Naruto the Fullmetal Fox Alchemist
Chapter 9: The Questioning Doc
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto; she never faced a serial killer.
Beta Reader: Tristessa-Amoretta
It was quiet day in Konoha. Well, it was quiet if you were not near the West gates of Konoha.
"Let me go, I am an Uchiha!" Sasuke yelled to the two ANBU that were taking him away.
Kakashi himself was also being arrested. An ANBU with purple hair yelled out, "Shut Up! Kakashi Hatake, Rank Jōnin; you are under arrest for insubordination, gross misconduct, and disobeying direct orders. Sasuke Uchiha, Rank Genin; you are under arrest for insubordination, gross misconduct, disobeying direct orders, attacking a superior officer, conspiracy against a superior officer and treason. Anything you say and do will be used against you to throw you further into shit."
"Unhand me, you filthy peasants!" Sasuke yelled and his reply was chopped behind the neck.
"No wonder Naruto got so angry. I am getting pissed at this Uchiha and I just meat him," an ANBU told another.
Kakashi kept quiet, knowing things will get worse if he complained. He looked over and saw his other two Genin with Naruto's team, sipping tea on the side the road. Kakashi was extremely angry when Naruto and the fox gave him a victory smirk.
After Kakashi and Sasuke were taken away, Sakura asked Naruto, Anko and Hana, "What is going to happen to Sasuke and Kakashi?"
"Kakashi will probably be demoted to Chūnin for life," Hana told them.
"While are little Sasuke will live under house arrest and probably give up some white cells to rebuild the Uchiha clan the way we want," Anko stated and Sakura looked down in shame.
"Don't feel bad Sakura," Tukiko told Sakura. "Sasuke had multiple chances at redemption but didn't take them and must now pay the price."
"Besides you grew up to be a strong Kunoichi now, pinky," Sai smiled.
Sakura nodded while Hinata looked up, "Um Naru-sensei. I think we should go."
"Yep, time to go to court," Naruto stated while getting up.
"Court?" Sakura and Sai questioned in shock.
"As soon as Uchiha-san and Hatake-san return, they are to be brought to Council chamber within the hour to await trial," Shino responded to the duo.
"Why?" Sakura asked.
"To quickly remove a thorn from mine and the Hokage's side with as little headache as possible," Naruto said as they walked to the council chamber.
Break
It was late at night and in the Hokage's office, Naruto Ed, and the Hokage were at the tower, celebrating Sasuke and Kakashi's punishment over a bottle of sake'.
Ed, drunk and laughing said, "I can't believe Anko and Hana called it on Kakashi being demoted and the Uchiha reduced to a sperm donor."
"Well it was a close case. Especially when Sai had reported how he spied on his superiors and clan members before he demanded they teach him the techniques or stealing them in the name of the Uchiha. Man, I didn't think the council could look so embarrassed," Sarutobi stated while he smile at the faces of shame the council had for supporting the Uchiha.
"I didn't think I ever seen an expensive lawyer run out of lies and excuses to say for a defendant. I was surprise that the civilian on the council let Sasuke go," Ed told the Hokage.
"After all evidence, embarrassments and Naruto's speech, it'll be best to cut their ties to the Uchiha," the Hokage said while he remembered Naruto speech.
(Flashback)
It was five o'clock in the council chamber and the Shinobi section were listening to the lawyer and Naruto speech. The lawyer went on and on about how they needed Sasuke to revive his clan and Kakashi was too valuable. Then it was Naruto's turn and she gave it straight to the point.
"To start my speech, I will state a simple fact. Sasuke and Kakashi, you are both assholes." The council that was dead silent. "Assholes that we don't need to deal with. Let start with the veteran; Kakashi had an outstanding carrier as an ANBU but that was years ago. Since then, his skills and judgment have deteriorated so bad that a rookie Genin team could beat him and make better decisions." Kakashi looked down in anger and embarrassment. "Then, we have an Uchiha who is nothing special. He is not intelligent; he is slightly skilled in Fire Jutsus and his home techniques, but hasn't activated his bloodline." Sasuke screamed but Naruto ignore him to continue her speech, "Do we show these two special treatment when us elites expect none. The answer is no, and I hope you remember this." After the speech, the council gave the shortest decision in the history of the Leaf Forces.
(End Flashback)
The Hokage smiled. "It was the shortest vote of all time. We did not even take one minute to develop their punishments. Though, Kakashi got off lightly on being a Chūnin for life."
"Yeah, it was fun though looking at Sasuke's face. He was so surprised his name did not save him from a whipping he desperately needed. I did not know he could scream so high when you told him that his seeds would impregnate twenty girls outside the Uchiha clan and the girls will raise them differently from Uchiha's tradition," Ed commented about the trial.
"At least now Sakura will get a better teacher. Kurenai will help her go far," Sarutobi and Ed nodded in agreement.
"Sai will be returning to Danzō a different man thanks to Naruto's words," Ed added.
Sarutobi then notice that Naruto was quiet, "What wrong girl? I thought you would be happy about Sasuke and Kakashi being out of your life."
Naruto looked startle but quickly turned to a thinking gaze. "I am happy, but I was just thinking of something."
"Is this about your mother?" Ed asked and Naruto nodded.
"Yes. If Danzō did not order it and Rock-nins was blamed. Then who really killed my mother?" Naruto asked.
"I don't know. If her body wasn't burned due to developing infectious disease, we may have been able to find out," Sarutobi told Naruto.
"You know, this doesn't make me feel better old man," Naruto stated in depression.
Sarutobi nodded and was about to comfort Naruto when a messenger ran in. "Hokage-sama, Naruto-sama, an urgent letter from Kumo."
"Well I better see it Raido," the Hokage order but Raido shook his head.
"I am sorry sir but it is addressed to Naruto-sama," Raido told Naruto before be given the letter.
Naruto open a letter to read it before dropping the letter on Sarutobi desk and turn to the pictures. Sarutobi pick up the letter to read it.
'Dear Naruto Uzumaki-Elric,
'If you are reading this, then I must inform you that we are in grave danger. An old friend of yours has infiltrated Kumo: the Questioning Doc. He has killed a member of our forces; a Chūnin named Washi (Eagle) by taking out her intestines and replacing them with pig intestines. He has requested for you in the girls blood to combat him. Normally, I would ignore a mad man request but this is no ordinary mad man. You have been the only one who have came close to catching him so I ask you to help our CCIS to finally end this mad man reign before others die.
Sincerely,
Ē Yotsuki'
"Hokage-sama," Naruto statement brought Sarutobi out of his drunken sober. "Request permission to travel to Kumo immediately?"
Sarutobi thought it over for a moment before saying, "Granted. However, take your team and Team 6 and with you. You may need them."
"Yes sir," Naruto said while picking up Ed.
"Why can't we have a day off?" Ed whinnied as the Hokage looked at the pictures of the dissected blond girl.
Break
Getting the team together was not hard. Naruto got Inferno to pick his team up while Anko gathered Team Alchemy from 'The Swamp.' Both teams were not happy since it was one o'clock in the morning…
"Good to see you all have come," Naruto told the group.
"Do you have a special reason for bringing us here in one o'clock in the morning?" Anko asked and everyone agreed.
Naruto decided to answer Anko's question, "An hour ago, I receive a request to help assist in capturing a well know serial killer in Kumo. The serial killer is the Questioning Doc."
The Jōnin went wide eye while the Genin looked at them question. Night Wolf asked, "Who is the Questioning Doc?"
"He is the Elemental Nations and ours personal nightmare," Anko answered Night Wolf. "He is a serial killer that targets mostly civilian woman. He experiments on his victims and the experiments can be so gruesome that it would make Orochimaru sick. He removes, replaced or adds organs or fluids to see the effects it has on the body. He target civilian woman because he considers them useless. "
"He is wanted in every nation for every nation fears him," Hana then continued off Anko. "When he killed in Water Country, everyone stopped fighting the Civil War in hopes of catching the killer."
"I heard Rock Country particularly wants him dead for killing one of the princesses of the Rock Country's Daimyo," Inferno added.
Everyone Genin was shock but Tukiko asked Naruto, "How did you meet this killer?"
"It was warm day in one of the various villages within Fire Country. I believe it is called Summerton. The town was where he started his rampage. One of the girls was killed and the murder left a note in her blood asking, 'Will anyone come out to play?' Of course, I decided to play his sick game and began asking question to listening seals he left behind. He always answered in a question with the victim blood. That is how we knew so much about him.
"Then I was able to stop him from killing his last two targets and he left the village. He came upon another village outside Fire Country and began killing again. However, his first kill was not a civilian, but a one of two female Ninjas in the village, with her hair dyed blond and he asked me to face him again. Afterwards, we both played a sick game, I tried to stop him and catch him before his last victim…"
The group was silent until Hinata asked for the group with a stutter, "H-h-how will you know that the target is his last victim?"
"The last victim will be blond ninja as well," Naruto then answered the group.
"How do you know?" Bastila asked.
"Because when he killed in Rock Country and Water Country, they kept all foreigners out and he kept on killing until the last was a blond ninja," Hana answered for Naruto.
"We are wasting time here. He will kill again soon. Let's move out," Naruto ordered and they complied as they ran towards Kumo.
Break
Early in the morning at the gates of Kumo, a team of ninja was waiting for the Leaf-nins. One was a blond Jōnin with long hair that was tied into a ponytail. On her shoulders is a feral blue cat and they were both expecting to meet some very good friend that had just arrived friend from Konoha.
"Naru-Chan!" the woman said with excitement as she ran down.
"Yugito," Naruto said in surprise as Yugito pick up Naruto to give a hug. Ed was also tackled by the cat.
"It is so good to see you again!" Yugito exclaimed while the Genin and Jōnin found the sight of Naruto being hugged by a girl a head taller funny.
"Um Yugito, it is good to see you too. However, could you let me down?" Naruto asked and Yugito blushed as she let Naruto down.
Following Yugito were three Chūnin soon to be Jōnin. Each had a sword on the back strapped for easy access. The first is Samui, a woman with short blond hair that is unnoticed due to her huge breast and fair skin that she flaunts with her revealing skirt and shirt. While her body was flaunting, her face was a cold being match with her baby blue icy stare. Next to her is Omoi, a dark skin man who white hair and a sucker that adds to his comedic yet calm attitude. Finally is Karui, a dark skin woman who fiery attitude is only matched by her red spiky hair and fiery yellow eyes. All three Chūnin grew up with Killer Bee talking about Naruto with great respect and once every six months she helps train them in areas that Killer Bee cannot help. Therefore, the three Chūnin were very happy to see Naruto again.
"Samui, Omoi, Karui, good to see you again. I wish it was on better circumstances," Naruto told the Chūnin.
"Likewise," Samui replied for the group. She then noticed Naruto's companions. "Is that a Hyūga?"
Hinata eep and hid behind Naruto and Tukiko. This caused Omoi to go into his wild theory explanation, "Good job Samui. You scared the girl, which will cause problems when she returns home to her father. He will have the head of the Hyūgas to get the Leaf to declare war on Cloud. Then Naruto would be forced to kill us and are master then come after Naruto too-"
Omoi never finished as Karui hit him on the head. "Omoi, calm down, that will never happen."
Tukiko began to laugh while Naruto reassure Hinata, "Don't worry Hinata. I guarantee no one will harm you here."
Hinata calmed down and Yugito got wide eye as she recognize the name as the Hyūga heiress that the right hand man of the third Raikage was suppose to kidnap. Yugito added to Naruto comment, "She speaks the truth. The men responsible for the attempted kidnapping are dead. No one in Kumo will harm you, my lady."
Hinata looked up and nodded but stayed close to Anko and Hana while Naruto walked up with Yugito, "So what do we have?"
"Nothing," Yugito had admitted to Naruto. "No finger prints, no DNA, and no hair particles that wasn't the victims. Which is amazing, considering she was a strong ninja and the blood was written with a finger. We thought we could find DNA in her fingernails since the killer would wear gloves but no. Autopsy shown she was taken out with a quick but precise insertion of Curarie, which is used commonly by major surgeries, as it would send the mind to sleep yet keep the bodies muscles awake. Curarie is kept by surgeries and pharmacies all over the world."
"That is expected. He never leaves a trace unless it points to over a hundred people at least," Naruto stated under her breath.
"You can identify chemicals like Curarie?" Hana asked and Yugito nodded yes.
"Why is that a big deal?" Night Wolf asked.
"Curarie quickly disperse in the bloodstream and nervous system. Unless you are looking for it and have the equipment for it, you never would indentify it. We don't have the tools," Hana explained.
"While we were looking for it," Yugito explained. "We were surprised to find that it was the only chemical in her system. That suggest-"
"That she was killed by a high Chūnin to Jōnin level medic-nin," Hinata stammered while finishing Yugito's sentence.
Naruto smiled at Hinata and congratulated her, "Good job Hinata that exactly what I was thinking."
Hinata blushed while Tukiko asked, "So we can easily identify him?"
"No," Inferno replied in a monotone for the Jōnin.
"Why?" Bastila asked the Jōnins.
"For the ninja to do this, they have to be a non register ninja," Anko explained. "Nearly every ninja that serves a village is tracked by spies or ninja's report. Spies particularly tracked missing-nins and wondering clans. However, children of retired ninjas and missing-nins sometimes don't get register or keep tracked after the father died, so that is a possibility."
"So we still don't know who he is?" Shino asked for the Genin.
"Yes, but it is at least it is possible to track him," Inferno stated.
"Will inform the Hokage later, right now we need to see the scene," Naruto stated and Yugito led the way.
Yugito came to the scene and Naruto pulled out her gloves. Naruto was looking around when Karui asked, "What are you looking for? We didn't find anything odd."
"Then you were not looking hard enough. He always leaves a listening seal at every crime scene," Naruto stated while looking at a piece of rock.
A rock that has almost to perfect flat bottom and looked like the rock was placed on top of the blood rather than the blood flowed around the rock. Naruto picks up the rock and wipe the blood off to reveal a seal printed on it. Naruto stated, "Evidence bag."
Samui open a plastic bag and Naruto dropped the seal in it. "So he is listening in on us?" Tukiko asked.
"Yep and tonight he will kill again as the games has begun," Naruto stated while her eyes narrowed.
Break
It was night and Naruto was setting in a hotel looking over the personal file of Washi while a messenger bird was flying to Konoha to inform the Hokage of the situation. Looking at her favorite places to eat or hang out. One of Naruto's students interrupted her chain of thought by asking Naruto, "Um Naru-sensei, why are we not looking for the Questioning Doc?"
"Well Tukiko, we don't know who will be his next victim and I am not going to waste my time hunting for leads. Especially since I have Genin to hunt with and a mad man is on the hunt for new victims."
"So you think he will strike again tonight?" Shino asked Naruto in his monotone voice.
"It is his style. The day I arrive or confirm I am not coming, he will kill again. Then his kills will be random and almost unpredictable."
"So how do you stop a mad man?" Revan asked in worry.
"Simple," Naruto stated while pulling out a map. "He targets people that meet at the same location within one hour time zone. Kumo, as most military villages setup their city have a Ninja district, a Clan district and a Civilian district. So location is lowered to all the border restaurants and bars. We just need to shorten that list." After the Genin nodded at Naruto's statement, Naruto ordered the Genin to bed. She then turned to her fellow Jōnin to plan for night shifts. Her explanation is that, "I don't want to take any chances that our killer will target our Genin."
Break
It was late at night and a black hair girl was held down y chains. A figure was pulling out a needle and walking towards her. The girl was crying, begging him to spare her and let her go. Small amount of blood mixed with her tears due to the surgery that was perform on her. The man ignored her and injected with the serum he cooked up. She screamed as her skin felt as if it was on fire and all she can think is to scratch herself while he remove her restraints.
Break
It was morning and Naruto was in front of another crime scene that the ANBU found an hour ago. In front is a dark skin girl with black hair. Her eyes were replaced with silted eyes, and her hands and face were scratch up and her nails were broken. Also all over her body were rashes from head to toe. Above, it stated, 'Are you ready to play my game Fullmetal and will you be able to stop me?'
"What do we got Hana?" Naruto asked Hana.
"Well the victim eyes were obviously replaced skillfully. In fact, despite the eyes being animal eyes, they are working better than the average human eyes. No I suspect what killed her is this second injection." Hana then had the Genin come closer. "You see the bruise; you can see that was where he injected the Curarie when he struck. Just below it are the signs of a second injection, which he did easily so was probably awake and restrained if the bruises are any indication.
"I do not know what she was injected with, but I have to bet her skin felt as if she was on fire. She clawed and scratch at herself to feel some relief. She finally died due to accelerated heartbeat, the rash, and loss of blood. Then with these post moderate bruises on one of her wrist, I have to say he wrote his note with her hand."
"Time of death?" Naruto asked Hana.
"By her core tempter, I say four hours ago. Labs will figure out the chemicals used in her," Hana told Naruto.
"Who was are unfortunate victim?" Naruto asked Yugito.
"Yuki, a factory worker is one of the various steel mills in Kumo civilian district. She was also a former academy student but drop out when she realize she didn't have the heart to kill," Yugito told Naruto.
"You know her?" Naruto asked.
"Yes, I know her. She is one of the few civilian friends I have. I meet at a variety of places along with Washi. She kind of a fan and um… Naruto why are you looking at me like that?" Yugito asked.
Hinata answered for Naruto stammered, "Um we are concern about you."
"About what?" Yugito asked.
"Yugito, what is the Questioning Doc's finally victim going to be?" Tukiko answered Yugito question with a question.
"A blond ninja," Yugito stated.
"And what do we have in common besides are hair color?" Naruto asked.
"We are both… I am last target aren't I?" Yugito asked while the Genin looked confused.
"I say it is a high possibility," Anko stated with a bit of humor. "Well how does it feel to be stalked by a high class serial killer?"
"It sucks," Yugito simply answered.
"Don't worry, are master and us will protect you," Kauri told Yugito.
"Unless the killer kills us too," Omoi stated and Kauri hit him over the head for the comment.
"Do you know any friends or family she has?" Naruto asked.
"Bulla is Yuki's roommate and she sometimes come and eat with her," Yugito answered.
"Anko, take our Genin and Lightning's Chūnin to Bulla, question her and get her under protection. The sooner we find his targets, the sooner we save lives," Naruto told Anko who left quickly. "Inferno, you and your team go with Hana. Time they see what an Autopsy look like." Inferno complied with Naruto's orders reluctantly. "The rest will stay to see if we can find anything else."
Break
Anko was explaining everything to a woman with greenish blue hair. "I can't believe Yuki is dead. I thought she was just partying last night and was staying over a guy's house."
"She party often?" Samui asked.
"Yes, she have been partying a lot since she was revealed to having cancer," Bulla explained.
"She was dying?" Shino asked Bulla.
"No, she had a mild case. She was supposed to live a good decade or two before it got severe. But she figure she might as well live life before it was slowly taken away."
Hinata looked around and saw the room was very well organize and cleaned. She then notice a pile of note books with names, places and other pieces of information jotted down. "Your room seem well organize and clean. I assume you were the one to keep the records at home?"
Bulla blushed at the praise. "Yeah, Yuki wasn't the cleanest of people or one to keep records, even in her mind. In fact, unless I write it down in her note books to review, she would quickly forget places and people we meet and where we meet them."
Samui quickly saw the importance of the notebooks "Will need them. They could be use to identify the killers next targets."
Shino then added for his allies, "We will also need to put you under protective custody. You could also be a target."
Omoi then reassured Bulla with a heart-fluttering smile, "Don't worry, we will protect you."
Break
Meanwhile at the crime scene, Naruto, Yugito and a few CCIS were combing the scene, trying to find evidence. They found the listening seal and destroyed it. Naruto then received two messages from her radio.
The first was from Anko. "Naruto, it is Anko. We got a break. Bulla was keeping records of places and people they meet due to Yuki having problems remembering people. We are now putting a few dozen in protective custody and ANBU are watching over the restaurants they were meeting at. This is Anko signing off."
The next message came from Hana, "Naruto, this is Hana. I found some interesting things at the autopsy. I like to go over it, face to face. Please contact soon, Hana."
Naruto then looked at Yugito, who was listening in, to ask, "Do you know any small restaurants we can talk at?"
"Um yes, there is a ramen bar call Lee's noodles at the edge of the civilian district if you are interested," Yugito suggested.
"That sounds good to me." Naruto then activated her listening seal to order, "This is Naruto, meet up at Lee's noodles to compare notes on our investigation; over and out."
Naruto and Yugito left the scene, but not before Naruto looked at the bloody wall and said, "Looks like two is all you get. You are getting predictable." Naruto left to the restaurant but not before noticing some brown shoes belonging to a man, that she could not see his face.
Break
At the restaurant, Naruto and the gang were having a conversation over the case, with Hana discussing what she and the toxic collagist Haipa (hyper) found. "Well, it seems are killer injected two different liquids in her with the same needle. First seems to be a special gene splicer used to separate DNA to added news genes. The second seemed to be genes found in Shark embryos."
"What special properties would Shark embryos hold?" Naruto asked.
"Well lots of things. A current study I know is researching Shark genes to find out how they are immune to cancer," Hana explained.
"Yuki was suffering from a mild form of cancer," Tukiko pointed out.
"Was she cured of it?" Shino asked with straight voice.
"No, but she would have live longer if the restraints were still holding her," Hana told the group.
"He took the restraints off because he knew it would be painful and she would kill herself," Revan stated.
"Well at least she wouldn't die in vain," Kauri said with a sad voice.
"While we are on autopsies, how did the newbie's do?" Anko asked Hana.
"Only Bastila threw up and Night Wolf looked sick," Hana pointed out much to the embarrassment of Bastila and Night Wolf. "Revan was better but she wasn't as well off as Shino was on his first Autopsy. But still was impressive."
"Wow, good job Revan. I was sick as a dog on my first autopsy," Tukiko told Revan. "I still can't get how Shino looked relatively alright watching Hana cut open a person."
"It is illogical to feel sick for a dead man, Shino stated.
Tukiko was about to give a counter comment when Hinata broke the discussion, "Hey madam, are you alright."
The group turned to see a trembling woman walk over to them. "I am sorry," the woman sobbed. "But he told me to come over here."
"Madam, calmed down, and tell me what is going on," Yugito order the hysterical woman.
"He took my baby and cut my finger. He wrote on the wall in my blood at the alley way and told me to walk over here and said if I didn't, he will kill my baby." The woman then showed her the injection mark. "He then injected me with something that makes my body feels like it was going to explode."
Naruto got wide eye and yelled out, "Everyone get down!"
The woman then exploded but everything in front of her was safe due to a thick rock wall that Naruto made. Anko and Hana looked around and asked, "Is everyone alright?"
The group nodded while Naruto ran to the alleyway to find a crying baby on the ground and above in blood asked, 'Is this random enough for you?'
Break
It was mid afternoon and the Raikage A was looking down at Leaf's Jōnin, and the CCIS. "Mind telling me why my ANBU had to clean up human remains from the streets?" The Raikage asked.
"It was my fault," Naruto said while laid the blame on herself. "The Questioning Doc felt we insulted him when I mumble to myself that he was getting predictable. He must have overheard me and tried to prove me wrong," Naruto stated without moving an eyelash.
The Raikage sigh and said, "If it wasn't the fact you could kick my butt, I would hit you so hard to make your head spin. Who was the victim?"
"Kiyoraka (pure), she is a single mother and a waitress at the Blue Gill," Yugito explained. "Her husband was a ninja who died in service. Her son's name is Yu."
"We believe that the Blue Gil is where killer locate his targets since Yuki was a frequent visitor to the restaurant," Naruto explained to the Raikage.
"I hope you are right. I would like to tell our little orphan that her mother's killer was caught and killed for his crimes," the Raikage stated and the Jōnin left with a bow.
As they were walking out, Naruto told Yugito, "Let us see what the lab tells us about the second crime scene after I calm the Genin form my village."
Break
Meanwhile the Genin were outside, getting over their shock. "I can't believe that the Questioning Doc would do something like this in broad daylight," Bastila stated and the others nodded.
"I can see why the Jōnin were so scared of him. He is a mad man," Night Wolf threw his two cents in.
"There is no logic. No reason to kill that woman," Shino stated while his core belief of logic.
"He is crazy Shino. Crazy people have no logic," Revan pointed out but it still did not stop Shino from shaking.
"But there has to be some logic, some explanation to commit such crimes. The first two was simple. He committed illegal experiments he needed to shut them up. However, the third had no reason. It wasn't intimidation; it was just to prove Naru-sensei wrong."
While Revan was trying to help Shino, Tukiko was confronting a sobbing Hinata. "That little boy will never grow up with his mommy."
"It is okay Hinata. It will be okay," Tukiko said to Hinata to reassure her and herself.
Things calmed down when Naruto enter the room. She got out a chair and sat across the Genin to start her speech, "I am sorry you had to see what a madman would do up close. Now you understand why he has to be stop, or he will keep killing. I know this may be difficult, but we need you to be emotional detach to get this killer. So please harden your hearts for this mission and we may save lives."
Shino was the first to speak, "I will restore logic and order and bring the man to justice."
"If it would bring peace to the kid to know we caught his killer, then I will try my best to stop him," Hinata stated with Tukiko nodding.
"Let us get the bastard," Bastila stated with determination and the other Genin agreed.
"Alright then let's hit the lab and see what Haipa has for us."
Break
At the crime lab, Haipa was going over the chemical makeup of some blood samples. "You find anything?" Yugito asked Haipa.
"Hey Yugito, I did find something," Haipa then activated a computer screen to show the chemical makeup. "I had identified the chemical as a rare explosive chemical called Bio-Jelly TNT, owned by the famous pharmacy called New Hope found in Kumo. The chemical was one of their few explosives chemicals they made and they are not selling this product. Only the CEO can get his hand on them."
The Jōnin and Chūnin nodded but the Genin were surprise to see a computer. "What is the thing Haipa is using?" Tukiko asked.
"It is called a computer, an amazing device use to store information and analyze things in a fraction of the time it usually take by hand," Haipa explained.
"It is very rare to have a computer. The Leaf only has two: one for the archive and one for the decipher department," Inferno explained.
"Why?" Bastila asked.
"Because they are very expensive to make and the country that makes them only make a very few," Anko explained.
"Is the CEO in town by any chance?" Naruto asked.
"Yes, Mr. Nakamura is giving a dissertation on a new wonder drug and techniques. One of which is eye surgery and to help extend the life span of cancer patients," Omoi explained and everyone raised an eyebrow.
"I want him if he is missing chemicals," Naruto stated.
"Got him," Yugito replied before leaving to retrieve an ANBU team to take Nakamura in and examined his supplies.
"Hana, Inferno, Samui, Omoi, Karui, Revan and Shino, why don't you go to the Blue Gil and talk to the owner and workers there and see what you can find out. Haipa, get me everything on the company, including new medical techniques the company developed and its creators," Naruto ordered the group.
Naruto then looked at Anko to ask, "Want to play good ANBU and bad ANBU?"
"It would be my pleasure."
Break
"I demand you let me out!" yelled a pale man white with short black hair. He was pacing around and only stop when Naruto and Anko walked in followed by Yugito. "You Leaf-nins, you can't hold me since I am a citizen of Lightening Country."
"They are not the ones who are holding you," Yugito explained. "They are here to cross examine you. The treaty of the Elemental Nations and our country are holding you for assist and abiding a known serial killer."
"What... are... you… talking about?" the man stuttered.
Naruto answered the man by bringing out a folder that showed the remains of several of the Question Doc's victims. The man was becoming white with seeing all the mutilated girls while Anko explained. "You see Mr. Nakamura. We been reviewing your medical procedure your companies have been selling to the Elemental Nations. Wonder what we found?"
Nakamura nodded his head and Anko smirk. "First, we found some irregularities. Like how the number of your products you have produce to those sold is off by a few liters while the contaminated chemicals is exactly the same record to the mil-liters. Also, most of the chemicals missing are euthanasia or use to make new chemicals seen in these girls' bloodstreams." Anko stated.
"It is just coincidence; we have separate people that calculate our supplies and the ones that calculated our output are not as good as the ones who calculated are contaminated," Nakamura said while trying to hide lie discreetly but the two Jōnin knew he was lying.
"That is possible, after all, Lightening Country will put people to jail for not reported the exact amount of contaminates," Naruto stated, pretending to be Nakamura's friend.
"Well then, explain then how come how you are also missing a few creates of Bio-Jelly TNT and why a woman had died because she was injected with the Bio-Jelly?" Anko asked.
"We are slowly destroying the substance since we're not going to sell Bio-Jelly TNT," Nakamura quickly explain with half-truths. "Also, we suspect someone is steeling it and selling it to the black market."
Naruto followed up, "Well, I guess that possible but why didn't you report it?"
"We were hoping to catch the thief ourselves," Nakamura quickly lied.
Anko looked at Naruto who nodded for Anko to go in for the kill. Anko smirk, "Are final question is how come you develop several specific medical techniques and chemicals without a specific division or scientist to claim while others have a claimed creator? Techniques that I add were seen on these victims before they were killed."
Now Nakamura was caught completely off guard and could not think of an excuse and look to Naruto for help.
Naruto answer to his plea made Nakamura heart to sink, "What can I say? You are guilty as hell." Nakamura was now sweating when Naruto moved in with an offer, "Now, there is a way to determine how guilty. If you gave aid but were unaware of the killer's attention, you will only get ten years of jail time. If you were aware, then you will go to jail for life. Also, please don't lie, Anko can smell a lie and has been waiting to execute someone for awhile."
Nakamura sweated at a grinning Anko. For a few seconds before he started to tell the truth. "A few years ago, our company was struggling to come up with some new medical procedures and we were losing profit. Then, when are company look like it would bankrupt, a man in shadows approach us with files on some new medical procedures and demand for supplies and money for future experiments.
"First, we were suspicions but after our diversions determine that they were the holy grail of medical procedures and techniques. We broke a deal: for the little supplies and money we gave to him, he would give his formulas and techniques to us. That deal translated to millions for our company."
"And you never suspected he was a serial killer?" Anko asked.
"We never got reports on how the girls died since the military of each village kept it tight lip," Nakamura stated.
"But you began to suspect?" Naruto speculated.
"Yes, after hearing how those two girls died and were given two medical procedures to replace eyes and cure cancer, we realize who we were dealing with. I tried to back out our deal but the Questioning Doc threatens to kill me if I tried and said in that robotic voice that if I wanted to back out, I have to give him a crate of the Bio-Jelly TNT, enough for ten people."
Naruto looked at Anko, who nodded that he was telling the truth. "And you never saw his face?" Anko asked.
"No, he was always covered in black with a black hood and mask," Nakamura told Naruto.
"Well, at least we get rid of his supplier," Naruto said as she and Anko got up to leave the room. Yugito had order some ANBU to take Nakamura away for trial before she left with Naruto. "Nakamura, you are under the arrest for the assisted murder of Kiyoraka."
Break
At the Blue Gil, the three Chūnin from Kumo were questioning the owner while the Leaf-nins stayed back to listen and watch. "So, are you sure you haven't seen anyone suspicious?" Samui asked the manger.
"Look around you," a surly man with brown hair, told the ninjas. "This restaurant is not only between the civilian's and ninja's borders in the village. It is also near the gates. So we always get strangers in here that looks suspicious."
"No wonder the Questioning Doc use this place," Karui stated.
"What do you mean?" The manger quivered. "You mean that serial killer stalks my restaurant?"
"Don't worry, the village will pay for any for any lost business-" Omoi never finish his theory as Karui hit him over the head.
"He is not going to lose his business!" Karui yelled at Omoi.
"Are you sure he has been here?" the manger asked.
"We believe so after Kiyoraka was killed," Samui explained.
"Kiyoraka was killed?" the manger sighed and looked down. "She was my best waitress. She will be missed. I am sorry, I haven't seen anyone suspicious and I have not heard anything suspicious from my waitress."
"Well, thank you for your time," Omoi thank the manger.
"So, do you see anything?" Samui asked the leaf-nins.
"I don't see anything," Night Wolf stated.
"Which would be logical since it would be illogical for him to return," Shino added.
"Yeah, well are killer is not logical. However seeing a suspicious man would be too easy," Bastila added.
"Well, all the people I talked too haven't notice anything strange or suspicious," Inferno told the group.
"But considering the traffic, you have to be plainly normal to be notice," Revan added her two cents.
"So you found nothing eh?" The group turned around to see Anko asked them.
"Nothing, they don't even hold record of all the customers that come from unless it is a waiting list," Hana told the group.
"Well that be convenient and there are too many to guard against," Yugito explained while Naruto attention was elsewhere.
Naruto look at the corner of her eye and say a man that no one else noticed. He was in the shadows, eating like everyone else except he was looking a particular blue haired waitress. The man himself was wearing an all black and a black hood that covered his face.
Naruto remember what Nakamura said, "He was always covered in black with a black hood and mask,' 'man in shadows approach us."
A voice then broke her senses and she turned to look in lavender eyes that showed concern. "Hey Naru-sensei," Hinata stuttered, "You see something?"
Naruto looked back, saw the man was, and saw he was gone. "No, I am fine. In fact I am better than I have been."
Hinata was not convinced but could say nothing while Naruto gave a sly smile.
Break
It was late at night and the group was together. Naruto had all the Genin go to sleep and the Jōnin were having one more talk. "So tonight, the Questioning Doc will strike again?" Inferno asked.
"Maybe, but will know in the morning," Yugito stated.
"Naruto, you have been awfully quiet. Is something wrong?" Hana asked a thoughtful Naruto.
"I am not sure, but I think I know who the next victim is," Naruto stated.
"Who?" Anko asked.
"A waitress at the Blue Gil," Naruto answered the group.
"So, why are we not giving her protection?" Omoi asked Naruto.
"Because if we do, he will know we are on to him and escape," Naruto explained to a shock group.
"You plan to use her as bait?" Hana asked in a stutter.
"Not plan, I am already using her as bait right now to finally to catch the bastard," Naruto said before she poof out of existence.
"Damn brat and her obsession to catch the bad guy!" Anko yelled while Yugito looked at her mini cat demon.
"Can you track Naru-chan through Ed, Jane?" Yugito asked her demon cat.
"I will try to find little Ed," Jane replied.
"Chūnin, stay here and guard the Genin," Yugito order her Chūnin while all the Jōnin went to find Naruto. However, they never notice that the smallest Genin never went to bed.
Break
Meanwhile over the Blue Gil, a blond ninja and a fox was hiding across the restaurant. "You know that your team is very pissed at you now?" Ed asked with a bit of annoyance.
"I know, but I knew Hana would not agree to this plan and Anko would question my authority," Naruto told Ed.
Ed then sighed, "Naruto, maybe you are taking this a bit too far."
"Tell that to Yu," Naruto stated with a bit of anger. "Besides, I will make sure that he will kill no one tonight."
Ed nodded when they saw the blue hair waitress was leaving her shift. The two followed the waitress down the street and pass a dark alley. Finally, she made it to her apartment door and a man in black tried to sneak up on her with a needle while she was fiddling with her keys. The man was caught completely off guard when he heard a clap and found himself in a stone cage. The women cried out in shock, ran inside, and locked the door before calling for the ANBU. The man dress completely in black looked around until he saw a blond girl with a fox on her shoulder and smirked behind his veil.
"Oh, is it luck to finally meat the great Naruto Uzumaki-Elric face to face? Well you finally capture me?" The man in black asked.
"I think I capture you pretty well," Naruto stated.
"Do you?" the Man asked. Then he dissolved into mud and a container containing an exploding tag.
Naruto quickly turned the caged into a closed box to contain the blast. It still caused a huge explosion that turn the box in ruins and sent Naruto flying. She landed on her feet and quickly got her barring while Ed flew off her shoulder. Naruto then saw a man running towards her with chakra scalpels in each hand. She evaded the man as he tried to slice her in a fluid of motions. Naruto quickly turned both her arms into bladed weapons and fought back. The fight was quickly turned into a dance of death.
However, throughout the fight, the Questioning Doc never lost his smirk, despite Naruto getting a few hits on him. Naruto was getting sick of seeing that smirk that she decided to wipe it by doing a sweep kick from under the Doc's feet. He quickly fell to the ground and look up to see Naruto hold a blade to his throat. Naruto was about to speak when he started laughing.
"Why are you laughing?" Naruto asked in anger.
"Why should I not laugh after such a good fight? Also, shouldn't I laugh since you are going to let me go?" The mad man asked.
"What makes you think I will let you go, when I have your life in my hands?" Naruto asked.
"Would you not let me go to save your fox and precious student?" The Doc asked pointing to the rooftops as Naruto went wide-eyed.
Naruto looked to see the Doc's mud clone ready to crush Ed with his foot and holding a lavender princess by the neck. "Hinata, what are you doing here?" Naruto yelled and Hinata looked down.
"Would a student not follow a sensei they care about and worry about?" The Doc answered for Hinata. "Wasn't she always there watching you? Does she not follow you like a puppy and seeking your admiration? Does she not consider you a teacher, a mother and something more?"
Naruto clinch her fist in anger. "You harm one piece of hair on their body; you won't leave this place alive."
"Well, isn't it a good thing I didn't harm her? However, could it change if you don't let me go?" the Questioning Doc stated in a question. Naruto respond by retracted her blades and turned her hands to normal. The Doc got up to ask, "While I am gone, will you defeat my clone before it kills your student Naru-chan?"
The Questioning Doc was laughing at a surprised and panicking Naruto before he disappeared in the shadows. Naruto ran to the wall of the building, as the earth clone was about to slice Hinata's neck. She made it in time to use alchemy to create a spike that went through the clone and dispersed it before it could harm the two. Naruto ran up to check Hinata.
When she arrive, Hinata ran up to Naruto, hug her tight and scream out, "I am sorry, Naru-sensei! I'm sorry!"
Naruto then hugged Hinata back before saying, "It's okay Hinata, its okay."
Naruto and Ed both look up to see the Jōnin from Cloud and the Leaf team arrive to secure the scene and talk to Naruto about what happen. The village went into lock down and tried to catch the Questioning Doc before he escape. Unfortunately, he did escape after killing the two Chūnin at the gate of Kumo, one black male and one blond female ninja. The terror was gone in the shadows as dawned arrive.
Break
It was two days later and the Leaf-nins were about to leave the village, "Thank you for your assistance in helping us drive the Questioning Doc," Yugito said for the Raikage.
"I just wish I actually caught him," Naruto stated while looking down in a bit of anger. Hinata was shamed
"Hey Naru, calm yourself or you do some more things you would regret," Hana told Naruto. "We were able to find his supplier which will hamper his ability to get supplies and possibly slow him down."
"She is right Naruto," Anko explained. "Besides, we are now on the lookout for other companies that would use the Questioning Doc's methods and are closing them down all over the elemental nations."
"Soon we will catch him that is a promise," Yugito told the group and most of the Jōnin and Chūnin nodded a bit before which made Naruto smile a bit before the group decide to leave.
However, once they walked a few hundred yards, Naruto turn to Hinata. "Hinata," Naruto called out.
Hinata turned and was shocked when Naruto slapped her. "What is your deal brat?" Anko yelled for the angered group.
However, before Hinata could cry, she was embraced by a shaken Naruto. "Hinata," Naruto stated. "Don't you ever put yourself in danger like that again, I am a team leader and I am supposed to keep you safe. Remember that."
Hinata began to cry happily, as she looked past Naruto to see her smiling team and comrades as she embrace Naruto, as if she was her second mother. Hana wanted to chew Naruto due to her actions earlier, but realize it needed to be said. It was then that they were officially a family and Naruto was the mother she wanted for years.
Break
Meanwhile, a man in a dark room was looking at a map. Deciding where his next target would be. "Where shall I strike?" The man asked. He then pulled out a scalpel, "I wonder if Fire Country would appreciate my return?" The man strikes the map and stabbed the location on a map. "Wouldn't it be nice to see Fullmetal's home town?"
The man then pulled out a picture of Naruto he recently took. With the gold and blue eyes he loved that was staring intently at him. The man smirked as he looks up to read the town's name: 'Konoha.'
To Be Continue
Review and tell me what you think of this chapter and the Questioning Doc.
Author Note
A) On a side note for all future readers, yes I know Kushina is the Jinchūriki of the Kyuubi and I decided to ignore it since my story is an alternate Universe any way.
B) Sorry it has been awhile but I have been kind of busy and then we had vacation, I am sorry for the wait.
C) I like to welcome Tristessa-Amoretta back as my beta reader along with animefanbren. On a side note, chapters 5-8 will be fix up in an unknown timeline.
1) I did not have the patients to write the trial and felt it was unimportant to this chapter. Read EroSlacker for a better image of the trial.
2) Serial Killers always have some kind of target, whether it is location, time or personal appearance. This one is mostly location.
3) Yes they had radios if the early comics and episodes were any indication.
4) The Shark injections I got from Royal Pain, nice show to watch.
5) The woman exploding is based off from the Kazan spy from Voyager.
6) The reason the Genin are under such hysteria is that they cannot understand someone who kills just for pride and the sake of killing.
7) Shino may seem heartless but he is not, he just more concern about logic then emotions and he cannot understand pride and revenge.
8) Bio-Jelly TNT is as the name suggest, liquid TNT that is meant to explode after be broken down by organic chemistry.
9) Yep he got away, but be sure he will return soon.
