All my life, I've been nothing… least, I haven't been me. For years, I have been nothing but a tool to the people who had found me… who raised me. I felt like that what we've been doing was wrong, that we shouldn't be doing this just to change the world to how we wanted it. No, not 'we' but 'them' or 'they'… For as long as I could remember, I never had a choice in anything. I didn't have a say, I didn't have a thought I had nothing more than the two Pokémon I was given and the one I saved.
My partners in both friendship, and crime…
I was their top catcher, their top sneak, their top spy… I was trained in the art of stealing anything, in the art of crime. I had skills that no one else had, which was why I was their tool. Though, this is what I have to say… enough, is enough. Today is the end of my old group, my old family… and the beginning of my journey of redemption.
It was a beautiful day… least, as beautiful as it can be in the desert… Narrowing his eyes, the young man… Naruto Uzumaki… quietly walked toward the gate… he knew that it would be hard to get through the base without being seen since he wasn't supposed to return for a few days at the least… Shaking his head, the young man had remembered all the passwords, all the codes, the routes, and the pathways that either he could take or his friend…
Well, more like his friends…
Running a hand through his hair, he slid on his goggles and reached to his black belt as he pulled out two poke balls. "Alright my two friends… come on out… Kushina, Minato." Whispered Naruto as two flashes of light came from the poke balls only to reveal two fox-like Pokémon…
One, was covered in a light purple fur with big ears, two locks of purple fur just under their ears… a red jewel in the center of its forehead… purple eyes a few shades darker than its fur and finally it's long tail which, had split at the end… This, was one of his first two Pokémon… this, was his friend Kushina… Kushina just stared at Naruto with a bit of a tired stare only to yawn.
The next Pokémon was a black furred fox Pokémon called Umbreon. The Pokémon had rounded ears and tail… it had gold rings around all four of its legs, a ring around its tail, ears and finally in the center of its forehead. Its red eyes glowed with power as he stared at Naruto.
Naruto smiled only to sigh and slap his forehead; he needed his last friend, the only one he didn't keep in a poke ball. "Kurama, please come here!" Naruto said in a hushed, yet slightly loud whisper. A soft sound came from his bike's side seat and jumped over to Naruto. Climbing up his loose black pants, climbing up his red long sleeved jacket with black on the bottom of the coat and the sleeves and up over his orange shirt and all the way up to his blonde hair where the little fox-like Pokémon rested. This Pokémon was Eevee, a small brown Pokémon with a white ring of plush fur around his neck and a very fluffy tail that had a white tip…
Its pointed ears twitched at the sounds that surrounded them, and its big brown eyes alert for any danger. This little guy was Naruto's eyes and ears during any kind of operation rather than a battler like the other two.
"So Naruto, what do you need today?" asked Eevee, also known as Kurama from her place on Naruto's head.
"We're going to break into the lab… steal the snag machine and destroy everything so they can't make a new one or even come close to creating new plans since the man that made the blueprints was killed couple years ago." Naruto calmly said, tightly grasping the necklace that was around his neck… he didn't know where he got it, but it was the last key to who he was and where he came from.
Shaking his head, Naruto stared at his Espeon and Umbreon and smiled softly at the two of them… he's had them from the moment they were born as twin Eevee's and had them evolve on the same day… well, least with Kushina evolving into an Espeon and Minato evolving into an Umbreon. Shaking his head, Naruto calmly said "okay, this is what we're going to do, Kurama you're going to go through the vents and I'll be on the main floor sneaking around… You will be keeping a look out so I don't bump into anyone."
Kurama nodded his head though since Naruto couldn't see him, he tapped the blonde's head twice telling him 'yes' as he listened for the rest of the plan.
Naruto stared at Kushina and Minato as he said "you two, well you both work very well, I'll need Kushina to help me set the bombs, in the lab to help me destroy and you, Minato will go to the heart of the base and set up the big bomb understand?"
Minato and Kushina nodded though they both had a big grin. Naruto stared at their eyes, and saw the reflection… when he uses his power to speak to Pokémon… his pupils would turn into slits though when he spoke to humans, they would remain human and circle… Sighing softly he reached into his bike's side seat and pulled out a circular looking bomb with a flat side. Smiling, he walked over to Minato as he said "okay, you remember how to use one of these right?"
"Yes, press the big red button so it can be activated with the remote in your pocket. I've done this enough times Naruto." Minato said as he took the bomb in his jaw and ran off to go plant it.
"Meet back here in half an hour at least, or until you hear an explosion… no wait, Minato come back!" shouted Naruto, before Minato returned so Naruto could attach a headset on Minato's head so they could communicate since sometimes, Naruto has a habit of finishing a mission sooner than it should have taken. After that, Minato took off, jumping on some of the ledges and leaving.
"Kushina, ready? Kurama?" Naruto asked the two remaining of his Pokémon who, both gave their sign of nodding.
"We're ready Naruto…" said the both of them.
Naruto smiled softly, happy that he had some friends at the least… Taking a deep breath, Naruto jumped up on some of the boxes that were outside of the base, Kurama still perched atop of his head and with Kushina right behind him. Naruto couldn't help but smirk… today, was going to be the end of Team Snagem.
Before they went into the vents, Naruto gave headsets to both Kurama and Kushina. Nodding to Kurama, he calmly said "go on ahead and we'll follow." The small Pokémon nodded and jumped on into the vents and walked on ahead, soon Kushina followed and Naruto behind her. He was careful not to make any sounds while in the vents, he had a feeling that there were still many members in the base, so he had to be careful not to alert anyone here that he was back, that was the last thing that he needed.
Narrowing his blue eyes into slits, Naruto looked down at the vents below and at the side as he saw a few people as he walked by… some people were in the cafeteria, least they weren't in the main building so no one would get hurt. Sighing softly, Naruto kept on crawling ahead, he knew that he had to keep going while there was still some time left. The young man knew that he would have to figure a few things out, even hack into the computers to get some info on him…
Maybe… he could find out who he was.
Taking a deep breath, Naruto listened carefully to the sounds that were around him. He could hear people whispering… about him?
"Think Uzumaki will finish his mission?"
"Yeah, he always does…"
"True, but I have a feeling that he's not an emotionless tool anymore."
Naruto wondered what they were talking about… did they know something about him that he wouldn't know? That he would want to know about? Damn it, he wished that he could just jump outta here and beat the truth out of them. But… Naruto knew that right now wasn't a time to be rash, he had to be smart right now, so he couldn't beat them… he had to stop and destroy this base and the members of this group.
Taking a deep calming breath, Naruto kept on crawling through the vents, wanting to pretend that they weren't talking about him, he didn't have the time for this, he had to focus and that was the only thing that he had to do before getting the hell outta here.
"Kurama, anyone ahead?" asked Naruto in a soft whisper.
"I don't see anyone… I'm guessing that it's safe." calmly said Kurama before moving aside for Naruto and Kushina to get through…
Kushina used physic to move the grate to the side and gently place it aside, though before that she had destroyed the video camera's… which would give them about ten minutes to do that they came to do before they came. That would be enough time to get the machine and destroy everything.
Once they got into the room, Naruto hacked into the computers to get all the data about the snag machine and sighed softly. Though, as he was deleting the machines data from the computers, he looked up his own file… "Kushina, while I'm on here, destroy the blueprints with swift."
Kushina nodded, opened her mouth as stars started to fly past her lips and hit and shred the paper into shreds only for those to get ripped up into confetti.
Naruto knew that he wouldn't have enough time to read it… Looking around, he quickly hit the print button for the guards would come down to fix the cameras… as he printed that off, he started to delete the files of the Snag Machine… sighing softly, the young man didn't notice that there were so many files… and the back-up files.
Finishing up the files, Naruto walked over to the printer and quickly took the papers that he had printed out and tucked them away in his pocket. Looking up at the ceiling and the wall, he reached into his bag that he has tied up around his waist, just a little above his waist, he pulled out two bombs. Smirking, he placed one on the wall just behind him… Looking up at the ceiling, he asked Kushina to use physic to get him up above so he could place the bomb on the ceiling. Least that was one thing down… With the machines destroyed, it would give them a better advantage… even if they could get the machines fixed they wouldn't have any files left.
Turning around, Naruto grabbed his Snag Machine and stared at Kushina. "You know what to do."
"You got it Naruto." Said Kushina with a big of a smirk before opening her mouth, a black ball of energy started to form… narrowing her eyes, she launched multiple shadow balls at the Snag Machines. While she was doing that, Naruto stared at the Snag Machine… it was like part of a shoulder sleeve of a shirt that would easily attach itself on his body… Opening up the few clips on the shoulder, Naruto attached it to his jacket and his arm before looping his arm through the coil of the machine and the joint from the shoulder to the a hallow metal cylinder that would go around his forearm, wrist and hand all the way up to his fingers. Since he was right handed, he had to have it on his right hand…
Finally, the final touch to make sure that it would stay on; there were a few clips that he had over a part of the plating that went over part of his chest, the seal over the machine was a line that swirled within itself… and it was coloured in bright red… Sighing, he was happy that the machine was secured to his body… Looking over at Kushina, he said "use shadow ball on the wall so we can get outta here. And Kurama, come down please."
Just like that, the wall was down and Naruto's Eevee jumped down from the vent and landed on his left shoulder and nuzzled him. Naruto couldn't help but smile and pulled out Kushina's poke ball and got her to return before running out of the hole in the wall.
"Minato, is the bomb planted or what? I'm already done."
"Yeah, I'm on my way out I'll be out soon… please tell me that you didn't press the button."
Naruto chuckled as he said "don't worry, I didn't press it yet." Smiling, Naruto looked up at the building and quickly, he saw Minato jumping down from the building. Placing Kushina's poke ball back on his belt, and pulled out Minato's and called him back… Once he jumped up on the bike, he put Kurama in the side car and grabbed his key and put it in the ignition as it roared to life.
The front and back wheels split in half as it pushed out energy, as did the side seat. Naruto was so glad for this thing… it could ride over water, sand and could ride on normal road. Everything was perfect for this car. Smirking, he looked in his mirror and gave the base one last look before riding off and pressing the button. The base exploded, he could literally see fire reaching for the sky…
Pieces of metal went left and right, people running at the building… he could faintly make out the outline of his boss. Smirking, he placed the remote back in his jacket, and lifted his middle finger as he said "see ya later fuckers! I'm free, believe it!" And that was when, Naruto felt free for the first time in his life.