Chapter 2-contracts and life in the big apple
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Beta: Ketsuoni
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In an undisclosed location, somewhere in a South American shipment port
"Fox, this is eagle eye confirm radio connection"
"Vixen this is Fox radio connection is confirm"
A voice belonging to one Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze, who was currently wearing a black stealth Nanofiber suite, designed for tactical stealth mission. "Good, now I don't need to remind you how important this mission is? Considering who our clients are." a feminine voice said over the earpiece radio.
"I know. As long as the Intel they gave us is good, then you have nothing to worry about," Naruto responded. He summoned three Shadow clones and mentally ordered them to arm up. Naruto's weapon of choice was two silenced five-seven pistols, a silenced Ballista PSR with night a dual band scope, some grenades, and a bow he affectionately named The Predator Bow.
This bow has enough Kinetic energy to stop a rhino dead with twenty regular carbon-impact arrows. Ten electro shock arrow, when shot at an enemy, electrocutes/stuns them. Ten super-thermite arrows, when shot at an enemy or a wall or anything for that matter, stick and explode with some splash damage and ten airburst fragmentation arrows that will explode upon impact and cause splash damage over a relatively large area.
"Are you guys prep and ready" Naruto asks his clones. All his clones nodded, all of them using the same weapon; a silenced Chicom CQB, three round burst, bull-pup SMG, grenades, and a silenced Tac-45 pistol and wearing the same cloths the original was currently wearing, aside from the masks they wore.
"Good, get on the boat and let's move out" Naruto ordered. [A/N-I like call of duty for its Zombie mode and Crisis 3 for, well, the suite, who doesn't want to wear that Nano suite, and multiplayer-X Box and Ps player here]
"I still think it should have been the two of us working on this assignment, not that I don't enjoy a little group action, but I prefer if it is just the two of us," Naruto's partner complained. The blond could practically see the pout on her face.
"Well, who better to entertain our guest than you? After all, who's best at handling and working crowds around her fingers like puppets," Naruto heard a scoff, then a hum.
"You're referring to our last mission in Baltimore. What was it again…ahh the underground fight arena, yes. Well, what can I say, the crowd loves me," she said with a giggle, letting out a contented sigh at the end.
Recalling the mission in Baltimore, Naruto rolled his eyes at her comment. It was to infiltrate the underground fight arena and search for an illegal drug smuggler known for orchestrating illegal underground fights, where kidnapped people are forced to fight for their lives in a fight to the death.
Naruto posed as a fighter while his partner was the new announcer, since the last one had a "tragic accident". The crowd loved her sunny personality. Well, more like sadistic personality. His partner was known in the business as a bloody sadist, whose reputation earner her titles like; the bloody lady, red queen, or the Mad Vixento name a few.
"Remember Naruto, all personal at the shipment port are to be treated as hostiles and confirm the cargo manifest is indeed illegal weapons."
"So basically, they don't know what is in the container only that it is valuable. Is this going to be another mission 32?" Naruto asked, recalling one of their contracted missions, which sounded the same.
The contents of the package was nothing more than diamonds, not smuggled weapons, though later it became their payment after their employer tried to kill them both.
"No, this won't be like that mission. The Intel report says the cargo of value is to be bought on the market. It could be weapons, the air surveillance photo we got showed how much man power they have protecting the cargo," was Naruto's partner's response, making the blond sigh in slight frustration.
"Fine, but that secondary squad better not be late once the party starts. As good as I am, I can't handle all of the party guests." It's not that Naruto couldn't handle them on his own, but he was not about to underestimate these people. First rule of warfare and combat; Never Underestimate Your Enemy, doing so could lead to your death. He's strong, that's for sure, but he wasn't dumb. He's smart and he is cautious, taking into account any and all possible scenarios in the mission.
"Don't worry Fox, the second squad is on stand-by and is ready to assist, in case things go to hell. Besides, I personally know from experience that you don't disappoint,"was her reply. She added a bit of huskiness to her voice, but Naruto knew she was just teasing.
"Well, you're confidence in me, helps me relieve some stress," Naruto shot back, eliciting a giggle of amusement from his partner, before turning his attention to his clones just as they arrived at the south end of the port.
"Alright, I'll provide watch on top of that crane, while three of you split up in three different directions. The Cargo is marked on our HUB, and remember, all personal are to be considered hostile." Naruto stated getting a nod from his clones. "Good, let's move out."
Naruto quickly climbed, well, more like walked up to the top of the crane and used his chakra to balance himself on top, as to not fall to the ground. He wasn't concerned about falling; Naruto just didn't want to be distracted when aiming. It allowed him to have steady aim on a high and ridged position.
'NC-1, you have two hostiles coming your way…observing, hold position' Naruto said through the mental link he and his clones shared. Naruto watched, through the night enhanced scope, two hostiles packing a Scorpion EVO SMG. 'Looks like the two of them are separating. Pick your target and I'll take out the other.'
Naruto watched as his clone went for the second hostile wearing a red jacket, which left him with the first hostile wearing a black jacket. Naruto steadied his breathing and controlled his heart rate. Compensating for gravity and taking into account the wind speed, Naruto fired, hitting the hostile right in the head and his clone took the second guy out by snapping his neck. 'NC-1, your close to two of the target containers, confirm cargo,' Naruto ordered.
The Naruto clone found a cargo container and broke the lock. 'Boss, looks like the Intel is spot on. I found a UAV attack Drone. Checking the second container now.' the clone said.
"Vixen, this is fox, the first container contains a UAV attack Drone, checking the second container." there was a bit of silence for a few seconds.
"Acknowledged, keep me updated. See, told you there was nothing to worry about." Naruto was about to respond until, 'Boss second cargo contains the Drone's missile ordnance.' The blond stopped and frowned.
"Vixen, the second contains the UVA's missiles, placing a tag. I placed the tag, have the secondary team ready so they can—"
"Sorry my foxy friend but no, that area has been designated a dead zone, destroy the weapons. Meaning feel free to blow it all up," his partner said with glee in her voice, cutting him off.
'NC-1, place the explosion tags on both the UAV and the missiles.' The clone did so and planted the explosion seal tags on both weapons.
Naruto then turned his attention back to his other clones. 'Boss, I'm inside the warehouse shipment office and I found several back listed shipment orders, advise.' his second clone said.
'Hmm, the warehouse is near the primary cargo. NC-2 you have permission, but make it quick' Naruto said before turning to the last clone, who took out another hostile with his gun. The blond saw three hostiles heading towards his third clone.
'NC-3, three hostiles are heading your way, hide the body and prepare to take them.' The clone hid the body while the original lined up his shot.
Naruto followed one of the guards. From what he observed, it looked like the guy was about to take a piss. 'Last one you'll ever take,' the blond thought when he fired.
The two guards heard the thud and turned around. Their shocked state was all that the clone needed to kill them. 'NC-3, check the cargo now while you're still clear.' As Naruto said that, another hostile turned up around a corner.
'Shit,' Naruto cursed and had no to other choice but to fire, missing the target. The bullet hit one of the cargo containers, alerting the clone. The clone turned around and quickly fired.
'That was close Boss.' Naruto agreed and shook his head. The blond didn't like using guns and preferred to use his blades or his bow. Though his partner would beg to differ, but Naruto's argument with her isyou don't need to reload and give your enemy time to kill your or delay yourself in battle, and you couldn't re-use bullets and you worry about how many magazines you have left.
Naruto's partner would be stubborn about it and the blond dropped it. Arguing with the opposite sex was far too troublesome and a headache, though he could see the logic and the use of using guns, though it wasn't his cup-of-tea.
'NC-3, report on your findings.' Naruto didn't receive a response; there was a moment of pause, making the blond narrow his eyes at the lack of a response. 'NC-3, report,' Naruto pressed.
*NC-3 POV*
The Boss gave the signal to move out, and we split in three other directions while Boss took the elevated position to provide cover fire. I took to the right side while my fellow clone, NC-1, took to the left and NC-2 took to the middle, heading towards the warehouse.
This wasn't the first time the boss made use of us clones, usually it was him and her, his handler and partner for missions or contracts. During the first three weeks the boss stayed in New York, he was trying to find a job. He found some here and there but it didn't suite his life style or his profession, it felt like another endless D-Rank mission.
Though there was one mission he didn't complain about, it was when the boss took a job as a delivery boy. The boss made use of his skills, in this word it is called parkour, to deliver packages or, on occasion, food. One delivery I recall was in this high-class looking apartment to a woman the Boss felt lost for words for.
She had long black hair with silver tips, brilliant green eyes, and a smile that gives the word radiant meaning. But what the Boss noted most of all was her warm, comforting personality and her wise traits that the Boss had never seen or felt before.
Another thing the Boss noted was her motherly aura, something the Boss yearned for, and it simply made him feel like a child who looked lost and wanted his mother to hold him along with a sense of familiarity towards her.
And it seems the woman sensed this in the boss. She invited him in and had a talk with the Boss, the next thing the Boss knew he was telling her about his past, how he was kicked out of the orphanage, how the people would hurt him, but he didn't tell her about him being a Shinobi since he didn't want her to think he was crazy.
The walls he built around himself simply crumbled beneath her warm aura, the next thing the Boss knew he was being hugged and words of comfort were being whispered into his ear.
It felt so alien to him, being hug like this, and it made the boss think. Was this what it is like to have a mother? Was this the warmth only a mother could provide? He didn't know because he was in tears as she told him to let those built up emotions go.
Since then, every now and then, the blond would visit the kind woman, Rhea, and the Boss would honestly drop the mask he wore and be himself, or rather, be someone he didn't think he could; someone normal, someone who didn't have to worry about the world around him. He could be childish, smile a true smile and laugh happily.
Currently there only two people in this world that Naruto would not wear his mask around and simply relaxed with; Rhea and his partner.
Ahh yes, the Bosses partner; she had some weird energy in her. Almost like chakra, though at the same time it wasn't. The Boss first met her while he was looking for something more suited for his skills as a trained soldier or a living weapon. He had been getting restless.
It wasn't until he overheard some people arguing. What caught Boss's attention was that the guys where complaining about how difficult the mission was that the woman had picked for them. Long story short, the guys quit and the Boss had a talk with his new handler and partner.
The best way to describe their line of work was that both she and the Boss are mercenaries. But, unlike mercenaries, they aren't hired. No, they take missions, called contracts, from a Guild.
The Boss could easily compare the contracts to the missions of Konoha. Unlike Konoha, they choose the contracts and, at most, the Boss's partner would pick the high level missions.
If, say, there was a way of comparing the level of difficulty of the mission, it could be compared to the levels of missions back in the elemental nations; S-rank being the highest and D-rank being the lowest. The missions the Boss's partner would pick are A-rank or close to S-rank.
It was eight months into the job when a certain incident forced Naruto to reveal his abilities; mission 32. Again, long story short, she wanted to know just how and what could cause a massive wall to suddenly shoot up out of the ground and block a hail of bullets, then how could said wall create spears to impale their former employer.
The Boss admitted it, since by now he had come to trust her. This was also the first time the Boss used any sort of Jutsu in this Dimension. Boss didn't see the need to use any Jutsu against people of this Dimension or on missions. That and he didn't want to attract unwanted attention. Besides, he could still use his other skills or the ones he had learned to accomplish missions without the need to use Jutsu or chakra.
After that event, the Boss's partner took up more and more dangerous missions.
Currently, the mission was search and destroy. As I mused on that, I saw two guards taking a smoke break. I quickly disposed of the two guards and quickly made my way to one of the cargo containers where another guard was sitting down reading a porn magazine. Well, I hope he liked what he saw, because it was the last thing he'll ever see before I put him down.
I then heard the Boss say three guards were heading my way and ordered me to hide the body. I quickly did so and waited. I didn't have to wait long as one of the guards separated from the other two. Not long after that there was a subtle thud, alerting the two guards.
I capitalized on their shock and quickly fired, killing off both guards. I got out of my hiding spot when all of the sudden, I heard a metal clang behind me. I turned around to see another guard and fired, hitting the guy in the chest area.
I joked with the Boss on how close the encounter was. I heard him grumble, agreeing with my statement. He then ordered me to check the cargo container. I found said cargo and open it up and what I found almost made me dispel from disgust.
*Normal POV*
'Boss…oh dammit…' the clone sounded disgusted, understandable since his clones would sometimes develop their own emotions or personalities. Most of the time it was his masks that would be usual personas.
'Boss, this cargo container, it doesn't have weapons but…' the clone paused yet again.
'What is it then?'
'Bodies, dead female bodies. Their organs have been removed and they have been raped, judging from the fluids coming out of their vaginal areas, but I don't know if it's before their organs were removed or after…Boss?'
Naruto was silent; his eyes were overshadowed by his bangs. Memories of a certain mission back in the Elemental Nations came flooding back to his mind and the blond had to bite down on his lips, drawing blood, to calm himself down.
"Vixen, this is fox. The third container does not contain weapons, but the remains of unknown females. All their organs harvested and raped. From what my subordinate told me, he's not sure if it's before or after their organs were harvested." Naruto said, his voice sounding a bit on edge.
"Wha…What," Naruto's partner sounded dumbfounded at what she had heard.
"You heard me. Ask our Employer if they knew about it!" Naruto all but shouted. He quickly realized his emotions were rising up. The blond took in some air and pushed those memories of that particular event back, he couldn't afford to let his emotions go wild now.
"Fox, our Employer didn't have prior knowledge of this, but they suspected those bodies belong to a number of women who have gone missing over the past month. Place a tag on the cargo. A retrieval team is being prepared to retrieve the bodies."
At least the families of these unfortunate women would have some closure.
'NC-3, place a marker on the cargo containing bodies and any others you can find. NC-2, report on your findings.' Naruto ordered his third clone before turning his attention to his second clone.
*NC-2 POV*
Once I was separated from the Boss and my fellow clones, I headed straight for the warehouse, I treaded carefully and avoided the cameras. At least they have some sort of security. I got on top of one of the containers and saw two guards patrolling the area and another two guarding the entrance. I observed and timed their movements, awaiting the perfect time to make my move.
Twenty seconds, that was my time frame. I quickly threw a screw to attract one of the guard's attention, but to my slight surprise and delight, both of them decided to check what the noise was. Once they were behind the container I fired, killing them both.
I saw the two patrolling guards making their way back to the warehouse entrance. I could see both of them looking around, trying to figure out where the other two had gone. Once they stared back at each other I drop the first guy and then used the momentary shock to kill the last guy before entering the warehouse.
I could sense there was only a single guard in the warehouse, making me think how lax the security is. It must have been because they were confident that no one knew about their operation and so forth.
But if there is something true about this life it's that secrets have a way of revealing themselves. One way or another you can't keep a secret forever and if you could, congrats, but it would always cost something to keep such a secret, well… secret.
Silently, I made my way to the office, mindful to avoid any cameras or other sensors and I soon reached my destination. I saw the guard looking over some sheets of paper extensively. Curious, I slowly crept up behind him and snapped his neck.
I checked to see the contents of the paper and found delivery orders that were blacklisted and were to be sent to a private owner.
I informed the Boss and asked if I should check on the contents of the Cargo, there was a bit of silence before I received permission, so long as I make it quick.
I checked the first and closest Blacklisted cargo's contents. I was shock and about to call the Boss, but he called in and sounded very agitated.
*Normal POV*
'Boss I was about to contact you. The cargo that was black listed, there are women in here. From what they told me, the women they capture are to be sold off in auctions and the unlucky few, their organs are to be harvested. Boss, some of these women are traumatized and some if not all of them were raped,' the clone said.
Naruto sighed in a bit of relief. At least there were some who are still alive. "Vixen, my subordinate found those other missing women and they are alive. Have our Employer prepare a medical team,"Naruto said.
"Fox, a medical team is being prepared, now continue… wait. Incoming reports from the second team say a chopper is coming in."
Indeed Naruto could hear the sounds of a helicopter heading for the west side of the port. The blond then unsealed a camera designed to take long range shots.
The helicopter landed and a man stepped out along with five body guards. The man had tan skin, black eyes and brown hair and was wearing a dark blue shirt and cargo pants. Over it was mesh body armor.
"Taking photos now…sending," Naruto said taking the photos of the man before he sent it back to his partner for profiling.
"Fox, the person's name is Alexander Amir. Wanted on multiple accounts of trafficking, extortion, selling illegal weapons, and is known to have connections to a known terrorist organization. The mission objective has changed. Capture Amir for interrogation, use any means to capture the target." [Disclaimer-anyone with this name, this is purely coincidental.]
Naruto stood up and lowered the level of the restriction seals he placed around his body. He did this for two reasons; one was for training and the second, he knew he could rely too much on his chakra and become too dependent on it. His eyes were closed and he had already conveyed a mental order to his clones.
Naruto switched from his Sniper Rifle to his Bow and jumped down, channeling his Chakra to the lower part of his body. He used this often back in Konoha when he stood on the Hokage monument, which could be compared to Mount Rushmore in South Dakota, which Naruto guessed was about the same height as the Hokage Monument.
The blond Jinchūriki open his eyes, revealing not his piercing cerulean blue eyes, but a pair of cold crimson red slitted eyes. He wore an unreadable expression, almost void of any emotion. Almost.
The only emotion spotted was that of pure blood lust, anger, and pain. The two former emotions were understandable. But the latter was something from his past, something that still pained him to no end. It was a pain that couldn't be healed or even ignored.
'I hate that memory. But I can't dwell on the past now. Right now, it's time to hunt,' the blond thought before ninja running towards his prey.
Naruto leaped from one cargo container to the other, while his bow was at the ready.
'There.'
The former Elemental Nations shinobi spotted one guard and fired an arrow with the medium drawn weight. The guard turned around just in time to be impaled in the head by the arrow. The blond retrieved the arrow and maneuvered from one container to another.
He spotted two guards near the fence. Jumping down, he took down the first guy, before kneeing the second guy in the face, causing the back of his head to hit the metal fence.
'NC-1, is the trap set,' Naruto asked as he leaped over the fence, making his way towards his target.
The blond Jinchūriki counted at least thirty enemies, including the designated target and his bodyguards.
'The trap is set Boss, me and NC-3 are waiting on you,' the clone answered.
"Vixen, tell the second team that the party is about to start. Make sure they have their party suites on"
"They are all set and ready, waiting on you Fox. Oh, and give them hell for me will you, Love?"
Naruto allowed a smirk, albeit a sadistic smirk, to grace his lips. "Sure." Naruto saw one of his clones. He handed the clone the sniper rifle, while he made his way to the target.
The blond gave the clone the signal and, not a second later, a loud explosion was heard, followed by another, even louder, explosion, sending a shock wave. Normally this would dispel Naruto's clone had the blond shinobi not reinforced them with a lot more chakra.
The second team entered from the front gate and Naruto's clones provided some cover fire. A fire fight was raging on and the blond was using the fight as a distraction to slip past the enemy line to capture the target.
Naruto stopped when he saw Alexander making his way to the chopper. 'Oh no you don't you fuck.'
Naruto switched his normal arrow to an Airburst fragmentation arrow and shot the pilot. The helicopter exploded, not a Hollywood movie explosion, but an explosion none the less.
Alexander was thrown back slightly and shouted to get him out of there. He got in a black Hummer SUV that he probably got from one of the cargo containers and drove off. Naruto sprinted to cut him off before Alexander could escape.
Jumping from platform to platform, container to container, Naruto's movements never wavered. He moved with such grace and speed that you would only see a yellow blur. Alexander saw a blond with a bow standing between him and his freedom and ordered his guards to run him down, like that deer he killed.
Naruto drew back his bow with a strong drawn weight for high damage and long range, though the down side was its drawing time.
The arrow pierced the air as it flew towards its target, and the unlucky individual was the driver. The car swerved out of control, causing it to flip over. Naruto simply side stepped and the SUV crash. The blond switched to his pistol and fired at the guards who were attempting to get out of the downed SUV.
Seeing Alexander limping away, Naruto fired at his legs, causing the man to scream out in pain. "It's over Alexander, time for you to answer for your crimes."
That was the lasting thing Alexander heard before he felt something hit the side of his head, knocking him out. Naruto carried Alexander's body over his left shoulder and made his way back to the waiting soldiers.
One of the soldiers saw a blond with a body over his shoulder and alerted the others. "That must be him, the one the CIA hired," one of them said. They stood in attention and flinched when they saw Naruto's cold, expressionless face.
"Here's your trash" the blond said in a monotone voice, before he harshly dropped the body of Alexander.
"Boss, these women, they need medical attention quickly," one of his clones called out. Instantly, Naruto softened his gaze and turned around to the group of women, who looked scared, hurt, and traumatized.
Naruto slowly walked towards them and noticed them flinch in fear. He knew why. "It's alright. We are not going to hurt any of you. A medical team is on its way to treat your injuries and ailment. Afterwards, we are going to return you to your loved ones," he said with a soothing voice, which seemed to work. Naruto heard a choir of sighs and saw them smile. For them, the nightmare is over.
"Vixen, all mission objectives have been accomplished."
"Good work Fox, our CIA employer is pleased with our work and offered to send us any future missions that require our skills and or assistance. The money has been transferred to our offshore account. I'll see you at home then."
—End—