The First Coffee Bean Caper
Maniacal laughter spread out through the warm air. It was Naruto. Standing at the front of the ship with his arms out wide. For five days now they had been traveling to their first destination. It was Shikamaru who did the research on the islands. And finally their target island was in sight. But they were unable to attack yet. He had decided it would be better if they waited until night to fall. That way they could get in and out without hurting anyone. Hurting people was a big no on his agenda. He would only do it if people forced him into it. And that was something he was going to try and avoid if he could.
The ship pulled up to the docks. The ninja gathered on the docks and waited for Naruto's orders. He leaped down with them and said, "We still have a couple hours before the sun sets. Let's scope out the plantation and see what kind of plan we need to have."
"Yes, Naruto," the ninja said before taking off into the town.
Naruto followed after them at a slower pace. He scanned his eyes around the town. It seemed as normal as any other town that he had seen. Stores were conducting business, adults were talking, kids were playing, and a few dogs and cats were running or laying about the streets. Yes, there was nothing out of the ordinary here, with the exception of them of course. As far as he could tell no one seemed to notice who they were. They had never been to this island before. He figured this would be the best place to start. It was one of the smaller plantations.
Then he smelled it, that delectable aroma that was called coffee. Sniffing the air he followed it into a restaurant. Looking around he found several people were inside. He pulled out and opened his wallet. His heart sank and his taste buds about jumped off his tongue. The only thing he had in his wallet was a moth, to which he had no idea how it got in there. It flew out and away from him leaving the empty wallet behind. "Great. I have no money on me." His shoulders dropped then perched back up. "I know!"
Naruto ran back outside. Running into the alleyway, he formed a shadow clone. The two smiled at each other. "This is so going to be good. You cause a distraction while I grab the coffee."
"Sounds good to me," the Naruto clone said.
The real Naruto waited until his clone was inside. He watched from the window as his clone self started talking to a waitress. Once his clone started throwing things around, he slipped back into the building. Tiptoeing he rushed as quickly as he could into the kitchen, grabbed the two pots of coffee, and left the building.
"Well, goodbye," the shadow clone said before disappearing, leaving the crowd in a state of confusion.
"That was so great!" Naruto screamed. He ran into the small forest just outside the town. He blew on the coffee until it cooled enough then drank it. "So good!"
Naruto leaped into the air. Planting his shoes on the nearest tree, he ran around, leaping, and dancing around the forest. "So yummy! Coffee so good! And soon you will be all mine!"
More maniacal laughter erupted from Naruto. His blood pumped hard, making his move faster and faster.
"Naruto!" Sakura called a few hours later. "Naruto!"
"I'm here!" Naruto jumped down from the tree he was in. He landed in front of his teammate. He bounced up and down in front of her.
"We have scouted out the terrain," Sakura said. "We can pull the ship right up to the back of the plantation and move all the beans out. Shikamaru and Choji already moved the ship. And there are no security guards watching the fields."
"Good, good." Naruto rubbed his hands together. "And where are the others?"
"They are scattered around the fields waiting for your next orders," Sakura said. "The sun has set as well. It took a long time to find you."
"It's all right." Naruto headed out of the woods. "Let's do this!"
"Right." Sakura nodded and followed him.
Once they reached the plantation the two split up. Running in the moonlight they reached their friends and started when their plan. Using their Justus and skills they kicked, plucked, and knocked off the beans.
"Expansion Justu!" Choji said. Reaching his larger form, he grabbed several trees and pulled them out of the air. He shook them over the ship until they were clean. He then placed the trees back into the ground and moved on to the next group.
Naruto made as many clones as he possible could. They spread out and grabbed as many beans as they could before dumping them on the ship. Then, just as the sun came up, they had every single bean on their ship. They climbed aboard and headed out before the workers could come and see what they had done.
Naruto jumped into the middle of the coffee beans. With a deep breath he breathed in the wonderful smell. "It's ours! All ours! Make me coffee now!"
"Yes, Naruto," his friends said. They picked up several handfuls of the beans and disappeared into the kitchen.
Naruto stayed out on the ship. Swimming around in the beans he envisioned how he would soon have them all. He leaped up. He bounced off every part of the ship until he landed in the crow's nest. Throwing out his arms he screamed, "Yes! The coffee is mine! You just wait and see! One day I'm going to be Hokage of the Coffee!"
And that's how it went. From that day on, Naruto and his band of ninjas went from island to island, stealing all of the coffee beans they came across. While delighting in their coffee caper, they all were unaware of the trouble they were causing and the trouble that was making them targets.