Chapter 15: Hosho. Final Part.
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"Captain, the enemy is just on us. I'm afraid there's nothing more to be done." An Akatsuki soldier reports to his captain.
"So, there's nothing to be done. Inform the commander we need the launch codes for the carriers." The captain says. Some minutes, he informs Sasori and Deidara.
"Sir… the SDF unit… they're here."
"Take him and insert the launch codes." Sasori says as he gives the unconscious body to the Captain."
"Wait…! I have a better idea. Keep with the launch sequence and let the codes for last." Deidara says.
"What do you have in mind, Deidara? I don't want any more delays…!" Sasori says.
"Just something to make sure we're facing who we're looking for." Deidara says. Then suddenly…
"Captain! Enemy infiltration!" An soldier says through the radio.
"Which kind of enemy?!" the captain says.
"An battalion and the Red Scorpions! I don't know how much time we can hold them off!"
"Humm… the ones Itachi was looking gets a priority big as the carriers. We'll take care of them." Sasori says.
Meanwhile…
"Everyone, charge! Keep the enemy at bay!" A Akatsuki soldier says to others who charge at a wall of smoke. One of them suddenly gets his gun hold by Angelo, which looks on the eye of the soldier. He eventually takes the soldier out, and two more who comes closer. Despite the Akatsuki men firing at them, the move forward with the support of Warlock Battalion. They manage to hold their position, then Angelo picks up a RPG and helps the front soldiers by blowing away an watch tower, then an vehicle.
"I can't see any more enemy charges." Neji says, scanning the section with his eyes.
"Leva o Warlock com o Guy para as docas. Eu ajudo a Equipe 7 atrás do Gaara. (Take Warlock with Guy to the docks. I'll help Team 7 after Gaara.)" Angelo says.
"Deixa comigo. (Leave to me)." André says, before heading west through some tunnels with Team 7 and Warlock. Angelo and Team 7 head for a tunnel towards the control room. They arrive there to see a view that triggers Naruto and Naruko: Deidara and Sasori sitted on the body of the young man Team 7 was looking for.
"W… what…?! What are you doing!? WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH GAARA?!" Naruto says.
"YOU BASTARDS! WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO HIM?! STAND THE HELL UP!" Naruko says.
"Hey, enough you two." Kakashi says.
"Hump… can't you two see it? He's well dead, mm?" Deidara says, enraging the twins.
"…give him back…" They say.
"Come get him."
The twins stay still. Their muscles pulse and their breathing increases.
"Honey, don't." Angelo says.
Then suddenly, both of the twins pull guns from their pockets and try to aim on Deidara and Sasori.
"Stop! Naruto!" Kakashi says.
"Merda! (Shit!)" Angelo says as him and Kakashi try to disarm the twins. In the confusion, Deidara takes Gaara away while Sasori covers him. Although Angelo holds her, Naruko fires and the stray bullet hit one of Deidara's arms.
"Dammit! That little shit!" he says, but still moves on. He enters and elevator, while Naruto and Naruko managed to free themselves from Kakashi and Angelo, which run after them.
"Sakura! He's yours!" Angelo says.
"Hell yeah…!" she says.
"Try if you can, kid." Sasori says, as him and Sakura clash. He tries several attacks, but Sakura blocks and evades them, and then she hits him with a punch, which throws him very far away.
"Well done, little girl… this strength is almost superhuman." Sasori says.
"Chicken up already?" Sakura says. Then he comes to her again.
Meanwhile, Deidara runs with Gaara, still being chased. Naruto tries to ram into him, but Deidara makes a front flip and Naruto hits the wall. Deidara then picks grenades and throws at him. Angelo and Kakashi arrive, and they shoot at the grenades with Angelo's MP5s. Deidara covers himself behind boxes and a fixed flamethrower. He then fires at the others.
"You're really a stubborn pair of annoyances! You're the first of your kind I had seen to be like that! Don't worry, you'll join your friend here in an instant, got it?!"
"I'll… kill you ALL!" Naruto says, as he tries to charge with his sister. However, Deidara fires flames at them, and they are shielded by Kakashi and Angelo, with fire-prove capes. They get down when the flames arrive. Angelo fires his RPG at Deidara who gets down, crouched.
"Of course! Nothing personal, Scopion! Just business, if I know your kind!" Deidara says, then a rain of bullets pass through him, followed by a grenade. He flips forward and runs with Gaara.
"Nope. I'd be lying my ass if I said it isn't." Angelo says, after firing and launching the grenade, and then he runs with Naruko towards Deidara. Kakashi and Naruto follow them.
Meanwhile, Sasori and Sakura continue to clash. The make frontal passes several times, and both exchange several hits. Sakura appears to be untouched.
"You really fight nice! You'll receive a prize if you take me down!" he says.
"Tell what you know about Orochimaru!" She says.
"Now it will be interesting!" he says, and two clashes later, he picks up a smoke grenade. It's smoke is purple and less dense.
"This.. is poison…! Dammit!" She thinks. She picks up a grenade around and throws at the gas.
"I'LL GET YOU! NO MATTER WHAT, I'LL GET YOU AND YOU'LL GIVE ME WHAT I WANT!" She yells. She picks up a wire and tries to attack him, and she makes some cuts on his arms.
"Now it's getting awkward, annoying girl!" he says. He tries to jump to strike above her but she jumps and punches him. They land and face each other.
Meanwhile, Naruto, Naruko, Kakashi, and Angelo had been caught in a firefight, as Deidara called in reinforcements. They exchange fire with the Akatsuki soldiers.
"We need a opening and fast!" Naruko says.
"I'm gonna need some seconds! Stay where you are!" Angelo says, reloading his MP5.
"Come on! He'll escape!" Naruto says.
"Kids! You need to concentrate!" Kakashi says. Naruko waits around 30 seconds, and says.
"Not an opition!" then she picks some smoke grenades, and throws at the enemy. She uses it as a distraction and runs to the enemy with her kunai. She kicks and punches them all. When one of them fires at her, she does a backflip and throws her kunai at him. She then heads for the last soldiers, and makes an upside down spin attack at them. Two more appear and she takes them out by kicking one on the neck to the wall and kicking the other one on the head.
"God… dammit… imoutosan…" Naruto says, surprised.
"Rapaz…(Boy…)" Angelo says, surprised as well.
"Let's move out." Kakashi says.
Meanwhile, Sasori and Sakura keep fighting. He picks up a rope nearby and manages to put a spear on the tip of it. He keeps lashing the rope at Sakura, but she evades, and then picks it up and pulls it, bringing Sasori to her. He and her fight at close range again, until he pulls a knife and tries to hit her, but, she hits him with her knee and he releases the knife. She picks it up and ends the fight by stabbing his chest. He gets on his knees while she breaths heavily.
"Y-you… d-done it…" he says. "I thought you'd be another pitiful and merciful soul…" he adds, then she punches his face.
"YOU THINK THIS IS A GAME?!" She yells.
"…you got your reward… so… maybe… so… as a reward for defeating me… you wanted to know about Orochimaru, didn't you…?"
"…yes…"
"Well… I have a vast network of spies… one of them is an Orochimaru subordinate… you will find him… in Nagasaki…"
"Nagasaki is still enemy territory! How I will…?!"
Sasori then picks up a pen drive and gives it to Sakura, before he's eyes close and his breathing stops. She then, gets on her knees, exhausted.
Suddenly, behind the control room…
"She should be here! Sakura?! Sakura!" André says, as he comes to the control room, together with Team 3 and some Warlock soldiers. He picks her before she loses her consciousness.
"Sakura-chan!" Lee says.
"Tenten!" Guy says.
"Got it!" Tenten says, while she tries to reanimate Sakura.
"Sergeant, take her to the docks! We'll be right behind you!" André says to one of the Warlock soldiers.
"Yes sir!" it replies, and he plus another one help her to walk.
"Brother? How is on your end?" André says, calling Angelo.
Angelo and Kakashi run with their guns on hand on a stairway, close to the ships, while Naruto and his sister keep chasing Deidara.
"Almost got this…!" he says, aiming at Deidara with a special laser aim on his SMG. He and Kakashi stop and crouch to take aim. "Just to slow down…" Angelo thinks.
He aims at Deidara's remaining unharmed arm, and fires it. The bullet passes through the prod and leaves at the other side.
"What the…?! Dammit!" Deidara says as he loses his balance. Then he look around and Naruto and Naruko come to him, and kick him as he releases Gaara. He falls on another stairway.
"GAARA!" the twins say, as the come near Gaara. They look at him, and get speechless.
"Argh… ugh… damn them… damn scorpion is a shitty pain in the ass…!" Deidara thinks.
"… I'll get you." Naruto says.
"Gotcha gotcha… I'll fight both of you again soon…mm." Deidara says.
"He let his guard down…" Kakashi says.
"Better her than me…" Angelo says, as Deidara notices something coming to him, and when he turns around, Naruko punches him with rage. Then she and Deidara fall on another stairway, which her falling above him. She picks up a kunai and prepares for the final strike then, for her and Deidara's surprise, Angelo catches her by the arm and him by the neck, then he spins and she gets on his arms while Deidara is thrown to a door, far away.
"Enough, Naruko. It's over…" Angelo says.
"WHY?!" she says.
"You don't have to be what I am now… you're still my angel… please… you don't need to do this." He says. She looks at him then lay her head on his chest. She hugs him and he hugs her back. He closes his eyes while hugging her, but open them again, to show his angry eye color at Deidara.
"The stories are true scorpion… make sure we'll take that as an account on next time…" Deidara thinks, before the door opens and he is helped by Akatsuki soldiers.
Angelo then looks up to see Kakashi and Naruto caring Gaara. Naruto looks disappointed, but Kakashi once again nodes at Angelo, which nodes back.
"We still need to get back, honey… you're good to go?" Angelo asks.
"Uhum…" Naruko answers.
He then releases her and they head for inside again and separate while there. Naruko runs and finds Tenten helping Sakura to walk.
"Tenten-san! Sakura-chan!" She says.
"Huh?... Naruko?" Sakura says. Before Naruko, can get closer, several bullets pass between them. The crouch and hide themselves on the nearby walls. The Akatsuki captain is the one firing. He then picks up a grenade and throw at the girls. They jump out of the blast, and the captain moves closer. With still some rounds, Naruko and Tenten fire at the captain, who takes cover and reloads.
Naruko then turns away, firing at the opposite direction and very far. It hits a siren.
"What are you doing?!" Tenten asks.
"Calling for help!" Naruko answers. The captain then tries to move closer, only to evade a grenade thrown by a grenade launcher. Naruko smiles with joy when she and the surprised Sakura and Tenten look at the direction where the grenade was launched: It's Angelo, with a grenade launcher.
"Quick. I'll cover you all." He says.
"Okay!" The girls say and Angelo moves forward as they leave, reloading the launcher, then a pair of chains with scythe blades on the tips passes very close at his left. He evades, but a second pair comes in a wraps around his waist and neck. The captain drags Angelo close to him, and turns on a chainsaw. Angelo, meanwhile, takes aim and fires the launcher. A grenade explosion appears where the captain was standing. He then takes the chains around him out and runs.
"I'm clear! Arm the C4!" he says, coming to one of the Hoshos. In several locations of the shipyard and docks, C4 explosives start a countdown.
Meanwhile, Deidara, escorted by the remaining soldiers, moves to a helipad.
"Send all planes here! Don't let those carriers reach Okinawa!" he says, inside the chopper, to a screen with a radio.
"The answer is a 'no'. We're taking back essential SDF hardware here. You can stay in the shipyard if you want. We have other plans. If you want a payback, you know here to find us." Kakashi says through the screen radio. Deidara and the other soldiers look astonished as the chopper lifts off.
"Right, now to get on business." Angelo says to a group of Warlock soldiers, operating the carrier's controls, and he then takes over one of the sticks.
"Main power is restored, sir." The helmsmen says.
"All ahead." Angelo says. The ship, and then its sister ships move forward out of the docks, and gets on the clean. In some seconds, the docks and the village stay behind.
Then, a series of torpedo launchers appear from the docks. The torpedoes are launched and follow blindly the ships.
"Torpedo on the water!" one of the officers say.
"Evasive maneuver! 30 degrees to port!" Another officer says. Everyone turns the sticks to the left. The ship turns left and another one turns right. The torpedoes miss their targets.
"Stealth system works perfectly. No signal from the torpedoes' tracking devices." An officer says.
"Scan for incoming enemy aircraft." Angelo says.
"Scanning… primary radar system loaded." An officer says.
"Secondary radar loaded." Another officer says.
"250 miles… 270 miles… 300 miles. No enemy fighter IFF neither ships. Single IFF confirmed as a fleeing Blackhawk chopper." Another officer says.
Suddenly the explosives on the shipyards detonate. Once the explosions finish, the rocks seal the shipyard within itself.
"Confirmed recapture of the island's airspace." The last officer says. Everyone breathes in relieve. Everyone but Angelo cheers as well.
"Contact Yamamoto Fortress… ask them a chopper for their commander." Angelo says.
"Yes sir!" one of the officers says.
"Well… not bad for the first day back onto this…" Angelo says to himself.
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(13: 45)
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At 13: 45 PM an SH-60 helicopter lands on deck of the Shoho, one of the Hosho carriers. The officers on board the carrier help to put Gaara onboard. Then it takes off to Yamamoto Fortress, where Gaara's siblings wait at the helipad. They take Gaara to the Yamamoto Hospital and doctors proceed to do what they can.
An hour later, on a hospital bed, he lays resting, while Temari stays with him, sited close to the bed. She looks up as Tsunade arrives.
"How is him?" Tsunade asks.
"They injected him some kind of drug to make look like he was dead… Dyacondrin… dyacondrin-something."
"Dyacondrine Oxygenated."
"You guys know it?"
"Yeah… was used by the Yakuza on a hostage situation last year. That occasion, however, was used on small quantities."
"Hallucinogen propose?"
"Pretty much."
"Then I must feel sorry for that hostage."
"…me too. Me too…"
At outside, some time later, Teams Antares, 7 and 3 wait inside the hospital. There, Angelo and André take a nap. André naps sited, with his arms crossed while Angelo naps on Naruko's lap, with his belly up, his arms crossed at the back of his head and with his legs also crossed. Naruto stays restless on foot while his sister stay sited. Then Temari comes out.
"My brother wants to speak with you guys. But, just a few, because he's still can't receive too much visits." She says.
"So, we can see him now?" Naruto asks.
"Sure. You, your sister and… these two…" Temari answers, in the end referring to Angelo and André, who suddenly wake up.
"Hum… we're finished here, right?" Neji asks.
"I guess soo." Guy says.
"Well, was fun in the end." Kakashi says.
A minute later, Angelo, Naruto, André and Naruko enter the room. Gaara looks at them as they enter and come closer.
"I knew it…. I knew you two would come…." He says. The twins smile.
"I couldn't let anyone harm you, 'ttebayo…"
"You feeling better now, Gaara?" Naruko asks.
"Yes, thank you." He says as the twins come closer and sit.
"I heard you are married now…. Really?" he asks her, confused.
"Uhum." She answers. He looks a little disappointed.
"Ah… well… hum… is he good to you…?" he asks and she nodes 'yes'. "Ah… I see… is he here?" he adds.
"Hai." Angelo says.
"Then where…" Gaara says.
"You're looking at him." Angelo says, before raising his index finger, showing his marriage ring. Gaara looks relieved and satisfied.
"So desu ka… I know the first time I met you and your friend there… I wasn't very polite… so, can we start over again." He says.
"Don't worry about. We're glad you're all right." André says.
"Thank you... I also knew you two would come with them…" Gaara says.
"Gaara. You should rest now." Temari says, entering in.
"Wakata… (I see…) Can I speak with the captains here… just for a moment…?" Gaara asks.
"Sure. Be quick you two." Temari says. Angelo and André come closer to Gaara.
"I want to thank… both of you, for your help. And for having the backs of… my first friends…" Gaara says.
"Um… okay… We're just doing our job." André says, surprised.
"Wakarimashita… please, Angelo-san… be good to her… she deserves someone like you…" Gaara says. Angelo keeps silent, but then says.
"I know. But I'm scared of only knowing that too late."
"All right… sleep time little brother." Temari says.
"Until next time, Naruto…" Gaara says, as Naruto, his sister and Team Antares were leaving.
"Wakateru,'ttebayo." Naruto says smiling.
"Parece que nem todo cara tem problemas. A sua loira tem um ex-pretendente. (Looks like not all guys have troubles. Your blonde has an ex-pretender.)" André says to Angelo, moments later.
"O Gaara pelo menos é um cara legal, comparado ao emo e o irmão da Hinata. (Gaara at least is a nice guy, compared to the emo and Hinata's brother.)" Angelo says.
"Olha só quem tá perdendo o ciúme...! (Look who is losing its jealousy...!)"
"Não exagera. (Don't exaggerate.)"
"Ah é? Fala, na moral, ainda quer dar uma surra no irmão da Hinata? (Oh yeah? Speak, frankly, still wants to give a beating on Hinata's brother?)"
"Não. (No.)"
"Não disse? (Didn't I tell you?)"
"Eu quero enfiar uma bala ponto 50 no cu dele. (I want to put a .50 caliber bullet on his ass.)" "Essa é a diferença de dois anos, irmão. (That's the two-year difference, brother.)" Angelo adds smiling and looking at André. André laughs together with Angelo as they walk to the helipad. Naruko and Kakashi wait outside the chopper. She kisses his cheek as he enters.
"Thank you…" She says, as she enters with him, and then Kakashi and André.
(Angelo's voice) For who doesn't know me totally… *small laugh*… I'm sure you're underestimating me right now… And for those who know how this story first ended… *laughs*… You know I'm just beginning…
Heisei knight… Revelat Ipsum…