Dark Revelations
Kushina was a very happy woman True she was supposed to be dead but she was still able to see her boy grown up. Whilst it was a different version of her little Naruto it was still a version of him so she was not going to complain. So she was going to make the most out of the situation that she could.
Jiraiya was in the middle of running to save his man hood. The women in the room had apparently had enough of his gossiping high school girl laugh and had decided that he needed another lesson.
It was with the kage that the most interesting things were happening. "He should spend some time with Inoichi to try and heal the mental damage done to him, this should help get rid of that mask" said Tsunade to those around her.
The other kage nodded in agreement. Whilst they had gained respect for the boy, he was still to childish and if not in the right situation, idiotic. Seeing this version of him as well as hearing about the sabotage, the kage decided to try and right the situation.
"The boy still needs experience in leadership." responded Ohnoki to the others getting agreement. Silence fell for a short time before one of them spoke up.
Hashirama was known for his bloodline and his strength. This was not to say that he was stupid or uncharismatic, he was it was just that the other attributes over shadowed these parts of him. "with the villages new treaty why don't you all use this as an opportunity to build the bonds between the villages." said the first, this got raised eyebrows from the others. Thus he continued.
"The boy is almost certainly going to be the hokage in the future." he said getting a nod from the kage of konoha. "Then why don't you all do a sort of apprenticeship with him and other candidates from each village. Do a rotation where the candidate learns your own styles of leading, this would let them gain experience and hopefully gain their own method." said Hashirama.
"not a bad idea, they would gain training that they would normally gain on the job and at the same time during their apprenticeship they would build bonds within the other villages lowering the chances of war and solidifying the treaty." analysed Tobirama. The kage looked as to be in thought when the screen flashed and decided to continue the conversation later.
Naruto: Darkness Rising
Chapter 4
Hungary, the city of Dunaújváros
Naruto was sitting in a quaint but rather full café at 7:00 AM in the morning with Ildi who was enjoying a very large breakfast of beef tongue. Naruto was having French toast for his part. Why was he enjoying a morning meal with the young lycan girl? Well, they were kind of marooned. Naruto hadn't really paid much attention to the name of the café since it was a good refuge from the crowds watching the fire trucks and the police outside….
Kakashi could not help but scoff at the way Naruto was conducting himself. " You have to admit, Naruto could be scarily stealthy when he wanted to be." this got a series of nods from the Konoha ninja. Sarutobi chimed in " the fact that despite his orange jumpsuit he managed to give the village ANBU the slip for hours at a time was migraine worthy." Kushina could not hold back any more and started cackling causing some to question the Uzumaki's non existent sanity.
The other kage including those who were temporarily resurrected could not believe their ears at what the sandime had just said.
Ildi was immensely enjoying her breakfast and asked Naruto between bites, "Are you going to eat those?" as she hungrily eyed his breakfast sausages.
Naruto sweat dropped. 'She's so slender. Where the hell is she putting it all?' He slid the sausages Ildi so obviously coveted across to her and said, "Be my guest."
"Thanks!" said Ildi as she continued to devour her own weight in meat.
Naruto's cell phone rang and he saw it was Selene. In spite of the fact he was tired from being out all night he was very pleased to hear from the vampiress. "Hello, Naruto Corvinus speaking."
Tsunade smirked at this. The boy, or should she say man as his age was about 20x her own in this, was well mannered and polite. She also could not help but snicker at the girl as she was showing just how similar these lycans were to the Inuzuka who were currently getting laughed at by there companions due to them eyeing the plate of meats in front of the girl.
Ildi could only hear Naruto's half of the conversation.
"Well, you see I'm rather marooned in Dunaújváros…Yes, the same area that is afire on the morning news…"
"Yes, I can see the Dunaferr Steelworks factory burning quite merrily from here…"
This caused another series of giggles to erupt from the shinobi as it was definitely one way to describe the image that was being shown of him in a small shop and in the background was a roaring flames engulfing a large building. All of this with a look of complete indifference upon his face.
"No, I'm just fine but I'm afraid my car is in a parking area near the fire so emergency vehicles have it all blocked in and I'm stuck. I don't know when I'll get back to Budapest…"
"Oh, I already dealt with that little pest. He was hired by an associate of Mister Kraven…No, I'm sure Kraven was here in Dunaújváros but I think he left this morning before the sun came up…"
"Suffice it to say I believe Mister Kraven once again got cold feet and missed the appointment I had with him. Shame really…"
"I'll give you a call this evening and perhaps we can meet up. I can't stay on the line too long because my phone charger is in the car…Yes, I'll be careful. You just take care of yourself; I'll be fine. Bye."
Seeing Naruto was off the phone Ildi asked, "So why are you planning to meet Kraven anyway?"
Naruto said. "Not here. The walls have ears."
This time it was a serious toad sage that spoke his opinion on what they were seeing. "talking in public has some positives as not only does it disguise what you are doing but the volume of others can hide what is being said, this also has the downside of people possibly over hearing." this got nods as most shinobi despite the name were anything but stealthy and those that were tended to be on missions that required their skill set.
Thus it was that the majority of Ninja rarely actually did any stealth missions.
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Flashback…
After the battle with Shǒuwèi; Naruto was semi watching over Ildi so he could send her home safely while he hunted for Kraven. Unfortunately between the gunfire and that damned Shǒuwèi howling so much before he died it would have awakened the dead so the police were out here in force with riot gear no less. Normally this would have just been a minor inconvenience to the kitsune because he could shape shift or hide under an illusion. Alas; he kind of felt responsible for the lycan girl since he'd bothered to save her from getting eaten and all that. He figured Ildi might get shot, arrested or worse given her clothes were all torn up and bloody.
This gained a series of smiles from the females in the room though they did smirk at his description of the other fox. It was always inconvenient when your target made enough noise to wake up a village instead of doing the useful thing and stay quiet.
As a result Naruto had spent half the night sneaking Ildi about to get to her 4x4 (which seemed oddly appropriate for a lycan girl to Naruto) to grab a change of clothes. The police were right there so Naruto had to hide the entire vehicle under an illusion while she got changed. Naruto was pondering what a pain in the ass it would be to have to shed your clothing to shape shift. (Kitsune didn't have that problem). The lycans tended to wear clothes they could easily shed and pick up later as a result from what Ildi explained. It was an odd feature of lycan society Naruto really hadn't ever thought about…
The irony of this was that while The Inuzuka had some understanding of this as their techniques cause some transformations to occur, none of them were to an extreme extent. The ones that did were the Akamichi, there expansion techniques allowing for them to grow to huge sizes. Due to this the clan had to create a form of expanding clothing to accommodate the change in size.
Once Ildi was changed they found out the area was road blocked to catch the suspected gunmen that could still be running about so the option of simply driving away from this mess wasn't possible. At that point Naruto had resigned himself to staying until the roadblock was lifted but it turned into a further fiasco when a major fire broke out. Ildi exclaimed that it was in the area she'd been tracking to Kraven so Naruto had little doubt that Kraven set the fire to cover his escape. If the cowardly vampire even had an inkling that Shǒuwèi was dead Naruto figured the gutless wonder had run again.
After that masses of firefighting vehicles had rushed in and the general pandemonium in the area allowed Naruto and Ildi to slip out into the town of Dunaújváros proper where they could lay low until the emergency was over and they could retrieve their cars. That was hours ago and now Naruto was having breakfast…
Flashback end…
As much as I do not want to give any praise to this kraven man. The setting of a fire was a good idea in that it would cause a large panic and distraction to allow him to fade away, at least we can say his survival instinct is honed."
….
Soon the odd couple were walking along the street after breakfast wondering how long it would be before the fire was out. The crowds were still out in force and the sirens and the smoke were both at full blast as well. Though Ildi and Naruto were taking a side street to avoid the crowds; a biker came up to try to pick up Ildi and Naruto couldn't help but mentally groan at the situation. The biker (and friends) were big men and wondered what such a hot chick was doing hanging around with an unassuming businessman in a gray suit and trench coat.
If there was one lesson that those in the room had learned over there carriers is that things are rarely what they seem. There were clients who looked simple but turned out to be ex shinobi. Women who seemed confident and powerful to the common eye, that turned out to be a mess at the first provocation. So it was that the room gave a collective sigh as they knew were this was going.
The biggest one with a handlebar moustache was the spokesmen for the group and said, "Hey baby, you should come with us and lose this idiot. He looks like a stuffy prick and you'd be so much better off with us. We can show you a good time. You want us to take care of this little man for you?"
Ildi answered in a demure and ladylike fashion, "Fuck off dude; I'm not interested."
Every one in the room turned and looked at the resident red head and started laughing. Kushina could not help but turn away from them and pout. Minato just held his wife and held in his own chuckles as that was exactly what she had said to several of the people in konoha who had tried to hit on her in her younger years.
The moustachioed man got closer and said, "I think you are babe." as he made a point to tower over Naruto and try to intimidate him.
Naruto sighed before he gripped the moustache wearing man by the throat faster than the eye could follow and wrenched the man off his feet so he was looking eye to eye with Naruto. The blonde kitsune let out a crushing killing intent and said in a blood curdling tone, "Take your friends and leave or I'll crush your trachea and watch you die slowly from lack of air." The biker was gasping for breath and had pure terror in his eyes. Naruto squeezed the man's neck harder to leave a nice bruise before he tossed the big biker into the side of a brick building which knocked the man senseless.
The shinobi who had graduated with Naruto were terrified. This was a Naruto they both recognised and did not. The Naruto that they all knew was loyal and protective, just like this one appeared to be. The difference came in the way that they did it. Their Naruto would rather talk it out, this one unknown to them was following the Uzumaki method of threats and intimidation.
Naruto turned his glare on the others and said, "She's off limits. Step aside." The frightened gang decided maybe this guy was too dangerous to handle and wisely backed off allowing Naruto and Ildi to walk away unscathed. Once they were out of earshot from the gang Naruto said to Ildi, "You just seem to be a magnet for trouble girl."
Ildi laughed and grabbed on to Naruto's arm. "You are such an Alpha!" she giggled giddily. "You know I'm not usually like this but we could go to a hotel or something…" she added shyly.
At this and unconsciously the Inuzuka matriarch was nodding in agreement with the lycan. Kiba despite his instincts agreeing with the statement was more horrified by the fact that his mother was making eyes at his friend. It was only the quiet giggling that caused them to realise what they were saying and thinking.
Naruto blanched, "Just how old are you Ildi?"
"I'm seventy one this year." said Ildi. "Why do you ask? It's not like I'm not experienced."
The women in the room could not help but scowl at the woman. She looked like a teenager but was older than almost all of them. Jiraiya however was in his corner quietly taking notes. He had a feeling that these notes could be helpful to those in the afterlife. He had found out that his work was even appreciated there. Hell even the shinigami had a copy of the series.
"Ildi, I'm 1400 years old." said Naruto flatly. "You're very young compared to me."
"Cool, an older man. I bet you know all kinds of tricks. You could play teacher with me." said Ildi playfully. Naruto nearly face faulted. Then she added, "Besides, I like your foxy smell. It's sexy."
There was a round of blushes and bloody noses at this, the one of most note however was the loud clatter and hysterical laughter from one snake lady .
Ildi then got a curious look. "Say Naruto, where do you were-foxes come from anyway? Given you're a Corvinus and that old are you related to William Corvinus?"
Naruto was glad for the change of subject. "I'm what's called a kitsune and we come from the Far East. I'm from Japan."
Ildi raised an eyebrow. "You have blonde hair and blue eyes and you say you're from Japan? That doesn't add up."
"My Father was Hungarian and my mother was Japanese." explained Naruto. "That's why I look European."
"Cool, so you come from a big family?" she asked.
"My Father is estranged and my Mother died when I was little." said Naruto.
"Damn, that's rough." said Ildi. "That Shǒuwèi dude kept calling you a half breed. Is it because you're half Japanese?"
'This girl sure is curious.' thought Naruto. 'Oh well, I guess she's already seen my fox form so it won't hurt to tell.' "I'm half kitsune from my Mother's side. It's simple racial prejudice. What about you? Do you have a big family?"
Hiruzen smirked at this, Naruto was the same when he was young so the boy knew exactly how to escape such situations. It had taken years for him to figure it out much to his embarrassment.
Ildi smiled. "Yep! Mom and Dad are both lycans so I'm natural born instead of turned -and I have six big brothers. I'm the youngest but Mom and Dad have been talking about having another one."
This gained some wide eyes. To be the only girl in a home of so many would be quite the unique situation. Though they had to admit that if they lived so long it might more be the norm for such families.
"So you had six brothers to look after you growing up?" asked Naruto. "You must have been really over protected being the only girl."
Ildi got a flat look. "Are you kidding? When I was little they called me runt and their favourite sport was runt ball. I was the ball."
"Gee, that sounds unpleasant." said Naruto with a sweat drop.
This caused the entire room towards the sheepish looking Inuzuka clan members. Tsunade could only help but sigh as she had seen how many Inuzuka children came in with 'training accidents'. She had to admit that this 'viewing' as it was called was answering more questions than she had expected. This of course was not to mention the several pads of notes that she had taken of things that she needed to look into when she got back.
"Eh, it's not so bad." said Ildi with a shrug. "Once I got older and could rip them a new one we all got pretty close." Ildi then got that curious look on her face again. "So why was Shǒuwèi talking about armies and stuff? You said he was a lousy General before he keeled over. Are you in the military or something?"
The blonde answered, "Mmmm…Well, to make a long story short he and I were Generals on opposing sides until the 1950s. No matter what side I was on he was always on the other for some reason or other. He and I have been waging war against each other in the Far East for over 300 years. He was a lousy General though. His tactics and strategies were predictable and he never once thought outside the box. Even when he tried to ambush me I saw through his traps and side stepped them. He was kind of pathetic in retrospect."
Everyone ignored the happy exclamation from a happy mother and listened more to the kage who were all growling about unpredictable Uzumaki. The clan had a habit of unorthodox lines of thought making it hard to plan against them as any plan you made would be rendered moot as they would appear where they should not and destroyed what plans you had made. It was highly irritating. Even for their allies.
"Cool. Did you ever lose to him?" asked Ildi.
Naruto shook his head. "No, I could have killed him a dozen times off the top of my head but I never bothered. I was too arrogant honestly. I guess I enjoyed taunting him so much that he was good entertainment. This last time he seriously irritated me though so I ended him. I have to piece together how he's connected to Kraven and Lady Kurami. I guess I should have tortured it out of him but he was dying and I'd already lost my temper."
This caused Hashirama and Tobirama to shiver in remembrance of a certain Mito when she was angered and her clan traits came out, the sadism that ran strong within the clan was not widely known as it was usually hidden by their impish joy at pranks but if one knew what to look for, it was as plain as day.
"Well, Kraven's a traitor to the vampires so who knows what kind of business he was into with you were-foxes; I mean kitsune. He already had a deal with us lycans before he ran." said Ildi.
Naruto paused and said, "What? He had a deal with the lycans going?"
Ildi nodded. "I'm not lying. Kraven wanted to kill the three Vampire Elders and take over. He made a deal with Lucien so we could off Lady Amelia but he backed out and ran before that could happen. I hate turncoats."
"Then that means he still has connections at Ördögház." said Naruto. "It looks like I'll have to go there and talk to Lady Amelia myself."
The lycan girl's eyes grew wide. "Are you crazy man?! Those bloodsuckers will try to kill you!"
Naruto said, "Calm down Ildi. I'm not an enemy of the vampires or the lycans. Besides, they fear me. If they mess with me they may end up extinct."
"You should stick with us lycans." said Ildi earnestly. "Vampires are bloodline supremacists and can't be trusted."
"Ildi, they have information on Kraven. I can't get elsewhere. I need to go to Ördögház regardless." said Naruto.
The lycan girl just looked worried. She could tell Naruto's mind was made up….and he was far too powerful for her to stop him…
Ohnoki was pleased with this version of the boy. He was more professional and it showed how powerful he had the potential to be. The fact that he understood that he stood to gain more by not antagonizing either side only made it better to his point of view.
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Ördögház Mansion
Marcus Corvinus was awake after two hundred years of hibernation. He was still incredibly weak and in a semi mummified state as masses of blood was being pumped into him intravenously. He was sitting with Amelia who had yet to begin preparations for her hibernation. The Vampire Council had agreed with her that Naruto was a big enough issue that having two Elders active for some time would be in the best interests of the coven. As it was Amelia had transferred her memories to Marcus who was assimilating them but Naruto was a big enough threat that they were discussing that matter verbally.
"Now that would be a useful ability" said the resident snake lady. She completely ignored the greenish tinge on some of the faces in the room. Even then they could not deny that having the ability to transfer the memories and knowledge of one leader to the next would be incredibly useful.
"So his name is Naruto Corvinus and he's made contact with both us and the lycans." said Marcus. "He's playing a dangerous game. Either he's that foolhardy or that powerful….and from what Viktor's daughter says he's that powerful."
Amelia nodded. "He terrified the entire coven with his killing intent alone. Since Kraven bolted it could have caused a major panic if Selene hadn't stepped in on her own accord."
Marcus sighed. 'Just out of hibernation and I already have a major headache.' "What else do we know about Kraven and this Naruto's sudden appearance?"
Both the Nara men in the room muttered the standard "troublesome" at this as they could feel the mans pain. Nara's tended to enjoy their sleep but due to their genius intellects they tended to be called upon when their was hard thinking required.
"We know that Kraven was trying to set up some sort of Far East Coven in Japan. I've been looking into that and Kraven has invested a lot of capital and manpower over there." said Amelia. "Naruto Corvinus did not want the Vampire-Lycan War to spread to Japan and came here to intervene. As for Naruto himself Selene has been researching him a bit and he apparently was a particularly vicious General at least back to the 1600's in Japan. He also indicated his Father was still alive which would indicate he is a direct descendant of you but isn't a vampire."
"If his claim that his Father is an immortal and alive….he could be descended of William or myself before we changed or even my Father Alexander." said Marcus wearily. "It looks like the quickest way would be to contact my Father. He's probably the only one who has kept track of such things over the centuries. But you say he's Japanese and has the name Corvinus? I assume Naruto is a Japanese name."
"Naruto means maelstrom in Japanese." said Amelia. "As for his Japanese descent he has blonde hair and blue eyes. Selene says she can see Japanese features in his facial structure but he obviously has European blood."
The scene shrank and showed a map that had been split into the continents upon the map there was what it called points of interest that had been marked. A set of islands with the word japan which contained small dots with words written next to them. He book flashed and Minato picked it up. "There are several different continent and landmasses. Each with a different climate and terrain which influenced the development of those that lived their." he said as an arrow pointed to each area and showed the type of person that was average in that area.
It surprised them just how wide the differences were. This was to be expected however as the elemental nations was not that big and was generally one big continent with a few island nations hugging its coasts.
"So what is young Selene's relationship with this Naruto?" asked Marcus.
Amelia gave an unreadable smile. "It's obvious from my point of view that there is an attraction between them. I encouraged Selene to pursue it. I believe he could be brought over to our side if they become romantically involved."
Marcus raised an eyebrow. "You're encouraging Viktor's adoptive daughter to become involved with a non-vampire? You might recall Viktor executed his own flesh and blood daughter Sonja for becoming involved with Lucian."
This caused quite a few within the room to scowl at such a barbarism. The fact that there were a few clans that would not even blink at doing the exact same all in the name of what was best for the clan was pointedly ignored.
The vampiress leaned back and said, "There are two other factors; Viktor won't be awakened for another century and by Selene's estimates Naruto Corvinus is possibly stronger than Viktor or myself. She indicated she wasn't sure about you."
"That's quite a claim." said Marcus.
"Selene is a very smart and diligent Death Dealer Marcus." said Amelia. "She would not have given those estimates to me if she was not sure. I trust her judgment completely."
"Even if she's smitten with this man?" asked the first vampire.
Amelia nodded. "Selene is far more committed to the vampire cause and is loyal beyond a doubt. If it hadn't been for her who knows what would have happened. The Vampire Council has basically decided she should be our Regentess for her actions. Both Covens absolutely adore her."
This caused Kushina to bark out a laugh. The woman loathed even the thought of being dragged into politics. Thus it was obvious that all of that adoration was not going to be returned. Much to Kushina's delight. There was very little that the red head hated more than politics.
Marcus sighed. "I was never particularly close to Viktor's daughter but the Selene I remember would sooner hunt lycans than socialize; let alone become involved in politics or the aristocracy."
Amelia gave a rare, true smile. "She still is. The girl positively loathes the idea of being Regentess even if she is qualified. It's rather ironic in a way don't you think?"
"Well, at least you are amused Amelia." groused Marcus.
"You are just grumpy from waking up after two hundred years of sleep." said Amelia lightly.
That got some raised eyebrows. Sleeping for 200 years? The Nara just looked envious at the idea. Minato wrote a question down onto the paper and the screen divided again, words appearing upon the screen with Illustrations.
In the beginning the vampires were nobles of the land who protected the people of the land from the wild werewolves. This first generation could not transform as lycans do and were purely feral. The fact that the virus was more potent within causing more to transform. After the rise of lycans and the death of the ferals they created a cycle to so that there was only one leader at a time, each would rule for 100 years and sleep for 200. They would still know everything that has happened due to the vampires to gain memories through blood.
While most understood it they could not understand the reasoning behind such a system. And decided to leave it as it did at least explain the reason why Marcus was so weak at that point.
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Dunaújváros
That afternoon Naruto had bid farewell to Ildi who took a taxi back to Budapest. She'd insisted that he call her after he left Ördögház to make sure he was okay and finally left after exchanging phone numbers with him (He prayed she didn't call when he was with Selene). The blocks where her 4x4 and his car were had literally gone up in flames so Naruto gave up on recovering the car he borrowed from the Cleaners. Naruto then went to a department store and bought some new clothes. He rented a room, got some sleep and showered to get Ildi's scent off of him (he was going to Ördögház after all…and more importantly seeing Selene). Then the kitsune got his old suit and trench coat cleaned and then called Selene around 5:00 PM.
Selene was happy to hear from him but bothered by the news he had. "You mean your car actually burned in that fire?"
"Yes I'm afraid so. I'm going to be calling a taxi to come to Ördögház this evening." said Naruto. "Kraven vanished so I need to talk to Lady Amelia about it."
The way Naruto said talk had Selene concerned. "Tell me where you are and I'll come pick you up in my Jag." she said. "I'll head out as soon as the sun sets."
Naruto sighed. "That's really not necessary Selene."
"Yes it is." insisted the vampiress.
"Alright…" said the kitsune in defeat.
Minato could not help but sigh as he was the same with Kushina. Then again the argument he did win ended up with his son a jinchuriki and them dead so it was probably for the best that he had long ago decided to just not try.
…
Two hours later Naruto was riding in Selene's Jaguar with a ranting vampiress. "I can't believe you were out with a lycan woman all night!" raged Selene.
The blonde pleaded, "Selene, we were hiding from the police and there was a factory fire! Besides, she gave me valuable information on Kraven."
Selene looked over at Naruto with accusing eyes. "What kind of valuable information?"
"Kraven was a traitor to the vampires." said Naruto with steely eyes. "He had a deal going with the lycans to eliminate the Vampire Elders so he could take over. He wasn't able to implement it because he decided to run from me."
The dark haired Death Dealer pulled off the road and said in a loud whisper, "Naruto, do you know what you're saying?! That's high treason!"
Whilst they knew that the crime would be bad but any form of treason was a punish by death crime, something that made those there wince. The fact that sasuke went completely ignored by some but not all within the room.
The kitsune nodded. "I know exactly what I'm saying. Kraven was a traitor and had others under him. He was going to give the route of the train car from Vienna that Amelia was on to the lycans and was going to have his people desert her so the lycans could kill her virtually unopposed. Then he could dispose of the other two Elders at his leisure since they are in hibernation."
The kage nodded at this as the plan itself was sound. True there were some issues such as to explain how the two hibernating elders died. But as a general outline it was a sound plan.
Selene absorbed the information for a minute and said, "Then if you hadn't shown up and scared Kraven off then Lady Amelia would be dead…"
"…And more than likely a full scale war would have broken out." finished Naruto. "I didn't want to get involved in this mess but any vampire involved with Kraven could be in on the Far East Coven and I want them dead."
The dark haired beauty squeezed Naruto's hand in hers and said, "We need to get to Ördögház so we can talk to Lady Amelia." She found her anger had left her. Selene smiled softly and said, "Thank you Naruto."
Soon Selene made a quick phone call to Amelia and they were on their way again…
"That boy, no matter where he goes trouble follows him. I would not be surprised if he gets involved and solves the issue with the war soon." Groaned out Tsunade getting agreement from those of the current generation. Kushina could not help but feel proud that her tradition of causing trouble and still succeeding was carried on by her son.
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Ördögház Mansion
Marcus hung up the telephone. As always his Father Alexander had been cold to him but Marcus knew Alexander Corvinus would never lie to him about this…."Naruto Corvinus is my younger brother…" he whispered to himself. "All this time I've had a younger half sibling and never knew about it. I remember Father left Hungary for a few years but I never dreamed I had another brother." Marcus teared up and silently cried to himself. He was glad he was alone for now…Family was one of the very few things that still could touch Marcus' heart and he wanted to meet his little brother…*①
This caused the Uzumaki to smile as Family was one of the clans core tenants. So it made her happy that her boy was related to someone who cared as much as the clan did.
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Lady Amelia was dressed to perfection as always. She knew Selene was bringing Naruto back with her but the urgent call she'd received from the younger vampiress shocked her. Kraven had been plotting against her life as well as those of Viktor and Marcus. Selene didn't go into detail but said that Naruto would. The thought briefly filtered through Amelia's mind that Selene was being deceived but she'd known Selene for a long time. The girl had good judgment. Amelia had informed the coven she was going to be having a meeting with Naruto Corvinus and to treat him with the same respect they would an Elder. Now Amelia wished she'd kept the meeting a secret because treachery was bound to be afoot…She decided to talk to Marcus about the matter.
When Amelia knocked on Marcus' door she heard him bade her to enter. Marcus looked…resigned? Amelia came in and said, "I wasn't going to bother you with this matter because you are recovering but an issue has come up. Naruto Corvinus is on his way here and he has evidence that Kraven was plotting to eliminate we three Elders. I don't know if we can trust him but-"
"We can trust him implicitly." said Marcus without preamble or the slightest hint of doubt in his voice.
Amelia's delicate eyebrows raised and she said, "Why…?"
Marcus took a deep breath. "Because he's my younger brother. I called my Father with the number you provided and he told me the truth of the situation…"
Amelia's thoughts were of shock and a bit of denial but then she remember Selene saying how strong Naruto was. "Naruto Corvinus has power in spades Lady Amelia. Had he attacked full force back when Kraven fled like a coward then I believe he could have wiped the entire Coven here at Ördögház. I am not exaggerating. I mean no disrespect but he is at least equal to one of you Elders." 'No wonder he so powerful.' thought the beautiful Elder. 'His power would be on par with Marcus or William. I will have to tread carefully with him.'
"Never a truer word has been said" Ino said. All in the room with few exceptions could not help agree with her. The fact tat he was incredibly hard to predict and had immense strength was only one of a few reasons for this. Sakura despite having grown up and to some extent become a more serious kunoichi, she still held her preconceptions of her team mates, thus she was confused by what was said.
The girl had been there during the fight against Kaguya and had spent most of it trying to keep herself from dying. Afterwords she had almost gone into her fangirl state as she had been more focused upon how cool her sasuke kun was.
"Bring him to me after you conclude your meeting with him." said Marcus. "I wish to meet my younger brother."
"Are you sure Marcus?" asked Amelia. "In your weakened state he could destroy you."
Marcus nodded in affirmation. "He is my brother and has my trust as much as William does."
Amelia sighed. "I'll ask him to come meet you then."
Marcus just nodded and seemed to be in deep contemplation about it all. Amelia didn't understand Marcus having such blind trust in Naruto or for all that matter his insane werewolf twin William. To Amelia it was sad in a way…
To those within the room it sounded like a tragedy from the films. The sort of thing that would make for a great novel story. However they were sure that if it became relevant they would be told.
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The Frigate Sancta Helena
Alexander Corvinus sighed. He wondered if Naruto would be angry at him for revealing the truth to Marcus. Originally Alexander intended to keep Naruto's identity a secret but when Marcus called him after two centuries of no contact the Father just blurted it out to his son. Truthfully Alexander felt awful. He could tell by the tone in his son Marcus' voice that the news of Naruto being another brother nearly broke him. It made Alexander feel paternal feelings he hadn't felt for Marcus in over a millennia. He wanted to comfort his son somehow but felt like a hypocrite at the same time. The Corvinus patriarch knew there had been a battle in Dunaújváros and one of his agents informed him they'd caught the end of a colossal battle between Naruto and a five tailed fox. Naruto apparently transformed into a nine tailed golden fox the size of a bus and crushed his opponent like a force of nature. He apparently also saved the life of a lycan woman that had been caught in the crossfire.
Alexander was sure of one thing; Naruto exceeded his two brothers' power and probably that of Alexander himself. Kushina had power beyond his own so it made sense that Naruto would too. It was a frightening concept…
Kushina could not help the smug look upon her face at how powerful her other was. The fact that her sochi was as well just made it worse. Those who were around the happy mother could practically feel the pride and smugness coming from her, not that they could fault the woman. The story was about her son after all.
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Ördögház Mansion
Selene's Jaguar pulled up in the mansion's drive and she and Naruto got out of her car. She offered her hand to Naruto with a reassuring smile and Naruto grasped it firmly. Selene could feel Naruto's power coursing through his hand and it thrilled her in a way. She knew he used that power to protect her and it made the Death Dealer feel safe in his presence. Then she looked up and saw the two guards at the doors. One had met Naruto before and was shaking like a leaf. The other was no better as he had seen the smoking remains of the other guard as well when Naruto last visited.
The dark haired beauty felt a wave of power flow off of Naruto. It wasn't killing intent but it felt like slow rolling thunder to her. There was no one in Ördögház Mansion that didn't know Naruto was there and that he was powerful. Selene said to the guards in a commanding tone, "One of you inform Lady Amelia that Naruto Corvinus has arrived." Selene sweat dropped as both guards completely abandoned their posts and ran to tell Lady Amelia that her guest had arrived. "Damn cowards…" she muttered under her breath. Naruto just chuckled as Selene led him up the stairs.
Jiraiya could be herd giggling away with the occasional scratching of his pencils upon the note pad. The description of the guards only made them chuckle not that they could blame them. It was not every day that you were face with someone who literally radiated with power.
Inside, everyone knew Naruto was there long before the two terrified guards announced that "N-Naruto C-Corvinus has arrived."
Amelia felt the spiritual pressure from Naruto and thought, 'No wonder Kraven ran like a coward…' Seeing everyone looked like they were going to wet themselves in fear Amelia gave them all a glare before she plastered a beatific smile on her face and said, "I expect you all to carry yourselves with dignity and grace in front of LordNaruto. Do not embarrass the coven in his presence this evening."
Naruto was soon shown in and was still holding hands with Selene. Selene said, "Lady Amelia, may I present Naruto Corvinus. Naruto, may I present Lady Amelia." Naruto bowed in the traditional Japanese way and Lady Amelia curtseyed much to everyone's shock.
It was not much of a shock to those from the clans. To those of civilian descent however were confused. "People of certain social rank do not need to show such pleasantries, a daimio does not need to bow to anyone. It does not mean that they should not, as doing so would show they appreciates and respects those under them" explained Tsunade in truth it was more complicated than that as it included more things such as feats accomplished and rank along with numerous other factors. For this however only a basic explanation was required and saved the headache known as etiquette to a minimum.
"It is my pleasure to welcome you to Ördögház Mansion Lord Naruto." said Amelia. "Please make yourself at home. If there is anything you need feel free to ask and we will be happy to provide."
Naruto nodded and said, "Thank you for your warm welcome Lady Amelia, we have much business to discuss."
Amelia nodded and said, "Of course Lord Naruto; please accompany me to the study. Selene please join us." Selene nodded and followed Lady Amelia while still holding hands with Naruto. She caught a glimpse of Erika looking over Naruto and the fact they were holding hands quite clearly.
Ino could not help but smirk at this as she could already tell that this Erika girl was similar to her in the way that she could navigate her way around the rumour mill with the ease of a veteran, possibly more so with her extended life.
When they exited the front room to the private ones the rumour mill got started immediately.
"…The Princess was holding hands with Lord Naruto! Do you think he's on our side after all?"
"…We don't even know what he is though! His power is inconceivable!"
"…Lady Amelia curtseyed to him! I never thought I'd see that in my lifetime! He must be as important as he is powerful."
"…I'd hate to be in Kraven's shoes right now. He's probably fled Europe."
Erika thought, 'Selene looked genuinely pleased to be with him. I've never seen her look so at ease…He is very handsome though in a wild kind of way. I wonder what he is.'
At this Kushina could not help herself, she really could not help it but it had become a pure reflex action even before she married her husband. Thus it was that she turned to poor Minato who could already feel that his wife was about to do something, he just did not know what it was.
"oh, handsome if a wild way. Not like you eh? Pretty boy" this caused a series of chuckle s to escape followed by The Toad sage bursting out laughing at that as he had not heard that in a while. It brought back many memories of his time with the boy as his apprentice.
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Soon Amelia was sitting and entertaining her guests. Naruto had wine but Selene and Amelia's glasses were full of blood. "It's nice to meet you in person Lord Naruto; Selene has told me how you saved her life. We vampires are in your debt as she is very important to us."
Naruto took a sip of wine and thought, 'Gods I hate all this formality.'
This caused a series of smirks and chuckles as that seemed to be a universal trait for the boy. The fact that the boy still called Jiraiya pervy sage cracked up quite a few within konoha. Not that they would ever admit to it till their dying day.
"It's nice to meet you too Lady Amelia. Perhaps together we can eliminate Kraven's designs. I do have to ask though; why do you address me as Lord? I don't hold a title."
Amelia smiled graciously and said, "Actually, as the son of Alexander Corvinus and the younger brother of Lord Marcus Corvinus you most certainly hold a title."
Selene's eyes grew wide and Naruto said with narrowed eyes, "So the old man told you did he? I was hoping to remain an unknown in this little war you vampires and lycans have going on."
Selene asked "You are Elder Marcus' younger brother? Why didn't you say so? The doors of Ördögház would have been opened for you."
Naruto looked at Selene and smiled. "Who would have believed me? Besides, actions speak much louder than words or titles. Anyway, I'm a half brother to Marcus and William. They may not wish to associate with me."
A nodded at this " both are valid concerns as is his wish to stay out of the war." what he did not say however was his agreement in that actions do speak louder than words and titles. It was why he respected Minato even before he became hokage.
"Actually Lord Marcus is awake and very eager to meet you." said Amelia. "He is recovering from his hibernation but he asked me to bring you to meet him once we finish discussing Kraven. I see you both have the same blue eyes. Hmmm…now that I look at you I can see the resemblance you bear to your Father as well."
Naruto sighed and said without preamble, "I want to know what you can tell me about Kraven's activities in Japan because I want them stopped. It seems he has some dealings with Lady Kurami."
Selene remembered reading about Kurami in the paper on the Blood Red Tide. 'Could this be the same Kurami as that courtesan?' wondered the beautiful Death Dealer.
Ino could not help herself, as when she saw the death dealers reaction to the name she said out in a sing song voice "somebody is jealous" getting giggles from the other women in the room.
"Straight to business like the rest of your family." said Amelia with a tinge of humour in her voice. "In that case please explain what you found out from the lycans about this plot against the Vampire Elders."
Naruto explained the plans to ambush Amelia and that the lycans were also after Kraven as well for backing out on their deal. "As I understand it Lucien wants to hunt down Kraven to turn him over to me."
Amelia and Selene's eyes got wide. "Did you say Lucien Naruto?" asked Selene.
"Yes, is there an issue?" asked the blonde. "He seems to be the lycan's leader. You both act surprised."
"Lucien was supposed to have been killed 600 years ago by Kraven." said Selene.
"ah, he faked his death. A good tactic but a hard one to maintain. Though it would be easier with the inside information that Kraven was providing" said Tobirama not paying attention to the glares he was receiving. Tobirama had always been a much more pragmatic leader. It was where Danzo had gotten his ideas from, The war hawk however took it to a whole know level that even Tobirama would find distasteful.
Amelia nodded. "Kraven was a Death Dealer and was highly praised and rewarded high status for killing the lycan's leader Lucien who was a great threat to the vampires."
Naruto drummed his fingers. 'Maybe dropping Lucian's name was an error. I had no idea. I just assumed the vampires knew.' "And were there any eye witnesses who actually saw Kraven slay Lucien?"
Amelia's usually beautiful face was marred by a deep scowl. "No, Kraven was the only Death Dealer that returned from that battle alive and burned Lucien's fortress to the ground. He had a patch of Lucien's skin with a tattoo as proof of victory."
"Were the lycans losing the war at the time?" asked Naruto.
"Viktor claimed their defeat was inevitable at the time." answered Amelia.
The blonde nodded. "Kraven probably made a deal with Lucien at to spare his life then. Kraven would get credit and status and in return Lucian could escape with his forces intact to rebuild. Good strategy and tactics on Lucien's part but it sounds like Kraven has been planning this treachery for centuries."
"You are absolutely sure that the lycan girl said Lucien?" asked Selene.
Naruto nodded. "She would have no reason to lie. You are all cousins technically. Why not end this war?"
Selene looked scandalized but Amelia simply shook her head. "There has been too much bad blood and too many atrocities committed. It will never end."
"Has either side actually tried?" asked Naruto.
"…Let's discuss Kraven's actions in the Far East." said Amelia changing the subject.
The kage sighed as they had the same issue. There were deep seated resentments and grudges from the previous wars not to mention personal ones. The fact that there were many who just wanted peace so that they could live their lives and do their jobs in peace was complicated by the need to be strong in front of the other villages.
This complicated things as none could approach the others without appearing to be weak. Thus leading to tense stand off's with no one making a move due to wanting to maintain the peace. This was why despite the devastation and large amount of deaths, the war with Madara had been a good thing. The threat of Madara had allowed for all the nations to ally against a singular threat, this and with all of the nations working together had allowed for bridges to be built between them.
…
Naruto soon found out that Lady Amelia had been quietly probing Kraven's actions financially but had no idea that there were traitors in their midst working for Kraven that were assigned to more or less arrange her death. There was a lot of evidence and capital invested in Kyoto in the information technology industry as well as a lot of vampire employees working in the industry overseas….around 200 of them. They hadn't found any direct references to Lady Kurami Hotaru (of course they hadn't been looking for her name either).
"We're basically going to have to set up an inquisition here in the coven to see who is loyal to Kraven and who is loyal to the Elders." said Amelia.
"Lady Amelia, let me talk to Erika first." said Selene. "I think she might be just the person to ask about who is in Kraven's inner circle. She was obsessed with him and basically watched everything he did. She's my attendant of sorts."
Tsunade and Kushina could not believe it but this might actually be one of those rare times when a blind crush might actually come in handy. The girl would have seen things that others would not have, the fact that she was not seen as note worthy would allow her to be near without them actually caring.
Thus it was that the women in the room could not help but sigh in resignation as no matter how much they loathed the thought they could not help but agree that the idea in and of itself was a good one.
"Call her here then." said Amelia. She turned to Naruto and said, "I'm afraid I have much to do Lord Naruto. Perhaps you could spend some time with Lord Marcus. He would like to meet you."
Naruto realized there were things the vampires wished to discuss among themselves and agreed without much of a fuss. Truthfully he was a bit curious as to what his older sibling Marcus was like. Selene seemed concerned about being away from Naruto but he said, "It will be fine Selene. I'll talk with my older brother while you take care of business with Lady Amelia."
Amelia soon showed Naruto down to Marcus' chambers where he was recovering. Marcus was still semi mummified and looked like hell to Naruto. The elder sibling said, "You look like Father Naruto. I am Marcus."
"You look like shit man." said Naruto in a flat tone.
The shinobi in the room were silent. The first words out of his mouth to a brother he has never met was that? Slowly but surely chuckles spread out through the room until they became full on laughter even Kushina who knew she should be mad at him for such a thing could not keep a straight face as the image of Marcus was shown.
Amelia's eyes bulged in shock but Marcus actually laughed at his brother's bluntness. "Go on Amelia, I will talk with my brother alone. Well met Naruto!" he said as he weakly shook hands with his blonde younger brother.
….
Erika was both nervous and excited about being requested to see Amelia. Selene brought her into the room and motioned for Erika to sit in a chair while Selene remained standing behind her. Erika nervously sat down opposite of Amelia and greeted her appropriately before Amelia nodded in return. "I understand that you are Selene's attendant and formerly served Kraven as his personal maid." said Amelia.
Erika said sadly, "I am ashamed that I held Kraven in such high regard."
Amelia asked, "Are you aware of why you were summoned here?"
The blonde vampiress shook her head and said, "Selene only told me to come with her to see you."
The Elder said, "As you were close to Kraven I wish to know if you were privy to any of his activities."
Erika looked puzzled and said, "I took care of his cleaning and other chores as his maid and sometimes arranged his social schedule for parties and such. What do you-"
Selene said in a firm but understanding tone, "Just answer Lady Amelia's questions Erika." She placed a hand on Erika's shoulder that seemed to calm the younger vampiress down a bit.
Amelia nodded in approval to Selene and said. "Has anyone been in Kraven's room since he ran that you know of?"
Erika looked conflicted but then said, "I went in there to tidy up and a lot of papers and his laptop seem to be missing. It was there when Kraven left and it has disappeared since."
This caused Inoichi to nod in approval of what he was seeing " even the most unlikely person could hold vital information. One must be prepared for anything in such situations." Said the clan head more for the newer generation and his daughter rather than the older ones who already had some inkling of this if only from there job on missions.
"Do you have any idea who could have taken it?" asked Amelia.
The blonde chewed her lip nervously and then said, "I don't have any proof but I would guess it was Soren. He is the head of Kraven's personal guards."
"Kraven's personal pit bull." commented Selene. "He was already at the top of the list."
Erika said meekly, "What has happened?"
Selene was going to tell Erika to stay silent but Amelia waved the Death Dealer off. Amelia said, "Young Erika, we have evidence that Kraven is a traitor to the vampire cause and we need to find all those guilty of helping him." Erika gasped in shock before Amelia continued. "You weren't high enough in the ranks to be in his inner circle and Selene has vouched that you are trustworthy. However, you may have seen things that others did not because you had an infatuation with Kraven. You are not here to be punished but we need to know everything you know about those associated with Kraven because they may be traitors as well."
The kage nodded in approval "this Amelia appears to be competent. She also seems to have the air of a combatant. She was probably closer to Selene in her youth than we might realise" this got hums of agreement from the kage.
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Soren was a very old and very powerful vampire who had been a confidant of Viktor's long before he became head of Kraven's personal guard. He often accompanied Kraven on his clandestine missions to meet up with Lucien and frequently took care of cleaning up any evidence of Kraven's messes. As a vampire still in good standing he had quietly been disposing of the evidence of Kraven's misdeeds but he found himself in the unfortunate situation of there being too much evidence to destroy. He'd been in contact with Kraven who had once again relocated. Since they couldn't destroy all the evidence of their wrongdoings Kraven came up with a different plan: Put up a distraction by assassinating Marcus and frame Naruto for it. It was already known that Naruto had contacted the lycans after all.
A collective frown formed as the shinobi heard of the dilemma. These people were basically plotting treason yet they had so much evidence of their treachery that they could not dispose of it? Were they incompetent? The false flag though was simple yes, but it was also a high risk/reward scenario. One that would be avoided as it could cause more issues than it solved.
Simple plans were best. Marcus was still too weak to defend himself from the likes of Soren and could be easily disposed of. Loading his pistol with the UV bullets the lycans developed and attaching a silencer; Soren went to get rid of Marcus and then set off the alarm which would force Amelia to destroy Naruto with the help of the Death Dealers. In the resulting chaos whoever won would be so weakened that Kraven's forces could finish them off and the former Regent could take control in the confusion as the ranking vampire. Soren's job was fairly easy; kill Marcus, cry wolf and vanish to meet Kraven.
The dark haired, dark eyed Soren crept down to the room Marcus was recovering in and found Marcus was asleep and regenerating. Soren usually liked to see the look in his victim's eyes as he ended them but instead of waking Marcus up he simply slid his pistol out from under his coat and unloaded the full clip into Marcus (You could never be too careful with an Elder.) Seeing Marcus was obviously dead Soren wiped the sweat off his brow and let the empty clip drop to the floor as evidence along with a UV bullet as evidence. Naruto was known to have associated with the lycans so it was all that it would take to seal the deal…As Soren got out a clip of standard silver nitrate bullets out to reload he saw a flash of silver and suddenly his gun hand fell off….
Anko could not help but snigger. The man had a good plan and executed it well there was just one issue. "ah illusions, both the best friend and worst enemy of assassins the world over" sniggered the woman in glee causing some of those near her to quietly scoot away from her.
Soren was going to scream but Naruto's hand covered his mouth in an iron grip. "You shouldn't be so lax in enemy territory." hissed Naruto as he and an unscathed Marcus appeared from under and illusion. Soren was screaming in pain from his hand being cut off at the wrist but Naruto said, "Let me give you a reason to scream." as he cauterized the bloody stump of Soren's right wrist with fox fire. The pain was so intense that the nearly 1,500 year old vampire's eyes rolled back in his head and he convulsed before he passed out from the pain…Naruto growled, "Weakling, passing out from so little pain…"
Marcus's blue eyes had watched as Naruto dealt with Soren. The blonde took care of the traitor effortlessly without a sound. 'Naruto is incredibly dangerous.' thought the elder sibling. 'He moved like an assassin. Soren had no idea what was coming. He was completely convinced that illusion was me and I was history.' "So uh, Naruto. What was that flame?"
Naruto smiled and said, "It's an all purpose flame I can generate that burns whatever I want. It's quite handy for hiding bodies and such. I was going to burn half his arm off to express my feelings on the matter but the spineless fool fainted. Of course I couldn't do too much damage since we need his mind intact to question him. Not to tell you what to do or anything Marcus but if I were in your position I'd be calling Lady Amelia and others trustworthy to hide this. We can't let the cat out of the bag too soon." Marcus nodded and called for Amelia and some Death Dealers she could rely upon.
Minato just looked at his grinning wife "Kushina? What is it with you Uzumaki and your sadism?" he asked quietly, or at least he thought he did as the silence in the room only made what should have been a whisper to actually be a shout. The fact that both his wife and Tsunade were grinning from ear to ear only made matters worse. The toad sage upon seeing the smile upon his tem mate could only whimper at the memory of the last time she had worn it. That had been a very painful day for him.
….
Amelia arrived shortly with the Commander of the Death Dealers Kahn as well as his trusted subordinates Mason and Selene. They heard Marcus' voice outside the door. "Was that really, truly necessary Naruto? I mean, you violated him, enemy or otherwise!"
This gained a raised eye brow from those within the viewing room. Only a few had any idea what could have possibly been going on.
Naruto's voice replied. "He was an assassin. Of course a body cavity search was necessary. It wasn't like I enjoyed it Marcus. Times have changed sleeping beauty. Besides, even though he didn't have a bomb in his ass he did have this bagged transmitter there. You don't know modern espionage. I do. Don't argue with results!"
Marcus said in a petulant tone. "Fine…."
There were a wide array of reactions to that. Those who have been part of the T&I or ANBU just nodded as it was a necessary but utterly disgusting part of the job. The kage just grimaced as that was one of the parts that they were glad to have never needed to have overviewed. Some others looked utterly disgusted whilst a few were chuckling at the back and forth.
Mason and Kahn looked confused. Selene was worried for Naruto's safety. Lady Amelia sweat dropped and thought, 'They really are brothers….'
Amelia knocked on the door and heard Marcus say, "Come in Amelia…."
Entering the four saw Soren lying in the floor spread eagle in nothing but his underwear. They also notice his right hand was cut off and said right hand was lying on the floor nearby clenching a pistol with a silencer attached. Naruto had obviously just washed his hands off in the sink after throwing away some disposable latex gloves that were there for changing Marcus' IV bags.
"What happened here?" asked Amelia.
Marcus answered, "Soren decided to murder me but Naruto intervened and captured him from under an illusion. I have no doubt Soren has valuable information otherwise I would have ordered him killed."
Selene asked, "Are you okay Naruto?"
The blonde nodded and said, "I'm fine. It's this Soren guy who is injured. I have this funny felling he's in for a world of hurt." Selene smiled softly in relief.
Kahn quickly asked, "Why is Soren in just his shorts?"
Naruto said, "Over here on the table." Naruto had already laid out and assortment of weapons and ammo he seized from Soren in front of Kahn and the others on the table.
This caused those in the ANBU to perk up. The equipment of an assassin could tell a lot about the mission and the Assassin. They were also wondering how the boy had inventoried things. It would also show if he was as experienced as was claimed or if he was not.
"One Walther P99 equipped with a magazine loader and a standard flash suppressor kit and a silencer. –with optional hand attached"
"Two loaded magazines of silver nitrate bullets."
"One empty magazine that had UV rounds and a spare UV bullet to be planted as evidence."
"One silver combat knife, 20 centimetres."
"One transmitter hidden internally presumably if he was captured."
"One cell phone; needs to be disassembled and examined for possible hidden features such as possible explosives."
"One wallet with ID and credit cards as well as a hidden blade."
"One set of keys. Two keys are door locks, one for a Volvo and the last two look like they are for padlocks."
"One comb with a 10 centimetre needle concealed in the handle presumably for assassinations."
"Everything else appears to be standard clothing but needs to be examined."
Kahn looked over things since he was both the Weapons Master and Commander of the Death Dealers and said, "Can I offer you a job?"
….
Those in the room could not help but smirk at that last comment. They had chuckled at Naruto's comment about the optional hand attached. This was due to it being more in tune with the Naruto they knew.