within each other's range, Raiden lowered his katana and stabbed it in the ground before he slashed it upwards and picked up dirt, blinding the blonde rouge.

"Hey! That was dirty!" Miku growled.

Raiden snorted, "There aren't any rules for ninjas."

Miku grinned, "Are you sure to don't want to join us? I'm you'll make an excellent apprentice."

Scoffing, Raiden narrowed his eyes at the blonde woman in utter disgust. He barred his sharp canines, "I'll never join you or your pathetic group."

"Pity." Miku sighed, "such great potential going down the drain... oh well, I guess that leaves me no choice but to kill you. Do my a favor and stay still, yeah?" She wiped the excess dirt from her face, slowly opening her eyes.

"And miss all the fun? I don't think so." Raiden replied. He ran towards the blonde woman at an alarming rate, taking advantage of Miku's temporary blindness. He used the hilt of his katana to land a heavy blow to Miku's stomach, knocking out her air and leaving her gasping for air. Raiden reached for Hanzō's wakizashi on his hip and slashed as fast as he could, landing as many slices as he could before he jumped away, just in time as Miku released a stream of gas from her mouth. As soon as Raiden was a safe distances away from the gas, Miku clicked her teeth together generating a small spark which lit the gas on fire.

Miku stood wobbly on her feet, trying to regain her balance and her breath. Once she could breathe easily, she ripped out her sleeves from her shirt, using them to wipe off her blood from her body and face. She wrapped up her left arm where the worst of the cuts were, but not before she treated her wounds.

"Is that all you got?" Miku questioned, cracking her whip.

Raiden smirked at the woman, "Not even close. You'll pay for threatening my team and clients."

Miku laughed, "Bring it on, brat." She disappeared and reappeared begin Raiden within a blink of an eye, taking the Senju Heir by surprise by her speed. Raiden wasn't able to doge Miku's whip, but thankfully she wasn't able to deal too much damage thanks to his trench coat, which took the blunt of the attack before he jumped away.

The blonde bandit quickly cracked her whip before Raiden could escape, managing to entangle Raiden's left ankle around the whip. Miku slam her whip downwards, causing Raiden to face plant the ground with a heavy thud. Raiden groaned painfully, he felt as the whip released it's tight hold around his ankle.

Raiden got up quickly, deflecting the incoming whip with his wakizashi as best as he could; however, it didn't last long. Miku's whip wrapped around Raiden's wakizashi and yanked it out of his hand, disarming him in one swoop. Raiden reached into his weapon pouch, grabbing a handful of metal shurikens and threw them at the woman, giving him a small window to escape and regroup.

Taking cover behind a tree, Raiden felt something warm running down his cheek. He raised his hand to wiped off the sweat from his cheek, but noticed it was sweat. It was too warm and smelt too metallic to be sweat. Raiden cursed, hoping the whip wasn't laced with poison.

["Don't worry cub, I can't sense any poison from the wound. However, you should heal it fast, considering there's still poisonous spores in the air."] Raiden sighed and hissed slightly as he felt as his skin knit itself back together, leaving a barely visible scratch where the cut used to be.

"Come out, come out wherever you are!" Miku yelled, "You're not getting away from me that easily, brat." Miku licked her lips. She snapped her whip at the trees in the clearing, slicing them in half with ease. The heavy thuds of trees falling echoed throughout the forest, spooking the wildlife within the vicinity of the clearing.

Raiden smiled devilishly at her destruction path, having all of those trees around the clearing gave him an opening to used them to his advantage. He wasn't going to used his Mokuton in a brazen display; instead, he was going to pass it off as his brute strength. If he manage to smash a tree with his fist and send a fury of broken, sharp fragments of wood towards Miku and impale her by accident... well, he'll learned next time not to apply too much power to his punches.

Matsu snorted, ["Just be carefully where you send your wooden spears... and made sure to avoid any vital areas which might kill her... we want her alive, not dead."]

"I know, I know." Raiden rolled his eyes, as he jumped away from his hiding spot. He gazed around the clearing, noticing about a dozen trees cut down by Miku's rage, trees which he'll have to replant once their mission was over. Raiden noticed Miku didn't sense his arrival yet, and he smirked. He disappeared within a blink of an eye and reappeared behind Miku, delivering a fast sweep kick and kicked the whip out of her hands as she fell.

Miku grunted as she hit the ground hard. He quickly recovered and reached into her weapon's pouch, taking out a single scroll and unravel it. She bit her thumb, drawing blood and smeared it on the scroll in a straight line. She focused her chakra, causing the scroll to surround her in mid air.

"Doku Dātsu Danmaku!" The scrolled flashed brightly before it released a maelstrom of poisonous darts in all direction.

Raiden eyes widen, he quickly slapped his hands on the ground and created a wooden wall in front of him. He quickly used his magic to create an illusion around his wooden wall to make it appear as if it was a solid rock, instead of wood. Raiden growled as heard his wooden wall began to crack, he waste no time and created another wooden wall; however, instead of using regular wood, he used iron bark.

Raiden waited down the poisonous dart maelstrom behind his wooden wall. Once the barrage died down, he punched his wooden wall, destroying any evidence of his Mokuton.

Miku pouted from across the clearing, she was disappointed her attack failed. The reason why she cut down all of the trees in the first place was to eliminate any possible cover from her barrage of poison darts. However, she didn't expect the raven haired boy to create a earth wall as quickly as he did.

The blonde woman watched as the raven haired boy walked towards her, slowly making his away around the trees until he was in the middle of the clearing. She watched as the boy closed his eyes and felt the sudden influx of power the boy was generating, her eyes widen as she felt the massive pressure the boy was releasing. She tried to move away, but something keep her in place. Her eyes widen in horror as her feet sunk into the ground, unable to escape whatever the boy was planning.

She felt as the ground began to shift and break apart at an alarming rate, cold sweat rolled down her forehead in fear what's to come. She struggled to escape from the vice grip hold; but, failed. Her heart pounded heavily against her chest in anticipation and fear.

She was going to die, at the hands of a child.

"Stop!" Miku yelled, "I surrender! Just please... stop!"

Raiden opened and narrowed his eyes at the blonde woman. His normally green eyes darken instantly, the golden speckled ring around his irises pulsed with power, making them glow ominously which send shivers down Miku's spine as she stared into them.

"You think after you've endangered my mission, threaten my team, and promised to kill me, I'll just spare you." Raiden grinned sharply, barring his sharp canines. He shook his head, "Nope, I don't think so... You see, you've messed with the wrong person. I don't take it kindly when people threaten people I love."

"But you're just a child! How can you kill in cold blood!" Miku tried to plead toward the boy's morality.

Raiden smirked, "I maybe just a child, but you see this?" Raiden pointed at his hitai-ate. "This is prove I'm not a child anymore. When I took the oath to wear my hitai-ate, I stop being a child and I'm considered an adult in the eyes of my village. Of course, you know this seeing as you once took the same oath to whatever village you're from."

"Yes, but I didn't kill anyone at a young age! I'm not the cold heart monster you are, you freak!" Miku growled.

Raiden laughed, "That's where you're wrong. I've killed before, I admit... My first kill was a man who thought I was easy picking and tried to touch me... he died before he got his hands on me; a knife straight through his heart." Miku gulped. "I felt horrible when I realized I've killed someone for the first time... but then, someone dear to be explain it wasn't my fault, it was self defense. He explain the difference between killing in cold blood and killing for self defense or protecting someone else. And I made a promise that day."

"I will not shed blood of innocents. I will always protect those who cannot protect themselves. And, I will punish those who try to harm my love ones."

"You are not innocent. You're tried to harm my clients. And, you've threaten to harm my Naruto." Raiden smirked as Miku paled drastically, "How many lives have you destroyed, or better yet, how many lives have you taken? And you have the audacity to plea for me to spare you? I don't think so." Raiden raised his hand and slapped it on the ground.

"Wait! Please, I'm sorry!" Miku cried, fearing for her life. She felt as the bind around her ankles loosen and she jumped away. She felt as the ground beneath her shook, making her loose me balance. She turned around as saw the trees which were previous laying in the ground where thrown into the air.

Raiden smirked, "If I were you, I'll run." Before she could question what the boy meant, she saw as the boy punched a falling tree in mid air and broke it with brute strength, sending a storm of wooden shards in her direction.

Miku scramble to her feet, running to escape the storm of wooden projectiles. She was half way out of the forest when she felt a large piece of wood pierce through her left shoulder, she yelled in pain and fell down. Three smaller wooden shards fell on her, piercing her right shoulder, and both hands. Miku panted heavily, unable to move. She heard light foot steeps approaching her and her heart drop.

"Ah there you are!" Raiden exclaimed. "I thought I lost you!"

"Just end m-me..." She hissed, "and get it over with."

Raiden tsked. "Hmmm, no. I'm not done with you just yet. If I had my way with you, I'll make you suffer some more before I kill you." Raiden sighed, "But alas, they want you alive and not dead."

Miku panted, her vision darken as the boy yanked out the pieces of wood from her shoulder. She yelled hoarsely as she started to lose conscience. Her last thoughts before she fully lost consciences was a pair of green, fiery eyes which will haunt her for years to come.

["Don't you think the eyes were a bit to much, cub?"] Matsu asked Raiden.

Raiden shrugged, blinking away his flame like eyes, a illusion trick he learned from the Kitsune. "Some psychological damage will be enough payback, no?" Raiden healed the wounds he gave Miku to the best of his ability, ensuring Miku won't be bleeding out anytime soon. He wrapped up her injuries, slapped a chakra suppression tag on her and picked her up.

Jutsus mention/used in this chapter

1.) Oiroke no Jutsu - Sexy Technique

2.) Ekijuu Bunshin - [(Tree) Sap Shadow Clone]: Ekijuu Bunshin is a combination of an Raiton: Kage Bunshin no Jutsu (Lighting Release: Shadow Clone) and Itachi's Bunshin Daibakuha (Shadow Clone Explosion), meaning it's a shadow clone made from tree sap. Once the shadow clone is mortally injured, the shadow clone will explode covering the nearby area within the explosion in a sticky substance made from tree sap, making it near impossible to escape. However, the shadow clone can also be detonate by Raiden or by the clone's own will.

3.) Kage Bunshin (no Jutsu) - Shadow Clone Technique

4.)Doton: Retsudo Tenshō - Earth Release: Earthquake Slam: This technique causes the ground surrounding the enemy to spiral inwards on itself, burying them alive or crushing them, as well as destroying the surrounding area.

5.)Yūdoku Hōshi no Kumo - Poisonous Spore Cloud: By ingesting a small dose of poison and swallowing air, the user can knead the poison into their air supply, charging it before they release a large cloud of poison from their mouth.

6.)Fuuton: Kaze Awa - Wind Release: Wind Bubble - By taking a deep breathe, the user takes air in and stores it within his/her lungs, charging the air with their chakra until they unleashes a small bullet of concentrated air at it's target(s)

7.)Doku Dātsu Danmaku - Poison Dart Barrage: This jutsu requires the user to unravel a scroll filled with poisonous darts

8.)Mokuton: Mokudōmo - Wood Release: Wooden Dome - Creates a large wooden dome made from wood as strong as steel that surrounds a large area from harm until it's shatter. Can withstand heat, but will be weaken over time.