Naruto: Cautious Ninja

An hour later…

Up in the enormous dam at the ridge of the massive river, in a guard house situated safely on the east side of the structure, life was going splendidly for one particular individual.

Sitting at his large oak desk right next to a large window giving him a splendid view of the entire countryside, a short man dressed in a black suit with spiky brown hair, round sunglasses and a thin mustache was busy enjoying his lunch of lobster with a side of salad and potatoes, all the while using whatever free time he had contemplating his next big scheme.

Things were going quite nicely for the head of Gato Company up here. All he had was a fuck ton of time, money and places to look forward to visiting on his next corporate retreat. In fact, he was so stress-free right now the boss was deeply considering going for a stroll around the waterworks to see how the pumps were operating. But with so many employees already being paid to do the job for him, he quickly dismissed that option and instead made plans to go visit a hot spring this afternoon.

Life was great. He couldn't have asked for anything more.

However, just as Gato was beginning to break more legs on his high-class dish to slurp up the rich white meat hiding inside, there was a sudden knock on his front door shortly followed by the entrance itself being thrown open before his consent could even be given.

The boss of the establishment looked up uncaringly from his spot, where he saw his two bodyguards, a young man with white hair, marks under his eyes, wearing a purple hat and a blue hooded jacket, and a larger, shirtless man with scars, brown hair, tattoos and an eye patch, come strolling on in. Both of them had katanas sheathed at their waists and both of them looked really intimidating; the perfect muscle for the head of an international conglomerate.

Wiping his mouth with a serviette Gato looked back out the window. "This had better be important. I've got a lot of paperwork to get through, so make it quick." Yeah, it was a lie, but he just didn't feel like dealing with his tagalongs at the moment.

He gave them his back, showing his lack of interest in whatever they had to say. It was rather unfortunate that he wasn't paying them any mind as he failed to notice that when his two hands eventually stopped before his desk, both of them were looking quite nervous.

"It's… not really important boss… but…" Zori began with a stammer, "But uhh…"

"What? But what?" Gato asked impatiently. "Spit it out."

"Well, you see, several of our men were assaulted down in the village about an hour ago."

"Yeah. Yeah. Well. Not really several men… a lot of our men… well… most of our men, I should say," Waraji chuckled.

"Most? Did they get into a massive brawl down at the bars or something?" Gato asked, wondering if this case was going to give him a headache. Honestly, the people he was giving orders to were such slackers. None of them knew how to take care of themselves.

"N-No. The street crew said it was some blonde kid around this tall, wearing orange and a pair of goggles," Waraji stated while making an approximate guess as to the height of the offender with his hand, holding it up around his waist for illustration. "He did the whole gang in. Many of the boys needed to go to the sick bay because of broken bones."

"What are they? Babies?" Gato spat, scrunching up his serviette and tossing it onto his desk before glaring across at the two brutes in his room. "I didn't hire a bunch of wusses to patrol my streets! I hired a bunch of ruthless cut-throats from the trashiest places on this continent to suck this place dry of everything it had. Did those guys lie on their resumes or something? How the fuck were they beaten up by some tiny brat?"

"It wasn't some ordinary brat, boss," Zori spoke up again, making gestures in the air. "They said he was some kind of demon."

"Yeah. He fought like a monster. Like a wild animal," Waraji stated with a nod while sweating quite a bit. "I didn't believe it till I saw the boys that got beat up myself. Over sixty of them…"

"WHAT?! SIXTY?!" Gato leapt out of his seat. "How? How is that possible?"

"W-We don't know!"

Gato fumed. "Well… who's the dead brat that took em out?"

This sounded dangerous. A boy only a few feet tall whose balls hadn't even dropped yet was able to take on a contingent of his mercenaries and win? That wasn't right, nor was it normal.

"We don't know. All we got was a description of the runt from the guys. Nothing else," Zori stated.

Gato clenched his fists before ramming one into his desk, shaking his pens and papers out of place. He then pointed towards the two firmly, "Get Jako off of his lazy ass and send him down there to hunt the brat! I want him found and brought to me dead or alive… I don't care. Just deal with him." The simplest action was the easiest course. Surely it wouldn't be that difficult. "And get Crow out of his fucking nest. I want him up here ASAP." The two men nodded before making haste for the exit, literally sprinting out of the office.

Though Gato didn't look it, the man knew this dance well.

Sixty of his men. That's over fifty percent of the people he hired to enforce his rule over the village down below. Because of their high number he figured, no, knew he wouldn't get any trouble out of the locals and would be able to carry on operations peacefully and without interruption.

However, when it seemed like he had a tight enough hold over the people, something small and piercing managed to slip unexpectedly into his midst.

This kid, or so he was told, he knew right then and there from the casualty report that he was a spider with a nasty bite despite how tiny he was. Venomous too. A person with strength like that, able to wipe out half of his men down on the valley floor, could easily undermine his whole operation here if he got too cocky and started thinking he could take on his armies here.

Problems similar to this had arisen in other places too.

Well, all you needed to have to deal with this kind of issue was a big enough shoe to stomp the pest out…

XXX

Sometime later…

Elsewhere…

Being more than happy to help out someone in need, Naruto paid for both his ramen and Tayuya's when he took her to the only place in the village that sold it. The two of them pretty much gorged themselves on noodles and broth, more so the red head then the blonde, and ate over a dozen bowls apiece at the stand, much to the astonishment of the chef. After which they then parted from the restaurant with sated bellies and sweeter songs playing in their hearts. The blonde greeted sunlight for the second time that day with a stretch and a groan, while the young musician accompanying him continued to hold her flute to her chest and look with interest towards the ninja in training.

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