C7, To Know

"Talking." 'Thoughts.'

XX

Washi watch the scene below him with great intensity as his clones went to work on killing the assembled soldiers who were meant to continue the oppression of the Land of Water, he noticed that his first wave of clones had been utterly destroyed but the primary objective of the mission had been completed in the destruction of the tower which had sent several pieces flying into the waiting enemy soldiers killing many of them only to see that there were still quite a few to continue the current battle and at least two more fully equipped and fresh battle battalions to continue the engagement.

But before Washi could create any more Shadow Clones to assist his allies he noticed a storm of arrows flying out of the dust from the demolished building impacting many of the front row of the battle group and then exploding in a brilliant show of flames and distraction.

Washi Watch as a large group of warriors that looked a lot like samurais walked out of the debris cloud and engage the enemy one of them clearly the leader calmly walked up to Yugito and introduced himself, the two of them talk for just under a minute and then proceeded to engage the enemy forces with such vigor and forced to make their way to the final tower of today's operation as he himself moved on to accomplish his own objective.

Upon reaching a rather unique looking building that resembles an old Gothic church Washi quickly activated his eagle sends them began to scan the area to find the entrance to the crypt, eventually he discovered the entrance and quickly made his way to enter his clans crypt and retrieve the scroll before it was too late.

XX

The Konoha ninjas were currently doing all they could to stay upon the roofs of the buildings knowing full well that a full-scale war seem to be going on below them at this time, it had taken some time but eventually they had spotted Naruto creating several clones that assisted in the assault of one of the towers and then continued on his way with a clear objective upon his face.

Kakashi, Neji and Guy we're now doing everything in their power to get to their target before he disappeared once more using Neji's bloodline to keep track of him only they caught a glimpse of surprise as he then said, "He just opened some kind of secret doorway into the Crypt of the Don of Souls church, he's just open it we have to hurry or were going to lose him."

The three Leaf ninjas moved as fast as they could and finally made it to the roof of the church only to see the doorway closed on them, Kakashi and Neji walked up to the door and began to examine it closely noting that there was a strange looking skull upon it which Neji then put his hands in the two eyesockets pulling them off as he'd seen Naruto do the same with them re-opened the door upon a dark corridor before them and could definitely hear noises down the corridor and realize that they would need to rely on stealth to complete their mission.

XX

Washi had just jumped down a hole in the floor and landed in part of the Don of Souls that looked as if it had been placed to house several water monks it as their final resting place, he then began to walk down the corridor until he came across an area that had many coffins littered among each of the lids was the symbol of the Brotherhood and the Uzumaki clan upon them and what caught his attention was the presence of several dozen bounty hunters who appeared to be defiling the graves of clan.

The lead bounty Hunter of the group walked up to some of his men and overheard their conversation, "It's hard to believe this section was hidden from the rest of the church."

"I know what you mean man, even with that little thing it says something about some curse promising death of anybody disturbs these tombs. But at least nobody's trying to kill us." The other man said as the leader decided to make his presence known to them.

"You two will be dead if you don't get back to work right this moment." Upon hearing this Washi came up with an idea and how to deal with the bounty hunters and began to scan the room hope you find the chamber entrance where the scroll was located and thanks to his Eagle Sense he was able to succeed in locating it now he only had to deal with the intruders.

It was right at this moment that Akima saw a message stating a new mission named: Respect for the Dead, Full Synchronization: scan the room with Eagle Sense and poison all targets in the room without touching the ground.

Akima Quickly accepted the mission and watched as her father began his mission in the room as he said to himself, "It would appear they have no respect for my dead Clan's dignity, but that little bit about a curse gives me a wondrous idea how to get them out of here permanently."

He quickly switched from his hidden blade and hook blade to the poison dart gun and began to making his way onto the rafters above them to get into position so he could fire his darts without any problems but also so he could still make it to the sealed chamber through free running with no problems, he then activated Eagle Sense and began to quickly identify all those who had already defiled the tomb and began his work by lining up his first shot at one of the bounty hunters and let the poison dart fly hitting the man in the back of the neck and quickly moved on to the next Bounty Hunter and the next as fast as he could.

At the same time the three Konoha Ninjas were observing the scene before them with both a sense of shock and admiration as they watched him work to clear the room of the bounty hunters who were defiling this crypt and they could not blame him for such actions as these men clearly had no respect for the deceased before them, very quickly they both had to put their hands over Guy's mouth to keep him quiet before he could say anything as his voice was not known to have a low decibel point.

He was surprised by the action but then noticed them both looking at him with a clear message that said, 'not right now.' They then noticed that the poison had begun to take effect on many of them and also began to overhear the bounty hunters coming more concerned that the curse was real, however the lead bounty hunter in charge had finally had enough and marched over to an unopened coffin and threw open the lead and began to defile the remains within with a look of pure enjoyment and triumph upon his face not realizing that Washi had already loaded a brand-new poison cartridge this time it's a much faster acting poison and let a poison dart fly hitting the man right in the jugular and watched as the poison began to take effect immediately.

The three Konoha ninjas watched as the man began to not only cough up blood but was also joking on it and began to convulsive as he fell on his knees and then fell on his back as his life faded before his eyes, by this point the other Bounty Hunters began to panic and run out of the tomb fearing for their lives as they had already watched many of their colleagues and superior parish before their eyes, Washi

As soon as the last Bounty Hunter fled the tomb Kakashi watched as Naruto unsheathed one of the swords upon his back and channeled his chakra into the blade and then let his attack fly from his blade sending a wave of wind infused chakra, all three of the Konoha Ninjas watched as the wave of chakra impacted the entrance that had been made into the tomb utterly destroying the entrance upon impact and ceiling it off once more from the outside world.

The three then turned their attention back to their primary target as he made his way to what looked like a small balcony and realized he had found something, Kakashi was the first to notice those special seals that were etched into the very walls and warned his comrades as fast and quietly as he could.

Neji and his sensei Guy quickly walked over as they watched Kakashi examine the seal and then turned to them and say, "it's specifically designed to prevent us from using our chakra to walk on the walls using the tree climbing exercise technique, and judging by the way it is designed for someone to use the free running art that Guy was talking about earlier."

Kakashi then noticed that the only way to get to where Naruto was at this time was to use free running upon the beams to reach the balcony required if and allowed him to come to a conclusion that there was something special about this crypt, "we need to get over there as fast and as quietly as possible without being detected by him otherwise he'll make a run for it we can't allow that to happen this time, now let's move out."

As he finishes saying this they all made their way onto the nearest support beam and making their way to their target while attempting to use the support pillars as cover to prevent from being seen by their target, eventually Neji stopped them as they then began to observe Naruto's actions as he observed the wall before him and then pushed a part of it in releasing a chamber door was then fell forward into the tomb revealing a hidden chamber that he could not see inside of even with the use of his Byakugan.

"As I believe there may be seals inside of that chamber as I cannot see its interior even with the use of my Byakugan." Neji said with a bit of admiration in his voice at just how powerful their targets clan seal work was.

Washi walked into the chamber with a clear and precise purpose as he began to observe the chamber in all its details and noticed several things including the sarcophagus before him that read the names of two very important people of the assassin brotherhood who are also his ancestors the names upon it were Desmond and Rebecca Miles, he could only smile as he then said to the coffin, "rest in peace ancestors."

He then began to look around the room until he came upon the scroll and next to it was an object he had only recently began to experience in his dreams as he relived his ancestor Connor's memories, it was the rope dart.

This one had clearly been there for a long time and has begun to show its age but both it and a scroll set upon a pedestal and came to a realization that it had been placed here in safekeeping waiting for another Assassin to find it in the future, he quickly pocketed both the weapon and the scroll that lay next to it and then walked over to his primary objective noting that it was well intact and quickly lifted off the pedestal only to hear a click from an iron gate indicating that have been unlocked and walked over to it to begin his trip back to the outside world as he opened the gate and quickly followed the path for before him using his Eagle Sense to guide them along its dark path as he exited the crypt and said a silent prayer that his clan's secret resting place when not be disturbed any further by the unworthy.

Full Synchronization 100%

Scanned the room with Eagle vision and poison only the selected targets without touching the ground, successful.

The Konoha you just had finally made it to the outcropping and began their way into the inner tomb and were quite impressed with what they saw before them as they walked around the room taking in all that was there, eventually Neji noticed the gate in the room that seemed to lead down a dark out and walked up to it upon his inspection he discovered that it was open and could just barely make out sounds of someone walking down the corridor.

He quickly turned to his fellow Jonin and said, "I believe he went on this quarter we have to hurry if we want to catch up with him."

The two of them nodded quickly and followed him down the corridor once the door had opened not knowing where it would take them but knowing that they were fighting in hot pursuit of their primary target.

XX

People walked through the square still being quite concerned with the earlier battle that had taken place in noting that many more people were present than before, in the middle of the street small sewer grate opened which Washi finally managed to crawl out of taking a look around to make sure none of his pursuers were present and notice that some of his allies were one of them may signal that he was alerting the resident to his presence.

Washi steadied the scroll on his back and walked directly towards the mass of people preparing to blend only to hear sounds of someone opening the sewer grade and immediately knew that his pursuers had followed him right into the tomb and were now standing behind him, "Oh come on man, give me a break."

He turned around to see the faces of his former comrades when he was still a Leaf ninja, "Naruto Uzumaki, by order of the Hokage and the Council of Konoha you are hereby ordered to return with us immediately to the Hidden Leaf."

He turned around to face them with a sense of confidence as he stared them down, he then noticed that more of the Konoha shinobi were arriving by the minute and realized that he was indeed outnumbered.

He recognized two people who he could trust and might let him escape but realize that the majority of them seem to have their own objectives in this matter especially one of them was staring him down intently as he realized there was something about this young man in question, he realized that he had been quiet too long and then spoke knowing that he had to find a way to escape as soon as possible, "If Tsunade was the only one to issue the recall order I would return in a heartbeat, but the fact that the Council and the elders have also issued the order immediately tells me to not return for my own protection as well as my friends. You're all being manipulated by the Templars and you don't even know it."

Kakashi and the other Jonin were truly surprised by what they had just heard him say, "You don't get it do you, the Elders are just using you to do their dirty work for them."

"That's not true; you're being controlled by these assassins Naruto." Kakashi said to him in a pleading like voice.

He smiled at them and made a light chuckling sound as he then said, "You have no idea what's really going on do you?"

Kaskashi realized that something was indeed wrong but without proof he could do nothing and simply set out to complete his mission that had been given to him by both the Hokage and the Council, he turned to the others and then said, "I will engage him, interfere only if necessary I have to do this."

With this said he instantly shot out in a dead run right at his former student with the intent to take him down so he could be retrieved back to his homeland only to see his student quickly put the hood back over his head and went into a defensive position quickly realizing that this was a situation where he had to disable and not kill us the two began to engage in combat.

Washi dodged every single punch and kick and even managed to land a few of his own which surprised his former Sensei as they continue to engage one another, Tenten, Hinata and Sai watched the fight unfold with bated breath as it was clear the two were equally matched in their hand-to-hand skills.

The three of them watched the battle unfold as it was clear that the other Jonin would soon begin to intervene on behalf of their comrades to subdue their target, what happened next truly surprised all of them as Jiraiya and several assassins appeared stopping them in their tracks as the Sannin then said, "All of you stand down now by order of the Hokage."

Kakashi was not convinced that this was the legendary Toad Sannin and spymaster of the Hidden Leaf and began to try to dispel any Genjutsu that might have been in effect only to discover that he really was standing before them, he quickly turned to Washi and then said out loud so all of the Konoha ninjas could hear him, "It looks like you and Raven have been doing quite a job Washi."

Washi walked by a stunned Kakashi and then said to his second sensei, "You have no idea you old pervert, but I do have a question why didn't she tell them what the real mission was about?"

Jiraiya rolled his eyes and then motioned for Sai to come forward bowed to him and then said, "Reporting as ordered Lord Jiraiya."

Washi gave the young man a once over and then said, "Who does he work for you old pervert?"

Jiraiya just knew that he would not get any respect from his students, it seemed to be a common thing among his students to somewhat disrespectful of his choice of other profession, "Oh man why do you guys continue to not show me any respect, anyways he is a member of Danzo's Root program and believe it or not knows quite a bit about the assassin's order and has been doing his best to keep your order secret as well as to help Tsunade gather enough evidence to put him into the Templars once and for all in the Land of Fire."

This truly surprised all of the Konoha shinobi were truly surprised by what they were hearing, to their surprise Washi began to look around the area and then motioned for them to follow him, "We have to move all of us right now this area is still not secure."

Jiraiya and Sai both nodded to him and quickly followed him down a dark corridor with the assassin escort, the remaining Leaf ninjas quickly followed them realizing that something very important was about to be told to them.

Kakashi honestly did not know what was going on anymore and it was clear that none of the other Jonin were sure of what was going on either, Jiraiya gave them all at once over and then turn to Sai, "I take it you did not tell them anything about your mission did you?"

He nodded his head in a negative and then spoke, "Lord Danzo's and Lady Tsunade's orders were to be sure that I made contact with the assassin's order and make sure that no one was secretly a Templar agent, I was able to confirm that no one here is an agent of the Templars however I was unable to make contact with the Brotherhood before your arrival."

Everyone was shocked by what they had just heard; Kakashi was looking at all three of them and then asked the question that seemed to be on all of their minds, "Can Someone Just Tell Me What the Hell Is Really Going on?"

Jiraiya decided to give them a quick sample of what was really going on, "I assume that all of you have met the old man who ran the bookstore didn't you as I instructed you to do upon your arrival?"

They all nodded their heads as Kurenai then said, "He gave us a lot of his personal research and then said it was safer in our hands."

"They killed him didn't they?"

"Yes, all of us saw it including Naruto." She said.

"Actually Kurenai my original given name is Washi, it was the one known as the civilian who did the deed but I still do know who was in the shop." He said out loud.

Jiraiya felt a bit of pain at losing one of his old friends but knew that the world would go on as it always did, "He was a good friend, but now I have to ask all of you a question. Did you not find Washi's removal from the shinobi program seemed a bit odd especially to those of you who know what's after him?"

Kakashi, Kurenai, and Guy instantly remembered their encounter with the two members of the Akatsuki organization who had managed to somehow infiltrate the Hidden Leaf without being detected which also left a lot of unanswered questions, but for these three it also meant that someone knew just how vulnerable they all would be as well as their target at this moment in time.

Everyone had become curious by this point about what the old pervert was talking about; he saw looks upon all other faces and then continued, "What most of you may not know is that the two Elders approached me to be the new Hokage even before the old man was in the ground."

Asuma was now very curious about this and had to ask, "They offered you the position of the Hokage first, why you seem so disturbed by that?"

"Because it was just one of many things that their hands have been in, offering me the position of the Fire Shadow would be devastating to the village's security and information gathering capabilities. You have to understand at that moment in time there was no other spymaster to take up my spy network which would leave the village blind to any future threats including the one that was coming in the village looking for Washi the day we were set to leave, it's a little too convenient if you ask me."

Guy was the first to voice his his opinion upon what they were all thinking at that moment, "You're saying that the elders are in fact?"

"Templars, yes I am. There's also rumors that they were the only two people to know the location of Kushina's delivery room she was giving birth to Washi here, is also that night that the Nine Tailed Fox attacked the village that very night." Jiraiya said to all of them as he looked at their shocked responses realizing that there was far more going on than they knew.

Sai then spoke, "Danzo was also investigating them at this point in time thanks to what occurred during the invasion trying to discover how Orochimaru's forces were able to gain the Intel that they had in the first place but was never able to definitively that they were involved in it but certain signs are pointing directly at them and several members of the Civilian Council."

Sakura then came to a realization, "The same people who set up your removal for the program are the same people who are also suspects in the leaking of information during the invasion."

Washi pulled down his hood and gave his old teammate a huge smile as he then said, "Exactly, the Akatsuki organization already a known part of the Templars, in fact there is a couple of them here already in the Land of Water. They brought you all here in force to do one thing take me back that way when the Akatsuki decides to attack the village they have a bargaining chip, that's why they removed me from the program so I could not get any stronger and I'd be under the control of the Civilian and Elder Councils. But on the other hand if you were to all fail or be killed they would already have a chance here to capture me and the other two Jinchuriki. So the way they see it it's a win-win."

Kakashi was the first to realize just how serious everything really was and then said, "So we are all here to basically find the evidence to destroy these Templars once and for all."

Washi then decided to tell them another fact, "if you can't one of two things is going to happen, one, they will execute whatever backup plan they have any could mean the death of everyone we care about and turning the Land of Fire into a hellhole much like some of the lands you had to fight in, like both the Land of Spring and here in the Land of Water. The only other option to prevent that is for the assassins to take them out, but the chances of that happening are slim and none as we have to fight like hell just to save this land and to rebuild the brotherhood."

Sai then spoke giving them all a clear idea of what it all meant, "Since you do not operate in the confines of the law you are free to do things they cannot, like remove potential threats."

"That is correct, but even then we have to make sure it's done for the right reasons." Washi said as Raven and much to his surprise Jack Webb decided to walk up to them at this moment in time.

Rgave a big smile to the old assassin as he walked up to them, Raven then said, "Mei was able to contact Jack here a bit early and he's well aware of the situation."

"Then we better get going, we will be seeing you all later." Washi said as he began to walk away only to hear the voice of two people who knew him better than what most would think.

"Sir we request permission to go with Washi on his mission." Tenten and Hinata said at the same time.

End of C7

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