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Black Sun

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Chapter 1

"Hey, you hear that? It sounded like footsteps." The mercenary asked his partner, pausing in their patrol around the mansion to stare at one particular shadow behind them. The second mercenary rolled his eyes.

"What are you talking about? You're hearing things, man." The man huffed as he grabbed his friend by the back of the other man's shirt. "Come on. Our shift ends in five minutes and I'm starving."

"Yeah...Right..." The first man replied quietly as he turned back around and followed after his partner. As they left, something shifted within the depths of the shadow the first mercenary was looking at. As the figure stepped out and darted into another shadow, the person's dark grey and black camouflage cloak fluttered slightly.

Jumping up, the cloaked man dug his two-inch long black claws into the stone wall and started climbing to the roof. Once on the roof, the pale light of the Full Moon was revealed after a cloud moved away, bathing the person and the roof top in its surreal luminescence. The person stood at about 6'1", obviously male, and muscular and lean in build. Any other details about the man were impossible to tell due to the hooded black long-sleeve trench coat he wore, black steel-toe combat boots adorning his feet.

Half an hour later of weaving through the shadows and halls of the building, the man successfully infiltrated the mansion and was now spying on his target from the rafters. Below him, the short business tycoon- Gatou- was going over some files on his desk, two mercenaries guarding the door inside and outside of the room. In addition, Gatou's two personal guards stood on either side of the short man a few feet behind him.

Quietly growling in frustration, he idly noticed that there was only one light in the room. Deep crimson eyes reflecting the light faintly, he moved closer to the cord the light was hanging from and pulled out a kunai before quickly severing it, the room instantly being swallowed up in darkness as Gatou and his gaurds cried out in surprise, the two guards outside having entered the room to see what the problem was. Despite the lack of light, he could still see as if it were mid-day.

Silently landing on his feet, the man pulled out a pair of syringes filled with dark grey-purple liquid and plunged them into the necks of the guards at the door, both men passing out instantly as the chemicals started to take effect. Doing the same with the four other guards, the cloaked figure stood behind the frightened midget, Gatou. Putting the business man in a head lock, he quickly snapped Gatou's neck before the tiny tyrant could cry out in fear and surprise.

It wouldn't have mattered either way since this was the last room he had to take care of...

Summoning four Kage Bunshin, they silently moved to the unconscious guards before Shunshin-ing away in cyclones of black fire with their quarry. After spending a few minutes collecting every last file and paper in the room, he followed the example of his clones. He would return later on to raid the man's vault.

Reappearing in a dimly lit cavern with small lights attached to the walls, he pushed his hood back, revealing long black-tipped dark crimson hair twisted into a braid in the back. His eyes were a deep crimson with black slit pupils. The man's skin was lightly tanned.

Under the cloak, the man was wearing a black sleeveless turtleneck over a dark grey long-sleeve skin-tight shirt, baggy black and dark grey camouflage pants that were tucked into his boots, black metal bracers on his forearms, black fingerless gloves on his hands, and a black cloth half face mask pulled up to hide the lower half of his face.

Just as he appeared, he was approached by a figure wearing similar attire as him. If one were to look closer, they would see that the person was female and wearing a dark grey and black camouflage hunter-nin mask to hide her face. She stood at about 5'4" and had a womanly figure; wide hips, slim waist, plump and firm butt, toned thighs, full E-cup bust.

"Mi'lord, the mercenaries your clones brought in have been restrained and are now in the beginning stages of the transition." The woman reported, her voice soft and kind. Flowing down her back was a glossy waterfall of obsidian hair that reached down to her full, rounded hips. The man eye smiled at the news.

"Good work, Haku-chan." The man praised mildly, the woman- Haku- blushing faintly from behind her mask as she muttered a soft 'Thank you' to her Master. She had been under the service of the man she knew only as Master and/or Lord Nova- she knew it wasn't his real name, but she didn't care- for the past five or six years since she and her former mentor, Momochi Zabuza, met the man back in Water Country. Zabuza had rudely denied Naruto's offer to join him and paid dearly for it while Haku had accepted it moments before, not being all that loyal to Zabuza at the time seeing as she had only known for the man for a couple months. She didn't shed a single tear for the man.

"How are you feeling, Haku-chan?" Nova asked as he took off the young woman's mask and his eyes softened, portraying his love and affection for the woman before him. Haku blushed again, this time more fiercely, as she leaned against her beloved Master's chest.

"I'm fine, Master." Haku mumbled softly as she nuzzled his chest tiredly before yawning and leaning against him a little more than before. Nova smiled at that and wrapped his arms around the young woman that was now falling asleep against him. He gently picked her up bridal style before Shunshin-ing to their bedroom, lovingly setting her down on the bed and removing her clothes, boots, and armor. She was asleep before she even touched the bed.

Leaving her in only her imperial blue booty shorts and bra, Nova pulled the covers over her and kissed her forehead. Standing straight, Nova Shunshin-ed again, this time reappearing a short distance from where the Konoha team was residing until the end of their mission.

16 year old Naruto- otherwise known as Lord Nova by his budding empire- sighed softly as he leaned back against the tree he was in. It was only about eleven at night. Sighing, Naruto pulled out a sphere the size of an orange made out of charcoal grey metal. The object itself was useless, having no purpose or function, but it was fun watching people go absolutely nuts trying to figure out what it did. He found it entertaining and a useful tool to side track an enemy or opponent, distracting them from his main goal or what-not.

Putting it away, Naruto figured meditation would be more beneficial. He had almost ten hours until the team started to wake up...

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About two weeks later, the genin team returned to Konoha, leaving Wave Country behind. Naruto was glad for that. The longer they were in Wave, the higher the risk of them discovering Naruto and his operations in Wave Country. Luckily, the genin squad was disfunctional and uncoordinated, dropping the risk of being detected a considerable amount, but the squad leader was none other than Hatake Kakashi; yeah, not good.

"Master?" Haku asked as she stepped up beside her silver haired lover.

"What is it, love?" Naruto asked as he gave her a warm smile, though Haku only saw an eye smile due to the face mask.

"The war factory has been fully repaired and is now fully operational." Haku calmly reported, though she was barely holding back the faint blush upon seeing her Master 'smile' at her.

"Good, good. Give the order to begin the production of weapons and vehicles. What of the machine factories and cybernetic facilities?" Naruto ordered and asked, pleased with the news.

"The cybernetic facilities will be fully operational in five days and ready to begin mass production within six days. The machine factories require another two months before production can begin." Haku supplied, something that made Naruto grin a tad viciously from behind his mask. Everything was going faster than he had originally predicted. "Also, the soldiers are in position to take control of Wave Country. Give the word and they'll move into action."

"Very good. Inform them that we'll make our move at midnight tonight." Naruto instructed as he wrapped his left arm around Haku's waist and held her close. "Once you've done that..." He kissed the top of her head. "You are going back to bed. You haven't slept much lately and you need your rest."

"Of course, Master." Haku mumbled as she rested her head on Naruto's chest and sighed happily, her eyes closed peacefully as she wrapped her right arm around Naruto's waist. Kissing the top of her head again, Naruto turned Haku towards the hidden entrance to the base and gave her butt a light slap to get her moving.

Jumping slightly and blushing fiercly, Haku gave a soft squeak before leaving to do as she was told. Naruto quietly chuckled at the woman's reaction, finding her shyness rather cute. One thing he had not done when Haku joined him was alter her personality- much. Mostly, he just made her undyingly loyal to him and imprinted himself as her Master in her mind. Other than that, he had left her personality untouched.

As she left, a figure appeared in the shadow of a nearby tree, hiding the person's features. Naruto had sensed the person's presence already, having sent for the person a couple days ago.

"You're late." Naruto commented coldly and calmly, his whole demeanor having gone from warm and kind to cold and serious.

"I'm sorry, Mi'lord, but I could not leave sooner. I ran into a bit of...trouble." The person apologized as they tossed a hitai-ate with a musical note engraved on it in front of Naruto. "You aren't the only one building an army. Orochimaru plans to invade Konoha and crush them during the third portion of the Chuunin Exam. From what I found out, he is going to assassinate the Yondaime Kazekage and take the man's place during the third portion should even one Suna genin make it to the third portion. The thing is, Subaku no Gaara- the Kazekage's youngest son- is the Ichibi jinchuuriki and will be participating in the exam. Damn near impossible for the brat not to make it to the third round."

"I see..." Naruto trailed off, new plans already formulating in his mind. "Gather as much information you can on the invasion including everyone involved, battle plans, strategic points, key players in the battle, spies, and such. Dismissed."

Bowing slightly, the person vanished into the shadows. Snatching up the hitai-ate, Naruto followed after Haku while placing the metal plate in his cloak. A vicious grin formed on his lips as he entered the base, already knowing what he would do during the Chuunin Exams that Konoha will be hosting in six months.

Oh, he couldn't wait...

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Moving silently through the night, shadows made their way through the dark streets of Wave Country. As they flooded the small island nation from all along the coast, groups of five would break off from the mainstream, surround a building, bust down the doors, and secure the building within minutes by rounding up all occupants in the building into one room. The process repeated itself many times over all across the cluster of islands as the horde of people swarmed Wave Country.

Each person was wearing black steel-toe combat boots, black pants with the legs tucked into their boots, a black long-sleeve turtleneck shirt, a black hooded long-sleeve trench coat, black leather gloves, a black cloth half-face mask, and a black hunter-nin mask over their entire face. They were all armed with unusual black barreled weapons. Naruto and his underlings new them as guns; these particular soldiers were armed with Seburo MN-23 assault rifles with Seburo C-X side arms.

Naruto watched from atop the highest building in Wave as his men took control of Wave Country building by building. News of Gatou's death had been kept under wraps; Naruto had made sure not to make a move against the Konoha genin team the whole time they were here. This left the civilians in Wave afraid, thinking it wouldn't be long until Gatou's thugs came along to police the islands once again; they believed Naruto's soldiers to be those very 'thugs' and enforcers'.

"How long until we have full control over Wave?" Naruto asked quietly, though the masked soldier he addressed could hear the excitement in his voice.

"One hour." The soldier replied, making Naruto to laugh quietly and darkly.

"Excellent." Naruto whispered quietly to himself, the word coming out in a vicious hiss. "Have your men search the canals and rivers. Some of the civilians may try and escape that way."

"Of course, Lord Nova." The soldier bowed before leaving. A portion of the masked soldiers taking control of Wave Country were once Gatou's mercenaries, thugs, and goons. A few skull-fuck chemicals here, some more injections there and Naruto had himself a small army. Unfortunately, they weren't all that good and were cannon fodder at best. He planned on ridding himself of such trash once he had a substantial amount of soldiers able to replace them.

'Soon...' Naruto mused darkly. 'Soon, I'll have me an army no one can stop...especially not some shinobi'

-=xXx=- Six Months Later -=xXx=-

Standing before him were cybernetic replicas of the Demon Brothers and of Zabuza. All three wore identical outfits to the soldiers that had invaded Wave Country with a set of black and dark grey camouflage body armor on their torso and bracers on their forearms, but the Demon Brothers had the clawed metal gauntlets the originals used to wear. The Zabuza replica looked exactly like the original, but the clone was no different than the rest of his soldiers in mentality; undyingly loyal and immortally obedient.

"You know your orders. Dismissed." Naruto calmly ordered without turning around, looking out over the ocean from behind the thick glass of his 'throne room', so to speak.

Everything he had- his army, the weapons, the technology in general- was because he had stumbled upon some ancient ruins beneath Konoha when he was nine after barely escaping the clutches of another mob. The ruins were well-preserved in an expansive cavern, where they had resided for thousands of years. What he had found within the ruins was something akin to a data core. It was much like a massive electronic library of sorts and a giant data-storing mainframe.

Within these ruins, Naruto spent the next six years of his life- with the occasional trip to different countries- training in everything he could find in the mainframe's records before moving to Whirlpool Country where he then began construction of his base. His training included martial arts styles and close quarters combat techniques used by the mainframe's creator- Major Motoko Kusanagi, the leader of a group of special soldiers called Section 9- along with the weapons of that time; guns. Naruto had become quite skilled with them and had even gone to certain lengths to further increase his skill with them, but that didn't mean he slacked in his shinobi training; mostly kenjutsu, taijutsu, and genjutsu.

However, he did not slack in his studies either. He knew almost everything in the mainframe and even the history of his own world. Naruto was lucky that the mainframe and library was undamaged and still fully operational despite the technology being almost a dozen thousands of years old.

He had long since moved the ruins and mainframe to his current base where his army was being constructed, growing larger with every passing minute. Whirlpool, the birthplace of his mother, looked nothing like it used to before and after its destruction at the hands of Iwa, Kumo, and Kiri during the Third Great Shinobi War. Well, above ground was mostly sparse woodland, open fields, and sandy shores apart from Naruto's lone compound along the eastern shore. Below ground was a different story; almost three-fourths of the subterranean landscape was inhabited by Naruto's base and factories.

Shaking his head slightly, Naruto cleared his head of those thoughts before turning away from the window and heading for his personal quarters. He had not been able to spend much time with his beloved Haku recently due to work, but he was free for the rest of the day...

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Naruto grumbled quietly to himself, semi-annoyed and pleased with the team he had sent to take the Chuunin Exams a month ago. They had passed to the third portion with ease and had even broke the record for the second portion. What annoyed Naruto was now he had to sit next to a face-stealing pedofile and an old monkey, but he was quite fine with sitting next to the boxum red head from Kiri.

He watched as a non-descript Kiri genin and Hyuuga Neji fought with the Kiri shinobi getting his ass kicked. Naruto mentally huffed in anoyance when the late Kazekage's son, Kankuro, forfeited his match before it even began, but he was appeased partially when the man's daughter, Temari, leapt down to the arena floor. Naruto had to suppress the snicker that rose up when Shikamaru was pushed over the railing by Shino. Alas, within moments, Naruto was bored. He already knew the outcome of the fight; Shikarmaru was going to forfeit.

Glancing at the Sandaime, Naruto mentally grinned while keeping a blank face on the outside. No one recognized him and that saved him a lot of trouble. He hadn't warned the Sandaime about the coming invasion since it would cause problems for his own plans, but then again, he was rather biased against Konoha. Naruto had discovered his heritage back when he was eleven; Father: Namikaze Minato- Deceased. Mother: Uzumaki Kushina- Alive.

To find out his own mother was alive and nowhere to be seen, Naruto had grown cold and vengeful, but not towards his mother. No, Naruto still loved his mother despite not knowing her or where she was or why she left him. He had come to despise the Sandaime for lying to him repeatedly, he had come to hate his father for sealing the Kyuubi into him, he had come to loathe the populace of Konoha with such cold fury that the Kyuubi honestly believed the human could turn fire into ice with just a look.

His thoughts were interrupted when an explosion ruptured the southern portion of Konoha's walls and a giant three-head snake summon entered the village through the gaping hole left by the explosion. A genjutsu was cast over the audience in the arena and a smoke bomb went off in the Kage Booth. Smiling viciously, Naruto let Orochimaru take the Sandaime up to the top of the building, the pale man's four bodyguards quickly throwing up a large purple barrier.

Terumii Mei, the Godaime Mizukage, looked at him in surprise when the smoke cleared, wondering if Naruto already knew of everything that was happening. She was shocked to find him rather calm and she believed him to be grinning, but it was hard to tell when he was wearing a face mask.

Ao and Choujiro landed beside the Mizukage while two cloaked figures dropped down beside Naruto, surprising the three Kiri shinobi since none of them had sensed Naruto's guards. Not even Ao, a sensor-type with a Byakugan implanted in his right eye socket, had noticed them.

They were both only a pair of cybernetic soldiers armed with the same weapons and wearing the same uniform as his other soldiers. While simple soldiers in his army, they were all mid to high jounin level in speed and strength. Also, due to the lack of chakra, it was impossible for even sensor-type shinobi to detect them. Because they were cybernetic and not actually living, poison was useless against them and the only way to effectively kill them was by destroying their cyber brain.

Easily built, resilient, and mass produced in droves and droves within only a few days; the perfect soldier and army...

"Let's go, Mizukage-sama! We have to get you to safety!" Ao called out to Mei, who nodded hesitantly and left with her escorts. Naruto simply stood there for a few moments before pulling out a communicator. He cared not if the Godaime Mizukage and her guard witnessed what he was about to do. Let them spread the word that a new era was upon them.

"Begin Phase II." Was all Naruto spoke into the communicator before several dozen solid black HA-01 Jigapachi helicopters descended upon Konoha, their gun fire cutting a swath through the Suna and Oto ranks outside of the walls while several dozen transport helicopters dropped off a number of black-clad soldiers all across the village.

As soon as they touched the ground, the armored cybernetic machines did one of two things; eliminate all Oto and Suna shinobi they came across or capture any and all Konoha shinobi. Snipers were dropped off on top of the taller buildings in Konoha and along the defensive stone walls while others swept through the streets and alleys, scouring the village for any shinobi that might have been missed.

Turning away from the scene, Naruto approached the barrier erected by Orochimaru's Sound Four, his cloaked guards flanking him. The ANBU that had moved to help the Sandaime before the barrier went up were already captured and tied up by a team of twelve Section 9 soldiers.

"Hehehe...Seems the Monkey was trapped by the Snake, eh?" Naruto quietly laughed to himself. After a few moments of looking at it, Naruto kicked a rock at the barrier, watching curiously as it was incinerated by a gout of flame that suddenly engulfed the rock. Scowling slightly at that, Naruto signaled the soldiers over to him.

"Keep an eye on things here. If the Old Man fails to kill Orochimaru and the Snake tries to escape, kill him. Kill his four guards as well." Naruto ordered before he turned to leave, his two guards still flanking him. He didn't get far when three solid black Armsuits landed in front of him.

"Lord Nova, the Ichibi jinchuuriki and his siblings escaped. The Uchiha chased after him. They're heading west. Our orders, sir?" The middle one explained, then asked. Naruto thought about it for a moment before coming to a decision.

"Return to the main battle. I'll take care of it myself." Naruto calmly stated as a helicopter drew closer. Flagging it down, Naruto and his guards got on before pointing the pilot in the right direction. After a short ride, the silver haired teen got out along side his escorts and two other soldiers before continuing on foot. Within a couple minutes, Naruto came upon the scene of an unconscious Sasuke and a mini-Shukaku.

Naruto scowled as he drew one of his C-X pistols. Taking aim at Gaara, he fired, a single slug slamming into the red head's chest and spearing straight through him. Eyes wide, Gaara stood frozen. Naruto could see the fear, surprise, and pain in them, but he didn't care. If a demon host could not control their tenant, then they shouldn't be alive.

Gaara was no special case; he contained the weakest of the Bijuu and if he couldn't even resist the insane sand racoon's blood thirsty whispers, then there was no reason for him to live.

"Grab the Uchiha." Naruto ordered one of the masked soldiers as he holstered the handgun, watching coldly as the sand fell from Gaara's body before said body followed it. Once the cybernetic guard had returned with the Uchiha slung over its shoulder, Naruto turned back towards Konoha. "Let's go. There is much to be done."

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Sighing as he stopped in front of the Council chambers, Naruto took a moment to compose himself. It had been two days since Naruto defeated the Oto and Suna forces and took control of Konoha. Strapped to both thighs were C-X handguns and a MN-23 assault rifle slung across his back.

Pushing the large double doors aside, Naruto entered the room with four guards flanking him, two on either side. Naruto let his crimson eyes gaze upon the Shinobi Council members, the Civilian Council having been excluded from this meeting.

"Good morning, ladies and gentlemen." Naruto greeted politley, but there was nothing polite about it in his tone. The Council members that had previously been whispering amongst themselves instantly went silent. At the top of the chamber was a ring of large windows where two dozen black-clad soldiers stood at the ready, a dozen more standing along the walls on the floor.

"Who are you and why did you attack us?" The Inuzuka matriarch barked out as she jumped to her feet and slammed her hands on the table, all guns trained on her in an instant upon her outburst. Not impressed in the slightest, Naruto leveled a cold stare on the woman, making sure to lock eyes with the Inuzuka clan head.

"Sit. Down." He ordered. Instantly, Tsume bowed her head and sat down, quiet and obedient as she withered under Naruto's gaze. The other clan heads were stunned. Not even the Sandaime could control the woman like that, not even when he was angry. "If you will all control your temper and shut your mouths, I will explain." Everyone stayed quiet at that. Naruto nodded slightly in satisfaction.

"You shall address me as Lord Nova and I attacked your village because I require a proper staging area for my Empire." Naruto stated calmly and evenly, his tone almost as emotionless and monotonous as an Aburame's. He raised a hand to silence everyone before they could relay their displeasure and anger. "If you don't like it, I have an ultimatum for you."

"And just what is this 'ultimatum'?" Shikaku asked, eyes narrowed in suspicioun. Naruto chuckled darkly at that, sending chills down everyone's spine.

"I'm glad you asked." Naruto replied mockingly before he continued in a serious manner. "Either you hand over Konoha and join me...or suffer the complete destruction of your village." Everyone paled at that. Naruto's tone held no sign of deceit nor did he show signs of a hidden agenda. He wasn't lying and they knew he could do it. "Either way, I win."

"Now..." Naruto drawled. "What say you?" Slowly, the Hyuuga clan head- Hiashi- stood up straight and approached Naruto, the ever present scowl forever carved into his face. The other Council members looked at the man with hope in their eyes, believing Hiashi to be loyal to Konoha. Their hope was quickly shattered when Hiashi kneeled before the armored young man.

"The Hyuuga clan is yours to command, Lord Nova." Hiashi calmly stated, though Naruto detected a hint of hope in the man's voice. What the others didn't know was that Naruto and Hiashi had been in contact prior to the invasion. The Hyuuga clan head wanted to cleanse the Hyuuga clan of its arrogance and the Caged Bird Seal, but he could do nothing about it. That is, until Naruto contacted him four months ago. Since then, Naruto has had Hiashi's loyalty.

Slowly and a tad hesitantly, Tsume followed Hiashi's example and kneeled before Naruto, vowing her and her clan's loyalty. Being instinctual and impulsive like their canine companions, Inuzuka's follow the Alpha without question. In Tsume's eyes, Naruto was that Alpha.

"Anyone else?" Naruto called out, noting the slight nod Shibi, the Aburame clan head, gave him. Begrudgingly, Shikaku, Chouja, and Inoichi vowed their loyalty to him as did many of the smaller clans. After a few minutes of silence, Naruto waved his hand slightly and the Hyuuga and Inuzuka clan heads returned to their respective seats.

"Good. You saved us both a lot of trouble." Naruto calmly proclaimed as he sat down in a chair one of his guards pulled up for him, giving the droid a nod in appreciation. "Now, on to other business..." He trailed off as he signaled his mechanical soldiers with his hand, a pair of soldiers with their rifles at the ready took aim at Koharu and Homura. Pulling the triggers of their rifles, twin bullets shot from their guns and into the chests of both retired shinobi, piercing their hearts. Both died instantly.

"Now that Konoha is under my control, I must first weed out the undesirables before I can truly begin my rule." Naruto explained to the stunned clan heads and shinobi representatives. "Homura and Koharu had been dealing with Orochimaru, handing over orphaned and abandoned children over to the man for his experiments in return for him to leave Konoha alone. Look at what good it did..." As two soldiers left to dispose of the dead bodies, Naruto stood up and adjusted his cloak. The more intelligent members of the Council nodded at that, grim expressions on their faces.

Giving the signal, Naruto watched calmly as a swarm of soldiers dropped down from above, each one plunging a syringe filled with a dark grey-purple liquid that was quickly pumped into the bodies of each Council member. Grinning slightly, Naruto turned and left the Council chambers. Pausing at a window, Naruto looked outside and watched as the civilians and captured shinobi were being escorted to the arena where they were then injected with the same cocktail of chemicals as the Council.

Solid black Spider Tanks and obsidian HAW-206s were being dropped off in cleared out sections of the village by dropships, pitch black Tachikomas patrolled the streets, snipers watched from their chosen positions, his soldiers stood guard on the roofs of buildings and in the streets, and Armsuits guarded the more important sections of Konoha. This was not even a fraction of his steadily growing army.

"Where is he going?" Naruto asked his informant as the man seemingly materialized in the shadows behind him.

"Not even I know. Orochimaru caught wind of a leak after he escaped and he isn't happy. This will be the last time I will be able to relay any information to you for at least two and a half years. Other than that, I have nothing new to report." The person paused for a moment before tossing a scroll to Naruto. "Oh, and that's for you. Someone dropped it off for the Hokage, but now that you're in control, I figured I would give it to you."

"Yeah, yeah, whatever. Get going. I can't afford to lose you as my spy. You are too valuable." Naruto dismissively replied, as he held the scroll in front of him, wondering if he should read it or not. Seeing that he was now being ignored, the person vanished into the shadows. Sighing quietly, Naruto opened the scroll and started reading through it before rolling it back up and stuffing it in his coat, grinning slightly from behind his mask.

His day just got better...

-=xXx=- Next Day -=xXx=-

Landing in the clearing with a heavy thud as his boots hit the ground, Naruto stood up from the crouch he landed in, his entourage of twelve soldiers landing behind him in similar stances along with the two Armsuits. The Botanachi military transport helicopter then left to hide nearby until the next time it would be needed. For now, Naruto and his soldiers would not be needing it.

"Pair off and scout out the village for the targets from the streets. Shoot only when necessary, but should you need to, shoot to immobilize. I want them alive." Naruto ordered six of the masked soldiers, who nodded and took off. This left only Naruto, his two original guards, six soldiers, and the two Armsuits.

"What of us, Lord Nova?" Asked one of the two Armsuit pilots after checking the massive rifle each Armsuit was issued, making sure it was fully loaded and properly calibrated. Naruto glanced at the titanic armored figure before motioning for them to follow him, heading in the opposite direction the others went.

"We shall be searching for the primary target. The others are searching for the secondary targets." Naruto responded without giving details, fingers itching for his pistols as both of the secondary targets sprung to the forefront of his mind. Oh, how he wished to get his hands on those two and rip them apart...

Within a few minutes, Naruto spotted the town he was searching for. They soon came to a stop just on the edge of the forest. Naruto turned to his men, deciding to fill them in on their mission. "Alright, the building we are fixing to raid will be filled with shinobi. Shoot to kill. Our target is on the top floor

"Stealth mode." Naruto ordered his men, who then activated their cloaking devices, all of them turning invisible- Armsuits included. Motioning for them to follow, Naruto activated his own cloaking device and darted into the village, going straight for his target. Motioning for the Armsuits to take lead, Naruto moved to the back of the group as they charged the six story building. The armored mechas barreled through the front door and aimed their large bore rifles at two shinobi, killing them quickly before taking down six more. The masked soldiers crashed through the windows at the same time and shot the remaining eight shinobi in the rooms.

As they surged up the stairs and started sealing off escape routes, taking out the rest of the shinobi in the building, Naruto calmly walked through the front door, cloaking device still active as with the others. The Armsuits, who were guarding either side of the door on the inside, ran back outside before going to the alleys on either side of the building, jumping from wall to wall until they were on the roof tops of adjacent buildings to cut off any shinobi from escaping via roof tops. Naruto looked at the carnage of the first of six floors, mildly impressed with the effeciency his cybernetic armor proved to possess. Every shot was an instant kill shot and only one out of ten missed their targets; luckily, each soldier fired no more than two per shinobi.

Moving to the stairs, Naruto made his way up to the second and then the third floor of the 'abandoned' office building. Both floors had bodies of shinobi scattered along the corridors. Coming to the fourth floor, Naruto watched as his men pushed forward, quickly taking down one shinobi after another. Looking at each corpse he passed, Naruto recognized that they were all Konoha Section 3 ANBU- Konoha's most secretive and 'unofficial' ANBU Division. They all wore the standard ANBU outfitting, but their masks were blank and pitch black with a deep red swirl design on them, the kanji for 'Three' painted in the center of their masks in red.

They were the Hokage's equivalent of Danzo's ROOT, only much more effecient...

Naruto drew one of his handguns and fired a shot to his left without looking, killing a Sec 3 ANBU that hid in an attempt to get behind the armed soldiers, only for a bullet to rip through his mask and skull half way through the string of handseals he had been going through for a Doton jutsu. Although the shinobi couldn't see them or sense them, they still knew where they were due to the muzzle flash of their guns.

"Pathetic." Naruto mumbled to himself as he holstered his pistol and shouldered his MN-23, firing single-shot bursts in rapid succession that speared through the heads of the attacking shinobi, each one dropping to the ground in boneless heaps. The soldiers in front of him didn't even bat an eye lash and continued pushing on, quickly clearing out each room they encountered and mercilessly killing each shinobi they found. Following behind his men, Naruto helped out with the raid, taking down the shinobi with ease.

That is, until one managed to complete the jutsu they had been preparing, bringing the ceiling down inbetween them. Naruto growled at that before bringing up a 3-D map of the building in his head, quickly forming a new attack plan. He also noticed they were directly below an empty room that was directly under the room the target was in. Formulating the plans, Naruto sent them to each of the eight soldiers before him via wireless link.

"Alright, change in plans. I want you all to split up into two groups of four. Teams A and B will follow their assigned paths and attack the shinobi from both sides. It'll make it harder for the opposition to defend themselves. I myself am going to go straight for the target and secure said target before making my way to the roof. We'll rendezvous there." Naruto explained to his men, who took the pause in battle to reload their rifles or tend to the minor cuts they recieved from kunai thrown by a few shinobi that were lucky enough to hit them.

"Move out." Naruto ordered after giving them a couple minutes. They all silently nodded before splitting up and moving out, taking two different routes to their destination. Naruto looked up and jumped up slightly before thrusting his fist into the ceiling, plowing a hole straight through it that was big enough for him to climb through. Once he was on the fifth floor, Naruto took a few minutes to barricade the lone door leading into the room before placing a couple small shaped-charges in certain places on the ceiling.

Settling himself in the middle of the room, Naruto detonated them, listening as the shinobi standing above the charges were killed or maimed by the compact explosions. Jumping up to the sixth floor, Naruto killed the two remaining shinobi in the room with twin gunshots to the head as they coughed heavily due to the smoke and debris, unable to see anything. The target was sitting in a chair in the middle of the room, coughing and blinded by the dust as well.

Charging forward, Naruto shoulder tackled the door that was just starting to open into the room, breaking it off its hinges and tossing the two shinobi behind it into the wall. Shooting them both in the head before they could regain their bearings, Naruto shot three more shinobi coming down the right end of the hall before rolling a white phosperous grenade down the hall in the other direction. Ducking back into the room just as the grenade went off, Naruto listened to the pained screams and death cries as the chemicals burned the flesh of the six shinobi down the hall.

Quickly reloading his pistols, Naruto stepped back out and shot four shinobi approaching from the right, a cloud of white phospherous powder blocking off the left end of the corridor. Tossing a pair of incendiary grenades down to the left end of the hall, Naruto tossed a smoke grenade down the right end to blind the shinobi down there for a few minutes. He then knocked his target out, tossed the woman over his shoulder, and exited the room, putting down one shinobi after another as they tried to attack him.

Now that he had the target with him, the shinobi had to be more careful when attacking him, but that only gave Naruto the advantage. Without being able to use ninjutsu, taijutsu, or knejutsu on him, they had to resort to genjutsu and blitz attacks. Genjutsu was ineffective on him and they weren't fast enough to dodge a bullet, both tactics being made useless quite fast. It didn't matter, though, since Naruto had quickly and mercilessly shot each shinobi in the head, killing them.

In under a minute, Naruto made it to the roof where both Armsuits were waiting, guns at the ready and cloaking devices deactivated. Taking note of the four Section 3 ANBU corpses on the ground in front of the door, Naruto walked over to them and set the woman down before quickly binding her hands with seal-inforced metal handcuffs and tying her feet with rope. He then gagged her with a black bandana and blinded her with a black cloth bag over her head.

Not even two minutes later, all eight of the soldiers he came with walked through the door and saluted him, all standing at the ready in a semi-circle around him, cloaking devices deactivated. Naruto couldn't help grinning at that as he disabled his own cloaking device. While they looked a little beat up and worse for wear, they were all ready for more.

Picking the prisoner up again and draping her over his shoulder, Naruto and his men quickly reactivated their cloaking devices and made their way back to the clearing they had landed in. There, they met up with the rest of the men, their own targets bound, gagged, and blindfolded exactly like the woman slung over Naruto's shoulder. The two Armsuits climbed into the helicopter first before the others got in and secured the prisoners. Naruto locked his eyes on the woman he had captured. She had a lot to answer for...

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