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"Talking"

'Thinking'

'Biju or anything else thinking'

"Biju, or anything else talking" will also be used when Naruto unconsciously uses Kurama's chakra deepening his voice

"Phone, Intercom, or radio talking"

"Text message"

Jutsu and Abilities

(Location) = Scene Break/Time Skip


As Skye walked towards the Lab Naruto decided to excuse himself, "I have to go and gather some stuff if I am to make Skye and others into Field Agents. I should be back in a few hours." he informed his team before hopping down from the end off the cargo ramp and walking away.

When Naruto was finally out of everyone's sight he flashed home.


(Naruto's House – Living Room)

Naruto appeared in his living room before Sakura and their kids came in and hugged him after he lets go of their kids Sakura comes up and kisses him before Sakura pulls away.

"How long will you be home for?" Sakura asked curiously

"I came home so I could get some stuff for the Consultant and Field agents I am going to be training as the Consultants S.O.. and the other two just need to be more equipped." Naruto answered

Sakura raised her eyebrow at this, "What do you mean their S.O.? There better be a good explanation for using that term." she said coldly

Naruto rolled his eyes before kissing her again, "S.O. means Supervising Officer. You know I would never cheat on you. Do you know where the training weights are?"

Sakura nodded, "They should be in storage downstairs." as she separated from her husband, "I'll make your favorite while you're here." as walked away swaying her hips as Naruto stared at her retreating figure

"Rose you want to help me make Daddy's favorite?" Sakura asked

"YES, WAIT FOR ME!" their daughter said enthusiastically before following after her mother

Naruto looked to his son, "You want to come down to the storage room with me?" only getting a nod in response from Scampi before they headed down to the storage room.

Naruto and Scampi went to the storage room before Naruto began searching for 3 pairs of chakra weights. About 1 hour later Naruto and his son exit the storage room before they are greeted by Rose.

"Dinner is ready Daddy." Rose informed as she grabbed her fathers hand

"Alright sweety I'll be right there. Hey, you guys wanna see a cool trick?" Naruto asked them getting nods in return

Naruto brought out his hands before a blue and red flame appeared in each hand, Naruto allowed his kids to stare at the flames for a few seconds before he brought them closer together. Suddenly there was a massive surge of energy from Naruto causing Sakura to come in. She saw Naruto's hands close together and they watched as the flames that were in each hand began to morph into something, they all watched as 3 pairs of Martial Arts gloves began to materialize from the flames in Naruto's hands. A few seconds later and in Naruto's arms were the 3 pairs of Martial Arts gloves he just created. Naruto then grabbed one pair of gloves before black writing began to cover the gloves, soon it settled before disappearing. Naruto repeated this with all the gloves that he created before Naruto then put down a small duffle bag that he also grabbed from their storage room and put everything in it before zipping it up.

"What was that dad?" his kids asked with a look of pure awe

"That was a technique called Creation of All Things. It allows me to create anything that I can imagine with nothing but my Chakra. One of these days either I or your mother will teach you how to unlock and harness your chakra along with anything else you might have inherited from us." Naruto explained before he used it again and made Rose a flower which she took from him and inhales its scent and Scampi a wooden Shuriken which he handed to him.

"It smells great Daddy." Rose commented

"Awesome." was all that Scampi said

"Now son, don't throw this any anyone. It may be wooden but that doesn't mean it can't potentially hurt you, your mother, or your sister." Naruto explained to his son getting a nod in return

"Don't worry Dad. I'll be careful." Scampi said

"Well, if you're done showing off honey dinner is ready." Sakura said getting everyone's attention before they all made their way to the kitchen.

Everyone sat down at the table as Sakura served her family up, before she sat down, 'Itadakimasu' they all called out before digging in.

"Thank you for making my favorite babe." Naruto said as he slurped his noodles down in a hurry

"Well, we don't know when we are going to see you next so I thought I would make something special." Sakura commented as she ate her ramen

A couple of minutes later, Naruto was finished with his ramen before he stood up and kissed his kids on the head, "I should probably be getting back to my team."

"Bye Dad." his kids said before Sakura got up and gave him a goodbye kiss

"Try and visit as often as you can." Sakura said before she stepped back

"Will do." was all that Naruto said before he opened a portal and stepped thru as it closed behind him.


(Bus)

A portal opened out of sight of everyone and out stepped Naruto before closing behind him. Naruto then made his way back to the cargo ramp where everyone was still enjoying their beers. The first one to notice Naruto's return was Ward.

"How are you back already? There are no vehicles around." Ward asked

Naruto smiled, "I'm the fasted man alive, that's a trade secret." he said jokingly

Ward just shrugged before going back to his beer as Naruto hopped back onto the edge of the cargo ramp. Skye comes back shortly after and snuggles into Naruto's arm before he smiles and lifts his arm before she snuggles closer to Naruto wrapping her arms around him and putting her head on his shoulder. Naruto simply rubbed her head before going back to watching the sunset.

"I could fall asleep like this." Skye commented as she yawned

A couple of minutes later of watching the sunset and Naruto hears Skye's steady breathing followed by a light snore causing him to chuckle, "Today must have been really taxing on her." he commented

Fitz and Simmons laugh, "Yeah, she isn't the only one."


(2 hours later)

The beers are finally drunk and everyone is tired, deciding to retire for the night.

Fitz and Simmons are the first to retire for the night, followed shortly by May, then Ward, and finally Naruto and Skye.

Naruto not wanting to wake Skye gently shifts her so that he can pick her up bridal style. When Naruto picks Skye up she snuggles more into Naruto's arms as he walks up the ramp before hitting the button to close the ramp. Naruto makes it up to the second floor before setting Skye down in her bunk, before laying down himself in his bunk as he lets sleep consume him.


(The next morning)

Naruto wakes up the next morning and exits his bunk before waking Skye up.

Skye rubs the sleep from her eyes, "What time is it?"

"About 6 am. Grab a bite to eat then head down to the cargo bay. Your training starts today." Naruto answers before moving on to Fitz and Simmons knocking on both of their bunks.

They both open the door to their bunk at the same time, "What the hell are you waking us up this early in the morning for?"

"Grab a bite to eat then head down to the cargo bay. Your field training starts today." Naruto states before going to grab a bite to each.


(10 minutes later)

Naruto was in a tank top meditating on the hood of the SUV in the cargo bay when Skye, Fitz, and Simmons came down. Skye was wearing a grey tanktop with some sweat pants, Simmons was wearing the same while Fitz was wearing a black shirt and regular pants. Ward walked out not too long after and watched from above.

"Is there anything I can help you with Ward?" Naruto asked

"Nope just here to watch." Ward responded

"Just don't interrupt." Naruto stated

Naruto opened his eyes before hopping off the hood, "Alright guys. Fitz-Simmons you guys clearly need at least some form of training if you're going to be Field agents whether you're in the lab or not after what happened with our last mission. Skye, you said you wanted to be a Field agent. Well, I am going to make you all into physically capable Field agents. First up today is stretching so you guys don't pull anything." he explained before going over to his duffle bag as he pulls out 4 yoga mats tossing one to everyone as he unrolls it followed shortly by everyone else

Naruto then brings out a set of chakra weights, Naruto pumped some of his chakras into the weights setting them to 25 pounds each before walking up to Skye.

"Hold out your arms please." Naruto instructed to which she quickly followed

Naruto put the weights on her, one on each arm and leg, "You are to keep these weights on you at all times, with exceptions of taking showers and going to the bathroom."

Naruto then moved on to Fitz and Simmons putting their weights on before going back to his mat.

"What exactly did you put on us?" they all ask

"What you are wearing right now are specially made weights, weights that only I can increase or decrease at my leisure, right now they are at 25lb each, I will increase them as I see fit going up to a max of 50lb each. If you would like them to look different please come see me at the end of our training today and I can change them. From this day forward during training, you will refer to me as 'Maelstrom-sensei'. Outside of training, you are free to call me by Maelstrom or even Mael if you want. We will do stretches at the beginning of training so you don't pull anything when we actually get into the meat of the training. After stretches, we will do pushups, followed by situps, pullups, and finally punches." Naruto explained

For the next half hour, Naruto instructed his 3 'students' on how to do stretches. Once they were done with those they moved on to pushups.

"Now get down and give me 35 pushups, any complains and I will add 5 onto your 35. If you can't give me 35 then give me as many as you can before you feel like your going to collapse." Naruto instructed as his 'students' got down on their mats and started going pushups

Meanwhile, Coulson and May were watching from above with Ward.

May looked to Coulson, "Sir don't you think that he is pushing them a bit too much?"

"They wanted to get into the field. They need some form of combat training after what happened on our last mission." Coulson answered before walking off leaving May and Ward to watch

Soon they were done with their pushups with Skye managing to do 20 and Fitz-Simmons doing 15 each.

"Alright next up is 20 situps." Naruto instructed

5 minutes later and they were done with the situps.

Naruto walked over to the overhang over the lab, "Next up is 15 pullups."

Naruto watched as they struggled with the pullups with them only managing to do about 5 each. "Alright, that's enough pull-ups." before they stopped and came back to their match, already drenched in sweat.

Naruto then brought out 3 punching bags before hanging one in front of each of them. "Now give me 200 or as many punches as you can. Don't try and fake it because I will be able to tell."

"This workout that you call training is pure insanity. How do you expect us to keep up?" Simmons asked

Naruto looked slightly angered at this, "You think that this is insanity? I use to do twice this much when I was only 12 and fresh out of the academy. This is nothing compared to what I did."

All three of them looked gobsmacked, "You did twice this amount when you were 12?"

"Yes, I was going 4 times this by the time I was 14." Naruto explained, "Now quit talking and get to it." he instructed

They all grumbled before reluctantly beginning.


(One hour later)

Everyone had finally finished with their punches and were all sprawled out across the ground, completely out of breath, and were drenched in much more sweat than they were at the beginning of the training.

"Alright, you guys are done for today. I expect to see you guys down here at the same time from now on when we are not on missions." Naruto said before walking away

Everyone groaned, "I feel like I have just been run over by a fully loaded semi." Fitz-Simmons said as they helped one another up before walking over to Skye and helping her up.

"I don't know about you guys but I am starved." Skye said as they began towards the stairs

"This level of training shouldn't be possible for a 12-year-old. Whoever forced Maelstrom-sensei to do this should be put in jail for life on child abuse charges." Simmons commented as she leaned on Fitz for support

"While I do agree with you, Jemma. Maelstrom did say that we need at least some form of training seeing as we are field agents now regardless of if we are going to be in the lab most of the time. I don't know about you but I don't want to be put in the position that I was when that soldier had the scalpel to my throat last mission. I think in the long run we will thank him." Fitz replied as they continued towards the lunch bar

Upon reaching the lunch bar they grabbed a bite to eat before sitting down and let their bodies relax. They saw Naruto off in the corner on one of the couches meditating. After they finish eating they decided to question Naruto about his childhood and walk over.

Naruto didn't even open his eyes, "Can I help you 3?"

"We would like to know more about your childhood if this insanity you call a workout is anything to go off of." Simmons spoke first

'Well, I can tell them about my childhood without actually giving out the full truth of my origin. I will have to be vague though.' Naruto thought

Naruto sighed, "Take a seat. This may be a lot to digest." as he motioned to the couch in front of him to which they all took a seat

Naruto opened his eyes, "The first thing that you guys should know is that I am not from around here. Where I come from we have Villages that we live in and Daimyo that control our finances. We have the village leaders called the Kage, who are often the strongest in the village. Now, this isn't your normal village, in this village, we are trained to be killers, ninjas, assassins, we call ourselves shinobi. We all started in the academy which is basically kindergarten to middle school in your guy's eyes, in the academy we are taught many different things, including the basic subjects that your school system gives. We are taught how to fight hand to hand, think like killers, throw kunai and shurikens. Now I on the other hand was a very special case in my village. I had a condition that made me a pariah, I was treated and looked at like I was the disaster that cause my village great pain and suffering. My parent's died the day I was born not even 10 minutes after I was born. I was supposed to be seen as a hero amongst my village but all they saw was the death and destruction that came of the event. I was put into an orphanage as soon as I was about to talk, although my life didn't get better really until my late teens. I was often beat by the headmaster of the orphanage as well as starved only given scraps, most of the time rotten or expired. When I was 5 I was kicked out of the orphanage, left to fend for myself. No shop would sell to me, no stand except for one would sell to me. I learned to grow up on ramen for most of my life, it's actually my favorite dish. After I was kicked out of the orphanage the village leader gave me a rundown apartment, it was the best that he could do given his position and what he could do overall. From then on I lived in what you guys would call the old downtown of my village. Then came the festival to celebrate the sacrifice that my father made as the village leader at the time. Although that wasn't good for me as I was seen as the pariah, I was often chased down, beaten, stabbed, and basically brought within an inch of my life before the guards assigned to protect me stepped in to protect me when they finally found me. I still have the scars to show if you guys want to see." he explained before getting nods from the 3 before continuing.

"Then came when I was old enough to enroll in the academy. My treatment didn't stop there, I was sabotaged, most of the teachers would kick me out of class or give me misinformation, all except one that actually treated me fairly. Once we graduated we were put on 3 man teams under a teacher that would be called out sensei. From there we were trained by them to grow stronger and eventually sent on a mission outside the village. My treatment didn't really stop until I saved my village from a full-scale invasion that destroyed a good portion of my village." Naruto finished leaving shocked expressions on the faces of his 'students', "Keep in mind that where I come from the laws are very different from here, so the training I was put there was completely acceptable." he added

Fitz-Simmons and Skye couldn't even cry, they didn't know how to handle the information.

"Can I see your scars?" Simmons asked in a shaky voice

Naruto nodded before he stood up and took his shirt off displaying all the scars that he had, causing them to gasp. Skye and Simmons got up to get a better look.

As they examined his body they couldn't help but burst into tears and hug him. Skye and Simmons looked up at Naruto with anger in their eyes, "Where is this village, I want to give them a piece of my mind for treating a child like this."

Naruto chuckled, "Where I come from is very very very very far away from here, somewhere you guys can't even dream of traveling to."

Naruto then looked over and saw Fitz and could sense jealousy coming off him in waves, "Fitz, need not worry. I am already happily married." getting Fitz attention as he looked away with a blush much to the confusion of Skye and Simmons

"So what are you exactly if we can't even dream of traveling to this village of yours." Simmons asked

Naruto chuckled, "That is not something I am fully ready to share with you guys yet. Maybe sometime in the future but not right now." he said as he gently pulled the women off of him before putting his shirt back on and went back to meditating to clear his mind of the bad memories.


(A week later – Cargo Bay)

Naruto and his students were doing their daily training when May spoke over the intercom, "We are changing course, briefing in three."

"Alright, guys let's call it a day. Head up to the second floor for briefing." Naruto instructed before his students let out a grateful sigh as they all went up to the second floor


(Bus – Second Floor – Front Area)

Once they got to the second floor made their way to the front area of the bus and sat down. Soon Ward joins them sitting next to Skye. Coulson walks in and starts to brief them on their mission.

"A few minutes ago, one of our S.H.I.E.L.D. Transports were attacked while carrying a priority red protected asset off of route 76 near sterling." Coulson explained

"Priority Red?" Simmons asked

Coulson nodded before turning his tablet to show them, "The asset was Canadian physicist, Dr. Franklin Hall, he is better known for his work…"

"No, not Frank." Simmons said sadly

"Dr. Hall? He was our chemical kinetics adviser in our second year." Fitz commented

"Yes, he is so enthusiastic about science, we both just adored him." Simmons added, "We can rescue him, can't we?" she asked

"He is one of ours. Of course, we are gonna try." Coulson answered

"Who were the attackers?" Ward asked

"Apparently they were invisible." Coulson answered before walking away


(Kidnapping Site – Night Time)

The team was walking up to the crash site of the truck when Skye decided to make small talk.

"So Dr. Hall was an asset?" Skye asked as she walked next to Naruto

"He was one of a few select scientists S.H.I.E.L.D. has been protecting, one of the people our enemies would love to get their hands on. We like to keep them hidden and on the move." Coulson explained

"Which is why Fitz and I were so lucky to have him." Simmons added

"Well, we don't have him anymore." Coulson commented flatly

"And what exactly does priority red mean?" Skye asked

"It means that security should have been…" Coulson started before they looked over to an SUV that was stuck in a tree, "Heavy to say the least." he finished before they continued on their way to the crash site.

While Coulson and May went to talk to the driver Naruto went with the rest to look at the crash scene. Simmons was using the full spectrum goggles that Fitz had made.

"Fitz, what exactly am I seeing here?" Simmons asked

"Well, I am not exactly wearing the full-spectrum goggles I designed, so I haven't a clue as to what you're looking at or seeing?" Fitz answered comedically as they all walked over to Simmons

"Come on, let me have a look now." Fitz said when he made it to Simmons before she stopped him from going any future

"Wait, Don't move!" Simmons said urgently as she picked up some gravel and tossed it into the air where it began randomly orbiting in the air

"What the hell." Skye said

"I think that the electrostatic field scanner activated some…thing." Simmons explained

"Maelstrom can you take care of it?" Coulson asked before Naruto nodded before sticking his hand into the orbiting gravel pulling out a small gyroscope-like device with something floating in the middle. Naruto mentally turned the device off before handing it to Coulson.

"What is that?" Skye asked

"Something very big and potentially dangerous." Coulson answered, "Alright let's see if we can't find anything else. If not then we head back to the Bus." he added


(Bus – Laboratory)

Fitz had the gyroscope-like device in a holder while he had goggles on examining it. Skye and Simmons were watching Fitz as Naruto sat in a corner near them meditating.

"Okay, so either someone cracked a secure S.H.I.E.L.D. Comm system or Dr. Hall's movements were leaked from inside of S.H.I.E.L.D." Coulson said

"Do you actually think that we have a mole?" May asked

"I think that someone should go through the communication logs, just to be sure." Coulson answered before looking at Naruto

Naruto sighed, "You want me to be that somebody don't you?" as he opened his eyes and stood up

Coulson smiled, "You're a fast reader so it shouldn't be too hard. In the meantime, we'll work the tractor tread that we found on the scene."

"Already done." Ward said as he came in, "Matched to a 2010 model. Found a list of buys within a 500-mile radius, and narrowed down to those with prior, financial troubles, or propensity for risk-taking. We have 3 suspects." he explained

"Alright, Ward and I will track down the suspects and question them." Coulson ordered

May then came in with a large binder before handing it to Naruto, "This is every communication out of HQ since they decided to transfer Dr. Hall."

Naruto sighed again before he brought a chair up to the table near Fitz-Simmons and began speed reading. Naruto took 1 look at a page and then turned it before doing this 4 more times getting the attention of Fitz, Simmons, and Skye.

"You do know that you shouldn't be skimming it right?" Simmons asked

"I'm not skimming it. I just read at a very very fast rate. About a page a second." Naruto answered before continuing


(A couple of hours later)

Ward and Coulson had just come back from interrogating the seller, along with what they used to pay him. Crude gold bars that were not being scanned and analyzed by Fitz-Simmons.

"Why do these not look like the gold bars that I have seen in bank vaults?" Coulson asked

"Well, it looks like this because it's a Doré bar. It means that it was made at the mine rather than at the refinery like the ones that you have seen in bank vaults. It's really only about 92% pure. He really got scammed." Simmons answered

"Can you determine which mine it came from based on the impurities?" Coulson asked

"Oh, yeah. We've already done that. It's from the Dacey mine in Tanzania, which is owned by-." Simmons answered as Coulson finished his sentence

"Quinn WorldWide. I'm sure you have studied the C.E.O.. in your chemical engineering classes or saw him on the cover of Forbes – Ian Quinn." Coulson commented


(An hour later – Lab)

Naruto had just finished going through the comms logs, what he discovered was that the leak potentially came from Dr. Hall himself which really made no sense. But now that he was done with the logs he was just chilling while Fitz-Simmons explained what the device they found did/was.

"Gravitonium, it's an extremely rare high-atomic numbered element." Fitz explained before handing it off to Simmons

"That powers the device. It's actually so extremely rare that most people didn't even believe that it existed at all, much less the theory that an Isolated Positive Charge-." Simmons explained before Fitz interrupted and took over

"Would turn the flow from Isotropic -" Fitz started before Skye interrupted

"Guys, keep in mind high-school dropout here. How does the device work again in layman's terms." Skye said

"Alright then, well, gravitonium distorts gravity fields within itself, causing an undulating amorphous shape." Simmons explained before Fitz took over

"Which causes these, huh… wiggle bits here, but when an electric current is applied, the gravitonium solidifies. And those gravity fields erupt randomly changing the rules of gravity around it. Well, so, now you can imagine what it would do to a big rig moving at 100 kilometers per hour. Well, nothing to really imagine considering that we already saw what it could do." Fitz finished explaining

"And guess which genius published every theory about gravitonium and possible applications years go?" Simmons asked rhetorically

"Dr. Franklin Hall." Skye simply answered

"Exactly/Correct." Fitz-Simmons both answered

"And Dr. Hall attended the University of Cambridge at the same time as Ian Quinn." Fitz added

"Coulson may be off on this one. Quinn is a notoriously good guy. His charity endowments are something like $8 billion." Skye said

"People are not always what they seem Skye. More than likely that is just a cover-up for all of his illegal activities." Naruto commented getting nods from Fitz-Simmons

"Adding onto that, Ian has made all of his money leeching the earth of its precious resources." Simmons said


(Central Command Room – Bus - An hour later)

"In my eyes, Dr. Hall is a prisoner and it's up to us to get him out safely." Coulson said

"We have already checked the specs. There's no way into Quinn's compound without a large S.H.I.E.L.D. Strike Force or a man inside." Ward explained, "The man has Neodymium laser fencing surrounding the property." he added

"And they will never allow a Strike Force into Malta. Plus this weekend, Quinn WorldWide has got its annual shareholders gathering. We would risk global outrage, but—." Coulson said before May picked up

"But if we go in alone-." May said before Coulson picked up again

"S.H.I.E.L.D. can disavow us, claim ignorance." Coulson finished

"Without an inside man, it's impossible, unless your immune to pule laser emissions." May added

"If we had a monkey, we could get in." Fitz said

"Ugh, Fitz really!" Simmons sighed

"If we had a small monkey, he could slip through the sensors and disable the fence's power source with his adorable little hands." Fits finished

"I could go in." Skye comments but is ignored

"Drop me in the hills outside of Valletta. I'll spend a few weeks establishing a cover, gathering intel…" Ward started before he was interrupted

"Hall doesn't have a few weeks." Coulson said

"And to also restate, any agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. caught on Maltese soil can be shot to death with bullets – Legally." Simmons stated

"Not me. I could go in." Skye spoke up

"Skye this is very serious." Ward said

"She does have a point as she isn't an official S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, so she has the wiggle room. Theoretically, I could go in with her as well. Very few people have access to my S.H.I.E.L.D. files so I am not that well known." Naruto said backing Skye up

"You said that you could get in with a man inside." Skye said

May looked at her like she was crazy, "And you want to be that man?"

"Fitz-Simmons loved the guy and he potentially needs our help. They could be torturing him or worse." Skye explained

"But you do not have the background or clearance or experience with any of this." Ward stated

"Yea, I know but I got invitations." Skye said as she showed them her phone smugly


(Later that day – Night time – Cargo Bay)

Ward has been trying to teach Skye how to take someone's gun via disarm but Ward was slowly losing his patience. Naruto was meditating in a corner making sure that Ward didn't go overboard with Skye.

Ward pointed a practice gun at Skye, "Now, once again, slowly, what's first?"

Skye repeated the first step that Ward had managed to teach her.

"And then?" Ward asked

"Then things are moving a little too quickly. I am a proper southern girl. You'll make me untidy." Skye said jokingly in a southern accent irritating Ward

Ward then showed her again what was supposed to be next, "Twist the thumb, palm the barrel." before taking the practice gun from her, before shoving her away

"Ow." Skye said

"Ward you need to calm down, this probably will not come as easy to her as it did to you." Naruto said without opening his eyes as he sensed Wards' emotions begin to stir violently in irritation.

"She's gonna potentially die and leave us hanging out to dry." Ward stated

"You know that won't happen with me there." Naruto commented

"And what happens if she gets separated from you somehow?" Ward asked

"I won't let that happen." Naruto answered

"But what if it does? What if you're not there to protect her?" Ward asked again

Ward was really starting to irritate Naruto, "I. Won't. Let. That. Happen. You have to understand that some things come naturally to others while other things come naturally to others."

Ward then turned to Skye, "You need muscle memory, fundamentals, the tools to turn yourself— "

"Into a whole bag of tools?" Skye finished his sentence

Ward was really getting irritated now, "How did you ever learn computer science without committing yourself?"

"C.S. just comes naturally to me. I'm sorry I'm not naturally whatever the hell you are." Skye answered

"As I said Ward, some things come naturally to others. You can't force something that comes naturally to you onto someone else and expect them to pick it up as fast as you did." Naruto stated

That was the snapping point for Ward, Ward turned around and stomped up to Naruto, "You really think that this came naturally to me?" getting up in Naruto's face

"Seems like it to me." Naruto answered not even scared in the slightest

"I had a brother who beat the crap out of me… me and my little brother…for nothing, for eating a piece of his birthday cake." Ward started, now this really set Naruto off as he closed his eyes trying to control his emotions. Skye knew where this was heading.

"Ward stop." Skye told him but he didn't listen

"What tough guy can't handle a hard backstory?" Ward said looking back at Skye before turning back to Naruto

Inside the seal all the other Biju just sat there, the only thing said "Oh he's really done it now." they collectively said

"I had to learn to protect us. The way I am trying to teach Skye to protect herself." Ward said before turning around to face Skye, "That was my defining moment as a person. You asked."

Skye was stuck in place, from her spot she could see some sort of energy waves resonate from Naruto. "Ward you really need to stop." she warned him suddenly everyone else came running to the overhang feeling the malicious energy from upstairs.

"Naruto you need to calm down. NOW." Kurama said but it didn't get thru to Naruto

Ward turned around to see Naruto's whiskers had darkened, Naruto opened his eyes only to reveal red slitted fox eyes, Naruto grabbed Ward by the throat before lifting him into the air.

"You really think that you had it bad? Were you put in an orphanage at the age of 5, only fed scraps, moldy expired scraps at that. Were you beaten by the person that was supposed to make sure that you were safe in said orphanage? I was kicked out of the only orphanage that was forced to take me at the age of 5 and a half. From there I was forced to fend for myself. I was lucky that my village leader gave me an apartment otherwise I would have had to live on the streets. I was beaten, stabbed, brought within an inch of your life? Were you treated as a pariah for something that you had no control over? You think you had it bad, I had it 100 times worse. So next time you want to have a dick measuring contest with something like shitty childhoods I suggest you fucking keep it to yourself." Naruto said before he spun around and slammed Ward into the side of a crate leaving an imprint before he let him go and pulled up his shirt showing Ward all of his scars.

Naruto then turned to Skye and saw the look of terror on her face from the state that he was in along with the rest of his team minus Coulson, it crushed him, right now his whisker marks were deepened and defined, hair was wilder, fangs more pronounced, eyes slit like a fox, his nails were also grown out making them look like claws.

Naruto looked back at them sadly, "I am sorry that you had to see me like that. I was hoping that you would never have to see this side of me. I'll leave and calm down." as he jumped up to the second floor and walked past everyone heading for his bunk to meditate. Coulson and May left to go after him.

Ward finally gathered himself and pulled himself out of the dent in the crate, "That is the 2nd time I have had my ass manhandled by him."

They all turned to him, "You're a real asshole you know that." Skye said

"Let's just get back to practice shall we?" Ward asked as if nothing happened

Skye scoffed in disgust, "Yea, one more time, and I think I will have it. Have to go and check on my S.O. after what you pulled."

They went thru the steps and Skye got it down pat before kicking Ward in the balls and leaving. Quickly followed by Fitz-Simmons


(Naruto's Bunk)

Naruto had made it back to his bunk and was meditating when he heard a knock on the door to his bunk.

Naruto sighed, "What do you need Coulson, May?"

Coulson opened the door, "What the hell happened back there?"

"He poked the bear one too many times. You want a full timeline go and ask Skye." Naruto explained before getting up to go and make some tea to help calm himself down

Naruto made his tea and now was sitting at the back of the plan sipping on his tea when Fitz-Simmons and Skye walk up, Naruto sighs, "I am really sorry that you had to see me like that but when someone brings up my past after it has been brought up before not too much earlier. I just lost control a bit." he explained, "What you just saw was why I was treated like a pariah." he added

"And what exactly did we just witness?" Simmons asked curiously

Naruto sighed again, "Take a seat."

They all sat across from him.

"That event that I told you about, well what I kept out was that it was a celestial fox spirit unleashed on my village. This wasn't a celestial spirit that could be killed. It had to be sealed, and due to the nature of this celestial spirit, it had to be a newborn that it was sealed into. My father sacrificed himself to seal the celestial spirit into me." Naruto explained

"So let me get this straight…You have a celestial spirit inside you?" they asked for clarification

"Well at the time I had one. Now I have 9 but that's a story for another time." Naruto answered

"And what was that energy coming off you that we felt and saw?" Simmons asked

"Simply put…Chakra, something that everyone and everything has. Whether you can harness it that's a whole other ballgame." Naruto answers before sipping his tea

After that, his 'students' just sat there digesting what they just learned


(A couple of hours later)

Everyone had calmed down from what happened earlier and were ready to get on with the mission. They were all in the central command room.

"Skye and Maelstrom will walk in the front door. The only external access point into Quinn's whole underground facility is from a beach cove. A two-man extraction team could slip in there, but it won't be easy. Fitz-Simmons." Coulson explained before handing it off to the duo

"The perimeter is surrounded by a 20-foot-high Neodymium laser grid. Touch it and your freaking toast, and I don't mean the nice brown toast that you butter." Fitz explained before handing it back to Coulson

"The only way to disable the grid is to crack the system and cause a reboot. That will give the team 3 seconds to cross. But Quinn is of course too smart to allow any form of wireless access on his property." Coulson explained

"And that's where we come in." Skye said

"Yes, working compact, holds up under x-ray. Desert rose to match your complexion. It has a readout that turns green if you're in close enough proximity to a computer to gain wireless access. When it does, just drop it nearby and walk out. And we will do the rest. Easy as pie." Fitz-Simmons explained

"That is if they stick to the plan." Ward added

"If I need to improvise I will." Skye shot back, "Easy plan, Green, Drop, Walk, got it." she added

"Alright team, suit up." Coulson ordered


(Bus– Cargo Bay)

"Alright, so let's go over our cover once more." Naruto said

Skye nodded, "We are both members of the Rising tide. I am the hacker you are the muscle. Your name is Rantou Uchiha, my bodyguard/friend." getting a nod from Naruto, "If we run into anything that we don't expect just follow my lead." getting another nod from Naruto


(Quinn's Compound)

Naruto dressed in an orange and black tux steps out of their taxi before coming around to open Skye's door and helps her out with her wearing a pink dress.

They both walk side by side to the main courtyard where everyone else is. They entered the courtyard and are met by a woman carrying champagne. Skye grabs a glass thanking the waiter before she continues onto another waiter and grabbing a shishkabob.

"Who are you?" a foreign voice called out from behind them causing them to turn around only to be greeted by an Arabian man in a black suit who is quickly joined by another man in a grey suit.

"Apologies for his manners. He knows very little English." the man in the grey suit says

"Huh, yeah, whatever—Skye, and this is my friend Rantou Uchiha." Skye replies sticking her hand out to shake the elder man's hand

The elder man shakes her hand, "Qasim Zaghlul."

"Big fan. You built half of Dubai, including the Arabian blade. I love that building. Super Sci-Fi. Where's your wife…Nadrah? Is she staying at home with the boys?" Skye said as she received info from her earpiece

"She's good." May commented from the command center

"Anyways the pleasure is mine." Skye says as they walk away they then spotted Ian Quinn

"We have spotted Ian, moving in." Skye said before they made their way to Ian

Skye walked up to the group that Ian was talking with and introduced herself, Naruto following right behind her.

"Ian Quinn. I'm your last-minute party crasher. Skye." Skye said introducing herself as she stuck her hand out

Ian shook her hand, "Oh, wow." he said with a chuckle, "Great to meet you, and who is this gentleman behind you."

"Oh, this Rantou Uchiha. A friend I made through the Rising Tide." Skye said as Naruto stuck his hand out to shake Quinns

"Great to meet you too, Mr. Uchiha." Ian said as he shook Naruto's hand

"Please call me Rantou." Naruto said

"Um, this is Skye, a member of the Rising Tide, they're a group of hackers. I've gotten some pretty big secrets out to the public." Ian said introducing Skye to everyone

"I prefer the term, 'Hacktivist'." Skye corrected Ian, "I'm glad you've heard of our site."

"I read it. Your group and I think very much alike…more freedom of information, less of government infringing on everyone's rights…I'm a fan." Ian explained

"That explains the invite. This is a tough party to get into." Skye commented

"Not as hard to get into as the encrypted backchannel you contacted us through to request the invite." Ian pointed out

Skye chuckled, "That's sort of where I live nowadays."

"You've got to show me how you did that…I mean that is if you sign on." Ian said

This took Skye by surprise, "Sign what, now?"

"I've been known quite well to turn a few black hats into white hats, but not just for vulnerability analysis, but also for very creative thinking." Ian explained

Skye was taken aback by this and Naruto watched her very carefully, "A-are you offering me a job?"

"Well, I obviously didn't invite you here for your pretty face. I didn't even know you had a pretty face." Ian stated, "Yes, I do want to hire you before someone else manages to snatch you up." he said before walking off to the stage.

Applause started to ring through the courtyard as Ian makes his way on stage. Once Ian got to the podium he started his speech.

"Many of you shareholders have been with us for years, and I see a few names here, but I want to thank you all for traveling so far to be here, in this beautiful country, and, well, for slumming it at Shaba Tal-Banar." Ian said causing the crowd the laugh at the last bit, "This country where we are allowed to pursue both progress and profit freely, without the strange stranglehold of that are regulations that are now choking our world." he continued before government symbols appeared on the screen next to him.

"The United States Government, The E.U., The DRTC, S.H.I.E.L.D. – they are just a few of the many institutions that are guilty of halting the development of new tech for anyone – except themselves. We dare defy them with any new idea, they steal it, sweeping it out from under us. But not today. You are all aware of what Quinn WorldWide has been able to do with basic minerals and materials, let alone nuclear ones like Uranium or Plutonium, despite the unjust restrictions that weigh the scales in the other guy's favor. Well, today I am announcing something new—an element that could balance those scales, and when I say that I mean quite literally." Ian continued while Naruto and Skye chose to sneak away during the last bit.


(Quinn's Compound - Inside the main complex)

Naruto and Skye had made their way inside and now we're looking for the main server room. Naruto was following Skye as they walked down a hallway.

Skye stopped at one of the doors in the hallway and tried to open it, "It's locked but there's no lock."

"Eh, why don't you check for a keypad." Fitz suggested

Skye looked around, "Nothing. Why, can you hack a keypad?"

"No, not over the phone at least." Fitz answered

Naruto sighed, "Move aside." Skye moved to the side of the door as Naruto forced the door open.

Just as Naruto forced the door open someone rounded the corner, "What do you think you're doing?" a familiar voice said causing them to look to their right. Ian Quinn.

"Oh, we were just looking for the bathroom. Guess this was the wrong door." Skye said improvising

"Yeah, Skye has to go real bad. You know how women are with their bladders." Naruto said before receiving an elbow to the stomach not even flinching

"Well, the bathrooms are down the other hallway. Now, what are you really doing?" Ian said

"Alright, you busted us. We were trying to get a glimpse behind your office doors, see how things really operate." Skye continued improvising

"I invite you and your friend here as a guest, and you treat me like another corrupt institution, looking for trade secrets to leak online." Ian said getting all up in Skye's face before Naruto shoved him away.

Ian brought up his phone, "Security."

"No, no, no, wait." Skye pleaded seeing the situation going from 0 to 100 really fucking fast trying to defuse the situation, pulling out her phone and typing something on it, "It's just, with all these la-di-da people, you have to be so very guarded, so careful—what you say, what secrets you reveal. And…I was hoping that you and I could be honest with one another…If you know what I mean." she continued as she typed on her phone before showing Ian what it said 'SHIELD IS LISTENING' Naruto saw this and quickly got angry at Skye before she looked at him pleading to him to just follow along.

Ian nodded before motioning for them to follow.


(Ian's Office)

Skye took a look around his office, "My office had less space, and more…wheels. Wow. A view of the ocean and the pool."

"Not a bad place to do business." Ian commented before he poured some champagne for Naruto and Skye before handing them their glasses.

Skye proceeded to take her earpiece out and drop it in the champagne, shorting it out before sending Naruto a look telling him to do the same thing. Naruto followed suit not even worrying, taking his earpiece out and dropping it in the champagne shorting it out as well.

"Ugh, much better. We haven't felt that 'Someone's watching my every move' feeling since I failed my driver's test." Skye commented

"So you want to tell me what the hell's going on? S.H.I.E.L.D. got to you?" Ian asked

"They picked me up in L.A., dragging Rantou with me, I helped them in a crisis, and now they want to recruit us." Skye explained

"Of course they did. You with your brains, and him with his physical abilities…to be able to simply push thru that door with little effort takes some real strength." Ian commented, "Your friend doesn't seem to talk much. Can he even speak for himself?" he shot

"Oh, I can speak plenty fine. She is just the talker of the 2 of us." Naruto shot back

"Anyways. So we played along. Talk about inside info—We have bunks on their plane. We have been gathering intel, biding our time until we could become useful. I thought this qualified for us." Skye explained

"And why would they trust you with a covert operation like this?" Ian asked

"Something about them not wanting to break international laws. They had no other options, whereas I like to keep mine open." Skye answered

"Well, it makes sense really. With your background, they wouldn't want people like you not under their control that could possibly get out of control." Ian commented

"You're saying that they wanted to rope us in because we pose a genuine threat?" Skye said questioning his logic

"Yes, and you guys fit their profile." Ian answered

Skye gave him a confused look, "Profile?"

"Sure. You guys are criminals. You have a warrant somewhere." Ian stated

Skye chuckled, "Yeah probably."

"Specialized skillsets." Ian continued

"We try to stay humble but fail." Skye said accepting the compliment

"No family." Ian said and Naruto shot up making his way towards him before Skye got up and stopped him.

Ian backed away, "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hit a nerve, but that is what these people do. S.H.I.E.L.D. –they prey on fear, loneliness, desperation, and they offer a home to those who have no one else to turn to. I can offer you something better. You stay with us, there's will be no secrets, no lies, no secret agenda. You're free to do what you do without big brother watching over you." Ian apologized before explaining and offering as he made his way around

"But first, you have to tell me exactly what agenda S.H.I.E.L.D. sent you in here with." Ian stated

"Well, they wanted me to do whatever it takes to get in here." Skye said before taking out her mirror pretending to check her makeup causing Ian to chuckle.

"Get in here and…?" Ian questioned

Skye successfully made the connection before she rubbed her eye, "And bat my eyes." before she closed the mirror and placed it on the table, "Get you talking."

"No, you can't be the only angle, S.H.I.E.L.D.'s thorough enough to know about me and my exploits. It takes more than a pretty face to disarm me." Ian commented

"Bit cocky aren't you?" Naruto said before the door suddenly burst open as men came in drawing Ian's attention away from them, Naruto took this opportunity to move next to Skye in case things got ugly.

"Sir, we have a security breach." the man said

"Oh, the timing on that was perfect." Skye commented before Ian turned around and grabbed the mirror before taking one look at it and snapping it in half.

Ian then walked up to one of his guards and grabbed the gun before turning it around and aiming at Skye. Skye wasn't even the least bit scared. Ian moved to grab Skye but was blocked by Naruto, Ian put the gun to his head. Naruto quickly disarmed Ian before his guards pull out their guns and aim at Naruto and Skye.

"Skye get behind me." Naruto orders, Skye quickly gets up and gets behind Naruto.

"S.H.I.E.L.D.'s against everything you stand for. They're the big brother." Ian said

"Maybe, but they're the nice big brother who stands up for his siblings. Anyways, you kidnapped a person!" Skye shot back

"I set him free! I saved him!" Ian exclaimed, "And I could have saved you guys too."

Suddenly the ground shook causing everyone to stumble, "TELL ME WHAT THEY'RE DOING!" Ian shouted, "Tell me what they're doing. You have to talk. You have no other way out of this." Ian said chuckling at the last part before he aimed motioned for his guards to move in closer

"You're expendable to S.H.I.E.L.D. They sent you in here with 1 man." Ian said before Naruto used Magnet Release and pulled one of the guard's pistols to him before handing it to Skye who aimed it at Ian.

"Alright, I was not expecting that." One of the guards said

Ian looked to Naruto, "What to afraid to handle a gun?"

Naruto chuckled, "No but I prefer to use my hands."

"Does she even have what it takes to pull the trigger?" Ian asked

"Nope, Rantou let's get out of here." Skye said before she dropped the gun and grabbed Naruto's hand as she ran for the balcony edge.

Naruto followed before quickly sweeping her up and jumping off as they floated down.

"Get her." They heard Ian say before the ground shook again causing the people above to stumble to the ground

Naruto and Skye floated safely to the ground before Naruto put Skye down, "Let's go check on Ward and Coulson." Naruto said before they made their way towards where Dr. Hall was

As they were making their way to Dr. Hall they ran into Ian's security, Naruto sighed, "Ward you want to take care of this. It would kinda be overkill if I dealt with them." he said as Ward soon came out of the building in front of them taking care of Ian's men.

Ward looked to Naruto and Skye, "What was with the radio silence?"

"Skye's idea not mine." Naruto replied, "Let's go check on Coulson." he commented getting a nod from Ward and Skye before they all continued on towards where Dr. Hall was.


(Ian's Compound – Underground Lab)

Naruto, Skye, and Ward finally made it to the door leading to the lab that Coulson and Dr. Hall were in. Dr. Hall and Coulson were standing on opposite sides of each other.

"They won't understand that good that I did here." Hall said

"Killing innocent people. That's good?" Coulson asked dumbfounded

"No, saving millions. We have to live with the choices that we make, but sometimes we have to die with them, too, unfortunately." Hall answered

Coulson lowered his gun, "I think I understand now. You made a very hard call."

"Yes." was all that Hall said

Coulson nodded, "Well now I have to make mine." he said before firing 3 bullets into the glass they were standing on causing it to shatter. Coulson quickly grabbed onto a cord that was hanging keeping him from falling towards the device housing the gravitonium

Unfortunately, Hall didn't have anything to grab onto, and well, and the fact that he couldn't react fast enough, causing him to fall towards the gravitonium narrowly missing the spinning part of the gyroscope and into the gravitonium. Soon Dr. Hall splashed into the core that was the gravitonium and was soon consumed by it before everything stopped and came to a halt. After that, the doors unlocked allowing Naruto, Skye, and Ward into the room.


(With Ian at another one of his estates)

"Damn it, it took so long to find that much gravitonium. Oh well, I can always find more." Ian said as he sent orders to his mines to start looking for more while drinking champagne.


A/N: And that concludes this chapter, if anyone wants to help me with building the relationship between Skye and Ward feel free to PM me or Join the discord and DM me

Until next time Ja Ne