*Chapter 26*: Chapter Twenty Three: Leaves in the Fall

Chapter Twenty-three: Leaves in the Fall "I don't like it." Asuma said.

The room was poorly lit- this particular room in the Hokage tower was rarely used. Kakashi ordinarily preferred dim lighting, but the room was completely devoid of window- the single forty watt light bulb did nothing to eliminate the oppressive feel of the darkness that lurked behind every obstruction to the direct rays of that bulb. It was bright enough that the dark contrast of the shadows seemed absolutely pitch black, but not bright enough to cast ambient light to alleviate those shadows. Chiaroscuro, that was the term for it.

Kakashi realized that he'd been subconsciously stalling his reply in his distraction. He let out a sigh as the attention of everyone in the room was fixed on him. "What would you have had me do?" He demanded. "He saw through it with his Kamigan- I don't even know when he activated it. In fact I'm wondering if he found a way to activate it without its Residual Secondary Manifestation."

RSM was a common weakness- or at least, a giveaway- of many kekkei genkai, most especially those which produced dojutsus. The tomoes that appeared in the Sharingan eye, or the bulging eye veins and pale irises of the Byakugan were some of the better known examples. The RSM of a kekkei genkai frequently warned an opponent of what to expect from a foe. If Naruto could suppress his, his threat level to an enemy shinobi was increased by an order of magnitude.

Kurenai shook her head, catching the attempt to derail the topic. "Well, as interesting as that may be, Kakashi, I think you're missing Asuma's point. Each of us- yes, Haku, I mean you as well- is a seasoned shinobi. Naruto is a rookie. His career, as sterling and incredible as it has been, has still been far too brief. Honestly, Kakashi, the truth of it all is that your team is green, and Naruto was two months later than the other two were- he's barely even had time to integrate with them.

By all rights, he shouldn't even be in the exams."

"That was NOT my doing." Kakashi responded coldly. "I was forced into it by the Council."

"That isn't the matter at hand here!" Kurenai snapped. "There have been meteoric rises through the ranks before, but that isn't the core problem here. He isn't READY for the chunin exams, much less a Jonin level issue like this! And I for one am not comfortable letting such matters of village security rest in hands as inexperienced as his."

Kakashi quickly read the body language between Asuma and Kurenai as he edged slightly closer to her, lending support subtly with his presence. Kakashi suppressed his surprise. What happened to not mixing casual sex with coworkers? he wondered vaguely. As he formulated his response carefully, Toji stepped in. "Naruto plays everything close to the vest, Yuuhi-san. He is not one to risk exposing critical secrets- and in all fairness, his students fared much better against the unexpected than did your own."

Kurenai's eyes narrowed dangerously. "I think you're letting your personal feelings regarding the Uzumaki brat cloud your judgement."

"And I happen to know for a fact that you're letting your feelings clouds yours." Anko retorted from across the table. "At first, it was a little funny to me, seeing you annoyed that your initial attempt to seduce him failed. But you need to either get over it or hurry up and fuck him, because you've lost all sense of perspective."

Asuma's jaw clenched but he remained silent; Kakashi wished Kurenai- or Anko, for that matter- had so much sense to do the same. Unfortunately, Kurenai instead shot back, "Is your sex life so barren that you have to start poking around in mine? I'm not so desperate as to moon over a damned kid! But you're a little closer to his age, why don't you fuck him and mind your OWN damned business!"

Anko slammed her hands down on the table as she shot to her feet, raising her voice to match Kurenai's. "It BECOMES my business when it interferes with my job, which incidentally happens to be overlapping yours! Which says something about how it's affecting your own work- funny how that sort of thing works, isn't it?"

"Shut up both of you!" Yelled Toji. The bickering women fell silent and fell back on glaring at one another angrily. Kakashi looked exhausted, Haku uncomfortable, and Asuma seemed to want to sink into the ground. The Officer in Toji felt a stab of pity for Asuma- by their behavior, he and Kurenai were clearly sleeping together, and for Asuma to have to be present while she got this worked up over a teenaged boy turning her down for sex, well... that had to be pretty devastating for his ego.

Yamato's face was as impassive as ever. "I confess I too have misgivings as to Naruto's involvement in this matter. As it stands, perhaps it is best that he is leaving in the morning. My concerns, however, are more that he has been touched by the Ancients. Most such things are themselves altered beyond what they were, and we can be fairly certain given his physical alterations that there were other changes made as well. It might be best that Naruto were kept away from the village for a while. Perhaps even until after the exams are over."

Gai, who had been largely silent for most of the meeting, finally spoke up. "That seems to me an extreme precaution. Unnecessarily hampering a genin's career is very... unyouthful. And how would you propose to do this?"

Yamato turned his blank face on Gai. "By the obvious and most direct fashion. We delay them."

Gai scowled. "The longer Neji remains as he is, the worse the prognosis for his recovery. How long do you suggest this mission be delayed?"

Yamato's eyes were cold and hard. "Until the situation with the Hokage has been resolved."

Gai snapped back, "That is unacceptable!"

Yamato's rejoinder was cool and slightly disdainful. "I see that Yuuhi san is not the only one in the room who has let their emotions get in the way of their good sense."

Gai's tone was deceptively mild. "Yes, but unlike you, Tenzo, at least she has the courage to admit those emotions to herself."

Yamato looked alarmed. "That name does not apply to me now."

"Of course not," Soothed Gai, "and likewise responsibility for-"

"Gai!" Barked Kakashi. "What the hell is wrong with you?" He looked around the room at the startled members of the

Nine. "With all of you? This is not a forum for airing dirty laundry, grudges, or personal issues! We are here because the Hokage has left and we must keep up appearances until we have a permanent solution. All of us here have had the personal confidence- in spite of our faults- of the Sandaime Hokage. He vouched for each and every one of us in this room during a crisis in our lives or our careers when no other believed in us- sometimes," he said pointedly, directing a hard look at Anko and Gai, "when we did not even believe in ourselves. None of us would hold our current stations- some not even our citizenship-" Haku blushed at this, "Without the faith the Hokage placed in us. And none of us has the privelege or the luxury to cast doubt on any other that the Hokage saw fit to have faith in, regardless of our doubts or fears. And Naruto has had the Hokage's faith for fourteen years. If you cannot put aside your issues with one another for yourselves or for him then you likewise cannot be of use here, because he is ONE of US. And whether you like him or not he wants the same thing each of you does: to uphold the values that Sarutobi sama taught. This is it, people- get with the program, or get the fuck out of the way."

Chastised, each of them gave their full attention to Kakashi as he finished- everybody sat firm and tall, prior issues now brushed aside. Kakashi surveyed them carefully before he gave an uncharacteristic grunt of satisfaction. "Now that we've gotten that out of the way, perhaps we can get back to work."

Naruto knew he should be tired. Since the forest, though, he'd found he could function on small amounts of sleep, or evenas the doctors yesterday afternoon had discovered- sleep with part of his brain still on full alert status. But last night, sleep in any form had eluded him, and even now, he still felt no effects from it.

Instead, he was relaxed, ready, and doing some slow calisthenics as he waited outside the front gate of the Hyuuga compound.

He was expected to be serious. He had a serious job to do- protect the heiress to the Hyuuga clan.

("I've made my decision... You are mine, Uzumaki Naruto... and I mean to have you, whatever that takes.")

Naruto frowned as the memory popped into his mind. Hinata had said that almost two weeks ago... but the words hadn't really made much of an impression on him until just now. There was, of course, everything Kakashi sensei had said, but... what if he was picked for this job because Hinata had asked her father to?

Naruto wasn't at first aware of his own actions, his motions dictated by instinct. He somersaulted backwards into a rolling one-handed backflip, avoiding the first barrage of shuriken, as his other hand snatched up Kubikiri Houcho's scroll. He retrieved the weapon almost instantaneously, deflecting the second volley back to their source- the figure atop the compound wall who'd thrown them.

The dark haired, pale eyed man spun in that strange defensive maneuver Neji had used in the third exam preliminaries. A middle aged hand calmly plucked the shuriken, halted by the defensive spin, out of the air, before concealing them somewhere on his person.

Naruto watched with Kamigan eyes as the man hopped down from the wall to a position only a few yards away. Even though the man's posture did not indicate any hostility, Naruto did not relax his guard.

Expanding his own field of vision revealed Hinata watching on the other side of the wall with Byakugan. As she suddenly realized he was watching, Hinata started blushing furiously- but she didn't stop watching.

The man in front of him smiled slightly. "You are as impressive in the flesh as your reputation would warrent." He took two short steps forward, stopping about five feet away from Naruto. "My name is Hyuuga Hiashi, and I have hired you for the express purpose of securing my daughter's safety. Regardless of what course this mission takes, regardless of orders from either accompanying jonin on the mission, regardless of any other circumstance that may arise, her safety is your very first priority. You will be at her side during any fighting, you wil be in her presence consistently. You are expected to sleep in a room adjoining hers where you may come to her aid at a moment's notice. Other than the matters which I have outlined for you here, you follow Hinata's orders during the mission. Do you understand?"

Naruto frowned thoughtfully. After a moment, he said, "It is fairly clear. But... No, I am clear on what is expected of me." Naruto stood slightly taller as he looked Hiashi square in the eye. "I am ready for this mission."

Hiashi nodded, then gave a gesture in the direction of the wall behind which Hinata was standing. Naruto moved to restore Kubikiri Houcho to its scroll, but Hiashi forestalled him with a raised hand. "Keep it ready and in the open at all times during your mission. I want no chances taken with Hanata's safety, no mater how quickly you may draw it from the storage scroll."

The compound gates swung open, and Hinata walked out, carrying a pack on her shoulders.

Naruto frowned again. "Hey, wait. Back when team seven and team eight were working together on that B-rank mission, Hinata didn't have a guardian then. How come she needs one now?"

Hiashi's face was grave. "For several reasons, in conjunction. The first and foremost is that recently there have been some indications of Kumogakure shinobi operating heavily in some towns that are probable search areas for your target. But also for a second reason- Hinata has been officially named the next heir to the Hyuuga clan, and as such she is now betrothed. Or rather, in the first stages of a proposed betrothal."

"Huh..." Naruto mused. "Uh- how does that work?"

Hiashi seemed amused for some reason, but Naruto weas puzzled as to the exact reason why. "The first stage of such an arrangement amongst the greater clans is the choice of suitors. Usually the girl's clan head has assembled ahead of time a list of eligible young men whose inclusion into the clan would be of great benefit to the clan as a whole, whether that benefit be financial, strategic, or through the inclusion of talent or a powerful bloodline. When he judges the time to be appropriate, the clan head of the girl notifies the clan heads or family elders of the most acceptable suitors, informing them that their son is approved. Then, in meeting with them in a group, the one whose offer is best for the pairing is the one to whom it is arranged."

Naruto made a face. "Sounds like an auction- does this sort of thing happen all the time?"

Hiashi smiled. "It does at times seem rather crass when the extreme examples of the process are fully described in detail. But in practice, that almost never happens. Usually the girl's clan head deems only a single suitor to be most acceptable.

In those cases, it is merely a matter of notification."

Naruto shoook his head. "And if the guy or the girl doesn't want to marry the other?"

Hiashi seemed to genuinely not understand. "What difference does that make? Clan matters and securing the future of the clan are far too important to decide based on something as arbitrary as romance. It is convenient if they like one another first, but a clan heir or heiress cannot afford to dally with a poor match when it could endanger or hinder the clan. The clan MUST come first."

Hiashi was shocked by the wave of pity that washed across Naruto's face- it was the strongest display of emotion the boy had shown in the entire meeting. "I'm glad I'm not part of a clan, then. I've already had enough choices forced on me, but having the rest of my life decided without my say in it? I think I'd rather be dead."

Neither father nor daughter looked at one another, but neither did they need to. Where before they'd had comfortable certainty, there, now, had been planted within each of them the first seeds of doubt.

"Not on the schedule?"

The nurse looked it over. "Nope. Akamichi Isha was disappointed, but Uzumaki San remains a genin of Konoha, and despite the exams, he can be called out on a mission if circumstances call for it. Apparently, the client requested Uzumaki san by name."

The medic nin pushed his glasses up his nose. "That's a shame. A lot of people liked him. Does anyone know when he'll be back?"

The nurse shrugged. "The mission is outside the village- I don't really know much more than that. But rumor has it he may be gone for several weeks." The nurse saw the medic nins expression and smiled at him, patting his hand. "He'll be back, don't worry, Kabuto san."

"Naruto sama?" Replied Haku, confused. "I wasn't aware he was given a mission. Team Akachi is on standby to train for the chunin exam finals, in so far as I know."

"I saw them yesterday outside the Hyuuga compound." Answered the fish vendor. "I was on my way to work but it looked like they were ready to travel. The Uzumaki brat was talking to Hiashi Sama- I don't know why Hiashi didn't just thrash the little rat and eject him from the property, but I'm sure he has his reasons."

"Hinata?" Responded Hyuuga Natsume. "She's out on mission. Something to do with her cousin, I think. Although I don't know what Lord Hiashi is thinking- Kumo has been very active up north recently."

Kabuto swept the room carefully with his eyes, until they landed on a file cabinet labelled "Pending."

He crept forward- the information he'd been able to garner through less obvious sources had run dry, but at least now he had enough information to know where to look. After a few minutes leafing through recent missions, he found one with Uzumaki's name on it.

This was it. Mission orders... Client Hyuuga Hiashi. Sent: Team eight, plus Instructor Ebisu and Uzumaki Naruto of team Akachi... Duration: open ended. Mission: Search for-

The door opened and Kabuto's eyes snapped upwards, away from the mission orders- to stare directly in the eyes of an ANBU in a turtle mask. His twin swords were drawn in a flash. "Halt!"

Kabuto slammed the pages back into the cabinet and dashed for the window, hurtling through it and making top speed for his apartment and the hidden pigeon coop. The ANBU lost his trail before getting a full block away from the tower.

The ANBU, Lio, scowled. Hokage sama is NOT going to like this.

"We know a bird was sent. All we have to do now is figure out who sent it." Said Ryosuke. Toji raised an eyebrow. After all this time, the decoy investigation that had been one of the final orders given by Sarutobi sama was bearing some unexpected fruit.

Toji raised an eyebrow. "Are you certain of the authenticity?"

"Yes. We almost caught the informant but he eluded us. We DID, however, manage to recover this." Ryosuke held up a card between two fingers, a standard chakra data storage card. Toji looked at it for a disbelieving moment before his face broke out into a wide grin. "Once we crack the chakra pattern-"

"-We'll know exactly who the spy is, and possibly what the message was." Finished Ryosuke with a matching grin. "And with a little help from Ibiki, we might find out who he was working for, if we can catch him alive."

Toji idly toyed with the chain end of a kusari-kama. "Then at this point, it's only a matter of time."

"Amusing." Said the snake sannin. "I find it interesting that you should use so flashy a means to attract my attention, Kabuto kun. I wonder what you are thinking?"

The messenger bird could not answer him, of course. And Kabuto, still in Konoha, could neither hear nor reply.

Then Orochimaru finished charging the tiny slip of chakra reactive paper, read the message, and understood. Kabuto had wanted the message to get to him as fast as possible, and damn the cover.

And Kabuto was quite right. This was an absolutely golden opportunity.

Naruto was leaving Konoha, with only two jonin and an unfamiliar team at his side.

No team Akachi.

No Sharingan Kakashi.

Vulnerable.

Orochimaru licked his lips with a hungry smile. Time to move out.

Kabuto succeeded in evading ANBU for precisely nine hours, twelve minutes, and twenty-six seconds. Upon contact a running battle was initiated, that lasted off and on for almost forty minutes- each time a squad broke contact with him it was with one or more casualties, several of them fatal.

The chase finally ended when two pursuit squads caught up to Kabuto at once, one of them being led by former ANBU captain Kakashi himself.

They had subdued the prisoner and as evening turned into night, were in the process of bringing him through the gates into Konoha when he suddenly fell over, stone dead, and was revealed for what he really was: A corpse puppet.

Corpse puppets were an especially morbid, borderline forbidden medical art. Manipulating the body with chakra was tricky enough, but Kabuto had rapidly altered the features of the body so effectively that they'd not known the difference until the body fell over.

By which time, one of the D.O.A's from the pursuit had gotten away from the morgue.

They knew who the spy was, now, but he'd gotten away.

"N-Naruto?"

Naruto looked down towards Hinata from his tree branch. "Hmm?"

"Focus, Uzumaki san." Called Ebisu from across the small clearing. Naruto swore under his breath as he kept the two leaves on either cheek from slipping- although it had been quite close.

Bad enough he had to channel water from the sweat on his skin (without allowing any ssalts or minerals in the sweat to move with it) into the broken stems of the small leaves, but to keep them both sticking to his cheeks while hanging by the soles of his feet from a tree branch? Damned sadist, Naruto thought to himself.

Hinata looked chagrined. "I'm sorry, Ebisu sensei, I d-didn't mean to distract-"

"Oh of course not, Hinata sama. You have nothing to be sorry for." Ebisu reassured her. "Please, feel free to speak to him- he could use the company, I think, and he must cultivate the ability to focus on delicate chakra manipulation through any sort of distraction."

Damned sadist, Naruto thought to himself again. Out loud, he asked, "What did you want, Hinata sama?"

Hinata bit her lip, uncomfortable with the honorific. Finally, she responded, "My father... has decided I am to marry."

Naruto's eyes were sympathetic. "Yeah, I know- he told me already. I'm sorry, uh, that you didn't have any say in it."

Hinata looked away for a moment. "Naruto... do you th-think... I am pretty?"

Naruto blinked at her. "Huh? Uh, sure, I guess."

"Would I..." She began, then paused. "Do you think... that I would m-make a good w-wife for someone?" Naruto's confusion cleared. So THAT'S what this is all about. "oh, sure. A guy would be crazy-"

"Focus, Uzumaki san." Called Ebisu.

Naruto swore as he felt the leaf slide on his cheek a fraction of an inch.

"Move the other to match it, and place a third on your forehead as punishment." Called out Ebisu.

Sadist. Naruto mentally growled. He followed Ebisu's orders. It took him a few moments to adjust. Hinata was kind enough to wait until Naruto looked back at her before she prompted, "Um... Crazy?"

Naruto answered. "Yeah. I'm no expert, but you're a nice girl, and you're strong. I think you would make a good wife." Naruto paused a second. "You're a good ninja. Your husband needs to respect that, and-"

"Focus, Uzumaki san." Called Ebisu.

Naruto's foot was losing traction. He tried to increase chakra flow to that foot, overcompensated, and flailed for a second while hanging by his other foot. The leaf on his left cheek fluttered away; he snagged it with his right hand while using the left to stabilize himself against the tree trunk.

"Failed, Uzumaki. We're starting your time over." Ebisu called out.

Naruto sighed, replacing the first two leaves on his cheeks and reattaching his free foot.

"Forehead too." Ebisu prompted.

Sadist. Naruto thought to himself. "As I was saying, you're a ninja. And you were a ninja well before you got um betrothed? -so he can't take it as a surprise." Naruto paused. "Do you know who he is? What he does?"

Hinata nodded. "He's a ninja too." She answered.

Something in her voice caught Naruto's attention. "You like him?"

Hinata blushed and smiled, looking away. "Y-yes."

Naruto nodded. "Do you know if he likes you?"

Hinata hesitated. "I-I'm not sure."

Naruto waited for her to continue, as he kept a careful eye, so to speak, on his chakra flows- through his skin, through his sweat, through to the very soles of his feet. It was rapidly getting easier- he was starting to get a feel for each separate path in his keirakukei, and as he did so, the exercise became progressively less of a strain on his body and his concentration.

Finally, Hinata said, "He's strong, stronger than I am. Many girls in the village think he's cute, and a little mysterious."

Sasuke. Naruto thought. Of course. Last of his clan, owns the Uchiha lands, of course the Hyuuga clan would want all that. Out loud, he said, "So... if the guy has no parents or clan head to go to, who will your father speak to? To tell him that he's, um, acceptable?"

Hinata gaped. He figured it out? "Um, F-father will place the request to the Hokage."

Naruto nodded, then frowned as he remembered that the Hokage was missing.

"Focus, Uzumaki san."

Naruto gritted his teeth as he kept the leaf on his forehead from slipping- then realized he'd all but stopped the flow of water through the leaves on his cheeks. He restarted it, not allowing himself to neglect staying attached to the branch.

After he got everything sorted out again, he said, "Do you know him well? His likes and dislikes? Does he know yours?"

Hinata sighed. I guess he doesn't know. She thought to herself, feeling a little disappointed. "I... haven't really spoken with him much, except recently. He's usually with his team when I see him. I haven't been able to talk enough with him for him to learn about me... but I do know his favorite color."

Naruto was confused. Sasuke has a favorite color? No... She can't be talking about him. He doesn't HAVE a favorite color- that would require him to actually like a color in the first place.

Naruto's focus had begun to channel his Kamigan in its lowest stage, but with the trickle of chakra it was consuming he didn't even notice as he turned his head to face Hinata fully. "I don't understand why, but you don't want me to know who he is, aside from the fact that you can't tell me who he is anyways. But at the same time, you don't want to lie about him, and you likewise don't want to lie to me. At first, I thought it was Sasuke, but then I realized you couldn't be talking about him, and besides, I've never even seen you look at him in anything other than a casual way. And you're talking about this guy like you've liked him all along but you were too scared to talk to him- although as the heiress to the Hyuuga clan I can't picture anyone in the village that you'd be nervous to talk to in the first place."

Hinata's eyes widened, and her heart pounded. He was reading her like a scroll. She prayed for Ebisu sensei to interupt again, to call out for focus, but Ebisu was silent. Naruto's focus was perfect, his concentration exact, and his eyes held her pinned, helpless. Powerless.

Naruto's features were relaxed. The leaves on his cheeks and forehead should have made him look silly, but Hinata could see the flows of his chakra, multitasking pathways gently holding each leaf in place while filtering water through xylem and phloem, veinous pathways channneling pure water that had been carefully separated from oil, salt, minerals, everything that made sweat what it was. All of it was balanced, a beautifully choreographed dance of chakra control.

She was snapped out of her fascination as Ebisu sensei began speaking. She jumped; Hinata hadn't noticed the jounin sensei walking up.

"Well done, Uzumaki san. You have a good learning curve. Let's see how far we can take it."

Naruto blinked for a second, before his eyes widened in alarm as he understood exactly what Ebisu was saying. He lost his concentration and fellout of the tree. Ebisu behaved as though he hadn't noticed.

"Tomorrow, Uzumaki san, we will begin with four leaves, then after you've settled into that, you will be burning Kanji into them with your chakra. Admittedly, it is a larger step than I ordinarily take with a student, but I think you can manage it."

Naruto cringed; today had been a nightmare. Naruto made as though to go to bed, when Ebisu stopped him. "Oh, we're only finished with chakra control exercises. Next, we're going to practice parallel formation of one handed seals with independent sequences assigned to each hand."

Hinata looked at Ebisu sensei with disbelief as Naruto's face crumbled. Ebisu sensei may be a great teacher... but he's a sadist. She thought to herself.

End Chapter Twenty Three -AN: Aaannnndd... I'm back!

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Please don't hurt me. It's not my fault. Well, it kinda is, but I have a great excuse- I left it in my dresser, hold on while I go retrieve it.

Here it is. (Reading) "I had to take some time off because I was having something like a nervous break down and I couldn't really type out stuff and make it sound like something other than abject failure."

All attempts at embarassed humor aside, I apologize to the fans of the story who've had to wait a quarter of a year while I got my act together. Last couple of months have been rather unpleasant for me. I'm back on track- I hope- so hopefully inside of two weeks I should have another chapter up for you to read.

Little else to say, except the rewrite is going terribly, so I'm back to putting out later chapters while I try to fix THAT. God help us all.

It's early wee hours of the morning and I will hate myself for this when I wake up and have to work tomorrow, but tough for me. I left a small joke in the middle of this chap that I'm genuinely wondering just how many people will catch. I leave you with the following preview.

The new arrival didn't seem very impressed by the presence of Orochimaru or his signature weapon. "The traffic was terrible." He answered snidely. His eyes sanned the ground below, while he fiddled with a knob that rested where his left ear should be. "The little cockroach is warning the other two- interesting. He recognizes me- and the two jonin with him and his team are sitting in that cafe the other two genin are headed towards." The newcomer paused, then laughed. "He says to tell you that he can read lips, and I can pass along to you anything that he says."

"So." Orochimaru said. "You realize I'm not here to fight, Naruto kun."

"He says, he doesn't care what we're all here for."

Orochimaru frowned. "That isn't very gracious of you, Naruto kun. We'd rather not fight you over this- why stay in Konoha when they hate you? I want you in village more than all of Konoha wants you combined. And... I also know the real reason Arashi chose you to seal the Kyuubii. But, of course, you know him as Namikaze Minato... the fourth Hokage."

Zabuza listened for a second, then chuckled. "I think you got his attention, boss."

Gnite, enjoy, and see you all soon.

Ja mata.

-AXENOME