He saw a lower ranked secretary waiting there for him, behind his desk. "Ah, Koga-san. Hokage-sama is waiting for you to discuss your new job. I was assigned to take over your old job this morning. It seems you are being promoted."
Koga was surprised but pleased. He did work hard at his job. It was good to hear that his efforts would be rewarded. Smiling to himself, he hurried up the stairs to find out where his new position would be.
Koga arrived at the top of the Tower to wait for a few minutes before the Hokage's main secretary to usher him into the Hokage's office. He bowed before the Hokage and waited as Sarutobi pulled out a scroll and a pair of folders from his pile of paperwork. "Ah, Koga-san. I am glad you came up here so promptly. We have need of a quality man to fill a new position that just opened up in our liaison office with the Daimyo and your name was brought to my attention."
"I am flattered Hokage-sama. May I ask what the new position entails?"
"Of course. Just a moment." Sarutobi turned to his intercom. "Could you bring in that tea and coffee I had asked for earlier, Ume?"
"Of course Hokage-sama," the secretary replied in a pleasant voice.
Koga paid no attention to the door opening behind him. Suddenly, he stiffened as he lost all control of his movements. A blonde man wearing a jonin vest stepped in front of him and made a hand sign before his face. 'A Yamanaka! I must …'
Ah, Inoichi, Shikaku, right on time. Inoichi, please have Koga-san be seen leaving the main gate toward the capital. I do not want Danzo and his cronies getting wind that one of his spies has been caught just yet. I will have the paperwork of his 'mission' filed immediately. Once Koga is seen leaving, get him to Ibiki as soon as you can."
Cat sat in the file room with 3 other masked ANBU operatives. The Hokage's secretary, Ume, had shown them the correct cabinet with reports that mentioned the Uzumaki boy. Dozens of incident reports filled 2 drawers in a single cabinet. Cat looked through the cabinet and pulled out the ones she had personally filed reports on. She glanced at the first one and shook her head as she saw the large amounts of editing that had been done to her report.
She took out a pad of paper and began to take notes. The file she was reading was on a stink bomb incident months before. The noxious substance Naruto had used did in fact cause a store to close while the air was blown out of the building. The owner had thrown Naruto out for simply asking how much something cost a day earlier. Cat distinctly recalled the foul odor and that is had done nothing beyond fouling the air.
But the damage report was severely inflated beyond closing the store. It showed that an acidic compound had been used and damaged a large portion of the man's wares. The Hokage office, being officially responsible for Naruto, had authorized payment to replace the damaged goods. Cat was impressed by the amount listed. She looked into several other prank cases and noticed in all cases that money was being paid out for damages that had never happened. She listed every amount on her pad.
The other operatives noticed what she was writing and began calling out the bogus damage payouts from their reports. After all the reports from the past two years alone were tallied, an impressive amount was listed. 'Wow, if he had actually done the damage these reports listed, we would not have a market district. There is enough money being siphoned out to pay several high level ninja a hefty salary,' Cat thought. 'This would not happen if the Hokage was not swamped by so many reports each day. Koga has been able to falsify reports for possibly years now. He is not living above the means for his position so the money is going somewhere else. That is something else for Ibiki to find out.'
Cat gathered her notes and set off for the Hokage's office. The secretary, Ume waved Cat directly in to see Sarutobi. Cat bowed then began her report.
"Hokage-sama, my fellows and I have examined many reports on Naruto's pranks over the last two years. Our preliminary finding are that a pattern of falsehood exists in the reports and that monetary damages being paid out by the Treasury exceed any real damage by a factor of 100 or more. In fact, from our own recollections, any damage actually incurred was more from people panicking than from malicious behavior on Naruto's part. Our knowledge of his pranks shows that they are intended to annoy and disrupt rather than hurt anyone or anything."
Sarutobi nodded slowly, "That last bit falls in line with Naruto's character. He is starved for attention and even negative attention is better than none. Koga will have a lot to answer for but we must move quickly. He will be missed soon. Cat, find Kakashi and tell him I need his old team for a secret mission. I will see him this afternoon once I have examined Naruto's performance."
Iruka walked in the training hall with Naruto as the Hokage waited with a pair of ANBU bodyguards. Iruka stepped up and bowed to the Hokage. Naruto did as well after a light tap by Iruka.
"Thanks you for allowing Naruto to demonstrate his skills for you, Hokage-sama," Iruka said.
Sarutobi smiled as he knew this would be less of a demonstration as a long embarrassment for the boy but it needed to be done "Naruto, I know this will be a long frustrating ordeal for you but it is needed to see what you know and where you have been taught incorrectly. First, run through the five standard katas of the Academy taijutsu."