Hey guys, TSF here and today I bring you chapter five of Vulpine Sancto. Not much goes on, Naruto flips out, Blake cries, Naruto be's a badass. Sorry if this chapter is a little weird, I had it planned out, but everyway I re-wrote it, it just seemed weird to me, and I re-wrote it three times.
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"Say it again Naruto! I want to hear you say it! Tell me, no, lie to me again! Lie to me and tell me you'll never let your friends die!" All around him, hundreds of bodies littered the floor, pools of blood and the stench of blood and decay wafted through the air. Naruto Uzumaki, Jinchuuriki of the Nine Tailed Demon Fox Kurama could do nothing but let silent tears rush down his face, because in his arms, was the dying Visage of Neji Hyuga.
"I told you to say it again!" Naruto looked down at Neji, his breathing was labored, and Naruto knew, even if Tsunade, the best med-nin around tried to heal him, Neji was going to die. Looking down at the smiling face of the suppose to be bringer of change for the Hyuga clan, Naruto could only cry for his friend.
"Naruto…. Lady Hinata.. Is willing to die for you.." His voice was coarse, and Naruto could do nothing but bury his head in Neji's shoulder, crying as Neji talked. "So… you hold… more then one… life in your hands… And it seems… My life too.. May have been one of them." Naruto started to shake, his heart, it was feeling empty at the moment, and Obito, Naruto wanted nothing more then to kill him at the moment.
"Why? Why would you go this far for me? You were going to change the Hyuga clan?" Naruto couldn't understand it, Neji wasn't suppose to die, Neji was suppose to go home after this war, and change his clan. To die for him? Naruto wanted to scream at the moment, go up to Obito, and stab him through the heart again, and again, and again.
"It's because… long ago, those words of yours… freed me from the shackles of fate." Naruto didn't try to stop the tears anymore, they came like a river and Naruto could feel Neji growing cold in his arms. It wasn't suppose to be like this! This wasn't suppose to happen!
"Why would you go so far for me? Even give up your life?" Not just Neji, but everyone, Naruto just couldn't understand it. As he looked around, hundreds of bodies littered the ground, speared through the body by the ten tails, and Naruto, never truly having someone that would die for him, just couldn't understand why Neji would do it.
"Our fight… long ago during the Chunin exams.. You told me… unlike you, I'm not a failure." Neji smiled, as he finally understood it. He finally understood why his father chose to die for his comrades, for his village, and now he knew the freedom his father must have felt before his death. Neji's X shaped seal slowly started to disappear, and Neji, barely able to move his body, let his eyes look up, to see a bird flying through the air. He was free now, he was going to die, but he was happy.
"Didn't you say you weren't going to let your friends die…? Naruto!" Naruto looked up to Obito, the man that had been apart of his mother and fathers death, the man who manipulated Nagato, a family member of his, to become Pein, a man who singlehandedly started the Fourth Great Shinobi War. Neji fell, and Naruto was quick to catch him before his head hit the ground.
"Those words! 'I'll never let my friends die' Now look around you.. And say it again!" People he had never met before, people, who at one point were his enemy, people from other villages, other nations, of different races and different lineage's were scattered everywhere, wooden poles sticking from there bodies, and Naruto could do nothing as they laid there, dying.
"I told you to say it again! As the bodies of your comrade grows cold in your arms… Take in their deaths!" All around, Leaf Shinobi, Sand Shinobi, and even Mist shinobi looked on as Naruto held Neji in his arms. Gai, Lee and Tenten could only watch as their student and teammate slowly started to close his eyes. Shikamaru, Ino, Sakura, and all of the Leaf 11 were in a state of shock, having lost the first person to there group.
"This will continue… and your flippant words and ideologies shall become lies. This is the end result of hope and ideals. This is reality! Naruto… What is there for you in this reality? Your mother and father are gone, as well as your master, Jiraiya. And if you keep standing against us, you'll continue to lose your friends one by one. This shall become a world where no one who acknowledges you will exist." Naruto listened, slowly, the idea of stopping all this fighting, just so the people he loved could live, he couldn't take it, all the people he loved, and people he didn't know, dying for him, it was to much!
"The only thing that awaits you… is your worst nightmare! Which you know quite well… Solitude!" The Ten Tails, which had been stuck thanks to a jutsu used by some Rock shinobi, was slowly starting to break free, and all around, everyone tensed, wondering what the monster would do next.
"Why must you cling to reality? Enough of this!... Now, come join us Naruto!" Obito started to raise his hand, and Naruto looked up, wondering, almost pleading for someone to tell him what to do. Before Naruto could do anything, a hand rested on his face, causing him to look up…
"Nato! Nato Wake up!" Naruto shook his head, wondering where that was coming from, but when an ice cold substance hit him, Naruto bolted up, wide awake.
…ooOoo…
Naruto gasped for air as ice cold water washed over his body, sticking to his skin, making him shiver. Naruto bolted up, and out of his bed, gasping for breath because of the cold water on his body, and because of the same reoccurring nightmare he had been having for a few days now. Looking around the room, Naruto's eyes landed on the assailant of the ice water, and Naruto was forced to squint his eyes to try to see who it was.
"Hinata?" The figure shook her head, and after rubbing his eyes, Naruto saw Blake standing there, arms crossed, with a raised eyebrow. Naruto sent her a glare for the ice water, but sat back down on his bed as he dragged a hand down his face. He had been having that same dream for a few days, and no matter what he tried, it was always the dream of Neji dying for him that loved to torment him, that loved to make Naruto wake up in the morning with a cold sweat, and gasping for air.
"No… it's Blake, Nato. Mind telling me what that was about? I was asleep when I heard you screaming about someone named Neji and then you swore you were going to kill someone named Obito, and I tried to wake you up, but it didn't work so I used ice water." Naruto shook his head, and looked down, mad that he had been caught having another nightmare.
"It's nothing kitten, just a nightmare. Can you leave me alone please?" Blake hesitated for a few seconds, but nodded and turned around, deciding Naruto needed some privacy. Naruto, knowing he couldn't lay back down, because his bed was wet, reached over to the nightstand next to his bed, which Naruto wouldn't be sleeping in tonight, and grabbed his suit, tie, and top hat. Deciding he needed a shower to get his mind off of the dream, Naruto, without a care in the world, walked into the front living area and started to walk over towards the door that lead to the bathroom, while also placing Blake in a genjutsu as he could see the small lingering bits of his chakra about to run out, meaning Blake would see his real face, and kept his façade of a red eyed, crushed faced Naruto up, and walked into the bathroom. Stripping down naked, Naruto turned the water on to hot, and looked himself over in the mirror, or more importantly, the bags under his eyes, which were from a lack of sleep. It was still dark out, and Naruto had meant to wake up a little before nine, but seeing the outside through the window, Naruto guessed it to be about four, maybe five o'clock. Letting the water warm up for a few seconds, Naruto stepped inside and just stood there.
The fourth War, while it had achieved Naruto's dream of peace, had left a lasting mark Naruto was sure he wasn't going to ever grow out of. The pain of seeing those he loved, and those he didn't know, dying just for him, dying just so he could live, hurt. To know, people he had never met, people that had wife's, and husbands, and children and parents that were going to be in pain from there deaths, made Naruto's heart burn. To know, somewhere out there, a boy had asked where his father was, only to be told he wasn't coming home, because of Naruto's unluckiness of being the Jinchuuriki, was something that had scarred him.
He wasn't stupid, and knew they didn't die for him personally, they died for him so the Nine Tails wasn't handed over, but even then, Naruto could only ask, why him? So many questions ran through his mind, and he knew, the seal his father used would have dragged the nine tails to hell forever, so Naruto could only ask, would it have been better if he had died when he was younger? To keep the Nine Tails out of reach from the Akatsuki? Would all of those people still have had to die for the sake of war? Or would the fourth war ever happen? It was to much, and Naruto knew he couldn't spend his life wasting his thoughts on something he had no control over, but even then, the pain was still there.
He knew he'd see everyone again when he died, Neji, his parents, Ero-sennin, the Sandaime, and so many more people, but until then, Naruto wouldn't let there deaths be in vain, and try to live his life for them. Deciding he had relived some of his more negative thoughts long enough, Naruto smirked as the memories of some clones last night came to mind, making him happy.
All seven tenants that lived on the ninth floor with Naruto agreed to move to a lower floor, for two months of free rent, if Naruto helped them move. Later today, Naruto was going to send a horde of clones to start his little side project, and turn the entire top floor of his home into his own personal lair, his own sanctum of solitude that'd be impossible to get into without Naruto's blood and chakra, as he was going to line the entire top floor with traps, spikes, seal's and everything else. Plus, that'd only be the door to get into the ninth floor, the hallways, and doors themselves would be lined with electrical seals, traps, and everything else just encase someone got pass the first door for some reason. Naruto would make that entire top floor impenetrable, turn it into his home/lair/training ground, and use it as his base of operations against the White Fang or anyone else that dared mess with this façade of peace the government likes to tell the public is actually happening.
Rubbing some shampoo and conditioner in his hair, Naruto let a days worth of dirt and grime wash away, and then moved onto his body, cleaning his stomach, chest, arms and legs. Deciding if it would be weird to use a clone to wash his back, Naruto shrugged his shoulders and had a clone lather and wash his back up, then dispelled it with a grin. Hey, he wanted to be clean, you know. Now that his body was all washed up, Naruto took a second and started to think. As the saying goes, keep your friends close and your enemies closer, Blake was his enemy, but Adam was one of his true targets. Just from the little meeting yesterday, Naruto knew Blake and Adam had to be somewhat close, so with a grin, Naruto decided he was going to get to know Blake better, and use her to find out more about Adam, his motives, and the other leaders of the White Fang. Blake would be his pawn, and Naruto would get her to trust him, and when her usefulness ran up, Naruto would either kill her with a kamui, or find out what kind of person she really was and decide if he wanted to let her go or not.
Turning off the water to the shower, Naruto grabbed a towel from the outside rack and started to dry himself off. When that was done, and Naruto felt that he was dry enough, Naruto put on a clean pair of underwear, his dress pants, his hidden kunai mechanism with two kunai, his white undershirt, the black vest that was holding a few kunai, and the black, pinstriped blazer. Finishing off his look, Naruto placed his top hat on and looked himself over in the mirror. He wasn't a suit and tie kind person, but he knew he'd look stupid wearing his normal attire with the top hat, which was the only thing big enough to hide his horns without looking out of place. Once his attire for the day was on, Naruto left the bathroom, after sealing away a bathrobe that looked comfortable to wear, and walked out. Blake was sitting on the couch, silently reading her book. Deciding on what would be the best way to discreetly get to know her better, Naruto formulated a plan in his mind, and grabbed a phone. Calling down stairs to the main lobby, Naruto waited for a few seconds until Mr. Mosby answered.
"Ah, sir, so nice of you to call me this morning. Is there anything I can do for you?" Naruto hummed for a few seconds, and made sure Blake wasn't listening to him, and when he saw she wasn't, he continued. "Actually there is Mr. Mosby, I need a few things for breakfast. One of them would be a map of Atlas like we discussed, the other thing, could you possibly send up some tuna fish for me? I don't mind if it's in a can, or a single giant tuna itself." Naruto heard Mr. Mosby hum, then start typing away for a few seconds on his computer. Looking over to Blake, Naruto noticed she was still reading her book, and went back to paying attention to his call.
"Of course sir, I'll have the most finest of tuna brought up for breakfast. It just so happens we have a specialty tuna imported from all the way from Vacuo from the most finest of fisherman. Is there anything else I can help you with?" Naruto struck a thinking pose, wondering what else he could need until a light-bulb went off in his head, and he nodded.
"Yes, the finest Miso Ramen you have, and that'll be all." After getting conformation from Mr. Mosby that everything he'd ask for would be sent up, Naruto hung up the phone and took a seat on the other side of the couch, away from Blake, and took his hat off as he decided to work on his Fuinjutsu studies. Unsealing a brush and a scroll that had ink in a slide out compartment, ripped out a few pages from the book that had all different sizes of paper Naruto could need. Reaching into his pocket, and pulling out his pipe, Naruto allowed it to rest in-between his lips as he started to write.
'Now I see why Hokage-Jiji would always smoke and work on his Fuinjutsu and calligraphy studies when I was younger, it really does calm the mind.' Knowing he needed some more explosion tags, Naruto ripped out ten, 4 in. height, by 8 in. length, papers from his book that his mother had left him, and started on the first one.
Explosion tags, while hard to learn, are extremely easy to make once you know how. The tag, by using ink infused with chakra, is nothing but writing the kanji for explode around the symbols for fire, earth, and dust. Once the symbols are written out, it's all about connecting them together via output lines. Once that was all done, the seal was made, but the dangerous part was making everything perfectly even and spaced out, all the symbols and kanji have to be the same size, except the kanji for explode, with has to be bigger by a 2:1 ratio. They were hard to learn, but was now one of Naruto's favorite things to make, because no one in this world would expect a piece of paper to be powerful enough, with the right amount of chakra, to bring down an entire skyscraper. Once his first one was done, Naruto grabbed a kunai from his vest, and wrapped the sticky paper around the handle to his kunai, and placed it back in his vest's holder.
This continued for about an hour, Naruto and Blake sitting in complete silence, with Blake her reading Make-out Pool time, and Naruto working on a explosion tag, sticking it to a kunai in his holster, and going onto the next one. Naruto put five explosion notes on five kunai, and kept five explosion notes sealed away into a small seal on Naruto's right index finger that looked more like a tattoo then a seal, which was one of the reason Naruto was constantly wearing long sleeve shirts. The seal that had been on his stomach, the dead demon consuming seal, was made with blood, and had a special seal in it to keep the seal hidden within Naruto's skin, but Naruto wasn't that advanced, so all the seals he had on his body were visible, making Naruto's arms, hands, chest, and stomach, look like some one had just decided to write random kanji and lines all over it.
Taking a puff of his pipe, Naruto ripped out five, 5 in. long by 4 in. width pieces of paper, and decided to make some gravity seals. Gravity seals, while usually used to trains one body by increasing the gravity around oneself, were used by Naruto for a different reason. Naruto had, at the moment, three gravity seals on his body, each increasing pressure by x25, meaning Naruto was training at x75 times Remnants gravity, which worked perfectly for him. Yet, people in Remnant, even with how advanced they were, don't have gravity weight training rooms, which worked perfectly for Naruto because all he had to do was slap a gravity seal paper on someone, activate it, and they wouldn't be able to move.
Gravity seals, unlike explosion tags, were extremely hard to make, even once learned, as there was a lot more going on. The seal of point, which was the main seal, was a weight kanji centered around an 8 tri-gram hexagon with the kanji for earth, air, and water, which were some of the three heaviest earth made elements, and increased, could crush the strongest of men, tear their muscles, or rupture there organs if not used correctly, which is why Naruto only ever uses x25 gravity on someone. Making all four seals, which took about two hours, as they were harder to make, Naruto finished with a content sigh, and quickly sealed the tags away into a seal on his thumb, then covered his hands with his silk, black gloves.
Looking over towards Blake, and seeing that she was already on the last page of Make-out pool time made Naruto laugh silently, so, retaking his glove back off, Naruto released a seal, and caught the next, and last addition to the make-out series, which Naruto intended to continue on, just not based so heavily on smut. So far, there was Make-out Tactics, followed by Make-out Pool Time, then to finish everything off was Make-out Paradise. Followed after that, even though it was never finished, and hadn't been named yet and only had one chapter done, was the last book Jiraiya planned to write, which Naruto thought about calling Make-out Adventures. Seeing Blake had finished the last page to Jiraiya's smut novel, Naruto got her attention.
"Hey kitten, catch." Blake quickly caught what Naruto threw her, then had stars in her eyes at seeing a book that hadn't even been released yet. As she was about to open it, a question came to mind and she turned to Naruto, intent on finding some answers out.
"Nato, how did you have the second book, something that was just announced, and a third book, something that's not even been announced?" Knowing at some point people were going to ask some questions, Naruto fed her his pre-made lies.
"They're from… my brother." Blake raised an eyebrow, having not expected that, but looking down at the book, Blake saw what he meant. ' Make-out Paradise… Authored and illustrated by Naruto Uzumaki.' Looking back up towards Naruto, who Blake thought was Nato, Blake narrowed her eyes.
"You… have a brother?" Blake was surprised, as she had seen two people on the news the first time, each wearing different masks, and each having different colored horns, but to her, now it made since. That was, until Naruto started to talk.
"I do… but he's not like me. He doesn't believe in the White Fang, because to him, we're terrorist, the worst of the worst. My brother, Naruto, want's a peaceful world were everyone excepts each other, where there is no fighting, and everyone understand each others pain. That's why we don't talk… we don't see eye to eye I guess." Blake listened silently, intrigued with the story 'Nato' was telling her about his brother that he didn't talk to, but was also frowning a tad bit, hating the fact that a faunus was against the White Fang.
"I love my brother, I truly do, but… It's been almost two years since we last had a good conversation, and six months since I last talked to him. It's not truly known, but me and Naruto are orphan's, and grew up on an island outside of patch in an orphanage. We lived there until we were thirteen, when a man named Jiraiya took us in, and trained us. We both loved the man dearly, he was a human, but even though we're faunus, he didn't care and trained us because he saw potential in us. But then…" Naruto dragged a hand down his face, making it look like he was having a hard time talking about this, and quickly looked out of the corner of his eye to see what Blake thought, as he was intentionally putting a little bit of trust in her, even though they were lies, so she would do the same thing and open up to him.
"But then… Jiraiya died, and Naruto and I were left alone again, with only each other to care for. Naruto, broken from Sensei's death, started to walk his path of peace, while I on the other hand started a life of petty robbery, breaking and entering, which turned to bigger things, and one thing lead to another, and I decided to join the White Fang. I didn't contact him, knowing he'd never except me for what I've become…" Stopping to catch a breathe, Naruto placed Blake in a genjutsu with eye contact, to make it seem like tears were coming to his eyes, then continued.
"My face… the reason my face is like this is because of Naruto. I'll always love my brother, and I might be a bad person, but I'd never turn my back on family. Six months ago, I was in Vale, where my brother now owns a book shop, and I accidentally ran into him outside of the walls, where we fought. It wasn't on purpose, because I know Naruto would never do something like this to his family, but when we fought, he blew up part of a mountain by accident, and I got stuck under it. I was stuck there for 72 hours, but in my moment of need, I unlocked a power never before seen, and got out. Though, I don't think Naruto knows I'm alive." Wiping the 'tears' away from his 'scarred' face, Naruto looked towards Blake to see she was speechless, and didn't say anything as he let her soak up everything she said.
"But… why does Naruto hate the White Fang? I mean, we're good people fighting for equal rights?" Naruto laughed, and Blake sent him a glare that would kill a lesser man, but Naruto was anything but that, and continued to laugh. Stopping to catch his break, Naruto wiped away a tear and let the delusional girl know what was real.
"Good people kitten? Really? Are you that delusional? You call kidnapping children, suicide bombings in populated area's, and the murder of innocent people 'fighting for equal rights'?" Blake sent Naruto a glare, but before she could say anything, Naruto kept on talking.
"That's not equal rights kitten, that's a façade of peace won through fear and terror we're gunning for. Us, you and I, were murders, killers, thugs, and crooks. We're not good people Blake Belladonna, you and I, were scum. What the White Fang use to stand for 'Peace achieved through equality' the old White Fang, they were good people, but us? We're thugs using power to achieve our own goals. You can try to deny it all you want, but you and I, were monsters, and as long as we're members of the White Fang, we'll always be monsters killing innocent children who didn't need to die." Blake looked down, Her mind racing back towards her once childhood friend Adam, and how he had been changing, but not wanting to believe it, Blake shook her head.
"I'm not a monster, I'm fighting for peace for the Faunus race. What humans have done to us, trying to stick us on an island and leave us there, killing us, and everything else, that is justice and peace. I've always been apart of the White Fang, every rally they ever had, I was there in the front, every meeting they ever had, I was there, listening to what was being said, every Faunus that was ever in need, I was there to help them. I'm not a monster, not like you.."
"Not like me and not like Adam?" Naruto raised an eyebrow, and effectively shut Blake up. " You sit here, and call me a monster, but let's talk about Adam Taurus, one of the leaders of the White Fang. What makes him different then me? Surely you've seen it? On the news, I've never killed a single human, yeah? I'll admit I broke a cops arm, but that was it. Do you see me on the news killing people, kidnapping innocent children, and blowing people up. Let's talk about what I've done, Blake Belladonna, I've stolen, I've lied, I've cheated a casino out of money, I blew up a building with no one in it, I blew up a train full of A.K-130's and a little bit of dust. I'm a monster, and I know it, but I'm not a devil. Adam Taurus, is a devil. I know all about him, ordering assassinations, kidnapping the innocent, and an entire list of offences. So you tell me, Blake Belladonna, to my face, who's the monster? Me? Or Adam?" Blake silently looked down, her eyes clenched as she recalled everything her one time childhood friend had done, and even thought she wanted to deny everything Naruto just said, she knew it was true.
"The difference between Naruto, Adam, and I, is one thing. Naruto fights for peace, by using love, compassion, and understanding. Adam fights for peace using force, terror, and fear, and I? Well, I could truly care less about what happens. I'm scum, I'll be the first to admit it. I'm a liar, I'm a cheater, I'm a stealer, and most of all, I'm a criminal, but targeting innocent children, blowing up and killing people who have never done anything wrong, isn't my forte. Yet, out of everyone I just talked about, you, Blake Belladonna, are the worst of the worst." Blake snapped her head, looking towards Naruto, to see what he meant. Silently, on the inside, Blake knew what Naruto was saying was true, even if she didn't want to believe it.
"You're in denial, I know what I stand for, Naruto knows what he stands for, and Adam, even if he stands for such horrendous things, knows what he stands for, but you? You don't know. You're delusional, and in denial. You sit here, and call us good people? Monsters who have killed the innocent, are good? I would have accepted you calling the White Fang a terrorist group and still deciding to standby them. I could have accepted you acknowledging that the White Fang was bad, and sticking to them, but calling them 'good people' is a case of you being in denial. You're desperately holding on to the White Fang of the past, and looking to what they stood for, instead of looking to the White Fang of the present, and knowing what they stand for. You've twisted your own ideologies, and placed them on the group while desperately clinging to a small thread of hope that they're still good, and deep down inside, you know I'm right." Naruto said no more as he stood up, as it was 8:59, walking towards the door, Naruto opened it right before the man with the food could knock, placed him in a genjutsu, and grabbed his food and map. Thanking the man, without letting him say anything, Naruto slammed the door shut, and walked over to Blake. Dropping her plate of Tuna on the table, The metal plate rattled for a few seconds, then Naruto started to walk away.
"I was going to try and be nice, I ordered you this…" Naruto walked over to the second room that wasn't being occupied, since there was three rooms, and his bed was now soaking wet because of Blake, and slammed the door. Naruto walked inside, and frowned. Naruto honestly didn't know where his little outburst had come from, he meant to share a little bit of information with Blake, lie to her and open the door for her to trust him, but once she started to talk about the White Fang being in the right, and how they were the victims, and good people, a switched flipped inside Naruto and he couldn't stop what he was saying. People like Blake, pissed him off greatly. To say the White Fang was in the right, the same people that were disrupting the peace of Remnant, the same people killing innocents just because of there race, was wrong.
If Blake hadn't said the White Fang was in the right, but said they were wrong but she still stood by them, Naruto could have accepted that, but to cling to a fantasy world where the White Fang is right, was the wrong thing, and Blake was in the wrong. Naruto needed to cool off, so sending a little bit of chakra to his eye, Blake's weapons appeared on Naruto's new bed. Grabbing them, Naruto walked out of his room, and walked over to the couch where Blake was sitting. Naruto said nothing to the girl who looked to be crying, why she was? Naruto didn't know, and at this point, he didn't care. Grabbing the map of Atlas from the table, Naruto looked at it one time, and immediately knew the entire layout of Atlas. The map Mr. Mosby had sent up was a surprisingly well detailed map that showed the entire layout of Atlas, with key places highlighted with a key down in the bottom left that showed what was what. With his simple glance done, and the entirety of Atlas remembered, Naruto walked over to the terrace and looked out in the horizon and the rising sun, and started to push chakra into his eye.
"Wait! Nato, where are you going?" Naruto turned around and stopped momentarily pushing chakra into his eye, but still kept a slow, steady pace. Making eye contact with Blake through one eye, Naruto pushed chakra into his other eye, and placed her into a genjutsu.
"Sleep, Blake. When you wake up in a few hours, I should be back." Naruto saw her stumble around a little bit, and she seemed like she wanted to stop Naruto from leaving, but before she could grab him, Naruto fully sucked himself up with kamui, completely missing the cat faunus dropping to the ground thanks to the genjutsu Naruto placed her in. Arriving on a tall skyscraper, Naruto placed chakra into his feet as he stood on the tall, metal spike that was protruding from the skyscraper. The map didn't show where the shipment yard was, as it wasn't on the map, meaning Naruto would need to search for it, and he planned to do this alone, he was Naruto fucking Uzumaki! Savior of the Elemental Nations, he didn't need some delusional baby sitter to watch over him. Looking around, Naruto's eyes landed on another giant skyscraper, bigger then the one he was on, and Naruto quickly used kamui, traveling to the building, and decided to rest as he thought of a plan.
He still had two days to figure out which bullhead was headed to Mistral to get the shipment, but Naruto needed to find a ledger, or some way to figure out which bullhead it was that he needed. The best way, most discreet way, and the way Naruto was thinking of using, was walking in, placing the guy at the front in a genjutsu and just asking which bullhead was going to be getting the shipment, and exactly which day it left. It'd be best to not have a battle with the docking people, as there'd be a chance of being found out, and they could change the date, something Naruto didn't need happening.
'What would be the best way to find the docking agency?' There was a couple of ways Naruto could find the docking agency, but at the moment, Naruto didn't feel like looking for it. Deciding he could just ask someone, Naruto kamui'd to another, smaller building that had a ladder on the side, and quickly descended down the side of a small ice cream shop. Dusting off the invisible dust on his body, Naruto looked around, and made sure no one saw him, and when he saw no one, Naruto fixed his silky black gloves and left the small alley he was in. To the left of him was a small clothing store, and to the right of him was the ice cream shop. Placing a genjutsu on his face, Naruto had violet colored eyes, red hair, and a pale complexion that made him look like a true Uzumaki. Unsealing the cane that had come with the suit, Naruto started to walk down the road, looking like a noblemen with how he was dressed, and with how he was carrying himself, the people that walked by Naruto moved so the side, clearing away for him.
"You.. Where is the docking agency?" Naruto raised an eyebrow, keeping up his noblemen façade, and waited, impatiently, for the girl to answer him. The girl has green eyes and moderate red-orange hair done up in two ponytails with light blue streaks, and while Naruto wasn't sure what kind of faunus she is, she has a tail covered in pink fur that gets lighter towards the end. Her clothing, something even Naruto wouldn't ware, was atrocious. The girl was wearing a light blue tank-top on top of a purple bra, dark purple shorts under a pink combat mini skirt that had a white belt with a winking smiley face on it that was holding the mini skirt up. She had on two buttons attached to her shirt, right above her right breast, arm bracers, knee and shin pads, and a tattoo on her upper left arm which is a shooting star with red, green and yellow trail winds wrapping around her arm. To finish off her look, the girl has a small heart tattoo under her left eye, a collar with a metal tag on it, and roller blades.
"You… where is the docking agency? Look at me, Mr. Suit and Tie.. That's what you sound like." Naruto narrowed his eyes at the girl who was blowing a raspberry at him, and had to do everything in his power to not laugh with her, as the girl had guts to mock Naruto when he looked like a noblemen, something no one back home would dare to do, in fear of pissing off a powerful person. Back home, name meant everything, and if you pissed off on person from a clan or of a high status, you piss off everyone from that clan or from that high status, but, this girl didn't care.
"Girl? What is your name?" Deciding he liked this girl for her guts, Naruto at least wanted to know her name, with out breaking character. He was, of course, a ninja and once you henge yourself or disguise yourself, you create a personality, back story, and many other small things for that character, and don't break it. Character was everything, and at the moment, to blend in, Naruto was being a stuck up, I'm better then you, nose is the air, noblemen. Looking different creates deniability, and in a world where people can't change their looks like Naruto can, there'd be no way to track Naruto back to being in Atlas or Mistral before the shipment went missing, which was what he was going for.
"Name's Neon Katt, and I never miss a beat… Never miss a beat.. Ne-" Naruto watched, for a few seconds as Neon started to mumble about never missing a beat, in amusement, and let her finish. The girl, Neon, was spunky and looked like a fun person, unfortunately, Naruto didn't have that much time for making friends, and had things to do. Waiting for her to finish, the girl suddenly turned on him and saluted.
"Neon Katt, at your service. Second year academy student of Atlas Academy." The girl stuck out her hand, seeing if 'Mr. Suit and Tie' would take it, and was surprised when he did. Naruto gave her a small nod of his head, acknowledging what she said, and gave her a fake name to go alongside his character.
"Konohamaru Sarutobi, pleasure to make your acquaintance. Now then, Ms. Katt, can you please point to me the directions of the Atlas Docking agency? I am in quite a hurry and must be going, but I've lost my way." Neon nodded with a grin, and started to point down the road, the way Naruto had been walking, and started to flair her arms around as she spoke.
"Sure thing Red… Walk down this road for five blocks, you'll see a liquor store on the right side, P.S, they have the best hard liquor ever… I had some the other night and I was all like blaah! Then watchaa! Then my friend Flynt was like 'Neon I told you not to party to hard' and I was all like 'But Flynt! Let's get waisted and-'." Hearing 'Konohamaru' clear his throat, Neon grinned, as she usually got off subject like that, she just couldn't help it, but seeing the impatient man raise an eyebrow, Neon started to give him directions again.
"Turn right, right after the liquor store and walk for three more blocks until you see the police station, turn left at the police station, walk another block, turn left at the barber shop… then… um… walk three more blocks and turn left at the clothing store.. And finally, turn left at the hamburger joint!" Naruto gave Neon a dry look, as all that did was send him in a circle which was something he didn't feel like doing.
"You have… absolutely no idea what I'm talking about, do you Ms. Katt?" Neon shook her head, so Naruto gave a small sigh of resignation for the hopeless girl, and waved goodbye as he started to walk, intent on finding the place himself by walking around all day. Walking down the street, Naruto passed a few more people, waved to a few that waved to him, but generally kept quite, and focused on his mission.
Adam said, at the time, they had about a three day time period to find out which bullhead was going to Mistral until it took off, meaning Naruto now had a two day time period, and it would be better to figure out that day, and have two days to plan, then to figure it out the day before and not have a chance to plan well. Meaning, Naruto had to find the docking/shipping agency by the end of the day, least he make some have ass plan that would get discovered. Pulling out his scroll, Naruto looked down to check the time, then sighed to himself as he walked into a small convenient store to grab something to eat. He was hungry, as he hadn't gotten a chance to eat his ramen in the morning, and knew it was bad to work on an empty stomach. Walking towards the back, Naruto grabbed an orange soda, and then looked for something to eat. Not finding anything that really looked good, Naruto grabbed a candy bar, a solar bar, and a small muffin. Walking up to the counter, Naruto placed the man at the front desk in another genjutsu, to make it seem like he paid, and pointed to one last thing.
"Your most expensive cigar please." The man at the counter nodded turned around, looking for the most expensive one, the man showed Naruto as he started to explain what it was. "This sir, is the Gurkha Black Dragon, a premium hand rolled cigar that has a cost of 22,000 Lien. It this what you want sir?" Naruto nodded, actually shocked at the price of the cigar, but grabbed it from the man, who thought Naruto had already paid. Naruto grabbed a lighter, having left his in the hotel room, and lit his cigar as he walked out, ready to continue with his day.
'Hm? For a 22,000 dollar cigar, I could get use to these.' With that, Naruto continued on with his leisure walk through Atlas, loving his character of a high roller, and decided he'd find the docking agency at some point, and just enjoy part of his day, something he didn't truly ever do with training, running a store, and being a wanted criminal wanted by Vale, surely to be Atlas and Mistral in the foreseeable future.
…ooOoo…
Blake frowned as she looked at the small purple book in her hand, a gift from Nato, as her mind recalled the conversation the two of them had this morning. Even if she wanted to deny it, Blake knew Nato was right, Adam, and to a lesser extension, herself were monsters who were only making this world worst with their wicked ideologies of justice and peace. Blake, while not being a leader, or even a prominent member of the White Fang, was the student of Adam, who was a leader, and a childhood friend of him.
Adam had always been there for her, anytime something bad ever happened, it was Adam that was there to make sure she was safe, out of harms way, and okay. Blake had known Adam since she was seven years old, when Blake was an orphaned girl living on the streets, and the slightly older male decided it was his job to take care of the cat faunus. Adam had always been such a kind, caring soul who greatly cared for the well being of others, and as a child, wouldn't hurt a fly, but Blake had seen it, his decent into madness, his changing personality from the kind, caring boy that decided it was his job to take care of her, into a vindictive, and ruthless man that cared for nothing else but achieving his goals through whatever means. Blake had watched, as Adam grew into a cold, uncaring man that constantly treated her like trash for doing not doing something she didn't want to do.
Even when she tried to deny it, Blake knew Nato was right. The White fang of the Past, they were the true White Fang, of peace and equality, but now, the new White Fang, they were just a terrorist organization getting what they wanted through fear. Kidnapping and killing innocent children, destroying parts of Vale, and so much more, it brought tears to the usually quite girls eyes.
'But…what can I do? I'm just a faunus apart of a terrorist organization.. No one would listen to me?' Blake knew, there wasn't much she could do, and sighed as she felt like taking a shower, even if it was later into the day. With her mind made up, Blake walked over towards the bathroom, deciding to just wear a bathrobe and go to her room after she was done, because Nato wasn't going to be back for a while. Getting undressed, and folding her clothes up, Blake looked herself over in the mirror, her amber colored eyes washing over her nude body. Blake let her eyes roam to the bow on top of her head, and frowned. She never hid her cat ears, her ears are a represented of who she is, of what she stands for, and everything she had worked towards. Yet, in just a little under 24 hours of knowing Nato, Blake's entire life had been crushed, her ideologies broken, and her dreams questioned.
'Is this… really what I'll be for the rest of my life? A member of a group of child abductors and killers?' It was hard to digest it, to have her entire world turned upside down, and to finally have someone lay it all down for Blake to see, and at that moment, Blake wasn't sure who she really was. She was confused, broken, and at the moment, felt alone as more tears came to her eyes, her mind racing back to when she was an orphaned child that had no one to love her, and to all the children Blake, and the White Fang, were orphaning. Blake cried, as she knew, she was doing the same thing someone had done to her, to other children making them feel loneliness. At the moment in time, Blake felt broken from having her entire perspective of the world shattered by a man she hadn't even known for more then a day.
'I… I need to do something..' Blake wasn't sure what, but she had decided at that moment, she was going to change the world, she just didn't know how yet.
…ooOoo…
Taking a puff of his cigar, that surprisingly burned slowly, Naruto looked at the giant building in front of him, with a pleased smile on his face, at finally finding the Atlas Docking Agency. It was, at the latest, seven o'clock at night, going on eight, as Naruto had decided to just enjoy his day. He had made shadow clones earlier, who were helping the tenants in his apartment complex to move, had eaten dinner, and even sat in a park, and watched children play, but now knew it was time to get to work.
It had taken a while, but with the help of a few people, Naruto was able to find the place, and was now walking towards it, intent on getting the answers he needed. The building itself was huge, and was at least three stories, with a fenced off back area, with many, many warehouses full of Bullhead's anchored to poles, so they weren't stolen. Naruto dropped his cigar, as it was almost done, and crushed it with his cane.
'Well… that was a good 22,000 lien well spent…' Walking into the front building, Naruto looked around, trying to find anything that'd give him a clue on where to go, and saw nothing. Deciding to ask the man at the front desk, Naruto walked up to it, and rang the bell getting one of the men's attention, as there was three men sitting in the front area. Making eye contact with the man, Naruto did his favorite thing, and placed the man in a genjutsu, and sent him a smile.
"Excuse me, I'm Konohamaru Sarutobi, lead adviser of Mr. Schnee of the Schnee dust company, I believe Mr. Schnee might have called you earlier, and explained I was coming in to get a copy of the some papers on the bullhead flying to Mistral to here to pick up a shipment of dust." The man, with the fake knowledge of getting a call earlier from Mr. Schnee himself, gave a small nod.
"A-Ah yes sir. Uhm, I sorry I forgot to print them, please forgive me." The man bowed, but Naruto waved him off and eased his fears with a small, serene smile. The man started to type away on the computer for a seconds, leaving Naruto alone to his thoughts. This was going easier then he thought, and Naruto was seriously starting to love the Sharingan, and to a lesser extent, Genjutsu. Now he understood why it was Kurenai's favorite subject of jutsu. All it took way small eye contact, and Naruto was able to manipulate a mans senses and make him remember something that had never happened. It wasn't like the Kotoamatsukami, where Naruto was giving them fake memories, and brain washing them, he was simply giving the man false flashes of memories and making him remember things that had never happened.
"I-I'm sorry sir, there's a lock on the documents from Mr. Schnee himself. No one can open the file without a specialized code that only my boss and Mr. Schnee himself know." Naruto narrowed his eyes slightly, and started to think of a plan. The man wasn't lying, so with a sigh, Naruto gave the man a small nod.
"Where is your boss? I'd like to speak to him. If I return to Mr. Schnee without a copy of this document, it's my ass on the line." The man told Naruto to hold on, and picked up his scroll. Dialing a few numbers, the man put the scroll to his ear, and started to talk to his boss, which Naruto was able to hear.
" Mr. Slate, I have Konohamaru Sarutobi here, He's an adviser to Mr. Schnee, and is here to pick up a copy of the documents on the bullhead leaving to Mistral in two days.." Naruto smirked, least he knew the ship left in two days. "… but there's a specialized code on the documents that only you and Mr. Schnee know, so I can't get into them." The man stopped for a few seconds, his boss cutting him off.
"If the man claims to work for Mr. Schnee then he should have the code too… He could be a thief trying to steal it Azure, did you think of that?" Azure, the man Naruto had been talking to, Bit his lip, and cast his eyes over towards Naruto, but shook his head.
"But he's not sir, Mr. Schnee himself called up here earlier telling me Konohamaru Sarutobi was coming up to get a copy for the bullhead leaving to Mistral in two days." Azure bit his lip, waiting to see what his boss would say, as Naruto had implemented in his mind that this was a top priority job that needed to be done.
"Mr. Schnee called? Are you sure? Okay, if you say so… the code is this.. Winter Essence Imperial Super Soldier. Get the man his copies, and do it with a smile or you're fired!" Naruto heard the man, Mr. Slate hang up, so he waited patiently for Azure to get him his documents to he could leave, and return to his room to talk to Blake, make a plan, and get some rest so they could train the next day.
"Sorry about that Sir, I'll have those documents for you in one second. If you'd like to take a seat, I'll bring them right out to you." Naruto nodded as he turned around, and walked over to a section of seating and sat down. Crossing his left leg over his right leg, Naruto sat up straight and let his hands rest on his fox headed cane, and waited patiently for Azure to finish. Appearance was everything, so Naruto kept his appearance up and sat like a gentlemen. Looking down at his scroll that was ringing, Naruto answered it.
"Hello… Nato?" Looking down at the caller I.D, Naruto saw that it was Blake, and raised an eyebrow at her calling him. "What is it Kitten? I'm busy right now and have better things I need to be doing then to sit here and talk with you?" Naruto looked over to Azure, and saw he wasn't done yet and went back to his call.
"I called to ask…. When will you be back? Mr. Mosby called and asked what you would like to be brought up for dinner… and I.. Never mind." Raising an eyebrow at the cat faunus who seemed she didn't know what to say, Naruto sighed, and debated on wither he should just hanging up on her, but knowing that was rude, even if he was portraying an evil mastermind, Naruto frowned.
"Miso Ramen with extra pork and extra vegetables, and tell him to bring me the finest cigar he can afford. And get whatever you want, don't worry about the price of it." Hearing Blake hum , Naruto waited to see if she was going to say anything else, as he didn't want to be rude and hang up on her, but also didn't want to talk to her, as he was still cooling off from earlier in the day.
"Okay… Nato… I-" Naruto cut her off, already having a feeling about what she was going to say, and stopped her. It wasn't his problem, it was hers. They weren't friends, they were enemies, and Blake was his pawn to be used as a way to learn Adam's true intentions, and when he was done with her, he was going to let her go.
"Stop Blake.. It's not my problem to care how you feel. If you want to apologize, don't apologize to me, apologize to yourself and all those you've hurt. You haven't hurt me, not that you could, so save your empty apologies for those you've hurt. I was simply opening up your delusional mind to what was real, and what was fantasy, because the world you were living in was a fantasy world. Don't think I helped you out of the kindness of my heart, I'm not a kind person, I helped you, because I wanted to see your reaction when you learned the truth, and when you see what you've really done. I wanted to see how you'd handle the fact that the people you oh so dearly love are nothing but child killers creating orphaned children, now if you'll excuse me, Belladonna, I got to go. I got what I needed and I'll be back in thirty seconds." Before Blake could say anymore, Naruto hung up on her and placed his scroll back in his pocket. Standing up, Azure walked up to Naruto and stuck out the papers for Naruto to take.
"Here you go Mr. Sarutobi, I'm sorry about the confusion and the wait. Here's what you asked for, and has everything you could possibly need." Naruto stuck the folded up papers into his jacket pocket on the inside, and shook Azure's hand.
"Thank you Azure. I'll make sure Mr. Schnee knows how hard of a worker you are… If you'll excuse me, I have errands I need to run." Azure bowed, a pleased smile on his face, and watched as Naruto left. Once Naruto was gone, Naruto stopped the connection of chakra between him and Azure, making Azure completely forget about the encounter with Naruto. Walking outside, Naruto started to walk down the street, as he wouldn't use kamui in the middle of the street, and waited until he was in an alleyway.
Making sure no one was around, Naruto started to disappear, only to arrive back in his hotel room, and dropped his genjutsu, showing his whiskered face, which was still a crushed face to Blake, and walked over to the couch. Blake was curled up in a ball, a blanket wrapped around her, and if she heard Naruto had arrived, She didn't say a thing. Sitting down, Naruto pulled out the papers from Azure, and started to read them. There was about ten papers, which Naruto read in about five seconds, and once he was done, Naruto grinned.
"In two days, A bullhead with the Identification number X777FT will be leaving at two o'clock AM from the east docking area with a crew of five men, all armed, to Mistral. Expecting to touch down by four o'clock AM the bullhead will be loaded up with a total of 50 crates of dust. The bullhead will be refueled, and at 6 o'clock AM, is suppose to leave for Vale, then Vacuo, Then Atlas." Naruto stopped, seeing if Blake was paying attention. Getting a nod from the girl under the blanket, Naruto said nothing about her attitude, and continued on. If anything he'd just transport her to his dimension, keep her there, do his job, and then use a genjutsu on her to find out where to go, complete his mission, and then find a different pawn in the White Fang, like he planned to do to Kuromi.
"My plan is simple. At one o'clock, we break into the docking agency and go for the bullhead. I memorized the layout of the bullhead, so I know where to hide. It'll be uncomfortable, but we won't be found, and don't have to worry about aborting the mission. We'll stay hidden until everything is all loaded up, Steal it, and you'll lead the way, got it?" Getting another nod, Naruto sighed, and poked Blake's head, getting an annoyed yelp from the girl. Peaking her head out, Blake glared at Naruto, but, unlike her other glares, this one wasn't as meaningful, and her eyes almost seemed lifeless, which brought a pain to Naruto's chest. Blake wasn't his problem, but even if he was masquerading as some evil mastermind, Naruto still cared for the well-being of others, even if they were on the opposing side of him. Seeing Blake's eyes look lifeless made Naruto remember a time when he was younger, before he wanted to be Hokage, before he even wore his mask of happiness, back when, Naruto didn't have a reason for living. Completely crushing her view on the world, and shattering her perspective of both right and wrong, had completely crushed Blake, who now didn't know what good and what was bad anymore, and Naruto could only look at her in sympathy, knowing how it felt to not know what to do.
"Did you order yourself food kitten?" Blake nodded quietly as she hid herself back under her blanket, not even saying a word to the crusher of her world. Opening her book back up, Blake placed her light back in her mouth, and started to read again, wishing to be left alone, but when Naruto started to poke her face, Blake had to resist the urge to snap at him.
"…Yes." Naruto nodded as he stood up, hearing footsteps just outside the door, and knowing Blake and himself were the only people that were suppose to be on the top floor, Naruto waited a few seconds for the man to knock, placed a genjutsu over himself again, then opened the door.
"Hello, I have one miso ramen with extra pork and extra vegetables, one rare sesame seared tuna, and one Cuban cigar, is that all correct?" Naruto nodded, glad he was finally going to have a chance to eat some ramen, as he didn't have a chance to do so in the morning, and took everything from the man. Placing the unlucky fellow in a genjutsu who thought he was being paid, Naruto closed the door and walked over to Blake.
"Here kitten." Placing her food on the couch next to her, Naruto left her alone, knowing she needed space to except what had happened today, and left towards his room. Walking inside, Naruto sat his food down on the small nightstand next to him, undressed from his clothing, and unsealed the white bathrobe he had taken from the bathroom. Getting all comfy, as in going straight commando under the robe, Naruto sat on his bed, and started to eat his ramen. The plan would initiate in two days, Naruto would join the White Fang under the visage of an evil doer, while secretly finding out their plans, and taking out who needed to be taken out. He'd allow those that had a possible change of heart the chance to live, but if they stood in front of him, Naruto was going to leave them to die in his dimension.
Naruto smirked as a grayish silver rib cage appeared around the sides of his body, with three ribs on each side, while near his back was what looked like a spinal cord. Connecting to the top of the spinal cord were two bones that looked to be wrapped in tendons and muscles slightly, with two arms coming from them. The left arm had muscles on it, while the right arm was nothing but done. Naruto smirked at the Susanoo, and quickly let it deplete. Yes, the White Fang, were going down.
...ooOoo...
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