Crafty Chameleon

Bored Root Agent

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"Had to get some pests to leave me alone." Naruto smirked. They were curious, but knew he'd explain once Mina was out of hearing ...

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"Wow, so these are going to be our opponents in the chunin exams." Natsu said as he and Naruto watched several foreign ninjas enter the village.

"Well, some of them. They have to get passed the first test before we have to fight them." said Naruto.

"That's right, you had to pass this exam too ... how'd you do that without anyone knowing?" asked the orangette curiously.

"ROOT is an organization that deals with threats and missions from foreign countries so you must be faceless and nameless to the outside world. That's why it's alright to enter the exams with masks and no names. I entered years ago with Sai and Shin ... oh hey, follow me. I want you to meet someone." said the blonde as he took Natsu's hand ...

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Danzo twitched, "No."

"Come on, Danzo! Arashi would be a great candidate for ROOT. He's done a lot of travel." argued Minato.

"Your definition of 'great' leaves much to be desired. Arashi can't be a ROOT agent because his identity has already been compromised." The ROOT leader dropped a magazine on the desk in front of Minato ... it had a shirtless Arashi posing on the cover with a kunai under a title saying 'sexy ninja' ...

"This is nothing more than a Halloween issues with him as a ninja. He can be one of your agents-"

"No he can't ... the fact is that his face is known and puts himself and my other agents at risk. He can be spotted as a threat because any assassin worth his salt is going to look at this picture and say 'that guy actually knows how to hold a weapon, he could be a problem' and then Arashi would be watched and discovered along with any of my men he talks to! One picture is all that is needed to destroy a mission and lose lives! It may seem like I'm being unreasonable, but it has happened before and it won't happen again. The answer is no. Arashi can't be a ROOT agent." Danzo stated firmly, (Of course I'd say no even without this excuse mostly because I don't like you or him.) thought Danzo as he left the hokage's office ...

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"Calm down, Gaara. He isn't one of the oldest Namikazes. This is Natsu, my twin!" explained the blonde frantically as Natsu was ensnared by sand controlled by the red haired sand ninja ...

Gaara raised an eyebrow before shrugging and dropping the orangette, "Sorry I'd prefer to strangle one of the other idiots ... no offense."

Natsu chuckled as he stood up, "Considering the circumstances, none taken."

The ROOT agent rolled his eyes, "Now as I was saying, this is Gaara the kazekage of Sand, his sister, Temari, and brother, Kankuro." said Naruto who pointed from the red head to the blonde and then to the brunette with face paint.

"Hi, it's nice to meet more of my brother's friends!" said Natsu as he brushed off his pants. They were going to continue chatting, but it was time to meet their team for the exam so Naruto and Natsu had to leave. "They were nice ... save for the near death sand crushing ... how did you meet them?"

Naruto smiled, "The chunin exam I took years ago was in Sand. I ended up pissing off Gaara and he tried to kill me. During the fight I found out that he was a demon vessel with a shitty seal ... we became friends after that and I fixed his seal."

"I see ... so he's like me, but I suppose you and Gaara would be more alike than him and me even if I'm a demon vessel ... it's not like I lived a difficult life like most demon vessels." said Natsu solemnly.