Disclaimer: Full Metal Panic is the property of... Well I don't know exactly who, but if I had to guess I'd say Funimation Entertainment. Naruto is the property of Masashi Kishimoto... From this point... It's going to be mostly my dialogue and ideas... So stick around sit back, and hopefully, you'll enjoy the ride.
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(Later that evening, Naruto's apartment)
The foursome was sitting around in Naruto's living room. Naruto's apartment was a small, and sparse one bedroom, one bath, with plain orange wallpaper, and white plush carpeting... It was sparely furnished with a small TV, and a simple two-seater couch. Naruto had to bring some folding chairs from the kitchen for himself and Sousuke to sit on while Kaname and Ren took the couch.
"Wow... This place..." Kaname struggled to find the right words for fear of offending her classmate. "It's... Interesting. Don't you agree Ren?"
"Oh yes. It's quite livable for a single person." Ren smiled warmly and kindly. "The orange glow of the wallpaper gives it quite a nice feel. Tell me Sousuke what do you think?"
"NOOOOO!" Kaname thought in a panic. "Please Sousuke, don't be an idiot, don't be an idiot!"
"I agree with your assessment for being livable for a single person Miss Mikihara." Sousuke said. "However all this orange is highly impractical for covering every wall in the house. If an intruder barged in, it would be easier for him to locate you as you would stand out highly amongst the orange background thus-"
*WHACK!* The Hallisen struck Sousuke hard across the face, knocking him out of his seat onto the floor. "Don't insult other people's sense of style inside their own home, Idiot! Why the heck would an intruder want to even come into this place!" Before she could yell further Naruto stood up and put his hand on her shoulder.
"Hey.. You can insult and strike me all you want inside my own home, but I'd appreciate it if you lay off your boyfriend in my house, when all he was doing thinking about my safety." Naruto said in a firm voice, trying to retain his friendly demeanor. "Please calm down, and take it easy."
Kaname sighed. She had rarely thought about it that way. Sousuke had been raised from infancy to be a soldier and nothing else... Did he really deserve to be beaten up at every turn just for thinking the way he was raised to think?
Slowly Kaname extended her hand to Sousuke. "Here, let me help you up." She said. "Sousuke... I'm sorry I lost my temper at you so easily."
"It's alright Kaname... Sometimes I deserve it." Sousuke said as he got back up.
"No it's not Sousuke!" Kaname yelled, quickly regaining control of herself. "Sorry... I mean at least it wasn't in this case... I shouldn't hit you just for thinking and talking the way you do. That wasn't okay before we got together, and it's not okay now..." She sighed again. "I promise, I'll try to control myself."
"Understood." Sousuke said with a smile hugging her. Making Kaname blush, and then smile, and then hugged Sousuke back before settling back on the couch.
Ren just smiled warmly at the scene in front of her rubbing her sock-clad feet on the carpet. "Oh this carpet is so soft."
"Thanks." Naruto said. "It was there in the apartment when I first moved in... I liked it, so I kept it."
Slowly Ren began to roll off her socks, and wiggled her naked toes into the white plushy fibers. "Oh my... that feels heavenly." Ren gushed in happiness.
"Oh... Ren are you okay?" Kaname asked. This was a side of her friend she'd never seen before.
Ren quickly realized what she was doing and blushed in embarassment. "Oh my... I'm so sorry." Ren said blushing deeply, retracting her feet to the front of the couch, and covering one with the other in the cutest way "I can't explain it, I just have always loved the feel of plushy carpeting since I was a little girl."
"I see." Naruto said with a smile. "Well it's no problem with me." He said patting Ren on the shoulder. "Besides you have really cute feet Ren, I'd love to see them more often." Naruto said making Ren blush.
As Kaname processed this information, she felt more and more weirded out. "Okay... Does that mean Naruto has some sort of foot fetish... EW! Ew ew ew, get a hold of yourself, Kaname! You don't know for sure, you should wait for more evidence before you jump to conclusions and judge him like that."
Naruto to his credit quickly changed the subject. "So tell me, what do you guys like to do?" He asked.
"Oh... I love just hanging out with my friends, you know reading, shopping, playing sports." Kaname said.
"I enjoy reconnaissance, and demolition along with weapons study and maintenance." Sousuke said. Kaname wanted to smack him, but slowly she withdrew her anger.
"Oh I see... Planning to join the military when you graduate?" Naruto asked.
"Yes... You could say that." Sousuke said realizing it would be best to try to maintain his cover for now.
"Cool." Naruto said nodding. "It's always nice to have dreams."
"Oh... what are your dreams?" Kaname asked. Naruto froze and tensed up for a minute.
"Right now... Just to enjoy my life, find a nice girl, find some good friends, and live out the rest of my days in peace."
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(Later that night)
Sousuke was back at his apartment reading up the tech specs and manuals for adjusting his new TDI Vector submachine gun. When his cellphone rang in a special altered ringtone that signaled his higher ups were calling him. He quickly picked it up. "I'm here."
"Sousuke..." The sweet voice of Captain Testarossa called. "We have a situation that could warrant investigating."
"What is the problem?" Sousuke asked. It must have been pretty serious if the captain was calling him personally.
"Our sensors around the city detected a strange unknown energy anomaly in the north part of the city." The Captain explained. "As the closest operative in the area, it's up to you to head to the location, and investigate what happened. I'm sending you the exact coordinates on your PDA. For this mission, you'll need to use a piece of special universal energy reading equipment that we sent to you last month after we set up the stationary sensors. Unfortunately, this piece of equipment can't bypass security on the trains, so you'll have to go on foot, but I'm already dispatching Weber, and Mao back to Tokyo to quickly assist you."
"What? Already? Captain, if I may ask, does that mean you are close to Tokyo." Sousuke asked.
"Now now, Sousuke I didn't think you cared that much." She giggled. "However I can neither confirm or deny my current location. Do not be worried. We've sent backup and they will arrive soon for you. In the meantime get over there."
"Understood. I'm moving out." Sousuke said as the Captain hung up He grabbed up an FN Five-seveN pistol with two spare magazines, along with an MP7 submachine gun with an extra two spare magazines, along with some energy reading equipment, and protective gloves. He quickly headed out the door, and ran along the streets stickling to the alleyways to avoid attention.
(About an hour and a half later)
It was a tedious journey through the city up to reach the exact area up to the far north outskirts of Tokyo. Sousuke quickly staked out the small forest clearing to make sure no hostiles were around, and then set up the energy scanners. He got the readings quickly, then called Tessa back.
"Sergeant Sagara here... The scanner detects a series of strange unknown particles."
"Understood, get out of there, and head back home." Testarossa said. "We'll dispatch some scientists to the area to pick up on this discovery."
"Understood." Sousuke said starting to pack up and leave when he noticed several strange marks on the ground and trees, almost like...
"Shoe prints?" Sousuke was confused. "That's strange... He said. There seem to be signs people were here not long ago. And that they somehow left through the trees, but... I can't see any tracks leading into the area. It's not much, but I think it's worth investigating."
The Captain took a minute to think. "Understood, follow the tracks, but do not engage any targets yet, if you spot something problematic, withdraw, and call for backup."
"Understood. Not a problem." Sousuke said. As he hung up the phone and began to follow the trail as best he could.
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(The North part of Tokyo... a block away from Naruto's apartment)
A group of six people wearing black jumpsuits with grey flak jackets, and black open-toed boots, with headbands with a leaf symbol on them appeared on the rooftop of a nearby office building.
"Is this where the Target is located?" A tired looking man with black hair in an upward ponytail asked.
"Yes Captain." A short woman of about four-foot-nine with ear length blond hair, and grey eyes said. "He's somewhere inside that building."
"Finally." A heavyset seven-foot-tall dark skinned bald man said brandishing a kanabo. "We can take this fucking traitor down, and send him to hell with the goddamn Uchiha where he belongs."
"Indeed. He took the Uchiha's side." A skinny brown haired man with the entire right side of his face covered by his bangs
"And hundreds in our village died." An identical man with the left side of his face covered being the only difference from his obvious twin.
"That's enough now..." A regal-looking dark-haired man with blue eyes said making a lever-action rifle appear in his hands in a puff of smoke. "Remember our target is both a Sage, and a Jinchuriki, not only that he's believed to be now possessing of a doujutsu, so be on your guard. Do you all understand."
Everyone nodded save for the ponytailed man.
"You have a problem Nara?" The man said with a grimace. "Perhaps you feel a soft spot for the traitor, and deserter?" He asked stepping forward. Grabbing the man by the neck. "Perhaps you'd like to join Haruno, and the others who tried to defend the traitor?"
"No sir, Captain... Byaku... I have no problems." Nara choked out as Byaku let him go. Nara gasped for breaths massaging his neck.
"Okay... Here is the basic plan. You go in, find where he's sleeping, and quietly assassinate him. Should that fail, you are to drive him outside where I can get a clear shot at him." Byaku said attaching a bipod to his rifle and resting against the side of the roof. "Now let's put down this fucker."
The other five nodded and disappeared in a swirl of leaves. "Now Uzumaki... 4 years ago you chose loyalty to your friend over the well being of your village, now you will finally pay the price for your betrayal of Konoha. Tonight... You will die!"
