Chapter 7: Escaping the Dungeon
Hey everyone I didn't getting much feed back on the last chapter so I really don't know what to think. Things are going to start getting heated up now hope you enjoy.
Chapter 7-
Minato grinned at his luck. Jiraiya and the other members of the team had all survived and had even brought back the Tsuchikage. He had listened to the whole tale Jiraiya told from the battle to sneaking through the streets hiding in the darkness of the shadows.
He had sent a ninja in to try and set up negotiations with the village hidden in the rock for a truce and an exchange of prisoners.
So far the person he had sent out hadn't come back, but he wasn't worried.
In fact Minato was calmer. 'I could make this the shortest war in history.' He thought about being with the council only eighteen hours before and signing the statement of war.
He rose to his feet from the mat he was sitting on. He pushed open the flaps of the entrance to his tent and walked to where the Tsuchikage lay.
The most powerful ninja in the rock village lay at Minato's feet unconscious from when Hiashi had hit him. Minato looked at the Tsuchikage's face looking for something to explain the violent general's actions.
'It was a good thing Hiashi was on the team. The gentle fist style is very effective against the rock ninja style of fighting.'
He turned sensing someone approaching him. "Sir!" Came a voice, "Sir the rock ninja council had agreed to negotiations."
Minato smiled, "Excellent! What are their terms?"
The ninja let his arm drop to his side and began to deliver the message. "The Rock village council said they would be willing to meet you at the gate and to bring the Tsuchikage as a showing of good faith."
Minato nodded, "And of course they will bring their prisoners to the meeting as well?"
The guard nodded. "Yes Lord Hokage they stated they would, they ask to meet you at the gate in one hour."
Minato dismissed the ninja with a wave and grabbed the Tsuchikage. He pulled the rock leader up and hoisted him over his shoulder. Then making his way over to the main encampment, where most of the ninja were resting or talking, he began looking for Hiashi.
"Minato!" Jiraiya called running over to him. "I just heard you will be entering negotiation
"Yes that's true I need you and Hiashi to join me for the negotiations."
Jiraiya smirked, "I bet you think my good looks will sway the council to submit to your every word. Well since you insist I'll go."
Sighing Minato shook his head, "Anyway have you seen Hiashi-san?"
"Yes he was resting but he'll be up now let's go and get him."
"Alright let me just put down a transportation seal in case things go wrong."
After getting Hiashi to join him, Minato made his way to the gate with twenty minutes left to spare.
"Alright Hiashi you know that I need you to open the chakra point that you closed and Jiraiya you know you here because of your experience in the matters. Now the only other things you need to know is that the only terms that we will accept are the ones where we get Hinata and Naruto back and the war ends."
Nodding the two ninjas turned their attention to the gate that they had reached. Almost immediately the Rock council appeared as the gate opened.
"Ah the legendary Yellow Flash what an honor." Minato laid the Tsuchikage down and bowed.
"Yes and you are?" the Yondaime asked?
"I am Misou, leader of our village's council. Now I expect you wish to begin the negotiation right away so let's begin. We suggest a trade of prisoners. Your son for our lord Tsuchikage."
The Yondaime glared at the man who was very old from the looks of it and his being hunched over. "We will not be willing to make any negotiations at all unless both Naruto and the Hyuga heiress are returned."
Hiashi who was very tense for a second relaxed a little bit.
The five council members did not change expressions, they had expected the reaction. "Very well and we also propose a truce." Misou said
"You suggested what I was about to I accept. If that is all for negotiations would you care to bring out the prisoners. Misou nodded agitated and one of the council members whispered something to a guard who disappeared into the ground.
"Excuse us for not have the children they were supposed to be here by now."
With Naruto
Naruto ran down the halls, Hinata next to him holding his hand. Naruto was having a hard time focusing prisoners in every cell he passed tried to plead with him to free them.
He stopped where the hallway forked. "Hey Hinata, can you use the byakugan to see which way to go?"
Hinata gripped his hand tighter, "I can't do it ev-every time, but I'll try."
She released his hand and formed the necessary signs and focused chakra to her eyes. She turned and looked in both directions. "Which way should we go" she asked. "To the office or the guard sleeping quarters?"
"Definitely to the office, the sleeping quarters probably don't have a door to the outside."
Hinata pointed straight ahead and they began running.
At Naruto's cell
"What the hell!" The guard screamed terrified.
The cell was empty and the bars melted. And a file tossed on the ground beside it was part of the shackle that had once bound Naruto's hands.
"This is bad." The guard said. "Alert the commander immediately." He ordered the other guard next to him.
He walked into the cell to investigate more and began wheedling away for ten minutes.
The head guard turned horrified as another ninja appeared next to him. "I…He-"
"God what the hell are we going to do." the new arrival said. "If we don't get those prisoners we have no bargaining chip for the Tsuchikage."
"I'm going to search for the kids, you get every one you can on this."
The head guard gulped as the other ninja disappeared.
Naruto kicked open the door to the office and saw three people filing papers.
Immediately he charged knocking out the one that looked the strongest with a kick to the head.
One of the office works screamed and ran out while the other stood and moved into a fighting stance.
Naruto formed some hand signs. "Grand fireball jutsu."
The office room began to collapse and the worker who had managed to dive to the side was pinned as the roof collapsed on him.
Naruto began to feel the pain of not being fed properly and cringed. Nevertheless he picked up Hinata and jumped out of the room and onto the collapsing roof. He jumped again and landed in the grass. He let Hinata off and without a word the two began running.
Naruto could hear shouting not that far back and he began to worry that they would be caught. Hinata wanted to stop she was tired and was not trained for this sort of strenuous activity, she continued on not haltering even as her breathing turned into fitful hissed of wheezing.
Naruto after a few more minutes stopped. "Hinata take a quick rest. Their tracker ninja will not have been sent yet so I'm going to help them lose our trail. Please get out of the way."
Hinata nodded and walked over and fell behind Naruto. "Multiple fireball shot."
Naruto fired several flames destroying all the trees and shrubbery and the tracks that Naruto and Hinata had left for 200 hundred feet. "That should bide us a little time."
Naruto helped Hinata to her feet and they changed direction making a right to where Naruto assumed Konoha was.
With Minato
Minato watched with amusement as Misou's face paled white. "What do you mean escaped!" He screamed at the guard who had just whispered something into Misou's ear.
Misou turned irately to Minato. "We will continue our discussions tomorrow at the same time."
"Why can't we finish now?" Minato asked having an idea but wanting to make sure. 'Naruto escaped that's my boy.' Minato began to think with pride about Naruto's escape.
"Well it seems a er… That…" Misou turned to the other council members to see if they could come up with anything.
None rushed to his aid and instead of looking like a fool he decided to tell a lie. "It seems one of the children has escaped. They will be recovered shortly of course and then we can continue or negotiations."
Hiashi looked at Minato impressed, knowing it would not be Hinata who he was talking about.
"Very well." Minato said holding back a smile we will finish the deal tomorrow. He quickly grabbed the Tsuchikage and teleported back to the base. Jiraiya and Hiashi both rushed back in order to catch the Hokage.
The Yondaime reached the tent where the Tsuchikage was staying and dropped him down.
'If I can rescue the escaped kid before they get him then we'll have more bargaining power and will have to submit to an unconditional surrender.'
Minato grinned now all he had to do was inform Jiraiya and he was set to go.
Speedily Minato ran to his tent and Threw off his Hokage's robe and hat and grabbed a katana he used when he needed to be silent in his killing. Then standing the tall handsome blonde strode out realizing that Jiraiya and Hiashi were probably arriving.
As if on cue Jiraiya and Hiashi dropped into camp from the tall trees. Surrounding the grassy field where the tents were stationed.
"Minato if you're going to look for the children at least take an Inuzuka to help track them down." Jiraiya said trying to convince him.
Minato looked hesitant and began to shake his head. "Their exceptional trackers but… They would hold me back."
"Then take a Hyuga to help a little you know they are strong fighters."
Minato wavered, "Yes I suppose that would be a good decision but who to take."
"Hiashi would certainly go. If not I'm certain that another would be more than willing to take his place."
Minato looked at Jiraiya warily, "Fine, help me find first Hyuga available."
Nodding Jiraiya walked off and found Hiashi who was taking tea in his personnel tent.
"Hiashi-san you're needed by Lord Hokage to search for the child who has escaped."
Hiashi rose after putting his teacup down. "Of course."
Hiashi and Minato set off right away cautious not to be found out and start another war.
With Naruto
Naruto and Hinata had been running nonstop for over two hours and finally they had to stop.
Naruto having used a significant amount of chakra on no food felt very weak and Hinata who was not trained for running so long was so exhausted it looked likely she would lose consciousness.
Naruto looked around panting loudly. He sighed, seeing nothing edible and then tried to stifle a groan as his stomach growled.
He turned to Hinata who was gasping for air. 'We're going to be caught if this keeps up. But what can I do?... Well at least I'm sure we're not near the Rock village.'
Naruto struggled to his feet. "Hinata can you walk?"
The young Hyuga wanted to say no but she nodded and rose to her feet as well. The two then began to march onward having no idea that they were going the wrong way.
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The Yondaime sped quickly to the Tsucikage's office. Hiashi then checked the building with his byakugan and affirmed no one was in the building.
The Yondaime sat down on the broken remains of the Tsuchikage's desk.
"Alright so Hiashi-san here's the plan. We have to find what information we have on Naruto and your daughter so I suggest we find the councils chambers and see if we can over hear anything they say regarding their search for the children."
Hiashi nodded. "I'll see what I can do."
He activated his byakugan and began the search for the specific five people. It only took a minute for the leader of the Hyuga clan to locate the council. "They are located only about a mile north of here, however we'll have to be extremely vigilant the building is swarming with guards."
Minato frowned, "Do you think we'll be able to safely gather the information?"
Hiashi smirked, "When theirs a will theirs a way."
Ten Minutes Later
Minato lay with his ear to the roof listening to the conversation. He had focused chakra to his ears to enhance his hearing while Hiashi stood guard beside him.
Hiashi was smiling he had taken out four guards rather easily and after Minato had seemed very impressed.
Hiashi kept watch and occasionally looked into the council's room but he was not worried. Minato had put a powerful genjutsu over the building that convinced onlookers that the guards were still patrolling and they of course were not on the roof.
"How could two children possibly escape our main prison? The most dangerous criminals in the world can't!" Misou screamed. 'Our Tsuchikage is a failure. He's ruining me'
"Well their skills were underestimated and they were not put in a chakra absorbing cell." The head guard stated embarrassed. He pulled on his white mustache very nervous.
"Where are they now? We have to catch them in the next twenty-two hours. Can that be achieved?"
"I'm positive it can be done. They are out side the village not that far b-but we only sent out tracker ninja half an hour ago. You know the child accidentally destroyed the communication building so I had to come here to con-contact them and file a report." The man was beginning to stutter Misou was a very scary person.
"If you don't find the children I'll make sure I have your head for treason to the state!"
The guard paled considerably. "May I go now sir?"
"Yes and don't come back unless you find those children!" Misou sat down in a rage as the door closed with the head guard leaving.
"I believe that there is nothing else to discuss at the present. So I would like to adjourn this meeting until the children have been caught." One of the female members of the council stated rising. The other members nodded as well and all began to exit.
Minato rose as well. "Hiashi please take care of the ninja who just came out of the building and put him back up here."
Hiashi did as he was told and the guard soon joined the heap of bodies.
"Alright it seems Misou lied and both Hinata and Naruto have escaped. They are somewhere outside the village so we have to get back right away and create teams to find them."
Sprinting Hiashi and Minato hastily left the village.
With Naruto
Naruto and Hinata were still walking but they had found an apple tree and Naruto put two apples in his weapon pouch which the guards had emptied when he was taken. Two others he had in his hands and was eating.
Hinata also had two apples in her hand, but she was only eating one and holding on to the other for later.
The two children savored the tastes in their mouth and the watery fruit quickly relieved their unnourished blood.
"Hey Hinata are you feeling better?" Naruto asked feeling much better himself.
She nodded biting into the apple.
"Well since you are I was wondering if in a few minutes you would be up to running again. It sort of makes me nervous to walk when there could be tracker ninja following us."
"Alright Naruto-san but when do you think we'll be able to take a break?"
Naruto paused the question had been bothering him for a while. "I don't know."