Keeper of the Crimson Path
By The Obsidian Blade
Chapter four-the fall of the Skull
Naruto stared out as Sasuke jumped, dodging the cross like shuriken that were hurled at him. The shuriken hit the statue of the founder Uchiha, creating a large plume of smoke. The dark haired teen flew out of the plume, hand like wings ripping out of his shirt. His skin was darkened and a cross like scar formed on the bridge of his nose. The whites of his eyes were now black as he looked at Naruto with determination. His long spiky hair flew behind him like a dingy cape. His right hand was on the hilt of the blade, unsheathing it with great speed.
Naruto readied Nightmare's Touch, strengthening his footing. His eyes were narrowed as he watched Sasuke close in on him. Then the long awaited clanging of the blades rang out through the sky. The two ninjas pushed against their blades, trying to get the other to submit to their own might and skill.
Naruto pushed down on his large blade, trying to get Sasuke to buckle down. But Sasuke would not. His legs shifted into stronger position, trying to keep his ground. That was before Naruto pushed Sasuke's weapon away and pushed the dark haired teen off the statue. The blonde panted slightly, looking over the edge of the statue before jumping down head first, forming a sphere of chakra in his left hand while having Nightmare's Touch clutched tightly in his right.
Sasuke's body flipped onto the water before he stared up at Naruto. His black eyes narrowed as he watched Naruto descend to him, noting the sphere in the blonde's hands. The pale teen's own hands ran through several hand seals, focusing chakra to his hand. Black lightning start to cackle at the wrist as he watched Naruto descend even closer to him, the sphere in the blonde's hand holding itself efficiently
The two had flash backs of what happened last time they fought like this. They remembered the blood shed, the way the other fought and what the stood for. This time, it was something on an opposite scale yet at the same time the same scale.
"Rasengan!"
"Chidori!"
Naruto shot out of his bed, sweat matting his body. His breathing was ragged as he clutched the blankets. His eyes were wide with shock as his breathing deepened, trying to regain lost air. His pale eyes slowly closed his eyes before running his hands through his wet hair.
'I got to leave the past the past,' the blonde thought to himself as he got out of bed, forgoing to make the bed. His body was clad in just a pair of sweats that hung loosely on his hips and a tight black tank top. His body bore many scars along his arms and probably on his torso. On his left shoulder was the red tattoo of ANBU, sitting there as a permanent reminder of what he was and where he came from.
"Well, no time like the present," he said to himself as he walked over to the dresser, fishing out a pair of black jeans, a white shirt, and a pair of boxers. His body moved sluggishly out the door and down the hall to the bathroom, not really paying much attention to where he was going.
Rika sighed as she went to wake up Naruto. She could not believe the blonde got enough money to get two ATs. The blonde was usually broke as he had to pay for a lot of his own stuff. All he really had for himself was a deck of cards so he could get some cash. Maybe he already did swindle some poor sap out of money. She was lucky to keep her wallet after playing a game of five care draw.
But that was not the point. The point was that Naruto essentially now had wings that he could use to fly. All she could do was worry about him to. There was no way that she could stop him from growing out his wings. The reason is that she was to far from his circle to have an influence on him. All she could do is hope that his wings are real and not made of wax.
But she was not paying much attention to where she was going as she rounded the corner. As she moved, her head collided with someone head first, sending her and the other person on their asses. Her hands rubbed the spot on where her head was hit. She was about to retort as she heard someone speak back in a familiar voice.
"Sorry, guess I was not paying any attention on where I was going," she heard someone speak out. Her eyes traveled in front of her before staring at Naruto. She could see all of the muscles that he had under his tight tank top. And the best part is that she could see his eyes. She saw two scars in a vertical way leading from each end of the eyes sockets on both eyes. She could also see the eyes that he held. There were no pupils nor were there any irises that she could see. It was all milky white.
'Is he blind?' she thought to herself as she looked at his eyes. She shook her head of that thought. There was no way he could be blind. He was able to read signs and other stuff that not even Dare Devil could pull off with out sight.
Naruto looked at her oddly, wondering what she was staring at. That was till he noticed her gaze was on his eyes. In a flash, they quickly closed and he was on his way to the bathroom, hoping that she would not question anything any further.
Rika watched as Naruto walked to the bathroom before hearing the door shut. Her eyes were narrowed. Those eyes were not normal for any human. They were just too awkward and she had to keep an eye on him. Maybe she would figure out more about him. After all, he was mostly a mystery to them so it would do some good for some background checking.
Naruto strode to his room while dressed in his new attire. He looked every where as he grabbed some spare parts and his two ATs before storing them in the duffle bags and walking out the room. As he left, he informed everyone that he was going to out till ten. His eyes were shielded by his sunglasses, not wanting someone to look into his eyes right now.
Simca sat down on a table, her legs dangled just inches off the floor as she waited for her Foxy-kun. She had been helping him get prepared for the week. The blonde teen was a natural at it. He could do the basics like it was an art form. And it was with both ATs. He even had a name for them as well. The one with the round wheels was called Shokaze and the one with the narrow wheels was called Nikaze. Both of them were used differently and suited his personality.
She sighed at the thought of him. The way his body was built, the way he acted around people and the way was just so attracting to her. His thick whiskers sat on his cheeks, making him more like the fox she portrayed him to be. His blonde hair only made him all the more hotter to the pink haired girl. It was almost as if she was in love with him.
She shook her head. She could not be in love with him yet. There was just no way that she was. Sure he was handsome, cute, and kind but that could not mea… Oh Kami, she was in love with him. At first her mind started to panic before she calmed down and licked her lips. She was going to enjoy this every bit she can. He would be hers soon enough.
Her heart raced slightly as she watched the blonde walk in the construction zone in his casual clothes. The pinkette hopped off the table and rolled over to Naruto, staring him in the eyes with her large green orbs. Her face had a small flirtatious smile to it as she rolled behind him quickly, embracing him in a tight hug, her breast were pressed tightly against his back as she nuzzled his cheek. "So, are you ready for the last day of training Foxy-kun?"
Naruto blushed at the contact. She was hugging him very tightly as if he was her lover. His whiskered cheeks warmed up as blood rushed to his face, warming up Simca's cheek slightly as well. He could feel some feeling boil up in his body, something familiar with the feeling he got around Rika when she got in contact with him. Was the hell kind of feeling was it, was it love or was it something greater then love. No, that was impossible. A monster like him could never love.
"Yeah, let me get on Nikaze and we will get started," the ex shinobi said as he shimmied his way out of her grip and walked towards the bench that Simca was at. Said girl wheeled her way to him before sitting down next to him, starting up small talk and trying to get to know him more.
As Naruto tied the last lace, he looked at the older teen with a curious glance. "I have a question, why are you helping me if it would mean compromising your end of the bargain?"
Simca smiled at the blonde tee n warmly, making blush slightly. "Well, I want to see you with wings. Even if I lose the bet, I will not let a shop clerk steal the wings that are rightfully yours." She sighed as she got up, putting up her ever cheerful smile. "Well, we don't got all day." A smirk ran across her lips as she stared up the steel frame of the large building. "What I want you to do is to race up that building and land at the top."
Naruto looked up and started to curse himself for not adding the seals to his wheels and motors. He just had to be lazy and not add them. The blonde sighed as he crouched down slightly before lightly slapping his right leg twice in a row, a habit that he started a while.
His gaze was fastened at the base before he slammed his heels down, sending him blurring out of sight. His wheels connected with the garters before he aloud the traction to take him up. Images of tree climbing for the first time ran through his mind as he sped up the steel garters.
Simca eyes widened as she watched the blonde speed up about halfway through. His center of gravity was off and he was going to loose traction. And at the height that he was at would most likely kill him. Her heels slammed down on the accelerator before disappearing from sight.
Naruto's body slipped from the large steel structure. His eyes were closed behind the shades. He could not do anything or he would risk selling himself out to the people after him to soon. His body was braced for the pain that he was about to feel but the pain never came.
His eyes slowly opened, looking into large green eyes. He could feel the cold steel garter against his back. His eyes closed as he let his head drop down. He could not believe that he almost let himself get killed. He was a ninja damn it!
Simca smiled as she got a look at his eyes. His ruby sunglasses were in her small hands. Then a thought came across her mind. The blonde had no pupils in his eyes. They were just white with a hint of lavender. "Are you blind?"
Naruto looked at her oddly before his eyes widened in realization. His hand went up partway to his face when he looked at what was in her hands. There shined his sunglasses that usually hid his eyes. He was shocked that she would do something like that. Then again, she was kind of different.
"Well, are you," she spoke out in her normal tone of voice, breaking him out of his musing.
Naruto's hands sprung up and gripped his sunglasses. "I am not blind," the blonde said. His hands slipped the glasses onto his face before shaking his head. "My eyes are just really sensitive."
Simca looked at him with a small look of confusion before smirking slightly. "Really now," she said, getting off of him and helping Naruto to his feet. "If that is the case then I guess that I have nothing to worry about. Now let's get down and back to work. We are going to run through this until you get it right with both Nikaze and Shokaze."
And to work they went. The duo kept working at wall riding till the blonde got it down to the standard level that he was going to need. He got the vertical climb down easy. It was the horizontal right that he had trouble with. It was hard to keep his traction and center of gravity. He always fell.
By the time they were done, it was around seven. Simca looked at the blonde with a smile as he prepared for his leave. "Don't forget to be here at four alright?"
Naruto smirked as he put on his shoes. "Yeah, I won't forget Simca-chan." The blonde groaned as he forced his body up and to stretch before walking over to the exit of the construction. He had to get rid of the rest of the Skull Saders. So far the blonde was only able to find some small factions of it but they were nowhere near the top as he found out. They had some organization, he would give them that. But it was not a good one and generally easy to follow as all of them had some sort of leads to some higher ups.
The shop clerk grumbled as he sat down. There was no business in selling the cars. Each of them was a foreign make from America. Most of them were either Ford or Chevy. Not even the classic cars like the few Mustangs or the few Camaro were going out as no one just did not want to buy them. Both of the makes were in good condition, almost perfect and yet no one liked them. They were just not interested in American cars.
Then his eyes widened as they fell on the blonde teen walking out of the construction zone across the street. Then a smirk grew across his face, thinking of ways to kill him inside the shop. He was in the Skull Saders so he knew what trouble the kid caused them. The clerk also suspected him of killing the entire groups of underlings.
The man looked to his right before motioning for one of the other two men inside the room to go and fetch Naruto. He had the other stay in the shadows and attack the teen as the he came in.
Naruto looked out as a man came towards him from a shop across the street. He was an average looking man with an average build. His brown hair was worn long and his eyes were black. "Hey mister! Wait up!"
Naruto looked at him oddly before standing in place. "What's up?" the blonde asked as he looked at the man. There was something off in the look of the man's eyes.
"I wanted you to look at a few cars that we have in stock," responded the man. Naruto looked at the man with an arched eyebrow before looking at his shirt. There was nothing special about it, but there was something that made him weary. There was something similar to the Skull Saders emblem on the right breast that was hidden under the flapping part of the open jacket.
Naruto walked through the gated doors before looking around at the cars. Each of them was made in America. He could tell by the fact that the driver was on the left instead of the right. And the funny thing was that all of them were classic cars starting from the seventies on to the late eighties. A smile graced his lips as he looked at something that caught his eyes.
The metal thing was a Mustang. The car was lowered slightly and the rims were standard sized, something that he was not going to change. The paint on the thing seemed fresh, being a blood red tint with two black stripes running up the hood. The side windows were one way, tinted so it would be black or red depending on the way you look at it.
"So you interested in the Mustang seventy-three, eh?" the man asked before nearing the front bumper as Naruto got closer to look at the hunk of metal.
The blonde nodded slightly before peering inside from the windshield. "Yeah, I am really interested, what's the price?"
The man smirked as he heard the large door slam down onto the ground. "Your life," he muttered, making Naruto's eyes narrow before swinging around behind him, clocking the guy that closed the door from hitting him. The man went sliding across the floor before he hit the steel curtain of a door.
The man that was at the bumper tried to get the blonde from the side before the blonde move. What he was not expecting was to feel a kick to the chest, pushing him backwards a few feet and to the ground on his back.
The blonde twisted his body, settling into a steady Juuken Ryu stance before assaulting the guy that slid into the steel curtain with many strikes. He could feel many of the pressure points lock up as soon as he touched them before stopping, allowing the man to drop to the floor dead.
The lead clerk ran up to Naruto with a bat in his hand from the counter. The blonde twisted his body before gripping him by the head and slamming him into the ground. His feet lifted before kicking the one that led him inside, knocking him out. The ex shinobi looked down at the man at his feet before picking him up and slamming him into a nearby wall.
"Alright, I want answers," Naruto growled out as he looked at the man.
The man looked at the blonde with anger mixed with fear. Why should he give the blonde any answers? He was just a nuisance that would not last long against their leader. "Why should I tell you a ass raping monkey?" he spat out, smirking as he saw his last comrade walk up behind Naruto with the bat that was dropped.
Naruto's right hand slid behind his back, reaching for the sideways holster. It was actually easy to conceal with a long enough shirt and no one really looked back there for a weapon anyways. His hand slid a kunai into his palm, hearing something behind him. With a swift movement the blonde impaled the kunai into the man's head behind before letting the man drop down.
His hand went for another kunai. "Are you sue you won't tell me anything?" the blonde asked dangerously. His hand showed a kunai before placing it near the man's naval.
The clerk's eyes widened in shock and fear. The blonde had jus killed to men in under ten minutes as if it was nothing and the blonde now had the clerk into a position where he could get killed easy. "Alright, I will tell you everything that you want to know!"
Naruto smirked before pulling the kunai away from the man. "Good, start telling," Naruto said with a slight smirk. The fall of the Skull would come soon.
Naruto grumbled slightly as he drove up to the house in his new car. The man was easy to crack, not surprisingly. The man broke down crying about halfway through his information, begging to be let go and to survive. But Naruto did not leave him alive. The man died. The blonde could not afford him to be going top the wrong person right now. No, it could not happen like that.
But the car was the seventy-three mustang that he saw earlier. He was able to get a hold of the keys and just left, making sure that he left no signs that he was there and that meant taking care of the cameras that were there. The funny thing was that there was only one and yet they sold vintage cars. It was amazing that people did not try and steal them before and try to sell them for profit. Then again, it was owned by the Skull Saders so it was no real surprise that there was only one. They most likely stole the stuff from other dealers.
What the clerk told the blonde was interesting. What he told the blonde was that a team called Sleeping Forest had challenged the Skull Saders so they started to put up posts around the main base which turned out to be an old abandoned bowling ally. There were six groups, each a team of four. Then the main base had a lot more people. Especially leading up the tower. But they were all ill trained from what Naruto could tell from his previous fights. So it would be generally easy.
He moved his body through the house, looking around as he did so. He was sure that someone had heard the engine as he drove up. there was no way that no one heard it and he was pretty sure on who heard it as well as Ringo was out and about and Ikki was out trying something and Mikan was out with her friends or something of the sort. The only one that was home was Rika. The blonde looked at his watch before sighing. It was almost as if no one was home.
Then he heard the door shut behind him. His body twisted till he could see Rika with a stern look towards him. "How the hell did you get the Mustang?" she asked as she thumped her foot on the ground. He gulped slightly as she walked
"I got it in a bet," Naruto strained out as he leaned back slightly from her imposing figure. A slight, not noticeable sweat started at his brow as she leaned and looked at him in the eyes. He saw her nod slightly before walking around him.
"Alright, I will take you to get your license tomorrow," she said simply as she walked to the kitchen. Naruto sighed in relief. He would have hated it if she figured him out. Then he would have to figure out a way to bribe her over and that would be a lot of things to come up with. And knowing her, it would have been really humiliating.
Before Naruto could turn around, he heard Rika speak up. "Oh, and we are going to negotiate what you are going to do about me not telling the cops that you have a stolen vehicle." She smirked as the blonde froze at her tone of words she felt like she had all the strings and she could treat him like a puppet. It was a good feeling to her.
Naruto shook in fear as he turned his head slightly to watch the older woman leave the room. He had no idea what she had in mind and could only be really good or really bad. He was hoping that it was the former of the two rather then the latter.
He shook his head before heading upstairs. He had so much to do today that he could not afford to be dragging around. He was quick to get to his room and shut the door, not wanting anyone to see what he was going to put on. His hands gripped the black scroll that was along the floor with many other scrolls of various colours.
Naruto sighed as he bit his thumb and ran the blood over the seals. In popping sound and a puff of smoke a modified ANBU set of clothes appeared. The pants were a loose fit then the normal pair and were made of modified denim to prevent tearing. The boots we closed toe with spikes coming off the toes as well and ran to about mid calf. The waist was covered by belts holding up several pouches and scrolls. There was a sleeveless turtleneck that would be covered by the regular ANBU armor made of red and black steel plates fitted to bend the way he does instead of the normal hard leather with some chain mesh under it. The gloves were fingerless gloves that ran up to his elbow and ringed with a studded band at the top with metal plates on the back of the hands. Metal pads were inside the gloves on both sides. The fox like mask was mostly black with gold whiskers and lining along the eyes.
Naruto's eyes traveled to the clock before checking out the time. The clock read eight o' clock. He sighed, before putting on the stuff and his jacket, leaving his mask to the side. He gripped his normal jacket before sliding it on and then a black scroll, unsealing Nightmare's Touch before strapping the large axe like blade to his back. The blonde sighed as he placed his ANBU mask on right. His eyes traveled to Nikaze before smirking. This was going to be good practice as it is just more then a simulation and now he had to try and keep balance while swinging a large weapon.
The four Skull Saders stood on the eastern bridge of the sector. All of them were wearing a cartoon skull like helmet with red horizontal slits for eyes and large X's to act as the mouth. All of theme was wearing similar ATs and purple jackets with a large white cross in the chest. The bridge was a part of the hospital. There was always a fight between the Skull Saders and other teams as the hospital is a natural hotspot for turf as it was a necessity to have for injured and other small time stuff.
One of the men took out a walkie-talkie, clicking the red button at the side and started to speak. "This is the East Sector. There is no sign of any opponents, over." His hand clicked the button before his other one went to take off the front part of the helmet. "I had a fucking date and yet I have to do this!?" he shouted to the sky.
One of his teammates looked at him with a sigh before shrugging. "Yeah, and I had homework to do and you don't see me complaining," he spoke out. "But you are right; it is not like Magaki-san to do this to us. I think he is getting paranoid about stuff."
The one with the open face plate was about to speak before he heard a voice that seemed to come from all directions. "Ask not for whom the bell tolls for," they heard the voice speak.
The one with the walkie-talkie brought the thing to his mouth before trying to speak into it. The button clicked but he was too petrified by fear to speak. He watched the people on either side of him get impaled by a kunai. Then he saw a person shrouded by darkness glide along the floor from the other side of the bridge, a large axe like blade poised to kill. Before the man could even move, his last teammate exploded in a fountain of blood, shrouding the unknown soldier's escape.
Finally, snapping out of his stupor he yelled into the com link. "WE NEED BACK…!"
His words were cut off as he heard the rest of the line, coming right from behind him. "For it tolls for thee," the voice creepily whispered into his ear. The man's eyes looked at the figure, noting that it was a man with a fox like mask wearing black and red. The heavy blade was like an axe as well and his feet were covered by ATs. Before the man could make a move, he screamed from being cleaved in half.
Naruto sighed as he watched the man drop in front of him. The first sector was down with ease. He just hoped that the other clones would be able to do their jobs without much trouble. He heard a click behind him before a static like voice. "Hey, team Beta, are you there?"
A grin formed under his black fox like mask before he walked and picked up the walkie-talkie. "Don't you worry now surviving Skulls," the blonde spoke into the mike, making a clicking sound as he pressed the red button. He could hear yelling in the background as he spoke calmly into it, almost adding a deathly feel to his voice. "Your time will come soon enough."
Magaki cringed as he heard the voice. This was not good. Four of his best men were slaughtered in a matter of minutes, something that he did not think possible. He leaned his head back, not liking the odds. He could tell that the thing that killed his teammates was probably powerful. His hand clicked onto the walkie-talkie before speaking into it. "I want all personal on the look out for a strange figure. I want you to kill him on sight. Now get going!"
Naruto smirked under his mask as he watched Purple jacketed figures roam the tops of the roofs around the old abandoned bowling ally. His hand formed the oh so familiar hand sign before whispering. "Kage-Bunshin-no-jutsu." In a poof of smoke, five other blonde shinobis in the same garbs as the original appeared. "Alright, I am going to go straight in and you five take out the perimeter and any stragglers that I leave behind. Got it?"
The group nodded before rushing off. Naruto sighed as he got into a semi crouched position. His right hand reached for the hilt of Nightmare's Touch before slapping his left thigh with his free hand. In a flash, the blonde was gone.
Magaki sighed as he sat down. He had two of his teammates stay behind and help him. He sighed as he looked around, sweat starting to come from his brow. He looked nervously at the door. The air was starting to get a chilling feel to it, almost as if it was a blade in the winter. Everything was starting to get to silent. He could hear nothing, not even a small struggle.
Then a static like voice come from the walkie-talkie. "Have you recovered the container?" The voice had some kind of chill to it and cut like a blade, making all of the occupants in the room shiver as if some kind of entity was in the room. The voice had some sort of commanding power that made others respect it, even if they did not want to and was obviously male.
"I don't know!" Maga yelled into the speaker after clicking the red button. "I have my own problems then the blonde whelp. I have someone murdering my team without knowing who it is!"
"Do you have a general idea of this unknown assailant's tactics?" the voice asked, showing some curiosity.
Maga growled slightly. He did not like the person behind the voice. "All I know is that he is silent and has been killing my men quickly. That is all I know."
The voice huffed slightly before some whispers could be heard in the background. Then the voice came back to the picture, showing what he thought. "Alright, that is all we needed to know. I and my accomplice will come by to investigate soon."
Magaki sighed slightly. The person behind the voice freaked him out to an extreme. The two people that were behind the other end of the walkie-talkie were to people that he never saw. Well, he still did not know what they are or who they are for that matter as they kept their face well hidden. All he knew of them were that they were red and black cloaks and were part of an organization called the Akatsuki.
The two of the 'Akatsuki' came to him the day after the incident in the shop. Maga had just got reports from his underlings. Apparently the blonde was powerful enough to kill a few members and was quicker then them when they were on ATs. The two men heard of it and barged in, demanding answers and the boy. The Akatsuki won.
Then a sound disturbed the man's thinking. It was the sound of wood cracking and breaking. The door broke down with ease. In the door way was a blonde with wearing all black with some red and a fox mask. The large black blade that rested on his back dripped with blood. The eerie feeling that hung around him seemed to strike like a blade. "So this is where you guys hang around?" the blonde asked. "Seems like the place that scum like you would hang around in."
Before the blonde could make more comments the two beside Magaki rushed towards him, one following the other. The blonde's eyes narrowed as he gripped the hilt of his large axe like blade before swinging it, lopping off the firsts head right off. His left arm stiffened, allowing a kunai to drop into his hand before he stabbed into the neck of the oncoming Skull.
Magaki looked at the blonde with shock. His shock snapped as he watched the blonde disappear, leaving his blade stabbed into the ground. The silver cross in the center of the ax gleamed in the moon light. He turned to try and get away before anything else happened. What ended up happening is that a hand gripped him by the neck and lifted him in the air. It was not long before he was staring in the black fox like mask of the person that killed his team. "What do you want?!" Maga spat out.
Naruto shook his head slightly before slamming the Skull leader into the ground. The blonde moved his face close to the man's ear before whispering. "What I want is for you to tell me who you were talking to."
Magaki spat onto the fox mask before laughing slightly. "Hahahahaha, what are you going to do to me?" the bald man asked. "Tie me up and stab me?! I would like to see you try!"
The blonde ex-shinobi sighed as he dropped his grip to the man's ankles. The man did not know how to give up. With quick succession Naruto pickled up the man and spun him around a few times before making him land in the wall. Before Naruto moved forward, he felt a presence come up. "Alright, we are going to make a deal. What is going to happen is that if you win then you will live and I will leave. If you don't you will tell me anything and everything that you know, got it?"
Magaki nodded before everything was starting to turn bright, making him close his eyes. When he opened them, there was nothing there. The dead bodies that were left in the wake of the black assailant were gone. The blade that he stabbed had disappeared into nothingness. Not even the blood that was left behind was now gone as if it was never there.
His body stiffened as he watched two figures brake through the glass and land inside the room. They looked around, trying to spot someone before their eyes landed on Maga. One of them was about seventeen and had B cup breasts but a pear like body. Her short, spiky hair seemed to be a light shade of pink. The other one seemed lie she was fourteen or fifteen. She had a well developing body as well as large breasts. Her long brown hair reached down to about her waist.
He shook his head. He could not be thinking any of those thoughts right now. He had to get out of there before that masked mad man came back and decided to go through with his threat. After all, you cannot lose of you never participate.
"Where are all your teammates?" the pink haired one asked with a smirk. "I mean we hit all of your checkpoints and yet you had no one stationed there. Did they abandon you because they knew that they were going to get sent to the hospital?"
Magaki's eyes widened as he heard that. "What do you mean?" he asked in a shaky voice. "Didn't you see the bodies?"
"What bodies?" the brown haired one asked, showing honest curiosity on her face. "All we found was a few weapons lying on the ground and then nothing else."
Magaki cringed slightly before looking out the window, noting that it was his best plan of escape. He pushed down on his heels before accelerating to the window quickly. "I can't stay here!" he cried out before stepping onto the ledge. His attention was brought up as he heard voices. The next thing he knew was that he was on the ground with the teenager that he beet up a few days ago on his back.
Naruto sighed as he watched from the window. Magaki lost, terribly. At first he thought that the Skull leader would be able to beat Ikki as the dark haired teen had just got his ATs today. But Ikki proved himself by actually pressing his AT against the wall with his hand and launching it up, gaining the Emblems of both the Skull Saders and the Sleeping Forest.
When Ikki, Mikan, Ringo, and Ume left, Naruto jumped down. He could feel Magaki cringe slightly as he tired to get up. The blonde walked up to him before gripping the man by the neck and hefting him in the air. "Alright, you remember the deal Magaki," the masked teen spoke in a menacing voice. "I want to know who that voice that you spoke to was and what your connections are to him."
"Why should I tell you?!" Magaki growled out before getting slammed into a near by wall. He felt his body get thrown through a window, making glass travel along with him. He was about to get up when he felt the back of his neck get gripped by the back harshly. "Alright, you will tell me what you know or I will hurt you," the ex shinobi said, stressing the words will.
"Alright," Magaki chocked out. "I will tell you everything. A day after I sent my men after you I was visited by two men. They said that they wanted you alive and wanted me to give you to them."
Naruto looked down at the man with a curious glance. "Did they tell you what organization that they come from, and did you get a good look at them?"
Magaki nodded before speaking. "Yes they did. "They said that they are with a group called the Akatsuki." After the word Akatsuki was spoken, Naruto's eyes grew wide before letting go of Magaki. There was no way that he could be found out so fast. There was just no way that it could happen like that.
His eyes landed on the Skull leader as he tried to escape through the door. A kunai landed in the blonde's hand before being launched at the man into his calf, rendering him crippled. "Alright, tell what they looked like," Naruto sad in a dark tone, watching Magaki scream in pain.
But Magaki refused to tell. He preferred to hold his leg and try to soothe the pain. Before he could do anymore soothing, he was kicked in the ribs. "Answer me damn it!" Naruto yelled, trying to figure who was after him.
"I don't know!" Magaki cried out.
Naruto sighed as he wiped his hand over his masked face, trying to cool himself down. "Alright, since you know nothing of what they look like I guess I can end your pain." Before Magaki could say anything, he screamed his last scream in his life. If only he spotted the kunai in the masked killer's hand he would have survived.
In the distance there were four figures, two on each side. "So this is the one eh Simca?" the one next top the buxom pink haired girl asked.
The pink haired woman smirked as she looked at him. "Yup, that would be him," she answered as she licked her lips. "And he will be a perfect addition to our team." She motioned for her companion to come with her. "Come on, let's go and don't look at him like that. You are still the first fox on ATs."
On the other side the two men looked at Naruto. "So this is where he ran off to?" one of the men asked in a gruff voice., "Why can't we just go and tear him to pieces."
The other figure sighed before shaking his head. "For one we need him alive," he answered. "And two, we have no idea what his skills are at this point. We have lost him for two years so we need to figure things out with him." His accomplice sighed before shaking his head, grumbling in disappointment. "Come on, we need to figure out our plan."
A/N Alright I know this is late but I have had no time as I tried out for a play and got a part. Good news is that next week is my last week and I will have more time. Thanks you for the support and everything my special thanks go to my co-author of sorts Killjoy 3000 and another guy whose pen name I can never remember.
Alright, now onto other business. I have two regalia options right now that will be posted in a poll. And here is how it goes
This is a cutter regalia. What it will do is spin so fast that it will launch crescent like blades or any other blade shape that you want. It can cut through almost anything and can have chakra added to it.
This is a lightning based regalia. What it will do is allow the user to move faster, leave off sparks and use electricity to teleport from place to place as long as there is a current. During a storm he will be able to teleport anywhere within the storms reach, especially during a lightning storm.
So there are your two choices. Please help me! And review if you have any other regalia ideas that you want to see in the poll. So for now, this is The Obsidian Blade logging off.
