Chapter 56: Familiar Bonds

A/N: -_-….I guess I should start off by saying how sorry I really am for not updating this story in a while. You could say that I got caught up in my Kingdom Hearts fanfic. For those of you who still read this story, god bless you.

Now it seems that things have gone from bad to worse for our heroes. Who is this mysterious group and what do they want with Konoha?

We also learn a bit about Bakuto's past.

You'll just have to read to find out.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Final Fantasy 7, I just own my oc's while Bakuto Masaki owns his and Yumi Seiji owns hers.

Enjoy!

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People screamed as they ran from the attack.

They thought the terror was over after Orochimaru attacked the village, but it would seem that this group of rouge ninja saw it as an opportunity to claim what was left of the village.

While everyone was running away from the attack, our heroes ran towards it.

Who was this Osore Masaki? And why did he want to attack the village?

It suddenly dawned on Mikomi that he shared the same last name as Bakuto.

As she took a glance at him, she saw murder written all over his face.

His cold, blue eyes seem to be on fire as he looked up at Osore.

"What is he doing here?" he hissed.

He pulled out his swords and ran down the streets.

Yugito ran after her boyfriend with worry etched on her face.

"Bakuto! Wait!"

Mikomi looked at Yuri.

"What the hell is going on?" she asked.

"I thought security was tighter than this"

The sannin's face looked grim.

"I thought so too, but it seems like there was a breach" she said.

She looked at the group.

"Spread out and target the enemy!" she ordered.

"I don't want you letting these bastards take one step further into our village. Kill them on sight if you have to! Those are your orders from the Hokage!"

Everyone nodded.

"Yes!"

They all spread out to tackle the problem that was inflicted on their village.

Yuri looked up at the wall that was destroyed by Osore.

"It looks like the Iron Lotus has returned" she said to herself.

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Mikomi had to push past people as she ran through the streets.

Everyone was desperate to get away from the chaos that they didn't even realize that they were creating it.

She just shoved them along as she ran.

"Get to the safety shelters!" she ordered to passer bys.

How in the world could this happen?

She thought that after the incident with Orochimaru, security would be tighter.

"Then again, Itachi and Yumi managed to get through" Usagi pointed out.

Mikomi scoffed at her demon.

"They used to live in the village, so they know all about the secret checkpoints" she said.

When she heard an explosion up ahead, she quickly ran towards the source.

She pulled out her sword and one of her guns.

"Nobody trashes my village while I'm around" she said.

/

Osore smiled darkly at the chaos he created.

He just laughed as people ran past him in fear for their lives.

As he looked up at the Hokage tower, he noticed that someone had approached him.

He already knew who it was without turning around.

"It's been quite some time….Bakuto"

He turned around to see the young Cloud ninja.

"Quite a long time"

Bakuto's eyes were on the brink of turning silver as he looked at the man with hatred.

He gripped his swords to the point that his knuckles were turning white.

"What are you doing here?" he hissed.

"How are you still alive?"

Osore gripped his heart dramatically.

"Is this the welcome I get?" he asked.

"I would think that you would be happier to see me. You're mother surely would have"

At the mention of his mother, Bakuto flew at him.

"You bastard!"

He slammed his swords on Osore, only to have them blocked by his sword.

Osore 'tisked' at him.

"You haven't changed one bit" he said.

"You're still the same temperamental brat that would snap at anything"

Bakuto glared at him.

"Shut up!"

He jumped away and performed rapid handsigns.

"Fire ball jutsu!"

He launched a great big ball of fire at Osore.

The rough ninja just snorted.

"Please"

He swatted the fire away as if it were a baseball with his sword.

"Is that the best you can do?" he asked.

"Please tell me that you know other Justus than just that kiddie one you just did"

Bakuto growled and dug his nails into his palm.

How dare this man make a fool out of him?

He wasn't going to let him get away.

"You're going to pay for the crimes that you've committed!" he said.

"I won't let you take another step forward!"

Osore laughed crazily.

"You?" he asked.

"You're going to stop me, the fearsome Osore of the Masaki clan? Not only do you still act childish, you you're naïve as well"

Bakuto just glared at him and held his swords tightly.

"Bakuto!"

He whipped his head around to see Yugito running towards them.

Osore grinned.

"Oh? It looks like I have another toy to torment"

Bakuto's face paled as he saw his girlfriend running towards him.

There was no way that she could stand up to Osore.

She was strong, he admitted that, but she wasn't that strong.

"Yugito! Stay back!" he ordered.

Yugito shook her head as she continued to run towards him.

"No! I want to help!" she said.

"I promised you that I would be by your side, even in the most dangerous of times!"

Osore snickered.

"Oh? So she's you're lover?" he asked.

He held his sword up.

"How unfortunate for her"

He zipped past Bakuto and charged at Yugito.

The dragon Jinchuriki was as white as a ghost.

He quickly ran after the rough ninja before he could lay a finger on his girlfriend.

"Stop!"

Yugito skidded to a stop when she saw Osore's sword over her head.

Her mind told her to run, but her body suddenly felt like lead.

Osore grinned madly as he slammed his sword.

"Die!"

Debris covered the area as he made impact.

Bakuto skidded to a stop when he saw that.

"Yugito!" he screamed.

Osore just laughed, but stopped when he heard someone talking.

"Man, not only are you ugly looking, but your swing sucks. And you call yourself a ninja"

Osore and Bakuto turned around to see Mikomi standing behind them with Yugito in tow.

Osore raised an eyebrow when he saw the blond kunochi there.

"Huh?"

He looked back to where his sword was and saw that he just hit the ground.

Mikomi smirked.

"Clearly you've never dealt with a Konoha ninja" she said.

"Not only are we good with strategies, but we're the fastest"

Osore glared at her and pulled his sword up from the ground.

"You're going to pay for interrupting my fun, girl" he said.

Mikomi just scoffed.

"Oh, I'm shaky" she said.

"If you can't even swing that sword of yours properly, what makes you think you can take me down? If anyone is going to pay, it'll be you for attacking my village"

She got into a fighting stance.

"I don't know who you are and I don't care where you're from. If you've got the nerve to pull crap like this, then you better be prepared to pay the price"

Osore smirked and got into a fighting stance as well.

"I guess I have time to kill before I finish off Bakuto" he said.

"Try to make this fun for me. I bore so easily"

Mikomi loaded a round into one of her guns and aimed it at him.

"Don't worry. This'll be over before you know it" she said.

But before any of that could happen, she felt herself being dragged away really fast by an extreme force.

She looked up to see that Bakuto and carried her and Yugito off so they were away from Osore.

The Konoha Kunoichi glared at him.

"Hey! What gives!"

Bakuto glared at her.

"Just shut up and do as I say" he said.

"You shouldn't have gotten involved"

He took them somewhere in one of the forests and put them down.

When he did, both females chewed him out.

"What the hell is your problem?" Mikomi asked.

"Why won't you let us help you?" Yugito added.

Bakuto sighed deeply and held the bridge of his nose.

That was a really close call.

He had to admit, he was grateful that Mikomi appeared just in time to save Yugito, but he didn't want her involved with his affairs.

Nor did he want Yugito to.

"Listen you two" he said.

"As much as appreciate your help, I don't want you involve with this. This my fight, so stay out of it"

He received two nasty glares from them.

"The hell we'll butt out!" Mikomi snapped.

"That creep is attacking my village! I'm not going to let you fix up this mess"

Bakuto's eye twitched in annoyance.

"Must she get involved with everything?" he thought to himself.

He really didn't get to mull over that matter because they had company.

"So this is where you ran off to"

Everyone whipped their heads around to see Osore standing up in of the trees.

He grinned wickedly as he started at his prey.

"Honestly, Bakuto. I thought you could do better than this"

Bakuto stood protectively in front of Mikomi and Yugito.

He wasn't going to let them get killed over something that he had to do.

Osore cracked his knuckles and peered down at them.

"Since you want to play tag, I guess I'll comply" he said.

"You're it"

He performed rapid handsigns.

"Earth style! Earth Shatter Bomb!"

The ground around them shook violently and broke apart.

"Run!" Bakuto shouted.

As the group broke around them, the trio ran as fast as they could before they could before they would be consumed by the earthquake.

"What the hell, Bakuto!" Mikomi shouted.

"Wow the hell is this guy and why does he know you?"

"I don't think now is the right time to answer!" Bakuto retorted back.

"Instead of playing 20 questions, let's try to run for our lives!"

Trees fell over as the ground gave out on them.

It was as if the whole area suffered from some sort of landslide and was being sucked in.

They continued to run as Osore chased them.

"You can run, but you can't hide!" he shouted.

Bakuto just mentally cursed their luck as they ran in front of a dead end.

Osore chuckled as he slowly approached them.

"Looks like I win" he said.

Bakuto stood his ground and glared at them.

"Keep them out of this" he said.

"If you want to fight someone, then you can fight me. Just let them go"

Osore just chuckled.

"Sorry, but it wouldn't be as fun" he said.

He did a few more handsigns.

"Earth Style! Rock Avalanche!"

The cliff broke up and sent its debris falling.

Yugito, who was closer to the trees, was shoved out of the way while Bakuto grabbed Mikomi and pinned her to the wall and himself so she wouldn't get hurt.

The rocks covered them completely and entombed them.

Osore grinned.

"Don't worry" he shouted out towards them.

"I'll let you live for now. I want you to see the destruction that I inflict on this village"

He went off, not even caring the Yugito watched the whole thing.

She ran over to where Bakuto and Mikomi were trapped by the rocks.

If she didn't do anything soon, they would suffocate.

"Don't worry!" she shouted.

"I'll get help!"

She ran off to find Yuri and their friends so they could help her rescue the two Jinchuriki.

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Meanwhile, Bakuto and Mikomi coughed as dust filled their lungs.

When the debris settled down, they slowly backed away from the wall.

Bakuto looked at his rival to make sure she was ok.

"You are alright?" he asked.

Mikomi nodded.

"Yeah"

Next thing Bakuto knew, the left side of his face stung from being slapped.

He glared at her through the dark.

"What the hell? I just saved your life and this is how you repay me?"

Mikomi glared back and him and pulled out an emergency glow stick from her weapons pouch.

"I wouldn't need to be saved if you have told me what the hell is going on!" she snapped.

"Who the hell was that guy and how does he know you?"

Bakuto just sat on a loose rock and looked away.

He knew they would be getting help soon, so it was pointless to try to escape.

"That's none of your business" he said.

Mikomi stomped her foot.

"The hell it isn't my business!" she snapped.

"That creep is attacking my village and terrorizing everyone! I have a right to know!"

She sat on a rock opposite from him and drilled him out.

"I'll admit that it I normally don't ask you about your stuff" she said.

"But since this creep knows about you, I have a right to know what's going on. Just tell me, and I won't ask anything about you again. Just tell me who that man is"

Bakuto sighed deeply before looking at his rival.

He could tell by her look that she was not going to back down at all.

She didn't have a right to know about his past and vise versa.

But since her village was involved with all of this, he knew that he had no choice.

He looked away and closed his eyes.

"He's my dad"

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A/N: Epic cliffhanger! So it seems that Bakuto has family, and not the good kind if you know what I mean.

If you want to know more about what's going on, please review.

I promise I'll update this series as soon as possible.

And thank you again for those who keep reading this!

JA ne!