1032 hours, January 20, 2528 (military calendar)

Naruto's Office, Maelstrom Base

Fire Country, Planet Elemental

Staring outside the window at his growing organization Naruto should be happy right now. Both frigates were fully operational and manned. He even had a decent size force garrison for each of them. While not to the same levels that the UNSC had but pretty good. 500 troops for each ship right now. He was accepting what he could afford right now due to the fact that funds were running low again but the people he did accept were mostly Elemental's. Once he gets more funds, he will increase the number to 2,000 each which was standard for a UNSC frigate.

Over to the side he could see the tall radio and air control operational and at work. Not far from it were multiple warehouses filled with supplies or different sorts. In another direction he could see the factory hard at work making and producing many different items. Whether its repair parts or just material for other projects. Far from the noise were a few barracks housing his troopers and other personal and behind that was a project that was asked. Some people were more likely to move and work here if a housing community was built there. They had families living far away and with the way they had to travel to get here, its better they lived closer. So Tazuna was assigned do work the community for that. While expensive should make some revenue over time as people moved in.

The former slaves that he rescued were put into a new situation for him. While only a few of them had a home to return to which he provided the transportation for, the rest stayed at the base. It was going to take some time for them to recover but they have made progress. It also helped that he hired counselors and teachers for them in order to reintegrate with everyone. Once they were comfortable doing so, they wanted to work for his company which he would be more than happy to hire them. But they must recover first. Their wellbeing was his priority.

In the distance he could see the hole that Tenten asked to start making massive progress. The machines were just moving deep into the earth which as luck would have it allowed them to find out something new about this planet. Elemental is a fucking gold mine for resources if you dig far enough. No one knew about it because everyone was always fascinated by the people's worldly abilities. Rhenium and loads of it too. As much as he wanted to mine it and sell it, Tenten's crew found it and want to use it for her project. So, the deal is that they will mine it while continuing to dig but will not use it until her first test project is done. That put some motivation in her besides the other thing.

Yes, Tenten and Tsunami are both pregnant. No big shock there as like Sakura says. He was built for breeding the next generation of super elementals. So yes, he should be extremely happy with all this news, but he wasn't now, and the answer is simple. Taxes. He hates fucking taxes. IRS are just as bad as the Covenant some say. He was lucky Tsunami was handling it but that doesn't mean he doesn't like them. The vultures pounce on his ass once they saw his starting up company and the people under his employment.

Taking another sip of his coffee he looked at the pad in his other hand at the news. Harvest was still a deadly battleground with battles taking place in orbit, air, and land. Neither side wanted to give up the planet and the UNSC diverted more forces there as they won a few battles. They wanted to keep the momentum going. He didn't know if the sacrifices were worth it though.

Behind him on the table was a projection of Kora sitting down looking over the files he got from Gato's ship. He only gave a copy to Hinata as he still wanted to continue hitting the mans resources. He also wanted to see what assets he had left to take which he would be more than happy to do so. He just wanted to wait a bit to make him feel safe before taking his mini fleet and sweeping through all his assets in waves of terror. He was also curious about the leak that got him the frigates as well. It was strange that Hinata hasn't contact him yet on the data but that's no worries. He still had contracts coming from ONI he could accept.

He could see the 'Spring's Abyss' taking off to complete one right now. Just a simple transportation mission that would take no more than a day to complete. 'I should find something for next for Kakashi's crew' he thought as the door slammed opened with Tenten holding a strange brown device.

"DONE!" she shouted making him raise an eye and turning to face her as she places the brown oval machine on the ground. Pressing a button on the back of the head she stepped back as they heard a powering up noise. With a 'ding' sound the machine jumped up and formed a small robot that reached up to Tenten's chest.

"Meet DUM-Series I" she examined sticking her arms out in presentation as the small robot copied her with its one glowing yellow optic.

"It can build, repair, move, and do any other small task that it is programmed to do. Very small in nimble so they can get in small places but work best when in groups" she explained as the robots two thick claw hands transformed into different tools to show its use.

Walking over and doing a quick look around for inspecting he stopped once facing it again. "Ok what are the negatives?"

"They hold only a charge for 6 hours with continuous work before needing to charge. Next is that it was only able to perform jobs its program to do, so no learning. It's no A.I. only a robot" she explained as he nodded in understanding.

"Alright, I give the project full approval. Build a small factory for them to be manufactured. Produce only 250 of them along with charging stations for them to power up. Give them a test trail to see how well they operate before we start mass production. I already gave Tazuna orders to start building a large power facility when he builds the community. Connect the stations to that" he orders as she gave a nod and a hug. Before she could leave, he stopped her by saying "Also get the idea for your next project in mind for my approval".

With Tenten leaving Kora waved him over catching his attention. Walking over and sitting at the desk she pointed at the incoming call on his screen. Opening it up he saw it was no other then Dr. Catherine Halsey.

"Doctor, its good to hear from you. How are you doing?" he asked as she smiled at him

"I'm doing alright. Very busy with this war going on but toke time to go over your blood. It's very fascinating. Just looking over the blood and your past examinations you would have been beyond perfect for a project I created before if you were younger" she stated

"Project? What project?"

"Ah. Not allowed to say for now but I'm sure everyone will know I created it in the future soon enough"

"I see. So, what did ONI's favor cost?"

"Well just known that I did some things in the past and they were heavy frowned upon. This makes up for some of that" she explained

"Alright, so what can I help you with?"

"I understand that a certain ONI operative wants to go to Harvest for some ruins. These ruins interest me as well" she started as he raised an eyebrow at that

"Well, I assume that they would but how do you know about that?" he questioned as she smirked proudly. "There is not much that I don't know about when it comes to the UNSC" she answered making him get familiar vibes from the party.

"Know that they will continue to deny her until the fighting there lowers down. When that happens, she will get approval. She will hire you for the escort and when you go on this mission you will take me and my colleagues with you"

"I'm going to do this because?"

"Because I gave you the A.I., I will pay you for your protection, and because you like me. I'm so glad you understand and agree with me so with this prior information you are to prepare as much as possible. Get to work" she finished before disconnecting.

"I like her?" he questioned as Kora gave a "yup".

Rubbing his head at the new information he looked up in determination before sending a message to Shikamaru. Its time to go full steaming. Gato must go.

Month Later

Gato looking over the reports couldn't help to scratch his head in stress. Over the month in what seemed like tidal waves, he was losing everything. Ship after ship disappearing. Bases and warehouses stripped clean and blown up. Drug plantations and slaves gone. The worst thing was that he didn't even know who the fucker was that was ruining him. Even shipments and deliveries from his contact have been intercepted it. It was like the person knew his every move.

He was currently staying in his bunker at the minute as he knew this was safe. No one should know about this place. The only thing that may know some details about this area was 'HIS SHIP'.

'That's how they knew everything about me. They knew everything' he thought slamming his fist on the table as the area shook.

"What the fuck was that!" he roared before opening the comms. "Report!"

"We are under attack! They outnumber us!"

"They?! Who the fuck are they!" he yelled as a image was sent to his computer. Looking at the image he saw two frigates fly over his base with pelicans being launched and heading for his base. He even sees a few GR – 75's landing and offloading troops. What pissed him off even more was that his troops seeing them outnumbered placed their weapons down and their hands in the air.

"Don't fucking surrender! You fucks! What do I pay you for!" he yelled. "Obviously not enough" spoke a voice causing him to pause. Looking up at his lavish room he saw a group of people standing in front of him. He recognizes two of them immediately.

"Naruto. Zabuza. You were the ones doing this to me. You fucking dare!" he glared as Naruto took a step forward. Taking off his body armor and rolling up his sleeves he grabbed Gato by his collar and through him to the side wall.

"I'm going to be here for some time" spoke up Naruto flexing his gloved hands and signaling the others to secure the area, but Anko stayed.

"I need him for information. This is part of my mission, and I am an expert of getting information out of people" she spoke up

"Noted, but he is mine. After all the suffering he has cause other people, I'm going to beat the information out of him" he explained sending fist to the man chest.

Coughing in shock he tried to crawl away only for Naruto to grab his ankle. "What is your issue!" he shouted as Naruto lifted him up by his leg slamming his back to the ceiling and slammed him back into the ground.

"I woke up today and choose violence" was his simple answer as he picked him up and slammed him through his table.

"You are not even asking me questions. You are just beating the shit out of me" he cried coughing out blood as Naruto nodded.

"I know" was the simple answer as he started laying punch after punch on him with Anko watching with glee as his eyes flashed red unnoticed by her.

'I think I am in love' was her thought

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