Disclaimer: It would be nice if I owned Naruto, but sadly I only own a copy of books 1-13 (Waah!).
Chapter 7: Assault
Morning approached fast. The sun's rays shined down upon the land known as Kirigakure- the Hidden Village of the Mist. A small, hastily-built fortress was the center piece of the sleepy town. Walls of concrete surrounded it, preventing any force of ronin (masterless samurai) or bandits from entering. Beyond that, the actual castle didn't look very well made. Walls were left half-constructed. The roof was simply two rows of randomly placed planks of wood crisscrossing each other. Chunks of stone were partially sculpted, vaguely depicting mighty dragons.
On the thin roof of the first floor stood ten Mist ninjas, each wearing the identical dark masks, bluish-gray coats, and black pants. None of them moved even an inch. They were about as still as the deformed statues still unfinished. Then, with inhumane unity, they turned their heads at the northwest wall. Everything seemed perfectly fine to the average man. Then, a large red frog jumped from the concrete wall and lunged at the ninja. They scattered in different directions, quickly throwing shuriken and kunai at the large frog. To their surprise, the amphibian deflected them all with an oversized kunai knife and slapped three shinobi unconscious with its large tongue. It soon disposed of four more with its large shuriken, deep slashes gushing blood. Amidst all the chaos and screams of terror, four teenagers and a large suit of armor ran through a crevice in one of the incomplete walls.
Naruto initiated the battle inside the castle by forming his trademark seal and summoning seven clones to take out the guards. The fight took only a few seconds as the men plopped to the ground unconscious. Inside the next room, all the shinobi clones splashed out of existence the minute they were simultaneously struck by Sasuke's flying shuriken. Edward knocked out the ninja on the right while the rest fled for their lives when the profile known as Alphonse charged up to them ("Sometimes it's good to be a big suit of armor," Al thought to himself). Sakura crashed through a sliding door, unleashing a barrage of kunai towards the next set of victims. Soon, the next floor was taken in this fashion.
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"It seems those brats are more capable than we thought."
"When shall we attack?"
"Soon, my ambitious chuunin. Soon."
"Do not stray from the plan."
"Only if you do not harm him. Remember, he is the reason for this operation. Jei, prepare to fight."
"As you wish, Orochimaru-sama."
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"Looks like the third floor is all that's left," Edward said, removing his red coat and white gloves.
"So what are we waiting for! Let's go kick that bastard's ass!" Naruto practically screamed for the whole world to know.
Sakura punched Naruto in the head. "Naruto! We're not supposed to be so loud! Geez, do you realize you could get killed with that loud mouth of yours?"
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Note: Itachi was in this conversation with Orochimaru and Jei, btw.
