A Hunter Chronicle – 02

"Ah, where are my manners? I am Kite, a contract hunter, at your service, Naruto-kun."

The silver haired man greeted and bowed lightly with a smile.

"May I ask out of curiosity, where did you find your pet?"

"Who's the pet!? I'm nobody's pet!"

Kurama snapped intimidated before sent forth a small, but potent, flaming ball at Kite.

The Hunter's eyes widened slightly, and he quickly stepped to the side, effectively dodging it.

It flew off into the sky as a few people followed its flight path with awe.

"Sorry about that. He's not a pet, more like a companion, a partner, a lover."

Naruto joked about the last bit, causing Kurama to blink and Kite burst out with laugher.

"Umm, so what is the benefit of being a Hunter?" Naruto asked afterward.

The veteran Hunter replaced the mirthfulness with a thoughtful and serious expression.

He explained the blond child about being a hunter and what it actually entitled to.

"Then anyone can become a Hunter? Cool! Where do I sign up?"

Naruto asked, raising his head. Kite pondered whether the boy in front of him had what it takes to become a hunter.

His eyes landed on the creature on top afterward.

The boy's fox companion was fairly dangerous as he'd narrowly dodged that flaming attack.

He was surprised, but as a seasoned hunter, he shouldn't freeze up like that.

"Anyone can be a Hunter, but the ship headed for Dolle Harbor has already left."

Kite said, pointing at the small ship in the horizon.

"You will need to get that harbor, Zaban city is where the examination will be taken place this year."

Kite added.

Naruto stared at the ship along with Kurama.

"Hmm. It's not moving very fast. We will make it later, for now, you need a change of cloth!"

Kurama suggested, estimating the ship's speed with experienced eyes.

It wasn't much out at sea.

Kite was interested in what the fox had said and stayed with the boy for a bit longer as they went to check out clothing store in the harbor nearby.

"I don't have any money."

Naruto whispered to the fox after finding something suitable to wear.

"Just make some with Onmyouton (Ying-Yang releases). This will teach her to dump us here. We're going to screw up this place's economy so bad!"

Kurama suggested with a mischievous grin.

"Right."

Naruto said, closing his eyes, and opened it again in his normal light blue colors.

"Eh...?"

Naruto mumbled with confusion.

He was unable to activate his Rinnegan.

"Nice try. I've sealed up your Rinnegan since it would make everything too easy. Have fun now."

A recorded voice in his head echoed with amusement.

Kurama heard it as well.

"THAT BITCH!" Both Naruto and Kurama shouted in rage.

The blond boy smashed his fist against a concrete wall in anger, shattering it.

A web-like crack pattern formed with good amount of debris falling off from the impact point.

Kite's eyes almost fell out of their socket at the feat.

'Such strength for someone so small, and that strike didn't seem to be aided by Nen, raw strength then?'

Kite thought in astonishment, checking out the damage to the wall.

Several authority figures nearby heard and immediately got to the scene.

"I'm sorry about that, it was my…" Kite pointed at an empty spot by his side.

Naruto and Kurama had vanished as he looked around the rather vacated store for them.

"Where's the customer? He hasn't pay for them…"

The owner about to say after he returned back into the room through the backdoor.

His voice was chocked instantly when he saw the shattered wall.

He dropped his jaw and shouted: "WHO DID THIS!?"

Kite held up his hand in defensive pose with sweat dropped.

"Wait… it wasn't me, I mean… it was that blond kid."

"Are you saying a kid did this? Who do you think we are?"

They all asked, pointing at the wall.

As if some cruel joke or perfect timing, the wall finally collapsed into a rubble heap, revealing the outside road with a few people staring.

Without delay, Kite bolted out the store through the newly created entrance.

"STOP HIM! THIEF!" the authority figures shouted and chased after the man.

The Contract Hunter was a seasoned veteran. Thus, he was able to dash through the street and across the pier without breaking a sweat, all while looking for a young blond hair boy and his fox companion.

Kite saw a small form of the culprit was running across the water toward the boat in the horizon and skidded across the cobblestone.

"Okay, I give up."

Kite admitted his defeat.

Anime tears streamed out his eyes as he took out his wallet, the chase finally ended when the chasers caught up to him.

"Wait, I will pay."

Kite protested but they immediately pinned him down on the ground and ignored his plead.

"You're under arrest! Damage of properties, public nuisance, evading arrest, shoplifting…"

One of them asserted and continuing reading the list of offends.

"I'm going to pay you back for this Naruto!"

Kite shouted at the sea and chuckled afterward.

"I hope you are a Hunter when we met again."

Kite added softly.

He was unconcerned about his arrest as being a professional Hunter had its benefit after all.

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Author Notes:

He has a twelve-year-old body so there won't be any serious adult stuff – when kids do it, it's fun and cute – when adult do it, you go to jail! Believe me, I know.

Rinnegan and all rinnegan related ability is sealed by the Shinigami.

Naruto strength is reduced because of his size, but still is potent.

Naruto has all his Jutsus.

Naruto won't learn Nen.

First, it's not possible or logical for him to be able to.

Secondly, it removed the uniqueness from him.

Besides Charka is more OP than aura (NEN) without any drawback, so not much is lost there.

Pairing? Not sure…