Unveiling Shadows

"Good," he replied. He left her and walked back to his office. Ah yes, the Kyuubi jinchuuriki had made quite a few renovations to the nightclub over the year. Firstly, it was much bigger, both outwardly and inwardly.

Secondly, he had actually managed to rid himself of...the extra expenses that had been held behind bars previously. Some wisely joined him, and others joined their families in the next life for his purpose.

Either way, he made use of everyone that he needed to. It had garnered him quite a bit of support and funds, but it gained him just as much ire as well. Particularly, the ire of Takamura's enemies. Naruto couldn't count the number of assassins that had been sent to Konoha try and remove his head from his shoulders.

Yet, there was only one problem with that. Not too many knew that the empire by which Takamura had invested himself...had been taken over by the outcast of Konoha. It must have been hard for those assassins. How would they know who to target? Through Yugao's eyes, he was able to spot each one. He also swiftly assigned her to deal with them all. As expected of an Anbu, she truly was beautiful to watch.

Perhaps by the eighth month, the attempts slowed down. No doubt the pockets were running just a tad dry...or the bodies were becoming smarter. Either way...the only thing this served for Naruto was more blood to add to his arsenal, along with such wonderful memories of inner dealings that most would die to have.

Ah yes, speaking of his abilities, Naruto was now confident to say that he had a much better mastery over these strange techniques than he had a year ago. Of course, the training between him, Hana, Yugao, Izumi, and Uzumei had led to such delicious results that had bolstered his already expanding information base in combat. In fact, he had learned to do quite a few things. Wonderful things actually. And, now was the time to put those things to the true test.

The young academy student walked into his office and closed the door. He swiftly sat in his chair and released a breath. Even now, he could hear Hana's heart beating fast and she trained just a couple of floors below his own. Not even two minutes later did Anko and Ko come through the door. "You called? Also what's with Hana? She's in a bitchier mood than usual" Anko asked, hands folded.

Naruto shrugged his shoulders. "Maybe she's in her mating season. She's not your concern at the moment. How goes your assignment?" he asked. His back in his chair, he watched them step forward. He then heard the Snake Princess, his own cute little nickname for her, suck her teeth.

"They're willing to negotiate. Though I don't know what you want to achieve from Gato of all people. So he took over a country. That type of thing happens all the time," Anko said. Ko had to agree. Oppression, though cruel, was usually unavoidable within this world. Both watched the blonde swirl his finger around his glass, a smile on his face.

"Oh I don't particularly care about Wave Country. I did send their Daimyo his son in a cardboard box after all. What they do doesn't concern me, but his shipping business does. To be honest, dealing with his interference is becoming tedious. I didn't act sooner because I was busy establishing the structure that we have right now, but now is a very good time to remove that short, chubby waste of skin from his seat. Besides, if I can remove him then I have a rather interesting information hub station," Naruto claimed.

"And that's what we're doing?" Ko , to their surprise and slight frustration, Naruto shook his head.

"Not directly. I'll be handling that myself. No, I have another assignment for the both of you," he said to them. Both glanced at each other. The smile on his face unnerved them both, but that was nothing compared to the red glow of his eyes.

Naruto stayed behind to work for about another hour before leaving. As per usual he left Uzumei and Izumi in charge of operations while he slept. Though it had taken some time, both ladies were no adept at running this organization for at least a couple of hours while he was indisposed. He would long to see where they would be in the coming weeks when he wasn't there to look after them.

He had just arrived home and there was his most loyal confident...glaring at him like she wished to take his head off. Yup, most loyal confidant alright. "You know, they say frowning and glaring increases the chances of getting wrinkles. You're still young, Nee-chan. You should smile more," Naruto claimed.

"I'll smile more when you're behind bars," Yugao replied, yet it was obvious that last year's venom had quickly been replaced with mere disapproval. If anything, Naruto came to figure she was more annoyed by his presence than blatantly spiteful. Why just yesterday they had spent thirty minutes together talking on a rather normal subject...the 1000 ways you could murder someone with a kunai. Yay, progress.

"Heh, you'll miss this face if I left you alone. Besides, it's just gonna be you, me, and Uzumei again like old times for the next couple of months. Just like it used to be," He claimed. Yugao folded her arms. As one could tell, she had not gotten any closer to escaping the strangling grip the Kyuubi jinchuuriki had on not just her life, but also on Hayate's life. Granted, he had...been making rather reasonable demands as of late, but that only served to worry the Anbu. No matter what relationship they had, Yugao knew that Naruto held a burning hatred for Konoha. She had seen it every day. He was also growing stronger. Every day, for an entire year, he had been fighting with her. She watched his blood powers evolve. Each day was a little bit harder to prove dominance over him. Whether by his mind, through stolen memories, or by his body naturally strengthening itself, Yugao was afraid that there might come a point where she alone couldn't stop him.

The scary thing? She was sure Naruto knew it as well. "You're bringing the Uchiha along as well. There is no feasible way for you to allow the Uchiha to exit the village. Then there is you. You are still the container of the Nine-Tailed Fox. Konoha keeps tabs on you almost every day," she argued.

"Oh really? Well then, then I guess I'm getting away with all of these things because Konoha is letting me? Now that's not much of a game, Nee-chan," Naruto remarked. Yugao had no answer to that. Even if she did, Naruto didn't give her the chance to reply. He continued talking.

"Besides, I always was good at...thinking outside the box," Naruto claimed. That statement did not fill Yugao with much confidence. She didn't know what he meant by that either. She merely watched him enter his bedroom. Allow the purple-haired Anbu to first claim that she was not used to believing in god or any other spiritual beings. However, she found herself wishing she could pray to something to help her out of this situation.

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