And chapter 6 is finally up. Sorry for the delayed wait, but here ya go.

Naruto groaned in annoyance as he evaded another missile. Grabbing a headset he set it on his head, "Cease Fire, cease fire, I'm a friendly dammit!" he called out.

'Pilot, please identify yourself or you will be fired upon for flying in restricted airspace." a voice commanded.

"This is Valkyrie One dash six returning from a retrieval op. Request for landing permit." he spoke into the headset.

He waited for several seconds before he heard, "Valkyrie one dash six we copy... you are clear for landing procedures come in at landing space two-two-four-niner. Venture-Star will guide you there." a voice from one of the intercoms told the blonde.

"Copy Venture-Star I will follow your lead to landing space two-two-four-niner. Let's get ready to burn." the blond replied to the control tower.

"Roger that." the control tower replied. With that the Whispercraft harshly spun around to follow the fighter jet. Fifteen minutes later Naruto flipped the control that turned the jet like chopper into a full on helicopter, Naruto guided the bird down for landing where he was told too. Shutting the engines down, Naruto climbed out and stretched. Six hours of flight had better be worth nearly starting a war for stealing a prototype aircraft from the Japanese military projects. A man in green fatigues walked up with a grin on his face, "Great job Uzumaki, I'm sure the tech guys will love studying this thing and reproducing them at a later time." the man said.

"Major Winston, I assume you have my payment?" he asked the man.

"Of course. Two-hundred million in american gold as promised." he said as several men wheeled in large carts filled with gold bars and armed escorts surrounding them.

"Glad for the business, if you need anything else, you know how to contact me." he said walking over to another aircraft, "Load the gold onto the plane. I have a long flight ahead of me." he told them. He then looked to Winston, "Check for tracking devices, I'm not sure if the Japanese are paranoid or not, but if they find this plane here war is no doubt going to break out." he said.

And he couldn't have that happen, quite yet.

"Roger that." Winston said before snapping his fingers and barking out the order.

"Where you going?" a young man asked.

"That's my business kid. Your job is to follow Winston's orders, and right now he follows mine, so technically you listen to me. Now, load the gold onto the plane." he said pointing to a large cargo plane outside the hangar. With his order given, Naruto went into a small camper that had been prepared in advance. Taking off his shirt he threw it on the floor and proceeded to strip. He needed a shower, the smell of his body odor was starting to get to him. Quickly showering he changed into a pair of tan khaki pants with multiple pockets and a white wife beater under a grey shirt. He need not worry about cleaning his wounds, they were already healed.

Putting a fresh pair of socks on he then put on a new pair of shoes and left the small camper. Walking over to the large cargo plane he climbed into the pilots seat and put the headset on once more. However, he was stopped when a female voice spoke up from behind him, "Ok bud, I don't think you know how things are run here, but usually you have to be licensed and work for the American Air Force in order to fly one of these." she said.

Naruto didn't turn around and instead strapped himself into the seat, "I'm a military consultant and special operations member, I have flown these things more than you sweetheart. Trust me, where I'm going you'll think it's comparable to a nightmare." he told her as he adjusted the belts a bit.

"Well do you have proof?" she demanded.

"Yea, your president." he told her before pointing behind him, "Now if you would be as so kind as to get off this aircraft I have to be wheels up in five and I'm not to keen on taking passengers." he commanded her.

"No can do." she said as she pulled a pistol out and aimed it at him, "I don't see fatigues or anything of the like and your lack of cooperation means you are a enemy of the base." she said cocking the pistol.

"Listen, the last thing you wanna try to do is aim that pistol at me. The last time someone pulled a gun on me they lost a hand and their career. I would advise you to lower your hand now." he told her.

"Not until I have my proof." she told him.

"What's your name soldier?" he asked.

"Roman, Colonel Roman. That's all you'll get." she said to him.

"Well Colonel I'm sure you saw that strange aircraft fly in to the base right, that was me." Naruto pointed out, "Now, I know you are an intelligent person, what with you holding your rank and all, but shooting me, isn't what you wanna try and pull right now. So, do yourself a favor, get off my plane, and go about your day as if this didn't happen and we can all go on with our lives." Naruto told her flipping more switches.

"No, you're coming with me." she told him, "Get out of your seat, put your hands on your head, and walk off this plane." she commanded him.

"Your funeral." Naruto shrugged, "Just don't complain to me when you lose your job." he told her as he flipped one last switch.

Doing as she said Naruto got up out of his seat and did as she ordered. She roughly grabbed him by the back of his shirt and marched him off the plane, however, what she didn't expect was for a full unit of MP's to be standing outside pointing their guns at the both of them. She, thinking they were there for Naruto marched him towards them, "Don't worry guys, I got this one." she said.

"Actually ma'am, we're not here for him." one of the MP's said to her.

"Well who are you here for?" she asked, only to stop as Naruto began to laugh.

Lowering his hands he turned to her, "I'll give you three guesses, but I'm sure you'll only need one Colonel. And I'll tell you now, they aren't here for me." he told her.

"What..." she muttered in confusion.

"Colonel Roman, you're under arrest for harassing the president's main asset of foreign operations. Please, don't resist and you might just get off with a court martial." a MP officer said walking up with cuffs in hand.

"No no no, this isn't right. He needs the proper paperwork in order to take our aircraft." she said in shock.

"Your president makes sure I have any and all forms of equipment for me to operate. The fact you ignored the bars of gold in the cargo hold shows me you never once set foot in a combat zone or have ever heard of my job title. Your base general's know about me and my existence. The fact that only certain officer's know of me means my existence is classified beyond your clearance level. Next time you think of harassing someone, make sure it isn't the information broker." he told her as he looked to the MP, "Make sure you guys give her the boot. I don't want her to operate in any military for the remainder of her days." he told them as the former Colonel was cuffed and dragged away kicking and screaming about proper protocols being followed.

And with that, the MP's soon departed and Naruto once more returned to the cockpit. Firing the plane up Naruto pulled forward and out to the runway, "Control this is Papa Dragon, requesting take off." he spoke into the headset.

"Papa Dragon you are clear for take off. God Speed." the control tower said a few moments later.

Thrusting the control lever forward the plane jettisoned down the runway where it quickly gained speed. Pulling back, Naruto soon rose up off the ground, "Thanks guys, See you all on the other side." he said.

'Copy that. Armed Escort is two minutes out. They'll lead you to the next air zone border.' the tower spoke.

"Copy, I see them on the horizon." he responded, "Moving to intercept." he stated as he turned the controls. The large aircraft groaned as it began to lean heavily to the left. The weight of the gold making it difficult to turn. The sound of jet engines flying close soon filled his ears as he watched the squadron of 4 F-22 bombers circle around, "Target destination is several hundred good miles away, hope you boys are ready fro the long haul." Naruto said to the group.

"We're ready to fly as long as it takes. Squadron Leader Hellion will take front. Leviathan take the right, Boomer on the left and Tyrant will follow behind." the pilot on his right said and the planes soon moved to position.

After flying for who knows how man hours, Naruto had finally lost his escort. Currently flying over the Sahara desert, Naruto kept a eye out for where he was supposed to land. He had contacts he was supposed to meet up with to sell the gold on the black market. He'd be making nearly twice as much as he had gained with the gold through selling it here. Gold was a commodity that the people practically worshipped. However, he needed cash, not gold. Suddenly a flare shot into the sky and he once more turned the large aircraft with a moan of protest from the plane.

Pulling several switches in the opposing direction, a beeping noise was heard as the landing gears were lowered from their positions. Leveling the plane out, Naruto pulled back heavily on both the speed and on the controls. Seeing the blacktop laid out before him, Naruto eased the large aircraft down where it slammed into the hard dirt and slowed down to a stop. Turning the aircraft around he moved it off the runway and powered it down. Climbing out of the cockpit, he lowered the cargo bay ramp and saw a contingency of soldiers waiting for him, "Easy fella's, you don't wanna shoot the guy that's giving you pure gold here." he said walking up to a man in military fatigues.

"Mr Uzumaki I presume?" the man said eyeing the blond contemplatively.

"Hephziva Dhrothki?" Naruto asked before the two men grinned widely and laughed, "Ah, it's good to see you my old friend." he said grasping the mans forearm and then brought him into a bro-hug.

"You are looking well, a information broker for countless countries and one of the most influential men alive. It has been ten years or so since we last met face to face, and back then my forces were nothing but common thugs until you taught us the art of war." Hephziva smiled.

"Well information allows you to control people." Naruto shrugged his shoulders, "Dig up the right intel and then you control everything. One mans hidden agenda is another mans knife to the back or something like that. You wouldn't believe the stuff I have on most politicians in america. Pelosi is a greedy woman that is working alongside the president for china and is profiting off the fighting in Iraq. Hillary Clinton committed treason to cover up Bin Laden's still being alive. Joe Biden's son is sleeping with his own cousin and selling military components to Russia. It's all one big cluster fuck and it only gets worse with the higher officials." Naruto smirked. (1)

"As I said years ago, you should work for us, we could use your intelligence force. We would not lose any battles or men, but regardless you still save many lives here in the Congo with what you give us, even if it is a ridiculous figure. I make more money off the information you give to me than the stuff you sell me. But business is business and we do what we can to get by." Hephziva stated.

"Well, not gonna lie, but when you have nearly the entire world in your back pocket, you could almost feel invincible." Naruto smirked.

"I would see that, but that alone deters me from doing anything." Hephziva said.

"You still looking for information of Placktha or did you find what you were looking for?"

"No, to many of my spies fail and I end up receiving a head in a box in return. Have you found anything on him?" Hephziva asked.

"I found what you need, and you're gonna love this." Naruto said pulling a slip of paper out of his pocket, "Make sure you read it when you're alone though. You might have spies in your ranks, and you can't afford another repeat of last time I visited." he said.

"Yes, it took me some time, but I now look deeply into the history of every man that enters my ranks. There hasn't been a enemy spy in over four years. I would like to keep it that way for as long as possible." Hephziva stated.

"Well, as much as I like reminiscing of the old days, I have what you want. Two-hundred million in American Gold." he said to the dark skinned warrior.

"Ah yes, the gold in which will supply much of my war against the tyrannical monster who calls himself my king." Hephziva said as he walked up the ramp with Naruto. Picking up the gold bar in the closest basket he looked on the insignia, "It is genuine gold of the American Federal Reserve. Very hard to come by, and very expensive. You say you got two hundred million, but I am easily seeing over twice that. You wish for something in exchange?" Hephziva asked him.

"Nothing really. Just call it a IOU in the future if things hit the fan. Sell whatever you can on the black market and give me a cut of the profit. Until then do what you want with it." Naruto shrugged.

"How much of the profit would it take to make it even. I am willing to give you thirty percent, much more than what you said originally. This gold is easily that number, but if I sell it to the right people I would get twelve million." Hephziva said.

"That would mean I'd get four hundred million regardless. I will still take it, but I want a favor from you in the future if I need one like I said." Naruto said as he leaned against the wall of the pane.

"Not quite a deal. I want something more." Hephziva said.

"Oh, and that would be what exactly?" Naruto grinned.

"I need help with something." Hephziva stated, "Several of my most loyal men have been captured by Placktha and sent to a prison I cannot retrieve them from. I want you to free them and bring them back to me, alive, and then I will owe you a favor." he told Naruto.

"Well depends on where this prison is. Technically I'm also being hunted by bounty hunters myself. Being paid by the Japanese to check the max security pens does cost a lot of money and seeing as this favor from you is such a big one, it all has to fit in line with my schedule." Naruto said as he crossed his arms.

Hephziva nodded his head, "I assumed as much. You like playing the bad guy just so you can always have the last laugh. However, this prison is a one of a kind. One in which the men do not ever see the light of the day. A prison they call the Maw of Tartarus. You might know it as something else though. It is supposed to be a prison that is underground, and no man ever leaves once he enters." Hephziva said.

Naruto grinned, "What a coincidence. The Tartarus Pit is the exact location I'm going." Naruto grinned, "How soon do you want them back?" Naruto asked.

"Are you prepared to be captured in enemy territory as a spy?" Hephziva smirked in return.

"Now how the hell did I know you were gonna say that." Naruto said to himself.

"You didn't, you just wanted to say that." Hephziva smirked.

"True." Naruto said pointing to the man.

"So, want to hear my plan?" Hephziva said.

"Lay it on me." Naruto smirked.

"As you know, Placktha is religious fanatic. Anyone that doesn't convert from their ways... be it Christianity, Islamic, Muslim, Jewish, all who don't convert to his faith, dies. I want you to be in his next culling, and I want you to be taken to his base and kill him. This will of course mean you are going to the heart of his city where he brings all his converts, so you have to fight for yourself once you kill the big guy. after that, you are on your own." Hephziva said.

"And here I thought you were going to give me a challenge." Naruto smirked.

"Another thing, something a bit personal, I want to ask." Hephziva said as he led Naruto down from the cargo ramp.

"What is it Hephziva? You know you can ask me anything and I'll do my best to help you out." Naruto said.

"Can I have this big plane?" he asked pointing to the aircraft.

"Sure, do with it as you wish. I only took it from the american forces to transport the gold. I have no use for something like this when I have other means of transportation." Naruto shrugged.

"Thank you. This will definitely help me with my final battle plan. I now owe you two favors, and all it cost me was a bit of money and escape of prison." Hephziva laughed.

"A bit more than that, but essentially." Naruto said.

"The next train that leads to Placktha's city should be passing through in three hours. Your gonna need to be quick if you wish to get on. I will have arranged transport for you to get on it in a few minutes. Please, do not let our war here be in vain." the man pleaded.

"If and when I do kill this man, their ranks will do one of two things. First is it will collapse due to in-fighting for leadership, or it will choose a new candidate that will lead them on in this fanatics place and the war will continue. Regardless people are gonna die." Naruto pointed out.

"Actually, there is one man that these cultists respect just as much as that bloodthirsty warmonger. A man by the name of Korso, I do not know his full name, but he is supposed to be a honorable man much like you are. Put him in charge, and we might have a chance at peace here." Hephziva said.

XxX

The dune buggy roared as it charged across the scorching sand. Naruto stood on top of the roll cage as the driver jumped another dune. He watched as a trail of smoke trailed across the sky, they were almost upon it. Naruto looked down, "I hope your boys are ready, cuz once I'm in there will be a couple windows for them to sneak in and free the prisoners. Remember, there is only one shot to get it right. If not everyone single one of them hostages die." Naruto shouted down.

Hephziva looked up from the passenger seat with a grin, "That is why I count on you to kill that fatherless dog before it all goes to hell. God has paved a way, and we will take that road." he shouted back.

"Train spotted right ahead!" the driver shouted up to Naruto.

"Get me close to the prisoner's cart. I have to be with them." he said.

"Which one, there are so many!?" Hephziva shouted.

"Any one of them, they all get seen at the same time!" Naruto called out.

"The middle, go for the middle one. There are no guards on top of it." Hephziva pointed to his driver.

Jerking the wheel, Naruto had to grab onto the front of the roll cage before he fell off, "Easy man, you almost threw me off!" he shouted.

"Didn't you see the tracks? Tell me, do you want to yell at me or do you want to make train?" the driver shouted back.

"Just drive." Hephziva said.

Pushing his foot down, the driver sped up and pulled alongside the middle cart, "Here is good. I should have enough time to enter the train cart and immerse myself in the numbers. You two need to get out of here as fast as you can. The guards are already on their way. I can handle things from here." he said.

"May God protect you my friend." Hephziva said.

"I'll see you when I get your men back Hephziva. Make sure you stay alive long enough to say hello to the family." Naruto grinned.

"I will, once you free them from their captivity." Hephziva responded.

Jumping off the buggy and onto the train, Naruto pulled out a knife and sliced the lock off and pushed the door open and entered. He watched as the captives pleaded for them to free them, but he couldn't do that just yet. Closing the door, he pulled the keys off the wall and walked to a cage and unlocked it and entered before the captive inside could walk out, and then locked it back. Tossing the keys he smirked as they landed on the hook he had retrieved them from. The captive inside was a elderly man, who gave Naruto a dumbfounded look, "Great now we are all trapped once again. Was your plan always to be converted to idiocy?" he asked.

"No, Hephziva came up with the plan. I have to see it through to the end. Be patient, it'll all be over soon." Naruto responded as the train rocked a bit.

"God help us." the elder sighed out.

The train pulls up to a platform and comes to a stop. The sides of the cart then lower behind each cage to show that they could get off the train. However, behind them are ranks of arms soldiers pointing their guns at them. Naruto groans in annoyance as they begun grabbing and pulling at the hostages, prodding them with guns to get them to comply. Naruto walks calmly in the swathe of scared captives as they are brought into a large clearing in what appeared to be a old amphitheater, guards easily seen surrounding the upper levels, guns pointed at them. The hostages all mutter in fright at what is about to happen.

However, that muttering comes to a halt when a new door opens and a squadron enters, surrounding a solitary man. The man smirks as he looks around to all his new... acolytes. From behind, a man dressed in what appeared to be a holy apparel walked up the steps to a raised dais, his voice reaching everyone's ears, "In this world, life is antagonistic to the natural state." he stated, "Here, people and all their various faiths, are a spontaneous outbreak... A pandemic that must be rectified." he told them. He looked over the crowd gathered before him, "A unguided mistake, a purpose in which it is our job, to fix that mistake." he told them.

Wow, this guy was really trying to sell this cockeyed bullshit. No wonder Hephziva was fighting so damn hard.

"If this world is the cause of such a pandemic, we will lead you to another. A world in which everyone is equal, no hatred, no agony, no pain or suffering. A world where life is welcomed, and cherished." he told them, "A ravaging and ever-new place." he said turning around, "Called, Xibalba." he told the captives where they began muttering in confusion. Turning once again the man continued his spiel, "But the road to Xibalba, is where you need to cross over the threshold." he said when all of a sudden the surrounding soldiers cried out in unison.

"Threshold! Take us to the threshold!"

And then, big baddie himself smirked, "What you call, death." he said as more guards entered the amphitheater

"It is this world that must be cleansed of such an impurity so that Xibalba may be populated so that it may prosper!"

Placktha spoke up as he climbed up next to his wannabe holy man, "Look around you. Every soldier here, every single one of them in this hall, each one of the legion vast that swept you up and took you in when nobody else would shelter you, was also once like you." he told them, "Fought beside their precious 'God' as feebly as you." he stated as he glanced over the crowd, "Every single one of them, is a convert." he finished.

"There'll be no conversions!" a woman shouted in denial which caused a uproar of denials from the remaining captives.

"We all began as something else." the preacher... or whatever he was, stated loudly. He looked around pleadingly, "It was hard for me to accept to when I first heard these words." he told them, "But I changed. I let them take away my pain, so that I could ease such a burden on others." he told them.

"You betrayed your faith." a man stated.

"Just as you will change." the advertiser-wannabe-salesman added ignoring the jabs at his lack of faith, "When you realize that the threshold to Xibalba will be crossed only by those who have embraced the way of the Popol Vuh faith. For those of you right now, will drop to your knees and ask to be purified." he told them.

"We will not renounce our faith." a man called out.

"No one here will do as you ask. It is unthinkable." a tall man shouted out causing others to quieten down as he stepped forward, "This is a world of many people, of many cultures and religions." he told the holy man trying to convert them, "And we simply cannot, and will not, be converted!" he shouted.

Placktha walked up to the man and pulled out a dagger, "Then you are of no use to me." he said before driving it into the mans skull. As the mans body dropped to the ground in front of the appalled Christians and Muslims, the evil warlord spoke up, "Either join him, or join me." he commanded.

It was this ultimatum that caused everyone to slowly, bend the knee to a unwanted faith. However, one man refused to bow. A guard, seeing this, walked over to him. This man was obviously not a native to the country and seemed more like those pesky Americans. His blond hair shined like gold in the light, and he couldn't see his eyes so he couldn't tell who they were gazing at. Speaking up, he drew the blondes attention, "This is your one chance. Take the saviors offer and bow." he commanded.

Naruto looked at the soldier and simply replied, "I bow to no man." with a very calm voice.

XxX

Hephziva and his entire army surrounded the camp, waiting for the signal. A small drone hovered in the air capturing the moment on camera in sending a live feed to him, "Any moment now, we simply need to wait for the signal. We take these guards out from behind while they are distracted and we strike here, here and here at their main munitions and cut them off from their supplies, we win. We will take heavy losses, but if it ends this war and saves our families we will do as we must. God is with us." he said to his men.

"God is with us." the silent echo rebounded through his ranks.

XxX

Hearing the response was not what he wanted, the soldier stepped up into Naruto's personal space, "He is not a man. He is a prophesied savior sent to this realm by the Death God himself. One given to this world by the rulers of Xibalba themselves." he responded.

BULLSHIT!

Naruto however, was nonchalant about the soldiers response, "Look I'm not with everyone here." he said before pointing to two people, "But will take a piece of him, as well as your so called savior." he stated as he looked to a man holding up two axes.

The soldier nodded, "And a piece of them both you shall have." the man said as he walked away.

The wanna be executioner walked up and got into a stance. Swinging a ax at him, Naruto leaned back avoiding decapitation where the gathered crowd of Christians and Muslims gasped in shock. Another swing and Naruto dodged to the left, a third and he spun to the right as the axeman swung down at him. However, this allowed Naruto to get behind him and remove a dagger from the mans back as the man trying to kill him raised up swinging. Ducking under the swing, Naruto spun around and embedded the knife into the mans gut with a grunt. Another grunt escaped his lips as he stabbed again and again before he ripped the knife out and shoved it into the mans skull.

The man stood for all but a few seconds before he fell back and down the stairs and stopped to land at the feet of their so called savior.

"Ir-gun, one of my best." Placktha said in observation.

Naruto snorted in amusement, "If you say so." he responded.

"I believe you issued a challenge to me yes, to prove your worth." Placktha said.

"No, I'm just the guy Hephziva hired to kill you while he and his entire army surrounded you to finish off the lot of you." Naruto grinned as Placktha's condescending smirk fell and the sound of gunfire filled the air. Before Placktha could blink, Naruto had spun around and kicked the man in the face hard enough to cause him to stumble. Jumping up Naruto smashed a foot into the mans chest and caused him to fall to his back. Landing, Naruto pulled the blade out of his dead adversary and leapt into the air and threw the blade with pinpoint accuracy. Placktha didn't have the chance to roll out of the way as the blade was quickly embedded into his skull in between his eyes.

"He did not know who he was fucking with." Naruto growled as he landed.

The crowd of unarmed captives hunkered to the ground as the shootout continued to rage. Suddenly a body dropped down next to him while another called out to him, "My friend you must leave immediately, enemy forces are converging on this location and we will be overwhelmed if we do not flee right away." where Naruto smirked as he turned to see Hephziva, "You must be quick, before the soldiers regain their cognition." he told them.

"What, and miss the reunion of families?" he asked.

"Apparently they were led here by a bounty hunter." Hephziva revealed.

"All according to plan." Naruto said.

"Indeed, now you must go, we will take the captives and withdraw with what we have. Hurry." Hephziva said to him.

XxX

Naruto leapt up over a burning car and landed on his feet to continue his run. He needed to be as far as possible so he could continue with Hephziva's plan to save his men. Already engaged in a hard battle it was simple for him to pass by a small opening of fights. However, he didn't expect for these guys to have air support. The helicopter chasing him relentlessly. However, before a missile could be fired at him from a RPG, the helicopter suddenly exploded above him, causing Naruto to come to a halt as it soared over his head and crashed nose first into the ground where it flipped over and crashed into the train with a ground shaking explosion.

Naruto smirked as he stood up, five hooded figures quickly surrounding him. Turning to gaze at them he snorted, "Let me guess, a five-man crew this time?" he asked.

"A couple of things you could have done better." Kiba's voice told him as he walked up to Naruto, "First, check yourself for a nano-tech tracker powder that the Japanese government gave to me to ensure I captured your ass for stealing their tech. Second, trash the locator beacon in the aircraft before you went to the Americans and handed them the Whispercraft, the one you jacked. Thirdly, and this is really more important part... suck my dick when you get the chance." he grinned out, "Now, any questions?" he asked Naruto.

"Yeah." Naruto said in response as he held his arms up, "What took you so long?" he asked in response.

Kiba turned to a partner of his and motioned towards Naruto. Walking up the blond could see that it was a woman, a very beautiful woman. She pulled out a couple of restraints and slapped them onto his wrists, "Come on big boy, time to go." she told him with her own grin.

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1: I made this all up as a way to progress the story. I have no clue if this is real or not (in real life that is) so before anyone goes and yells at me, please know that I am not bringing Politics into this story. I shall continue to keep these chapters politic free.