Chapter 2: As the Shadows gather
The sun shines down onto the village hidden in the leaves. For a place of ninjas, even on a bright shinny day like this shadow run deep and dark. Dark shadows begin to gather as a stranger walks through it's streets. He was a pump man, wearing a purple jumpsuit and hat, with a pencil thin curly mustache. He found himself standing in front of a ramen shop. A delicious smell lofts from it into his nose.
"Well, this seems like a good place." he thought to himself. He walked in brushing a cloth hanging in the doorway out of his way as he entered.
"Welcome!" he was greeted by a man behind the counter. "What can I get for you stranger." he looked over to the wall to see what the had.
"Miso ramen with chicken if you please." he said sitting down. "I'll also just have water."
"That'll be right up, sir." a young women behind the counter with the man. She place a glass of water in front of him. "I've never seen you around before." she said drumming up "you from around here stranger."
"While no actually." he said taking a sip from his drink. "My name is Chinpo and I'm kind of a wanderer."
"Oh, wow, that sound really interesting." she exclaimed. "I wish I could see the world."
"Hey, I need you here Ayame." the man said.
"It can be interesting. It all depends on where you go." Chinpo replied. He noticed that a girl had stopped in front of the shop. A girl with pal skin with ink blue hair peeked in.
"Hi, Hinata." Ayame chimed. "Naruto hasn't gotten her yet."
"Ok." she nodded. She stood out side of the shop as if waiting for someone.
"What's up with her?" Chinpo asked.
"Oh, that's just Hinata Hyuuga." Ayame explained. "She's probably just waiting to meet one of our regulars Naruto."
"So is that her boyfriend?" Chinpo asked with a chuckled.
"No, at least not officially." she said leaning in. "I heard something happened between them like a year ago." she started to talk in a lower tone.
"Ayame! Don't go around spreading gossip." Her father scolded. "Here's your ramen sir." he said placing a bowl in front of Chinpo.
"Thank you." he said taking up a pair of chopsticks. "It looks quite delicious." He started to eat his ramen. He peeked back and noticed the Hinata out side. "Does this Naruto normally keep his Un-official girlfriend waiting so long?" he asked.
"No, I wouldn't say that." ayame replied. "She normally shows up early I think. I never really know when they're meeting up." she smiled.
"Hmm, well he better make her official." he said swallowing some ramen. "She looks like quite the looker. I'm sure she can have her pick." He chuckled.
"I don't think so." Ayame said Chinpo looked up puzzled. "I've always saw her not too far behind him ever since they where little."
"Ayame, gissip." her father hist. Just then a voice came from out side.
"Hinata!" Chinpo looked over his shoulder to see a boy wearing an orange jumpsuit. "Sorry if I kept you waiting Hinata." the boy said hastily.
"Ah, this must be him." Chinpo said finishing his ramen. He took out a roll of bills. Taking out two the placed it on the counter. "Thanks for the meal. You can keep the change as a tip for the conversation." He said getting up.
"Ok sir thanks for dinning with us." Ayame said picking up the money. "DAD!" she exclaimed looking at the money.
"What wrong?" Her father said turning to her "did he stiff us. Hey yo..." he starting to yell at him.
"No." she interrupted. "It's easily four time was the ramen is worth." she said showing him the money. "Being a wanderer must pay well." she said dumbstruck.
"Well don't you two look like a nice couple." Chinpo carped exiting the restaurant. The two turned to him blushing.
"Oh... um... we're... not really a couple." the boy in the orange jumpsuit said.
"Ah.. Yeah." Hinata said her blush much redder than his.
"Oh, is that so?" Chinpo said playfully. "Well I didn't mean to embarrass you two." he stepped towards them. "It's just that with such a cute girl like this I wouldn't think she'd be boy friendless." He smirk leaning in toward Hinata. Her blush started to glow.
"Hang on!" the boy said pulling hinata away.
"Oh is that a hint of boyfriend protectiveness I sense." he laugh.
"Um.. No." Naruto stammered. "I just don't know want Hinata to be slobbered over by some perv." Chinpo laughed.
"I'm sorry if I come on strong." he said. "My name is chinpo. I'm kind of a wanderer so I'm new around here."
"Alright." Naruto said suspiciously. "I'm Naruto Uzumaki and this is Hinata Hyuuga." He introducing them selves. Hinata nodded. At that moment a group of three chunins walked by. One of them caught Chinpo's eye.
"Excuse me I must... Wander." he said walking away in the detrition of the chunins.
"I don't get it." Naruto said turning to Hinata. She shrugged. "Alright let go get some ramen." Naruto said with a big grin.
Chinpo fallowed the Chunins to a bar and went in after them. The bar had a few people sitting at a table in back. The three sat down at the bar. Chinpo sat down next to the one that caught his eye. After the bartender took their orders he turned too Chinpo.
"What can I get you." he said gruffly.
"What proof is that?" he asked pointing at a bottle on the shelf.
"25." The bartender said in the same gruff voice.
"I'll take a glass of that on the rocks and a Kunoichi rumble, extra salt on the rim." The bartender nodded and walked off.
"That's a pretty girly drink." the ninja he was sitting next to commented. "Ya meeting your girl here?" He smirked.
"... yes." he replied slowly. The ninja raised an eyebrow at his tone.
"Ok then. You must need to get her pretty drunk too get laid dressed like that." they chuckled at him. Chinpo glared at them. The bartender returned and place serval bottles of sake in front of them and poured Chinpo his first drink.
"The mix one will be up in a minute." he said before walking away.
"In all seriousness is your girl any pretty?" the Ninja asked taking up one of the sake cup.
"She's pretty fine actually." Chinpo replied.
"Oh yeah?" he said taking "she got big tits?" Chinpo shot another glare at him. "Ok, ok" she said backing off. "I'll just see for my self soon enough." he said with a twisted smile.
"You look familiar." Chinpo said taking a sip. "You ever been to the land of waves?" he asked.
"Oh?" he looked at him. "Hmm... Maybe."he said thinking back. "I do a lot of missions. I'm a shoe in for Jounin." he boasted.
"Really?" Chinpo said as if mocking him. "No I think I've seen your face elsewhere." The man drank his sake only half listening. "Have you been to a small village in the southern region about half a year ago."
"Oh yeah." the man started the remember. "There was a bandit issue so we went to bust them up." he said drinking his third cup. "That village had some really nice pussy." he said with a twisted smile.
"I was there a while ago. I saw an interesting poster." he finished off his drink. "It said a man got a little too familiar with the girls." the ninja started to grow suspicious of him. "I learn the man didn't care for the girls opinion and Took what he wanted." Chinpo continued the bartender brought his next drink. " such a vile thing the man did. And what a coincidence you're a dead ringer for him."
"What's your point?" the ninja said putting down his cup and preparing to draw his kunai.
"My point is man you do vile things desire punishment." Chinpo said picking up his mixed drink. "Cheers" he said raising his glass. "To justice." He smashed his drink into the man face. He cried in pain falling backwards.
"My eyes!" he cried "it burns why does it hurt so much!" he screamed rolling on the floor in pain. Blood seeping onto the floor.
"Yeah, getting those thrown in your face really is annoying."
Chinpo laughed getting up. Everyone in the bar was on edge. "I can't imagine getting it glass in all is all to pleasant ether."
"You bastard!" one of the chunins yelled. He charged at him throwing a punch. Chinpo easily block his punch.
"Typical chunin punch." chinpo teased. He squeezed his hand until he cried in pain. The other chunin took a swing at him with a kunai. Chinpo disappeared, he reappeared behind them. Giving them quick punches. "Pitiful." he scuffed.
"Hey punk!" the bartender yelled brandishing a sword he drew from under the bar. "Get the fuck out or I'll fuck you right up." he glared.
"Sure thing." He laughed pulling out his own kunai. "Just as soon as I finish what I started." he snarled placing one of his feet onto the wounded chunin's crotch.
"Can't let you murder a man in my bar." the bartender yelled jumping over the bar. He charged at him and faired about as well as the others. With a single kick Chinpo sent him flying into a bar stool.
"G-go fuck yourself." Chinpo looked down at the sounded ninja. "I enjoyed every second of it." he coughed extending his middle finger to him. "I enjoyed ever second of raping those girl's cu..." Chinpo stabbed his kunai into his throat silencing him. All that was laft was the sound of him choking on his own blood. He walked out of the bar calmly, leaving a few bills on the bar's counter.
"Well now what?" he asked himself making distance with the bar. "Guess the first thing is to get a new disguise." He went into a alley where he was engulfed in a puff of white smoke. When it dissipated it revealed him to be the blue haired Tora Momotaro. "Now what should I look like now?" he pondered. "Oh I know." he said with a wide grin. He made a hand sigh, another poof of smoke appeared. When he emerged from it he had straight black hair with a goatee. Wearing a tan jacket and dark navy blue pants. "This due for now." He said looking himself over. "Won't take them long before looking for 'Chinpo'." he smirked. I wonder what adult fun they have around here?" he asked walking off.
"Well this is a fine way to start off the afternoon." said an annoyed women wearing a light brown trance coat and mini-skirt standing in front of the bar. "We get called in for a bar fight during our lunch and all the fun is over." she took a bit off a stick of dumplings she was holding. "This sucks."
"We're not here to have fun Anko." a light gray haired ninja said standing next to her said. "We're here to investigate the murder of one of our own." he wore a face mask and had his headband tilted over his left eye.
"I know Kakashi." Anko pouted. "Still this sucks. You'd think one of these smucks could do it." she gestured too a group of white dressed ninjas leaving the bar. They where caring a body bag.
"They're doing their job we have to do our's." Kakashi said "now according to witnesses he only wanted to kill the one victim." Kakashi said looking at a piece of paper. "He was able to defeat two other chunins and the bartender with no trouble at all." he continued anko just staring off into space bored.
"Kakashi-sensei." They looked over to see Naruto and Hinata heading towards them. "We saw something happened and came to see what's happening." Naruto explained.
"We got this kid." Anko said bluntly. "Go back to your date. No reason for both of our's to be ruined." she winked.
"It's not a date!" Naruto blurted His and Hinata's faces where bright red. "It's just lunch."
"Oh." Anko teased. "But you two make such a cute couple." she smiled.
"Why does everyone keep saying that." Naruto whined. "First that weird guy in the purple jumpsuit and now you." Kakashi's eyes widened.
"Wait, Naruto what did you say?" He said turning to him.
"People think me and Hinata make a cute couple." he said puzzled.
"No, after that, the thing about the guy." Kakashi stated.
"Oh, um some guy hanging around Ichiraku's I never seen him before." Naruto said rubbing his thumb and index fingers on his chin.
"Well he slightly husky with a curly pencil mustache?" Kakashi asked instantly.
"Yeah, he said his name was... Shinpoo I think." Naruto said trying to remember.
"It was Chinpo." Hinata corrected him. "What's going on Kakashi?" she asked wondering what he had to do with anything.
"The man who caused this matched Naruto's description of this Chinpo person." Kakashi explained. "He is now wanted for murder." Naruto and Hinata's eyes widened at this news. "How long ago did you last see him?"
"I don't know maybe a half hour ago." Naruto said befuddled at this news. "Last we saw him he was walking in this direction."
"I see so it was before he killed him." Kakashi said somberly. "Did he mention anything to give you a hint as to what he was up to?" Naruto pondered on this.
"All he said was that he had to wander." Naruto said uncertain of it's meaning. "I don't really get what he meant."
"Well at least we now know his name." Kakashi sighed. "Anko I'm going to report to Tsunade. Please continue searching here." Anko groaned at this as Kakashi left.
"Hy Hinata come here." Anko backbend too Hinata with a sly voice. Hinata nervously approached worried about what she wanted. Anko wrapped her arm around her should and began to whisper. "I heard Naruto's birthday is coming up. You know Kunoichi's Secrets is having a sale. You should pick something up for the both of you too celebrate." she smiled with a wicked grin. Hinata just blushed thinking about it.
"Well...um..." she mumbled her face completely red. "You see we're... not...um..."
"Geez... forget I asked." Anko sighed letting her go. "You know it's a shame not using that body of your to it's fullest potential." she said walking away into the bar.
It didn't take long for Kakashi to reach the office of the village leader. When he entered he saw several other ninjas standing around her desk.
"Lady Tsunade I brought my initial report for the bar incident." Kakashi stated pulling out a piece of paper. "Only one man was killed. The suspects name is chinpo according to Naruto and Hinata." Tsunade slammed her hand onto her desk.
"This is unacceptable!" she yelled. Kakashi was taken aback at this outburst.
"Lady Tsunade it's not so bad. We've managed to contain it well." Kakashi started to explain.
"No, it's not that." Tsunade sighed. "About 15 minutes ago we've discovered a scout unit beaten." Tsunade sighed. "Is could be really bad. We haven't heard anything about unapproved entry to the village." at that moment the door swung open. And man wearing a green jumpsuit with a bowl cut.
"Lady Tsunade I have bad news." he said walking into the room. "We found one of the scouts I sent out to check the perimeter unconscious." he panted catching his breath. "Who ever attacked the first group of scouts might still be out there." Tsunade looked grim at this news.
"Gai take a squid out and search the perimeter of the village." she ordered. "Make sure to keep a tight net and check in consistently." Gai nodded and walked out of the room. "Aoba." she said to a man to her right wearing a pair of sunglasses. "Go inform the Barrier team what's going on. Tell them to keep an extra eye out for anything. When that's done go join Gai's team." He acknowledged his mission and left. "Kakashi form groups to search thought out the village Incase anything has gotten in with out us knowing." She stood up from her desk. "We our Konoha ninjas we will not allow any attack on our village go by unchecked." Kakashi disappeared in a poof of white smoke.
As Tora walked down the street He found himself standing infront of a building paint purple with dark violate letters.
"The cozy Condom?" he said to himself reading the letters. "bizarre name for a strip club." He walked up and knocked on the door. A slot opened in the door.
"Password?" and man on the other side of the door said.
"Password? For a strip club?" tora said puzzled. "Look mate I'm new to town. Can you cut me some slack?" he pleaded with the door man.
"No password no entry." he said slamming the slot.
"Hard ass wanker!" tora shouted. "Now, now no reason to get mad." he said taking a breath. "He's just doing his job. I already killed day, no point in breaking down a door and beating a bouncer... again." He said to him self continued down the road. He noticed serval ninjas jumping from rooftop to rooftop over his head. "I wonder if they've looking for me?" he wondered to himself. He stopped in front of an adult entertainment store. "X-ranked Mission huh?" he walked in to see what they have.
"Good afternoon sir." a cherry red-headed girl behind the desk said as he entered. "I'm going to need to some ID."
"But of course." he said walking up to her. He made a fast serious of hand sighs.
"What are yo..." she started to say, her eye went glazed.
"I believe my ID is in order." he said to her handing her nothing.
"Yes it is." she said taking it as if it was an invisible item. "Thank you please enjoy our fine select." handing the invisible item back to him. "You won't find a larger collection of girl on girl anywhere in the village."
"Very good." he snapped his finger, her eyes blinked and returned to normal.
"Oh, sir, all this week we've having a sale on adult male toys." she said gesturing to a shelf lined with boxed with beautiful women printed on them.
"No thanks." he said blandly. "Those don't compare to the feel of the real thing." he said leaning in. The girl blushed and avoided eye contact. Tora wondered off to peruse what the store had to offer. "Read it, read it, cliche." he mumbled to himself looking over the erotic novels. He felt a pair of eyes on he back of his neck. When he turned his head he noticed the counter girl was staring. She quickly pulled up a magazine to block her face. "Your magazine is upside down." he told her.
"Oh!" she said embarrassed quickly flipping the magazine the right way up. She occasionally peeked up over the magazine.
"Hmm." Tora though amused. "Who need to read when opportunity is knocking." He started to walk towards the front. Just then he started to feel a tingly in his arm. He rolled up his sleeve to see a symbol on his forearm glowing through his disguise. "No, not now chief." he though. "Excuse me I must go." he said abruptly quickly heading out the door. As soon as he left he undid his jutsu disguise. He soon vanished in a poof of white. Smoke.
He found himself standing in a field on the edge of a forest standing next to some of his comrades. He looked and saw four leaf ninjas standing opposite of them.
15 minutes earlier
"So peaceful." the man they called Chief said, as he walked along the river that ran through the village. He stopped and looked into the water. He jumped and landed several feet away as four Kunais struck the ground he was standing. Anko along with a girl with brown hair in buns jumped down in front of him. "That was rude. Do you attack all your tourists like that."
"I don't like the vibes I get off you." Anko snared.
"Anko I know your pissed, but we can't just attack people." The brown-haired girl said. She was holding a giant scroll.
"You attack people on vibes only?" The chief asked. "She's right you really shouldn't attack people. You'll make yourself look crazy." he taunted her.
"Go fuck yourself." she snared throwing another kunai at him. He dodged it again and started to run. "Tenten after him!" she barked. The two chased after him. The Chief ran for some time with the girls hot on his tail. He soon dodged to the left avoid shurikens.
"New comers." he said stopping at the edge of the forest. Two ninjas jumped down as Anko and Tenten caught up.
"Damn it Yamato!" Anko yelled. "I had that bastard!"
"Sorry Anko." one of the new ninjas said. He had brown hair and wearing a headband with sides. "I just thought We'd help you out."
"Shove it!" she barked. "Next time mind your own business. You and your friend... um." She said noticing she didn't know the man standing next to Yamato.
"You can call me Towa." he said . He was wearing a beaked white mask with a red wavy strip in the upper right said. He had dark gray hair with red tattoos his arms.
"Nice to meet you Towa." Chief said in a mocking voice.
"Who is he?" Yamato asked.
"I don't know." Anko replied. "All I know is he's a arrogate prick."
"You don't know who he is!" Yamato yelled shocked. "Do you even know if he's a enemy?"
"Nope." the Chief replied. "She just attacked me said she didn't like me and I ran. Then you throw Shurikens at me." He explained in an playful tone. "I can't really blame her for being suspicious. What with those scout being attacked and all." the other eye's widened.
"How do you know that?" Towa asked reaching for a sword on his back.
"Because I know the people who did it. They work for me." the Chief teased.
"I knew I didn't like you!" Anko shouted. "I'm gonna beat the shit out of you!"
"We should single for backup." Yamato said reaching for something in pouch he kept on the back of his pants.
"Don't bother, it's four against one." Anko boasted. "Well get this done quick."
"Oh so all you care about is the number?" Chief asked "allow me to solve this problem." he said out reaching one of his hands. His fingertips glowing, he slammed his hand down onto the ground. A giant cloud of white smoke enveloped him. When the smoke set aside three more people stood before him.
"You choose a really bad time Chief." Tora grunted. "I was about to make a move on this girl."
"I think he couldn't of picked a better time." Ryu snarled. "I was getting bored. How could you pass on the opportunity for the thrill of a good fight." he lecture, Tora just ignoring him.
"Yeah, whatever Dragon's breath." Tora said Ryu giving him a mean glare. "Hmm?" Tora looked at his comrades. "Hey Chief you didn't summon Katashi?" Tora asked. "I guess we don't need him anyway." He shrug not really caring.
"Now where even huh?" Anko said drawing Kunais. "It doesn't matter We'll take you down anyway." she shouted throwing the kunais. Ryu caught all of them between his fingers.
"She's got some girl balls doesn't she." Ryu said excitedly. He groped the kunais and took hold of his katana's handle. "Let's see if I can't chop them off!"
"No, I'll take her on." the Chief said walking past him. "I was enjoying a lovely stroll by the river and she rudely interrupted it." Anko smiled and charged towards him preparing for battle.
End Chapter.
Special thanks to The Digger for use of "The Cozy Condom" and "X-Ranked Mission"