Chapter 32

A/N: Naruto's and Yugito's mission are going on simaeltaneously, But Samuio's got a late start, k? No questions!

Last Time:

She and cat locked the Check out desk and the Armory back up and headed back to the Guards office.

Now:

~ Naruto – Barracks ~

Naruto groaned as he made his way through the air vents. There were various cobwebs and event he occasional spider all around the vents. 'You'd think they'd at least keep this place clean..' Naruto thought as he made his way to a grate that had light shining through it. He looked down to see dozens of industrial sized ovens and stoves. A stout pudgy man was grumbling as he cleaned out the machines. "Alright, this is the kitchen.." Naruto mused as he made his way to another grate with light shining.

He quietly looked down to see various people dressed in hairnets and aprons wiping down rows and rows of tables. "Mess hall.." Naruto muttered as he kept on crawling through the vents. He walked on through the dark for roughly half an hour until he came to various rows and rows of grates. 'What's this?' Naruto thought as he approached the grate. He looked down it to see various rows of beds. 'How many men are being stationed here?' Naruto thought as he tried to count the rows and rows of beds.

'There are several rows of bed going vertically and about.. Twelve beds going across. They're bunk beds, so their numbers are well past the double digits, maybe into the high hundreds..' Naruto thought, but was quickly shaken from his thoughts as a commotion occurred down in the barracks. He watched as every ninja ceased what they were doing and bowed. A large man in white robes with a sandy lining walked through the rows and rows of men.

He was wearing a hat with the kanji for Kazekage. Behind him, a platoon of ninja wearing outfits with a purple color scheme walked in a diamond formation around another man. This man wore robes similar to the Kazekage, but with a purple trim around it and the kanji for "Sound" on it. 'Who's he…' Naruto asked as he swiftly made his way past all of the vents in the ceiling. He continued walking until he reached the other side of the door of the barracks.

The men walked towards the end of the hallway and stopped at a large metal gate with various seals inscribed on it. '…That's a sealing tag..' Naruto thought as he began walking faster and faster along the vents. He managed to get past the vent over the gates as the Kazekage and the men from Oto passed. Behind them, the door glowed a pale white and sealed itself shut. Naruto grew slightly worried, but continued walking until the men finally arrived at a large office.

This office looked like a fall out shelter, thick walls adorned with weapons and scrolls and no visible windows. Naruto looked on as the man from Oto spoke. "Have all of the preparations been made?" A slimy voice asked. "Yes, Gaara has been caught and put in a holding cell in the armory for now. All of our men in this bunker are ready to march in a day's notice." The Kazekage replied as he took a seat behind his large oak desk. "Good, any word from Konoha?" The man asked once again.

'Konoha? Are they in on it too or are they the recipients?' Naruto wondered as he took out a small voice recorder and set it to record. "Konoha doesn't suspect a thing. As far as they know, they're just hosting the Chunnin exams and Suna is sending a few teams to participate." The Kazekage replied, making the figure in the white and purple robes chuckle darkly. "Interesting how easily loyalties shift, huh, Kazakage-dono?" The slimy voice asked again.

"You and Konoha have been long time allies, yet here you are planning to plunge the knife into their backs." The voice finished. "You're one to talk." The Kazekage shot back with venom in his voice. "I suppose I am.." The figure said as he took off his hat, long black hair cascaded down his back. The man had sickly looking pale skin and eyes that seemed to belong on a snake instead of a man. 'Orochimaru..' Naruto said internally. This man gained infamy as the great traitor in Konoha and as one of the three legendary Sannin.

He was no one to trifle with. "So how is that insane son of yours?" Orochimaru asked with a hint of glee in his voice. "That psychotic demon is no son of mine. /but I digress. Like I said earlier, we have him locked up in the armory. He's going insane in there, but most of our seal experts have managed to reinforce his cell so that he can't break out." The Kazekage responded. "That's not going to help anybody.." Orochimaru replied. "What do you mean?" The Kazekage asked.

"We're going to need him smack dab in the middle of the invasion. So he needs to be in the middle of the arena." Orochimaru replied. "You're not serious, are you?" The Kazekage demanded. "It's dangerous to let him loose, he's unstable!" The man shouted, only for Orochimaru to laugh madly. "Of course it is, that's why it's the best plan of action." Orochimaru replied in his fit of maniacal laughter. "Explain.." The Kazekage said as he sat back down at his desk.

"Suna is attacking Konoha in a desperate attempt to prove to your clients that you're just as good as they are.." Orochimaru began with a mocking look on his face. "It's not just that and you know it! They've been cutting our budget back and all of our missions from wealthy clients have been sent to Konoha. Suna is barely afloat as is!" The Kazekage defended. "I don't really care for your excuses.." Orochimaru replied. "But if you really want Konoha gone, you have to wipe them off the map." Orochimaru started.

"With an enraged demonic Gaara in the middle of it all, your forces wouldn't have to fight much, hell he could potentially eliminate every one of the ninja's Jounin and down. Of course the higher ranks will have to be disposed of by us, but that's another matter entirely." Orochimaru said. "fine, we'll let him out of the armory and help integrate him into a team." The Kazekage relented. "Good, see that you do. As a matter of fact, let's go get him right now." Orochimaru said.

'Shit!' Naruto thought as hequickly pulled out his messenger. There was a message waiting for him from Yugito. "Objective Secured." Naruto read. "Good, Now get the hell out of there! The Kazekage himself and another guy are going there, and it's going to be trouble!" Naruto wrote back and sent. He waited for a few minutes and got a response. "Outside and en route to a nearby bar." Naruto read. He sighed and quietly lifted a ceiling tile.

The Kazekage and his guests had been gone for a while, and Naruto softly dropped down. He quietly walked towards the personnel files, but found the room to be full of filing cabinets. 'Shit!' Naruto thought as he walked towards the Kazekage's desk. He searched through the drawers, but found nothing. " Damn it!" Naruto muttered and slammed his fist down, only to hear a hollow sound. 'What's this?' Naruto thought as he knocked on the desk again.

"A hollow desktop?" Naruto wondered. He ran his fingers around the edges of the desk until he found what seemed to be a small handle. He pulled it to see the whole top of the desk prop open. Naruto looked through the files there and saw various plans for the invasion, a personnel list of ninja's that were to be sent in, a list of allies in Oto, and a full-blown plan for the invasion. 'Jackpot..' Naruto thought as he took the personnel info file and sealed it into his arm.

He then reached into his vest and pulled out a small scroll with the Kanji for "Infiltration" on it. He unraveled it and unsealed a small camera from inside. He then took the Camera and took pictures of the invasion plans to get developed later. Afterwards, he continued searching through the desk until he found another file labeled "Rough count". He opened it to see rough estimates of shinobis in the bunker and their skill level. ' 192Genin, 96 Chunnin, and 45 Jounin? Suna must be lowering their standards in order to beef up their forces..' Naruto mused.

He quickly sealed the documents into his arm again and looked to see a large button labeled "Security". He picked it up and pressed on to see Samui and Dog in the Record's office , Yugito and Cat's handiwork in the armory, and himself standing in the middle of the Raikage's office. He quickly moved to the station where all of the recording equipment was kept and ejected the security tapes from that night. 'This could have ended badly..' Naruto thought as he put the tapes on the scroll and sealed them.

He quietly walked back up to the ceiling tiles with the minimal amount of chakra in his feet. As soon as he made it back up the wall, he replaced the tile and made his way back to the surface.

~ Surface ~

Naruto quietly removed the large vent that stood at the ceiling of the barracks and stepped out. He stretched and then tried to screw the bolts back into the vent, only to be stopped by the feel cold steel around his neck. "You have five seconds to tell me what you were doing near our barracks.." A gruff voice said. Naruto turned to see a man standing 6'3 over him with a sword pressed right at his jugular. "Come on, buddy. I don't want any trouble.." Naruto said as he showed the man his hands pointing them downwards.

The man kept his eyes trained on Naruto, but made sure Naruto wasn't holding any weapons. "Alright.." The man said. Naruto dropped his hands, letting the kunai hidden in his cloak sleeve slip into his hand. "You're going to the Kazekage. Now move!" The man said. Naruto quickly grabbed the man's sword with his glove-covered hands and pushed it away. With a twirl of his hand, he seated the Kunai between his middle and fore fingers and gave the man a vicious uppercut. The Kunai quickly made it's way through the man's chin, past his mouth, and into his brain.

The man quickly fell and Naruto caught the body. 'Shit, what the hell am I supposed to do now?' Naruto wondered as he looked at the body in his hands. He turned to the vent and stashed the body inside. He quickly tightened the bolts on the vent and walked away, leaving no traces that he was ever there except the rotting corpse.

~ Stumble In Bar ~

Naruto quietly entered the bar in the northeastern sector of Suna. He quickly spotted Yugito in her tan cloak and took a seat next to her. "Pick your poison, pal." A bartender said as he came over to Naruto. "Scotch, on the rocks." Naruto said. The man nodded and walked to the liquor. "Scotch?" Yugito asked in a soft voice. "Gin makes me sweaty." Naruto replied nonchalantly. Yugito chuckled and went back to her beer. "Any word from Samui?" Naruto asked as he downed his glass.

"Nothing yet." Yugito replied as she checked her messenger. "This really shouldn't be taking this long.." Naruto muttered as he signaled the bartender to refill his drink. "OH come on, I'm sure she's fine. She's a big girl. She ties her own sandals and everything." Yugito replied playfully. Naruto smiled and shook his head at her attitude. "Maybe you're right.." Naruto muttered. "At this point, all we can do is hope." Yugito replied. Naruto nodded and took a sip of his drink.

A/N: Samui's up next, and things are going according to plan.. or are they? Maybe so, maybe not…