AN: yo,
this is my new story, well i've actually had it on my computer for a while but couldn't be bothered to post is. so here it is so i hope you enjoy! please review but telling me i've mis spelled is fine but no flaming for the sake of flaming its a waste of both our time.
Enjoy and reveiws make me write faster!
Arty.
The Stuff Of Heroes
Prologue
outnumbered and outgunned
The four figures ran down a tunnel, flickering torches revealed them in flashes as they ran inhumanly fast, their cloaks swishing as they ran. One of the younger three glanced over his shoulder, red eyes scanned the area behind them. He let out an annoyed growl, as he noticed several enemy ninja gaining on them "Kakashi! They're gaining!" he called out to the taller man, slightly ahead of his three students. The figure glanced over his shoulder, his red and black heterochromatic eyes calculating "Sakura! Ceiling!" he snapped at the slowest person.
Jade green eyes glinted from the shadows of the figures hood, there was a flash of pink hair as the figure skidded to a stop, turning, she threw three kunai with a flick of her wrist, she was running after her companions before they had even finished embedding themselves into the caves ceiling. With a small smirk Sakura formed a hand-sign counting slowly in her head
"One. Two. Three... KATSU!" the cave shook as there was a small explosion followed by screams.
"Good work Sakura" the one named Kakashi praised.
Without warning, he suddenly turned into an almost invisible side tunnel, in fact it was so sudden that the last figure had to stop and backtrack.
Mentally kicking himself and cursing violently, he ran to catch up with his team, only to crash into one of his team mates.
He stumbled back with a yelp, his hood falling back, revealing spiky golden blond hair held back by a black forehead protector. The metal shone as the sudden light reached it, the symbol of Konoha engraved proudly in the centre, he had slightly tanned skin, and three scars like whiskers adorned each cheek.
He glared at the person he had crashed into, his sky blue eyes flashing angrily "Oi! Sasuke-teme! What'd you stop for?" he growled. His cloaked friend turned, even in the darkness of his hood you could tell he had his eyebrow raised "because. Dobe, there's a frickin' door in the way!" he said slowly a slight sneer in his voice.
The blond boy blinked and moved his gaze to behind the other boy, and let out a small "oh." at the large red door that stood before them.
It seemed out of place in the cave, even as Kakashi pushed the door open.
The smaller three of the team gasped, before them lay a large, cathedral-like cavern. Black torches lit with blue flames, arranged on the walls of the domelike room, filled the room with an eerie blue glow. There were three other doors, one opposite them, the other two on either side of them.
They pulled out kunai's as they walked in, their eyes scanning the room.
"Hey? Kakashi-sensei, what's that?" the blond asked curiously, as he lowered his kunai and pointed at a small podium that stood in the centre of the room. The floor and the podium itself was covered in a complicated seal, a small rolled up scroll was laying on top of it. Before Kakashi could answer, the door opposite them creaked open, instantly four kunai shot at the door.
Sasuke lowered his next kunai with a sigh, his team copying him.
"Oh, its just you"
The boy in the doorway raised an eyebrow "I know we don't see eye to eye, but isn't trying to kill me a bit over the top Uchiha?" he asked, slightly amused as he twirled the kunai he had caught inches from his forehead in one hand, before throwing it at the boy, who's hood had fallen back revealing pale almost white skin, his dark bangs fell over his red eyes as they faded to coal black. In one swift movement he caught the kunai and holstered it "shut it Hyuga" he snapped at the brown haired boy, who glared back with his pale white eyes, as his team-mates entered behind him throwing the other three members of team seven their kunai's, which they holstered.
"Neji! Lee! TenTen-Chan! Shikamaru! Ino-Chan! Sai!"
The blond boy yelled happily as he rushed over to his friends, only to receive a hard thump to the head, courtesy of a small blond girl "Naruto no baka! You want to get us caught!" she hissed angrily "Oi! Ino-pig, leave him alone!" Sakura snapped glaring at her rival as Ino glared right back, lightning shooting from their eyes.
Meanwhile the blond boy was being helped up by an energetic boy with a strange bowl shaped haircut and wide eyes.
The other boy with dark brown hair pulled into a tight ponytail, sighed "Troublesome woman." he muttered under his breath. "Naruto-kun are you ok!" the black haired boy asked. Naruto rubbed his head, his eyes watering "Ino-Chan you're mean." he whined, as he bolted behind Neji as the blond girl turned to glower at him.
Luckily he was saved from further pain, when another door opened and several figures and a white dog stumbled in. Once they were all in, a heavyset boy slammed the door shut.
The door jolted violently, as something or someone collided with it "A little help here please!" he grunted at another jolt opened the door slightly. Two boys ran to help, one with brown hair and red marks like fangs on his cheeks, the other wore a strange black hat and had purple war paint on his face.
"Temari!"
Shikamaru ran quickly towards the girl with blond hair in four spiky pigtails, a large folded fan on her back. She was leaning heavily on a boy with blood red hair and black rings around his eyes. Her hand was pressed tightly against her side, blood dripped through her fingers to the ground. She looked up at her boyfriend with a weak grin.
"I'm ok Shika-kun, just a scratch. I was careless."
Shikamaru smiled at her, brushing a loose strand of hair from her face "troublesome woman." he said fondly.
The red-head cleared his throat "Sorry for breaking up this truly touching moment, but can you do this when we're not about to be slaughtered.?" he asked emotionlessly, making his older sister blush, as Shikamaru looked round, he noticed his team-mates settling in defensive positions around the room, except Naruto.
He was reading something of the scroll on the podium "Ne, Shikamaru! You're a genius right? Well, what's a portal scroll do?" he asked suddenly, Shikamaru shrugged settling into his own stance "I don' know. Could be a transportation scroll, but I've never heard of one" he said with a sigh.
"Naruto? you do know that about-oh I don't know-A HUNDRED FUCKIN' NINJA ARE ABOUT TO BREAK DOWN THE DOOR AND KILL US!" Sakura screamed slapping him round the head, just as the door was blown open sending Kiba, Choji and Kankuro flying.
The room quickly filled with ninja as Kiba and Choji got up, unfortunately Kankuro wasn't so lucky, and lay on the ground as a dribble of blood ran from a large cut on his forehead.
Sasuke swore violently, as a ninja slashed him with a kunai leaving a large cut across his back, he fell to his knees.
Another slash appeared on his side.
Before the ninja he was fighting could land a finishing blow a gloved fist caught his jaw, he flew backwards colliding with a group of ninja that had surrounded TenTen and Shino, knocking them to the ground.
"Sasuke-kun, are you ok?" Sakura asked as she stabbed an incoming ninja, ignoring the fact she had been stabbed through the side. She barely flinched as she pulled it out and swiftly decapitated another ninja. She bent throwing Sasuke's arm around her shoulders and helping him up easily, both stared wearily at the ninja's that encircled them "Shimatta! We're surrounded!" she hissed, backing away with Hinata, Gaara and Temari.
"Kiba!...Behind you!"
Hinata spun at the usually silent Shino's yell. .Just in time to see her team-mate fall forwards, several kunai buried deeply into his back "Iie! Kiba-kun!" Hinata screamed as TenTen and Neji caught him, his puppy let out a whine, pawing at his leg.
"Fall back!" Kakashi ordered as he began to form hand-signs faster than the rest could follow "doton: doryūheki!" he yelled, he opened his mouth spitting out a stream of mud that solidified into a large wall of earth.
"that should hold them for now-"
Ino screamed as Kakashi crumpled to the ground three kunai imbedded in his stomach.
"Kakashi-sensei!" Sakura gasped, giving Sasuke to Shino and running forward. As she reached him she saw the cracks that began to appear in the mud wall, like a spiders web. She began dragging Kakashi away from the wall, just as it imploded sending her, Kakashi, and Ino-who had come to help her-flying.
Before the others could react they were hit with a wave of kunai's. Shino, lee, Choji, and TenTen fell, their bodies littered with various weapons. Neji lost his focus when he saw his team-mates fall. An enemy took his chance and ran a katana through his shoulder. Gaara had raised a wall of sand in front of him as soon as he saw the first crack a second wall formed protecting Shikamaru who held an unconscious Temari in his arms, while a third covered the unconscious form of his brother.
"NO! HINATA, MOVE!"
The few still conscious watched in horror as Naruto jumped in front of a wounded Hinata, as she lent over the wounded dog that lay next to her, his arms spread out. as two katana's pierced his stomach.
Hinata stared. Her lavender eyes wide as his blood spattered over her face.
"n-naru-NARUTO!"
The anguish in her voice froze everything for a few seconds, and then everything started again as the blond lurched forward. He fell into the two ninja and when they pushed him back, they had kunai's buried in their chests, and they were dead before they hit the ground.
Naruto turned sluggishly, he smiled weakly at the small, crying girl "Hina-Chan. don't cry...ok.?" he muttered, before stumbling past her. With a groan he collapsed onto the podium, As he lay there, he could dimly hear Hinata screaming at him. He watched strangely detached as his blood formed a small stream, and he watched as the stream reached to open scroll that he had been reading... A small stain of red began to form, the writing on the scroll started to glow blue-white.
The light spread into the black seal underneath the scroll and down the podium to the ground as Hinata tried to reach Naruto, she screamed as a kunai sunk into her left leg causing her to stumble.
She collapsed in a heap besides Naruto as a small dome of light surrounded the seal.
And when it faded.
They had all vanished.
Chapter End.
AAN: yo again,
hope you enjoyed. don't forget to press the pretty reveiw button,
Arty.