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"For D-Ranks, yeah." Naruto said, "But for C-Ranks, where you'll be facing enemy combatants, albeit just bandits? Not so much. No armour, no weapons other than kunai and shuriken…yeah, let's just say not good and leave it like that."
Sakura winced. "I'll talk to my dad about it."
"Cool. Oh. I have to give you something." Naruto said, "Wait here."
He trotted out and up to his apartment so he could access his inventory and pull out the [Chakra Strength Enhancement] Scroll he'd gotten from that spar with Sasuke before heading back. He'd tried to learn it before, but it required [Average Chakra Control] Level 20, so he was out of luck.
Sakura though…
"Here you go." he said as he entered the dojo, "A reward for your hard work."
"This is…a jutsu scroll?" Sakura asked as she gingerly accepted it.
"Yup. For Ninpō: Chakra Kyōdo Kyōka no Jutsu (Ninja Art: Chakra Strength Enhancement Jutsu)." Naruto replied, "My chakra control's too shaky to use it, but you? I think it'll work out."
Sakura was speed-reading the scroll. "This…this is what incredible!" she exclaimed, "Where'd you get it from?"
"I found it…in a Training Field I'm working at." Naruto replied, mixing truth and lies, "It's been abandoned for a while and Hokage-Jiji told me anything I found that didn't have someone's name burned or signed onto it was mine to keep."
"Wow…well…thank you, Naruto." Sakura said, still reading the scroll avidly, "This is…wow. It isn't Tsunade of the Sannin's Chakra Enhanced strength, but it is a step up from regular muscle power, that's for sure."
Naruto nodded. The Chakra Kyōdo Kyōka no Jutsu was a heavily watered down version of the Shodaime Hokage's Kongōriki no Jutsu (Adamantine Power Jutsu), one that every shinobi with sufficient chakra control could learn, unlike the parent jutsu. When he discovered that he couldn't learn the jutsu, he had read it physically.
"Don't use it instead of your muscles in training." he cautioned her.
"Hai, Hai…" Sakura said wearily, putting the scroll into her pouch, "Are we done for today, Naruto? I'm still tired from earlier."
"Sure thing, Sakura-chan." Naruto nodded, "See you tomorrow."
The pinkette bade him farewell and headed for home. Naruto looked at the scroll over by the remains of the dummy and grinned. Tomorrow, after the Academy, he would go and kick ass in Sub-Area Three of Training Ground Thirteen and break-in his new weapons.
He couldn't wait.
Elsewhere
In a room barely lit by stuttering candlelight, a masked individual, clothed so that their gender was undeterminable, knelt before a desk covered in papers. Behind that desk sat a man clad in a black and white kimono, with one arm and one eye bound in bandages.
"Report, Agent #35." the bandaged man ordered, his voice inflectionless.
"The Jinchūriki has been progressing well." the kneeling man replied tonelessly, "Each time he faces Uchiha Sasuke, he draws closer to achieving victory over him. He trains with Haruno Sakura three times a week and is otherwise spotted heading towards Training Area 13."
The bandaged man gave no indication that he was either pleased or displeased by this information. "I see. Have we acquired any leverage on the ANBU who guard the former HQ Entrance?"
"Negative." Agent Thirty-Five replied, "They are part of the current Hokage Guard section of the ANBU and their identities are classified beyond the ability of any of our agents to acquire."
This time a distinct look of displeasure flashed across the bandaged man's face. "Anything else to report?"
"Sarutobi Asuma has returned from his tour of duty with the Twelve Guardian Ninja." the kneeling agent stated, "He is currently residing in the Sarutobi Compound, but plans to move into the Amekage Apartments within the next three days."
A scowl crossed the bandaged man's face. "Curse that old monkey!" he hissed, "Arrange for an accident to occur to Sarutobi Asuma tomorrow; nothing fatal, but it has to put him out of commission for at least a week. Prep Squad One for an abduction mission in Training Ground Thirteen in two days time."
"Hai…Danzō-sama…" the agent said before fading out into the encroaching darkness.
Shimura Danzō, the Yami no Shinobi, allowed himself a small grin before turning his attention back to his paperwork.
The Weapon was as good as his.
The Next Day, Early Morning
Hidden Root Base
Shimura Danzō walked down the corridor of his base, the cane he held in one hand thumping against the white stone floor as he did so. The crippled old man had calmed down since his outburst the previous day and had since rethought his plan.
He would need to delay Sarutobi Asuma's move into the Amekage Apartments, so the little 'accident' section of his hastily formed plan was unchanged. The part that needed alteration was his ill-conceived attempt to snatch the Jinchūriki from Training Ground 13. Sarutobi was many things; soft on foreigners, soft on the domestic front, sentimental and weak about a great deal of things, but one thing he was not was stupid.
Doubtless he had ANBU watching not only The Weapon's home, but The Weapon himself. If the old monkey caught wind of his Ne Operatives lurking around the Jinchūriki that he was coddling, Danzō would be up to his armpits in ANBU before he could say 'knife' three times fast.
So then, the obvious thing to do would be to use Nuke-Nin (Missing Ninja) to test the brat first. That had been his first thought, but he had shot it down. Let foreign scum into Konoha? It was bad enough during the Chunin Exams, but honourless scum like Missing Ninja, inside his home? No.
So then, he would manufacture some missing ninja. Fortunately, Ne had a large store of foreign ninja apparel and weaponry that they had 'acquired' in the many years it had been active, both officially and unofficially.
Just to be certain, he was having the squad he had chosen modified with the Ninpō: Karada no Chōkoku (Ninja Art: Body Sculpting) technique, so their faces, at the very least, would look vastly different. That, combined with the different clothing, weapons and hitai-ate that he was going to provide them, would mask the origins of his men.
The operation had several possible objectives. The first would, obviously, be to kidnap the Jinchūriki and flee from Konoha, depositing The Weapon in one of the hidden tunnels outside Konoha that led to the main base of Ne.
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