Frag Naruto

The Kazekage stared at the small blond kid in his office. "How did you get in here and why are you wearing my hat?"

"I'm a super awesome ninja and because the hat is cool!" Naruto replied.

The Kazekage just stared not having much of a sense of humor and having no idea how to respond.

Naruto removed the hat. "Anyway the old man said the Wind Daimyo was getting senile and sending Leaf jobs that should be handled by Sand."

"And?" he asked dryly.

"Well Sand is considered a friend of Leaf so we can't let this situation go on the way it is while at the same time we can't overtly act against it, but when I heard the Daimyo was going to order you to reduce your forces by forty percent I knew we had to do something."

The kazekage interrupted him, "What!? Please tell me you're joking!"

"Nope, The crazy bastard is going to do it, see Orochimaru has snuck in an adviser to poison the Wind Diamyo against you."

"What does a missing nin from Leaf have against us?"

"Nothing, you're just a tool. He needs you to turn against the Leaf so he's maneuvering you to where you'll have no choice but to go along with it or starve in a few years time," Naruto explained.

"And what do we have to do to avoid this fate?" The Kazekage asked cautiously wondering what the cost would be.

"The land of Wave has no nin and right now, their Daimyo has been assassinated and his family fled to escape the mercenaries hired by the shipping magnate Gato. So if say, I don't know, a bunch of nin showed up in Wave and killed Gato, restoring the Daimyo's family while wearing hitaite with the Wave symbol on them, they could build a hidden village and help restore the country while reaping the benefits of the improved economy."

"You're suggesting we move?" the Kazekage asked in shock while actually considering the possibility.

"No, I'm suggesting that when you are ordered to downsize your forces, the small village in Wave that suddenly pops up could be of economic assistance to Sand and just possibly absorb families with bloodlines fleeing from Hidden Mist."

The Kazekage's eyes lit up at the mention of bloodlines, but darkened at the mention of Hidden Mist. "Hidden Mist's expertise in water jutsu would make facing them in Wave suicide."

Naruto pulled out a scroll and laid it on the desk with a grin.

Opening up the scroll the Kazekage stared at it in growing disbelief. "Who are you?"

"Naruto Uzumaki, container for the Nine Tails," he introduced himself cheerfully.

The Kazekage winced and took a step back, no doubt thinking of his son's power and instability while merely containing the One Tail.

"Relax, I know about Gaara and I'm doing something to help him too. But back to the business at hand; In that scroll are some of the basic exercises the second hokage came up with to attune a nin to water along with a fair amount of water jutsu including ones from hidden mist. That should take care of the advantage Hidden Mist had and then some."

"Having a number of handpicked nin 'die' on missions would allow me to sneak a cadre of highly trained nin to Wave with no one being the wiser, but how do we hide the fact that nearly half my nin have become Wave nin afterwards?"

"Why hide it? Rather than be forced to deal with a civil war by trying to seal half your nin, since the Daimyo commanded it, you were forced to simply let them go, releasing them from their bonds to Wind. Hearing about a new village in Wave they decided to join up so they'd have a home again. It even explains the strong bonds between Wave and Sand, since the released nin were grateful you didn't try and seal them and still have family here."

"Makes us look a bit...soft."

"The Leaf are known for being soft." Naruto grinned evilly, "But that's also what makes civilians think of us first for contracts and bloodlines looking for a home. Being nice but firm can have tremendous rewards."

"I'll do it!" the Kazekage declared seeing the many possibilities. "But what do you want out of this?"

"Couple of minor things." Naruto grinned. "One, remember Leaf and Snow are to be treated as brothers."

"Snow?"

"I have to restore the Princess and kill the moron in charge first, but that'll be in the future. Two send anyone with the ice bloodline to Snow once I've got it settled, I've got an interest in preserving that bloodline. Three, there is a bridge builder in wave called Tazuna, if his bridge is completed with Wave nin help for a small percentage of the tariff, you'll speed up the economic recovery of the country exponentially and have the good will of the civilian population."

"Anything else?"

"Nope, with a strong Leaf and Sand we can insure the prosperity of our people for generations to come."

Typing by: Stephenopolos

AN: Looping Naruto getting the jump on some problems near home.