My goal this chapter is to finally get to some action! It's been rather slow moving so far with only a small battle in the prologue and even then it was the end of the battle. And so I present to you Chapter 6! (Ps for added effect play www . newgrounds. com / audio/ listen / 61425 when you see the /\ (P.p.s remove the spaces)
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Chapter 6: Mission: Battle at Kumogakure!
Land of Lightning: Road from Chiri Village to Kumogakure
It had been two days since Rosuto, Tsuki and Team Twilight had left Chiri village and Rosuto was ramen starved. He didn't know why but he craved the stuff almost unnaturally.
"Graaaamps. When are we going to read Kumo? I'm starving!!" Rosuto whined.
"Rosuto, we just ate, how can you still be hungry." The doctor replied.
"But that was trail food! I'm talking Ramen! I wanna try Kumo-style ramen!"
"That guy…needs rehab or something." Wolf whispered to Kirdei.
"Seriously, I like ramen as much as the next guy but that's total obsession." WHACK
"Would you two shut it? We're supposed to be guarding the Doctor and his patient not chatting about ramen," reprimanded Kuroiaki, "I know it's been boring the whole way there but think guys we're getting near a foreign Village we need to keep our guards up."
"Speaking of Villages," Rosuto asked suddenly serious, "Your forehead protectors are blank. What village are you guys from?"
"Well…" began Kirdei.
Many years ago in the Land of Fire ther…WHACK!
"Oh hell no, we aren't going to listen to another of your stories Kirdei, I'll tell it." Kuroiaki said.
"Ok, ok sheesh. You tell it." Kirdei said rubbing his head.
"Good boy," Kuroiaki said before patting him on the head, "Have you ever heard of traveling-nin?" she asked. He shook his head, "Well you probably have but that's what I call them. They come in two types. The first type leaves their village but remain loyal to that village. They might be on a training trip or any number of other reasons. The second type…" her voiced hitched.
"The second type have had their homes destroyed," Wolf continued grimly, "It doesn't happen often, usually Hidden Villages are conquered not destroyed, but it does happen sometimes." Kuroiaki regained her voice.
"One day the 'Otokage' Orochimaru came demanding we help him in the 'SoundSand-Leaf war. At the same time we had emissaries in Konoha working on a peace treaty. We asked him to let us have time to decide and he granted our elders a week. During that week one of his subordinates got in a fight with a member of the Tatsumaki clan. The 'Otokage' was watching and couldn't have been more pleased. When the week ended we refused and he answered with force. He gave out an order to kill all and capture any Tatsumaki clan members they could. The Snake had seen the Soshigan's power and wanted it for his own Village no doubt. He razed the Village en masse and only the three of us and the emissaries had survived. And even then they had died in the attack on Konoha. Apparently he was unable to take any of Kirdei's clan." She went quiet again.
"We survived, but just barely" Kirdei picked up solemnly, "they had left us for dead, and worse, within days we were the only Hakumeigakurans left. We were found and nursed back to health by a group of traveling-nin," Kirdei looked away, "then we parted ways and formed our own traveling-nin group. Time passed and we grew up we decided that it may not be the best of lives but it could be far worse. We decided we'd remain loyal to Hakumeigakure till we died. We've done pretty well ever since." Kirdei looked up and activated his Soshigan. "Hey! Look its Kumo!"
"'Bout time," Shouted Wolf, "Thought we'd never arrive." Tsuki shook his head. "Young man you are about as impatient as Rosuto. What do you say we pick up the pace huh? I may be old but I bet I can still keep up with you youngsters!" With that Tsuki took off. When the dust settled Team Twilight and Rosuto looked dumbfounded.
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Rosuto headed immediately headed for the nearest Ramen stand…or he would have if Kirdei hadn't clothes lined him. "Hey what was that for?" He shouted angrily.
"Didn't you hear Tsuki-sensei? He said don't leave we had some business to discuss! Geez you have a one track mind when it comes to ramen huh?" Rosuto scratched his head sheepishly.
"As I was saying Rosuto, You need to go pick up some gear for your mission. Kuroiaki will accompany you there and help you pick out gear. Afterwards you can go get ramen or whatever while she goes to meet up with her team. We'll meet up with them after your mission which will probably be tomorrow. Here's some cash." Tsuki tossed him the small wallet from before. "Should be enough in there for gear and lunch." Kuroiaki nodded to Tsuki then faced her team.
"Come on Rosuto, we'll get you some new clothes first. No respectable ninja would be caught dead wearing an old man's old clothes." They took off snickering before Tsuki could say anything.
"Well we gotta go see about a room and some missions of our own, Gramps. We'll see ya later!" Wolf said before taking off with Kirdei.
"Damn kids, always on the go." Tsuki said before taking off for the Raikage's office.
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Rosuto hadn't regretted anything more than agreeing to go clothes shopping with a Kunoichi in the short time that he could remember of his life. She dragged him in to every store she could find and forced him to try on everything she could get her hands on. After reminding her several times of their budget they (she) decided on a fishnet undershirt, loose black pants, and a black vest with holsters for scrolls. Afterwards they headed for the Military surplus store for the rest of the gear he needed. They picked up a small pouch, a small stack of explosive tags, a kunai holster with kunai and shuriken, and a few other necessities. "Geez Kuro-chan, you sure like to shop."
"Well, what do you expect? I am a girl after all."
"Yeah but you didn't leave me any money for Ramen!"
"Oops, my bad," She said with a smile, "Guess you will have to wait to eat with Tsuki-san!" She took off a blinding speed away from Rosuto. "Have fun!"
"Damn it, Kuro!" He called but didn't chase after her. He had enough of the Kunoichi for the time being. With a broken spirit, he slowly headed towards the hotel Tsuki said they'd be staying in.
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Tsuki bowed as he entered the Raikage's office. "Lord Raikage."
"Ah, Tsuki-san, good to see you, old friend. How may I help you? You need another X-ray machine?" Tsuki grinned. He and the current Raikage had gone to the Kumo Academy together.
"Actually I need a favor. I found a patient," He began.
"Found?" The Raikage questioned.
"Yeah, found, half-dead floating in the ocean. But that's beside the point. He's recovering nicely and it appears he was a traveling-nin. I was wondering if you could assign him to a D-ranked mission as a sort of therapy." The Raikage folded his hands in front of his face.
"This is a big chance your taking. You realize this right? Can you vouch for his skills?"
"Yeah he could very well be Chunin or maybe even Jonin."
"Hmm." The Raikage began shuffling through papers. "Team 7 has a man in the hospital and has been put on standby. I can only offer half pay because he is a travel-nin and his skills are…uncertain at best."
"Thank you, Lord Raikage." Tsuki said with a bow. "Don't thank me yet, the team may not take well to…"
"Rosuto."
"Yes. They may be rough with him."
"I'm counting on it. hopefully it will help his recovery." The Raikage shook his head.
"You doctors have strange ways, you know that?" They grinned at each other. "Please stay for dinner, it's been too long."
"Sounds good."
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A Konoha Anbu Captain stood silently over Chiri Village. "Well?" He asked one of his subordinates.
"Sir, we checked with the villagers and the Gate guards. Apparently a local doctor picked up a man in his late teens and he has been living here for some time. We think it might be the fox-demon." The Captain grinned behind his mask.
"It seems we've caught up to the demon-fox, Lord Danzo will be pleased. Check for signs of his passing we must not let him slip through our fingers!"
"Yes, Captain!" The Root soldiers said as they took off.
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The next day
"Rosuto Nagori, that is you correct?" Asked the Raikage.
"Yes, Lord Raikage." Rosuto said with a bow.
"You will be joining Team 7 on their mission today."
"Team 7 will consist of ….to Uz…I, Sakura Haruno,"began a brown haired teacher.
"Yeah!" Yelled a blonde haired kid.
"I'm doomed!"mopped a Pink Haired Goddess
"And Sasuke Uchiha."
"Yeah!" Yelled the pink Haired Goddess
"I'm doomed." Mumbled the blonde.
"You will be cleaning up the woods outside the village. The team's Jonin sensei will not be accompanying you during this mission, but I'm sure you will act accordingly and stay on task. Bring Team 7 in!" Two dark haired ninja wearing fishnet armor entered the room and scowled at Rosuto.
"Lord Raikage," One of them began, "Must we really work with this travel-nin." The distain in her voice was almost a solid thing.
"You will do as your Raikage orders!" His assistant reprimanded.
"Rosuto this is Noto and Asako Yoshimori. You will be working with them to complete this mission." Rosuto nodded. "Any questions before you leave?"
"None, Lord Raikage."
"Dismissed."
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"Rosuto, be careful. You're an outsider to them so they may not treat you well."
"Yes, Tsuki-sensei."
"Good Luck, boy."
"Hey, come on Loser we got a job to do!"
"You're such a Loser!"
Rosuto almost flinched.
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A few hours later
Rosuto had been warned that they may not like him but he didn't think it would be this bad. The knocked him over 'on accident' multiple times, cut his trash bag, and did anything they could to disrupt his work.
"Hey, Loser you're trash bag has sprung a leak again! You need to be more careful." One said as he snickered. Rosuto said nothing as he removed a Senbon needle and patched up his bag. He breathed in deeply. 'Don't screw this up, don't screw this up.' He mentally chanted. 'Don't…' Trash suddenly piled on top of him.
"Oops sorry must have slipped." Rosuto felt his rage building.
"What the hell is your problem? I haven't done anything to you!"
"Pssh, you take money from our family and you dare claim innocence? Just by working for our village you steal from us. And to be honest, we don't like you."
"Hey, brother, what if we got attacked by ninja that were spying on the village?" One said with a grin.
"And what if the no-name travel-nin died…" Rosuto did not like where this was going. He carefully reached for his Kunai holster. He flipped the latch up and reached inside and found it was empty!
"Looking for these?" One brother said as he held up several Kunai. Rosuto scowled at him. "Hah!" he shouted as he flung one of the Kunai.
"Whoa!" Rosuto said before being struck dead in the forehead. Blood poured out of the wound as he flew backwards…and exploded into a puff of smoke, a log in his place.
"Substitution, so the loser graduated from a ninja academy. Good for you. But not good enough!" The same one threw another Kunai. Rosuto fell from a tree grasping a kunai hilt near his chest.
"Looks like you got him brother…"
"Heh, just kidding. And you call me a loser?" Rosuto revealed that the kunai never hit him.
"Looks like we should get serious brother."
"I agree," The brothers rushed towards Rosuto while pulling out Kunai. Rosuto shifted into a defensive stance with the kunai he caught out in front of him. One brother swung low and the other swung high. Rosuto dodged the rush and swiped at the one of the brother's with his kunai, but missed. Rosuto quickly flanked them and planted a kick in each one's back, sending them flying into a tree.
"Brother, perhaps we should use," one said before coughing up some blood, "Our trump card, this guy is better than we thought." The other one nodded. Standing up, the Brothers began executing multiple hand signs, "Raiton: Shock Clone Jutsu!" They said in unison. Over thirty clones surrounded Rosuto.
"Attack!" One of them yelled. Just before the first clone hit Rosuto a Kunai flew down and destroyed it. Rosuto, the brothers, and all the clones suddenly looked in the direction the Kunai came from. Wolf, Kuroiaki, and Kirdei stood on top of a tree branch looking down on them.
"Seems we arrived just in time." Wolf said with a grin.
"Yeah looks fun!" Kirdei said excitedly.
"Don't interfere, stupid travel-nin!" One brother called out.
"Heh, let's show 'em a thing or two boys." Kuroiaki said.
The trio jumped down and smashed the nearest three clones. Electricity exploded from the defeated clones shocking the trio. "Damn," Kirdei said, "Should have seen that one coming." Rosuto ran over and helped them up. Their legs were unsteady but they could stand.
"I told you to use the Soshigan but noooo you had to be overconfident." Wolf said…teasingly?
The trio began snickering. "What's so funny?" One of the clones yelled. The trio's legs suddenly steadied.
"You think we would come unprepared for lightning attacks? In the Land of Lightning? We have rubber soles on our ninja tabi." The clones scowled.
"Fine we'll use numbers!" The clones began their hand signs again. "Raiton: Lightning Clone Jutsu!" The number of clones nearly tripled.
"Uh, Kirdei, the rubber soles are great and all if we kick but they could just jump on top of us with that many. Please tell me you have something to take out this many clones." A drop of sweat slid down his face; the confidence the trio had moments ago was gone.
"I don't have enough chakra…that mission drained me. What about you," Kirdei asked Rosuto, "You haven't done any real techniques yet, time to show us what you got!" Kirdei yelled at Rosuto. Rosuto closed his eyes and thought hard; searching for anything that could save them from death.
'Boy, take some chakra, knock the hell out of those brats. I think you'll know what to do with it'
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Rosuto suddenly felt ungodly amounts of chakra flow through him. He closed his eyes and let his instincts take over. Sheep, snake, tiger. Rosuto formed the hand seals for an unknown jutsu. The chakra bean molding. "Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu!!" The words came unbidden, along with two thousand plus clones.
"Holy hell…" Wolf whispered.
"Damn…" Kirdei whispered.
"That's…" Kuroiaki said.
"All right guys! Let's show them what real clones are like!" The Brother's clones gasped. They were outnumber, outgunned, and outclassed.
"B-b-b-b-brother…"
"Attack!" The Rosuto clones leapt into action. Lightning clones were demolished in the dozens until the real ones were the only ones left. The lightning had does some damage of its own though, only six Rosuto's remained. They flanked the brothers and began a new attack. The first clone punched the brothers toward four other clones. The four clones dropped low and kicked the brothers upward.
"Ro"
"Su"
"To"
The clones said with each kick. The remaining clone leapt off the first one's back and shot into the air above the brothers. The final Rosuto performed a double axe kick on the brothers' faces and yelled, "Nagori Barrage!" The brothers flew down and smashed into the ground kicking up a huge cloud of dust.
"So that's him, our target…" Wolf whispered to his Teammates. Kirdei and Kuroiaki nodded. "You felt it right? The demon chakra?" Kirdei and Kuroiaki didn't respond, they just stared into the dust cloud.
"H-how are you so strong?" One of the brothers gasped.
"For the time being those three are my trusted comrades. They came to assist me even though it wasn't required of them and they saved my life. I in turn brought forth all my strength to protect their lives because that is MY ninja way." Rosuto said with conviction as the ninja brothers passed out.
I will create my own nindo, my own ninja way!
"That was awesome Rosuto!" Kuroiaki yelled out to him when the dust cleared.
"Yeah, but we have a problem now. They're going to wonder why their guys got the crap beat out of them by some unknown ninja." Kirdei said quietly.
"Damn, you're right Kirdei. We need to get out of here, NOW!" Wolf yelled. "We'll drop them off near town but we need to leave." Kirdei and Kuroiaki nodded and grabbed the brothers.
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"Damn, look what you've done now Rosuto. You need to leave the Land of Lightning now. The Kumo ninja are going to want your head for this." Tsuki said. He looked to the Twilight trio. "I'll pay you guys if you'll take him from here, wherever you plan on going next just keep him safe while he recovers."
"Recovers? From what? He beat the hell out of those Cloud nin!" Wolf yelled.
"You'll have to ask him yourself. It's no longer my place to tell you. Please!" Tsuki pleaded. He got down on his knees and bowed his head to the floor. "I don't know why but I feel that he will need you before he can be safe." Kuroiaki glared at Wolf.
"Tch, fine. We'll get him out of the Land of Lightning" Wolf said. "But it'll cost 50,000 ryo." Kuroiaki smacked him on the head. "We'll do it for 20,000; he saved our lives after all." The doctor nodded and pulled the cash out.
"Geez, doc, you're walking around with quite a bit of cash." Kirdei said.
"I thought I may need it."
"I'm sorry for all the trouble, Tsuki-sensei." Rosuto said. "I'm grateful." He held out his hand.
"Best of luck to you, Rosuto Nagori." They traded grips.
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Chiri Village: West side
"Captain they aren't here, the guards said they left days ago for Kumogakure."
"Then it is time to get going." The Root captain replied. "We mustn't fail, Lord Danzo, demands it. We must kill the Nine-tailed Fox!"
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Chiri Village: East Side
"Neji, isn't this village just the most beautiful thing you've ever seen." said a blond in tourist clothing.
"Yes Ino, my love, almost as beautiful as you." Neji said in what could pass as lovey-dovey talk. Neji was nothing if not a good actor since he joined Anbu. Ino struggled not to laugh. Neji rarely showed emotion and it was hilarious to see him trying to act like a newlywed.
Ino glanced over at her best friend and rival. Sakura had only been in Anbu for a few months as opposed to her few years but she had done well. Then this little mess with Operation: Spiral and Tsunade had her moved to a position to assist Naruto. She didn't know yet that Naruto hadn't actually abandoned Konoha or about Operation: Spiral, but Tsunade thought it would be good for her if she was going to rescue him.
"Cheer up, love. We're on our honey moon after all, even if it is troublesome." Shikamaru said as he walked up next to Sakura and put an arm around her. He sounded good but looked as though he'd rather be elsewhere.
'Probably watching clouds.' Thought Ino. "Yeah, forehead-girl! We're supposed to be having the time of our lives!" Ino said but the look in her eyes said otherwise. Sakura got the message loud and clear, 'Get your ass into gear we're on a mission.'
"Heh, sorry Pig, I was thinking about something." She said causing a vein to appear on Ino's forehead. Neji stopped the fight and ushered the glaring girls and the lazy Anbu towards the hotel.
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"I swear I'll never figure out how you and Sakura ever made it into Anbu." Ino taunted Shikamaru. Neji shot a glare at her.
"Oh, relax. We set up the genjutsu! If anyone tries to listen-in they'll hear sound one might find occurring between couples on their honeymoon." She said casually. Sakura was slowly moving towards Ino with the intent to kill. "And Sakura you need to chill out, I was just kidding."
"Tch, troublesome women. Anyway, we'll need to sneak out after dark and patrol the town. Look for any signs of Naruto. Tomorrow we'll ask around town. If we haven't found anything by then we'll head out to the next town."
"Who died and made you, Captain?" Ino shouted.
"Neji invited me along as a tactical advisor, I'm just telling you our best course of action." Shikamaru said, irritated.
"Shikamaru is right Ino. He'll be telling us our tactical plans during this mission. If I feel that plans need to be changed, I'll let you know. I may have made Jonin first, but Shikamaru has a far better tactical mind than anyone of us will ever have." Neji said in his normal voice, the lovey-doveyness gone.
"Sakura, come on, back me up! You've been quiet all day! Say something!" Ino shouted.
"Ino, will you pipe do.."
"Sorry, I guess I'm just worried, and nervous." Sakura said, ignoring Shikamaru's complaints.
"Tch, troublesome."
"I mean, what if he's turned out just like Sasuke? What if he's cold and heartless and won't come back with us?" She said tearing up.
"Then we'll bring him back by force." Ino said, trying her hardest not to tell her that Naruto never turned. Tsunade said it would be best if he told her himself.
"That's exactly what we said about Sasuke, but each time he's been stronger than us."
"That's 'cause you guys were holding back a bit." Ino tried.
"Yeah but this time, Naruto might not hold back. He could unleash any number of the Nine-tailed fox's tails. He could decimate us without touching us." Sakura said. Tears could no longer be held back. They began pouring out with abandon.
"No, Naruto isn't like that and you know it! I bet he had some kind of plan to save Sasuke and had to leave so he could train for it!" Ino said trying to comfort her. Neji and Shikamaru shot her warning glares. She'd come awfully close to revealing the truth. Sakura hiccupped and began calming down.
"Maybe…" Sakura said passively.
"Sakura, you need to have confidence in yourself and Naruto! Even if he has turned you've got the ability to stop him. You've surpassed Lady Tsunade a hundred times over when she was at her prime! Well, maybe not in the chest department…" This caused Sakura to smirk evilly.
"Passed you up easily enough."
"Psssh, I bet you're using Lady Tsunade's transformation jutsu." They grinned at each other. Ino could always cheer Sakura up, something she'd had to do often since Naruto left. It had nearly broken her.
"Rest up guys, we start patrolling in a couple hours." Said Shikamaru. Everyone nodded and settled in to nap.
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Somewhere outside Kumogakure
"Are the traps set up." A voice said quietly.
"Yeah," said a second.
"Good, we don't want anyone surprising us while we rest."
"He's asleep, now." Said a third voice.
"Good."
"What's our next step?"
"We need to gain his trust, of course."
"Yeah, we also need to contact him."
"Alright… Summoning Jutsu!" Said one of the voices. A small bird appeared. One of the people began scribbling a note.
"Take this to Lord Tobi."
"Squawk!" it said before taking off.
"Get a fire going."
"Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!" A blaze lit up the clearing illuminating Kirdei, Wolf, and Kuroiaki.
"Good work, Kirdei." Kuroiaki praised.
"Think they'll make us full members of the Akatsuki for this?"
"Who knows?"
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Author's notes
Whoa? What's this? Team twilight is working for the Akatsuki?
Oh yeah and if you were wondering. Kirdei's last name, Tatsumaki, translated to Tornado. Wolf's last name, Kasaikou, means Fire Lord. and Kuroiaki's last name, Mizuhime, means Water Princess. Also Hakumeigakure is the Village Hidden in the Twilight, hence the name Team Twilight. Roughly anyway. Read and Review!
