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Or else Marcus will never see the end of this morbid mission.
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Chapter 2: Second Wave
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Marcus was required to meet in town square, that's where all of the mission briefings were. The city in the clouds was divided into five sections; housing, schooling, shopping, medical, and the town square in the middle. Each section was huge; the town square was the largest. He was required to meet at 0800 sharp, it stated so in the letter he received.
Marcus jumped from cloud to cloud until he got to the town square. There were many nin gathered among the many trees and fountains of the square, he recognized a lot of them from the battle school ( "Ninja Academy" sounded too much like a regular school, except for Ninjas), however he didn't see any of his friends around. Most of them were Ninjustu specialists, but some were healers and few did any Genjustu at all. He looked around the mass of nin, and he still couldn't find his friends. Confused, he sat down on a bench near the center of the square, which he noticed a large stage set up with the Totakage and ANBU agents standing on it.
He looked around and started asking around for anybody on Team 13, he couldn't find any, and when he asked someone they gasped and said, "You poor child. I wish you the best," or, "I'm glad I'm not you," or even, "Fuck you. Get outta my face."
--SOMETHING MARCUS WILL NEVER KNOW—
His friends were already fighting the Leaf. They were in the first wave, none of them will survive.
Marcus eventually gave up on the search and returned to his bench, only to see it was taken by a particularly beautiful medical nin. She had long brown hair and a black bandana around it to her bangs out of her eyes. He recognized her as the hottest girl in the battle school, Joan Yales, she was a medical ninja, and all of the guys in his class have had at least one or two wet dreams about her. Marcus has had at least 3 of her so far. She was wearing a purple battle suit with a green backpack strung around her shoulder.
He wanted to ask for his seat, but he decided to forget about it and lean against a tree nearby. He couldn't stop staring at the beautiful creature; her silky brown hair flowed like a waterfall down her shoulders. And her body was curved to perfection.
Joan noticed Marcus' staring and looked at him, "Oh, I'm sorry, was this your seat?
Marcus was put into a state of shock, her voice was beautiful and firm at the same time, soothing yet commanding, she was practically an angel on earth. And best of all, it was talking to him.
"Uh…yes…I mean…no…well I mean it…" Marcus stammered, he started to sweat.
Joan laughed, it was such a beautiful laugh, "Don't worry. Here, take it." She stood up and gestured towards the seat. Marcus told her it was OK and she could take it, so she did.
"So, what squad are you in?" Joan asked.
"13."
"13? Me, too!" Joan yelled, "What a coincidence! We're going to be a team!" She put her hand up for a high-five. It was like she had never heard of the curse before. She was a year older than him, and he was shocked at her optimism. It didn't bug him, though. He was confident they would survive the ordeal. He gave her a high-five.
"Well, I guess there's only one more of us, I wonder who it is?" Joan said.
"Well, I dunno…guess we'll have to find out when the Totakage calls out the teams." Marcus shrugged, he was starting to get comfortable talking to the girl he has had so many fantasies about.
"What's your name, again?" Joan asked, "Sorry I didn't ask before, but you were being so funny and cute!"
Cute? Did she just call Marcus cute?
--SOMETHING THOUGHT ABOUT MARCUS—
At the battle school, all of the older girls thought of him as, "cute". Not as "sexy" or "hot", but as someone they would want to have as their little brother. Joan wanted to meet him, but was always too nervous. It doesn't really show now, does it?
Marcus turned red; Joan noticed this and wanted to avoid making the situation uncomfortable. So she just revealed she knew his name, "Oh wait! You're Marcus!"
"Ye…yes. My name is Marcus." He said, a huge wave of relief coming over him.
Joan smiled at him, "OK! I think the Totakage is ready…" Marcus looked at the stage and saw the Totakage moving towards the podium. He was very young, and refused to cover his head with anything. He only wore yellow robes, to symbolize pride, and his brown hair was finely cut.
"Welcome, warriors of the cloud. You have all been hand-picked due to your fine skills in battle techniques to fight the Village Hidden in the Leaves." He looked around at the crowd, "You are our finest, Genin through Jonin, congratulate yourselves."
Joan and Marcus cheered and clapped along with everyone else. The mood was really light for a group about to go to war.
The Totakage called for silence and went back to his speech, "Each of your squads have been balanced so that everyone's skill complements each other, ensuring that you will all survive. Now, we will be dispatching everyone via gliders. One squad per gilder. Our clouds are right above the leaf, perfect for attack. We are sending all of you down at once, ensuring that we overwhelm the leaf immediately. I will now call up your squads…"
There were a total of 167 squads, so it payed to have a low number. There was a bright side to Team 13.
It didn't take long for their team to be called.
The Totakage cleared his throat, "Team 13!"
The crowd went silent. There seemed to be an hour of silence before the Totakage spoke, "Marcus Walker! Joan Yales! Gary Wilder!"
Marcus and Joan walked up together, and the other kid, Gary, walked up alone. He was medium-built and had blond hair, his face perfectly clear, he was every girl's in the battle academy heartthrob. He was two years older than Marcus, making him the oldest and most experienced member of the team. He wore a black battle suit with a Katana along the back.
The girls in the crowd gasped when they heard his name called, and some even started to cry. Gary looked over at Marcus and Joan, "Looks like we're gonna have to come back alive, eh?" He smiled, revealing perfectly white teeth.
Joan was the only girl not falling head-over-heels for him, "With me on the team, I will ensure that we break the curse. Marcus here is a Genjustu specialist, so he can create distractions so we can flee if we must."
"But you won't," The Totakage said, "You will destroy all that oppose you! This is Team 13!" The crowd cheered. Team 13 looked promising.
The three were directed to go to the school section of the city, that was where everyone was being deployed, "You are in wave 4; you will be going out with squads 12-16."
--A SMALL NOTE—
They were really in the second wave, the Totakage didn't want to reveal the first wave's failure. Each wave went out in smaller waves to ensure nobody crashed mid-flight.
They were ordered to run to the deployment site, and they did. In a matter of minutes they were at the hangar, Teams 14, 15, and 16 close behind. An ANBU agent showed them to their glider, which had enough room for 3 people to hang on. They each found their grip on the handle and waited for the other teams to do so.
The same ANBU agent that showed them their glider shouted directions to the squads. "You will jump off the cloud and meet at the rendezvous point, which is the gates of the leaf village. You will be able to get there if the other waves have done their jobs to capture and hold it. If you get separated from your wave, stick with your squad and proceed with orders given. Your orders are to defeat all Genin, Chuunin, and Jonin members of the village. Capture the academy students. Leave no stone unturned and kill everyone in your path, got it?
"Yes, sir!" All of the nin shouted.
"Alright then. Remember, the gates of the leaf villiage. Three…two…deploy!"
Marcus' squad kicked off the cloud and pointed their glider downward, it was a clear day, minus their clouds, and no wind would interfere with their flight. The team shot downward at a forest they saw close to the villiage.
--SOME OF THE BATTLE SO FAR—
Every single mini-wave was shot down by kunai. The village was perfectly safe. The only trouble they were facing was defeating the first big wave. Many were still alive, but they would all die.
When they got close enough to the forest, they started to see some black figures hurtling towards them. They didn't make it, the team was too far away, but when they got close enough, the figures were getting dangerously close.
"Kunai!" Joan yelled. One barely missed Gary's foot.
They heard a rip and a scream from a squad to their left, their glider went spiraling to the ground. Soon, another scream came, and another, and another, until they were the last squad in the skies.
"We have to do something!" Gary yelled.
"I know!" Marcus yelled. He used his Genjustu to make it seem to everyone else that their glider was shot out of the sky while they crashed into the trees below.
They landed on the forest floor with only a few scratches, Joan healed them easily.
"How many squads are left?" Joan asked.
"All of them were shot down. I don't know how many survived their crashes, but I'm guessing not many." Gary said.
"Damn it!" Marcus yelled. Gary out his hand over Marcus' mouth, "Don't give away our position!" he hissed. Marcus nodded and Gary released his hand.
"So what now?" Marcus whispered.
"We can't possibly carry on with the mission, we have to find and rescue as many people as we can." Joan said.
"NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!" A loud, obnoxious voice yelled. The three looked around the bushes to find someone, but nobody was there, "I'm gonna beat you all!"
"Show yourself!" Joan yelled.
A spiky-haired blonde jumped out from the trees, he was wearing a black jumpsuit and looked as if he was in his teen years. A pink-haired girl with a backpack and a boy wearing a gray jacket with a rather large dog followed him.
--SOMETHING ABOUT THE FUTURE—
These two squads will almost kill each other, but will against their will have to team up.
Gary stepped out and faced the blonde, "You, you're the boy who has the demon. Naruto Uzumaki."
Naruto laughed, "I am! And this," he pointed to the pink-haired girl, "eIs Sakura. And the one is Kiba, and his dog Akamaru."
"You guys have to stop your assault on the leaf, or else our nin will kill you all!" Sakura said, "We're willing to negotiate."
"Fuck Negotiating." Marcus said, "Our mission is kill you, and we will."
"We don't have to fight!" Kiba yelled, "But if we must, we will!"
"Bring it on!" Joan yelled.
"Shadow clone justu!"
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A/N: I'm going to answer a few questions you may have.
Q: What time does this take place in?
It takes place during Naruto Shippuden after Gaara was resurrected.
Q: Is this A/U?
Yes and no, Sauske is still evil, but he's not working with Orochimaru.
Q: Is this canon?
Hell no.
Q: Do I have to review to get another chapter?
Yes. I started a new story because my other one isn't getting reviews. So…
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