Syndicate: Chapter 1
In Downtown Tokyo, sometime in the night in an undisclosed location, two men are present in an alleyway standing a few feet away from each other. One man was having a quick smoke while taking slight cover from the night time drizzle under a roof.
"I got a job for you…"The man with the smokes said, calmly while taking a small puff of his cigar.
"How much are you paying?"
The other man was a slightly above average height man, approximately 5 feet 11, with bright golden blond hair. The darkness made his face difficult to see as the shadows of the night slightly mask his face, but what stood out the most from his face was the bright ocean blue eyes, along with odd whisker-like scars on each side of his face. He was wearing an ominous trench coat, dressed in midnight black. He had a quite skinny yet muscular physique on him, shown by his strong broad shoulders and arm muscle definition.
"Well, this job is a little…"
"Different..." The man said as he made rings with each puff of smoke he released into the air.
"Stop stalling, I got other orders I gotta complete, old man." The blond man grudgingly said.
"Well, It's pretty simple really, I want you to keep watch of a certain sacred gear holder, named Issei Hyoudou." The man with the cigar said
"Seems a little simple don't you think. Why can't you get one of your field grunts to do it for you, seems a little less costly to get them to do it, than me." The blond responded with a tinge of curiosity in his voice.
"Well, of course, I have, but I don't really…" The man hesitated a little "Trust them fully…"
The blond looked at the man in interest as he uttered that sentence. It's not every day you see one of the big faction leaders, worried about something so insignificant as a small mission like this, involving some two winged field grunts.
"I have a feeling that they are not exactly, how can you say this… trustworthy right now." The man grunted.
"In which way?" The blond questioned
"They have been quite vague in their mission reports. They also seemed to be quite distant with me, and one particular one seemed a little more rebellious than usual, hanging up on some calls I've made about the mission and downright not giving me any information. I've grown a little… wary you could say." The man responded
"What do you want me to do?"
"It's simple really. I want you to implement yourself into the little group I've stationed to scout the very man you have to watch over as well."
"So you want me to act as a Double Agent in a way." The blond said.
"Exactly. You spy on my group, as you also spy on the Sacred Gear holder as well. Killing two birds with one stone." The man laughed.
"Alright, how much are you paying me?" The blond responded.
The man simply just gave a quick glance at the blond man he was talking to. The man shuffled around in one of the pockets of his coat and took out a small picture of a loving couple. He threw the photo in between himself and the blond.
"I got some valuable information on some people that you're looking for…" The man said,
"Someone you're hunting down."
The blond took a glance at the photo. It was a picture of two people that were very familiar with. A man with blond hair and a woman with red hair.
"Where the fuck did you get this photo…" The blond snarled silently while looking at the man.
"You want to know where? (laughs) You got to do the job then don't you." The man chuckled.
"Are you fucking blackmailing me old man?" The blond said.
"Call it… Good business…" The man responded as he took the remaining part of his cigar and threw it on the ground, then stomping out the lingering embers.
"Fine… I'll fucking do your little job." The blond sighed.
"Great! With that, I'll be off Gunslinger-san. I appreciate doing business with you. I hope that we can work well with each other in our future endeavors." The man smiled while unleashing his 12 wings from their confines.
"You better do good by your word old man." The blond grunted.
The winged man flew away with a small wave and smile, into the midnight rain. The blond just stood there in the alleyway looking at the slowly disappearing image of the man present with him in this very alley. The blond then started walking over to the small photo on the ground in the alleyway he was present in. He picked it up and looked longingly at it, as he was lost in thought.
"I got contracts to do…" The blond man sighed as he walked off in the distance. He glanced at the photo one last time longingly before slipping it inside his pocket.
He walked off into the main street within the pouring rain. The street was barren of life and the only source of light was the various street lamps scattering the sides of the road. The blond man looked on into the distance of the dark barren street with a slight grimace on his face.
"It's quite a long way from the hotel."
25 Minutes Later
The blond man looked in front of him and was face to face with a large hotel. He walked inside without a care in the world, not minding any attention given to him due to his disheveled appearance due to the long period under the rain.
'I hate the rain…'
The blond man continued up to the elevator and walked inside, wiping his face of the excess rainwater dripping down his face as he punched in buttons to get to his desired floor.
'Floor 10…'
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*DING* *DING*
He then made his way to his room. It was quite an uneventful walk to his room as this was in the dead of night. The hotel itself was nothing special as well. It was quite a tidy hotel with cream walls and warm lighting. It was decorated with an assortment of plants and flowers adorning the side of the hallways within multiple vases.
"Room 1016" He mumbled to himself as he ruffled within his coat pocket to look for his keycard for his room.
*BEEP*
"Oh, Naruto-sama!"
As he walked inside the room, he notices a young boy rush over to him, to greet him after his long return.
This individual was a short blond boy, around 5 feet 4, with ruby red eyes. He was noticeably younger than the blond man and the boy also had a peculiar set of fanged teeth within his mouth. This boy had a very lithe and skinny body and had slim muscle on him, suggesting that he wasn't a heavy lifter but definitely a fast individual. The boy also had a small feminine look to himself, but that was beside the case.
"Gasper, get ready, we got a contract to do in one hour. Go prepare my equipment and get dressed to leave soon." The man now identified as Naruto said.
"Hai, Naruto-sama!" Gasper exclaimed and rushed to get the stuff prepared.
"I will be in the shower."
"Hai!"
10 Minutes Later
Naruto left the shower and dressed into his combat outfit. He was wearing a black skin-tight body suit as his underclothes. He wore a black tee-shirt along with a grey kevlar vest as upper body protection. He wore a pair of black cargo pants, along with grey knee pads and black combat boots. He then slipped on a pair of grey arm protectors on each arm and then threw on a black standard coat on as well to shield him from the rain.
He left the shower feeling refreshed and ready to go. He walked out and noticed a geared up Gasper, with a black case stationed beside him.
"Gasper are you ready to go?"
"Hai, Naruto-sama! I prepared your equipment for you when you were in the shower like you asked of me." Gasper grinned while making a slight gesture to the black case.
"Thank you."
Gasper was wearing a very similar outfit to Naruto, but the gear was merely just smaller in size and looked significantly lighter in weight. Gasper also adorned a black cap on the top of his head along with a black fanny pack and backpack on his back and side.
"We're heading out."
"Hai."
As the two individuals left the hotel, they notice a black van waiting for them in front of the building in the pouring rain. They notice a man gesturing them to come over, behind the slightly tinted windows of the van. They begin to walk over.
Naruto and Gasper enter the van, Naruto in the passenger seat and Gasper in the back, carrying the black case with him.
"Welcome back you two." The driver said as he took a small glance at the two passengers within the vehicle.
The driver was a brown-haired man, around Naruto's age. He had brown eyes and had odd red markings on each side of his cheeks. He was wearing a black fur coat along with brown cargo pants and black combat boots. The man himself had a very feral look to him, almost like a dog or... a wolf.
"Likewise, Kiba," Naruto responded while Gasper just gave a small nod with a smile.
"Here's the place we need to go today. I'd like to imagine that you can get us there within the next 40 minutes" Naruto said as he passed over a piece of paper with directions and an address.
"What do you take me for? I'm the best driver in Japan!" The driver now named Kiba laughed heartily. Gasper even had a little chuckle himself in the back seat.
"Just shut the fuck up and drive…" Naruto sighed.
"Alright, alright…" Kiba grumbled as he stepped on the gas and began driving the van to their next destination.
They then drove off.
Chapter 1 End
It's ya boi, Spark, back at it again with another story. If you do remember me from the Gunslinger story, you might know that this was an idea I had for the new story to replace the original Gunslinger - Ressurection. Hopefully, you guys like this version better, as I want to go for a more dark path within the story.
Also if you noticed, Gasper is not apart of the Gremory Peerage. I decided for him to not be found by Rias and join Naruto instead. Also if you are wondering, Gasper will be playing a much more important role within the story as well.
