The Legendary Gato
G aimed his new ray gun out at Gato once more, "Did you not know we were being watched?" He asked with a furrowed brow. The deal he was participating in was barely legal, and he'd rather not be discovered as soon as it went down.
Gato shook his head worriedly, "Not at all!" The suited man shot a look at Zabuza, "It's those damn Konoha shinobi, I know it!" He walked up to Zabuza and pointed him in the direction of Nami no Kuni. They didn't need to exchange words to know what Gato was hinting at.
Haku and Zabuza disappeared in an instant, and Gato turned to face his personal security and G.
"You have problems with Konoha?" G asked, his gun still aimed at Gato. He didn't like being misled, and Gato didn't seem like the most trustworthy person at the moment.
"Not Konoha specifically, but the shinobi guarding Tazuna the bridge builder. They know I want to stop the construction of his bridge and have been plotting against me ever since," Gato informed G, his hands still up while the man pointed a gun at him.
"Before this deal can be finalized, there's more I must know," G took a step closer and pressed the gun against Gato's forehead and twitched his finger on the trigger, "Where did these weapons come from?"
Gato was sweating bullets when the gun pressed against his forehead. He knew the gun itself wasn't that powerful, but from point blank range he was almost guaranteed to be dead. He looked away slightly at his guard and the man was hesitant to strike G, because he would kill Gato. Gato himself grit his teeth and his eyes returned back to G's blank gaze, "They're not from this country."
G was far from satisfied with his answer, his expression getting serious while he stared at Gato, "This is far more advanced than this world can offer," the man adjusted his aim and pointed at Gato's subordinate. "I want the truth, or he dies."
Gato's security guard tried to jump out and tackle G to the ground, but a laser beam blasted through his skull in an instant. His eyes went lifeless and he tumbled down to the ground at G's feet. G wasted no time putting a few more blasts into the man's head to ensure he was dead. Blood and brain matter splattered everywhere, nearly covering G's clothing, but he remained calm. He flicked a few pieces of brain from his shirt and then he re-aimed the gun at Gato.
Gato stumbled backwards, his mouth hanging open as he watched in awe. He had done business with G before, but never expected G to turn on him. The man threw his hands in the air, "I'm just the middleman!" Gato admitted as he backed away from G and smacked his back against a tree, falling to the ground. "This guy gives me the product and I sell it. He gets a part of the profit and I get some of it for free to use on my own."
"What does this man look like?" G took a few steps forward and pressed his foot down on Gato, his gun still properly aimed.
"He's not a man, he's an alien," Gato admitted honestly. He was extremely scared of G at the moment, realizing the threat of him dying was very real. "He's an average height person with pale white skin, and long white hair tied into a ponytail. He carries a long sword on his back."
"What's his name?" G pressed on with a furrowed brow.
"Sen," Gato informed him, "I can't tell you anymore, it would be bad business." He was breathing heavily, even after giving G the information he wanted. The man didn't move at all, the gun still aimed right between Gato's eyes. He looked to the side for a moment, moving his body ever so slightly so he could try to run away, but G adjusted his aim quickly and took notice of what Gato was trying to pull.
The mob boss backed even further against the tree and kept his hands in the air.
G lowered the gun and helped Gato off of the ground, pulling him up with ease. He saw no reason to kill him now, "I understand," He turned his back on the man to return the gun back into the crate it came from. G knew Gato was too scared to try anything after he had killed his subordinate, "Sorry about your loss by the way."
"It's alright, I guess. Grunts come and go," Gato waved it off. He was scared out of his mind, but it was better his subordinate than him being dead. Gato started wiping away dirt, grime, blood, and brain matter from his suit.
"I'll pay you the money in full," G withdrew the scroll from earlier, "But I have one request along with it."
Gato started to walk up to G with a smile on his face, "What is that?"
G held the scroll out toward Gato, "I want all of your weapons."
Gato gasped, "Have you lost your fucking mind?" He stared at the scroll though, intrigued by the amount of money that was sealed within. Gato grit his teeth while looking at it, placing his hand on the scroll. "That would set me back a great deal!"
"Losing your life would as well," G calmly threatened Gato. "Even without the gun, I can handle you quickly."
The man in the suit sighed as he took the scroll from G and folded his arms, "You're pretty convincing, Genji."
"I've been told."
. . .
(Nami no Kuni)
Naruto jumped down and landed in front of a small house, Kakashi appeared after Naruto. The boy immediately ran inside but stopped in his tracks once he entered. The whole house had been destroyed, tables overturned, and almost everything had been ripped apart.
What made Naruto freeze in the doorway was the lifeless body of a young boy lying on the ground, covered in blood. The shinobi drew his katana quickly and let his eyes scan around the room. His jaw nearly dropped when he saw the boy's mother laying on the ground as well with a slash across her back.
Kakashi entered after Naruto, kunai already drawn. He looked down on the boy, "I'm going to head to the bridge to make sure Tazuna-san is alright, you find Sakura, and whoever did this." The two nodded to each other before Kakashi disappeared in a poof of smoke.
Naruto slowly walked into the house, going to the young boy first, and crouching down. With his free hand, he helped him off of the ground and leaned him up against the wall. Luckily the boy wasn't dead, but he was barely conscious, "Inari!" Naruto smacked the boy's face gently trying to get him to respond.
"N-Naruto," He said in between a few ragged breaths. The boy mustered up enough energy to point toward the back of the house, "ANBU did this."
The blonde's head swiveled quickly when he looked in the direction Inari pointed him in, "ANBU? Why would the ANBU do this!?" He jumped up, "I'm going to help your mom, stay put, okay? I'm going to fix this."
Naruto ran to Inari's mother and did the same thing for her, leaning her up against the wall. "Tsunami-san, where's Sakura?" The woman needed a moment to regain composure. She was no where near Inari's condition, but the deep slash across her back was no minor injury.
"She went to fight off the assailant," Tsunami recalled, taking another deep breath as she remembered it all. "It wasn't a regular Kirigakure ANBU, don't be misled. I think they were heading toward the bridge, Naruto-kun."
The boy was rapidly nodding his head as he took in the information. He stood up, "I'll be back with Sakura-chan before you know it, in the mean time, take this," Naruto took out some of his personal medical equipment and handed it over to her. "You'll be fine, right?"
"Dammit, Naruto, just go!" Tsunami screamed out, hugging the equipment to her chest.
Naruto ran off in the direction of the bridge to find Sakura and the intruder. His eyes were looking around frantically trying to find who he was searching for. Tsunami and Inari had both pointed him in the direction of the bridge under construction, and it only made sense. Gato and his thugs had been hunting Tazuna down since their mission had begun.
As he ran, he heard the sound of metal clanking everywhere, and a loud screamed from a girl. It broke his focus, but it definitely sounded familiar. The boy stopped in his tracks, turning his head to the direction of the scream. It was leading away from the construction site, but it sounded too much like Sakura for him to ignore.
The boy took off running once again, completely turning around and heading for the forest. Once he was approaching the forest floor, he took to traveling by tree; jumping from branch to branch. The sound of a fierce battle getting closer to him as he moved deeper into the forest.
His katana was still drawn when he approached the scene, but it had reached its climax once he arrived. Naruto stopped on tree branch, watching the rest of it play out.
Sakura's arm was covered in blood, it being fully thrusted through the 'ANBU' member's chester. His green haori was stained in blood, and Sakura violently ripped her hand out of the man's chest. He stumbled backwards a few steps before falling to the ground lifelessly, and Sakura dropped to her knees.
The girl was taking deep breaths, dropping the blood-stained kunai she used to kill her enemy with. She looked at her hands, which her covered in blood and let a ghost of a smile creep over her face, before brushing her hair behind her ears and letting out a sigh of relief, "Finally," she said to herself.
Naruto was in complete awe, never seeing Sakura hold her own before. He always thought she was the weak-link in the group, and she was starting to prove herself. The boy smiled and leaped down from the tree to congratulate his teammate, "Sakura-chan!"
The pink haired girl looked up with a surprised expression, "Naruto-kun?" She looked him over and he seemed perfectly fine, "What the hell is going on!?" Sakura punched her fist against the ground.
"Gato's goons are after us, they found us spying on them," Naruto admitted as he held his hand out to help Sakura up, and she accepted as he pulled her off of the ground. "I've gotta get to the bridge and help Kakashi-sensei out, please go help Tsunami and Inari!"
Sakura smiled and nodded at Naruto, "Okay, Naruto-kun, good luck." The girl looked at Naruto one last time, the two of them locking eyes before she walked off.
That moment replayed in Naruto's head a few times, each time he was trying to notice something different about it. Everything about it felt off, and he finally realized what it was. When he and her had locked eyes, they weren't the familiar green orbs he had been used to, but blue eyes similar to his.
"Is this is a ge-" Naruto's sentence was ended by a sword driving through his chest with ease, and him dropping down to his knees.
"You were correct, but it's too late now," Haku stood over Naruto's body with a blank expression on his face. His mask had long since been broken during his actual fight with Sakura, she was also lying unconscious in front of Naruto. He pulled the sword out from Naruto's back and hoisted it over his shoulder, "I'm sorry it had to be this way, Naruto." A genuine frown crossed his face.
"F-Fuck you," He muttered as he looked up at Sakura's unconscious body. The boy grit his teeth in anger and tried to crawl closer to the girl, "You're going to pay for this!"
"You two will be completely fine," Haku stabbed the Senju sword into the ground and walked up to Naruto's side. "I see no reason to kill you, but at the moment you stand in the way of my mission." He pressed his foot against Naruto's back to keep him from moving, "I can't let you go any further, Naruto-kun."
. . .
(Tazuna's Bridge)
Tazuna commanded a few workers to move some equipment while he drew up the rest of the schedule for the day. He had a wide smile on his face, knowing he could work in peace while the brooding Uchiha boy watched over the construction, as well his his sensei from time to time. His work days had been going smoothly.
One of his workers walked up to him looking exhausted, sweat rolling down the side of his face, "Boss, when can we catch a break?" He asked with a frown on his face. The man understood how important the bridge was, but every man had his limits.
Tazuna patted his worker on the back and smiled, "Another hour and you can go home for the day, okay? The next shift is coming soon." He shooed the man away with a wave of his hand and continued to work as he was.
The man continued on with his work as told, and the bridge builder himself joined his men and things continued to go as normal. They laughed and shared stories in the short amount of time, but it was all cut short when an uncomfortable mist settled over the bridge, and it was extremely hard to see through.
"Nobody move," Zabuza's voice echoed throughout the area and startled all of the workers. One man tried to make a run for it immediately and dropped to the ground, his throat being slit by the swordsman. "Anybody else want to run?"
The bridge builder whispered under his breath, "Everyone stay calm, we're going to be fi-" Tazuna's throat was leaking blood at an extreme rate, and he was the next man to drop down to the ground and die in the thick mist. His voice suddenly being cut off worried his workers to no end, and they all began to panic, running amongst the mist for Zabuza to easily strike down.
It took less than a minute, and Zabuza had piled up all of their bodies on top of each other. Once he confirmed every worker and Tazuna was dead, he let the mist clear, and revealed himself to be the killer. He strapped up Kubikiribōchō once more and took a moment to revel in his work, "That was too easy." The demon of the hidden mist laughed to himself.
"Suiton: Suidan no Jutsu (Water Release: Water Bullet Technique)!" Two geysers of water shot out from each side of the bridge and rained down on Zabuza, intending to crush him, but he was too fast to be caught by something so simple. He evaded the attack by flipping backward, redrawing Kubikiribōchō in an instant.
Zabuza groaned when he saw that the pile of dead bodies he had proudly created had disappeared into thin air. He had been trapped in a genjutsu, "Fuck me," He mumbled to himself as he held his sword outward once Sasuke appeared right before him, already flying through hand seals.
The boy took a deep breath before exhaling a large ball of fire at such short range. He was trying to keep Tazuna's bridge in mind, but he was currently fighting one of the most dangerous men in Nami no Kuni, and wouldn't waste time trying to hold back, "Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu (Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique)!" The hunter-nin was quick on his feet, slicing his sword downward and splitting the fire ball in half with ease, but it still exploded outward.
Sasuke quickly flipped backwards, as Kakashi landed right behind him and placed a hand on his shoulder. He looked up at the man and visibly frowned, "Your water technique did nothing."
"I could say the same about your fire," He retorted with a slight eye-smile. Their 'joking' was ended by Zabuza's Kubikiribōchō nearly splitting the two of them in half. They both jumped in the opposite direction to avoid the attack, and the swordsman didn't appear to be happy, most of his outfit being singed by the jutsu unleashed by Sasuke.
Kakashi was the first to engage Zabuza with swift and precise strikes from a kunai knife, but the swordsman met each strike with a parry from his broad blade. Sasuke moved in afterward to cover Kakashi's weak spots and the two were making a formidable team. Zabuza was forced to break away from the close range combat, realizing it wasn't the smartest move.
'I need to split them up,' Zabuza thought to himself, while he watched Kakashi and Sasuke attempt to close in on him like before. He lifted his sword into the air and slammed it down. A wave of water flew from the edge of his blade and split the two from each other like he wanted.
Sasuke jumped up and away, spinning in mid air to get the perfect landing. He leapt off of his foot and shot toward Zabuza quicker than Kakashi had. The boy drew a few shuriken and threw them at the man, and he easily blocked it with Kubikiribōchō. Sasuke quickly withdrew a kunai, using the opening he created to really get in close quarters with Zabuza.
He tried to stab Zabuza in the stomach, but the man overpowered Sasuke, grabbing him by his neck and lifting him off of the ground. The hunter-nin brought him up to eye level and smiled, "You thought something that simple would beat me?"
"Of course not," Sasuke smirked as he dropped his kunai to the ground. His smirk was wiped off of his face once Zabuza started choking him to death, but he was more than relieved once he heard the sounds of birds chirping in the background. He barely managed to choke out any words, "I was just the decoy."
. . .
(Nami no Kuni)
Gato led G back to Nami no Kuni, on the outskirts of the island where his warehouse was located. He wore a frown the whole way there, knowing that he would have to hand over his entire stock of weapons or else he would die. Both options weren't very lucrative to him, but there weren't any more for him to choose.
His warehouse was very discreet, and didn't need to be heavily guarded, or else it had a bigger chance of being discovered. Gato knew that G was no weakling, and could probably handle any low-life grunt that he threw at him, so he was truly in a bind.
As they approached the warehouse he grit his teeth, "You don't talk much, do you?" He looked back at G with an eerie smile on his face. The man placed his hand on a touch pad the door to the warehouse unlocked.
"I don't like to ramble," G admitted as he walked into the warehouse behind Gato. He took in all of the sights it had to offer, and was quietly enjoying the military equipment that was being held in secret. There were bigger guns, more powerful scouters, and a few things he had never seen before.
"I guess I can't complain about that," Gato shrugged his shoulders, quickly replacing his broken scouter with another model. This pair looking more like goggles instead of a monocle, and numbers popped onto the lenses immediately. "Feel free to look around, Genji-sama!"
G nodded, doing as he pleased, and walking through the hidden factory. There were very few workers there, so he wasn't worried in the slightest. If Gato wanted him dead, he would have been the moment he entered the building, so for now he would take his own personal tour.
He almost felt like a kid again, tracing his hand over foreign objects. G stopped to look at a large cannon, and Gato walked up behind him. "How much would you sell this for?"
"A million ryo, easy," He said as he ran his hand over the shiny alien cannon. "What exactly do you want?" Gato asked, willing to reason with G in order to keep as many of his weapons as he could.
"All of this won't be necessary," G said as he placed his hands behind his back and kept walking through the factory. "I needed strength in arms, and a few more of the items I already purchased should be fine."
"Why are you buying all of this shit in the first place?" Gato questioned as he followed G through the factory. "With the money you're putting out, it seems like you're trying to start a war!" The mob boss laughed loudly and made G turn around and give him a blank stare.
"I'd rather not say," G folded his arms and slightly smiled at Gato. "It would be bad business."
"Hm, I can respect that!" Gato let out another hearty laugh, while he discreetly pressed his finger against the arm of his scouter, kanji, and numbers popping up on the lense. G took notice but thought nothing of it, not being able to read what was on the lense.
Gato ended up watching G pace through the factory for thirty more minutes, while he sat calmly and watched with his arms folded. The man followed G's every movement all the way up until he came and sat with him.
"Prepare everything for me," G looked at Gato with his usual blank expression. He would continue to stare at Gato until he said something in response or at least snapped his finger to command one of the few workers present to being carrying out his request.
The boss was more than hesitant to make anything final, and bit his lip out of anger. G had taken advantage of the man that had given him his first gun in less than a minute. He looked at the man and nearly cursed, but he held his composure, and simply snapped his finger.
"Thank you," G said plainly as he turned his head slightly to watch the single worker begin packing the items G had requested.
"No, Genji, thank you for doing business with me!" Gato clapped his hands together, but G wasn't even paying attention to Gato. The moment the man clapped, the door to the factory swung open and G had his eyes locked on the newcomer ever since.
He had long white hair tied into a ponytail, pale skin, and he was wearing a sword that was strapped to his back. It was a near perfect description, with a minor detail being left out. The man's long tail dragged across the floor as he approached the two of them.
G furrowed his brow as he looked at Gato, "You didn't tell me there would be guests."
"Huh?" Gato's head swiveled around his eyes widened when he saw the man that was approaching the table. "Sen?"
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Next Chapter: Brain Matter