Chapter 8

ANBU pay is terrible. I got paid a tenth of what it would have been cost otherwise. At least the benefits are awesome. Other ninjas have to supply themselves with all their equipment. ANBU get unlimited access to equipment of all types other than tools made of chakra conductive metals. We still get limited access to that.

My custom ordered eighteen inch chakra conductive Tanto would have cost over five million ryo. I got for free. I suppose I should be grateful.

I was the one who had the third most expensive item in ANBU as a result. The only ones who beat me were Cat and Dog. Cat had a Chakra conductive Katana. Dog once had a forty inch Chakra conductive Odachi. He lost it in a fight, and despite being the ANBU commander, was never allowed to have a chakra conductive item supplied for free through ANBU. He cost us fifteen million ryo.

As of now, he had the normal chakra conductive twelve inch tanto. He had to pay for it himself, off an ANBU pay. He mainly did it by taking the weapons of the people he killed and selling them, as well as bounties, which we also only received ten percent from. All other ninjas got thirty percent.

Naruto walked into the ANBU common room. "Crow has Shadow guard duty today. And I got stuck with food delivery duty. The worst job in ANBU, unless gramps decided to have you do his own damn paperwork."

Letting on a deep breath, he started running towards the various posts or sections in the Leaf village that he would find hungry ANBU. After a while, he made it to the last delivery location, the Fire Shadow Tower. Six ANBU were stationed here, one at the main entrance, and one that patrolled the entire building.

He got the first two, before silently entering the Shadow's office.

At least I don't have to deliver the old man's food as well. He has Chunin for that.

Handing out the various meal packets, he ran out after giving three out. "Well look at that Crow, looks like you don't get food today. I just happen to be short handed today."

Crow responded with an extremely annoyed voice, "Hare, if I do not get food within the next two minutes, I will hide your Tanto, and block an attempts to get another Chakra conductive Tanto."

Hare, or Naruto, looked at Crow with fear. "You wouldn't! It cost five million Ryo."

"And you didn't pay a cent for it. You have one minute and fifty seconds."

After several seconds, Naruto pulled a bento box out of nowhere, and handed it to Crow. "There's your food, I hope your happy," Naruto replied with a hint of sarcasm.

Crow responded with a cheerful voice, "Why Naruto, I'm always happy. I'm happy when doing S class mission. I'll happily gut you should you ever withhold my food again."

Naruto let out a slight shiver. Then disappeared, along with the other ANBU. A few seconds later, the door opened, a chunin bringing in a bento box for the Fire Shadow. The chunin looked around, and then asked, "Sir, did someone already bring you food? It smells like beef in here."

Sarutobi gave the chunin a perplexed expression, before saying, "I have no idea what you're talking about. Perhaps you should get your nose checked. I can't smell anything."

The chunin looked ever more confused, before nodding and leaving. Hiruzen then opened his Bento box and started enjoying his Chicken and rice.

All the ANBU reappeared, one eating his food upside down, while the others were off the ground, their backs sticking to the walls, their feet crossed.

Hare looked at the ANBU on the roof, bear. He then asked, "Bear, how do you make it so your food doesn't fall out while eating upside down?"

Bear looked down upon Naruto from his perch, before saying, "Naruto, when you are as cool as I am, you will find yourself able to defy the physics that we already defy," before he continued to eat.

Naruto shrugged, and then left the room. Several seconds later, the whole room burst out laughing. Bear's bento box morphed to show it no longer being upside down. Bear then stated with a voice full of mirth, "Naruto still needs to work on his genjutsu detection. He still can't see through jonin level illusions."

"Aye," the whole room replied.