SitL Pt. 2
Shino's eyes widened and he quickly flung his bugs out, creating a solid wall that deflected most of the incoming fire, "Kikai no Tate.." he said calmly.
The commanding jounin looked startled, he couldn't believe that ANBU from their village, fellow Konoha nin, would fire on them, "How is he?" he yelled to a medic nin who had rushed over to the jounin who had taken the first bullet.
"I.. I can't stop the bleeding!" the medic screamed in panic, "I'm doing everything I can but I can't stop the bleeding! It's just like what happened with Top-sensei!"
The commanding officer's eyes grew wide and he looked away, "P.. Please.." he said softly, "Please tell me that that isn't true..."
"Pack it in," Shino said quietly, silently straining as his shield of bugs was decimated from outside, "Commander, I suggest we fall back immediately, I cannot hold my shield for long.."
"Right.." the Commander said, "Fall back..."
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Lee smiled and opened his mouth to answer when suddenly he heard a loud explosion. Lee's eyes widened, some kind of explosion had torn a gigantic gash into the ANBU headquarters. He frowned and looked away, his stomach squirming in disgust, he could hear the screams of the injured ANBU even as far away as they were. "Lee!" Kiba yelled, running toward them, "What the hell was that?"
"I do not know!" Lee yelled back, another explosion rocking the air. "Where are the others?"
"Temari is in the hospital, she's not combat-ready!" Kiba yelled, "Hinata's training, Naruto's training, you and Sakura are here, I don't know where Tenten and Shikamaru are,"
"Form up the squad!" Lee ordered, "Tell Tenten-chan that I wish to speak with her immediately!"
"Sir!" Kiba yelled, quickly running back the way he came.
"What do you think it is Lee-san?" Sakura said, her eyes wide and frightened, "Has there been some kind of accident?"
"I do not think so Sakura-chan..." Lee whispered. "I have heard this sound before..."
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Tenten's eyes widened at the cracking sound that echoed through the air. Her mind instantly recognized it but she stood silently, listening for the sound again, begging, hoping, praying that it wasn't what she thought it was. The sound split the air again and Tenten's mouth dropped. "Shit!" she screamed.
Hitomi jumped at her sister's yell and spun around, her eyes landing on Tenten fearfully, "Onee-chan?"
"Model 1896 Krag-Jorgenson Carbines!" Tenten screamed, "Hitomi! Get inside! NOW!"
"But Onee-chan..."
Tenten quickly ran forward, scooping her little sister up and dumping her unceremoniously into the house, "STAY HERE!" Tenten yelled.
"Onee-chan!" Hitomi yelled, "Please don't leave!" the small girl's eyes filled with tears and she reached out to her sister, begging her to stay.
"I.. hope I can Hitomi-chan.." Tenten said, her eyes haunted. The brown haired girl quickly leapt up and ran down the path, her trademark buns slowly starting to unroll in her haste. "CAPTAIN!" She screamed.
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Genma looked around, his eyes wide, "That's a cannon!" he yelled.
One of the ANBU near him just stared at him as if he was crazy, "What?"
"It's one of the weapons from the west!" Genma yelled as he quickly prepared to jump away.
"I thought those were outlawed by the Fire Lord?"
"I thought so too.."
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Danzou jumped backwards, deflecting one of Tsunade's punches easily with the hilt of his sword. Tsunade growled in annoyance and launched herself at him again, swinging her chakra-filled arm at him quickly. Danzou ducked under it, his cold black eyes still glaring into Tsunade's blue ones. "You see?" he spat, "This is why I should be Hokage! You cling to your customs and traditions and in doing so you make yourselves weak! Why should you abandon superior weapons because of the Fire Lord's ban?"
"Those same weapons you use have lost against us before!" Tsunade yelled, she dodged under Danzou's sword and sent him sprawling backward with a quick uppercut.
Danzou quickly rolled, picking himself up with speed impressive for someone his age, "Face the truth," he spat, "None of your current ninja can beat my Ne,"
"We'll see about that!" Tsunade yelled, "I've seen how they train! My ANBU will never surrender! They shall never lose!"
Danzou dropped back, dodging another punch and kicking her in the neck swiftly, "Fool... just watch all your plans and dreams be destroyed by the roots of the very village that has turned against you..."
"Konoha is still with me.." Tsunade coughed, "Taking it by force will never make it yours.." She quickly picked herself up and ran forward again, pushing the older man back even further with a flurry of attacks.
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"Captain!" Tenten screamed as she ran toward Lee. "Captain! Western weapons! From the parade ground!"
"What?" Lee yelled back, "How can it be?"
"I don't know!" Tenten replied. "I remember the sound from our Advanced Training when we were taught by Top-sensei to identify different types of weaponry!"
"Lee!" Kiba yelled, "I have the others! They're coming as fast as they can!"
Lee nodded and looked down, his eyes squinting as he quickly thought up a plan, "Where's Hinata-chan?" he said.
"I.. couldn't find her.." Kiba said softly, "Naruto says she was crying and ran off..."
Lee sighed and rubbed his eyes, "Tenten-chan," he said.
"Captain?"
"Tenten, what are the specifics of those weapons?"
"Sir, the Model 1896 Krag-Jorgenson Carbine uses the .30-40 cartridge thus can fire to an effective range of around seven hundred meters and are very accurate, they use smokeless power and they're swing-hinge recockable,"
Lee frowned again as he calculated that in his head, "What is your furthest effective range Tenten-chan?"
Tenten paused, her face turning grim as well as she shook her head, "Two hundred meters,"
Lee paused, "I.. see.." he said softly, "So we cannot engage without taking heavy losses?"
"No.."
"I see.." Lee said again, "I cannot handle this one.." he said softly, "We must report to Commander Nara,"
"I'll go contact him and tell him we need orders," Kiba said, quickly leaping in the other direction and running away.
"Squad!" Lee ordered as the rest of their squad came into view, "Prepare for assault action!"
"Yes sir!"
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"DAMN IT!" Shikamaru screamed, "I'm heading out!"
"Commander Nara!" Several jounin yelled, three of them having to hold on to the enraged Elite to even keep him in place.
"Please Commander Nara!" a jounin yelled as his grip slipped from the wiry jounin's arm. "Reconsider! It's surely suicide to go there!"
"Damn it!" Shikamaru growled again, "Temari's at the hospital! Is they've taken it then she's going to be at risk because she's an ANBU nin!"
"They surely won't kill a pregnant woman will they?" the jounin said, his eyes narrowing in horror.
"This is Ne. They surely will."
"Sir..." another jounin said softly, "Not even they would..."
The first jounin shook his head sadly, "Yeah.. they would.." he said, "Get a task force together... we're retaking the hospital,"
"Yessir.."
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"Too damn easy!" A Ne operative yelled joyfully as he shot another fleeing chunin in the back. "Where's the fun in this?"
"You're not fighting for fun," a fellow Ne pointed out, "You're fighting for Commander Danzou's glorious reign in Konoha.."
"Aw shuddup," the Ne shot back, "What's to say that we can't have a little fun while securing Commander Danzou's reign?"
"You're sick.." the Ne replied, jerking the slide action of his rifle back and aiming at another fleeing ninja.
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"Orders in, Captain!" Kiba yelled as he ran back, "We're to meet up with fragmented members of the eight and fifth squads and retake the hospital,"
"What?" Tenten yelled in horror, "Temari's in the hospital!"
"Damn it!" Naruto yelled, "What's going on?"
"Okay, calm down squad," Lee said, his voice instantly cutting away the noise. "This is going to be the order.. Tenten up front, then myself, Naruto, Sakura, and Kiba,"
"Yes sir!" Tenten yelled, quickly moving to her position in line.
"Masks on!" Lee roared. He quickly drew the Eagle mask that he had been carrying with him and took a deep breath, fixing it over his face and giving himself to the darkness.
Tenten quickly slipped on her Wolf mask and nodded to Kiba who was adjusting a Dog mask onto his face. "Let's move it!" she yelled, "ANBU Squad Fifteen, Eagle Squad, Mobilize!"
"KONOHA!" the veteran squad members yelled as they quickly ran down the street, the two newer ANBU keeping up easily.
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Genma quickly rushed down the street, his hair whipping manically as he threw himself to the side to barely avoid a bullet, "Lee!" he yelled, "Lee! Tenten! Kiba! Temari! Where are you?" Genma grimaced and ducked as a large hole was blown into the wall he was hiding behind.
A masked ANBU motioned to him and pointed in the other direction, "Get to the hospital," he ordered, "Eagle One and Squad Eagle are on assault detail,"
"Thanks Temp Three," Genma replied thankfully, "I owe you one,"
Tempest Three nodded to him and saluted, "Just get that damn cannon down," he said, "Our demolitions specialist, Temp Six is gone on a mission with half of our squad and the only other one who's even close to being qualified in demolitions to that level is you," Genma nodded and ran away, tiny gouts of dirt popping upward as bullets flew near his feet. "Damn.." Tempest Three whispered softly, his long scythe shaking, "We're not supposed to feel fear damn it..." Tempest Three closed his eyes and took a deep breath, letting it out shakily. "Konoha!" he yelled, running out from behind his cover and running straight toward the Ne operatives, "Eat this you bastards!" he yelled.
"Lee!" Genma yelled, flipping to the side and neatly avoiding another bullet, "Lee!"
A masked ANBU turned and stared at him quizzically, his black eyes confused, "Genma?" the ANBU said incredulously, "What are you doing here?"
Genma looked down, his eyes downcast and his face grim, "One moment please sir," he said softly. He silently drew a scroll, pumping his chakra into it. With a pop, a familiar white mask appeared, Genma silently strapping the Dog mask on and fixing his eyes back upon his old captain, "Eagle Six, Retired, Demolition Specialist, Squad Fifteen!" he yelled, briskly saluting, "Reporting in to Eagle One, squad leader of ANBU Squad Fifteen!"
Eagle One nodded and returned the salute, "Report Eagle Six," he said, "What are you doing here?"
The retired Eagle Six swallowed, his eyes grim, "Sir, they have a cannon up in the roof of that building," he said, pointing to the building in question, "It can fire on any position in Konoha from there..."
Eagle One frowned, his mind racing once more. He was never a weapons or demolitions specialist, he had never seen nor had been trained to deal with this, "Options?" he asked.
"Allow me to lead a small section and disable the cannon," the retired Eagle Six replied, "One or two people at most,"
"Denied.." Eagle One said softly, "Our orders are to retake the hospital at full strength. They are straight from Commander Nara himself,"
Eagle Six blinked in surprise and stared at the retired Eagle Six, "A.. cannon?" he said haltingly, "I think I remember Top-sama saying something about that..."
"He did," a voice behind them said. Shikamaru quickly walked up, the green bars on his armor that marked him as an Elite glowing dully in the sunlight. "Everything accounted for, Eagle One?"
"Sir!" Eagle One yelled, saluting crisply, "Squad Fifteen, Squad Eagle, prepared for assault movement!"
"Good," Shikamaru said, "Blue flare is the signal,"
"Yes sir,"
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"KAKASHI!" Shizune screamed, "KAKASHI!"
The silver haired jounin looked up from his book lazily, his uncovered eye slowly landing on the woman in front of him, "Yo," he said, "How.."
"It's Tsunade-sama!" Shizune screamed, "Tsunade-sama is in combat with Danzou!"
Kakashi's one uncovered eye widened in horror, the orange book dropping from his hand, "What?" he said, "Where?"
"Her office!" Shizune yelled, "We have to hurry!"
"Kakashi-sensei?" a genin said softly, "You dropped your book..." Kakashi simply glanced at it and looked back at Shizune, asking her a series of rapid-fire questions. The three genin in the cell stared at each other in amazement. Nothing could have pressed the danger of the news that Shizune had brought more than that to the genin, they had never seen Kakashi so frightened and the abandonment of his precious book just served to emphasize the seriousness of their situation.
Kakashi frowned and he quickly drew a kunai, sending it flying less than a foot from a genin's face, an audible ping being heard as the bullet ricocheted off of the kunai, "Go!" he yelled at Shizune, "I'll clear up this area and go to the Hokage's office,"
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"ANBU!" Shikamaru yelled, "CHARGE!"
"You heard 'em Eight Squad!" an ANBU Captain yelled, "Hit it!" He motioned for all of them to run forward and jumped out of the small ditch he had been hiding in. He only managed to get about seven steps before he was scythed down by the Ne operatives' accurate fire. Eagle One gasped and turned away, the entire squad having been decimated by the gunfire before even getting within striking range of the enemy.
"Damn," Shikamaru muttered, "Squad Six,"
"Sir?"
"Separate into two detachments and try a pincer attack!" Shikamaru roared, "Squad Fifteen,"
Eagle One perked up, sending Shikamaru another crisp salute, "Sir,"
"Attack from the back when you see the pincer on the left move in!"
"Yes sir," Eagle One said, "EAGLE SQUAD!" he bellowed, "MOVE OUT! Everyone! On me!" the rest of the squad quickly fell in behind him, their hands shaking imperceptibly from the horror they had seen happen to Squad Eight.
"Contact!"A Ne operative yelled, "Right side!"
"Turn base of fire ten degrees right!" the commander yelled, "They're going to try charging us again!"
"Sir! Contacts to the left as well!" Another operative yelled.
"They're trying to pinch us!" the commander yelled, "Spread out the direction of fire! Tell some of the defenders in the back to get up here and help us!"
"Yes sir!"
Eagle One quickly stowed away the binoculars that he had been watching the back of the base with. Several machine gun and half of the regular riflemen had moved out of the back of the building, leaving a blind spot that would be susceptible to attack, "Eagle Squad," he whispered, "Move out on command,"
The squad nodded, each turning their eyes away and taking a deep breath as the sounds of the rifles boomed. "Yes sir!" they all yelled.
Eagle Two's eyes widened and she quickly flipped to the left, the bullet screaming through where she had been only seconds before. "Enemy contact!" she yelled, "Opponents have begun defensive fire!"
"Keep going!" Eagle One ordered, "Commander Nara's orders still hold!"
A small gout of earth popped in front of Eagle Six as a bullet struck near him, Eagle Six quickly drew chakra into his fist and compacted it, "RASENGAN!" he yelled. He could see the Ne operative aiming again, and knew that he would have to be fast. He hurriedly drew the chakra in front of him and held it there as he ran, praying that it would work. Eagle Six gasped as a bullet struck the Rasengan soundly, the bullet being ripped apart by the chakra flow inside the Rasengan and being crushed.
Eagle Seven quickly ducked, a hail of bullets screaming over him. He knew that the gunner would quickly readjust his weapon and he quickly leapt to the side, the bullets once against streaming incredibly near him. "Eagle Five!" Eagle One yelled, "Run into the bullets!"
"What?" Eagle Five yelled.
Eagle Six nodded however, his training kicking in, "I'll do it Captain!" he yelled, his azure eyes set firmly, "I trust you,"
Eagle One smiled and nodded, "Eagle Six, run into the stream of bullets and wait for my order!"
"YES SIR!"
Eagle One smiled, Top had done his job right until the end. Eagle Two and Eagle Seven both looked at him, their eyes questioning, "Eagle Formation Bravo!" he yelled, "Flash!"
"Yes sir!" Eagle Seven yelled, quickly reaching for a flash bomb while still barely avoiding the hail of enemy fire. Eagle Six quickly ran in front of him, his face twisted in horror as the bullets flew towards him but continuing to run regardless. "Eagle Two!" Eagle Seven yelled, "Flash up!" he quickly hurled the flash bomb upward over the still running Eagle Six's head.
"Check!" Eagle Two yelled, swiftly running toward Eagle Six. Eagle Six grunted in surprise as suddenly Eagle Two jumped on his back, using his shoulders as a springboard and leaping even further into the sky. Eagle Six fell backwards, the power of Eagle Two's leap pushing him down, and another hail of bullets scythed cleanly over his head. Eagle Two flipped once, evading a bullet and aimed carefully. She quickly threw the flash bomb, striking one of the Ne gunners directly on the face. There was a bright flash of light and every Ne operative in the back of the building was suddenly blinded. "Flash success!" Eagle Two yelled, landing gracefully onto her feet.
"Eagle Squad! Move in!" Eagle One yelled, "Try to incapacitate rather than kill!"
Eagle Two nodded and quickly summoned a staff, striking a Ne operative on the face and knocking him unconscious. Eagle Seven merely ripped the rifle out of a Ne operative's hands and smashed it into his face. Eagle Six knocked a Ne operative unconscious and spun around, his eyes landing on another Ne operative who was already starting to pull the trigger of his rifle. Eagle Two gasped and flipped out a kunai, desperately trying to intercept the bullet but failing, the rifle booming as the bullet left the barrel.
"SHUGO!" a voice called out, a small figure wearing an Eagle mask dropping in front of Naruto, "Hakke Rokuju Yonsho!" Eagle Four quickly straightened up, shooting a thin beam of chakra from her fingertip and blowing the bullet away, the stream of chakra continuing until it slammed into the action of the weapon, destroying the gun from the inside. Another few seconds later, the Ne operative slumped to the ground, several tenketsu on his neck now closed.
"Hinata-chan!" Eagle Six yelled happily, "You saved me!" he ran forward and hugged her tightly, "Thank you," he said softly as he hugged her. Naruto blinked as suddenly he felt the girl toppling backwards. He caught her gently and shook her, "Hinata-chan?"
Eagle Two turned and chuckled as she saw the still body of her friend, "She's just fainted, she'll be fine in a bit,"
"What'd I do?" Eagle Six said softly, "Did I hurt her somehow?"
Eagle Two turned to Eagle Seven and shook her head, "Maybe someday you'll know just how much..."
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"ANBU have taken back much of the area in front of the building!" a Ne operative yelled, "What are our orders sir?"
The Ne Commander grinned sadistically, his black eyes shining, "How many ANBU nins and other undesirables is this hell-hole hosting at the moment?"
"Nine ANBU with major wounds that are on intensive care, three ANBU with lesser wounds but unable to fight and... and one other ANBU..." the Ne operative replied.
"Kill them," the commander said.
"But sir..."
"I said kill them all.." the commander said softly, "Kill each, and every one of those ANBU bastards... don't leave a single one alive.."
"But they can't fight back.." the Ne operative said, frowning, "It wouldn't be right to.."
The Ne commander chuckled evilly, shaking his head, "Right? Oh no... WE will tell you what right and wrong are from now on... you just obey..."
"Yes sir.." the Ne operative said, his eyes burning with anger, "So how should we go about murdering these men sir?"
"You said nine were in intensive care?"
"Yes sir, they had been injured in a mission,"
"Pull them off of it,"
The Ne operative shook his head, "You must be joking," he said, "You really mean for us to kill these men like animals?"
"They've chosen the wrong side. They must be held culpable,"
"And the others? The ones that are not on life support?"
"Kill them in whatever manner you see fit,"
"There is one thing.." the Ne operative said desperately, "A single ANBU nin is in perfect shape, there's just one thing the matter.."
"And that is?"
"She's pregnant,"
The commander shook his head and chuckled softly, "What's the girl's name?"
"She's ANBU Level One, Nara Temari,"
"The wife to ANBU Elite Nara Shikamaru?"
"I am under the impression that he is the only ANBU Elite with the name of Nara..."
"Don't get insubordinate on me," the Ne commander growled, "Or you'll get the same treatment they will..."
"Yes sir..." the Ne operative said bitterly.
"Now get to it!" the Ne commander yelled, "Don't just sit here and stare at me like I'm about to do some kind of trick to amuse you!"
The Ne operative nodded and walked out of the room, quickly heading to the room he knew the pregnant woman to be in. He frowned, the woman may be an ANBU nin, but not even she deserved to die like this. He opened the door and stepped in, gently shaking the bundle under the sheets of the bed, "Quick now..." he whispered, "Get up!"
"Already up!" Eagle Three yelled, her mask already positioned over her face. The Ne operative jumped in surprise and turned, the heavy metal of the fan thudding heavily into his side, breaking his ribs and hurling him out of the window. Eagle Three smiled and stepped away from the wall where she had been hiding, she quickly lifted the bedsheets and lifted out her cloak, once more draping it around her shoulders, "I need to get out of here..." she murmured, "They're not going to hold back..."
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Notes: -insert mandatory comment about slow update time here- Sorry for no update last week guys, kinda took a week off due to massive writer's block at an inopportune moment. Apologies all around! I REALLY have to get going now so byes!
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