First Kiss--Chapter 25
"There is too many doors that lead to the same place. Only one leads elsewhere, and that is the door that is always chosen."
Kakashi walked into the village of Konoha, his right arm bandaged. The villagers all stopped to see him, and Asuma came from the crowd. "Hokage, you shouldn't go with the Anbu groups anymore, we heard that you were almost killed by a man named Tao. Or that's what Aida told us."
"I'm fine. Have we had anymore disappearances?"
"Yes. . .four. Four chunnins, Shikamaru, Sakura, Shino and Ino. All gone."
"Should have known."
". . .what is it sir?"
"Naruto's calling for them. Send an Anbu squad out! Now! If you find them do not kill them, but follow them, and find out where Naruto is."
"Should we call back the Sasuke hunter nins?"
". . .yes, there's no doubt that this is all Sasuke's doing." He walked past Asuma. "I want the Squad out now."
". . ." Naruto stood in front a line of ninja, all in a straight line, side by side. "You are all from this village I assume?" he said as loud as he could.
"Yes sir!" they all shouted.
". . .I can see that, most of you are as young as I am. Now, Sachi is your village, Mr. Taguchi is your leader, he has created paradise for you. No crime, no violence, and most of all, no army. That is what I am here for. He has taught you all what he knows, and with that, he has done his best, but that is not enough for what can happen to your village. You are growing rapidly, and soon you may even be a country in your own self."
The croud stood, watching him, pouring in every word as if it were law. Men, women, most not a day over fifteen. The older ninja stood in the back, as they were the more experienced, being ninja for the couple of years before Naruto.
"Countries, they fight, and a country is coming for you, as Mr. Taguchi has told me. They want you all dead, your blood soaking their kunai's and their swords. Do you want that?"
"No sir!" he got from the crowd.
"I want you all to know that I believe that all of you can become experienced ninja with a ton of ninjutsu, genjutsu, taijutsu, and most importantly, your own techniques all under your belts. From what I have seen so far in the week I've been here, I have picked out the seven ninja here who have their own made up techniques. They are Mr. Tao, Mr. Aihara, Mr. Fumihiro, Mrs. Hitomi, Mr. Yuharo, Ms. Hama, and finally, Mr. Enoki. You all have been either guardians of Mr. Taguchi for some time, or you have been ninja for a the longest time here.
"Now, you seven will teach your techniques to all the ninja around here, I want over fifty clones of you. Each will get a team of seven, one getting eight, and you will teach them your technique. Once you are done you will cycle through, and once you get back to your team, you are done, and you report to me. Is that clear?"
"Yes sir!"
"Begin."
Shino walked behind the team, looking around him, listening as hard as he could, trying to pick up the men he knew were following them. The ninja who brought them the letter, Mr. Asami, was in front, with Shikamarui, then Ino, Sakura and finally Shino. They ran in silence, trying to do the same strategy that Naruto's team did.
The only difference is that neither of them were staying back to fight the Anbu. They would have to fight in either the path or in Aida. Time almost stood still as they ran through the woods.
Sasuke and Naruto walked into an office, and as they sat down Naruto said, "Jeez I hate sayin Mr. Taguchi, what the hell kinda name is that. . ." he sighed.
"Shut up!" shouted Sasuke, trying to defend his name. "It was the only thing I could think of!"
"Why did you change your name anyways?"
"Mostly because it wasn't just an name change, it was an identity change. My people, they travel, like any other kind of people, and they talk. I didnt want them to be talking about an Uchicha Sasuke, some Leaf might hear and go ahead and tell Konoha where I am. That would put my village in danger."
"Oh sure, how do you know they talk about you?"
"Cause I went with a group once to get some supplies. They talked about how great I was and stuff when I was eavesdropping on them, you know." Naruto laughed.
"Yeah right, so why did you want me to come in here?" Sasuke changed his voice to a serious tone.
"I've changed in the few years I've left, and I changed once I figured this out. A group of scouts came upon a village, a country actually, completly invisible to the other major countries. They don't send people to the chunnin exam, they don't venture out, they don't even know what the outside world looks like. But they do produce powerful warriors, one like. . .Soonchi." Naruto looked at Sasuke, his mouth open as he heard the words.
"They found. . .Einizigartig?"
". . .yes. And while they were there, my stealthy ninja found out one important fact."
"I think that the security was just bad. . ." thought Naruto.
"They are going to attack my village. They've been planning for two years, and they sent out their two most valueable and powerful warriors. The ninja warrior that you have met, Soonichi, and an advanced child, Ishida. Ishida has an advanced bloodline, and he has learned and mastered many techniques that have come to him as an instinct, while Soonichi's past is a cloud. Only he knows it."
". . .I see. You know when they are going to attack?"
"No, they could have attacked last year, they could attack today, we don't know. We just hope they give us a month or two before they attack. But. . .each day they stand on the same hill, where they probably are now, just standing there, talking. We don't know what they are saying or why there go there everyday, but each day we wait for them to walk to the village."
"Have they ever come down?"
"Once actually. I think it was cause they were hungry or something, but they were only here for like twenty minutes. Then they left. The whole village was on alert."
". . .so. . .when do you think Sakura and them will be here?"
"Tomorrow or the day after that. . .probably, if all goes well."
AN: Halfway through this book already. In fact I'm past halfway point. Book 4 will probably be halfway through the entire series. And Book 8 or 9 being the end. If you don't understand the Book methods, it's basically a way to organize the chapters. And to set up plot twists and cliff hangers. There are nine chapters per book. Each book seperates major storylines and arks. If you count arcs, we just finished the "Awakening" Ark, and before that the "Eo" Ark. We are currently on the "Sachi" Ark. The next Ark isn't titled yet, as I still am working on what will happen exactly throughout it. But, I will assure you, we will probably have fighting for the rest of this Ark and the next. No romance for a while, so I will try to fit in a lot before this Ark ends.
"There is too many doors that lead to the same place. Only one leads elsewhere, and that is the door that is always chosen."
Kakashi walked into the village of Konoha, his right arm bandaged. The villagers all stopped to see him, and Asuma came from the crowd. "Hokage, you shouldn't go with the Anbu groups anymore, we heard that you were almost killed by a man named Tao. Or that's what Aida told us."
"I'm fine. Have we had anymore disappearances?"
"Yes. . .four. Four chunnins, Shikamaru, Sakura, Shino and Ino. All gone."
"Should have known."
". . .what is it sir?"
"Naruto's calling for them. Send an Anbu squad out! Now! If you find them do not kill them, but follow them, and find out where Naruto is."
"Should we call back the Sasuke hunter nins?"
". . .yes, there's no doubt that this is all Sasuke's doing." He walked past Asuma. "I want the Squad out now."
". . ." Naruto stood in front a line of ninja, all in a straight line, side by side. "You are all from this village I assume?" he said as loud as he could.
"Yes sir!" they all shouted.
". . .I can see that, most of you are as young as I am. Now, Sachi is your village, Mr. Taguchi is your leader, he has created paradise for you. No crime, no violence, and most of all, no army. That is what I am here for. He has taught you all what he knows, and with that, he has done his best, but that is not enough for what can happen to your village. You are growing rapidly, and soon you may even be a country in your own self."
The croud stood, watching him, pouring in every word as if it were law. Men, women, most not a day over fifteen. The older ninja stood in the back, as they were the more experienced, being ninja for the couple of years before Naruto.
"Countries, they fight, and a country is coming for you, as Mr. Taguchi has told me. They want you all dead, your blood soaking their kunai's and their swords. Do you want that?"
"No sir!" he got from the crowd.
"I want you all to know that I believe that all of you can become experienced ninja with a ton of ninjutsu, genjutsu, taijutsu, and most importantly, your own techniques all under your belts. From what I have seen so far in the week I've been here, I have picked out the seven ninja here who have their own made up techniques. They are Mr. Tao, Mr. Aihara, Mr. Fumihiro, Mrs. Hitomi, Mr. Yuharo, Ms. Hama, and finally, Mr. Enoki. You all have been either guardians of Mr. Taguchi for some time, or you have been ninja for a the longest time here.
"Now, you seven will teach your techniques to all the ninja around here, I want over fifty clones of you. Each will get a team of seven, one getting eight, and you will teach them your technique. Once you are done you will cycle through, and once you get back to your team, you are done, and you report to me. Is that clear?"
"Yes sir!"
"Begin."
Shino walked behind the team, looking around him, listening as hard as he could, trying to pick up the men he knew were following them. The ninja who brought them the letter, Mr. Asami, was in front, with Shikamarui, then Ino, Sakura and finally Shino. They ran in silence, trying to do the same strategy that Naruto's team did.
The only difference is that neither of them were staying back to fight the Anbu. They would have to fight in either the path or in Aida. Time almost stood still as they ran through the woods.
Sasuke and Naruto walked into an office, and as they sat down Naruto said, "Jeez I hate sayin Mr. Taguchi, what the hell kinda name is that. . ." he sighed.
"Shut up!" shouted Sasuke, trying to defend his name. "It was the only thing I could think of!"
"Why did you change your name anyways?"
"Mostly because it wasn't just an name change, it was an identity change. My people, they travel, like any other kind of people, and they talk. I didnt want them to be talking about an Uchicha Sasuke, some Leaf might hear and go ahead and tell Konoha where I am. That would put my village in danger."
"Oh sure, how do you know they talk about you?"
"Cause I went with a group once to get some supplies. They talked about how great I was and stuff when I was eavesdropping on them, you know." Naruto laughed.
"Yeah right, so why did you want me to come in here?" Sasuke changed his voice to a serious tone.
"I've changed in the few years I've left, and I changed once I figured this out. A group of scouts came upon a village, a country actually, completly invisible to the other major countries. They don't send people to the chunnin exam, they don't venture out, they don't even know what the outside world looks like. But they do produce powerful warriors, one like. . .Soonchi." Naruto looked at Sasuke, his mouth open as he heard the words.
"They found. . .Einizigartig?"
". . .yes. And while they were there, my stealthy ninja found out one important fact."
"I think that the security was just bad. . ." thought Naruto.
"They are going to attack my village. They've been planning for two years, and they sent out their two most valueable and powerful warriors. The ninja warrior that you have met, Soonichi, and an advanced child, Ishida. Ishida has an advanced bloodline, and he has learned and mastered many techniques that have come to him as an instinct, while Soonichi's past is a cloud. Only he knows it."
". . .I see. You know when they are going to attack?"
"No, they could have attacked last year, they could attack today, we don't know. We just hope they give us a month or two before they attack. But. . .each day they stand on the same hill, where they probably are now, just standing there, talking. We don't know what they are saying or why there go there everyday, but each day we wait for them to walk to the village."
"Have they ever come down?"
"Once actually. I think it was cause they were hungry or something, but they were only here for like twenty minutes. Then they left. The whole village was on alert."
". . .so. . .when do you think Sakura and them will be here?"
"Tomorrow or the day after that. . .probably, if all goes well."
AN: Halfway through this book already. In fact I'm past halfway point. Book 4 will probably be halfway through the entire series. And Book 8 or 9 being the end. If you don't understand the Book methods, it's basically a way to organize the chapters. And to set up plot twists and cliff hangers. There are nine chapters per book. Each book seperates major storylines and arks. If you count arcs, we just finished the "Awakening" Ark, and before that the "Eo" Ark. We are currently on the "Sachi" Ark. The next Ark isn't titled yet, as I still am working on what will happen exactly throughout it. But, I will assure you, we will probably have fighting for the rest of this Ark and the next. No romance for a while, so I will try to fit in a lot before this Ark ends.