Author's Notes: Don't worry, I am still working on Darkness Falls, just the latest chapter is giving me a bit of issues, as well as other priorities behind the keyboard, as well as some other distractions. So, I figured I would shift focus to this story for the time being so that everyone can see that I am still alive and active!
I will say this, the next chapter for Darkness Falls is set to be a big one, so I hope that will make up for the long duration of having no updates. My plan is to resolve how the previous chapter ended, and then take it all the way through the preliminaries and end it just before the month long break.
So don't worry, an update is coming!
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Zachosg7 – Konoha, no. However, there will be an outbreak in another place. Though, that won't happen until later.
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Naes151 – Don't worry, I am keeping it to characters from Resident Evil and Naruto. The only one that may sneak in, is Saeko from Highschool of the Dead, maybe Saya and Shizuka as well. And even then, I won't just shoehorn them in. So, no need to worry.
Exia Zero – Some of the HOTD girls may make an appearance, though I can say that it is very unlikely Rei will be one of them. After watching the what there is of the series, I immediately hated her character. Saeko is best girl though.
Alexander Gutierrez1 - En realidad, estoy planeando agregar a Alcina Dimitrescu y sus hijas a la historia. (Google Translate)
Crio Yaroi – I may include Lisa, but as her human form instead of her mutated form. Probably make her look a bit like her mother.
Harem
Naruto Girls – Anko, Ayame, Ino, Hinata, Tenten, Yugao, Koyuki, Kurotsuchi, Mei, Tayuya, Kin, Konan, Nyoka (Fem!Orochimaru)
Resident Evil Girls - Ada, Rebecca, Sherry, Jill, Ashley, Helena
BioWeapon Power Ranking
Walker – Genin strength, regardless of corpse reanimated. Mindless and slow moving, it's motives based on the most natural of instincts. The need to feed.
Licker – Chunin/Jonin strength. Quick and agile. Intelligent. Will lie in wait and ambush it's prey rather then a frontal attack. Known for their abnormally long tongues that are used as weapons to entrap or pierce the flesh of their victims.
Tyrants – Jonin and above. While slow, extremely powerful and can shrug off majority of attacks on it, regardless of how powerful.
Soldats – Human's injected with the (CLASSIFIED) virus. Increasing their speed, strength, agility, cognitive functions, as well as their intelligence and problem solving capabilities. In short, they think and react faster then normal humans.
Known Soldats – (CLASSIFIED)
Resident Uzumaki
Chapter 2
Three Weeks Later
"So that is one order of miso ramen, two orders of beef ramen, and a large order of pork ramen to go and six orders of Kani Gyozas." A brown haired waitress repeated back the order she had just been given from the customer in front of her. "Anything else?"
"How about you, tonight?" The man gave what he had deemed a 'seductive' grin, but to Ayame, it looked like he was constipated, prompting the brown haired waitress to roll her eyes in annoyance.
"Afraid I am going to have to decline." She replied with forced politeness. "I know all about your reputation, Asuma Sarutobi."
"Oh?" The bearded Jonin now identified as Asuma quirked an eyebrow, exhaling a stream of smoke from his mouth that had originated from the cigarette he had hanging loosely between his lips. "And what reputation would that be? How I can make cute girls like you scream out into the night?"
"Oh, you make them scream all right." Ayame retorted with a slight snort. "Scream out in frustration because you are nothing more then a two pump chump that can't even bring a girl to finish with that micro sized pecker you call a dick."
For his part, Asuma could only shrug in response. He was no stranger to women shooting him down in brutal fashion, and took each blow and insult with stride. It was just part of the game he played. To him, it only made it that more satisfying when he finally achieved his conquest. In the end, it didn't matter to him, eventually she will cave and give herself to him willingly, and he would have put another notch under his belt before he moved on to his next conquest.
A tense silence hung over the ramen stand as Ayame prepared the orders, all the while ignoring the bearded mans leering. As she prepared the orders, the brunette haired waitress noticed an ANBU with an owl design on their mask approaching the ramen stand. Quietly, the ANBU beckoned her father over and gave him a scroll, along with a vial filled with a clear looking liquid, causing the ramen waitress to narrow her eyes slightly.
'That can't be good.' Ayame thought to herself with a frown, knowing full well that her father still did the odd assignments from the Hokage, most of which pertained to her favorite blonde haired customer and lover. Turning her attention back to the orders she was preparing; a handful of minutes had passed before she was finished with the orders and with a forced politeness, she bid the bearded man-whore a good day while muttering under her breath that she hoped for him to contract some sort of horrible venereal disease.
"I haven't seen a man get taken down that brutally since the Battle of Wutai, during the Third Great Shinobi War." Teuchi teased his daughter, having witnessed the young waitress savagely turn down the young Sarutobi's attempt to woo his daughter. "Couldn't hurt to give him a chance, you know."
"Pops, you are aware that the only thing that asshole is interested in, is getting between my legs to dump his load, right?" Ayame retorted with a snort. "And after he gets what he wants, he will just move on to his next conquest."
"Perhaps my little girl can be the special one to tame his wild heart." The elder ramen chef chuckled. "Who knows, maybe if he knocks you up it will force him to settle down."
"That was a very poor attempt at a joke, father." She lightly chastised, shaking her head in annoyance at the elder mans antics. "Being a former shinobi yourself, you know full well that the laws of Konoha would protect that man-whore from assuming any responsibility of raising a child."
Teuchi couldn't help but flinch as his daughter held nothing back in regards to how she felt about one Asuma Sarutobi.
"Besides, he already knocked up some civilian girl in the Red Light District and all they told her was to abort it; if she chose to keep it, it would be her responsibility, not his." Ayame scowled, clearly none too pleased with how the entire situation had been handled by the governing body of the village.
As it had turned out, Asuma had played upon the civilian woman's ignorance of jutsu that Shinobi use and had tricked her into believing the seal he had used rendered him sterile. Of course, when she had brought up her pregnancy to the bastard, he had completely brushed her off and ignored her. Forcing her to make a very difficult decision. Fortunately for the young woman, Cerberus had lent a hand to give her the support she needed. Both emotionally and medically. Even started lobbying withing the various villages they held influence over, to hold shinobi and kunoichi accountable for unwanted pregnancies that may occur due to their actions. So far, only Konoha had been stubborn about the proposal.
"Besides pops, I already have a boyfriend." She revealed. The sound of clattering bowls as they hit the ground echoed throughout the small ramen stand, earning a slight giggle from the brown haired waitress.
"What do you mean you already have a boyfriend?" Teuchi inquired, shocked at the revelation that his daughter had a boyfriend. "And why haven't you introduced the boy yet?"
"How do you know you haven't already met him, and just don't know it yet?" Ayame teased with an amused grin. Her father however, didn't share the same sentiment as he openly scowled at the jest. "As for why I haven't introduced you yet, it's because he works for Cerberus and I know how you feel about them."
"Bah, Cerberus." The elder man all but spat the name in disgust. The semi-retired shinobi had made his thoughts quite clear about how he felt about the corporation. Feeling that no entity should have as much wealth or political power that they wielded throughout the Elemental Nations.
Furthermore, to increase his dislike for the company, they were the indirect reason as to why the Hokage had pulled him out of retirement. For unknown reasons, the corporation had approached the young Uzumaki boy with the offer of a privatized education as well as other fringe benefits. The entire thing was far too suspicious for the former ANBU member. Why did Cerberus approach Naruto specifically? Especially in the court of popular opinion, there were far more suitable candidates. The first that came to mind was the villages golden boy, Sasuke Uchiha. While Teuchi didn't think the boy deserved all the special treatment he received, he could not doubt that the Uchiha had natural talent the rest of his classmates lacked.
Then there were the other two that had left the Academy with the boy, Hinata Hyuga and Ino Yamanaka, both clan heiresses from prominent clans, though he was aware that there was some inner clan issues with the Hyuga heiress. Something about her being too timid for the Clan Head and Elders liking. As for the Yamanaka, all he was told was that the blonde haired mind walker was an avid Uchiha fangirl, so it was surprising to hear that she had left the Academy. Lastly, there was Tenten Higurashi, a promising young Kunoichi that had shown an aptitude for weapons just starting in her career, only to resign and join Cerberus as well.
"So what's that, pops?" Ayame inquired, breaking the elder mans musing as she gestured towards the scroll and vial that was still in his hands.
"Oh nothing, just something Hokage-sama wants me to look into when I have the time." Teuchi replied, not revealing the full truth to his daughter about what the village leader had asked of him, knowing that she adored the blonde young man. Hell, if circumstances were different, he would encourage her to pursue the Uzumaki. However, as it were, he knew the Hokage would never allow it unless it was for the betterment of Konoha as a whole. "Let me know when our favorite customer gets here, I have a new recipe I want him to try and see if it gets his seal of approval."
"Alright pops!" The young waitress replied, watching as her father disappeared into the back. No doubt to prepare the 'special' ramen dish for Naruto. Shaking her head, Ayame reached into her pocket and pulled out her cellular phone. A relativity new product from the Cerberus Corporation, and pressed a few buttons before bringing the mobile device to her ear.
"Hey sexy…." She spoke into the mouth piece with a grin.
Cerberus Apartment Complex
The blonde whiskered young man couldn't help but chuckle as he laid his cell phone down on the night stand next to his bed, before grabbing the pack of cigarettes and zippo lighter next to where he had set his phone down. Leaning back against the hard wood head board at the head of the large king sized bed he was currently lounging on. Pulling out two cigarettes, placing both in his lips, he flipped open the zippo light and lit it with on fluid motion before lighting both of them. Inhaling deeply before slowly exhaling, allowing the smoke to drift out into the room.
As he did so, a slim hand snaked out from under the sheets and began to ghost over his abdomen, trailing it's slender fingers across his defined muscles as they continued to ascend up his body. Brushing over his chest area before extending two fingers, awaiting the already lit cigarette. Smirking some, Naruto removed one of the tobacco sticks from his mouth and gently placed it between the two delicate fingers, prompting the unknown female to pop her head out from under the sheets and move to lounge beside the whiskered blonde, bringing the sheets up to hide her modesty. Her usual short kept hair now a disheveled mess, and smug grin adorning her face; accompanying her lack of dress was all one would need to deduce the prior nights activities.
"Seems the old goat is getting more desperate to get me back under his thumb." Naruto commented after taking a drag from his cigarette. "He just had a package delivered to Teuchi, a concotion of some kind, in order to subdue me. No doubt so they could wipe my mind and implant false memories."
"A dissopropylphenol." The woman stated, naming the chemical compound the Hokage had ordered to be used on the blonde. "Hiruzen placed various requests among the Yamanaka, Nara, and Akamichi clans to procure the items required to make it."
"And you were going to inform me of this when, Ada-chan?" Naruto grinned, teasing the young woman beside him. Which only earned him a playful slap on the shoulder.
"If you were not such a beast last night," The now identified Ada mockingly chastised. "You would have noticed the folder I had brought over."
"I heard a lot of things coming from you last night, and complaints were not among them, my dear."
Another playful slap on the shoulder.
Chuckling some, Naruto threw the blankets off and got out of the bed. Giving his companion a delectable view of his nude form as he walked over to the table the folder lay on. Picking it up, he began to leaf through the pieces of paper. Reading over the contents, quirking an eye brow in confusion as he read over something particularly interesting.
"So the old man sent Team 7 on their first C-Rank mission, despite them not completing the required amount of D-Rank missions." The blonde commented with a snort, having a strong feeling that the mission was doomed to fail. Feeling a sense of empathy for the client, who was putting his safety in the hands of an inexperienced Genin team. "Hell, they haven't even been a team for a whole month."
"It's a disaster waiting to happen." Ada commented as she removed herself from the bed as well, walking towards him with a seductive sway in her nude hips. "All done to appease the Uchiha."
Naruto could only scoff at that. The mighty Hokage of the village bowing to the whims of a spoiled man child, all because his clan got massacred by his older sister one night, nearly sixteen years ago when the Uchiha was only six years old. Since that day, the village catered to the boys every whim. Discounted or free products from the various shops and restaurants within the village, privatized training from some of the most elite Jonin and ANBU. Even further, the boy had never been encouraged to seek counseling after such a traumatic event.
"Probably the only saving grace is that Hatake is on the mission as well as the teams Jonin Sensei." The whiskered blonde commented, exhaling another plum of smoke.
"That's debatable." Ada snorted. "While there is no doubt the man has had an impressive shinobi career, the fact remains that Hatake has gotten lazy and too reliant on his little stolen memento."
Naruto merely grunted in agreement, as he continued to flip through the pages. Reading over the information present on the unfortunate client that Team 7 had been assigned to. A simple bridge building from the small country of Nami no Kuni simply known as Tazuna. No last name, though a rather peculiar title of 'The Super Bridge Builder'.
"Gato?" Naruto spoke the familiar sounding name out loud without looking up from the paper he was reading. "Isn't that that the pudgy bastard that tried to take over the Cerberus branch in Kirigakure?"
Ada could only snort at the memory of the pompous midget with a superiority complex. The smug bastard hard barged right into their office with an entourage of thugs, stating that he was now in control of the company and that everyone was expected to fall in line. Telling the men that they would need to pay an exorbitant amount of money or other high valued items as tribute to him. Then telling the women that were present that they now all had the privilege of sexually pleasing him in bed, whenever he desired.
The response had been swift and precise. Cerberus Security Forces had made short work of Gato's thugs and had pursued the pudgy man all the way to his hideout, which was located in the shipping docks and proceeded to massacre his motley crew. Forcing Gato to flee the entirety of Mizu no Kuni in a small boat, filled with mostly the greedy mans wealthy as he left his own men to die at the hands of the Cerberus Task Force.
"That's him." Ada replied with a scowl. "Seems after we chased him out of Kiri, the slimy little bastard set up shop in Nami no Kuni."
"I would say that even as inexperienced as they are, Team 7 should be able to handle the little prick." Naruto sighed with a frown. "But, something in my gut tells me that we're going to have to step in and deal with the pig of a man ourselves."
"Alright, enough business talk." Ada stated, turning towards the blonde young man with a sultry grin. "We're not even on the clock yet, and there are far more satisfying things we could be doing instead. So, join me in the shower?"
As if to get her message across, she reached out and grabbed him but his lower appendage. Which was all the incentive he needed to drop the folder back down on the table and discard his cigarette in a nearby ash tray.
"Well," He grinned as he allowed himself to be led by the seductress towards the bathroom. "How could I refuse such an invitation."
Three Days Later, Cerberus Headquarters, Konoha Branch
Six figures sat around a large table in a dimly lit room, which was mostly illuminated by a three dimensional holographic map of the entire Elemental Nations, dotted with various Cerberus logos that represented where each of their bases were, accompanied by a photo of the individual in charge of that base, along with other sparse information.
"The new variant of the Tyrant Virus is progressing extremely well." Hinata reported from her seat, right next to Nyoka, whom was looking over the reports of the latest batch of test subjects. "We have confirmed that infection rate fluctuates in humans, depending on the individual. A fully healthy specimen can take up to ten hours until the virus as completely taken over. In other species, like dogs and various amphibious creatures, the transformation is much faster."
"Jiraiya-baka was foolish to send his toads to spy on you, Naruto-kun." Nyoka giggled from her seat, setting the papers she had been reading down on the table. "But at least they make good test subjects."
As she spoke, the holographic map changed, now showing various toads with a series of wires and hoses connected to them, monitoring the amount of viruses going in and out of them. Some of the creatures had even begun to mutate. The leg muscles now bulging, almost threatening to rip through the skin. One to the toads had their tongue fully extended, clamped down to a post across the room, showing it to be well over four times it's body length. Rather then the usual one third of it's body length, found in natural toads.
"Is there a reason why they can not reverse summon themselves?" A man with short, dark brown hair and a full facial beard, inquired in curiosity. "They are summons after all, shouldn't they be able to just poof away at the first sign of danger to themselves?"
"You are correct, Chris." Naruto stated, turning his attention to the now identified Chris Redfield, older brother of his lover, Claire Redfield. A fact that had earned the whiskered blonde the typical lecture from the older brother about the consequences of hurting his sister.
"Normally they would be able to reverse summon themselves out of danger, however Danzo and myself have placed numerous Fuinjutsu seals throughout every Cerberus property." The whiskered blonde began to explain, knowing that while the man was a natural in special tactics, reconnaissance, and rescue; he was completely clueless when it came to the shinobi arts. "Not only alerting us to their presence, but also preventing them for escaping."
"Boy, is that perverted frog fucker going to be pissed." A bun haired girl, known as Tenten Higurashi, stated with a chuckle, prompting a round of light laughter from the other occupants in the room."
"Only a matter of time before Jiraiya himself comes to investigate." Naruto commented with a sigh, knowing his failure of a godfather would eventually make his 'grand' appearance and try to weasel his way into Naruto's life. No doubt, under the orders of the old bastard. Shaking the thoughts from his mind, he turned his attention to the platinum blonde that was seated off to his left. "How goes Project: Nemesis?"
"The parasite we genetically engineered to work around the mental degradation common among the Walkers, a common side effect to being infected with the T-Virus, has shown to be remarkably intelligent. Showing human-level intelligence and self-awareness." Ino explained, an edge of excitement in her voice as she reported the findings of her divisions latest project. "Theoretically, if we could implant it in a compatible host, it could manipulate said host to handle weapons, open doors, and even do moderate level problem solving."
"I am sense a 'but'…."
"But," Ino sighed. "So far, the parasite has violently rejected every host we have placed it in."
"Originally we thought the Walkers we were using were too decomposed, so we attempted it with the freshly turned Iruka and Mizuki." Noyka added, since she was helping the young blonde with the project. "However, the end result was the same."
"We've theorized that we may need to find a host that is above peak human physicality." The young blonde woman continued. "Someone of a Jonin level, perhaps."
"Mmm." Naruto mused for a handful of seconds before turning to Chris. "Chris, have our tracker and hunter teams that are out to keep an eye out of Jonin rank Missing-nin."
"We are ahead in our monthly quota of potential test subjects, should I have them make it a priority?"
"Alright." The blonde agreed before turning his attention to the last individual in the room that was sitting at the other end of the table. "How are things progressing in the civilian market, Luis?"
"As you know, we just launched the new line of home entertainment consoles, the GameStation, which has been a surging success amongst the juvenile to adolescent crowd." The man responded with a Spanish accent. Naruto couldn't help but smirk, since he himself owned one of the consoles and had enjoyed it quiet immensely. "Also, we are attracting more and more consumers with our mobile phones, even some shinobi have taken to using them for their field work."
"Then there is our medical and security services Cerberus offers to the public. Without a doubt, Cerberus has a presence in every major medical facility within the Elemental Nations." Luis finished, relaxing back into his chair. "Over all, our revenue has increased by over three hundred percent from last quarter."
"Lastly, our political and military sectors?"
"Well, since we have the Otokage sitting with us, it is safe to assume her village is backing us, one hundred percent." Chris chuckled, earning a round of chuckles from the other occupants. "Aside form that, Kirigakure is also backing us, due to our involvement in ending their Civil War. Surprisingly, due to your heritage, Iwagakure has also pledged to back Cerberus. Though both Mei and Kurotsuchi have expressed their eagerness for their next…..injection."
The girls present around the table blushed slightly at the innuendo, whilst Nyoka put her slender hand over her mouth and giggled. For her part, Naruto could only sheepishly scratch the back of his head in embarrassment.
"Both Kumogakure and Amegakure have softened their stance slightly, and have begun to cooperate more for a mutually beneficial goal for both sides." Chris continued. "The only village staunchly against Cerberus is Konoha."
"No doubt due to the general populace viewing themselves as the strongest of all the Hidden Villages, simply because they think they have won the last couple wars." Tenten snorted. "When in reality, they hid behind their 'allies', allowing Konoha to keep a majority of their shinobi by the end of the war."
"Well, if they don't want to get on board, then they will be left behind." The whiskered blonde shrugged. "Despite my own feelings and clan history with this village, I still offered it the same deal every other village received."
This earned a series of nods in understanding between those seated around the table. It was well known amongst them of the blackened history between Konoha and the Uzumaki clan, which had been all but wiped out due to Konoha refusing to aid them when their island was besieged by Iwagakure, Kirigakure, and Kumogakure just before the Third Great Shinobi War had kicked off. The fact that Konoha had known about the impending attack weeks in advance and had still refused to alert Uzushiogakure of the danger, all for the simple fact that Konoha desired to keep it's Jinchuriki. And only an Uzumaki could contain the mighty Kyubi.
Hence why when Konoha had finally arrived to 'search' for any survivors, which had translated to killing any survivors that had lingered as well as plundering any useful knowledge they could find and claim as their own, only his mother had been 'rescued'. Fortunately, Danzo's ROOT forces had managed to save a majority of the most vital of relics, having great respect for the Uzumaki Clan and their accomplishments.
It was also double fortunate that his own mother didn't fall for the Konoha "Will of Fire" indoctrination that the village had implanted in nearly all of its citizens, having already a strong distrust of the village, since she found it too convenient that they had shown up after her village had been sacked, and even more suspicious that she had been the only survivor they had conveniently found. It was these doubts and suspicions in Konoha's true motives that lead the surviving Uzumaki in founding the Cerberus Corporation with like minded allies, both within and outside the village from the shadows. Building it into the corporate empire it is today.
"Has there been any change in your mother's condition, Naruto-kun?" Ino inquired with a look of concern etched upon her face.
"Tsunade-chan said that she is showing more rapid brain patterns, indicating that she is becoming more and more aware of her surroundings." Naruto replied with a slight smile, knowing that any day now his mother could wake for her coma. "In the meantime, Karin-chan has been watching over her when Tsunade is not around."
"Anyways, Hinata-chan, Ino-chan, and Ten-chan." The blonde turned his attention towards the three mentioned young women, prompting each to give the young man their rapt attention. "Three days ago, the old bastard made another move on me. I want you three to watch out for one another. While he may not know of our relationship, I wouldn't put it past the old goat to target you three simply out of familiarity. Since both Tenten-chan and I were in the same orphanage. And Ino-chan and Hinata-chan were in the same class as me."
"Suppose that should go double for me, since the Clan Elders are still pissed that I left before they could brand me." Hinata sighed, before shrugging her shoulders in an uncaring manner It wasn't like the old fossils could do anything. Her father had already publicly denounced her as Heiress of the Hyuga clan. It wasn't her fault that the arrogant pricks thought that they were above Konoha Clan Laws.
"Well, you did disappear in the middle of the night." Chris pointed out with a slight chuckle.
"Only after that sperm donor that calls himself my father publicly disowned me, and stripped me of my status of Clan Heiress." The former heiress clarified with a smirk as she leaned back into her chair, propping her feet up on the table. Only to get her feet swatted down by Nyoka, whom gave her a scolding look.
"Daddy was actually relieved that I dropped out of the academy, and fully supported in my working here." Ino commented, before she frowned. "Though he did warn me that the Civilian side of the council has been pushing harder for the Uchiha to be placed in the Clan Restoration Act. Due to being the Yamanaka Clan Heiress, they can't force me into it, but they may try to target Hinata-chan, since she is technically a civilian now and Ten-chan."
"Something to be on the look out for." Naruto nodded.
"Speaking of this whole CRA business, Naruto" Chris's face gained a mischievous grin. "How do you plan to choose who will walk down the aisle with you first?"
"Mud Wrestling." Was the blondes quick reply. "Winner takes all."
"So what you're saying," Nyoka smirked. "Is that you want all of us in string bikini's wrestling each other in the mud with perhaps some accidental nudity, and the winner not only becomes your first wife, but head wife as well?"
Silence hung over the room as the other two men sported healthy blushes at the mental image, though Chris did shoot a mild glare towards the whiskered blonde due to the fact that his own sister would also be involved as well. Meanwhile, each of the ladies present glanced between one another, seemingly to be sizing each other up, a grin spread across each of their lips.
However, a knock at the door disrupted the festive mood between the six. Seconds later, a slender blonde woman entered the room. Wearing a white tied up halter top with a pop collar that stopped just below her breast, leaving her flawless flat stomach exposed. The top leaving a generous amount of her cleavage exposed. A pair of white, skin tight denim pants with a burgundy colored studded belt, and a pair black heeled boots. A black choker with a fox embroidered in the center wrapped firmly around her neck.
"I apologize for interrupting, but a woman came in, insistent on seeing you, Naruto-kun." The woman stated as she entered the room.
"To see me?" The whiskered blonde quirked an eye brow. "Odd that someone outside Cerberus would know to ask for me specifically."
"She didn't ask for you by name, only that it was urgent that she speak to whoever was in charge." The woman clarified. "She seemed rather desperate."
"I see, thank you Ashley-chan." Naruto acknowledged. "Can you show her to my office, I will talk to her there."
"Of course Naruto-kun." The now identified Ashley replied, giving the blonde a small wink before leaving the room to carry out the request given to her.
"If there is nothing else, I guess that draws this meeting to a close." The blonde stated as he pushed himself up from his seat. Gathering up the small pile of folders and documents that were sitting in front of him. Prompting the others to also get up from their positions at the table and file out the door way.
"Suppose I shall go talk with this woman, and see what is going on."
"Just be careful that this isn't some sort of trap set up by the old man." Chris warned as he stopped at the door way, not putting it past the village leader to use such an under handed tactic to lure out the jinchuriki.
"The thought had crossed my mind." The blonde admitted before shrugging. "But I doubt it. The old bastard only knows that I am employed by Cerberus, not my exact position and this woman requested to speak with whoever was in charge."
With that, the two men left the room and parted ways. Chris splitting off to head to the firing range to keep his sharp shooting skills sharp, and Naruto towards his office to meet with this mystery woman. It didn't take the blonde long to work his way through the Cerberus Headquarters, and reach his office which was located two floors above where they were having their meeting.
When he arrived to his office, Naruto was greeted by the sight of a woman looking to be in her mid to late twenties with long indigo colored hair, sitting nervously on his couch. She wore a short-sleeved pink shirt with the end of the sleeves and the collar being a red color. As well as a long flowing dark blue skirt that stopped just past her knees. Without a doubt, the whiskered blonde would admit that the woman before him was rather attractive. The way she fidgeted with her fingers while impatiently tapping her foot on the floor while she was waiting told him that this woman was no kunoichi.
"I was told you needed to see me, miss…" Naruto spoke as he fully entered the room, causing the woman to jump up from the couch in fright. Dropping the folders off on top of his desk, he turned his attention towards the woman.
"Um, sorry." The woman bowed slightly, after she had collected herself. "My name is Tsunami."
"Naruto Uzumaki, head of Cerberus." Naruto introduced himself, gently taking her hand and lightly kissing her knuckles, causing the poor woman to blush slightly. "Ashley-chan told me that you needed to speak with me?"
"Ah, yes." Tsunami replied, shaking the shock of the young man before her was the head of the massive Cerberus corporation. Not to mention how much of a gentleman he was. "Recently my father hired a team of Shinobi from this village, but I don't have the confidence that they will keep my father safe."
Naruto frowned at that, as he concluded that this woman before him was the daughter of the bridge builder that Team 7 had been assigned to.
"The one with black hair is always going on about 'Uchiha this' and 'Uchiha that', as if expecting the entire world to bow down before him, simply because of his name." The blue haired woman exasperated, letting out some much needed venting. "And the pink haired girl, she spends all of her time fawning over the Uchiha instead of actually watching over my father like she is supposed to be doing. And don't even get me started on their supposed teacher. The lazy bastard openly reads porn in front of my son, and lounges around all day, doing nothing to help his students, though he clearly favors the Uchiha, which has only served to make the smug little shit even more egotistical."
"Feel better?" Naruto asked with a slight chuckle, earn an embarrassed blush from the woman.
"Forgive me, I don't usually use such language." Tsunami bowed at the waist, showing her regret of using such language. "It's just that, I am so worried that my father may not survive the completion of his bridge. That is why I came to Cerberus, in hopes of hiring one of your security teams."
"I-I don't have much money." She began, her fingers nervously playing with the hem at the bottom of her shirt. "Bu-but, I can pay you in others ways."
Once finished, she shakily began lifting her shirt, exposing her bare stomach, showing that despite being a mother, her skin was silky smooth and nary a stretch mark to be seen. However, she was stopped just short of exposing her breasts, when Naruto gently took her hand and gently guided it down to lower her shirt.
"Tsunami-chan." Naruto sighed, giving her hands a reassuring squeeze. "You are a very beautiful woman, and under any other circumstance I would be honored to accept your offer. But you shouldn't have to offer your body as payment."
"It's just…" Tears began for stream down her cheeks.
"I know." The blonde interrupted, pulling her into a comforting hug. "You worried about your family, and are willing to do anything to ensure their safety. An admirable trait and one that I can respect."
The two stayed like that for a handful of moments, as Tsunami cried into his chest, all the while the whiskered blonde caressed her back in a comforting manner. After she had calmed down, Naruto guided her over to the couch, allowing her to sit down before moving over to his desk, and picking up the phone. Dialing his intended number.
"Chris, prep Shadow Fox Team and have them gather at the helipad in fifteen, geared and ready go go." He instructed once the man had answered the call. "We're heading to Nami no Kuni, expect hostiles and a potential hostage situation."
~"Roger that."~ Came the voice on the other end before it hung up.
"Well, shall we, Tsunami-chan?" He turned to ask the blue haired woman, whom had an expression of shock on her face.
"But, I can't pay…."
"We will discuss something more suitable on the way." Naruto smiled. "Something that does not involve you giving your body."
"I...thank you." She smiled, following the blonde out of the office.
Hokage's Office
It had not been a good week for the aging village leader.
First and foremost, he had failed once again to subdue the weapon when the boy had arrived at the ramen stand. Teuchi had prepared the 'Naruto Special', as the chef had ironically named it, with the sedative the ANBU had delivered prior that day. However, the entire plan became unraveled with the chefs daughter, whom was keeping the weapon distracted while her father prepared the dish, turned and crashed into her father. Dumping the entire bowl onto the floor.
If Hiruzen believed in such a thing, he could of sworn that Kami herself was interfering with his plan to subdue the villages weapon.
The other incident that was giving the elder man a headache, was the Hyuga situation. Three years ago, Hiashi made the grievous error in publicly disowning his eldest, allowing the young woman to simply walk out of the Hyuga estate without consequence before they could put the Caged Bird Seal upon her. Since then, the Hyuga Clan Head had been harping on him to find a loop hole in the Konoha Clan law that is protecting the estranged Hyuga. It only complicated matters further when the man had learned that the young woman had joined with Cerberus as an assistant to one of the corporation's top scientist. Though which scientist, he didn't know for sure.
What he did know, was that with Hinata Hyuga being with Cerberus, made her virtually untouchable since the corporation was backed by the Fire Daimyo and his family and thus any movement against an employee of Cerberus would be seen as an attack on the Fire Daimyo himself.
'I'll have to contact Jiraiya again, and see if his toads have turned up anything we can use.' Hiruzen thought to himself.
The elder mans musing was cut short from the sound of a rapid chopping coming from outside the office window. Turning his gaze towards the window, he saw one of the large vehicles that Cerberus used to quickly move about the Elemental Nations taking off from their roof top. However, what caught his attention was a whiskered blonde he desired to subdue suited up in a standard Cerberus combat ready outfit, sitting at the door way of the helicopter, as he learned it was called. Almost as if Kami herself was mocking him for his constant failures of molding the young man to be the villages weapon.
He watched as the helicopter ascended and then turned, heading north east. A scowl etched upon his withered face as he watched it disappear over the horizon.
Additional Authors Notes: And there we go!
See! I am still alive!
Anyways, as you saw, there was a bunch of names being dropped as well as hints of their position within the corporation. Though as you can guess, Nyoka (Fem!Orochimaru) is head of the science division, Tsunade is head of the Medical, Chris is head of the Task force (aka STARS), and Luis is in charge of the civilian sector.
Big shout out to Fanreader26 that helped me with parts of this chapter, as well as FenreldStormblade. Be sure to check out both of their works. Very talented authors with great ideas!
At any rate, I hope everyone enjoyed this chapter, and yes, I will be striving to coerce my muse into hovering over Darkness Falls for a bit so I can get it updated as well. As always, feel free to leave your thoughts, suggestions, and comments in the reviews!