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Spark
Sakura and Shikamaru silently walked through the sand, both sets of eyes locked onto their destination. Night fell as they walked towards the large crease in earth. Before them sat Sunagakure, the Village Hidden in the Sand.
As they walked closer they were met with a figure standing before them.
"Konohagakure Shinobi, it is our pleasure for you to come to Suna, please follow me." The man spoke, eyes closing as a flat smile covered his lips.
The village was quite, lights almost none existent, though shadows casted upon the buildings as the moon began to rise into the night sky. As the three continued to silently make their way towards the center of town they were met with a large domed shape building, assuming that what the Kazekage building, light now shinned brightly from the empty windows.
"Please follow me, Kazekage-sama is waiting for your arrival." The man spoke now stoically as he guided Sakura and Shikamaru into the main doors of the building. Both teens raised an eyebrow due to the sudden drop in tone.
After walking two flights of stairs they trekked through a long hallway which circled around the building. Coming to a large wooden the man slowly knocked.
"Come in." A deep, hardened voice spoke from within allowing the man before them to open the door, leading the pair into the large office. The man bowed before the singular desk where another sat, his back turned to the group as his eyes scanned out the window.
"Kazekage-sama, the Konoha-nin are here."
The chair turned around, an auburn haired man now faced the group, cold eyes boring into their own. "Yes, you may leave now."
Their guide bowed before leaving the office.
"Please, have a seat." Rasa spoke motioning towards the two chairs which sat before him.
Sakura and Shikamaru nodded taking a seat facing the Kazekage. He had a stern and demanding atmosphere around him.
"I'm sure that Hokage was surprised to hear of our invitation for Konoha-nins." He began, receiving a small nod from Shikamaru.
"Yes, however Hokage-sama asked us that we should tell you of the brewing tension between villages." Shikamaru replied, for a slit second he saw Rasa's eyes narrow before returning to a passive expresion.
"Brewing tension? I was not aware of the circumstances."
"Yes well we were told before we left that recently supplies have been going missing whenever they are traveling through Suna-
"Have you come here just to question me about missing supplies?" Rasa said, cutting Shikamaru off before he could continue.
"Well that wasn't all, you see those who travel with the supplies have also gone missing." Sakura said looking towards Shikamaru before facing Rasa.
"I can assure you I know nothing of the disappearances, as you may have seen Suna is falling into poverty, we would never want to damage the alliances set up by taking those from other villages." Rasa spoke slowly, emotionless eyes looking between Sakura and Shikamaru.
"Our apologizes, we did not try to accuse you Kazekage-sama we just wanted to see if you knew anything." Sakura replied, a small wave of relief washing over her as the man nodded.
"Well it is getting late, I will have one of our jounin escort you two to your rooms, we can continue this meeting in the morning." Rasa said just as the same Jounin from before walked through the door.
"Please follow me." He spoke plainly. Sakura and Shikamaru stood from their seating, following the ninja out of the office.
The three walked from the office and back into the hallway.
"You both will be staying on the lower level where we have our guest rooms, feel free to go where you would like, we would just appreciate that you stay close to this building." He spoke guiding the pair down the stairs to the second floor of the building and onto a hallway lined with doors.
Motioning towards two doors next to one another the Suna-nin nodded and left the two teens alone.
"Well I guess I will see you in the morning Shikamaru." Sakura spoke opening the door to her own room and disappearing behind it.
Shikamaru nodded before opening his own door and walking into the room. The room was average size, housing a bed, desk, in suite bathroom, and closet. Setting his bag onto the floor he sat on the edge of the bed and began zipping off his vest.
Falling back onto the bed, Shikamaru placed his arms behind his head he looked up at the white ceiling. Closing his eyes for what seemed like only seconds he was meet with the sound of voices from outside his room.
"So how did the wife take the news?" A masculine voice spoke.
Standing up he slowly walked towards the door, his ear pressing against the wood.
"Pissed as usual." Another voice spoke in a sigh.
"Why did you even tell her? You know we aren't supposed to discuss that with civilians."
Shikamaru's eyebrows furrowed in confusion as he listened closely. 'What are they talking about, can't tell civilians what?' He thought to himself.
"I am aware, but she asked what has been going on with all of the power outages and I couldn't just lie."
"Of course you could have!" The man's voice now raised in clear frustration. "You know what's going to happen if he finds out."
The voices faded, guessing the men had left his area of the hallway. Walking back towards the bed Shikamaru sat down again. 'Who and what are they talking about?' He thought to himself.
'Hokage-sama was right, something is going on here.'
Above the village an unknown presence lurked. A large white bird-like creature circled around the sky, the two figures which stood upon it calmly looking downwards.
"So what is the plan then?" Deidara spoke as he glanced to the smaller male beside him.
Dressed in an unusual black winter jacket with a fur lined hood the boy remained silent as his narrowed eyes focused large city below.
"What are you not going to say anything, it wouldn't be much of an attack if we just stay up here." Deidara spoke glaring at his younger partner.
"Just wait here and don't attract any attention, wait for my signal." He spoke calmly, but before Deidara could reply the teen casually stepped off the bird.
Deidara glared at the figure as he fell through the sky. "Naruto, what the hell are you doing?"
Naruto fell through the sky, his arms outstretched as he began leaning towards the ground. As he made his decent, building grew in size.
Lifting his arm wires shot from his jacket sleeve quickly wrapping around the metal pipes hanging lateral from an apartment wall.
Flinging himself up, Naruto landed in a crouched position on the pole. His eyes scanned through the streets.
"Now where are you?" As he continued looking around his eyes fell onto the familiar building located in the center of the village. His lips pulled into a smile, the wire retreated back into his sleeves before he leapt from the piping onto another building.
Arriving at the building Naruto landed on the outside roofing aligning the second story. Peering into the window and listening for an indication of sound, he was met with silence. Jumping through the window he stood alone in the hallway and began walking, passing closed doors with each step he took.
Before he could turn the corner two male voices echoed through the hallway.
"So how did the wife take the news?"
"Pissed as usual."
"Why did you even tell her? You know we aren't supposed to discuss that with civilians."
"I am aware, but she asked what has been going on with all of the power outages and I couldn't just lie."
"Of course you could have!" The man's voice now raised in clear frustration. "You know what's going to happen if he finds out." He said scorning the other man.
As the two men rounded the corner they continued walking causally through the empty hallway before walking to a set of stairs leading down to the first floor.
Naruto's eyes narrowed as he stood on the outside of the building. Pulling himself back through the window he made his way to the stair case, following the two jounin. Sneaking down the steps he watched the pair turn another corner, reaching the bottom of the steps he quietly walked through the hall.
Peering past the corner of the wall he watched as the pair stood before a large door. Naruto's eyes focused on the man standing on the left, his hand raised before entering a code onto a small keypad.
The door clanked open before the two men walked in then locking behind them. Walking up to the door, his gloved hand reached up, entering in the code the man prior had.
The door cracked open allowing Naruto to slip his body inside. His eyebrows raised as he stepped onto a catwalk, his eyes peering down the winding stair case as it spiraled down a deep tunnel. Slowly he began walking down the stairs, his eyes glancing to the wall as built-in cells began appearing.
Stepping towards one of the cells, he looked inside, though it was dark he could see a figure standing before him.
He remained still as an arm shot out from between the bar reaching out only inches from his jacket collar. The arms owner was pressed against the bars, eyes wide in terror as Naruto stood before her watching the women continue her attempt to grab him.
Looking over to the next cell he could faintly make out a figure sitting against the wall, legs pulled up, head buried between. Taking a step back, Naruto looked down the staircase.
Turning he continued walking, leaving the women still struggling to free herself. As he finally came to the lowest level he finally spotted the two jounin, they stood in front of a lone cell, these bars being thicker and closer together than any of the ones he had previously seen.
Naruto watched as one of the men began pressing button on the wall next to the cell. From within the cell he could see a small glow began to form and trailing into the wall.
Looking closer the light suddenly disappeared as the man continued pressing more buttons on the key pad.
"He's finished, we should return to Kazekage-sama and let him know." The man spoke looking to the other then back to whoever it was who was in the cell. Suddenly dim lights flickered on throughout the 'prison' making Naruto's eyes narrow.
"We will be back tomorrow." This time his voice was laced in disgust. As the man stepped to the side a small sign was now visible above the key pad.
A small smile formed on Naruto's lips when he read the sign. 'Perfect.'
"Let's go." The other man spoke turning around, the two began to make their way back to the main portion of the building.
In an instance a long metal katana slashed through the air, cutting through flesh and bone causing blood to fly. Two slumps hit the dirt floor, blood already pooling around the two now headless bodies.
The sword lowered, droplets of blood dripping from the tip just as two more thumps hit the ground. Naruto's head titled to the side, a smile still covering his mouth as he looked to the cage. Taking a step forward he casually stepped over one of the bodies as he walked towards the bars. Now the figure was clearly visible, pale skin, and blood red hair catching his attention.
"And who are you?" The voice spoke, the males head turning to look at Naruto as he finally stood directly in front of the bars.
Naruto's sword raised slightly, directly lateral to the bars, a smirk worn on his face.
"I'm here to free you, Sabaku No Garra."
End