Naruto Hitman for Hire

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto and company. If I did, I would be eating more than Wal-Mart ramen and drinking the cheap soda and watered down coffee.

Chapter 14

(Twelve Tails Agency)

The jingle of the bell sounded as someone entered the front door. Tsunade Senju was asleep on the couch off to the side while a young woman with blue hair and a pair of sunglasses sat at the desk.

"Hello?" the young man said as he stopped before the desk. "This is Twelve Tails Agency correct?"

The dimness of the room didn't require sunglasses, but the young woman kept them on.

"Yes. How may we help you?" she said, her voice was low, sultry. She had aristocratic features and her hair was well past the small of her back that he could see it was a deep majestic blue that bordered on near black.

"I need to speak with someone who deals with…"

"I will conduct the interview and determine who you need sir." She said.

The man narrowed his eyes. "I'd prefer to speak with…"

"Hinata." Tsunade said from the couch.

"Yes Lady Tsunade?" the now identified Hinata inquired.

"If he refuses to speak with you, you have permission to throw him out." Tsunade said with a growl. Her forearm was covering her own eyes.

"Yes Lady Tsunade." Hinata said. Her sunglass covered eyes turned towards the man. "Will you speak with me, or will you be thrown out for wasting time."

"I just want to speak with one of your experts before I make a decision." The man protested.

Hinata stood with the grace of a jungle cat and the man found himself by the curb, his body numb before he could blink.

Back inside Hinata was sitting at the desk once more, her hands busy with sorting various files.

"That was very well done Hinata." Tsunade said. "How are your eyes?"

"They itch still, and everything is in black and white." Hinata said.

"Well don't use any chakra with them for the week. I don't want to mess up the connections too soon."

Hinata nodded. She'd been awake for two days and had inserted herself into the day to day workings of the agency as if she'd always been there.

Tsunade sat up and gave a yawn and as she stretched. "Have the others called in yet?"

"Not yet Lady Tsunade." Hinata said bowing her head down slightly.

"Sei still setting up her new lab?" Tsunade asked.

"Yes." Hinata liked the tech girl. She'd been the first one other than Tsunade that she saw once she woke up.

Hinata still blushed around Gaara and Nine. Hinata had recognized him the moment she saw him in black and white, but he told her in an even voice that he was Nine now, Naruto Uzumaki died in prison.

Hinata did not like how Yugito and Temari acted towards the whisker marked hitman, but Hinata knew it had been some time since the academy and she would take the time to get to know him as he was now, but she would still see flashes of "Naruto" in the man he was now.

"Shizune back from her date?" Tsunade asked.

"She's upstairs." Hinata said with a blush as she'd seen the kiss Shizune had gotten from their former client Anita "Amanda" Walker who had the radio show the Midnight Run that played here nightly. Nine called the woman Double A and teased Shizune with the air of a younger brother picking on an older sibling.

"You can finish that up later. Let's go for a walk." Tsunade said.

Hinata was still nervous in this new place, but Sei's language chip made understanding and speaking languages easier. Hinata however flinched and Tsunade knew the girl must have been abused by her clan for her to be so timid at times.

Of course Nine, Gaara and Yugito have been working on that as well. I pity any Hyuga we meet in the future. The blond thought. While she didn't really pity them, she knew that the three had an instant liking to Hinata and Tsunade knew that any harsh words or raised hands would be met by bombs, blades and bullets.

"So, how are you really feeling?" she asked Hinata. "And as your doctor I expect the truth. Don't give me Nine's answer of fine."

Hinata smiled a bit. She remembered Nine coming back the other day from an assignment looking like he'd been blown up and told Tsunade he was "Fine" but it took several hours of his healing factor to clear him fully.

"I still feel heavy." Hinata said.

"The bonding Orochimaru did to your bones. Your own healing factor is nearly as good as Nine's, but I don't want you to push yourself yet."

The blades that had popped out her fingertips had scared her badly, but they retracted and her fingers looked unmarked. Nine said she was a Hyuga with teeth and said he'd spar with her later once Tsunade cleared her for more than desk duty.

"D-Do you really think that I will be able to join the others?" Hinata asked.

Tsunade gave her a smirk. "Only if you really want to. I won't lie to you. We kill people. We do pick our jobs carefully, but what we do in the big game isn't nice." Tsunade said.

"Wi-Will we take missions in the Elemental Nations?" Hinata asked.

Tsunade shrugged. "Sometimes. Don't feel bad. None of us like the place anymore. Nine and the others and you as well have a huge reason to hate the place. My own losses have jaded my opinion and Shizune…well, she cares for us too much to leave."

"Lady Tsunade…I want to…I want to help them." Hinata had a slight blush and Tsunade could have been blind and saw it. She smiled. "You'll need training. You'll need to know how to use firearms as well as what weapons work well with you." Tsunade frowned as she thought of her own misadventures. "Yugito prefers to use blades, but she has a pair of silencers strapped to her back. Nine well his favorite are a pair of colts he modified as well as his sniper rifle." Tsunade remembered the damage the blond could do with that as well as the caster shells he made and shared with no one.

"And Gaara?" Hinata asked as they walked.

"Gaara likes explosions. I think it's a hold over from when he held the one-tailed Shukaku. But Gaara has a several double barrel Dillenger's." Tsunade remembered when the boy opened his jacket the last time she counted at least twenty of the little guns.

"And Temari-san?"

Tsunade smirked. "She likes her shotguns. She also has her skills as a ninja and carries a pair of bladed fans with her."

Hinata was thinking. "And Shizune?"

Here Lady Tsunade laughed. "Shizune loves the rocket launcher. She keeps it in a scroll as well as numerous rounds. She's got a few pistols as well her own skills from our time as a ninja."

Tsunade knew it was coming and answered. "The others really don't trust me with a firearm, as Nine will tell you the best place to be when I have one is several yards behind me behind concrete."

They passed a vendor and nodded but declined the hot dogs he was selling. They continued their walk.

"I…I would like to learn to be the teams field medic." Hinata admitted. "I was learning to be one on my own before I was kidnapped."

Tsunade smiled. "Great. I think I can also suggest the proper weapons for someone like you."

Hinata held up her hand. "I have claws."

Tsunade smiled. "That you do. But lets give you something for distance as well. Medics aren't to be the frontline of our operations."

Hinata walked with Tsunade and thought about her time with Twelve Tails and where it would take her.

Tsunade saw a nun sitting on the steps of Twelve Tails and frowned as she recognized her. "Fuck." The Slug Sannin said.

"Hey Mama Big Tits." The nun said and Tsunade felt her fist clench.

XX

(Elsewhere)

KA-BOOOOM!

Nine looked around the wall then across where Gaara was crouched with a huge grin on his face.

"You used too much."

The red head gave him a look. "They're dead."

"But I wanted to kill the one that insulted…" Nine began but Yugito put herself between them in the hall.

"Mreow. Behave boys. I'm sure some of the worms are still breathing." Yugito said as she pulled her curved knives.

She licked her lips.

"Not if I can help it." Gaara growled opening the tubes on his back and unleashing his sand. It swirled around his feet then surrounded him like a pet snake.

Nine scowled and loaded several rounds into his sniper rifle. "I hate gangs. They decrease the value of the neighborhood and make it difficult for good folk to live quietly."

The pair watched as the blond took up a position and sighted.

"You can't see them through all that smoke." Yugito said.

Nine remained quiet as he made adjustments then bit his finger and rubbed it on a seal.

"Aw crap." Yugito hissed and Naruto fired.

The blast that came from the end of the barrel wasn't one you would see normally. It was an inferno and it got bigger the further it traveled.

Screams from the other end of the corridor told them that the shots had hit. Nine fired twice more, both blasts of fire got results.

Yugito watched as Nine shouldered his rifle and drew his modified colts. "Ladies first."

She smirked and practically skipped down the corridor into the warehouse the gang formerly known as the Thrillers had been.

Yugito looked around. "Between his bombs and your blasting, there's nothing here for me to kill." She pouted.

"Next time kitty." Gaara said as they systematically walked around and put a bullet into each corpse's head. Yugito counted the bodies.

"Guys, we're two short."

Nine lifted his colt and without looking fired into a section of the wall. A moment later the panel fell open and two bodies staggered out and fell to the ground.

"Now we're not." He said.

Yugito shook her head. "I hate when you do that."

Nine smirked. "Call the client, tell them the neighborhood is theirs again." He walked away.

"Something is bothering him." Gaara said.

Yugito nodded. She noticed the difference as soon as the Hyuga girl woke up.

Her cell phone rang.

"Two here."

"Get your butts back to the office."

"Hello Baa-chan, enjoy your nap?" Yugito said.

"No time for your shit. We've got a big job. We're going to Roanapur."

Yugito froze. "No."

"Yes. Not get your asses here. We have to plan." Tsunade ordered and hung up without further word.

"Shit."

"What is it?" Gaara asked.

"We're going to Roanapur." Yugito said.

Gaara grinned.

Nine turned around at this and even he had a smile on his face.

Yugito sighed. "I hate that fucking town."

End

To Be Continued…

(Title to be determined)

AN: For those that aren't familiar with Roanapur, I ask you to see Black Lagoon First and Second Barrage. Or pick up the manga. Twelve Tails next adventure will be in Roanapur for the next part of the story. Haven't decided on a title yet. And no Konoha isn't done before you ask, I'm just moving this story to more fertile ground.

Roanapur. "You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy." To paraphrase Obi-wan Kenobi. It describes the corrupt city of Roanapur. Stay tuned for book 2.

I decided to break this story down into parts. I know you can hate me, but its better this way.