Cryptanalysis Team
The student and sensei duo moved through the village rooftops until they reached a library-like structure. They noticed a man with glasses, black eyes, and hair held in a high, short ponytail with a small goatee as they entered. He wore an orange-brown shirt, dark-colored pants, simple sandals, and a white trench coat. "Ah, what can I do for you today, Kakashi-san?" the man said with a smile as Naruto stepped beside him.
"Hello Mitoku-san, I just came with my student to deliver a scroll with highly encrypted information. My team found while raiding a tyrant," said Kakashi to everyone's surprise, he didn't have his orange book out. "I see we'll take this matter seriously then," said Mitoku, looking at them as Naruto gave him the scroll. "The Hokage also wants this to be kept a secret; we fear if it leaks out, people might want to destroy it," said Kakashi, making Mitoku's eyes widen as he thought of different scenarios. "If I may suggest this, we could have my two assistants handle this in their spare time. They are two of the rising stars of the Cryptalagy team." Said Mitoku as he motioned for them to follow him.
"If you guys don't mind, I can also afford to lend my compound so we could try and figure out when they aren't busy," Naruto suggested as they walked through the halls filled with books of decryption, codes, and the keys. They stopped when a girl with short light blonde hair obscured her eyes with her swirl-tinted glasses, wearing a white lab coat, carrying different books, and bumping into Naruto. "Sorry," said the girl timidly, about 14 years old. "It's no problem here, let me help you out," said Naruto as he smiled, making the girl blush seeing his handsome face as they leaned down and grabbed the books.
Soon, another female appeared with short brown hair and eyes plump lips, and a lab coat with the kanji for Cypher. She looked around the age of 15-16 years old. "Hey, Shiho, what happened?" as she looked at the boy helping her friend. "Sorry, I was helping your friend as she dropped some books when she bumped into me," said Naruto with a smile. The girl blushed, thinking he was handsome. "Alright, Naruto, stop pestering the ladies, I'm sure they're busy," said Kakashi, looking amused at Naruto.
"Ah, I can't help it if I distract all the pretty ladies," said Naruto, blushing as the two females blushed at the compliment. Well, I'm glad to hear you think like that since these two are my assistants. The blonde one is named Shiho, and the brunette is named Yukira. They are the two rising stars of our team," said Mikotu, looking at the student-teacher duo. Well, it's a pleasure to meet you two," said Naruto, kissing the knuckles of the two ladies.
"Now let's get to what we wanted to discuss," said Kakashi, interrupting the two blushing ladies. Naruto grinned sheepishly while Mikotu looked amused. "Yes, Yukita Shiho, you'll be taking on a secret assignment," started Mikotu, looking at his assistants, who changed into a serious look. "This scroll contains papers with high levels of encryption. The Hokage wants total secrecy, as we aren't aware if people have infiltrated the village. So I'm considering allowing you two to travel to the compound of..." asked Mikotu, realizing he didn't know the name of the genin. "Uzumaki, Uzumaki Naruto," said Naruto. This surprised the assistant, but she nodded as Yukira regained her composure. "It'll be a pleasure to work with you," said Yukari with a smile as her cheeks turned slightly pink. "Y-yeah," said Shiho.
After a bit of conversation with the two assistants, making sure he knew what he was getting into, both student and sensei departed, with Naruto making some clones to get his punishment over with, chuckling as Sasuke took longer to complete them.
Now, as he walked through the village, ignoring the various glares he received, which had decreased after he became a genin and started doing D-rank missions, his team received—thankfully, no one had been stupid enough to attack him yet.
"Hey, pup." A voice called out from behind him, breaking him out of his musings. Turning, he saw the matriarch of the Inuzuka clan making her way towards him. "I've been looking for you."
"Good morning, Tsume-san." He greeted her. "What can I do for you?" "Been meaning to talk to you." The feral woman replied, thinking of how she was going to approach this. Being an Inuzuka, she had opted to go for the blunt approach.
"I get the feeling it has something to do with my entrance into the CRA." Naruto smiled. He did say they could send their daughters if they wished. Though he wasn't expecting the Inuzuka woman to approach him first. If anything, he expected one of the snobby civilian council members to try and pawn off one of the daughters to increase their social standing. "It's both, actually yes and no," said Tsume, earning a confused look from Naruto. "It's about my older pup, she has quite the crush on you," said the feral woman.
"I see," said Naruto. Well, in that case, why don't you and Hana swing by my Compound tomorrow so we can talk?" finished Naruto. "Your compound?" asked Inizuka. Yes, I moved into my mom's old compound," Explained Naruto. Great, we'll swing by there around noon. Is that good with you?" asked Tsume. Naruto nodded after the short exchange.
Uchiha compound
Mikoto looked at the papers in front of her before sighing. It was the same question she had been asked since the massacre happened, and everyone found out that she had magically de-aged to be the same age as Itachi. Even though she had the option to return to service, she rejected it because she was grieving over her entire clan. She decided to postpone it, wanting to protect the only son she had and hope to guide him to change his mind about killing Itachi and return him to the family they were.
But something had changed inside of Sasuke, the civilians had gotten into his head, and he started to distance himself from her. It wasn't until Naruto appeared to help her take her mind off her dark thoughts with Sasuke hating her, her clan destroyed, and Itachi being an S-rank missing-nin, and no one to help her. Civilians pressuring her to remarry so they could have more Uchiha. With training, they both became closer. Her mind wandered to their age difference; while she looked younger, she was in her early 40s.
Shaking off her thought, she focused back on the paper she had, which was another letter from the elder and civilian council to reconsider allowing her son to be in the CRA if not for the Future of the Uchiha clan. She let out a snort. She knew they only wanted to put their daughters to gain more wealth and standing in the village. But her mind wandered to Naruto when an idea appeared in her head. Naruto also had a Sharingan, and she remembered the doctors saying the Uchiha DNA had somehow mixed with his. This had given her the idea of making Naruto the possible head, allowing her to be happy.
The next page was her reinstatement to the force she had filed with the Hokage personally. The Hokage agreed to have her again, something that excited her, being allowed to leave the village to do missions again. Now she hoped Naruto agreed it wouldn't be that hard, right?
Ichiraku stand
After Naruto's conversation with Tsume, he headed to his favorite place, which didn't take more than twenty minutes. As he entered the place, Naruto decided to visit his favorite food stand since he hadn't visited before the Wave mission. He saw Ayame serving a group of 3 people, at the table one meter from him. As he took a seat on the benches, but still managed to overhear the conversation of the other customers. "Hey, cutie, how about after you finish your shift, you come and join us? I can assure you that you will have fun with us," said a man with black hair in his 30s with a poorly groomed beard and wearing dirty clothes, giving Ayame a lustful look.
Naruto could smell the scent of alcohol and blood coming from the man and the rest of his group. Making him suspicious of how strong the entire group smelled. "If you're not going to order anything else, then I'm leaving," she said, ignoring the guy's words and placing a couple of beers on his table. The man just frowned and took Ayame by the arm, preventing her from leaving. "I think you didn't understand me, you'll go with us one way or another AAAAAHHHH!!!" The man shouted as he felt his forearm being crushed.
She turned her head to see Naruto, his hand around her forearm as he applied more pressure to the grip, while he had the brunette in a protective grip, which made her blush slightly at having the blonde so close to her. "You know there are two things I hate in this world: arrogant people." Naruto released the man and grabbed him by his clothes, lifting him off the ground. "And idiots like you," he said as his eyes sparkled with anger. The other men were about to get up when they felt a kunai to their necks, turning a little, they saw a clone and the blonde-haired teen. "Stay out of this no one likes a party pooper." said the blonde.
"Now I'll give you about 5 seconds to get your disgusting presence out of this place before I have to return you in a body bag," Naruto said, causing the man to become scared when he saw the blonde's cold blue eyes that promised pain. The bald man obeyed and, together with his other accomplices, began to leave the premises, but not before the apparent leader gave him a look that said revenge and then left. Naruto looked into Ayame's eyes. "Are you okay, Ayame-chan?" said Uzumaki as he held her in his grip. Ayame was lost for a few moments at the blonde's touch. "Hello, earth to Ayame-chan," Naruto said, moving his hand in front of the brunette's face.
Ayame recovered and came back from her little world to answer the question. "AH, Yes, yes that's fine," said the brunette with a nervous smile as she saw herself trapped while she was lost in the clouds. "Thank you very much, Naruto-kun," replied Ayame with her cheeks still tinted pink. With that settled, they both parted ways, much to Ichiraku's chagrin, who managed to hide it. "Then what can I get you?" She pulled out a notebook and a pen from who knows where. "10 bowls of miso ramen, please!" Naruto said enthusiastically.
Ayame wrote everything down and went to the kitchen to prepare the orders. While cooking, the brunette watched as the Blonde seemed to be looking for something in the restaurant. "By the way, Ayame-chan, where is Teuchi-Oji-san?" the Blonde asked. "Tou-san, he's gone out to deliver some orders. He'll surely be back in about two hours," said the brunette, to which the jinchuriki nodded. After about 10 minutes, Ayame finished the orders and served them to her customers.
Naruto soon started to tell Ayame about his first C turned A rank mission and what happened, much to the surprise of Ayame. The brown-haired cook was worried but relaxed as the Blonde told her how the mission had ended, as she was relieved he wasn't seriously hurt. Only for them to watch as Ayame came out of her little moment of melancholy, the girl shaking her mind from those thoughts looked at the boy "Hey, Naruto-kun" She caught the attention of the jinchuriki who stared at her and saw how her eyes were shadowed "I wanted to thank you again for what happened a while ago." Ayame began to tremble as she took Naruto's hand and held it with both hands. "Seriously, thank you, thank you so much if it weren't for you, they would." She didn't want to finish the sentence, knowing what could have happened to her.
Tears began to flow down her face as her head hung low, but before she knew it, she felt herself being enveloped in a hug; she looked up to see the Blonde holding her close. "Don't think about that, Ayame-chan," Naruto said as he caressed the girl's back and head. "Whenever you're in trouble, I'll always be there to protect you, and that's my promise," the Blonde said, causing Ayame to cling to him tighter. Where the brunette could feel the warmth of the Hanyou's body, making her feel safe, but she didn't notice how the Blonde formed a seal that he placed on her arm, which disappeared.
' This will make her safer,' thought the Uzumaki, having placed a seal on her to avoid unpleasant encounters in the future. After about 3 minutes, Naruto felt the girl calm down and decided to step away and look at the time, seeing that it was already going to be 3 in the afternoon. "Well, I better go get ready, I have a couple of things I have to do," said the jinchuriki as he took out some money and gave it to the girl, who looked a little disappointed.
The girl was about to say goodbye when she felt the blonde kiss her cheek as a farewell. "See you later, Ayame-chan," said the Uzumaki, then began to walk away from the place, without seeing how his actions had caused the brunette to blush and stay still in her place while she watched as Kakashi and Naruto left the place, then touched her cheek. ' Maybe there is a way for you to be with him,' Ayame thought, remembering her father's words, which made her smile, then she turned around and headed towards the kitchen to continue with her work.
Inuzuka compound a few hours before
Hana was nervous, as she moved through her room frantically, as thoughts kept racing through her mind of endless scenarios. A few moments ago, her mother summoned her to discuss an important lunch that the two of them would be attending. At first, it didn't seem like a big deal to the oldest Inuzuka child, until her mother uttered one name. Naruto Uzumaki. Which immediately leads to the young woman's current predicament. What to wear. Clothes were strewn all over the room, as the Inuzuka woman looked for something presentable to wear. She wanted to look her best for Naruto. This, of course, had prompted an onslaught of laughter and teasing from her mother. However, she could feel that despite the teasing, her mother was glad that she finally showed interest in a boy.
A short, playful howl from one of her ninken got her attention. Turning, she saw one of her companions pulling the dress to the side where there was a small pile of discarded dresses. "Don't worry, I'm sure he won't care what you wear," Tsume said as Hana turned to look at her mother Tsume continued. "Besides, we're just going to have a meeting with the cup unless you want to stay for extra dessert after dinner," Tsume had to hold back her laughter seeing her daughter's reaction to the clear hint. "KA-SAN!!" shouted an extremely embarrassed Hana, a blush on her face making her Mom burst out laughing as she rolled. "Hey, what's the ruckus and where's Hana going to go all girly?" asked Kiba, coming back from a training session with his team. "Well, your sister has a meeting with someone," said Tsume, smirking. " Do I have to go, and do I know him?" asked Kiba, already having a sneaking suspicion of who it was as he prayed it wasn't. "Your friend Naruto," said Tsume, looking at Kiba, who growled. "Damn it now I owe Shino 500 ryo I should've listened to Shikamaru when he said not to bet against Naruto," said Kiba then froze when Hana and Tsume were looking at him with a devilishly sweet smile. "I fucked up" he muttered to himself.
"Why do you owe Shino?" asked Tsume suspiciously. "Umm," Kiba said, sweating bullets. "I may or may not have said that my sister would never be into Naruto after all her best friend was Anko. Shino may or may not have betted me that Naruto might have a chance after all he was the last of a clan from what we discovered from him and was close with Hinata at the moment I didn't think much about it," said Kiba as he looked at his mom and sister "So We might or might not have better 500 Ryo and the loser owe the winner a favor." said Kiba gulping seeing his mother and sister smiling. 'I should have run when I could,' thought Kiba.
Uzumaki complex, a few minutes later
Naruto began setting the dining table. He had prepared an assortment of meats for the Inuzuka women that were due over any moment now. Everything from pork ribs to thick steaks, and even some more exotic meats that he had found. To accompany the meal, he had selected a few bottles of red wine. Now, all he had to do was wait for his guests to arrive. He didn't have to wait long as a bell chimed throughout the house, signaling that his guests had arrived at the front gate. Smiling, he pushed his chakra into a seal on the wall that allowed entrance to his two guests, meanwhile, he moved to greet them at his front door.
"Welcome to my home, Tsume-san, Hana-chan." The blonde greeted the two before turning his attention to the four ninken that had accompanied the two Inuzuka women. "And good to see you all again too." Naruto smiled as he saw Hana after a while and couldn't help but look at what she was wearing, which earned the girl a small blush. She was wearing a black dress that reached her shoulders while clinging to her figure, said dress separated into four folds of fabric when reaching the waist area, I noticed that she had red mini-shorts, she had some fabric boots that reached almost to her knees which hugged her legs and she had some black warmers on her forearms.
"Thank you for inviting us over, pup," Tsume responded, meanwhile eyeing the banquet that the blonde had prepared for them. "Everything looks so mouth-watering. Did you prepare this yourself?" "Yes, Thanks to Kiba and Hana-chan, I knew what to make for both of you." This made the younger woman blush. "Shall we dig in?" stated the blonde. Not arguing the two joined their host at the table, though Tsume had ensured that Hana sat beside Naruto. This caused the poor girl to blush even further due to her mother's actions of forcing her to sit next to her crush. If Naruto noticed, he did not indicate that he said otherwise.
"That was delicious," Tsume commented as she leaned back in her chair, with Hana nodding in agreement. "Though I suppose we should talk about the reason we are here." Naruto nodded, sitting up in his chair and placing his elbows on the table as he crossed his fingers in front of his face. This, of course, prompted Hana to become worried. "Well, pup, as I already said, since you are in the Clan Restoration Act." Tsume began, meanwhile eyeing her daughter's reaction. "I would ask that you give my oldest pup, Hana, a chance."
"Kaa-san, what are you saying?!!" Hana exclaimed, completely thrown off by what her mother had just said. "Oh shush, pup." The Inuzuka matriarch grinned. "The entire compound knows that you have a crush on Naruto, and he has been the only boy you have taken an interest in." Hana had her mouth open, trying to say something, but no words came out with the new information. "Besides, we can both smell your friend's scents on him," said Tsume, causing Hana to look at the young jinchuriki. She had smelled him before and knew who the scents belonged to, but she didn't say anything because she assumed it was because Naruto spent time with them.
"Yes, Anko and Yugao are my fiances and Tsubaki has been my slave after the betrayal of Mizuki revealing he never cared about her destroying her," said Naruto surprising both Inuzukas the younger one was about to say something until she remembered the words from a while ago that the snake tamer had given her. 'She was giving me permission to be with him,' Hana thought, remembering that moment and Tsubaki's jealous glare. "However, I get the feeling there is more to this," Naruto spoke up once more, breaking Hana out of her thoughts.
"You're right, pup." The elder woman sighed. "Hana has had many suitors come for her over the past few years. A good number of them are related to the civilian council in some way, shape, or form. Each time she had turned them down. And this was before her crush on you." Hana blushed at that." As you can imagine, with those pricks, they did not take her rejections kindly, but there is nothing they can do. At least not fully." She sighed as she continued. "Lately, they have been pushing the Hokage to admit the Uchiha brat into the CRA. So far, the only thing that has kept it from happening is that the Uchiha has no interest, but it is only a matter of time before one of the snakes from the council talks him into it."
"And you are worried that the civilian council may exploit a loophole and force Hana-chan to marry the teme, who would just treat her as a possession and breeding factory." Naruto finished for the Inuzuka matriarch, earning a nod. "However, I know that if Hana is already involved with someone already in the program, then they can't force her to do anything," Tsume said. Naruto was silent for a handful of seconds before turning to the younger woman beside him. "How do you feel about this, Hana-chan?" He asked her. "I-I don't know." She stammered, a little nervous. Partially due to her mother's revelation about what the council would likely do. "Will you love me?"
"I will love and respect you the same as all of my mates, " he replied. However, let's take it slow and get to know each other better. So, how about a date on Saturday?" "That sounds perfect." Hana smiled as she embraced the blonde. "I knew he would be a perfect choice for her," Tsume smiled to herself.
With Anko
The snake mistress was in a happy mood that day, which was evident as she hummed a happy tune to herself. This, of course, had prompted many civilians and shinobi alike to avoid her path in fear. What was the cause of the snake mistress being in such a good mood? She was about to get a new roommate since Haku had spent the mandatory forty-eight hours in a cell.
On her way, she ran into Ino, who had just finished yet another failed attempt of her sensei to win back the mistress after having done their training. "Hey Anko-sensei, where are you going?" asked Ino curiously. Ever since she started to hang out with Naruto, Inoichi had asked Anko for help, fearing his daughter might be endangered when she became a kunoichi. "I'm on my way to pick up Haku," said Anko with a smile at having the chance to have a new friend. "Oh, so you are her halter during her prohibition period?" asked Ino, having listened to her father talk about this. "Yes, it'll be better to have her under the same roof as me," said Anko. She was also eager since she heard from Sakura that Haku might have a Crush on Naruto, only adding fuel to the fire.
"And What about Naruto-kun? What has he been up to?" asked Ino as she blushed, remembering the times Ino and Naruto spent together, some sleepovers they had even though he was still with Anko. Ino hoped there was a way for both to be with him. She still hadn't talked to her father to give her some ideas."He had a lunch date with Tsume and Hana this afternoon, which should be happening right now." Anko replied with a knowing grin. "I expect Hana will be joining soon." Said Anko, smiling when Ino froze, hearing those words until Anger mixed with jealousy flared in her heart. "WHAT?!" she asked/screamed. Anko looked at her in confusion before her eyes widened, seemingly understanding her mistake as she sheepishly scratched her neck, chuckling. "I shouldn't have said that," she said.
"But you did so spill it out Anko-sensei or I'll ask the Dango shops not to sell you any Dango for a week," Angrily said Ino, looking at Anko, "NOOO, Not my Dango, Anything but that," screamed Anko. "Then tell me why are Naruto-kun and Hana on a date when I haven't had the chance yet?" asked Ino angrily and hurt. "Umm, Hana and her mom are talking to Naruto about seeing if she could date Naruto," said Anko. "I thought your father would mention something about it, after all, he was in the meeting where Naruto-kun put himself in the CRA, we even celebrated at Naruto-kun's apartment."
"The CRA? What is that? That's what the party was for, I thought it was a part of Naruto-kun finding out something about his parents!" Ino said rapidly, moving back and forth as her brain went through all the information. "Well, the CRA is an act that allows the individual to take multiple wives since he's the last male to reproduce faster." Said Anko as Ino's eyes widened when her mind caught up, she inwardly thought, 'Those that mean I can also date Naruto-kun. Wait a moment... My Dad knew about this and only encouraged me to go. Suddenly, Inoichi felt a chill go down his spine as if he had angered his wife or daughter, he decided to take some precautions... just in case.
It didn't take too much longer for the duo to reach the ANBU detention center, where Haku was currently being held due to not having clearance to be admitted inside. Ino inquired about who else was there and many different things. As Ino waited, her mind was still racing with thoughts about Naruto. But she noticed that in the Snake mistress' eyes, there was something else, teasing but still encouraging.
A few minutes later, Anko and Haku came out. "Ready to move into your new place?" Anko asked the ice user, clear excitement in her voice. "Where will I be staying, Anko-san?" Haku inquired, "Okay, Blondy, let's take Haku here shopping before we get her settled in," said Anko with a smile as Ino's eyes turned into sparkles. "Let's go SHOPPING," she added, smiling. While over the Village, a wave of fear spread across Shinobis.
Naruto felt a chill on his pants while Kurama muttered something about the good thing he didn't have a mate as he vanished in a swirl of leaves. Inoichi was also banished into a swirl of leaves. Shikamaru and Shikaku were taking care of feeding the deer when they felt it as they suddenly pressed a button that opened a secret entrance while the Inizuka hounds were howling. Even Kiba found himself jumping into the water to hide under a bridge. The Aburame bugs retreated to their human hosts.
"Umm, you never said where I would be staying, Anko-san." Haku reminded the snake mistress. "You're staying with me, of course." She grinned before it turned mischievous. Leaning in, she whispered into the ice user's ear. "That also means you will be staying with Naruto-kun."This, of course, had prompted the poor girl to begin to blush up a storm, much to Anko's amusement.
Elsewhere in the village
Kurenai was massaging her temples, trying to relieve the building headache. The source of her headache was Kiba Inuzuka's cursing at Shino before hitting on Hinata while Shino watched, smirking, enjoying what was going to happen as he had told Kiba to do it while Hinata did not take it sitting down. She was also in the celebration on the Uzumaki compound, but she had been keeping things tight-lipped. "Alright, let's wrap it up for the day." Kurenai finally said, gaining the attention of her team. "Meet back here tomorrow at ten, we're going out on our first C-rank mission. Pack for a few weeks." Shino had simply nodded and silently departed the group, heading back to his family's compound to prepare for the upcoming mission. Meanwhile, Hinata began to depart in the direction of Naruto's compound.
"Hinata, can you wait a moment?" asked Kurenai as Hinata looked back, nodding. "Sure thing, Kurenai sensei, what did you need?" she asked with a smile. "I wanted you ask you how your father took you dating Naruto." Said Kurenai as she looked at Hinata. "He encouraged it," said Hinata, "Saying he was worthy. I'm guessing he got into the CRA without problems. Now the problem is all the fangirls who'll want him forgetting what they did to him," said Hinata as Kurenai looked confused at her Indigo-haired girl.
Unknown Location
It had been five days since the blonde revealed his heritage to the council. This single action had disrupted everything he had planned, not only for the blonde jinchuriki but for his future operations as well. The reason being?
The brat had claimed all assets of the Namikaze and Senju vaults and completely liquidated them. Merging it with his mother's account, as well as transferring large sums to two additional accounts. One was the boy's private account, and the other was into an unknown account in a reserve operated by a third-party company that specialized in private accounts. Putting everything out of the old war hawks' reach. In truth, Danzo had been using the Namikaze account to fund his ROOT program as well as other projects as per the previous Hokage's instructions.
However, due to legal issues that would arise, it had been a quiet affair. The Fourth never considered the chance of his son claiming his family heritage. The plan had always been for him to be beaten into submission and isolated from his peers, so when Danzo's ROOT took him, no one would question what had happened to the young blonde. Of course, that had all changed after the boy's sixth birthday. Something had awakened in the child that day.
To compound issues further, he had also discovered that Naruto had completely cleaned out the Namikaze residence of anything of value. Scrolls, books, equipment, and so forth. Leaving the compound completely barren, even the pictures were removed. Almost as if the blonde was erasing the very existence of his father. To add further insult to injury, all of the security seals around the compound had been changed, completely cutting off any access he once had to the property. This, of course, made the bandaged elder frown slightly in thought.
'Could it be possible he learned of Minato's plan?' The man mused. As outlandish as it sounded, he did not want to leave anything to chance. He had already lost a rather sizable amount of money due to underestimating the blonde brat. Of course, he had other sources to finance his operation, but having access to Minato's bank account as well as the Senju assets had made it far more accessible.
Of course, this led to Danzo's biggest problem with his immediate plans. How to acquire Naruto. Now that he was recognized as the heir of not one, but two notable clans in the village, any sudden disappearance of his would surely be noticed. Especially from his current finances, both of which were very capable of combating his ROOT long enough to attract attention to them. Something he wanted to avoid at all costs.
"Report," Said the bandaged man as a few figures out of nowhere appeared with different anbu masked the only difference was that they were all blank. Five figures approached their leader as they knelt with the first one to speak. "Hai Danzo-sama," said a man's voice. "The medicines we requested from Orochimaru have arrived, and they have already been checked and are completely safe. Orochimaru's agent has also been a great help in cloning research. Our scientists have been able to move greatly with his help." After finishing his report, Anbu knelt again.
"How are the projects going?" Danzo asked calmly. "We managed to get the DNA examples you requested from Mist without incident due to their civil war still going strong. But we found that one of our researchers offered his daughter, whom he's been training since her mother's death to be a Root Anbu," said the second Anbu as Danzo nodded, having already seen the girl after much of his pertering and he was impressed so he had taken her in, the next individual to a Step forward.
"The seals of the book acquired from Mito Uzumaki's collection have begun to work, but their production will be slow due to how complicated they are." The third form spoke, and her voice was that of a woman. "Speed up the process, we need those seals as soon as possible." Calmly said Danzo.
"With Gato's defeat, our ability to get both soldiers and equipment has been diminished; we have also been unable to obtain some documents that Gato had possessed," said the second Anbu. His entire lair, his businesses, and properties have been looted or destroyed. In the few reports that could be collected, not a trace of the documents you requested was found," finished the figure." finished the Anbu.
"For now, we will assume that they have been destroyed, and even if they had survived, they would not be able to solve them since they are in code," Danzo said firmly as he continued to look over reports. "The priority now is to find a new person to supply us with Children and weapons, as well as the gear we need." Calmly said Danzo as he looked at the reports.
"Danzo-sama, we were unable to recover some of the documents that Gato possessed," said another feminine voice in her teens. "His entire lair, his businesses, and properties have been looted or destroyed. In the few reports that could be collected, not a trace of the documents you requested was found," finished the figure.
"For now we will assume that they have been destroyed and even if they had survived they would not be able to solve them since they are in code" The figure knelt like the rest of his group "But at the slightest hint of their presence you must inform me or attempt to recover them and destroy them," said Danzo. "Hai, Danzou-sama!" all the figures responded in chorus. "Stand back up, now that our main supplier for soldiers has been taken out. We'll need to find a new supplier to bolster our forces. If need be, resort to kidnapping kids that show potential." Danzo said coldly as all the figures disappeared, leaving the bandaged man to his thoughts.
Naruto Uzumaki, if I manage to obtain that power that you have, I can take the place that always belonged to me ' thought the Shimura.
"Jaguar," Danzo said as a tall figure appeared wearing a white mask of the animal he had mentioned. "Yes, Danzo-sama," said the voice of a man kneeling in front of the War Falcon. "You will be tasked with bringing Naruto Uzumaki before me, use any method necessary, but do it when he is alone, of course," said the councilor. "You will be assigned a team of 6 members apart from yourself. I hope to see the results soon," said Danzo with his back to his subordinate.
"Hai, Danzou-sama," answered the Root ninja, still kneeling in front of his leader. When he hit the staff on the ground, the masked man disappeared. ' Soon, very soon, I will be able to take control of Konoha and eliminate all the other villages so that Konoha will be the only one left, and I will be its leader,' thought the mummy walking down the hall.
All he had to do was wait until they brought him the boy, and he would force a loyalty seal on him. That way, he would secure the boy's obedience while not having anyone question his disappearance. Once he was loyal, he would have Naruto sign over everything to him, and perhaps even have his fiancées forced into his ROOT forces as well. Nothing would stop him.
Hidden stone same time
The Land of Rock was named because the entire village was built on many mountains, each house, building, shop, business, etc., being fused with a part of the mountains, was one of the 5 great shinobi villages of the elemental continent, which, unlike the rest of the villages, Iwa had a natural defense, which helped the village prevent several invasions in the past. Although the layout of the houses was different as it was in all the villages, the basic layout, as well as the location of the Kage tower, remained almost the same. Inside the tower, a classic battle was taking place. "Damn it, the enemy won't back down. If this continues like this, I don't know how long we can resist," said a man, sweating from the tension and looking at the ceiling as if he were trying to receive an answer from the sky or the ceiling in this case.
"Damn paperwork!!" the older man shouted as he was signing another paper and then leaning back in his chair, said a man being Onoki the Third Tsuchikage. The man was of small stature, bald on top of his head, but had some white hair at the back tied up in a samurai style, also a large red nose, as well as having wrinkles on his face, he wore a green trench coat, but the top part was red and a gold stripe on the embroidery, where the seams and edges were. "Damn it, how could you Mu-sensei deal with all this?" said the Kage of Rock as he finished signing another paper to place it on top of a row of other papers.
Onoki turns his seat to look at his village and tries to distract himself a little, letting out a sigh to return to his paperwork, but then there's a knock on the door. "Come in," Onoki said, seeing that the one who knocked on the door was a Jonin who had a scroll that he handed to the Kage. "What is this?" asked the leader of the rock. "The report from our informants in the land of fire," the jonin said, nothing more as Onoki gave him a signal to leave. The Kage looked at the scroll, knowing that his informants could only send him a message if it was about a really important matter, even sending a message was a bet that if it went wrong could cause certain international problems that could end in a conflict between nations.
Onoki unwrapped the scroll, seeing that it seemed to be empty but the curious thing was that the edges of the scroll were framed in a brown color, the Kage placed one of his fingers and sent a little chakra through the sheet so that the brown edges began to undo and began to form words, when the process was finished Onoki began to read the report. Tsuchikage-sama, number 7 of the information team in the elemental nations, We managed to find out through our contact in the civilian council that recently in Konohagakure a child has been recognized as the son of the Yellow Flash, Minato Namikaze, officially has the name of Naruto Uzumaki, I suspect that this name was given to him to hide it, a possible attack. Our contact also confirms that both the child and the fourth Hokage were related to the second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, as their great-grandfather.
But the resemblance is undeniable, the boy is currently a genin of the leaf and it is said that he managed to fight against the demon of the mist and defeat him, they confirmed that the Hokage had birth certificates and blood tests to confirm it for now this is all that I have gathered as soon as I know something more I will inform you as quickly as I can, number 7 retires.
When he finished reading the report, the Kage took the wooden part, which was to roll the scroll, where he could find something at the bottom, that had a slightly different tone than the color of the wood of the scroll, normal people could dismiss this as they would think that it is just a simple discoloration of the material, but Onoki knew there was more. Cleaning that place a little he noticed a small storage seal, he sent chakra to the seal so that a small ball of smoke came out of a photo. When he looked at the image, Onoki's eyes were wide open in surprise. "This can't be," the Tsuchikage told himself as he clutched the photo in pure hatred. In the image, he saw a blonde-haired boy who looked to be between 15 and 16 years old. He doubted for a second, but he couldn't deny the boy's facial resemblance was undeniable.
"So you have a son after all, you damn Namikaze if it wasn't enough your a descendent of a Senju as troublesome as Tobirama," the small man growled in anger as he remembered the time in the third shinobi war when he received the news that an entire army of his men had been wiped out by a single shinobi.
' Damn Yellow Flash!! ' Onoki mentally screamed and then slammed his fist on the table as he pushed the photo aside. "Even dead, you still give me trouble," the Tsuchikage said, leaning back in his seat, but his musings ended when he saw the door being kicked in.
"Hey old man, I'm back from my mission!" said a girl who lay down on the couch while Onoki had a vein on his forehead and looked at the person who was lying on his couch, who began to read a book. "Kurotsuchi!! How many times have I told you not to barge into my office and read on my couch?" the little man complained to the girl who ignored him. Kurotsuchi was a girl of about 14 years old who wore the Iwa shinobi outfit which consisted of a red long-sleeved shirt, a brown bulletproof vest, tight red shorts, a red cloth covering the right side of her hip, a net of tights that covered each of her legs above the knees, and black combat sandals.
Kurotsuchi looked up from her book and looked at the little Kage. "Oh come on old man, you know how long I waited for volume three to come out," Kurotsuchi said as she looked back at her book, which was the new edition of Heart and Soul "Also, why the long face, you look like you're about to have a heart attack" the Iwa Kunoichi laughed. "Also, I just came to see if you had already considered my request that I be able to go to the Chunnin Exams. I'm getting bored with all these missions. I swear, these C-rank missions are too easy," Kurotsuchi said, letting out a sigh as she thought about the missions she had carried out so far, where the most she had had were C-rank missions, which were escorting people and reconnoitering the terrain.
"At least you could let me go to this year's chunnin exams, then at least I'd have an excuse to rise in rank and get better missions than I have, and who knows, I might end up finding a potential adversary or two, not to mention that kicking the asses of those leaf kids sounds fun" the Iwa Kunoichi laughed as she turned the page. Onoki just took a small breath to calm his nerves at his granddaughter's attitude, while he looked back at his desk. "I'm dealing with a very delicate matter at the moment," Onoki said, and then he looked at his spy's letter, as a fact crossed his mind. ' The chunnin exams will be held in Konoha this year,' the Rock Kage thought. After a few seconds, Onoki saw that his granddaughter was still lying on the couch, and the Kage began to consider his options until he came to a decision. "Now that you mention it, it would be a nice show of power, and we could also humiliate Konoha a little," Onoki said, gaining Kunoichi's attention. ' Looks like I'll have to check the information on my own,' the Kage thought.
"Very well, I will send three groups of genins to represent Iwa in the chunin exams, you better make it to the finals." Kurotsuchi stood up from her seat and looked at the small man with a smile on her face as she headed towards the door to go train. "Thank you very much, Grandpa said the brunette with a smile as she stood next to the door. "Well, I'll go train. I'm dying to be able to make the rest of the villages look ridiculous," Kurotsuchi said and then walked out the door. "Young people," Onoki growled, sighing as he gave a slight smile, but it disappeared when he looked at the photo of the redhead. "With this, at least I'll have a way to check all this," he sighed, then looked at the door through which his granddaughter had left, and then sank a little in his chair. ' I hate to do this, but if this is true at least with this I will end the legacy of the cursed yellow flash, so at least I can avenge all the fallen ' Onoki just sighed and looked at the paperwork, somehow he didn't understand how the pile of papers managed to reach the ceiling which made the Kage pale. "How is this possible," said the Kage of Rock looking at the pile that seemed to be about to fall, Onoki could only break out in a cold sweat and end up resigning himself to his mortal enemy, Onoki cursed internally and stood up to go to where the pile was so he could start working on it.
CRACK.
"AH, my back!!" said Onoki as he fell clutching the place where the pain was coming from "Damn it why do you always-" the little Kage didn't finish when he saw how the pile of papers began to shake so that little by little the paper structure began to lean towards where the Kage was lying. "Shit" Onoki could only swallow as he watched the pile of papers fall on him. "Tsuchikage-sama, team-" the Kage's assistant stopped as he saw his leader completely wrapped up in a pile of papers, "Not again," the assistant said, calling over a couple of chunnin-grade shinobi to help him find their leader.
Hidden rain
Two hooded figures walked through the halls of the tallest building as the content rain fell outside. They were accompanied by two jonins who looked ready to attack at any moment. After a few minutes, they reached a large double door which was guarded by two more Shinobi; this time, they wore masks. Upon entering the room, the two figures noticed four more shinobi in each corner of the room guarding the leader, watching them closely. Directly in front of them, three more, two of which were guarding the person in between them.
The said person was none other than the leader of the Rain village, and the legendary shinobi, Hanzo of the Salamander. Whose fame and reputation were known and revered in the whole shinobi world to the point that the mere sight of him on the battlefield would make shinobi flee in fear. His most known feat was battling all three member of the Sanin single-handedly in their youth and defeating them. But impressed with their strength and that they managed to last so long, spared their lives, and as a sign of respect, gave them the title Sannin for their skill and teamwork.
After entering the room, the figures walked towards their leader, bowed to him, before knelt on the ground. "You summoned us," they asked in unison. "Yes, I did," Spoke Hanzo. "I have a mission for you two."
"A mission?" both asked in confusion. "Yes one that is uniquely qualified for both of you, as both of you are two of the best shinobi's in the village, but due to the special training you two underwent through the past few years, We've yet to give you official ranks," said Hanzo looking at the two hooden people. "So what rank are you giving us?" asked one of the hooded figures excitedly, while the other figure nodded since it was true. "You two will be given the official rank of Genin," Hanzo said, causing one of the figures to look at him in surprise. "A Genin? ... With all due respect, but I think that would be a waste of my skills," said the figure. "That's enough. Hanzo-sama must have his reasons," said the other figure who looked at their leader. "And you'd be correct there' a reason as to why I'm giving you two the rank of genin," Hanzo calmly said, looking at the two figures he knew had the same character. "And may we know what that reason is?" asked one of the figures. "The reason you two are genins is because I want you two to enter the chunin exams being held in Konoha," said Hanzo.
"Surely that's not the only reason?" asked the other figure, showing some annoyance. "No, the chunin exam is just an excuse to allow you to enter Konoha without raising their suspicion. Your main target is to monitor a Genin that'll no doubt enter this year's exam and evaluate him to see if he's a threat," said Hanzo for the first time, his eyes turning cold. "Who's the target?" both figures asked as their leader went this far, just for a genin was off to them. "Your target's name is Naruto Uzumaki Senju Namikaze," said Hanzo.
"Uzumaki?Senju?... I thought they all died out." Asked one. "Wait Namikaze as in Minato Namikaze the fourth Hokage?" Asked the other, catching the last part, their leader said. "Yes, one of our informants overheard a Drunken member of the civilian council angrily blabbering about it. It seems he's a descendant of Tobirama Senju. We have also managed to confirm it is true. Making the fourth hokage also a descendant of Tobirama and married the only Uzumaki in Konoha, Kushina the Red Death." Said Hanzo. "The yellow flash and red death had a son together, how's that possible? And why didn't we know of this earlier?" said one of the figures. "Our intelligence tells us they were childhood sweethearts, but it seems like the truth was more hidden than we expected," said Hanzo, growling at the possibility.
"Why, if we find him a threat?" asked the second figure. "Then you'll have to eliminate him in the exam. Even though killing is frowned upon, it's not illegal. This way we avoid Konoha's retaliation," said Hanzo. The two figures nodded at the explanation. "But don't we need a team to participate in the chunin exams?" asked one of the hooded figures. "That can be arranged. There's a genin who recently lost both his teammates and his Jonin sensei. You two will be arranged with him, and Kandachi will be replacing the Jonin sensei. You have some time to accommodate before the chunin exams," said Hanzo, looking at them.
"So do you two accept the mission?" asked Hanzo in a neutral tone. "Hai," they responded in unison. "Good Kandachi will be helping you two on your mission to monitor your target." said Hanzo as he dismissed them. 'this is going to be fun... better pray I don't find you a threat to my village Senju..for if I do you'll not live to see the ending of the exams.' thought both in unison as they left the room.