Chapter 10 WHO IS MAYU?
"Naruto let's split up, talk to as many soldiers as you can. But don't give yourself away." Sasuke said as they separated. While Naruto looked in on his own, he got wind of soldiers running towards the Hokage's residence. When one bumped into him, he took the opportunity to speak with him."Hey I didn't get the memo, what's going on?" he asked. "Well look there's not much time, some intruders were captured and they need reinforcements to make sure there aren't others." The guard told him before running off. Once Naruto heard this; he knew Sai and Sakura were in trouble, as he took off to go find Sasuke.
Sakura and Sai were taken inside of the Hokage Monument, a place villagers went to keep safe whenever Konoha was ever under attack. The guards placed Sakura and Sai into a special room they modified. Once Sakura was inside the room, she instantly regained her full strength; as she got to work on healing Sai. Sakura worked on him for what seemed like forever. "Sakura, why did you do that?" Sai continued to ask. Sakura smiled as she looked back at him "It's a no brainer I've told you before, just like I told Sasuke I'll do whatever I can to save a team-mate." Sai looked at her for a second before looking up at the ceiling, "Sakura that's stupid, you should have run." Sakura surprisingly started to snicker at his response. "I thought you said you would support all my decisions, you're more like Sasuke-kun than you think." she teased.
Sai realizing now how Sasuke must have felt, smiled as he finally lost consciousness. After Sakura finished, she put her head too Sai's chest; as she waited a moment before she finally heard him take a normal breath. "Phew...Thank goodness, Sai you'll be OK now." She smiled. Once the guards saw that she finished, they quickly stepped in and separated the duo. Sakura was then taken somewhere else, while Sai was taken prisoner.
Once Sakura was in front of Mayu again, the guards roughly sat her in a chair. "So are you happy? Was it worth it saving your friend?" Mayu boasted as she reached for her drink. "Yes. Thank you for that." Sakura said with a calm grin. Mayu wasn't amused by her expression, as she pulled out Sakura's jade comb. "How, did you get that?" Sakura demanded. "Oh this well I easily got it when I broke into your house and took it. I wasn't going to be able to take over Konoha, if you had the chip that was in it now could I. However, looks like you had no problem getting someone to decipher it and make it into armor. Very smart I'll admit, Momo didn't say that about you." Mayu said while staring at Sai and Sakura's chest plates.
The moment Sakura heard Momo's name, she quickly tried to reason with Mayu. "Look I'm telling the truth, whatever your mother told you is a lie." she yelled in frustration. Sakura unexplainably felt a sudden chill, from Mayu just by looking at her angry expression. Mayu stood up and slammed her hand down on the prototype, as she grabbed her drink and threw it in Sakura's face. "That stupid bitch is not my mother…" She screamed before she calmed herself down. "But you don't need to worry about that, since I have plans for you". Mayu said as she grabbed Sakura's face. "First I'm going to put a collar on you, and have you help me destroy this shit hole. Then once I have this place completely under my control. You're going to be my own personal slave if I let you live that long." Mayu finished by pushing Sakura's face, as she gestured for the guard to take her away. Naruto finally met up with Sasuke, after he informed him of the situation; the two urgently made their way too were the all the soldiers were heading.
"You little brat, I've told you all I know. What more do you want?" Momo yelled at Mayu. Who just smiled back, as her guards suddenly grabbed Momo's arms. "What are you doing? I've helped you." Momo struggled and pleaded. Mayu just crossed her arms as she spoke coldly "Didn't you hear me earlier, I hate all geisha. You're the main reason my family went to hell. I've wanted to take care of you for some time now." As she finished her outburst, the guards took Momo away, as another guard wheeled in an in-cognate Nobu. Mayu bent down in front of her father, and placed a hand on his face. "Just a little more, dad you'll get what's coming to you." she reassured.
Once Momo got thrown in a cell, she noticed Sakura who was chained up to the wall. "Ugh not you." Momo said as she sat down in the opposite corner. "So you're here to, why am I not surprised" Sakura replied while rolling her eyes. Momo looked away as she spoke under her breath. "Uhh…I never should have told that good for nothing anything." Sakura eavesdropped on her sudden admittance. "Momo listen… I hate to say it but we need to work together here; please tell me what you know about Mayu?" Sakura asked of her former enemy.
Momo waited a moment, before nodding in arrogance."That spoiled brat is crazier than anyone I've met in my life". "What do you mean?" Sakura inquired further. Momo sighed before she started her story."Once you two left, I went back and found Nobu. Seeing him in his now current condition, I was livid and I didn't know what else to do. So I went in search of her; I didn't think she would help me myself, but I knew she would try to help her father. I'd only really gotten to meet her a few times; when she lived with Nobu, after her mother's death. Since her parents divorced when she was young, she grew up in a broken home; mainly because of me." Momo paused a second before continuing.
"When I first met Nobu, back when he was still married we spent a lot of time together; you could kind-of say I took her father away... That is. I heard rumors after Nobu left Mayu's mother, she became abusive towards her until her death. When she came to live, with Nobu I'd observe her from a far. She always tried to get praise from her father, but she was constantly third inline; to his inventions, and to me. Don't let her appearance full you though. She's actually just as smart as her father; she always kept up with his plans. I guess so she could get a chance, to have a real conversation with him; to bond over something. But it always backfired, since Nobu hated that side of her. He always would get angry about at her knowing too much; even I wasn't allowed to know how certain things worked. Well this time, it worked out in her favor; she knows how to build this armor Nobu created. But if I'm being honest here, I believe she in fact is smarter than Nobu. Since not only did she plan this attack out, but she is the one who created the collar systems.
Sakura carefully took in all of this information in disbelief, "Do you know where the Hokage Tsunade-Sama is?" Sakura finally asked. Momo looked around, before she continued. "Mayu has her and some of your people locked away, they aren't all under her control yet. I don't know a lot, but I do know she wants the Hokage to heal her father, but she didn't want to do that until; she had you and Sasuke here. I guess she wanted her father, to be proud of her; so she wanted him to see that she was capable of capturing the two people who caused him such misery. Sakura and Momo continued talking, when the doors suddenly open; and guards grabbed them both.
Elsewhere after Sasuke and Naruto were inside the Hokage residence with other soldiers, they see the after math of a fight. Naruto looking around knelt down, seeing blood smeared on the ground. Sasuke saw the blood as well. But got distracted by a glimmer from the corner of his eye, from something shiny on the floor. He walked over to it, when he bent down to pick it up; he realized that it was a ring he knew all to well. "Sakura" he said out loud, Naruto looked over and saw the ring in Sasuke's hand.
"Sasuke you…" Naruto started to say while pointing to the ring. He quickly stopped as he walked over, and put a hand on Sasuke's shoulder. Sasuke clutched the ring in his hand making a tight fist that turned his knuckles white. "Sasuke congratulations… I hope this means after we find them; I get to be best man." Naruto said sincerely, Sasuke turned to look at him."Will see," he answered with a grin.
Since the Residence was so big; Sasuke and Naruto decide to separate once again, as they head in different directions. Naruto checked around the rest of downstairs, while Sasuke went upstairs to the rooftop but stopped when he ran into a familiar face. "Mayu your OK," Sasuke said as he grabbed her arm."You need to get out of here; while you can things are about to get really bad" he explained further. Mayu pulled her arm away from Sasuke as he stared at her. "Sasuke," she called out as she wrapped her arms around his neck. Sasuke backed up at Mayu's advances. "What are you doing? …" he asked. "Hum…What a waste of a good-looking man" Mayu interrupted him.
Sasuke looked on as Mayu had soldiers fall in behind her. "Sasuke, you have one chance, choose to be on my side or die." Sasuke looked around as he quickly got the idea that Mayu is one of their mysterious new enemies. He hurriedly pulls out his sword, as he readied himself to fight. The soldiers charge towards him, as he fights them off even multiples at a time; with ease. At first Sasuke was holding his own but then it gradually got difficult due to the volume of soldiers he took on kept increasing. Naruto hearing the noise from above came too Sasuke's aid; as he got back to back with him and they both started to fight off the advancing soldiers. While the fighting progressed with the soldiers once again losing everything paused, "STOP" Mayu yelled as she had enough.
Mayu then signals for her prisoners, to be brought out. Sakura came out first in chains, along with Momo and Tsunade. Sasuke and Naruto stopped immediately watching the three appear. Mayu reached out to pull Sakura down in front of her, forcing her on her knees. Sasuke and Naruto watched on helplessly, as they received another blow when a guard rolled out Nobu in his wheel chair. Sasuke's mouth flew open at the sight of this man once again.
"Uchiha Sasuke, you and this girl will pay for what you've done to my father. But first I would like to personally cause you some pain of my own." Mayu said as the same guard handed her a collar. Sakura struggled as Mayu started to place the collar on her. Naruto and Sasuke, tried to make their move towards Mayu, but her soldiers quickly reinforced themselves to stop the two ninja. They could only watch as Mayu placed and activated the collar on Sakura's neck.