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=================Will of Fire, Naruto's cabin============
Naruto looked down at the papers spread across the table in front of him. He Shikamaru and Sai had spread out all the information from the Marine base and were going through it.
"So our headbands are what gave us away?" Shikamaru nodded from his seat
"Ya, my guess is that they saw the girls wearing them, they probably kept the information off the bounty posters to find any possible teammates. Which as we know worked" Naruto pulled his headband off an ran his fingers over it
"Where are we headed?"
"I told Temari to look for an island we could hide on until we talk to Kakashi" Naruto nodded and looked out the window
"It's close enough to sunrise, Kakashi-sensei won't be happy but it's a good reason" Shikamaru muttered something under his breath, most likely troublesome, but stood up and started rolling up scrolls
"Sai your in charge while were gone, keep low and stay out of sight best you can" Sai nodded and left the cabin, Naruto looked back out the window and let out a sigh.
"Upset you didn't think of the headbands?" he turned as Shikamaru stood next to him
"At first I was, it's pretty much rule one of any covert operation and I over looked it. Then I remembered that this wasn't a covert mission but one to create allies so it was better we wore them" Naruto nodded and ran a hand through his hair
"True, we still should have taken things like this into account." Shikamaru nodded
"Let's get going, the sooner we leave the sooner I can go to sleep" Naruto chuckled and placed his hand on Shikamaru's shoulder before the too flashed towards Konoha
============= Konoha, Hokage office ======================
The duo appeared in the office and Naruto quickly put his hands up and behind his head, Shikamaru looked at him confused
"What are you doing?" Naruto just chuckled, Shikamaru's question was answered when four figures appeared in the room. Two moved forward quickly and held kunai against Naruto and Shikamaru's throats.
"Halt who.. ah Namikaze-sama, Nara-sama" the commanding ANBU quickly signaled the others to stand down. Naruto laughed as Shikamaru rubbed his throat and glared at the blonde.
"You could have warned me" Naruto grinned and shrugged before looking at the ANBU
"Parrot please inform the Hokage that me and Shikamaru are here and need to speak with him" Parrot nodded and the four ANBU disappeared leaving the two shinobi. They moved and sat in the chairs facing the desk and waited for Kakashi.
After a while the door opened and Kakashi walked into the room in his standard Jonin uniform, he walked over and sat in his chair and let out a sigh
"I hope there is a good reason for waking me up this early" Shikamaru and Naruto sat up straight, making Kakashi raise an eyebrow
"Yesterday afternoon Sai and I were picked up by the Marines for questioning about the attack in Saltholm."
"How did they know you were involved?" Shikamaru cut in before Naruto could answer
"Were not one hundred percent sure but we believe they saw the girls headbands and used the leaf symbol as a common link" Kakashi nodded and gestured for Naruto to continue
"Me and Sai were brought in for questioning but after it was obvious we were not going to give them anything they locked us up. We escaped and infiltrated the headquarters building to gather information." He nodded to Shikamaru, who pulled out the scrolls and laid them on the desk
"We were not seen and made our escape before anyone was aware. That being said I'm sure they have a picture of me and Sai now also now." He leaned back into his seat and looked to Shikamaru, who shook his head
Kakashi turned his chair and looked out at the window at the village taking in the information. After a few moments of silence he turned around and let out a sigh
"This causes us some problems, you are not aware but while you all have been away we have created treaties with the villages on the island" he stood and went to a filing cabinet and started looking through it
"After our investigations of the villages we found to be them simple port towns and seeing as we are not close enough to the water to operate our own port properly we decided it would be beneficial to speak with them." He pulled out some folders and handed them over
"We supply them with security and medical support and they in turn allow us to have free use of the port. Some of the locals that own ships even offered to transport goods for us." Shikamaru nodded and looked over the information
"What did we say about our sudden appearance on the island?"
"We used some half-truth's, we stated our village was from a large continent in the Grand Line. A place filled with war and violence, we left to find a better home and ended up here. Since our village is so far inland they easily bought that we could build it and no one would notice." Naruto peeked up from his folder
"What about our skills and jutsu?"
"We were careful at first but eventually a doctor had to use chakra to save a patient. The village leader was surprised but we told him it was something everyone could use from our homeland and he went for it, apparently he's heard of stranger thing from the Grand Line" Shikamaru closed his folder and opened another
"So I'm guessing the problem comes from the fact we are using the leaf symbol still and your worried about the Marines" Kakashi shook his head and sat back down
"We have discussed the event of Marine and World Government involvement but that is not it. Anything shipped out from here has the companies seal on it not Konoha's so I'm not worried about it coming back to us. However we now need to take into account that Marines will recognize the symbol and come here to investigate you" Naruto sighed and placed the folder down
"What are our options Sensei?" Kakashi closed his eyes for a few minutes before he spoke again
"The way I see it we have two options, first that we could hand you over to the Marines and have you serve whatever jail time or fee there is" Naruto deadpanned at him
"I would escape and make your life a living hell Sensei" Kakashi chuckled and waved his hand
"Mah mah, calm down Naruto, I knew you wouldn't go for that and I'm sure the others agree. Option two however isn't much better though" Kakashi ran a hand through his hair and sighed
"Option to is for us to label all of you officially as missing nin." The room was silent for a minute before Shikamaru spoke
"I take it you want us to be like Itachi? In the eyes of the world we will be traitors but continue on with our mission as ordered" Kakashi nodded
"Exactly, eventually we will be connected and we can't have the village implicated in your crimes." Naruto nodded but Shikamaru raised his hand
"Does that mean we need to stay out of the village?"
"No, unlike Itachi we will inform the council of your actions so you can return to the village discreetly" he accepted the answer and lowered his hand
"Very well Sensei, is there anything else we should know?" Kakashi shook his head
"Not at this moment, I will take this information to the council so we can plan out future events." the two shinobi nodded and stood from their seats. Naruto grabbed hold of Shikamaru and the two disappeared.
===============Kos Island, Marine base =======================
Captain Lusius was not in a good mood this morning, first he was woken from his bed when two men were found tied up in the communications room. After interviewing them he had someone go check on the two prisoners only to find that they had escaped and no one knew how. The cells were locked and the only door in the building was locked from the outside and impossible to open and yet they were gone. Of course everything happens in threes and his morning was finished by returning to his office and noticing things were out of place. He prided himself on being neat and efficient, while everything was general where he put it at the end of the night he could tell something's were out of order.
"Does anyone want to explain to me how the hell these two got out and were able to not only enter the building but apparently search my office and the communications room without anyone noticing until this morning?" he looked at all of his senior staff and the men all avoided eye contact
"These men now possible have information on all of our East Blue bases, troop numbers, pass codes and more! We are on a lock down, I want this building searched from top to bottom until we find them. No boats are missing so they must be somewhere on the island" the men all saluted and left quickly to carry out the orders. His Lieutenant was the only one not to leave, the man was skinny and pale with little muscle tone. His black hair was cut fairly short but still went down to the tops of his ears. The man fell in line behind his Captain as they walked towards his office, people moved quickly out of their way not wanting to anger the Captain more.
Once inside his office Lusius took a deep calming breathe and sat down at his desk.
"Lieutenant I want you to go down and collect the files we made about those two men" the man pulled the folders out from under his arm and handed them to the Captain
"I thought you might want them sir so I took the liberty of collecting them before the meeting" Lusius smiled, he could always count on him to be ready
"Thank you Lieutenant, please go oversee the search" he nodded and made his way out of the office. Once the door was closed Lusius opened the files and looked them over. He shook his head at the lack of information he had, a picture of both men and the name of the blonde, learned from the original arresting Marines. He slammed his fist down in rage, he didn't like being made a fool of and that's what they did to him. He reached into the bottom drawer of his desk and pulled out a bottle of rum, pulling out the stopper he took a large gulp and let the liquid warm his throat and stomach. Placing the bottle down he took another calming breath before grabbing the folders and walking out his door.
He made his way down the hall and took the stairs down to the first floor. He watched as men walked up and down the halls checking all of the offices and rooms, finally he arrived at the communications room and walked inside. Two men sat at the desk waiting on any transmissions, both snapped to attention when the saw their Captain walks in
"Sir!" Lusius saluted back and walked over to one of the Den-den Mushi
"I need a line to Marineford and I will probably be sending an image so hook up one of the Den-den" both men nodded and went to work, Lusius took hold of the receiver and waited to connect
"This is Marineford?" a female voice came over the line and Lusius cleared his throat
"This is Captain Lusius of G-17 branch in East blue, I am calling to report a breach in our security"
"Yes sir, I need your pass code and then will transfer you"
"R7553X" Lusius could hear the turning of pages
"Okay sir that checks out one moment please" the line began to ring again and was quickly picked up
"Marine Intelligence" he rolled his eyes, couldn't they ever say who he's talking to
"This is Captain Lusius of G-17 branch in East blue, I am calling to report a security breach"
"Yes sir one moment" he heard draws opening and assumed he was looking for a pen and paper
"Go ahead sir" he cleared his throat again and opened the files in front of him on the table
"Last night we apprehended two suspects who might have knowledge regarding Lt. Fuller's assault at Saltholm; we interrogated the men and then locked them up for the night. I was woken up this morning to reports of their escape, two men tied up unconscious in the communications room and after an inspection I believe they were in my office." he spoke slow enough so the man could catch everything he said
"Do you believe they found anything important sir?"
"I would assume so, we have information regarding most units in East Blue and some of the Grand Line" he heard the man hum for a second
"Thank you sir, I will hand this over to my superiors and they will contact you back once they have looked it over. Did you get pictures of the men" Lusius grabbed the pictures and handed them over to his men
"Yes, I am sending them now. Please confirm when they arrive" the Den-den looked at the picture and began to vibrate.
"I have a picture of a blonde spikey haired man with blue eyes and then a man with black hair coming down to his chin and his eyes are closed"
"Correct thank you"
"Have a good day sir" the line went dead after that and Lusius laid the phone down before gathering the pictures and folders. He nodded to the men and headed back to his office.
============ Will of Fire==========================
Naruto and Shikamaru walked out of his cabin to see everyone lounging on the deck as Choji steered the ship.
"Alright everybody gather round" they all turned to see Naruto waving them over to him. They all jumped over to him and got comfortable before he started speaking
"Shikamaru and I just talked to Kakashi-sensei about our predicament and came to a conclusion. After me and Sai's infiltration there is no doubt we are wanted criminals as such Konoha is going to officially put as down as Missing-nin." He watched everyone's reactions carefully
"Lee, Choji, you two have yet to be implicated in anyway. While I didn't clear this with Kakashi I want to give you guys an opportunity to drop out now" the two looked surprised
"It would be most un-youthful to abandon you now Naruto-kun, I am here to stay" Naruto grinned and nodded to Lee but turned to see Choji deep in thought
"Choji?" the large man sighed and looked to the blonde
"What happens to our families" Shikamaru put his hand on his friends shoulder
"Don't worry Choji we are only missing-nin on paper. We can still visit the village" the big man smiled
"Okay than I'm in" Naruto clapped his hands together
"Good to hear bud. Alright that's all I had if there are no questions than I'm going to sleep" seeing everyone look content he turned and walked back into his cabin to get some rest.
================== Kos Island, Marine base =================
"Captain Lusius you have a call on the Den-den Mushi from HQ" Lusius looked up from his desk at the man, recognizing him from earlier in the day he got up and followed him down to the communications room. Once he entered the man picked up the receiver and handed it over to him
"This is Captain Lusius"
"This is Vice-Admiral Kaito of Marine Intelligence, I am calling to inform you we have dispatched a team to review you and your men for the breech in security. When they arrive you are to listen to them and know you have no authority over them" Lusius stiffened when he heard the word review but held his tongue. He couldn't argue with the man and they did lose valuable information.
"We have placed a bounty on those two men you told us about, we also increased the bounties of the three women involved with Fuller since they might be connected."
"Yes sir, thank you sir"
"That is all Captain have a nice evening" he started to respond but heard the line go dead and shut his mouth. He handed the receiver to the man sitting near him and quietly went back to his office.
"I need a drink"
================= Will of Fire====================
Naruto woke from his bed and stretched while looking out his window to see the sun low in the sky. He had been tired but didn't realize how much until is head hit the pillow. He threw on a shirt and pants and made his way out the door in search of food.
"YOSH GOOD MORNING MY YOUTHFUL RIVAL" he groaned as he heard Lee
"Lee to early, need coffee" not waiting for a response he made his way to the kitchen. Entering it he waved to Sakura and Tenten and grabbed a cup, filling it with coffee.
"Ahhhhhhhh" he took a large sip and eased himself into a chair
"Morning Sakura-chan, Tenten-chan" the girls giggled at his actions
"It still blows my mind that you aren't a morning person" Naruto shrugged and turned to Tenten
"I just need a little pick me up and I'm good to go." She chuckled and bit into an apple
"Whatever, better than Lee. That boys a ball of energy hoped up on caffeine." The three chuckled at the joke and Naruto continued drinking his coffee.
"Hey guys get up here!" the three stopped the conversation when Temari called and made their way up to the deck. She stood over by the railing looking through a pair of binoculars next to Sai. She turned to Naruto and held out the binoculars
"Hey check this out" he took the binoculars and looked towards where she was pointing. He wasn't sure exactly what it was he was looking at but it seemed to be a giant ship of some kind, he could barely make out the mast's rising from the object.
"What the hell is that?" Temari shrugged
"Not sure Sai's eagle reports it's a giant boat shaped like a fish" everyone looked confused and Sakura took the binoculars
"Why the hell would you shape a boat like a fish?" Temari shrugged
"Who knows" Naruto turned to Lee at the mast
"Hey Lee set a course for the fish boat" Lee mock saluted and started to turn the wheel
"NO PROBLEM NARUTO-KUN" Sakura handed the binoculars to Tenten and turned to Naruto
"Curiosity get the better of you?" he shrugged
"I'm sure you are just as curious" she chuckled and nodded her head
"For once your right"