Sasuke had tried for the last couple of days to get into his father's office to no avail. Certain places inside the house were too well guarded, cameras were common outside of the mansion, but on the inside was something too much for the young dark haired boy, this was one of the reasons he disliked living there so much, no privacy.

It was a bit ironic that he thought that given the fact he wanted to intrude into his father's personal belongings but unlike his paranoid father, he had real motives to do so. For once, the last visit from none other than the Prime Minister of Japan was to say the least, odd, Sasuke was well aware of his father's political aspirations since he told him about leaving the company in his hands, what was odd about the entire scene was the fact that none other than the most important political figure in the country was assisting him in his dream, it could have been anyone else for that matter, why him?

Aside from that, the mention of assisting in providing a guinea pig for them to show results for the attempted crimes against the Imperial family made no sense, if they had the resources to locate the actual culprit, why cover it up by handing over an innocent person? What was the point if the real culprit was still at large and could attempt to assassinate one of the members again? What if he or she succeeded? How would he face the consequences of his lie against the government? against its own people and the rest of the world?

Sasuke had been lucky so far his father had not looked into the security footage lately, the recordings were kept on a hard drive in a storage room underground where he did not have access to, his main concern was the footage was automatically stored after 24 hours in said hard drive and it could take at least a month before it was deleted, he knew this as he was present when the security system was installed there years ago, the technician had mentioned it while he was there. He also knew the only way to disable the entire system was to sabotage it within that same room, and only one other person aside from Fugaku held an access key to that place, his friend Suigetsu.

"How long will you think my father will be away?"

"Two days total, he's going to Nagoya to meet with the Emperor himself, he's already flying there by now so I wouldn't worry for the time."

Both youngsters were currently walking down the steps of a wide corridor leading to the storage basement where an elevator had been installed, said machine led around two floors further down their current location, this was there the security room was located along with hard drive they needed.

"So tell me again Sasuke, why am I here?"

"Because I don't have access to that room and you, the head of my security, does, that simple."

"I seriously wonder sometimes how long I'll remain in that position until your dad decides to get rid of me..."

"Why would that happen if he's not gonna find out about it?"

"You know he could be watching us from anywhere he goes right? He has a laptop an all."

"While he's on a plane? Now you're starting to sound as paranoid as him, trust me, it won't take long."

Suigetsu sighed in defeat as they both reached the end of the corridor where the elevator door was, there was no button to call it, only a card access terminal attached to the wall, the same card Suigetsu held. He pressed it against the device and a green light surrounded it along with a short beeping sound, shortly the elevator's door opened.

"After you."

Sasuke went in and Suigetsu followed, then the doors closed and they reached their destination in less than a minute, once the doors opened again and both were out, another security access point in the form of a door blocked their path.

"I suppose my father has a reason to be as paranoid as he is..." Sasuke smirked.

"I know right? Who would have thought his own son and his bodyguard would come here to mess up his plans?" Suigetsu's tone was sarcastic of course.

He proceeded to open the door with his card and both entered the next room that lit up with blue light, the floor tiles were almost like a mirror, there was a single main computer with a big screen along with four server racks on each side and a chair in the middle.

"So how do you want to do this? Look for the dates and delete them?"

"Can't do that, my father checks the cameras every end of the week and if he notices missing dates he'll know we were up to something."

"Then what's your plan?"

"Aren't you an adept in water jutsu?" Sasuke smirked

Suigetsu raised an eyebrow and took a moment to realize what his friend meant, making his expression change into one of complete disbelief.

"Are you crazy?! This whole room costs thousands of Yen, your dad is going to kill us for this!"

"No he won't, we'll just tell him the cooling system failed, water evaporates in high temperatures right? By the time he comes back this place will be dry so he'll believe it was an internal failure that caused it."

"You're joking! Look Sasuke, even if that's the case, he can still go to the company that installed everything and get copies of the footage from scratch!"

"Way ahead of you, after we're done here you'll go there and bribe them to erase those copies as well, we'll leave no trace."

Suigetsu's jaw remained opened at how Sasuke kept dodging bullets one after another as if it was the most normal thing in the world for him, he knew better than to argue with him but this was really a dangerous move, he could not only lose his job, common jail was the least of his fears since he could easily escape it with his abilities, instead he could probably end up as one of Fugaku's experiments for the company, rumors around the staff were whoever worked for him and committed something that offended him simply disappeared without a trace, at this point Suigetsu had made enough trips with his boss to other facilities to confirm these were not rumors as he recognized some faces inside the tanks in the laboratories.

"I know I'm gonna regret this..." He said as he took some steps back and cupped his hands together with stretched arms outward at the computer.

"Suiton: Mizu Arare! (Water Release: Water Hail)"

A barrage of water bullets appeared out of thin air and ejected themselves towards the computer screen at a moderate speed controlled by Suigetsu, had he not done this the bullets would surely demolish the computer instead ruining the entire plan. Right away the servers started to release sparks all over and shut down, the screen itself went dark as the entire system continued to overload and have small explosions from within the chips, effectively and permanently damaging it, after a few seconds the room went silent, the blue lights turned into red ones.

"There, now what?"

"Now I go to my father's office and find out what he's up to."

"I'm sure you know the door is closed."

"I'm sure you know I can open it regardless."

"'sigh' Fine, lead on."

After leaving the room and going back to the surface, Sasuke and Suigetsu went immediately to the second floor where the main office was located, as Suigetsu had mentioned, the door was locked but Sasuke knew exactly how to open it.

"Give me your card."

"Huh? What for?"

"Just give me the damn card."

Suigetsu obliged and handed his access card to the raven haired Uchiha, Sasuke slid the card in between the vertical crack of the double door looking to make enough pressure on the doorknob to force it open which he did.

"Nice trick. I was almost expecting for you to blow up the door with a jutsu."

"You learn a lot on your free time, Stay here and keep an eye out." Sasuke replied.

He went over to the desk and to his surprise the drawers were unlocked, taking a seat on his father's chair he quickly pulled out several documents, he was not entirely sure of what he was looking for but looked them over regardless, he was hoping to find a hint or a clue as to what his old man was really doing. None of the documents showed anything suspicious or different from what he was used to seeing, he put the documents back where he found them. He was not going to give up so easily, as cliche as it was, he tried feeling for a button of sorts under the desk, again to his own surprise and amusement he found one, a short clicking sound came from the desk and Sasuke felt with his hand how the bottom of the upper drawer could slide. When he pulled it out a small notebook landed on the carpet, he examined the book and smirked as he felt he was now getting somewhere.

"Suigetsu, come here, what do you make of this?"

Suigetsu entered the office and took a glance at the notebook, it was filled with code names and yen amounts.

"Looks like a payment list to me , no idea about the names though..."

"So this is a bribe list, he's transferring millions of Yen to these people who knows how often, could be employees or anyone..."

"So what? that's not surprising within the corporate world, no offense."

"None taken, still..."

Sasuke flipped a couple of pages continuing to see the same pattern, no real names or connections to who they were and amounts of money next to them, only a few of the last pages were empty, it was not much to go on but at least he knew he was on to something.

"What are you gonna do with that?"

"Without real names this is meaningless, only father would know who these people are... wait!"

One of the names in the list caught Sasuke's attention.

"Orochimaru?"

"You know who that is?"

"A scientist who used to work for my father, why is he here thought? Look at the amount he's being paid."

"¥10000000?! This is per month?!" Suigetsu's eyes went wide as he read the notebook.

"Last I hear he wasn't even an employee anymore, unless this is blackmail..."

"Why would someone even think about blackmailing your dad? That's just suicide..."

"Only one way to know, we need to find him." Sasuke closed the book.

"Mmmmm... Ah!" Suigetsu pressed his closed punch under his open palm like he had just remember something important.

"What?" Sasuke asked with slight curiosity.

"I do remember now, your dad did mention that Orochimaru guy a couple of weeks ago when he attended one of his meetings, he was talking on the phone with someone and the name slipped."

"Where was he headed?"

"The labs in Keiyō."

The afternoon in Konoha Naruto and Ino had continued their training session with Jiraiya watching closely, now Naruto could move more freely and reacted accordingly to each step, punch and kick the fellow blonde launched his way, his speed was impressively accurate as well for someone who had just discovered it, he moved for openings whenever he saw one and at some point Ino struggled to keep up since she was getting the impression he was getting faster with each attack instead of tired and slow. Jiraiya from his perspective was proud of the boy's fast improvement but kept wondering why his chakra flow was so different from others, in all his years of experience he had never seen such a different structure in chakra before, not even Minato, his former student and Naruto's dad was so adept, Naruto on the other hand made it look like it was something natural for him.

"Natural..." Jiraiya said in a low tone of voice as he continued to watch the two young blondes spar "Naruto, come here for a second." he called.

Both teens stopped what they were doing and looked at the sage in confusion, then at each other with the same expression, Ino finally nodded and Naruto lowered his fists and went over to where the older man was.

"Something wrong?"

"Nothing wrong brat, just want to confirm something I've been thinking about, I need you to do something for me."

"Ok...?"

"Go ahead and put your hands like this." the sage places both his own hands together with the right hand on top of the left one, palms facing upward and the tips of each thumb touching, Naruto copied the hand pose.

"And now?"

"Stay as still as possible and try gathering chakra slowly."

Naruto was not sure where the sage was going with this but complied with his request, he closed his eyes and took a deep breath before remaining as still as he could, surprisingly he was not struggling to do this last part, something Jiraiya did no let go unnoticed. Naruto slowly but surely started calling forward chakra, even with his closed eyes he could clearly see and feel the flow of energy surrounding him, however this energy was not coming from him, it was coming to him in the form of a light green aura.

"Impossible!" Jiraiya could not believe what he was seeing "This kid can summon nature energy effortlessly..."

"What the... what is that?!" Ino was as stunned as the Toad Sage was, unlike him however, she had no idea what type of exercise Naruto was doing or how he was pulling it.

Before long however, both their expressions changed as Naruto's face started to change shape, his mouth area was enlarged and warts started to pop up, his eyes also stretched abnormally.

"Shit!" Jiraiya quickly summoned with his hands a large wood staff from thin air and hit Naruto in the head with it, immediately reverting the transformation effects he was suffering and making the energy dissipate and vanish.

"OOOW OW OW OW!" Naruto yelled covering the top of his head "HEY WHAT'S YOU PROBLEM OLD MAN?!" he glared daggers at the sage who was still processing what he had witnessed, Naruto apparently had not realized the look he had and continued to comically glare at him.

"Do you know what you just did?"

"STOP ASKING ME TRICK QUESTIONS! YOU'VE ALREADY HIT ME TWICE TODAY YOU KNOW!" Naruto rambled waving one of his arms furiously.

"Naruto, you can gather nature energy with ease, it means you're able to use Senjutsu, one of the strongest arts a shinobi can possess..." Jiraiya's tone of voice was serious which made Naruto stop his glare and give him a look of confusion instead.

"Senjutsu? I don't remember reading about that."

"Because it's a secret technique boy, only the strongest are eligible to use this power, even then, not all can fully master it, not even the Hokage."

"Huh? Are you saying I have some sort of hidden superpower?"

"No brat, I'm saying you have the potential to have one."

"Excuse me..." Ino approached the pair "I couldn't help but overhear what you said Jiraiya-sama, you mentioned Senjutsu?"

"You know what he's talking about Ino?"

"Sort of, Senjutsu is a state where your senses, your strength and speed are increased tenfold, from what I know only a few shinobi are capable of using it but it's been year since anyone has done such a thing..." she turned to Jiraiya "Is nature energy what he just gathered?"

"Indeed, you seem to be well informed about Senjutsu young lady."

"I've only read and heard about it from my father, never seen anyone using it." Again her attention went to the young blond "You are full of surprises Naruto!"

"Heh! Coming from you that means a lot!" He gave Ino a cheeky smile.

"I'd say let's call it a day for now, it's about time we all get some lunch don't you think?" Jiraiya asked.

"Ooooh! Are you buying old man?!" Naruto almost yelled again on excitement.

"Of course! I know a place you'll love!"

Ino smiled looking at Naruto's childlike behavior, regardless of how ridiculous it might seem to other people, he was much more of a free spirit than she was, he smiled and laughed more than what she was accustomed to, his energy seemed to never go away and she had to admit, it was beginning to get contagious for her, deep down she wanted to tell him the truth about everything, he deserved it, but the decision was not up to her in the end.

"He's still the same Naruto after all..." she thought.

Night came fast, Keiyō was an industrial area full of activity at all hours, basically a labyrinth of lights and metal that gave the impression of large pipe castles, a mix of beautiful and disturbing. This area also worked as a working ground for laboratories of several companies. No other vehicle moved in the area at that hour but a black van that only looked for one particular area.

"Are you sure you want to do this Sasuke?" Suigetsu asked while driving slowly and looking around.

"I'm sure, besides..." Sasuke covered his head with a black hooded mask, the last part of his outfit for a break in "I'll be in and out of there before anyone notices, catch you in a few minutes."

Sasuke opened the door of the van as it kept moving and jumped out, he quickly ran to a dark canal with a long tunnel ahead covered by a few plants, the entrance to the tunnel had an old and rusty gate that could be easily trespassed.

"Can you hear me?" Suigetsu asked through an earpiece.

"Loud and clear."

"Ok, so this tunnel should lead you to where the generators are, you remember the way right?"

"Yeah, I'll contact you when I'm inside."

Sasuke activated a small flashlight attached to his head and sprinted inside the long corridor of the tunnel, minutes passed as he kept looking in the dark for a small ventilation opening somewhere but eventually he found it, as expected it was shut tight by steel grating but Sasuke had anticipated this, using a blowtorch he had brought it took him only a few seconds to remove it. Once he set it aside he entered the ventilation duct that only had one way, directly into the generator room. Sasuke crawled with eased through the duct until he finally saw the end of it and some light coming from the other side, before he kicked it open he checked if any other person was there, after confirming he was alone he proceeded to kick the grating until it fell to a loud clank on the ground, the young Uchiha followed and landed inside the room.

"I'm in."

"Ok now, the access card I gave you works for all upper levels of the place except for the labs, you need to find one of the employees there and take his or her card instead, if this Orochimaru guy is a scientist as you said, his lab should be there."

Sasuke turned off the flashlight as the room was well illuminated already, at least sixteen huge power generators, each the size of a container, were operating at the moment, not counting the reserves that were in a different room. This was not his first time visiting the building, as his father's successor he had to learn about the corporation, the installations and what they did, this was his first time entering found the door leading out to a large hall from what he assumed was the lower plant,

"Suigetsu, is it ready yet?" Sasuke took out a small electronic device from his pocket.

"Almost, just give me a sec here."

"Hurry, I can't move from this area if the cameras are still on."

"The emergency generators will start right after we set this thing off but you'll have to wait 3 minutes before the security system restarts and you can use the card, the cameras will be back on shortly after that so by then you need to be out of sight, understand?"

"Just let me know when it's ready."

They were talking about an Electromagnetic Pulse, or EMP, one of the many toys the Uchiha had access to since they also had business with the military to some extent, Fugaku had bought it a long time ago but it was kept hidden in the basement for no apparent reason, now Sasuke had a reason to take it out. This version was miniaturized, the size of a smartphone and as light as one but only controllable via a computer, one Suigetsu had access to from the van. Sasuke put on a pair of night vision goggles before anything happened.

"Activating EMP in 3... 2... 1..."

The EMP surged from the device Sasuke was holding and immediately the whole place went dark, only after a second the lights that came on were red signaling an emergency protocol was in place, Sasuke was already rushing through the hall looking for the emergency stairs. When he found them he went inside and started jumping using his chakra for impulse to skip several floors, he needed to find the wing where the laboratories were located and somehow access that area within those three minutes.

He reached the 3rd floor marked on the wall and opened the door carefully, a few people were heading his way as by protocol standards the elevators could not be used, he stood still behind the door and watched as several personnel and staff started to walk past him and down the stairs, nobody noticed his presence probably due to the situation they had at the moment. Sasuke patiently waited until the last person went past the door, a short man who had a white lab coat which was exactly what Sasuke needed and in a swift motion he took the individual from behind holding his mouth to avoid noise and back inside the hall past the stairs with the door closing behind them.

"I'm not gonna hurt you, I'm only looking for a person called Orochimaru, I'm gonna let you talk so don't try anything."

The terrified scientist nodded his head as to let Sasuke know he agreed, the raven haired Uchiha slowly removed his hand from the man's mouth to let him speak.

"H-he's not here today!"

"Do you know where is lab is?"

"I-it's one floor up from here, west wing! 420!"

"I'm gonna borrow this, thank you."

Sasuke took the man's access card hanging from his coat and hit his neck with a karate chop rendering him unconscious, he noticed a help desk was nearby with an empty chair and dragged the man over it to let him sleep peacefully.

"Sasuke what happened?"

"I got the card, his lab is one floor up on the west side, I'm heading there now."

"One minute and a half left for reboot."

Sasuke rushed again to the door and waited to make sure nobody was coming down the stairs, after a few seconds he jumped to the 4th floor and opened the door again to enter a similar hallway but with a connecting passage at the end meaning that was likely the west wing where the labs were located, he ran quickly to the other side past the several doors until he reached the final glass door with an electronic terminal, placing the card he had just borrowed a beeping sound came from the wall, however the door did not open.

"Damn, the security system is still rebooting, I can't open this door!"

"Hold on, coming back in 5... 4... 3... 2... 1!"

The regular lights went back on and the red colors disappeared, Sasuke took off his goggles and noticed the terminal was now working, he tried the card again and this time the terminal lit green and the door opened, just across the long glass hallway more doors awaited him.

"420... 420..." he kept whispering to himself as he checked door by door.

"The generators are back on, cameras are not online yet but I wouldn't take the risk to stay for too long Sasuke."

"Found it."

Sasuke used the access card again and the door opened to a large room containing lab equipment everywhere, a second chamber separated by a thick glass and completely in the dark laid just opposite from where Sasuke stood, the only way to access it was through another decontamination room separated by two automated doors, he scanned for any trace or clue about Orochimaru's whereabouts even though he was not entirely sure of what he was looking for.

"Ah... the son of Fugaku Uchiha..."

The deep voice startled the raven haired boy, he was alone in the lab, it came from the other side of the glass where everything was pitch black.

"Who's there?"

"Sasuke what's going on?"

The chamber from where the voice produced suddenly was illuminated, and on one of the corners a figure covered in a long dark hood rested against the wall.

"Who... are you?"

The figure chucked, he raised his right hand to the front as if scanning for something.

"Ah, yes, you have it in you, good good..."

"I said... who are you?" Sasuke's voice was more confident as he slowly approached the large glass separating the two.

"I'm what your father uses when he wages his silly war against someone, just a weapon, an afterthought if you may."

"War? What war?"

"I see... you have no idea what's happening do you?"

"Enough with the riddles! Who are you?!" Sasuke approached the front of the chamber, only feet away from the other individual.

All of a sudden the lights inside the chamber started to flicker, Sasuke raised his head and looked around him confused as to what was causing this, they continued flickering until eventually all went out, a second later they went back on and the figure stood in front of Sasuke behind the glass, no longer hooded, a pale white man with three scars on his head that opened revealing red eyes inside, his right eye held open by stitches also revealing a red eye but bloodshot and a darkened sclera.

"Sasuke, talk to me, what's going on?"

"Let me show you!"

Sasuke froze and immediately felt pain between his own eyes, his vision started to blur and he screamed loudly, the headache was unbearable and he fell on his knees grabbing his head as the pain continued, his pupils suffered a sudden change as they turned red as well, then his world went completely dark.

"Sasuke respond!...Sasuke!"

No response.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto

Hello again! Yes, a new chapter finished already and out of the oven faster than expected! I'm a bit surprised myself I was able to finish this before a whole month passed and I'm even able to write while I'm at work! Weird right? Thanks for the support this story is getting, truly appreciated, enjoy!