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"Talking!"
[Different Language!]
'Thinking!'
"Jutsu!"
First Hunt
Naruto stares at himself in the mirror. By using a kunai to cut his hair shorter then what it once was and using the same kunai to shave what facial hair on his face. Today is the first day for his new job with the Military Police and the true first day that he will be as a Chunin.
"Look out Konoha! For Uzumaki Naruto is here!" shouted out said blonde.
Walking out of the bathroom to put a pair of orange pants on and an orange jacket. He picks up his Chunin vest and put it on. Of course Naruto made some changes to his vest as he sown his green hood onto the vest. The blonde looks over his weapons that he'll be carrying each are easy to know with a set of kunai and a set of shuriken, and to make it all whole his bow and a quiver full of homemade arrows.
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Naruto walks into the police station for the first in a really long time. The last time he was here was before the Uchiha were all killed by Itachi. They always seem to try and throw the blonde behind bars.
Officers are going about doing their business by filing paperwork, throwing a few criminals behind bars, taking complaints from people that came in. When Naruto steps in through the front door everyone stopped doing what they were doing to stare at the blonde. It was been five years since said blonde has been seen in Konoha.
"What?" Naruto asked everyone
Before anyone could say anything someone spoke up, "Alright everyone!" Yamato spoke up, "Get back to work. Uzumak! Get in my office!"
Naruto does as he is told to see Yamato sitting behind his desk, "I take you wanted to see me?"
"Yes, I was told you would be coming by today. My name is Yamato and I'm the Captain of Military Police. You'll be doing patrol for a few hours," Yamato explains to Naruto, "After your patrol ends you'll file your report what happen during your patrol. Is there any questions?"
"Uh… paperwork? Don't I just beat up criminals that break the law?" asks Naruto
"Sigh! I knew I shouldn't of gotten out of bed today!" the Captain rubs his eyes, "That would be the case if there wasn't so much corruption. In the last five years corruption has become more and more… difficult to get a handle of. Ruff up the wrong person and you can be slapped with charges yourself,"
"If you want to know about corruption all you had to do was ask me," mutters out Naruto, "So don't beat anyone up, right?"
"Right, but if you have just cause. Don't do anything stupid, Uzumaki! I know how you can be with how Anbu still have nightmares with trying to chase you across Konoha!"
"Right, right!" Naruto walks out but stops, "What is my patrol?"
"The Red Light District." Yamato stated.
-Eastern Front Gates-
An Anbu lands in front of the Eastern Front Gates. The Anbu has standard gear on and a Mouse mask covering her face.
"I can't wait to get home and take a nice warm bath," moans out the Anbu.
As the Anbu jumps and take the rooftops to avoid the civilians and arrive to the Hokage Tower quicker. As the Anbu is doing this she thinks about the last five years. In the last five years she worked her ass off to get into Anbu, but it seem to be for nothing. The only reason she even joined Anbu was to find the one she loved. That's right, the one underneath the mask is Hyuga Hinata. Working hard so she that isn't the shy little girl that she was once and now is a strong woman with the skill and drive to back it up.
'Naruto-kun, where are you? I want to find you and tell you my feelings for you at long last.' Hinata thought to herself.
Hinata is brought out of her train of thought by the streets down below. She stops and looks down to see one of the Military Police slamming someone against a wall. She can't see who the officer is because of their green hood over their head. The one thing that did catch Hinata's eye is the officer is wearing orange; and there is only one person in the whole village that would wear orange.
'Naruto-kun?' Hinata asked herself.
Mouse decided to watch and see what is happen down below.
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Naruto slams a man against a wall. For the last hour Naruto has been tailing a suspect that keep looking over his shoulder. Naruto's eyes become cold before he pulls up his hood and follows the suspect. Using stealth that Naruto gained over the years and from what he learned during his time in the Neutral Zone. What Naruto saw confirmed what he thought was weird. The suspect is a dealer and just made a hit. Seeing enough Naruto takes out his bow and fires an arrow at the buyer with the arrow going into his shoulder and pinning said buyer to the wall. Before the dealer could do anything Naruto gets the drop on him and slams him into the wall.
"What are you selling?!" demanded the hooded blonde
"What? You don't know?" mocks the dealer which Naruto didn't like and slams him harder against the wall
"I'll ask again! What are you selling?!"
"Verd- Vertigo!" shouted out the dealer
"Vertigo? What's Vertigo?" Naruto slams the dealer against the wall once more.
Hinata who has been watching decides to jump down. Looking at how the officer is acting couldn't be her Naruto-kun. There is no way that someone who is that kind would do something like this. Yes, Hinata knows that the Military Police has to act tough and be ruff with some of the criminals to get their point across to them.
"I think that is enough!" Mouse says with authority
"Anbu?" Naruto didn't even needs to look back to know that an Anbu is standing behind him, "If you know what this man does, you wouldn't be standing there,"
"Even so, you are pushing it," said Mouse, "You can find trouble if you aren't too careful on how you treat your suspects,"
"You can say that, but you need to have a heavy hand when you are dealing with someone like this man here,"
"You need to be careful, or I will be taking you in!" threatens Hinata.
That is one thing about the Military Police. And that there is corruption in the police force as well since they take in not just Shinobi, but also civilians to help with the work load. Because there are so many people working there, there are bound to be a few that slip through the cracks. Anbu has been called in to capture those that they have enough evidence to be thrown behind bars; be they innocent or guilty.
Naruto didn't wait as he throws a smoke bomb that fills the whole alleyway. When the smoke clears Hinata doesn't see the police officer or the dealer; leaving only the buyer pinned against the wall with an arrow going through his shoulder.
"Damn it!" cursed Mouse as she lose them both.
There is only one person that can lose the Anbu that easily. She doesn't want to believe that was Naruto, but deep down she knew. She knew that was the one she longed to see after all these years.
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Naruto slams the dealer against and fires an arrow into the dealer leg. Of course the dealer screams out in pain. After Naruto has gotten away from the Anbu to deal with the dealer and try to learn who the supplier is.
"You mustn't of been here that long if you don't know who the supplier is!"
Growling at the dealer, "Been gone for five years. So yeah… I don't know who the supplier is,"
"Gone for five… years…" then is dawned on the dealer on just who is standing in front of him, "I- It can't be! You disappeared five years ago!"
"Sorry, but I've returned," taking out another arrow and aim it at the dealer, "Now tell me more out this supplier!" Naruto demands once more
"I'm not tell you anything!"
An arrow goes into the dealer's other leg, "If you won't tell me, then I'll just have to get it out of you some other way!" taking out another arrow and takes aim at the dealer.
-Hokage's Office-
Mouse reported back to Tsunade telling her what happened on her mission. Tsunade who listened to the whole thing nods her head.
"That's good, Mouse," Tsunade stated, "These reports will help us down the road when Kiri have everything all straighten out. Is there anything else you want to add?"
"Yes, there is. When I arrived back I saw one of the officers' being ruff with a drug dealer,"
Tsunade groans as she rubs her head, "This just great! I have a feeling that Eternal Affair will be here if they catch wind of this! Who was the officer?"
"I don't know. The officer had a green hood over their head; so I couldn't see their face. But I had a… feeling that I knew this person,"
"Hinata," said woman straighten up knowing that is serious if the Hokage is using her real name, "As you know that five years ago Naruto disappear on a simple mission. A few days ago Naruto returned,"
"N- Naruto-kun has come back…?"her cheeks start to redden at the thought that her Naruto-kun has returned, but those thoughts quickly were dashed when she remembers what he was doing, "Does… Does the whole village know?"
"No, they don't. When he came back I'd asked Naruto if he wanted to continue to be a Shinobi or be a civilian; who choice to be a Shinobi,"
"Where was Naruto-kun for the last five years?" asked Hinata since she wants to know where the blonde that she knew for years
"He was in the Neutral Zone for the last five years," Hinata's eyes widen by hearing those words be her Hokage, "With Naruto wanting to be a Shinobi I placed him in the Military Police,"
"Did… Did Naruto-kun have a green hood?" the Anbu asked the dreaded question
"Yes, he does," the busty Hokage sighs at the thought that Naruto was being ruff with a drug dealer, "I'm going to have to talk to him when I get a chance. Hinata, I want you to talk to Naruto," this caught the Hyuga's attention, "He's been on an island for five years, but there are a few things that he won't tell anyone else. I want you to learn more about Naruto and see if he has gone off the deep end."
This is one thing that Tsunade doesn't want to think about. She doesn't want to have Anbu watching Naruto just in case if he is a flight risk. The busty Hokage heard how when people come back from the Neutral Zone that they have changed, either for the good or for the worst. Danzo is the perfect case as he went into the Neutral Zone; and when he came back it wasn't for the good.
"Hokage-sama, are you sure about that?" Hinata asked her Hokage
"Yes, I'm afraid I am, Hinata. I don't want Naruto to lose it. I know your feelings for him and wanting to get closer to the brat," Hinata blushes under her mask, "That's why you should do it. Help a friend and who knows where it'll lead too. Dismissed!"
Tsunade leans back into her chair and sighs. Only a few days back and Naruto is already causing trouble. Though a part of her doesn't truly care as it was a drug dealer that he was being ruff with. She knows how corrupt the Civilian Council can and will be. And if it is the drug that she thinks it is; then she'll look the other way.
-Inoichi's Office-
Naruto arrives at Inoichi's office like he was order too. The blonde doesn't like it, but there isn't much for him to do at this point.
Inoichi looks up at Naruto, "Oh, Naruto you came on time. That's good,"
"Like I'd had much of a choice in this matter," mutters out Naruto, "So what do we do?"
"Well, we just sit here and you talk about your time on the island; Lian Yu, correct?"
"Yeah… Lian Yu…" Naruto stares out the window as he losing himself in his memories.
-Flashback-
The waves crashes against the hull of the Waverunner as the storm picks up force. Kenta brings up the sails so that the powerful winds down capsize the ship. Kaito runs after his crew mate and tied the sails down. Naruto helps them along the way, but it soon came apparent to Kaito that the ship isn't going to make it.
"Kenta!" the captain calls out to his friend, "The ship isn't going to make it! We have to abandon ship!"
Kenta didn't need to be told twice. He runs over and has the life boat drop down into the waters below. Kaito grabs a bag that has been prepared beforehand just in case if something like this happened. Naruto didn't have enough time to grab his bag as he along with everyone else get into the life boat.
Kenta sails the life boat away from the Waverunner just in time before the ship is taken underneath the waters below. During the storm Naruto becomes sick all of the sudden.
"What's wrong with the kid?" Kenta asked
"It looks like he is suffering from Chakra Withdraw. We've must of passed into the Neutral Zone." answered Kaito.
A few hours later the storm has passed though there are still clouds in the sky. Naruto opens his eyes to find out that he is feeling weaker.
"What… What happened?" Naruto asked
"You passed out from Chakra Withdraw because we passed Neutral Zone," spoke up Kaito
"Is that why I feel so weak?"
"Yes, you had Chakra all your life, but now you don't have any. The Neutral Zone makes it so that Chakra can't be used by those that can use it; in other words, your just like a civilian now," explained Kaito
"T- That's not funny!" yelled out Naruto.
Naruto can feel the lose of his Chakra. It was like a part of himself just died. Like there is a hole that can't be filled and now he is nothing; just like how the village told him he was. A nobody that won't be missed when he dies.
While Naruto is losing himself Kaito looks through what supplies was brought. The captain frowns at what is there.
'There isn't enough supplies for all three of us,' Kaito looks at Naruto and then to his sleeping friend Kenta, 'There is only one thing that I can do.'
Kaito takes out a revolver and point it at Kenta. The captain fires and kills his longtime friend. Naruto who doesn't know what that thing is in Kaito's hand.
"There isn't enough supplies for all three of us," Kaito looked at his now dead friend, "So I made a choice. You have to live. You have so much ahead of your life. Live and make a difference."
Kaito takes his revolver, put the barrel against his head, and pulls the trigger. Naruto couldn't do anything as Kaito took his own life. Here he was without his Chakra and he just watched a man killed his friend, and then took his own life. What for? So that he can live? So that he can survive on this endless ocean before his death comes next? While Naruto is losing himself the life boat drifts towards an island.
-Flashback End-
"And that was how it started." Naruto finished telling Inoichi his tale.
Inoichi sits there writing out what Naruto just explained to him. He must say a storm that causes the ship to sink, a supplies bag with not enough food, the captain killing his friend, and then taking his own life so that Naruto could survive.
"I must say that is some tale, Naruto-san. It sounds like the beginning of an epic tale," Inoichi did always liked a good story
"Epic tale? I highly doubt that," it wasn't an epic tale that would go down as a myth, "It was more of a nightmare,"
"Well, I think that this is a great start for our sessions. I would like you to come once a week for these sessions to continue. If for some reason I'm sent on a mission then Ino will take over for me,"
"Are you sure that is a good thing? I mean she isn't known for being quiet,"
"It the last five years Ino has changed. She is taking her job very serious now. Ino won't being telling anyone what you'd be telling her besides the Hokage,"
"I'll take your word for it, but I went to the Academy with Ino and knows how she can be when she wants to know what is happening. Seen her learn every single little secret that the teachers were trying to hide,"
"Like what?" Inoichi curiously asked since he knows how Ino did in the Academy. This is a perfect chance to learn how she did.
"Like the secret lessons in the Academy?" Inoichi just looks at Naruto, "You must know, I just know it. Like stealing the answer sheets for the upcoming tests for starters. I think she went and above that by learning some dirty little secrets that the teachers were hiding. Ami-sensei for starter; she had sex with the boys that were going to graduate?"
Inoichi heard that one of the teachers was caught sleeping with some of the boys that just graduated as a right to make them into proper men. The older blonde can see where Naruto is going with this. His little girl let the information about the teacher out so she would be caught and thrown in prison for her actions.
"Who knew Ino could do that?"
"Ino can be scary when she wants to be. Though with how Ino was lazy and thought Sasuke would save her from anything… yeah…"
"Well, I think that's enough for now don't you think so, Naruto-san? I'll see you next week around this time right?"
Standing up, "Yeah, I'll be back and tell more about my heartbreaking tale." says Naruto as he leaves.
Inoichi sits back and just sighs. He knows this is going to be difficult from here on out and then some. This is the first time for anyone to have any recorded evidence about the Neutral Zone that isn't myth or legends. There are tales about the Neutral Zone on how brutal it can be, but any place can be like that. But then a smile came across Inoichi's face as he learned his daughter learned the secret lessons of the Academy. Those lessons were created when the Second Hokage was still in charge of Konoha at the time. It was to make sure that the students learn to dig for information; to help them curative their skills in information gathering. For those that know how to gather the proper information are those that live for another day. And his little girl learned this lesson and used it to throw a teacher into prison for it.
'Maybe I'll take her out shopping in the next few days?' Inoichi thought to himself.
-Red Light District-
In one of the many rundown buildings that litter the Red Light District are several men surrounded by creates. No matter where you go there will always be crime, there will always be a places where criminals will gather. Even in Konoha can't escape this from reality.
"Are you sure?" one of the men asked
"Yes, this new MP came out of no where and beat the shit out of Shin!"
"Damn it! This isn't looking good. Shin was our best dealer too!"
"Do we know anything about this new MP?"
"No, just that he was gone on a five year long mission and just now got back,"
"Five years is a long time and even longer to get back into the flow of things. Anbu maybe?"
"I don't know. Anbu stepped in and made the new MP stop before he disappeared with Shin. Now Shin hasn't been seen in hours since then."
And just like that Shin makes his reappearance by falling from the ceiling and crashing into a create. They all look over to see that Shin is dead. The lights go out and they all start to look around for the circuit breaker to turn the lights back on.
Up above them Naruto hangs from one of the rafters looking down upon them. While they can't see in the dark Naruto can. It is one of the many new skills that Naruto learned during his time away from Konoha. Naruto silently lands behind on the goon, he wraps his arm around his throat and stabs him with an arrow. As if darkness came alive Naruto went from one person to the next, stabbing them with an arrow through the heart; killing them til there was only one was left. When the lights finally came back on he saw that everyone else has been killed.
Before he could scream an arrow goes into his shoulder pinning him into the wall, "You will tell me who the supplier is!" Naruto lands in front of the pinned man
"Y- You're him!"
"Yes!" the hooded blonde grabs the man's throat, "Tell me what I want to know!"
"I- I can't! You can't just say his name!"
Another arrow goes into the other shoulder, "I will make you talk!"
"Count Vertigo!" screamed out the man
"Count Vertigo? Why do they call him that?" demands Naruto
"Because he uses two needles at once! Like those vampires! From the Neutral Zone!
"I know what a vampire is! Why haven't the Military Police done anything yet? Why haven't they caught him!?"
"Because Count Vertigo is backed by some of the Civilian Council members! They control most of Konoha!"
"How can they control Konoha? The Hokage controls Konoha!"
"Not anymore! The Hokage lose most of her power because they worked their fingers into everything they could work their fingers into,"
"I know most of the Civilian Council, but have there been any new members that joined in the last five years?"
"No, they don't let anyone to join since they don't want to lose the power that they have!"
"Then you served your purpose!" the hooded blonde fires an arrow into the last goon killing him.
-Next Morning-
The rundown building is taped off as the Military Police makes sure no one gets into the building. Yamato arrived on the scene since he was called to look around. The ex-Anbu makes a face as he looks at the dead body. Each one has an arrow in their chest.
'I can hear the paperwork coming from this, I just know it!' Yamato groans at this coming headache.
He looks around when one of his officer came up to him, "Yes, there are seven of them that has been killed quickly, but the last one, the eighth by the looks of it was tortured,"
"Tortured?" the Captain rubs his chin, "I wonder why he was tortured the last one? Do we know any of them?"
"Yes, they are part of Count Vertigo's group,"
"Shit!" Yamato curses his luck with these men worked for Count Vertigo, "Do we know who killed these men? Anything?"
"No, none of the locate gangs uses arrow to kill. It could be a new player in Konoha,"
"Where's Uzumaki!" yelled out Yamato
"Captain, why are you calling Uzumaki-san?"
"He may know who did this. Who knows what he ran into during his time away from the Village. Where's Uzumaki?!"
-Naruto's Apartment-
Naruto steps out of his apartment to turn around to face Hinata standing in front of him. The blonde takes a step back from how beautiful Hinata has come. She has let her hair grown down her back and passed her very nice ass from how her shorts hug her hips. From what Naruto can tell Hinata has gained confidence from how her arms are bare, how she is wearing shorts that hug her wide hips, thigh high leggings, and how she is looking with her cheeks slightly red.
"H- Hello, Naruto-kun," Hinata greets to her childhood crush
"H- Hinata? Is that you?" asked the blonde
"Y- Yes," Hinata slightly curses herself for her nerves bothering her because of the blonde in front of her, "I… I heard that you came back and wanted to greet you a welcome home!" Hinata smiles at Naruto whose cheeks become red from the beauty
"Thank you for that, Hinata-chan. You're the first person to welcome be back,"
"Were… were you going to work now?" now that Hinata really looks at Naruto who is dressed like an MP
"Yes, I'm running late because I'd overslept," scratching his cheek, "D- Do you want to walk with me for a bit?" Naruto doesn't know why he is nervously
"S- Sure!"
Naruto walks down the stairs with Hinata following close by. After all these years Hinata can say that Naruto has grown more handsome during his time away. She can tell that all of his baby fat is now gone and in its place in pure unadulterated lustful muscles. The Hyuga is going to be taking a nice long cold shower after she heads home that's for sure.
"So, Hinata, what have you've been doing since I was away?" Naruto asked
"I… I can't say since only Hokage-sama can know," Hinata answered the blonde
"Anbu then?" Hinata was caught off guard by that, "Don't look so surprised, Hinata! I had so many Anbu chase me to know how Anbu move; I can tell that you'd join Anbu. That's great, Hinata!"
"Th- Thank you for that. I couldn't tell anyone that I've joined because of the security risk,"
"Does your family know?"
"Y- Yes, my Father knows that I'm in Anbu because all Clan Heads know which clan members are in Anbu in case the worst happens,"
"That does make since I suppose. What about everyone else?"
"Well," Hinata takes her time to think about this since she's been busy with her Anbu duties, "Ino-san works with her father in the I.T. and works at the hospital every now and then. Sakura-san has moved up in the hospital to work underneath Tsunade-sama. Kiba-kun and Shino-kun both have joined the Tracking Sect."
The Tracking Sect is a group of Shinobi that hunt Missing-Nin, criminals, and other VIPs.
"I heard of them. Doesn't most of the Inuzuka Clan join the Tracking Sect?"
"Yes, they do since they can use their sense of smell to their greatest ability to track down their targets,"
"That's great for them!"
"Choji-san is still a Shinobi, but spends most of his time at his family's restaurant. Tenten-san opened up her own weapon shop,"
"Really now? So she embraced her fetish?" both of them stopped walking when they heard someone yelled out 'It's not a fetish!' "What was that?" Naruto asked Hinata
"Tenten-san doesn't like it when people say she has a fetish about weapons. She somehow knows when someone is badmouthing about her and weapons in the same sentence,"
"Hehe! I'll say if she has a fetish or not when I visit. I want to see if she can make me better arrows," pointing to his quiver that has some arrows missing from yesterday
Giggling at how Naruto is acting like his old yelf, "I'm sure she'll have something for your arrows. Shikamaru has been working with his father and one day most likely will take over as Jonin Commander. Lee-san has become a Jonin and is teaching a Genin Squad now,"
"I feel sorry for them already!" Naruto makes a small prayer for those unlucky Genin
"Don't be so mean, Naruto-kun! Lee-san is actually a great sensei for them,"
"What about Neji? You haven't said anything about him yet. Knowing him he's probably a Jonin with his own Genin Squad,"
"Actually…" the Hyuga Heiress frowns, "Neji died two years ago,"
Naruto stopped walking and just stares at the woman, "What… but Neji…"
"He died during a missing that was an ambush. A roger faction from Kumo wanted the Byakugan,"
"But I thought that… You know, that Curse Seal prevented that?"
"You would be right, but they somehow found a way around it."
Hinata remember arriving on the scene. There was so much blood and dead bodies. The were Missing-Nin from Kumo. What they found shocked those from the Hyuga can like it was a heart attack. Some of the Kumo Missing-Nin had taken Neji's eye by holding him down, but he killed them all before dying from his wounds.
"They kept Neji-niisan alive to take his Byakugan so the Caged Bird didn't take effect,"
"I don't think your clan was happy, right?"
"No," Hinata shacks her head, "They wanted blood, but since they've been Missing-Nin they couldn't do anything because of it,"
"I'm sorry about Neji, Hinata." Naruto place a hand on her shoulder and gently rubs it.
-Flashback-
The boat finally makes landfall with Naruto falls onto the wet sand. He groans from his weak body. This is the first time in his whole life that he's been this weak. Having so much Chakra and never having to worry about the fear of using up all of it never crossed his mind. Naruto forces himself up to stand on his feet. He pulls the boat onto the sand some more. Then he looks through what he has left for his supplies.
"Okay, this is nothing new! We were taught…" those words died in Naruto's mouth as he was kicked out of class that day, "So I wasn't taught how to survive on an island, but I do know how to survive."
Before Naruto does anything else he takes the bodies of Kaito and Kenta out of the boat and buried them. It's the thing to do with what Kaito did for him. With them buried the blonde looks through his supplies to find he only has only three water bottles, five ration bars, a hunting knife, and the revolver that Kaito used which only has four bullets left in it.
Looking at the revolver, "I don't know what this thing is, but it killed Kenta and Kaito."
Naruto didn't wait for long as he has to find shelter before nightfall, build a fire, and make sure that he has clean water and food to eat. He walks through the thick forest till he steps on something with a click. The blond looks down at his foot.
"What did I…" before he could lift his foot up a man stops him
[Stop!] Naruto looks at the man who stopped him from lifting his foot up.
Man is wearing a green hood and some green clothing that has seen better days. He is also carrying a bow with a quiver hanging off of his back.
"What did you say? I don't understand you," and that was the truth as Naruto doesn't know what the man said
[That's a land mine. It'll go off when you lift your foot off of it,]
"What are you saying? I don't understand a word that you are saying!" Naruto is getting a little mad about that. For here is someone else on this island and he doesn't understand him.
The man kneels down, lifts his foot up, and used his hands to make an explosion.
"Okay, so I'm on an explosive that'll go off when I take my foot off of it," Naruto looks around to find something before the man tackles him and the land mine goes off
[Are you alright?] the man asked
"Again, I don't understand you, but I think I understand. Yeah, I'm alright,"
Standing up, [We have to leave before they come looking for the explosion,] Naruto didn't even get to say anything as the man drags him away from the explosion scent.
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They came to a cave with the man tossing the blonde in the cave with him following through. He moves a boulder to cover the cave hiding it in plain sight.
"Okay, what is happening? Who are you? And where am I?" Naruto finally asked the man
[My name is Yao Fei,] said man place his hand on his chest, [Yao Fei,]
"Uzumaki Naruto!" says the blonde after getting what the man did, "So where are we?"
Yao Fei can understand what Naruto is saying, but he couldn't speak Naruto's language, {You are on Lian Yu. You're in the Neutral Zone. You're from the Elemental Nations, correct]
"Again you lose me," tilted his head to the side, "How can I understand you? Because this is already getting old…"
[Stay here for now, while I go and get something to eat.]
Naruto didn't get to say anything before Yao Fei left to get some food. The blonde sighs before he reaches for his supply bag to only find out that he doesn't have it. Then he remembers when Yao Fei tackled him off the land mine he must of dropped it.
'Damn it! That had everything in it too!' Naruto cursed himself for that mistake.
Naruto waited for like hours before Yao Fei came back with a turkey. It didn't take long for the feathers to be pulled, cleaned the turkey, and cooked it over a fire.
-Flashback End-
Naruto arrived at the crime scene that he caused lsat night. Yamato is close to pulling out his hair til he saw Naruto, "Uzumaki! Get over here!" demands the Captain
Rushing over to the Captain, "Yes, Captain?"
"Take a look at these bodies," Waving to the dead bodies, "I want to see if you can tell anything by the arrows, placement of the wounds, and anything else that may be of use."
"Why me, Captain?" the blonde asks
"Because you might see something that my team can't."
Nodding his head, Naruto walks over to the dead bodies. He's in a little bit of a pickle; for he is the one that killed them last night.
'Think! It's a good thing that I didn't use the arrows that I'm carrying now. I can make some bullshit story up!'
Naruto kneels down to one of the dead bodies and takes the arrow out of the chest, "Captain!" Yamato comes running over, "The arrow is finely made from the arrowhead,"
"Can that give us a clue?" asked Yamato
"Very little, but there was a group that I heard of during my time in the Neutral Zone. They use arrows, but will use other weapons as well,"
"Why would they be here?"
"Who knows?" standing up to take a closer look at the arrow, "They only allow their name to be in darkness, mystery, rumor, and blood so no one would take them serious,"
"The perfect way to get close to their targets. I'll have to bodies and arrows taken so that the Brains can look at them closer,"
"Brains?"
"Research and Development. They'll look at the arrows to see what they've been made out of while the bodies are sent to the hospital to have them cut open to see if they have anything inside them,"
"That's a lot of work to just find out who killed them,"
"It's not just who kill them. Those men were part of Count Vertigo group," Yamato runs his hand through his hair, "That's going to get some headache down the road. Count Vertigo is known for wanting revenge when something doesn't goes his way. There will be more dead bodies by the end of the week; that's for sure,"
"Captain, as you know I've been gone for five years; who is Count Vertigo?"
Sighing and rubbing the back of his head, "It's not just Count Vertigo, Uzumaki. There are people backing him to make his drugs,"
"Civilian Council?"
"Yes, we've been trying to gather enough evidence to bring him in, but money makes a lot of things happen,"
"In other words corruption!" Naruto growls out, "What do you want me to do? Is this my case?"
Sighing out, "Yes, this is your case, Uzumaki. I want to know if someone was hired to kill the victims here. Find something and see how they've gotten through the barrier,"
"Right then," Naruto turns to look at the dead bodies, "This is going to be difficult."
Naruto thinks on how he's going to do this. First he has to find a suspect which he can pin this on, find a means to do so without raising suspension that he was the one that did it, and find a way they've gotten through the barrier that surrounds Konoha.
With something coming to mind as a grin slowly grows on his face, 'And I know just how to pin this all on!' thought the blonde.
-Author's Note-
Wanted to get this out before the year ends. With the new year just around the corner I will be working on four stories at once which will probably kill me by doing so. Fire Fox Trainer will be update weekly, A Stroke of Death will be update bi-weekly, and a new story will be coming out monthly, and finally the fourth story will be one that I plan to publish IRL. Plan to work one those four stories with A Stroke of Death being finished sometime this year. That's my New Year's Revolution.