Chapter 25: Run!
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An old acquaintance lies in wait for Naruto.
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Start date, January 13
Naruto woke up to the door opening. He did not bother to look back, he knew who entered. He kept still as his covers were pulled off him and he was picked up. He frowned as he was carried out of the room and down the halls. He did not like the IV bag lying on his stomach. He closed his eyes, listening to the footsteps made by the healer and three others. He smirked in his mind as conversations stopped and he knew eyes were on him as they passed a group of people in the hall. It was early in the morning and most were still in bed. He knew they turned down an empty hallway from how the sounds echoed. He stiffened, as someone yelled out and he fell to the ground. He looked up and watched as Lou attacked the three guards. He looked to the healer, seeing the man was knocked out. He looked to Lou as the man dispatched with the last guard, stabbing him in the chest. He saw the man was bruised up and dried blood was on his clothes. He noticed manacles around the man's wrists and his clothes were all dirty.
He looked to the man's face, seeing anger directed at him. He got up and took down a dark hall, his eyes changing by the change of the light levels. He pulled the needle out of his left hand, not caring if he hurt himself. He heard the man's foot falls, not bothering to keep quiet. Naruto cussed, wanting to fight the man, but he wanted to keep his ploy up, and he knew he was no match right now. He ignored the pain his body was in, which most of the pain came from his feet and sides. He turned down another hall, hoping to lose the man. He flinched when brighter light filled the halls. He took off, hearing the man coming closer. He turned down any hallway he found, hoping to confuse the man, yet each time the man found which hall he went down and the lights came on. He stopped when he meet with a dead end, running into a closed door. He stood up, rubbing his nose. He moved into the darkness, hitting the cold stone. He saw the man stop and look down on the ground, with a smirk. Naruto looked down where the light ended and saw blood.
He brought up a foot and found the bandages were gone and his feet were bleeding. He moved along the wall, keeping an eye on the man. He heard the man laughing as he walked towards him. The man pulled out a kunai from his pocket. He knew the man did not see him, but knew where he was.
"Cornered like a rat. I had fun playing this little cat and mouse game, but it ends now. This cat had its fun, but it's now to land the final blow."
Naruto felt wood and fumbled for a handle, hoping there was one and it was unlocked. His eyes went wide and he pushed the door open, slamming it shut when he passed through the entrance. He found a lock and turned it. He moved back as the door was banged on. He looked in the room finding the room was large. All around him was wooden boxes stacked high and old furniture. He looked to the door when he felt chakra gather. He frowned as the door caught fire. He looked around the room again and noticed a fire place. He ran to it, knocking stuff down to slow the man, even tripping himself. He climbed up inside the fireplace as high as he could, meting a barrier. He stayed still as possible. He heard the door break open and the man breathing heavily. He covered his nose, not waiting to sneeze from the soot. Lou looked around, snarling. He kicked at a box, breaking it open. He snorted as broken glass fell out. He found the light switch, frowning when only half of the lights went on in the room. He moved farther in the room, kicking away stuff in his way. He smirked, finding blood next to the fireplace.
"So the little mouse found a hole. I think I have something to flush you out."
Naruto clench his jaw, trying to come up with a way of escape.
"The seal, are you able to take it off?"
"No I can not. The ones I was able to take off was weak, this one is very strong. You can't use my chakra, unlike what you did in the chuunin exam. It blocks off your tenketsu completely."
Naruto looked down and watched as four small round balls landed under him. They exploded, seeding a plume of red smoke up, following the draft of the fireplace. Naruto closed his eyes, as tears formed. He started to cough from the pepper. He lost his hold and fell down in a tangle of limbs. He let out a yelp as he was dragged out and thrown across the room, hitting a wall. He stood up unsteadily. He looked at Lou with blurry eyes as the man advanced on him. The man stopped in front of Naruto, smirking.
"I'm a dead man anyway, so I don't think it will hurt to kill you now."
Lou shot forward, grabbing Naruto by the neck and slamming him in the wall. Naruto lost his breath. He gasped for breath as the man lean forward, holding the kunai up at Naruto's eye level. Naruto looked to the weapon and back to the man's face, seeing a crazed look. Naruto narrowed his eyes. He slashed his hands down the man's face and using his feet, slashed down with his toes, crossing the man's chest. Lou stepped back, dropping his weapon. He held his face with his hands as blood ran down from the marks.
Naruto fell down on his knees, gasping for air. He looked to the man as the man cried out in anger. Naruto saw the weapon and grabbed it, as the man shot forward. Naruto jumped away, with the man following him. He ran out of the room, turning slightly and threw the weapon. The man sidestepped the weapon and gained in speed. Naruto put all his strength he had into running. He turned a corner, slipping on the stone. He got up, but was caught by the man. He struggled, fighting the man like he fought Moran. He bit, clawed and punched when he could. He kneed the man in the stomach, but it was not strong enough to deter the man. The man grabbed hold of Naruto's head by the hair and slammed his head down, hard on the ground. Naruto stilled from the blow. Lou quickly gathered Naruto's arms and pinned them to the boy's chest. He looked down at his shirt, seeing cuts along his chest where his shirt was ripped. He ran a hand over his face, pulling it back to see blood. He glanced to his arms and found where he was bit repeatedly and found long cuts on his arms.
He looked to the boy's hands and saw his nails were long and sharp like claws. He glanced to the boy's feet, seeing his toenails were the same. He pried Naruto's mouth open and snorted, seeing his teeth looked sharp and his canines were somewhat longer then normally. His eyes widen, watching them shrink, but they were still long. He looked behind him, hearing echoes of shouts from people. He let out a grunt as he stood up. He reached down to grab the boy when pain filled his body. He moved a few steps back, before doubling over in pain. He looked up as Moran, followed by three men walked forward. Moran had his hands in a seal. Lou snarled at the man. A seal on his forehead glowed brightly.
"You will be taken back to your cell, awaiting your death. Take him." Moran said
The three ran forward and grabbed hold of the man. They bound his arms behind his back and Moran pulled his hands apart, causing the seal to recede. Moran walked forward and knelt down next to Naruto. He placed a hand on the boy's cheek, frowning when the flinched away.
"It is okay." he said softly
Moran picked him up and was surprised when the boy wrapped his arms around his neck and buried his head in his chest. He stopped himself from rubbing the boy's back, remembering the burns. He frowned as the boy trembled in his hold. He looked to the three ninjas as they struggle with Lou. He was glad more came and help subdue the man. He nodded to himself when they knocked the man out and dragged him off. He followed them, anger on his face. He looked to Naruto, hearing him whimper. He looked up as they exited out of the lower halls, to ground level. He turned from the ninjas and headed to the hall where all of this began. He passed the group of ninjas as they moved a man to a body bag. He entered into a large atrium and let out a sigh as all eyes in the room turned to him, as he made his way to the entrance. He ignored them and pushed open a door with his shoulder and walked outside. He let out another sigh as the boy curled in his hold, from the cold. He looked back to see three ninjas running up to him.
"Moran-san, I will tell Fang-sama you found the boy." a ninja said
The man disappeared. Moran ignored the other two and picked up his pace. He passed through an open gate and took off towards the hospital to his right. He saw ninjas standing outside of a building to his left, a type of administration building, watching him. He entered the hospital and stopped when a doctor raced up to him. The man grabbed hold of the boy, but Naruto kept his hold on the Moran's neck and whimpered. Moran jerked his head at the doctor and the man nodded. He walked off, with Moran following him. He entered into a room after the doctor and laid the boy down on a bed. He pried free of Naruto's arms and watched the boy's eyes open, fear seen on his face. He frowned as the boy moved away from him, whimpering. He saw the boy had a glazed look over his eyes. He glanced to his left and watched the doctor reach out and grab hold on the boy's leg. He watched the boy's eyes go wide and droop. Moran backed away and let the healers take care of him. He looked to his shirt, seeing blood. He looked up at the boy, narrowing his eyes. He walked forward and picked up a hand, examining the nails. He looked to the doctor, seeing confusion as well. He glanced down to his own chest, remembering what happened to him. He let go of the boy's hand and looked to the doctor.
"Send word to me when you are finished treating the boy. Don't clip off his nails. I will be meeting with Fang-sama."
The doctor nodded. Moran walked out, letting out a sigh. He walked off to report.
-captured-
Naruto walked up to the gates of where the kyuubi resides. He peered in and watched the great fox opened its eyes, looking amused. Naruto snorted.
"You would not be smiling if your head hurt."
"Ah, yes that is true. I am glad I am not in your position."
Naruto rolled his eyes and placed a hand on the bars. He noticed he could easily fit through the gap. He looked down, frowning.
"What's the matter?" kyuubi asked
Naruto looked up into the eyes of the fox. He looked back down, letting out a sigh.
"I want to go home. I miss everyone, well the ones who acknowledge me. I want to sleep in my own bed."
He stiffened when something large, red, and furry passed his sight of vision. He looked up, smiling as the tail wrapped around him. Tears threaten to fall as he looked in the eyes of kyuubi. He grabbed hold of the tail and fell to his knees, crying all the unshed tears he held back, tears he proclaimed he would never shed again. Kyuubi let out a sigh, causing the misaim in its cage and the room to swirl. He looked down at the boy as he fell asleep in his hold. He moved another tail out and laid the boy down on it and covered him with the other. He closed his eyes, falling asleep himself.
-captured-
"Report." Lord Fang ordered
Moran stepped forward. He ignored the stares he got from the group of ninjas in the room. He cleared his throat and spoke up."
"Lou escaped his confines and laid in wait to ambush the boy when he was being taken to the hospital. At the time of his escape, a guard was making his rounds and we believe he used a ploy to draw the guard into his reach. The guard is dead. I believe he was about to make an escape when he spotted the boy. He took action and guessed where they would be going. He waited till they passed his position and attacked the healer, who was in the back. He suffered a crack collar bone and his arm is broken. Lou then killed the three guards. The boy took off down to the lower levels. Nothing was known, until the time passed when healer Roam did not arrive at the scheduled time. He and the three guards were found and a search for the boy started down to the lower levels. Once the search for the boy began, knowledge of Lou's escape was found. The word was spread and the search efforts were picked up. I and the three that accompany me found a trail of blood, leading to the storage area of the keep. We heard the sounds of fighting and ran to their position. When we arrived, Lou was about to run off with the boy, when I activated the seal placed on him."
The lord nodded. Moran stepped back. The lord waved his hand, dismissing the ninjas. Moran glanced back, seeing the man thinking. He left, ignoring people asking to speak with him.
End date, January 13
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