I'm sorry it's been so long since I updated! I've just been tremendously busy, what with school and work, I even got engaged recently and planning a wedding is so much work. I'll try to update more steadily, but I'm not making any promises so please understand and don't kill me! Thank you everyone for your reviews, I'm so glad you like my story. Well enough blabbing, on with the chapter!
Kakashi looked at his two unconscious students on the floor, then up at Naruto who was reading over a mission scroll, presumably about his alternate assignment, and sighed. It had been nearly a day and his two students had yet to awake.
'' Ne, Naruto, how long until they wake up?''
Naruto scratched the back of his head and shrugged. '' No idea. I've never actually had to use this jutsu before. Inoichi-san mentioned something about it depending on certain variables, like the size of the memory erased and the emotional state of the person whose mind is being swiped.... don't worry senpai I'm sure they'll wake up soon.'' He turned his attention back to his mission scroll.
He unsealed a large map and laid it over the table. ''Ne, senpai, can I get your expertise over here?'' He asked, pointing to the map. '' The old man want's me to eliminate Gato, his shipping business is starting to affect the trade between Konoha and wave, he also wants his money,'' he laughed, '' we set up a bank account under a false name back in the village, and I'm going to transfer all the funds to that account, but since wave is part of Kiri, we have to keep this whole thing a secret'' He said, suddenly serious, '' Gato is worth billions, there's no doubt that Kiri would be furious if they find out how much money we're stealing from them.'' Kakashi put his beloved Icha Icha smut away and walked over to the table, examining the map. He sweat dropped.
'' A little paranoid ne?'' Kakashi laughed. Naruto nodded his head.
'' So how would you go about this senpai?''
Kakashi observed the map for a few seconds before he pulled his Icha Icha book back out. He flipped to the page he left off on and cleared his throat.
'' I would go in this window here, and make my way down this hall way straight to Gato's office, hypnotize him to find out the intricacies of his funds, then kill him and leave.'' He said, pointing to various parts of the map as he talked, never once taking his eye off his book. '' And don't wear your Konoha insignia in a conspicuous place.'' Naruto closed his eyes and thought about Kakashi's plan. It was, essentially, flawless.
'The window is the closest point of entry to Gato's office, and the hall is only about 18 feet long, small enough for me to easily dispose of any employee that may happen to see me as I enter. From there its business as usual, hypnosis, being the most silent form of interrogation, will be my preferred method for gaining the info i need, and then I'll simply kill him and be on my merry way.' He smiled to himself, nodding his head.
'' Well, your plan is definitely better than mine was. ''
'' And yours was?'' Kakashi asked against his better judgment.
'' Walk in the front door and see what happens from there.'' Naruto smirked.
Kakashi put his head in his hands and chuckled lightly. '' And you wonder why you don't get more infiltration missions.''
The two shared a brief laugh, however, Naruto sobered up fairly quickly. '' Now the only problem is when.'' He said, a frown marring his features. '' As a rule, the mission should be completed as soon as possible, however, this is the second time Zabuza has slipped through my fingers, and as soon as I assassinate Gato, Zabuza will lose his reason for fighting us in the first place.'' He clenched his fist. '' He'll leave, and who knows when I'll see him again.''
Kakashi looked up from his book and into Naruto's eyes. '' Revenge is unhealthy. Whether or not you see him again, what is important is that your team mate is still alive. I understand wanting to get even for him seriously injuring one of your comrades, but don't lose sight of your mission.''
Naruto clenched his fist, '' I know, senpai. I know. Tonight will be Gato's last night among the living, whether Zabuza remains to fight is of no consequence.'' He stood up and turned toward the window, '' I'm going out. I'll be back... eventually.'' He then disappeared in a poof of smoke into the cool night air.
Kakashi shrugged, turning his attention back to his beloved smut. ' I wonder what Ishita is going to do with Suzume this chapter...' he giggled perversely, as he read.
The next morning, Sasuke, Sakura, and Tazuna finally woke up from their jutsu induced coma's, and each was feeling something akin to a hang over. Sakura was sitting at the table, holding her head in her hands, groaning in pain. '' Man... what happened...'' she mumbled. Sasuke was silent, eyes closed and head resting against the cold window. Tazuna seemed almost unaffected, Naruto figured the man was used to such feelings.
'' Well, getting hit in the head by someone like Zabuza would do that to you, Sakura. I'd be surprised if you didn't have a headache today.'' Naruto said cheekily. Sakura threw him an intense glare, but flinched as her head began to once again throb.
Just then, Tsunami, Tazuna's daughter, came out with a few cups of hot tea. '' I thought this might help.'' she said in a gentle voice as she placed a cup in front of each of the shinobi and her father. She then turned to team seven and bowed, '' Thank you for bringing my father home safely. My son and I would have been deeply saddened had he been killed.''
'' Not safe enough.'' Tazuna grumbled as he took a sip of his tea, rubbing his temple with his free hand. Tsunami shot her father a glare that could kill. The old man stiffened, before dropping head into his hand, he looked up and grumbled, '' Fine, thank you.'' He said tersely, focusing his attention back on his tea.
Kakashi coughed and looked at each of his students, including Naruto. '' Tomorrow I expect you guys to be rested and ready to train. We will begin at 0600 hours. The rest of the day is yours.'' He disappeared in a poof of smoke. Naruto too decided to leave, opting to scope out the terrain of his assignments place of business before going in for the kill. He, however, simply walked out the door, attempting to avoid any suspicion.
Sasuke and Sakura did not move, neither did Tazuna......
Naruto arrived at the base quickly, using Hiraishin to speed up his journey. It took him a measly 6.6 seconds to get to the Gato Corp. from Tazunas house. He took refuge in a tree just outside the perimeter of the building, and observed the outer workings of the company.
Stationed by every entrance was some sort of thug, ranging from a simple bandit, to dis-honored ex-samurai. Naruto, however, wasn't worried. They would be easy enough to kill, that is, if they were even able to sense him. He smirked at that. Being a non-shinobi warrior these days just wasn't practical.
He closed his eyes and focused his senses, using his own chakra to feel out the chakras of those inside the building. Not surprisingly, he sensed several chuunin and jounin level shinobi chakras, none of them, however, belonged to Zabuza. he frowned at that, but pushed the thought aside. He had more important things to worry about. He formed a simple one handed seal and disappeared without so much as a leaf out of place to give away the fact that he had ever been there.
He arrived back at Tazuna's house and walked in the front door.... and sweat dropped.
Sasuke, Sakura, and Tazuna had yet to move.... he had been gone for well over 2 hours. He shook his head and continued to his room.
He had an assassination to prepare for.
Well thats it for this chapter, I hope it was as good as the last ones. Not much of Saku or Sasu in this chapter, but o well. I used whether, not weather, so be proud of me! lol. You're lucky this chapter got posted, I had been almost done writing it and my computer crashed and the whole thing got erased! I was so irritated I almost didn't rewrite it, but now I'm glad I did, and it's even better than before ( i hope) well read and review, tell me what you liked and didn't like and i'll try to either stay consistent or fix any mistakes.
ja ne!