Conquest of the Emperor: The World of Naruto part 3
Field Marshall Axurhotep, Sasori of the Red sands and Deidra approached the hidden sand village under cover of darkness.
"I'll have one of my men kill all the guards at the front gate so we can get in." Sasori said.
"I p-p-p-prefer to be subtle." Axurhotep said. "I'll sneak in around b-b-back, there is a hole in their d-d-defenses where I can enter unnoticed."
"How do you know about that?" Sasori asked. "I have never heard of such a hole and I am a former member of the village."
"The thousand eyes of the Empire see all that is and all that can be." Axurhotep responded.
"And what are you going to do once you get in?" Deidra asked. Axurhotep stopped and stood for a moment.
"You didn't have any plans for once you got into the village?" Sasori said. "What an idiot." Then a case fell out of the air right next to Axurhotep. He opened up the case to reveal a sand shinobi ANBU uniform a flask and what appeared to be a small crossbow without the bow part.
The Field Marshall changed into the ANBU uniform and proceeded towards the village hidden in the sand. He headed towards the Northern edge of the village and saw it. A stone had collapsed creating an arch the detection field around the village didn't extend down through it. Axurhotep had no problems slipping through it then repelling down the side of the cliff into the village. He walked through the village weaving through the crowd doing nothing to attract attention. He walked straight up to the Kazekage's office where a meeting was ending.
"Kazekage you said you were having dreams of a dying man warning you then drawing a winged snake coiled around a fist, the Grand Empire has a winged snake coiled around a sun as their symbol." One of the advisors said. "It could just be a coincidence."
"Considering the sheer number of countries they conquered we should be talking them seriously anyway," Baki said. "They might just attack us someday."
"But that is no reason to focus on a bunch of weird circles and a cryptic poem," The advisor argued. "Not to mention the threat of the Akatsuki against us as well."
"We'll need to increase security around the village," Gaara said. "And what have the ANBU that went to find out about the Grand Empire learned."
"That they are very good at securing their borders," another Advisor said. "Most of them get caught crossing into their territory. Of the few that actually made it in five have been captured and imprisoned and one has just disappeared completely."
"We need to find a way to get more information about them." Gaara said. "Do we know where they came from?"
"Could they be from the same continent as that invasion that happened a few years ago?" Baki asked.
"Their weapons and fighting style are as different from those Gelel knights as they are from us." One of the advisors said. "Maybe they are from beyond the western border of the Earth country? Their flying machines would make it very easy to get over the mountains."
"So in short we know nothing," Gaara said. "And we have two enemies whose plans we don't know anything about."
"We've begun working on increasing our border guards but they're stretched thin and the Empire seem to have enough in reserve to march them around at random," Baki said. "At this point if they were sending a thousand men after us we could see them coming and not know they were going to invade."
"We need to know how they keep picking out our ANBU as they cross the border." Gaara said. "This meeting is adjourned everyone try to find out what ever we can about these people."
As the advisors filed out Gaara called to Baki. "Have you been able to find anything from those two names?"
"I've searched every historical record I could find and found no reference to empire's called Reich or Rome." Baki said. "The poem may not make sense except to countries near the Grand Empire's place of origin." Baki walked out right past Axurhotep in his ANBU disguise. The Field Marshall was alone with his target.
EVIL CLIFFHANGER (LAUGHS MANICALLY)