Arc One: The Fall

Chapter Three: Dancing with a Demon

Naruto stepped out of a fancy horse drawn stagecoach. The stagecoach was red and gold colored with black windows. He hadn't seen or realized that the girl had actually jumped out of it just to come and ask him to stay with her at her place. He thought she lived in the middle of the city, not out this way. Ahh but who cares about that stuff. Naruto helped the girl out the stagecoach, much to the girl's pleasure, "My, such a gentleman." she stated in a courteous manner as she accepted his hand and allowed him to help lower her out of her stagecoach. She graced him with a pleased smile, "Thank you."

Naruto grinned at her, "Ahh, it was nothing." Naruto assured her. Aria started walking down the path with her hands behind her back that prompted Naruto to follow after her. One guard took the carriage away while another followed the pair and kept alert of attack, though that seemed odd. He made a mental note to look into that matter. Then he saw it... Naruto whistled, "Well, dang." Naruto said in amazement as he stares at the mansion in front of him. He had stopped in the middle of the road when he saw it and the girl, Aria had stopped a little in front of him and the guard behind him stop as well. Yeah he lived in a pretty big house, but damn.

Did someone really need a house this big? 'Apparently.' he thought and answered his own question with a nod at the end. That and he was amazed that he didn't notice it before hand. It was just way too much house for a single family. Sure he knew rich people demonstrated how much money they had by the things that they owned, but if all the rich people of the Empire spent their money like this, then damn. This girl had some seriously rich parents.

"Welcome to my humble abode, Naruto-san." the girl smiled. Naruto cringed at her, god the formalities.

"Please just call me Naruto. The formalities are too much." Naruto told her as he sighed. Naruto knew that most kids raised by their parents took their traits, ideals, habits, and most importantly, their teachings. So she was probably taught to act formally and all... proper like.

She looked at him for a second and nodded with smile, "If that is what you want Naruto." She waved at him beckoning him to follow her. "Anyway let's get out of the cold. I bet my parents will love to meet you."

Naruto raised an eyebrow at her, "They'll just accept anyone off the street?"

His question caused the smaller blond to gaze at him, the was a glint in her eyes, "Oh yes, they do it all the time. My family is from a long line of humanitarians." she told him a little bit about her family's history as they casually strolled to the large metallic gates that led to the mansion. The gates were manned by four armed individuals that opened the gates as soon as they saw the girl. They looked at Naruto once and back to the road. The gates closed right behind them.

Naruto had to smile at the garden leading up to the mansion. Naruto like gardens, it was something he had found out when he was growing up. He loved to raise plants and had a pretty good green thumb. He was a natural, you see what he did there...yeah of course you did! "I like your guys garden, it reminds me of mine." He bet it was something to look at when the sun was shining down on it rather then the lights from the lamps leading up to it.

"You have your own garden?" she questioned him curiously and he nodded at her happily. 'Hmm, he said that this garden reminds him of his own, so that means he has to be from a country like area. Splendid!' she grinned mentally. "So where are you from?"

"Cambridge." Naruto answered after thinking about her question. He had no knowledge of the places outside his homeland, so the only place he really knew about or came to mind was of course Cambridge.

'Just as I thought!' Aria perked up, "Wow that's so far from the capital."

"Yeah…" he answered not really knowing how far it was at all. In fact the only thing he knew about the place was its name. When they got to the porch the two large oak doors were swung open interrupting their conversation as another guard rushed to meet them. Like seriously why was there so much security for a family of humanitarians?

"Mistress Aria, thank heavens you're back...Oh…" the guard paused seeing Naruto, "I see what took you so long. Picking up another one, huh?" He said the last sentence more to himself but Naruto picked it up. 'So I guess that part about helping others was true.' The blond male thought. "Your parents are waiting for you in the living room."

She frowned at the guard, she wanted to talk more with the blond before her parents got a hold of him. She sighed and then nodded in response to the man, "Right, come on Naruto. I bet my parents would love to meet you."

"Whatever you say Aria." Naruto answered not really paying attention, his eyes were shooting around the massive hall he was in. That earlier statement of the rich wanting to show their wealth proved to be very true. These people were loaded. Naruto followed the girl to what appeared to be the living room. There was a large fireplace in the middle of the room, two guards standing behind a seated man with a kind face.

The man, who he was taking a guess was Aria's father, has brown eyes with grey hair and a small mustache above his higher lip. He was wearing a brown suit with a maroon tie, and on his feet were dark brown loafers. On his right was a beautiful blonde haired woman, definitely Aria's mother and where Aria got her good looks from. She had that same smile that Aria has. The woman has long blonde hair that had two long bangs that went down to her breasts, and big blue eyes. She has on a white silk dress that exposed a lot of her chest, and white high heels. The two were seated in fancy green Fauteuils that surrounded a coffee table, there were four chairs around the table.

Naruto followed Aria to her parents, "Hello mother, father." She greeted her parents with a bow and made her way over to the chair then gestured to Naruto, "I also brought us a guest to stay with us for awhile."

"Hello, my Name is Naruto Namikaze." Naruto introduced himself to the four in the room.

Aria's father smiled at him, "It's an honor to meet you Mr. Namikaze, come on over so we can take a closer look at you." Naruto did as he was told and sat down at the only available chair left at the table which was right in front of the father.

"My such a handsome one you brought home this time, Aria." the mother teased the teens. Her response caused both teens to blush, more so Aria than Naruto. Naruto was not expecting that complement from the mother so he became a little sheepish and scratch the back of his neck nervously not knowing how to really respond. Aria lightly glared at her mother much to the woman's amusement. The mother turned her gaze fully to Naruto, "So where are you from Naruto?" she inquired with a pleasant smile.

"I'm from Cambridge." Naruto answered Aria's mother.

"My you're such a long way from home, what brings you to the Empire?" the father asked joining in on their conversation.

"Well…", 'Shit I didn't think this far ahead.' the blond cursed in his head. Thinking quick on his feet Naruto came up with something, "...I just thought it was time for a change of scenery, you know. Being stuck all the way out there was kind of boring for me." the blond made up a cover story.

"That's understandable. So what do you hope to gain while you're here in the capital?" Aria's father questioned.

Naruto thought about the question, "I guess a new start pretty much. I'm a fighter so maybe the military or something." That actually wasn't such a bad idea. He would be able to gather information, find weakness, and get dirt on the higher ups. He could do a lot of damage against the Empire if he went down the path he had just told the family. That and people wouldn't expect him to be a shinobi. No shinobi would ever align themselves with the Empire. Well unless they were moles, but those were quickly discovered by the Empire. It was next to impossible to trick them for some reason.

"Oh the military you say?" Naruto nodded at the man, "Well I know some higher ups it the military, I can arrange something if you would like."

"What? Really? That would be awesome!" the blond exclaimed excitedly. 'Well this would make my time joining them easier. Maybe I don't have work my way through the ranks like I first thought I would.' Well it was good to see that the Empire had some good individuals.

"Isn't my husband so helpful?" the man's wife asked.

Naruto stood up and bowed to the family gratefully, "Thank you for all of your help."

"Think nothing of it," the older man said, "Aria." the father called to his daughter.

"Yes father?" Aria answered.

"Why don't you show our guest to his room. He must've had a long day today." the father gave her orders to which she nodded happily.

"Of course," she said delightfully, "Please follow me to your room." she asked Naruto. The already standing Naruto followed the girl out of the room. The parents watched them leave.

"What an interesting young lad don't you think, hun?" Aria's father asked with a raised brow.

"Oh yes, I wonder how he would reacted to what we have in store for him?" a sadistic look crossed the woman's face. "I wonder how he would react to the Yellow Fever?"

"Indeed…" the man spoke with narrowed eyes, "but I prefer more... physical kind of torture."

The woman crossed her arms, "But you had the last guest." the woman pouted.

The man sighed at his wife and stood up, "Fine, fine," he started walking out of room, "He's all yours, honey." he finished and left the room. The woman clapped her hands together in pleasure.

"Excellent!" she chirped. She turned to the guards, "Have the storage house cleaned for our guest. Make sure there is room." she ordered.

They saluted and walked out of the room with Aria's mother walking behind them. Tomorrow night was going to be a blast!

(xxxxxxXxxxxxx)

"Here is your room for your stay with us." the teen girl smiled showing the room to Naruto. Naruto found himself whistling again. This place was so huge. The windows in the hallways were so tall and wide, and now the bedroom he was in was so large that it looked like a master bedroom. The bed could hold at least five people. It was calling to be jumped on! It was calling for him.

A grin crossed his face, "Do you mind?" he asked pointing at the bed. The girl looked at question at the blond.

"Oh, you must want to get some sleep." the realized. "I'll take my leav-" she was cut off by Naruto.

"No, not at all." he answered the girl much to her bewilderment. "I meant this!" the blond yelled taking off from his spot. He did a front flip onto the bed and started jumping on it. "Woah, yeah, this is awesome! This thing is like a trampoline!"

Aria blinked in shock at the blond, he had just gone from acting mature to immature in a second. He was acting like a child much to the girl's amusement. She giggled at his behavior, "My your so childish."

Naruto instantly stopped his jumping spree and pointed at the girl, "Oi! What's the point of having fun if you don't get to act like a child!" the blond declared with a grin and flipped of the bed again. He went the girl Aria and grabbed her hand leaving the girl stunned.

Her face went bright red at his actions, "What are you doing?" she strutted questioningly.

Naruto pulled the girl to the bed with ease. He let her hand go and jumped on the bed, "Come on and join me!" he laughed.

"But we could get in trouble." she said unsurely.

Naruto stopped jumping on the bed and put his hands on his hips and did some sort of weird dance, "Oh the only person who would care is the maid, so come on."

The girl laughed at his dance, 'Mother and father wouldn't care that much. I'm rich so I can do what I want, right?' The girl thought the last part smugly.

"Oi you gonna join me? Or do I have to pull ya up here?" the blond asked getting annoyed by her quietness. Really it was that hard of a decision, have fun or watch someone else have fun. He'd rather everyone have fun.

"Make room then." the girl smile and Naruto grinned at her response. The girl hopped onto the bed and started jumping on it with Naruto.

"See, isn't this fun?" Naruto laughed seeing the girl's delight.

"It has been while since I last did this." she told him. Naruto gained a look of shock. "I remember when I use to do tricks." she recalled her childhood.

"Ha, I use to do that too! Check this out!" the blond laughed and a back flip in the air and land perfectly on his feet.

"That was subpar." She said in a bored tone.

Naruto frowned at her, "Subpar my ass, show me a better move than."

"Fine," she huffed. She did a couple of jumps on the bed and went with a back flip but stopped mid way into it and landed on her back. The bed pushed her back into the air where she finished the backflip and land on her feet and bowed like she had won an award.

Naruto's eye twitched in irritation, "How on Earth does that beat my backflip?" He questioned.

"It just does!" She exclaimed crossing her arms below her chest with a light pink blush dusted across her face, "I wouldn't expect you to understand, idiot."

An annoyed smile spread on his face, "I'm an idiot huh?" the girl nodded at him, his smile twitched to a frown and back to a smile, "Well this calls for an unexpected visit from...the tickle monster!" Naruto laughed like a maniac and lunges at her.

The girl let out a startled shriek seeing the older teen come at her, "Eeep!"Her shriek became a fit of laughter as the blond tackled her on top the bed and tickles her unmercifully, "No-ha, stop it! Hahahaha! I can't breathe!"

"Take it back or I keep tickling!" Naruto cackled evilly.

"Haha, Never!" the girl laughed defiantly against Naruto's assault. She quickly found out that was the wrong thing to say. Naruto had only become more relentless, "I concede! Hahaha, you win! You win hehe!"

Naruto grinned at the girl and got off her, she became as fast as a lightning bolt and jumped off the bed. "I'm waiting." Naruto smirked with his arms cross. This was how Naruto's father won arguments against his mother. Well little arguments anyway, but that wasn't the point.

"I was wrong…" she started but took a more thoughtful then smirked at the blond, "You're not an idiot, you're an imbecile." she said flatly.

"Round two it is!" Naruto declared and motioned like he was going to lunge at her again. The girl flinch at his movement and took off out of room closing the door behind her. Seeing the fleeing girl leave his room for the night, he broke out in laughter and started rolling around on the already messed up bed, "Her face was priceless!" He continued to laugh, "You would think that she hadn't... been…" he paused and notice how she had reacted, " tickled before."

'Well that sucks!' the blond the thought to himself, 'Her parents never tickled her? What the hell kind of parenting is that!' Well, his parents weren't what would be called normal, but normal was overrated and stupid. Parents tickled their children as a way to spend time with their kids and have fun with them because both parties usually enjoyed the action.

"Well that was fun…"Naruto trailed off and slipped to the side bed. He took his boots and socks off and set them on the floor. He also took the black jacket he had stolen off along with his orange shirt that he kept hidden in the jacket. He was going to have to get rid of it at some point. Having the last name Uzumaki written on the back would makes things much more difficult. He took off his sweatpants to reveal black and silver shorts. He folded his clothes and set them by his boots.

He stood up and looked out the massive window. He could see his reflection in the glass. He could see the streetlights and even the lights that were on in buildings much like his room back home. It was a nice view of the capital city. It must be even better when it was light outside, not the darkness of night. It looked so quiet and peaceful, and tomorrow he got to explore it. He had to count himself lucky that he had found these people. They were offering him shelter and a place to hide out. The police force or whatever they had; most likely had found the body. Naruto sighed, he really didn't want to kill that guy. In fact he had just reacted, it was in the heat of moment.

Naruto turned away from the window and went back to his bed. He laid down on the bed and closed his eyes. It was best to get some sleep, even though he had gotten up a couple of hours ago. The last thing he wanted to was to trouble these people, that and he had a city to explore tomorrow.

(xxxxxXxxxxx)

"Ooh, let's go to that shop next!" Aria pointed down the street gleefully.

"Please wait milady!" came the voice of one of the hired help that had a crap ton of packages on his back. It almost made him look like a pack mule rather than a human. Naruto felt sorry for the two lower paid guards. Naruto's eye twitched in irritation as he was standing in a shadow casted by a mound of packages that were inside a cart that was attached to the carriage.

Naruto's appearance had changed a bit from what he had first had when he got here. He now has on a black button up shirt with a long sleeve black sweater with orange trimming over the shirt, black pants with brand new black boots that went up higher than his last ones did and offered more protection, they were also steel toe. Gotta protect them toes. He also has on black leather gloves that covered most of his arms and once again offered more protection. The gloves also tucked in his sweater's sleeves. He also bought a white fox mask and a white cloak with a hood that covered his whole body, but those he was not wearing. Those were for his disguise for when he would have to use it.

"Well she sure likes to shop…" Naruto said in a dry tone.

"The young lady does seem to enjoy it," The guard that was standing watch over the carriage looked at Naruto, "I assumed that most women are like this." he answered Naruto.

Naruto turned his gaze at the man like he was stupid, "What? No way. Where I'm from there are girls that would kill you for saying something like that." The guard became bewildered by Naruto's reply to him.

"You said you are new to the city, is that right?" the guard asked trying to recall the conversation from last night.

"Yep," Naruto answered the guard not really caring. He was trying to count how many boxes and bags were in the cart. The things this girl bought were insane. Talk about being materialistic.

The guard nodded, "You see that white castle over there," the guard pointed much to Naruto's annoyance at being interrupted yet again. Naruto really wanted to be sarcastic with this guy, 'Like how in the hell could you miss that damn thing?! It is the size of a fucking mountain!' Naruto decided to humor the other male and looked to where he was pointing. "That is the center of the entire Empire. That is where everything happens."

"I hope so, I wouldn't want it to be ran by the bakery right behind us." Naruto said in a sarcastic tone. The guard however thought it was funny enough to chuckle at. Naruto became serious as he looked at it, "So that is where the emperor live and make decisions for the whole country."

The man looked at Naruto with a face that said 'Not really,' "Well...Not exactly." he said closing his eyes then looking around the area and leaned closer to Naruto. Naruto knew what the man was doing so he leaned closer to him to hear what he wanted to say. "There is emperor, but he is only a child."

Naruto raised an eyebrow, 'They have a kid making decisions for this place, huh no wonder why this whole place is so mess up.' the blond thought to himself.

"Our land is plagued by corruption, it's the Minister who controls the emperor from the shadows. The entire capital knows of this." The man informed Naruto of way things were run in the capital city.

'I can't believe Uzushio knew nothing about this... or did they? What had his parents been doing? What had they kept secret from me, from everyone?' Naruto pondered angrily. They should have know of something like this, so how come he was finding out so much now? He should have know this before hand, 'Damn it.' he clenched his teeth.

"On top of that we're dealing with this scum," the man pointed at a wall to the right of them. There were wanted posters of a couple of people, 'Akame, Bulat, Sheele, and Najenda,' the wanted poster read, 'Wanted, dead or alive, Night Raid, person's name, and the place to bring them or the body. The prices on each of their heads were different.'

"Night Raid?" Naruto questioned. He never heard of them before.

The man narrowed his eye, "They're a band of assassins terrorizing the area. As the name implies they tend to attack at night. High ranking officials, and the upper class make up most of their targets. It is only wise to be very cautious."

"Please, I would not be on their radar at all." he waved uncaringly.

"Yes they may not care too much about you, but the may go after Lady Aria and her parents." the guard told him, "If you're staying with them, they might see you a threat." he warned seriously.

Naruto didn't look too convinced however, "Why would this 'Night Raid,' attack a family of humanitarians?" Naruto replied dryly.

The man didn't waver or pause at Naruto's words however, "They support the Empire, thus making them a target." Now that Naruto could believe. "But for the time being you might want to do something about that." He pointed down the street to where Aria had ran off too. Naruto swore if that man pointed one more thing out, he would cut his finger off. Naruto turned to see Aria skipping her way over to him with the two guards that had went with her holding, no barely holding up a massive, bright pink package with a golden bow.

"Yeah, no. They can handle that." Naruto deadpanned. Naruto waved at the girl, "Yo Aria! You ready to move on?" the boy called out to the skipping girl.

"We are almost done for the day." she informed, "We have one more place we need to head to."

"Oh, and where might that be?" Naruto questioned.

She smiled at the blond, "Why the nail salon, of course." Aria giggled at Naruto as he groaned in agony. He hate all this girl crap! Nails, shopping, and hairdressers. 'Fuck my life.'

(xxxxXxxxx)

Naruto walked into the Mansion with a bag in right hand, and Aria was holding onto his left arm. "See, wasn't today fun." The girl smiled up at him.

Naruto blinked at the girl, "Uh yeah, I guess so. Well now I know where to go if I want to get my nails done." Naruto said the last part sarcastically with a shrug. Naruto moved himself and Aria out of doorway as they watched hordes of guards bring packages into the mansion. He still couldn't believe she bought so much. She even had him give various opinions on outfits and stuff. He didn't care about that stuff. They didn't do what he had hope they were going to do like explore more of the city. Regretfully, they only went shopping. He did mange to send out a clone out at one point. That clone created more, and they were current scoping out the city.

Naruto however, did find out more information on the Empire thanks to the head guard. He also bought some equipment, clothes, and ingredients to make some smoke bombs. Yes he was ready should the need arise. He wasn't going to allow good people to get killed by Night Raid. So what if the family supported the Empire. They wanted to get the benefits rather than bleed through the nose with heavy taxes if they didn't. Not only that but if they opposed the Empire... yeah... not a very happy ending.

So that terrorist cell Night Raid was going down if they attacked them. He would not let them get away with it. These people allowed him to stay with them, teach him about the Empire, and provide food. That kind of hospitality was going to be paid in full.

That was when his ears twitched at the sounds of... musical instruments being played somewhere in the house. That was odd, Naruto looked down at the girl, "Hey Aria."

Said teen looked up at Naruto, "Yes Naruto?"

"What's with the music?" she looked at him for about a second before realizing what it was.

"Oh that is most likely the Orchestra getting for the ball tomorrow." she informed him. Oh well that explains it.

Naruto blinked at the answer, "You're parents are throwing a ball? Is there a reason, or is this just for the hell of it?"

"It's for my father's business partners and family." she answered Naruto's question.

"Then why are we standing here? Come on let's go!" Naruto exclaimed darting off to the sounds of music. Aria was dragged down the hallway behind him.

"Naruto!" the girl pleaded for him slow down but that plead fell on deaf ears. What could Naruto say, he was the life of the party, nobody brought the energy like him. He made his way to a large room. Yep it was definitely what he would call a ballroom. All the tables and chairs were on the sides, leaving the middle of the room open for dancing, a stage was in the back of the room with a bunch of people playing instruments. The girl glared at the blond with her cheeks burning red, "Was it necessary to drag me all the way down here?"

Naruto turned to the girl with a grin, "Completely." Naruto then turned to the hired Orchestra and proceed to walk to the group noticing that Aria's face had gotten redder, either from anger or embarrassment. The conductor took notice of the Girl and cease his motions effectively stopping the rest of the Orchestra. "Ahh, mistress Aria," he smiled tucking his baton under his arm, "It is a pleasure to see once again. Come to check up on things, I assume." he assumed in that upper class tone of voice.

"No, I was dragged here by this imbecile." she insulted Naruto while looking at the conductor. Naruto sent the girl an irritated look.

The conductor finally took notice of the blond, and he wasn't happy by the look he sent Naruto, "Hello... sir." he said unimpressed by Naruto.

Naruto sent the same look at the conductor, "Yeah how you doing, stick waver." Naruto greeted the man irritatedly. Man what an asshole. There were a couple of snickers from the woodwind and percussion sections of the orchestra and even Aria had to stifle a laugh. This all happened much to Naruto's amusement and the conductors dismay.

"It is not a stick!" the man exclaimed angrily, "It is referred to a baton you ignoramus."

Naruto waved his hand uncaringly, "Yeah yeah yeah, whatever helps you sleep at night." The man's eye twitched, "Just a question real quick about the music you guys are going to play." Naruto became a little excited as he talked.

The man raised an eyebrow, "Yes?"

"You got anything for the foxtrot?" he asked with a grin. Aria gained a look of shock at his words.

The man smirked, "Why of course, sir. Would you like a demonstration?" he said completely arrogantly.

"Show me what you got," Naruto smirked back at the man. Though that changed when Aria asked the question.

"You know the foxtrot?" Aria looked at him unbelievingly. A peasant knowing such a classy dance, she didn't want to believe it. Though he was something completely different from the people she brought home. He made everything more exciting than it really was. She didn't know how to really explain it.

Naruto blew air from his mouth, "Pffft, please. Do I know the foxtrot? Aria, I invented the foxtrot." Naruto grinned at the girl causing her cheeks to flush with color. He unlatched her arm from his, took her right hand and moved her closer to him.

"What are you doing?" she stuttered questioningly.

"We," Naruto emphasize we, "are doing the foxtrot. Alright start it up." Naruto ordered the conductor who frowned at the order. He did not like being ordered around by some random person who wasn't even paying him.

"Right you are sir." He grunted with clear disdain. With a wave of his baton the musical instruments came to life. Naruto started by taking two steps forward while she retreated two steps back. Naruto moved one step to the left while she went one to the right. They continued this process but Naruto decided to break it and spun the girl around a couple of times.

"My, you're such a talented dancer." The girl praised Naruto's moves as they continued to dance to the music.

"I've been told I'm light on my feet." He smiled at her. Aria leaned into him more as they danced.

It wasn't long after that the music stopped and Aria quickly back away from the blond, "That was splendid," she grinned at Naruto. This guy was actually fun to be round, she didn't have to act!

"You wanna go for another round?" Naruto asked eagerly.

Aria quickly became nervous, "Um, no there's... is something I have to do in my room, I apologize." the girl bowed before briskly walking out of the ballroom with her cheeks stained red.

Naruto let out a sigh, "Well I guess this is a good time as any to get to work." Naruto murmured to himself. Yes Naruto had to get his equipment ready, make seals and impact smoke bombs. Of course the smoke that would come out would be orange, it was kind of his trademark. Yep he had a pretty busy evening ahead of him. Naruto stuffed his hands into his pockets and strolled out of the ballroom as the orchestra continued to practice for tomorrow.

That and he couldn't help but wonder what Aria's problem was. Girl problems most likely, whatever those may be. Well one thing was for sure, those bombs weren't going to make themselves.

(xxxXxxx)

Naruto was laying on his bed looking up at the ceiling. He had just gotten done making ten high impact smoke bombs, twenty regular impact bombs, and ten paint bombs.

A impact smoke bomb is a firework that detonates when it makes contact with something with enough force. The bomb produces a cloud of smoke that could conceal two people and it also disappears very quickly. It was meant for quick getaways and if used correctly distractions that one could use for many different advantages.

A high impact smoke bomb was about the same as a regular one but with a not so little twist. The first difference was that this one the smoke lasted longer ranging from ten to fifteen seconds, and the smoke cloud was much larger. The biggest twist was that the small bomb had a small blast once it went off. It could easily knock someone off their feet and make someone very sore. This one should not be thrown at close range like the regular one, and could definitely be used against the enemy.

Now a paint bomb was more of a trick that he had kept from his prankster years. They burst open spreading paint everywhere, black and orange because that was the way he worked. They burst open by impact which meant it was ruining someone's day. The paint would distract people and harm them should it get into a wound, in the eyes, or in the mouth. That and it would be completely embarrassing to be covered in a black and orange mess. Try him bitch!

Next on his list was seals. You see many people believe you had to use special ink or paper in order to make them. That was bullshit. All you really need was chakra, ink, and some thinking to write on. He had used his own leather gloves to hold his weapons and bombs. He also put a seal on his forehead that had his cloak and mask. It could not be seen until he wanted it to be seen or for a small fraction of a second when activated.

You see seals worked like this: a seal is what holds and stores things, people, and other things. It wasn't in the piece of paper or in the body. Really some people were just stupid to think that. Though a seal that was on the body can be entered by the person. So that meant the person could organize it however they wanted, and that was exactly what he did. He couldn't believe other people hadn't thought of it, or maybe it was because of him being a Biju holder or something along those lines.

He had set up the seals on his gloves to be in the palm of his hands. All he had to do was think about the item he wanted, send chakra to the seal or seals, and poof, there it was. Pretty awesome right? Believe it!

Naruto had productive night so far. He sat up and looked out the window to see the nighttime sky once again. Boy this daylight savings thing could be pretty annoying. It wasn't even that late and it was dark outside! His stomach growled and Naruto looked down at his belly, "I still haven't eaten anything yet." Naruto said to himself. He had been so busy making his gear he hadn't noticed how hungry he had been getting.

A knock on his door which drew his attention away from the window. He went to the door and opened it to see Aria patiently waiting outside with her hands behind her back. "Yo Aria, what can I do for ya?" Naruto asked with a grin.

The girl puffed her cheeks out as her eyes looked away from his smile, "For you to stop smiling at me like that." she said quietly, in fact it was almost that of mouse quiet.

Naruto tilted his head at her clearly perplex at her words, "What?"

"Nothing," she said hurriedly before calming herself and smiled at him, "Is it alright if I come in?"

Naruto scratched the back of his head, "Isn't this your house?" she became annoyed by the blond, "I mean you shouldn't be asking me at all."

"May I come in?" she said with a little bit of bite added in her voice. Naruto shrugged and moved out of the way so she could enter. She moved past the blond and went to the edge of bed and sat down. Naruto closed the door and stood in front of her. She patted the bed next to her meaning she wanted him to sit next to her. Naruto did what he was motioned to do and sat down next to her. "I'm not interrupting anything, am I?" she inquired hoping she wasn't being a burden on the blond.

Naruto shook his head, "Nah, I was only thinking."

"You missed diner." she told him much to his shock.

He threw his head back to look at the ceiling, "Damn it!" he cursed and looked back at the girl, "I guess I didn't hear the call."

"Indeed, what were you thinking about that kept you from diner?" she questioned.

"Well I was thinking a lot about home." he told her.

She raised an eyebrow at him, "So you're homesick?" she guessed.

Naruto nodded slightly, "I guess you can say that. I just miss the people…" Naruto trailed off going into his memories.

Aria could tell by the way he had stopped, that he had gotten lost in thought. "You must miss them a lot." She assumed knowingly.

"Not too much," Naruto lied.

(In Naruto's head)

'And now, the moment you've all been waiting for, the award for the biggest understatement of the year, goes to…' the imaginary announcer built up the imaginary crowd, "Naruto Namikaze!"

Just like that, the crowd busted from their seats as the stadium was filled with a thunderous applause. Naruto stood up from his seat, hugged his parents that were next to him and then proceed to the stage. He grabbed the award and wave to everyone as they sat down. "I want to thank everyone that believed in me. My family, my friends, my coworkers, and so many more. I would also like to thank Aria and her parents, Ami from the OPS in the Capital city, oh and Leone who gave me the most needed information, after she tried to scam me of course." Naruto joked making the crowd laugh. "Thank you everyone once and again."

The crowd once again raised from their seats and cheered for the blond. Naruto went to exit from stage left but was stopped by a woman in a black dress that told him he was going the wrong way. Naruto was quick to turn around and head the other way, he raised his trophy awkwardly again, much to the audience's amusement.

Naruto was brought out of his thoughts when that train of thought ended. He turned to see Aria looking at him with barely controlled rage. "Uh did you say something?"

She kept her look up for about three seconds before faltering, "No it wasn't important." She huffs breaking eye contact...

Naruto felt bad about not hearing what she said, so he Nudged the blonde next to him causing her to look at him. "Hey don't be that way. I can tell there is something you want to say, so say it." he smiled encouragingly at Aria getting her blush. "Just do it."

Aria's mind was racing. What she was about to do could really mess up things. It was odd, but for some reason that she couldn't explain, she didn't want what her parents had plan to happen to him. Now she wasn't saying that she had always been this way and disagreed with her parents, oh no. She was the one who suggested that she could lure people to the mansion, something her parents were delighted at. There was something different with Naruto and she couldn't let him end up like everyone else. The rich girl cleared her throat to speak, "Well I want to tell you it was fun having you here and-"

"Well thanks for having me!" Naruto gave her a thumbs up thankfully but to the girl it felt like she was slapped across the face, "You opened your doors and let me come in and do all these cool things." Another compliment that was more like a punch to the gut, "Your parents are so nice too." Her mouth dropped a little at that one, oh how wrong that was.

"Naruto just listen to me, I have to warn you about something." she insisted he listen to her.

Naruto looked at her and then realize what she was talking about, "Don't worry about it," she looked at him questioningly, "I already know about you guys being possible targets for Night Raid." he told her in a tone voice that sounded uncaringly. He was quick to be determined, "I won't let anything happen to you and that's a promise!" he declared to the girl.

With that last declaration said, the girl knew for sure that she wouldn't have any regrets in telling him that he had to leave or something horrible would befall him, "Naruto please stop talking and allow me to finish." she told him forcefully. Naruto zipped his lips to show the girl that he wouldn't say anything, she opened her mouth to say something when a knock came to the door causing both teens to turn to the door.

Naruto sighed, "Hold that thought." Naruto went the door and opened it to see a guard with a tray of food.

"Good evening sir, Milady. Mistress thought that since Naruto hadn't come down to eat, I bring him his dinner for him." the guard informed.

Naruto grinned at the man, "Ahh man I'm starving, thanks. Make sure to tell her I said thanks!" Naruto thanked one of the many guards that watched over the mansion. The man nodded and handed the food over to Naruto.

"I'll make sure to do that." he smiled at Naruto and turned to look at Aria, "Call me when it's done." he finished looking towards Aria and walked out of the room. Aria's eyes had widened at what the guard had said. Naruto sat back down next the girl with the tray on his lab.

"Oh man does this looks good!" the blond exclaimed excitedly.

Naruto words reached the girl's ears as her head snapped in his direction to see him about to bite into a biscuit, "Don't eat that!" she cried out and slapped it out of his hands. Naruto hadn't been expecting Aria to act so rash so his mouth fell agape as he watched biscuit sore across the room and land on the floor. Naruto place the tray next him on the open side of the bed, he turned his head to look at the girl questioningly, "It's not good for you!" She somewhat confessed.

Naruto gave her a deadpan stare, "Don't humans usually eat, drink, and smoke things that aren't good for them? I fail to see how a biscuit falls on that list."

"That's not what I meant!" she snapped at the blond, "It's not good for you because it was p-" the girl was once again cut off in mid sentence when she was trying to say something of vital importance as the lights had cut off in the room. Naruto jumped from his spot on the bed and took a defensive stance. He heard a commotion from outside and looked to see a couple of figures standing on what seemed to be ninja wire. He couldn't make out their appearance because of the darkened sky and how far away they were.

Though if he had to guess who they were, "Night Raid." the blond growled and turned to the scared looking girl that was hiding behind the bed, "It would seem that I have to make good on that promise soon than later." Naruto did a one handed sign and just like that a white cloak and mask appeared on him. Concealing his identity.

The girl's eyes widened, "You're a shinobi...You're a shinobi!" the girl cried out in shock.

Naruto made his way to the girl, "I've gotta get you out of here." he said grabbing her hand as she tried to pull her hand away from him to no avail. "Aria, Trust me. I am your only hope of getting out of here." Naruto told her urgently, "Think for a second, if I wanted to hurt you I would have done it sooner. Yes I maybe a shinobi, but I'm also your friend, so trust me." he pleaded with the girl hoping that she would see reason.

Thankfully, she did see his point or saw that at least something he had said made sense, "I'll trust you."

Naruto nodded with a smile behind his mask, "Then let's get out of here, oh and Aria."

"Yes, Naruto?" she asked.

"Let's just make this our little secret." he said in a carefree tone that was odd for the situation that they were in.

The girl stuttered, "Right." The girl was then stunned when the boy picked her up and threw her up onto his back, "Wha-"

"It will be faster and safer this way, so hang on tight." he explained as he opened the door that lead into the hallway. He looked around and saw that the coast was clear. He took off from out of the room at amazing speeds. The hallways were empty and he could still hear what he assumed was the guards fighting Night Raid outside, and it didn't sound good. Naruto turned the corner only to be horrified by what was happening before him. He could feel the girl on his back stiffen. This was not good and now he had a fear for oversized scissors.

The scene that the pair had stumbled upon was Aria's mother being bisected by the world's largest pair of scissors. The woman was cut in half as the top part of her flew up into the air along with the lower part of her arms. There was also what appeared to a journal flying in the air too. The creepiest thing was the pleasant smile on her face that showed that she hadn't been expecting the attack at all or had seen it coming. The cut apart body hit the ground in a bloody mess. "I am sorry." the murderous girl spoke in a flat tone.

"Mother!" the girl cried out from Naruto's back. Naruto mentally cursed as the Night Raider turned to them. She was one of the five Night Raid members that were on the posters in the city. Sheele of Night Raid. Sheele has a slender body type with long purple hair and purple eyes. She was wearing a revealing sleeveless lilac cheongsam with detached lilac arm sleeves and white boots. She also has glasses and a scar on her right cheek.

He was also able to get a good look at the weapon. The weapon has black handles and has a...panda face on it? Now he was officially creeped out by it. How the or why the hell did someone put a panda on that thing?! This was the Teigu, Extase. The weapon was covered in blood, the blood of Aria's mother.

Naruto cursed as he saw the woman approach them, "Give me the girl, and you won't be harmed." she said rather coldly. He could feel the girl on his back shaking, he had to get out of here before the rest of Night Raid finished their battle with the guards.

"Yeah sure, right after you go fuck yourself!" Naruto gave the women the finger. Yeah, she was out of her mind if she thought he was going to hand her over to someone who just cut someone in half with a pair of scissors. That was not happening.

"Wrong choice." purple haired girl said and rushed them.

Naruto sent chakra to his right hand, "Come and get me." A high impact smoke bomb popped into existence. Naruto threw the little bomb at floor before the rapidly approaching female. The woman didn't dodge it because it was going to miss her completely, she wasn't expecting for the little ball to exploded that had enough power to send her off her feet. The blast caused the windows in the hallway to shatter as the orange smoke poured out of the bomb. The woman let out a startled yelp as she went flying backwards, it sound almost too cute to come from a killer. Naruto took off back the way he came, but still comment on the girl, "Didn't your mother ever tell you not to run with scissors?"

'Oh god, I've become Kakashi...damn.' Naruto thought. What he had said was exactly what Kakashi would have said if he was here. Naruto rushed down the stairs that led to a back exit of mansion. He could escape with the girl this way since most of Night Raid was making sure no one left from the front to get help from the Empire. Which meant they would have to retreat into the forest and be hunted down. Which was good for him, he was trained in the forests of Uzushio. Naruto stopped at the door when he saw a guard looking around.

He pointed his gun at Naruto, "Don't shot!" Aria spoke up.

The guard's eyes widened seeing the girl he was paid to protect, "Lady Aria, it is good to see you. We need to get you to safety." He wanted to ask who the man was but he was guessing that it was Naruto or a high payed guard. He wasn't sure.

"Then lead the way." the Naruto beckoned of him with his hand. The guard was wary of this masked person, but Aria seemed to trust him so he would have go along with him.

"Follow me, I'll take us somewhere safe." the guard informed them.

(xxXxx)

Three guards where what was left of the whole little private army. They were standing in front of two combatants. A teenage girl and a man in a large suit of armor. The males was known as 100 Man Slayer Bulat. While the female was know as Akame of the Demon Sword Murasame.

Akame is a young girl with long black hair that reaches down to her knees and red eyes. She was wearing a dark sleeveless mini dress with a white collar and a red tie; she has a red belt that has a red side skirt cover. She has it with long black socks and black shoes. She also has red gauntlets and black gloves

"Don't let her sword touch you. Murasame, is a katana known for being coated in an immensely deadly poison that can kill those cut by it within seconds. So be careful." the man warned the other two. The man to the right charged right at her, completely forgetting or not caring about what he had just said.

"I'll kill you here!" he yelled as moved in on the teen. Akame was unimpressed by the male and took grip of her katana. The man got into her range, she side stepped his charge and pulled her sword out, cutting him across the neck. The man dropped his weapon and grasp his bleeding neck only for marks black marks to appear on the man's neck as he fell to the ground and died from the poison on the neck.

"Idiot!" the man called out at the dead man for not listening to his warning. He had stopped paying attention to the armored man. Bulat saw this and took aim with his large spear and threw it at the man. It impacted and went right through the man. The last man saw absolutely nope in surviving against the two and took off only for his head to explode open in a crimson mess. The headless body fell limply to the ground coloring the green grass red.

He was taken out by the pink haired assassin, "Like what's the point of being a bodyguard if you run away?" she questioned to no one particular. Mine is a young girl of below average height. She has very long pink hair tied in twin-tails on the right and left sides of her head. She has big pink eyes. She was wearing a pink outfit.

The boy next to her chuckled sheepishly, "Yeah after seeing that I think anyone would want to run." Lubbock is a young man with short green hair and red goggles on top of his head. He has on a long green jacket with a fur trimmed hood over a white and red ringer shirt and blue jeans. He wears this with brown shoes. The pair had the high ground thanks to Lubbock's teigu, Cross Tail.

Mine took another look around the area through her scope and saw two figures approaching them, "Leone and Sheele incoming!" the girl called out to the rest of the group.

Akame nodded her head as she watch them approach, "Affirmative." The two assassins reach them in no time, "Report." ordered Akame.

Leone gave a playful salute, "The old man is deader than a doornail." she grinned. Her appearance had changed a lot compared to her normal self. When she transforms, her hair becomes longer and she gains lion ears, tail, and claws.

"The mother is dead as well, the girl is being taken out the back by a masked figure. He is of a much higher skill set then the other guards." Sheele informed the group.

"Noted. Then we needed to hurry and finish this mission. Mine, Bulat, stay here and guard the gate, no one leaves. Everyone else, you're with me." the katana wielding assassin ordered before rushing off towards the back of the mansion.

Leone sighed, "There she goes running off before everyone is ready. Oi, Akame wait up!" She yelled after the girl as the rest of them played catch up. Though Akame was much faster than them so that was a hopeless cause.

(xXx)

Naruto was led to a clearing with a small building in the forest at the far end of it. The girl on his back stiffened once again seeing the house. How could she not, she know what was in there and what would happen if the boy saw it. Naruto followed the guard about halfway to the the building before stopping, "Come on, Miss Aria will be safe in here!" he told Naruto. Naruto really wanted to facepalm, he really did.

"We have highly talented, well trained assassins on our ass, and you think running to a storage house in a fucking clearing is a good idea?" Naruto practically yelling at the guard. He could practically feel the girl's nervousness.

The guard stopped in his tracks, "I'm detecting that you're upset."

"A little!" Naruto barked sarcastically. Boy the stupidity of people always seem to amaze him.

"Of all the places you take us…" Aria spoke up from his back as she climb off, she seemed pissed off for some reason, "You take us here!" she screamed at the guard. Naruto was at a loss for words seeing the pure rage pouring off the girl and the guard seemed stunned, "You imbecile! You guards are all useless! How in the name of god could this place keep anyone safe?"

"I apologize, lady Aria. I only thought-" the guard was cut off as Aria yelled at him.

"You thought wrong!" the girl shouted. This idiot had brought them to the one place she was trying so hard to not let Naruto see, and now they were standing right in front of it! This prick had ruined everything! Then he had the audacity to apologize for it!

"I don't mean to intrude on the whole, bad employee and pissed off employer moment…" Naruto caught their attention, "but assassins. Remember?" Naruto said pointing his thumb the way they came. It was at that very moment Naruto was quick to turn around, his senses telling him someone was coming in hot to their location. "They're here." he warned and the guard jumped in front of Aria and had his gun pointed in the diction that Naruto was looking.

Right on cue a girl with black hair came forth from the darkness like a bat out of hell. Naruto sent chakra to his hands and two kunai appeared in them. Naruto ready himself as she came close, ready for the clash of blades that was bound to happen. The girl jumped into the air... Naruto blinked as she flew above him, "You are not a target." Naruto's eyes widened comically behind his mask, 'Da fuck does that mean?'

"Damn it!" the guard yelled as he took aim at the girl and fired a barrage of bullets that the assassin expertly dodged.

The girl's cold reds locked onto the man, "You however, are." the girl said darkly dodging one more hail of bullets before speeding in for the kill. The man's eyes widened in horror as he saw her next to him, "You're done." and just like that, the man was cut in half by her blade.

Aria backed away from the girl that had just ended one of her protectors life. She was about to run when she trip backwards from a rock on fell on her rear. She let out a scream of terror and looked up to see the assassin. Her eyes were wide with fear as she saw the girl standing before with her blade raised high. "You deserve this."

Akame's attack was halted by Naruto as he rushed her, causing her to jump away. "Stop right there." Naruto landed in front of Aria protectively.

Akame started to become frustrated at the cloaked man, "I told you that you are not a target. You don't have die."

"Yeah, and the person I'm trying to protect is. I won't let you kill some defenseless girl." Naruto glared at the assassin.

The girl assassin hummed as she thought something over, "Will you not get out of the way?"

"Never. I would never let innocent or defenseless people be killed if I could stop it." the blond declared. Aria once again felt like she had been punched in the gut. If he saw what was behind those doors, his tune would change.

The girl got into a fighting stance, "Then you have made your choice."

"Come and get me." Naruto motioned with the 'bring it on' hand gesture. Akame speed towards her masked foe and Naruto did the same. Akame knew she had an advantage with reach, thanks to her katana, he was dual wielding kunai. An interesting enough weapon to be noted. The two combatants met with a clashing of steel. The two engage further as Akame expertly broke the hold and swung her sword causing Naruto bend out of the way. Naruto went back on the offensive and used one of his kunai to hold the girls blade while freeing up his left hand. He lashed out with his left and only to hit air as she took to the air and used his back as spring board.

Naruto decided to roll with the light hit and fall to the ground, and rolled away back to his feet. This turned out to be the right choice because the girl would have stabbed him right through the heart if he stay where he was.

"That person is doing pretty well against Akame." someone said a little too loud from a bush. Naruto Narrowed his eye and threw a kunai into it, "Holy hell!" A male with green hair yelled as he jumped out of the bush.

Akame used the distinction caused by Lubbock to use and attack while the man's back was turned, "Look out!" Aria yelled for Naruto's attention. Naruto was already aware of Akame, right when she swung that sword was when Naruto turned on his heels, batted away the katana, and used his right leg to kick the girl in the ribs sending her fly back to the now emerging Night Raid members. Akame managed to land on her feet but put her hand to where he had kicked her.

"You alright Akame." asked Leone somewhat surprise to see someone land a blow on her.

"Fine." she told the blonde and started to take off to fight the masked man again, only to have her shirt pulled on by Leone lifting her into the air, "What are you doing?"

"We still got some time, he seems pretty skilled. We could use him." Leone recommended, "That and he seems to not know the situation very well." she said loud enough for the man to hear.

Naruto raised an eyebrow, "Oh? Well the please enlighten me then, thunder tits"

The blond grinned, "Oh that's a new one." she laughed before becoming serious. "Earlier you said we were here to kill innocents." Arai became stiff like one of the trees in the surrounding area, "I think you might see it our way if you see what is behind these doors."Leone told Naruto as she walks up to the storage house's doors and kicked them open.

"Impressive." Naruto complement as he walked close to her, as the rest of Night Raid was waiting for him to make one wrong move. Naruto knew of this but decided to stay neutral. He wasn't taking anyone's side just yet.

Leone looked over her shoulder and smiled at his praise, "Thanks~" She turned her head to what was on the inside and crossed her arms, "Welcome to the capital."

Naruto wanted throw up at the smell, and the sight. There was blood everywhere, hooks and chains hanging from the ceiling. Different kinds of torture devices, holding cells, crates, and animal cages. Yet there wasn't any bodies or people. The place was lifeless. It looked like a slaughterhouse.

"We learned they fancy picking newcomers from the countryside, and then torturing them to death for their own sick twisted entertainment. That's the reality of this poor, happy little family."

"No don't listen to-" Aria pleaded but was cut off by Naruto.

"Aria!" He yelled back at the girl, "If I were you I wouldn't say anything." He became quieter as he talked. "So this was what-" Naruto caught himself before he said something that he figured out. Naruto turned on heels and marched to the girl with purpose, "I'll ask you this once, Aria," Naruto spit grabbing her by her dress and lifted her of her feet, "Is it true, answer it with one word." He said coldly.

"Yes I did it! The-" she went off to explain her reasoning but was cut off by a swift punch to the gut.

"I said one word." He glared at her through his mask. Now many would have said that this was out of his character, but he did it for a couple of reasons. The first was: that whatever she was about to say would have most likely pissed everyone off. The second: it would make him feel worse knowing what he was about to do.

Aria had tears forming in the corner of her eyes. That blow to the belly had been the most physical pain she had ever felt. She was also going through the worst mental pain too. Her whole world was crashing down around her. The lies, the tricks, and her family's ways were shown clear to the world now. There was no hiding it now, and the boy had grown fond of, was most likely going to do her in. Cruel, yet just. No one would complain when she was gone, she brought this on herself. They should have stopped this when Night Raid surfaced, yet they didn't. They thought hiring a couple of guards was enough to protect them. How wrong they were on that one.

Now everyone was dead, her father, her mother, all the guards, and soon to be her. All she could do was wait for him to strike her dead. When all hope seemed to be gone and only despair was left, something very unexpected happened. It was so faint, but just enough to spark the girl's hope again. Two words were said. They were said so low that she could barely hear them. They caused her eyes to widen. Those two words were enough to know…

"Trust me."

That by some way, like a gift from heaven itself, she would live past this moment in time. How long, she had no clue, but anything was better than nothing right? It would seem that Naruto had decided to stay true to that promise he made in the guest bedroom tonight. Aria nodded a little trying her best to make it look inconspicuous as possible.

Seeing the girl best attempt at saying she trusted him. Naruto raised his kunai to the girl, "I'm ending your ways here." he said rather darkly. This had meant more than what Night Raid thought it did. The girl gulped back a lump of air that was caught in her throat. It was at that moment Naruto jumped away with the girl. He landed on a tree branch a good distance away from the four members of Night Raid. He had Aria in his arms.

"No way!" Lubbock yelled disbelievingly.

"After hearing and seeing all that, you'll still defend her?" Leone asked balling her hands into fist. What was wrong with this guy? How on Earth could someone still protect someone like... oh never mind there was plenty of people that would. Though this guy seemed completely different from one of those people. Did she misjudge his character?

"I'll still defend her. She saved me from that fate." he admitted. If she didn't stop him from eating the poison, he would have been knocked out. Well about an hour or less depending on what the poison was. The kyuubi would burn the shit out of his system in no time flat. Regardless of how poisonous something was. The poison could be so deadly that the moment it makes contact with you, you die. Yeah he would live, but be sick with a mini flu. Other than that he would be fine and ready to go.

So technically he could have saved himself, but Aria had decided, for some reason, to save him, so he would repay that kindness with his own. He would save, more ways than one. Oh if she thought that she was getting away with this shit uncheck, she was stupid.

"Then you both will be eliminated." came the cold voice of Akame as she readied herself to attack the masked man. The other members of Night Raid followed suit until a beam of light shot through the clearing and hit Naruto's chest dead center. There was a look of shock on the girl's face until it twisted into a grin and both of them disappeared in a cloud of white smoke.

This left all but one Night Raid members confused as Mine came into the clearing, "Ugh, what the hell?" the girl complained before shaking her head, "Hey we need to get out of here like now." she told them in a hurried tone.

Bulat landed next to her, "The Imperial police are on their way as we speak. We need to go."

Akame Frowned, "Very well. Let's move, this mission is on hold until further orders." You could clearly tell she was upset by the turn of events and how everything played out. Night Raid left the scene as quickly as possible. A quick and easy mission turned into a mess, thanks to a shinobi. She should have known, but she questioned herself because of how far they were into Empire territory. What was a shinobi doing here anyways? And why was helping the Empire?

(X)

"Yes I would like a one, two bedroom." Naruto smiled at the man behind the hotel desk. Aria was standing next to him looking out of it, like she wasn't fully there. The man behind the counter took the money the blond put onto the counter and gave them a key.

"You're on the third floor room 309." the man said in a bored tone and waved them off. 'Hey I got a nine!' Naruto thought happily for a second.

"Thanks again." the blond waved back happily as he led Aria up the stairs humming a tune to himself. The girl hadn't said a word a since Naruto brought her here, or left the mansion. It was dawning on her what was about to happen. She was a nervous wreck as she climbed these stairs.

The climb to the top was uneventful. They walked down the the long and fancy hallway of the hotel. Naruto kept up his happy tune as he walked down the hall with his hands behind his head. It was like that until they reached the door with the room number 309. Naruto put the key into the door and turned the knob. He opened the door and made room for Aria to enter, "Ladies first." he said.

Aria walked into the dark room. As soon as she was in, he closed the door and locked it.

"Now then," he started as Aria's back was towards him. When he spoke again his voice had changed. It was dark and cold, "We're going to have a 'long chat'."

(A/n: Yep, that happened. I bet no one saw that coming! XD Never mind that, I hope you all enjoyed this long ass chapter. Now I'm updating this with editing done. Also don't forget to review or read on of my other stories! You will enjoy them! Have a wonderful day. Also this chapter like I said in the beginning has been update and I fixed the errors that I saw. So hopefully it flows better. I'm the Kyuubi Over Load, The bringer of a good crossover story. Enjoy my work... or don't.)