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Anko4Life: Thanks for the like. The use of ME weapons was actually an idea taken from another fanfic that I browsed a while back and can't remember the name of…also the plot is in the future, so why the hell not use already existing futuristic weapons instead of creating an entire catalogue/inventory of new designs?
WolfWarior: Hell Yes. In case you haven't noticed, I wrote 'Eventual NaruHina' in the description.
Canix: Don't like, read another fanfiction. This is my first published NaruHina. Don't like, suck it up and read.
On to the story…
Chapter 3, AaA: Assault and Asskicking
Naruto sighed as he felt the tension in the air. Despite it being an hour since school closed for the day, he along with a few other Public Moral Committee guys were assigned to the after-school patrol. The only other people in the school were the student council who Naruto thought were up to something again.
It has been a few days since he last had contact with anyone of the Konoha group, half of whom seemed to be giving him the evil eye whilst the other half quietly told them not to do anything stupid.
Only Hinata kept quiet and refused to look at him.
Currently he was finishing his rounds on the outside and was heading to the main entrance, and from there to the Public Morals Committee room, where he would give his all clear report.
'1…2…3…4 people sneaking after me…doing a pretty good job at staying out of sight…not normal students…too well trained for that…not enough small clan heirs whom I may have pissed off so far for there to be 4 of them…' Naruto thought. 'That leaves the Konoha group…to think they would actually consider attacking me for making that Hinata-chick cry, even if it wasn't intentional…'
Naruto shook his head before continuing his patrol.
"Watanabe-senpai. Reporting in." He said as he entered the Public Morals Committee room. "I have finished my rounds. Apart from the unusual tension in the air, nothing abnormal."
"Unusual Tension?" Mari asked him. Tatsuya, who was also in the room doing some archival work, looked up as well.
"Yes. I believe that some of the students will try and jump me on my way home." Naruto reported as though it was nothing new…he actually sounded bored.
"Say WHAT?!" Mari shouted. "Who…" she was silenced by Naruto's raised hand.
"Whilst I have a good idea on whom it could be, I have no solid evidence to link them yet." Naruto said. "Besides, the attack will most likely happen outside of school, so it is outside of our jurisdiction, meaning there is nothing you or anyone here can do about it."
"Then at least take a friend along." Mari said. "Or notify the police…"
Again, Naruto held up his hand.
"The only person I could consider a friend at this academy is Tatsuya-san here." Naruto said, pointing at Tatsuya. "And he and I have a long-standing agreement that we help each other only on request. The reason being that the two of us come from different backgrounds and we don't want to get too many people involved in our problems. And what do I tell the police? That I think that there is a group of people out to kick my ass for something as trivial as making one of their friends cry without meaning to do so?"
Mari's mouth opened to reply, but no words came out…she forced herself to admit that he had a point.
"Wait…aren't I your friend?" she suddenly asked.
"Nope. Whilst I have no reason not to trust you, you are a long way away from me calling you a friend." Naruto said. 'One of the reasons being that I am not allowed to prank troublemakers, but I am not telling her that…' "If you'll excuse me, I shall head home for the day."
Mari nodded in acceptance. As Naruto closed the door, he saw her reaching for her phone. As he turned to leave, he heard Mari start ranting to Student President Mayumi about her not being friends with Naruto, making Naruto, and secretly Tatsuya, chuckle.
Shortly afterwards
Naruto made it seem as though he was looking at his schedule for the next day as he walked out of the school grounds, purposefully walking close by the place where he sensed the 4 presences to be hiding.
As he passed them, he muttered, "Tomorrow I don't have any shift with the Public Moral Committee…I may be able to get some peace and do some maintenance on my Predator then…"
This made the 4 people, Sasuke, Kiba, Shino and surprisingly Ino, rethink their strategy. Initially they had planned to beat the shit out of him whilst he was on his way home, because in school he would be able to bring out his CAD…whilst Sasuke was secretly planning on taking Naruto's M3 Predator for himself…it had to have some good tech on it, right?
Now though they thought it would be better if they cornered him tomorrow, humiliate him in front of dozens of other students, then beat him up…with Ino wanting to get some…measurements…from Naruto while she was at it…
Naruto hid a smirk as he walked on, still looking at his tablet, though he was no longer looking at a schedule…instead he was writing a message to one of the few friends he had in the entirety of Konoha: Hatake Kakashi, the man who taught him how to be stealthy, and who happened one of his late father's students.
The man was a lazy pervert when not on missions who will try to be late even for his own funeral if he has anything to say about it, but his skills and knowledge exceed Naruto's by a vast margin. The man was a horrible cook though, and Naruto used to constantly make fun of his ability to create a steam explosion using a normal pot, a normal induction stove and pure water.
At least, Naruto teased him until he felt Kakashi use some technique called Konoha Hidden Taijutsu Oogi: Sennin Goroshi on him, leaving him unable to sit down on anything without jumping up into the air due to his ass hurting for a day.
"Hey, Kakashi-sensei. Some of the Konoha trainees are going to do something stupid tomorrow. I'll do my best not to kill them.
Naruto.
P.S….is that Sennin Goroshi patented?"
Smirking, he continued on his journey, noticing the complete lack of tension in the air.
Oh…he was going to have fun tomorrow…perhaps he should prank the student council. Their room was kinda bland…maybe putting up posters of the Student Council in Bikini's and one-piece swim suits posing would brighten up the room a bit…
Konoha HQ, Tokyo
A man with gravity defying silver hair and a face mask looked at his phone to read the message he had just received…and decided that some drastic action was needed…
He dialled a certain number, hoping to at least keep his students from doing any more stupid things in the future.
"Kakashi-kun…its been a while!" the person on the other side greeted him.
"I need your help, Kushina-neesan." Kakashi said with a seriousness he rarely shows outside of missions.
Next Day
Sure enough, when Naruto got to the school, he was surrounded by Sasuke, Kiba, Shino and Ino, who began speaking loudly about how Naruto was a coward who makes girls cry for no reason whatsoever, that he bribed his way into the Public Morals Committee just so he could carry a weapon because he doesn't have the balls to fight honourably.
And of course, many students gathered to see what was going on and listen in on what was being said.
And whenever Naruto tried to say anything, they interrupted him.
Eventually Naruto had enough of being interrupted and shouted, "And these guys are cowards who are jealous that they are not the only special students in the school, and need to gang up on a single person because they are too afraid to meet me face to face." Above the shouts of the 4 students.
This silenced everyone, who turned to look at Naruto.
"Firstly, I have not bribed my way into the Public Moral Committee. I joined them via recommendation from the student president herself. You can ask her or Watanabe-senpai or any else on the student council as they were all present. Secondly, I use my CAD as a last resort, so me carrying it because I am afraid to fight is a void point." Naruto turned to look at each of his assailants. "And I believe I stated this before, but I did not purposefully or knowingly cause Hyuuga-san to cry. I only told her that she reminded me of someone whom I met a few years ago. After that she just left."
"Stop telling lies, Dobe." Sasuke sneered. "Someone like you would never be accepted in Konoha PMC HQ."
"Oh, thank Kami for that." Naruto said. "Otherwise I would have to suffer sitting in a class with someone as weak and pathetic as you lot."
That was it. Sasuke snarled and charged, followed by Kiba. Ino and Shino had realized that Naruto was purposefully trying to rile them up and land the first strike, thereby having them start the fight…the EXACT same tactic they were trying to use on him.
"Screw this…I am out of here." Ino said, with Shino nodding in agreement.
"I agree. Why do you ask? Because we acted on information we did not confirm." Shino said.
Meanwhile, Hinata, Sakura, Shikamaru, Choji and Temari were entering the school ground at that time. Seeing the commotion, they saw Ino and Shino walk out of the crowd, shaking their heads.
"What is going on?" Sakura asked.
"Sasuke and Kiba have done something stupid…" Ino began explaining what they had been up to concerning Naruto when a cry of pain made them look to the fight where Naruto was weaving through Sasuke and Kiba's sloppy teamwork, evading or parrying their strikes. The cry of pain came from one of the onlookers who had been pushed into the ring by accident only to be on the receiving end of a redirected punch from Kiba.
"That is enough!" a voice shouted, making Naruto turn his head to look at who had spoken, knowing that it was Mari, meaning that the fight was over. Which was good, because he was getting bored from dodging and parrying the weak-ass attacks from these two. He expected the two to have a high level of discipline though so he did not expect Sasuke to punch him in the face, and follow it up with a series of punches to the torso and face…
Suddenly Sasuke found himself unable to move and it was freezing cold. Everyone turned to see Mayumi standing to the side, CAD in hand and having cast an Ice spell on Sasuke, freezing him inside a block of ice.
"Care to explain what had happened here?" she asked.
At first it seemed as though nobody was going to answer, but then Shino, being the rational person he was, decided it was best to come clean and explained what had been going on.
Hinata walked up next, confirming Naruto's earlier words on what had happened, shocking Kiba and Sasuke, who had expected her to side with them, but after calming down, they realized that they had either played into Naruto's hands or they simply lost control of themselves.
However, Sasuke still had too much pride in himself to admit defeat, but even he knew that he was screwed.
Naruto meanwhile was being helped up onto his feet by Tatsuya and Leonhart and carried to the nurse's office, sporting a bruised cheek and a broken nose. It was impossible to see, but he also had bruised ribs…Naruto had underestimated Sasuke's strength…something he won't do again.
He later learned that both Sasuke and Kiba were suspended for a week on charges of assault and spreading lies, whilst Naruto was suspended from the Public Morals Committee in order to recover, but also because he provoked the two boys, though given the circumstances, the latter reason was dropped.
At least Naruto could continue his mission of shadow guarding his target…he sure as hell wasn't going to pull his punches on the mission…
A few weeks later, Principles Office
The man looked at Kakashi who was standing before him in his formal uniform.
"Everything is in order, but please make sure that our student, Mr, Uzumaki, returns safe and sound." Momoyama Azuma said, handing Kakashi the file he had just read, along with another file that allowed Naruto to be away from the school for a few weeks.
"Hopefully it will only be a long term infiltration mission to deliver supplies to refugees stranded in the jungle in Africa, worst case, we will be forced to fight of a patrol or two." Kakashi said.
Shortly afterwards
Naruto was sitting in class listening to the lecturer who was giving a history lesson on the first world war.
He was busy writing down notes when he heard Sakura calling out, "Kakashi-sensei?"
Everybody in the class looked between her and the person who had just entered the room.
"Forgive me for intruding." Kakashi said, handing the lecturer the file from the Principle.
"Uzumaki Naruto-san, it seems as though you are needed by Konoha PMC, some kind of supply mission to some refugees in Africa." The lecturer said. Naruto quirked an eyebrow, but nodded, packing his things.
"Why is the Dobe getting to go on missions whilst I have to stay here?" Sasuke shouted.
"Sasuke, calm down." Kakashi said. "What you fail to realize is that at Konoha HQ we teach you to be officers. Naruto is basically a soldier, however he has both experience and the required skills for this mission."
"Explain." Sasuke demanded.
"You wouldn't know stealth if it hit you in the face. That's why." Naruto said.
"I wouldn't have worded it like that, but he is telling the truth." Kakashi said, seeing that Sasuke was about to retort to Naruto's comment.
"How long will this Op last?" Naruto said as he neared the bottom of the stairs in between the rows of tables.
"Three weeks, depending on how many patrols the team encounters." Kakashi said, handing him a file.
Naruto read it, eyebrow twitching.
"A bit overkill, don't you think?" he asked.
"With Former President Assar Bin Al Bashir dead, the African Union has upped the patrols in its territory. What do you expect?" Kakashi said.
"Point." Naruto conceded as the two of them walked out of the door. The other students looked at them as though a miracle had happened.
Finally someone snapped out of the shock.
"Ok…someone please tell me what just happened, please."
Later, in the armoured vehicle
"This is either going to make Sasuke mad or he will demand to be given special treatment." Naruto said, looking at Kakashi, who nodded sadly.
"After that little stunt he pulled a few weeks ago, his father had been less than pleased, but couldn't do anything about it as he himself was very much like Sasuke in his youth." He explained.
A few days later
"Alright. We have received new orders. There will be many people attending the open day and the target will be there as one of the tour guides." A man said, looking around the room where 30 or so other men were seated.
"How will we get in, Boss?" one of them asked.
"Simple. We go in through the front door. All of you will be issued false identities." 'Boss' said. "Our contact in the school has managed to sneak in weapons and body armour. Once inside the school, we will gear up and storm the place. If you find Flower, hit her with a sleeping spell and bag her."
"Sounds simple enough." The man in the crowd answered. "What is the security going to be like?"
"A handful of policemen and their so-called Public Morals Committee…let's show them that Bullets fly faster than spells." 'Boss' said, grinning evilly.
Meanwhile, in Mayumi's office
The majority of the student council was paper white and sweating buckets as they looked at the man standing before them. Clad head to toe in black armour, the only distinguishing feature on him were his glowing orange eyes and the two fox-ear-like protrusions on the top of his helmet.
They were in the presence of a very frightening legendary presence: Shadow-Fox.
"Calm down. I am not here to harm anyone." Shadow-Fox said gently, though his voice came out in a monotone thanks to the synthetic voice system built into the suit.
"Forgive us if we are not able to do so, but you are infamous as being both a highly trained operative as well as a bearer of the Mage-slayer title." Mayumi said.
"Understandable. However, rest assured that I am only here because my CEO ordered me to do a security sweep in this school as well as provide extra security during the open day." Shadow-Fox said. "Our informants have given us reason to believe rogue elements of the Great Asian Alliance are planning on attacking during the open day."
"Uhm…if that is truly all you are planning to do, as long as you don't harm anyone in the school, or cause too many issues, I'll allow you and Shadow-Blade to be on the school grounds." Mayumi said, quickly writing out an authorisation document for Shadow-Fox.
"Please check in with the Public Morals Committee. They will be in charge of the security details." Ichikara Suzune said after clearing her throat.
"Roger that." Shadow-Fox then turned to Azusa. "Before he left on his mission to Africa, Naruto-san told me a little detail about you, Chibi-ojou-chan." Azusa flinched. "How about telling me if you know anything about this thing." Shadow-Fox brought out his M-99-C Harrier. Azusa immediately went Ape-Shit about it, mistaking it for and listing the specs of the M-96 Mattock.
"You really know your equipment, little one." Shadow-Fox said, "However, this isn't a M-96."
"Then what is it?" Azusa said, before her eyes went wide in shock. "It…can't be…"
Shadow-Fox just nodded.
"If you'll excuse me." He said, turning to the door. The others looked on in shock as he seemingly vanished from sight as he opened the door, which closed as though by a ghost.
"Did he just…disappear into thin air?" Mayumi asked.
"Probably he cast a high level light manipulation spell that bent the rays of light around him whilst suppressing the Photon particles being reflected of him." Suzune explained, with Miyuki confirming her words with a smile, making both Mayumi and Suzune look at her oddly, before remembering that Miyuki and her brother have met Shadow-Fox before.
"I actually got to see an authentic M-99 Harrier…" Azusa was lost in her own world.
An hour later
Shadow-Fox opened the doors to the class that held the group from Konoha, shocking lecturer and student alike with his sudden appearance.
"Spread out and sweep the room." Shadow-Fox said before a group of 12 Shadow-Blade Operatives marched in in double file. Shadow-Fox meanwhile walked up to the lecturer and explained that this was only a surprise security sweep in preparation for the coming Open Day.
As each Shadow-Blade Operative passed a student he or she scanned said student with a device, leaving many feeling uncomfortable until the operative called out "Clear!"
Shadow-Fox meanwhile was standing at the front of the class, glaring at Sasuke whilst having a soft expression at Hinata. Ino just got an annoyed look. And the best thing in his mind? None of them could see any of this.
"All clear, Sir." Shadow-Fox turned to Desert Dog, the leader of this Shadow-Blade Unit.
"Alright. Let's head on to the next class." Shadow-Fox said.
Most of the students let out sighs of relief, whilst Sasuke was clenching his fist in anger because he was being treated as an equal to the lower-class students.
Ino was fighting the urge to do some digging into Shadow-Fox.
Hinata looked on in shock at seeing the one person whom she desperately wanted to meet, only to not be able to talk to him at all. Does he even remember her?
…
AND DONE!
My first Chapter written on my new Laptop…and I am having trouble getting used to the new keyboard layout…
So…just who is this Flower Person? Why, it is the person whom Naruto has to shadow guard and also the person whom the first group of bad guys want to kidnap for whatever reason.
The Open day is going to be interesting.
Please R&R.