LLR: YOSH! Leaf Ranger is not here right now, so I will be opening his chapter! LET THE FLAMES OF YOUTH AND DETERMINATION WASH OVER YOU!
Suddenly, LLR is engulfed in ice, before a frozen statue of him is revealed.
IDR: I really hate that guy.
Alicia: Tell me about it.
LR walks in, and stops at the sight of the frozen LLR
LR: What happened? I sent Elroth and Arashen to start things.
DNHLR: LLR challenged them to a spar, and beat the pants off both of them. Their recovering.
In another room, Arashen and Elroth are lying in two hospital beds, with Akai and Tayuya, wearing nurses uniforms, taking care of them.
LR: Lucky. Anyways, let's see if I can get past my lack of will to write this time around.
RS: Let's hope so.
Chapter 35
The Outcast's Return
Elroth's team headed through the gate of Konoha. Despite the events that had happened near the border, they still needed to complete their mission. They had snuck, found the village that was being used to raid into the Fire and Lightning borders, and had utterly obliterated the force of Oto ninjas there. It wasn't hard as they thought they wouldn't be attacked, and their numbers were small. No more then one jounin, and five chuunin.
Now, they were back home, ready to report in. Tayuya was a bit nervous though. She had been fine with what Elroth had done to save her, because it meant that she wouldn't die. Bt now, she was worried of what Kin might think. She decided to push it aside, for now, until she actually faced Kin.
The team headed to the Hokage's Tower, then up to her office. Elroth stood in front of his team. "Lady Tsunade....... we finished our mission."
(A/N: For those of you who are wondering..... Elroth and other LOTR characters won't ever use honorifics.)
Tsunade nodded. "Report?"
Elroth nodded. "When we neared the border, we were attacked by Sasuke Uchiha, and his own team that he had formed. We managed to drive them back, and badly injured one of his teammates. However, both Tayuya and Matsuri were poisoned, and would have died, if me and Gaara hadn't saved them. They now share mine, and the other Wizards extended life span."
Tsunade slowly nodded, as Elroth continued. "After resting, we continued on with our assigned mission. We found the village that was being used, and slaughtered the Oto nin raiders. We also managed to gather some intelligence on Oto's key staging points, and some secret facilities located within both our's, and Kumo's borders." He handed the reports to the Hokage who nodded.
"You all did well. Unless there is anything else, you are dismissed." The four of them bowed to the Hokage, and left.
They all headed to their home in the Namikaze Estate, and entered. "We're back!" Elroth shouted, as they entered. Almost immediately, Lily come rushing out, and jumped on Elroth, hugging him. Elroth stumbled, before catching himself.
"Lily? Something wrong?" Lily shook her head.
"Not now. You're back safe." She smiled up at him. Elroth sighed.
"Did something happen on Naruto's mission?" Lily was about to answer, when Naruto came out.
"You could say that. We need all of you to come into the dojo." He turned, and headed downstairs, the others following him.
Down in the dojo, Shikamaru, Chouji, Kiba, Hinata, Shino, Haku, Kimimaro, and Kin were waiting. Naruto moved to where they could all easily see him, while Elroth and the other three sat down. "All of you that are gathered here are those who were not only trusted with my secret........ but who I also taught about the history of this world. The reason why I gathered you all here is simple. During a mission to investigate attacks on villages bordering Iwa and Ame, Team 8 was attacked by a creature. A troll, to be precise."
Several of those present gasped, and Naruto nodded. "Under normal circumstances, it could be considered a random incident. Some trolls and other creatures could have managed to survive all these years. However... a normal wild mountain or cave troll would not have been able to attack us in sunlight, and, a normal wild one wouldn't have been armored, even if lightly." Naruto sighed. "I fear that this may be the beginning of an invasion."
Kiba looked at Kin, and squeezed her hand. "What kind of invasion?" He asked, looking back at Naruto.
"Something never before seen in the history of the Elemental Nations. The invasion made by Suna and Oto will seen puny in comparison. During the Third Age of Middle Earth, the Dark Lord Sauron was capable of raising an army of close to 200,000 orcs, not to mention trolls, the Haradrim and their mumakil, the Easterlings, and the Black Corsairs of Umbar. All led by the Witch-King of Angmar, and the other Ring Wraiths."
Everyone was very quite, until Naruto spoke again. "I could be overreacting, and I doubt very much that we could be attacked by a force of that size. The Witch King and the other Ring Wraiths were killed when Sauron was destroyed, and the Haradrim, Easterlings, and the Corsairs are now long gone. But I thought it best if you all knew, since each of you can fully grasp the danger of what I suspect. Tsunade-sama has all ready sent ANBU to scout around for any indication of such a force."
Everyone nodded, though their faces betrayed their nervousness at what Naruto had revealed to them. Naruto sighed. "I don't mean to scare all of you. But you need to know what is coming. For now..... I think it's best if we begin a new training regimen, to prepare." He made over fifty shadow clones, and they all transformed into creatures. All of them were about four feet high, with grey, and green skin, vicious teeth, cruel yellow eyes, and pointed ears. They were all wearing crude armor, and carried crude spears, wicked curved swords, axes, scythes, and shields. Naruto turned to his comrades.
"These are the standard Orc warriors. They are weak in one on one combat....... but they almost always travel in groups. Now, of course, my clones can't take more then one hit, but they should be able to give you an idea about you're up against."
Everyone nodded, and Naruto smiled. "Well then...... let's see what we got."
As one, Naruto and his group charged into the transformed clones.
In Ame
A figure kneeled before a giant statue with nine eyes. At this moment, five of those eyes were open. The figure kept it's head down.
"Morgoth, Lord of Darkness, your humble servant calls upon you." There was silence, before the open eyes seemed to move, and look down at the figure.
"Ahhh...... my servant. What news have you?" The figure looked up.
"Morgoth-dono, your army has continued to grow. Even now, your orc and troll raiders have begun attacking the outlying villages of our enemies. Soon, the main army will be ready to strike at all of this land."
"Good...... good. You have done well, my servant. But I feel that simply having orcs and trolls under my command is not enough. I want you to send emissaries to those who you think would be willing to serve me. If they are refused..... kill the leaders of those lands, and conscript their warriors to join us."
The figure nodded. "Of course, Morgoth-dono. I will see to it..... personally."
"Very good. Soon, I will have my body restored, and conqueror this land, as is my right and destiny. And when I do..... you will be my greatest servant. Go now....... Madara." With that, the eyes looked back up, and became still. The figure stood, revealing a man dressed complete in black, so only his hair was revealed. His face was covered by an orange spiral mask, with a single eye hole on the right side. His eye gleamed red from it, with three black tomoe's.
"Tobi is a good boy, and will do as commanded." He suddenly said in a goofy voice, before wandering aimlessly off.
In Konoha
After the intense training session with the clones, the group spilt up, to try and relax. Tayuya had asked Elroth to wait a few minutes, as the two of them had planned on going to get something to eat, as their first official date. Now, the red head had pulled her adopted imouto into her room, and sighed, as she faced the challenge ahead of her.
"Kin...... I need to tell you something that happened on the mission I just came back from." Kin nodded, before smiling.
"Does this happen to involve a certain cloaked figure with rugged good looks, who saved you from a curse mark?" She asked with a grin. Tayuya blushed, but then shook it off.
"Yes and no..... and I plan to get you for that." She smiled, then became somber up. "We were ambushed, by the emo avenging bastard Sasuke. He was leading a team against us....... and I got poisoned during the fight."
Kin's eyes widened, before she looked Tayuya over. "Are you okay?! You seem all right, but maybe something else is wrong?! We should-!"
"KIN! I'm fine." Tayuya grabbed her imouto's hand. "I'm fine."
Kin took a deep breath. "Okay.... all right. So...... what happened? I mean.... obviously, you're all right."
Tayuya slowly nodded. "Elroth-kun....... he saved me........ both Matsuri and I were poisoned. The only way to save us was a blood bonding ritual, or something like that. Gaara did one on Matsuri, and Elroth did one on me. But Kin....... it had some side affects."
Kin's eyes widened in worry. "What side effects? Tayuya, are you okay? That's all I want to know."
Tayuya nodded. "I-I'm fine, but........ the side effect was that by doing this..... both mine and Matsuri's lives....... were extended. We're going to be living..... for a long time."
Kin eye's widened a bit more, before she slowly nodded. "I see....... so you'll be like Naruto-san and Hinata-san?" Tayuya just nodded, as a few tears fell from her eyes, until Kin hugged her.
"Don't worry about it, nee-chan. I still have you, and that is all that matters." Tayuya looked up in surprise, before hugging Kin tightly.
"I thought you would be so sad at this. I'm sorry Kin. I'm sorry."
Kin just smiled. "It's okay, nee-chan...... it's okay. We'll still be together..... that's what matters."
Tayuya just laughed, as she hugged Kin tighter. The two of them stayed like that for several minutes, then Kin pulled away. "Now...... don't you have a hunky Ranger waiting for you?" Tayuya just nodded, and got up. She hugged Kin one more time, before running off. She quickly found Elroth, and hugged him.
Elroth smiled in slight surprise. "Wow...... everything okay with Kin?" Tayuya just nodded into his chest.
"Yeah.... everything's good now. So..... are we going to go get something to eat, or what?" Elroth smiled, and offered his arm, which Tayuya took. The two walked off happily.
Five miles inside the Fire Border
The Akatsuki Trio sent to hunt the Kyuubi had stopped at the local inn in the town they were at. Kisame was busy getting the room keys, while Itachi and Alicia waited. Nearby, a somewhat drunk man saw Alicia, and smirked, before moving over to her.
"Hey there, good looking? What to hang out with a real man?" He asked with a lecherous grin.
Itachi looked at the man. To the normal observer, you would think he was emotionless at the moment. But those who knew him saw the tell tale signs of his anger. Itachi was preparing to Tsukuyomi the man, when Alicia stopped him, and gave him a wink. She turned back to the man.
"Well now..... why don't we take this discussion elsewhere?" She said with a somewhat seductive smile. The man eagerly nodded, and Alicia led him outside.
Kisame and Itachi headed up to the rooms, and Itachi took one, before opening the window. About twenty minutes later, Alicia jumped in, licking a little blood from her lips. "You know, despite the sake in him, his blood was actually quite delicious." She said with a smirk.
Itachi just chuckled, as she came over and sat next to him. She looked at him, as he started looking at the ground, deep in thought. She moved around behind him, slipping the Akatsuki cloak off him, and started rubbing his back gently. "What's on your mind?"
Itachi looked back at her, sighing in slight relief to her actions. "I'm just wondering....... did I do the right thing? Telling Sasuke to hate me...... I feel that if anything..... I drove him to Orochimaru. That was the last thing I wanted. I wanted him to grow strong, so he wouldn't end up in Madara's hands. But all I did was push him into Orochimaru's, and that could be even worse for him."
Alicia gently rested against his back, her head below his neck. "Itachi-koi...... you did the best thing you could think of, at the moment. Back then, that was what you believed would work. You had no way of knowing how Sasuke would turn out. Don't blame yourself, all right?"
Itachi turned enough to be able to look at her, and smiled, before kissing her on the lips. "Thank you, chishio-hime." Alicia smiled, before giggling, as Itachi picked her up, and placed her on his lap. The two stayed like that for a while. Eventually, Alicia heard a light rumbling in Itachi's stomach. "You hungry?"
Itachi nodded, and Alicia giggled, before pecking his cheek, and getting up. "Then let's get you some food."
In Konoha
Naruto sighed happily, as he enjoyed his bowl of Miso Pork Ramen. Despite the fact that he had changed his diet to a more healthy one, he still greatly enjoyed ramen, and made sure he had at least three bowls a week. Hinata had somehow fallen into his craving, and she also enjoyed ramen almost as much as he did. Even now, she was finishing up her shrimp ramen.
Naruto smiled at Hinata, enjoying their time together. He was still amazed by how much she had changed, since their academy days. The shy, stuttering, blushing HInata was all but gone. She still blushed occasionally, but now, she was strong and confident. In the three years since the failed Sasuke Retrieval mission, Hinata had changed a bit more. She now wore a black tube top, with a mesh t-shirt over it. She still had black capris, and black sandals. She had also added black shoulder length gloves to her outfit, that were fingerless, and like Naruto,s had metal plates and studs on the back of the hands and knuckles. Over this, she wore a indigo blue trench coat. Her hair was now long, and hung down almost to the bottom of her back.
Hinata had become a chuunin about six months after the failed Sasuke Retrieval Mission. About four months after that, she had decided that while she could forgive her father completely, for all that had happened, she was too happy living with Kurenai. So, she had decided to stay there, permanently. Hiashi had agreed, as long as she came back to learn from him, and occasionally visit. Now, Hinata was one of the top ranked Hyuuga shinobi. She wasn't as fast, or skilled as some, like her father, or her now jounin cousin Neji. However she had more variety in her attacks, being able to strike at long, mid, and close range. Also, she was a medic nin as well, which led to her increasing the potency of her Hebi no Mizu Juuken, by adding Chakra Scalpels into the equation. Even a block now would be devastating to her enemies.
Shino was also a chuunin, and was still fairly the same as before. His only major changes was his outfit, which now had a large grey coat and hoodie, and black goggles, instead of sunglasses. Because of his training with Naruto and Elroth in both sword and taijutsu, he was a highly skilled combatant in close quarters, and had led to some changes in all Aburame fighting styles.
Naruto shook his head form these thoughts, wanting to spend his time with his Hyuuga-hime. Because of their ranks, they hadn't been able to spend as much time together as before, because of their missions. Now, they were enjoying some quality time together.
Hinata smiled at him, as she slurped some noddles up. "You okay? You kinda spaced out for a minute there." Naruto nodded.
"I'm fine..... just thinking about how amazing you are." He said with a smile. Hinata smiled back, before finishing up her ramen, and Naruto did the same. They payed, and went to leave. Naruto wrapped an arm around her shoulders, and she snuggled her head against his shoulder.
They started walking around Konoha, stopping and greeting any friends they came across.
Kiba was hanging around a bookstore, looking at some mangas. The sixteen year old Inuzuka was now a chuunin, and wore a lighter black jacket, along with black pants. Akamaru had grown in size, until now, Kiba could ride on him. Akamaru was laying nearby, napping, while Kiba waved at them.
They passed Tenten and Neji near, surprisingly enough, a weapons shop. Neji was now a jounin, and wore a loose white kimono like top, and pants, with a black apron that was open in front, and reached to his knees. He had eventually been able to return to the clan, and was now one of the rising stars of the unified Hyuuga clan.
Tenten was a chuunin. She now wore a white long sleeved shirt, with red trimming along the cuffs, hem, and opening of the shirt. Her pants with red also, and baggy, but were secured a little below the knee. She also had black fingerless gloves, and a massive scroll, which contained a mixture of shinobi, elven, dwarven, and Men weapons.
At a Bbq place, they found all of Team Asuma, previously Team 10. Ino, Chouji, and Shikamaru were all chuunin. Shikamaru now wore a black waist coat, and pants, with ankle and wrist protectors. Over this, he had his chuunin flak vest. He also had an earing in both ears.
Chouji wore a large red jacket, with grey pants. Over this, he wore Akimichi style samurai breastplate, pauldrons, bracers, and thigh guards. His reddish brown hair was now in a large spiky mane, with his new orange red forehead protector around his forehead normal style. His battle axe was strapped to his back, much like a certain dwarf hero used to carry it thousands of years ago.
Ino had finally been shaken awake by her defeat during the preliminaries to the third exam of the Chuunin Exams. After that, she had started training hard. Now, her hair was in a long ponytail, with her bangs covering her right eye. She wore a sleeveless purple top, which buttoned down the front, and exposed her midriff. She also had on a purple skirt, and sections of fishnet over her elbows, knees, and under her skirt.
Finally, in the park, they ran into the last of the Konoha 12 that had stayed in Konoha. Lee hadn't changed much, other then gaining the rank of chuunin, and adding an unzipped chuunin flak vest. Sakura had really changed though. She was an accomplished medic, with only Tsunade and Shizune surpassing her in medical jutsus. She now wore a red vest top, black shorts under a white skirt, and elbow protectors. She also had a pair of black gloves, which helped her use the same jutsu Tsunade used to gain her incredible strength. She also wore thigh length boots, with openings for the toes.
Naruto and Hinata finally stopped near a river. The two of them sat down, and enjoyed the scenery, while dangling their feet in the water. Naruto smiled, and kissed Hinata on the cheek. HInata smiled, and kissed back.
They sat there in silence, before Naruto spoke up. "So...... Kurenai-sensei and Kakashi-sensei still dating?"
HInata nodded. "Uh-huh. They've been dating 'officially' for a year now. "
Naruto smirked. "Has she seen what's under his mask yet?"
Hinata shook her head. "No. Kakashi really likes her...... but he's sworn to only reveal his face to someone who he trusts with everything. He trusts Kurenai nee-chan, but........ he's not ready yet, she says." She sighed. "It's making her feel kinda hurt, that he doesn't fully trust her."
Naruto nodded. "Well..... we'll just have to wait and see."
HInata nodded, before looking a little thoughtful. "Naruto-kun? Do you........ do you trust me?"
Naruto looked at her in surprise, then smiled. "With my life, Hina-chan. With my life."
Hinata smiled, and snuggled against him. "So do I." She said softly. Naruto just smiled, and hugged her.
Elsewhere, Elroth and Tayuya were sitting on top of Hokage Mountain. Both f them had their flutes, and were playing a song together. This had been something they did on a regular basis, but now, it was more special, because they were playing as a couple.
After the song, they both placed their instruments aside, and watched the scenery. Elroth placed an arm around Tayuya's waist, and pulled her against him. She laid her head on his shoulder. Elroth smiled, as he looked at her.
"So..... is this how you thought it would be?" Tayuya shifted for a second.
"What do you mean?"
"Being a normal girl." He said softly. Tayuya thought for a moment, then smiled.
"It's better. I didn't expect to have someone like you as a boyfriend."
Elroth chuckled, before kissing the top of her head. She lifted her head up, and caught his lips in hers. They stayed like that for several seconds, before breaking apart, and watching the village below. Elroth undid his cloak, and wrapped it around the both of them.
"Do you regret it?" He asked softly. "Do you regret what I've done to you?"
Tayuya shook her head. "No..... I may lose her, eventually.... but that was going to happen someday. Elroth-kun..... please don't think I don't want to be with you. Please..... don't doubt my love for you."
Elroth nodded. "I won't...... so long as you never doubt mine." Tayuya nodded, as they snuggled their together.
Two days later, outskirts of Konoha
Three figures, wearing dull brown wool cloaks, and straw hats, entered Konoha. The tallest of the group looked around, before smirking.
"Their security is just as bad as last time, eh guys?" He chuckled, until the smallest figure punched him in the arm.
"Will you shut it? You want us to get caught?" The smallest figure was clearly female.
The last figure sighed. "Will you two behave?" He asked simply. Both of the others became quite, after that, as they headed towards the Hokage Tower.
When they reached it, the middle figure stopped them, and led them into an alley. He reached out, and pressed a few spots on a wall, channeling chakra into it. Suddenly, a doorway opened in the wall, and the middle figure stood back. "This will lead us right to the Hokage's Office. Every high level ANBU knows of it, as a secret escape route."
"And you know of it, since you were an ANBU captain." The tall figure said. The middle figure slowly nodded, as he led them in.
In the Hokage's office, Tsunade watches several shadow clones work, while she enjoys a cup of a milder ale brewed by Lily and Elroth. The two of them had begun brewing ale, mead, and beer, and selling it to local bars. This had led to many shinobi and civilians switching over to try the new stuff. Sake was still around as a mild alcohol, but for real drinks, they turned to Lily and Elroth's brews.
She took another small drink from her cup, before she herd some murmuring behind a nearby bookcase. That's the emergency escape route. No one knows about that, except high level ANBU. She immediately got up, and was about to summon her ANBU guard, when the bookcase slid aside, and the three cloaked figures fell into the room. The tallest of them grumbled.
"Well, that was annoying." He muttered, struggling to get up. On the bottom of the pile, the medium figure stiffened, before looking at the female of the group.
"Alicia-chan...... did you just pinch my butt?" 'Alicia' blushed, while trying to look innocent.
"No." The male figure sighed, as the three of them managed to untangle themselves.
"WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?!" Tsunade shouted, ready to blast them through five floors, and the ground beneath the Hokage Tower. Immediately, the middle figure held his hands up, before pulling out a scroll, and handing it to Tsunade. Tsunade looked at it, seeing the Sandaime's seal on it. Immediately she stuck her head out the office door.
"Shizune? Could you please send for Hiruzen-san?" Shizune nodded, and sent an ANBU, while Tsunade looked at the three figures, who were hiding their faces with the brim of their hats. "Who are you three?"
"It's best if we wait for Sandaime-sama." The middle one said. Tsunade growled, until Sarutobi entered. He glanced at the three figures, then at the scroll in Tsunade's hand, before sighing.
"I didn't expect you back so soon, Weasel. And especially not with him." Sarutobi said, looking at the tall figure as he said the last part. The middle figure nodded.
"Forgive me, Sandaime-sama. I didn't have time to send another message. As for us returning early, it was unavoidable."
Sarutobi nodded, before looking at a confused Tsunade. "If you'll open that scroll, you'll understand everything."
Tsunade opened the scroll and began to read. Her eyes slowly widened, before she looked up at Sarutobi, and the three figures. "Is this all true?" She whispered.
"It is." Said the middle figure, removing his hat, to reveal Itachi Uchiha. The other two removed theirs to reveal Alicia and Kisame.
"I'm sorry I wasn't able to tell you, Tsunade, but I needed it to be kept a secret. Itachi was our spy in Akatsuki, and if word got out about this..... we would have lost both him, and possibly Sasuke."
Tsunade looked back down at the scroll. "So...... Itachi was ordered to slaughter his clan, by you?" She looked back up at Sarutobi, who looked down in shame.
"I....... I did. The Elders, and Danzou decided that the Uchiha should be destroyed, to prevent them from taking over. If I could have, I would have done something else. But I had to order it..... for the good of the village."
Tsunade just stared at the paper in front of her. "The good of the village." She slowly whispered.
Itachi spoke up, at this point. "Hokage-sama, I know what you are thinking. I was ordered to do this..... but I also willingly accepted it. I too, believe in the good of the village. If my clan had taken over, rest assured, they would have destroyed the dream your grandfather and grand uncle had."
Tsunade just sat back. "I knew being Hokage meant making hard decisions........ I just never fully realized how hard."
There was silence for several minutes, before Itachi finally spoke up. "I have reports, on Akatsuki's movements, remaining members, and future plans." He held out several scrolls, and Sarutobi took them.
"Thank you, Itachi-san. I am sorry for what you've had to do. And..... I'm sorry I failed to protect Sasuke for you."
Itachi shook his head. "Sasuke chose to become arrogant. You did all I asked, Sandaime-sama. I could ask no more of you."
Tsunade sighed. "Well, unfortunately, I need to call a meeting of the council, to discuss about all this. Until then, you three will have to stay here in the Tower, and under disguise."
The three former Akatsuki members nodded, and Itachi placed his hat back on. Tsunade summoned Shizune in, and pointed to the three figures. "Please escort them to the guest chambers. They'll be staying here for a while."
Shizune nodded, and escorted the three figures. Tsunade sighed, as she lowered her head to the desk. "This is going to be hell for a while."
Sarutobi nodded. "I know..... but we need to do what we can to help the village survive."
Tsunade nodded. "Well..... no time to waste then." She got up, and summoned her ANBU guards.
"Spread the word to the council. Meeting tomorrow at ten. It's very urgent, so none of them should be late, or miss it at all." The ANBU nodded, and disappeared.
In Iwa
The four man ANBU team Tsunade sent were crouched on the top of a cliff face. One of them had a pair of binoculars out, and was scanning the valley floor below.
"This is definitely not good." He muttered. "There has to be thousands of creatures down there. Tens of thousands." He muttered, watching. One of his teammates looked at him.
"Any signs of shinobi?"
The leader scanned the group. "Nothing so fa- wait........ I think I see some Iwa tents down there." He focused the binoculars, before nodding. "Yeah..... there's some Iwa shinobi down there. They seem really nervous though."
He was about to comment further, when his ears heard noises behind them. The four ANBU whirled, to see something that chilled them to the bone. Fifty of the strange creatures surrounded them, wielding a nightmarish array of weapons. And with them were ten Iwa shinobi.
"Well..... looks like we'll be having meat tonight boys." One of the creatures said. The others all grinned, and started growling, and shrieking. The Iwa shinobi paled, but held their ground.
The ANBU leader looked to his squad. "We need to get out of here. If you get a chance, break for home. We need to get this information back."
The ANBU all nodded ,while tensing for combat. The leader of the Iwa shinobi stepped forward.
"Surrender now, and we can at least guarantee you a swift, and painless death." He said, while watching the Orcs and Uruks with him.
(A/N: There are actually two different kinds of Uruks. The Uruk-hai, who Saruman created, and are seen in Fellowship, and Towers, and then the Uruks, who are the guys in Cirith Ungol, in Return of the King. The bigger guys who the Orcs fight.)
One of the ANBU spat at him. "In your dreams!" He ran through hand signs, and was about to call out a jutsu, when a crude arrow with black raven feathers pierced his skull and mask. The other three ANBU all through kunai with explosive tags. The Iwa shinobi got out of there, but several of the Orcs and Uruks were caught in the blast. The rest of them charged.
The three ANBU drew their weapons, and began fighting hard, trying to gain room to launch jutsus. But the overwhelming numbers separated one from the others, and he was quickly overwhelmed. He screamed out as Orc steel, claws, and teeth tore into his flesh, ending his life.
The leader stood back to back with the junior member of the squad. "This looks tough kid."
"Leader-san, we're not going to make it!" The younger ANBU yelled. The leader growled.
"I'm not..... but you are." He suddenly grabbed his subordinate, and threw him clear of the carnage. The young ANBU hit the ground, rolled, and ran, with Iwa shinobi in pursuit. The lead ANBU, wounded in a dozen places, suddenly slapped some explosive tags to himself.
"COME AND GET ME, BASTARDS!" He yelled, as he was pulled under by the group. The tags lit, and blew up, taking a vast majority of the Orcs and Uruks with him along with the cliff edge where he once stood.
Unknown to the majority of the Elemental Nations, this would mark the Third War for Middle Earth.
LR: Well, I hope you all enjoyed this. Sorry again for taking so long. Just been having some trouble getting into a writing mood.
IDR: So, what shall I do with the statue? *points to the frozen LLR*
LR: Let's keep him like that for a while. I could use a beak from him, and-
FSBFSLR: DIE! *Comes running in, when IDR freezes him too.*
LR: (Smiles) Thank you. *Gives her a quick peck on the cheek.*
RS starts snickering, until she suddenly finds herself face to face with LR.
LR: Got something to say?
RS shakes her head rapidly.
LR: *Gives a Kakashi style smile* Good. That's all for this week.
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