What's up? Well time to for the next installment of The Jinchuuriki Fortune Hunter! To be honest this was just a thought in my head whenever I was playing Uncharted 2. I wasn't planning to make a story out of it until the idea just kept badgering me until I couldn't take it anymore. What I'm trying to say is that I didn't really plan on writing this but I'm glad I did. And others seem to think that too since people kept calling it "refreshing" in the reviews. Well I'm starting to ramble so its time to start the actual chapter!
Chapter 2: The heist!
"Now tell me again...why are we here?" The gray haired man asked, clearly exhausted and somewhat frustrated. He and his surrogate son were currently cooped up in a very small hotel room. The room itself was pretty damned bland. One window, white walls, white sheets, hell the only thing in the whole room with any kind of color was the floor. Victor was currently putting together a sniper used by the GSG-9. The younger man, dressed in all black with a tranquilizer gun strapped to his right thigh, chuckled and answered.
"You mean in this room, or in this village."
"Both,"
"Well, we're in this room because it's right across from our target the Tsuindoragon Bijutsukan. And we're in this village because that castle holds the statue of Inari, the goddess of kitsunes."
"Do you really think risking our necks for a 4 inch piece of marble is worth it." Sully asked. He was more into the bigger type of treasurers, ones that could guarantee a big payoff, which he needed for that "little debt" he owed to that Eddy guy.
"One of the nine bijuu is a kitsune, this whole country and most of its neighbors aren't too fond of demons. Not to mention this village loathes kitsunes specifically, thanks to that attack 8 years ago. They've pretty much destroyed anything that has to do with foxes except a few valuable items and one of them is the statue carved by Chihiro Kamigakushi and the only reason it still exits is because the village leader managed to convince them it would be a type of memorial to those who were lost in the attack or some bullshit. All this adds up to a lot of cash a collector will offer." Nathan explained. This was probably one of the rarest pieces of art in the whole world and the village was either unaware of it, or just didn't want the money, which was highly unlikely.
"All the more reason why there is probably more security." Vic reminded him
"No worries, last night I did a quick scope in and out of the whole building before it closed and there are only three kids guarding it. One in the back entrance, one in the front, and one on the roof. These kids look much too young to sense our presences, and they're probably too young to be immune to the darts." He explained while holding up his gun. "Apparently, this place values its weapons way more than art. I saw at least twelve full grown men guarding a small building, I asked around and the only thing in it was some kunai used by their former leader. Plus, that festival that's going on down there is going to distract a good chunk of the population. The ninjas are going to have to make sure the celebration doesn't get violent due to all the drunks. I even heard some of the guards talking about leaving their post early. This is by far the best chance we have." Sully raised an eyebrow at Drake's in-depth explanation.
"And where was I when this was all going on?" The man smirked.
"You were busy flirting with that chick in the trench coat." Victor involuntarily shuddered. After about an hour of flirting with her, the purple-haired woman had enough and threatened to summon snakes and have a poisonous one bite his junk off while the rest of them slowly crushed his body into fine paste. He wasn't too sure if that was a bluff or not so he called it quits and casually exited the facility.
Or got the fuck out of their as soon as possible. Whatever you want to call it.
"I'd rather not think about her." He finally finished assembling the gun and screwed the silencer on, causing Drake to frown.
"You know I don't think that kind of lethal force is necessary for immobilizing a bunch of kids." His father figure laughed.
"Who said anything about "immobilizing"." After a brief glare in his direction, he quickly added. "I'm kidding. I'll use this just in case a few of those ninjas tries to take you down while you make your escape." Nate did a quick gear check before approaching the window. The black- haired man lifted it up and exited the room before dangling on the bottom part of the window. He glanced around and saw a few bricks sticking out from the wall just above him. Placing one of his feet on the the bottom frame he quickly leaped up and managed to grab one of the bricks. Using the bricks like a make-shift ladder, the young treasure hunter managed to reach the top and pulled himself onto the roof.
He took out his binoculars to see that the castle was...completely unguarded. Well that wasn't entirely so, the three guards were all in one spot off on the side of the building. There was only one boy and he had those red eyes the village kept going on and on about. The other two were girls and they were on each side of him. They were just staring at him with awe and respect as if he was god himself. Drake shook his head, he hated fangirls. Deciding not to look a gift horse in the mouth, he quickly but quietly jumped from rooftop to rooftop until he finally reached the rooftop closest to the front entrance. Nate dropped down and crept up the stairs. He eventually reached the door and pulled out his tension wrench and managed to pick the lock with relative ease. Thank god these people didn't use and type of technology like alarms.
He slowly opened the door and sneaked inside. Drake scanned the room until he saw a glimpse of the statue off too the side, on a display table. Creeping to his prize, Nate saw that the statue was actually behind a few other statues, barely visible to the eye. As if the people who put it there were ashamed of owning the masterpiece. He plucked the statue from the assorted set and took a brief moment to admire its magnificent craftsmanship. The figure was so detailed despite its size and merely enhanced the goddess's beauty. He heard footsteps coming from just out side the front door. Nathan immediately ducked behind the table and peered in the direction of the noise.
It was one of those girls who was supposed to be guarding the building. Thankfully, she walked to a different small statue display table and shockingly picked one up. The girl looked at the golden statue of Buddha and smirked.
"I'm sure they won't notice one statue missing. My room does need something to liven it up." she said to seemingly no one. Drake narrowed his eyes dangerously at the girl. That art piece was easily worth 3 grand if it was real gold. She was treating it like simple wallpaper. He desperately wanted to just shoot the dart right into her back. However, he resisted, seeing as the other two might come and look for her if she was gone for too long. So she just let the girl stuff the statue into her pocket and casually walked out, still having that smug look on her face.
Once the coast was clear, Nate decided it would be best to go through the only unlocked door. He opened the door and quickly stepped out with his dart gun out. Luckily there was no one there. The fortune hunter went down the stairs once more and ran up the wall, barely grabbing hold of the edge of the roof. Pulling himself up, he simply mimicked his old route and reached the window, being met with a smiling Sullivan.
And...done! I know this is a very short chapter but I'm not planning on updating this story for quite some time since I need time to organize the events and pairings that will happen in this story. I've actually had this done for about a week so I decided to just give you this instead of having you wait for a whole month for a complete chapter.
I know you probably expected something more interesting to happen during the heist but come on. Can't you let Drake steal one thing without having everything go to shit. Give the dude a break, he has made 2 bad ass games for you guys.
Yes, Nate was met with far too many lucky coincidences and the village does seem to be extremely stupid and arrogant but hey, its just fanfiction. Plus, do you really think could really take on highly skilled and persistent ninja?
I hope you enjoyed the chapter and I promise a longer and better chapter before summer break ends.
R&R JA NE!