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Chapter 7, Part 1,
Of Love and War
Naruto yawned as he climbed the stairs to Tsunade's office. "Man… why did she have to call me to a meeting so early?" He grumbled, scratching his head as he reached the doors to the Hokage office. He stood there for a minute, looking at the doors. "Heh, one day, you two will be admitting people to see me." He said as he placed his hand against the oak finish and pushed.
"Naruto, you're actually later than me for once." Kakashi said as Naruto entered the room and stopped, looking at all the people who were facing him.
"Wh-whats going on here?" Naruto asked, backing up a step.
"I've been waiting until you got here, so that I wouldn't have to repeat myself." Tsunade said from behind her desk. All-in-all, the room was very tightly packed at the moment, for it held Ino, Shikamaru, Choji, Kakashi, Rock Lee, Neji, Ten-Ten, Gai, Kiba and Akamaru, Shino, and Kurenai. "As some of you know," Tsunade started, catching their attention. "Kohona has declared war against the Sound country." There were quite a few gasps. Tsunade waited a moment, letting the information sink in before she continued. "I've called you all here for a very specific purpose, so I'll be blunt. I am creating a new, secretive organization that will work solely under me, and you are the only ones I can trust enough to be in the organization. If you accept, your name will be TIES, Tactical Infiltration and Espionage Squad. One of your main purposes will be to counteract a similar group that resides within Kohona already. This group, the ANBU ROOTS, is lead by a man named Danzou. He no longer has any real power in Kohona, but the ROOTS still answer to him, and many people are afraid of him. He was the third Hokage's chief rival in most matters, and he is a war-monger. Countering this threat, if it arises, as well as other missions I may give to you, will be the only missions you receive. Now, who accepts?" She asked, leaning forward.
Everyone stood for a moment, processing what she had told them. Naruto, being his usual self was the first one to step up. "I'm in, as long as I get to take my revenge on the Sound." He said, slapping his hand on the desk.
Immediately, Neji and Rock Lee stepped up beside the blond shinobi and smacked their hands on the desk as well. "We're in too; we want revenge for our fallen." Neji said. Everyone behind him muttered their agreement.
"So, is anyone opposed?" Tsunade asked, a small smile playing across her lips as silence greeted her question. "Good then. As of now, your individual groups are dissolved. Welcome to TIES everyone."
(Three weeks later)
It was dusk, and all was silent and dark in the forest surrounding the shadow country. As the shadows grew, three cloaked figures broke away from the shadows and moved silently through the underbrush. "Let's take a break, I'm exhausted." One of the figures said as they all stopped.
"We got away just in time; I heard that Kohona is making its move. Even with Master Orochimaru leading the sound, they'll be crushed by the weight of the leaf's press." Said one of the others, removing his cloak, revealing himself to be a sound-nin.
"Yes, the country of sound shall fall this night." Said the last, looking around warily.
A deep, sinister laughter brought them out of their contemplations as they looked around in fright. "So, my own warriors have no faith in their master's abilities. That makes me sad." Said Orochimaru, dropping down between them.
"Master let us expla-" The ninja's words were cut off as Orochimaru drew his sword and in one slash, decapitated them all. "I've got a war to tend to." He said, licking the blood along the blade, and then disappearing.
A few moments later, three ninja emerged from the underbrush just a few yards away. "Well, it seems we were too late to catch him." Said Kakashi, bending over to examine the three dead sound nin.
"Well then come on, let's go get him!" Exclaimed Naruto, running off in the direction of the Village hidden in the sound.
Gai reached out and grabbed Naruto by the collar before he could get out of arm's reach. "While I agree with you Naruto, its best if we move as a team, we wait for the signal." He said.
"Well, the others are going to be the first ones to attack, to create as much confusion as possible, so we need to get as close as we can to strike as quickly as possible." Naruto replied, pulling out of Gai's grasp.
"For once, Naruto is right." Kakashi said, standing up. "Come on you two, lets go." He said as they all disappeared in a flash.
(The South wall of the hidden Sound village.)
The guard on watch stared intently into the darkness ahead, never noticing the shadow that was crawling up behind him. It latched onto his, immobilizing him. Before he had a chance to cry out, he was hit by another, unseen jutsu that caused him to slump forward slightly. Immediately though, he straightened back up, his eyes dull, showing that he was possessed. Running to the west wall, he slew the unsuspecting guards and started ringing the gong. "THE ENEMIES ARE APPROACHING THE WEST WALL!" He screamed, then pulled out a kunai and thrust it into his own throat.
"Good job you two." Neji said, watching every one run to the west wall with his Byakugan.
Ino winked as her spirit re-entered her body. "It was no problem whatsoever, that guy was weak." She said with a smirk.
Shikamaru sighed. "In any case, now we go on to phase two. Lee, Choji, you know what to do." He said.
"Right." Lee said with a nod. He ran up to the wall and jumped at it, performing a spin kick. "LEAF SPINNING WIND!" He exclaimed, knocking a huge hole in the wall.
Taking his queue, Choji charged through the gap and preformed one of the jutsus that his family was famous for. "Multisize no jutsu!" He said, expanding to ten times his normal size. He then pulled out two lines full of Kunai and wrapped them around his enormous body and curled into a large, kunai-laden ball. "MEAT TANK!" He roared, rolling forward at high speeds, tearing down and flattening anything in front of him.
"Lets go!" Lee yelled, running through the gap, followed by the rest of the team. He and Neji ran forward to intercept the Sound nin running at them while the rest of the group started placing exploding letter bombs on any building that Choji hadn't crushed. Ten-Ten leapt up onto the wall to perform her part. Pulling out several specially made far-flying shuriken that were covered in letter bombs, she started throwing them at other areas of the village, and gave a satisfied smile as they erupted in huge explosions. Then, on queue, she threw another one high into the air that exploded in a green flash.
Naruto, gai, and Kakashi, who were watching from an abandoned house, saw the signal and leapt into action, leaping up to what was believed to be Orochimaru's office. The rolled in after Gai kicked in the wall, their Kunai drawn, only to find Orochimaru and Kabuto standing there. "I've been waiting for you boys, I've even prepared for this by calling upon some old allies to help." Orochimaru said with a malicious grin on his face as the large doors opened behind him, threfamiliar people steping though.
"It's good to see that your well, container of the Kyuubi." Uchiha Itachi said, his voice as flat and cold as it had ever been, his Sharingan trained on Naruto.
End Ch.7, pt.1
Wee! Another cliffhanger! I hope ya guys like this! What will happen now as Naruto, Gai, and Kakashi face off against five of the world's strongest ninja? Find out in part two to Naruto, Finding Love after Pain chapter 7, Of Love and War! See you there!