Hey guys and welcome back. Glad to see you all are enjoying what I am doing.

To address two things that came up: No, Kushina is not Naruto's mother in this so you all can relax.

Second, I know the team isn't really bonding to Naruto, but that's not that surprising on account of who they are. My focus at the moment is to grow the relationship with Elle so by the end of the first season, I can at least have her interest in him move from plain interest to romantic interest without jumping quickly. Now, Naruto and the others will bond as we go, but Elle and he are going to bond the most for now and things will get better for each as certain events and such occur that allow them to bond further. One such moment is this chapter with Hotch, and I'm sure you guys can guess what the discussion will start with.

Now, I don't think I have anything else to address from the reviews so let's get this show on the road.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Criminal minds nor do I own any characters from either item or anything else I add in just to give more context or background for Naruto.

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Chapter 6: Killer on a Train

Season 1, Episode 9: Derailed

Episode Quotes: Albert Einstein once asked, "A question that drives me hazy: Am I or the others crazy?"

"A belief is not merely an idea the mind possesses; it is an idea that possesses the mind."-Robert Oxton Bolt

BAU

Naruto sat in Hotch's office waiting as he did some paperwork and took a call over some bureaucratic items. Naruto knew why Hotch wanted to talk, no doubt Gideon mentioned that Naruto had profiled him and he wanted to have a talk about not bringing up his own personal matters in front of the team again.

He would find out if he guessed right when Hotch hung up and looked at him, "Thanks for taking the time to do this Naruto." Hotch stated trying to be polite and Naruto nodded.

"No problem, I assume this has to do with my interrogation with Vincent Perotta?" Naruto asked and Hotch nodded.

"Yes. Naruto, I understand that you are a natural profiler and can see things that others might miss, but I would appreciate it if in the future you didn't use those skills on me or anyone on the team." Hotch stated and Naruto rose an eyebrow.

"You make it sound as if I willingly did so. You of all people know that it's not something that we can just switch on and off, it's something we just notice and see and decide to ignore it or not. I can't stop doing it any more than you can whenever you see how different people act, speak, move, or stand. It's just a natural problem that comes with the job and to cut it off means to lose all the training and experience you've accumulated. I'm sorry Hotch, but I'm always going to be able to read you and the team, I'm always going to be able to see the things you want to keep buried, and I'm always going to know you better than the rest of the team or maybe even your wife does." Naruto stated making Hotch frown but he nodded nonetheless, "Now, if you're upset that I told Perotta about it, then I can understand your frustration since Reid and Elle heard it and Gideon had to have known it already since he knows you too well. I merely brought it up because Perotta had to know that there were other paths he could have taken since not everyone who had a… unpleasant childhood with a parent had to become a killer. I apologize if revealing that made you feel vulnerable and open to those who you don't want to share personal life details with if you don't have to, but it was a necessary item to reveal at the time." Naruto stated as Hotch sighed since Naruto really could read them all like they were bold texted books.

"Just… don't reveal things without permission again, unless the situation is completely unavoidable." Hotch stated and Naruto nodded since it was fair. The two at in silence for a moment before Hotch spoke, "So, your mother huh?" Hotch asked and Naruto frowned and nodded.

"Something we can relate to each other I'm sure, though mine never got physical." Naruto stated and Hotch nodded since he did notice his unintentional signs about not harboring positive feelings towards his mother since he never mentioned her or had any pictures of her.

"Bad?" Hotch asked looking back at Naruto, who shrugged.

"Bad enough I won't refer to her as my mother ever again." Naruto stated making Hotch nod.

"Well if you ever need someone to talk to." Hotch offered and Naruto just gave him a look, "I know, hypocritical, but the offer still stands." Hotch stated making Naruto nod.

"Well same to you since I can relate and understand better than others. Just like I can relate to Morgan on something, but I won't say what since you just said no revealing things without permission. Plus, I'm not limited by Bureau policy to make a note of anything that is a 'concern' as they like to call it and I sure as fuck am not going to judge you on anything." Naruto stated seriously at the end and Hotch nodded.

The two then turned as JJ walked in, "Hey." JJ greeted as the two nodded towards her.

"Hey/Hello." The two stated as JJ came up to the desk.

"Where's Elle at?" JJ asked in confusion having been looking for her.

"Texas." Naruto answered making JJ frown.

"Texas?" JJ asked in confusion as Elle had no family in Texas that she was aware of.

"Yes. She went to do a custodial interview with William Devries." Hotch stated as he looked over a piece of paperwork.

"The child murderer?" JJ asked incredulously.

"Yeah, guy decided to participate in the VICAP questionnaire." Naruto supplied as Hotch was a bit distracted.

"You're having her do custodials by herself already?" JJ questioned with some incredulity in her voice.

"She'll be fine, Naruto prepped her and she has to do one on her own eventually." Hotch stated and Naruto nodded.

"Yeah, plus the guy's targets are kids so Elle won't be his type, which means less chance that she's going to have to smackdown his ass if he acts up." Naruto stated since if the guy was a rapist or some other type to target women then he may have objected to Elle doing the interview, but he wasn't so she should be fine.

JJ sighed and nodded before walking off and Naruto looked to Hotch, "Still, may have been a good idea to send someone with her to at least take notes for her to improve on next time." Naruto stated and Hotch nodded.

"True, but I had no one to spare and the local office wouldn't have had anyone that knows what to look for." Hotch stated making Naruto nod before he went out and just sat in the bullpen.

However, before he could settle in fully, his cell rang, "Hey Elle, what's up? You done talking to Devries already?" Naruto asked and Elle snorted on the line.

"No, I'm not even going to be there for another hour. I decided to take a train to Dallas instead of a car. I wanted to look over the files some more." Elle stated and Naruto hummed.

"Well, remember what Gideon says, 'He can't lie to you if-'" Naruto started before Elle cut in.

"If I know the crime better than he does. Yes I know." Elle stated since Gideon still kept drilling the basics into her.

"Relax, it will be fine, but be careful since those trains go through dead zones and you may lose cell service quickly." Naruto warned before he started hearing bursts of static, "Well, speak of the devil."

"Yeah, I'm los… ou." Elle stated as the line was breaking.

"Call when you get service again." Naruto stated getting a somewhat confirmation on the other end before the call dropped and he sighed and sat back, "Why do I have a bad feeling about today?" Naruto asked himself as he sat back in a chair trying to relax.

However, his gut was saying this was going to be a shit show of a day… and his gut was never wrong.

Later: Conference Room

Naruto came in as JJ and the others were talking "What happened?" Naruto asked as everyone turned to him.

"Hostage situation in west Texas. Psychotic jumped a security guard took his gun and shot him before taking the train car hostage. Five total hostages and he's got two guns." JJ stated and Naruto froze.

"We got camera footage?" Naruto asked and JJ nodded pointing at the screen, "Move." Naruto stated going to the screen as Reid was moved out of the way.

"What is it?" Gideon asked wondering why Naruto was jumpy.

Naruto was silent before he paused, "Oh god." Narutos stated making them frown.

"What?" Morgan asked as Naruto tightened his fist.

"Elle's on that train." Naruto stated making them all freeze as he pointed to a still image of Elle, who now sported a large gash across her face.

"Elle?" Hotch asked and then cursed as he saw the picture.

"We gotta-" Morgan started before Naruto interrupted.

"Shut up." Naruto stated as he scanned the image before rewinding and playing it.

"But we-" Morgan started before Naruto turned and glared at him, making him stop as he felt a cold chill go down his spine.

"Shut…UP." Naruto stated seriously before he looked over the footage, "Alright, let's see." Naruto mumbled as he looked over the footage letting his demon take full control, "Ok, paranoid psychotic with paranoid delusions, possibly also schizophrenic, obviously not on his meds or not a high enough dose based on the fact he's got Tardive Dyskinesia and that comes when you start weaning off the meds. So he's armed, paranoid, and ready to take out any threats, so that leaves the question of who the other players are." Naruto stated not really talking to anyone as he looked over the footage, "Elle's calm and collected and will try to keep any outliers calm and out of his way while defusing the situation if possible. Older woman, dressed nicely, looking at the unsub with recognition and a bit of worry for him, means she's either his doctor, girlfriend, or his wife. She'll know how to handle him and keep things from escalating too far so long as he isn't having a full blown psychotic break." Naruto analyzed as he kept looking over the people, "Black guy's nervous, twitchy, sweating, and keeps licking his lips, plus his eyes are sporadic, which means he's drunk or craving a drink. Most likely the latter given how he keeps eyeballing the floor by his feet where he no doubt dropped a bottle of booze. If he's a rebel then he's just going to antagonize the unsub since it will be perceived as mocking him, so one volatile person is in there." Naruto stated still more to himself as he kept watching the footage.

The team was just quiet letting Naruto do his thing, "Older gentleman, nervous, sweating, can't really breathe, keeps looking at his briefcase. Either he's armed or he's got something in that briefcase he thinks will help him out and he's not looking to play nice wherever he was going." Naruto stated as he looked to the last person and clicked his tongue, "Shit, on top of that, we have a pregnant woman on board." Naruto stated with a sigh knowing this got harder and so did the team, "Not showing obvious signs yet besides a slight bump, so she's still early, but the stress and no doubt increasing temperature are going to take their toll and maybe make her act up in either defense of her baby or because the stress is going to get to her." Naruto continued still watching the footage as his eyes caught the unsub looking at an empty seat and having recognition in his eyes, "Ok, so he is already having delusions, he keeps looking to an empty seat as if someone was there that he recognizes." Naruto commented making the team frown.

Naruto then rewound the footage back to before the incident, "Alright, he's calm, relaxed, just sitting there dozing. Black guy takes a swig of a drink, most likely a liquor of some kind; older gentleman keeps sweating like he's nervous and checking to see if he still has an item in his briefcase; and pregnant woman is hugging her stomach tight and biting her lips like she's both protective of herself and the child but also conflicting with herself, so she's most likely going to Dallas to get an abortion and is questioning it." Naruto stated watching and noticed the unsub twitch awake like someone spoke to him, "His delusion starts there. He speaks to no one, 'Leave me alone' and then looks at Elle, who just raised her file up higher, which means he can probably clearly make out that it says FBI on it. He's still trying to fight it evidenced by him looking to the older woman for support and comfort, but that can only work so long and then the train stops abruptly adding to his paranoia." Naruto stated watching intently as things progressed, "Security comes in trying to calm everyone, notices Elle's file and the two start to talk most likely in hushed tones which just fuels the paranoia even further. Guard moves up, unsub looks at the gun right in front of him and snaps. He then rushes at Elle and pistol whips her before taking her gun and then we set the clock." Naruto stated watching the entire thing take place, "Shit is going to be a LONG day." Naruto stated with a sigh.

"Wheels up ASAP, grab and go." Hotch stated making the team disperse as they quickly went and grabbed their ready bags and took off.

West Texas, near Dallas

Naruto was driving as the team headed for the train's location, "Local authorities have the train surrounded. Bureau Hostage Rescue Team snipers are in position, but they are hesitant to take action until negotiation is exhausted. The feed from the train's 2 video cameras are being routed to monitors in a mobile command center that the local bureau office brought in." JJ supplied as she got updates while they approached.

"We need to know who is on that train that can be a help to us and who's going to be a problem. Naruto's analysis shows how they are, but not who they were before the incident so there could be a wildcard in there and I want to know about it." Hotch stated as Naruto drove down the streets quickly but not recklessly.

"I'll get Garcia on it." Morgan stated from the second row of the car as he got his phone out, "I'm hoping she can work her magic on the video feeds to get clear images. If we can get the unsub's name then we can maybe get a full medical history that way we don't have to worry about any extra surprises by trying to deal with him one way and another thing entirely pops up on us." Morgan stated since him being a psychotic left a lot of things open on him and left them vulnerable to others if they weren't careful.

[How do you say], "Hottie?" Garcia answered.

"Garcia?" Morgan asked questioningly.

"You got it." Garcia replied with a grin.

"Ok, listen to me. No time for playing. We're gonna be feeding you some security camera video from a hostage situation on a secure line. We need you to work your face recognition software over it and tell us who is who." Morgan stated and Garcia got a bit serious.

"If they have a picture on file somewhere, then yes I can find them." Garcia stated before turning to work.

"Penelope, Elle is one of the hostages." Morgan stated and Garcia lost all playfulness and grew serious.

"I'm on it." Garcia stated before hanging up.

Morgan closed his phone, "She'll get us the names." Morgan stated making them nod.

"Any contact in the train yet?" Gideon asked and JJ shook her head.

"No. It took them two hours just to convince him to allow a two-way phone, but he won't speak to anyone, except for what he calls the higher authorities." JJ asked making the team frown while Naruto was focused on driving.

"God?" Hotch asked and Naruto shook his head.

"No, he was too focused on Elle and her file, my guess he's one of those "government is monitoring me and is gonna put me down if I'm not vigilant" types. May even think he's been drugged or microchipped for years." Naruto stated making them frown.

"There's been no mention of anything even close to religious thus far." JJ supplied hoping it would help.

"Has crisis negotiation's lead claimed to be the higher authority?" Morgan asked since that could help things along.

"The unsub won't speak to him anymore. He gave a deadline of three hours to produce the authority." JJ stated and the others frowned.

"When was this deadline given?" Hotch asked and JJ checked her watch.

"Um, two and a half hours ago." JJ stated with a bit reluctance.

"Well, if he wants to speak to a higher authority, then we had better give him one, which means he gets the full package." Naruto stated as he flicked the lights and sirens on and started honking his horn to make people get out of the way.

"Get us as close to the barricade as possible. When we stop, we sit. Wait 30 seconds. Then we step out." Gideon stated knowing it would make the guy antsy and believe they had a much bigger authority than they did.

Pulling up to the scene, Naruto got within spitting distance of the train before they sat there and waited like Gideon stated, "Whatever you do, don't look at the train, don't even acknowledge it. A higher authority isn't going to care about a few civilian casualties or even one agent." Naruto stated as the others all nodded before they got out. However, Naruto waited another five seconds before getting out and stood there looking at his watch making it seem like he didn't think this place was worth his time and attention.

Walking over to Gideon, he found him and the others, minus Hotch, talking to an agent, "I'm Frank Moretti, Dallas Field Office." Moretti stated shaking hands, "Near as we can tell, your agent is still all right." Moretti stated looking at the train while the others kept ignoring it.

"Has he asked for anything? Made any demands?" Reid asked and Moretti shook his head.

"Not beyond wanting his higher authority to come and speak to him. But I gotta ask, how do we negotiate with a psychotic who won't talk to us?" Moretti asked and Naruto hummed.

"It depends on how deep a level his particular delusion has gone. It could be as simple as he thinks he's being sent messages by the government, God, aliens, the Earth itself, even his future self. And it could be even more complicated." Naruto stated since it was a pain in the ass.

"John Nash, he believed he was being recruited by aliens to save the world." Reid supplied making Moretti nod.

"Saw the movie." Moretti stated and Reid made a face but Naruto cut him off.

"Doc, a movie review really isn't going to help right now." Naruto stated making Reid nod since he could have gone off on a tangent.

As they moved to the mobile command center, Naruto stopped and turned to look at the train right where the unsub was. He then smirked and tapped his temple with his index and middle fingers before turning and walking out of view. He knew that it would send a message to the unsub that someone knew what was going on and only someone of high access could do such a thing.

"Well his delusions are important, they're what we have to play this to." Gideon stated making them nod.

"Which leads to the biggest question of the day." Morgan stated and Naruto nodded.

"What exactly does he think is happening here?" Naruto finished as he came up to the others.

"Pfft, good luck. I tried to convince him I was the highest authority, but he wouldn't believe me." Moretti stated and the others nodded.

"Of course not, he's paranoid. He believes in secrets. If we're the higher authority, then we don't go to him. He has to come to us. Thus, we have to help him to ask the first question rather than asking it ourselves." Naruto stated, "If one of us calls, we could act as a lower level person speaking for the higher authority until said person has decided that he's worth their attention." Naruto stated making them nod before Reid interrupted.

"Hey guys." Reid warned as they saw him walk up and grab the pregnant woman.

Naruto leaned in watching closely as the unsub pointed his gun at Elle, "You think I'm going to let you send them secret messages?" Naruto stated as he read their lips and the unsub dragged the woman to the phone, "Don't say a single word unless I say it. Deviate a single word and I will kill you. Don't try to send them any secret messages or codes. Do you understand? Codes? Do you understand?! Yes, yes. All right, all right." Naruto kept translating as the woman took the phone.

The phone in the center then started to ring and Gideon walked over to it, "We're going with Naruto's way right now." Gideon stated making them nod, "Yes?" Gideon asked with the woman crying on the phone being heard.

"Ask them who they work with, and who just arrived." They heard the unsub say due to the receptors in the phone.

"H-he wants to know who you are. He wants to know who just arrived." The woman stated trying to speak clearly.

"Tell him it's someone very interested in his problem and would like to help resolve this situation quickly." Gideon stated as Naruto took a piece of paper and pen in case he needed to make a note.

"He says it's someone who can resolve the situation." She stated before he leaned into her ear, "W-what part of the government do you work for?" She stated and Gideon looked at Naruto, who shook his head.

"Who said I was with the government?" Gideon stated before Morgan clicked the phone on silent and looked at Moretti.

"Less we tell him outright the more mysterious we are and the more he thinks we are higher up on the food chain." Morgan stated making Moretti nod.

"Ask them who they work for? No, no, ask them if they are NSA. No.. ask, ask. Agh!" The unsub stated getting more irritated by the moment. He then gazed at Elle and then looked back at the pregnant woman, "They're FBI aren't they?"

"Are you FBI?" The woman asked still shaky.

"The Higher Authority states that if he wants to know, then he's got to ask me himself or I can just hang up and we will leave." Gideon stated making Naruto nod while Moretti and the others looked a bit unsure.

"H-he says the Higher Authority says you can ask yourself if you want to know or they can just hang up and leave." She stated while crying causing the unsub to growl before hitting the seat and took the phone from her.

"Tell me who you are or I will kill this agent." The unsub stated and Gideon was silent for a long moment.

"You already know who we are." Gideon stated and the unsub looked out the window.

"If you're the higher authority, then you can have it removed." The unsub stated and Gideon stayed quite another long moment.

"That's doable, but it's not that quick a fix, it takes some time." Gideon stated as Naruto began writing.

"I want it out now!" The unsub stated as Gideon started reading Naruto's writing.

"You're well aware it's not that simple, otherwise you would have succeeded in doing that already." Gideon stated as Naruto wrote for him, "Goodbye."

"NO! Wait. Ok! All right. One hour. You have one hour to remove it or I swear to God, I will kill every agent you have on this train." The unsub stated getting ready to hang up but Gideon spoke again.

"An hour is doable, but the higher authority for whom I speak for will ensure the process is expedited if you will let one agent go." Gideon stated making the unsub freeze.

"Why should I believe you?" The unsub asked as he cocked the gun.

"Because the Higher Authority wants to verify that you aren't suffering from any of the major side effects that come from having the implant. Doing this will show him that you aren't and he will help expedite the process and ensure there are no complications from having it inside you for so long." Gideon stated and the unsub was quiet as he looked out towards the command center.

"IF I do this, I don't want to speak to a middle man again or I will kill an agent." The unsub stated and Gideon nodded.

"The Higher Authority has been listening to this and relaying his responses to me, if you show that you aren't under the severe side effects then he will personally speak to you the next time and ensure the implant is removed." Gideon stated and the unsub was quiet a long moment.

"Fine, I'll assume you have a preference." He stated looking at the other hostages.

"Not particularly, though your doctor isn't one of ours so she's of no use or value to us if you send her, but she's a detriment to you since we can interrogate her and find out just how much you really know. The agent you have sitting next to you is a rookie so she's of little value to you or us, which means you don't lose or gain anything and neither do we." Gideon stated and the unsub frowned before pointing the gun at the woman beside him.

"Get out." The unsub stated as the woman stammered, "I SAID GET OUT!" He shouted as the woman scrambled and got out of the train while he pointed the gun at the others to ensure they didn't try anything, "You better not be lying or I swear you will regret it and every agent here will die." The unsub stated before hanging up as cops grabbed the woman and got her away from the train.

"Alright, we got one hostage safe and an hour to fully figure out what IT is entirely." Gideon stated making them nod.

"It's most likely a microchip, it's the most common thing besides being the messiah or being probed by aliens. There's also the fact calling it an implant didn't trigger or confuse him, he only continued the conversation like he expected implant to be brought up." Naruto stated making them nod as they now needed a way to either confirm it or find a more plausible answer.

Minutes later had them watching the feeds when the older woman got the unsub to show his arm to a camera, "His arm." Gideon stated drawing attentions.

"What is it?" Hotch asked coming closer with the others.

"He's got scars, most likely from where he tried to dig out the chip with a pen, razor, or even shard of glass." Naruto stated and Reid nodded.

"Ralph Tortorici held an entire classroom hostage because he believed microchips had been implanted throughout his body." Reid informed like usual.

"So this guy thinks that some kind of device is in his arm?" Morgan asked seeing this as a big problem since how were they supposed to fake remove something when he had line of sight.

"Most likely, and if we don't take it out, he's going to start killing people." Gideon stated before Morgan's phone rang and answered to Garcia being on the line.

"Got your names." Garcia stated as she typed real quick as Morgan got a pad of paper and pen, "Skinny guy in the suit, Harry Anderson. The young guy is a former Gillett University Undergrad. The girl is Elain Curtis from, get this, Abode Walls in Tirlingua, Texas. The lady in the nice suit is Linda Deaton, author and renowned psychiatrist." Garcia informed as she loaded everything up to send to them to look over themselves.

"Penelope, you are truly amazing." Morgan stated and Garcia smirked.

"Oh, not done yet sugar, got your bonus answer too. Your guy is famous in the academic world, his name is Bryar, Dr. Theodore Bryar." Garcia stated making Morgan nod.

"Al right, send it all to me right now and keep digging." Morgan stated and Garcia smirked.

"Oh honey, I already sent it before I told you your guy's name." Garcia stated making Morgan snort in amusement.

"Of course you did, nice work." Morgan stated as he got on the computer and pulled up the info from Garcia, "Garcia's got us names on everyone including the unsub, a Ted Bryar." Morgan stated and the others came over.

"What do you got each of them?" Gideon asked as Morgan typed and Gideon sat beside him.

"Ok. First off we've got Harry Anderson. He's a paper goods salesman. Lived in a small home just outside of Dallas for 18 years with his wife. He's got no kids, no investments, no company retirement portfolio." Morgan stated making Naruto nod.

"So besides whatever he's got in the briefcase, he doesn't take any chances." Naruto stated knowing he was acting too nervous and twitchy to just be returning from a business trip.

"What about the kid?" Gideon asked and Morgan sighed.

"Kid's name is…Josh Patel. He's 20 years old. He just got expelled from Gillett University for driving his car into the library building while drunk." Morgan stated and Gideon sighed.

"He's drinking now, and we don't need a drunk in there." Gideon stated and Morgan nodded.

"Thanks to you and Naruto, we got the girl safe so she's not relevant to the current situation right now. This though is Dr. Linda Deaton. She's a psychiatrist at Stokes Mental Health Center in El Paso. That's where Ted Bryar's been living for the last 9 years." Morgan informed and Naruto leaned in a bit.

"Which means she's most likely his doctor like I thought." Naruto stated and Morgan nodded.

"That'd be my guess. She's not married, lives in El Paso. Uh, she's written several books and papers, mainly published in medical circles and occasionally behavioral sciences. She's a popular lecturer and scheduled to speak at several symposiums this year, including a conference in Dallas tonight." Morgan read off before looking over it all again, "That's it, that's all I have until Garcia digs some more, but I don't really know how this is gonna help us in this situation." Morgan stated and Gideon nodded.

"Well, we just gotta hope no one decides to do anything stupid or antagonizing to the unsub." Naruto stated knowing that he may have to personally step in if this didn't get a little better soon.

"So how do we remove a microchip that's not there?" Hotch asked and Naruto snorted as Reid started speaking.

"His speech is lucid. No sign of neologisms, word salad, or loosening of associations. As long as he can systemize, he'll be able to keep his thinking relatively organized." Reid stated and Naruto shook his head.

"Basically, he's not so far gone down the rabbit hole that he can't see through any tricks and maneuvers we try to pull on him. However, I can play into his delusion enough that I could make him off balance and easier to subdue if I get on board." Naruto stated making them look at him.

"You sure that's wise? He could kill you or someone else if he smells a set up." Hotch asked and Naruto shrugged.

"I'm playing the Higher Authority, so if I offer to come on board and oversee the removal of the chip or even remove it myself then he will be too focused on me to really pay attention to anything else." Naruto stated making them frown since that was a big risk.

"If he believes it's in his arm, he won't believe it's not somewhere else, which means he'll be able to see the incision and he'll watch unless there's a big enough distraction." Gideon stated knowing where Naruto was going with this.

"But how do we do this though?" Morgan asked and Naruto held up a folded piece of paper before flicking his wrist and it was gone. He then flicked his fingers and the paper was between his index and middle finger.

"Sleight of hand and misdirection is easy to do when you've got time and practice. There's also the fact I can add to the delusion that there could be more than implant in him and make him dependent on me to tell him if that is indeed true." Naruto stated before holding up a cell phone SD card and then flicked his fingers and it was gone before he blew on his fingers and it was back between them in plain sight, "Cover my hand in blood and him wincing away from me digging and I can make this look like I yanked it right out his muscle. Though I need something that doesn't scream fake, like one of the microchips in the walkies." Naruto stated since an SD card was too identifiable to use.

"You do magic?" Reid asked Naruto shrugged.

"You really want to hedge your bet on a magic trick?" Morgan asked and Naruto merely looked at him.

"Would you rather send genius over here in to do it? At least I can deal with him if I'm that close and we don't risk another agent." Naruto stated making them frown, "What other choice do we really have?" Naruto asked and Gideon sighed.

"None." Gideon stated making the other sigh as JJ came in.

"Doctor Bryar is definitely one of the top physicists in the world. He's written hundreds of papers on M-Theory. Uh, don't ask me what it is as I don't understand any of it. He did work for the government for several years in the '80s." JJ stated and they all nodded.

"Which is probably where his delusions stemmed from." Naruto stated making the others nod before JJ continued.

"He's been institutionalized for the past 9 years and hasn't been outside of his institution at all." JJ stated and Gideon frowned.

"Until Doctor Deaton took him on a field trip." Gideon stated as they turned back to the monitors.

However, they saw Bryar becoming agitated and pointing the gun at Deaton, so Naruto moved over and called the phone drawing his attention away, "Who is this?" Bryar answered since he was done talking to middle men.

"I'm the guy that's going to save you before you go and get your head blown off." Naruto stated standing at the phone.

"Prove it." Bryar demanded and Naruto snorted.

"Dr. Bryar, please don't waste my time or my patience. The lives of two agents, a civilian, and your doctor mean little to me in the long run especially when one agent couldn't even do a simple observation mission without getting spotted immediately." Naruto stated making Bryar pause, "Now if you're done wasting my time we can get down to business. I need you to confirm for me the dates you were on base to verify the implant that will be removed." Naruto stated making the team look at him.

"Why do you need to know that?" Bryar asked and Naruto hummed.

"Well clearly you aren't as knowledgeable as you thought. You see during the early stages of the experiment, we had two implants put into a subject and there are fail safes in place to ensure no enemy agents could remove the implants and experiment with them. However, later on we did one implant with a more secure measure. I need to know which you fall under or you could die from having the implant removed or my tech could cut you in the wrong area and waste time. I have more important things to do than this, so I do not want my time wasted." Naruto stated and Bryar frowned as he twitched a bit more.

"All of 1985, January 1st to July 29th of 1986, and August 1st 1987 to May 1988." Bryar stated and Naruto hummed on the other end.

"Ah, good, you only have one implant and it will be removed. However, I need to know if perhaps the implant is malfunctioning and causing any other problems including memory loss or confusion. Can you verify for me your entire name and birthday?" Naruto stated since he was buying a bit more time and building up his credibility.

"You first, what base was I on?" Bryar asked and Naruto was silent.

"Marine Corps Base Quantico, now will you please answer my question so we can move on?" Naruto stated and Bryar nodded.

"Theodore Macintosh Bryar, 7-22-60." Bryar stated and Naruto nodded.

"Good, no basic memory problems. Have you had hallucinations? Voices in your head? People that for some reason only you can see?" Naruto asked as Bryar froze.

"H-how do you know that?" Bryar asked and Naruto hummed.

"If you are experiencing those, then the implant could be malfunctioning, but we'll have it out soon enough. I'll send my tech in in about 15 minutes." Naruto stated before Bryar spoke.

"No! You come in and you remove it. I want no tricks and no games! If you don't take it out then you and your agents die. You know so much about it, don't you dare try to claim you can't remove it yourself." Bryar stated and Naruto was quiet.

"Fine, but if you make a demand of me again, I will have my men shoot you in the chest in just the right place that you will go down and be detained before you can get up and then I will ensure you never have the implant removed. If you try to shoot anyone during the next few minutes, I will signal my men to put a bullet through your eye socket faster than you can blink. You really have no business making demands when I am going out of my way to help you rather than simply putting you in a body bag." Naruto stated before he hung up and Bryar took some deep breaths before putting the phone down.

"That was bit risky don't you think?" Morgan asked and Naruto shook his head.

"No, a person with the kind of authority he thinks I have wouldn't have said or done anything less, it would have made them look weak." Naruto stated as he turned and drank a glass of water.

"Well, come on, we gotta get you suited up." Morgan stated and Naruto shook his head.

"Won't work, he'll demand I take the vest off the minute I get inside the train and will be ready to shoot one of the hostages if I refuse. While he won't be able to demand anything big as he's too scared of me now, I'm going in no vest to show him I have no fear of him." Naruto stated making Morgan pause.

"You sure about that? What's to stop him from just shooting you and deciding that killing the Higher Authority is worth the price?" Morgan asked and Naruto snorted.

"Because then he doesn't get what he really wants, the implant taken out and his suffering brought to an end." Naruto stated and Morgan sighed.

"Alright, but you at least know the negotiator playbook right? SWAT won't always notify when they are entering-" Morgan stated and Naruto nodded.

"Yeah, because it could change my speech patterns, tone, or mannerisms and alert the hostage taker." Naruto stated making Morgan nod, "I also know to not make eye contact with Elle since she's a low level grunt while I'm a boss, so there's no reason for me to directly know her or her face. And since I am in this guy's head already, I can fully play along and indulge him in his fantasy or warped reality, whichever you want to call it." Naruto stated as Hotch came in with a microchip.

Coming outside the command center, Naruto put latex gloves on and was given a basic medical bag while leaving his guns and knife on the table. He then palmed the chip and flicked it to between his index finger and thumb like he was grabbing it and then seamlessly made it look like he was pulling it out with some tweezers, "Alright, but no matter what you can't stay in there with him." Gideon stated and Naruto snorted.

"You say that, but he's not going to play ball like that most likely. I'll probably be able to talk him into trading me for one of them, but he's not going to just let me walk out when he still wants answers." Naruto stated making them frown, "Relax, Elle and I will be back before you know it, so stop looking like your watching me walk off to my own funeral." Naruto stated before he grabbed the supplies and walked towards the train.

Bryar, upon seeing him, grabbed Deaton and held her at gun point as Naruto climbed on the train. Opening the sliding door, he saw Deaton there held by Bryar, "That's far enough!" Bryar shouted and Naruto stopped and stood there before tapping his foot, "Turn slowly." Bryar stated and Naruto turned and showed he had no gun or weapons of any kind on him.

"Are you satisfied now? Because this is really starting to annoy me." Naruto stated in an uncaring tone as Bryar pointed the gun at him, "You really want to test my patience don't you? Get your pain in the ass doctor out of the way so I can get to work." Naruto stated not at all bothered by the gun pointed at him.

"Sit across from me." Bryar stated as he took a seat while holding Deaton still.

"What did I say about making demands?" Naruto asked and Bryar grunted.

"Will you please just sit across from me." Bryar shouted and Naruto merely blinked at him.

"Better, but don't raise your voice at me again or I am walking out of here without taking the implant out." Naruto stated as he walked forward and sat across from Bryar, while said man tossed Deaton to the floor beside him and held the gun on her.

Naruto opened his bag of supplies and removed some alcohol pads and wiped his arm down, "You don't look that nervous." Bryar stated and Naruto snorted.

"Please, I've been around trained killers with guns for years, a physicist with a gun doesn't exactly make my top 10 most dangerous situations." Naruto stated as he wiped his arm clean, "Once I start the incision, it will be important that you don't move or tense up too much, one slight jostle could make me cut your artery or I could damage the implant and then we'll be here for hours as I try to fish out the pieces." Naruto stated as he tossed the pad away and took out the scalpel, "I assume you're prepared for the pain, correct?" Naruto asked and Bryar nodded while biting his lower lip. "I'm impressed with your attempts to remove it, you were actually close to where it was." Naruto stated as he cut a thin line between a few of Bryar's scars as he grunted in discomfort.

"Why is it so big?" Bryar asked through the pain and Naruto merely glanced at him.

"It has to be big enough that I can get my fingers in to spread the tissue and then grab the implant with these tweezers. Unless of course, you'd prefer I try and mash my fingers into your arm and pull the implant out that way? Though then I risk tearing your muscle and skin apart and you might lose function in that arm till you get to a hospital." Naruto stated as he paused in his cutting and Bryar shook his head, "I thought not." Naruto stated as he finished the cut.

"Why did he cut that big?" Morgan asked and Hotch answered.

"Because without some proper sutures, the blood flow could be increased because of the heat so the bandages will soak through before long especially with him sweating so bad. Meaning that if he chooses to prolong this, he could pass out from blood loss or dehydration." Hotch stated since an incision that big so close to the arteries and veins wasn't ideal for the one getting the incision.

"So he's making backup plan in case he can't subdue or calm Bryar down quickly." Morgan stated making the others nod.

"Alright, this is the painful part and I suggest you bite down on your shirt." Naruto stated as he took the tweezers in his left right hand and spread the incision with his right hand going into his arm and nearing the muscle. Bryar groaned and bit down on his shirt as Naruto dug in his arm, "Damn cheap doctors, they were told to implant it between the layers of skin, deep enough that it wouldn't be visible but not so deep you had to go excavating for it. I'll have those assholes licenses for this and ensure demotions go around for his amateur hour work." Naruto mumbled to himself adding to his character and buying a little extra time to dig and fully implement his plan B, "Ah, there you are." Naruto stated as he moved the tweezers into position, "Doctor Deaton, could you hold Doctor Bryar's arm steady? It seems the implant sank into his muscle a bit and it is going to hurt a great deal when I dig it out as there is some scar tissue holding onto it." Naruto asked and Deaton nodded and held Bryar's hand and arm steady.

"It's alright Teddy, you've almost got it out." Deaton assured Bryar as he was too busy biting down on his shirt and holding his eyes closed as it was killing him to have Naruto digging in him.

Naruto then put the tweezers in and began wiggling and moving them causing Bryar to grunt and shake, "Easy Doctor Bryar, I've almost got it, then it's just some bandage and stitch work." Naruto stated as he got the tweezers down into his arm and flicked the chip into the wound before grabbing it with the tweezers. A little wiggling and moving got the chip adequately covered in blood before he pulled it out, "And there we are." Naruto stated holding the chip up and Bryar exhaled excitedly.

"I knew it. I knew it." Bryar stated with a smile.

"Dude, you see that? The guy actually had a chip in his arm." Patel stated in shock.

Naruto then set the tweezers down and began a suture job to close up Bryar's arm, doing just enough of a good job that wouldn't be noticeable that it wasn't properly sown shut. Afterwards, he did a simply gauze and medical tape wrap up of his arm, "Well, that concludes our business." Naruto stated as he stood before Bryar pointed his gun at him, "Take care what you do next Bryar, it may be the last thing you ever do." Naruto stated glaring at him.

"Turn it on." Bryar demanded and Naruto looked at him incredulously.

"Do I look like I have time for your games?" Naruto asked and Bryar frowned, "I never turned it off you fucking moron, it has to be in your skin to work or there's no battery for it. Plus look." Narutos stated as he held it up for Bryar to see a small piece was sticking out looking like it was broken, "This thing was busted a while ago, when I pulled it out the piece missing fell off meaning this thing was maybe a week away from dying entirely." Naruto stated as Bryar frowned, "Now I'm done here."

"No you're not." Bryar shouted and Naruto glared at him, "You're not going anywhere unless I say so." Bryar stated and Naruto sat down.

"Do you recall what I said about making demands or shouting at me again?" Naruto asked and Bryar scowled and stood up.

"I'm in charge now." Bryar stated and Naruto merely raised an eyebrow.

"Is that you or Leo talking?" Naruto asked making Bryar freeze, "Let me ask you something, don't you find it odd that Leo happened to know that there were threats on the train or that there was a chip in you?" Naruto asked and Bryar frowned, "We were only watching you because we thought an enemy agency hacked into the chips and wanted to ensure you weren't used as a puppet. Leo is their creation, he's not one of the voices that has been in your head since you were young, telling you about things and helping you understand different aspects of science and physics." Naruto stated as Bryar pointed the gun at an empty seat before going back to Naruto, "I get it, I really do. The voices when you were younger helped you gain knowledge and make connections to things that people couldn't comprehend, but you could. You could see things, understand things, notice things, and more and others just couldn't keep up with you. For you it was science, for me it was people and behavior."

"S-String Theory, the Theory of Everything." Bryar stated switching between the empty seat and Naruto.

"And M-Theory is the unifying strand that ties everything together, the literal explanation for cause and effects and chaos theory. Your voices helped you create the ideas and formulas for that, but let me ask you, when has Leo ever helped you huh?" Naruto stated then asked as Bryar frowned and kept looking at the empty seat, "You had a career, a good life, you were showing the world the knowledge you gained from the voices, and were doing so well, then one day Leo showed up and you started losing sleep, you started fearing for your life, you started fighting a war against an enemy that seemed everywhere and nowhere at the same time, and the voices that had helped you were snuffed out one by one. Isn't it a bit curious that Leo showed up just as those things happened?" Naruto asked and Bryar frowned as he turned to face the empty seat entirely.

"Y-you did this to me. You ruined everything!" Bryar shouted as he aimed the gun at the seat.

"Leo isn't a friend, Doctor Bryar, he's an enemy that's been slowly destroying your real friends and your allies because he wants to discredit you, use you, and break you into what he wants. The question is, are you going to let him get away with it?" Naruto asked and Bryar shouted before he drew the other pistol shot the empty seat repeatedly causing the civilians to cover their ears from the noise.

Bryar kept firing until the guns clicked on empty and he panted from the exertion as he stared at the seat and Naruto stood before putting a hand on his shoulder, "It's alright, Ted. It's ok, he's dead and can't hurt or lie to you anymore." Naruto stated as Bryar sank to his knees and dropped the guns while Doctor Deaton hugged him and he cried softly into her while muttering 'I'm sorry' over and over again while Deaton shushed him and just let him get it out.

Naruto sighed as he exhaled before he got the key from the security guard's body and unlocked Elle's wrist, only for her to quickly grab him in a hug making him pause a moment before he returned it. The two then walked out of the train as the cops and feds came in and Deaton kept Bryar calm as he was handcuffed as it was just a precaution and she'd be with him every step of the way.

Naruto and Elle moves over to the barricade and sat down on the back of a car, "You know you're going to have to get checked out right?" Naruto asked and Elle chuckled as she pushed him lightly, "Hey, protocol is protocol." Naruto stated with a smile as he rubbed her back.

Gideon then came over causing Elle to look at him, "Will you tell him I don't need to go to the hospital?" Elle asked and Gideon shrugged.

"Procedure is procedure." Gideon stated making Elle hang and shake her head, "You all right?" Gideon asked and Elle laughed.

"Yes, I'm fine dad." Elle stated teasing a bit and Gideon nodded before he began moving away.

"Oh Elle." Gideon stated as he stopped gaining their attention, "Don't ever call me dad again." Gideon stated making her nod before he walked off.

"How do you think he'd feel about 'mom'?" Elle asked and Naruto smirked.

"Let me know when you plan to do that, the reaction and fallout will be too good to miss and not commit to film." Naruto stated making Elle laugh.

"Listen, Naruto, you probably saved my life in there." Elle stated and Naruto just looked at her with amusement, "Ok! You totally saved my ass in there, jerk." Elle stayed and Naruto nodded.

"And I've got it on film too." Naruto stated with a grin before Elle leaned in and kissed his cheek.

Naruto turned to look at her and saw her with a smile and a bit of pink on her face, "Thanks, for being there and saving me." Elle stated and Naruto smiled before kissing the top of her head.

"Always." Naruto stated and Elle smiled before she looked down.

"Um, Naruto, I wanted to ask you something." Elle stated and Naruto raised an eyebrow.

"If you want a date, then we're gonna have to figure how to ditch the team and go some place." Naruto stated only for her head to shoot up with some more pink to it before she punched his arm.

"That's not what I meant, you ass." Elle stated as Naruto laughed and Elle couldn't help but smile.

"Relax, I was just teasing." Naruto stated as he looked at her before leaning into her ear, "Or was I?" He stated quietly into her ear making her face heat up before she pushed him back with a half glare and he just smiled at her.

"It's about what you said to Perotta, you said you trapped your former best friend in a hell so to speak, but you told me you killed him." Elle stated and Naruto lost all playfulness and looked at the ground.

"Both are technically true. That day, my best friend did die, and I trapped the monster that replaced him. Believe me, even now both sides of me are in conflict over letting him stay alive that day, his family has some influence so I had to be careful afterward and they no doubt tried to help him or at least most of them did. His mother and elder brother were on my side, but his father and others despised me that there were attempts on me and Karin then I learned how to go off grid and kept them away from the girls. I ran into some people on their payroll and more often then not they joined my kill count. They're going to be after me till either myself or they are dead." Naruto stated with a sigh before he got up and patted her shoulder and walked off to see Bryar off.

The whole time, Elle was watching him go with a worried and concerned expression on her face.

Approaching the car, Naruto looked at Bryar as he was just looking at his hands, "Thank you." Bryar stayed as Naruto nodded.

"No problem, I'm glad you're finally free of your enemy." Naruto stated as Bryar smiled at him before the car drove off to take him to the hospital and make sure his arm was fine.

"Hey Naruto." Morgan called as Naruto turned to him and walked over, "Look man, I'm probably never going to be ok with you being around and I'm never going to be good with your methods at times, but you save Elle's life and the lives of different people. I'm not saying we'll be friends, but I'm willing to at least work with you." Morgan stated before sticking his hand out and Naruto took it.

"I can live with that. Just know, if you ever need anyone to talk to about your childhood, I'm here and I can relate to at least part of it." Naruto stated and Morgan froze, "I can read you guys easily, Morgan. I'm never going to bring it up with the team unless it's vital to saving your life, but I'm still going to know even if you don't want anyone else to know." Naruto stated before patting his shoulder, "It's not your fault, and it never will be your fault." Naruto stated before he walked off towards Gideon and Hotch.

Morgan just stared at Naruto as he walked off not noticing the fist he was making as he tried to calm down from the memories. He wasn't sure what to feel about Naruto reading him, he hadn't told anyone not family or friends or even the BAU shrink that every member had to see every three months. Having someone know… it made it more real and that made it harder, but he'd get through it like he had done before and again.

Or at least, he hoped he would.

Elsewhere

A red headed man with teal eyes marched angrily into his office and slammed the door. He had just come from another meeting with his allies and associates and they were still denying him support in taking action against that damn Namikaze brat! "Those damn cowards, Namikaze has been a thorn in our side for too long and he will pay for what he did to my son with or without their help. Who cares if he's in FBI or Marshall custody!" The man with red hair nearly shouted as he sat in his work office grumbling about his cowardly colleagues and planning to take matters into his own hands soon once he had everything in place. He broke from his planning as the intercom on his desk beeped, "Yes?" He asked pressing the answer button.

"Excuse me sir, your 4 o'clock is here to see you." His secretary answered and he hummed.

"Go ahead an send him in." The man stated before his door opened a minute later and a man with brown hair and onyx eyes came in dressed in a suit and carrying a briefcase, "A pleasure to meet you in person, Mr. Uchiha." The man stated standing for and shaking the Uchiha's hand.

"Please, the pleasure is mine and call me Fugaku." The now named Fugaku Uchiha stated as he took a seat.

"When you made this appointment, you said it was to help me with a mutual interest. I have to say that is a bit vague." The red head stated and Fugaku merely smiled.

"Well, I wanted to be to ensure your secretary wasn't going to be nosy." Fugaku stated making the red head raise an eyebrow, "You see, I wish to discuss matters of eliminating Naruto Namikaze." Fugaku stated causing the red head to freeze and look at the man to see he was dead serious.

"I'm listening." He stated finding the possibility of an ally willing to act against the Namikaze spawn immediately to be too enticing while Fugaku smiled knowing he found an ally to help him punish the arrogant brat who nearly killed his youngest.

Yes, this would be the start of a beneficial and powerful friendship, and the Namikaze wouldn't stand a chance when the time came.

Outside the office, neither were aware of the secretary making a phone call, "Yes sir, Fugaku Uchiha just entered the office. Yes sir, I'll keep you posted." She stated before hanging up. She then smirked and just leaned back knowing the bug she had in her "boss'" office would make sure she had all the info she needed to pass along to her real boss.

Done!

A lot of y'all thought it was Fugaku who was angry at the end of chapter 4, Well SURPRISE, It wasn't!

Next time is "The Popular Kids" and maybe something extra.

Later guys!