He sighed as he rose from his bed. He had briefly hoped it wouldn't have come to this but he'd been expecting it since they caught those two Akatsuki members three months ago. It was obvious they would come running when they heard about it. He sighed again as he made his way to the shower.
"It just had to be the two who would recognize me didn't it? I finally had a life away from all that shit when I changed my name and came here." He exits the shower and towels off. "Oh well." He hooks the towel around his waist and wipes the mirror down, revealing his spiky blond haired and blue eyed face staring back at him. He runs a thumb over his whisker marks. "Guess I can't really get rid of these things can I?"
He makes his way back to his bedroom to get dressed as his phone rings. He ignores it as he puts his clothes on, returning to the living room as the answering machine picks up. "Kazu, where are you? Are you alright? What am I saying? Of course you're all right. Point is those Konoha ninjas came back. They actually brought their Kage with them. She's giving Psy a hell of a time. What the hell is going on Kazu? Do you know something?"
"You'll know soon enough Jackie Boy." He slides a light black jacket over his grey T-shirt and adjusts the bottom of his faded jeans over his black sneakers. He grabs his keys from the end table near the door and locks said door on his way out of the apartment. He stands for a few seconds before the pocketing the keys and making his way quietly down the stairs of the building. Managing to make it to the garage and get in his faded orange pick up without meeting any of his neighbors he allowed himself a small breather to calm his nerves. He turned the key in the ignition and retrieved his cell phone from the glove box where he 'forgot' it. He slips the phone in his pocket and shifts the truck into gear.
Seven minutes later he pulls into his spot in the employee parking lot and turns the truck off. He can already see the reporters as he makes his way to the front entrance. He brushed them off with a 'no comment' as he ascended the stairs and met the surprisingly sad uniform at the door. He was let inside and made his way towards the elevator as more people sent sad or pitying gazes in his direction.
"Guess it's time to face the music." He muses and presses the button for the fourth floor. Leaning against the back of the elevator he can hear the shouting match above him. "Tsunade's still got some lungs on her." He felt a little nostalgia listening to the voice he hadn't heard in nine years. His little walk down memory lane ending abruptly as the elevator beeps and the doors open. All activity on the floor ended as he steps into the lab and all eyes fall on him.
Two more uniformed officers step up to him with their hands on their holstered pistols. He calmly lets them place the cuffs on as he looks around the lab. He saw Toby, the brown eyed lab tech with brown hair, who finally started working out in the field this year and Kate, the blond haired and red eyed young woman, who replaced him in the lab. He cast his glance over the rest of the techs before his eyes landed on the Konoha ninjas walking towards him with smiles on their faces but he wasn't looking at them. His eyes were locked with his boss Psy as she furrowed her brow at being ignored by the ninjas.
"I might as well do this now." He thought as the officer on his left finished giving his Miranda. "I invoke Article 18, Paragraph 3, Subsection D of the Neos/E.C. border treaty and request my trial and imprisonment be held in my country of arrest." Tsunade looked flabbergasted while Psy smiled at his quick thinking. The Konoha escort of Shikamaru Nara, Tenten, Ino Yamanaka and Sai weren't sure what to make of the scene before them. Ino actually looked offended at his cold tone.
"Naruto I-" Tsunade began but he cut her off.
"My name is Kazu Narumi now. I would appreciate it if you remembered it."
"You're still Naruto Uzumaki to me."
"Naruto Uzumaki died as a ninja of Konoha. I am a Crime Scene Investigator and I'm happier and safer here than I could ever be in your shithole village." He bit back as the officers began leading him away.
"What happened to you Naruto?" Shikimaru hesitantly asked. This Naruto was nothing like he remembered from nine years ago.
"Konoha happened to me Shika." He called back over his shoulder.