Fallout

Blanket disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Tenjho Tenge

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

Well, another chapter in the books. This time we'll get to see Naruto's fuinjutsu in action. Here's chapter 11:

Last time:

Danzo found his chakra was disrupted and was draining away rapidly. He felt as if he was being crushed to the floor. "What…did you do Hanako?" he asked weakly.

"It's quite simple actually." said Hanako. "Young Naruto is a genius with seals and the entire Natsume compound is lined wall to wall with protective barriers. The seal I just activated disrupts chakra flow and quickly drains it until you die. It also increases gravity. Amazingly enough it's actually powered by the very chakra it's draining. In other words, the more chakra you have, the stronger the seal gets. He is quite an ingenious young man."

Danzo was wide eyed and sank to his knees. He saw his two ROOT Agents collapse to the floor unconscious. In desperation he went for his sword hidden in his cane but Hanako easy parried it with one of her kodachis. "Did you truly think you could win in kenjutsu match against me Danzo? Even without you being trapped in that seal I've outclassed you with a sword in every way for decades." She disarmed the rapidly weakening Danzo with ease. "It's sad to say but I acknowledge you're an extremely dangerous individual. Unlike Hiruzen I won't let you threaten those I love." She spun her kodachi and stabbed it deep into Danzo's brain straight through his bandages and his stolen sharingan eye…Shimura Danzo 'The Shinobi of Darkness' was dead…

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…Hyūga Hanako-Checkmate…

Hanako cleaned her blade and said. "Rot in whatever hell you end up in Shimura Danzo. You won't be missed."

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Chapter 11

Konoha, Natsume Clan Home

After the seal finished rendering the two ROOT Agents helpless from chakra exhaustion (Danzo obviously was a non-issue after to the amateur brain surgery); Hanako deactivated the seal and sheathed her kodachi. She then flared her chakra to summon ANBU. Hawk and Boar arrived and saw Hanako sitting in the seiza position she'd been in when Danzo arrived. "I'm afraid that Elder Shimura Danzo attacked me and I was forced to execute him in self-defense." said Hanako calmly as she motioned towards Danzo's lifeless body. "I also incapacitated two of his private ROOT operatives and they are suffering from extreme chakra exhaustion. I ask that you summon ANBU Commander Dragon here as this requires his attention as well as the Hokage's."

Boar asked, "Who are you Hyūga-san?" wondering how the relaxed but authoritative silver haired woman could have achieved this and remained so calm (and admitted to it all as if talking about the weather).

"I am Hyūga Hanako-sama. Both Dragon and the Hokage know of me…Are you going to just stand there gawking?! Get to it youngsters! An Elder is dead here!" she said authoritatively.

"Ummm…Yes ma'am!" said Boar as he vanished.

Hawk was examining the two ROOT agent's bodies. "What did you do to them Hanako-sama?" she asked.

"Your job is to secure them and remove any possible weapons Hawk. They are hostiles." said Hanako in an imperious tone. "Back in my day, ANBU knew their jobs. Move child! It's standard procedure."

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ANBU Headquarters

While Hanako was telling ANBU Hawk how to do her job; Boar appeared outside Dragon's office and knocked. "Enter." said Dragon.

"Sorry to bother you sir but there's been an incident that requires immediate your attention." said Boar.

Dragon asked, "What is the nature of this incident that you could not handle yourself?"

Boar said nervously, "A woman named Hyūga Hanako-sama told us to retrieve you. She has executed Elder Danzo and captured two unregistered ROOT Agents…"

"Did you say Hanako-sama?" asked Dragon a bit fearfully.

Boar nodded "Yes sir, she is-"

"I know exactly who she is!" said Dragon quickly. He donned his white cloak and said, "Take me to her quickly Boar!"

"But she's just and old-" started Boar.

"She is not 'just an old woman' Boar!" choked out Dragon. "You will treat her with the same respect you would Hokage-sama! I was on the receiving end of her wrath only once and I will never forget it as long as I live! Move man!"

Dragon and Boar appeared at the Natsume residence moments later and found Hawk securing the two ROOT Agents. They saw Hanako quietly sipping her tea. "Your reaction time was appallingly slow Dragon." she said disapprovingly. "Had I been an assassin I would have been long gone."

Dragon bowed. "A thousand pardons Hanako-sama; I was just stunned hearing Shimura Danzo was dead."

Hanako made a 'tsk' sound and said, "Have you informed the Hokage given how tardy you are?" She saw Dragon cringe and said coldly. "You took all this time and didn't bother to inform the Hokage?! Get your ass over to the Hokage's residence and kick the old man out of bed if you have to! This is intolerable. Show some pride; you are ANBU!"

"Yes ma'am!" squeaked Dragon as he vanished in a body-flicker.

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Hokage's residence

Sarutobi Hiruzen was brushing his teeth wondering what today would be like. With all of the problems Danzo, Koharu and Homura were stirring up he was thinking about making them disappear but couldn't figure out a way to do it legally. If this had happened back in the Third Shinobi War, he would have executed them for treason friends or otherwise. 'It really sucks getting old…' he pondered to himself. 'I've really lost my edge…"

Then Hiruzen had the living daylights scared out of him when ANBU Commander Dragon appeared in the bathroom with him. "Forgive me Hokage-sama but we have an emergency!" said Dragon in a panicked tone.

"What is the nature of this emergency Dragon?" asked the Hokage trying to carry as much authority as an old man in his boxer shorts brushing his teeth could.

"ANBU Commander Raven –Hanako-sama- has put Elder Danzo to death and captured two of his agents." said Dragon. "She sent me to retrieve you immediately."

Hiruzen was stunned before he suddenly got a wide smile on his face. "Hanako-chan executed Danzo?"

"Yes sir. She stabbed him through the eye and into the brain with one of her blades from what I saw before I came to get you." said Dragon.

Hiruzen had stars in his eyes. In his mind a chibi Hiruzen was dancing wildly and confetti and alcohol was being liberally spread everywhere. He patted Dragon on the shoulder and said in a Fatherly tone; "Go get a forensics team to remove Danzo's body to the ANBU morgue and keep any former ROOT Agents out of it. I'll make my way over to the Natsume residence and talk with Hanako-chan. I trust that's where she is?"

Dragon nodded. "She is in the dojo having tea Hokage-sama."

"Excellent, I'll join her once I'm dressed!" said Hiruzen almost giddily. "Meet me there once you've gathered a team." Dragon nodded and then vanished in a body flicker. Hiruzen got dressed and then got into a secret compartment that had some of the finest sake imported from Water Country. He hoped he could convince Hanako to celebrate with him later.

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Natsume Clan Home

The ANBU forensics team was hard at work.

"Look at this right arm! What the hell is it?" asked one medic.

"Well, the sharingan eye in his head is a total loss…." intoned another

"There's some kind seal on his body that I don't recognize at all." said Dove. "We'd best leave the body until it's been disabled. It could be a trap. Don't channel any chakra into it. Summon the sealing team."

When Hiruzen arrived, he found both the sealing team and the forensics team there. Dragon was overseeing his people doing their jobs. "You've arrived Hokage-sama. We found some sort of seal we cannot identify on Danzo's body, so we have not moved it yet."

"And the two ROOT Agents?" asked Hiruzen.

"They have been removed to the ANBU secure ward." said Dragon. "Their chakra was nearly drained to the point of death."

Hiruzen raised an eyebrow and went over to see Hanako who was quietly watching with her byakugan active as she poured herself more tea. The ANBU had already been informed that it was fine if she watched. "See anything interesting Hanako-chan?"

"I see an old man and a bunch of children of questionable ability and discipline." said Hanako dryly with a slight smile.

Hiruzen cringed. "Ouch! Must you be so cruel Hanako-hime?"

Hanako quirked an eyebrow. "I'm afraid that my praise and criticisms are always given out as warranted."

"I see you haven't changed. You're as brutally honest as always." said the Hokage. "Can you tell me what happened to the ROOT members to put them in that state?"

"Naruto-kun made a seal over this room that has a number of interesting effects." said Hanako. "One of them is it drains someone caught in the seal of their chakra until they die. I didn't have to lift a finger to defeat those two. I decided they might have information of use, so I decided to deactivate the seal at the last second and let them live."

Hiruzen sweat dropped. "You're kind and merciful as ever Hanako-hime." he said with sarcasm in his voice. "What of Danzo?"

Hanako explained, "Danzo had young Uchiha Shisui's Sharingan implanted in his eye socket and was trying to use its genjutsu abilities to manipulate my thoughts into joining him. Judging by that and whatever abomination Danzo's right arm is I'd say it's obvious he looted the bodies of the dead Uchiha clan and may have had something to do with Shisui's murder rather than Itachi. The body was never found after all…"

Hiruzen asked, "What did he hope to gain by getting you to join him?"

"Danzo appointed himself to be your successor and wished for me to become a Village Elder in his new regime." answered Hanako. "Apparently Homura and Koharu didn't make the cut. At any rate; I saw through it with my byakugan and after crippling him with Naruto-kun's chakra drain seal I removed him and that eye from the playing field. He was annoying me with his pompous speech anyway." Hiruzen and Hanako both noticed every ANBU in the room was slack jawed and wide eyed behind their masks as they listened. Hiruzen didn't blame them, but Hanako said in a tone that would freeze hell, "Don't you children have work to do?" and they immediately jumped back to work.

Hiruzen stifled a snort. "Is there something to report ANBU?" The head seal master ANBU Sloth came forward and said, "We have been unable to decipher the nature of this seal on Danzo-sama's chest Hokage-sama. I fear it could be dangerous to move the body. It may be a trap seal of some sort."

Hiruzen came over and looked the seal over. It wasn't familiar to him although it looked similar to some he'd seen. Sighing, he said, "Retrieve Uzumaki Naruto from the Hospital assuming he hasn't escaped already. The boy is notorious for breaking out of there. Tell him the Hokage has a seal that needs to be cracked immediately." Dragon gestured and two of the ANBU on guard duty vanished to the hospital.

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Konaha Hospital

Hinata was sitting up in bed having breakfast. She was told she was going to be released once the doctor gave her a final checkup. Other than being a bit sore here are there and her head hurting from overdoing it with her byukugan yesterday she was fine. Hinata had already been informed she needed to rest her eyes all day Sunday. Hearing a knock on her door and expecting a nurse she said, "Come in please."

When the door opened, she saw the last person she expected to see…her Father Hiashi. He said quietly, "May I come in Hinata-chan?"

'Hinata-chan…I don't remember the last time he addressed me in such a familiar manner. It was probably before Kaa-chan died…' Hinata turned to him with a stoic, very Hyūga look. "I'm in no position to stop you. Why are you here Hiaishi-sama?"

Hiashi did his best to hide it but Hinata's greeting stung like a slap in the face. She didn't even address him as Tou-san or even Otou-sama as she did on formal occasions. Hiashi asked, "May I sit down Hinata-chan? I only want to talk to you."

Hinata emotionlessly pointed to one of the visitor's chairs and said, "You aren't supposed to be here Hiashi-sama. Don't you have a clan to run? I'm sure it's far more important than wasting your time with me."

The Hyūga clan head remembered when he said he was wasting his time with training Hinata and chose to train Hanabi instead. He deeply regretted it now. He felt moisture in his eyes and looked at his eldest daughter. She wasn't even looking at him. He saw her profile and realized how beautiful she was becoming…just like her Mother Himawari. "I see you are growing your hair out Hinata-chan. It suits you well." he said warmly as he reached out to touch her indigo hair.

Like lightning Hinata slapped Hiashi's hand away and closed four chakra points in the process as she recoiled from him. Her face was etched with fury and her byakugan glare was as fearsome as her Obaa-chan Hanako's was. "You will not touch me!" she hissed in anger.

Hiashi cringed as he tried to get the feeling back in his hand. "Do you loathe your own Father's touch so much Hinata-chan?" The heartbreak in his voice was evident. "I've wanted to see you every day since you left. You do not know how empty life is without my two precious daughters near me. Please talk to me Hinata-chan. I-"

Hinata's eyes locked with his. "What's with you calling me Hinata-chan anyway? It's been a decade since you addressed me as anything but 'Daughter' or on rare occasions 'Hinata.' Whatever your game is I'm not playing it Hiashi-sama." She cast her stare opposite of him out the window. "You've done enough to me this lifetime. I won't let you or anyone else hurt me or Hanabi-chan ever again!"

She heard Hiashi say in a broken voice, "Do you hate me Hinata-chan?"

When she turned back she saw the tears in Hiashi's normally proud eyes. Hinata said in an emotionless tone, "I don't hate you Hiashi-sama; I just no longer care. What my so-called family did to me was torture of the highest order and you let it happen. Even if you were so oblivious that your own child was dying; Kō should have informed you though I doubt you would have listened even if he did."

"That's not true!" bellowed Hiashi as the tears burst forth. "I love you and Hanabi-chan with all my heart! Finding out what happened to you and that Himawari-chan was…was murdered is destroying me inside! I hate myself! I want to die! But I want to make it up to you even more. Please Hinata-chan, your Father is begging you. Please come home and let me make it up to you! Kō even tried to commit suicide after you struck him down. He is inconsolable at his failure to protect you!"

"And I suppose he was oblivious to my injuries as you supposedly were?" asked Hinata.

Hiashi did his best to recompose himself for a minute though he still was obviously a wreck. "Kō informed me he was aware of the physical torture you were enduring but not the poison. The Elders informed him it was being done at my orders so there was no need to report it to me."

Then Hinata retorted angrily, "And he believed them because he thought you were the kind of monster that would actually sentence his own child to that kind of torture! What does that tell you Hiashi-sama?! Even worse he didn't report it to the Hokage or anyone outside of the clan in a position to help me. Kō can go to hell in my opinion! I will shed no tears at his passing–and I still don't believe you were totally unaware. But then again you were ignorant enough to let Kaa-chan die!"

"I DIDN'T KNOW!" cried Hiashi. "You and Hanabi-chan are all I have left Hinata-chan. You are the heiress to the clan. I swear on my eyes and my name I will make it up to you if it takes me the rest of my life!" He breathed heavily for a few moments to calm himself down.

Several hospital staff members came rushing in at the yelling. Two ANBU were there as well.

"Just leave Hiashi-sama." said Hinata. "You are making a spectacle of yourself that is unbecoming of a clan as so-called noble as the Hyūga."

Seeing the two ANBU Hiashi realized he had no choice but to leave. He said quietly, "I promise you Hinata-chan; if you will just give me one chance I will make everything up to you and more; please."

"You've said your piece, just go away." said Hinata. Once she was sure Hiashi was escorted away by the ANBU Hinata broke down into tears and cried her heart out. She wanted to scream. It went on a few minutes until Maya and Naruto came in to comfort her before she finally calmed down…

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Naruto was cradling Hinata against his chest while she rested her eyes. She had asked him to just hold her for a while and Naruto obliged. Seeing her crying really tore him up inside. About that time two ANBU arrived; Crow and Lizard. "Uzumaki Naruto, Hokage-sama has ordered us to retrieve you to crack a seal of urgent nature so please come with us."

Naruto growled and was about to retort that Hinata was more important when Maya said, "It's Hokage-sama's orders Naruto-kun. You need to go." Hinata nodded in agreement and gave him a small squeeze which Naruto returned.

"All right. Let me get some clothes on." Naruto said with a sigh. (He was still in his hospital gown with a robe). Ten minutes later he was decked out in full combat gear along with his sealing supplies. "Let's go." he said.

"What happened to the atrocious orange kid?" asked Crow jokingly.

"You just went up near the top of my shit list Crow; you might find some interesting surprises next week." said Naruto with a bone chilling smile that showed his lengthened canines.

Crow said sweating, "Sorry Uzumaki; my bad."

"Whatever; let's just go." said Naruto.

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Natsume Clan Home

Naruto arrived at the Natsume dojo with Crow and Lizard. He saw Hiruzen and Hanako talking. "What's up Hanako Obaa-chan; Hokage-Jiji?"

Hanako started snickering in spite of her best efforts. "He calls you Hokage-Jjji to your face?!"

Hiruzen sweat dropped and tuned out Hanako's barely hidden laughter. "Naruto-kun, that man's body over there has a seal on his chest that may be potentially dangerous. Our ANBU seal masters can't figure it out. Will you please have a look at it?" Naruto looked at the body. He saw the face was covered but he'd need to see it to make sure he hadn't missed anything. Fortunately (or unfortunately) Naruto stumbled across one on Orochimaru's hidden labs when he was twelve. It was sad to say but a large part of Naruto's innocence died that day. Despite the trauma that lasted a while; after what Naruto saw in that hellacious lab seeing a corpse wasn't a big deal. He heard Hiruzen say to his ANBU. "I want you all to give your full cooperation to Uzumaki Naruto-kun."

The ANBU seemed uneasy with the idea of letting a sixteen-year-old academy student defuse a potential bomb when they couldn't but Naruto had them strip the body and he started deftly applying seals with his ink and brush over the whole corpse before he said "Seal!" All the seals Naruto added to the body glowed and then vanished and a trigram-based seal appeared. The seal masters all gasped at both the speed and accuracy the boy possessed. "It seems this seal is based on the Four Symbols Seal that draws chakra out of something." said Naruto. "However, the outer pattern would reverse the effect causing it to draw in everything around it. It's a suicide seal."

Naruto turned to Hanako. "Hanako Obaa-chan; you didn't happen to use the chakra disruption/drainage seal on this old man's body before you ran him through, did you?"

"That I did Naruto-kun." said Hanako pleased that he'd figured it out.

"That's good Obaa-chan because if you hadn't you and this dojo would have been eradicated by this seal when he died." said Naruto seriously. "Let me remove this and then you people can figure out that freaky arm." Naruto quickly painted a three point seal over the four point seal and disrupted it. Then he painted and additional four point counter seal which removed the entire sealing array. "There, it's done. This body is harmless now." Then Naruto added. "Just what I wanted to do; look at a shriveled, ancient, wrinkled corpse this morning right after breakfast. Yuck. I would be interested in looking over the notes used to create this though. It's nothing incredible but it is innovative."

Hiruzen smiled, "I believe that you could benefit from studying Danzo's notes along with our ANBU seal masters Naruto-kun. You could increase your sealing knowledge. I believe that would be an appropriate reward for your hard work along with A-ranked mission pay. I think you might be able to shed some light on what our seal masters can't in Danzo's library."

Naruto looked at the Hokage. "That's Danzo the mummy man? I didn't even recognize him without all the bandages. What did he do that made you kill him Hanako Obaa-chan?"

"He annoyed me." said Hanako matter of factly as the whole room filled with grim silence. Then she said. "You did very well Naruto-kun. I am proud of you. You didn't even swear once."

Naruto smiled shyly; he wasn't used to receiving praise from anybody and hearing it from his favorite Obaa-chan made it special.

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Konoha Hospital

Sai awoke feeling the back of his tongue burning briefly where the restriction seal Danzo placed there was. It was a strange sensation and then he realized he was in a hospital bed. 'The last thing I remember was Cockroach's foot coming towards my face after she sent me through that stand with a kick to the ribs. Judging by the smile on her face she seemed to be enjoying it too; I wonder if my team accomplished its mission. Pig isn't that competent but Bug Boy is. Perhaps he was able to pull it off.'

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ANBU Prison

"You're free to go Haruno. Here's your stuff. Don't forget to fill out your after-action report for your sensei. You might want to shower too." chuckled Anko as she led Sakura out of the ANBU prison after a cozy overnight stay. Sakura's hair was matted and she had bags under her eyes.

'Sensei is evil, diabolical and a mad woman! We should kick her ass Shannaro!' said Inner Sakura.

Sakura shook head mentally. 'Are you kidding? Sensei would beat us to a pulp! Even Naruto and the other troublemakers behave in her class! She must hold something over them. I wonder how our team did…"

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Konoha Hospital

A much-calmed down Hinata was released from the hospital along with Maya at nine in the morning. "I wonder if Naruto-kun is home yet Maya-chan." said Hinata conversationally to her best (female) friend.

"I don't know Hinata-chan." said Maya. "Look, there's Ino." The two girls went over to see the sassy blonde kunoichi only to find she seemed uneasy around Hinata. "What's wrong with you Ino? You look more nervous than a cat in a room full of rocking chairs." said the silver haired girl.

"I just thought Hinata was angry with me." said Ino. "Whatever I did I'm really sorry Hinata."

Hinata raised a perplexed eyebrow. "Why would you think I was angry at you Ino? I know we're not best friends but we are friends, yes?" Then Hinata's eyes narrowed. "You didn't do something that would anger me did you Ino?"

"No, no! Honest!" said Ino sweating. "The way you were after me yesterday frightened me. I thought you were trying to kill me or something for something I did in the past."

Hinata said, "Ino, you were on the enemy team and running like a frightened rabbit. I was trying to eliminate you but I had to break off and rendezvous with Maya-chan. I'm not mad or anything and it was nothing personal. Personally, I would rather have taken out Sai for calling me 'White Eyes' all the time but Maya-chan had already wrecked him good."

"Oh." said the relieved blonde. "I'm glad we're still friends then. I seriously thought you had a death wish for me."

After a much happier Ino trotted away, Maya said, "What a weird girl. Of course; she does like Sasuke." The Natsume heiress just shook her head.

"She's been rather interested in Naruto-kun lately as well." said Hinata with slight irritation in her voice.

"I noticed that too Hinata-chan." said Maya. "Hopefully she'll back off before we have to lay down the law."

By lunchtime all the kids were filling out their after-action reports. On the front was a standard after action report like one to present to the Hokage. On the back were more pointed questions such as:

Did you formulate a battle plan? Red and White teams formed plans, Blue and Black teams had rough plans that fell completely apart.

Did you protect your teammates? Emi and Choji cringed; they'd been laughing hysterically at Sasuke's death-and left him with the bill for their lunches.

Did you stay organized and have a plan to meet up in case you were separated? Shino and Ino went pale; it had been dumb luck they'd met in the food court when they were hungry later.

How good was your teamwork? Red team and White team felt they did okay, Blue team was worried; and Black's teamwork was nonexistent.

Did you make an effort to get along with your teammates? Sasuke and Sai claimed yes but they were delusional…

Homework was a sobering experience…Everyone was dreading their sensei reading these reports but didn't dare gloss them over. After action reports could be used as court documents later so they had to be concise, precise and above all, absolutely truthful.

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Shimura Danzo's residence

Naruto was carefully disarming multiple seal traps while the ANBU were cleaning the place out. He'd already been informed that ANBU Commander Dragon was writing him and excuse so he could fill out his report for Yūgao later. There was still a faint smell of sewage in the house but aside of that the work wasn't too difficult. Masses of files and papers were being hauled out.

After a few hours the ANBU found there were more secret passages that were filled with traps than most of the village combined. Dragon saw Naruto disarming the security seal to Danzo's main office. He said, "Good work Uzumaki. Your help has been invaluable. I'm going to talk to Hokage-sama and Yūgao. I could use someone like you on call. For all that matter, I wonder if you would be willing to teach fuinjutsu courses to ANBU. You would be well paid of course."

"I don't even know what level your ANBU seal masters are at Dragon so I don't know how I'd go about teaching anybody." said Naruto uncertainly.

Dragon said, "Just think on it. We haven't had a seal master of your caliber since before you were born."

Naruto said, "I thought Jiraiya-sama was supposed to be good at seals."

"He is, make no mistake. But the stuff you're doing is way beyond Jiraiya-sama's skill level." Dragon pondered a moment. "Say, you wouldn't be working with the Arashi Seal Company that just exploded onto the scene, would you? They could use a man like you."

"I am the Arashi Seal Company Dragon; but that is classified per Hokage-sama. I trust you won't tell anyone?" asked Naruto.

After Dragon got over his shock he said, "Just you; all by yourself?"

"That's correct." affirmed Naruto. "People wouldn't buy the seals if they knew it had something to do with the Kyubi brat now, would they? Letting this leak could lead to very bad consequences; get my drift?"

"My lips are sealed." said Dragon seeing the boy in a whole new light. 'This kid is a genius!' the ANBU Commander thought to himself. He'd recently bought a (very expensive) floor cleaning seal and his wife was very happy. Considering all the sex he was getting since then Dragon thought it was the best investment he'd made in years. He decided to ask the Hokage if he could take Uzumaki around the village to increase their security seals and defenses.

If an invasion was coming in eight months, then it would be vital to reinforce all the seals that protected the village walls. They hadn't been seriously overhauled since the Third Shinobi War –and that was by the boy's mother; Uzumaki Kushina. It seemed that brilliance with fuinjutsu ran in the family…The more he thought about it; the more Dragon wanted Uzumaki's help. He wondered if the boy could be inducted into ANBU early…

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Inuzuka Clan Home

"So, you are filling out an after action report runt?" asked Inuzuka Hana (Age tewenty-two) to her little brother Kiba.

"Yeah, I'm trying to figure out how to put things." answered Kiba "Yūgao sensei is an ANBU so she's pretty strict."

"Hmmm…well, I guess I could help you." she said. "Let me see your rough draft." Hana carefully looked over the report and said, "So you lost your teammates and Akamaru but completed the mission. I was wondering how you got so beat up. Looks like you had a rough fight." She started underlining certain parts. "While this stuff is interesting it doesn't belong in the report. The nature of your teammate Shikamaru's death was appropriate but mentioning his last words isn't. Also, just say you were ambushed by Team White. You don't need to say that they attacked you like rabid pit bull terriers."

"I was trying to get the feeling across Hana-nee." said Kiba.

"After action reports are about facts, not feelings Kiba." said Hana. "They are supposed to be dispassionate and clinical. If your commander has further questions, then they will ask."

Kiba was soon busily rewriting his report the right way…

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Natsume Clan Home

Maya and Hinata got home only to find Aya and Hanabi were up and ANBU were guarding the dojo. Hinata asked, "What's going on at the dojo Hanabi-chan?"

Hanabi answered, "We don't know Hinata nee-chan. We've been trying to find out but they won't tell us."

"Is Hanako Obaa-chan okay?" asked Maya worriedly.

Aya replied, "Obaa-chan is fine. She sent out a shadow clone to make sure we had breakfast and told us everything was okay and to be patient. –Oh, and she told Hanabi-chan and I to tell you to do your homework."

Maya and Hinata sweat dropped. "Kami forbid we get a break…" said Maya. "Where do you suppose Naruto-kun is Hinata-chan?"

"Doing seal work I suppose." said Hinata. "His skills seem quite in demand lately."

Soon the two girls were doing their reports. "I'd say our Teamwork and planning was pretty good but we lost Sakura early." said Maya. "Maybe we should go over to her house and do these reports as a group."

"That's a good idea Maya-chan. Since we are a team we should check each other's work." said Hinata. After the two girls informed Hanabi and Aya they were going to Haruno Sakura's residence they took off…

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Shimura Danzo's residence

Naruto was berating one of ANBU's seal masters; ANBU Tortoise. "Seriously? Seriously; you call yourself a seal master?! Any idiot could bypass this seal!" said Naruto irritably as they looked at a door seal. "You just have to bypass it through disruption; you don't have to remove it. It's obviously keyed to Danzo's blood. Give me that brush and ink!" Naruto examined the said brush and ink and exclaimed. "This is low quality crap! Did you pick this garbage up at a discount craft store? This brush isn't good enough for house painting!" Naruto was obviously steamed by now.

He held up his own brush. "See this? This is a brush! It is a genuine sumi-e brush designed for calligraphy and ink wash painting. You have to mail order them from the Fire Capital. And the ink you're using doesn't even have a decent medium in it for chakra. The ink I use has thirty percent human blood in it as a medium to conduct chakra perfectly. Next to pure blood itself this is ideal. Who was the moron that taught you sealing ANBU?"

Commander Dragon was impressed. Obviously, the boy was a perfectionist. (Who would have guessed?) ANBU Dragon would have told Uzumaki to calm down but the boy was obviously on a roll (and Hanako-sama apparently had rubbed off on him).

Naruto gave ANBU Tortoise back his paint and brush. He face palmed and turned to the door they couldn't get to open and channeled chakra into it so the seal would show. He turned to the (now six) ANBU seal masters watching. "Observe a simple disruption seal." said Naruto. He whipped out his ink and brush and fluidly applied a disruption seal in a matter of seconds and said "Seal!" The symbols glowed and the previously impenetrable door swung open on its own. Naruto turned to his audience. "See? It's quite simple. This is the basics of the basics for chunin level sealing which is level four. How many of you knew this?"

"…"

"…"

No one raised their hand and Naruto said in a disappointed tone, "If you don't know this then you are not a seal master. I don't know what you are but this is embarrassing."

Dragon knew basic fuinjutsu but this boy had just effortlessly applied a very complex seal and said it was nothing! By hook or by crook he was going to enlist Uzumaki to teach his seal masters. 'Note to self: talk to Hokage-sama. I can't let this opportunity go to waste!' thought the ANBU Commander. Then he heard Naruto ranting about the quality of one of the seal master's calligraphy and compared it to an ink blot test. 'Yes, Hanako-sama has definitely rubbed off on him.'

Eight hours later Danzo's home was cleared out and Naruto broke over three fourths of the seals by himself while ranting and raving about 'utter incompetence' the whole way. If Dragon hadn't been in charge of his seal masters and their morale, he would have found the idea of an Academy student showing ANBU how to do their jobs amusing in a twisted way. Unfortunately, he was realistic and utterly appalled instead. This was just sad.

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Natsume Clan Home

Naruto was welcomed home by everybody and confided in Hanako Obaa-chan how shocked he was at the supposed 'seal masters' ANBU had. She chuckled and said, "You are very gifted with fuinjutsu Naruto-kun; don't judge them too harshly. On the other hand, I believe you could teach them a great deal."

"I'd have to teach them from the ground up Obaa-chan." said Naruto. "Half of them can hardly write correctly. If your calligraphy is wrong, then everything built upon it is too."

Hanako smiled. "I have no doubt ANBU Dragon and Hiruzen will be discussing it in detail Naruto-kun. Now that you've vented, I believe you still have unfinished homework to do. Off you go now. You have an early day tomorrow."

Naruto was just dreading Yūgao-sensei's reaction to the reports. Since they lost two team members he wondered if Red team would even pass…

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POSTSCRIPT:

A lot of character interaction this chapter. Next chapter the twelve students will receive their grades and Naruto's mad skillz with seals will come back to haunt him. The Hyūga family matters are still far from resolved and Hinata seems to have a bit of a grudge against her Father. Danzo is resting quietly in the morgue. How will Hiruzen handle that situation? See you next chapter. Blue out. 6/7/23