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Naruto stood by his uncle in a port town in Lightning country. He looked over the town as they walked to an inn to get a room. Once in their room his uncle spoke.

"Naruto, I am going to hand you a map with instructions on it. You will follow the instructions precisely. You will receive training from a man that will greatly improve your chances of survival, especially when I am dead. I will find you later. I must go and contact Kumo and my spies. I should meet you in one month at our rendezvous point."

"Yes, uncle. Be careful, I am not ready to lose you yet," Naruto stated before taking the map and instructions from the man. He settled down to get some sleep before leaving.

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"I see the person known as the bane of Konoha before me but I do not see his stolen goods known as the last Namikaze," the Raikage as he looked at the seated Harike-n.

"No one was kidnapped. I merely took my long lost nephew away from a place that did not appreciate him. But I have come to talk to you about an organization that poses a threat to you," Harike-n said to the man sitting behind the desk in front of him.

"And what threat would that be?" asked the intrigued Raikage.

"Akatsuki, they are a group of missing-nin, who wear black cloaks with red clouds, that are after the tailed beasts and because of that they are after the jinchuriki, of which I hear your village has two," Harike-n said with the utmost calm in the face of increasing K.I. coming from the Raikage.

"And you would know about that how?"

"I have my sources, which I should inform you are not very reliable and my information circle is much smaller than the one Akatsuki uses. I also believe Konoha, with Jiraiya of the Sannin, would know about them, which is how I believe Akatsuki knows," the man said.

"Why do you say that?"

"At least two members of the group are from Konoha and have proven to be able to get past their security more than once," Harike-n commented.

"Why are you telling me all of this?"

"Easy, you will use the information to help protect your jinchuriki, thus weakening Akatsuki and thus helping me in two ways. One way is that the group's leader killed Hanzo of the Salamander, my former patron who I would like revenge for. The other is that it will help me protect my nephew, who if you did not know is the jinchuriki of the Kyuubi."

"Hmm, I will believe you but I would ask your assistance in the matter. Currently one of the hosts is out on a mission to a town a ways away. There have been rumors of some people that look like you have described and so I want you to lead a team there. Since you have most of the information on them memorized. If you do this it will help you plus I will pay for the mission and you will have the offer of sanctuary whenever you need from Kumo. You will meet your team at the north gate in an hour," the Raikage said.

"Thank you Raikage-sama. I have but one request more than what you stated," Harike-n said to the man as he got up and bowed.

"And that would be?" the Raikage stated while raising an eyebrow.

"I wish for my nephew to eventually settle down. He would not be able to do so in Konoha or Suna because those two places relation with each other. Iwa would not welcome him because of his father and Kiri is or has been in a civil war and is busy rebuilding. I want a marriage contract for him because I know his mother would want grandchildren. My only other comment is that I believe you should contact Iwa and warn and inform them of Akatsuki."

"I will grant this. When you return the contract will be written up."

Harike-n bowed once again before going to the gate to meet his team for the mission.

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Harike-n was running with three Kumo shinobi behind him when he stopped. The following shinobi stopped.

"What is going on, we need to move if the people you told us about are as powerful as you said," commented the red headed girl named Karui.

"You three go ahead, someone wishes to speak to me," Harike-n said as a man revealed himself in front of the team. Harike-n immediately recognized him as Jiraiya.

"Yes, Kumo-nin should not interfere in a personal matter," the Sannin stated. The white haired Kumo-nin and the red haired girl both looked to the blonde woman who nodded and they took off towards their objective.

"What do I owe the pleasure of meeting one of the great Sannin," Harike-n said while smirking at the man across from him.

"You know why. So, where is Naruto?"

"Sorry, I sent him away to train with someone else for a while. I cannot contact him for a while, but if you want to help him we can follow those Kumo-nins and defeat some of the scum bags targeting him," Harike-n said, hoping the man would help, as it would be much easier with him there.

"So that is where you were going. I'll help but afterwards we are going to have a long talk before both you and Naruto come back to Konoha," the Sannin stated.

"Not likely," Harike-n said before leaping away and leading Jiraiya towards their target.

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Naruto stared at the place before him. He had walked to this village that he was instructed to and found the building he was suppose to. But why his uncle sent him to a brothel he did not know but he was afraid he was going to find out in an unexpected manner.

He sighed and walked inside. He got quite a few glances from the patrons and hostesses. He just continued up to the bar and sat down. When the bar man came over Naruto followed his instructions again.

"I was wondering if Ashikoshi was in and operating?" he asked.

"Yes, but for a price," the man said.

"Obviously, but money is no object. Plus I was sent here by a friend from Whirlpool."

"Up stairs, second door on the left," the man said before going to other patrons.

Naruto went up the stairs and followed the hallway to his destination. He knocked three times and stopped.

"Who is it?" he heard a voice ask.

"A friend of your Ame friend," he said. The door opened. To his surprise a woman was not in front of him. Instead a very naked effeminate man stood in front of him smoking a cigarette.

"Come inside and tell me what the bastard wants," the man said to Naruto, who complied.

"My uncle wanted me to inform you that he is calling in his debt. He told me to give you this," he handed the man across from him a scroll. The man looked at it and laughed a little.

"Oh, dear. He wants me to teach you that. This will be funny," the man chuckled out.

"What?" Naruto asked.

"Nothing, your training starts tomorrow at dawn. You will meet me here at the bar. We will work until night. By the end of your training some of your worry will be gone. But you must promise that this training will only go to your children and no one else, understand," the man said to Naruto.

"Yes, I understand. May I ask my teacher's name?"

"I was once known as Iwa's answer to the Uchiha and gained the title of The Eye Hunter, but my friends all call me Shingi," the man said.

Naruto just nodded his head before leaving the bar, noticing now that most of the 'female' hostesses were in fact male and heading off to find a hotel while making a mental note to hurt his uncle for sending him to a place like he did.

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AN: Well that is it for now.