First Kiss--Chapter 30

"Perhaps the greatest memory, resides deep inside of me, I don't know whether to let it die or to give it another try." (Some lyric I wrote a while back)

AN: Well it turns out the little -- didn't show up. So you'll have to guess on your own on when a scene change happens. Sorry.

"Lets go!" shouted Mr. Tao. The teams split up, the rescue team going into the woods and the distraction team towards the path. The distraction team ran onto the path, seeing the giant wall in front of them, although it was shrowded in the mist, the giant size still surpased anything they'd ever seen. As they continued to run, they pulled out their kunai's and shuriken, and the wall became more clear. It wasn't un till they got within twenty feet of it that they realised that something was wrong.

The gate stood wide open, not one person was moving near or inside the gate. All that was behind the gate was mist, no market, house, nothing. "Don't let the look get to you," said Shikamaru. They continued up to the gate. Step by step they walked into the city, the stench of fire met them, as Hinata gasped.

"What is this. . .?" said Ino. In front of them was an undescribable amount of destruction. Fire, bodies, torn down buildings, and cries were heard everywhere. "What happened here?"

Naruto and Hojo stood outside of the walls of the Einizigartig. "According to what the report said, they dont guard this wall, since it is reinforced. . .three times. It's fourty feet tall. . .practically impossible to jump, or climb." It was still night outside, and the moon wasn't showing, so the night was very dark.

Hojo unsheathed his sword and threw it into the wall, it went in deep, about to the hilt. He jumped up onto it, and bent down and put his hand on the hilt. "What are you doing?" said Naruto.

"Watch this. . ." Hojo gave a small laugh and said, "I said these walls were practically impossible to go through. Well. . .I'm going to show you how our ninja got in here last time. Now walk in front of me, right in front. Okay? You there?"

Naruto looked up, then back at Hojo. "Yeah."

"Alright, this may hurt." Hojo held his hand up, and smiled as he started to say a chant. Suddenly the wind picked up, and the sun started to rapidly rise.

Hojo showed up as the sun started to shine. His hair was flying in the wind, and his eyes closed. Suddenly his hand flew up and hit Naruto's head, Naruto flew through the wall, and pain shot throughout his whole body. He clenched his teeth, trying not to scream, as he knew it'd be the end of him, if the pain didnt get him.

Naruto tried to open his eyes, but they wouldn't budge. His mouth wouldn't move either, he couldnt hear anything, or move. Suddenly, he dropped to the ground. All around him was dark, he reached around, and found a string, he pulled it, and a light came on.

He looked around him, it was a room full of weapons, he had obviously gone inside the armory of wherever he was in the town. He sighed as he looked around him, nothing but weapons, kunai's, shuriken, swords, sheilds, armor. He picked up a sword and started to think, 'I've always wanted to use one of these. . .the guys who use them seem so cool.' Naruto put the sword to its full extent, streching his arm as far as it could go.

He started to twist the sword, looking at it glimmer in the light. Where he was it was too thin of a space to swing a sword. 'Too small to swing. . .' he thought, 'just find a sheath and get out of here. . .maybe use it if I need it later on. Where's Hojo. . .?'

"Hello Naruto!" said Hojo from behind him. Naruto flipped around, and instinctively drew his sword, it glimmered in the light as the sword collided with Hojo's own. Through the split second from when he had last spoke, he already half sheathed his sword, enough to block Naruto's.

". . .Hojo. . .!?" said Naruto. Hojo gave him a small laugh.

"When did you get a sword?" he smiled as he looked around. "Oh I see, I should have known we were gonna be in here."

"Where are we? How did you do that?" said Naruto as he sheathed his sword.

"We're of course in one of the Einizigartig's armorys. There are three in this building, two of them are for their guards, they also serve as emergency armories in case of war. The other one is just an armory for war purposes only. The two other armories though, are used twice a day. There are two shifts of these armories, shift A and shift B," Naruto sat down as did Hojo, as they both knew this was going to take a while to reveal. "The two shifts use two seperate armories, in order to not get mixed up in supplies, as each guard each has seperate weapons that they use. They come in once every twelve hours, the first shift, shift A at six in the morning, then leaving at six at night. It is about twelve right now, so we shouldn't be seeing anyone in here for a while."

"Wait, how did you do that. . .jutsu or whatever it was. . ."

"Its a jutsu, yes, it was developed by Shingen, as he and another ninja were the first to come here, well, Shingen made it because he knew he needed some kind of jutsu like it at some sort of time throughout his ninja career. He made it while being a chunnin, which he was for about a year, and then used it when he came here, last year."

"How long was Shingen here?"

"About. . .six months."

"And who was the ninja that was with him while they traveled here?"

"His wife." This made an impact on Naruto, as he remembered what Shingen had told him while he was in Sachi.

"Only he made it out. . .meaning. . ."

"Yes, the Einizigartig killed his wife. While escaping, after their cover being blown, they'd been living here as citizens for the year and a half they were here, she died. I dont know how she died, Shingen never told me, but. . .he got out because of that jutsu."

"I see. . .well. . .when are we going to rescue Sasuke?"

"Not for six more hours. When the guards come in here after their shift is complete, they'll be tired, and they would want to go home. That is when they are most vunerable, as the real B shift doesn't start un till 6:15, because the guards take a while to get ready for their work. So that is when we attack."

"Alright," Naruto stood up.

"No need to stand, we need to kill time anyways, so pick out your favorite weapons, and practice with that sword, you'll need it."

AN: o.o The mulch of what is to come came in this chapter. Enjoy.