The next day when Naruto walked into the courtyard of the temple Chiriku said "Are you ready to begin."

Naruto nods and Asuma and Chiriku began to teach Naruto ninjutsu.

A little over 2 months had passed since Naruto first kill. Naruto, Asuma, and Chiriku stood in front of a hotel room door in grass country and the door opened and a Samurai guard looked at Asuma and Chiriku and said "Who is this." motioning toward Naruto.

Chiriku said "Naruto Uzumaki."

The Samurai nods and stepped aside and all 3 walked into the room.

Kaji Shu, Fire lord and his wife Madame Shijimi sat at a table eating breakfast when the Samurai who let them enter the room said "Your lord and ladyship, your guest have arrived."

Kaji said "Very well, your dismissed."

The Samurai nods and left the room and Naruto eyes widen and thought "So she's his wife."

Kaji said "Well Asuma and Chiriku, how is our little hero here."

Chiriku said "Naruto training has progressed rapidly sir and I am pleased with the results. After teaching Naruto basic hand to hand combat as well as basic storage seals we began teaching him ninjutsu and Asuma was chosen to be his primary teacher due to both being primarily wind users. After using his large chakra reserves to help him learn the Kagebunshin no jutsu we were able to teach him 10 wind jutsu, increase his skills in wind manipulation as well as give him the basic excercise to do manipulation of the other 4 main elements and give him 1 offensive and 1 defensive jutsu for each of the other elements."

Kaji nods and said "Good, then everyone but Naruto please leave."

Understanding the order everyone but Shijimi, Naruto, and Kaji left.

After they were gone Kaji said "First off Naruto, I would like to thank you for saving my wife's life. I can not even stand the thought of not having my wife in my life. For that you have my gratitude."

Naruto said "I thank you sir though I honestly didn't know she was your wife until I walked into this room."

Kaji held a scroll in his hand and said "That makes me even prouder. Now then onto the main reason you are here. As promised I have some of the info I have gathered on your family in this scroll. Inside this scroll is general information about your mother as well as an old picture of her shortly before she was married. I do have more information I will give you on your clan and family later but I have a few things I need you to do for me before I can give you them as well as wanting to verify the info because I know how important family is to you and I want everything I tell you about them to be true. Here, you may look at that when you are free later because time is very important right now so listen up." as he handed the scroll to Naruto.

Naruto quickly pocketed the scroll and looked at Kaji who said "An investigation has began into the attack on my wife after your sensei found out that the guy you killed had been paid to kidnap my wife. Because I am needing your sensei to investigate this to find out who it was that was paying for her kidnapping I am going to have to have you do some Solo work for me."

Naruto asked "What is it you need of me sir."

Kaji pulled out a bingo book and flipped the pages and said "This is a bingo book, it contains information on missing nins or criminals with bounties on thier head. As you can see I have marked a page here. This man is Aoi Rokusho. He is a Jounin level missing nin from Konoha who had a Konoha gennin steal a weapon called the Raijin which belong to the Nidaime Hokage Tobimaru Senju. Tobimaru was the brother of Hashirama Senju whose wife was Mito Uzumaki Senju, your mothers aunt. Besides Tsunade Senju you are the only other rightful heir to this weapon. I want you to track him down and recover your property and kill Aoi. After you kill him I want you to cut off his head and store it in a scroll until you find one of the bounty offices listed in this book. Once you do that cash in the bounty on Aoi and that will notify me that you have completed your first mission and you are ready to begin your second mission."

Naruto said "I understand, what is the 2nd mission sir."

Kaji said "2 months ago in the land of Snow the king of snow country was killed by his younger brother who has taken over the country. Luckily the rightful heir, princess Koyuki Kazahana was saved by Hatake Kakashi. Kakashi reported that the snow ninja's had a new kind of armor called snow armor that was very resistant to ninjutsu and genjutsu. This armor could become a threat to the land of fire if it fell into the wrong hands. What I want you to do is to go to the land of Snow and get a sample of snow armor for my men to study and learn to either use it or counter it or if you can get the blue prints for it to learn how they make it that would be acceptable also. After that you must escape from the land of snow and head to lightning country to Kumo where the next Chunnin exams are being held. Once there you will inform the guards at the gate that you bring an urgent message for me and you will tell them the password is Kyuubi's ghost. One of your sensei will personally come and get you from the gate and bring you to me where you will wait until I tell you it is safe to speak at which time you shall tell me about both your missions. You can not tell anyone you work for me or the land of fire until you appear there at Kumo. Do you understand."

Naruto nods and Kaji sadi "Good, you have 6 months total to complete your missions. Inside the scroll with your mothers information is also $10,000 cash. That money is to help cover your cost until you can retrieve the raijin and kill Aoi. Then you will use what is left along with the bounty on Aoi to cover your cost of going to Snow Country and completing your mission there. Do you have any questions."

Naruto thought a moment and said "Do you have any idea where Aoi might be."

Kaji smirked and said "I know exactly where he is...He is currently here in this village. He has a new hiate showing that he has joined the hidden rain village and is here as a Jounin sponsering a gennin team...however you can't just track him down and kill him here in the village. If you do and are discovered then it could cause a war between the land of fire and all of the other elemental nations. You will have to confront him at least a days travel away from this village as to not cause any trouble. Also there can be no witnesses. When you cash in the bounty I want you to have a mask and use the identity Kaze Nami. This will be your covert alias. Do you understand."

Naruto nods and said "Any preference on the mask I use."

Kaji said "Just something to cover your face to make it difficult to see what you look like. I don't want people to realise it's you right now until I know that you are strong enough to protect yourself...I hope my faith in you is correct and I will see you in 6 months at Kumo."

Naruto said "You will sir, I'll make you proud."

Kaji smiled and took his wifes hand and said "You already have Naruto, you already have...now you can go but do not tell anyone what your mission is or where you are going. This is strictly between the 3 of us for now. Avoid Konoha ninja and Konoha as much as possible. If you can don't even use the Fire country."

Naruto nods and Kaji said "Good, then send the others in here and leave to carry out your mission."

Narutio said "Yes sir." as he turned and walked out of the room.

When Naruto got to the hall he saw the Samurai guards and Asuma and Chiriku and said "Kaji-sama asked me to have you all come back in."

As the guards started to enter Chiriku said "Aren't you coming in Naruto."

Naruto said "I'm afraid not sensei. I've got my first mission and I must be leaving to carry it out. Thank you both for everything you have done for me."

Asuma frowned and said "Maybe one of us should go with you, just as back up."

Naruto said "I'm afraid that's not possible Asuma-sensei. Now if you will excuse me I have to go." as he started to walk away.

Asuma said "Naruto, wait...take these." as he pulled out his trench knifes.

Naruto looked at the trench knifes and Asuma said "They are specially made for wind users like us. Send your wind chakra into them and they will extend the distants they can cut."

Naruto smiled and said "Thank you sensei...Goodbye." as he took the knifes and left.

After Naruto left the hotel he began to look around the hidden grass village while thinking "What can I do to complete my mission. I don't even kno where Ame is located. How am I suppose to stop him once he leaves this village and how do I kill him and his team. Come on think...think." as he looked at the village for ideas and after a while mumbled to himself "Why are there so many flower shops here."

A man who was sweeping the front of a shop said "Your not from around here, are you kid."

Naruto blinked and said "Huh...you talking to me." in a confused voice.

The man said "No, I'm talking to the other blond hair kid beside you...but seriously, if you don't know why there are so many 'flower shops' as you call them here then your not from around here."

Naruto said "So what's the story with these flower shops then."

The man said "Come on in, I'll show you." as he opened the door and walked in and walked behind the counter.

Naruto followed the man inside and the man said "Where you from kid."

Naruto said "No where really, been an orphan my whole life and had to take care of myself any way I could."

The man frowned a moment and said "You ever killed someone kid."

Naruto looked down and said "Yeah."

The man said "Thought so...tough world we live in. It's kill or be killed. I'm Kirate. I'm an herb specialist. This is my shop and I sell herbs to people...but mostly I sell poisons. Grass country is the number 1 dealer in herbs and spices in the world."

Naruto eyes widen and Kirate said "Since it's a hard world out there and I can guess how you have survived this long how about I give you a hand. Normally I wouldn't do this for civilians but in your case I'll make an exception." as he pulled out a book and opened it and said "These are my poisons, medical creams, antidotes, and herbs. Since your not a ninja I'll have to charge you an additional 10 percent on anything you buy but look through and see if anything catches your eye but remember its cash only here."

Naruto nods and looked at the book and read the description of the items Kirate sold and after 10 minutes said "Hmm, this one looks like it might be of use to me."

Kirate looked at the one Naruto had pointed out and said "That's a poison used for assassination...what are you going to need that for." as he narrowed his eyes

Naruto looked at Kirate a moment and remembered his mission and said "I'm a bounty hunter...that's how I've lived till now. Not many would expect a kid to be one and so I've been lucky enough to trick the guys I killed into underestimating me. The names Kaze Nami."

Kirate said "Interesting...so your a bounty hunter huh...you surprise me kid...but if that's your choice of career then who am I to judge...tell you what. How about we make a little deal. There's a guy whose been a problem for me. He's been trying to run me out of business for months now. If you can kill this guy for me I'll give you a discount on all the poisons you buy from me and also give you a list of my contacts who sell my poisons to the rest of the world and let them know that you get a discount on all my poisons."

Naruto thought a moment and said "Deal."

Kirate said "Good, now this is the man I want you to kill." as he pulled out a picture and showed Kirate and another man side by side.

Naruto said "He looks like your friend. Are you sure."

Kirate said "Kito was my business partner...but then he got greedy and stole all my recipes and started selling them for less then I do to run me out of business. He used me and then threw me away."

Naruto said "Very well...where can I find him."

Kirate said "His place is on the other side of town but you won't be able to get to him there right now, he's preparing for the exams. Later today he's going to be in the Chunnin exams stadium watching them and bragging about those competitors who are using his poisons. If you can kill him today then we have a deal."

Naruto said "Very well. Have my poison ready when I return." as he left.

As Naruto was walking down the street he stopped and began to eat some Dango from one of the food stands and he pulled out the scroll and read

The Uzumaki clan was one of the greatest clans ever in the history of the world. The Uzumaki clan was the founder of sealing knowledge in the world and most seals used today were originally created by the Uzumaki clan and those seals that weren't created by them were based off of seals created by the Uzumaki clan.

Your mother, Kushina Uzumaki was nicknamed the red hot blooded habanero because of her red hair, and her round face.

Nearlu all members of the Uzumaki clan had red hair.

Your mother was skilled with seals, kenjutsu, and suiton jutsu.

Your mother was a special Jounin who was known by lots of people for her beauty.

She was a tomboy at heart, strong willed, determined and loyal to her friends...she was also a bit of a prankster.

More will be told later after verifying it. The seal on the bottom has a picture of your mother.

Naruto saw this was all that was on the scroll for now and he unsealed the picture of his mother and looked at it as he sat on the bench.

A little bit later Naruto who was still sitting on the bench heard Aoi name being called and he looked up and saw Aoi talking with 3 gennins as they walked by and Naruto thought a moment as they kept on walking and a smirk slowly appeared on his face.

An hour later 'Aoi along with his 3 gennin' snuck into the house of Kito and after looking around for a little bit found a safe that was quickly broken into by popping the henges.

After taking the contents of the safe and sealing it into a scroll the 'Ame' team poured lamp oil on some of the furniture before lighting a candle and tossing it on the floor before breaking out the window as the inside of the house caught on fire.

The sound of breaking glass caught the attention of pedestrians walking by and they saw Aoi and then the smoke coming from the house and Aoi said "Quick, proceed with the plan." as they quickly ran different directions with the 3 gennin going up in smoke as they got out of sight and as Aoi jumped over an ally way he dropped a scroll.

Moments later Grass ninja were chasing after Aoi who screamed "You'll never stop me and soon the village will be flooded with the blood of the innocent." as the Grass nins tried to catch him and he ran into another ally and disappeared in a puff of smoke.

Half an hour later the Chunnin exams were going on when the real Aoi was watching the exams and 4 Grass ninja appeared with weapons drawn and went to injure Aoi who suddenly was covered in smoke as the weapons were about to hit him and when the smoke cleard there stood the body of Kito who was gurgling a few moments before dying.

Aoi who had appeared in the seat Kito was in was surprised by what just happened when he was hit over the head by a red haired kid sitting next to a red headed woman hit Aoi in the head with the childs teddy bear he had in his hand and Aoi disappeared in a puff of smoke.

Several Grass ninja who were about to engage Aoi again said "Shit, another kagebunshin. Spread out and find him, detain the gennin from Ame, there will be hell to pay for this." as people were screaming and trying to get away.

The red haired kid screamed "Mommy, mommy, my teddy bear." as the crowd was getting away and the woman grab the bear and the boys hand and said "Come on son."

Kaji thought "Shit, what is going on. I hope Naruto careful with all of Grass country now looking for Aoi." as the Samurai guards escorted him and his wife away.

An hour later Kaji was in his hotel room when there was a knock on the door and a few moments later the Samurai guard opened the door and a bald Naruto was standing there and said "I need to see Kaji-sama, tell him Kyuubi's ghost is here."

Kaji who was sitting on a couch heard that and said "Send him in guards."

Naruto soon was allowed into the room and several people blinked as they saw Naruto was bald now and Chiriku said "What happened to your hair Naruto."

Naruto said "Had to cut it to get rid the hair dye so no one would realise who I was."

Kaji said "What did you need hair dye for."

Naruto said "Um...is it alright to speak about my first mission sir because this is related to that."

Kaji narrowed his eyes and said "You already completed it."

Naruto said "With a bonus I think you will like very much."

Kaji said "Very well, proceed."

Naruto nods and said "As you know sir, my mission was to kill Aoi and recover the Raijin. As I was walking through the village trying to figure out where he was staying and who was his gennin team so I could try to find out what thier plans on traveling back to Ame was I met a store owner who ran a herb shop here. The man asked where I was from and I told him I was an orphan who took care of myself my whole life and he asked if I had killed and I told him yes and I was able to trick him into believing I was a bounty hunter under my alias and the man offered me a deal. Kill his business partner who back stab him and stole his recipes and he would not only give me a discount on all his products but also a list of locations where his contacts in other countries sell his poisons. I accepted the deal because I thought this might be useful information later...but then I also sent a couple of Kagebunshin disguised as Aoi and his team and had them break into the victims house and recover the recipes so now not only do I have the list of where these poisons are sold but I also have thier ingrediants, cures, and proper procedures to make the medical creams, poisons, and herbs on top of framing Aoi, a known traitor where both Grass and Ame will have to place a bounty on Aoi head so Ame can't be blamed for the actions of a known traitor and so when I cash in his head I'll get the reward for Konoha as well as both those other rewards since everyone thinks Aoi escaped when he sealed right here." as he pulled out a scroll.

Everyone was stunned as they heard what Naruto just did and Kaji said "Where did you come up with that plan Naruto."

Naruto said "Well, it just came to me sir after I read that scroll you gave me. I thought about my mom and the Uzumaki clan and how they had red hair and used seals and you said I needed to do it with no witness but with the way I did it no one would suspect a little kid of being the one who pulled it off, especially since I sealed away my hair I cut that I can destroy later so if anyone does look for a kid it will be a red haired kid, not a bald or blond one. When I turn in Aoi head I can claim he didn't have the Raijin and people will believe that since he's on the run that he either lost it or hid it for now which makes it easier for me to move around."

Kaji said "Very good, do you have any plans for your second mission."

Naruto rubbed his head and said "No...but I do have a question...what is the weather like in that country. I mean the land of Fire isn't really on fire everywhere so..."

Kaji said "Ah yes, that is a good question...it's name is exactly what you should expect from that country."

Naruto said "I see...here is the scroll containing all the info on the poisons as well as a copy of all the locations I can get poisons. It might come in handy some day...well I guess I better go get a hotel room tonight and I'll leave first thing in the morning. I figure they will want to stop and question everyone not from here or search them and I rather not deal with that right now. Have a good day everyone and I'll see you in 6 months sir." as he handed Chiriku the scroll and quickly left.

Kaji waited until the door closed and he turned to look at Chiriku and Asuma and said "Would either of you care to explain to me how he came up with a plan THAT good."

Both Asuma and Chiriku exchanged looks and Kaji frowned and said "It appears that Naruto is more like his parents then I thought...your both dismissed but do not track down Naruto. He's got to do the rest on his own."

Both nod and quickly left.

Madame Shijimi said "He may have looked like his father earlier today...but everything else is nearly identical to his mother."

Kaji said "Yes, I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing though."

Shijimi said "Only time will tell."

The next day Naruto entered the 'flower' shop he was in before and saw Kirate sitting behind the counter and Kirate said "Hello Kaze...can you believe someone killed my old business partner."

Naruto said "Yes, most unfortinate."

Kirate said "I heard my dearly departed friends house burnt down also yesterday...aparantly by the same man who killed him."

Naruto said "Truly a shame."

Kirate narrowed his eyes and said "What are you playing at boy."

Naruto smirked and pulled out a scroll and unsealed a book and said "Your recipes."

Kirate eyes widen and he asked "How."

Naruto said "Simple, I told Aoi gennin team that they were being set up and that they had been poisoned by your dearly departed friend who had slipped an orderless and tasteless drug in thier food. I told them my mother was betting everything we had on them to win and that she worked in the kitchen at the hotel they were staying at and had heard the chief cook talking to your friend. I told them my father was a poison expert and that he tought my mother how to help him make his products and if they could get his recipe book on his poisons she could make the cure for them. Since I told them mother and I was facing slavery if we lost they agreed since one of thier teammates had the runs from the ex-lax I has slipped into his drink and I told them that was most likely the first stage of the poison taking effect. Then it was just sneaking into the hotel kitchen, get a couple of glass's of water, slip in some anti-diariah medicine into it and boom, instant cure. After that I tiped off I told one of the grass ninja I saw Aoi and his team breaking in and starting the fire and waited when the Grass nins went to attacked used one of the only ninjutsu I know to replace him with the guy I was sitting by, your dear old friend and boom, mission complete."

Kirate smiled and said "That was a very good plan...I'm impressed. So tell me, what did you want the book for."

Naruto said "Insurance. It's to make sure you didn't double cross me or back out of our deal. Here's the original but I have a copy safe and secure with a trusted friend. Anything happen to me then your secret recipes go to the highest bidder. You keep your deal then your recipes are safe."

Kirate frowned and said "And how can I be sure that your not going to double cross me."

Naruto said "Simple, the recipes are useless to me...but the poisons and cures you have are worth a lot more, especially in my line of work. It's a dangerous world we live in. I need every advantage I can if I want to live to be at least as old as you. I could be your friend or your enemy. The choice is yours. You supply me with the poisons and meds I need and I will make sure your my main supplier of poisons for the next 5 years. After that time if we both trust each other I'll return my copy of your recipes and you can decide if I've been such a good customer you want to continue our business relationship."

Kirate said "I see your a lot smarter then I thought you were...tell me, how did you come up with that idea."

Naruto smirked and said "I've had people screw me before and I also found an interest in detective stories. The last place I stayed before I came here had this old guy who would write detective stories and he talked out loud when he would write and he was in the room next to me and the walls were really thin. I heard most of what he was writing and it gave me some ideas." and thought "I couldn't say that or Chiriku sensei will be mad at me since he was the one writing those stories."

Kirate said "Very well, we have a deal Kaze...but know this, you try and screw me and I'll not only have my contacts after you, I'll expose the truth about you killing my business partner."

Naruto said "And expose yourself for hiring me."

Kirate said "It's your word against mine and I'm a respected business man here. Your an outsider."

Naruto said "True...so you have my posion."

Kirate said "Yeah." as he pulled out a bag and set it on the counter. Naruto took it and paid Kirate and started toward the door and said "Oh, by the way, you seem like a decent guy...but next time you try to threaten someone, make sure thier not recording it." as he held up a tape recorder before running out of the store leaving a wide eyed and pale Kirate.