The True Journey Begins! Prologue's End!
Naruto groaned as he swung down from the tree. It wasn't comfy up there, and he had gotten a couple of cramps from sleeping in it. Sasuke, on the other hand got the comfy spot, and was stretching like the jerk Naruto thought he was.
They were in a dense forest, with lush, green trees all around them. Grass grew everywhere; however they were focused in clumps. The bright, blue sky glowed above them, the sun shining down its rays near them. It looked like it would be a good day. The two boys didn't like that. Usually, whenever there were good days, bad things happened for them. They would have to see what it was this time.
"You ready to go," Naruto asked.
Sasuke nodded in return as they kept up their trek through the forest. They knew they were near the end, however, as to where they were exactly, or what town they were near, that was an unknown.
As they walked through the dense forest they saw a glimmer of light at the end, and heard voices not to far off. However, the only reason they heard them was because they were channeling a small amount of Magic into their ears, powering up their hearing abilities. It was a simple ability, only known to God Slayers of their elements.
"Race you to the town," Naruto challenged.
"Please, you could never beat me. It would be unthinkable," Sasuke said.
Naruto took that as a go, and took off, his body glowing with Magic, signaling the use of Meteor. Sasuke growled at the cheap start, before activating his Lightning Coat. It coated his entire body in black lightning, before he took off in a sprint, catching up to Naruto, but unable to gain the lead.
They both pushed lots of their Magic into it, enough to make some people wonder how they still had enough energy to continue moving, however, these two had much more Magic than normal, so it didn't affect them as much. When they reached the town they were slightly panting, but neither won.
"I won," Naruto said between pants.
"No way, I won that easily," Sasuke said.
They glared at each other, a burning desire for victory in their eyes before letting the matter rest. They had two lifetimes to mature; they didn't need to do that. Although every once in a while they did do it.
They continued walking, trying to find anything of value. At the moment they were only travelers, travelers who were low on money. So they had to be careful what they bought. This was actually one of the reasons they were searching for a guild. So they could earn money, however they hadn't found one they liked…..or destroyed. The dark guilds were still in shambles.
They looked around, but still found nothing before seeing a poster. It had the picture of two, dark haired brothers.
"The 'Ghost Brothers' Rang and Fong at large for murder, and robbery, wanted alive, reward 15 thousand jewels," Naruto said his voice getting excited near the end.
"That should be enough money for us to reach another town," Sasuke said. 'And get Naruto a better looking outfit. Mines is okay as I just made another pair of my black clothing, however Naruto still wears that orange jumpsuit. It must go; the money will go to that!'
Naruto nodded in response. "I can't wait. I'll FINALLY be able to buy what I wanted."
Sasuke had a deadpan look on his face. "You still want that?"
Naruto smiled. "Of course, who wouldn't?"
The two were talking about two bracers that had retractable blades in both. However, what made Naruto attracted to them was the fact they had a picture of a fox on them.
"Kurama would be happy."
"Yes, because we all care about his happiness."
"Why you little piece of shit," Kurama roared deep within Naruto's mind.
'You know only I can hear you right,' Naruto thought.
"Not the point," Kurama growled.
Naruto just sighed at Sasuke, effectively letting the Uchiha know what Naruto meant. He smirked. It was too much fun to annoy the fox, after all, in a way; it was his enemy as it still hated all Uchiha.
Sasuke started walking, going to the local pub.
"We're underage Sasuke," Naruto called.
"I'm going in for information idiot. The majority of pubs know a lot about bounties as bounty hunters hang out there," Sasuke said.
He shook his head. Was his friend naturally stupid? Sometimes he considered it. He pushed open the door the bar, before sitting down at a table. It was dark in here, with multiple shady figures shifting around. There was the usual barmaid at the back, with very few and cheap alcohols there as well.
Naruto soon walked in behind his friend, and sat down at his table, every once in a while glaring daggers at Sasuke. However, the boy ignored his friend's irritation and concentrated Magic into his ears, listening in on conversations.
"The 'Ghost Brothers' should be striking this town soon," he heard a man say.
"Yeah, I heard their searching for something to boost their Magic power and Magic Container up to new heights," he heard an associate of the man say.
"They could just train to get better," Sasuke grumbled before he heard an interesting a probably important bit of information.
"Yeah, they use Reaper Magic though so be careful. It's a powerful Magic, capable of negating the majority of Magic's out and then sending an attack back at the caster with their own attacks power plus the brothers own power. It's deadly."
Sasuke's face turned grave. He was worried about this Magic. While he didn't know which types of Magic they could cancel out it was best of him to assume they could cancel out the majority, if not all of his Magic. He might have to rely on hand-to-hand combat. He was skilled with it; however he preferred fighting with Magic.
Naruto caught on to Sasuke's worry.
"What is it," Naruto asked.
"We could be in trouble with these two. Just know they may be able to negate our Magic, so we may have to rely on fists alone this fight okay."
Naruto nodded, although he grumbled a little bit. "Now I wish we had had enough money to buy those bracers."
Sasuke just rolled his eyes, before walking away, preparing to leave the bar, however he didn't notice that all eyes in the bar were on him and Naruto. You see, the people here were very adept at finding eavesdroppers, and they weren't very happy with them.
They started to gather their Magic, about to unleash them, however Naruto had noticed this.
"Sky God's Whisper," Naruto, well, whispered, letting loose a skinny, nearly invisible, stream of black wind from his mouth. It separated into multiple strands before wrapping around each and every person in the bar except him, Sasuke, and the barmaid. The strands exploded in a black winded fury, slashing and dicing furiously, leaving them all to have multiple wounds on their body.
"Really Naruto," Sasuke hissed.
"You didn't notice them about to attack us. I had to do something."
The barmaid looked at the two sheer fear in her eyes.
"Don't worry we won't attack you. That was all in self defense, jut make sure those guys get a doctor, and quickly, because they will bleed out if they don't," Naruto said merrily, before the two walked out the door.
The barmaid just stared at the door, before calling the Rune Knights.
XxX
As Naruto and Sasuke walked out the bar they looked around, still trying to find anything that could put them on a trail. They went searching for anything of value again, although for different reasons. When they came up short they asked the locals for information on certain lacrima's that would power up your Magic, or you're Magic Container, but they were answered with a suspicious glare.
Naruto sighed. "Why do people here have to be so untrusting?"
"Well, wouldn't you if you had an object that could power you up that significantly. I know I would. Still, a lacrima like that has to have some form of defense. Lots of it. Rune Knights should be around here somewhere," Sasuke said.
Naruto nodded. It was a smart statement. Rune Knight's would usually be guarding an object that powerful. It would be a severe lack of tactfulness if they weren't. After this both boys split up searching for anything that might basically scream 'IMPORTANT,' to them. Naruto came up short, however, Sasuke found something interesting.
"What is this," Sasuke asked, looking up at the giant building surrounded by Barrier Magic.
It had a red tile roof, with white walls on the outside. It had a single tower extending towards the sky, with a bell hanging outside of it. The doors were wooden, and, to top if all off, there were a small group of Rune Knights patrolling the perimeter, stopping to suspiciously glare at everyone with dark hair who was a male, including him. He just shrugged it off however.
An old man scowled at him before moving away, throwing angry glares back at Sasuke. This only made him surer it was important. He searched the surrounding area, however couldn't find anything. He was about to give up when he looked up, seeing something in the tower. It was shiny, like a lacrima, and gave off a faint trace of Magic.
'How did I not notice that earlier,' Sasuke thought, before craning his neck to see what was inside. It was a shiny orange, but that was all he knew.
He head back to Naruto's decided meeting place, a park, one with multiple kids around. As he walked up and sat down next to his friend he scowled. If Naruto hadn't found anything it was their best bet, meaning that they could have to fight with nothing but weapons and fists.
"Find anything," Naruto asked.
"Yeah, but first did you," Sasuke asked back.
Naruto shook his head in negative, so Sasuke took this as an opportunity to go.
"I found a building, it looks like a chapel but it's surrounded by Barrier Magic and Rune Knights. I think that's were the object is, however it looks like a single lacrima so don't ask me how the brothers plan on sharing it. It's at the very top of this tower," Sasuke said.
Naruto nodded. They quickly went up onto the roofs before finding a place to hide that was out of sight of the Rune Knights and out of sight of any approaching thieves. After that they waited.
XxX
It had taken a long time; it was nearly 12'oclock; however that didn't deter the thieves. They were dressed in dark robes, under which they wore dark grey armor. They quickly absorbed the Rune Knights Barrier Magic before charging forward, killing all Rune Knights there. They then busted down the door, with little to no noise, before charging inside the chapel.
"Let's go," Sasuke whispered.
Naruto nodded, before taking off, as did Sasuke before sprinting after the two.
They didn't notice the one woman who saw the entire thing.
Hey guys it's Kuma Akuma. First off, I want to mention a VERY important poll that will most likely determine Natsu's future. That's the major thing. Now onto the more interesting topics! Who are the thieves who massacred those Rune Knights before charging the chapel? How did Naruto and Sasuke, ex-ninja, miss one woman who was standing still? Are they losing their touch? Who is this woman? Is she an accomplice of the thieves? What will she do? These questions will be answered, in the next chapter.
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