Naruto Hitman for Hire
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AN: Need to remind the people who are overly critical, if you want perfection stop being cheap bastards or bitches and buy a book for 7.99 (paperback) US currency. This is free.
Chapter 12
(Twelve Tails, Lower Level)
Nine reached out and put a hand on Hinata's shoulder. "Your safe now. Orochimaru is dead."
It stopped her screaming at least, but her face showed fear. "M-m-My eyes!" her voice came out as a harsh rasp.
Nine swallowed and wished Tsunade and Sei would hurry the hell up. "They were removed before we rescued you."
"K-Konoha? Am I in Konoha?" she asked and Nine felt her tremor. "No. As I said you are safe."
He felt her shoulders relax and he knew that her life in Konoha had been as bad as his before his time in jail. He remembered her. She was a shy stuttering girl when he went in, he never did learn what had happened to her all those years ago, but when the job came in, he took it. He wanted to see the shy girl from his youth, instead he found a broken young woman. It was another reason for him to hate the village, where they would allow the abuse of a once gentle young woman.
"You are beyond the mists. We rescued you when we were hired by Konoha to execute Orochimaru."
She was quiet for a bit, "Then why was I not returned to Konoha?"
Nine sighed. "Your…clan paid for us to kill you and return your body." She tensed again. "But we declined. We felt it best to return you with us and Baa-chan spent hours working on you. Whatever the serpent did, he botched it up big time and it took a lot out of grandma Tsunade to fix you up."
Hinata brought a hand up to the bandages covering her eyes. "So…I'm blind? You would have been nicer to kill me."
"Nah. And my bud Sei will have a pair bionic eyes for you soon. She's a wizard at making anything. Heck last year she made a techno-organic heart for a client."
He could tell Hinata was frightened, he sat on the edge of her bed. "My name is Nine." He said.
"H-Hinata…Hyuga." She said her last name hesitantly.
"I give you my word Hinata Hyuga that you will come to no harm here. Baa-chan and Sei will be here soon and give you eyes, they will be different, but you will see again."
She was very quiet and Nine really thought about heading to Konoha and doing a bit of ventilation on several Hyuga elders with his sniper rifle.
XX
(Upper levels)
Temari looked at the remains of her room and growled. "He's getting a shotgun enema."
Malloy's rockets had taken out her room along with Shizune's. Yugito's room suffered some fire damage, but was mostly intact.
Temari looked at her possessions. "When is Nine going to take this fucker out?"
"When Shizune asks. She's on the roof with the DJ, the show's got another hour." Gaara said. He looked on and shook his head before backing out of the room. He liked explosions, but his sister was a time bomb he wanted nothing to do with.
XX
Yugito sat on the front steps, her numerous blades put away. She watched as the cops came and collected the bodies and Tsunade had been forced to file and sign several reports.
The former holder of the two-tailed cat missed her demon, she had the power, but over the years they made a connection.
The goggles Nine had gotten for her hung around her neck.
"Hey."
She turned to see Sei and Tsunade coming from the lab. "Man, I swear you guys piss off the weirdest people." Sei said taking note of the damage. "I'll have my repair bots over in a bit. They'll convert the rubble to new material." Sei said as she made a note on a data pad. Tsunade was carrying a case.
"Those the eyes?" Yugito asked, and she was curious.
"Yes." Tsunade said. After the attack and the crap with the police she'd gone to pick Sei up. It was a block away, but better safe than sorry.
"You want me to add the automated defenses yet?" Sei asked.
"No. our luck they would target a kid bouncing a ball off the building and turn 'em to mulch." Tsunade appreciated the tech, she really did, but the armaments that Sei wanted to add to the building was something seen on battleships or Fort Knox.
"Lets see the patient." Sei said and entered the building. Tsunade looked at Yugito. "You okay?"
"Yes Baa-chan. Just…thinking."
Tsunade looked at her a moment then entered. Yugito sighed. It was a talk she knew was coming, but was happy to wait for.
XX
Nine sat on the couch, ignoring the stench of smoke on it from the fire. Damn Gaara and his explosives. The whisker marked blond thought.
He'd been kicked out of the med center, Hinata was going to be put back under for the procedure and would be asleep until tomorrow to give the nano-probes a chance to do their work.
"See Shizune." Tsunade had ordered before slamming the door in his face. "She's got a job for you."
He went to find Shizune, but saw she was with her client and he came back to the office and was stretched out on the couch.
He opened his eyes to see Yugito upside down looking at him. "What?"
"When are you going to chose?"
Nine sighed. "Do we have to do this now?"
"Yes." Yugito said. "Temari, me or the girl."
Nine smirked. "You didn't add Sei." He said.
Yugito hissed. "You horny fox."
Nine sighed. "Why do I have to chose?"
Yugito remained quiet for several minutes, just making eye contact with him. "There you are."
Both jinchuriki looked to see Shizune coming down the stairs. "Where's your…friend?" Nine asked.
"Finishing her show. Nine, I need you for a job."
The blond sat up, avoiding banging heads with Yugito.
"You want me to kill the idiot that attacked us."
"Yes." Shizune said. "Anita's paid for the protection, but…" Shizune began, but Nine held up a hand. "I'll do it."
Shizune blinked. "He blew up our home." Nine said gesturing to the damage. "Although Gaara and Temari did a number as well." He gestured to the door which was leaning in the frame.
Nine stood, "Get the details, I'll be ready in ten." He went to his room which was on the far side and well away from all of the damage.
Yugito went to her room as well.
Shizune wondered what she had just interrupted.
XX
(Malloy Mansion)
Nine dressed in black, his hair covered by a bandanna looked at the walls and the guards.
To his left Yugito was dressed similar, her various bladed weapons hidden on her body.
"Should have brought Gaara." Nine muttered.
Yugito mad a growling sound. "Hush. Nothing against you, but this guys got security walls and laser targeted turrets. I bet he's got state of the art sensors and computers."
"So it won't be a simple shoot and walk?" Yugito asked.
"No." Nine said slipping his sniper rifle into its case and passing it to her. "Stow it on the bike."
She watched as he dropped from the tree he'd been using and loosened his long coat. He not only had his hand guns, but she smirked at seeing the curved knives she'd given him, the ones with the spike covered guards.
"How are we doing this then?" she asked loosening her sword across her back.
Nine knelt and she knelt next to him as he drew in the dirt. "We slip over the wall…here. We kill as many guards as quietly as we can. Once we're made we'll…I'll use guns. Malloy is the target, either you get him or I will."
She pulled out her knives and grinned. "Want to play our favorite game?" she purred.
"Whose the better killer?"
Yugito invaded his personal space, he had an inch on her and she got really close. "Winner gets to pick what they want?"
A blond eyebrow raised at that. "And what is it you want kitten?"
Yugito smiled as she pulled her goggles up and licked his chin. "Wait and see foxy, wait and see."
XX
The pair managed to make it over the wall, and to the back door, six dead guards each and they shook their heads.
"Bad guys just don't try anymore." Yugito pouted.
Nine shook his head. The former Jinchuriki of the two tailed cat demon loved blades and it was with this purpose in mind that Nine let her be the first in the door.
The pair stopped however seeing two figures step from the shadows.
Ninja. Naruto thought as he saw the headbands he growled. "A little far from home boys." He said, both were Iwa nin with slashed headbands.
"The amount of money on your head makes the journey worth it." The one on the left said.
"But the son of the Yellow Flash makes it doubly so." The second said.
"Poor intel." Nine said and drew his guns. "Two?"
"I want the one on the left. He smells of fear." Yugito said.
"Have at it."
All hell broke loose and in the upstairs panic room, Victor Malloy looked at the monitors in fear.
AN: Raid on Malloy's home continues and Nine finds out the bounty is a hell of a thing to have on his head.
