Naruto stared at the outside world flashing by in the plane. It was boring on a plane. Nothing to do, nothing to see, nothing to-
"Good afternoon, everybody, this is your captain speaking. We will be arriving in Taiwan's Capital, Taipei City, in about thirty minutes. Please buckle up and stay safe."
Naruto stared at the speaker before sighing. Yeah, no, airplane weren't just boring, they were made to torture him. Do nothing for five hours and ta-da! You're in a new location!
Now, don't get him wrong. It's good to relax and have easy access to just about anywhere in the whole damn world!
But for a man that had constant moving, fights, and various assassinations under his belt in his early life? Forget about it, he'd blow up the plane if it wasn't for this DS. He's considering it right now, in fact.
He hated the Airline industry with a burning passion. It was too calm, too easy-going. Seriously, this DS is the only thing making him not blow the plane up.
Finally, he was off that stupid plane! He would get there another way, but first, it takes too damn long. Second, he spends too much energy to do so. Third, his fucking buyers call like a day before he needs to be there, so they're a part of the problem as well!
"Ah, Naruto!" A familiar voice said. The voice came from a hooded man with the symbol of snake on it. "How was the ride?"
"Oh, shut up." Naruto said grumpily.
"You know, the big guy said-"
"I know I'm late, I can't exactly just deny flight delays from hapening! Plus, it's only two hours!"
The man laughed as they both got into the car. "So, Japan's been treating you well?"
"So far. Business has been booming. I think there may be a crash in a year or so, but I think it'll survive that." Naruto said thoughtfully.
"Got any lady friends?"
"No. You know me, I'm not exactly searching for someone I know damn well I'm probably going to divorce." Naruto said, rolling his eyes.
"Eh, with that attitude, you'll never find one."
"Yeah, says that guy who can only get one night stands."
"Hey! I've been getting better!"
"Let me guess, this one lasted one week?"
"... It was two weeks, asshole." The man grumbled.
They arrived at where Naruto's job was going to be, the Oto Hospital. "He couldn't get over that name?" Naruto asked lazily.
"Well.. no, he couldn't. What am I saying, he never will."
Naruto sighed. "I'm guessing the emotions that come with it are always sentimental."
"Yeah, yeah, go get your job done, we'll get some drinks."
Naruto walked in to see that, yup, there was the symbol of Otogakure. He went to the computer room to see a figure of a woman by the door.
"You know he doesn't like waiting." She grumbles, a clear sign of tiredness.
"I know, I know. I can't stop flights from being delayed though."
"I bet you were the one to cause the delay." She huffed. She opened the door, and they both walked in.
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Inko rubbed her eyes, uncomfortable in… whatever position she was in. I mean, she was currently trying to figure the-
Oh, she… had a blindfold on.
"Inko, I told you not to stay up too late." She heard Mitsuki say. "I know this is important, but come out! Can't you get a little sleep? I had to literally blindfold you to go to sleep. Of course, you did so a minute later, but still!"
Inko was trying to figure out the entire story of the Senju Clan. Searching, organizing, and writing it down. Not in the notebook though, because there isn't a way to take back words there.
"I understand, but-"
"For God's sake, Inko, it's a fucking book! Where is it going to go, from the shelf to your hand?" Mitsuki cried.
Inko shut up. That… was a good point, why hadn't she thought of that. She hadn't done anything else, it was all trying to figure out the Senju Clan, ignoring… ignoring… What was she ignoring again?
There was an object and an emotion. Oh yeah, it was that necklace and her-
She could feel her face heat up. Over the four weeks that had passed, she thought about Naruto. She actually really thought about her feelings for him because… well, crap.
She really didn't know what to feel for him.
She liked him, and that was it. But something made her keep coming back to him.
What the hell was it? She thought. Was it his knowledge? His books? That STUPID NECKLACE?
There it was, once again. She was wearing it. How that hell did she get it on in her sleep? Or maybe she did it in her delirium? Ah, what does it matter?
She took it off, and threw it across the room. No use keeping it in her proximity. She couldn't keep her hands off it.
"Uh, Inko?" Mitsuki asked carefully.
"Huh?" Inko responded tiredly.
"That necklace… it's glowing… and it's… growing things?"
Inko spun her head so quickly, her neck might as well have broken. She watched as previously dead plants around the emerald necklace grew in a chaotic fashion. Twirls, twigs, and twin branches emerged, making a stout tree that was as mighty as a redwood.
"What the hell?" Mitsuki yelled in panic. "What the hell is that stone?"
Inko was thinking very hard, however. It was said that Hashirama had a necklace that aided him in the Wood Release. Slowly approaching the stone, she lifted it carefully. Was this that necklace? And if so, who was Naruto's grandmother?
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"See you in a few years, I guess." Naruto said. "Also, fuck you, man. Couldn't you have given this to me earlier?"
A raspy voice chuckled. "Eh, it was going to be a present for your twenty-fifth birthday."
"Yeah, yeah, that's only like, what, three months away?" Naruto deadpanned.
The voice chuckled again. "It's all of your mother and father's fuinjutsu work in one scroll. They would be valuable alone. Together they could grab millions of Ryo."
Naruto sighed. "It's funny, you know. We used to be enemies."
"Now look at us. We work together in…" The hooded man looked behind him and sighed, seeing one of the friend Naruto that drove him over kneeled over from alcohol intake. "... in a somewhat harmonious fashion."
"As much as I hate to thank you for this, I must thank you for… killing… him."
The hooded man sighed. "I had to. He threatened humanity's way of life. Though I hate to admit it, I am human too." A small happy smile shined through the man's hooded face. "Though immortal."
Naruto smirked. "Congratulations on that, by the way. I'll see you later," Naruto said, putting down a three-pronged kunai. "Orochimaru."
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"Uh… What the hell?" Naruto asked. Inko, Izuku, and Mitsuki were deer caught in the headlights as they stared at Naruto in disbelief. They were preparing some… party to-
Oh. It was a welcome back party… he probably shouldn't have gotten inpatient…
"... You were in Taiwan, right? Because I'm pretty sure your teleport limit is way out of that zone." Izuku asked.
"Yeah. I was visiting a friend. He's a quantum mechanic, so he helped in that, though it was indirectly." Naruto said. "Plus, he withheld information I paid him to get." He grumbled. He didn't know why, how, or what even made it possible, but his family's fuinjutsu was separated from Nabu Island. How the hell did it get to Taiwan, he had no clue.
"Uh, hi…" Inko said. She was nervous. How did Mitsuki talk her into this? "I, uh… hi."
Naruto blinked and tilted his head. "Hi."
