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Day 236.
"No" Sasuke said resolute and Naruto frowned at him. "But why?" she asked and Sasuke stared at her with a dry look. "We are not having ramen on our wedding" he said and Naruto honestly looked hurt. "But why?! There is nothing wrong with ramen" she held on, as she had been doing for the past hour. "Do you really think mom will allow our wedding to have ramen?" Sasuke asked and Naruto opened her mouth but closed it again with a grimace. No, Mikoto would never allow their wedding to cater ramen.
"Even so, I think mom has gone for the comfort food theme. But for now, please focus on the cake, before you start drooling over something that doesn't exist and demand the pastry chef to create a ramen cake. Which is not going to happen, so put it out of your damned head" Sasuke said, not failing to notice how Naruto's face had lit up at the mention of ramen cake. "I know, I know" she said but still looked like she was going to try and make it herself. Sasuke sighed soft before swinging his arm over her shoulders and pulling her into his side.
"I'm serious, Usuratonkachi. The only reason we're doing this alone, is because mom is busy at work today. Don't make her take even more control by suggesting something stupid" he warned and Naruto rolled with her eyes as she curled her arm around his waist. "I know. I would still like to know what's going on with my own wedding instead of being left completely in the dark" she said and Sasuke hummed, still a bit distrusting. They walked into the bakery, the little bell above their heads tingling.
"Welcome, you must be Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Naruto" the baker said friendly and Naruto's face immediately broke into a smile at the sight of the kind middle-aged woman. "Yes" Sasuke said as he guided Naruto inside with a hand in her lower-back. "Please come to the back so we can discuss the wedding cake" the baker said and the couple followed her into the back while another worker took over the shop. "It's a rarity to see people marry this young" she said as she pointed at a round table with three chairs around where Naruto and Sasuke took place at.
"Yes, but I don't feel like that is any of your business" Sasuke said and Naruto slapped his thigh under the table as he baker laughed heartedly. "You are an Uchiha alright" she said and placed a large plate in the middle of the table before sitting down. "Now, these are popular choices for wedding cakes, so we'll start with flavors first before we go to the design" she said and Naruto would be lying if she said she wasn't looking forward of stuffing her face with cake under the guise of 'tasting'.
"There is chocolate, carrot, red velvet, vanilla, pumpkin and lemon" the baker said and started a whole explanation to why they were so popular. Sadly, Naruto only caught the flavours and combinations while Sasuke couldn't care less. After half an hour of tasting cakes, which meant Naruto just enjoying the deliciousness of the cake, it was time to decide. For all Naruto had seemed open to the combinations that were possible, she had already made up her mind.
"How about a lemon blueberry cake? One with lemon curd and lemon butter-cream" she said because she knew that if it was her, it would be a sweet cake. But Sasuke didn't like sweets, so it was better to go for a neutral, less sweet cake. "I prefer that one" Sasuke agreed and the baker smiled. "Then, a lemon blueberry cake it is. Now, for the design. How many layers should there be and which shape?" she asked and Sasuke shrugged. "Standard is good enough" he said and they stared at him. Five seconds passed, in which Sasuke felt stupid, before they turned back to each other.
"I was thinking of simple four round layers, bottom and second from the top with white fondant and top and second from bottom navy blue. The white simple without any pattern and the blue with a quilt pattern" Naruto said and the baker hummed as she wrote it down and took a sketch paper that already held a four tier cake as outlines. "What about decoration?" she asked and Naruto frowned. "Just keep it simple. Two fondant roses against the top layer and two against the other blue layer. I'd say in orange, since our theme colours are orange and blue" Naruto said and the baker's hand flew over the paper in a quick sketch.
"The flower, bright orange, dark orange or more of a softer orange?" she asked and Naruto hummed. "We're having quite a lot of orange tints, but with the cake I'd like pastel orange. One that doesn't stand out too much, but also doesn't go up in the background" Naruto said and the baker smiled. "A subtle accent colour to brighten the harsh contrast of white and navy" she said and Naruto nodded. "What about edible pearls? Like a double rim on the white layers?" the baker suggested and Naruto's face brightened. "Like, on the bottom? I like that" Naruto said and turned to Sasuke when they were done.
"What do you think?" she asked and the raven raised an eyebrow. "Is it edible?" he asked and Naruto nodded. "Yup" she said and Sasuke hummed. "Then I'm okay with it" he said and Naruto snorted. After stepping out of the bakery, Sasuke and Naruto found the café where they would meet up with the others. After they received their ordered drinks, Sasuke turned his full attention back to Naruto.
"So, I've been meaning to ask" he started and Naruto hummed curious as she sipped from her lemon juice. "What did you mean by 'kyuubi'?" Sasuke asked and Naruto tensed at the name. "What do you mean?" she asked as she looked up at him, her expression carefully hidden, she hoped. "Don't play stupid" Sasuke said and Naruto raised an eyebrow. "You mentioned it as your identity and a story for another time. This is another time" Sasuke said and Naruto narrowed her eyes. "But not another place, so watch what you say" Naruto said and sighed soft.
"I'll tell you when we're alone, okay?" she asked as she gave a pointed glance at the waiter a bit further, who was looking at her. She was weary around waiters after what happened last time. Sasuke send a glare at the teenager as he entwined his fingers with Naruto's on the table, an obvious statement. "We'll talk about this later" Sasuke agreed and Naruto almost snorted. A hand landed on her shoulder and she startled as they both looked up.
"I hope Sasuke wasn't too much of a pain in the ass to decide the cake with" Itachi said with a smile as Shisui grinned behind him. "Nah, he was quite most of the time" Naruto said as the two Uchihas joined them at their table. "So, what kind of cake is it?" Shisui asked curious and Naruto smiled. "A wedding cake" she said and Itachi gave a light chuckle as Shisui rolled with his eyes. "Sasuke?" Shisui asked instead and Sasuke frowned. "I don't know. I wasn't paying attention. Isn't it fine as long as it's edible?" he asked and they heard the sound of heels on the floor.
"Uchiha, Sasuke, I hope I heard that wrong and you didn't leave the whole cake planning to Naruto alone" Mikoto said as she sent a stern look at her youngest son. "It's okay, otherwise we would have had a standard cake" Naruto said with badly hidden amusement. "Standard? What is that?" Itachi asked and Mikoto said down. "Nothing. There is no standard wedding cake. There are some that are more commonly used because it's an all-pleaser you can't go wrong with, but there is no standard" she said and Itachi and Shisui snorted as Sasuke looked away.
"I chose a lemon blueberry cake, in the colours of the theme" Naruto said and Mikoto smiled. "That's good. Not too sweet and not heavy" she said and Sasuke scoffed. "It didn't sound like a hard choice to make even after scarfing down all the testers and asked more of the red velvet and the chocolate because you 'weren't too sure'" Sasuke said and Naruto leaned back in her seat. "What? You're going to blame me for eating free cake, when all you did was sit there and eat without even once giving your opinion?" she said and Sasuke huffed. "I don't like sweets" he said and the blonde smirk.
"I didn't hear you complaining when you stuffed your face with the samples" she said and Sasuke lightly kicked her ankle under the table. "I'm so sorry we're late!" Ino's voice came and the amused Uchiha's looked up to see the tall blonde walk up to their table, flanked by Hinata and Sakura. "Oh no, that's okay, dear. But shall we go? We don't need to wait for Obito. We still need to go that store too" Mikoto said and the girls' faces brightened as Naruto's fell. "Do I have to?" she asked and they smiled at her. "Of course you have to, sweetie" Mikoto said sweetly and Naruto sighed as she stood up.
"Morituri te salutant" she said and Itachi and Sasuke couldn't help but snort. "Huh, what was that?" Ino asked and Sakura gave a smile. "Nothing important, right?" she said and Ino just shrugged as she hooked her arm in Naruto's to drag her away. "Help me" Naruto mouthed at Sasuke with a pleading look, but the raven just smirked. "Ché, traitor" Naruto mumbled and Mikoto chuckled. "Oh come on, Naruto. It's not that bad" she said and Naruto gave a slightly pained look. "I still remember last time it happened" she said and Mikoto waved it off.
"By the way, Naruto, I love the outfit" Ino said and Sakura eagerly nodded. "Yeah, especially the shoes" she said and Naruto glanced down on her attire that consisted out of a badly ripped boyfriend jeans, a dark grey bodysuit that showed a sliver of her hips above her waistband, her barely there black stilettos and a black and white plaid shirt tied around her waist. "Girl, the shoes are clouds to walk on" Naruto said and Mikoto smiled. "Then we'll just have to find the right wedding shoes that you'll say the same about" she said and gone was Naruto's smile.
She was in for a long, long day and it was only noon. In the dress store, Naruto was barraged by questions as soon as the workers found out she was the one getting married. More than once, she was compared to twilight, which made her shudder, but she bit through it. She had seen all the dreaded movies and read all the cursed books, because at one point, she simply had nothing better to do. And there was small part of her, the little girl small part, that just watched it because of the romance. For the most part, she watched it for the shirtless wolf-boy. Who was going to blame her, really? Not the girls in the dressing-rooms that were still gushing over him.
"Ugh, my chest is too flat for this" Sakura complained as they stepped out of the fitting rooms. All three of them wore a bright orange short sweetheart cocktail dress. "Hmm, it's not the best. The previous one was better" Mikoto said and Naruto leaned back against the bench she was seated on, her knees spread in a very un-lady like way. "How easy would it be if there was one simple dress that they could adjust to fit their style" Naruto said with her eyes closed. She had been sitting there for an hour and a half already.
"That's it!" all the girls, except for Hinata cried at the same time. It shocked Naruto so bad, her head shot back up to them as they excitedly talked while a worker came to see what was wrong. She was quickly send to the back of the store to look for the dresses they were talking about and Naruto raised an eyebrow but said nothing if it helped them to get out of there sooner. Luckily, it did. After fitting the convertible pastel orange maxi dress, they were out of the store with their brides-maid's dresses and bright happy smiles.
"And now our shoes" Sakura said and Naruto's smile dropped. Right, another brain-damaging store. This time, Naruto was forced to look around for her own shoes, which was slightly boring. But a text from her fiancé saying he was just about ready to blow his companions to the moon, made her feel better about her own situation. Until her own companions sat her down on a chair and brought her one sparkly pump after another, each one more sparkly and higher than the last one. Hinata, god bless the girl, came with the pair that had Naruto take a pause. The reaction was instantly, no matter how small her pause had been.
Naruto walked out of the store with the most expensive pair of shoes she had ever bought. And a pair of bridal shoes, that had gone from the wedding budget her parents had saved up for her, which partly paid for the wedding. The fact that Naruto had given out a lot of money for shoes herself, was saying something about the shoes. What came after that however, was more embarrassing than she had ever thought it could be. Especially with the girls' envious looks whenever she pushed open the curtain. She was honestly happy when the big house came in view and she was able to just fall down on her bed, not caring about the bags at her foot-end.
"You're home late" Sasuke said as he leaned in the door-opening between her room and the bathroom. "Hell. I've seen hell" Naruto groaned and turned her head. "Let's not do too much for dinner. I'm in desperate need for comfort food in the form of cheese" Naruto said and Sasuke sat down next to her, brushing her fringe out of her eyes. "Is cool. I'll eat whatever you cook anyway" he said and leaned down to place a kiss on her whiskered cheek. "Where's mom?" he asked and Naruto closed her eyes as she sat onto her knees. "She said she still had something to do" Naruto said and stretched her arms above her head.
"I liked your boyish style better" Sasuke said as his fingers followed the curve of her waist. "Less lechers staring after you" he said and Naruto snorted as she let her hands hang next to her side, sitting up on her spread knees with her feet dangling off the end of her bed. "You think your mother will survive that?" she asked amused as Sasuke's fingers kept moving up and down her side. "She will" he said before he reached up to pull her head down so he could connect their lips. "Sadly, I'm getting quite fond of this style" she said as she smiled against her fiancé's lips.
"Is that so?" Sasuke asked and Naruto chuckled as their lips pressed against each other. With deft fingers, he made short work of the knot holding the plaid shirt around the blonde's waist before pushing her down on her back. As innocent as it had started out, it didn't say that way as Sasuke slipped his tongue between his fiancée's lips and demanded entrance. They continued to stay there, making out languidly until their stomachs reminded them of the time. It was pretty much the only reason why they moved to the kitchen. They had been perfectly alright with just continuing to lay there.
"So, what are we eating?" Sasuke asked as he sat in at the island to watch the blonde cook, something he had gotten used to doing. "The easiest recipe in the Italian kitchen. Something even you can't fuck up" Naruto said and send a smirk over her shoulder at Sasuke's dry interjection. "Pasta cacio e pepe" Naruto said and started moving around the kitchen. "It's honestly the simplest dish I know besides egg over rice and an omelette" she said and Sasuke curiously got up and closer, careful not to get in the way. "Rasp that cheese for me, will you" Naruto said and Sasuke turned to wash his hands first. It really didn't take long before Naruto filled two deep plates with their dinner.
"That's it?" Sasuke asked and Naruto smiled at him. "Even you can't fuck it up, right?" she asked and handed him his plate before they moved to the TV room. "The simplest pasta made in the right way is the best dish you could ever eat" Naruto said and they settled in the sofa. She could tell Sasuke was dying to ask something, so she breached the subject after she had cleared her plate. "You wanted to know about Kyuubi, right?" she said and Sasuke looked at her. "You're going to talk about it?" he asked and Naruto heaved a sigh. "Not that I want to, it's not exactly something I'm proud of. But you deserve to know" she said and crossed her legs under her as Sasuke turned the TV lower before turning towards her to give her his full attention.
"Tell me, what do you know of the hacker culture?" Naruto asked and Sasuke frowned but could understand why she would open with that question. "Hackers are people who challenge and overcome the limitations of software systems. They create programs and do it mostly for the playfulness of things, to brag about what their programs can do. But on the other hand, are crackers. Crackers exploit the weaknesses of security systems or other systems with a malicious intent" Sasuke said and Naruto hummed.
"Pretty textbook, but not wrong" she said and sighed soft. "There is a very fine line between hacking and cracking. And it's one I'm ashamed to admit that I've crossed more than once" Naruto said and crossed her arms in front of her chest as Sasuke looked slightly surprised. "Don't look so surprised, I told you everything I did was illegal. Hacking is illegal, but depending on white hat hacking, artistic hacking and all those types, cracking is what is actually illegal because of the intent. Hacking, in no matter which form, is a breach of privacy, even white hats" Naruto said and looked at the TV screen without really seeing it.
"Depending on how deep you are in the hacking world, most have a trademark and or a name. Something to hide their identity. Some white hats don't, but every other hacker I've met has" Naruto said and Sasuke hummed short, indicating that he was listening. "There are types of hackers. White hats and black hats, which are pretty obvious, the opposite. Non-malicious and malicious. But there are also grey hats, who hack to point out flaws in systems and shit. Then there is also organized crime gangs, which is also pretty obvious and Elite hackers" Naruto said and Sasuke nodded.
"A ranking system, so to speak?" he asked and Naruto nodded. "Pretty much. When you start out, you don't belong to any of those types. Slowly, you need to start making a name for yourself. You start going a direction and hackers will pick it up and if you're any good, they'll talk about you. That's how the hacking network works. You can't specifically find it on the internet, unless you are a hacker and able to crack the codes on forums" Naruto said and gave a soft smile. "Now, you're going to feel me coming and you'll already be able to guess, but shut up until the end okay" she said and Sasuke nodded.
"In the hacking network, there is one group of elites. They don't belong to any real type. They can be malicious and at that point can be counted as a gang. But at the same time, they can also go into the grey zone or event he white zone. Things is, nobody can box them in since they have too much control over their systems and programs. They're the best of the best and only when you've dug deep enough or accidentally encountered them, do you know about them. They're called the jinchuuriki" Naruto said and Sasuke's expression changed as he pressed his lips together. "You should kiss the ground that you're getting this information, but anyhow. There are nine of them in total. Ichibi, Nibi, Sanbi, Yonbi, Gobi, Rokubi, Sanbi and Kyuubi" Naruto said and saw Sasuke close his eyes.
"You said you were not as good as your father, the yellow flash" Sasuke said and Naruto gave him an uncomfortable smile. "Technically, I wasn't lying. I'm not as good as he was, but I'm not bad either. I don't fit in any of the hacker categories like my dad did, but if you count only skill, I've long surpassed my dad" she said and scratched the back of her head. "I'm sorry? Because technically, we're information brokers too" she said and Sasuke's eyes snapped open. He stared at the blonde as she pulled her shoulders up in a 'What do you do about it?' kind of way. "Does father know?" he asked and Naruto shook her head.
"Nope, you're the only one, besides the other jinchuuriki's, of course. Not even Jiraiya knows, though I expect him to have a hunch, if not more" she admitted and Sasuke, for once, gave a long deep sigh. "Anything else I need to know before we get married? Some kind of spy-work? Maybe an adopted kid running around?" he asked and Naruto snorted. "Nah, not that I can currently think of. Ah, no. I've pretty much gambled together a million that I've distributed on several bank accounts and invested in several stocks, which has it raised to, last time I check, six million is the highest. And last year, I gifted a million to a charity organization that distributed help in third world countries" Naruto said and Sasuke stared at her.
"That's all I can think of right now" she said and Sasuke heaved a soft sigh. "Okay, I'll keep it for myself. As long as you don't keep any secrets anymore" Sasuke said and Naruto looked at him. "Fine. There can be things that you don't know about me yet, but I'll tell you about it when you ask, if you do the same" she said and Sasuke nodded. "So, how does your dress look?" Sasuke asked and Naruto barked a laugh. "Ha! Nice try! But I don't want to die yet, fuck you very much" Naruto said and it turned into a wrestle math in the sofa. "T-Time!" Naruto panted as she was stuck in a hold between Sasuke's legs. "You giving up, Usuratonkachi?" the raven taunted with a smirk and Naruto glared at him.
"As if, Teme!" she said before struggling to her knees. When she was finally there, she grabbed Sasuke's shirt and saw his eyes widen when she lifted his back of the couch. "Crazy bitch" he hissed as he shifted his hold, his back coming back onto the couch. The TV room was filled with the creaking of the couch, breathy laughs, insults and occasional grunts of pain until they were broken up by Fugaku, who raised an eyebrow at their position. Naruto looked up at him and grinned. "Joga" was the only answer she had to give before she and Sasuke started to detangle themselves. They glanced at each other's dishevelled state before laughing, Fugaku shaking his head at them with a light smile as he walked out of the room. Sasuke laid back on the couch and patted his chest as invitation, which Naruto took, laying down on her stomach while using his chest as pillow while they turned the sound back up.
"Well, fuck me sideways" Naruto said as she sat in Hiruzen's office. The old man looked up in confusion as Naruto stared at the screen of her father's laptop. "You cracked it?" Hiruzen asked and Naruto scoffed. "Of course I did. My reputation isn't empty, you know" she said and continued to let her fingers fly over the keys. "You said I could do with this whatever I wanted, didn't you?" Naruto asked suspicious and Hiruzen rested his chin on his entwined fingers. "Actually" he started and Naruto rolled with her eyes. Typical. She of all people should know just how the world worked.
"I have a suggestion that might interest you. If it doesn't, I won't ask again" Hiruzen said and Naruto glanced in his direction without actually moving her head. She didn't answer, knowing she'd give him the advantage with it. "Someone from the government contacted me. Utatane Koharu, if you recognize the name" he said and Naruto's fingers paused in her typing on the laptop. "What of her?" she asked and crossed her ankles on top of his desk frown where she sat across from him, silently daring him to say anything.
"She has heard about you and is offering you a job to replace your father in the hacker team" Hiruzen said, shortly glancing at her feet before looking back up at her eyes that were glued to the screen. "Is that so? I wonder what would be in it for her" she said and blew a nice big bubble of her bubblegum. "I wonder" Hiruzen said after the bubble popped. Naruto let the silence settle as she mulled the thought over. Her working for the government had been her goal. It hadn't always been for the same reasons as her first intentions had been more malicious for forcing her father to keep investigating on Orochimaru, who then killed him, which she hadn't known at the time. But at that time, everything was better than blaming herself because she had pleaded for them to come home as soon as possible. Currently, she wanted to join the government in honour of her father and because it would make things a lot easier.
"What would this job exactly? And don't play dumb, you have too long fingers not to know about it" Naruto said as she shortly looked up at him, seeing an amused glint in his crinkled eyes. "You're exactly like your father" he said and leaned back in his chair. "Being a government hacker is not the same as a freelancer, yet it's not all that different either. You come in to the office when there is an assignment your superior gives you, but you can also choose to work at it from your own home. The team is independent, and while it does get paid by the government, it doesn't belong to it. Do you understand?" he asked and Naruto hummed. "Sort of like an organized secret team that works for the government, but can't be associated with it" Naruto said and looked up at the old man again. "Correct" he said and Naruto hummed as she turned back to the screen.
"What if I refuse? I quite like my status as jinchuuriki" Naruto said and there was a knock on the door. "Enter" Hiruzen said and Naruto all but glared at him as she turned the screen black with a simple tap. "You called for me, headmaster?" Kakashi asked and Hiruzen smiled. "That was an hour ago, so you're on time, for once" he said and Kakashi glanced at the blonde but said nothing as he closed the door behind him. "About team Ro, I'm sure Kakashi can answer the questions you have" Hiruzen said and Naruto looked at the silver-haired teacher. "Side-job, huh" she realized and Kakashi gave a one eyed smile. "You could call it that. So, what are you doing here?" Kakashi asked and Naruto rolled with her eyes as she turned on the screen again.
"Don't play dumb if you've already answered the question" she said as she started typing again, her fingers hitting the keys on a fast speed while her expression was blank, her eyes following the codes she typed out. "You… you cracked it?" Kakashi asked, obviously surprised. "Needed only a couple of days" she said and felt Kakashi come closer. "How did you do it? I've tried for years without success" he said as he looked over her shoulder. "It's pretty easy when you've got the right program" Naruto said and Kakashi frowned. "Name?" he asked and Naruto glanced at him, not sure if she should say it. Kakashi seemed to notice her thoughts and there glinted some approval in his eyes.
"Sukea" Kakashi said and Naruto blew another bubble. "Kyuubi" she answered as soon after the bobble popped, watching the man's eye widen. She took satisfaction in that, until she heard a small alarm go off on the computer. With a curse she turned towards it, just like Kakahsi did, once again coming closer to look over her shoulder. "Stupid mother fuckers" Naruto said as she smirked, her fingers once again flying over the keys with an ever faster speed. "Seems like my previous warning wasn't enough for them" she said and currently, felt quite malicious. What whit the wedding coming closer and closer, it wasn't anything someone could blame her for. Not to mention that she was pent up. Sleeping in the same room as her fiancé did give her way less openings to help herself.
"What's happening?" Kakashi asked as he followed the codes appearing and disappearing as soon as Naruto started to work on them. "Someone put a bug on it, that if it was cracked, the information would be send to Orochimaru. Sadly, they should have been smarter and have known that if there was someone who could crack my dad's code, that they could easily stop this too" Naruto said and Kakashi frowned. "Can't that be what he is counting on?" he asked and Naruto smirked. "Might be, but it doesn't matter either way. I send them a warning before, I personally contacted them to back the fuck off. They could have de-activated the bug but they haven't which is the same as picking a fight with me. Not exactly smart since I'm currently stressed and irritated and I'm honestly really bad at holding back" she said and opened a new screen while countering the bug easily.
"I'll just send them a little gift that will… well, it'll destroy their system, if they're lucky. If they aren't, it might cause they computers and hardware to short-circuit" Naruto said and shrugged. "The harder you fight it, the more damage it does, so it's up to them, really" Naruto said and Kakashi's expression didn't change. "That's vicious" he said and Naruto shrugged. "Yeah well, they kidnaped me, threatened to rape me, manipulated one of my friends, tried to kidnap me again, and tried to kidnap Mikoto while locking up the Uchiha police station. Excuse me for taking of my kid gloves" she said and felt her eyes harden.
"Then I'm not even talking about the fact that he drove my parents of a bridge, made me an orphan and made me live on the run without an actual home to return to. He's lucky I'm not taking this any further" she said and Kakashi placed a hand on her shoulder. "I never said it was bad" he said and Naruto glanced up at him shortly. "Minato was my guide in hacking when my father killed himself because he was accused of being a spy, which caused me to turn to cracking" he said and Naruto snorted. "Yeah, sounds like my dad alright" she said and smirked again.
"Take a good look at how a Jinchuuriki works. Not many get this opportunity" she said and let her avatar of a nine tailed fox pop up on the screen. It didn't take long before the fox disappeared, seemingly running deeper into the screen after something. "What was that?" Kakashi asked and Naruto cracked her fingers. "A tailed beast. Did you know that the jinchuuriki were all perfect strangers who all got the same idea and that it was pure coincidence that nobody had the same favourite number or animal?" Naruto asked and smirked.
"While our programs work differently, mine is an attacking type. It follows the smallest trace back to its origins and destroys it from the inside out. Nothing can stop it, not even other jinchuuriki's programs. And it's really throughout. It turns everything, to the slightest digit and pixel, completely useless. A bit extreme but I was ten when I made this. At that age, there was nothing I wanted to do more than draw attention. What better way to do that than destroy everything else? Luckily, I'm less malicious now and I pretty much don't use my bijuu again. In fact, I hate to use it since it's that irreversibly cruel" Naruto said and watched as the fox seemingly came running back.
"You used that to crack through Minato's defence?" Kakashi asked and Naruto shook out of her daze, not really having watched how much she told. "Yeah, it was the fastest way and the reason it took so long was because I needed to select what I wanted gone" she said and turned off the laptop for the day. "So, team Ro, huh" she said and Kakashi looked at her. "We'll gladly welcome you" he said and Naruto gave a small smile. "Then, you're getting a jinchuuriki, just like Suna" Naruto said and Kakashi gave an even smaller smile. "We'll have to pass by the office as soon as possible to go over the information that's on Minato's system" he said and Naruto nodded. "I'm pretty much free, as long as Mikoto doesn't drag me off somewhere for something wedding-y" Naruto said and Kakashi gave a nod.
Apparently, soon was that exact weekend. Kakashi had picked her up with his car and driven her to an unsuspicious small office building. Naruto walked inside after the silver haired man and curiously looked around. She could tell it was all from the government, with men and women walking around in full suit. She stood out like a sore thumb with her trusted orange capri pants, black long sleeved T-shirt vest mix and her barely there black heels that were already her favourite shoes, besides her chucks that were dying on her. Kakashi didn't wear any suit either, but still had an eyepatch and a mouth-mask on. Naruto didn't ask why, it wasn't her position to do so. Instead, she followed him through the building, where they were obviously getting a lot of looks. Or at least she was.
"It's here" Kakashi said as he stopped in front of a white door on the second floor at the end of the hallway. Without knocking, he opened the door and walked inside. Naruto didn't know what to expect. But somehow, she wasn't let down as the room was filled with two white tables where each six people could sit at, four on the left, four on the right and two on the heads of the table. There was a coffee machine and a big whiteboard glued to the wall which held rather funny cartoons. "Oi, Kakashi, why did you take a student here?" a familiar voice and Naruto's head shot away from the cartoons to the direction. Her face fell as she recognized the curious people in the room all staring at her.
"Just how many teachers are part-time hackers?" Naruto asked out loud as she recognized not only Genma, the music teacher, but also Gai. "I would like to introduce our newest team member, Uzumaki Naruto. Also known as Kyuubi" Kakashi said and someone chocked in their coffee as others openly gaped. "No!" Genma said and Naruto rolled with her eyes. "Anyway, Naruto, Genma and Gai, you already know. From left to right, Raido, Aoba, Hayate, Kotetsu and Izumo, Yugao and lastly, Tenzo" Kakashi said and they all stared at her. Except Gai, who was once again sprouting shit about youth. The purple haired woman was the first one to approach the woman.
"Nice to meet you, I'm Uzuki Yugao. Looks like I'm not the only woman on the team anymore, thank god" she said as she held out her hand with a friendly smile. "Uzumaki Naruto. It must really stink of the testosterone in here" Naruto answered as she shook the woman's hand. "You have no idea, with Gai and all that" she said and Naruto send a dubious look in the direction of the green clothed man. "Does he own anything else besides those green clothes? The leprechauns might be gearing up to sue him" Naruto said and there was a small soft laugh from next to the woman.
"Sadly, that's a no. Yamato Tenzo, nice to meet you" the brunet man with tired eyes said and Naruto shook his hand. "I'm Gekko Hayate" the sick-looking man next to Yugao said and Naruto gave him a friendly smile as she shook his hand. "So, kyuubi, huh" Genma said as he smirked at her. "I knew there was something with you" he said and Naruto scoffed. "Yeah, like hell you did" she said and he ruffled up her hair. "Watch your tone, little brat" he said and someone grabbed his wrist.
"Cut it out, Gen. You're bullying her already" the man said and turned to Naruto with a smile. "I'm Namiashi Raido, and if there's anything I can help you with, don't hesitate to ask" he said and held out his hand for Naruto to shake. Aoba, Kotetsu and Izumo followed and Naruto couldn't help but laugh at the two lasts antics. No wonder Kakashi pointed them out like a duo. "Now that the introductions are out of the way, this little brat here managed to unlock Sensei's laptop" Kakashi said and suddenly everyone was eager to see what was on it. Naruto didn't blame them, but she also didn't warn them for what she had found. They sat her down at the table and immediately told her that that would be her working space to put her own laptop and stuff. "So, what's on it?" Genma asked and Naruto turned on the laptop.
"A bunch of stuff, really. All things I'd rather not have known" Naruto said filed through the system. "In fact, I think the world is better off with all this destroyed" she admitted and opened the file she needed. The screen loaded with different documents, making the eyes of the hackers around her widen. "That's" Raido said and Kakashi clicked with his tongue. "That's insane. Are those all of Orochimaru's experiments?" Aoba asked and Naruto crossed her arms in front of her chest with a grim expression. "Every experiment until my dad's death, complete with their workings, results, test subject, components, recipes. Like this, for example" Naruto said and clicked open a document that showed a picture of a mutilated man.
"Reconstruction of the Nazi's experiments" Naruto said and opened another file. "Project artichoke, Unit 371, radiation" Naruto summed up as she opened the files. "Those are the ones that were kept unlocked because their workings and results are known. But it's these ones, that I'm reluctant to open" Naruto said as she opened another file. A complete encrypted black and green screen appeared, small digits flickering and seemingly moving all over the screen. "It's not the only one like this, in fact, more than half are like this. My first thought is completely new experiments, all created by Orochimaru" Naruto said and looked back at the pale faces of the hackers.
"Personally, I don't want to know. I'd say just burn this laptop down until not even ashes remain without someone ever seeing what's on this" she said and turned back to the screen. "But it's something my dad risked his life for. It's not something to go this light over" she said and Kakashi placed a hand on her shoulder. "No, I'm from the same opinion. Some things are better off being destroyed before they're even seen. If this information falls into the wrong hands, insanity isn't far away" he said and Naruto looked up at him.
"But if Orochimaru has these experiments, and they're a success, he might also have something to cure it" Gai said and they looked at him. "But you can't give it to the government to send it to a laboratory. They'll want all the files and that's exactly where they shouldn't be" Raido said and Kotetsu huffed. "Those guys are already so focussed on their research and cures against everything" he said and Izumo nodded. "It's not hard to link these experiments with their own research and go off the deep end. Then all of this will be used against humanity" he said and they stared at the screen. "What do we do now, Sempai?" Yamato asked as he looked up at Kakashi. The silver-haired man looked down at the screen with a troubled look in his eye.
"Call Ibiki and Shikaku" Kakashi said and Kotetsu and Izumo nodded. "I think I need to sit down for a second" Hayate said and Naruto almost wanted to scoff. "Imagine opening these files in the middle of the night after watching a horror movie" she said and they looked at her with a grimace. This images were already bad enough to see in full light, let alone see them in the dark after watching a horror. A while later, the door opened and the hackers looked up at the intruders. Naruto was slightly surprised by the sight of a tall buff man with large scars on his face. The second man that walked in had Naruto do a double take with the similarities between him and Shikamaru. Both men were looking at Naruto, a calculating glint in their eyes.
"Ibiki, Shikaku, this is Uzuzmaki Naruto, the new member of team Ro" Kakashi said and Shikamaru's older doubleganger's eyes lit up in recognition. "So this is my son's mystery friend" he said and Naruto wanted to ask who, but it was really a dead ringer, so she just shut up. "Nara Shikaku is head of the intelligence department, while Ibiki Morino is the head of the torture and interrogation department, meaning our infiltrators and spies. Naruto is the hacker known as Kyuubi" Kakashi explained and the two men gave a short nod at Naruto, which she answered.
"So, what did you need us for?" Ibiki asked and Kakashi started explaining. During the explanation, the two men remained stoic, not showing any emotion on their face, except Shikaku's boredom that reminded Naruto of his son. After Kakashi's explanation of the situation, the laptop was once again the centre of attention. "Decrypt it and secure it in a safe for now. You can always encode it again" Shikaku said and Ibiki gave a nog in agreement. "I'll send over a safe from my department that you can code in your own way. For now, it's better if we see once what kind of thing is behind that encryption so we know what we're dealing with and Minato's sacrifice won't have been for naught" he said and the hackers gave a nod.
"Okay, we'll split up the encrypted files. Hayate, can you put your invisibility program on the safe later?" Kakashi asked and the sick looking brunet gave a nod. "This stays absolute secret between us. Outside of this room, that laptop never existed" Shikaku said and the hackers once again set to work as Naruto send through the encrypted files with her fox avatar. Kotetsu and Izumo fussed over how cute it was, while Gai sprouted one thing or another about youth while Genma gave her a smirk. "Really? A fox?" he asked, hinting at the symbolism behind the animal, to which Naruto rolled with her eyes. Would it be bad to flip a teacher of and insult him if they weren't even in school? Naruto decided that she didn't care and did so anyway, earning a few hearty laughs.
Thank you for Reading! :)