Chapter 6
What could be "smarter" than trying to kidnap the daughter of the main "Braincrusher" in the center (well, almost) of a shinobi village? It can be more genious if the kidnappers are the residents of the same village. But that's not all! Now let's imagine that these are not Anbu or Root, juts simple chunnins, who were somehow offended by the girl's father. Not bad, right?
And now "cherry on a top" - two of the three kidnappers were clearly tipsy, but now, having sobered up a little, these three... human beings are deciding what to do next! Absurd, there is no other way to describe this situation. These geniuses didn't even think about what to do after the kidnapping.
Actually, the kidnapping was successful only because Ino was one of those targets that is almost unattended. Because clans have no reason to assign a nanny to each of their heirs in their own guarded village. This is already too much, especially in peacetime. And what kind of idiots would dare to turn the main braincrusher of the village against themselves? It turns out that there will be three, right.
According to the system, I am also not an intellectual, but even I would not do such a stupid thing. And now, even if no one's suspected the loss yet, there is only an hour left before the parents come to their senses and set the jounin on the trail.
But even though I was no threatened with anything for failure, now I had a chance to earn a THOUSAND experience for saving the "Princess of Braincrushers". Well, much higher than for the first quest, after all, it was just childish squabbles, even if I could also get ragged from Sasuke's parents. But here – one blow with a kunai from any of trio, and I'm just a corpse.
- Well, what should we do now? Your brother won't be released because of this, so how are we even going to blackmail them? It would be better if we just typed out a complaint... – The most sober of the trio said, under the furious rolling of eyes, bound and gagged, Ino Yamanaka. Yep, I recognized her without any problems.
- Maybe we should just kill her? - said the drunkest one. Well, it's time to intervene! I have serious concerns about the intelligence in their skulls, so let's not tempt alcoholics with an easy but wrong solution. And a thousand experience... I'll level up twice!
- I don't think it's worth it. Calm down! - At first calmly, and then I almost howling, noticing how quickly these three have turned towards me. Yes, each of them can kill me not only with a kunai, just a fking snot!!! And I have nothing to "clutch". In general, there is only one way out - I'll do the same thing as the father of the victim of this trio, and I mean screwing with some brains.
- You can easily beat a child, you don't need to react so restless, but just think a little bit about this. – An innocent face and a calm tone, as well as the alcohol in the chunnin's blood, and the skill of eloquence with Talk no jutsu, do their job.
But how difficult it is to constantly wiggle, route their thoughts in the right direction, while seemingly taking "their side," and constantly pushing a certain line. So now I found out how they got to this point.
The older brother of one of the "trio friends" was imprisoned on some false charge. He managed to be rude with the Daimyo when he was in Konohagakure. In general, they imprisoned him for show, just on the duration of this "big cheese"'s stay here. A couple of days after leaving, he was released. But the trio, who got drunk on this occasion and had clearly forgotten this practice, which even I know about, saw Ino returning home. And in their alcohol-soaked brains appeared a "brilliant idea".
Well, then I showed up and started blowing out the brain. No one will know what kind of work it took me to persuade them to release Ino and go confess to Ibiki about their wrongdoing! How can I arrange mahaha-mahoola on the theme "we are all brothers in Konoha", and "nothing will happen to you for being sincere, you have reformed!" There was even a hint in my speeches about a direct conversation with the head of the interrogators, I mean, "it's much easier to get your brother out of prison."
In general, after half an hour, one Anbu (which I hardly noticed, and only by accident) and one member of the Yamanaka clan (whom even Ino noticed, and only alcoholics were up in the clouds) were sitting on the two nearest trees. Young Yamonako was untied, after that trio walked towards Morino's base. OMG, I just wanna see his face!
Well, the quest completed. I gained experience and reputation with Ino, who clearly get what I was doing. With the Yamanaka clan and separately with the observer, the same meager amount dropped from the Anbu and their representative.
Well, I'm just done!
Ino's Pov.
Ino, even at a young age, was not just a silly girl, and she appreciated the acting skills of this boy in front of her, as well as his courage. However, she also get that if his opponents had been a little more sober, they would definitely not have listened to him. Lucky. But isn't luck one of the qualities of a truly good shinobi, as her father said?
Just for a moment, when he had entered the clearing, she was already imagining how he would collapse on the ground, with a kunai in his head. And for the first five minutes of the conversation she has no hope for a successful outcome. Ino had often stayed with friends before, and her disappearance would not have been noticed soon. Constant security... usually met her upon leaving the house of one or another friend, and if they were not there, then Ino herself was waiting for them. Today, for the third time in her life, she decided to walk alone. Unlucky, as time has shown.
However, the boy was surprised by how bravely he made them do what he needed. Could he be from the clan? Although, I don't think so, even if he is blond, there are no such boy in the main branch, and his eyes are not cloudy, like Yamanaka's. I'll have to tell my father about everything, and ask if it's possible to be friends with him. And if he's clanless, should I try to get him to join in our clan vlan (no, Ino wasn't such an intriguer, she just a child that thought it was all a game)?
- Phew! – the boy, whose knees had been shaking for a long time, exhaled, and simply sank to the ground, and then generally leaned back.
- I'm done! No more feats. I've had enough of this sh... – the calming blond muttered under his breath.
Ino slightly curled her lips, this is not the kind of behavior a girl expects from the boy who saved her. But she also get that he had been under enormous pressure all this time. And he clearly understood what those three could do to him in case of failure. So it would be silly to blame him for such unworthy behavior now, even if he outraged the girl.
- So, what's your name, rescued princess? And isn't this your clan member now sitting on a branch right above me, and just staring with interest? – The boy said indifferently, clearly beginning to recover from the experience, albeit in the form of muffled emotions rather than hysteria. Her mother had already told young Yamanaka about something similar.
- Yamanaka Ino. And you? So yes, he is mine! – in the end she proudly declared.
- Uzumaki Naruto. And that's good, let him take you home. I'll lie here for another hour, I can't even get up so wanna just chill.
This is where the young princess's indignation reached a new level! This is wrong, he saved, so he must carry her out! This is not by the book! So young Yamanaka was ready to jump up and kick the "unlucky prince" to get up, and finish what he started.
But, the matter was resolved without violence, thanks to the uncle, who see everything on the face of her ward and decided to save the boy from imminent execution. But it's okay, she'll remember it for both of them.
Two days before the start of the school year
The story with Ino ended only at the entrance to the territory of her clan. It cost me several lives to get there! And a kiss on the cheek from the one I saved doesn't help, I'm not interested in such young ladies, not today! If the system does not lie, our relationship has still only risen to a strong friendship. And even so, I'm almost sure that she will still run after Sasuke. Well, I'm not interested in her romantically anyway, I mean, not even the adult version of her. But making a new friend is always useful.
Over the time, I have developed a phobia of that park. There I saved the daimyo's wife's cat from a pack of dogs (oh, that woman gave me a lot of money then, and the team of genins chasing it was happy with the end of the search for the cat). I helped some Akimichi my age who was bullied because he was fat. And no, it wasn't Choji. Next, it's almost the same with Sakura, only there was an expression "foreheader", and the girls were easy to intimidate, especially considering my not the best reputation among the parents of those youngsters (the clanless ones don't like me, yep), and the fact that Ino got in with me . By the way, little Sakura's forehead really stuck out a little... which pretty much cooled my desire to have at least some kind of relationship with her.
But I missed Hinata, and she was saved by... Kiba. Yeah, I was shocked myself, but he described everything clearly, for which he received honest praise from me, truly the actions of "not a boy, but a man." And it was hard not to notice Hinata periodically flashing after that event in the periphery of vision, looking at my first friend.
But later I became convinced of the power of karma! A shinobi with an unknown protector tried to carry Hanabi Hyuga through the same park late in the evening. You know, sometimes it's good to be small, this bastard didn't even look down, and in the darkness of late evening... I think, even night, when I got a little carried away with training, my secrecy showed itself beyond all praise. And the blow between his legs turned out to be simply beautiful. Fortunately, my fist flew in at the right corner.
And now I decided to gain experience and take my twelfth level. I agree, I got a good deal out of these misadventures. Although, the same Sasuke demonstrates to everyone who can see (I mean, only for me), as much as the sixteenth level, and strength with agility that would be more suitable for the last year of the shinobi academy, and not for someone who was just about to enroll. Damn monster. And everything is explained simply, there are only two statuses - Uchiha Legacy and Indra Reincarnation. As you get, personally I don't have that "Golden finger of Asura", even if I had a fairly strong suspicion that I had merged with Naruto's soul, and not replaced him. Well, fk it all, I'll become strong by myself.
And now, I again walk towards the damned park. This was the only way I saw an opportunity to raise my level. But now I was no longer walking empty-handed. Two bad kunai found on one of the old ground, three shuriken and a decent stack of explosion tags found under a tree. Now I'm ready to bring democracy with American style.
At least that's how I thought...