Chapter 14
Training Part I
"Talking"
"Thought"
"Inner/Demon Talking"
"Inner/Demon Thought"
"Move/Ability Talking"
"Move/Ability Thought"
Last Time: Ayato and Sakura fell through a large cavern. Sakura jumped after Ayato in order to save him, but the wound on Ayato was too severe to save him. Thankfully, a man named Romeo Willaims gave a bit of his Chakra in order for Sakura to save Ayato. After that, he offered to train them…
(Story Begins)
(Location: With Ayato And Sakura)
"WHAT?!" Ayato and Sakura exclaimed in shock.
"I said I'm gonna train you," Romeo repeated, not phased by their shock.
"Yeah… Somehow I feel like it's a joke. You said you were a shopkeeper, right? How can a shop keeper train us? I was trained by Erza in the art of Magic, and as I hear, Sakura is a Chunin, so she's an experienced Shinobi. Who knows, maybe she can fight battles on her own?" Ayato said in confusion to Romeo. Sakura was… Well, she was tapping her fingers together all Hinata-like, as though she was embarrassed to say something.
"Well… I'll admit I'm strong but… I only fought in combat a few times. As in, VERY few times, like three or four.".
"You've got to be kidding me?!" Ayato exclaimed in shock. It was not the type of shock that was to be impressed or amazed, but the one that said something like "Are you for real?!". "How long have you been a Chunin for?!" Ayato asked.
"I trained under our Hokage for over two years. Medical Chakra training and Chakra control take a toll on my time, so it was tough for me to balance my physical and medical training back in the Leaf Village. To be honest, I could consider this as my first real mission as a Chunin, all of the others I was sent in the past was supposed to be me as a Medic for teams." Sakura explained to Ayato, embarrassingly.
"Great, you're just a useless girl," Ayato said, but he regretted it when Sakura curled up, turned dark purple with a sad aura surrounding her on the ground. Ayato was next to her, gesturing with his hands as though if he was pushing something back and forth, back and forth. "I-I mean to say was… Well… You're good! Very, very good!" Ayato said I panic.
Romeo pulled up a bottle of Sake before drinking it. "Anyway…" He began, diffusing the awkward atmosphere in the air. "As I was saying, I am a Business shop owner, for a small business, but I know a thing or two about Magic and Chakra. It happens to be known; I once travelled around the world as a powerful Mage at one point." He said. Ayato and Sakura turned towards him and gave a confused expression.
"If that's the case, couldn't you just fight them?" Ayato asked.
"I used to journey around the world, picking fights, but that was a long time ago." Romeo continued, ignoring Ayato's question.
"I asked you a question…" Ayato reminded, but it didn't seem like he was gonna get any answers. "Also, you do not look that old.".
"Why thank you, I'm twenty-seven." He replied, before taking another sip.
"So why did you sound like an old man?" Ayato and Sakura both asked, only to be replied with Romeo taking a sip of his drink.
"Look…" Romeo said as he settled his Sake on the ground. "Do you want training, or not?".
"As good of a deal it sounds, despite how strange of a request we got from a stranger like you, I'm gonna have to reject it. You see, we came here to liberate everyone on the surface in the village. All of our friends are up there, probably duking it out with the Snake Alliance right now. They might need our help, so we'll have to reject the training." Ayato said, with Sakura nodding in agreement.
"About that…" SNAP! With the snap of his fingers, a yellow tint screen appeared in front of the two. The display at first showed static, something you would usually get when trying to connect to a channel. The static disappeared, before revealing what appeared to be a long thick cylinder-like building reaching 30m higher than the Hokage's Tower. That tower was coloured black, with a Kanji symbol saying "Lake" on the top of the tower, on a sizeable platter-shaped sign, over that sign was a large TV screen, which also showed static before showing Jack the Slicer on the screen.
"HELLO! PEOPLE OF THE VILLAGE!" The insane man spoke. "I thought we made an agreement?! We didn't want any outside attention! Yet, you went behind our backs and told the world what we were doing! So, now we're gonna play a little game…" The man then chuckled, before pointing his arms to his left. "And our host! The leader of the Snake Alliance himself! OROCHIMARU!" The camera then swung over to a man dressed in pale brown roe with a pale white face and snake-like eyes, sitting on the chair of the Kage of the village.
"Orochimaru?!" Sakura could never forget those eyes, especially after her first encounter with the Snake Sannin back in the Forest of Death during her first Chunin Exams test.
"That's Orochimaru?" Ayato asked, pointing at the screen.
"Unfortunately, yes. He is Orochimaru…" Sakura said in anger, anger that was directed towards the Snake Sannin. "And if he's here? Then that means… Naruto!" She thought.
(With Team Natsu And Shikamaru)
"Who's that freak?!" Natsu said, looking at the screen, just like everyone in the village can.
"Orochimaru…" Shikamaru said in shock. "I guess the information about his arrival was a lie too, he's already here.".
"And by the looks of it, he's been here for a while. It must've been a trap for us?" Neji said.
"Yes, but why?" Shikamaru wondered on his question, but he focused his attention on the screen itself.
"I hear Konoha has decided to accept help from Fairy Tail, a Guild in Fiore? Your fate will be the same." Orochimaru said. "For the past two years, the Snake Alliance have moved as a secret organisation, in order to keep any of the stronger from coming after us, for example, the Kages of the Great Shinobi Nations. This village, like many of our hideouts, has served us well. But this village is no longer needed." Orochimaru said.
"What does he mean by that?" Grey asked, but he perfectly knew that it wasn't any good.
"Consider this, your trophy if you were to win." The camera then shifted, it shifted to a cell with a chained up Lucy Heartfillia.
"LUCY!" Natsu, Happy, Wendy, Carla, Grey and Era all exclaimed in shock.
(With Ayato And Sakura)
"LUCY!" Ayato yelled in surprise. On Lucy's body, he could see some bruises on her, curtesy by one Black-White who inflicted them on her. She clenched her teeth while her skin shivered in pain.
"I have captured a member of the Fairy Tail Guild. If my memory serves me well, Fairy Tail always goes after their own, no matter what. Sine, the strongest team of the Guild, is here, I'll give you and everyone in this village one week." Orochimaru announced.
"I have a bomb prepared in this village." Sakura gasped, hearing upon Orochimaru's words. "This bomb is a wind bomb. These types of explosions only create a vortex of wind, in a village such as this could be destructive. Around that bomb is a metre thick of paper bombs, which will blow all remaining survivors, Kukukuuu." The snake traitor laughed.
"If Fairy Tail or Konoha doesn't disarm the bomb, everyone will die. Everyone, but for us, for we already have a plan to keep us safe from the destruction." Orochimaru said.
"I don't understand why?" Ayato said in confusion. "If he doesn't have a use for the village anymore, then why doesn't he just leave?".
"Didn't you hear?" Ayato looked over to Sakura. "He said they were hiding from the rest of the world because they couldn't afford to let anyone know about their operation… I think Orochimaru is beginning a war…" Sakura said in shock.
"On Konoha? On Fiore?" Ayato asked.
"No… The whole world…" Ayato's jaw nearly dropped at this. It seemed as though their mission was a lot more dangerous than they first thought.
"Fairy Tail and Konoha only have one week to prepare, I'll give them a chance to disarm the bomb. If Konoha attempts an infiltration in the village beyond the borders of the village, then I shall execute this member slowly… And painfully if you attempt to do so." Orochimaru said. "Just like what I did with your other member, the one with the brown hair… Kukukukukuuuuuu." Orochimaru's screen turned off, leaving his message to the village behind.
Ayato got up immediately and grabbed his bag. "What do you think you're doing?" Romeo asked, seeing Ayato leaving. "I'm going to save Lucy. Orochimaru probably thinks me and Sakura are dead. That gives me the element of surprise." Ayato said.
"He's a snake Sannin, and you're a Mage no one knows about. How are you going to save your friend if you die?" Romeo asked, crossing his arms while looking at Ayato.
"Simple!".
"…" An awkward silence occurred, leaving Ayato speechless, not coming up with an answer.
"You don't know, do you?" Sakura asked, knowing the answer.
"Uhhh… Nope." Ayato answered.
"See, you don't know," Romeo said. "Which is why it is crucial you train." He said. "Unless you wish to die?".
"Fine, I'll do it," Ayato said. And so his training and Sakura's had begun.
Author's Note: I know, I know, a little short and weird for a chapter, but I wanted to make an announcement. You see, for the past few months, I have been thinking of changing a few details of the story, how? Well, I have a one-shot coming next week, which I intended to upload to DeviantArt exclusively (But DA's word count is 6,000 MAX, and the fic is over 10,000 words), but I decided to upload it on Wattpad and Fanfiction.
I don't know if this story will discontinue, or I might have to give it the same name, but under a different structure, I have not decided yet. But I have decided I will do weekly a chapter of Traying To Move On since that is the most popular story I have on my account.
Anyway, as usual, if you enjoyed this story I have more below here:
Konoha's Runaway Demon.
Trying To Move On.
Fairy Worlds.
Long Lost.
Journey Of Happiness.
Straw Hat Or Nine-Tailed Fox… Choose Wisely.
Naruto Uzumaki Mitarashi.
Konoha's Proud Demon.
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