Chapter 3 - Blood Red Eyes
A trumpet sounded. It rang over the silent camp and woke the sleeping inhabitants from their dreamless sleeps. Blue eyes opened and the blonde stretched his arms wide. He blinked and jumped up, already in his uniform. He ran out of his tent 5 minutes later after futilely trying to tame his hair and brushing his teeth in the little rinse bowl he had. Naruto packed his toothbrush away and left for breakfast.
Everyone was talking when he got there. When he got up to the food pot, everyone shut up. No one knew who he was of course, only the Captain knew he was the prince. But his blonde hair was so...blonde, that you cant exactly miss it, can you?
Naruto ignored their stares and mumbles. He merely got his food and went to sit down and eat. A minute later he was done and the captain came out as he set his bowl down next to the sink. Everyone who had continued their talks, shut up again.
"Good Morning troops! Today, we are heading for Calamanche Point to push the Uchiha troops from our land. If we continue as we have, we will never make it. But I believe in all of you and I think we can do this. Now! We will be heading out before nightfall, so I suggest you pack up now! Dismissed!" Captain Fehrock saluted them, they saluted back, and he turned and left.
"Moving to Calamanche Point? How are we going to take that? If they start to gain the upper hand or push us to the edge, we're done for." One guy complained.
"Oh shut up. We all know we'll die. Now all we have to do is convince the captain that we're not afraid and fight our hardest. If we do that, we'll be remembered no matter how short or long the battle is." another guy, with black hair, said, taking a drink of water.
"Uchiha is gonna win this war, we all know that. I feel sorry for the King and Queen, the Uchihain royals will most likely torture them before they're hanged." a scrawny guy with brown hair and side burns called out to his fellow soldiers.
There was a collected 'yea' from the others as they walked away. Naruto furrowed his eyebrows. How could these soldiers be so faithless? They had all left, he was the only one still standing there. Instead of going to his tent, he went to the larger tent the captain was in.
"Oh, Good Day Naruto. Is there something you need?" he asked, checking his maps.
"Your men do not seem to have much confidence. They talk as if the war is over and they've lost." Naruto said, serious.
"I know that. I know they're scared. I also know our chances of winning are slim to none. But I can not just let them lose all faith. I have to stand strong so they will too. They will follow my commands, and do as I say. If I seem hopeful, then they are at least slightly hopeful. Naruto." he stood up.
Said blonde, who was glaring by this point, blinked and gave the captain a confused look. Fehrock placed one hand on each of Naruto's shoulders and looked him straight in the eyes.
"I need you to fight with all you've got. You need to give my men strength with your skills." he said in the most serious tone Naruto had ever heard him use.
"Yes sir. I will do my utmost best to fulfill your expectations." The blonde nodded. The captain smiled and withdrew.
"Good. Now. You should go pack. And be ready to walk a far distance." he warned, smiling slightly at the prince before him. Naruto nodded and saluted, hand curved upward to show victory. Fehrock smiled even more at this and saluted him back.
Naruto left and headed for his tent. He rolled up his sleeping bag and his pillow. He set his bag and his sleeping supplies next to the tent and began to pack that up too. When he was done, he looked around and saw that everyone else was almost done too.
The captain headed over and handed Naruto something. It was a sword.
"Captain? How'd you?" he began.
"I have connections Naruto. I sent for this shortly after you arrived. It's your sword from the castle." Fehrock explained. "Use this to protect your land."
Naruto took the sword and held it carefully. He then strapped it onto his belt, around his waist, like it would usually hang. He saluted with a huge smile on his face.
"We head out in 5 minutes Prince, be ready." he turned and walked away, a tiny smirk on his face.
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The dark haired boy sat in his small tent, eyes closed. He felt a presence coming and opened his eyes moments before the flap opened to let enter a large man. He did not come in though, and only stayed long enough to say a few words.
"We're leaving. Get Ready." Then he was gone.
He sighed, why was everyone in the Uchiha army so...un-conversational? But none-the-less, he packed up in seconds and was ready to go in minutes. Moments after he was done, they left. Everything here was so...fast pace.
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The Dark haired man looked through the bushes. There was the castle. He signaled to his men and they all snuck to the outer wall. Once there, the man motioned upwards and seemed to tell them that if they got in his way he'd kill them.
All his men, dressed in black, nodded. They began to climb the wall.
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Naruto blinked and looked at the men around him. Why was everyone so tired? Oh, that's right! They had been walking for a day now almost. He himself wasn't tired, because he had retreated into his mind and let his body walk.
The prince often did this, retreating to his head. No one there bothered him, he could think, and relive times from days past. A moment ago, he had been reliving his meeting with Sasuke. But what had brought him out of it? Oh, the captain was coming.
"Troops, rest for a moment. In one hour, we will be taking on Calamache Point." he said sternly. Naruto nodded and sat down while everyone else fell on their butts and then laid on their backs.
Naruto opened his bag and took out a sandwich he'd made before they left. He began to eat and felt his tired body become ready for any battle. Everyone else was asleep except three soldiers. They were working together to make some food without alerting the enemy that they were there.
Naruto laid down when he was done eating and stared at the sky. He hadn't noticed how much time had passed until he heard the captain calling them to.
"Get up men. We have a battle to wage. Any longer and the enemy will know we are here. Our enemy is General Wilham, so no slacking. His men are well trained, so be ready." he saw them shudder slightly, but paid no mind. If he showed any slack, his men would crumble. "Alright men, let's head out!"
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"General Wilham! Uzumaki troops are headed our way!" a soldier yelled.
"How many?" he asked, bored.
"About 100 sir!" he answered.
"Swat them away man. Protect the fort." he waved him off and ate a nut from his little bowl of peanuts next to him. "Ah, lovely."
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Naruto blinked.
"Sir, they're coming!" he called, pointing to the Uchihain men.
"Attack!" Fehrock ordered, "No use hiding now! Full speed ahead! Defeat them now!"
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The battle...wasn't going...quite as planned. Planned, they would've run the enemy back to their camp like the scared monkey's they were. But at the moment, they were pushed to the edge of the cliff that stuck out over the ocean miles below, giving the area the name Calamanche Point.
Naruto was squished in the middle of all the men and the Captain was out front fending off the enemy troops as best he could. When Fehrock was knocked down, Naruto snapped. His one way of fighting this war was not going down the drain!
"Out of my way!" he yelled, scaring his fellow fighters when he pulled out his sword.
"A sword? Against guns? Are you nuts?" the closest man yelled. Naruto glared at him and the man backed off.
"I said...OUT OF MY WAY!" and he jumped into the air, sword out.
"Naruto." the captain muttered when the boy landed in front of him.
"Back off captain. I'll take 'em."
"But Naruto, you-"
"I said, I'll handle them...Now trust me!" he charged forward at the oncoming men. They laughed at his sword until Naruto slashed and killed one of their guys.
"Get him!" the one that looked like the leader yelled. They charged.
Naruto waited until he was surrounded and one was jumping in the air above him before he attacked. He spun as he slashed and all the men around him fell to the ground. He stabbed upward, catching the man through the chest, and then flung him back towards his leader. Naruto charged and slashed, slashed, and battled, until all but one of the soldiers were dead. That soldier ran for his life.
"What's going on here?" came a booming voice. Wilham walked onto the field and examined the damage. "Who killed my men?" his eyes fell on Naruto.
Naruto's fellow soldiers cowered and the captain stood up straight, looking defiant in front of the huge man before them. Naruto, covered in blood and holding a sword, gave the man a glare and charged again.
"Do not challenge me to a sword fight, boy!" Wilham took out a large sword to match his large body and went to slash Naruto.
Everyone gasped, but then looked lost. The blonde boy was missing! Naruto yelled and then Wilham staggered forwards a bit. A large slash mark down his back and the much smaller boy standing behind him.
Wilham was over 6 feet tall, Naruto was between 5 and 6 feet. His smaller size was the advantage.
Wilham turned and punched said boy, who dodged but was hit on the left shoulder. He then jumped up between Wilham's arms, poked the man right in the eyes with two fingers, then took his sword and slashed across and spun while the man was blinded.
He landed on the ground as the now decapitated man lay in a pool of his own blood. Naruto's eyes seemed to have taken on the same color as the blood and his breathing was ragged. All the Uzumaki warriors stared at him with a mixture of horror and wonder.
Naruto sheathed his sword. Then he blinked, his eyes rolled to the back of his head, and the boy fell to the ground, out cold. Captain Fehrock was there a moment later and picked up the boy's head.
"Naruto!" he called, shaking the boy.
The men slowly walked over. They didn't come within arms reach until the captain ordered them to help him. They picked him up and ran down the hill, away from the blood, and into the forests to the left of the battlefield.
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