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Chapter 7
"'Finally,' Cyrus said in excitement, 'we have found one of the final keys to our mission; the blonde child holds the power of a demon… I can see it in his eyes… The Nine-Tailed Fox is ours!'"
"Guuhhh… wh-where am I?" Naruto asked as he woke up from his unconscious sleep. "It's about time you woke up…" an annoyed Uchiha said to him. "Huh? Sasuke? Where are we?" the confused child asked, "and where's Lee?" "He escaped," Sasuke quickly explained. "Escaped?" Naruto asked, really confused. "Look up," Sasuke commanded. Naruto looks up and sees a pool full of bloodthirsty crocodiles. "GAH!!! How the hell are those crocodiles on the ceiling!?!" "Are you retarded? We're HANGING from the ceiling!" Sasuke said in annoyance, and a bit of disbelief of Naruto's denseness. "Oh, right," Naruto coped, "wait, then why can't you just use the escape jutsu, Sasuke?" "I would if my hands weren't completely tied along with the rest of my body," Sasuke said as he struggled to move his hands. "So we're stuck then?" Naruto asked. "Pretty much…" Sasuke said disappointed in himself for allowing them to be caught.
"Where'd that little bastard go?!" "When I find him, I'm gonna ring his little neck!" "I think he went this way!" "Get him!!!" many of the guards were shouting to each other constantly. Lee had escaped the building and searched around the city for help. Unfortunately, he couldn't ask the authorities, because they were considered wanted criminals all across the region. Lee tried to infiltrate the base that Sasuke and Naruto were being held, planning to free them and run. Inside he tripped over a large potted plant. He hid behind the plant and quickly checked the area around to see if anyone had heard his blunder. When he knew the coast was clear, he slowly got up to continue. All of the sudden, he heard a noise from the plant he hid behind, almost like a young girl moaning after getting bumped on the head. Lee checked the plant and saw that the plant had a little hole in it. Lee crouched down and peered through the hole with his large eye to see someone staring back. Lee jumped at what he saw and dug through the soil to feel a hard cover that he guessed was covering the girl from the soil. Lee lifted the cover after digging up all the soil to find what looked like a little girl looking back up at him. The girl jumped out and tried to interrogate Lee by asking what he wanted with her.
"What are you doing here?" Lee asked, "This is not a place for little girls!" "Little girl?" she retaliated, "I'll have you know that I'm 18 years old, I'm just short…" "Do you have neoteny?" Lee asked. "Neote-wha?" the girl asked in confusion, "But never mind that! You're working with them, aren't you? You Galactic bastards make me sick!" "Galactic?" Lee asked, "As in those men who tried to kidnap me and my friends?" "You can't fool me!" the girl angrily stated as she pulled out a Beretta 92 and pointed it directly at him, "Talk! What'd you bowl-cutted freaks do with my father?!" "Listen, if I were one of those freaks, why would I not be wearing one of those bizarre uniforms?" Lee asked her, feeling like he'd won the argument. The girl lowered her gun. Relieved, Lee took off to find the others. "Wait I forgot to ask for your name!" the girl shouted. Lee noticed and quickly turned toward her for one of his introductions, "I am the handsome devil of the village hidden in the leaves! I am Rock Lee!" Lee realized he had little time to talk, so he immediately said, "I must be on my way, perhaps we shall meet again under different circumstances, and I wish you luck on finding your father!" then ran off. The girl continued to search as well.
"Ow! Dammit, stop throwing stuff at us!" Naruto yelled at two grunts throwing rocks at him and Sasuke. "Ignore them, they're idiots." Sasuke ridiculed. "What'd you say?" one of the grunts hollered. "You'd best be careful of what you say, you little brat!" the other one warned as he pulled an M9 on them. "Hmph, go ahead, shoot us!" Sasuke challenged. The grunt took aim towards the black haired child as Sasuke's eyes glowed red with sharingan. "W-what the hell are you doing!?" Naruto panicked. "Trust me, I got this," Sasuke confidently responded. Sasuke started rocking the both of them back and forth. "Make sure you don't hit the blonde one, dude," the other grunt warned. "I got this, I'm just gonna shut the black-haired twerp up!" the grunt with the gun said.
"Thump!"
The grunts turned to see what made that noise. Suddenly a child in a green jumpsuit flew through the door screaming, "Dynamic entry!" and kicked the man with the gun straight in the face. The man flew into the other one and were both sent crashing into the wall. "I am here guys," Lee heroically exclaimed, "I shall get you down!" "You idiot, we had it under control," Sasuke irked at Lee, "but since you're here, get us down, would you?" Lee reached for a kunai out of his holster and threw it at the bit of rope between Naruto and Sasuke, untying them both. Lee quickly pulled a lever behind him closing the latch below the others, sealing off the deadly crocodiles. Sasuke landed on his feet and snapped his hands out of the rope tying them together, while Naruto landed flat on his face. Sasuke took out a kunai and freed Naruto's hands from the rope. Lee went over to the unconscious grunts and took the man's M9.
The three ran through the building searching for an exit, when Naruto stumbled upon the control room. He peered through the window and saw that it was completely empty. "Hey Sasuke?" Naruto shouted. "What is it?" Sasuke replied. "Wanna make some damage?" Naruto said in a tempting tone. Naruto and Sasuke entered the room to search for a self destruct sequence. "I will meet you guys on the outside," Lee suddenly said, "I have unattended business to attend to…" "Lee!" Naruto shouted for his attention, "Come back alive, alright?" "You do not need to worry," Lee assured, "I do not plan on dying now!"