So many questions! 'Probably only a handful will be answered... In this chapter!
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Chapter 4:
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"Target is directly north, 17 feet. I'm intrusting him into your hands Salamander. I'll head south to report this." A dog masked girl ordered as she started back towards camp. Salamander looked forwards and began running towards a clearing. He looked down to see a blonde haired ninja.
He jumped down from the tree he was perched in and put the blonde in a headlock. "Hey! Let go of me!" The ninja cried out as he tried to escape the hold.
"Who do you work for?" Salamander asked. The blonde stopped struggling.
"Work for someone? I'm not affiliated with anyone! Now, please let me go!" The ninja told as Salamander released him.
"Sorry, mistaked you as a rogue ninja." The lizard masked man apologized before turning to head back to camp.
"Actually, there's something I wanted to ask you." The blonde said as he placed his hand on the masked mans shoulder. He smiled as he held up a paper bomb and it lit on fire.
"Will you hold this!?" He shouted as he placed the paper on the ninjas back and it exploded.
The blonde jumped out the smoke, unfazed by the explosion. The smoke cleared before revealing a burnt and wethering away log. The ninja cursed himself out loud and looked around. A sudden and fast paced shuriken whizzed past the blondes cheek and scratched his cheek. He grunted in pain and put his hand on the scratch.
Salamander charged from behind with a kunai. The blonde quickly turned around to face him as he dodged Salamanders kunai. He put his hands together. "Wind style: Wind Dragon!" A gust of wind blew past the blonde and formed a large tornado. The top of the tornado curved to face towards Salamander as a dragons face and slender body formed. It roared and struck downwards at the lizard masked man. The masked lizard put his hands together quickly." Fire style: Flame sword." He said quickly as he released his hands and threw his hand up in a slicing motion towards the incoming dragon. The dragon roared again as it ignited and turned to smoke which soon cleared to nothing. He then charged at the blonde. "Fire ball jutsu!" He announced as he took in a large breath and exhaled towards the ninja, which left a large hole in his mask that revealed his lips. The blonde was engulfed in the fiery ball. He put his arms up in defense.
A laugh erupted from the fire as it started to go out and reveal the blonde, bruised and burned as he clutched his side, laughing till he dropped to his knees. Salamander neared him, holding out a ready kunai.
"I'm finished now so I'll tell you a little secret." The blonde smiled as blood trickled from his forehead and slowly crept out of his mouth. "The sound village?" He chuckled and closed his eyes. "Was something my boss made up and possessed one of your men to spread rumours about us. To be honest, I'm glad, I never really liked him anyway..." He admitted as he layed down and fell unconscious. Salamander made a sound of confusion as he kneeled down to check the rogues pulse.
Nothing.
A sizzling noise began under the man and Salamander knew exactly what it was. He jumped into a tree, turning to watch the explosion and finally heading back to camp to report this new information. He was glad. No war after all this. He didn't realize his thoughts clouding his senses as another rogue ninja jumped off the ground underneath Salamander and appeared in front of him.
"Vacuum Blade!" The ninja announced as wind spun around the kunai in his hands and formed a long blade. He swung at Salamander. Salamander watched as the blade sliced into his shoulder. The rogue ninja smiled and forced the sword deeper into the masked ninjas flesh. Salamander kicked the rogue ninja away and he dropped to the ground. He looked over at his fresh wound and watched as the wind blade dispersed and returned to a normal kunai. The rogue ninja dropped from the sky and into the view of the ANBU. He charged again and held up a wooden staff. Salamander moved out of the way. The rogue ninja then spun around fast in circles. He thrust his staff into the air and then to the side. Salamander backed out of the wooden staffs range. Another ninja appeared from behind the unsuspecting ANBU and threw a couple of shurikens at his back. Salamander was about to jump up as pain from his shoulder jolted all throughout him and his reaction was slow. He jumped as the shurikens neared him and was merely out the way when a strike hit him in the heel and he fumbled to grab the above tree branch. He pulled himself up as the shuriken whizzed past him and hit the ninja with the staff in the stomach. He dropped to the floor immediately as blood spilled from his wounds. The other rogue growled at this and looked up to the ANBU.
"You'll pay for that!" He yelled out frustratingly and jumped up to a tree branch that leveled out to the one Salamander was standing on. The rogue, with no warning or signs of this action, quickly pulled out a handful of shurikens and thew them at the ANBU. Salamander couldn't endure enough pain to dodge and watched as the shurikens whizzed past him and stuck into trees behind him. An invisible force pressed against his chest and ankles and bound him to the tree. The rogue ninja smiled sadistically. "That was my best friend! I'll see you suffer so he didn't die in vain!" The rogue spat out.
"I didn't throw shurikens at him though..." Salamander commented as he felt an awkward air pass by.
"Don't you dare blame his death on me!" The rogue demanded as he threw a kunai at Salamanders shoulder. The wound screamed at him and he struggled at the binds." Now, die you stupid shin-." The rogue stopped as the edge of a blade ran threw his stomach and he dropped his kunai. His footing on the tree under him was lost and the masked dog ANBU behind him; caught him before he fell. Salamander sighed in relief as Dog walked over to him and cut the strings that had him bound to the tree.
"Thank you." Salamander thanked as he smiled at Dog. She nodded and looked over at his shoulder. He followed her gaze and looked over at his shoulder that still had a kunai running through it. He grabbed the hilt of it and took it out. Dog then nodded at him and headed towards camp. Salamander followed in pursuit.
. . .
Naruto woke to a throbbing pain in his head. He sat up and held his head. He got up and weakly walked over to the fridge. He opened it and grabbed a bag of ice, placing it on his head. He layed back down and curled into his blanket. His door creaked open and closed very gently. Naruto turned around with squinted eyes but saw nothing. He shrugged it off and dozed off again.
"Good morning Naruto." The blonde heard shuffling in the room. He slowly opened his eyes to see a clone of his boiling water. He groaned and rolled over in his bed, too tired to get up. Minato frowned. He went to the cupboard and pulled out some pre-made ramen and opened the lid, pouring the water into the cup. Naruto immediately perked up to the smell and sat up. His father smiled as he neared his son with the soup. Drool practically escaped his lips as Minato placed it on his lap. "Eat up!" Minato smiled as he recommended it. Naruto nodded and split apart the chopsticks and began eating. Minato sat on the side of his sons bed.
"And when you're done, we can head over to the training grounds so you can start your journey as a ninja."