First Kiss–Chapter 31
"Perhaps the greatest memory is remembering all of our mistakes."
AN: Woot woot! Fighting! Finally. :D Well here we are, day 2 of Sasuke's imprisonment. Eight more days before he kicks the can. Or can Naruto save him? Gasp! Read and find out. Thanks for the reviews and the constant readers.
Naruto swung the sword one more time, looking at as if he were in slow motion. Hojo smiled as he saw Naruto swing and swing and swing, they had already practiced against each other, Hojo clearly winning each time. Although Naruto had just picked up the sword, he was learning fast.
"Alright, from my count it's been about six hours, so get ready for the guards," Hojo said as he stood up. The weapons all stood on shelves, creating about four rows of nothing but sharp and painful objects. "Get behind the last shelf, I don't think they use it, back up, you know?"
The door opened, Naruto and Hojo bent down as they watched the men stroll in. "Oh god damn. . ." said one of the men. He yawned as he walked to the fourth row, Naruto and Hojo being in the fourth as well, they ran behind the row, to the back of the wall, where the lockers were.
Naruto unsheathed his sword as the man walked up straight in front of them, the shelves were backed shelves, and Naruto put his head up to the shelf, listening, he went to the right, trying to find where the man was.
Suddenly the sound of rustling weapons, and the sound of steal hitting steal, kunai hitting shelf, Naruto smiled. He took the sword, took a breath, and thrust it through the shelf. The steel of the sword sparked as it went straight through the shelf, and instantly stopped.
On the other side of the shelf, a sword sat, stuck in the guards throat, blood dripped onto the ground, creating its splash, before a body destroyed the small ocean of blood on the ground. The man took the sword in his hands, and slowly pulled his neck from the sword, before collapsing dead.
"Now?" Naruto said. This shot the other guards into motion as they took up a weapon, most took the one closest to them. Naruto and Hojo split up, Naruto going to the right side of the shelf and Hojo to the left.
"Yeah!" shouted Hojo as he smiled back at Naruto. "Now, listen!"
Feet hit the floor as the guards ran the long, yet short fifteen feet past all the shelves. Weapon after weapon they passed, each with their jobs on their mind, and the money that they earn at the end of the day.
Sitting not fifteen feet from them was Naruto and Hojo, not with their jobs on their minds, but yet the one goal that they had set their minds to for that night. That one goal was to save their friend, their comrade and their leader.
Naruto flipped around the corner, just as the guard finished his run, he found a sword deep into his chest, as Naruto let the man fall, along with the sword he took out a kunai, another guard was not far behind the first. Naruto threw the kunai, and it connected with the mans chest, but he continued, the two met each other, the man shoving a kunai of his own into Naruto's chest, each tried to get the other onto the ground first.
On Hojo's side, he mimicked Naruto on his first move, cutting down the first man that reached the shelf. He didnt let his sword drop with the man though, and he sliced the second man in front of him, blood spilled onto his face.
The kill sent him off balance and there was nothing he could do about the next guard charging him, Hojo dived onto the ground, going for the mans feet.
Naruto and the man struggled on the ground, there had only been two people on Naruto's side of the shelves. The man took Naruto's neck, and threw him against the side of the shelf, Naruto gasped as he started to choke. He took a kunai from his pocket and shoved it into the mans wrist. His hands let go of Naruto's throat, as Naruto jumped on the man, grabbing his neck and slamming his head against the wall.
He repeated this over and over again in till the man stopped moving. He started to pant as he remembered Hojo and quickly got up.
Over on Hojo's side the two wrestled on the ground, Hojo threw the man off him, throwing him behind him near the lockers. They were quick to their feet, as Naruto turned the corner behind Hojo, "Get down!" he shouted as the man stood up and charged the two. He had already lost his weapon, so he went in with his fists.
Naruto unsheathed his sword, and swung it as hard as he could into the man, blood flew everywhere as the sword cleanly cut the mans head off. Naruto's mouth flew wide open as he saw the man's dead body fall to the ground, limp.
"Keep your composure," said Hojo though a pant. He walked back to his sword, which was lodged into a body, "Thanks. . ."
"No problem," said an out of breath Naruto as he sheathed the sword. He walked away from the body, but stopped at the shelf, just to look at the man one more time. He bit his lip as he turned the corner.
Hojo sighed as he said, "Alright, now, that took about three minutes to do, so the other guards are probably still changing and getting ready to leave. Now, we have to move the halls very carefully so we don't get noticed by any of the other guards or personnel that may be around right now. We took out most of the guards that moderate this part of the building. The other armory is across the building, this is a big building, so just stay behind me."
Naruto shook his head yes as he heard the plan.
"Alright, now, as soon as we get there, unleash hell."
Sasuke walked up to the bars of his cell as Soonichi backed away from them. Sasuke bent down and picked up a soda can, he looked at it and smiled as he opened it. "Hey, thanks," said Sasuke.
"No problem. . ." Soonichi said as he crossed his arms. "So what does a man who's going to die do on his last days? I mean besides drink a favorite soda?"
Sasuke took a long drink of the soda and then sat down in his chair. "I think. . .about. . ." he laughed as he took another drink.
"About what?"
"How my comrades are going to tear this place down." Soonichi gave a fake laugh as he walked up to the bars.
"And how are they gonna do that?" He leaned on them as Sasuke took another drink.
". . ." Sasuke looked up to the ceiling and smiled. "Because, if I'm right, Naruto was the first to go ahead and try to rescue me. Sakura. . .shouldn't be far behind along with Mr. Tao. . ."
"Who is Naruto. . .?"
"Uhm. . .you would probably remember him as short, blonde, loud, and he had a distinctive three lines across each of his cheeks." Soonichi smiled as the memory came up.
"That little bastard? I defeated him with one punch."
"Don't insult him. I'm pretty damn sure he's the one who'll kill you.
AN: Switched to Corel WordPerfect, see if this works on , not messing up the paragraphs and such.