Six Shooter

Chapter 2: Two-lane blacktop

Naruto raced through the tree tops, he had felt the familiar chakra surge. He couldn’t be far now! After a few minutes he felt another strong surge of Chakra that he didn’t recognize, who was the teme fighting now?

Wasting no time He pumped chakra into his legs and sped on. They were still five minutes away and the battle could be over by then, Sasuke would be gone again. He started to panic pushing himself to go still faster, he couldn’t stand to fail when he was this close!

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The stranger put both of the Uchiha’s in sacks after tying them up and placing several Paralysis tags on them. It wouldn’t due to have them waking up.

He then heard the sound of someone rushing through the trees, probably an innocent.

“I wouldn‘t tread here if I were you!” He said loudly.

A blonde man wearing real ANBU armor landed at the edge of the clearing, “why should I listen to you?!” The voice was angry and slightly panicked.

“Because, there is a powder that will do you a lot of harm all over the ground. If you give me a minute I can get rid of it and we can see why you are so urgent.” With that said he went through the appropriate hand-signs and the dust gathered from the ground and reformed the small glass balls which he placed in his pouch before turning again to the ANBU.

“I see that you are a leaf ninja, Could you point me towards the gates of Konoha?” He said removing his gloves to reveal wrapped hands and his hood to let knee length hair fall in it’s long plait with a kunai on the end.

The ANBU gaped under his mask, who the fuck was this guy? Clearing his throat he spoke, “Two ninja were just here, where did they go?”

The stranger in black just pointed to the two bags which he was tying to a longish piece of bamboo so they could be carried across his shoulders.

“LIAR!!” Naruto rushed him only to find himself laying on the ground under the other man.

“No I am not lying, now that you have insulted me by trying to attack I demand that you take me to the village personally leaf nin.”

When no reply was immediately forth-coming the stranger dug his knee into Naruto’s lower back.

“Alright, I’ll take you, but one of those better be an Uchiha.” Naruto was let up and the stranger hefted up the bamboo, blood was dripping through the bags causing the blonde to start feeling nervous again.

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It was another day to Konoha and they had stopped to camp for the night, Naruto had taken off his fox mask and was making a fire while the stranger sat with his catch. The blonde was still wondering who was in the sacks but chose not to ask. Before they had started out the other had put several seals on them so they could not be opened or stolen, obviously the cargo was worth a lot to the man.

“I am going to wash in the lake I will return,” the man said as he stood and set off toward the beach that was about twenty feet away from the camp site.
Naruto watched him go, when he reached the waters edge he began to disrobe. The mask, bracers and grieves came off first, then the boots and trench coat. The mans face was hidden as his back was to the blonde.

As the shirt was pulled off tattoos and laced rings were revealed on his back. They started on his neck and went down to his lower back where they split to go down below his pants, when those were removed he saw that they went down the outside of his thighs coming to a point at his knee. Naruto just stared, watching the ribbon shift when the coffee skinned man moved. The stranger wound his hair up and pinned it into place with chopsticks before walking into the water.

The blonde turned away blushing, you were not supposed to get turned on by a stranger, and possible enemy during a mission! He started the ramen and forced himself not to think of the man that was bathing in the waterfall.

When he heard him approaching he mumbled that dinner was done.

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The stranger dressed in fitted black pants and a sleeveless shirt that covered his neck. The trench was on again as well as the grieves and bracers, but the mask was tied to the back of his utility belt.

He smiled to himself when the blonde looked up at him, shock showing on his face, he assumed it was the tattoos around his eyes. Sitting at the fire he decided to start a conversation as they had traveled in silence thus far.

“So what were you doing when you stumbled across me?” He asked smiling and looking over at his companion.

A sad look flashed across blue eyes before they hardened. “I was looking for someone.” he looked down so his eyes were hidden by his hair.

The stranger frowned. “oh… well what is your name?” he asked changing the subject.

“Naruto.” he didn’t look up.

“Well, I am Rock.” the other finally looked up a him, a soft smile graced his lips.

“Why are you tattooed like that?” the blonde looked far too innocent for his age in that moment.

“Well, I will tell you , but you have to tell me about those interesting scars on your face.”

The blonde seemed to draw in on himself, as Rock had expected. “Never mind, it is a personal question, gomen.”

“That’s alright. How long to Konoha?” he said with an easy laugh.

“we will be there tomorrow evening.”

Without word Rock moved to the tree and leaned into it and sought sleep.

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The next day they traveled in silence until they stopped for lunch. Rock had been watching the other out of the corner of his eye all day. Despite the ANBU mask the boy seemed very nervous, his head was often tilted in a way that suggested he was looking at the bags that were caked with dry blood. Rock shrugged it off as curiosity.

Lunch passed soon enough and they ere back in the trees and moving quickly toward Konoha. When they neared the gates at sunset they dropped to the ground and walked to the gates. The guards tensed when they saw the second masked figure.

“ I am a bounty hunter, and I wish to see the Hokage . I already have an ANBU escort.” Rock said, Naruto walked forward and words were exchanged before the gates opened to allow them passage.

They walked abreast through the town, people stared, several tensed. He could pick out the ninja easily, as they were the ones to follow at a distance. He wasn’t worried though, he would be gone by sunrise.

The climb through the tower seemed to take forever and he began to feel the effects of adrenaline corseing through his veins, oh the money he would be getting! The doors of the Kage’s office loomed before him and after some discussion they were admitted.

Behind the desk sat a rather well endowed blonde woman. He grinned underneath his mask. Walking forward he unceremoniously dropped his cargo on the floor and began undoing the seals he had placed on them. The Hokage gave a disapproving look, “ Is there a reason you had to come to me?”

“Yes, this is much to important for the regular sort of turn-in. and I am sure you will be thrilled to see who I have brought you.” the excitement was evident in his voice as he prefoemed the final hand seals. The bags disappeared and the two bodies uncurled and floated into the air seemingly laying on the air.

There was the sound of a chair scrapeing and Naruto rushed forward. “ Don’t touch or you will get a nasty shock.” He spoke softly as he stood up, all excitement gone.

That is when the fist flew, “BASTARD!!!”