Naruto: Journey to Lyonesse Remastered
Blanket disclaimer: I do not own Naruto
AUTHOR'S NOTE:
This chapter took some serious restructuring because it was my first attempt at multiple plot lines which resulted in it being very choppy. The next couple of chapters have a lot of the same thing and I'm doing my best to smooth and rearrange the transitions. At any rate it should be smoothed out once we start the new chapters. Here is Chapter 3. Enjoy!
ORIGINAL AUTHOR'S NOTE:
Special thanks goes out to SPeCTeR-117 and Hektols for helping me out with this chapter.
Last time:
Naruto walked back into the store and said. "He's dead. It's safe to get back up now."
Benibara looked up over the bench she'd taken refuge behind and saw Naruto standing there with his right arm up to the elbow dripping with blood. She'd been holding on to the blonde for dear life when he suddenly vanished and she heard the explosion of the gun. A second later she heard a horrific sound of tearing metal followed by a screaming/gargling noise combined with the sounds of a garbage disposal grinding. Then there had been a massive crash followed by dead silence. Now Naruto was standing out in the open facing her and the two clerks that had also stood up. She said, "Naruto; there's b-blood! Lots of blood on your arm! We need to call a medic and-"
"It's not my blood Lady Benibara. It's the enemy's. I'm fine; see?" said Naruto as he wiggled his fingers and flexed his arm. "I do need to wash up though. I-" He was cut off as the Steelside heiress hurled herself against his chest in a hug and started crying her eyes out.
"I w-was so scared!" she cried as she clung to Naruto for dear life. He gently wrapped his clean arm around her and took her over to the bench to sit down. The Sage did his best to comfort the distraught girl. The two clerks were thanking him profusely and were all out of sorts.
The Whorl Security Police Forces arrived minutes later armed to the teeth with anti-cyborg equipment. Their Commander came over and looked at the shattered remains of the military grade cyborg and said, "What in the hell happened here?" He came in and heard Naruto talking calmly to one of his troops who was taking statements from the witnesses.
Naruto explained, "That cyborg tried to kill Lady Benibara so I dealt with him accordingly as I am her Enforcer. Once I eliminated the threat I came back in to make sure everyone was okay. You guys arrived a few minutes later."
"Why is there blood all over your arm when you say you're not hurt?" asked the security officer.
"I just rammed my arm up to the elbow through that man's chest so of course I'm covered in his blood!" explained Naruto as if the officer was a complete idiot.
The Police Commander shook his head and called in the medics. Lady Benibara and the store clerks were a bit shell-shocked (with good reason) and they all needed to be checked over for injuries; especially the Enforcer. One thing was certain; this was going to make a hell of a report to his superiors….'Lord Magnus is not going to be happy.' thought the Commander….
….
Chapter 3
Whorl Arcology, Steelside Mansion
The medics submitted a report on Naruto's physical condition after his battle with the cyborg and found he was in perfect health. They claimed he healed at an accelerated rate and were amazed. The blonde didn't mention he had a healing factor. Naruto also neglected to mention Kurama to the medics but that was simply common sense. Blurting out to everyone you have a ten story tall fox spirit stuck in your gut probably wouldn't get the best response (or at worst they'd want to dissect you). Speaking of said fox spirit; Naruto had been meditating earlier and found Kurama was very low on chakra and in a deep sleep. He wondered how long it would be before his friend woke up and what could have caused such a massive chakra drain on the fox.
Naruto had been trying to reach out and find Hinata and Shizuka using Ninshū techniques but found no sign of them. 'Damn.' thought Naruto. 'Of course, if their chakra is really low they would be almost impossible to detect at long range. I hope Shizuka and Hinata-chan are okay.' The blonde did sense a lot of chakra users far away from him though. The orange loving ninja didn't know if he was sensing the Elemental Nations or whether there were other chakra users within Lyonesse. In either case Naruto really wasn't in a position to seek them out. The Sage made several attempts at summoning the toads and met with failure there as well. 'I wonder if it has something to do with the barrier of heavy water that is supposed to exist around Lyonesse.' he pondered. All in all, Naruto struck out repeatedly and was rather down about it. He was expected to dine at Lord Magnus' table again tonight and then discuss the cyborg attack from earlier that day. Naruto wasn't looking forward to that either. Sighing, the whisker faced ninja thought, 'Perhaps I'll focus on unsealing these damaged scrolls….'
….
Magnus Steelside was in the Audio/Video room with his security advisor and some technicians. Master Xian there as well. On the large center screen in the room was the security footage from Slate's Clothiers from earlier that day. Magnus and Xian watched as Naruto appeared in front of the military grade cyborg with a glowing sphere in his hand and shoved it through the chest of the would be assassin who still had not been identified yet. The Whorl Police Security Forces had all their weapons and armor supplied by Steelside Manufacturing so if Magnus wanted to see security footage or anything on an investigation it was handed over to him no questions asked….
Master Xian turned to one of the techs and said, "Slow the footage to one tenth speed and restart just before the cyborg's gun exploded. Half speed just won't do." At Magnus' nod the tech restarted the film at the designated point.
They saw a kunai flying at incredible speed that lodged itself in the gun muzzle and caused the explosion. The security advisor looked astonished and said, "Mr. Uzumaki stopped a machine gun with a simple throwing knife?! The speed and accuracy at that range and the fact the knife actually embedded itself in the barrel are all unbelievable!"
Master Xian pointed at the replaying screen as they watched the knife fly once again. "Pause there." said Xian. "Look there Magnus; the blade is coated in glowing energy just as I saw Sage Naruto's hand when he struck me that once. Has he actually transferred some spiritual energy to the blade? I wonder what that glowing blade is made of."
Magnus turned to the security advisor. "Were any pieces of the blade found after the explosion? Surely there is something left we could examine."
"The knife pieces are in the hands of ballistics with the remains of the gun." answered the advisor.
"After you've reconstructed the ballistics of what happened I want you to turn the knife pieces over to our metallurgists for study." instructed the Steelside patriarch. "We may be able to reproduce those weapons and put them in production for our special forces." At the advisor's acknowledgement he turned back to the screen that was paused at the point the gun started to detonate. "Let's continue at one tenth speed."
Naruto appeared on the left side of the screen but was still a blur even at one tenth speed although his hand was obviously glowing. "Rewind and replay at on twentieth speed." ordered the bearded blonde. They watched once again as Naruto appeared and a glowing orb appeared in his hand and rapidly expanded to about a foot in diameter. Naruto had a frown of concentration etched on his face as he swept across the screen and made contact with the cyborg's heavy chest armor. "Stop!" said Magnus. "How heavy was that chest armor?" he asked the advisor.
"It should have been impervious up to .50 caliber rounds sir. At the angle Mr. Uzumaki made contact he hit the best protected area so in theory even a .50 caliber bullet would have glanced off to one side to still protect the wearer."
"Any idea about that spiritual energy Master Xian?" asked he Steelside patriarch.
"I'm puzzled as you are Magnus." answered the older man. "I've known of a few people that could channel their spiritual energy to enhance their physical strength to inflict damage but actually manifesting that power outside of the body is unprecedented to say the least."
Magnus simply shook his head befuddled. "Mr Uzumaki is quite an enigma. Continue the playback." The group watched awestruck as the oodama rasengan ground through the armor like tissue paper. The armor bent for a fraction of and second and deformed but the rasengan ground through it so hard and so fast that it left a clean circular hole in the armor rather than crushing it. Within a couple of seconds the armor was pierced and the flesh beneath it stood no chance. Blood started to appear around the edges of the spiraling sphere of death. That's when the body was caught by the torque of the rasengan and started rotating to the left.
"To lift and spin a five hundred pound cyborg means that sphere must have been rotating at incredible force and speed." said Master Xian as they watched the sphere exit the back of the cyborg and the body spin away as Naruto withdrew his arm still with a slight frown on his face. The now rapidly spinning cyborg's right arm was ripped off when it plowed through the reinforced wall behind it and the legs were both sheared off at the knees in the same manner before the metal giant cleared the wall and left the camera's point of view. Then the film switched to the outside camera and showed the rasengan exit the back of the cyborg before showing the same events from a rearward angle. The group watched in silence as the shattered man-machine finally crashed into the stone bench sending the man's cover/helmet flying off. Then they watched as Naruto came out and examined the dead man for a moment before he turned around and walked inside seemingly unperturbed except for the blood all over his right arm….
"In real time that all took place in mere seconds." said the security advisor as he wiped the perspiration from his brow.
"And the autopsy?" asked Magnus not really sure that he wanted to know.
"Mainly liquids mixed with finely ground pierces of armor. The tissue around the hole from the sphere was simply ground into shreds. Our people at the morgue assumed the male cyborg had been hit by some sort of heavy artillery from the size of the foot wide hole and the damage to the surrounding tissues."
"Damn…." said Magnus. Everyone else in the room silently agreed.
….
Beninbara was quietly sitting with her Mother Rosalie. She cried a lot when she first arrived at home and was in private with her Mother but Rosalie gently calmed her daughter down. She assured her Benibara that she was safe and at home where no one could hurt her. "Mama; how can I ever thank Naruto?" asked Benibara. "I….I want him here with me. I feel so safe with him near. When he held me after he killed that cyborg I felt as if nothing could harm me. I would have died twice now if it wasn't for him. ….Should I buy him a car or something?"
Rosalie smiled softly. 'It seems that my daughter has some hero worship going on.' "Benibara; Naruto is new to this place and seems rather humble like Master Xian does. I truly doubt he would ask you for anything. If you do decide to buy him some sort of gift at least let him settle in a few weeks and try to figure out what he likes. I honestly don't think he has ever ridden in a car before he was in the limo with us so that's probably not the best idea….You're still running on pure adrenalin. It's going to be a few days before you calm completely down. Your Daddy and I are here to take care of things for you. Besides, Magnus wants to know the reason behind that cyborg's attack and we want you safe here at the Mansion."
"Do….do you think Naruto has a girlfriend?" asked Benibara with a slight blush.
The alarm bells went off in Rosalie's head. 'She's moving WAY too fast!' "Benibara, calm down. I don't think trying to date a total stranger is a good idea. He's not even from Lyonesse. Besides, he's your Enforcer and an employee of yours. Mixing business and relationships is a very bad idea. Your Father once had an affair with a secretary of his and that was a total disaster that hurt a lot of people emotionally and financially." 'Of course, him catching her embezzling kind of ended that relationship.' thought Rosalie ruefully.
"You love Daddy don't you Mama?" asked Benibara.
Rosalie raised an eyebrow. 'That was out of the blue.' "Of course I love your Daddy, was there ever any doubt?"
Benibara shook her head 'no.' "I just wondered why you never married him. I just know if you asked him he would. Daddy would do anything for you Mama; I just know it."
Rosalie smiled. Benibara hadn't brought up this subject in years. Maybe the realization of her mortality was making her think a bit more deeply about things. "Benibara, I understand your Daddy better than anyone else and we love each other very deeply. But you have to remember that your Father basically runs the Whorl Arcology. There may come a time when he has to take a new wife for political or financial reasons. Then he'd have to divorce me and that would be too painful for either of us to bear. By staying his mistress I can be there for him regardless and even if he has to take a wife I know he'll come to me when his body and spirit need care and healing because he loves me best."
"It just doesn't seem fair to you Mama." sulked Benibara.
"Life in high society is very cutthroat dear." said Rosalie sagely. "There have been attempts on your Daddy's life as well. Your Daddy has had to do questionable things for the good of Steelside Industries. You already know this since you've been involved in some of the dirty work yourself….Don't think I don't know what you're doing. You have been pretending to be some sort of playgirl socialite but the fact is you've been probing for clients for Steelside Industries." Benibara looked shocked at her Mother's knowledge. "Are you truly surprised that I know Benibara? You are a smart, cunning and calculating girl but I know you and you think just like your Daddy. You hate socializing almost as much as you hate singing publicly. You have a public face and a business face as well as your real face that you have around your family. None of those boys you dated ever saw your real face, but I know it well. You are my precious treasure and I love you Benibara Steelside."
Benibara embraced her Mother and cried quietly knowing that her precious Mama loved her just for who she was. The attempt on her life seemed insignificant compared to that one, simple fact….
….
"Success! This has been the first thing that has gone right all day." Naruto cheered. He had unsealed his damaged scroll that contained his weapons and supplies. "I have fifteen hundred each of kunai and shuriken as well as all sealing supplies." He said finishing his inventory. The whiskered blonde got out a new piece of parchment to use as his main sealing scroll and discard the old one. Naruto had two other scrolls to try to unseal. One had all his camping equipment and food and the other was pretty useless since all it had was the carcass of the dire wolf he slew in it (Looking back it was a miracle the wet scroll even worked. He supposed the heavy water hadn't soaked in and permeated it yet). The orange loving ninja soon had his ninja equipment resealed in a new scroll and was generally very pleased. Naruto looked up and realized it was getting close to dinner. Bearing this in mind he put his things away and changed into his suit that he hated wearing. He thought to himself, 'Now that I think about it, I haven't picked out proper combat gear because that damn cyborg attacked….'
….
The blonde was soon at dinner and it was awkward. Naruto knew it was going to be awkward. Benibara was understandably still too emotional to socialize and her Mother Rosalie dined with her in private. Naruto was glad for that. 'She just went through something very traumatic for a civilian.' thought the spiky haired blonde. 'I'd feel really bad for Benibara if she broke down into tears in front of everyone.' he pondered. So dinner ended up being just Magnus, Naruto and Master Xian. They talked about the cyborg incident in detail after they finished eating and the blonde explained the very basics of chakra to them before showing them a normal rasengan that seemed to amaze both men to no end. The ninja thought to himself, 'If a rasengan dazzles them that much then the wind rasengan and rasenshuriken might be too much for their minds to handle. I'd best stay away from anything more advanced.' After a long conversation both Magnus and Xian seemed to comprehend it was a very dangerous assassination technique and Naruto wasn't going to be teaching it to anybody.
After that the Steelside Patriarch thanked Naruto profusely for saving his daughter. He said, "I realize it's your job Naruto but frankly there is no other Enforcer that could have defended Benibara against such a threat. A military grade cyborg normally takes an anti cyborg unit of ten to twenty trained men to stop them and I can't help but thank you from the bottom of my heart." The bearded blonde explained the male cyborg was an immigrant from another arcology and that they had just identified the man an hour ago from DNA. "We still don't know why this man was after my precious treasure but you can be sure that we'll find out."
Magnus exhaled. "That being said; I plan to keep Benibara safe inside the Steelside Mansion until this situation was resolved in case other parties are involved. I know my daughter isn't going to be happy about it and will probably be ranting and raving she was under some sort of 'house arrest' but I ask you to be patient with her and stay by her side to keep her safe."
"I agree with you keeping Lady Benibara indoors for the time being." said the orange loving blonde. "I promised to watch over and protect her. It is my job after all."
Magnus made one other unusual request that took the orange loving ninja off guard. "Naruto; I'd like to ask a personal favor of you." said the bearded blonde. Seeing Naruto nod the Steelside Patriarch continued. "I'd like you to try to become friends with Benibara since she doesn't have any real friends. I realize this is a lot to ask but she seems to trust you and that counts for a lot."
Naruto sighed internally. "I'll do my best to try Lord Magnus but I can't promise anything. My main duty is to be her bodyguard after all." Magnus seemed satisfied with that answer and dismissed Naruto from dinner.
….
Naruto was in his room after dinner. Kraven stopped in and brought a history book on Lyonesse for Naruto to read in his spare time. Naruto listened to Wilhelm as the manservant gave the short version of the nation's history. "Well Naruto, I guess it all starts about a thousand years ago. Lyonesse was a large island nation of confederated cities. It was always close to sea level so they created a barrier to keep the sea and tropical storms out with the new invention called heavy water. Then the nation bloomed into a massive sea power and we began conquering other lands and occasionally brought back slaves. As the centuries rolled by through slave labor and advanced technology the Nation of Lyonesse became one gigantic city from shore to shore and was ruled by an Emperor. The Empire of Lyonesse was considered not only the pinnacle of technology and civilization but also the most powerful nation in the world. Are you with me so far Naruto?"
Naruto nodded. "Yes, that would explain why the streets look like the remnants of a giant city."
"Exactly." said Wilhelm. "Anyway, about three hundred years in, the Empire of Lyonesse entered a golden age of culture, science and arts and then starting falling into a steady decline around a hundred years later."
"Why would such an advanced culture fall into decline like that?" asked Naruto.
Kraven shrugged. "Well, there have been a lot of theories but so much history and technology was lost that we may never know the true reasons. The point is the Empire started to fester from within. Greed, debauchery, criminal activity….the social structures that made Lyonesse the great Empire it once was started to collapse and implode. Eventually the entire island of Lyonesse sank to the bottom of the ocean. Some say that our people had grown so corrupt that the gods themselves struck us down. Others say it was a weapon of some sort used against us by a foreign nation. Some claim it was some as yet unexplained natural disaster. Whatever the reason, the vast majority of the population was killed and only the heavy water barrier kept the ocean from crushing the rest of us into extinction."
Naruto whistled. "Damn….no wonder I didn't see any sunlight outside. It all seemed like twilight. Did anyone ever try to escape from underwater?"
Wilhelm shook his head. "We are so deep that the pressure from the sea would crush us if we open the barrier even a tiny bit. There was a group of scientist that supposedly created a tunnel of heavy water right after the sinking and purportedly there was some sort of exodus. No one really knows if that's true or not but people have been trying to duplicate the process for centuries with no success. If those scientists really existed they left with everyone else."
"You say this supposed 'exodus' was about five hundred years ago Wilhelm?" asked Naruto. Wilhelm nodded and Naruto thought about Isobu's words. "….About five hundred years later more people appeared the same way. I was able to observe them from underwater and from what I could tell they were escaping some kind of cataclysm but I have no idea what the disaster was. They weren't chakra users or invaders as far as I could tell and mainly migrated to the mainland to settle there…." 'They escaped to Water Country and now someone is trying to do the same thing. Hinata-chan, Shizuka and I all got sucked into a heavy water tunnel experiment. This could lead to an invasion of the Elemental Nations. Shit.'
"….Naruto…?" asked Wilhelm.
Naruto snapped back to reality and said. "Sorry, the idea of all those people dying that way had me distracted. So what happened after the sinking? Is that when the arcologies were built?"
Wilhelm nodded and answered, "Well, that part is fairly well documented and is all detailed in that book I gave you to read. There were a few decades that were considered a dark age and people started build the arcologies for shelter. Arcologies came and went as they fought each other for territory. Eventually the most successful arcologies evolved into what they are today using recovered technologies from the past. There are still advanced technologies hidden out in the streets and some of the creatures you've met are results of those technologies."
"Such as…?" queried Naruto.
The manservant grimaced. "A good example would be dire wolves. The dire wolves are biomechanical creatures evolved from wolves that were created as weapons to hunt enemy troops by one of the extinct arcologies. Unfortunately the beasts went totally feral and small packs of them hunt in the streets to this day. The gods only know what all has lived, died and been created and evolved out in the streets. Supposedly dire wolves were designed to be as tame as household guard dogs but we all saw how that went. There are thirty three existing arcologies and most of them specialize in something. Here in Whorl Arcology we specialize in weapons and armor manufacturing. There was once one called Rosu-something or other that specialized in bio organic engineering. They were way ahead of everyone else but an industrial accident killed them all and everything for miles around is in ruins. The remains of the place are still standing empty and dead today hundreds of years later."
Naruto soon bid Wilhelm goodnight and thanked him for his time. He soon went to bed but sleep didn't come. There was simply too much to think about. Eventually, Naruto fell into an uneasy sleep and hoped Hinata-chan and Shizuka were okay….
….
Rosumovi Arcology
Lyonesse was a fairly large nation and one of the most outlying arcologies was the mysterious Rosumovi Arcology. It lay in a mostly uninhabited area known to the citizens of Lyonesse as the Outskirts. Legend had it the place was haunted or cursed in some fashion so people stayed away. Three hundred years ago the citizens of Rosumovi Arcology claimed to have perfected artificial life forms and then arcology suddenly went silent. The Rosumovi had long been highly active in manufacturing and was highly advanced as well as defended. Now it was a strange tower shaped place that no one had dared to visit for centuries. A lethal chemical gas had spilled out of the place and killed everyone within a twenty mile radius. The Rosumovi Disaster was viewed as a horrible tragedy by the people of Lyonesse and the apparent deaths of all of the inhabitants there led to a massive movement in various Arcologies towards safer fuels and environmentally safe practices. It hadn't eliminated war between the various arcologies or destruction but it certainly changed everyone's outlook. Some arcologies still used unclean energy sources even now but it was generally frowned upon publicly.
It was deep within Rosumovi Arcology that the naked, battered body of one Hyūga Hinata was lying in a stasis tube full of shimmering liquid. Her eyes had been temporarily removed for study and now were being placed back in her eye sockets followed by a generous amount of healing liquid to make sure they were all right. A male in medical garb said, "The operation is a complete success. We have successfully duplicated her eyes to perfection and placed the originals back in place. Her health has yet to be fully restored and we don't even know her name but our agents who found her outside the Misogunia Arcology in the horrid, toxic wastes there should be commended for bringing her back here for restoration. She was covered in heavy water and we believe she may have been the victim of cruel experimentation. The damage to her body was extreme but our fellow healers have done a wonderful job. Let us hope our new sister wakes up soon. I just pray her psyche has not been irreparably damaged. Damn those humans!"
"Do you think she is a product of someone else's invention or descended of our original design Chief Healer?" asked a young female also in sterile garb.
"Let's ask Councilor Valeria." said the male as he put down his medical instruments. They went over to a tall, graceful looking woman with dark blue hair that was facing away from them. "Counselor Valeria, how are your new eyes?" he asked.
The woman turned around revealing a beautiful face and had pearl like, lavender byakugan eyes. The blood vessels around her eyes expanded and she said smiling happily, "They are absolutely wonderful Chief Healer Asclepius. I can see everyone's energy within their bodies and I can see 360 degrees as well. I can even zoom in on details at great distances or see objects in the minutest of detail. It will certainly take some getting used to but I am not exaggerating when I say these new eyes are truly a miracle of bio organic engineering. We should put them in production so everyone can share the joys of this new vision I now have."
"Do you believe she is our sister our something else?" asked Asclepius.
"She is our sister or developed of our forebears. Why else would her eyes be completely compatible with us?" said Valeria with conviction in her voice. "Just look at her. She has our energy source and our beauty. In spite of her deplorable state we found her in she is incredibly fit and it is obvious she follows our practices. Even in her weakened state she is regenerating rapidly. Since her body is soaking up life water at a rapid rate; I believe she will wake up soon. I can see with these new eyes that her damaged body is restoring itself like clockwork. The efforts of you healers have produced wonderful results as well. My question is what those horrid humans were doing with her to begin with. The fools over in Misogunia Arcology have never displayed an interest in our kind as they always viewed us as appliances rather than living beings according to our history. I will be discussing this with the Council as to what to do about them."
"And the new eyes?" asked Asclepius.
"Place them into limited production." said Valeria. "I can that authorize without consulting the Council. I want fifty sets to test on a cross section of our population. All volunteers of course. Provided there are no ill side effects or degradation over the next few months I believe the proposal I intend to present to the Council will pass to put the eyes in mass production. Actually Asclepius, I believe you should be among the first to receive the new eyes. There is not a shadow of doubt in my mind that they would be incredibly useful to you as our Chief Healer."
Asclepius nodded. "Then I shall do just that Councilor Valaria; to be honest it sounds like the new eyes are truly wondrous. What shall we call them?"
Valeria smiled serenely. "Let's wait for our new sister to awake and she can tell us what they are called. I personally can't wait to talk to her."
"I share your enthusiasm Councilor Valeria. We will all do our best." he replied.
The winds of change were flowing through Rosumovi Arcology. Whether they were for good or evil remained to be seen….
….
Misogunia Arcology
The closest arcology to the ruins of Rosumovi Arcology was Misogunia that sat just outside the dead zone that surrounded Rosomuvi. Misogunia Arcology was a large, semi castle like structure that was rather incongruous in appearance. It had been built up over the centuries in phases and no two phases (or layers as the inhabitants called them) seemed to match each other in layout, shape or even architectural design style. It was like someone just built a new city on top of the old one without giving a thought about the previous one. Misogunia was surrounded by swamps and all the waste from the arcology was simply dumped out into them. The area was basically a toxic wasteland. It was little wonder why they seldom had visitors….
In the lowest level of Misogunia sat the Nadeshiko kunoichi Shizuka in a cell cracking her bones back into place. Several had pulled out of joint as punishment by the Neanderthals that ran this place. She'd awakened yesterday inside what seemed to be a tumble dryer for clothing. The green eyed beauty still had her kunoichi uniform but her weapons had been taken. She'd been yanked out of the dryer by her leg by a seven foot beast of a man who slammed her into a chair. Shizuka then asked where she was and where Naruto and Hinata were. The man seemed a bit puzzled so the black haired young woman described them and the man said that they'd only found her and a blind girl. He went on to say that Hinata was useless since she was blind so they'd disposed of her by shoving her down a garbage chute and into the toxic wastes outside. Then he said if Director Obadiah found Shizuka useful enough he might keep her around for breeding stock. The Nadeshiko leader was shocked and horrified to say the least….
Flashback….
It was then the Director Obadiah came storming in. He was broad shouldered, brutish and large like the others but was graying and wore glasses. He turned red in the face and yelled, "You brought me down here for this?! A bitch?! You fools were supposed to make a passage using the heavy water like our ancestors did in the exodus from the cataclysm! Bitches aren't smart enough to know anything that would help us. When you said you had a subject I assumed it was a man. This bitch is only good for breeding purposes. Even though she's small she might do for breeding with the slaves. I can't believe you people wasted my time like th-"
That was when Shizuka gave him a chakra enhanced kick in the groin and when he bent over forward with a cry of pain she landed a vicious five hit combo to his face which rearranged it quite thoroughly….
Flashback End….
After that it was all a blur. It took seventeen of the massive thugs to subdue the angry kunoichi and even then most of them were very badly injured. At least two were now eunuchs. They beat her brutally and dislocated several of her joints before they tossed her down into the lowest prison levels of Misogunia where they kept political prisoners. Shizuka was alone, black and blue, low on chakra and in pain. But she was alive. She'd used her chakra to reinforce her body so the beating wasn't nearly as damaging as it could have been. Best of all she had a seal on her uniform at the base of her spine that contained a new uniform and a full set of weapons and supplies. The kunoichis of the Nadeshiko Village believed that they should always be prepared for anything. The young kunoichi decided to dress her wounds and bide her time a few days to heal before she broke out of this pit. She smiled viciously as she held up one of her razor sharp kunai knives. Using her wind chakra she could easily cut through the locks on the cell doors and anyone or anything stupid enough to cross her path. These bastards had messed with the wrong kunoichi. Shizuka's green eyes burned for vengeance….
Several levels up in Misogunia Arcology were the medical facilities where Director Obadiah was on heavy pain medications. They'd already had to remove one of his testicles but thank the gods they'd been able to save the other one (even if it was swollen up like a deformed purple grapefruit). In the society of Misogunia only a man could rule. If he'd been fully castrated he would have been cast out (and rightfully so). To be incomplete and imperfect like a female would have been a fate worse than death. Obadiah was currently trying to figure out the worst possible tortures he could inflict on that little bitch for what she did to him. Unfortunately between the massive pain killers and the fact he was still in misery and throbbing pain the Director of Misigunia Arcology was going to be bedridden for a while. They said he had a ruptured eye socket and a shattered cheekbone as well but he really didn't feel them compared to the horrid pain in his groin. He decided the bitch could wait until he was fully recovered before he went down to torture and kill her.
Director Obadiah always got his way. He always had and always would….
Too bad for a woman hater like him that he had picked a fight with the worst possibly enemy a sexist man could ever have –the pissed off ruler of the kunoichi of Nadeshiko Village ….
….
POSTSCRIPT:
So now we have something of an overview of Lyonesse. More specific details will come out as the story goes along but suffice it to say Naruto is stuck at the bottom of the sea (for now). In the original I was going to wait several chapters before revealing what was going on with Hinata and Shizuka but I decided to go ahead and set it into motion. See you next time. Blue out. 12/18/18 -Original Version 3/29/15