Devils in the Background

Hostages?

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Mr. Takanaka smirked arrogantly, "Oh yeah *hiccup* we'll see about that!" Both anbu gagged as the smell of the drunk's toxic breath hit their noses. No one saw a little green lizard and bat carefully follow them to jail ...

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... Mr. Takanaka snarled as he held the phone to his ear, "What do you mean you won't help me?! Get me out of this mess! ... Liability my ass! ... I can report you-...that bastard hung up on me!" ...

Naruto sighed as his lizard stopped playing the video, "Can't blame whoever that is for dropping this shmuck, but seriously, we didn't even get a name and that number he dialed probably isn't listed or traceable ... I guess it was too much to expect all the answers to fall in my lap." He leaned back in his chair as he prepared for the next client. "You two try to get something out of the three other cases of Sparrow's. One should reveal something." Naruto frowned as he watched his bat and lizard leave. "I need to clear my head."

After leaving several clones to watch the shop he started walking towards town. It didn't take long to find the busy market place. The sign in the pizza place nearby gave him an idea to at least try and mess with this mystery man he's searching for and he mentally contacted his living tattoos ...

"This should be funny if not productive." Naruto smirked and continued looking through the stores. In the distance he could sense the unidentified anbu still tailing him. it was getting annoying so he decided to go to the park and lay on a bench.

"Naruto-nii, can you play with me?"

The tattoo artist blinked as he felt someone tugging his shirt, "Errr ... what are you doing here half pint?" He asked the little red haired girl.

A pout formed on the girl's mouth, "I'm Kana not half pint, Naruto-nii!"

"Ok, ok ... why are you calling me 'nii' all of a sudden?" Naruto asked as he sat up and looked at the little girl.

"Cause you look like daddy." Kana answered very bluntly.

"That's not a good reason." The blonde muttered with a sweat drop on his temple, "Errr ... where is your mother?"

"Shopping."

"Your sister?"

"School, I'm not old enough to go." She huffed making her cheeks puff out.

Naruto raised an eyebrow, "Your Dad?"

"He's the hokage so he's always busy." Kana said sadly.

"Right ... so you're here alone?" The blonde asked, now he was concerned. Kana nodded making Naruto sigh. He did know where their house was, but that didn't matter since he wasn't supposed to know so he can't just drop by, "You know, I bet your Daddy would love a break from his work." He grinned as he scooped up the giggling girl.

"You think so?" asked Kana who was beaming at the thought of seeing her Daddy.

"Yes he will." He chuckled at the big playful blue eyes fluttering their lashes at him ... Kana had him wrapped around her finger ...

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Minato groaned, "This paperwork never ends." He leaned back in his chair and gazed at the piles as he was about to raise a white flag and let himself suffer the death of one thousand paper cuts, but then ...

"Daddy?" Minato raised an eyebrow and perked up at the soft tiny voice ...

"Daddy!" He leaned towards the pile where the cute little voice was coming from and was wondering if he finally lost his mind ... or that the paper has come to life!