Silver Rider

PART 2
“UZUMAKI is in the HOUSE!!” A loud voice echoed.

“Our first guest is here,” Chouji stated.

“Troublesome and loud,” Shikamaru mumbled as he found another cigarette.

“I’m Naruto Uzumaki!!” said a blonde whirlwind. He stood at least 190 centimeters above sea level. He had broad shoulders and looked as if he could have taken on any troublemaker out there. He was dressed casually in a pair of black jeans and an orange t-shirt.

“And you’re friends are?” asked Shikamaru as he looked at the three younger people that came with the blonde man. He didn’t recognize them from the files he had read just an hour ago. He butted out the cigarette in his already filled ash trey.

“Meet Moegi, Konohamaru and Udon – Hackers and Internet-specialists,” said the blond as he waved over the three youngsters. They really looked like slackers. All three were actually mini-copies of the tall Scandinavian. Except that they weren’t blonde of course. But they dressed almost alike.

“They were not listed!” Shikamaru protested.

“Of course not – but you would most likely find them on the list on the worlds most sought after hackers,” said the blonde. “But they are my friends and they have agreed to help us out in this matter.”

“Why?” asked Shikamaru.

“Because we want to know the Silver Phantom or as you would say – The Silver Rider.” The little red haired girl stated with a wide smile. “And you want us to help you because we’re very good snoopers on the net. There are not a site we don’t know about.”

Shikamaru frowned and lit another cigarette.

“And don’t smoke around me,” the red headed girl hounded and grabbed the newly lit cigarette and killed it dead on the ash trey. “I’m allergic to smoke.”

“Shikamaru growled and totally ignored her and lit another cigarette. “You’re just a free loader, get used to it.”

The red headed girl pouted but let the man keep his poison – for now.

“So who are you guys? What’s your specialty?” asked Naruto to bring peace in the camp again.

Chouji took it upon his shoulders to introduce his team to the tall Scandinavian. He knew that Shikamaru would think it was too troublesome to introduce them even if he was the unspoken leader of the group.

The next person to appear was Aburame Shino. He looked just as creepy as his love for the creepy crawlies in the world. He was dressed in a large trench-coat and Kiba really didn’t want to know what the hell the guy had in his pockets. And also Kiba disliked the fact that the forensic detective wore very dark shades. So dark that Kiba really doubted that you could see anything through them.

“Coffee anyone?” Kiba asked and went over to the coffee making machine. He needed to think about something else but that goofy looking trench coat and everything it might hide.

“I would rather have tea,” the forensic detective calmly.

“Tea… of course, what about you Naruto?”

“Yes, coffee for me,” the blonde grinned widely.

“No, you’re not supposed to have coffee boss!” the young man named Konohamaru said. “He’ll have some juice or lemonade. Just about anything because you really don’t want him to have coffee.”

Naruto glared at the young man but gave up in the end and settled for a glass of water instead. He loved coffee, he loved the way his mind began to spin after drinking it.

The next ones to appear were the dreaded Desert Trio. Moegi covered behind Naruto, hoping that her idol would keep her safe but she couldn’t help but glue her eyes towards the blonde woman that was dressed in a classical dark blue gi and black silk pants. The blonde woman looked a bit different from what Moegi had seen from pictures, but she still looked stunning.

Shikamaru rose from his chair and went over and held out his hand to the blond woman with the piercing blue eyes.

“Welcome, I’m Shikamaru.”

“I’m Temari… got any coffee here?” The blonde asked as she roamed over the room with her blue eyes. She was not much for introductions and would rather have her coffee than be socializing with what she thought were brats. Although the pineapple head didn’t look all that bad.

“Kiba, give her a cup of coffee,” Shikamaru ordered. Better to play safe with these guys. “Do any of you guys want coffee or perhaps tea?” His dark grey eyes looked at the blonde woman’s two companions.

“I go with coffee,” a man with strange paintings on his face came forth and walked over to the coffee machine. His black clothes and black cap made him look like a Black Ops-guy. On his back he carried something that looked like giant scrolls.

But Shikamaru wasn’t the one to pry into other people things so he ignored it.

“Tea please,” a cold voice said from behind the blonde woman. And as he stepped forward Shikamaru couldn’t help but shiver again. This guy held an aura that just screamed “KILL”. The young man, he didn’t look a day older than eighteen, was dressed in a pair of loose burgundy trousers and it was matched by a silk shirt in the same color. This was the infamous Gaara of the Sand.

“Of course. Kiba please give him a cup of tea,” Shikamaru stated as he went back to his desk and sat down, his feet went up and his hands went to the package of cigarettes but this time he didn’t fish out a new poison stick. He just fiddled with it.

“So… we’re hunting a legend ehh?” The blonde woman named Temari said as she sat down on Shikamaru’s desk, next to his feet. “What do you think about it?”

“I rather talk about it when we’re all gathered,” Shikamaru stated.

“Ehh?” She answered.

“Meaning, he thinks it’s too troublesome to go through the same discussion twice,” Kiba chipped in as he handed the blonde woman her coffee mug.

“What?”

“He’s a genius or so they say but he’s also lazy as they come,” Kiba grinned widely, happy to make the genius as uncomfortable as possible. “So if you’re trying to get a rise out of him… good luck….!”

The blonde woman just raised her eyebrows a bit. Sounded just like a challenge to her. ‘Get a rise out of him is hard? I wonder how hard he can be once he got his things up then?’

“I hear that Viagra can make wonders too,” Kiba said just before he disappeared.

Shikamaru silently decided that he would kill that dog-nosed guy as soon as he worked up a will to do so but right now… it was just too troublesome.

“Che!”

“You sound like my brother when you use that so called word,” Temari said with a smile and winked at the so called lazy genius.

“Which one of them?” asked Shikamaru and this time he fished out a cigarette and lit it. He then held out the package to the blonde woman but she just shook her head.

“Gaara, he’s not very talk-active you know.”

“So do you know why you have been called to be on our team?” asked Shikamaru as he filled his lungs with smoke.

“If the World Government wants to dispose of the Silver Devil – we’ll do it,” Temari said coldly. “If the orders come – the Silver Devil will be one helluva dead guy…”

Temari flipped open a fan and Shikamaru could see the razor sharp tips and fanned her face with it in a geisha-like manner. He didn’t doubt her words. The Silver Rider was a dead man if the world’s government wanted him so, especially if this team was on the case. Neither of the three had ever failed a mission. Read – they had never failed in killing their targets.

‘Troublesome woman..’ Shikamaru thought as he took another drag on his cigarette. ‘Troublesome siblings…’

“Hi…. I’m Moegi…,” a young voice cut in. “I’ve heard about you Temari – is it true that you dress up as a geisha and then uses your fan to terminate your targets?”

Temari looked at the red haired girl and she could clearly see the admiration glimmer in those dark brown eyes. The blonde smiled and nodded before answering the question.

“Yes, it has happened that I’ve dressed up as a geisha to get close enough to my targets. But how is it possible that a young cutie like you have access to such classified information?”

Moegi didn’t miss the deadly threat that was lurking behind Temari’s words. If this had been anywhere but this room, Moegi was sure that she would be dead meat. But she got help from Naruto as he stepped forward and flashed one of his brilliant smiles.

“Miss Temari,” Naruto began.

“Just Temari,” she cut him off.

“Huh?”

“Just Temari, no miss, just call me Temari.”

“Well, Temari, you see – Moegi here is a hacker and together with Konohamaru and Udon over there,” Naruto pointed towards the boys, “together they can get to any database or computer system they want to. They are the best of the best. And when Moegi here learned about you and your techniques she became a fan of yours.”

Moegi laughed nervously behind Naruto but nodded to the blond giant’s words. It was true. He was not just winging it for the blue eyed woman. It was the God honest truth of the day.

“Really now?”

“Yeah, she has followed your assignments all over the world. She has even started to collect fans too and I believe she has quite the lot of them by now,” Naruto said as he put his arm around his young friend and smiled at her.

Now this made Temari smile too, and this time more friendly and with a few quick movements she had produced a mini-fan from one of her pockets and handed it over to Moegi.

“There you go; it’s yours if you want it. And if there is any time over during this mission I’ll even show you how to use it properly,” Temari said to the beaming girl.

“REALLY??! THANK YOU MISS TEMARI!!!” shouted Moegi and flung herself around the stunned blonde’s neck.

“Perhaps you can find time and give me a course in using fans as a weapon as well?” a woman’s voice came from the door.

Everyone looked up and saw a young woman dressed in a Chinese dress step into the office. Her black hair was tied up in a two tight buns and she smiled wickedly as she noticed that everyone’s eyes began to notice all the weapons that were strapped onto her figure.

“And you are?” asked Temari as she gently let Moegi down on the floor again.

“Tenten I presume,” Kiba butted in as he walked over and held out his paw towards the newcomer.

“Yes, and you are?” the Chinese woman said as she took his hand.

“I’m Kiba, and man…. You smell good!!” Kiba leaned closer to take a whiff out of her scent but was met with a fist.

“Careful there Romeo… Lee does not take lightly when a man tries to work his cheap magic on our friend,” a baritone voice echoed from behind the woman.

Kiba raised an eyebrow when a person stepped forward. ‘Ehh, and I’m looking at a….??? The voice and smell tells me that this is a man… but the looks… he’s a woman?’

“I’m Hyuuga, Neji… I’m Tenten’s co-worker and this…” Another person stepped forward.

A very green clad person with a brilliant smile that could rival the smile of that Scandinavian detective…

“And this is Rock Lee… the martial artists of the world…” the She-Male (in Kiba’s head), stated. “And we are here to report in to a Nara, Shikamaru?”

“That would be me,” Shikamaru drawled as he walked towards the new trio. “I’m happy to have you on our team.”

“So, how are we standing at the moment?” the long haired, very female-looking man asked as he followed the smoking pineapple to his desk.

“We’re still missing one person… but otherwise we’re complete,” Shikamaru stated.

“Good, do you think he/she will show up soon?” asked Neji.

“Yeah, not long now,” Shikamaru agreed.

“Good, I would hate to waste time,” the effeminate Jyuuken-master stated as he let blank white eyes wander around the room, over each and everyone that had gathered there.

“It’s just the retard-boy that’s missing now,” Kiba said as he whirled around trying to make sure that he was on good foot with everyone.

“Retard-boy?” a dark voice came from the door.

‘Please God, let me die now…’ Kiba thought as he turned around and faced a black haired man with swirling red eyes.

“Everyone, meet – Uchiha Sasuke,” Kiba said with a plastered smile, he just hoped that would get him off the hook.

Everyone mumbled, said their hi’s towards the newcomer.

“So is everyone gathered now?” asked Naruto.

“Ahh, I think they are…” Shikamaru mumbled and got up. It was time to play the leader. ‘How troublesome…’

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