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Sasuke Uchiha!
"I need to look for Sitka," Riku said as they sat on a bench in the city, things were getting antsy from the news of vandals in the graveyard arguing about who's graves that had gotten destroyed.
"He looked very upset," Kiki muttered, knowing Sitka was pretty sensitive.
"Yeah, come on I have an idea of where'd he go." Riku replied as they jumped away.
"Hey wait up!" Naruto shouted rushing after them and running along the rooftops. Eventually Riku got to the outside of the border. He eventually led them to a small clearing with a fallen log.
"It's pretty peaceful here, so maybe he went out here to calm down." Riku said looking around.
"Well I don't see him." Naruto muttered walking around as Kiki and Riku looked around.
As Naruto peeked into the bushes, another pair of eyes started back at him. They belonged to a boy about his age. He was wearing a sleeveless, purple shirt with a tall collar similar to Riku's and Dark Black hair, with Red shinobi forehead protector with a symbol he had never seen before, resembling a wing of sorts. He had white paints and most notable dark eyes, much like Riku's but they lacked the warmth, and were much colder and cruel. He gave Naruto a look of annoyance.
"What's with this guy?" Naruto thought to himself as he glared back. Giving his own annoyed look. AS they glared into each other's eyes lightning sparking between them. A Couple of growls escaped their throats as they glared.
"Sasuke?" Riku's voice cut through, making them, turn to him and Kiki.
"HUH!?" Naruto asked surprised, looking between them. "You're the friend who went away with a bunch of Renegades and never came back!?"
"I wouldn't call us the Renegades." Sasuke replied simply.
"Sasuke…what do you mean?" Riku asked warily.
"The fact is Isis betrayed us." Sasuke replied, simply, "our whole clan!"
"That's not true!" Riku snapped getting angry with his former friend now.
"Hmph, keep telling yourself that; But we're open to those who realize the truth, I'm sure Sitka will come around…" Sasuke said off handedly.
"What?!" Kiki asked.
"What do you mean by that?!" Naruto growled, Sasuke remained silent, Naruto rushed at him throwing a punch that Sasuke easily dodged. And landed a punch but Naruto blocked it. He skid back and did a hand sign.
"Shadow Clone Jutsu!" He shouted, about ten Naruto rushed forward at him however Sasuke merely responded with hand signs of his own.
"Fire Style Fire ball Jutsu!" Sasuke shouted as the huge ball of fire hit several of the clones destroying them as well as knocking back the real Naruto and some others. They disappeared while Naruto pushed himself to his knees on the ground.
"Naruto!" Kiki shouted as she and Riku rushed to him. "Are you okay?"
"So you're the Fourth Hokage's son. Heh, I thought you'd be better than this." Sasuke scoffed.
"Where's Sitka!?" Riku growled.
Sasuke smirked, "Why don't you follow me and find out," he said jumping into the trees and began running and jumping along them.
"HEY!" Riku shouted, jumping after him. Kiki and Naruto were quick to follow. Sasuke was going quickly but not fast enough to leave the Trio behind. He looked back at them and smirked to himself.
"Where is he going?!" Kiki asked.
"Where ever Sitka is, we have to find him!" Riku said as they kept up with Sasuke.
As they followed Sasuke, they found the forest around them quickly changing. The trees were thinning out as more rivers were seen below them. Soon Sasuke was back on the ground as were Team Seven.
They were racing across Grassland; Riku gasped and stopped the others as they skidded to a halt. They were in front of a strange building. It was almost like a Pyramid but built into a Mountain. There were several doors. There were also Shinobi, with strange red brown and gold outfits similar to the Jonin outfits from home. Sasuke continued his way in a couple guards addressed him but not much else.
"I'm thinking this might be a trap." Naruto said simply.
"This is definitely a trap!" Riku growled.
"What do we do? We can't just leave him there!" Kiki argued.
"I know!" he said snapping a little more harshly then he intended but quickly changed his tone. "I know…" he stared at the structure racking his mind. "Stay here, I'm going for a closer look." Riku said rushing in sneaking into a doorway past one of the guards after using the transformation Jutsu to disguise himself as a mouse. He crawled around to a secluded corner and changed back.
The inside was a bit cavernous. It also had bits of railroad meaning this was a mine at one point. He snuck around; there were a couple of rooms. Some with beds a kitchen all had holes dug out for ventilation, but no Sitka….
"Sitka, where are you!?" Riku whispered quietly to himself, eyes worried.
X X X
Sitka groaned, his head throbbing. Same with his muscles he went to rub his head but realized he couldn't move his arms or see, he had been tied up. He tried to call out but it only came out like a muffled yelp. It was enough however, footsteps came towards him. He soon felt the presence over him prompting him to move his head up. He felt the cloth around his mouth pulled away and out. He let out a grunt of discomfort.
"Who's there!?" Sitka growled finding his voice quick enough.
"Long time no see Sitka, you've become a fine Ninja," said Fugaku's voice.
"Fugaku…" Sitka growled. "What do you want, why'd you bring me here?!"
"To talk," Fugaku replied simply.
"And you couldn't do that where I originally was because….?" Sitka asked sarcastically.
"Too dangerous," he replied. "I know about the graves Sitka…" his tone trembling with anger at bringing it up.
"How do you know about that?!" Sitka asked in shock.
"I have my ways." Fugaku replied enigmatically.
"The village doesn't care about you or your clan." He continued. "Why do you risk everything for them? You go on missions and risk your life. Your brother will do the same, and how do they repay you, by vandalizing the graves of our fallen clan members for nothing more than spite?!" Fugaku's voice was rising with anger trying to keep itself steady.
Sitka sighed, he tried not to think about things like that but now he was being forced too, Fugaku seemed to wait for an answer. It was so quiet only their breathing could be heard. Sitka's shook a little while Fugaku's was patient. It took a few minutes, but Sitka finally spoke up.
"People do stupid things when they're hurting, and that's what happened, people died that night because of that stunt you pulled a lot of them Hyuga! Hence why the Hyuga clan hate us! They think we got off too easy. Regardless of how they treat us, my goal is to wipe away the memory of Madara!"
"So our clan can be like the Senju? How naïve, they will never accept us no matter what any of us do!" Fugaku shot back, "You think the poor Hyuga suffered? Well our clan was dealt a mighty blow mightier than theirs! Kakashi's former team mate Obito Uchiha was crushed at Kannabi Bridge, only a Sharingan from his body remained, and that's just one example. There are many more, you had a Grandfather and an Aunt that died in that war, and nothing of their deeds were ever spoken."
"I have no answer for that it's stupid and I don't know why they're never talked about but-" Sitka started only for Fugaku to cut him off.
"But nothing, they see us as monsters, no thanks to Madara Uchiha, but maybe he did have a point…"
"THAT'S A LIE!" Sitka shouted passionately, "He had no point! He got upset because he didn't get what he wanted and tried to destroy everything he and Hashirama built!"
"Don't act like the village isn't at fault! They didn't trust him and they are thankless to the clan that helped found that damned village and ended the Warring states era acting like it was all the Senju!" Fugaku snapped.
"We were still respected before the coup Fugaku!" Sita shouted.
"Somehow I no longer believe that, given what I told you about the war and what happened today." Fugaku replied.
"I have friends who trust me back there!" Sitka growled.
"And how long do you think that will last?! Do you think they'll stay with you when push comes to shove?!" Fugaku growled.
"Siding with you won't help!" Sitka snapped.
"And being a punching bag for those fools will?! Open your eyes boy!" Fugaku snarled, "They hate all of us even before the Coup and now they're showing it with impunity!"
"I don't blame the village for that Fugaku!" Sitka snarled back his voice getting loud enough that it could've caught someone else's attention. Fugaku merely and roughly re-gagged Sitka and left.
"This is for your own good." He muttered on the way out leaving Sitka alone in the darkness.
X X X
Riku had heard the shout, he had tried to go in the direction he had heard it, he heard footsteps coming towards him and hid Fugaku had passed him. Riku tried to keep as quiet as possible concealing his Aura as much as he could. Fortunately Fugaku passed without, so much as a tilt of his head. Riku sighed in relief.
After a few moments he continued forward, making his way along the many tunnels there were a few more, unfortunately Riku hadn't given him much to go on. He tried to think right now he was lost and trapped underground with Ninja who knew this area better than he did. He was beginning to wish Kakashi had been with them, he could make this easier.
X X X
Naruto and Kiki waited, Kiki couldn't keep her eyes off the mines while Naruto groaned in boredom. "I'm going after him!" Kiki finally said.
"Finally, it's about time someone decided to." Naruto said standing up and brushing himself off. Thanks to Kiki's earth style they were able to dig under one of the guards and pop up in the mines a little ways away from them.
"Whew…" Naruto sighed as they climbed out. "Next time I think I'll just change into something." He said as they entered the halls and made their way forward. "There's no way they dug this out on their own…"
"You're right, this was a mine from fifty years ago that was tapped out." Kiki replied as she glanced at the rock walls around her she rubbed her hand on one, smoothed out by tools and Earth Jutsu that made the tunnel a nice circular shape.
"Oh yeah, I think I remember Iruka Sensei, talking about it." Naruto stated. "Which means….that jerk Sasuke lead us twenty miles away from the village!" he growled.
"Yeah, we're close to the Land of Waves again." Kiki replied. She hummed in worry and turned back to him. "Do you think, we should've gotten Kakashi Sensei?"
"Probably," Naruto said as they made their way forward. "But its fine, we just need to find Sitka and Riku get out and go home! Easy ya know!"
"Yeah…..stealth and recon, if we survived Zabuza and Haku, we can survive this…" Kiki said talking mostly to herself as they went along.
As they walked down the hall, they heard laughing. They peeked inside, and saw a trio of men laughing as they were sitting around playing cards. "How long do think, it'll take Sasuke to bring that brat here?" said one with long greasy dark brown hair, wearing an outfit with gold sharp shoulder pads on the brown flak jacket with red clothes underneath.
"Who knows but Sasuke's got it covered." Said the older one with spikey white hair that had dulled color with age and wasn't a Natural Silver like Kakashi's. He also had his eyes squinted almost shut.
"Heh, Sasuke, Sasuke, he only got trusted with the assignment because Fugaku's his father," Said a boy who was sitting nearby.
"Sounds like your jealous, Kaizuki," Said one with short brown hair looking a little younger than Kakashi.
"Tch," Kaizuki said, he was wearing a black shirt with a tall, collar and black pants. He had large black eyes and Silver hair with hair that was slicked back and stuck out the back in a spiky way.
"Sasuke was someone Riku used to know, that's why he'd be more effective in bringing the boy here. If Fugaku is to convert them to our side, they need someone who was close to them." The older man said.
"Well, said Yashiro!" the younger brunette replied.
Kiki and Naruto gasped and slipped away, Kaizuki turned thinking he hard, something but saw nothing. "Must be rats in this old place…"
"We've gotta book it!" Kiki said as she and Naruto rushed down the hall.
"We've gotta find them and now! What are we gonna do that when we don't even know how these tunnels work!?" Naruto asked.
Kiki sighed, stopping for a minute and sighing. "You're right, if only there was some way we could figure out where they were…"
It was just then that they heard tapping, it was slow and loud there was a small pause between each one.
Tap, Tap, Tap, tap,
"You hear that?" Kiki asked.
"I sure do…" Naruto replied rushing after it. Riku meanwhile, had gone in deeper.
Tap, tap, tap, tap, tap
"Sitka?" He muttered to himself rushing after it. As he ran he heard faster footsteps and plastered himself against the wall. He slid against it, pulling out a Kunai, he then jumped out. Naruto and Kiki screamed.
"I told you guys to stay outside!" Riku quickly said sighing in relief.
"We couldn't wait any longer!" Kiki argued.
"Listen this whole thing is a trap! The goons here want you and Sitka to join we've gotta find him and get out of here!"
"You were following that tapping right?" Riku asked.
"You think it might be Sitka?" Kiki asked.
"I don't know, it's close in fact it might be…" he said pausing and turning to a wall.
Kiki gasped, "I know how we can know for sure!"
X X X
The group went towards the tapping, there was a small hole. It had a couple of torches around it. Naruto poked his head in. At the end of it was Sitka who looked up when he heard footsteps.
"It's him!" Naruto said.
"Sitka!" Riku shouted, they rushed over, Sitka started to cry out warnings trying to get them to stay away, however, Riku couldn't understand. He knelt down to grab at the ropes that were around Sitka's arms but he felt something sharp at his neck.
"Don't move," Sasuke muttered.
"Sasuke…" Riku breathed, freezing with tiny tremors going up and down his spine.
"Too easy, you weren't being too careful. But I guess having Sitka here clouded your judgement." Sasuke said in his ear. Naruto pulled out his Kunai. "Don't move unless you want me to slit their throats."
"Grrrr…" Naruto growled glaring at him as did Kiki.
"What do you want with us?" Riku asked as Sitka thrashed.
"You're on the wrong side, so we've brought you here to get you to join us." Sasuke replied.
Riku glared at him. But smiled, "well, that makes sense….but…" suddenly he Kiki and Naruto all disappeared. Sasuke gasped and rushed outside.
"What the hell?!" Sasuke asked looking around. Suddenly roots sprung up and tied him down. The real Team Seven showed up.
"You didn't check did you Sasuke?" Riku smirked.
"Tch," Sasuke growled, mentally kicking himself. They rushed inside and untied Sitka.
"Thanks!" Sitka said free at last and rubbing his wrists, "Shadow Clones?"
"Yeah, my Uncle Tobirama designed them specifically for Recon, we knew it was a trap so we sent in Shadow Clones when they dismissed we came here to free you." Kiki replied as they ran.
"Now let's get out of here!" Naruto said as they rushed down the hall; however they felt heat behind them. Sasuke had quickly gotten free.
"He's using a Fire Ball Jutsu!" Sitka shouted, in response Kiki quickly turned around.
"Earth Style Mudwall Jutsu!" She shouted, creating a wall that blocked the attack.
"This way!" Sitka shouted running down the hall, leading them away. However Naruto started to notice something off.
"Hey Sitka we're going deeper, we want out!" Naruto shouted.
"I know." Sitka replied as he ran. He rounded a couple more corners. Naruto was getting nervous.
"I don't remember going this way!" Naruto shouted. Sitka wasn't listening Naruto growled as Sitka suddenly stopped in a large room. And suddenly, several more Ninja appeared about fourteen, and suddenly all their eyes started glowing red as they laughed evilly.
"Uchiha!" Riku growled as Naruto and Kiki gasped in horror. 'Sitka' smirked and jumped away from them and changed revealing it was Sasuke who smirked at them.
"You're not the only one who's creative with their clones." He sneered.
"Well done Sasuke," said a deep voice, the trio turned to see a tall man wearing the same uniform, as the men surrounding them.
"Fugaku!" Riku gasped.
"Riku, good to see you again" Fugaku said with an evil smirk.
"Where's Sitka!?" Riku snarled.
"You'll see him soon enough." Fugaku replied as the three were grabbed by the trio, that Kiki and Naruto saw earlier. Riku glared at them. Naruto thrashed yelling to be let go and yelling threats.
"I didn't expect the Princess of the Senju clan and Minato's son, though I'm sure we can figure out some uses for the two of you." Fugaku replied.
"Leave them alone!" Riku growled.
"Take them to the cell with the other one," Fugaku replied turning away.
"Yes sir." One of them said as they dragged the kids off.
"You won't get away with this!" Naruto shouted as he thrashed hitting the brown haired man holding him he snarled and hit Naruto hard in the head knocking him out.
"NARUTO!" Riku and Kiki shouted.
He groaned laying limp as they were dragged, away. Soon they were tied up and tossed in Sitka looked up at the sound and gasped. "Riku, is that you!?"
"Yeah," Riku replied sitting up blindfolded himself.
"Are you okay?" Sitka asked.
"I'd be better if our plan had worked." Riku replied.
"They took our Ninja tools" Kiki sighed.
"Doesn't matter, there's a seal on the cell that keeps us from using chakra" Sitka explained, "Don't worry, I'll figure a way to get you out of here!" he assured, "I have too…" he whispered to himself.
Sorry guys the reason this and Chapter thirteen took so long is because Freelancer1989 moved to a new house but everything's in order for now, I'll be moving soon so be away of that.
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