Naruto Shippuden -H-: Chapter 037: Another Meeting in the Land of Iron
Sasuke stood beside Naruto with his eyes focused on Dreatoen, after noticing the fear of the young woman in his company.
"Oh, Yagumi, she was an escapee from our experimentation program, her family proved to be vital subjects in determining the true power of the human mind, but unfortunately, they did not make it." said Dreatoen towards Sasuke and Naruto.
"Huh, it is him, that is the man." said Yagumi with a fearful tone.
"So he is the one who did this to you, if that is the case, I will kill him right here right now, Naruto does not need to wait to fight this guy after all." said Sasuke.
"Just wait, we do not want to create too much chaos at this time, though I can understand why you feel this way towards that man." said Naruto to Sasuke.
"Well if you understand, then you will be okay when I cut that man's head clean off his body!" yelled Sasuke as he ran towards Dreatoen with a Chidori activated.
"Sasuke, what are you doing?" asked Sakura with a worried expression.
"Geez, he is as hard headed as always." said Naruto as he decided to not interfere with the situation.
"So, you have decided to avenge that girl eh, how touching." said Dreatoen with a blank expression as Sasuke pierced his heart with the Chidori.
"I guess you really don't want to live after all, you did not even try to dodge this attack." said Sasuke to Dreatoen.
"Not exactly, I just needed you within a close proximity of me to use my jutsu." said Dreatoen to Sasuke.
"Huh, what does he mean?" asked Shikamaru with a confused look.
"Mirror Release: Parity." said Dreatoen as he surrounded himself and Sasuke within a blank, white dimension with no objects or buildings in sight.
"What the hell, where did you bring us?" asked Sasuke with an angered tone.
"Don't worry, this jutsu is not an offensive one, I do not like to fight at all actually, and I was not the one who killed that girl's parents either, though why you would be the one with concern is beyond me." said Dreatoen to Sasuke.
"What do you mean by that?" asked Sasuke with his Rinnegan focused on the man.
"Well, did you not want to kill the Kages and even Naruto at one time, and because he, the Golden Hero, decided to spare your life, it gives you incentive to play hero, grow up my friend, you are not fooling anyone with this savior act of yours, you are just another example of Naruto's power to change someone." said Dreatoen as he released himself and Sasuke from the jutsu and returned to their ordinary location.
"Sasuke, you are alright, what happened?" asked Sakura with relief.
"Yo, they were only gone for a second, what the hell is that about?" asked Killer Bee with confusion.
"So that is a taste of what to expect from him." said Naruto as he looked onwards.
"Tsk, fine, I will leave you for later, just show us to the damn hotel, the sooner the next day comes the better, that is when I will fight you." said Sasuke as he walked back towards Sakura.
"That is more like it, now follow me, we will fight soon, but not now, that is not what Lord Hirudeguarn would want." said Dreatoen as he escorted Naruto and his team towards the hotel located in the northeast of the city.
Elsewhere, Ohnoki, along with Akatsuchi and Kurotsuchi were leaving the Tsuchikage's mansion, as night had fallen.
"So we are leaving for the Land of Iron at once, I guess this meeting is as important as the last on after all." said Akatsuchi towards Ohnoki who was sitting on his back.
"Apparently, we had the postpone the Allied Chunin exams as well, what a pity, I was looking forward to that." said Kurotsuchi who was bummed out about having to travel all the way out to the Land of Iron.
"Save the complaining for later, people of our own land have been killed by these Knights of Dawn as Sasuke called them, and we should be the first to arrive at the meeting, I will not have Amazaeo's sacrifice be in vain." said Ohnoki as he hopped off of Akatsuchi and decided to fly slightly above the ground the rest of the way.
"My my, you sure are worked up now, but I can understand it, those bastards will not go unpunished for the things that they have done." said Akatsuchi as he decided to follow along.
In Kumogakure, A, Omoi, and Darui have also started to head out towards the Land of Iron as well.
"Oh boy, it is even in the middle of the night, could we have not left in the morning, it would have been easier to see out here." said Omoi with a slightly worried tone.
"Oh hell, you will be fine, I can imagine that the other Kages have also started their own journey towards the Land of Iron by now, no reason to keep them waiting, Kakashi's report did call that we all leave around this time anyway." said A to Omoi.
"No matter how you put it, this sure seems like an unknown force we could be dealing with, I mean we had more information on the Akatsuki and we still had trouble." said Darui with a sigh.
"Well, the unknown is not always as bad as one would think, once we solve this little riddle and figure out who these guys really are, they will not be so bad anymore." said A as he decided to run at a faster speed.
"Dammit, now I have to pick up the pace too, man what if I get leg cramps?" asked Omoi to himself as the three shinobi continued on into the dark of night.
Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro had also made it some ways into the Land of Wind as they were not phased by the night that have fallen.
"It sure is a lot cooler in this damn desert around this time, I think it was a good idea to leave when we did after all." said Kankuro as he had many scrolls of his favorite puppets on his back.
"I could care less about the temperature, I just hope that fool Shikamaru does not get carried away out there, I have not seen him since I left Konoha to come visit for this venture." said Temari to Kankuro.
"Naruto as well, he appears to be the one that is most sought out right now by this new foe, but for whatever reason it may be, I am not worried, for we will be right behind him when the time comes." said Gaara as he looked on ahead into the desert in front of him.
In Kirigakure, Mei, Chojuro, and one of the elite ANBU if that area had made it onto a boat as they were headed for the main land en route to the summit.
"I hope that Andarius guy does not decide to attack us while we are at sea." said Chojuro with his blade on the ready.
"I am also keeping watch as well, anything that approaches my barrier will instantly alert me of suspicious activity." said the masked ANBU member.
"Kakashi was quick to respond after Sasuke and Bee saved us from those men, although Kazuma could not be saved, but that will be dealt with when I see that piece of shit next time." said Mei with an angered tone thinking of her fallen ANBU associate.
Kakashi, Yamato, and Hinata have arrived in Tanzaku Town as they decided to hurry along to make it to the Land of Iron by the next day at the latest.
"Thank you for allowing me to come with you, I feel responsibility for keeping things in order back here while Naruto keeps order where he is at." said Hinata to Kakashi.
"It is no problem, and you make an excellent bodyguard as well, maybe Naruto is the lucky man for having a tough wife like you, hehe." said Kakashi.
"Yeah, it feels good to be on the road again, at least the only bad blood this time is being dealt with already, although I do wonder what these Knights of Dawn could really be." said Yamato to Kakashi.
"Whatever reason they could be operating on, it will dim down to war in the end, I can tell already, some people are just not happy with stability, I guess Obito would have said that had he been here with us right now." said Kakashi as he focused on the journey ahead.
Naruto and company had arrived at the hotel that Dreatoen had escorted them to as midnight came about.
"Here is where you can stay for now, don't worry about our civilians, they are already aware of your status here, for Naruto, you are the real leader of this city." said Dreatoen as he started to leave.
"Well just remember this, once my battle with your so called majesty ends, I will be back for you eight as well, like I said earlier." said Naruto as he decided to jump on top of the hotel and sit above the other buildings in the city.
"Farewell." said Dreatoen as he looked over towards Sasuke and Bee, before running into the nearby streets.
"He will be at our mercy soon, fool ya fool." said Bee to Sasuke.
"Yeah, I know, let's sleep outside of the hotel, on opposite ends Bee, just in case something goes awry." said Sasuke as he and Bee decided to keep watch.
"Me and Sai will make a plan concerning the actions we will take in the coming thirteen days, perhaps inviting us here will be a good opportunity to discover their true intentions." said Shikamaru to the others.
"I agree, that man seemed to relaxed, as if he had some insurance in this whole thing, like it was going the way he wanted it to the whole time." said Sai to Shikamaru.
"Yagumi was it, come with me, we will stay in a separate room, I will heal the rest of your wounds in there." said Sakura.
"Okay, thanks." said the young woman to Sakura as the moon was positioned right above the city.
Naruto sat on top of the hotel alone as he looked up towards the moon and began to think about what he would do next.
"I assume you are going to prepare yourself mentally for this fight with that Apathetic Judge, eh?" asked Kurama from within Naruto's mind.
"Not just that, but the real reason why he wants to fight me, is it just a little game to him, or is he that fascinated by what I did, I just don't understand it yet, but once we meet, I will." said Naruto to Kurama.
"Well, you did do quite a few rather impressive things don't you think, like subduing me for one, and that is the smallest feat compared to the rest." said Kurama to Naruto.
"Still, it is not like I was enjoying those things when they happened, many have died over the past few years, and I want to try and stop this from happening again, at least when it concerns the events happening in this village." said Naruto as he closed his eyes and laid down, falling asleep with these thoughts in his mind.
Deep within the throne room of Hirudeguarn's quarters, Zaire had entered the room with a restless demeanor as Hirudeguarn sat on his throne, with a cigar freshly lit, looking out the stainless window right above him with a grin.
"So, you still awake after all Zaire, why don't you go swim or something my boy, it is not healthy to venture around here in the dark of night." said Hirudeguarn to Zaire as he directed his attention to the crazed Senju.
"Well, other than mutilating myself, the only peace I get nowadays is torture, assassination, or seeing you, but I chose the latter this time." said Zaire to his master.
"Grab a seat then, I have something I have been wanting to get off of my chest, and who better to tell than the decedent of my sensei, Hashirama Senju." said Hirudeguarn as he removed his hat and his eyes lit up widely.
"So, is that all you still see me as, just the decedent of Hashirama, that may be true, but his ideals and mine are as different as you and the rest of this world." said Zaire as he started cutting his forearm deeply with a kunai.
"Now don't do that my dear boy, for I still see you as the innocent four year old I saved from starvation deep within the Land of Woods, and when you do that it hurts me, but hurt is better than nothing, however enough of that, you know what I want to talk to you about now?" asked Hirudeguarn to Zaire as several candles hanging on the chandelier above them dimly lit the large room surrounded by many shelves of books and other scrolls.
"I see, even the way I am now, you can still see the utmost innocent part of me, which I have killed off along time ago." said Zaire as he was anticipating to here what Hirudeguarn had to say.
"Manipulation, deception, ideals, dreams, these were all things the world was founded upon, yet those who have aspired the most have only found that nothing awaits them at the end, take Madara for example, despite his power, knowledge, and incredible mental fortitude, he was still unknowingly being used by that worthless bitch Kaguya, who I have taken the liberty of deciding to kill one day, mind you." said Hirudeguarn with an angered tone as the giant man clenched his fists so hard they started to bleed.
"Yes, that is right, just like I am being manipulated into deciding not to kill myself right now, but not by you, I want to see more die, the way they would have wanted to same for me." said Zaire with a slightly upset tone.
"Yes, that is it, this world lives off of cheap deals, tactics of temporary and corporate words that they hope to unite the world with, but the truth is that we humans are a worthless species that, despite the efforts of a few, do not deserve the life we are give, for war is the prime living of us all, like it was for Madara, and the path I will forge for us will be to purge the superficial ways of the current world and reveal the true ways of the human kind, I will take great pleasure in ripping each one of their fucking hearts out as I gleefully know that this worldwide ethnic cleansing is taking place!" yelled Hirudeguarn as he stood up and loudly yelled his words towards Zaire with an energetic and deranged tone.
"I agree, keep going, this is what I, no the world needs to hear, for you are the Apathetic Judge, and your kingdom come, and your will be done." said Zaire with a grin as he listened on.
"Naruto, he has used determination and desire to see that the world has changed the way it has so far, but is this a superficial change as well, is Naruto the only one in this world who cares about being a true outstanding man, or has everyone else decided to just come crawling to him when things get hard, listen my dear friend, we will destroy this goddamn fucking alliance and I will show everyone the fear and hate that I have come to love for so long, for I am scared of peace, for Rah'Zuh has told me that peace is a product of the underworld and that the true human relies on nothing to achieve everything!" continued on Hirudeguarn as the room started to get tense with chakra circulating around the whole area.
"Let me make one thing clear, I will see to it that Naruto learns of what he really is, the last good human in a long line of failures, he was no failure, even when he was a young boy, he was a true human, despite what the contingency of mankind thought, and now they treat him good because it is convenient for them, Zaire Senju, let's make those heathens pay, for anyone who is not Naruto Uzumaki, including me and you, deserve to die!" yelled Hirudeguarn as a tear of black liquid fell from his demented bloodshot serpentine eye.
-To be continued next time with Chapter 038...-