As Shikamaru and Shinata approached the Tsunade's office they wondered why they had been summon by one of her messengers. As they walked in they could tell the news they were about to receive was unpleasant.
"Shikamaru I want you take a look at this warning I received this morning" as Tsunade handed the paper over to Shikamaru.
As he read the paper he handed it over to Shinata so she could read the warning. As she read the paper it had said some very powerful ninjas had been robbing many highly security banks and stealing vast amount of money. They said to have very powerful jutsu's and the four seem to kill all the workers that even look at them wrong. Seven banks and five payroll buildings all have been robbed in a three week span. A group of specialized ninjas were sent to kill or apprehend these fugitives; all have been killed except one. He reports they have a very unique jutsu described as Orochimaru's curse mark, this is only his belief but all four are now considered SS-rank criminals. All four wear the Cloud village insignia, one is to be said to be a clan member of the Kamizurui clan. The Kamizurui clan deny the claim that a clans man have been rogue. Be on a total lookout of these unnamed and fake ninjas wearing Cloud village headbands.
"This is bad, truly bad. If they are killing at random the future just took a big turn for the worst. Before I left Keisuke said that taking a life in the past affects the future drastically. One man could have a child that could cure a disease or save thousands, the Kazanawa have murdered so many already that I may not have a future to go home to.
Shikamaru seen the hurt look on Shinata's face and began to speak.
"I'm sorry Shinata but they are only doing this for one reason, to raise an army to invade the Konoha. All they need to do is invade and draw Naruto out so they can kill him. They won't take a chance with just the four of them to invade the village it would be a suicide mission, they need pawns to do their dirty work. So far they have enough to raise a small army but it may not be enough to convince mercenaries and ninjas to take on this mission. We must alert everyone of the outcome and to be prepared for everything" as Shikamaru looked at the Hokage.
As they were discussing what to do Shizune ran into the office with Neji and Hideo with their prisoners on their backs.
"Lady Hokage we need go to the ANBU compound to stop Naruto from making a big mistake on attacking Danzou. Danzou had sent these assassins to kill him and they were defeated but Naruto insisted on going to see Danzou and Zaizun also" as Neji who was usually calm was now out of breath from that long explanation.
"What Danzou sent these men to kill him and Naruto went by him self to confront Danzou? Quickly gather as many available ninjas as possible, Shizune and Hideo watch these two to make sure nothing happens to them. Neji, Shikamaru, and Shinata follow me" as Tsunade got up in anger about Naruto's stupidity about rushing into danger without thinking.
As they were leaving Sasuke seen the three and asked the Hokage what was going on. As Tsunade gave a quick explanation, Sasuke eyes stayed focused on Shinata. Shikamaru noticed that Sasuke had a fascination with her and decided later on to tell him to back off. As they ran to stop Naruto from attacking Danzou, Shinata could not believe her father was going to do something so stupid as to attack and elder of the village.
'Damn dad we don't need anymore shit right now the Kazanawa clan is about to strike and you pull this? Attacking an elder of the village is a capitol offense, please don't be that dumb and go after him for revenge" as Shinata prayed her father would just walk away and let the Hokage handle it.
As Naruto entered the ANBU compound, he was the focus of attention, many could not believe that he was that brave or that stupid to walk into the compound of would be assassins. As one of the root ANBU alerted Danzou of his presence, Danzou just smiled and told them to greet their guest properly. As he headed out the door he grabbed his cane and made his way to Naruto.
As he approached Naruto he could see that Naruto was calm and that he looked like he only wanted to talk to him.
"So what do I owe the honor Uzumaki-sama? Is there any thing you need at our humble abode? Or did you finally realized that you just can't win against me no matter who you got in your corner" as Danzou smiled devilishly at the blonde in front of him?
"I was just stopping by to take a good look a genuine coward; you lived in the shadow of greatness all your life. First the Third Hokage my father the Fourth and now Tsunade and eventually me if I except" as Naruto looked deep into the bandaged covered old man.
"You Hokage? Don't make me laugh; the villagers will never accept a jinchūriki as a leader. So dream on demon you have as much chance as holding the sun in your hand than holding that position" as Danzou laughed.
"Put it this way, I have a better chance than a war monger like you who lives in the shadows of great Hokages. You're a coward, a weasel a sniveling cunt of a man who wish he was half the man I am, so live in my shadow and dream of only of what you want to be because as long as I am here you are not worth anyone's attention coward as Naruto walked away from Danzou and his men.
"You arrogant piece of shit, all I have to do is tap the end of my cane once and my top ANBU will appear, I tap twice it's the end of you life you bastard" as Danzou looked at Naruto.
Naruto just stopped and turned around and looked at Danzou. Danzou seen that Naruto blood began to boil, he knew that eventually the Hokage and her ANBU would do an investigation on Naruto's claim he needed Naruto dead at this precise moment. Danzou tapped his cane against the ground once and twelve ANBU appeared around Naruto and Danzou. Danzou was about to tap a second time when Naruto use a speed so great that he was able to take out six of the ANBU next to Danzou and quickly release a wind jutsu to hit the other ANBU to distract them and then Naruto pulled out a scroll and performed a hand sign to release a barrage of kunais, shurikens and many other projectile weapons against his foes. Danzou could not believe his eyes; Naruto was fast but not as fast as the Fourth Hokage but none the less very impressive.
"I'm so glad you put your best men forward, it save me the time on taking out your whole compound. Now if you wanted to fight me all you had to do was ask. Just say it in front of all your men that you challenge me one on one that way everything is legal and there won't be any consequences on both our part or you can kiss my ass and stay the fuck out of my life" as Naruto smiled at the one eye war veteran.
"It's time someone take away that arrogance that you're full of, my ANBU will agree this is what I want so make a move son of a demon whore. That's all your mother was any way was a low price whore" as Danzou chuckled at his statement.
Naruto was unaffected by his statement, as Danzou motioned his hand the rest of the ANBU jumped away from the two combatants location. Naruto pulled out his kunais and rushed Danzou with great speed. As Naruto aimed for Danzou's throat, he was surprised to see that he was off target by three feet of his opponent. Danzou used his cane and slashed Naruto across his back.
"What the hell just happened? Not only did I miss my target I ran past him and I didn't even see him pull out a sword. Did he use some genjutsu on me while I wasn't looking? No he didn't make a hand sign, I need to be cautious as I can, I seriously underestimated him" as Naruto thought to himself
"What's the matter demon? Where's that arrogance and foul mouth now" as Danzou twirled his sword?
Naruto didn't say a word; he backed up and threw two kunais at Danzou. To Naruto's surprise they never even came close to striking Danzou. Naruto backed up once again to feel another slash across his back, somehow Danzou got behind him without Naruto noticing him. Naruto rolled backed and away from Danzou, as he looked for Danzou he felt something wasn't right and moved quickly to the right. As he did he felt Danzou's sword pierce part of his side, Naruto quickly grabbed his side and jumped back from his violent attack. Naruto started to breathe heavy and started to bleed profusely through the wound. Naruto started to think of a plan quick, he hadn't even struck Danzou once and Danzou was being methodical on every little cut with his sword. Naruto quickly formed five shadow clones and had four attacked Danzou at once, each one was defeated easily by Danzou. Naruto rushed Danzou once again with a kunai but the same effect happened he over shot his foe and missed by a mile. As Danzou prepared for a downward strike the clone threw a kunai at Danzou stopping the blow. Naruto rolled out of the way and disperse the clone. Naruto stood up slowly and looked at Danzou once again. Danzou started to smile; the self proclaimed demon of the Leaf village was nothing more than insignificant house fly that needed to be swatted. Naruto held his head down and panted hard that everyone was able to hear his breathing from a far distant. Naruto got back into his stance and prepared to attack him once again. Danzou looked at Naruto and thought what a fool, he was only trying to power his way through with strong attacks instead of thinking things through. Naruto ran at top speed with his kunai in his hand straight for Danzou, Danzou smiled and prepared for a perfect head shot of the young blonde. As Naruto approached he aimed his kunai straight for the chest of his foe. As Danzou swung down to catch Naruto on the head, Naruto caught the sword and pierced the right side of Danzou's chest.
"How, how did you do this" as Danzou stuttered from shock and fear?
As Naruto raised his head he had one blue eye and the Kyuubi red eye as he dug into Danzou chest even deeper.
"You're a fool; I made five clones and sent four after you. The fifth one I had watch you and when I disperse him I got the information needed. You hypnotized me some how with your eyes, it made me misjudge your distance and my thinking. Let's see what you got under those bandages as Naruto grabbed them off of his face.
Naruto jumped backed shocked," You have the sharingan? How is that even possible all the Uchiha's were murdered off ten years ago, how were you able to require that eye of yours" as Naruto stunned at this revelation.
"Damn you demon, it seems that you used the Kyuubi's power to stop my attacks. But you still will die this day" as Danzou dropped to one knee.
"I don't think so the one going to hell is you motherfucker" as Naruto rushed him with his taijutsu.
Danzou felt every blow as each one was harder than the next, he was about to raise his sleeve to counter Naruto's attack when he noticed Tsunade caught Naruto's hand from striking him even more. Danzou quickly covered his face to hide his sharingan from the Hokage. Naruto eyes went back to normal.
"Danzou agreed to challenge me it was his challenge not mine right Danzou" said Naruto?
"The boy is correct, I challenged him leave me to talk with the boy for one minute and one minute only as Danzou made it to his feet.
As he motioned Naruto to his hut, he stood and looked at Naruto.
"I will leave you in peace and not interfere with your plans none what so ever if you keep my secret about the sharingan. I will make sure that Zaizun abides by the same rules, Hinata Hyuuga is yours and there will never be an attempt on your life as long as you live" as Danzou put out his hand to shake on the deal.
"Why don't I just tell Tsunade and I won't have to deal with you ever again" said Naruto?
"Because if you don't Zaizun will try every rule, every tradition and deceitful tactic to break you two up and he will succeed. He will search high and low for anything to stop this engagement; I'm offering you peace in the village and the woman you love for your silence, is it a deal.
Naruto thought about it, he would never have to worry about being attacked again; Hinata would eventually become his wife with no interference from the Hyuuga clan. It seemed too sweet of a deal for just silence; Danzou wouldn't break his vow because he seemed terrified that someone other than the root ANBU knew his secret.
"Fine it's a deal but if you so much as look at me wrong the deal is off" as Naruto shook his hand and left.
As he approached his friends, he was shocked that Sasuke was there and talking to Shinata. Although Shinata was just smiling and being nice, he could tell for some reason she looked scared and uncomfortable.
'What the hell Naruto? Don't you know you can't assault an elder of the village? I would have to put you in prison if Danzou didn't say he challenged you and the rest of the ANBU backed him up" as Tsunade looked disappointed in Naruto's judgment call.
"I had it covered, my plan wasn't to kill him but just to let him know that I won't be intimidated by Zaizun or him" as Naruto smiled at the Hokage.
"Well it looks like he made a point as well, he cut you up pretty bad as Tsunade use her jutsu on Naruto's wounds. "I'm going to have Danzou investigated for an attempt on your life, we have two of his men" as Tsunade looked concerned over Naruto's condition.
"No need, you won't find anything just let it go and if it happens again then you can launch an investigation as Naruto smiled at Tsunade.
"Naruto you can't trust Danzou, no matter what he promised he can't be trusted" as she finished healing Naruto.
"I know, that's why I will always be cautious of him" as he started to walk toward the exit of the compound.
As Shinata came to talk to Naruto, they started to leave the compound with Tsunade. Sasuke who was about to run and catch up with Shinata when something stopped him in mid run and covered his mouth with his hands tightly. As Naruto, Shinata and Tsunade kept walking until they were out of ear range. Shikamaru released Sasuke from his jutsu.
"What the fuck is your problem you pineapple shape head asshole" as Sasuke walked up to Shikamaru?
"Just leave Shinata alone Sasuke, you're not her type and its better if you just let her finish her mission" as Shikamaru made no attempt on backing down from Sasuke's cursing.
"They say you're a genius but pissing me off was really stupid of you, as long as she didn't say anything it's none of your damn business" as Sasuke got ready to draw his sword.
Neji quickly got between them and asked what the problem was.
"He's jealous that I have the balls to talk to her while he's too scared to say two words to her" as Sasuke kept cursing at Shikamaru.
"Look I have bigger problems maybe not as big as your ego but big none the less . So why don't you just take my word for it and just leave her alone, you have many fan girls why not Sakura or Ino I'm pretty sure they could feel your ego" as Shikamaru just stared at Sasuke.
"Tell you what genius, the next time you put me in that jutsu or even look at me wrong I'm going to cut off your got damn head and shove it right up your ass" as Sasuke sheathed his sword and walked away.
"Damn he really got anger issues, be careful of Sasuke, Shikamaru. He has many evil thoughts running around in his head I don't one of them bad thought be about him killing you" said Neji.
"I'm not worried about him, he should be worried about me" as Shikamaru started to walk with Neji back to the Hokage towers.