Next Chapter! I will be posting the next one soon! c:
Yahiko and Akemi headed into the dark, cold woods; A similar path to where Yahiko and Nagato followed to get to Amegakure. Jumping from tree to tree, Yahiko notice a large building made of rubble.
"Akemi, over there." He whispered.
She turned her head to the left and spotted the building in ruins. They stopped and dropped to the ground, then hid behind a nearby tree.
"You think Nagato might be in there?" she asked.
"I'm not sure, but we should check it out just in case."
She nodded, carefully observing the area for any leaf ninjas.
"Okay, to cover more ground, we should split up." said Akemi.
Yahiko frowned: "I-I don't know. That's pretty risky..." he said.
She sighed, "This is the quickest way to find Nagato."
He felt overwhelmed from her intimidating stare. Quickly, He looked back towards the building; hesitant about splitting up, but after a few seconds, he finally agreed upon her idea.
"Fine, I'll go left, but we meet back here in 30 minutes. Okay?"
"Yeah." She said.
She looked around the gloomy building once more, and then sprinted to the right.
Yahiko watched out for her from the bushes until she safely made it across, and then headed to the left. As he approached the building, he saw two guards from some cracks in the walls. He skidded to a stop and slowly crept around them. He thought to himself, why did they set up base here out of all places? Though the building was unusually silent, Yahiko didn't think twice about it. His top priority was to find Nagato. He steadily snuck around a corner, cautiously making sure that no one else was nearby. He noticed a worn down door at the end a short hallway. Little by little, he came closer to it. He turned the knob slightly and slipped inside a cramped room.
Yahiko stood at the doorway. It was rather dark inside, but the few holes in the walls allowed light to come in. He saw as shadowy figure sitting down in a chair in the corner of the room. Is that Nagato? He thought. Yahiko squinted his eyes as he came near the person. Suddenly, He noticed Nagato's dark, red hair and ran over to him. He felt as if he hasn't seen him in months.
"Nagato!" He whispered.
He was painfully tied down to a chair with a dirty cloth covering his eyes. Yahiko quickly kneeled down and took out a sharp kunai from his bag and began slicing through the rope.
"A-are you ok, Nagato!?"
Nagato was breathing heavily as he replied, "Huh... Y-Yahiko is that you?"
"Yeah, it is!" he said happily.
"Oh… I overheard them, the leaf ninjas…"
"What did they say?" Replied Yahiko.
"T-They wanted my rinnegan…" he said sleepily.
Yahiko scowled. So that's why they took him... Yahiko thought. His body began to tense up; he felt extremely angry that the leaf ninja's would do something like this. If only… If only I didn't leave him that night…
"I'm sorry Yahiko…" whispered Nagato.
"W-what?"
"I… foolishly had my guard down… and now were in this situation" he continued.
Yahiko firmly held his kunai, cutting through the ropes wrapped around Nagato's body, wrists, and ankles. Once he finished cutting the last ropes, Nagato stood up.
"T-thank you." he replied. Nagato began untying the difficult knot hiding behind his hair.
"No problem… Let's go get Akemi." said Yahiko. Nagato shock his head in agreement and followed Yahiko out of the room.
"So Akemi is here too?" Nagato asked, desperately trying to keep up with him.
"Yeah, she is. We should slow down at the corner. I can sense a few ninjas around here."
Yahiko stopped at the corner, putting out his arm to stop Nagato as well.
Nagato blankly looked around. He asked, "Really?"
"Yeah, can't you sense them?" Yahiko said, continuing to scan the area:
Nagato looked down sadly as he responded, "No... They stole most of my chakra so I couldn't escape..."
Yahiko turned around to face Nagato. He carefully lifted Nagato's arm and wrapped it around his shoulders.
"I'll, uh, help you out then..." He said, blushing slightly.
Nagato thanked him in a soft voice, and then began examining the area with him.
They cautiously ran over to the opposite side of the room. Once they made it, Nagato felt a slight tap on his shoulder. He quickly looked behind him; stumbling over Yahiko's foot, which immediately made him losing his footing as well.
"What the!" said Yahiko, scarcely raising his voice.
"Shh! It's me guys!" muttered Akemi.
Yahiko gained his balance once again and helped Nagato stand up.
"O-oh, okay, well now that Akemi's here, let's go!" said Yahiko, still feeling a little spooked.
"Right" said both Nagato and Akemi.
The three of them swiftly snuck past the masked ninjas, quietly making their way around the old building, until they finally made it to the exit.
Yahiko signaled them to stop moving as he peeked through the door. The same two guards stood in-between them and the woods they were heading to.
"Okay, I have a plan..." said Yahiko.
"Have you heard from anyone lately?" asked a young man.
"No. their probably just doing their job like we're supposed to be doing."
The young guard straightened up and continued to keep watch.
"Yeah, sorry about that!" he replied.
The older guard sighed: "Why do they have a newbie like you watching the entrance."
His eyes suddenly widened as he picked up their chakra. Through the corner of his eye, he looked to his left, and then to his right, and then above himself.
"I sense someone…." He muttered, "There behind us…"
The young guard gasped, "What? Really?"
"Shut up you idiot! On my command we move, got it."
The younger guard quickly nodded, then continued to stand there for a minutes, until suddenly the older man whispered, "Scatter!"
The two guards swiftly vanished from the ground; leaping high up into the air and quickly examining the area.
"Hey, Over there!" Shouted the younger guard.
They instantly began throwing dozens of kunai in Yahiko's, Nagato's, and Akemi's direction.
"Now!" Announced Yahiko.
The three dashed over to the nearest tree; skillfully dodging as many kunai as they could. Unexpectedly, a kunai cut Nagato's leg; then Akemi's arm. Yahiko gazed at Nagato and Akemi in shock while their pace drastically lowered; numerous kunai punctured Nagato's chest as he dropped to the ground.
"N-Nagato!" yelled Yahiko, holding him in his arms.
Akemi quickly turned around and ran back to them, but she was too late as a kunai pierced through her leg. Yahiko quickly looked toward her as she fell to the ground.
"N-no! T-this can't…" He stuttered. He felt completely speechless. He slowly turned his head; witnessing a kunai heading straight towards him.
The two guards landed and ran over to them.
"Did we get them?" Yelled the younger guard."
I think we di -"
Their bodies quickly converted to smoke. As it faded away, three branches appeared from where their bodies used to lie.
"No Way!" Shouted the younger guard.
The older guard looked annoyed as he observed the area around him. "Shadow clones..." he sighed "There gone…"
Yahiko carried Nagato on his back as Akemi followed close behind. They quickly jumped from the trees back to the village.
"Did we lose them'?" asked Yahiko.
"Yeah, I think so..." said Akemi.
Yahiko stopped and gently leaped down to the floor. Akemi followed.
"You can put me down now, Yahiko" said Nagato embarrassedly.
Yahiko smiled uncomfortably: "Oh, a-are you sure?" He replied hesitantly.
Akemi stared at Nagato, patiently waiting for him to reply.
"Uh, Yeah, I'm fine now." he said.
Yahiko sighed, and then carefully put him down. He staggered a bit, but soon gained his balance.
"Well, let's head back before those guys find us." said Akemi.
Yahiko and Nagato nodded, and then continued to walk down the long, shadowy road.
Please excuse any grammar or spelling mistakes.
