Next chapter of A Father's Wrath. Naruto and Tayuya have their first date together in this chapter. But they are both unaware of Sai having been ordered by Danzo to kill him. If Naruto isn't careful his first date might be his last.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto
At his office in The Land of Sound Orochimaru looked over reports and documents that he hadn't looked at ever since he left a week ago. He looked at the pile of paper work with disdain as he began to read them. An irritating problem he found was that some of the appointed men he has assigned as leaders in the other villages of Sound had been slacking off lately and some had been making bold moves. They where loyal, as loyal as fear could make a person, but he knew if any of them saw an opportunity to increase their power they would take it. It appeared he would have to pay a visit to them and remind them who was the Otokage.
Tossing a paper away he then came upon a map of the land and it hold his attention. It was a map of the entire land with all the countries. He looked over it and he saw where Sound was. Sound was now starting to recover after that failed invasion. He then turned his gaze to Konoha. From what his spies had told him Tsunade had been made the Hokage of his former home and it too was struggling to recover. If she was in charge that would mean that Jiriaya got what he wanted which was to prevent a war from breaking out. No doubt some of those fools in the council would be grumbling about this.
He looked over at Suna, Sand had been relatively quiet ever since the invasion. With the death of their Kazekage who he had killed there had been little activity coming out of Sand ever since then. No one had a clue as to what was happening so far in that barren desert.
He looked over and his eyes narrowed when he saw Amegakure, perhaps the biggest threat of them all. He knew the hounds of Akatsuki where holed up in their base in Rain. That was their hideout, the base of Pein's operations where he made his move like a person would with chess pieces. Nothing had come out of them so far but he knew The Leader, he was a patient man, he would strike when the iron was hot enough. He would not send all his forces out at once before everything was ready, he would wait until he knew that everything would go according to plan.
Though at times during his brief membership he spied on him it appeared that he was talking to someone who wasn't there. Muttering something out loud only to apparently be reassured by an unknown figure who's voice Orochimaru wasn't able to hear. Either the man had a split personality or there was someone else behind the organization. Someone powerful enough to control or manipulate him. He did not know who it could be but no doubt he would be a threat.
As Orochimaru looked over the map and reports and shook his head. There was much going on everywhere after what had happened just two weeks ago. A thin line between tension and fear and the slightest trip would send a person over that line. As if the land itself was on edge after what has happened.
Elsewhere Naruto Uzumaki was engaged in battle with Haku the two sparring against one another. Naruto had his kusarigama in his hand and twirled the metal ball overhead and threw it. Haku brought up his sword and deflected it but not use to using the heavy weapon that belonged to his master was much slower.
He swung the Zanbato and missed Naruto who evaded it and went to stab him with the kama part of his weapon. Haku went to deflect it but Naruto zigzagged and went past his defenses and pressed the blade to his neck a mere inch away from cutting it.
"You're getting slow Haku." Naruto said and he removed the weapon.
Haku frowned and sheathed his sword. "Sorry about that it's just I'm used to using and throwing senbon that I don't have much experience with close ranged weaponry."
Naruto looked at him. "Well if you're gonna use a huge weapon like that you need to increase your arm speed. That thing could cut off a person's head if you're not careful." He said to him. Just then an idea came into his head. "Hey Haku come with me to my home I think I can help you." He said and turned around heading to his room
Haku followed him and soon the two where at the Otokage's temple and in Naruto's room. The two went to his bedroom and Naruto opened a drawer and after searching it pulled it out two blue bracelets.
"Take these, they should be able to help you." He said to him tossing them to Haku who caught them and looked at them.
"I don't understand, how are these suppose to help me?"
"During the attack on Konoha I fought one of those Rain nins who was super fast and almost impossible to beat." Naruto explained recalling his fight with Hanzo. "But I managed to beat him and I discovered those bracelets and put them in my pocket. I was surprised to find them still there after I woke up last week. They seemed to be enchanted to make whoever has them super fast. But when I put them on I couldn't control my hand speed cause my weapons are lighter. That's how I was able to defeat him as I used his inability to adjust his attacks against him."
"If they didn't help you how will they help me?" Asked Haku not understanding.
"Your sword is a lot heavier than my weapons, mine are light weight. But yours you need both hands to hold it properly. By using those bracelets you should have an easier time using it."
Haku looked at him thoughtfully and nodded and slipped them on. He then felt something come over his arms as they felt lighter all of a sudden and much faster. He reached towards Zabuza's sword and pulled it out and was surprised at how fast he did it. He did a practice swing with it and did it easily a lot faster than he did before. He looked at him and smiled.
"Thanks Naruto, this was a good idea. I guess even you can come up with a good idea every now and then."
Naruto grinned "Yeah even I can have a-HEY!" He shouted catching on. Haku laughed at him and Naruto couldn't up but laugh as well.
Unaware to both boys a small black bird had landed on the window and was watching the event. After the two left the room the bird flew away and headed towards a tree. He landed on a branch and chirped and looked up at the person before it.
"You did well, now return to my book." The figure said with out emotion and held out a small book and the bird flew into it appearing as a drawn picture in it.
The figure was a young ninja but in truth an ANBU. His real name wasn't known and he didn't even remember what it was. He only went by the codename his master called him. Sai was what he had been called ever since he joined ROOT, the elite core of assassin's and spies under the control of Lord Danzo. He had been sent here by his lord to do one thing.
Kill Naruto Uzumaki…
His master had sent him here to do this. To eliminate the boy who contained the Kyuubi under the orders that he was a traitor to Konoha and responsible for much of the damage that had happened. He had been spying on him for the past couple of days from afar and had learned much about him.
Tomorrow he had a date, which to Sai's knowledge was where two people of different genders who liked one another would go out and do stuff together such as eating. He had a date with a girl who was also one of The Otokage's bodyguards. The idea of liking another person was foreign to Sai who in his entire life had only one person he could consider a friend and that person was dead.
Focusing on the matter at hand he knew enough from past missions that tomorrow during the date Naruto's guard would probably be down and not be suspecting an attack. He would be an easy target for him.
He was confident that before the moon was at it's peak tomorrow evening he would strike him down.
The next night Naruto dressed in a blue long sleeved shirt and black pants and a black jacket took a deep breath as he made his way as he tried futilely to relax. He hadn't recalled himself being so nervous before and he wasn't on a mission. After the past missions this should be easy.
But instead he found himself a bundle of nerves as he walked across a bridge. Earlier today, his father had left having business with the other towns and villages of Sound leaving Kabuto in charge. But it wasn't that that made him nervous. It was his first time going on a date and he really had no clue about what to do. He was a bit concerned that he would make a complete fool of himself in front of her.
But as he reached the door to her apartment he relaxed, odds are she probably would wear her ninja outfit for this. He shouldn't have to worry about this. Reaching up he knocked on the door feeling more confident than before.
The day opened and Naruto's eyes widened at what he saw. Standing in front of him was…Tayuya?!
Tayuya stood in front of him wearing a white blouse. Her hat was gone and it allowed her red hair to be shown fully which shined with a luster. She weared a pink skirt that went down to her knees. He had seen her before but never like this. For the first real time he noticed that she was an attractive girl. He felt his cheeks burning as he looked at her.
"She cleans up nicely doesn't she?" Kyuubi said teasing him as he was at a loss for words.
"Hey Naruto." Tayuya said a smile on her face snapping him out of his trance.
"Hi T-Tayuya." He said stuttering a bit as he was unsure what to do. "A-Are you ready?
"Ready if you are, let's go." She replied.
The two made there way to the theater in the village.
"Two tickets please." Said Naruto paying for the both of them. He got two and went to hand Tayuya hers when he noticed she moved out of the way.
"Gimme one ticket." She said to the man and paid him. She then turned to look at him. "You coming or not?" She asked as she went inside.
Naruto sighed and handed his spare ticket to someone else. Should've known that Tayuya wouldn't let someone pay her way in. He followed her inside and the two selected a movie they wanted to see. They ended up in a room showing an action movie. They sat next to each other in the theater and watched it.
"Yeah rip off his face!" Said Tayuya enjoying the film a grin on her face as they saw the Leader assault his treacherous second in command who had abandoned him in the first film. It was her type of movie, lots of action and kickass where the characters ask no questions and just beat the hell out of each other. Naruto also liked these type of films but he wasn't into it as her. He was enjoying it and could tell Tayuya was enjoying it as well.
"Is not the Salvation of our race worth one life?" The main villain said on the screen to his nemesis.
"You'll never stop at one! I'LL TAKE YOU ALL ON!!" The Hero shouted back at him despite the three on one odds he faced.
The two of them continued watching the movie enjoying it as the time passed as they ate popcorn and drank sodas.
"You gotta blend in, be stealthy, like a ninja." One of the other characters said onscreen and Naruto heard her snort. As if she thought that neither him nor his twin could be a ninja with their buffoonery and they always fought one another much to the annoyance of the other characters who one of them picked them both up and knocked them together and tossed them out of the chamber they were in.
Naruto looked at her and lifted his arm and draped it across her chair and landed on her shoulder. Tayuya didn't seem to mind as they continued watching the film.
After the film ended the two exited the theater and walked around the village. The movie was long over two and a half hours and it was starting to get late. The two walked around and crossed over a bridge.
"Damn, it's chilly now." Tayuya muttered rubbing her hands together trying to keep warm. Naruto saw this and removed his jacket and put it one her shoulders. She looked at him a bit surprised he did that but accepted it as the two continued walking.
Unaware to either of the two, a figure was running on top of the rooftops keeping an close eye on them and keeping a safe distance away so they couldn't hear him. Sai had followed them ever since the two went on their date. Sneaking into the theater he wasn't able to get him at the theater as it was too crowded and it wasn't able to get near him. Even if he was able too the boy would've seen him. So he waited patiently until it ended and was now following them. Strapped to his belt he produced a blowgun and with it a dart with deadly poison, this is what he would use to take him down as it was both silent and accurate, the boy would never know what hit him until it was too late.
Naruto and Tayuya continued walking and made their way into the woods outside the village. As they walked the two come to a stop and looked at one another.
"You know, I'm glad you're better Naruto, I was shocked when I saw you get injured in Konoha." Tayuya said to him.
"I'm glad I'm better as well, and I'm sorry I worried you and everyone else over that." Naruto responded to her. He looked at her and again noticed how different she looked. She appeared to be much more attractive like this plus the jacket that she worn seemed to hide her curves but show them at the same time.
"Yeah, we were all worried after that happened. I…was worried." She said in a tone that surprised him. "I was afraid you would never get back up, that the asshole who did that to you killed you. I don't know what I would've done if you…died." She turned her head so he wouldn't see her face
"Tayuya…" Naruto said to her. "It's okay, I'm fine now and I'm sorry that I put you through that. From now on I'll be more careful. I didn't know that I made you so upset."
Tayuya turned and looked at him. "Well don't do something like that again you big jerk! Or else I'll make sure you do die." She said a smile on her face which made him smile as well. The two shared a laugh over that.
"I care for you Tayuya you know that?" He said to her after he got done laughing and she looked at him. The two stared at one another for a moment as he was being serious
"Naruto." She replied and she tilted her head towards him. Naruto also started to tilt his own head towards her slowly. The two neared each other and Tayuya closed her eyes as she neared him their lips inches apart. As they got closer and closer he closed his own eyes as they where so close.
Sai perched in a tree saw him distracted with his eyes closed and his guard down and got out the blowgun and put in the dart. Aiming for his head he inhaled and then blew on it sending the dart towards his target.
Their lips where about to meet when Naruto opened his eyes at the last second and heard something coming at him.
"Watch out!" He shouted and pulled her out of the way. Narrowly, very narrowly a dart flew past his face and hit the ground.
"What the hell?!" Shouted Tayuya in shock and more than a bit upset.
Naruto looked at the direction the dart had come from and saw a person in the trees! "Hey!" He shouted seeing him.
Sai cursed to himself in disbelief that he had dodged it. Knowing he had been found he fled the other way going through the trees. "Come back here!" Shouted Naruto giving chase as he ran after him.
The would be assassin leapt through the trees and looked down and saw that Naruto was running after him. Getting a pair of shuriken out he threw them at him but he dodged them and continued pursuing him.
The two soon made their way to the empty streets of the village with him now on the rooftops but Naruto still in pursuit. Naruto leapt up and got on the rooftops as well as he continued chasing him. Sai was in shock that he was still chasing him and also seemed to be gaining on him. He leapt off the rooftop down onto the ground below with Naruto right behind him. Heading to the bazaar he disappeared into the crowd.
Naruto looked around and cursed his luck. Knowing he couldn't find him on his own he made hand symbols and created some clones to look for him. The clones split up each going in a different direction. In an alleyway Sai leaned against the wall trying to catch his breath thinking he had lost him. But to his surprise he saw the boy enter the alley who saw him and appeared to motion to someone else. Throwing a kunai which hit him in the throat and turned into a puff of smoke Sai realized that it was a clone he had made. He resumed running trying to find a way to escape. As he headed out of the alley he was suddenly tackled from above by Naruto who ambushed him.
"Who are you!" Shouted Naruto trying to stop him but he kicked him off and continued running. Naruto got up and chased after him.
Sai ran as fast as he could but Naruto would not give up. Finally after chasing him for several minutes Sai leapt up on top of a well and stared down at Naruto who soon caught up to him.
"Are you going to talk now?" Naruto asked him. Sai reached towards his blade strapped to his back and drew it out. He leapt down and attempted to slice him in half and Naruto managed to move out of the way. The assassin attacked again with swings from his blade narrowly missing him.
Naruto evaded another swing and decided to deal with this. Reaching into his pocket he pulled out a scroll and bit his thumb producing a small drop of blood. "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" He shouted summoning a creature.
A large humanoid snake like being appeared in front of Sai. He was as big and as tall as a man standing on two legs. He had brown skin and green eyes. He weared clothing to cover himself and wielded a giant halberd. Sai's eyes widened in shock at what who he was facing. The reptilian like summon twirled his weapon overhead and brought it down and Sai brought his blade up to deflect it.
The force of the blow shattered his blade and knocked him off his feet. Naruto mentioned for the summon to hold and looked at him. "Are you finally going to talk now?" He said as he didn't want to kill him.
He said nothing but instead leapt up before Naruto or his summon could stop him and jumped up to a building. He looked down at Naruto and prepared to run off.
When he was suddenly hit from behind the force of the blow knocking him off the rooftop and landing on the ground. Naruto looked up and saw a monkey like figure wielding a club and wearing bandages
"Naruto!" Shouted Tayuya appearing with her flute in her hands. "What the hell where you thinking just now! Why did you run off without me you asshole?!" She shouted as she sent her Doki away.
Naruto sent his summon away as well and turned to face her. "Tayuya, this guy tried to kill us. If I hadn't given chase he would've gotten away by now."
Tayuya frowned and looked at the assassin who was lying on the ground. "Yeah, the bastard tried to do you in with this." She said holding up the dart he had fired. "He's lucky I decided to only let my Doki injure him. I would've killed the shit head for what he tried to do."
Naruto looked at her and then at the assassin. "Well for now we need to find out why he tried to do that."
"Fine."
The two walked towards Sai who began to show some signs of stirring. Tayuya kicked him hard in the ribs
It was time for some answers…
Elsewhere while Naruto and Tayuya had confronted Sai a figure was walking around an abandoned castle in Stone. Looking around he saw many skeletons some wearing different uniforms than the other. Legend had told that before the time of the ninja a great battle took place in Stone, countless lives where taken in the castle between two great armies. No one could remember what the battle was about but ever since that day no one had dared go the castle out of fear that those who had died would resurrect themselves and continue their battle.
But it was not legends that drew the figure here. He weared a cloak with a hood to cover his head and on his left hand where two rings, one with a blue sapphire in the center the other with a red ruby. The two rings gleamed and he brought them up.
"Do not worry, soon you shall be reunited with your six lost brothers." He said to them as he looked around the place paying no attention to the skeletons. "I can feel it, it is calling to me."
Soon he came to the throne room and saw the Skeleton King sitted on his throne with dozens of bodies laying around him still clutching his sword even in death. He walked forward to it stepping on bones and looked at the King who still had his crown on. He reached out and knocked off the head of the king sending it to the floor.
"There it is." He said with a smile. A ring with a pink gem in the center was on his neck. Grasping it he pulled it off and placed it on his right hand. Feeling his power grow as another ring was his he smirked and turned to exit stepping on the king's skull crushing it.
"Sorry to disturb your eternal rest, sweet dreams." He apologized to the king and with a evil smile he exited the throne room as he continued his search for the remaining rings.
A/N: That's it for this chapter! Next time Naruto tries to figure out why Sai attempted to kill him. But it'll be easier said then done. See you next time! Review please!
