A Broken Man
Chapter 3
Escape to Wilderness
Naruto and Mileena appeared on the roof of a very tall tower in the distance. The tower was about ten stories tall. It was meant to be a lookout tower, but had long been abandoned. The tower was still physically stable, able to operate just as well as it was first built, but it looked hundreds of years old. As they appeared on the roof, Mileena was still somewhat dazed. Sure, she had her own teleporting kick attack, but that was only from very short distances. This was on the other side of the town. That, she was definitely not used to.
She stumbled a little but Naruto grabbed her shoulder and stabled her. Her hands were still tied tightly behind her back, but Naruto didn't set her free, just in case his judgment might have been wrong.
"Are you ok?" Naruto asked her.
"What happened?" Mileena asked. She then looked at Naruto and looked around. Seeing that they were on top of a roof of a tall tower, she began to freak out just a little. "Where have you taken me?! Speak, fool! You are in the presence of an Empress!"
Naruto unsheathed his sword and held the point a centimeter from her throat and said to her, "First of all, lady, I don't know you. You looked like you needed help, so I helped you out. However, I could have been wrong, and you could be a terrible person. Either way, your hands are tied, and mine are not. I have a blade, you do not. You be nice, I will too. So, that being said," Naruto sheathed his sword on his back and said, "My name is Naruto, whats yours?"
Mileena just stared at him, uncertain. Yes, he had definitely saved her. Although it was unintentional at first when he suddenly fell from some mysterious portal, he then continued and got her out of death's way. She did owe him. The question was, how much?
"I am Mileena, Kahnum of Outworld…Thank you for saving me," she said reluctantly. She HATED owing people.
"Don't sweat it," Naruto replied. "What did you do to get yourself in that position anyway?"
Mileena began to growl and said, "I was trying to get my throne back!" she barked at Naruto. "That Oshtek fool, Kotal Kahn, overthrew me and stole my crown! My father was the ruler of this land, and I was in line! I did rule for a while, and then he stole or killed my allies and stole it from me! I am Empress of Outworld, not him!"
"Whoa, calm down," Naruto said to her. "How did he overthrow you anyway?"
"He plotted behind my back," Mileena told him. "Snuck in the back and swayed my followers to his bidding, put them against me. It was so fast, I don't know what happened. I rebelled. Soon after, what little allies I had left were also swayed to his side. He talks with charm, promises and the like." Mileena spat to her side and said, "He will die by my hand, I swear it!"
"Well yeah, then you should definitely be the ruler," Naruto agreed. Mileena looked at him, slightly shocked.
"What?" Naruto said. "Your dad was the ruler…its only natural that you should be next in line. Makes perfect sense. Why is it that he overthrew you anyway?"
"I can only guess," Mileena responded after a second. She turned around and was embarrassed to find her cheeks heating up a little and thought to herself, why am I feeling like this? He is a lowly human…I am an Empress! He did save me, he is helping me, sees my ways…is he on my side as well?
"Who's side are you on?" Mileena asked suddenly, facing him head on. She looked him dead in the eye as she waited for his response.
"I am on the good side, the just side," Naruto said to her. "I fight for life, for freedom, for peace…whoever is on that side, then I'm with them. So let me ask you…is that what you fight for? Or are you fighting for your own selfishness, Empress Mileena?"
Naruto put a hand on his sword to show her he wasn't messing around.
Mileena thought hard about this question. She had never been asked something like this before. At first, she did fight for herself, for her own selfish desire for the crown. Then she looked down and saw everyone.
People were being hurt, questioned, persecuted, and even executed on the spot if they didn't cooperate. The Oshtek guards and even some of her old guards, the Tarkatans, killed some of the civilians. In all of this, the civil war, the questionings, the brutality of it all…they were all innocent. One thing that she remembered of her father was that he was an absolutely brutal man…to his enemies. For his allies, his followers, and his citizens, he took care of them. That's what she wanted to do. To follow in her father's footsteps.
"I fight for them," Mileena concluded. "Look at all of this…innocent, and they offenders know it, but just don't care. I promise, as Empress once again, I will fight for them."
"Very well," Naruto said. Lowering his hand from his sword he said to her, "We need to get out of here, out of sight. Do you know anywhere that is safe?"
Mileena nodded. "Yes, my secret chambers are about five miles from here to the east."
"Is that the only place?"
"No, there is one more to the south, about four miles from here. That it is all there is."
"Then those two places we are not going to at all," Naruto said.
"What?!" Mileena said, outraged. "Untie me you fool! Clearly you have no idea-"
"Do you honestly think that they wont look into those two places soon?" Naruto asked her. He turned around and said, "I am a ninja. We are the most notorious fighting force in the world, but not because of our brute force. We can blend in any environment and sneak right past anyone. Only a ninja can defeat a ninja. They will find you if you are alone. They will never find me."
"And what makes you so certain that you will never be discovered?" Mileena asked, unconvinced.
Naruto just smirked behind his mask and held up his signature hand sign and said, "Shadow clone jutsu!"
There were now four Narutos on the roof with Mileena.
"I've seen copies of people before," Mileena said with an attitude. "I know they are just illusions. Nice try, fool!"
All four Narutos walked up and told her at the same time, "All four of us are solid clones. See?"
Four hands touched her shoulders and arms. She was shocked! She had seen people make illusions before, but not ACTUAL clones! How did this guy do that?
Then, before she could think or say anything else, the real Naruto grabbed her arms from behind her and said in her ear, "and not a single one of those four was the real me…and guess what? I can make thousands at will, with no repercussions. I am literally a one man army. Now, do you believe me?"
Mileena shocked. This was incredible! She had never seen anything like this before. She slowly nodded her head, definitely believing him now.
She also believed…no, knew, that this guy could take her down with no problem whatsoever. She never stood a chance. She would do well to have an ally like this on her side.
"What do you need me to do?" Mileena asked him.
"Not much," Naruto said to her. "Just strip your clothes off."
Mileena became very angry then. "What did you just say you fool?"
Naruto stopped for a second. "Perhaps I should have explained the second part, sorry, hehehe. What I mean is for you to strip yourself of those clothes so you can get new ones. Everyone recognizes you in that type of attire. You need to dress up in more commonly used clothing. I mean…if you wanted to strip for my and all, that's cool too you know…"
"Quiet fool," Mileena said, distressed. She couldn't believe this imbecile just suggested that! her savior or not, she would not tolerate this! However…she did owe him. She sighed and said, "So be it."
Naruto pulled out a kunai and cut the ropes that were binding her hands tightly and said, "…so be what?"
Mileena stepped forward a few steps, massaging her wrists. She sighed once again and reached her hands behind her back and undid the clasps that held her top on. Her bra-like portion of her top fell to the floor of the roof, leaving her shoulder pads still on. She then removed her belt and let her armored pants fall to the floor as well, exposing her perfect rear end, wearing a pink thong. She then reached down and took off her two pink boots and turned around, facing Naruto in only her pink thong, gauntlets on her arms, shoulder pads, and her maskless face showing a seductive smile.
"How about it big boy?" she said sultrily. "I owe you one for saving me…I'm ready to pay up. So," she held up one hand and gestured for him to come to her. "Come and get me."
Naruto was shocked. This chick just literally stripped in front of him and was offering herself to him! What the hell just happened? He was just trying to protect her and get her in other clothing. When you are being hunted by an army, sex isn't really on your mind at the moment. At least, not his anyways.
"What are you doing?" Naruto asked her incredulously. "I mean, don't get me wrong, you're FUCKING HOT, but…have you forgotten what our situation is right now?! We need to get out of here!"
"And you need to get in here," Mileena said, rubbing her body seductively.
Naruto stiffened for a second, and then ran at her like a madman. Mileena always did like it rough.
"That's it…" Mileena said, smiling, "Come to me and-"
"GET DOWN!"
Naruto tackled her to the ground just in time, as a spear flew right past where Mileena's head was a split second ago.
"Alright you win," Naruto told her. "You've got a killer body, and yeah I'll make sweet, hard love to you, but we need to get the hell out of here, understand?!"
Mileena nodded, face heating up again. She felt his hard, and yet soft, muscular body all over her. She couldn't help but get turned on at least a little. That, and this was now the SECOND time in less than a day that he had saved her.
Naruto took out a kunai and threw it at the Oshtek warrior who was a couple of roofs away. The warrior had a pretty good arm, and even better aim, because they were on the tallest tower, and the guard was on the second tallest, which was about fifty feet shorter and a hundred feet away. The guy was good, but Naruto was better.
The kunai embedded itself hilt-deep into the man's skull. He was dead before he hit the floor of the roof.
Naruto turned back to Mileena and said, "Stay RIGHT here, you understand?!"
Mileena nodded. This guy clearly knew what he was doing.
"Good," Naruto said. "Have any money for these places?"
"Yes," Mileena responded. "In my armored pants, there is a small pouch attached to it with ten gold coins inside."
"Good, I'll be needing those." Sanding up and walking to the pants, Naruto found the pouch. It fit in the palm of his hand and looking inside he found the ten coins she told him about.
Stay here," Naruto said to her. "I'll be right back."
Mileena wanted to ask what he was going to do when he stood up and made a hand sign and transformed into a common citizen. She was shocked once again, how can he completely transform into someone else?! She definitely needed him as her ally.
He wasn't done there. He ran to the edge of the roof and JUMPED! Mileena was about to yell out at him when she saw him land on the next roof with no problem and then run down the side of the building, without falling down, as if he were running on the ground.
How is this little human doing all of this? Mileena thought to herself. I am an Edenian and Empress of Outworld…and yet I cant do anything that he is! How is this possible!? I must find out…I must get closer…
…
Naruto arrived in the streets, in the bustle of all of the markets. He looked like any one of the common people here, brown pants, brown shirt, short black hair, black sandals. Simple, plain, easy to blend in…perfect for a ninja's operation.
He was searching for a clothing store of some sort, one that sold commoner's clothes, things like he was wearing and robes. Finding things only like food, artifacts, and weapons, he finally found a stall that sold a few clothing items. Walking up, he said to the stall owner, "Hello! What exactly are the prices of these here sir?" he asked, pointing to a pair of pants, tunic, robe and sandals.
The gruffy old lady, slightly shaking in her old age, pointed with a bony finger at the price that was on the sign, hung up next to the stall, saying each piece was two gold coins.
"Excellent," Naruto said. "May I please have the pants, tunic, robe and the black sandals right there please?"
The older woman shakily got the items that Naruto had requested and gave it to him. In exchange, he gave her the full ten coins, although he only needed to give her eight, the older lady looked at him with a questioning look and he noticed this, saying, "The extra is for being an excellent stall owner. Clearly you have some good quality material here, so I'm giving you a little extra, plus, you're a good person. I think all goodness should be rewarded, so, there you go! Have a good day ma'am!" Naruto said as he walked off with the clothes and sandals bundled up in one arm. The old lady smiled at him as she waved. That man had just made her day indeed. It's about time this realm had some good people in in it.
….
Tightening her top slightly to make her tits spill out a little more, pulling the strings of her pink thong above her pants line slightly, and she had cut the upper part of her armored pants, to where when she wore them, it would expose her thighs. She adjusted her hair as well, making it slightly cover one eye, giving herself a much more seductive look.
No matter what they do or who they are, Mileena thought to herself, men are creatures of procreation. Their minds are mostly on mating. If I provide that stimulation…he will, eventually become addicted to me. He must stay at my side, no matter what. And, its not like I wont enjoy it…he is actually worthy to have someone like me. This could turn out better than I think it could.
"I'm back," Naruto announced. He saw her new and improved outfit and blushed a little bit. He felt something stirring inside of him but pushed it down.
I LIKE THIS WOMAN, KIT, Kurama thought to Naruto in his mindscape.
Of course you would, you perverted fox.
HAHAHAHA…DON'T DENY IT NARUTO. I CAN HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS, REMEMBER? I KNOW YOU WANT HER JUST AS MUCH AS I DO.
Even so, I'm not a pervert.
ALL MALES ARE PREVERTS, KIT. THE QUESTION IS, HOW OFTEN ARE YOU ONE?
Let's just get this over with and get her outta here, Kurama. We can think about that stuff later.
ALRIGHT, WHATEVER YOU SAY KIT. I'M GOING TO SLEEP.
Damn fox…
Kurama just chuckled a little before he fell asleep. Naruto tossed Mileena the clothes and told her "Get dressed in those. We have to move through the crowd, so hurry up! We don't have all day Mileena."
"Alright," Mileena said, slightly disappointed. She was expecting him to fall head over heels with her, like every other man had. She didn't know how much that almost worked. Almost.
When she had finished, he grabbed and walked down the side of the building, on the back, so no one would see them. When they got to the ground about ten minutes later, they turned the corner and were instantly in the crowd, blending in with everyone.
He was right, Mileena thought. We will never be found in here. Now, what is our next step?
"First things first," Naruto said to her quietly, "We need to get past everyone, quietly. There's no point in having your pride take over and get yourself killed."
"I would do no such thing you fool," Mileena said to him through her robes.
"Bullshit," Naruto told her. She looked at him angrily and he told her, "Mileena I can read you like an open book. You would let your anger, hatred, and pride control your actions, demand to find Kotal Kahn to exact your vengeance and reclaim your throne. In the process, you would at some point be overrun and killed on sight. Its blatantly obvious Mileena."
She opened her mouth to say something in return, but found that she couldn't do so. Everything that he had just said was completely true. She more than likely would have done every one of those things, and yes, ow that she really thought about it, she probably would have gotten herself killed. All over her own stupidity. That's not a way that an Empress should think or act.
"You're right," Mileena said to him quietly. "I admit, that would be the most likely outcome. So what should I do then, since you apparently know the answers to everything?"
"I don't see everything," Naruto corrected. "However I do analyze things much more than most. After all I am a ninja. Its my job to do those things. Now, what we need to do is get the hell out of here and into the wilderness, out into those woods and mountains we saw out there. From there, we can really formulate some sort of counter measure to go up against that ugly, grey skinned guy."
"His name is Ko'atal," Mileena informed. "But now, since he is a false Emperor, he goes by Kotal Kahn."
"Whats a Kahn?" Naruto asked her.
"The title of King of Outworld," Mileena explained. "Don't you have a king or ruler wherever you come from? Because clearly you're not from Outworld or Earthrealm."
"Yeah," Naruto responded as they continued walking through the busy streets. "There are five rulers, one for each major country, known as Kage, meaning shadow. Ours is called the Hokage, or Fire Shadow. He's our king right now."
"So you understand what a Kahn is then," Mileena said to him. "I don't know about your Kages, but the title of Kahn or Kahnum is normally passed down throughout the family. I was next, but that Oshtek fool took my throne! Whatever happens, he must die!"
"I understand your frustration, Mileena," Naruto said, "But if there's one thing I've learned from my ninja career, its that there's always two sides to every story. Before we make any sort of decision as to Kotal Kahn's fate, we need his side of the story as well."
"Why do you need that?!" Mileena said angrily. "Are you already plotting against me?! Should I just kill you now?!"
"Mileena, you are a terrible ruler," Naruto said plainly.
"How dare-"
"Are you really telling me that you make all of your decisions based on only what's right in front of your face? Are you kidding me? Do you have any idea at all as to what lies underneath the underneath?"
"What does that even mean?"
"It means that you need every single piece of information possible before you even make a single move," Naruto explained to her. "You cannot make a decision based on only what you see right off of the bat, Mileena."
"And I take it you know exactly what to do then?"
"Of course," Naruto told her. "You don't win a Great Ninja War and fight in countless death matches on missions and come back alive and in one piece and not learn a thing or two about making proper decisions. It is actually extremely rare that when you make a choice judging by what's in front of you that it's a good choice. And you've been doing that this entire time during your rule…honestly, Mileena, its not hard for me to see how you were overruled."
Mileena stopped and grabbed his arm roughly and said quietly, "That's it, I'm going to k-"
"If you want to become a better ruler, Mileena," Naruto said, staring at her directly in her eyes, "Then you need to do exactly what I say, understand? Otherwise, you can kiss your happy ass throne goodbye."
Mileena continued to stare at him defiantly. Naruto shook his arm out of Mileena's grip and said to her, "Fine, but don't come to me when your chance at the throne again finally comes, and you have absolutely no clue what to do, and you lose it. Probably die in the process too. Nice knowing you, Empress Mileena, and good luck."
With that, the henged Naruto turned around and left. He took five steps away before the robed figure of Mileena said, "Wait!"
Naruto stopped and waited. Mileena walked up and stopped at his side. She slowly reached out and grabbed his hand with one of hers and quietly said to him, "I cant believe I'm saying this…Naruto, was it?"
Naruto nodded slightly, still looking ahead. The crowd was walking around them, paying no attention to them whatsoever. So far, everything that he has done has saved both of them. Clearly, this man knew what the hell he was doing. She had to let go of her pride and actually submit to this man if she wanted any chance in hell in getting her life back. Maybe with him in it too.
"I…I need your help Naruto. Will you please help me?"
Naruto, in his henged form of a commoner, just smiled and said, "Of course, Empress Mileena. Now, come with me, the wilderness, our new home for now, is waiting for us."
They continued walking through all of the crowds until they got to the gates of the area, separating the wilderness from the villages and the castle that Kotal Kahn resided in. it was a large archway, with four Oshtek guards in between. Naruto silently made a hand sign, and four large roots sprouted from the ground behind the four guards. Each one of the roots wrapped themselves around the guard's throats, snapping their necks, and then they dragged the dead bodies under the ground when the roots retreated. The only sign that the guards had even been there in the first place were a few boot prints that were on the ground, but were soon blown away in the wind and dust. The gates were unguarded, leaving them able to pass with no resistance. When they passed the gates, Naruto made four shadow clones that transformed into the guards and stood in their place, leaving no sign that the real ones were just assassinated by a high caliber ninja, Naruto Uzumaki.
…..
After about an hour after they had entered the wilderness, it had already grown very dark. They were halfway up the mountains, but were still in a very thick part of the forest. Thick and large trees surrounded them for miles on end. Naruto had killed a deer earlier and it was now skinned and gutted, its meat now roasting over a fire that Naruto had made with a small fire jutsu. Naruto was no longer henged, but Mileena was wrapped up in her robes and shivering uncontrollably. However, Naruto was fine. He had trained and fought in conditions worse than this. one hasn't been cold as hell until they have been to the Land of Iron, where the land was always covered with snow.
"Are you cold Mileena?" Naruto asked her.
"What's i-i-it look l-l-like?" Mileena said, shivering.
Sighing, Naruto made a ram sign and blew more fire from his mouth, making the fire bigger. It was a little better for Mileena, but not good enough.
Remembering a trick that Yamato did a long time ago, Naruto stood up and walked away about ten feet. He went through a multitude of hand signs, placed his hands on the ground, and the same large wooden house that Yamato made, Naruto had just replicated. Mileena was shocked. Naruto walked back to her, put out the fire and grabbed the large stick that the deer meat was roasting on and gestured for her to follow him inside.
Ten minutes later, they were in the center of the house with another fire going to finish the cooking of the meat and to get warm. However, Mileena was still cold. Not as cold as she was a few minutes ago, but still too damn cold.
Naruto sighed. Knowing he was going to get an attitude, he said to her, "Take off your robes and your clothes and come lay with me. My body will heat up yours and you'll be fine."
"Are you really trying to pull one on me?" Mileena asked him.
Naruto was a little surprised. He was expecting her to pull of Sakura move…get all pissed off and try to hit him.
"No," he responded. "But, if you want that, I'll do that too."
Mileena couldn't help but smile a little. She nodded slightly and stood up and began to remove all of her clothing, save for her shoulder pads, mask, and thong. She brought the robes over and they laid down together. Naruto brought the robes over them as a makeshift blanket. He was trying really hard no to get a huge boner right now.
After all, he did have an extremely hot and naked woman lying on him!
"Mmmmmm," Mileena flirted. "You are warm. I wonder what else you can do to warm me up?"
Naruto couldn't help but smirk through his mask and said, "Sorry, Mileena, but I'm a ninja. I'm really good at self control. You're gonna have to try a lot harder than that if you wanna get what you want."
Naruto loved teasing women. They always did it to him and every other man in their sights, why not give it back to them? Hahahahaha….
Apparently, Mileena like a challenge. She lowered her mask and licked Narutos neck slowly as she reached one of her hands down. She moved her hand a little bit and, using her other hand, lowered Narutos mask, revealing his three marks on each cheek.
"Oh, you're a hot one," she said seductively. She brought her other hand up and held up a couple of her fingers to his nose.
Naruto smelled the juices on her fingers, the pheromones were driving him crazy. She had fingered herself a little and apparently she was very much in heat, her fingers were absolutely coated in her juices, and Naruto loved it.
"How about now, big boy?" Mileena said to him. "Wanna warm me up some more?"
Narutos eyes then turned red with black slits and said to her, "Damn right I do."
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A/N: Alright you guys, here's the next chapter! Hope you enjoyed it, I'm trying to make this story a little more detailed, hope that's ok. Anyways, lemme know what you guys think! as always, suggestions are always welcomed! Remember…this story is NOT a harem! Sorry, but that's how it is in this one. Take it easy! Until next time, Roku out.