Ranger Naruto
Chapter 2
A ringing alarm broke through the crisp morning air resonating from a small apartment located on the top floor of an old apartment complex, waking the few neighbors of the tenant whom started to stir before pressing the off switch much to relief of the other residents. It had became a daily happening for the past six years, it seemed the young blond resident would wake up every morning at five to go running; they learned to live with it as the blonde always managed to shut it off quickly letting them to get back to sleep.
Naruto sat up from his bed as he rubbed the crust from his eyes before heading to the dresser, pulling out a pair of grey sweat pants before opening another drawer grabbing a great shirt before getting dressed. This had become routine for him when he started to train ever since he got out of the hospital after that fateful day six years ago; opening the door he was slightly chilled by the cool morning air, taking a deep breath he looked out across the city before jumping off the edge of his veranda before sticking to the side of the wall before running down.
Getting to the bottom a minute later he started to take off in a light jog through the deserted morning streets, giving off a slight smile he thought while running, 'today is the day I pass' as he nodded to a few ANBU doing the morning patrol. While Naruto may have been training for some reason he could never do the Bushin, no matter how long he trained his chakra control he seemed to always have trouble getting too little chakra in them; while Naruto was sad that he failed the test two times before because of this reason he had been practicing all week to get it down pat.
He had changed these last six years, he lost all his baby fat due to the workout he did everyday, because of this his muscles were lean, also due to the incident in which he was subsequently aged two years he appeared to be around the age of 17, making him easily the oldest of his class now; He stood a good two feet taller than the tallest in his class making him 6 feet.
But he wasn't only just training his body all these years no, his Jiji kept his promise and passed on his knowledge on seals to the young blond, even going as so far as to say he passed him in that field. While he stopped learning seals after creating the ones he needed for his projects; yes Naruto did return for the book he left in that forest thanking Kami that it wasn't crushed by the Kyuubi. He went on to learn the weird language known as English then went on to read any book he could find in the military base. What he learned down there made Naruto who he was today, he found out that the base was just a small outpost for a group called 'Rangers' he was awed at first learning that they trained to be the fiercest warriors and when he learned about the weapons and technology that was left behind he was positively gitty.
But few obstacles cropped up when he learned that the aircraft and vehicles needed energy to run, which was why he created new seals just made for them, while very complex they were simple, just a mix of a storage seal, a low expulsion seal, and bam! new power source. While he still kept the secret from anyone he had a backup plan if he somehow failed the test again; he found the weapons there deadly and made him fear what would happen if they fell into the wrong hands, so he had created another seal for the guns to where they wouldn't fired if you didn't channel chakra into it, but the clincher was it could be a tuned to a persons chakra; so no henge or doppelganger could fire them, that and a few security seals that would…be harmful to anyone not tuned to the weapon.
He couldn't class himself in any ninja standards because he wasn't training in ninja standards, he would call himself a ranger when he finally passed the exam while serving and protecting Konoha; Seeing the sun start to rise he ran back to his apartment to get ready for his last Academy day.
Sitting in the back of the class room Naruto was dressed in another clean sweat pants and a grey shirt with black bold letters reading 'RANGER' on the front, while it confused many as to why he would wear such a thing he just ignored the questions looks as the class slowly filed in one by one; no body dared sit by the strange boy as he was the oldest of them and seemed to always have a serious look in his eyes despite the cheerful smile that was on his face.
He also earned a reputation to being ruthless in sparing that would be shared by all even one Uchiha Sasuke. His strength added to his height made a few students straight out refuse to spar with him until the teachers were forced to do it; but he always lacked in the Jutsu department do to always training in his weapons.
Once the class had filed in Umino Iruka stood from behind his desk, at once all the students hushed as he said, "today we test all of you to see if you have what it takes to become Genin of Konohagakure," here he paused before smiling, "I have faith that you will all pass now when your name is called please enter the next room to be tested."
Slowly the numbers started to dwindle as each student was called before only Naruto was left sitting with a nervous Yamanaka Ino who kept nervously glancing at the older boy. Naruto saw her glances before his name was called he started to walk down the stairs but he stopped halfway down before turning to the blonde, "Don't be nervous Yamanaka-san, you trained for this so you should passed easily" he gave a grin to her before continuing on not noticing the blush that adorned her face,
Entering the room he saw Iruka and his assistant Mizuki sitting behind a desk before Iruka spoke, "Naruto could you perform the Henge?" Naruto grinned before he made the ram seal before a puff of smoke appeared before a tiger stood where Naruto once was before Naruto reappeared again grinning.
Iruka smiled before marking his score, "now the Kawarimi," Naruto focused before switching with a chair in the corner then back looking at the teachers he saw a smiling Iruka and the same with Mizuki but he noticed a flash of anger cross his face for a brief second; Frowning on the inside he barely heard Iruka say to do the Bushin.
Mizuki was angry he needed the brat to fail, looking to see if Iruka was looking he did a small Genjutsu to disrupt Naruto smiling as a dead looking clone appeared next to Naruto; he switched it with a sad look but not before Naruto caught the look.
Iruka looked sad as he said, "I'm sorry Naruto but you fail," but he was interrupted by the blonde, "but Iruka-sensei let me try again I know I can do it!" Naruto ground out but only to get a negative in response; standing there for a second in disbelief he stood rigid before realizing he had to go to plan B he turned and marched out of the classroom without a second look back.
Walking out into the courtyard where many of the students who passed were being congratulated by many of their parents; Naruto wasn't really sad that he didn't pass knowing that he was sabotaged, but who would believe a student over a teacher? Sighing he started to walk towards the gate to begin another jog around the city to help clear his mind, he smiled and nodded to a few passerby's before he saw Ino wearing her headband around her waist, making his way towards where she and Nara Shikamaru along with Akimichi Choji were standing with their parents who were talking amongst themselves.
Giving a slight cough to get their attention he smiled before saying, "Congratulations you three on passing, I think many are wanting a new Ino-shika-cho group seeing that these old men look like they want to retire" giving off a laugh at seeing the eyebrows twitch at being called old.
Ino was about to congratulate Naruto on passing before Shikamaru touched her arm to stop her, that was when she realized she didn't see a head band anywhere, instead Shikamaru spoke up for her, "Troublesome, you didn't pass Naruto?" he asked confused as how the boy didn't pass, he easily was able to fight most chunins to a stand still.
Naruto rubbed the back of his neck giving off a laugh, "yeah I wasn't able to throw off the Genjutsu quick enough to do the Bushin" he said smiling hoping they caught on which he saw the three adults all to look at him at what he said, Genjutsu wasn't part of the graduation exam, even Shikamaru caught on.
Ino seemed slightly downtrodden at the news before she said, "well you should have better luck next year Naruto!"
Naruto shook his head while saying, "No Ino I won't be returning to the academy next year, my path leads to a different path than a Shinobi," he saw the shocked looks on the three faces while calculating ones on the adults; Turning he started to leave while saying, "Sorry but I have to get back to my run, remember to always watch each others back in the field."
As he walked away Shikaku was thinking of what just transpired, as was Inoichi and Chouza, the kid apparently new he was sabotaged but wasn't fighting the ruling he was unjustly given. Shikaku turned to his son, who was looking at the retreating blonds back before saying, "Who was that Shikamaru?"
Shikamaru turned to his dad saying, "that was Naruto, from what I know he failed the exam twice before to the same reason of not being able to do the Bushin, but his grades should have been enough for him to pass." Here he saw his dad confused before he explained, "Naruto is undefeated in the sparring ring, while he lacks in his Ninjutsu I saw him earlier this week with a completed Bushin," he said confused as to how Naruto would fail. They all looked back to see the young teen stretching before taking off in a jog following some random direction.
Naruto didn't get far before he noticed someone tailing him, stopping he said, "You can come out now."
Mizuki stepped out from an alley with a smile before he said, "I knew you should have passed Naruto, Iruka was wrong for failing you, would you like to try taking a make up exam?" he hoped Naruto would take the bait.
Naruto mind was reeling, he knew there was no such thing as a make up exam, deciding to play along to see if he could learn anything else he nodded, "yeah I would like to, what do I need to do?" he asked in what could be a hopeful voice.
Mizuki grinned, hook-line-and sinker he thought unaware that Naruto was already on to him, "all you have to do is sneak into the Hokage tower and take a scroll without being caught, if you do that and learn a Jutsu you will be allowed to pass."
Naruto nodded his head listening to the description of the scroll quickly realizing it was the Forbidden Scroll of Sealing, he knew he had to notify the Hokage of the traitor, but couldn't pass up the chance to learn a new Jutsu from the scroll. He thanked Mizuki before continuing on with his run, a plan already starting to form in his mind, he knew that he was going to be walking a thin line and hoped his Jiji didn't get too mad at him for this.
As the sun started to set Naruto made his way home to get one thing he needed if he was going to survive whatever Mizuki had planned. He closed all his curtains in his small apartment before making sure no one had sneaked in he went to the bathroom to a blank piece of wall below the sink before giving his finger a small cut he slid it along the blank piece of wall as a seal appeared. The wall crumbled to show a silver suit case in the wall; pulling it out he sat it on the sink before wiping some more blood along another seal before the case popped open to reveal a digital camouflaged jacket and pants.
Grabbing the clothes he shut the case before walking into the other room he started to get dress, instead of his regular running shoes or ninja sandals he put on tan colored combat boots, making sure they were tied tightly he opened the case again to pull out a holster, looping it through his belt he pulled out the last item in the case. It was a 9mm pistol the only one he kept in his house incase anything happened, releasing the clip he made sure it had bullets in it before sliding it back into the gun with an audible click, cocking it he slid it into his holster; nodding he left his apartment and started to head towards the Hokage tower carefully avoiding passing patrols and pedestrians.
He knew the Hokage usually had a small meeting tonight with the Shinobi council to go over the recent graduations; he slipped in through the window before carefully knocking out the ANBU guarding the room that thankfully was looking at the door and not the window this time. He walked towards a side door before opening it, seeing the large scroll laying on its resting place he carefully removed it before using some string to tie it to his back he exited the door before heading to the Hokage's desk.
Writing a quick note he started to leave before he needed to at least make sure the Hokage read the note quickly he turned to the knocked out ANBU before grabbing a single Kunai he flung it to a seal on the door, he jumped out the window as an alarm started to ring.
Hiruzen Sarutobi was sitting in a large room surrounded by many Jounins who were going to be Sensei's to this year batch, he was sadden to hear that Naruto had failed again to do the Bushin, but he knew that Naruto would try again next year as he rarely stopped, as the meeting started to wined down Shikaku stood to speak.
"Hokage-sama I wanted to bring something to your attention," he said as he as a serious look on his face.
Now the Hiruzen was intrigued he didn't hear the customary troublesome from him so he knew it had to be serious as the room quieted to hear what he had to say, "and what would that be Shikaku?"
Shikaku sighed before he said, "its about a failed student Naruto," now everyone was paying attention to the one host of the Kyuubi; Seeing the Hokage nod he continued, "today when I was congratulating my son and his friends on passing we were approached by Naruto-san who congratulated them on passing, but he seemed to have failed again," all the Jounin new this, it was surprising to them to that the blond had failed as they had seen him training one way or another.
"now that was surprising thing it was how he said he failed, he said he didn't get ride of the Genjutsu in time to complete a Bushin," that through up red flags for everyone in the room, but Shikaku continued, "then I was just thinking he was making an excuse for not passing, but I decided to dig into it by asking my son about him."
The Hokage was thinking of the possible things, he knew Naruto wouldn't make excuses for why he failed, he was sadden that he didn't keep up with Naruto's progress as much lately, "What did you find out Shikaku?"
Shikaku gave a small troublesome before continuing, "I learned that Naruto-san was above his grade in Taijutsu, he wasn't even competing against students but rather the teachers instead, he was lacking in Ninjutsu but I don't see a problem in him passing do to Taijutsu only, as in the case of Guy's student Rock Lee," here he nodded to the Jounin sensei of Team 9 who nodded back in understanding.
But here he sighed, "but that isn't what has me worried, when asked if he was going to go back next year he replied that his 'path leads somewhere other than the path of Shinobi' which raises my fear that Naruto-san has finally given up on being a Shinobi, and I for one see a potentially strong Ninja quit because of sabotage." This shocked many of the surrounding Jounin, especially the Hokage seeing as how Naruto always wanted to be a Ninja for the leaf, but to quit? It was impossible.
Hiruzen was sadden to hear Naruto had finally gave up, but before he could reply alarms started to ring throughout the building, jumping from his seat he quickly made his way to his office upon entering he saw a awakening ANBU and the door to the scroll room opened, fearing what could be missing he went into it for his fears to be confirmed.
Closing the door he walked to his desk saying in a serious tone, "the Forbidden Scroll has been taken, I want all of you to noti-" he cut off as he saw a note left on his desk, opening he read it much to the confusion of the Jounin.
Dear Jiji,
I have the scroll, don't get mad or send a search party because I'm currently trying to oust a traitor, I know you're confused as to whom the traitor could be, but it's Mizuki. He interfered during my test making me fail, after leaving the Academy I was approached by him about a make-up exam (bullshit I know) so I played along, I plan on meeting him tonight and interrogating him about who his true master is. As you have already more than likely found out from Shikaku that I intend to not keep on going as a Shinobi I have a reason, I have been keeping a closely guarded secret from everyone, its not bad but it will change Konoha for the better.
I just ask that you trust me in this as I have trusted you all my life, ill let you know everything tonight when I'm done but I couldn't pass up the chance to learn something from the scroll =P but seriously I'm going to be at the Tag shack give it an hour or two before Mizuki shows.
Love,
Naruto
Hiruzen read through the note before smiling, he was afraid of what Naruto would learn but if he knew him it would likely be the Kage Bushin; but that raised a question as to what Naruto was hiding, he knew it was fair for pay back but was still hurt, guess the shoe was on the other foot now. Turning to the assorted Jounin who were looking on curiously at to why the Hokage would stop talking they saw him smile before saying, "You can return to your homes, the situation is already under control."
Kakashi realized the importance of the scroll so he had to ask, "How is it under control hokage-sama?"
Sarutobi chuckled as he said, "right now a traitor is being flushed out, and the scroll is going to be returned safely in a few hours, you're all dismissed."
The Jounin left through the door thinking as to who was doing this mission and who the traitor was, a few were thinking of going to the I&T to see if they could learn anything tomorrow. After the last one left Hiruzen turned to the now standing at attention ANBU.
"Gather a small squad and be ready to leave with me in two hours to apprehend a prisoner," the ANBU nodded as he disappeared to gather the squad, Hiruzen sat back in his chair before pulling out a small orange book before giggling perversely, and still hoping Naruto would be alright.
Naruto was slightly breathing hard but he had finally mastered the Kage Bushin, but he realized too quick that for some reason it had adverse effects he was surprised at first but it just made his plan B so much more achievable. He just hoped that his Jiji had some answers, that's when he noticed a group of ANBU appear hidden in the trees along with the Hokage, giving a signal to wait, he felt Mizuki's Chakra getting closer to the area; he sat down on the scroll as Mizuki appeared through the trees.
Mizuki didn't believe the brat actually did it but grinned as he said, "Good job Naruto now give me the scroll so I can notify the Hokage you passed," fat chance he thought as he watched Naruto stand but what happened next shocked everyone around.
Naruto stood before pulling his pistol he fired two rounds into the mans leg as he fell to the ground screaming as blood started to pour from the wounds, the ANBU and Hokage were shaking the ringing from there ears not believing what they saw, Naruto pulled some contraption from a holster before it fired something that their eyes couldn't track.
Naruto said as he started walking towards the cussing man on the ground, "I know you're a traitor Mizuki, now I want you to tell me who you are working for," He said as he stood above the man with a frown on his face.
Mizuki couldn't move his legs as the pain was unbearable, "what the fuck did you do to me!" he ground out as his arm started to reach for a kunai hoping to stab the brat as he stood close to him, he was screamed again as the arm he was using to grab the Kunai as a piercing pain as it was shot now it hung limply at its side.
"This is what called a gun also a 9mm standard issue pistol," Naruto said before pressing the barrel of the gun into the mans neck as he screamed in pain as the hot barrel burned a circle into the mans neck.
"Now I won't ask again who are you working for!" Naruto said as he pulled the gun away from the man.
"fuck you!" was the intelligent reply before another shot rang out, Mizuki's other arm hung loosely as he laid on the ground before the hot barrel was pressed into the other side of his neck, "who are you working for!" Naruto said as he waited for the heaving man to talk.
Hiruzen couldn't believe his eyes, Naruto had technology that could do things only people could dream of, and he feared Naruto had changed, but soon realized that he was interrogating someone and couldn't show weakness; they had lost a very promising Shinobi but he realized that Naruto was going to come clean after all this.
Mizuki knew he couldn't stand much more pain so he decided to give the brat what he wanted to he wouldn't use that thing on him anymore, "Orochimaru, damn it! It's Orochimaru!" he yelled out.
Naruto nodded satisfied with the answer before he back handed Mizuki with the pistol knocking him out. Turning to the trees he said, "He's knocked out but needs medical attention soon before he bleeds out," he walked back to the scroll as the ANBU appeared along with the Hokage.
Grabbing the scroll he tossed it to one of the ANBU while smiling to the Hokage, "so what did you think Jiji? Am I good actor?" he laughed a little at the nod he received in return, the Hokage gave the ANBU orders as they disappeared to do their respectful tasks; Turning back to Naruto Sarutobi adopted a serious face as did Naruto, "I see we have much to discuss Naruto-kun" he said seriously.
"yes we do Hokage-sama" Naruto said as he through the old man for a loop before turning and beckoning the Hokage to follow him, that was when Hiruzen was able to take in the change of clothes of Naruto, he never saw anything like it before and it seemed to be made of durable material. He started to pay attention to as Naruto spoke, "I promised you I would tell you everything I will, but lets first get to a save location," he turned his head to see the Hokage nod, he continued, "I have a plan that you should like, and also will make Konoha easily the most powerful military village in the Elemental Nation."
Now Sarutobi was intrigued by that, Konoha had recently fallen behind Kumo in that regard after the Kyuubi attack. They walked for about thirty minutes before they reached a small clearing that didn't seem special, Naruto turned to the Hokage before saying, "Jiji did you have one of your ANBU tail us?" this through the Hokage for a loop as he shook his head negatively, before he could react Naruto pulled the pistol from its harness and fired a shot into the trees. Branches breaking a body fell out of the tree landing on the ground in a heap; Naruto kept the weapon trained on the body as he and the shocked Hokage who didn't even feel the presence of the spy move towards the body.
Naruto kicked the body over to show a man in ANBU uniform with a plain white mask with a small hole in between the eyes as blood poured out with NE on the front. Hiruzen growled at seeing that, Naruto turned to him questioningly, "that is an operative for a supposedly disband group."
Naruto nodded before pulling out a scroll sealing the body, standing back up he motioned the old Hokage to follow him as he went back to the middle of the clearing. He reached down and pulled a hidden door open much to the shock of the Hokage, letting him go in first Naruto gave a quick look around before shutting the door behind them; flipping a switch as he passed the Hokage he starting to speak.
"Did you ever wonder where I disappeared after that group tried to attack me the first time all those years ago?" Naruto asked as he started to make some tea for him and the old man.
Hiruzen couldn't believe his eyes, they were in a small safe house that had a bed, dresser, stove, sink, and a small bathroom, he also noticed metal cabinets aligned on walls as he heard Naruto's question, "I wondered but figured you were able to hide somewhere."
Naruto sat down waving towards the other man to take a seat opposite of him, "you thought right but I accidently fell into a tunnel in which I rolled down into a massive cave," now he had the Hokage's attention he continued, "what I found down there were things from before this era, hell probably before the rise of the Elemental Nations," now the Hokage was intrigued.
"It was a military base that use to be home of a just a small group of people known as Rangers, these men and women were trained to be the best to serve their country from enemies foreign and domestic. They could act as body guards, military police, and hell even up to Assassin groups. But these people had technology that far surpassed anyone here has seen."
He looked at the Hokage seriously as he said, "I realized what would happen if these weapon fell into the wrong hands so I kept it a closely guarded secret as you can understand."
Hiruzen was reeling at the information but nodded, "I understand Naruto, what you did was the right thing, but why hide it from me?" he asked curiously.
"Because you would have told me to not return to it, and don't shake your head you would have as duty as Hokage" seeing the man begin to shake his head he sigh knowing Naruto was right. The teapot on the stove start to whistle but Naruto didn't get up to grab it surprising the old man as another Naruto appeared from the restroom to get the tea pot before giving a cup to both of them before standing at attention in the corner.
Naruto sighed after he took a sip before saying, "but before we continue with this I need you advice on something."
Sarutobi sat the cup down as he said, "And what would that be Naruto-kun?"
Naruto turned to the clone and said, "while I was mastering the Kage Bushin it was going ok at first until I mastered it, now it seems for some reason to have an effect on all the clones I make," nodding to the clone, it turned around before grabbing a knife, as it started to plunge it down towards it leg; Hiruzen expected it to disappear in a poof a smoke like many regular Kage Bushin do but was shocked as the knife enter the leg and blood started to seep out.
"For some reason my clones are real, they think for themselves as any normal person would but when they get injured, or die they don't disappear. They have a tenth of my chakra in them making them at least low-Jounin level reserves and they replenish it like normal," he said as he saw the Hokage stand up and walking over to the clone before crouching down to remove the knife.
Hiruzen pulled out the knife as he felt the blood seep out, feeling it between his fingers he couldn't tell the difference at all, doing a minor healing jutsu he healed the cut before taking a seat again giving a calculating look to Naruto.
Naruto said after he took another sip of tea, "figuring Shikaku or Inoichi told you about me not wanting to continue as a Shinobi is true, I haven't been training to become a ninja my training has been to become a Ranger, but with this new development I can say I have a better idea than before."
Hiruzen saw the advantages of this but he realized that Naruto would not get his chakra back from creating clones, and he voiced his thoughts, but what he got in reply had him coughing.
"For some reason I have about three Kage's worth of chakra, but by my estimates I should be able to create 300 clones," Naruto said grinning at the dumbstruck face of Sarutobi but then he turned serious as he stood up, walking towards the cabinets he opened each one of them pulling out a few scrolls from each one before sitting back done he gave the Hokage a serious look.
"what I have planned is creating a separate military power for Konoha, not under the command of the council but under your full command, no council interference, we would serve Konoha but will only be loyal to you," he pulled a small scroll from the front of his pocket before handing it to the Hokage, "that there is a contract, signed by me, awaiting your signature along with the Fire Daimyo, if he happens to sign it."
The old Hokage opened the scroll reading its contents, it was a contract, a well worded on that had no loop holes, Naruto could be used for anything pretty much; he couldn't harm any Fire nation resident unless in self defense, he would answer to Sarutobi Hiruzen and would defend the Nation from any threats. The new military force won't take part in any kind of invasion unless Naruto allowed it too; if he ever decided to recruit someone into the group it would be at his discretion. Nodding he was about to ask Naruto for a pen but one was already held before him, smiling he wrote down his signature before rolling the scroll back up before handing it to Naruto.
Naruto pocketed his scroll before raising one of the scrolls he grabbed, "in these scrolls along with the other are all the weapons and Vehicles I found on the base along with uniforms and the like." He set the scroll down before continuing as he pull out the pistol he had before he handed it to the Hokage, "that there is my present to you, channel chakra through it to fire it, once you do it the first time it will only be able to fire by you. Ill show you at a later time how it works but I have seals on every weapon similar to yours but ill have them tuned to my chakra so my clones will be able to fire them."
Hiruzen held the metal gun as Naruto called it in his hand surprised at the weight before nodding as he channel chakra into it watching it glow for a second before stopping, sliding it into his robes he turned back to Naruto, "since I agree with this what were these Vehicles? As you call them?" he asked.
Naruto held up a different scroll and started, "they range from different things, there armored with metal and glass, the smallest on could resist a normal kunai but if you through a chakra enhanced one it may be able to lodge itself in the metal and break through glass" the Hokage was surprised, he said that a smallest one could do that?
But Naruto was still talking, "the next are complete armored, you would need a high powered explosive tag to even make a dent on those," Sarutobi was almost drooling at the possibilities it could protect HVTs more easily than anything.
He held up a different scroll and said, "they had Aircraft, as the name implies they could soar through the air, even reaching speeds faster than a blink of an eye, while many of them were destroyed I was able to salvage a few of them, do you think the Fire Daimyo would be awake at this time of night?" Naruto asked curiously.
The Hokage looked a t the clock on the wall seeing it was only nearing ten at night he nodded, "he should be still awake why?"
Naruto grinned as he said, "well I think showing off a bit is in order but before we go I want to ask, would it be ok to start construction on a base above the Hokage Monument?"
Hiruzen let out a laugh at the thought before he started thinking, "well it should be ok, the area up there has been abandoned since of the long walks that put a strain on the residents, but what would you do about trespassers and spies that will surely come when they learn of this?"
Naruto smiled saying, "there are seals to make a perimeter just like the one that surrounds Konoha, also a barrier seal will keep people out who aren't tied in."
Hiruzen smiled at Naruto's knowledge of seals, and nodded he stood as Naruto also stood. Naruto turned to the clone and said, "Gather the others, and get suited up," in a commanding voice to receive a salute in return, which cause the Hokage to raise an eyebrow to Naruto.
Rubbing the back of his neck he said, "that's how you answer or greet a commanding officer, so you might have to get use to it from my clones, could you wait a moment while I get ready?" receiving a nod he grabbed a scroll before unsealing the contents; While it looked like the flak jackets used by ninjas it was different in design.
"This is body armor, had a lot better protection against shrapnel and kunai" Naruto said as he knocked his hand against it hearing a solid thump the Hokage was impressed. Naruto put on all the equipment before donning a tan hat, he then unsealed another pistol along with a bigger weapon seeing the questioning gaze of the Hokage Naruto elaborated, "This is a M4 Carbine, has a 30 round clip, and fires 5.56mm rounds instead of 9mm rounds as the pistols do. There are weapons that fire even bigger rounds, one is called a Sniper, but the proper name is M40A1 which can fire up to seven hundred yards."
The Hokage saw the possibilities seeing that if it fired from that range the person wouldn't need to get close to kill the target as ninja's had to, "I would like to see it in action one day Naruto-kun"
Naruto grinned before saying, "but you have already, who do you think saved Uchiha Mikoto before Itachi killed her?"
The Hokage froze at hearing that, Itachi had stumbled into his office that saying he had managed to kill everyone except his mother and brother, when asked why he let his mother live as it was the deal to only let Sasuke live, what he told them confused them to no end, apparently as Itachi was about to bring the sword down he heard the window crack as his shoulder erupted in pain dropping his sword he turned to see his attacker only to find a hole in the window that face the Hokage Monument, he was forced to flee as his mother attempted to attack him with his own sword.
"That was you!" asked the Hokage in shock.
Naruto turned serious as he said, "yes that was me, I know why you ordered Itachi to do it," The Hokage froze at hearing once of his deepest regrets, but as he was about to make an excuse Naruto held up his hand, "you did what was for the best Jiji, but there were innocents among them, Mikoto was one of them, ill keep your secret but anything this big happens again you come to me ok?"
Hiruzen nodded with a grim look on his face, so Naruto knew what being Hokage entailed, all of it no just the rainbow and sunshine parts; Sliding a boonie on top of his low cut hair he nodded and let out a big grin as he passed the Hokage with a scroll.
As they made their way back up the stairs the Hokage was greeted by three other clones dressed assortedly each carrying a different weapon but the thing was all of them were wearing olive facemasks; they seem to be scanning the area moving farther out as Naruto appeared.
Naruto said as he unrolled the scroll, "what you're getting to see is one of the aircraft I have, it's a UH-60, it can carry eight passengers along with three crew men, and I have it set up to where it can stay in the air for 15 hours."
He finished just as a large puff of smoke appeared above the fallen scroll. Hiruzen couldn't believe his eyes, the thing was something he never even imagined in his long life. Naruto saw the awestruck look as he began walking to it, "we got another one where this came from and a different one," he laugh at the shocked look as the group got into the chopper.
Sitting in the pilot seat Naruto motioned for Sarutobi to take the seat opposite of him as he showed him how to strap on his safety harness. He turned and saw the clones he had were ready, flipping switches as the whine of the engine started, the blades start to spin as they became a blur, but before they could lift of he watched Sarutobi create a shadow clone as it disappeared in a blur; Naruto looked questioningly to the Hokage who replied, "to notify the ANBU to be on high alert," he said loudly over the roar of the engines.
The aircraft slowly began to take off much to the amazement of the old man, he watched as the village started to shrink before they start to fly south-east towards the capital. Hiruzen watched as Naruto flew the contraption with ease, he gave a soft smile at how he grew up to be this man.
It only soon ended after an hours flight much to the shock of the Hokage, but his mind started to adjust to being open to all these new things; as they flew to the capital Sarutobi feared about the welcome they would receive as he was about to ask Naruto to land but saw Naruto point towards the nose of the Chopper which had a white painting of the leaf emblem.
Naruto yelled at one of the clones who appear next to them, Naruto flipped a switch before exiting the chair motioning the Old man to do so as the Clone took a seat. Naruto and the Hokage stood at the side exit as they held on to the surface with chakra. As the chopper slowed and began to lower Sarutobi saw about thirty samurai along with six shinboi weapons held at the ready.
Naruto jumped off first, followed by the Hokage along with a clone before the Chopper took of again flying off to a near mountain range. The assorted Group couldn't believe their eyes, they were ready for combat but then they saw the Konoha emblem, then the Hokage stepped out by what seem like two people on wearing olive facemask and the other to be what looked like a teen.
The Hokage went towards the nearest Shinobi who looked wearily at the Hokage, Sarutobi looked at him seriously as he said, "Pass code 846973" watching the man flinch before signaling the rest to stand down.
"What are you doing here Hokage-sama, if you don't mind me asking?" asked the grizzled Shinobi as he stood at attention.
Sarutobi looked at Naruto before saying, "I need to speak to Daimyo-sama about important matters that have come up recently, and it's the utmost importance to discuss it as soon as we can."
Nodding he sent a runner to the Daimyo to let him know of the situation as the man motioned for them to follow. He kept quiet as the group of three followed silently behind him as they neared the Daimyo's study, opening the door he allowed the three to enter signaling for two to post guard outside before following them in before shutting the door and locking it.
The fire Daimyo sat behind the desk with his fingers intertwined before his face hiding his frown, he was surprised however when both the Teen and other one snap to attention before raising there arm to form what looked like a way of greeting. He nodded his head to them before they released the form; dropping his hands he asked, "What is it you wanted to discuss Hokage-dono?"
Sarutobi smiled as he said, "I wanted to discuss the contract that will greatly improve Konoha's and the Fire Nations military power and defense."
He turned to Naruto who seem to be having a silent discussion with the clone, he was about to ask for the scroll, when Naruto spoke up, "Daimyo-sama do you have anyone else stationed in this room, apart from us five?"
Daimyo looked confused at the question as he replied, "no, I make sure for all personal meetings to have Tori-san here."
As he said that a blur leapt from the corner making its way to the door, the man named Tori saw it and jumped in front to block his path, but was knocked aside as the spy attempted to make a break; however a crack rang through the air as the blur slammed into the ground as the guards slammed the door open looking for the threat. What they found instead was a body slide to a halt in front of them. Blood pouring from its head, they looked up to see the teen have a contraption raised with smoke drifting out of the barrel.
Their captain was helped to his feet by the masked man, as the teen walked to the body, kicking it over showed ANBU armor with another plain white mask. Naruto turned back to the Hokage and said, "Another one Hokage-sama."
Sarutobi growled but nodded to Naruto as threw him the small scroll; turning back to the shocked Daimyo he said, "This here is a contract with stipulations, if agreed him and three hundred like him will defend the Fire Country."
The Daimyo opened the scroll, reading the contents, when Sarutobi spoke up, "and that isn't the least they can do or have," he said seriously; it was a win-win situation if this was true and also from what he was told by the runner as to how they appeared.
Grabbing a elegant looking pen as he wrote down his name before pulling out a small tray in which he push his ring down on before pressing it against the contract next to his signature; He looked up to both the smiling faces of the teen and Hokage.