The air was filled with fog, Fire was swarming the forest, Screams were heard-
"Don't you get tired of that poet? Everyday I open my eyes to see you reading that." Nine-Tails told Naruto as he's in classroom waiting for his teacher
'What do you suggest then…' Naruto rolls his eyes at the annoying fox that's renting his mind without payment
"Don't know, Maybe? Kill these two kids while there's no one to witness?" With it, Naruto looks at the other two kids that's almost sleeping
'That will just get me in unnecessary trouble, They might even think you affected me, If they do, That will delay our plan much longer.' Naruto reasoned with the fox
"Pfft, All you humans are weak cowards" Kyuubi laughed at him loudly, Loudly that Naruto frowned and laid his head on the desk
'Ugh… I wanna see how you gonna speed up the plan.'
"HUH?! I'm the mighty-"
'Nine-Tails you should kneel down and beg for forgiveness, I know that, It's the 3414th time you're saying this.' Naruto interrupted him rubbing his face up and down
"That's right! If i want i can take over this whole village!" Kyuubi declared proudly
'Yep, the strongest being who can take over the whole village, But defeated by a single man. Pathetic' Naruto smirks at Kyuubi as one of the students happens to see him smirking as he is changing position to sleep.
'... No comment on that' The kid looks away cringed by the sudden smirk on the new kids face
"WHAT DID YOU SAY?! HE PLAYED DIRTY!" Angered Kyuubi screamed at his landlord
'How can you expect people to play fair when something suddenly starts massacring them? That sounds like you're giving excuses to your pathetic loss…' Naruto mocks the notorious Nine-Tails with no care
"GRR… I swear, When i get out"
'Now you're sounding like an animal… Oh wait, You're an animal. I forgot' Mocking, Mocking, Mocking. Naruto doesn't know the limit of mocking.
Kyuubi takes a breath and releases. He repeats it for a while and thinks 'Calm down… It's only temporary insult, I will get out and live forever with no care, Just a few insults i gotta endure, And-
'Hey, Animal. Are you there? I asked stupid thing. Where would you have possibly gone?'
"AAAAHHHHH!" Finally, Kyuubi lost his temper. There's no other joy than killing Naruto for the Nine-Tails
Later That Day, At One Of The Orochimaru's Secret Base
Naruto was in his Anbu suit and mask, Standing outside the door with Weasel, Another Anbu who once was his Captain, Now he thought about it. Things really changed. Just yesterday he was taking orders from Weasel, Today he has the authority to give orders to him.
"So, How's life been to you lately?" Weasel asked "Blank" as he's glancing at Naruto with the corner of his eyes
Naruto glances back before continuing staring at the door "Just fine, Considering the arguments Uchiha clan makes at the council, I can't say the same to you." He says it plainly. "If i'm right. This secret meeting must be about it" Blank sternly tells Weasel
Weasel who's Uchiha prodigy, Itachi Uchiha. Startled by what his former squad member said. He takes a long breath before he asks "Do you think… Do you think we'll have to perform "Red Alert"?"
Naruto didn't answer immediately as he quietly observes his former captain. "If Uchiha doesn't want to come to an agreement. Orders are orders, That includes you too, For peace of the world, Single clan and few skilled ninja's never should be priority." Naruto told the Uchiha as he smirks mentally, It's not that he hates the man. If he doesn't get rid of this Uchiha, All his plans will be just childish dreams, And Red Alert, Which is mass massacring code. Is the perfect excuse.
Naruto snaps back to reality as the "Come in" voice came from the other side of the door. With it Blank goes inside the room along with Weasel to see his Commander, Orochimaru, Hokage. Hiruzen, And the leader of the secret Anbu Corps called "Roots". Danzo
Danzo eyes them both as they come in front of the leaders of this nation and kneels down. Especially, The older Anbu. Danzo eyes the older Anbu more with almost disgust. "They don't want agreement, Say. Weasel… Give me at least one decent reason why i shouldn't wipe them all out"
Orochimaru chuckles nervously as he grabs the warhawks shoulder and says "Calm down, Lord Danzo. There's no need of this" He tries to reason with the veteran
"Just give me a few days, I'm sure I can talk to my father." Itachi Uchiha told the leaders with hope of agreement.
"And wait until your clan decides to attack us?" Danzo scoffed at the Anbu
Orochimaru sighed as he rubbed his forehead in frustration. "To be honest, Itachi. We gave you so many days. I already lost count, But now? I'm afraid we don't have days to spare." Orochimaru told his soldier with a cold glare
While the other two are being like that, Old Kage uses his chance to talk. "It's amazing that you delayed it for years, But i'm not sure you can do that anymore. All the ninja's are being cautious just in case they get attacked by their own suddenly, And i can't bear to see my ninja's being like they're in war within ourselves." The Kage eyed the Uchiha who had his head down
"Red Alert?" Shorter Anbu beside the Uchiha asked the leaders
"Yes" Danzo answered the simple question, With simple answer
"Weasel you both will perform Red Alert, It's a top secret only five of us knows. So-" While Hokage was giving details, He gets interrupted by unexpected actions of Itachi
"I swear by my blood, Loyalty, Rank, Pride, Whatever you call it. I will change the mind of my clan. So please, Give me five days. No, Give me two days, I'll make their mind change." The Uchiha told staring at the eyes his shocked leaders, With bloody left hand of his own with bloody Kunai on his right hand
'Hmm, Damn it, It's gonna change Hokage's mind for sure. I guess i just gotta hope Itachi will fail' Naruto thought with big frown on his face
"Tch. Fucking Uchiha's, Always intervening others way to the happiness. When I get out, The first thing I do is kill all of them until there's none left all around this world." Kyuubi said with clearly irritated voice
Silence took over the room, Until Orochimaru sighed and moved to bandage Itachi's arm.
"Fine, Weasel. You have exactly two days to change your clan's mind. If you fail, There's no more." Hokage told his soldier as he facepalmed at the stupidity of prodigy.
"If you fail, No more arguments. Can I expect that?" Danzo told Itachi while rubbing his face with both hands.
"O-of course!" Itachi was happy, He didn't expect them to agree, He was almost sure to be rejected, Hell, He was preparing his mind to kill his family. Now it doesn't have to come to that, He just has to try and talk to his father and clan elders. Change their mind and everyone will happily live ever after… Pfft, Yeah, Excluding the last one
"Itachi, You better go and start trying to convince your clan, The timer starts now." Danzo told the happy young Uchiha.
"Yes, Lord Danzo, Now if you'll excuse me" With it Itachi ran away with overload happiness
"Naruto, Let's have a word in my chamber" When Danzo said that Orochimaru tensed up as he opens his mouth with a glare directed at Danzo
"And they call me the pedophile" Orochimaru spat with venom
While Sarutobi just looked away nervously Danzo closed his eyes taking heavy sighs as he chants calming words
Several minutes later
"So, Naruto. How is school treating you?" Danzo asks Naruto while sipping a hot tea at his chamber with somewhat irritated face
"Just fine, But boring though. Other than that everything is perfectly fine"
"That is good to hear. And I see you got yourself a fine sword." Danzo eyed the sword with interest
"Yes, Lord Orochimaru gifted me" Naruto offered his sword to Danzo as he inspects it closely
"Hmm… Well, I didn't want to talk about this sword." He gave the sword back to the short blond. "I have this mission. I've already sent multiple Roots but there's no word from them anymore. I want you along with other Roots to go and investigate it."
"Mhm, What's the details of this mission?"
"By the borders of the Land of Grass, Iwa's troops were seen rallying. I have sent a total of twelve Root Anbu but no word came from them ever since they've set off. You take about twenty Root Anbu, I've already assigned who will accompany you. Here it is" He grabbed a paper that's laying on table and gave it to Naruto
Naruto took the paper and examined it. He saw some names he knew of. Some he heard but never knew personally. Rest of them were names that he never heard.
"Prepare to go in 8 hours. All these Anbu's should be free, Most of them are at the base, Others? Go find them yourself. Your team's Captain will be Frog".
Naruto looked up to Danzo with a shocked face. "What? But i'm the highest ranked here" Naruto complained like a little child like he was
"I didn't disagree about your rank, But one with the most experience on these kind missions is Frog. The one with the experience to deal with thugs should be Captain. Not the one with experience in interrogation." Danzo remarked
"But i never-"
"Take a metaphor do you?" Danzo sighed as he motioned Naruto to leave "As always, Failure is not an option."
"Yes Lord Danzo." Naruto bowed and left Orochimaru's base to Root's base in order to inform others about the mission that he got.
9 Hours Later
The air was filled with fog-
"Stop it… I beg you please stop reading that" The Kyuubi whined at the familiar words
'Fine, Still nothing will change the fact it's the best poetry.'
"Because it's the only poetry you've ever read"
'I doubt there's any other better-'
"Attention!" A command from the team captain interrupted the interaction between Naruto and Nine-Tail
Twenty Anbu's are in the middle of the forest, It's clear that all of them are from Root.
"Our mission is simple: We'll scout the border area between the Land of Grass and Land of Fire. Find out what exactly is happening, And be done with it. Our Team Code is, 115" Frog told his temporary soldiers. "If you are ready, Let's move right now!"
With the command Konoha's Anbu team made of twenty set off towards the border between the Land of Grass and Land of Fire fully prepared for any fight that might happen in the mission.
Exactly 25 Hours Later
Team 115 arrived at the border and straightly went to the border base. On the way they were greeted by the sight of multiple Anbu's looking over the hill at something.
"Anbu." Frog called out the Anbu's startling them
"Finally backup, What took you all so long?" Said Captain of the squad
"What do you mean?" Confused Frog asked the Captain
"You mean that our message didn't reach you?"
"I'm perfectly sure there were no words from you guys ever since you all went here."
"Fuck" The Captain motioned the newly arrived team to lie down. "Iwa is actually rallying their troops, In total of 183 soldiers rallied as of now, But most of them are mercenaries, Seems like Iwa is still recovering. There might be more than 183, But the most we counted is 183." The Captain informed the team 115
"What is the current status of them?" Naruto asked the Captain
"They've been raiding little villages and a few skirmishes with us. No casualty, Only minor injuries occurred-"
"Captain! Iwa is attacking again!" One of the Anbu interrupted their Captain.
"Shit! Rat! Go back and call for reinforcement! And you guys" The Captain turned to the team 115 "You have the energy to fight right?" The Captain got his answer with twenty nods. "Then let's move right now!" With that everyone set off towards the Iwa ninja and mercenaries.
At the same time, Certain fox that's renting Naruto's inside with no payment was reminiscing.
'The air was filled with fog, Fire was swarming the forest, Screams were heard as a horde of people were running for their lives… The air was filled with fog, Fire was swarming the forest… Screams were heard as a horde of people were running to take lives… Heh.'
"You, You, You, And you follow Frog and flank the enemies from their right!" With it, Four Anbu along with Frog separated from the main part. "You and you with me, Others engage their front!" Naruto took two Anbu with himself to enemies left while all the other Anbu's engaged the enemy's front.
While running Naruto tried to count the enemies. Even though he couldn't get the exact number, He was sure the enemy number was easily tripling eighty. While Konoha had only 30 Anbu as of right now, It would take a while for the backup. But then he doesn't even know how much Ninja will come for his backup. How many Ninjas are there for Iwa's backup? It was complicated
Naruto and the other two Anbu engaged Iwa's force from their left side, As Naruto calculated from the sight. From around 250 Iwa, Only 5/2 was Iwa's own Ninja while all others were mercenaries.
Naruto slid out his sword from its holder and knee slides at the last moment before he met the mercenaries sword, And he slashed through his stomach, As he got up he blocked Iwa Ninja's kunai attack with his sword holder and pierced his sword at the Ninja's throat
Another Iwa Ninja sneaks up behind him, Naruto turns around swinging his sword at his attacker slitting another Ninja's throat, But instead of splattering blood, Dust and dirts bursted out at Naruto's face, Yes. He was tricked by academy Jutsu.
Enraged Naruto swirled, Swinging his sword all around blindly. His eyes were burning and nose was itching. He wanted to retreat to recover but the number odds were having its effect. Right at this moment he needed a Kunoichi in a leaf headband.
But to his disappointment, Not a Kunoichi but a Shinobi came… Lame.
"Tch, When you're about to die you still have the mindset of an arrogant brat, Huh?" Kyuubi scoffed at Naruto
"Blank, What's the plan?" Two Anbu Naruto took with himself came to his defence, Giving him a moment to recover.
"Plan? Plan is to attack plainly, Fight like a beast, Make them fear not the Shinigami, But the leaf…" Naruto said sternly
"And i think you're reading too much poetry… "Konoha's Life Thief"… PHAHAAHHAHA"
Naruto ignored Kyuubi and rushed forward with the other two. 'It's gonna be one long and bloody battle…'
Back At Konoha, Orochimaru's Fifth Base
Orochimaru was examining the files about Anbu applications, Until he was interrupted by a knock on the door. "Enter." Orochimaru said as he looked up from his table.
With permission, Orochimaru's only student, Anko, Opened the door, Entering with a few papers in her hand. "Sensei, Monthly reports from multiple borders." After she said that, Orochimaru told her to put it on his table, After Anko did that. Orochimaru looked at the headlines of these reports.
"Where is the Kusa report?" Orochimaru stared at Anko
"Don't know, Maybe running late I guess?" Anko shrugged
"Hmm…" Orochimaru looked through the reports for a while before he started looking through the applications again. "I guess, When Team 115 comes back they'll give the report."
"Team 115?" Anko repeated
"Yes, Seems like things are happening at the Kusa Border, I don't know much though, Danzo appointed a team and sent them to the border to see what's happening."
"Aren't all the Roots only following Danzo?" Confused Anko asked his teacher.
"In a way, Yes. But still there's multiple Roots that follow both Danzo and Hokage. Especially Blank. Didn't you learn anything other than fighting there?" Orochimaru frowned at his student.
"Hehehe…He…He… Sorry" Anko scratched the back of her head "But who is this Blank exactly? I heard he's some kind of prodigy?"
"Yes, Blank was trained since his sixth birthday, Originally. He was Anbu under the direct orders of Hokage himself. No one other than Hokage could order him until one accident happened to Blank." Orochimaru told his student now looking at the status of every current Anbu's.
"Accident? What an accident." Now curious Anko leaned toward his teacher to listen closely
"Two years ago, Blank was on his seventh mission. Of course he was still learning. So Hokage would always give him a mission with other professionals for experience. But they were ambushed during the mission while the multiple Anbu we sent with him had died during battle. He lived… " Orochimaru paused as he saw Naruto's file
"And?..." Anko leaned in more
"There were no reports from Blank and the Anbu's for days, So Hokage made a search team, But Blank came back himself. All bloody and clothes ripped. Blank has that gift. He can regenerate any wounds even if that's lethal. The attackers used that torturing him for whole day…" Orochimaru startled by the sudden gasp of Anko
"That's horrible!" Anko almost screamed
Orochimaru annoyingly sighed at the loudness of his student. "From the torture. Blank was traumatized by it, From that it was announced Blank can never continue his career, So, Danzo came with a solution. Root."
"How was that a solution to fix him?"
Orochimaru stood up from his chair and moved to the bookshelf looking through books. "One of the main training in Root is to make kids emotionless from a young age, And their only purpose is to serve their Nation and Leader. So, Hokage seized the shot to fix Blank, Still. There was a higher chance of breaking Blank more than how broken he was at the time."
"Then what happened?" Anko appeared beside Orochimaru startling him once again
"For the whole year the program was active, After the whole year. It was successful. Blank got over his PTSD, But still until this day. He hasn't completely got over it. Sometimes, He still has some flashbacks." Orochimaru took a book from the bookshelf and bonked Anko's head with it. "Be more ladylike."
"Ow." Anko pouted and rubbed her head while Orochimaru took the book back to his table. "If making kids emotionless is the main training, How come I never had it?"
"About that only people who lived through the program, And selective people such as Hokage knows. In the first place, You weren't meant to be Root Anbu, You were too old so it would take more time. Which you didn't had" Orochimaru remarked as he began writing something on the book
"I see, Does-"
"Lord Orochimaru!" Young boy with silver hair barged through the door. "Iwa is planning to invade through our Kusa Border!"
"What?!" Orochimaru stood up shocked, If he remembers correctly, Even though Konoha took casualty from the Nine-Tails attack. Iwa took more damage that they couldn't recover from for the next few years.
"Patrols found the corpses of Root Anbu's 2 km far outside the village with messages of the situation on the border! Hound is already on his way toward the border with Team Next Generation!" The young boy sidestepped as Orochimaru passed him by to go to the Hokage Tower. "Anko! Prepare every free Anbu you could find!" Orochimaru ordered before going out the room
16 Hours ago
"I didn't feel good today, Seeing Guy's energy. I don't think I can live to see tonight's moon." Kakashi said in his Jonin uniform patrolling with a few young Anbu's
"Yeah, Energy of Guy-san was out of this whole universe" Coyote chuckled
Anbu, Wearing a sheep mask, Scoffed, "Focus on your duty. Kakashi, We would be glad if you stop bothering us during our duty."
An Anbu with an otter mask side-hugged the Anbu "Come on, Daku. Sometimes it's better to let it go for once, It's not like there's someone to appear in front of us anyway."
Sheep masked Anbu glared at the otter one, "If you are an Anbu, Act like one. I'm Sheep when I have this mask and uniform." Sheep said sternly
Otter backed away with his hands in front of himself "Calm down, Calm down." He chuckled
All of a sudden Coyote motioned others to stop as he sniffed the air. "Be on alert, I'm smelling blood." With it, Everyone drawed their weapons. Coyote slowly moved forward to the source of smell with others following behind him eyeing everywhere, As he came to the ravine. "Oh shit…"
"What?" Kakashi comes to the front and sees what Coyote saw. "Oh… Shit…"
Corpses of multiple Anbu's were laying bloody on the rocks, Coyote moved forward to one of the corpses, He sees a scroll strapped to the Anbu's arm, He rips out of the strap and starts reading it. "... Otter, Go back to Konoha and give this scroll to Hokage immediately." Coyote throws the scroll to Otter.
"Wha-?"
"Iwa is planning an attack on us at the Kusa Border." Coyote interrupted Otter's word. With what he heard, Otter turned around and body flickered back to Konoha leaving the others
"When is the attack going off?" Sheep asked his comrade
"It's unclear, It only says Iwa is rallying Ninja's and mercenaries doing some skirmishes."
"Isn't… Isn't Frog visiting the border?"
Silence welcomed itself as Coyote stared at Sheep realizing what his friend said. "Shit!" With it Coyote body flickered
"Wai-!. Damn it!" Sheep cursed his friend's stupidity
"Well, What are we gonna do?" Kakashi asked
"It's gotta be the most black moment of my Ninja life, We'll follow him to the Border." Sheep disappeared in thin air
"... Oh well, Let's go I guess?" Kakashi followed after the sheep.
Present, To The Border
Naruto sliced the head of a mercenary and blocked a flying kunai. An Iwa ninja came running at him, Naruto swung his sword from right to left but the Ninja jumped up and tried to slash Naruto's head with a Kunai. Naruto reacted instinctively and lied down on the dirt
And he fastly slashed his sword up to the Iwa Ninja, He managed to cut the Ninja's right shoulder deeply. With the wound Iwa Ninja fell back clutching his shoulder, Naruto quickly got up stabbed the Iwa Ninja's back instantly killing the Ninja
Blood was flowing from Naruto's head down to his cheek. Naruto glanced a look to his comrades, He saw his comrades being handled like amateurs by one of the mercenaries. Naruto quickly dashed forward to support his fellow Anbu's
Before the mercenary cut off the Anbu's head Naruto came in defence, He quickly ushered his comrades to regroup with others. Naruto's only knowledge of Earth Techniques was, It's destructive Release. That means Naruto and his comrades are at an advantage, Because Iwa can't use their destructive techniques or else they're just reducing themselves.
While Naruto and others can freely use their techniques. Naruto's one of the weaknesses was, Ego. He was sure he could defeat the mercenary. Naruto swung his sword at the man, The man blocked it with a Katana and kicked Naruto away
Naruto quickly recovered and jumped at the man. Naruto's sword met the man's katana, But the man overpowered Naruto making him fall backward. "Are you a kid or an Anbu whose growth stopped?" The mercenary asked the blond pony Anbu
"... Now that's a question, Sometimes no one can come up with a straight answer." Kyuubi told his irritated mindlord… Is it even a word?
Naruto dashed forward blindly out of anger, The mercenary and Naruto started fighting with no one taking over. While Iwa ninja's and other mercenaries try to intervene. The mercenary kicked Naruto down before Naruto swung his sword. When Naruto fell down, The mercenary grabbed Naruto's head and disappeared with him from the battlefield leaving confused Iwa and mercenary mixes.
They both appeared again in the middle of a forest not that far away from the battlefield. Naruto quickly kicked the mercenary's groin making the mercenary release him, With the chance he jumped away.
"Ah, Shit. Don't you have no pride or shame?!" The mercenary screamed, Recovering from the kick.
"Why are you working on Iwa's side? That's complete suicide, Isn't your survival more worthy than blind coin?" Naruto tried to convince the mercenary's mind to change, Since from the battle he understood this mercenary isn't some cheap guy.
"Well, What was I supposed to do when tomorrow is quickly approaching us? This life's whole meaning is do or die, If i didn't do this and that. It would be a different person telling you this. While I'm trying to find another solution to go on with my life, Overmorrow is already on my doorstep." The mercenary told young Anbu. Silence took over for a while before. "Now, Let's have a duel as swordsmen. One lives, Other one dies." The mercenary prepared to dash forward
Naruto quickly prepared to dash forward as well. "My name is Naruto. Naruto Uzumaki, Yours?" Naruto asked never once leaving his eyes from the older man's eyes
The mercenary smirked "Remember this name in hell. Keiji Of The Wolves!" Keiji dashed at Naruto with insane speed
"Really? Whoever gave him that name, Should do better on it." Kyuubi complained while his jailer struggled with almost as if crazed mercenary Keiji. Keiji was slashing his Katana at Naruto 9 slashes per second, Naruto really struggled to keep up with the experienced older man
Keiji had to admit, This blond kid had that skill, Power and speed at such a young age. The only thing that's giving advantage to Keiji is. He's much bigger and experienced. Keiji slashed his Katana as Naruto blocked it, With it Keiji quickly grabbed a Kunai from the holster on his thigh and cutted Naruto's cheek
Naruto backed away, Throwing a single shuriken at Keiji. Obviously, Keiji sliced the shuriken in two while running at him. Naruto backfired, Jumping at Keiji with his sword charging. Keiji dodged and tried to slash at Naruto while he fell to the ground from the jump
But Naruto reacted quickly and blocked it with his sword before rolling away. While he was jumping at the mercenary, He saw a familiar bloody Anbu mask on the older man's belt. Lion mask. One of the Anbu from root, Beast.
"Why do you have that?" Naruto asked the now confused Keiji while still on high alert.
"Have what? Are you sure you don't need therapy?" Keiji was very confused
"That mask…"
Keiji understood what the little blond was trying to say. "Ah, This cool mask? I was appointed to kill your Ninja's who are trying to send a message about our little attack. It's cool isn't it?" Keiji said with a smirk
"How much is Iwa paying you? We can give double or triple even more. And-" Before Naruto finished, Keiji interrupted him
"Didn't you understand something from my little speech moments ago? Money is the reason I'm here, But safety is a luxury. Life in the prison ain't for me, I'd rather die" Keiji said before he charged with intentions to kill
Naruto and Keiji began clashing their blades, From the fierce clashes winds were blowing everything. Naruto knew he couldn't defeat the man. Without experience, Skill is like trying to ride a wild horse that's not trained… Kinda bad example
Even though Naruto wanted to use jutsu he can't, His pride as a swordsman will be shattered. After twenty more clashes in three seconds. Keiji swung his left leg to Naruto's right side. Kicking Naruto's ribs very hard, A moment Naruto lost focus, Keiji slashed Naruto's arm deeply but not enough to cut it off.
In so much pain Naruto started screaming loudly, Losing focus giving his enemy a big advantage. Using these moments Keiji started cutting Naruto's whole body. Keiji decided to finish his opponent. He slashed his Katana from right to left. Targeting Naruto's neck.
But before Keiji's Katana met Naruto's neck, Naruto put his arm in the way of Katana with red chakra covering his hand. The Katana contacted Naruto's arm and cutted Naruto's wrist deeply. But stopped half-way as Kyuubi's chakra started affecting Naruto's body
First time, Keiji panicked and pulled his Katana with all his might falling back. Naruto stood up Kyuubi's chakra completely covering him regenerating his wounds, Naruto grasped his sword hard and said. "Sorry, Heh. Can't really control this."
"What the hell are you?" Keiji frowned and took an defensive stance
"I'm just a human like you… Just a lot more advanced" With that, Naruto dashed at Keiji, Clashing their swords. It was obvious this time Naruto was much faster, But from what Keiji observed, Even though the young blond's speed became much faster, Power ultimately fell down.
"Tomorrow is quickly approaching you and overmorrow is already at your doorstep right? Well, Guess what? My tomorrow and overmorrow is resting on a bed while you are buried six-feet under!" Naruto's attacks were starting to accelerate. Keiji was having a hard time trying to keep up, But he noticed one thing.
As Naruto's attack accelerated, Blood started to leak out from Anbu's arm. From all the attacks, Keiji got one and two cuts all over his body. If this keeps up, Keiji will die before the blond falls down from bleeding.
Keiji tried to fall back to recover from all Naruto's attacks, But before he did, Naruto cut off his right arm. Keiji fell down screaming while Naruto was panting. "Ah shit! It hurts!" Keiji was trying to stop the bleeding by grabbing the leftover of his arm with his dirty hand.
"What did you expect? It was supposed to hurt you." The blond told the mercenary while trying to relax his breathing. "Now, Say your last words. And let's get this over with."
Keiji stays quiet still grasping the leftover of his arm while looking down. Keiji looks up to Naruto's eyes and says. "I wanna live… Same word you will say before you die as well… I. Want. To. Live…"
"... Pfft, As if i would say that. " Naruto slashed Keiji, Cutting the mercenary's head off. Blood splattered all over Naruto's face. "Fuck!" Naruto fell down rubbing his eyes as Keiji's headless body fell backward. "The blood got in my eyes!"
"Stop whining and get up, The fight is still going on." Kyuubi said as if he's scolding the blond.
Naruto stood up still rubbing his eyes. "Still, It hurts." Kyuubi didn't answer and just rolled his eyes.
At The Battlefield
Two sides were still fighting, Anbu reinforcements had arrived but still, They were outnumbered and losing. Half of the Anbu's were already slain. Frog and all the other Anbu's were already regrouped. As time went by, It was obvious they would lose eventually.
From the forest, Frog saw a bloody and tired Naruto walking out. And leaning to wood as a support. One thing is clear, Naruto is in no condition to continue fighting. The only thing Frog can do is retreat. But gods must be on their side, Even though he's not religious.
Coyote, Sheep, And Kakashi came to the field as a support. Only three more people impacted the battle and turned the results upside down. Frog knew Kakashi was professional. And Sheep definitely has experience since Sheep once was a mercenary in Bloody Mist. Before Sheep valued his life more than coin and came back to his birthplace Leaf to continue his Ninja Career.
Finally, Battle is over. Anbu won paying the ultimate price. Most Anbu's were dead and the rest of them were injured. Kakashi looked at a young blond who's sitting on one of the dead Iwa Ninja's bodies. "What now?"
"... Leaf, They will come here, Report everything. Invade Iwa back, Or do some negotiation. Until then? Rest." They waited for a few hours before hundreds of Anbu, Root or not so many Anbu's were mixing. And multiple squads of Jonin's along with Orochimaru arrived.
