So, this is a prologue for a new fic I'm writing. It was inspired by the "Die Hard" movies. I just saw all four of them, and loved all four of them. So I figured, for my readers who want more action, since there isn't much in "If Only," you can read this. Of course, if I get bad reviews for this, I'll stop and concentrate on my other story, which people like.

This is just the prologue, a preview if you will. If it sounds good, let me know and I'll keep going.

Whoever else saw "Live Free or Die Hard" was it not the best movie ever? I loved it and was very glad and surprised that they cut down the swearing so much. But it was awesome.

Also, if anyone has a better suggestion for a title, please let me know.

Okay, I was gonna say something else, but for the life of me, I can't reme--oh! Right, for those of you that have read "If Only: the Tailor Interlude" there is a small reference to this in it. If I keep writing, you'll figure it out. 'K, that's all.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or "Die Hard"

Prologue

Naruto reached up and wiped the sweat off his brow. What did they want?

They had stormed into the place, taking it over, killing all resistance.

They had taken everyone hostage, demanding that some guy named Fyoja Mineo must be released from prison. Who the hell is Fyoja Mineo?

When their request wasn't complied with the first time, they blew up a building, they didn't kill any hostages. Why blow up a building in the middle of town when you've got twenty civilian hostages at your fingertips?

Naruto reached in his pack and whipped out the city map. His fingers traced over it. Okay, the building that the terrorists had destroyed was some bakery, right in the heart of town. It was on the same block as the Mizukage building. In fact, it was only one building away. It went, the bakery, then the Mist Village's Main Bank, then the Mizukage building.

Why a bakery? That doesn't make sense. Does this terrorist dude hate cake or something?

A comment from the head terrorist, Fyoja Roka, surfaced in Naruto's turmoiled brain. "We have informants everywhere, boy."

Kakashi-sensei. "Look underneath the underneath."

Naruto lifted his head; someone was coming. He scooped up his stuff and ran down the hallway, then used a move he remembered well from his pranking days. He planted his feet on either side of the wall and shimmied up it until he was well above the level of the man's head. He then shifted forward so that he was hidden by an arch. The man patrolled by him, not glancing up. Suckers. No one ever looks up.

Naruto let himself down silently and snuck into a room that no one was using. Okay. I'm missing something. It's right there, I know it.

He closed his eyes and ran through everything that had happened.

Informants, plants everywhere. It sounded like he'd been planning this for ages.

Naruto rubbed his face. His brain was starting to hurt.

What if, what if there are plants in the ninja force? No, all of them have already admitted it and joined Roka. But that would have the rest of the ninjas worried, right, distracted?

Okay, so he wanted to distract all of the ninjas. From what?

Naruto scanned the nearby area with his chakra, a useful trick Jiraya had taught him. No one was near, for now, but he couldn't lose vigilance.

What would he want to distract them from? What else has happened?

The explosion, obviously. But again, why a bakery?

Maybe . . . maybe the bakery wasn't the real target.

They have plants everywhere. What if they've taken over the cleanup crew? In all the commotion, people wouldn't notice, would they? Most of their attention, along with the ninjas' attention would be on the mansion, where the hostages are, right?

So, the "clean-up crew" would be free to do whatever they wanted.

So what the target? The Mizukage building? The Mizukage himself?

But if he was going after the Mizukage, why not blow up the bank instead.

The Mizukage's voice also flashed through his head and in that instant, Naruto had it.

"Oh, damn!" He leaped up and began to make his way through the mansion, searching for an entrance to the tunnels so he could get out. He needed to get out!

Will I make it in time?

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Well, should I keep writing? I promise my other fic won't suffer if I write this, so don't think about that. I'll only keep writing if I get good reviews, so if you want, you gotta give me some reviews, okay?