The Other Nine-Tailed Fox

Mission continued

~Your p.o.v~
We were now in a boat going on with the mission even though Tazuna lied to us about the difficulty of this mission. "this fog is so thick, we can't see anything" Sakura said stating the obvious.

"the bridge isn't far now. our destination is just up a head." The man steering the boat told us. Up a head we could see the shadow of the unfinished bridge and the construction equipment on top, but barely. Still this bridge is huge!

"whoa....it's huge!!" Naruto yelled, earning a scolding from the man steering the boat

"why do you think we are traveling like this? cutting the engine and rowing, moving threw the thick fog, so they don't see us" Naruto covered his mouth with distress in his eyes while everyone else but Tazuna had a shocked look on their face.

"Mr.Tazuna...before we reach the pier, I want to ask you something" Kakashi called out but got no reply "the men who are after you, I need to know why. If you don't tell us, I'm afraid we'll have to end this mission when we get ashore". We all looked at him waiting for his answer, he grunted.

"I have no choice but to tell you. no, I want you to know the truth. like you said before, this is beyond the scope of your original mission. the one who seeks my life, is s short man with a very large and deadly shadow"

"A deadly..shadow?" Kakashi asked. "hmm. who is it?"

"you know him, or at least I think you heard of him, he is one of the wealthiest men in the world. The shipping magnet Gato". Gato....never heard of him.

"huh, Gato? of Gato transport?" Kakashi asked. "he's a business leader, everyone knows him"

"who?who?what?what?" Naruto asked.

"Gato...is a very powerful tycoon from a famous company that is true. but below that, with the same ruthless methods he uses to take over businesses and nations. he sells drugs and contraband. using gangs and ninja. it was one year ago..when Gato first set his sight on the Land of Waves. he came to our island and used his vast wealth to take control of our transport and shipping. anyone who tried to stand in his way just...disappeared. in an island nation, a man who controls the sea controls everything; finance, government, our very lives. but there is one thing he fears...is the bridge. when it is complete, it will join us to the land and that will break his control. and I am the bridge builder". Tazuna explained. I looked over at Sasuke and he was hiding his emotions like always.

"so that's it. since your the bridge builder, your standing in this gangsters way" Sakura realized.

"that means, those guys we fought in the forest, they were working for Gato" Sasuke added.

"I don't understand...if you knew he was dangerous, knew he'd send ninja to kill you, why did you hid that from us?" Kakashi asked.

"because the land of waves..is a small impoverished nation. even our nobles have little money. the common people who are building this bridge, they can't pay for an A or B ranked mission, it's too expensive. if you end this mission, when you drop me ashore, there will be no bridge. they'll assassinate me, before I reach home. but, don't feel bad about that! of course, my sweet little grandson he'll cry"..."grandpa! I want my grandpa!" he said trying to imitate a child's voice, but it was bad. Naruto and Sakura groaned in annoyance while I rolled my eyes. That was a lame ass guilt trip...it almost makes me want to just drop him. "oh and my daughter will condemn the ninja of the hidden leaves, denouncing and blaming you for abandoning her father and living her life in sorrow". They groaned once again at his bad guilt trip. "well, it's not your fault, forget it" he said once more. this time all but Sasuke sighed in annoyance, knowing we have to help him, but that lame ass guilt trip made us want to leave.