Sequence 1 Memory 2: The Cross of the Templars

Memory Start

Securing passage to Wave wasn't an easy matter as motorized boats monitor, and, if necessary, ram every vessel in the gulf that is between Fire and Wave countries. However, being a man of fair amount of wealth, Naruto was able to make his way to the improvised country with little trouble after bribing a few officials and hiding in a cargo hold of a ship.

Once on land again, Naruto sought his way to Gatou's public house to gain an audience with him, however, when he arrived, the gate was locked with guards everywhere. Knowing that his efforts were getting nowhere, Naruto retreated to the town.

Once he stepped foot into the town, he instantly regretted his choice as the thugs that were in the town plundering it for 'Taxes' for Gatou turned against him. Knowing that he had a fight on his hands, Naruto drew his sword as he killed the thugs, keeping one alive for interrogation. Securing the nearly dead prisoner, he looted the bodies of the dead men and earned himself a pretty penny, which he gave to the citizens of the town.

"Where's Gatou," Orel asked the prisoner. A laugh followed the question as it was finished.

"Off to see that bridge builder straight to hell," the man replied.

"Why? His men are locked up tight behind a gate."

"You don't get it do you. Those men are draftees to Gatou's army. They have to stay there."

"Where is Tazuna's house?"

"North, along the coast, but it's too late."

"Why?"

"Don't you see the smoke?"

Stabbing him with the poison blade, Orel spoke in spite, "Riposa in pace, bastardo." He then darted to the smoke.

When he arrived, he climbed a tree to get a better angle on the action. He saw Team 7 tied to crucifixes while a man was turning, as if he was being roasted over a fire. He knew that there was no help for that man, however, he spotted a short man that he assumed was Gatou taunting Team 7 over their failures. Summoning a brown bird, Naruto quickly wrote a coded message to the Hokage that Team 7 was captured and that their mission was a failure in the following form:

Dear Mr. Namikaze,

I have three barrels of rum and various furs ready for transport to Konoha at a day's notice. I further inquire if there are any special instructions needed for the package there hence.

Signed,

Mr. Ezio Auditore da Firenze

Sending the bird on its way, he resumed watching the party below.

[Memory Fast Forward]

Night fell on the lonely party. The bird was pecking on Orel's shoulder to wake him up as he had a message from the Hokage. Taking the message, he sent the bird on its way before reading it.

My Dear Friend Mr. Auditore,

Kill them all, and save Gatou for last.

Hiruzen Sarutobi

'The message wasn't encoded like it usually is,' Naruto thought, 'The council must have been pissed that the last Uchina is crucified down below.'

Jumping down from the tree, Naruto activated his Eagle Sense to gain a lay of the land. He saw the standard pair guards patrolling the area, though high from sex with a likely sex slave, and thus giving the assassin an angle of attack. Readying his hidden blades, he double assassinated the pair and discreetly hidden the body in some bushes in the area.

Approaching closer to the makeshift base, another pair of guards was having a discussion of a different matter.

"Why have you looked so spooked," one of the guards asked, "You just got a great lay with one of the surviving bloodlines in Mist."

"It's not that I'm worried about. I'm worried about an assassin in Wave."

"An Assassin in Wave? The Assassins haven't existed in seven hundred years since they surrendered to the Templars, if you believe that fairy tale."

Suddenly, a knife found its way through both guard's throats. The thrower of the blades said, "You should have listened to him."

Making his way to the main camp, someone was waiting for him.

"Safety and peace, Brother Zabuza," Naruto recited.

"Safety and Peace, Master Orel," Zabuza pledged.

"What of the situation? Is your blade rusty?"

"In the presence of these Templars, nothing is so founded in fact anymore."

"And what of my beloved? I just heard of these two men having their way with her not a mite ago."

"These fools lie. I would gut them fast if they do lay one finger on her."

"My concerns are put at bed. Now on to this Templar problem."

"The guards were poisoned at mess and the women freed. They are all out of it outside the four that you assassinated. You have a clear path to Gatou."

"You have my thanks. Safety and Peace, Brother."

"Safety and Peace."

It was relatively easy to find Gatou's tent in the mess of the dead bodies that were supposed to guard the place, as he was the only one to trigger Orel's Eagle Sense. Entering the tent, Naruto saw and smelled the sex that the camp brought to the area. Preparing the hidden blade, he thrusts it into the spinal cord, severing it and killing him. Taking time to do so, he took his proof of the kill feather and dipped it in his blood before severing the head for the newly minted bounty. With a bit of forethought, he took his cross necklace as if he needed it for a reason.

[Memory Fast Forward]

Retreating back to Gatou's base after freeing Team 7, he sought Gatou's main safe. Turning on Eagle Sense, he started walking the halls of the building, killing the thugs that dared crossed his path. He found a hidden room that required an odd shaped key. Taking the cross for a moment, he inserted the key and opened the door to reveal a big map room. Taking the documents, he quickly fled to Konoha to beat Team 7 back to report his more than successful mission.

Sequence 1 Memory 2 End

Sequence 1: The Rise of the New Age of the Knights Templar Complete

Author's Notes and Statistics:

Well, this is the end of the prologue sequence. Fun, no? Anyways, it is been a pleasure writing it. Also to clear up any confusion, Orel, the Czech for Eagle according to Google translate, is not in ANBU, if I haven't made that clear already. He would just share the code if I decide there should be one in regular ANBU forces.

Also, there is a pairing that I have decided already. The story will be Naruto/FemHaku (even though I labeled it Naruto/Courtesan). That is because courtesan is more than likely Haku's profession in the story.

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