Solitude Of A King
Chapter 8: Fire And Fury
Naruto was angry, it did not take a genius to figure that out. The actions of his supposed friend had finally taken its toll. The rocky relationship between Naruto and Cao Cao had been a highlight of the years leading up to this day. Their once friendly relationship had evaporated throughout the years, now whatever was left of it had been finally snuffed out on this day. Neither of them were ready to back down, both of them had already gathered their forces and conflict was unavoidable.
"Mordred seal the door and secure the room for Asia." Naruto commanded as he looked down at the layout of the map. "Semiramis highlight the passages in the castle."
The mistress of the castle simply nodded at his words and began marking the secretive paths within the castle. Once her work had been completed, she backed away from the map and allowed Naruto to take over. Eyeing the numerous passages with a keen glance, Naruto pondered the various possibilities before making his mind.
"Alright, we-" Naruto began once again only to be interrupted by Mordred.
"Ai, Naruto before we start what're we gonna do about the kid." Mordred said as she directed the groups attention toward Leonardo who was being kept at the corner of the room with a group of golems guarding him. "I mean, we ain't gonna tell him all our plans now are we?"
Eyeing the small child curiously, Naruto found himself exchanging glances with the emotionless boy. He could not understand the child. Leonardo had been a member of Cao Cao's faction, yet he had saved Asia. Though the kid was potentially one of the strongest members in Cao Cao's faction, he was not experienced enough to truly be considered as such. Taking a final glance at Asia, Naruto could see the hope in her eyes. While he wished to make her happy, her safety also plated a role in his predicament.
"Avicebron stay here, I want you to keep an eye on Leonardo as well as command your golems out of battle. Take Asia and Leonardo to the safe room." Naruto began once more. "The rest of you, we will be facing Cao Cao and his supporters. I want them out of this castle, they have been in our way for far too long. Semiramis, tell them about the secret passages."
Nodding her head at the command of Naruto, she scanned the group before starting. "There is a network of passages all around the castle, they were built in case of emergency. The tunnels start from the bottom all the way to the top. There is no place in this castle the passages do not connect to. I have already activated the interior defenses of the castle."
"Diarmuid and Mordred you two will be heading to the lower levels. I know Cao Cao will be planning an escape plan in case they fail, I want you both to put a stop to it." Naruto said as his eyes shifted from both of them. "Take the tunnels down and we will meet up with you once we take care of Cao Cao."
"Come on pretty boy." Mordred called out as she rushed out of the room with a gleeful smirk on her face. "I want to fight now!"
Nodding his head in acceptance, Diarmuid strolled out with the hot headed blond in tow. Their echofing footsteps drifted furhter and further from the group as Naruto ignored their vocal movements and turned to the raven haired woman standing beside him.
"Semiramis, lets go." Naruto said. "I want to catch Cao Cao before he gets away."
When Naruto had spotted Cao Cao, his eyes burned with rage. As he and Semiramis headed to the upper levels of the castle, they had found the cocky man standing inside the throne room situated at the castles center. Seated atop the throne which controlled the castle with an all so arrogant smile etched arcoross his visage, Cao Cao greeted the two with a carefree wave of his hand.
"Ah, you two made it." The mutineer said with his smile widening. "I was getting worried if you would show up or not. Then again, Leonardo's betrayal would take even me some time to plan for."
Cao Cao's last comment caught Naruto off guard. While he hid it behind his anger, the blond knew Cao Cao saw through him. That simply made Cao Cao happy, clapping his hands with a chuckle escaping his mouth the man stood and began approaching them. As he descended the stairs with grace, Naruto simply glared at him and gestured for his weapons to come forth. As the air behind him rippled and showed the numerous weaponry pointed at the approaching man.
"You thought I wouldn't make it back for your little plan huh." Naruto hissed Wirth venom in his words. "Heracles and Georg may have bought you time. You thought you could kill me! You thought you could go after Asia!"
Motioning for his weapons to launch, Naruto watched as streaks of gold pelted the very ground Cao Cao stood upon. As miniature expositions rocked the ground of the throne room, Naruto continued his relentless barrage. After launching a volley of weapons, Naruto finally called for his attack to end as he waited for the smokescreen of dust to clear. He didn't expect the attack to do anything really, Cao Cao had seen his ability for years now. He would have been surprised if Cao Cao had fallen for his most basic move. Just as thew final shower of dust settled, Naruto eyes immediately picked up on the streak of curved light moving straight at him. Semiramis eyed the attack and simply raised a hand, a shield of magical energy soon erected before the two, easily taking the blow with ease.
The first attack simply opened up for Cao Cao to start his next move. Jumping out of the dust with no change in his perfect image, he channeled more magic into his spear and launched more light magic at the shield Semiramis had erected. Forcing more and more power into the beam of light magic aimed straight at the shield. Finally, the attack showed results. Forcing its way through the magic wall a series of cracks appeared at the point of attack, spreading slowly throughout the shield. Before the attack could pierce the shield, Cao Cao was forced to dodge the spear hurtling towards him courtesy of Naruto.
Without warning, Naruto summoned a blade from his treasury and charged forward. Dodging the hail of magic bullets aimed at him, Naruto shot off the ground with a single jump sending the ground the quake. Cao Cao copied his friends actions and met the blond in the air with his spear raised. Focusing only on Naruto, Cao Cao pushed against Naruto's sword. His tactic worked, somewhat. Naruto used Cao Cao's push as a way to created the distance between the two. When a small space opened up between the two, Naruto immediately called for his chains. Circling Cao Cao, the metal chains shot from the circles as the tightly held onto the mutineer.
"These again." Cao Cao muttered with annoyance obvious in his voice as he struggled against the tightly bound chains. "You know Naruto, after all this time I still can't find a way to get out of these things. Those swords you have aimed at me don't help either."
"You sat on my throne." Semiramis interrupted with a scowl on her beautiful face. "I should have my doves peck your eyes out. No... That's too merciful. How about some of my poison.. You would be a great test subject for-"
Cutting off her bloodthirsty rant, Naruto gave her a placating look as he grabbed her raised arm. Semiramis only sighed as she felt the grip Naruto had on her. She understood the reason behind his mercy, while she didn't like it, she understood. Taking a step backward, she looked on as Naruto studied Cao Cao with a visage she could not describe.
"Hmm, it's about time." Cao Cao simply said as he stared straight at Naruto. Though he was bound and staring his potential killer in the eyes, he could not help himself. "Georg will be here in five-"
As he was about to finish his sentence, Cao Cao heard the hum of a magic circle. Smirking at the sound, he positioned his body as straight as he could, feeling victory wash over him. He knew Georg could not stand against Semiramis much less Naruto, but, it was not his right hand man's strength that he relied on.
"Cao Cao, I'm here." Georg announced as he stepped out of his magic circle.
When Naruto caught sight of Georg, his eyes immediately widened upon sight of the girl in his arms. Asia was being carried by Cao Cao's right hand man. Anger boiling in his eyes, Naruto called forth his treasury and aimed his weapons at the wizard in training. Staring at his helpless sister unconscious in Georg's arms, Naruto could not stop himself from shaking. His baby sister, the only girl he had left called family was in the mercy of the enemy.
"You managed to get pass Avicebron." Semiramis commented with narrowed eyes.
"Not exactly." Georg said with a smile creeping onto his visage.
That was when Naruto could feel himself glaring at the man he had placed his faith in. Walking out go the shadows was none other than Avicebron.
Naruto's rage had not subsided as he saw Cao Cao and his faction leave with Asia. He simply used the only way he could to vent out the anger he had built up to dangerous levels. Using his unused power against the golems left by the traitor Avicebron, crushing the stone warriors in a flash of rage. As he annihilated the small army of golems into rubble, Naruto attempted to reign in his anger with a series of breaths. Watching his anger filled destruction was Semiramis, her enchanting visage was filled with amounts of frustration left unreleased.
"Naruto. They're gone." Semiramis said gently her voice placating. "We will get Asia back."
Nodding his head reluctantly, Naruto turned his head toward the woman with a nod. It had been an hour or so since he had been focusing on destroying the golems and venting his anger. For his time in the Hero Faction, Semiramis had been one of the few who could reel in his anger. He knew Asia was gone and Avicebron had betrayed them. He could'nt help himself as he forced the Avicebrons creations to suffer. When Cao Cao vanished with his faction, he had made his position clear, if anyone involved with Naruto even attempted to recover Asia, her life would be killed.
"How are they." Naruto finally said as he took a seat against the wall of the laboratory. "Anything serious?"
"Nothing major, Mordred is much more vocal of the ambush than anyone else. But she'll be fine, a few scratches, but just fine." Semiramis replied with another smile. "Diarmuid no the other hand is trying to get out of bed to make up for his failure."
Naruto simply chuckled, while it lacked any form of joy he used it as a way to focus on a way to get Asia back. It was no time to brood, Asia's life was in the hand of Cao Cao. Brooding would simply do nothing for her. It would only hinder his plans. Sighing in defeat, Naruto leaned against the wall as he attempted to father his thoughts. While he would have loved to have a chance to kill Avicebron, Asia was much more important.
"When they're rested gather them to the meeting hall." Naruto commanded. "I need to know what happened with the others."
Chapter End
A/N: Alright guys I'm back. I am so sorry for the huge gap between updates. With so much stuff going on, I honestly let this drop. Well, I plan on updating more often so watch out for that. Hopefully I keep up on that promise. Anyways tell me what you thought of that scene with Avicebron I honestly planned that for so long I didn't know when to put it in.
Moving on, I will be adding new members to the faction soon. The next chapter is when Naruto and his group will interact with the canon characters. Tell me who you guys think I should add and I will see you soon!