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The night has subsided as the Sun rose from the horizon signifying a dawning light across the village of Konoha. Naruto accidently overslept through the night but why could he not? He missed them dearly, his home, his friends, his family. With a satisfying beginning of the morning, he walks out the building with a lightened smile on his face. "Thanks for coming by Naruto-chan!"
"Come again with more food please!"
"We love you!"
"Not in the homo way!
"Or in the incest way!"
"Or the awkward way!"
"JUST SAY BYEBYE KIDS!" Akemi scolded.
"BYE NARUTO!"
He could not help but to roll his eyes and with a final wave of departure, he went on straight for his early arrival to the academy. "Area's clear…the subject has left the premises. Moving in to proceed with objective." A female voice spoke out through a radio frequency. Being an early bird, the street was not densely populated much to his relief thus making his journey along the way a lot easier. He finally arrived to his designated location standing in front of the academy gates. Looking left to right down the street, not one single soul is in sight nor in his sensory field. May morning or night it may be but this does not make him feel safe. Something unusual is about to happen as it may seem. He walks down the deathly silent hallway to his classroom feeling unsettled at every step he took. He slid open the door and much to his inconvenience, not a single living soul is found excluding him.
'Where the hell is everybody?'
As Naruto was being kept busy surveying the entire room, a hand creeps up from behind and tap his shoulder.
"GAH?!" Naruto was totally freaked out and the force of his shock sent him crawling backwards to the other end of the room. He was about to flip out and show his wrath to the unlucky fella who gave him a heart attack, but he can't because the Hokage is standing right in front of him. His state of emotion stabilise, his facial feature looking extremely dull. "Oh it's you…thought it was The Grudge."
Minato sweat dropped at the spine tingling sensation and gave him a smile. "No ghost here young man…" Naruto shrugged off the alarm in his head as The Hokage motioned for him sit down opposite sides on the teacher's table.
"I thought Iruka-sensei would come here, didn't expect you to show up. No offence." The whiskered enigma politely commented of which almost surprised Minato.
"It's Saturday…" Naruto gasped as his pupils degraded to the point his body shook in anxiety. "He's off duty for the current moment, I'm here because of the incident yesterday of which the situation requires me to step forward…"
'That's an odd protocol…' Naruto thought suspiciously as he concentrates his mind to the figure in front of him.
Minato continues with his friendly and business like tone. "…I've been meaning to ask you. How did you get the information you exclaimed outside the textbooks and this academy's primary source of information?" Noticing his change of emotion, he asks again. "This doesn't have to do anything with your results nor will it affect you in any sort of way. I just wanted to know how you gained such information."
Naruto slouched a bit and answers with a dull look. "Well…the information I spoke of came from the traveling settlers. I looked up to the foreign newspaper myself because they weren't selling much and they don't cost much as well. There were war diaries to history textbooks of which Konoha library does not. They were surprisingly more detailed in the author's perception than a reporter's findings." It is common knowledge that Konoha is part of the trading route for settlers but supplying information was not something common.
"Why did you take such measures?"
"Why not? Learning and knowing what is happening in the outside world is better than being trapped in a box with a single book." He explained with a quoted of which really came out as a shock to the Hokage of how mature the boy really is. "It is important to never be bias when comparing report to another unless there was prove. For example…" He took out a notebook and flips through it. "For example, the death toll reported by the Blazing News about a genocide some 15 years ago which occurred in Bosria was 2,000,000 civilians because of ethnic cleansing. The largest thought to occur ever since the Last Great Shinobi War. Then a year later after their war ended, Bosria officially released names of the deceased men, women and child which is a total of 200,000." He closed the book and looked back at him. "That was a really big gap…don't you think?"
Minato sighed. "It's true that it was corrected but I never thought that kind of information still existed. Could you give a description of who the settlers are?"
Naruto raised his brow and shrugged his shoulders. "Nah…I could barely remember what I ate this morning and they left Konoha a couple months back."
He placed his finger underneath his chin. "That's a shame…The war diaries you spoke of, weren't they supposed to be returned to the rightful owners. It's crucial for their families to know and to possess as part of their lost link."
He sat up straight up. "I would and I will once I've became a full-fledged shinobi. I would be their messenger even if I had to go through an army to find them." His eyes speaks of a fiery will but an icy sense of deception lurks beneath.
In Minato's perception, his ideals and explanations were pretty convincing. Why would someone risk his own life to send simply a book lost in blood from someone one does not knew and to the one whom he never met? The Hokage takes out a letter sealed underneath his vest and handed out to Naruto. "I have a proposition for you, Uzumaki Naruto. How would you like an early graduation and go through a private full time course to boost your way up to the rank of Jounin?"
Minato saw the responsive alter in his eyes which turned into suspicion and anger. "What are you getting at?"
"I am giving you a clear path for your future! No boundaries and no obstacles to suddenly merge in. You have a talent that I foresee but it's not something you've realized. You have choices you regret making and consequences you are suffering." Naruto holds in silence putting up the shards of puzzles in his head. "The people of this village shuns and treats you like a delinquent. They don't have a clue what you've been through and neither do I. I know when I look at you, you want recognition."
"That's not true!" Naruto flabbergasted.
He torched back. "Yes it is! Narumi said it herself and you can't deny her! This isn't something you can run away as long as you remain here! If respect and recognition is what you want and respect is what you will get. They will no longer treat you as the boy you are but something greater! A greater someone whom they will look up to!" Minato persuaded but halt his motive when Naruto closed his eyes.
"Respect isn't supposed to be given. Recognition is not what I deserve. They can treat me like trash and talk rubbish behind my back but what does it matter? I-don't-care. I have the right to do what I want and the obligation of which you should not take control of. It is not my legacy." His tone was a dark winter sweeping over the entire room giving Minato a frostbite.
Minato arose from his heat and bangs the table shattering it in pieces his voice boiling in anger. "YES I DO BECAUSE YOU ARE MY S-."
Naruto cut him off with a cold blade lining down his throat as ANBU operatives surrounded him in split seconds with blood steel. Minato never felt more terrified when his spine shivers in ice by the words of the young boy spouts next. "We had a deal that you are under no obligation nor personal judgement, to bring the subject up, as it will cost you dearly."
"Lower down your weapon Uzumaki Naruto!" The purple haired operative ordered pressing her blade against his neckline. Naruto was not fazed as he continues to frost with his icy glare into Minato's.
"Stand down Neko. All of you stand down. This is an order." They lowered their weapons including Naruto as the atmosphere returns to its usual order. "My apologies…you have my deepest concerns, Naruto. You are free to leave but remember, the offer still stands."
Naruto casts off the Katana and walks out the front door but not without leaving him a single warning. "Remember, remember. On the 10th of October. The Gates of Hell will spread and the flames of war will engulf the world. None will survive and none will reborn."
Only the eyes and ears in the room could have sworn a demon looming over his stature giving the fiery hell glare which left a tainted mark to their souls. 'What was that?'
The room turned into a state of stability as the Sun peeks through the window with its warmth. Monkey picked up the Katana left by Naruto and examined it. "A blade this long shouldn't be hidden inside his clothing."
Crow intrigued. "That's because it's a fake." The once thought to be a weapon capable of murder was actually a long harmless wooden ruler. Minato reflected during the moment the table was destroyed. His reaction must be beyond their expectations.
"Did he just misled us again?"
He aimlessly walks around the village outside his usual routine having nowhere to go in his free time. Upon realizing he was walking on sand, he surveyed his surroundings and found himself in an isolated rundown playground with a trolley in the corner.
'Ah shit…I'm in that bad part of the town again…'
Without warning, a pipe clashed into the back of his skull spewing blood all over the dirt. Naruto stumbled forward onto the ground his vision degraded massively. The pain was so overwhelming that a bone-breaking kick was sent onto his chest did not register into his mind. Tumbling and rolling all over the place, he crouched onto his one knee coughing out blood then sends a piercing glare at his foes.
"HAHAHAHAHA! Hey Naruto! Like how that feels?"
Naruto stands but barely at his mind sways back and forth as his breathing takes control of the painful sensation. He smirked. "Heh…you just don't know when to give up do you? Ki-baka…Though I admire your pride but mixing up and getting into trouble with low-lifes such as them is just plain foolish." He attempts to regain his pose as Kiba laughs.
"The low-lifes you labelled are my friends in the hood! They've built up quite a reputation and they invited me in!" He gestured with his arms wide open to the 10 people ages 10 to 14 and they all have a hungry look in their eyes for blood. "Unlike you, there's no one who wishes to stand by with a weakling."
Naruto released a painful laugh in amusement as blood tickles down his chin. "If having 'friends' makes you strong then why are you making yourself look like a pissed-off coward hiding behind a blanky. You're fucking pathetic!" He exclaimed and it felt good when he saw the 'burned' reaction. "A lone wolf without a pack is stronger than living with thugs!"
"Hmph…you damn asshole. Fine! We'll do this one on one!" He handed the pipe over and rolls up his sleeve. "In school, we have restrictions…no fighting. But out here, we're in the wild where being strong means being the king! Now Get Ready!" He lashed out his arms as his nails grew a few inches. His eyes narrowed upon seeing the blond continues to stand his ground as his head bowed down. Kiba crouched down in all fours his muscles bulge, his mind focused onto his target. Not a single movement. Feeling underestimated and boiling with rage, Kiba launched like a bullet onto his target.
"GETSUGA!"
His claws plunged deep into his belly lashing out the liquid as his body ragdolled into one of the obstacles causing dust and rubble to erupt. Parts of the playground turned into scraps as the dust recedes showing Naruto's body lying upon the wreckage with a pipe through his chest. Kiba and his friends gasped at his unconscious body as bloods spews out like a fountain. A sight of which traumatized every single one of them.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" They recovered from their hysteria upon hearing him laughing like a crazed maniac. "Look at all you fools! You look at a dead body and this is how you react?! People die every day and judging by your reaction, you really think that you are ready to face the harsh reality?! This is the real world!" Naruto hops off the wreckage and pulls off the pipe like it's nothing. His eyes speaks of a grim reality but his mouth shows horror of what's to come. "If being a thug for the rest your life is what you chose then you should have prepared for it! There's a saying: Killing for yourself is murder. Killing for your government is heroic. And killing for entertainment is harmless. Above all, you should always face the consequences. Too bad you'll never reach that standard, Kiba…" He casts off the pipe his fists ready for gut wrenching.
Kiba took a step back in tingling fear and motioned for his buddies to attack. "Get him guys!" His friend lashed out their own weaponry such as daggers and sledgehammers. He stands his ground narrowing his eyes at the approaching danger, then everyone was caught at a standing point as a shadow looms over them. Distracted and awed, Kiba met an exploding kick to the face sending him tumbling backwards which earned confusion to all the spectators by the sudden appearance of a random jackhead.
His height was exactly the same as Naruto but his build is slightly skinnier. He wore a plain white shirt, brown shorts and a pokemon hat. He also noticed that his face has a slightly feminine shape and shoulder-length black hair. "Quit picking on weaklings!" He exclaimed his voice was a slightly higher pitch.
"Who're are you TEME?!" He was ready for the confrontation until Naruto grab his shoulder and struck him right in the cheek startling everyone.
"What's that for? I'm trying to help you!" He yelled as Naruto brought up his fist.
"I'm…not a weakling!" Naruto proclaimed as his eyes flare up in determination glaring at his pitch black eyes.
The stranger was taken aback but smirked later on. "You asked for it, punk!" He brought up his fist and hit Naruto into the face. While they were having their own private duel, the thugs felt their pride sting and moves to attack.
"Hey! Don't ignore us!"
"Get him!"
"He's mine!"
"Take this!"
The fight turned into a free-for-all brawl as one after another fell to the ground with gruesome inflicted injuries. As noon reach high up into the sky, Naruto and the stranger lied flat out of breathe under the Sun as the others crawls away like caterpillars. They looked at each other and smirked as a new bond of friendship was born.
"Hey…what should I call you?" Naruto asked between breaths.
"Well…Hiro."
"…Then you can call me Naruto."
Ichiraku's Ramen
"GAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH! Naruto! What the hell happened to you?!" Ayame screamed as she saw the dried blood on his shoulders then hops over the counter to tend to his 'wounds'.
Naruto let what she does despite feeling uneasy. "Uh-I uh fell off a construction site and there were these spikes at the bottom." Her expression was the intimidation of a ghost as she ran off to the storage to grab a medic kit.
"You shouldn't scare her like that, Naruto." Teuchi suggested but smiled nonetheless then he saw someone he never seen. "Oh?! Who's your new friend?" It came quite as a shock to see him bringing someone along.
"Hm, I forgot about introduction. Teuchi-san, this is Hiro." Naruto introduced as Hiro was slightly taken but politely bowed.
Teuchi smiled kindly. "You don't have to bow to me like that. Come on you two, have a seat. That's quite a friend you have there, Naruto."
"…Oh?...sure…"
He clasped his hands. "ALRIGHT! I'll wrap up some bowls for you two! On the house for this wonderful day!" He exclaimed enthusiastically as Hiro looks at Naruto curiously.
"What are we going to eat?"
Upon hearing that, Naruto fell off his chair his face gaping like a goldfish with marks by his forehead. Even Teuchi almost had a heart attack as he stumbled forward clenching his dear heart in a dramatic manner. Ayame appeared just in time with the kit to conclude they were about to faint from pain.
"GAH?! NARUTO?! DADDY?!"
10 minutes later
Naruto tried to buzz off Ayame as she continues to treat his 'wounds' but it turned into pointless bickering. "I said I'm fine, Ayame-chan." The sixteen year old slapped the back of his head causing him to yell in pain. "OWW!"
"See? Traumatic pain aftershock is a phantom that could only be treated with care." She applied some anti-bacterial alcohol before treating it gently with a foam. "How did you get out alive, if I may ask?"
"Turn on music! Two steps from hell: Archangel!"
Naruto took a moment then motioned to Hiro. "Oh? Here where it goes. As the sky was about to close up on me, Hiro came from the hills with his noble steed. The clouds parted as the light of dawn shines upon him with his steed howling for a call. They rode down to the swarm of darkness incapacitating all his way with the sword of vanquish. Once he arrived, the gates of hell parted beneath his feet and the all fearsome guardian of hell emerged, Cerberus. With a single swing of his paw, it struck Hiro to the West bringing him back from the East. Stumbling and Bleeding, he in all of his iron determination will fight on and I knew I had to do something. I gave up all of my Life Energy converting it to Pure Power giving Hiro a fighting chance. The heavens sent a beam of light upon him, as the light recedes, he became the almighty and awe-inspiring, ARCHANGEL! With an aura speaking an unspeakable formidable, The Sword he held grew 2 meters long and his wings spread out in a glorifying striking effect. The world lit up in the Light of the Sun washing away all darkness excluding Cerberus. The triple headed beast growled then took a huge deep breath and finally unleashed the fires of hell scorching the land in eternal flames. It had no effect to the mighty warrior. Hiro converts all remaining life force to his sword blinding the land like stars. With an unspoken silent chant, he swung the blade unleashing a light of comet, cleansing the world of its impurities. Life emerged from the soil towards the new beginning for a future to come. He grabs my hand restoring all my life to its potential. I looked deep into him to which I respond…. 'We should hang out…" Naruto ended his light story with a bromance pat to his back. The stand was in complete silence signifying they were amazed by his story or bored to death. Whichever comes first? Naruto looks at everyone staring at him then finally to Hiro.
"What?"
"Eh-eh…nothing…That was the first time anyone ever made up a story about me." He was in a complete lockout between grateful and astounded.
"Then how would you describe it? OW! Watch the spot!" Hiro didn't make eye contact for a moment than looked back at him with a cheery grin.
"AWESOME!"
"HAHA! YATTA!" He stood up from his stool and cheered as loud as he possibly could. "Finally! Someone who appreciates my work of art! I should write a book." The entire stand released a hysteric laughter but it was a misfortune for Naruto to be confused. "Hey! What are you guys laughing at?!"
Teuchi came up and served to bowls of full Combo Miso Ramen. "YareYare…here are your meals! Enjoy!" Hiro stare at his food and the smell of aura of which it's radiating. "There's a first time for everything, Hiro."
He looks at everyone and saw the encouragement in their eyes awaiting for his feast. He picks up the chopsticks then muttered a silent prayer. "Itadakimasu…" With a chopsticks full of noodles, he feasts it as it swarms over his taste buds. His eyes lit up in astonishment as he gurgles down of whichever remains in his mouth. "It's delicious…" He spoke softly which only gave support to Teuchi a prideful laugh to the gods.
"Go on Hiro!" Naruto shouted. "Feast it down till your heart's content!" Hiro hastily nodded then gurgles down the food made by a god known as Teuchi. "HAHA! YES! MY TURN!" Which soon followed by the blonde.
The day has soon passed as the Sun creeps below the horizon giving a place for the stars to shine. "So you don't have any friends? How come? That kick was super cool!" Naruto asked as they walk along the back alley to avoid the misdirect judges.
"Well…whenever I tried to get along, it always backfires. The kids my age isolate me and called me certain names…" He said looking down the pavement for only he could see.
"I know how that feels…" Naruto muttered.
"…Did you say something?"
"…n-nothing…What was it? It's okay if it bothers you or anything…" Naruto asked as Hiro unexpectedly halted.
"You…s-sure? It's the cause of my pain…and you'll be creep out once you've seen it…"
He raised his brow. "Pain Smash…Nothing has ever faze me…" He folded his arms awaiting for the revelation as Hiro's eyes widen looking unsure.
"A-alright…" He lifts the hair over his forehead for a clearer view for Naruto to gaze into the void of his eyes. Like a mirage, microscopic organisms converted their bodies into a different form of hue. His pupils recedes and from the middle of his cornea, emerge an unusual colour. Dot by dot waving across his cornea, the colour of purple race across the corners until his eyes turned into pure violet. His reaction was what he expected, shock and confused. Feeling disheartened, he gaze down her feet in rejection.
"H-holy…shit. That's freaking Coooooooool!"
He was floored upon hearing that and looked right back at him. "Y-you mean…you're not affected in any kind of way?"
He crossed his arms and raised his eyebrow. "Are you kidding me? I've always wanted to do that naturally…How did you do that?" Naruto asked as Hiro looks at the corner of her eye.
"It always happen whenever I'm nervous…Every time I try to make friends, my eyes just changes randomly inconsistently." Hiro said as they continued their aimless journey over a bridge.
"Seriously? People these days can't appreciate a work of art!" He waves his arms randomly then pulls out a novel. "Look at this…I've been trying to get it published and they rejected me! Those damn haters! Maybe they're jealous!" Naruto exclaimed which earned some marks to show up on Hiro's forehead.
"I-I…don't think that's the case…" He muttered as he looks at the cover of the book. "Mind if I borrow it?"
"Huh? Hmm…He could be one of my first readers…sure. After we've arrived to wherever the hell you're leading me." Naruto asked as he looks around his surroundings inside a dense forest with barely any visibility.
Hiro was confused. "What are you talking about?" They halted their tracks feeling the tension of unease in the air.
"Ahhhhhhhhh shit."
Hiro placed a comforting hand on his shoulder. "Don't worry…we just have to retrace our steps. Just by following this….trail? Ano?" He pointed behind and sees no clear route in the swarm of foliage surrounding them. "Ahhhhhh crap…"
"That's my line!" In conclusion, conversations skips you through time. "How in the world did we wind up here?!" He screamed at the top of his lungs anticipating for a miracle to answer.
They search and search and find no evidence of where they had walk. No traces of their footsteps and no indication where they are. They went north…then east…then south…then west…then back to nowhere on an open grassy field. "I think we're lost…" Hiro voiced out getting an astonished look from Naruto.
"You think so?! Gaaaah!" He palms his face in frustration and fell back first on the ground. "We're just going have to wait for daylight. We're still in Konoha's territory because we didn't run into any perimeter patrols."
"Wakatta…" Hiro lied down diagonally from him and stare up at the starry, starry night. The sky painted blue and grey, the moon rising high and hue. Ashes of clouds spread across the universe like milk, split over a painted night sky. Sparkles and dims, reaching from beyond to the eyes for the world to admire. A single tint of light, blazed across the sky in awe wishing it would come again. "You know Naruto…"
"Hm?"
"My mom once told me, 'When you're in first grade, you don't need to make 100 friends…Just make real friends that you care 100 times as much…Even if you only have one, so long as they're a friend you really care about."
Naruto smiled of how lucky he is. "Your mum says some good things…"
"Yeah…"
"Then I'll care about you 100 times as much, Hiro." He looks at him as he was taken by surprise. "Even if it means fighting the whole world, I'll be your friend no matter what." Even though their meeting was quite a jip, he wouldn't want any other.
"Don't say things like that! It's embarrassing!" Naruto ignored him and looks back up at the sky feeling quite happy.
"You started it…"
"…Well, sure, I guess…"
In the end, Hiro took off his hat then handed over to the night sky and they laughed till their hearts content. As dawn approaches and the Sun peeking over the three tops, Hiro was awaken by something slimy dripped onto his face. He opens his eyelids and met a snake, but not any snake, a 100 meter, 3 meters in diameter anaconda. (Don't sing)
"GAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
The entire forest was ravaged with trees toppling over as two youngsters screaming for their lives under pursuit of a snake. "WHERE THE HELL ARE WE!"
"I DON'T KNOW!"
"I'M GONNA KILL YOU IF WE GET EATEN!"
"THAT DOSENT MAKE ANY SENSE!"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" They continued on running their arms hanging by, their throats could make a certain banshee jealous. They saw light at the end of the forest and they could feel once again in their spirit. Once they saw the view, they made a combat slide of which saved them from plummeting over a cliff.
"WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO?!" Hiro yelled hearing the hustle in the forest.
"WE'RE GOING HAVE TO JUMP!" Naruto exclaimed after hastily looking around for an alternate route, but none.
"ARE YOU INSANE?! IT'S LIKE A 100 METER DROP!"
Both were sweating profusely and trembling tremendously as the sounds of trees falling got closer every second. "UhuhuUh-SORRY I HAVE TO THIS MAN!" The snake penetrated out of the woods its jaws wide open for a feast. Naruto pushed themselves off the cliff and the snake missed Naruto's leg by a hairline. Their bodies rolled roughly along the sides breaking every branches along the way. They tried to grab whatever possible to slow their momentum but it was inevitable. When the end of life seemed endless, a pair of slender arms grabs them from thin air swiftly carrying them into a foliage of trees. Naruto thought he was in Heaven by now feeling two soft pillows pressing against his face.
"EH?! A SLUT?!" Hiro panicked pointing at a certain someone as Naruto succumbs to the death of pillows. He opens his eye and saw fishnet bodysuit as well as merciless, unforgiving, horny pupiless brown eyes.
"EH?! ANKO-CHAN!" He somehow managed to get himself free and landed on his butt, his finger pointing shakily at her. "W-WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE!"
The 17 year-old Mitarashi frowned. "What am I doing here?" She leans down close to his face her dango stick hanging loosely. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TWO DOING HERE!?" The earth trembles and ears ringing as the Snake made a wide decision to retreat. "THIS IS THE FOREST OF DEATH!"
"….."
"…"
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH?!"
"URUSAAII!" She hit them at the back of their heads bums growing like bee hive. "I don't want to how you two get in here."
Naruto caress his injury gently and look back at her. "How'd you know we're here?"
She crossed her arms and tilted her head. "I thought I heard two girls doing scissors action…" Naruto became flustered even though he knew she was kidding.
"What's a scissors action?" Hiro asked confusingly putting his cap back where it belongs. Naruto realized the horrifying event of what is to come when he saw the look in Anko's perverted grin. He stepped in front of her before anyone gets traumatized. "I don't wanna know…" He sat down and let his legs to dangle in boredom.
"Jeeez…what a letdown…I smell issuuuuuues."
Naruto waves his arms up front. "It's nothing. We need your help to get us out of here safely…"
She made the 'o' face and points at a random direction. "Oh you mean through the hell incarnated forest, through giant desert spiders, slugs, mosquitoes, blood sucking eels, living breathing tentacle trees, giant ass snakes, giant bees, poisonous flora, flesh-eating piranha, werewolves, vampires, giant crocs, Humongous bears, giant scorpions…etc. Yeaahhhh, let me think about that." She placed her finger underneath her chin while the victims awaits for her acceptance to their request.
"…"
"hmmmmmmmm…"
"….."
"hmmmmmmmm….."
"AHOOOOAHOOOOAHOOOO…."
"…"
Naruto speaks up. "Anko…are you lost?" She looks down as a cloud of rejection and humiliation swirled over her head…as soon followed by Naruto.
"HHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLPPP-!" Both Anko and Naruto screamed for a miracle to happen pleading for a sign. Anko falter to the branch giving up her free will to live in this dreadful forest, indicating she is dangling by a thread. She grabbed Naruto's jacket, tears flowing down her flustered cheeks, her stomach gurgles like an earthquake, embarrassing Naruto even further. "Naruto…I don't wanna die a virgin! Take advantage of me!"
"….."
"….."
SLAP
Out of nowhere, Naruto slaps her right in the face then grab her shoulders. "This is no time to give up Anko-chan. Pull yourself together or you won't find someone who will ravaged you in steam!"
Her face twitches in confusion but acknowledge his request. "U-uh, alright." She stood up with a new found determination in her fist. "I will get out of this hell hole and fuck you Bitch of the Earth! (MotherNature)" She made a vow and placed a thankful pat on his shoulder. "Thanks, Naruto-chan!"
"Y-yeah…" He replied with slight uneasiness. "How are we gonna have to get out of here?"
Hiro interjects and points down at the jungle floor. "There's an entrance which might me leading to a tunnel…" Everyone looks down and the feeling of hope arose once again.
As they were walking through the narrow tunnel with barely any visibility through the darkness, Naruto decided strike a conversation to ease the tension a bit. "Say Anko-chan, how did you wind up all the way here?"
He looks behind his shoulder noticing her teeth gritting and her fist clenching. She begins her story with a narrative perspective. "It was a beautiful afternoon after I ordered a box full of Mitarashi Dangos and decided to go on a picnic just on the outskirts. Hearing the deathly echoes of the forest always seems like a bliss to my core. Then a cat jump up on me and stole the entire box full of 100 sticks then ran off into the forest! Freaking jesus that cat was fast and I found it lying beside an innocently sleeping 2 meter tall, 12 meters long Komodo fuckin dragon! The dragon woke up and tried to devour me but I escaped unharmed. Then I ate till my tummy became pregnant. I tried to find my way back during the whole 3 days! Then I realized I'm lost!"
-"You should have thought of that first…"
-"You should have thought of that first…"
Naruto and Hiro said in unison.
"How big is this forest anyway?" Naruto asked stepping over some undergrowth.
"If I'm correct, it should be approximately 100km in diameter…" Naruto hit his head and silently screamed against the wall. "Relax, even I don't know what this forest lies within, like this tunnel!"
"How is that going to make us feel better?!" Naruto exclaimed as they wander off ahead. "Hey! Wait for me!" Darkness finally reached their eyes as their vision degraded terrifyingly. Anko turns on her flashlight banishing the darkness but the view down the empty hallway was seemingly even more unsettling.
"This reminds me of a movie where the dwellers stalks their prey then rapes them! Damn sick!" In the process of the traumatizing journey, they discovered the tunnel became more like an ancient ruin with abandoned corridors and undescriptive calligraphy carved along the walls. Hiro found a pair of skeletons and took a pair of skulls to go along with the ride because he thought it would be a good idea to shed some light for them. For Naruto, he could feel some sort of a connection feeling drawn to the writings as Hiro juggles the skulls in boredom. Then the sound of hissing caused a traffic stopping everyone. "Relax, they're just my little babies." Two snakes slither into the light then to her arms. "Strange, they're supposed to find an exit instead of coming back…"
"You mean we're heading into a dead end?" Hiro inquired balancing the skulls over his cap.
Anko shrugged. "My guess something is blocked ahead, could be a door or something. Let's move on-eh? Naruto?" She shines the light down behind them about 2 meters away and saw the blond seemingly drawn to the writings in mild curiosity. "If you're not coming then the Grudge will come after yoooouuu." Her tease caused his imaginations to spiral out of control.
"GAH! Wait for me!" After a few minutes, the hallway became noticeably wider as they seized their steps in front of a wide double doors made of unnatural carved stone. "There's gotta be a way through this."
"How about these?" Anko pointed at the special head-sized conspicuous hole within a dragon's mouth at each side of the door. "Anyone's willing to be a sacrifice?"
Hiro patted Naruto and motioned at the skulls on his head. "Well, doesn't hurt to try." Anko seemed a bit skeptic as they positioned themselves on each side because it usually requires the blood of the sacrifice. However, sure enough the doors opened with an earth trembling shock with air rushing in leading to a chamber untouched by time.
Back in the orphanage, Akemi was sewing old clothes because she wasn't able to afford new ones. Then, her eyes became wide as a foreign presence entered the premises. Her keen senses extracted the all the sound from the building out of her ears to the world outside. One after another, she counted tree entering the vicinity. The world of her own became silent as she pressed a button unknowingly from view. Her eyes narrows down the hallway, through the walls and through the windows. She couldn't trace their exact position but she knew the perimeter has been breached. The lighting along the corridors is dim, it's either her or them to gain the upper hand. She didn't move, she didn't twitch, she didn't breath. Silence rang inside the building until a creak was heard and Akemi disappeared into darkness.
"Moving into position…" An unmarked ANBU stealthily moves with the shadows on the ceiling, his awareness increased dramatically. "Command: 31 occupants but no sign of the nun."
"Roger that, proceed with caution."
"10-4. All team, move into designated location…" The operative crawls along the ceiling to the upper floor knowing the unusual tension in the air. No laughter of children. No hums and bums. No nothing. "Command, this isn't right. Permission to withdraw…"
"Permission denied. You are decommissioned from The Order. Your service and commitment has been rewarding."
"What?" That was all he said before a dagger pierced from the back of his neck through his throat. His body slumped lifelessly as the operative sealed his body.
"This is K-81, package under progress. Proceeding with mission." The ANBU shunshin at end of the hallway but something went wrong. The view blurred in concentrating at the extremely thin blood covered wires halfway across, the unknown ninja limb by limb, falter as blood pours down the stairway. Emerald eyes was seen hovering above the body as it traverse along the corridors. The last Anbu scanned the grey atmosphere in the kitchen then crouched in front of a stove. He planted a paper between the gap then cuts off the gas pipe as it hisses. The sound of fork and spoon rattling immediately caused him to go on full alert surveying the kitchen once again. His eyes moves hastily at every corner sharpening his senses for the search. Nothing but the humming of a female singer coming from a 'Phonograph'. Her voice was elegant and soft when she reached the high pitch, but it became more surreal as he could hear it accurately by his head. His neck twitched, and twisted a full 90 degree angle before his instantaneous death. Akemi stared coldly then investigates of what he had planted. Her eyes widen, dumbstruck, sitting before a death-triggered-paper-bomb. The Kitchen went up in flames as the side of the building explodes in a fiery blaze.
Woah! What a way to end the chapter!
Chill your balls guys! This isnt going to spiral into a Yaoi! Ever watched Hinegai?
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