Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, don't even want to… I've been very busy lately so sorry for this delay, to make it up I've written two, almost three chapters. The first two will be out now and the third hopefully in the coming days. I hope you like them, I didn't want to make the wave arc too long though.
Doubting if she should open the door Naruko hesitated on the other end of Gato's office 'Go in or wait outside… what if there's someone inside?'
"You can come in" a voice said from the other side of the door 'What?! He knows I'm here?! … should I?' doubting if she should actually do it the door suddenly opened "I told you to come on in"
Discarding the hesitation she decided to do just that, the order was to dispel when she was found but this was too good an opportunity to pass up. Naruko went inside and saw that she was standing in a small office, it wasn't glorious like she'd imagined a billionaire's office to be like, it was quite practical and clean in fact.
On the other side of the desk that she saw in the middle of the office sat a man with a pristine business suit and black glasses. He was old and didn't seem to have any real combat experience judging by his appearance "Well now Naruko-chan, what a surprise, is what I would say if I didn't know you were sneaking around my base"
"You knew?"
"Of course I did, take a seat, I won't harm you. Even if I would then you would just disappear so you have nothing to worry about, do you?"
'He's right, I'm just a clone… but how does he know me?'
"How…" she couldn't even finish her sentence as he smiled at her and finished the sentence "Do I know you?" she nodded "I'm a billionaire Naruko-chan, of course I would have an information network. Plus, I have this"
He held up his hand which seemed to hold a card of sort "Let's see shall we, you've been a busy girl. Not a lot of missions, in fact this seems to be your first real one? But you've been quite busy with training…"
"Ninjutsu 3 out of five, Taijutsu 4, Genjutsu 1, Strength 3, speed 4, stamina 5, hand seals 4… a total of 24 points at such a young age, quite an astounding feat Naruko-chan"
'He can see my strength?! He's dangerous!'
"Although you still have much room to grow in being the Kyuubi's container and all, you did take an intriguing path I must say. Focus on speed and basics it seems, just like… No, I mustn't speak of that just yet, excuse me Naruko-chan"
"How do you know all this dattebanya?!"
Gato smiled "Like I said, I have an information network"
"But this…! You couldn't possibly!" 'He's far too dangerous, I have to take my chance right now!' Naruko disappeared from view intending to strike Gato and instantly kill him, with her extreme speed she shouldn't be able to be stopped by an old man in a suit, right?!
Wrong… the man smiled at her as he held her hand with his own "Still too inexperienced Naruko-chan" she found herself unable to move even in the slightest, Gato stood up and moved her to the chair, sat her down and returned to his desk.
"Now then to the order of business, I was expecting you at some point. As you've noticed I know all about you, just like your team, you've intrigued me… Konoha shinobi that have no love for their village, that's just exhilarating to find! No Naruko-chan, I won't harm you or your team, you're far too interesting… but I will give you an offer"
"The Bridgebuilder will be allowed to build his bridge without any hampering from my side, none of my men will harm him or his workers in any way and will even assist if necessary. He was under no threat to begin with, we have never harmed him while he was constructing the bridge because the bridge doesn't harm my business at all."
"Him going to Konoha however was not to my pleasing, I don't want to draw attention upon myself at this point. What I'm doing may seem despicable and I admit, it is in most ways. But it is for the greater good, Naruko you have noticed as well, the shinobi villages are a disease…"
"They may seem to protect the common people but that is not true at all, most of the harm done to normal people is done by shinobi, not bandits or thugs. The councils have grown corrupt and lust for power, I'm trying to give power back to the common person"
Naruko disgusted by the notion interrupted him "But you're killing them, we saw it!"
"That much is true, but you can't alter the strength of a person with any normal experimentation. You may not believe me and that is fine by all means, but this world has many sides Naruko-chan… the villages act as if they're holy and want the better for everybody, yet they war against each other at the slightest hint of gaining power and kill hundreds of thousands of commoners in the process"
"Just look at Amegakure, it was a normal nation at one point only to be utterly destroyed by other nations just because it was a convenient place to fight. Almost ninety percent of the population there died due to all the fighting, fighting done by shinobi"
"We have to rid this world of such a system, the villages must be either destroyed or unified, but we both know that unification isn't possible. That would mean the councils lose their precious power, they will do anything they can to stop that, so the final option is…"
"Destroying every village?" Naruko couldn't help but slightly agree at his notion, while it was despicable and wrong in so many ways, it caused so much harm and death in the short run… it was true that the villages were terrible, she had experienced it all too much just like her teammates
'Didn't Yuuto say the same? He wanted to become Hokage or… destroy the village…'
Naruko sat in her chair contemplating the issue, would she help the man before her and keep silent about the issue? Or tell it to her superiors and inform the council in the process… "What do you want me to do?"
Gato smiled "It seems you get the point, keep silent about this conversation, just tell them one thing, two people will attack the bridge builder in four days' time. In return I will send two of my men towards you as if they plan to stop the construction. They will not harm the bridge builder, but will act as if they want to. They will be medium level fighters that give your team a challenge but you should be able to defeat them"
"They will think you saved the bridge, you get to show your skill to your superiors and nobody will get hurt in the process"
"Promise me one thing, never hurt any of the people I care about…" Gato smirked "That can be arranged, it seems we have an agreement. In return I will give you a freebee, go to Kumogakure and visit the southern mountains, there you will find a man to help you improve your skills"
"Who?"
"Now that is the question, let's just say that he is the master of the basics. He will have much to teach you, you can trust me on that"
( The Original Naruko )
Naruko finished drawing the map of the base as far as she was able to scout, it was massive to say the least… "I'm done, my final clone was destroyed"
Chiriku nodded "Well done, let's look at the map then"
The team looked at the map before them and could only gasp as the sheer size of it, the complexity of the rooms and corridors Naruko was able to explore "Sensei, this is absurd! And to think this isn't even all of it!"
"…I agree, there's just too many spots that would be a clear death trap, nobody is able to visit Gato if he's this well protected"
"Actually… I kind of did?"
"You did? How?"
"I kind of heard him through one of the doors, I heard three voices talking about something… I think they're planning to attack the bridge in four days, Gato said he would send two men somewhere"
Chiriku grew alarmed "You didn't get caught, did you?"
"Nope! My clone popped quickly after she heard this, what should we do sensei?"
"Good work Naruko, with this we'll be able to prepare in advance and choose a location for the attack. We'll wait there until they come, our job in the coming days is to find a suitable spot not too far from the bridge. They mustn't think we know of their attack so the spot we choose should be reasonable"
"What about the village? Do you want us to continue spying on it?"
He shook his head "No, this takes priority. After the two attackers are gone we will have bought time to finish the bridge. Gato will most likely send two of his strongest men, killing them will probably scare him from attacking again"
… The plan was good and all but something was off, something about Naruko was off. Others may not notice but I know her better than anyone else, we've been through thick and thin, she's hiding something. But what? And why?
Deciding to wait until we were alone I followed Naruko out of the house, the plan was to each look for a suitable area. This would give me the chance to see what was going on, I hope
"Miauw"
We'd reached the forest after walking well over ten minutes "Not now Tora-chan, I'm sorry"
"Miauw" what are you hiding?"
She stopped in her track "You know?"
Duh? "Miauw"
"You're right… You know me better than anyone else… I love you Tora-chan but I can't, I can't tell you in fear someone might hear"
She's so scared of anybody noticing even when we can sense anyone that would approach? This is serious "Miauw" are we in trouble?
She shook her head "No, I'll tell you later I promise, okay?" She was upset? Continuing to find the answer would only make her close up, I know her, she will tell me eventually… the only option left would be to find a suitable spot, the sooner this is over the sooner she'll tell me!
We searched in silence for well over an hour until we met up with the others, it seemed we all found the same spot. It wasn't really a clearing, more like a decently large area right before the bridge, it had some trees but not that they limited visibility. It was perfect, we wouldn't be able to set up many traps though as the area was too open, it would be obvious something was going on if we did
"It seems we came to the same conclusion, great work everybody. Now to think of what we can do about the area. Yuuto and Hinata your job will be to protect Tazuna at all costs, find a spot where you can do that and prepare it in advance. Naruko, you and I will look for spots to set up traps"
"We will be training here for the next few days, this will make the area look like it's partially destroyed. They will think we've used it only for training purposes, not to set up a trap"
A decent idea, although four days is a lot of time… wouldn't they scout it out as well and look at our training? "Miauw"
"Tora-chan's right sensei, what about the two coming? Won't they scout just like us?"
Baldy smiled "That's why we'll train half-heartedly, make them think we have weaknesses we don't have and lure them in, then we'll strike. They think we're just a standard team of one Jonin and three Genin, although we technically are they will be very wrong"
"So we're acting weak?"
"Indeed, so hold in your skill and act like you're fresh out of the academy"
"Weaklings it is! I'm going to act like stick up the butt Emo then! Hinata, who are you going to copy?"
She put on a thinking face contemplating the various options "Either Sakura or Ino?"
"Please don't… you'll be worthless" she smirked in response "Isn't that the plan?"
"Who do you want me to act like?" Ah Newby, hmm a valid question since he's a wildcard "Just act like yourself, they won't look at you anyway, just tone it back a bit"
He shrugged "True enough" except for the whole nature manipulation thing, totally normal…
The next couple of days was simply excruciating! Three Chuunin/Jonin acting like spoiled fresh out of the academy Genin, it was a disgusting display!
( Four days later )
It was time for the fight, finally they'd arrived! Naruko's tail had popped up giving us the clear signal that they'd approached, we continued to spar as if nothing happened until Baldy suddenly stopped. He gave us the signal to get on high alert and shouted "I know you're there, come on out!"
Two men soon appeared from behind the trees, they walked towards us with such overwhelming confidence and arrogance… they smirked "Took you long enough, it's time for you to die brats, you've had your fun as Genin. The world doesn't need spoiled brats playing Shinobi"
"Brother… we both know you just like torturing brats, at least be honest with them before they die a slow and gruesome death"
The first man's smirk grew wider "You're right, I'll take my sweet time tormenting the three of you, making you watch each other as I lynch you, the sweet screams that'll echo through the area!" he began to shiver in ecstasy at the sheer thought as he licked his lips
"That's more like it! As for me, how about you give up that old man over there? I haven't popped any bones in a while"
"Tss the screams are way better, you and your bone popping…"
"What?! No way, the sound of bones crunching and sticking out of the beautiful flesh is glorious!"
Two total maniacs if you ask me… "You three take the left one, I'll take the right. Don't let him touch you"
"Finally you're getting the picture, damn right old man, fight me!" the bone popping maniac made some distance "Don't get in my way bro, have fun with your brats! Katon: Incinerating wolves!"
Flames began to gather on the ground before him and formed three wolves, they acted as if they were alive and even growled! "These are my lovely pets, they'll toy with you until you die old man"
"Don't take all the fun bro… Suiton: Four Tormenting Spears!" the other maniac now had four spears made out of pure water hovering above him, they were obviously sharp as hell looking at the speed they were spinning at… these guys weren't pushovers by a long shot
"Change of plans, Naruko and Yuuto you fight together. Hinata you'll stay with Tazuna and support them if possible. Get to a safe distance"
"Hai! Tazuna-san follow me!" they ran a short distance away "Tss, not like they can run after I kill the two of you, I'll catch up to them in a bit… but first I'll have my fun with you!" he ran towards us with a sadistic glean in his eyes
"Yuuto, get ready, I'll distract him!", "Got it"
"Suiton: impalement!" the four spears shot towards us, Naruko dodged the two aimed towards her and began flickering all around the guy "Doton: Wall" meanwhile Newby tried stopping the other two with a wall. The spears pierced through it instantly! "They're sharp!"
Newby was struck by the two spears and looked at them in wonder "That's one brat down, tss you die way too quickly" although that didn't seem to be true at all. Newby turned into stone and fell to the ground, the real one slowly appearing from the ground "Doton: Impalement"
Four spears appeared above him similar to the ones the maniac had made and shot towards the latter with high speed. He dodged the incoming spears with a surprised look on his face "How the fuck did you do that?!" the water spears meanwhile returned to him "You can copy techniques? Fine, at least you make it a bit more interesting! Let's see who's spears win!"
He didn't pay attention to Naruko as she slowly but surely became less and less visible as the camouflage technique kicked in. He was totally focused on Newby for obvious reasons, someone copying your technique isn't something you see every day, although it wasn't really a copy but still
"Suiton: Needle rain!" the four spears shot towards him and suddenly split apart into four smaller spears each, sixteen spears were shooting towards Newby. "Doton: Rock Dome"
The instantly formed dome managed to block the smaller spears as they almost fully penetrated the thick rock "So they lose penetrating power in return for a larger number"
"Seems I can't go about this half-heartedly, you two are actually somewhat decent. Fine by me Suiton: Tormenting formation" two additional spears appeared in his hands together with spikes appearing on his joints, he was a close-range fighter judging by this?
He ran at Newby as the four water spears reformed and continuously shot towards him, this time they didn't stop after missing however. Each time a spear missed it would shoot back at a slightly different angle. Newby continued to dodge spears as they came from every side, none of them managed to hit him so far but this was only because he was able to focus solely on the spears. The maniac hadn't come close enough yet to fight with the others luckily enough, and he wouldn't be able to
When he almost got in range a sudden claw made out of lightning appeared from his right ready to take off his head, the man ducked "So the other brat's got some claws, where are you kitty cat?"
"Suiton: Water scythe" he swept his hand in an arc as one of the spears turned into a massive three-meter scythe, the scythe didn't stop until it had done a full circle and reformed as a spear. It was a strong attack but also opened him up for attacks as he loses one of the two spears
Naruko apparently thinking the same had ducked under the scythe and tried to sweep him off of his feet with a lightning covered leg "There you are!" he jumped up to dodge the leg and stabbed one of the spears where the attack came from. Naruko was still camouflaged but it was obvious where she was when a lightning attack shaped like a leg attacked you…
"Doton: Shifting earth!"
The earth underneath Naruko shifting taking her with it, the spears missed their mark "You're actually making me work for it, this'll be all the sweeter!" the maniac continued to run towards Newby, he'd finally gotten close and tried to stab him with five water spears from all sides
He was unable to dodge, five of the spinning rock bullets that had formed around him went to intercept the spears. They didn't manage to destroy them but you could see the spinning had lessened, they'd gotten weaker. He held up his hand to stop the spear directly aimed at him. The spear got destroyed when it touched his hand, the other spears hit him but a sudden scraping sound could be heard as they failed to penetrate, they slid into the ground next to him
The maniac grew alarmed as Newby suddenly took hold of his hand, he tried to stab him with the remaining spear together with a spiked knee going for Newby's gut. This however failed, he was struck by a lightning covered claw that appeared out of nowhere, a large gash appeared on his back as he cried out in pain
He halted his attack for a split second which gave enough time for Newby to shoot his remaining rock bullets. The man was stuck, he couldn't dodge! The maniac clenched his teeth in frustration and suddenly dark lines formed on his skin, a large shockwave of water erupted from him in a dome and blocked all the incoming bullets and claws. Naruko was forced back but Newby however was in trouble…
He had taken hold of the maniac before and wanted to let loose and escape "Suiton: Water Prison"
He'd been taken prisoner… "Fucking brats that hurt!" the maniac angrily shouted, the wound on his back healed and he looked at his prisoner "But now it's time for one of you to die" the four floating spears circled around the water prison pointing towards Newby. He tried to escape but failed as he saw his impending death circling around him
Naruko had become serious however, six tailed versions of her appeared around the man "You won't kill my friend!" and lunged at him with red crackling claws
"Suiton: Crucifixion!" the four spears shot at Newby and skewered him! The maniac quickly escaped afterwards with glee in his eyes "One down!"
"Yuuto!"
The black lines further began covering the maniac as his power over water grew, small drops of water began floating around him together with the spears which had turned to eight instead of four… "This power, it's exhilarating!" if he was a maniac before then now he was even more so… he looked at Naruko with hunger in his eyes "Nono, you won't save your friend!"
"Suiton: Needle Rain!" all the droplets turned into small needles and shot at each of the Narukos, they were however blocked by her shields "So small attacks don't work huh, fine then! Suiton: Crucifixion!" the eight spears shot at one of the Narukos with four more having formed from all the droplets
She tried to run but found herself too slow, the spears instantly penetrated the shield and impaled her… she popped in black smoke "Tss wrong one, five more to go then!"
Naruko tried attacking him from all angles as claws shot towards him "Suiton: Twin Scythes!" two scythes now five metres long arced around him and cleaved two of the Narukos, the claws were turned into nothingness from the sheer power of the scythes! "Three more to go! Come here little kitty!"
"Suiton: crucifixion!" the spears shot towards one of the Narukos which had gotten close, she managed to dodge as one of the others grabbed her and threw her out of the way. The maniac lunged at the clone that saved the other and pierced her with a spear he struck at her "Two more!"
"Doton: Bullet Rain!" over fifty bullets suddenly shot from underneath the ground at the maniac, he quickly did a seal "Suiton: Water Dome" and tried to protect himself, four fifth of the bullets were stopped but about ten still managed to penetrate it, they'd lost a lot of their power but it was enough to cause harm
The man screamed in pain as one of the bullets cleanly shot through one of his arms making it useless, the others only managed to cause scrapes or small wounds, they made him bleed, but it wasn't enough. "Suiton: Exploding Dome!" the water dome burst into a small maelstrom, Naruko and her clone managed to dodge it just in time however
He growled at them "How did you survive brat, I killed you!"
There a small distance away stood Newby, his clothes were destroyed and showed that he indeed was penetrated by the spears. Next to him stood Stutter still with hands over his closing wounds "You bitch, you healed him! How dare you!"
In a crazed stage he shot towards the two and ignored the damaged arm, he was in a frenzy and seemingly ignored any damage dealt to him
The eight spears shot at them with insane speed as the man kept the droplets around him for other reasons. One of the Naruko's left tried to strike him with a claw as she swiftly appeared behind him, the droplets instantly became a shield and blocked it. The man quickly turned around "Suiton: Water Scythe!"
The last of the clones got sliced clean through and disappeared. Naruko stood next to her teammates "He's strong… I lost a lot of chakra when he destroyed my clones"
"Hn, can you make three new ones?"
"I can, but not with my tails"
"Good, make them and continue to attack him with ranged attacks. Switch to shooting lightning bolts at him, we'll keep our distance and stall the fight."
They forgot one key part of that pill he took, it repaired damage… his damaged arm was already fully healed! He continued to attack the team with his spears as they were forced to dodge, even with three of them it was hard to beat this one man…
"Kannon's Rage: Infinite Armed Murder!"
Baldy attacked him from out of nowhere with hundreds of red fists, the man was beaten into the ground and struggled to get up "It seems I'm on time, good work team"
"Sensei! You managed to defeat the other one?"
"I did, he was strong especially with that pill he took, but I managed to beat him in the end" I looked at the area they fought at and saw the body of a man against a tree with his head caved in from blunt force trauma, his whole body was a mess and it only showed how much damage he took before going down, no wonder we were having trouble, even Baldy was forced to go serious!
Our maniac got back up as his wounds healed "You, you killed my bro!"
His frenzy had gotten even worse after the death of his brother, he looked at us with such intensity that it was just unreal "I'll kill you! Suiton: Extracting Moisture!" he ran towards Baldy but it was unlike before, the entire area around him withered and quickly died as more and more water gathered around him!
"Suiton: Crucifixion!" the entire clearing had soon withered and the man's own skin was also rippling as if he took moisture not only from around him, but also from himself. This technique was a last resort!
The man fell to the ground as over fifty fully formed spears gave Baldy no space to escape "Buddha's Protection!" "Doton: Rock Dome!"
The shield around him turned thicker together with a solid rock dome forming around him because of Newby. Naruko began sniping the incoming spears out of the air with lightning bolts to decrease the force of the attack… around thirty spears were left when they reached the dome, they lost power when they penetrated it but managed to fully go through it…
We stood there in silence not knowing if Baldy survived, the dome crumbled and we saw Baldy slumped on the ground with five spears impaling him, one in the chest and four in his limbs as he protected his most crucial areas
"Sensei!" he fell on the ground unconscious, stutter ran towards him and turned him face up, she began healing him and I really hoped she was in time, I liked Baldy…
He was still alive but barely, he breathed erratically and a pool of blood formed around him. Two full minutes of silence later and his erratic breathing began to calm down, his pale face regained a bit of its colour but he remained unconscious "He's alive, we should take him to safety!"
We quickly picked him up and rushed towards the house and lay him in bed, he began somewhat regaining consciousness and opened his eyes, he tried to speak but still failed however…
"Don't worry sensei, you're safe, we won"
He slowly nodded and closed his eyes "He's asleep, I'll keep an eye on him tonight, Naruko and Yuuto rest up in case something happens"
"Will do" Newby walked to a corner and slumped to the ground in exhaustion, he'd been wounded badly and lost a lot of energy in the recovery but he deserved it. He did good work I have to admit
( Two days later )
Baldy had finally fully recovered from his wounds, he'd begun walking again but said he was still not at full strength and it would take a while. Apparently he'd put a ton of chakra into his shield and that combined with his earlier fight proved too much, he'd need at least a week to fully recover.
"Sensei, what happened in your fight?"
"Well, unlike your foe that used water, mine used fire. He summoned his fire into wolves and used them to attack, my fists did nothing to them as they weren't solid so I was forced to go on the defensive and wait for an opportunity. He used some fire attacks next to the wolves and kept his distance while the wolves stayed in close-range. He mostly used fire bullets and some kind of fire nova that forced me to retreat when I'd gotten close, he was a true counter to close-range fighters"
"I'd finally managed to get in some good punches after a few minutes and wounded him, he took one of those black pills that the thugs used as well and grew stronger. He summoned more wolves and they became bigger, the force of his attacks just about doubled"
"Then how did you win?"
Baldy smirked "I used an E-rank Jutsu, I made him trip with a rock when I ran towards him and he backed away. I continued the attack as he stumbled backwards and got blocked by a tree, I then finished him with the infinite murder, it was a tough fight…"
"The two of them were Jonin without those pills, their powered-up form was dangerous to say the least. But there must be some drawback to those pills, for instance these two didn't explode when we killed them"
…I think I've got it, the explosion is chakra releasing itself! If you make them use all of it then they don't explode, the pills draw upon their latent chakra! "Miauw Miauw!"
"Sensei, the pills draw upon their latent chakra apparently, if they run out of chakra then they don't explode!"
"…You're right, both of them used a final technique when they were about to die, they consumed all their chakra. Those pills must surely slowly kill them, they draw chakra from somewhere so it can't be good for them"
Still, a couple of Jonin that accept their deaths and you've got a massive problem, imagine a group of those going against a village, they would deal massive damage!
"So, what now sensei?"
"We're going to help finish the bridge, I don't expect Gato to attack us again now that we've taken out two strong men. Tazuna expects it will take two more weeks, we'll combine this with training and recuperate from the battle. I've noticed that I have a severe weakness so I'm going to begin working on that, I expect the same goes for you as well"
"Hn, we were no match for him after he took that pill…"
"Indeed, but you managed to survive against a stronger foe. Think about what you could've done better and learn from it, learn from mistakes"
( Two weeks later )
Tazuna and a small part of the village was waving us goodbye as we left, finally we're done with this kami forsaken land. They seem to have regained hope, even if it's false hope… they were still in the grasp of Gato, we weren't able to kill the man and he'll continue to exploit the lands, the only difference is that he now has a bridge to control as well…
We continued on our way home, it was a short journey as nobody stood in our way and we didn't have any client to hinder our speed. It'd taken us only two days with rests included. Only a short bit away from Konoha an Anbu with a cat mask appeared before us "Chiriku-san, it's good to see you and your team. The Hokage requests your presence immediately"
"I was already on the way to him, why the hurry?"
"Confidential, don't make him wait" she disappeared as quick as she appeared, great mask though
"You heard her, double pace"
So we soon reached his office, it was only a few minutes away anyway so not that it mattered… "Come in" we entered his office to see the oldy looking at us with a grave expression, no porn or pipe in sight
"Close the door"
Baldy did as told "Hokage-sama?"
"First off welcome back, I'm sorry for the situation but I have to speak to you. This question is of utmost importance, did my Anbu arrive to assist you?"
"…No, they didn't"
"Homura!"
The door opened "Yes Hiruzen?"
"Put Samirah Nara on the missing-nin list immediately and send out the teams!"
"Hai!"
The door closed "Missing-nin?"
"Indeed, it seems the two Anbu we sent to help you have gone rogue, at least one of them has… we found the body of one of the two and thought it to be an attack at first. But it seems that is not the case"
"But why would someone go Missing-nin just like that?!"
"This is confidential, Chiriku, you and your team must not speak of this. The Anbu that turned traitor is Samirah Nara, you know of their intellect correct?"
"I do"
"Then imagine a Nara that isn't lazy, one that doesn't like looking at the clouds, a Nara with such intellect and skill that she grew to detest her own family"
Oh damn, that's bad, we have another maniac on our hands, a smart one!
"Is she that dangerous?"
Oldy gravely nodded "She is, she'd been hiding her skill apparently, according to reports she was already A-rank, but I think she's closer to, if not already, S-rank"
"So we have another Itachi on our hands…"
"Indeed. Keep an eye out, there's no way of knowing what she will do. You and your team have deserved your rest, I expect a mission report in one week, well done all of you"