Disclaimer: Don't make me say embarrassing things..baka...

It had been relative calm days after the mission, and everybody was pleased with the outcome since it had been reclassified from C to A for multiple enemies at jounin level, giving Team 8 and Naruto a good reputation for being genins fresh out of the academy and already completing an A rank mission, though they did nothing true to be spoken. Jun, Kimimaro and me were the only ones who fought against them.

Anyways they were present so they could take some credit.

So regarding about the mission last moments, Hiruzen had a long talk with Naruto alone; I didn't try to hear or ask about details but after it was over she had puffy red eyes. Only that was enough for me to make my own assumptions and conclusions.

Since he knew better than me in that particular area about the human psychology I didn't pursue the matter further, of course I didn't forget.

how much I cared and didn't want any kind of harm befall her, from her part she admitted her jealousy and fear that somebody might steal me away and leave her alone forever, it was funny to hear despite I already knew it long before.

But also felt bitter, for some reason which I couldn't understand.

And our daily lives resumed normally after that, a rather simple end for such complexity.

With enough rest I finally decided to write a letter to Haku, it had been a while and I needed an update about Wave situation but the main reason was that I had a task for her.

Since I didn't have much funds, and didn't plan to find and investor, the only option was to start small. The plan was to contact one of cigarettes producers and make a direct contract after showing how good weed could be and take the market. Of course it would take time but knowing from past experience a new drug always explodes on the market and everybody would want a taste of it, and after the initial boom some would leave while others would remain loyal consumers.

The contents were mostly about the description and an image that served as a reference, there was also the possibility that there would be non around there but since there was no time pressure for the moment the best option would be to give her the responsibility to find some and send it over, after that my work would start.

"Kimimaro take this to the postal office, please." After sealing it and writing the address I handed to my loyal follower who just finished cleaning the table. Also under the letter was a some money which would cover the expenses of the postal service.

"I shall do so." After crossing the door I was left alone alone at the apartment, Naruto was on the typical D-rank missions with her original team.

Sai remained the same which wasn't surprising.

But in Sasuke's case, he got a new look. More like new clothes, if bandages and bandaids could count as a style of dressing. It was clear that he followed my improved training regime with zealous devotion, but he could have easily afforded medical expenses with his clan fortune or use the insurance of a shinobi. Probably he was training his discipline and mental fortitude as well, thumbs up to show my approval and relative respect.

We had a spar in those days which I won with some annoyances, since his sharingan was activated he was able to see my strings rendering them useless for the surprise factor, but he couldn't keep up with the speed I could move them and despite he could close the distance between us, it was easy to just jump away. Compared to Naruto, I had little to no trouble to defeat him even if he went all out; it wasn't a derogatory statement but a fact.

Naruto unlimited chakra reserves allowing her to become a one man(woman) army.

If it was only possible to remain in a single train of thought, life would be easier.

I had other obligations to fulfill.

As a responsible grown young man I had the obligation of the house management in all departments, specially with proper administration of our money and income. And so at the table I had been working as an accountant after finishing the letter, pretty much I was doing some paperwork, really boring but necessary as well.

I truly wished that a calculator could be invented in a close future because addition and subtraction were taxing rather than difficult.

With time I finished doing all the necessary calculus leaving mentally exhausted, not even rubbing my temples helped me to recover some of my energy, reason why I asked Kimimaro to brew a cup of coffee instead of tea.

"Goddamit…" And so the results that we were going to be broke in matter of days, that if I were to keep buying Kimimaro's new medicine and that wasn't without taking account the living expenses of three of us, even with insurance, why a miserable bottle of pills had to be so ridiculously expensive?!

It was impossible for me to afford it, the only solution was to maintain the original recipe unless I loaned money from the bank. Of course I hated debts and the high interest that came with the loan.

Always investment, always spending money yet not getting anything in return.

I was feeling a bit depressed at knowing the economical state of my parents account.

I had doubts that I could continue with my plan with the current situation, but I was sure that the drugs would take over the world of addictions in an instant, putting me at the top of the market and getting a lot of income. But without a single cent for investment all that planning would be for naught, even Haku gathering would become meaningless.

Why everything had to be so difficult?

Why everything went cold out of sudden?

As if my back was just splashed with a bucket of ice cold water.

"Haven't you wondered how an insignificant piece of paper had become important to the lives of every human in existence?" Ignoring the fact of the sudden and unexpected appearance of Danzo at my apartment, his question was in fact worth of an extensive debate since it was true how paper became more valuable than people lives, besides I came from another world where money was everything and without it you were absolutely nobody to the society.

But returning to his arrival, I was glad that Kimimaro wasn't around since he would definitely felt conflicted or resentful, after all Danzo rejected him and throw him away before becoming my devoted follower.

"Is very strange for you to personally contact me, Danzo-sama." Always another agent came to contact me and those agents usually were between Fuu, Torune and Shin. So there had to be a good reason for him to personally come and talk to me.

"Perhaps it is, but not impossible." Without more words he took his seat in front of me giving a calm and stoic posture, but I only lowered my gaze in response. It was impossible for me to do not feel that threatening gaze coming from his lone eye.

"There is a mission for me?"

"Yes, you might be very interested just as I am." There were a wide variety of mission that could be assigned on me but most of them had been done to complete my training in both efficacy and efficiency in missions, since it was finally over I no longer had the need to constantly participate on missions specially with the value I had just for being alive.

However the wide selection narrowed quite considerable after mentioning our common interest, better said my own interests.

"It involves the Land of Snow?" It was very possible since I told him everything related to it and I also was interested in the technological advancements that they could offer but my interest was mostly focused on the minds behinds those inventions with their help and my ideas many an infinite of possibilities would be open to me.

Maybe he only wanted to convince the snow princess for an assisted rule, or other reasons.

But a firm shook of his head told me otherwise.

"No, at least not yet." Only to return, his words were enough to understand that at a later date I would finally go to snow country with or without princess I didn't care as long as I could contact the scientifics from there. Create as many connections as possible that would be beneficial in every aspect the moment I wanted to expand my future work to other places like the Iron country.

"But before that, I decided to accept your request." A sheet of paper was placed on the table with a picture of a girl attached to it. "She will be part of your team from now on." Only then it was possible for me to recognize that the girl in the picture was Jun, without her goggles she looked like a complete different person. Like seriously, I would rather see her without them, after all she had a nice face. Moving those thoughts aside, all the information of the document specified all of her abilities and properly ranked.

Just like she said, she was a B rank ninja.

"I'm thankful."

Only a bit grateful to him for accepting my request which was made days ago, honestly speaking I wasn't expecting a positive answer. So feeling a bit happy was unavoidable from my part yet it could be quickly suppressed, specially if he got my attention by hitting the table with his cane and then pointed at me with it.

KI was practically leaking.

"I hope you fix the mess you have done Kichiro, Hiruzen might let it slide but I will not. A jinchuriki cannot be emotionally unstable."

It was a direct hit to me, at the end I was correct in my assumptions regarding Jun's true mission. A jinchuuriki should be loyal to his or her respective village as a WHOLE and not be completely dependant or over attached with a single person in particular.

With everything that happened and all the time I spent with her teaching her, playing, caring, etc. I would say with utter confidence that she would be capable to ignore the village needs just for me.

Just like I wanted….

Maybe.

"Naruto isn't emotionally unstable, she just exaggerated her over-protective instincts." Perhaps a little too much that gave us trouble, but I knew that I was lying to myself with that excuse.

"I will not waste my time discussing with you, you know what you have done and you must take care of it, am I clear?"

"...Yes."

"Very well." From behind his robes he brought a file full of documents and placed it on the table, it was thick as a book. "Here is all the information you need to know about your next A-rank mission, I believe you are capable enough to complete both primary and secondary objectives. But the primary objective will not accept failure as an option."

I nodded.

"I understand."

Only then he stood up from his place made his way out not looking back.

"You understand better than anyone, don't you?"

The aura was gone with him and once again I was alone with my thoughts and his last line he said to me.

Perhaps I did understand things better than anyone.

But on my own perspective.

Moments later Kimimaro arrived, since there was nothing left to do around the apartment he used his free time for meditation.

He needed a hobby, gardening might be a good idea for his kind nature.

Returning to my business, the file was thick yet after opening it and checking its content I found out that all those papers were useless, only a waste of space.

The information had nothing to do with any kind of mission at all, some explained cooking recipes while others were advertisements.

After going through every single sheet there was absolutely nothing important.

There was a glimpse of anger in me but quickly faded away after checking the cover, which had many numbers arranged in order and all of them were pairs.

I had been taught about it and what it meant, it should have been obvious to me but it didn't cross my mind that they would make waste time ordering the whole thing. Though maybe Danzo took precautions with Naruto since he gave it to me directly on our home where at any moment and place she could pop up.

All the sheets arranged in vertical position and in order of course also checking that their numbers were pars and capital bold words.

That alone and having to check the numbers one by one was a tedious work that took me some time to organize and obtain a clear message from all that sea of words, but I found in quite a pickle, the table wasn't large enough for all the paper. With a bit of analytical eye I would need to move the furniture and keep organizing the code on the floor.

In a way I felt like a genius solving the most difficult puzzle in existence, but realizing that a Nara could have finished it in only minutes was a big hit on one's pride.

Since it no longer could be kept hidden from prying eyes it was for the best if nobody entered the apartment for at least half an hour, in that time I was confident enough that I would have finished reading everything.

So Kimimaro was tasked to keep Naruto away if she were to arrive, obviously it wouldn't be something rude but with some money he would take her to eat her favorite food. Though I shouldn't be generous with the money since I was facing a potential economical crisis, but I always expected the best with every mission since it had the potential to create new opportunities for me.

And the final message was written like a list.

"Takigakure..."

"Supported by two squads."

"1 jounin and 2 chunins each."

"One Month limit."

"Active Rebel Support."

"Kill the current Kage, SECONDARY."

"Obtain Hero Water, SECONDARY."

"Kill BOULDER agents, SECONDARY."

"Learn about the Jiongu, SECONDARY."

"Cripple Taki forces, SECONDARY."

"Obtain the 7 tails, PRIMARY."

"6 days to prepare."

"Report to HQ"

Most of the objective were truly shocking, especially the one killing Shibuki.

But he didn't have much relevance taking him out of the picture wouldn't bring any dire consequences or be difficult.

Though he very was close with my primary objective.

Well...fuck.

Only one month was given to befriend Fu, the jinchuuriki of the seven tails.

But a heartbroken Jinchuuriki who had nobody to comfort that grief, could be easily obtained in matter of days…

I'm sorry Shibuki, but you stand on my road to success.

Was I truly sorry?

But worry not, I will take good care of that green haired girl in your stead.

AN: Is a frustrating things for a writer to realize that most the chapter is horrible in all senses and almost everything and still don't feel satisfied with the result, so is better to leave it there and move on the next one or we might find ourselves in an endless cycle f writer's block which wouldn't do any good for us and for our beloved readers

BTW for any Overlord fans out there Volume 12 is already trasnlated and the Season 2 is coming! KYAAAAAA!