Chapter 3: Escape?
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Sound ninjas appear to take Naruto from his kidnapper. He takes off during the fight, only to fall into another's hands.
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Start date, October 10
The man put out the fire. He thought he was far enough from the village and any pursuers. He decided he would make the blond walk. He packed his stuff and walked to Naruto. He pulled out a length of rope and tied a loop around Naruto's collar and cancelled the sleep jutsu he was under.
Naruto woke up, not feeling good. He felt as the bonds around his ankles were loosened and he was picked up to stand on his feet. He wobbled as he stood there. The man pushed him to walk.
"Move it and don't try any thing boy."
Naruto stumbled and fell hard. He cried out in pain, but it was still not heard. He started to cough, spitting up blood. The man frowned at this, he hopped he did not do any damaged to him when he first kidnapped the boy. He picked Naruto back up and sent him walking again.
Naruto stepped outside in the cold rain. After an hour of walking, he was chilled to the bones. His teeth were clattered together. His hair fell in his face, making him trip over objects. He was hungry and wanted to be home.
They walked until the man grew tired at his slowing pace. He made Naruto stop by pulling back on the rope. Naruto fell backwards, into a mud puddle. The man did not bother to help as he leaned against a tree. He pulled out another can of food from his pack and ate it.
Naruto got out of the mud, covered from head to toe. He sat on the ground shaking from the cold. It took away his strength and he nodded off to sleep. He tried to stay awake and come up with a plan of escape. It did not work and he fell asleep, with his head slumped over on his chest.
The man finished eating. He threw the empty can at Naruto, hitting him on the head. Naruto jerked awake and fell backwards into the mud, again. Naruto got himself to sit up and was jerked to stand up. He was pushed to walk again. Naruto shake his head, to try and get the mud out of his face.
"I think my sovereign would be pleased with you. You have an unusual gift of healing. I saw no scars on your body. I think I will see how fast you heal when I inflect some damage on you when we get to the ship. I doubt any of the people of your village will notice you are missing for at least a few days."
He gave a short laugh, but it was brought short. A kunai flew through the air, cutting the rope from Naruto.
"He won't be missed much, we will be taking him." a man said
Four people stepped out, wearing Sound forehead protectors.
The man raised an eyebrow.
"I don't think so, he is my capture."
The four Sound ninjas charged the man. Naruto took his chance and took off. He had trouble with having his arms tied behind him, but he hoped he could get away and back to Konoha. He heard a large explosion, hoping at least one of them was in-constipated.
He tripped on an uprooted tree root and fell. He started to cough and spit up blood. He had trouble catching his breath. He forced himself to roll over and set up. He heard rustling next to him. Three people came into his vision and walked up towards him. He did not recognize them. On their forehead protectors, it had what looked like four claw marks on the metal piece.
"Damn it, we need to get him to the medic. He was only to bring back information, not a captive." one of the men said
One of them grabbed Naruto and slung him on his back. The group ran off towards the explosion. They found the four Sound ninjas, dead. Their partner was standing there, with a pleased look on his face. He looked at them.
"I see you captured him. What are you doing here?" he asked
"We came to get you. You were to meet back at the ship three days ago. You were only to get information." a red headed man said
"I did and a possible experiment."
"Lou, you are insane. The captain is going to have your hide. You hope you did not capture someone important." the redhead said
"Don't worry Mike, he is an orphan and not much liked in his village." Lou said
Lou stood up and walked up to them. He looked back at the dead bodies.
"Too bad we can't take one with us."
"Shut it Lou. Since you captured him, you carry him." Mike said
Lou took Naruto forcefully from the man. Mike took off with the others following. It was six hours later when one of Ibiki's teams found the dead Sound ninjas. Ibiki quickly came to their location.
"Sir, there is signs that the man came through here. We found a food can by the mud puddle. It looks like three others showed up after the boy made a run for it, probably during the attack from the Sound ninjas. The marks here are at least a half day old. We found footprints, that are the size of Naruto's"
"Spread out, it is two days to the coast. I don't want them to make it. We will only rest when we need to. Move out." Ibiki ordered
The groups moved out. Ibiki had a team dispose of the bodies. Anko walked up to him.
"Do you think we will catch up to them?" she asked
"We better; I do not want to see what an angry grandmother is." Ibiki said
She nodded and took off.
End date, October 10