My last chapter before I head out for a week. That's right, it's time for WACKEN OPEN AIR! Woo hoo. Alright so before I go, I felt another Fire Paved Skies chapter was in order, and since I have been updating my story Our Way a lot lately, and it doesn't seem fair to update my crowning achievement before I head away.
As we have seen, Kurenai has been shot down. Now she's with the man who shot her down, and they are both trying to get home. What's going to result out of this? I can assure you, it will be an action packed and adventurous outcome to what happens here, as the siege of Hokage tower begins to come to a close. We have help arriving from Stalin's pipe Organs, and this is where Sakura will reunite with Tsunade and we'll see what happens with that whole thing. It was my bad to say that she was coming in last chapter, because she was not after I decided she wasn't.
Two more chapters of siege warfare, then there will be some more fighting on both the air and ground, with guns and without guns, and then we'll be on to the next book in Fire Paved Skies!
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1. Crank up the loudest possible heavy metal you can, I don't care if it's power metal or black metal, SOD or Dream Theater, Guns and Roses or Cannibal Corpse, blast your computer with metal.
2. Read the chapter.
3. Review the chapter, and completely flame it. Lexy, if you choose to read this, that means you. Bash it all you want, because this series that I am making is my crowning achievement right now and I want to make it better.
4. An option that I hope all of you take, I hope this story entertains you and serves as a tool for your enjoyment.
Vielen dank to all fans,
Symbiotic
April 11th
Outside Konohagakure
If any one word could sum up how Eiji felt as he walked through the fields with Kurenai, it was amazement. Not just the fact that he had shot down the leader of Black Swan, but also at how imposing she was. It was almost like he was under some kind of spell to be able to submit to the older woman without a fight.
"Eiji," Kurenai said, interrupting his train of thought, "When you were being chased by my pilots, did you see a road around here?"
"A road," Eiji said, "No not that I recall."
"You wouldn't be lying to me now would you," Kurenai questioned, "Because I have zero tolerance for liars." What he saw next was Kurenai turning around and aiming the Luger at him, then pulling the trigger. Eiji then hit the ground, his hands on his head, and screaming like he was going through an amputation without anesthesia. "Eiji?"
"What the," he said, "Am I dead?"
"No," Kurenai said, shaking her head in disapproval, "You're alive, walking with me. Do you remember?"
"But you pulled the trigger," Eiji said, "And I was shot and then..."
"Eiji," Kurenai said, picking the young man up from the ground, "When you looked into my eyes, I locked you in a genjutsu. Sure the picture showed you were truthful once, but in this kind of situation, I'd rather not trust the man who blew me out of the sky. However it will not flare up if you are truthful and sincere to me, so I think you should tell the truth." Eiji didn't speak. "Right now." Her voice made him jump back. The situation of abject terror that he had just experienced scared him, and now Eiji wanted nothing more then to try and run back to Sunagakure.
But he knew that would do him absolutely no good at all. So he began to speak, speaking as clearly and pronounced like a caged bird singing.
"If we head north we'll find the road," Eiji said, "I saw it on my way down. It was where I tried to bail out but the wind carried me."
"Good," Kurenai replied. She then pushed the male in the correct direction. "Lead the way, excellent second son." Shuttering with fear of what could happen if he did not listen, so he began to walk down the road. With each step he felt like he was in a minefield, feeling like the genjutsu could act up at any moment if he made a wrong move. As he walked ,a voice then entered his ears.
"Do not be afraid," Kurenai spoke, this time in a soothing, motherly kind of voice, "I am with you. I will not let anything happen to you that I do not want to happen to you." Eiji relaxed a little, but it didn't help very much. Moving at a less nervous pace, Eiji kept on walking with Kurenai at his back, the gun in her hand, and nothing but the thought of seeing his wife and getting home at his mind.
Those thoughts were interrupted.
"Duck," Kurenai ordered. Eiji kept on moving, so Kurenai did a quick seal.
"I don't see why I should," Eiji said, "I mean there's not there are..." His eyes, under the control of Kurenai, then tricked Kurenai again. "Blood Reds!" Eiji then ran back to her and ducked alongside of her. "They are up on the..."
"That was a genjutsu," Kurenai said, "But there are foes on the other side of this hill." Eiji looked to his captor with a look of distrust. "I will not hurt you. Feel free to see for yourself."
"I am not going to..."
"If anyone shoots I will come up and shoot them back," Kurenai said, loading a clip into the Luger. "I can promise you that." Eiji nodded his head slowly, then got up into a crouching position. Moving rapidly to the top of the hill, Eiji then looked at the top.
"Oh my," Eiji said, "Oh my, oh my, oh my!"
"Hey did someone hear that," a gruff male voice asked. Eiji then jumped back down the hill quickly, no one noticing he was there. "Must have been the wind."
"It's always the wind with you," another voice said. After that the voices were silenced. Eiji was still in shock at what he saw, hyperventilating and sweating rapidly all over his body.
"Take the bag," Kurenai said, taking a bag out of her pocket and handing it to Eiji. Eiji took it and then began to breath in and and out of it. "Good boy."
"That's not funny," Eiji yelled, throwing a punch at Kurenai, and actually hitting her in the face. As soon as his hand left her flesh, Kurenai had the Luger to his head and her arm around his mouth.
"Do you want to get us killed," she asked, Eiji didn't speak, "Do you want to get us killed Noruno Eiji?"
"No," he muttered, "I don't."
"Then get up," Kurenai said, standing up, "We got to go somewhere else. The road doesn't matter anymore."
"What," Eiji exclaimed quietly, "Where to now?"
"Were going to a radio tower," Kurenai told him, walking faster then he was. "There were too many tanks there for me to not care about."
"Shino," Hinata said, bringing the Black Widow into Konohagakure with the Russians, "What happened to Kurenai sensei?"
"Not something good that's for sure," Shino replied, "Follow me to the Black Swan airship number 47. I'll explain there." Shino then banked his Fury to the left.
"All Widows follow me," Hinata said, "Agripin, you can stay if you like."
"Thank you," Agripin replied, "We'll bring the Kayushas safely into the city. You are all fine pilots, just like all the pilots in Madame Black Swan's organization."
"Bring them behind Hokage tower," Hinata said, getting farther away from the group of Russian fighters, and gaining distance on her friend, "I'll see you later."
"Dos sedonia," Agripin replied, "Aye comrades, for glory!" The Russians then sped away in their high speed Yakolevs, the convoy now beginning to enter the city.
"Crazy fools," Naruto said, "Don't you think?"
"We're all crazy fools in one way or another," Ino put in, "We are all just crazy fools."
"So what do you think happened to your sensei Hinata chan," Naruto asked.
"I hope it's not as bad as Shino san is implying," Hinata spoke, "But I bet anything that sensei can get into, she can get out off."
"I agree with that," Naruto declared, "She's probably thinking of a way to get out of whatever trouble she's in." This made Hinata feel slightly better then the situation at hand, but she still felt worried for her sensei. For in the world Hinata lived in, anything was possible, anything could happen, and the tables could change at any place at any time.
While Hinata, Ino, and Naruto were making their way to the airship with Shino, Sakura had her own mission ahead of her. This mission was already well underway, and was well outside the bounds of Konohagakure.
The mission was simple. Get Tsunade and Shizune to Konohagakure to fight with Black Swan and fill in the position of acting Hokage, or die trying (maybe not the die trying part). But it had to be done. It was requested by the third for Tsunade to come in and join the fight, and it was already put off way to much. Now it had to be done.
"Now remember you guys," Sakura said, flying along the C47 that was the carrying the ANBU delivering the exact orders, "Tsunade is not one to be toyed with and..."
"Not one to be toyed with," one of the ANBU said, "Come on little girl, she's a fifty year old woman. She probably can hardly move."
"You think like that and she'll kill you with one finger," Sakura replied, "And I'm dead serious about that." No one spoke after she said that, and it was then that Sakura saw the home of her sensei in the view of her Devastator's window.
"Is that it," another ANBU recruit asked.
"Yep," Sakura said, "Boys be prepared for hell." Sakura then began switching channels on her radio. "Ba chan you there?" No response. "Ba chan?"
"Who is it," another voice said.
"This Shizune," Sakura questioned.
"It is," Shizune replied.
"Shizune this is Haruno Sakura," Sakura explained, "Tsunade's former apprentice."
"I know who you are," Shizune shot back, "I'm not stupid."
"Good to see you aren't," Sakura said, "But listen. I have specific orders relating to a call you got a view days ago, from the third Hokage."
"That was a prank wasn't it," the older of the two women questioned.
"Wake up Tsunade right now and tell her to be on the airstrip waiting for us with you," Sakura said, "If she is not, so help me kami sama I will go and tear her out of the house myself, and you don't want to get in my way."
"I'll get to it right away," Shizune said in a frantic manner, "You just be on the airfield as well."
"That can be arranged," Sakura replied, "Sakura out." She then switched back to the radio channel of the C47. "Alright boys, like I said, get ready for hell."
One by one, each Black Widow came to a quick stop on Black Swan 47's runway. The crew of the airships were struggling to help make space by having other aircraft get into the air and onto airfields on the ground. Luckily for Naruto and Hinata, they were the first to land, following close behind Shino and had no trouble finding a parking space.
"So tell me what exactly happened to your mentor Shino," Naruto said, "Like on a scale of one to ten, how bad?" Shino didn't reply.
"Shino," Hinata gulped, "Did sensei..."
"She was shot down," Shino muttered. Hinata and Ino both gasped, and Hinata reached for Naruto just of the cause of someone to hug. "There is good news, I'll get into the details below deck." Naruto nodded yes and then led Hinata and Ino down below deck, where planners all over the airship were plotting the next course, eavsedroppers were trying to listen in on Blood Red radio conversations and observers were trying to direct artillery from a high.
"So what's the good and what exactly is the bad," Naruto demanded, following Shino into a room full of maps and papers. Naruto went over and grabbed a coffee cup and poured himself some coffee, then helped himself to a ramen pot being made on an electric stove, eating some well deserved ramen.
"The good news is that even though Kurenai sensei was shot down," Shino said, "She is still very alive."
"She made it out," Hinata said amazed.
"I saw it with my own eyes," Shino said, "However she is in Blood Red territory that is outside of the city, in the farm land."
"That's not exactly good now is it," Naruto said, "We don't know where exactly she is in that farmland do we?"
"No but we have scouts out now looking for her and..." Another Black Swan operative burst into the room panting. "Excuse me?"
"Madame has been located," the man proclaimed, "She's been found!" The whole room then began a loud cheer as everyone reveled in the fact that their leader had been located. "Shino, she wants to talk to you boy."
"Come on," Shino ordered. The two girls and other boy then followed their friend down the hall to another room that was full of radios, "Which one did we get her on?"
"Right here sir," a female operative said, taking off her radio headset and moving aside in her chair, "Speak away." Shino then turned on the microphone.
"Sensei," Shino said, "It's me Shino. Where are you?"
"Shino," Kurenai exclaimed, "Thank kami sama. Did the Kayusha's get here safely?"
"They did," Hinata said into the microphone, "It's me Hinata. Naruto kun, Ino and I along with some help from the Russians got the rockets into the city."
"Good because we need them now," Kurenai told them, "We just spotted a huge convoy and..."
"Who is we," Shino asked.
"The guy who shot me down, who you shot down two minutes later," Kurenai said, "I'd like all of you to meet Noruno Eiji."
"How are you," Eiji spoke.
"Sensei why are you helping the enemy," Hinata replied, "He could have killed you."
"I got a lot of respect for this missing sand chuunin," Kurenai said, "He wants to get home and I made a deal with the guy after I found him. But listen, we just spotted the largest mass of Blood Red ground units have I have seen to date. It's all headed for the city, and it will be there tonight if we don't so anything about it."
"How do we do anything about it," Shino asked.
"Eiji and I are going to follow the convoy and monitor every stop it makes," Kurenai said, "We think it's outrunning it's supply lines, and that's why it's got to stop."
"So what do we do," Hinata asked.
"Eiji and I are going to stick to a line of radio towers to tell you where to place the Kayushas," Kurenai explained, "When you guys find a place where they'll stop, we'll get the Kayusha's into position."
"Do the towers follow the path the convoy is currently on," Naruto questioned.
"They do," Kurenai said, "We'll be able to keep in touch. Any further orders Madame?"
"Escort the Kayusha's and have them move fast," Kurenai ordered, "We need them in striking distance."
"Got it," Naruto said. Kurenai then disconnected herself from the radio. "Shino, call the Russians and tell them to have the Kayushas ready for movement as soon as possible. You have an H4 we can borrow?"
"On the flight deck," Shino said, "Why?"
"We need to get our planes off the Pandora," Naruto said, "We had Kinn load them back again. Then we'll get out there and escort the rockets."
"They made contact," Kurenai said, "We're sending artillery to take care of that convoy. Too much AA for me to risk my planes."
"I see," Eiji said. He then looked down at the ridge, and he could see engines being started and some vehicles begin to move. "The convoy is beginning to move. Even as slow as it's moving, we won't be able to keep up with it on foot."
"You got a better idea," Kurenai asked. Eiji began to think, and then noticed that next to the spare parts shed next to the tower, there was a Harley Davidson motorcycle just sitting there. Eiji ran over to it. "What are you doing?"
"Just trust me," Eiji said. Kurenai did not activate the genjutsu as Eiji got on the Harley and opened the top of the bike, finding it was full on gas. "Perfect." With one good kick, Eiji was able to start the motorcycle, and noticed a Thompson submachine gun in a holster on the front of the bike. "We got a piece to."
"Really," Kurenai said, watching Eiji ride the bike over to her. "Since when did you learn to ride?"
"Been riding horses since I was six," Eiji said, "And a motorcycle is just a mechanical horse. It requires respect, but there isn't much difference to it other the fact that it's a machine" He handed Kurenai the Tommy gun. "I take it you'll want this."
"Thank you," Kurenai said, loading a fifty round ammo drum into the gun and then slinging it over her back with the strap. "I take it I should hang on."
"Do that please," Eiji said, feeling Kurenai's arms get around his chest. "It's going to be a wild ride." Eiji then hit the gas, making the bike kick up dirt before he lifted his legs up and the Harley took off.
"I don't trust you one bit right now," the commanding officer of the ANBU said to Sakura.
"Do you want the lady or not," Sakura growled back, "I can certainly tell her it was an elaborate prank staged by the ANBU right now and she can kick all your asses."
"I'm not one to believe strength till I see it," the officer replied back to her. As soon as he said that, he was put into a chicken wing hold that took his arm clear out of it's shoulder socket. "Gah!" Looking behind her, Sakura saw Tsunade become surrounded by all the ANBU and Shizune standing in a fighting stance, ready to take on all the ANBU, no matter how much the odds seemed against her.
"Ah sensei you made it," Sakura said.
"These your friends Sakura," Tsunade questioned.
"They are," Sakura mentioned, "But they want to talk to you, not to me."
"Do they now," Tsunade inquired.
"They look like they want to kill us," Shizune said, still standing guard and still ready to fight if anyone made one movement.
"No, they really want to talk," Sakura told her sensei and her new apprentice, "Just give them a chance." Tsunade didn't budge for a couple of seconds, then with a loud crack to his arm, she dropped the lieutenant. "Give her breathing room and back away." The ANBU listened, backing up a couple of feet away from the sannin.
"Start talking," Tsunade ordered, "My patience is wearing thin." Rolling over on his back to face the woman, the lieutenant became the one to speak.
"Sarutobi was forced to leave the residence of Hokage tower due to a violent power struggle in the Konohagakure crime circles," the lieutenant said, "Between the Blood Red gang and the Black Swan organization."
"It's what we've been doing for over a week now," Sakura said, "Killing these Blood Red guys. They are alright but they aren't much, at least from what I've seen. Ino and Hinata have seen more of them, so they would no more about these guys. But they are aggressive, from what I've seen, and when I say aggressive I mean like rabid junk yard dog aggressive."
"Meaning they don't stop unless they are shot," Tsunade speculated.
"That pretty much sums it up Tsunade sensei," Sakura retorted, "Now are you going to come with us, or not?"
"Absolutely," Tsunade said. Sakura began to smile. "Not! Do you think I'm seriously going to get myself involved with Konoha again? I've quite being involved with that city years ago. It's been nothing but trouble for me, and I don't want to make my life more messed up then it is."
"Messed up life," Sakura sneered, "You call this life messed up? I'm flying out there every day, risking my ass for money and self gratitude, killing people for the almighty ryo, and that is not messed up to you? Sitting at a lakeside retreat with a dog and your apprentice who is really just a person here to keep you company in your sad final days of life is messed up."
"This is not the place for you to speak," Tsunade growled, "Leave now."
"All I'm saying is this," Sakura said, "If Kurenai can rebound and lead us in this crisis, you can do it to. She needs help, we need help. Now if you don't care about it, we'll go now." The ANBU and Sakura began to walk away. "A few of you ANBU guys, go and pick up your commanding officer and get back to your aircraft, we're done here." A few of them went back and grabbed the captain, who was still on the ground.
As they walked away, Tsunade heard words she hadn't heard in a long time. Unlike more recent words, in which she was called everything from a dirt bag to a terrorist, the ANBU said things like "I can't believe she broke the captain's arm, she really is strong" and "If she's so strong, I wonder what she taught that Haruno girl" and things like that. Now she felt much differently then she did then when she was talking to Sakura. With wide eyes, and a tear flowing down the left side of her face, she watched Sakura's Devastator and the C47 carrying the ANBU fly away and back to Konohagakure.
"Lady Tsunade," Shizune said, "Is something wrong?"
"Shizune," Tsunade said, "Do we have any planes that are two seaters, are battle worthy, and ready to fly?"
"A Machhi 70," Shizune said, "That's the only one I can think of. What are you thinking?" Tsunade smiled and then ran towards the hangar. "Lady Tsunade!"
"Were going on a trip," Tsunade said, "Don't pack a thing. We'll have it all ready where we're going."
"Alright we can see the first radio tower," Naruto noted, looking out of the bulbous cockpit of the P5U1. "We know the road Kurenai is taking Hinata."
"Very good," Kinn replied, having the Pandora follow the correct course, "Guns are on radar lock Hinata, and we got Ino up high to make sure that nothing can hit us as an extra measure. Now are you sure these Reds are good guys?"
"Yeah they aren't Blood Reds," Naruto chimed, putting emphasis on the Blood part, "Just reds."
"Black Swan works a lot with geijin Kinn chan," Hinata informed her friend, "So they can be trusted. They work for a colonel that I only know as Dmitri. Apparently Kurenai and Dmitri had some dealings in the past."
"You know the details," Kinn asked, keeping her eyes out on the sky and at the radar console next to her.
"No I don't," Hinata replied, "Kurenai sensei likes to keep some things to herself, and the things with her European friends are best kept confidential."
"Whatever you say," Kinn replied. Hinata, Naruto, and Ino kept on flying, along with a contingent of Black Swan pilots helping the remaining Goddesses be on the lookout for the Black Widow they were flying with. "Hey, have any of you guys seen Tenten?"
"She's sitting in a hangar at Hamura airfield," Ino sneered, "Little baby, just because her love Arien was killed in a firefight doesn't mean she can't fight. I lost a lot of friends in combat, and I'm still fighting."
"Tenten chan had few friends," Kinn said, "Remember that Ino."
"It's not an excuse for backing out on your team," Ino said, "Someone needs to get her to fight. Because if she stays like this, it'll only get worse."
"Think about it later," Naruto said, "We need to look for...Black Widow coming in right now." The Black Widow then sped right past them. "Widow Six this is Naruto Uzumaki, state the coordinance of the convoy right now, over."
"I can't right now, I need to get rid of them," the pilot said. Naruto then noticed the trail of smoke that came from the Black Widow.
"Did you by any chance run into enemy fighters," Naruto asked.
"I'll help you guys take them down," the Widow pilot replied, "My nose guns have ammo. Once we get rid of them I'll tell you the coordinance."
"That's a done deal," Ino said, "Now where are the planes."
"Right in front of us," Naruto said, letting loose two magnetic rockets as a large swath of Blood Red Coyotes, Peacemakers, and Wolves flew right through them. "Lets kick their asses. Hinata, care to let me have a shot at some of the aces?"
"Give it a go," Hinata said, banking down to the left to chase after a Peacemaker going below her. As soon as she did, a Coyote got on her tail and fired a burst of gunfire at her. Doing a quick snap roll to the left, Hinata then climbed back up and went to gain some altitude on the much more inferior Blood Red planes. While she was doing this, Naruto began his attack on the Wolves.
"Alright," Naruto said, singling out three Wolves to attack, "Ace of clubs, ace of diamonds, ace of hearts. Guess what I am you SOBs, I'm the ace of Spades!" Putting the P5U1 into a shallow climb, Naruto began raking the aces and their groups with cannon fire, taking two a Coyote in the process. As Naruto had seen before, the Blood Reds broke formation to go and find their adversary. When they did, the plane Naruto had singled out as the "ace of clubs" stayed on the path. "Let us begin."
After Naruto said that, he pulled into the six o'clock position and then let loose a burst of gunfire. A few rounds hit the tail of the ace, who then pulled up in a split S. "This guy is smart, I can tell." Naruto began to consider his option. Diving was not an option here, since his opponent had a height advantage over him. So Naruto did something that his opponent would not expect
He did a Split S, the same move that his opponent did to get a gain on him. Now Naruto had the clear shot he needed, and he let loose a magnetic rocket. Already damaged from the burst of 20mm cannon fire, the Alpha Wolf was spared from fate of being blown to smithereens, because the pilot bailed out before the rocket could hit it, and the plane dipped down into a dive of oblivion. "Smart move on his part." A burst of machine gun fire then went through his ears, and Naruto made a hard right as one of the other Wolves then began to shoot at him. "The Ace of Diamonds, nice of you to join us."
Beginning his attack with a fluid turn upright to let the other plane overshoot him and to gain some altitude, Naruot then dove down and hit his opponent with machine gun fire. Unlike the last one, this Alpha Wolf's pilot did not bail out when his plane caught fire, and began to plummet towards the ground. "Good work on your part, idiot." Now Naruto was free to get the other one, but three Coyotes got in his way.
Diving to get away and look for the second ace, the Coyotes held fast. To get rid of them for good, Naruto then pulled up and did a back flip with his plane, or so it seemed to the Coyotes. As he reached the top he then pulled up in a power climb, then began a near suicide dive down towards his targets. Letting both guns and rockets loose, Naruto took one plane to the grave while the other two broke away and then followed Naruto in his dive. As Naruto pulled out, he then rolled over to avoid a burst of gunfire. To his surprise, while one of the Coyotes bugged out, another followed Naruto in a maneuver Naruto hadn't done in ages.
"He's pulling me into a scissor," Naruto said, struggling to make sure the P5U1 did not hit the tree tops that were only a few feet away from his cockpit. "A reverse scissor. Well I'm always open for the challenge. Alright buddy, I think you read up on the text books well. If you did, then you'll know for sure how this work."
While the Coyote was rolling in a counter clockwise direction, Naruto began to roll in a clockwise direction. Each time him and the Coyote pilot did such, they were able to catch a glimpse of each other in their cockpits. Rolling rapidly in the odd motion, continuing to follow each other's exact movements in a perfectly synchronized ballet, where one person would most certainly not come out alive if the other moved to far ahead. Doing this for what seemed like hours but was in reality only about three minutes, Naruto noticed his adversary give him something while they were moving.
He gave him the middle finger.
"Oh that's it," Naruto groll, cutting back instantly on the throttle. The other pilot kept on flying straight, breaking out of the scissor. In this split second of almost no throttle, Naruto fired off two magnetic rockets. Both of them found their target, and blew the Coyote into tiny pieces.
"Naruto kun," Hinata said, "The rockets are in position, and the Blood Reds are leaving."
"Good," Naruto said, "I'll be back up to the Pandora waiting for you. Radio Kurenai to see where she is." Naruto then climbed back up, forgetting about the other ace and just wanting to get back in the cover of the airship.
It was an hour wait to make sure the convoy wasn't going to move again, and another pass by the Black Widow pilot confirmed that they weren't moving any time soon. Despite taking some heavy flak, Kurenai could now see the convoy herself from the location of a radio tower on a hill overlooking the road it was passing through. "It hasn't moved," Kurenai said, "What is the coordinance."
"45 degrees north, 35 degrees east, grid number ten, sub grid six Madame," the pilot of the Widow told her. Kurenai then repeated that. As soon as she finished, the heard a hissing sound, and then nothing. After a few seconds she still heard nothing.
"I think they missed," Kurenai radioed back to the Pandora. It was then that she heard another hissing sound, and the rockets began falling. More hisses were then heard, and in four volleys all that could be seen for miles were charred skeletons of both men and vehicles. Many body parts also littered the ground. "We got them."
"Then lets get back," Kinn said, "I don't feel so good all of the sudden about what could happen next."
"Neither do I Kinn," Kurenai said, getting back on the bike, "Onward Eiji."
"Yes ma'am," he replied. Eiji started the Harley again and then began to drive down the road.
Miles away, a survivor of the attack had radioed Satoshi the news, and in the same mansion as before, he was now beating Masao.
"You cheated me," he said, beating his friend, "You cheated me out of victory."
"Sir it was an accident," Masao said, "I didn't know they had any artillery."
"You didn't know anything about them," Satoshi screamed, beating his friend to a pulp. Masao took all of them, knowing he deserved them for upsetting his friend. "I'm giving you one chance. Starting tonight, I want you to get every plane and airship we have left and attack the tower, and make sure not one Black Swan life is spared."
"Yes Satoshi san," Masao said, rubbing off his face, "But you might want to get an insurance policy, just in case."
"Like what kind of insurance," Satoshi asked. Masao grinned, and then began to tell his plan.