Flight to Freedom
Yuu: Alrighty, Ch. 1's up! Hope ya likey.
Torii: WOOHOOHOO! YEA MAN, THIS'S GONNA BE AWSOME!
Yuu: WOULD U STUFF IT ALREADY?! GEEZ!
Aku n Hichi: SHUT UP N PISS OFF, WE'RE SLEEPIN!!
Izu: OOOOOWWW, MY EARS R BLEEDIN!
Toya: Calm down all of u, before I ice u.
Everyone: . . . O.O
Toya: Hn, my imouto doesn't own Naruto.
Ch. 1-Escape
They were getting closer, before finally reaching Naruto's cell. The fox narrowed his eyes as he heard the jingling of the keys as his jailer opened his cage, the scientists and guards standing behind him, his muscles tensing as he prepared himself.
Just as the door swung open, he leaped, lunging at the opening. The jailer screamed as he found himself pushed backwards by a tremendous force, causing everyone to fall like dominoes. As everyone lie in a confused heap, Naruto jumped off the pile, making a run for a set of stairs leading to the only exit.
The humans scrambled, frantically chasing the blond fox that had reached the top. But by the time they reached the stairs, he was gone.
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Naruto laughed as he ran on all fours and followed his instincts, trusting that they would take him to the room that held all the records of the lives of the experiments, although he knew he was the only one left alive.
He ran down endless halls, going left, right, then left again, finally reaching a polished mahogany door. He slammed it down, not knowing what door knobs were, and found himself in a rectangular room full of file cabinets, the walls only far apart for two people to fit side-by-side. He ran down the aisle, stopping only when he saw a cabinet with a particular mark carved into it at the end.
He knew this mark, having had always seen it on the door of the experimentation room, a pair of snakes twining around a strange symbol he had never known the meaning of. Opening it, he shuffled through its contents until he reached a folder that had the same markings on his tag. He knew it was his because he had once seen the marks before the collar had been placed on him, although he should have long forgotten. But then again, he had always paid close attention to things during the years he hadn't been lucid.
Suddenly a loud noise penetrated the silence, wailing and shrieking throughout the halls. Seeing that he had no time to dawdle, Naruto grabbed the file and placed it between his teeth, carefully making sure his fangs didn't pierce it as he raced off on all fours once again.
The blond ran and ran before finally feeling a slight breeze. He paused and sniffed the air, then with a sudden burst of speed ran off towards the sweet scent of fresh air. Just as he caught sight of another set of stairs that climbed towards his freedom, a group came through a passage, blocking the exit.
Naruto was shocked. Normally the humans smelled salty and had a smell that stung his nose, but always had the unmistakable scent of humans. But these . . . these smelled wrong. It wasn't unpleasant, and it had a similarity to the normal humans. But it smelled . . . different. It was different, but at the same time, it was familiar.
It smelled like him.
The realization slammed into fox like a sledgehammer. They were experiments, just like him.
This smell . . . They smell like Kanryu . . . Naruto flinched at the name of his best friend, a kind smile flashing through his mind. But that's impossible, all the creations from that project are supposed to have died. How can this be? Have they restarted the project after all these years?
"Number 94739283, you are to return to your cell, either by your own will or by force," the man in front stated emotionlessly. Then a feral grin stretched across his face. "Although it'd be a lot more fun for us if you choose force." Everyone behind him grinned murderously.
No, no no no no no! the blond fox shrieked. They can't exist! I promised . . . I promised Kanryu that I'd make sure no one would go through the same thing he did, that no one would have the addictive power that that mark gave the wielder! These bloodthirsty bastards have got to go!
With a vicious roar, Naruto threw himself at the group at a blinding speed, tearing them apart in a whirlwind of blond, orange, and flashing claws.
"You weaklings!" the fox screamed. "Bastards such as yourselves who kill for pleasure shouldn't have this power! You'll never inherit Kanryu's strength and talent! I'll make sure of it! NEVER!!!"
Finally calming his rage, he stopped slashing at the bloody corpses. He climbed the stairs and came out the door, up out into the night. The fox stared in awe at the stars, shining comfortingly in the never-ending sky, dancing merrily around the full moon. Never before had he seen something so beautiful.
Sensing various sources of energy coming towards him, he turned tail and ran, across the sand and into the darkness.
TBC
Yuu: Phew, I think that was the longest chapter I wrote yet.
Torii: THAT WAS mrphrrmrrimrmrr!
Yuu: (whispers harshly)Shut up! Dont u remember Toya's threat? Or do u actually want to get iced?
Torii: (eyes wide, shakes head furiously)
Yuu: (takes hand off of Torii's mouth)Good, now run along n play w/ Hien.
Torii: AALLLRIGHT!!!
Toya: (whispers next to Torii's ear from behind menacingly)Toriiii~
Torii: KYAAAAA!!!
Toya: That's it, I'm so gonna ice u!
Sigh, I told him so, but did he listen to me? Noooooo. BTW, Kanryu is mine n mine alone, got it? Sigh, well, anyways, plz review while I go defrost my brother. Ja.