0020 hours, September 22, 2527 (military calendar)

Marinis City, Gato's Warehouse

Planet Marinis

'Elemental' was the thought running through his head as the woman used her hand to smack the gun from his and kicked him in the chest to send him sliding back across of the roof.

"So, you want to play huh" he spoke as the magnum went clattering to the side. Pulling his chakra from within he was covered in the blue energy. With a circle motion of a stretch, he slammed his two glove fists together dispersing the energy throughout his body.

"Let's" she smirked back forming a hand seal to charge her own chakra through her body before dispersing it as well. With a smirk facing a glaring face, facing off the sound of a nearby bird signaled them to charge at each other.

Slamming arm against arm in their charge they tried to overpower the other to which Naruto followed it up with sliding to the side to punch her in her kidney. Grabbing the fist before it could she flipped him over her body to which she followed it up with a kick as he landed on his feet. Ducking underneath hers he sent one of his own landing it. Taking a few steps back in recoil she jumped forward to engage him in a battle of taijutsu.

From the look of an outsider, they look even in fighting skill but the two really knew the truth. He was better trained than her. He was faster and stronger, but she was unnaturally flexible which allowed her to stay in the fight. It also became clearer that he had more stamina as she was starting to breathe heavier, and he looked like he barely broke a sweat.

A final punch broke through her guard making her cough in pain as a follow up kick sent her rolling across the roof. Getting up to a knee she was going to get up to continue fighting when a hand grabbed her shoulder stopping her movement. Looking to see what the hand was connected to she saw a woman in a black uniform having long hair. The most notable feature was her pale eyes and stern expression. Looking back over to Naruto she saw he now had his battle rifle aimed at the two.

"Stand down Anko. It seems you might have jumped the gun on this" she ordered before walking forward and stopping some distance away from Naruto. Pulling out a pad she tapped a few things on it.

"Full name: Naruto Uzumaki Namikaze. Son of Admiral Kushina Uzumaki Namikaze and the late Admiral Minato Uzumaki Namikaze. Ranked Lieutenant with 3 years of service before getting out. Raised and trained by retired Admiral Hiruzen Sarutobi. Pilot, engineer, commando, captain, and recon. Elemental from Konoha city with a staggering high chakra count and strange genetics. Owner and captain of the Laughing Fox having a crew of 5 including yourself and a pet fox" she started as he narrowed his eyes at her.

"How do you know that much information about me?" he questioned as the woman now identified as Anko stood up and rubbed her gut in some pain.

"We are ONI. It's my job to know" she answered as his eyes widen a bit but never lowered his weapon. He was warned about ONI from people in the military and gramps. They were usually never good news.

"ONI. What are you doing here?"

"We have business with Gato. He has been interfering with the UNSC in this sector too much and for too long. We are here for information and proof of his deeds to see if it warrants our attention. What is your business here Lieutenant?"

"His goons attacked me and my crew. I don't take such actions lightly, so this warehouse is my retaliation" was his answer

"Hmm, interesting. You seem capable. You were able to beat Anko back here some and your record spotless. Maybe we can form a contract"

"A contract. What does this contract entail?"

"You help us get rid of Gato and whatever he has becomes yours as long as you pass the information of what you are taking to us. We need information to seize his accounts when he is off the board. I will also provide you information on him. Understand if you get caught, we will not bail you out and we will deny all acknowledgement of you and your actions"

"And who is the person I'm doing this for?" he questioned as he lowered his weapon to hang by its sling.

"My name is Hinata Hyuuga. I will be your main point of contact. The lady here Anko will be my eyes and ears on the ground. She will join you and forward information to me and back to you. Do you accept?" she questioned.

"You just easily told me your name. I also recognize the name Hyuuga from the infamous Hyuuga Empire. One that has close connections and ties with the UNSC"

"Telling you my information is of no consequence. We know you won't tell anyone and if you do, we will silence you. We are very good at doing that. Now your answer to my previous offer" she questioned once again as he finally nodded in acceptance.

"Good. With each contract I will pay you for its completion and do good work I will forward you other types of contracts as well. Good information and collection of valuable goods for the UNSC will be heavily rewarded"

"You are handing this task to me very easily. Why?"

"The war is the focus of the UNSC. We don't have time to handle rebels, gangsters, and other lots like Gato. We preferred for outside sources to handle them. You performing well makes me look good, so it would be illogical to set you up for failure" she finished before turning away to walk to the edge of the roof.

"I leave Anko in your capable hands to use as you see fit. Good luck Naruto" she finished with a smirk before jumping off the roof and into the alley. Turning to the side he saw Anko walking up to him and handing him his magnum to strap back to his leg.

"Shall we take a look inside Captain?" she offered pointing to the window on the roof.

"Let's" he answered walking to window and pushing it open.

Looking inside he saw the building was filled with loads of large wooden crates. Looking around he saw that there was no one inside. No guards and definitely no one working. Jumping into the building he landed in the middle with Anko landing right behind. With a hand seal he formed clones to start searching the warehouse from top to bottom as Anko pull out her own pad and started taking pictures of the items inside the crates.

Placing a hand on his comms in his ear he radios Shikamaru and Chouji to tell them that the area was cleared and about the unexpected ally. Hearing the vehicles approach the warehouse large doors he opened them up for the vehicles to come driving inside.

"So, what do we have here?" questioned Shikamaru walking up to Naruto and Anko

"From what we can find so far there are a lot of materials and machinal parts. Some which are illegal to own unless you are in the UNSC. One section we found a few crates of weapons and one container we found power cores. Some records and data chips to the side and in the basement my clones have found some more weapons and drugs" said Naruto as Shikamaru rubbed his face in annoyance. He hates drugs. Cigarettes and alcohol are fine to him.

"Let me report this in first" spoke up Anko going onto her personal comms to inform Hinata of her find. After a few minutes of talking, she returned back to the group.

"Alright. Hinata said take all the materials, weapons, and power cores you need. The rest sell it to the UNSC. I will take the data chips and records to review to get some more leads. The drugs leave them here. I will set this warehouse to blow up in order to destroy it and cover our tracks" she finished

"Agreeable. Shikamaru, Chouji start loading the vehicles. We have to make multiple trips so it's going to be a long night" he ordered as they nodded and got to work loading up the vehicle as Anko got to work rigging the warehouse.

With the help of clones and multiple trips back to the pad they had the warehouse exploding before the sun rose on the day.

Landing Pad

With the pad being loaded with supplies they had to squeeze in between it all in order to reach the ship. Letting Shikamaru and Chouji off for the day to rest and relax, he woke up both Tsunami and Sakura. Sakura to look over and heal Anko and Tsunami to set up the selling and shipping of the materials.

Sitting at the conference room Tsunami was going over the current finances. They had 356,398 credits when they left Elemental. 260,000 credits were token out so far for the upgrades and fuel. Plus, another 5,000 credits in wages. Which left them with 91,398 credits. The material they collected and sold gave them another 20,000 credits. With the UNSC contacts given by Anko they were setting up for them to come collect the supplies later today. It was going to be the longest day he ever had in a long time he thought as Anko, and Sakura came back inside in the conference room.

"She needs to take it easy, and she will be good to go in a couple days" reported Sakura

"Good to hear. Anko you're on bedrest for now. You will bunk with Tsunami. If you are not resting the most you will be doing is looking over those files and data chips. No hard labor. Tsunami will lead to the room. We can collect your stuff another day when things clear up" he ordered

"Aya, aye Captain" she said with a happy mock salute as she grabbed Tsunami by the arm and had her lead her to the room while talking about random topics.

He leaned back on the couch in a bit of exhaustion as Sakura sat down next to him and looked over some of the documents. It seems like the material he collected was selling for 50,000 a crate. Power cores were worth 10,000 each and the parts were all sorts of prices. The same for the weapons as well.

"So, when we sell all the things on the pad tomorrow" she started to which he nodded. "Yes. We will have enough for a small slip space drive. But we will also have this" to which finished by showing her something on his pad. Looking it over she saw a list of contracts from the UNSC to accept or decline. The amounts for each vary a lot but they were all worth a large amount of money. It seems money was never an issue for the UNSC.

"So, you are going to accept a contract from them?"

"Yes, it's very good money for us and will give us what we need to grow. Plus, we are slowly taking out that scum Gato. It may look like a win-win, but we must be careful to stay under the radar. I don't want him catching on to what we are doing until its too late to stop us. He is but a steppingstone to our future" he finished with determination as he stood up and left for his room for a small nap as Sakura looked on in admiration.

Unknown Location

In a dark location filled with different people moving about and typing on computers a lone figure could be seen watching over everything taking place. Looking at the main file on the large screen Hinata couldn't help but to smirk at it. It was of Naruto with all the information on him plus more. But as she continued to look through more, she found out a lot of information was blacked out on him or locked up. It required a security clearance way above her grade which made her even more curious about him. He was a puzzle she really wanted to solve, and she couldn't help herself. He was a cute puzzle. Maybe he could be the key to all her problems. He just needed to be guided and nurtured a bit.

Notes:

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