The Last Asashinkurīdo Chapter 4: CH:4 The End of a Tyrant, a naruto fanfic

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of the Assassin's Creed themes inside the story, nor am I affiliated with them in any way.

CH:4 The End of a Tyrant

The sun is currently setting, and I find myself perched in a tree outside of a large building. After investigating the village center, a trail highlighted with Gatō's stench led me here. For the last couple of hours I have spent my time using the Īgurubijon to memorize the movements of the guards inside and outside of the building.

There are three floors and a basement, with the outside of the building being lightly protected compared to the inside. Two groups, each with two men, circled the perimeter. Their paths cross whenever they get to the east or west side, leaving them separated at the northern and southern sides of the structure. The south end is closest to the tree line, allowing it to be the easiest place to ambush one of the perimeter guard units. The entrance is being guarded by only one man. But he seems to be pretty large, possibly to scare off anyone who would be intimidated by him…Sucks for that guy.

The basement has constant activity. Two guards are posted at the bottom of the stairs, with two other men free roaming the floor. From what I can see, there are cells with possible captives, but I am currently unsure because I can only see the red pigment of the guards and golden pigment of Gatō. To insure the safety of any civilians in the building, I will be going to the basement first after clearing the guards from the outside and first floor.

The first floor was slightly more guarded than the basement. One guard was directly on the inside of the entrance, with two guards patrolling the floor and two more stationed at different areas.

The second floor had to be dedicated strictly to the guard's sleeping courters. Multiple guards appeared to be sleeping, with a couple of them patrolling outside of the rooms.

The third floor is where Gatō is located. Because of this, the floor is heavily guarded. Two guards are posted outside the door where his sleeping quarters are, three guards appeared to be sitting around a table…playing cards perhaps?...and three separate guards were roaming the floors.

'This is going to be so troublesome…After darkness falls it'll be time to strike.'

Once the sun vanished, I moved closer to the edge of the tree line.

While waiting for one of the guard units to come by, I began prepping one of the Spider Clan's specialized poison darts. The dart itself is solidified venom from one of the branches of widow spiders. The venom for this dart is different from other venoms, because its poison carries multiple parasites in it rather than the deadly or paralytic agents of other poisons. I named it the Uragirimono Dāto, or Turncoat Dart, because the parasites inside the venom travel through the blood stream very quickly in order to reach and affect the brain. Once they arrive at the brain they can pretty much takeover, and when they do that the person who was shot with the dart becomes very aggressive and attacks anything in sight. The parasites only last about thirty seconds after the brain is reached, but they do enough damage to it that after they die their host dies as well, making it pretty useful to use on people in small or large groups to create a little chaos.

In order to work with the widow spider's venom, I had to go under very severe but controlled immunization conditioning. So if anything went wrong with any of their venoms, it wouldn't affect me.

After waiting for thirty-or-so seconds, the guard unit from the eastern side came around the corner. Once they reached about half way I shot the bigger of the two men with the dart. After hitting him he flinched and went reaching up for his neck, causing the other guy to stop and look at him.

"Oi, what are ye doin' Hito?" The guy asked walking up to the man named Hito.

Hito then pulled out his sword and started looking around in strange bewilderment. The other man seemed to have taken an angry look upon his face.

"What the hell do you think yer doin', ye dumb giant? There ain't no one out here. Put yer damn sword away and let's go. Gatō will be pissed if he thinks we're slackin', and I won't hold anythin' back if we get pulled in fer questionin'."

Hito then stopped turning in circles and zeroed in on the other guy. Before he even got the chance to react, Hito started swinging his sword wildly. One blow even slashed along his neck, preventing him from yelling out due to the sudden attack. Hito continued his enraged swinging even after the other guy collapsed, and after another fifteen seconds collapsed as well.

'Well that was interesting. I didn't know he would get that aggressive, maybe he didn't like the other guy? Oh well…"

Firing my grappling hook, it pulled me from the branch I was on, to the roof of the building. On the western side, the two remaining perimeter guards were cautiously walking towards the southern end; probably because the other two never appeared.

One was walking a little bit behind the other and both of them had their weapons out. Drawing my sword I jumped over the edge, landing on the man in the back while simultaneously driving the sword through his skull. The other guy turned around with a shocked expression on his face. I couldn't tell if it was because the guy behind him was suddenly dead, or due to the fact that my sword was already plunged hilt deep through his chest. Oh well.

After flicking the blood off, I sheathed my sword and made my way back onto the roof, this time heading towards the north side and entrance.

The guard at the front entrance almost had me laughing. He was actually leaning up against the door and sleeping on duty.

Rolling my eyes, I quickly made my way onto the ground and just stared at him until an idea popped into my head.

Smiling with no good intent, I wound up my fist and punched him straight in the groin.

Giving out a loud gasp, he clutched his now aching jewels and fell to his knees. After releasing the contents of his stomach, he looked up to me. His face showed signs of shock, pain, and anger.

"You know," I said looking him straight in the eyes. I smiled, "You really shouldn't nap while on guard duty. Bad things could happen."

Before he could respond, I pulled out my sword once more and drove it through his chest.

"Really bad things could happen."

After dragging the door guard off to the side of the building, it was time to check on the first floor again.

"Īgurubijon," I whispered.

Seeing that the guard on the inside still hasn't moved away from the entrance, I quickly opened the door and left it ajar. After pulling out his weapon he slowly made his way towards me, and as he was making his way over the threshold I quickly pulled his feet out from under him. Once he was on the ground, I stabbed him through the heart with a Hidden Blade and made my way through the door, closing is behind me.

Directly through the door was a small room, possibly a waiting room if anyone were visiting. It had windows on the opposite side of the doorway showing the main floor and another door that was open to the other side.

As I was making my way into the main room, I had to quickly backtrack because one of the guards suddenly headed for the waiting area. To catch his attention, I gave out a low whistle just as he was walking by the door, making him stop in his tracks and turn back. Once his made it to the door he slightly hesitated, but eventually made his way into the small room. After he was turned from me, I ran up behind him and jumped onto his back, stabbing a Hidden Blade into his neck and knocking him over.

After leaving the front room, I made my way to the back of the main room, where one of the stationary guards was located. While approaching him, I realized that this guard was also asleep on the job.

'Stupid…lazy…Not even making this difficult.'

Quietly making my way towards him, I found a large box and placed it in front of the man. Once in place I extended my Hidden Blade and quickly slashed it across his neck. His eyes flew open and landed on me as he reached for his wound. Smiling at him I grabbed his shirt and pulled him into the box, and after he stopped his struggles, sealed him inside.

The last two guards were currently in a separate room adjacent from the main floor, but one was currently making his way to the door. Pulling out two kunai, I waited for him to make his exit.

As he was leaving the room, I threw my two kunai. One lodged itself in his temple, and the other was lodged through his neck. Once he collapsed to the floor I withdrew my sword and ran towards his body. Just as the other one made his way out to check on the dead one, I leapt through the air and brought my sword down upon his neck, decapitating him.

Standing back up I sheathed my sword and let out a slow breath, "First floor cleared."

Heading into the basement was simple enough. The door leading to it was unlocked, so that prevented any difficulties, and the two guards at the bottom of the steps were completely oblivious. Sneaking up behind them and using he stairs for a height advantage, I extended both of my Hidden Blades and brought both of my arms forward in a clapping motion. The blades went into their necks and my hands brought their heads slamming into each other, allowing them to slide into blissful unconsciousness while bleeding out.

At the same time, one of the other guards was passing by at the end of the hall and saw both of the guards collapse. This caused him to yell out for the other guard and charge me.

Meeting him head on, I brought out my sword and charged as well. Ducking below a swing from the right, I twisted behind him on my knees and sliced through both of his hamstrings. Just as I was bringing the sword down on his neck, the other guard came around the corner with a crossbow.

Thinking fast I brought up my right Bracer and went to fire a poison dart at him, but instead, fired off the grappling hook on accident.

When it is fired, the grappling hook travels nearly twenty feet in the blink of an eye and stays disengaged until it comes into contact with an object. So if you wanted to go to the top of a roof, you would aim it to where it would go right by the edge to allow it to open up and then attach itself. Not knowing what would happen if it's fired at a person, I just let it take its course.

The grappling hook pierced right through the guards chest and engaged itself right after it flew out of the other side of his back, attaching to his body. Instead of pulling me forward, it dragged the guard towards me because he wasn't heavy enough, and he landed right at my feet.

"…Holy. Shit…Basement cleared."

Now that the basement was cleared, I was able to concentrate on the people being held in the cells. Walking up to one, I noticed that only females were held in it. After looking at all of the other ones, I noticed that only females were in ALL of them.

"E-excuse me," came a timid voice.

Hurrying over to the cell the voice came from, I responded with a kind smile. "Hello, my name is Tomiko. I'm here to help."

Everyone looked at me in disbelief, but considering what I just did to all of the guards down here, there was also a slight glimpse of hope.

"I noticed that none of the guards had any sort of key," I said. "Do you know where I could find the one to your cells?"

After asking the question, most of the younger girl's faces took on distant looks, but some of the older ones got a hardened expression and was able to answer me. "You will have to get it from Gatō," one of the women said. "He only comes down here with the key when he requires someone's…services," she finished with disgust.

Realization dawned on me after what she just said.

'He keeps all of these women and girls down here so he can…some of them are even the same age as me! This is inexcusable!'

Breaking me from my thoughts, a distinctly broken voice came. "Please," she said. "Make haste. I beg of you! Not too long ago he came down here and took my daughter before heading to bed. She's just around your age, so please, hurry! I can't even begin to think what that monster has already done to her!"

By the end she was already in tears and needed to be supported by the other women.

"I promise you, he will come to justice."

And with that, I broke off into a sprint up the stairs and to the second floor.

Because the second floor was used as sleeping quarters for the guards, not many of them were awake and few littered the floors.

In normal circumstances, this would be the perfect situation. I would sneak room to room and silently take out anyone, sleeping or conscious. But because of Gatō and the heinous crime of which I'm sure he has already started, I was far less conspicuous.

Running down the hall, I dispatched anyone within sight before even reaching them, throwing kunai at area's that were sure to incapacitate or kill.

As I reached the end of the current corridor I was sprinting through, a group of guards came around the corner.

"Oi," one of them shouted. "Who the hell are you!?"

'Well great, I don't have time for this shit.'

Charging into the group, I pulled out my sword and pivoted on my right heel and quickly did a spin, slashing some of them across the chest before they could react.

One of the other guards pulled a sword, and took a somewhat confident stance. "You're pretty quick for a kid," he said. "But I am a samurai, your sword skills will be no match for me. Drop your weapon and maybe I'll take you as a personal slave instead of killing you. We wouldn't want to damage that pretty little face of yours, now would we?"

The look of lust in his eyes was disgusting.

"How dare you call yourself a samurai," I said. "Samurai are honorable people, and by what you just said and who you work for says otherwise!"

My words obviously angered him and he came charging forward. He made a few quick lunges which were easily parried by my sword, but one of his lunges was miscalculated and he messed up on his footing and stumbled a bit. This gave me an easy window to end him.

Moving to left as he stumbled by, I slid my sword over his throat and he collapsed.

"You are pathetic to think of yourself so highly, may Kami have mercy on you in the afterlife."

The other guards were obviously distraught after my easy defeat over the so called 'samurai', making it almost too easy to put down.

After the last guard fell, I sheathed my sword and continued with haste to the third floor.

'This is taking too much time!'

After making it up the set of stairs leading to the third floor, I stopped at an open doorway to investigate.

Inside was the group of men sitting around the table playing poker, but instead of three people there was seven. Reaching into one of my pouches, I pulled out a special smoke bomb. Like the Uragirimono Dāto, this smoke bomb was different. The smoke is laced with another special kind of venom hailing from the widow spiders. The venom makes it so the smoke has severe burning effects, but the smoke only has such effect on living creatures, so the environment doesn't suffer from it. The poison from this venom is quickly absorbed by skin and tissue and spreads quickly at a cellular level, making it dangerous not to just inhale, but to come into contact with as well. On the outside the victim will look like he or she died from severe third degree burns covering the body, but because the venom also attacks at a cellular level, the victim will feel like they are being boiled from the inside; giving them a quick death, but a very excruciating one. Because of the effects, I have named this smoke bomb Jigokuno Tatchi; Hell's Touch.

Throwing it into the room I quickly pulled the door shut so the smoke wouldn't linger into the halls. Even though I am immune to the heavier effects, the smoke will still give me first degree burns over my body, and that happening now would be rather troublesome.

After shutting the door I quickly made my way to the corridor that held Gatō's room. Peering around the corner, I saw that the guard stationed there was annoyed at his current situation. Not wanting to waste any more time, I aimed and fired a normal fast acting poison dart at his neck and he quickly collapsed.

As I got closer to the door, I could tell why the guard was annoyed. From the inside I could hear loud grunting and the creaking of the floorboards, and what the guard could not have heard…muffled crying noises.

Overcoming with anger, I kicked in the door. "GATŌ!" I yelled.

Being flustered from the sudden noise, Gatō fell off of his bed taking the blankets with him, revealing the small, naked, battered and bruised figure of a little girl. Her face was badly bruised and her mouth had been gagged, tear stains were still visible on her face.

What angered me most was the dead and distant look in her eyes.

Moving my eyes from the painful view of the girl, I looked back to Gatō and made my way towards him.

"Gatō." I growled out his name.

"Guards!" He shouted while trying to crawl away from me.

"There is no one left to help you," I said. "And anyone else who could help is sleeping."

I could see the look of fear cross his face before he spoke again. "P-please!" He shouted. "Have mercy on me! I can give you anything you want! Fame! Wealth! Glory! Just name it! Anything you want and it's yours, but please spare me!"

"Can you bring back the lives of everyone you killed?" His face blanched at my question. I pointed at the girl on the bed, "Can you give back the innocence you clearly stole from her!?"

"N-no," he stuttered out. "That is all impossible!"

"Then there is nothing you could ever do for me." I said in a tone that was as cold as ice.

Gatō reached the drawer he was slowly crawling to and reached under it and threw a kunai.

Easily batting it away with one of my Bracer's, I aimed at him and fired a paralysis dart.

"You've poisoned me?"

"No, what I have just shot you with is a fast acting paralysis dart. As you have probably already noticed, your limbs are already immobile."

"You can't do-!" He began to shout but suddenly stopped.

"And as you just noticed, you lost all ability to speak."

Slicing my thumb, I made a few quick hand signs and slammed my hand on the floor. "Summoning Jutsu!"

In a puff of smoke appeared a spider the same size as I am, but on its abdomen were many moving bodies.

"Greetings Tomiko-chan," she said. "How may I be of service?"

"Hello Kotone-sama," I said looking back to Gatō. "I require no big need. I just summoned you because I have provided a small snack for your young."

Kotone's gaze moved to the young girl on the bed, and then to Gatō.

Walking up to Gatō, I crouched next to him and whispered so the girl couldn't hear me. "Kotone-sama is a wolf spider," I said. "And Kotone-sama is special, because she is the female alpha of the wolf spiders and is the only one allowed to breed, which is why you see the little bodies on her abdomen. Where most spiders generally inject their prey with some sort of venom that makes them liquefy on the inside, she comes from a specialized torture branch. You see Gatō, her branch of wolf spiders can actually consume the flesh of its prey, and that's what your purpose is in this predicament."

Standing back up, I allowed Kotone-sama enough room to grab Gatō with her fangs, and we walked towards a closet.

"Once you and your young are done feeding Kotone-sama, go ahead and dispel yourself, I have some things I need to take care of." I then looked back to Gatō's frightened form. "And just think Gatō, you don't even get to scream."

Smiling, I began to shut the closet door. The last thing I saw was the image of Gatō being overwhelmed by Kotone's young.

After closing the door, I turned back to the girl. Though she hasn't moved from her position, she was now looking at me.

I slowly approached as to not scare her. "Hello," I said. "I'm sorry for what you just saw. But my name is Tomiko, I came to help. I was in the basement earlier and your mother sent me for you." I picked up a blanket and draped it over her. "You don't have to speak or anything, I know you must be in a horrible position right now, and you're probably frightened of me. But would you know where he keeps the key for the cells downstairs?"

Shakily raising her arm, she pointed to a wall that had a large painting of Gatō in a throne. Behind the painting was a large safe.

'Hmm, the key must be in the safe…but the safe also needs a key. Īgurubijon!'

Looking around the room, one of the stands next to Gatō's bed gave off a slight glow.

'Bingo.'

Opening the drawer to the stand, I reached in and pulled out a small key. Walking back over to the safe, I inserted the key and opened it.

Inside the safe was a couple of suit cases, a scroll, and the key to which was probably for the cell's.

Taking out one of the suitcases, I opened it up and my eyes nearly fell out of my sockets.

'Look at all this money…Gato won't be needing this anymore. That's for sure.'

Taking out a scroll, I rolled it out and wrote a few storage seals onto it. After sealing all of the suit cases, I grabbed the key and the scroll.

Curiosity getting the better of me, I opened it to see why it would be in the safe.

'Well this is interesting…Gatō won't be needing this anymore either.'

Smiling, I turned back to the girl and showed her the key.

"Let's go and set everyone and your mother free! But we'll need to stop for a second when we get to the second floor; some other mutts need to be dealt with before I leave."

Even though the pain was still visible in her eyes, I swear I could see the slightest of smiles grace the corners of her mouth.

After finishing my work on the second floor, we finally got back to the basement which was met with a loud cheer from the women. When they were released a tearful reunion happened between the mother and her daughter.

After, they approached me. "Thank you for releasing us from the cells and bringing me back my daughter. I don't even know what to think if she had stayed with him any longer. I just hope Gatō got what he deserved."

My face hardened and I gave a quick nod, and the other women nodded back to me.

Then the girl approached me, "He-hello, my n-name is O-Ona. I w-want to th-thank y-you for h-helping me, I th-thought that I w-wouldn't be a-able to s-see my mother a-again. E-even though G-Gatō took so-something that I'll n-never be a-able to g-get b-b-back, I am h-happy to s-still be a-alive."

Hearing her talk like that broke my heart. Obviously she was hurt, and the stutter probably came from it. It will probably be a while before she is able to overcome it.

I smiled, "I am happy to hear you are able to think positively. It shows just how strong you are." I then turned to the remaining women. "I think it's finally time for you all to return home."

The group of women cheered.

The walk back to the village was a slow pace and the sun was just now making an appearance.

During the walk, I learned that the women were all kidnapped while being home alone or while doing their daily routine alone throughout the day. This angered me because their families must have gone through so much pain, but it also made me happy knowing that they were now being returned.

As the village came into view, so did the silhouettes of a group of people waiting for us. Even though we were still a good distance away I could tell who was waiting.

Kaiza, Tsunami, Tazuna, Inari, and a few other villagers were waiting.

As we got closer, the group began running towards us and oddly enough Tsunami was running the fastest with Inari right on her heels and I found myself being knocked to the ground in the tightest hug I've ever experienced.

"Tomiko-chan, I was so worried!" Tsunami was crying, I could tell.

"Nee-sama, what were you thinking!" Inari was crying too.

"Ca-an't breath," I wheezed.

In an instant I felt relief, though Inari was still latched to me.

"I apologize for going off by myself." I said. "But Gatō had to be dealt with."

Tsunami looked at me with a shocked expression. "You mean he's…?" I nodded. "Oh, Tomiko-chan!" Again I was being crushed in the tightest hug ever.

"My Tomiko-nee-sama is the coolest!" Inari was shouting.

Kaiza, Tazuna, and the rest of the villagers finally arrived to the group.

"I see everything went well," Kaiza said, again I nodded.

Tazuna began to laugh. "This calls for a celebration! To the end of Gatō and all the tyranny he could have brought with him!"

The group of women and villagers at the scene began to cheer, and the commotion was catching the attention of the rest of the village.

In time we made our way to the center where many of the women began racing off into the arms of their families, and many cheers and shouts occurred. Towards the middle of it all, Tazuna and Kaiza began to quiet down the crowd. Silence fell as Tazuna began to speak.

"Ladies and gentlemen," Tazuna began. "Tonight, I call for the time of a celebration! Let us celebrate the end of a tyrant and to the life of a new beginning!" Many people began to cheer and agree, and then Tazuna looked to me and called me forward. "And let us celebrate in the honor of our newest hero! Tomiko Asashinkurīdo! Tomiko-chan, it would be an honor to us all if you were to attend our celebration. Think you can stick around for tonight?"

In the crowd, people began to cheer.

"Tomiko!"

Blushing, I bowed deeply to the people of the village. "No, Tazuna. You have it all wrong. It would be MY honor to attend the celebration. I can't thank you all enough for the kindness you have shown me." I chuckled nervously, "But first, it would be great if I could go take a nap."

After a great big yawn, I unceremoniously fell over and fell asleep to the sounds of cheering and laughter.

Hours later, I awoke to the sounds of cheerful laughter. Leaving the bed, and heading out of the room and down the stairs I saw Kaiza and his family seated around their dining table enjoying each other's company.

"Man," I said rubbing my left eye. "What time is it?"

"Tomiko-nee-sama!" Inari shouted as he leapt from his chair to wrap me up in a hug.

I smiled down at him and ruffled his hair. "Well hello to you too, Inari-kun."

Kaiza, Tazuna, and Tsunami looked at us with matching smiles.

"You're awake just in time for the celebration!" Tazuna cheered lifting his sake bottle.

"Yeah Nee-sama! Let's get going!"

After a slight chuckle I smiled, "All right! Just let me go grab a few things and we can get going!"

As we walked through the village towards the village center, I noticed how empty it was.

'Wow, everyone must be at the center.'

My thoughts were matched as the sounds of music, laughter, and cheering reached my ears. And soon enough the decorations, lights, and dancing people came into view.

Once we reached the center, people looked at me and cheered. Many began raising their bottles at me and shouting encouraging words. I smiled and waved back to them all.

Soon enough, though, many people began to fall quiet as the music stopped playing and everyone started turning towards our group.

As we approached the stage the band was on, Kaiza stepped on to it and began to speak.

"Ladies and gentlemen," he said. "Just a week ago I thought my life was going to come to an end. But by the mercy of Kami himself, I was saved. Not only was I saved, but our village and the whole Land of Waves itself! And it's all thanks to our guest of honor, the girl who has taken Wave by storm, and has firmly planted a spot in all of our hearts. I would like to thank you, Tomiko Asashinkurīdo, for saving my life and allowing me to still be with my family." Kaiza then leaned down and grabbed a bottle of sake and lifted it into the air. "To Tomiko!" Many people followed after him and cheering began once more.

"Tomiko!"

"Speech!"

Hearing the cheers for a speech made me blush, but Kaiza grabbed firmly onto my hand and pulled me up onto the stage.

Soon enough the crowd was silent again and I gave out a nervous chuckle.

"In all honesty, I don't believe what I did would differ from what any other stranger should have done." Again I gave out a nervous chuckle. "So I'm not really sure what to say."

"Why did you do it?" Someone asked in the crowd. "Why did you decide to help us when you could have just let it go?"

I smiled at him. "Well that's easy," I said. "It's just because of who I am, and The Creed of my clan."

"The Creed of your clan?" He asked.

"What's that?" Came another voice.

Soon the crowd was filled with similar questions and hushed murmuring; it made me smile seeing everyone's honest curiosity.

"I could tell you about it if you want," I said smiling.

The crowd nearly nodded in unison, and I smiled once again.

As I told the crowd about The Creed, I could see the looks of concentration and complete curiosity in the eyes of the villagers, and once I was done complete silence filled the crowd. At first I was worried, but then one short proclamation made me smile ear to ear.

"To The Creed!" Someone in the crowd shouted holding up a bottle of sake.

"To The Creed!" The crowd shouted, following after his example.

Looking over the crowd of happily cheering people, I couldn't help but cheer along with them.

Music started playing once more, and the village continued its celebration long into the night.

Author's Notes: So wow, I've been gone for a bit considering how long it took me to post the first three chapters. That is why I said to not put your hopes into consistent posting! As I'm sure you all know, life happens, and that's what took my time away from writing. But hey, I hope you enjoyed the fourth chapter. I might have to change the rating of the story because of it, but I don't know.

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