Chapter Sequence Three, The Choices we make, or The Choices Others Make For Us.

"Talking." 'Thoughts.'

I will currently be editing the story so please bear with me as I tend to make it a little better.

This is a little something I came up with but didn't have time to do for the first chapter and was also was recently inspired by the CGI trailer they made for Unity and wanted to do something similar as if this was ever made into a real game, the song that is used in the background is Behind Blue Eyes by Limp Bizkit

UBISOFT Presents

The rain falls in a city street almost as if it is as blackest as sackcloth all around them, an Eagle flies overhead letting out a mournful cry as it looks at the scene below it.

Below the Eagles flightpath sets a young woman and her child who cannot stop her bleeding from the attack she had just received, she then attempts to comforts him as her life fades away leaving this young boy all alone in a world he had no choosing in.

He then looks from her blood stained body as a man in a dog mask with white spiky hair then punches him hard in the face rendering him unconscious.

As soon as his world goes black his eyes shoot open and their dark deep blue piercing as a Caribbean water itself staring back at everyone and then narrow at at the memory itself feeling so helpless back then and looked down at the small music box in his hand that was shaped like an Eagle.

On the inside of it was a picture of a young redheaded woman and her blonde child eating a birthday cake together, he then closes the box tightly and puts it in his inner pocket to keep it safe from harm and then he walks up to the rail of his ship and looked out upon the city before them as he moved the ship into position to attack a large fort during this time.

The song begins to play in the background starting first with the guitar and moving forward as he looked out upon this troubled land that needs their help so badly.

No one knows what it's like to be the bad man, to be the sad men... Behind Blue Eyes.

The next scene shows several people on the inside of a large fort built for combat being heard around in chains, one of the man who was clearly in charge was wearing the fancies clothing that these people had ever seen in their lives.

He then examines them as if you were looking at livestock.

And no one knows what it's like to be hated, to be fated... To telling only lies.

The next scene shows many more troops entering the area as well as wealthy patrons who pulls out large stacks of money and then looking at some of the people who were changed to a wall.

But my dreams, they aren't as empty as my conscience seems to be.

The people around them for all carrying a small piece of jewelry that looks like a blood red cross with sinister smiles upon their faces, the scene then cuts to a nearby rooftop as five individuals looked down upon the scene before them.

The young man with blue piercing eyes looked at these people discussed and hatred in his eyes as well as what can only be described as desire for vengeance but also for justice.

I have hours, only lonely. My love is vengeance... That's never free.

Right at this moment one of the people who was changed against their will became quite defiant and received a slap to his face, however what little control these people thought they still had ended right at that moment as the sounds of heavy gunfire ring out for all to hear and part of the wall was quite literally destroyed.

Discover l.i.m.p.

Right at this moment a set of five figures are seen jumping off the building and engaging the many soldiers in the area below killing them with absolute efficiency.

This sent a level of fear for all those in the area up even further only to see more people running into the courtyard planning to do some damage to them, many of them members of the Water Resistance including its leader herself.

Discover l.i.m.p.

Many of the resistance fighters and the other strange warriors were cutting the soldiers of the fort down and setting these people free as they went.

Discover l.i.m.p.

The main soldiers who had survived the main attack quickly assessed and run over as many of their opponents then begin throwing smoke bombs into the crowd of soldiers who were still too close to the civilians for their liking.

Discover l.i.m.p.

Among this group of potential slaves are none other than several Hidden Leaf Ninjas who were watching the scene play out before them in absolute shock hoping that they will also be set free.

Within the span of just 20 seconds the remaining guards are reduced in numbers extremely except for 4 of them who are easily dispatched still standing guard and protecting their leader as several of the freed people and Warriors advance upon them.

Right at this moment two of the Assassins come flying down killing last two guards but the man who was the main target suddenly feels a cold piece of metal enter his back and turned around only to see the black hood of an assassin which he then grab and then proceeded to pull down to reveal the face of a young man with a blue eyes and blond hair and what appears to be a nine tails Fox upon his back.

He then falls the ground bleeding out and dying slowly.

No one knows what it's like to be mistreated, to be defeated... Behind Blue Eyes.

Among the Leaf Ninja is a pink haired young girl and a spiky blonde haired girl who now feels as if the world has been taken away from them and all of their emotions return to them over what they have done is they stare into a long-lost face they thought they would never see again.

The person in question begins to walk away as he pulls the hood back over his head and leave behind a wall of smoke disappeared into.

No one knows how to say, that they're sorry and don't worry... I'm not telling lies.

As soon as the restraints are removed they both begin running after him and him as into the smoke hoping to emerge just behind them only to see a set of ships leaving this small ports and on the deck is the young man in question looking back at them with his piercing blue eyes.

Behind Blue Eyes.

Reclaim your past!

Assassins Creed

Black Fox

XX

Edge of Wave Forest, Land of Waves.

Naruto, Haku and the remaining inhabitants of the Village of Wave who were at this moment free looked down upon their village that was at this moment in time occupied by the deadly RED Mercenaries Organization.

The RED's who had taken their home away from them and so many of their friends, Naruto looked through his spyglass at the warehouse noticing 12 man standing around with a clear unobstructed view of the entire village and the best possible approach routes were also covered by this vantage point.

He instantly knew that the two remaining teams were in the area below just waiting for the opportunity to ambush them or anyone else that should attempt to infiltrate the village or to rescue the hostages, he then turned to the old drunk and asked, "Looks like they are waiting for us when we go down there, is there a another way in you old drunk?"

The Old Drunk or a super bridge builder Tazuna as he preferred to be called first and then rolled his eyes, he then pointed to a small building, "Would you please stop calling me that and the entrance that we seek is right over there in that small blue building."

Naruto nodded his head and then got up and began using the Hidden Mist jutsu alongside Haku, the young ice user still found it amazing that he had learned this technique in such a short amount of time.

Upon her back was none other than was the executioner blade or for the matter what was left of it as she had left most of the blade to Mark Zabuza's grave site.

Just a little blood on the blade was need to reform it thinks to the unique abilities of the blade it's self.

Naruto just had to look at what was left of the blade once more catching her attention, "Trust me on this one okay it will be back to normal in no time, I'll have to do is beat the living hell out of someone and then cut them up pretty good."

"I still find it hard to believe that blood can be used to reform the blade at all?"

"So was I the first time I saw him do it." She said to him as they began to walking to the village under the cover of the Hidden Mist.

The Green Old Tree Bar and Grill, Hidden Leaf Village, Land of Fire.

Jiraiya could not help but feel a bit defeated after everything that had happened so far, all of his carefully laid plans regarding young Naruto were all coming undone before him and it was all thanks to his sensei's interference and lack of trust in him.

As he read through the real personnel file on Naruto he could not help but feel that he had let the boy down considerably and had failed to anticipate certain events that had affected everything that he had put into action.

In fact the information he was now reading from the file only reinforced his feelings of concern as he realized the boy might actually be even more powerful than he thought and the study fear of he had the him being extremely unstable for a time was only reinforced that much more.

After reading so much he had to put his drink down and pinch the bridge of his nose as he let out a deep sigh catching the attention of his companion.

"I did not think that this was going to get to you that badly Lord Jiraiya." Kakashi said to the older man.

Jiraiya looked the younger man right in the eyes and then spoke, "Believe me Kakashi if you knew what he knew about the boy's family tree you would be taking what's in this report very seriously as well."

"You can't honestly believe this stuff about a bloodline that can allow you to literally relive your ancestors memories and even gain their skills it's just not possible."

Jiraiya could not believe that his former students own student could be this delusional in all honesty.

"This stuff as you like to put it was all heavily classified, you don't heavily classified something unless it has a shred of truth to it... And considering who his grandmother was I would really hope that he does not get any of her memories because if he does we will all be screwed."

Kakashi was surprised by this statement as he then asked, "Okay why are you so scared of a dead woman?"

"You have got to be kidding me you don't honestly know anything Washi Uzumaki, the woman they called the Red Maelstrom or a another name you might know her by which was the Red Reaper."

Kakashi's one good eye suddenly widened in shock as he realized who the old pervert was talking about, "You're telling me that she was his grandmother?"

Jiraiya could only nod his head in a confirmation of the younger man's question then spoke to him, "Remember I was in my last year of the Academy when I saw her for the first time up close and personal, she was just a few years younger than my sensei at the time and then because of his actions she then proceeded to beat the crap out of him for peaking on her in the Hot Springs."

"Was she really has terrifying as they say?"

Jiraiya let out a small chuckle as he then said, "You have no idea how dangerous that woman was, if I had known everything that I know now I would never put that seal on him in the first place."

"So what we do know?" Kakashi asked.

Jiraiya looked deep in thought for a few seconds and then spoke, "We do what we can but right now first we need to find him and I have my contacts and spy's looking all over the Elemental Nations, since they pose as workers and and tourists for the most part all we need to be prepared when we do find him."

XX

Main Warehouse, The Land of Waves.

The Main warehouse of the Land of Waves was at this time was currently acting as a makeshift jail filled to capacity with many of the citizens of the village, they were now being held prisoner inside makeshift cells so that they could be sold to anyone who had the money.

Standing watch over this human cargo of suffering were four of the best fighters from the RED mercenary warship known only as the Warlock as they were the only ones who were at this moment available as the rest of the RED operatives waited just outside to strike down anyone who tried to rescue this precious cargo.

The only thing the 4 sailors had not been expecting was the strange fog to have entered the building as well that was making it difficult to see anything or to detect the enemy if they had entered the the building which was driving them up a wall, they had to put up with the prisoners who were not making things any easier as several of the young man who were occupying one of the many cells together refuse to be quiet or cooperate with them as they continue to launch insult after insult at their tormentors making them both quite angry and as it turned out made them quite sloppy as they had failed to notice the new presence inside the warehouse.

Naruto wasted no time in hunting his new prey down as he used the young man in the cells as a distraction so he could pick them off one at a time, within just the first 30 seconds he had already killed two of the enemy sailors quickly and quietly and was now directly behind the third which he wasted no time in putting his hidden blade into the man's back silently ending his life.

By the time the final sailor came to any kind of realization of what was going on he turned directly to face none other than Naruto who quickly brought his wrist blade home shoving it into the man's throat and with one quick movement opened the rest of his throat open with a quick jerk of his hand and with a quicker motion quickly snapped the man's neck ending his life even faster.

Naruto quickly relieved the following guard of his keys and began to unlock as many of the cells as he could, by this time both the old drunk and Haku were busy leading everyone to the secret passage.

One of the captives pointed two unique cells which contained two people in each cell, the first cell had a much older but beautiful redheaded woman in a blue dress and a battle hardened gentleman with a black eyepatch next to her the other so however contained a young redheaded woman with red eyes and a pair of glasses on she was not much older than him and next to her was a white-haired young man with what looked like shark teeth that reminded him of of his few encounters with water ninjas from the Hidden Mist village like Zabuza was sporting when he first saw him without the wrappings that had concealed most of his face at that time.

He quickly began to unlock the cells knowing that these people could come in quite handy as they still have to take the two enemy ships just resting in the harbor, he moved into the cell quickly and unlocked the redheaded woman's restraints and could feel her chakra lash out as it was no longer contain by the restraints.

He repeated these actions until he came to the younger redheaded and felt something he had only felt in the presence of his mother, it was like a knowing that she was related to him, at the same time she also had the same look upon her face that he had.

She then reached out and pulled down his hood revealing his spiky blond hair with shades of red in it and felt a strong connection to him as she then asked, "Are you an Uzumaki?"

He nodded his head to her as they both heard the older woman then speak in a surprise sort of way with a bit of curiosity intermingled, "You two are Uzumaki's, but we thought the purge had killed all of you?"

The distant relatives turned to her with a look of shock upon their faces as they both asked her what she meant, she was surprised by the question but quickly responded, "I saw the bloodline users and Pirates who just wanted us to be free and rebellion members being executed, one of them was a young redheaded boy who I later learned was an Uzumaki... H-he just started singing this song with a look of defiance upon his face."

The two relatives looked each other in the eyes and turned to her and began to sing the song that they had heard and seen in their dreams that one night so long ago, "The Red Cross Knight and his men stole the Fox Queen from her bed, and bound her in her bones."

Mei was now in total shock as she realized they had somehow experienced that execution so many years ago, "How do you know about that song?"

At the same time they both said to her, "We saw the whole thing in our dreams but we thought it was just a dream we had."

That was no dream you two had those people were executed that day, how do you even know about that song or what happened?"

The two cousins simply looked at each other and then turned their heads to look her in the eyes as they then said, "It must have something to do with our bloodline the Animus?"

She was a little surprised by that answer never realizing that the Uzumaki clan actually had a bloodline, "Okay the way you two talk like that is a little creepy, and while I have quite a few questions to ask you two but at the moment what are we going to do about the RED operatives who are just outside?"

Naruto and his cousin quickly turned to Haku and the young man who had been occupying the cell with her only to watch Haku walked up to him with a look of recognition and then quickly punched him in the face, while this was surprising in its own right the fact that his face literally turned into a pile of water which then splashed onto the floor and then returned to his body and reformed his head as if nothing had happened except for the look of a rather annoyed young man.

He then spoke to her in a rather annoyed tone, "What the hell was that for Haku?"

Naruto and his cousin were still trying to figure out what the hell was going on, "You know him?"

At first she didn't answer as she pointed at him and then said in a dark tone, "That was for leaving us all along we could have used your help on that one mission."

"Look ice Princess don't blame me okay he told me to go back to Mei over there unfortunately that pale ass son of a bitch of a snake captured me and then experiment on me okay."

Naruto cross the distance quickly and grabbed him by his collar and slammed him into the bars of the cell and said with a kind of voice that inspired fear to all who heard it, "What the hell do you know about Orochimaru?"

"Look man all I know is that crazy son of a bitch experimented upon me and he was also going on and on about getting some kid from the Hidden Leaf, Karin you want to get your crazy and dangerous cousin off me now." He asked her with a sense of concern in his voice.

Naruto then dropped him and turned to her and said, "Sorry about that, introduction are in order... Naruto, that's my name and yours is Karin?"

She nodded her head at him and then pointed to her former companion in the cell and said, "That's right and this is Suigetsu, what was your mother and father's name?"

"I don't know my father's name is but my mother's name was Kushina."

Karin then gave him a big smile as she then said, "That was my aunt's name."

"So your father was my mother's little brother, it is nice to have family once more." as the two relatives became acquainted with each other Mei decided that they needed to escape this temporary prison as soon as possible.

"I'm sorry to break up this little family reunion but we really need to get the hell out of here." she said to them.

The two of them turned to her and then back to looking at each other as they apologized, Naruto then created a few clones which then began to draw seals all over the place as he then said to his cousin, "How far are you in your memories from the Animus?"

"I just finished reliving the memories of Ezio when he was in Constantinople, I just started to relive the memories of Haytham Kenway." She said to him as he then pulled out a scroll and unsealed a weapon she was most familiar with.

"A Hidden Blade."

As he handed the weapon over to her he then said, "I take it you know how to use this right?"

"I do, this won't be easy for me to kill someone but I've had to do it before... And I just knew I was going to have to again." She said to him as she then placed weapon upon her right wrist and tested the blade out to see that it was functional.

With this done she and her former cellmate joined in behind him and Haku as he then said to everyone who was present, "Everyone listen up I've got plan in motion, right now my clones are preparing a little surprise for the two teams of RED Mercenaries outside of these walls both above and on the sides, I guarantee you they won't survive what I have planned, but their deaths will only a distraction so that we can take out the real threats on those two ships and end this invasion once and for all... Now who's with me to take out these sons of bitches shout aye and those who are opposed whimper Nay?"

To his immediate surprised virtually everyone those who could fight and those who could not shouted Aye, he then let loose a small laugh as she then spoke once more, "And those who are opposed?" He was met by only silence as he then began to walk to the secret exit and spoke softly, "Now if only countries were this unified."

A few of the people let out laughs as Mei and her second-in-command Ao walked alongside him, she then asked, "What exactly are you going to do those guys outside?"

He stopped and turned to look at her with a smile that she had only seen a few times from her soldiers in the Army who had been notorious pranksters, it was the kind of smile that told her that these people had a idea, they had a wonderful awful idea they would spell someone's doom.

With that same smile as he looked her in the eyes and said, "Why spoil the surprise my lady."

XX

As soon as we left the warehouse where my clones were currently setting up my little ambush's surprise, we then proceeded to the first ship that we had decided to take out was the Traveler which happened to be Gato's own personal ship.

It had turned out to be an excellent idea as several more of the Mist rebellion members were currently being held in the hold of the ship as it was clear they were all here for a reason, I watched as Ao then volunteered to stay behind as Mei had told him the few times that she was being interrogated by Gato the Third she had managed to overhear them discussing some kind of plan for the elemental nations as this also caught my attention greatly.

I have to admit though the crew aboard this ship had obviously not been properly prepare for this kind of surprise attack that we launched against them, many of these slavers had pleaded for mercy but were shown none in return.

As soon as we finished taking the Traveler and swelling our ranks a little further we moved onto the Warlock to finish this battle once and for all, without them even realizing it we had made it to the upper rigging just waiting for the opportunity to attack them.

We didn't have to wait too long as the radio operator on the deck began to send out requests for updates for the two teams of RED mercenaries who responded that there was still no contact with the enemy, however when it came to getting an update from the guards inside the warehouse everything went silent.

I readied myself to go into action right at this moment preparing a rope dart and knowing instantly who I would attack as there was only one RED member left and he was the man standing next to Gato, I then looked over at the Blue Sea which had brought me back to the Land of Waves in the first place only to see that the crew had begun to eliminate the enemies on the ship one by one in a manner befitting an Assassin with what appeared to be the use of wrist blades as well which only sent the questions I needed answers from them up even more.

After just a few minutes the commander had become impatient as well as his boss, I then gave Gato a good look over as I studied him and realized how different he was from his father.

Gato the the Third was clearly much taller than his forebear for one as I gave him a good look over and noticed much like his father that he was and that he also wore a set of glasses but were made of very strong materials and looked like they had seen quite a bit of use, his suit was also handcrafted and looked like it was made to endure a lot of punishment in his right hand was a keen which I instantly realized was a hidden sword and by the looks of it was quite expensive, he also had on his left hand a strange ring with five holes in the center which attracted my curiosity about it greatly by then looked at his face I could see small scars on his face.

Clearly he knew how to defend himself in the event he do not have any bodyguards.

As these thoughts bombarded me I heard the order to breach given by the RED commander and just a few seconds later a large explosion not only obliterated the warehouse but also much of the surrounding buildings, the force of the explosion could be felt on the ship and even a few pieces of debris could be seen hitting water not too far from us, it was clear even if any of them had survived they would not live very long.

I had a feeling everyone was there in the reading was probably looking at me with a look of surprise at the amount of devastation I had caused but to be honest I'd rather go for overkill in this moment than not at all as I needed an opportunity to strike, before any of them could even recover from the shock of the explosion that I had caused I then struck hard letting my rope dart fly right into the RED Commanders back and out of his chest and then I dropped off the back of the yard arm of the sail sending the commanders body flying high into the air as I hit the deck of the ship embedding the rope into the deck itself.

I quickly drew my guns and began to fire round after round into my opponents heads right between their eyes ending their wicked lives in a matter of seconds I had killed 10 man saving the last two shots of my six shooters for later, I took a quick moment to notice all of my companions were busy tearing their enemies apart as I looked out upon the deck of the warlock.

Haku and Karin were proving to be a deadly combination together cutting down enemies left and right, Suigetsu had been given what was left of the executioner blade by Haku and easily demonstrated the weapons unique abilities as there was only a small part of the blade left, but after several dead man later the blade had returned to its normal length and strength as he went about slaughtering these slavers and I felt no sympathy for them at all.

After all they had chosen to take the freedoms of others.

Gato as much as I hated to admit it was rather intelligent and had hid behind a section of equipment at the back of the ship to avoid being killed by me, as he emerged he had already unsheathed his sword and stared me down with a look that screamed death and destruction.

Time seemed to stand still around us as we looked at each other as predators staring each other down waiting for the right moment to attack and rip each others throats out, as I stared him down until he was quite calculating the minute I activated my wrist and hook blade he took this as a signal and we ran at each other trading blows like it was nothing he was quite skilled I had to admit in a way I respected him if only on a certain level.

He did his best to keep me at a distance not wanting me to get in too close, with my iconic weapons he realized fighting me up close and personal was suicide like taking on a member of the Hyuga clan something which I had personal experience with, eventually he managed to push me back far enough and then pulled up his left hand which had the strange ring on it.

It took me only a second to realize it was some kind of firearm which he then pulled the trigger resulting in a loud sound of thunder going off as I felt the impact of where the bullet had hit me only to realize that it had hit my hidden blade as the sound of metal upon metal at high speeds sounded through the air.

I took a look at my hidden blade only to see that it had been quite possibly damaged beyond repair and was stuck in its combat position unable to retract, luckily I wasn't the only one having equipment problems as he couldn't fire the next shot in the ring and I wasted no time and ran at him as he brought his left hand up in a defensive pattern which I then proceeded to stab him hoping to hit his heart unfortunately my blade became stuck in his arm and as the two of us rustled for a better position I heard the damaged area of my blade brake and fell back upon the ground.

When I looked up I noticed the look of shock and pain upon his face and did not wait any further before running up and kicking the blade and his left arm into his chest hoping to end his life, needless to say the look of shock that was upon his face was for the lack of a better word priceless as he first fell to his knees and then onto his back breathing hard and spitting up some blood as I realized the blade had pierced his heart.

I then walked up to him and looked down at him as he laid upon the ground waiting for the end to come, he then looked up at me and said, "So I meet my end at the hands of an Assassin, but I can tell that you're not a member of the Assassins Order but maybe of the Brotherhood of Assassins."

I was surprised as I heard him say this and a bit curious as well as I then spoke to him, "What do you mean by the Assassins Order?"

"So you don't know about them then, won't you be in for a shock." He said to me as I became even more curious about what was going to happen.

"Whoever said I was an Assassin." After saying this I noticed him having a huge smile upon his face as he started to laugh and then said to me, "Well that is new, but I can tell you are of the old ways... You are of the brotherhood of assassins, and I feel some bits of pride and respect towards you knowing that at least I fought you with everything that I had."

I nodded my head to him and said, "I can respect you for fighting back but not for what you did to this place."

"It just goes to show you how Patty us humans really are, the Templars always claim that we are the ones to guide humanity and look at what we bring... As much as I hated my father I still wanted to avenge his death on everyone other than that boy who contains the nine tails." I was surprised by this as I then pulled back my hood so he could get a look at my face.

The surprise and realization was easy to see upon his face as he then spoke to me, "So my father's sins are visited upon me in the same place where he died, that's ironic I guess."

"Not as ironic as you might think, you chose to come here and do this." I said to him with a bit of anger in my voice.

"Perhaps you are right but I felt the need to avenge him, just as I know you feel the need to avenge your own mother." Part of his words ring true to me but the truth was it wasn't exactly true either as I looked down at him knowing that his time on this mortal coil was slowly slipping away I still had some questions and answers that needed to be sought out.

"Part of me does want to avenge her but it's not my only driving force in life, why did you have those Mist ninjas in your possession what is their purpose to you exactly?" I asked the stricken men hoping for an answer.

He let out a pain kind of laugh as he then spoke to me, "The answers you seek are on the Traveler and that is all I will say Assassin, I know I have no right to ask but at least give me some kind of sending off like you Assassins supposed to do."

I nodded my head to him as I then spoke, "May you be judged fairly for your actions in life and find redemption in the next one, rest in peace."

It was as if he had been waiting for me to give him this form of last rights and show some respect before his body eventually failed due to his injuries, I then closed his eyes and removed the strange ring from his hand and then checked his body for any other important materials finding a few things and around his neck the pendant of the Templer order which I left alone, unfortunately I still had to remove the damaged section of my hidden blade from his arm and chest them with one quick jolt it was expedited from his arm and chest cavity leaving only blood as I rose to my full height and sealed away all the broken parts of the blade and the main unit itself into a one of my many scrolls which I then pocketed hoping I would be able to find someone or something to repair the blade.

As I stepped back and looked around me I noticed how much things have changed, everyone was looking at me and all over the ship was the Blue Sea's crew and the ship itself to our side.

The Blue Sea's sales blowing in the wind as I had climbed it and traversed them regularly upon my journey here, I turned around and noticed Capt. Cyrus and Old Salt standing side-by-side and just a little further away was Sortiara with a shocked expression upon her face.

As I looked at them for the first time once more and really looked at them I noticed that Cyrus and Old Salt carried themselves with a sense of purpose and understanding as well as a bit of experience in the way they moved reminded me of how my ancestors and I moved which was a sense of purpose to it.

But when I looked at Sortiara and a couple of the other crewmen who had come aboard the Warlock that I noticed that they carried themselves similar to that of an Assassin but they seemed less organized and disciplined to me when I looked at them, but in her case she seemed almost nervous and jittery that's when it dawned on me that the lives she had taken on board the Blue Sea had been her first kills which surprised me greatly as I realized that someone who had this kind of skill should have been used to taking lives but was clearly not and it was affecting her greatly and I also noticed that there seem to be a bit of arrogance about her as well.

Within a few seconds everyone had registered their presence including Mei and her few remaining resistance fighters as well as Haku and my cousin and her sword maniac of a friend, needless to say everyone was on edge as they looked at me and I looked at them.

Sortiara was the first to speak out of them and it was with a sense of shock and awe and just maybe a bit of wonderment, "He's an Assassin father this is incredible, but how did he do it without being trained by one of the older teachers."

Her father however gave me a look over and then spoke to her, "He hasn't had any training by one of them Sortiara, it's all because of his bloodline that he can do what he can do... He experienced the Bleeding Effect."

I noticed the look of shock upon her face as she then asked, "I've never heard of it progressing this fast from someone so young he can't be much older than 14."

"Something happened to him my daughter but I can tell he's been trained in the old ways, our ways." He sipped her with a bit of pride in his voice but the expression upon her face was something I did not expect it was a bit of resentment and even disgust and hatred and this confused me greatly.

"The Brotherhood is a thing of the past father you should be embracing the Assassins Order now, not living in the past of what had been one must look to the future and having a real life Uzumaki on our side will make this even easier." She said to her father with a bit of arrogance in her voice it and made me a little uneasy.

She turned back to look at me with that arrogant grin as I lately removed one of my many throwing knives and toss it into the air cutting the rope connecting the dead RED commander to the rope darts I hung him with, his body hit the deck of the ship hard getting the younger assassins attention as I then walked forward and kicked the man onto his stomach and then reached down to remove the deadly part of the dart and then pointed at them with it as I said, "First of all little girl I don't know who the hell you really are or what you're all about and the second thing is I respect your father a hell of a lot more than I do you right now."

I instantly caught the look of shock upon her face as well as those who were on her side as she then said, "You can't just say no to us young man, we have every right to induct you into our order whether you like it or not."

I actually let out a laugh at that, "So that's defending humanity's freedoms and the peace of the world by taking it from others, you sound more like a Templer then you do an Assassin."

I saw it instantly that she was not amused by my comment, "There are no more Templars you young idiot, they are extinct."

I was clearly not in a mood to hear this as I then walked over to Gato's body and removed the small piece of Templer jewelry that identified him as one of the Templer order and held it up for her to see, she and the others had a look of shock and almost disbelief as I then threw it to her father who caught it and also had a look of pure fear in his eyes knowing that soon we would all be in massive trouble and I couldn't blame them for thinking that.

She then walked forward to her father and lightly touched it thinking that it was some kind of illusion I had created until she realized it was indeed very real, but I could also see that she was still trying to deny its existence, "Just because he has some really old jewelry does not mean that our greatest enemy has returned, if they had we would've heard something by now father."

She then turned and walked up towards me with a clear intention to try to impose her will upon me, she should really consider just who she was messing with, "You will stop trying to create panic and terror among us they are extinct and the wars are over!"

I however narrow my eyes and let out a small guttural growl at her and pulled up my hood as well as activated my hoook blade as I slowly advanced upon her, part of what was inspiring me to do this was a speech Blackbeard had given to my ancestor as well as to Steve Bonnet that day on the Queen Anne's revenge.

I wanted her to understand what I have gone through part of it was just my own feelings come to the surface mixed with my anger at what been done to me and also the simple fact that I knew the Templars still existed and yet she refused to acknowledge this simple truth.

The fact so I let her have it, as I would later be told I had achieved a presence among them there was absolutely terrifying even though truth be told that wasn't my intention at all it was just to make a damn point to her.

People tell me later that was when the dangerous and deadly Pirate Lord who sought freedom and justice for the wronged and vengeance upon the guilty was born that day, I later found out they would call me Black Fox I almost laughed writing this down but her words still ring and a defiant tone in my head and I just had to get the last word in, "I know for a damn fact little girl that they still exist, I have killed three of their highest ranking MEN!"

Everyone I was told later had a look of true fear upon their faces as I continued to lay into her, "How are you? Me my knowledge and what has happened to me, have you watched seven Templer Lords work up to you and your mother and demanded that you be handed over to them so that they can do to you what ever it is they want based so fucking desire... HAVE YOU LITTLE GIRL, because I have... I watched them send their 50 bodyguards to kill us that night when I was just six years old and I saw them laughing the whole time until we started killing their pathetic excuse for men who follow greedy man and who take the freedom of others without giving a damn to the consequences."

Everyone would later tell me that I was getting my emotions sorted out there and that I was taking it out on her, her father would later tell me it was something she needed badly, "I watched my mother died in my hands BLEEDING out and trying to comfort me, it may not have been your mother but at least you didn't have to watch her die because some Templer decided he could control the world... Right now you're playing the fool girl and it's only fools and idiots you will attract and you will not believe they have returned until it's too late and you're being herded into cages."

I then grabbed her by the front of her shirt and held her close to me as I held the hook blade to her throat, "Until you understand what is really going on here do not tell me what to do as I have the right to make my own choices in this world, not you am I understood?"

She simply nodded her head to me in the quick motion demonstrating her fear at that moment in time of me and she wasn't the only one, "Good now excuse me I feel like drinking and some sleep."

After I said all this to her I then retracted my hook blade from her throat and walked away needing some time to cool my head and blood before I did something rash and violent to her, closely following me were my cousin her friend and Haku as well as Old Salt himself, what I didn't expect was for the water resistance members to also follow me but one of them however came to attention the as I said to him, "What's your name?"

"Ken Sir!" He responded to me.

"Mr. Ken remove the unwanted filth from the deck of the ship and prepare her for sailing to the Land of Spring immediately upon our return." I said to him watching him also node his head to me as I walked away back into the village to get what little sleep I could and rest for the coming trials.

XX

Traveler Captain's Cabin, The Land of Waves.

Ao and a few men that had accompanied him to the traveler were admitting to themselves that this man kept a lot of files about all of his dirty deals, needless to say the room was proving to be a treasure trove of knowledge the problem was finding what their leader had slightly overheard was proving more difficult than they had anticipated.

"Sir their is so much here that I don't even know what the hell am looking for but after reading just a handful of this stuff I'm glad he's dead." One of the fighters said after reading only a few documents.

Just then one of the men pulled back a hidden panel that was part of the compartment to reveal a rather large safe with multiple locks upon it, "Jackpot gentleman."

Ao quickly got up and came over to the hidden cabinet containing the vault and used his own hidden Byakugan to examine it in great detail, he let out a small curse word as he then turned to his men and said, "it's got decent construction but I can't see what's on the inside where going to have to open it fast and carefully."

One of the men who had a rather large cigar in his mouth motioned for everyone to back off as he went to work on safe examining it for weaknesses in planting is small explosive charges as soon as he was satisfied with his work any moved back lit the cigar and then triggered the explosives, almost everyone knew him as Boom in the resistance since he had a predication to large-scale explosives man clearly knew what he was doing to crack a safe without damaging the contents and then said to Ao, "Man this cheap bastard's safe was no challenge at all man, I mean really can you give me a real challenge some time when the fate of some country isn't on the line."

Everyone present could not help but roll their eyes at him as he then proceeded to open the safe and examine its contents in great detail, within just a few minutes a particular set of documents were discovered which everyone began to read at the same time sending their eyes as wide as dinner plates, "Like I said Ao thank God it wasn't hard when the survival of some country is on the line."

Everyone in the room could only agree with him as they read the document and realized they were all about to be extremely busy and needed to get this to Mei and that kid as soon as possible.

XX

The Drunken Dragon INN, Land of Waves,

Naruto and Karin had been resting been sleeping peacefully for the most part in the and thanks to the many villagers and the water resistance members who were currently keeping an eye on the more suspicious blue sea crewmembers including Sortiara who had still not gotten over how easily this young man had overpowered her in the first place, her father and old salt set at the board speaking to the old man who had been identified as Tazuna the bridge builder or as Naruto had come to call him the old drunk.

She still found it hard to believe that such power was being wasted on these children and the fact that they were even being considered being given a choice but at the same time part of her was beginning to wonder is doing something else with your life really that bad.

While Sortiara pondered her own thoughts both good and bad the two Uzumaki's dreamed peacefully about several ancestors and their lives but had to admit that they were both seeing a new ancestor and city that they had never seen before, all around them were plenty of peasants looking as if they had been starved for the most part and the language for the most part was absolutely exquisite to linguists in all honesty.

Naruto and Karin knew that they had spent enough time that dreams to be experiencing bleeding effect from this new set of memories and were making the most of it as they watched this new ancestor perform amazing new feats of free running they had never seen before as well as new stealth tactics that would come in quite handy and their teamwork was unimaginable unless you had been in a ninja squad.

But it was new hidden blade that caught their attention as they heard it called a phantom blade able to fire a small part into opponents at long distance with quite decent accuracy to boot, a few times then heard their new ancestor's name mentioned as the crowd also cried out for justice in some cases blood of their nobility who had taken so much from them and in many cases when looking to Arno and the assassins to bring it to them.

The last image the to solve was of a greedy noble man begging them to spare him and blame the peasants who were suffering for his well deserving fate as through him off a balcony into the hungry crowd below which then proceeded to beat the living crap out of him and finally severed his head from his body placing it on the spike as it finally died.

The two of them quickly awoke after this and looked at each other realizing it not been a dream for them and realized the sole had many questions that need answers including how they were able to experience others dreams of their family and even that event when they were seven.

Naruto quickly grabbed a bottle of rum into the swig and had to admit it was quite good as he had been told the night before they had decided to rest their eyes in the bar that it was a drink called Capt. Morgan and realized he had to get a little bit more this road.

Right at this moment Ao came running into the room along with the other members of the resistance who had been looking the traveler over with a fine tooth comb with a look of concern upon their faces, Naruto was one of the first to notice and quickly ran over to him alongside Mei who immediately asked, "What is it Ao, would did you find?"

As he brought the large case that had been in the vault over and placed it up on a nearby table upon its top was none other than the wax seal of the Water Daimyo himself upon it, as soon as they opened the container they were shocked at what they began to read virtually everyone in the bar was beyond scared as they realized that this little invasion of their island was nothing in the grand scheme of things.

Naruto only needed to read a few paragraphs to know that all hell is about to break loose as he continued to read the entire page he instantly knew that more people he cared about were about to be in serious danger any wasted no time getting ready, "Mr. Salt!"

"Capt." he responded very quickly and came to attention as a young man then turned to him and said in a tone of command was unmistakable, "I want the Warlock armed and ready to sail in about four hours no more no less and get it done Mr. Salt we are burning daylight and we are leaving."

Mr. Salt immediately nodded his head after reading the document as well and went to work with several other men knowing that they had to get the ship's ready as soon as possible, he then turned to Mei who had continue reading and realized they needed all the help they can get as he was about to ask her but she beat him to the punch, "if you're about to ask for my assistance and my people you got it Black Fox."

What she called him had caught him by surprise as well as everyone else as she handed him one of the documents from the safe, needless to say he had one hell of a smile on his face as he then said, "I like it Black Fox creative, and thank you for your help."

She nodded her head to him and spoke softly, "You saved me and my people, and the honor is mine to help you and those people who still need our help against the Land of Water and its tyranny."

Cyrus and his daughter then walked over and looked at the documents as well and both felt a level of fear they had not known was there is a realized one of their homelands only financial revenue was now being threatened and realized no matter what they would have to become involved in some form or another.

Cyrus then walked up to the young man to see him preparing to leave as well as his young friends who also looked like they were giving up for war, "Don't be rash about this young man you need help."

"You I trust not her and this counsel of the order of the assassins, how the hell do I even know they will be willing to help the Land of Spring when they won't even willing to admit that the Templars or even still around and a credible threat?"

"What makes you think that they are going to even believe you even with the documents you have in your possession?" Yes a young man hoping to see him stop and think for a moment.

Naruto however stoped what he was doing for a moment and then said to his first Capt., "Because I know the daimyo and remember I'm a hero there, besides I'm not going alone and I would really appreciated if you'd come with me Capt."

Cyrus gave the young man a genuine smile as he looked at his hands and realized one of the hidden blades was damaged and missing, "Well your not doing very good going like that without a wrist blade."

Naruto then looked at his own and let out a small curse word as he then remembered his latest ancestor and then decided to ask inquire, "Have you ever heard of the Phantom blade before, do you think Raven would know where to find one or how to repair my original wrist blade?"

Sortiara had to admit to herself that she had never heard of this kind of weapon before and was extremely curious as her father then spoke to him in return as well as removing one of his wrist blades and handing it over to the young man, "Use this one for the time being young man, and it's the land of spring as fast as possible I trust you to help them fight this coming invasion, and I will bring your uncle Raven to see you both when we arrive in the Land of Spring."

Sortiara had become quite concerned by this, "What are you talking about father it will take more than a day to get the counsel as well as to retrieve the old man and get to the Land of Spring."

He gave his daughter a big smile as he then said, "You forget how fast the Blue Sea really is my daughter, by the time these two ships that are here thanks to our enemies actions arrive in the Land of Spring I will have already have picked up mentor Raven and informed the Council and be there as well to meet you all who knows I might even beat you all there."

It was only then she realized how fast the Blue Sea really was as she then turned to her own skeleton crew and commanded them to take control of the traveler to get it to the land of spring to help them in the coming war as she would be aboard the warlock keeping an eye on the young people who had changed everything for her in just a few hours as they all walked out of the bar watching everyone going about repairing the damage that had been done to the village and wishing them good luck on their journey.

Naruto however was busy writing something in the scroll with the old bridge builders help as they talked she then noticed the small tote taking the scroll with what looked like directions to hand it to the leader of the Hidden Send Village or someone named Gaara, as soon as the document was handed over the toad disappeared in a cloud of smoke as she watched the young man walk over to the Warlock and climbed aboard the ship and directing the crew as they prepare to leave.

She wasted no time getting aboard the ship and deciding to help since it was clear he did not want her there in the first place, Naruto knew from the sea charts that they would arrive in the Land of Spring by tomorrow morning if everything went according to plan.

He still cannot shake his own doubts and and fears but also that he wanted to make his own decision and would not have others make it for him, no matter what he wanted to meet Raven and decide his future on his own terms all he had to do now was wait.

End of Chapter Sequence Three.

Character Theme Songs, Naruto, Karin, Haku and Suigetsu's Torn To Pieces by Pop Evil.

Story Development Diary, 3

this chapter had turned out to be a little more difficult to write then I had first envisioned it being, originally this whole chapter was pretty much going to be the end of chapter 2 but I didn't want to rush anything while I was writing it and at times it took on a life of its own.

Another thing that happened was the new information on the new game unity which just made me even more hungry for more of the game series and the books another thing I have done is finally read the entire novel version of Black flag which opens up even more possibilities not just for this story but also for Lazarus one of my other assassins stories but this one was the one I paid attention to more than anything for a while and part of what made this chapter so much more challenging was my decision to say he hasn't made the decision to be an assassin right away he still wants to find his own way in life.

But at the same time I do want things to seemed simple as I still had another story connected to this one to think about as well and if you have two groups of assassins who are on different you know ethical boundaries you have a bit more interesting story element and what you see in the assassins orders that they're almost a little more like the Templars and yet they're still assassins but the problem is is that they become like ostriches with their heads stock in the ground and they are not willing to accept the world needs their help at all unless something effects all of them as well which is what we want to see in the next chapter.

At the same time this chapter gave me more time to introduce the other major characters to his crew's, in fact many of them will also have to have much of the same character growth the will to go through making up their own minds as well.

I'd also like the hero you think about where the stories going from here what you think is going to happen now, please read and review.