Chapter 13

Warning! Torture Scene in this chapter!

Last Time:

He was in, and if he had anything to say about it, Gato had a few hours left to live at best.

Now:

Naruto stuck to the shadows as he entered a large room, where the first main support beam was supposed to be. He quietly made sure that no one was in the room and made an all too familiar hand seal. "Shadow Clone Jutsu!" he whispered as three clones popped into existence. "Everybody knows the plan, right?" Naruto asked his clones as he unsealed the project he had been working on in the smithy. He took out a small storage scroll from his vest pocket and channeled a bit of chakra into it before he threw it on the floor.

With a large poof, 3 quivers full of arrows appeared. Naruto motioned for each of the clones to pick one up and made sure there were enough arrows. Once the equipment was distributed, Naruto spoke: "Alright, security here in the catacombs is lax at best. Either way, we can't afford to get caught. You two," he pointed at the two clones in front of him, "Your job is to tag every major support beam down here." He finished as he pointed at the specific beams on the blueprints. "Split up if you have to, but make sure you aren't caught."

Naruto picked up the map and studied the entrances. "You're with me." He said to the last clone as he unsealed his own bow and arrows. The clone nodded. "We meet back up here in 20 minutes." Naruto finished the plan. "What if you don't make it back?" one of the clones asked. "Then you know what to do." Naruto quickly replied. "We'll leave." The clone stated. "No you idiot! You wait another 10 minutes!" Naruto replied at the clone as he and his clone headed towards the entrance to the main household.

~ Main Household ~

Naruto whistled silently at the inside of Gato's home. He had to admit, for an oppressive tyrannical dictator, the man had class. He shook his thoughts as he ducked into a dark shadow to avoid a group of guards. His shadow clone had already left to tag the important support beams, leaving him to his own devices. "Damn it. Where the hell is Izuno?" One of the men on the patrol teams asked the rest of the team. "I don't know. Probably got lost." Another man of the team replied.

"Yea, well let the little shit head get lost. I'm not putting my ass on the line for anyone else but myself." The patrolling thug said as he left, the rest of the team following him. 'Izuno, huh? Probably a new recruit seeing as how these guys already know the layout. Since they didn't bother to wait for him, that just proves that he isn't considered one of "them" yet.' Naruto thought as he heard footsteps approaching. He quietly looked around the corner to see a middle aged man wearing brown pants and a khaki t-shirt holding a lantern as he searched the halls.

"Damn Shanato, leaving me behind." The man grumbled under his breath as he continued to search with his head cocked to his side. 'Head cocked to the side, partial deafness in ear. Patrol man, so probably spends a lot of time on his feet. Scent of sake all over his person, so heavy drinker.' Naruto thought as he finished his plan. As soon as the man was close enough, Naruto acted. He stepped out from the shadows and punched the man in the ear, and before the man could scream sent a jab to his vocal cords to disable them. With a quick jab to the kidney and a strong kick to the knees, the man fell to his feet.

Naruto quickly caught the man and dragged him back to the shadows. While the man was still conscious, he was confused, dazed, and in pain. "You have seen what I can do, and I can do a lot worse." Naruto started as he held his hand over the thugs' mouth. "I will now ask you a series of questions, if you answer them honestly, then I will let you live. Nod once for yes and twice for no. Do you understand?" Naruto asked his captive. "Good, are there more than 5 guards on patrol tonight?" two nods. "How many, four?" one nod. "Is gato's office here downstairs?" two nods. "Is it upstairs?" one nod. Any guards inside or around?" two nods.

"You've been very helpful." Naruto commented. "That's why I'll make this quick." Naruto finished as he snapped the man's neck and lowered him to the ground. 'Due to his form and injuries, man would have been injured for life. Killed for betrayal. And in pain for a few hours until someone found him. That's why I was merciful.' Naruto thought as he left the dark corner. He slowly made his way past the first guard patrol through the living room by sneaking through the vast kitchen. As he exited the kitchen, he headed to the stairs.

Carefully climbing the flight of stairs, he made it to the second floor, only to see various doors in the hallways. ' In retrospect, maybe I should have asked which door.' Naruto sweat dropped. He heard low footsteps heading his way and ducked into the first door he could find. "Damn it, that Zabuza got taken down by an unknown brat!" a loud annoying voice resounded through the door. 'That must be Gato, Zabuza's employer.' Naruto thought as he gripped his bow. He quelled his anger as the voice got further away. "And don't let anyone into my office!" Gato yelled to the two guards in front of his office door.

Naruto smirked as he saw the two guards grumbling and take their post. He took out a couple of arrows and aimed at their heads. He let the arrows loose and watched as they pierced the heads of the guards. He picked the bodies up and threw them into the nearest closet, then made his way into the office.

~ Gato's Office ~

Gato grew pissed as he heard the door to his office open and close. "Damn it, I told you I AM NOT TO BE DISTURBED!" Gato yelled. "Oh, I don't think you meant me." An odd voice replied to him. Gato turned to see a man wearing a black t-shirt and a pair of black cargo pants with an odd vest and s black beret and a facemask. "Who the hell are you supposed to be?" "Me? No one really. Just the one who is going to stop your tyranny?" Naruto said as he withdrew a kunai with ninja wire attached to it.

Gato's eyes widened and he tried to reach over to the intercom to call in his security detail, only to feel a burning pain in his wrist. He looked to see the kunai piercing his wrist and burying itself into his desk. The next second, the ninja wire was wrapped around him, tying him down on the chair he was sitting on. "Wh.. What do you want!" Gato demanded at the blond avenger. "Simple really. I want to eliminate scumbags like you." Naruto replied. "Like me?" Gato asked dumbly.

"Yes, like you. People who think they can throw around a bit of money and do whatever they want. Dictators, power-drunk idiots, if you will. But I realized something a while ago. You aren't working alone. While you may be the head of Gato Shipping, there is still a board of directors who would have no problem continuing in your footsteps." Gato smirked as he heard Naruto's monologue. "Yea, so even if I die things won't change!" Gato replied. "Oh, but they will. All I have to do is make sure to move the power and not just disable the figure head."

"Wh…what do you mean?" Gato asked. "Simple really. Naruto replied as he started looking under portraits on the wall. "You're a man who started small and ultimately made your way, according to these pictures." Naruto said as he pointed to a picture of a younger Gato wearing grimy clothes and working in a mine. "You know the value of money, so it's very important to you. Obviously, you would rather keep it at the bank so as to keep it safe. But unfortunately, you are still human. Paranoid little creatures we are, no?" Naruto asked as he opened the safe.

He tapped the safe with his bow. "I'm guessing this is where you keep deeds, ownership papers, and a lot more?" Naruto asked. Gato simply stared, but then responded. "So what? You'll never open it!" Naruto smirked as he pulled out a small bottle of alcohol and approached Gato. "Dear me, that's a horrible scratch. We wouldn't want that to get infected would we?" Naruto asked as he pored alcohol into Gato's pierced wrist, making him yell in pain. Naruto then unholstered his gun and pointed it at Gato's leg. "Let's see how much pain you can stand." Naruto said before firing off a single gun into his leg.

Gato yelled out in excruciating pain, but Naruto paid not attention to him. "You shouldn't have spread out your security so much. They will take a while to get here." Naruto said as he used a kunai to dig the bullet out of Gato's leg, purposefully digging deeply into the leg to really make him feel it. "Now, let's disinfect that." Naruto started, only for Gato to yell "NO! Please, no! I'll do anything!" Gato pleaded. "What's the combination to the safe?" Naruto demanded "16-24-34" Gato instantly replied. Naruto went to open the safe and got out all of the documents.

"Good, now you're going to sign here." Naruto said as he pulled him onto a chair and pointed to the transfer of ownership page of the documents. Gato quickly signed it and handed the documents to Naruto. "Good, everything seems to be in order. Bye!" Naruto said as he began to leave the room. "Wait, you can't just leave me like this! I need medical attention!" Gato yelled, making Naruto laugh loudly. "After what you have done to this country, do you honestly expect any of them to help you?"

Gato was about to reply, but bit his tongue. "Exactly. Now, I can alleviate the pain." Naruto started. "Please, anything!" Gato begged. Naruto pointed his weapon to Gato's head and fired a single round, piercing Gato's head and ending his life. Before Naruto could say anything witty, he heard shouts getting closer to the office. "That's my cue to go." Naruto muttered to himself as he quickly made his way back to the entrance to the catacombs.

~ Catacombs ~

Naruto swiftly made his way through the catacombs, not even caring about the few scattered guards yelling at him. Before he could get far, a large arm clotheslined him into the ground. "I figured you would show up here eventually, brat." A familiar malicious voice stated. Naruto quickly got to his feet and looked up to see Zabuza staring at him. "Zabuza, Gato's dead. You have no more reason to fight." Naruto stated. "Wrong. You just killed my meal ticket!" Zabuza said as he tried to unsheathe his executioner's blade.

"What?" Zabuza asked as he turned to his blade. The catacomb hall was too narrow for him to be able to successfully withdraw his sword. Before Zabuza could react, a steel-toed boot slammed against his jaw. Zabuza shook his head as he recovered from the impact. Before Naruto could get into a fighting stance, a cold sensation wrapped around his neck. He turned his head slightly to see the hunter nin chocking him with a large, well woven rope.

A/N: Before anybody bitc*es at me for the torture scene, he was trained by Natalya and Hawkeye, both government trained assassins and hit men. He obviously knows how to torture and when the situation calls for it. He will not do it for the fun, only when needed.