Chapter 8 The Last Day Part 2
"I am Shizune." Said the creature with black fur and hove feet dressed in Shizune's cloths and talking in her voice. She had black fur the same shade that Shizune's hair was, there were some lighter shades mixed in, she had spots of white fur on her arms and legs. White fur also ran down under her chin and down the front before disappearing under her cloths.
"Impossible." snapped Sakura with anger in her eyes. "I know who Shizune is and you're not her."
"Like I said I am Shizune, the Shizune you are used to seeing was only a hedge. This is what I really look like." explained Shizune with a grin before looking at Tsunade "You have seen me like this before Lady Tsunade but then again you may not remember you were very drunk."
"So what are you?" inquired Sakura
"You will learn about it soon enough." stated Shizune before looking at Naruto. "The Kyuubi told you about us and releveled what I am?"
"I have no idea what you are." growled Naruto
"The Kyuubi is dead," said Sakura as this things which claimed to be Shizune's eyes widened a bit.
"That is impossible, that didn't happen with the others," stated Shizune
"What others." Inquired Sakura that is when the door opened and Ino walked in. She was breathing heavily and looked as if she had ran as fast as she could from wherever she had been.
"Lady Tsunade we have a…" started Ino then she saw Naruto, she followed Naruto's hand toward the black haired creature which looked like Shizune. "What the hell is that?"
"We don't know." Answered Naruto
"Looks like a deer." added Ino as she studied the creature.
"Ino, what is happening?" inquired Tsunade
"Our containment failed we have outbreaks in the green zones, the people are panicking and order is falling apart." explained Ino her eyes not leaving the creature.
"And the final part of the setup is done." stated Shizune "Humanity will pay for what they did."
"You did this?" inquired Tsunade
"Yes, took some of the pure samples from the lab." confirmed Shizune "You were too good in containing the outbreak and that had to be fixed. I am sorry but this had to be done, it was the only way."
"A purified sample of virus may kill everyone even those who already made it through the sickness before." Stated Sakura
"It won't, I should know I helped devolve this bug. In fact I even used some of the equipment here to design it." explained Shizune as everyone's eyes widened at the statement. "All those late nights in the hospital doing research did none of you think to ask what I was researching?"
"You caused the death of countless millions of people," growled Naruto as his gripped tightened on Shizune's neck.
"Yes, I am but I am also saved lives of millions the council wanted to go with a simple 9 out of 10 making it." explained Shizune "I got the flue down to only killing 4 out of 5. That is 10% more people who will make it because of my work, they will see the future because of me. I actually wanted to get it down to 7 out of 10 but there was no time, we had to move forward."
"I don't think it will make those died happy." countered Sakura as images of all the people she had seen die from the red flue filled her mind. Imagines of the small children drowning in their own blood, mothers holding died children in their arms and other images which would haunt her for the rest of her life.
"True but it mattered to the 10% of people who live because of my work." defended Shizune "Besides everyone in this room should be totally safe, you have been around Naruto enough for that."
"What do you mean?" inquired Sakura confused by that statement.
"You haven't figured it out yet, I am not totally surprised," answered Shizune in a tone of voice Sakura knew well, she had used voice that in the past. It was not a mother's voice to her child more like an older sister to a younger sister explaining the ways of the world. "You have been looking for a medical reason why some people make it and others don't. When in fact you should have been looking at the people who died and who they didn't have contact with."
"Me?" inquired Naruto
"The Kyuubi's chakra?" inquired Tsunade
"Correct chakra most of all demon chakra being so high can't be totally contained within the human body so some leak out." said Shizune as Sakura's, Ino's and Tsunade's eyes widened as medical ninjas they had a better understanding of the nature of chakra in the human body then Naruto and Kakashi.
"And enters nearby people." finished Sakura "So the more time people spend near someone with demon chakra the more likely they are to make it?"
"Yes." confirmed Shizune "But you also fail to understand that people like you who have spent a lot of time around Naruto have yourself been spreading the chakra not as much as Naruto but some. So more people would make it through phase 1 and 2 because of you."
"But Choji he died!" snapped Ino with tears in her eyes. "You let Choji die!"
"I am sorry for that." admitted Shizune as she lowered her head as much as she could. "No system is perfect and DNA plays a part of how much demon chakra a person can absorbed. Besides how many missions has Choji done with Naruto when compared to Sakura and you had contact with the three tails which helps you a lot."
"So what are you?" inquired Naruto as he turned the talk back to what Shizune really was.
"I am a descendant of a race which was around long before humanity learned to rub two sticks together, sadly your kind killed most of our kind." explained Shizune "But we are about to make a comeback."
"So you are getting pay back." snapped Sakura "Murder us all so that you can take over."
"Sakura please, I have said multiple times that more people would live because of exposure to Naruto's demon chakra. Why would I do that?" countered Shizune "If we wanted to kill all humanity we could have, but we have plans for your kind."
"What kind of plans?" inquired Tsunade as Shizune smiled.
"Simple, see this plague was the staging ground, now your bodies are ready for the real change." stated Shizune he was dragging this out, the longer she kept the three best medical ninjas in the Leaf busy with her the more panic there would be. It would also make the coming change easer for them.
"What change?" inquired Naruto as his grip around her throat tightened.
"You will become like us." explained Shizune as she gasped for air. "We are going to repopulate our kind by turning humanity into our kind."
"So you want us to be whatever you are?" inquired Ino as she tried to imagine what she would look like, she did not like what her brain came up with.
"Not sure, there are 12 different races so you could be any of those." explained Shizune "We will find out soon enough."
"When?" inquired Tsunade
"I have already told you enough, besides why mess with the surpise." said Shizune before looking at Naruto, she looked straight into his eyes before carrying out her escape plan. "You know I was never able to say this but you really do look like your father."
"What?" inquired Naruto stunned for a moment, that is when he did what Shizune expected, he loosen his grip on her neck. That is when she made her move. Using the enhanced strength that Tsunade had taught her, she broke Naruto's grip before bolting toward the far wall.
With one hit, she opened a hole large enough for her to jump out of, she jumped a distance that should not have been possible even for ninjas and landed on the rooftop of a neighboring building. As she did, she transformed back into her human form. She turned back and looked at the stunned gathering looking out at her. Within second, she was joined by three more figures. The first was a rather tall man with red hair, a woman with green hair and another woman with straight brown hair with purple marks on either cheek.
"Rin? Is that you?" stated Kakashi as he actually started shaking as he looked at the brown haired woman who locked her eyes on Kakashi. She ran her hand through her hair and smiled at Kakashi before the four of them took off across the rooftops.
"Kakashi-sensie?" inquired Sakura as she noticed her sensei reaction.
"That can't be, she is dead." stated Kakashi
"Kakashi-sensie we just saw Shizune turn into whatever that thing was, I think it is time that we sustain disbelief for a moment." explained Sakura "Now who is Rin?"
"She was my teammate during the war," explained Kakashi still looking at the spot where Rin stood. "I killed her with my own hand."
"You what?" inquired Ino stunned by the statement.
"She had the three tailed sealed within her by the enemy and they were going to use her to destroy the village." explained Kakashi as he looked at his hand, the one that had killed Rin. "She stepped in the way of my attack."
"There is an outbreak in the safe zones and these things must be the demons the Kyuubi warned us about," stated Tsunade "Kakashi we have work to do."
"What was Shizune talking about, that I look like my father?" inquired Naruto as he looked toward Tsunade "Does she know something we don't."
"Is likely used your need for a family to gain an upper hand." stated Ino
"Worry about that later we have a threat to the village to deal with first," said Tsunade as her mind started racing. Shizune knew almost everything that she knew as Hokage, she knew almost all the secrets including the location of all the weapons stores, hidden bases and hidden files however there was no way she could have known who Naruto's parent's where there was maybe six people in the whole village who knew that.
"Lady Tsunade?" inquired Sakura
"Whatever those things are they will be coming soon, we are at our weakest. Our ninja core is a shadow of what it should be and civilian control will all but be gone thanks to this outbreak," stated Tsunade "We need to think about the safety of humanity as a whole."
"What do you mean?" inquired Naruto
"They released this virus around the world and we need to find a way to stop them," stated Sakura as she took a breath before looking at her sensei "You want to abounded the Leaf?"
"Abounded the Leaf?" inquired Naruto as if he could not believe what he had heard.
"Yes, we will try everything we can to stop them but we need to get at least a small team out of the Leaf and to a safe location." explained Tsunade as she looked at Kakashi.
"So you want me to pick a team?" inquired Kakashi as Tsunade nodded. "Alright, beside my own team I want as many of team 10 and team 19."
Tsunade nodded her head, she knew that beside team seven, which were Naruto, Sakura and Sai the other two teams each had skills they needed. Team Ten which with the lost of Choji was down to Shikamaru and Ino, team 19 better known as team guy had Neji and Tenten. Lee was sadly still in the hospital unable to move.
"Alright, take whatever you need from the storage and head out one of the ANBU tunnels," stated Tsunade "Radio everyone we have on the walls and get them back, and get your teams in the tunnels. Naruto you go with Sakura and Ino get every piece of medical information you can seal and carry and everything else you think is needed."
"Lady Tsunade I can fight and it seems that I can see these things through their hedge," stated Naruto "If Shizune is one of them who knows who else is one of those things."
"I know you want to fight Naruto but you would be more up useful protecting the two of them and you are a better sealer then either one of those two." Explained Tsunade as Naruto grumbling went to carry out his orders. Leaving Kakashi and Tsunade standing there alone for a moment, already the sound of panic could be heard from the streets below.
"Lady Hokage, if that really is Rin then there is a chance that…" started Kakashi
"I know, then there is a chance that the 4th is out there but it is far more likely that whatever that is just used it to distract Naruto allowing her to escape." stated Tsunade "That thing which replaced Shizune likely told whoever is helping her about your old teammate and it is a distraction."
"Possible." Said Kakashi as he wondered how Shizune could possibly know that Rin had a habit of running her hand through her hair just the way that thing did.
"Kakashi your seeing what you want to see." explained Tsunade "Now there is work to do."
Standing in one of the thousands of abounded apartments was Shizune and the team of demons which had carried out the mission to spread the virus.
"What the hell happened?" cursed Keiji as she kicked pillow which had fallen on the dust covered ground. "If I remember correctly your mission was to take the Hokage out of play when we attack. That would leave Rin here to get her sensie's kid while we take care of the rest of whatever is left of their command."
"It was Naruto," explained Shizune as she rubbed the place where his nails had dug into her skin "He could see through the hedge."
"That shouldn't be possible," stated Rin as she looked at the silver bracelet on her wrist, it had her hedge seal on it. A hedge seal was a more solid version of a hedge and was suppose to be undetectable. "As long as you have you hedge seal then you shouldn't have been seen."
"And yet he saw me," snapped Shizune "He said the Kyuubi died."
"Dead? I didn't happen with Killer B or any of the others," added Keiji as Raitaro walked around nearby with a radio in one hand.
"And yet it did." stated Rin "Damn this adds some complexity to the mission. Alright best guest what will they do?"
"They will pull back the few ninjas at the wall and attempt to get the villagers into the bunkers under the Hokage monument," reported Shizune as she remembered the countless inspection tours she had to do of those tight bunkers. "That is the standard operation but with the virus it changes things. People are not going to go into a tight bunker with a killer plague."
"What of the tunnels?" inquired Rin "Minato-sensie always joked that there where more roadways under the Leaf then on the surface."
"He isn't far off, the ANBU have a massive tunnel network and then there are all the serect places the Clans have. I handed over a map of all the ANBU and ninja tunnels to command along time ago." Explained Shizune "They have everything covered."
"And the Clan tunnels?" inquired Rin
"I didn't have access to those but the clan area where sealed off because the flue and those tunnels wouldn't go beyond the those of the ANBU tunnels." Stated Shizune "Anyone who is makes it to those tunnels would be captured by our forces, there shouldn't be anyone who escapes."
"I hope so the attack begins within the hour." Stated Reiji as the sound of footsteps on the roof caused everyone to shut up. Moments later the footsteps where gone, Rin looked out the window and saw a small group of ninjas heading toward the Hokage building.
"They are pulling back just as we expected." said Shizune as she sat down on the couch turning into her demon form. "I just want this to be done with."
"It will be soon, you have done so much to help this come to pass as painless as possible," stated Keiji as Rin looked out the window at what had become of her home.
"Painless, right." countered Rin as her arm began shaking a bit as she tried to take her pills only to have some drop on the floor. Shizune bent over and picked up the pill and handed it to Rin.
"You have to be more careful about when you take this, you know what will happen to you." explained Shizune as Rin took the pill and shallowed it.
Outside the Leaf village hidden in the forests a gathering of every demon race was taking place, the demons had a simple plan. With the village weaken by the plague and the ninjas in fear about getting infected then they would be able to overwhelm the village with ease. The original plan was to attack at nightfall and take the village then but the arrival of the team had changed that.
Standing on a small rise overlooking the village he once lead sat the 4th Hokage Minato Namikaze, he looked at his own stone face on the mountain side. It was partly hidden by the smoke from the countless fires caused from the burning of bodies and the building fires. As he watched, he saw the top floor of an apartment complex fall from the fires, which ran unchecked.
"So this is the Leaf village?" inquired Meiko as she looked at the village her parents had always talked about but she had never seen outside of photos. This was not the picture perfect place instead; it looked more like a war zone.
"It is." confirmed her father
"So once this is over will you become Hokage again or will this Tsuande keep it?" inquired Meiko
"Don't know, but I don't deserve to be Hokage after this." stated Minato who took a drink of water, the summer heat was getting to him a little bit.
"Well I got our assignments." said Kushina as she walked up to her husband and daughter.
"And?" inquired Meiko
"You are assigned outer line and your father and I are going to find your brother," explained Kushina like the rest of the attacking force they all appeared as humans so that if they were stopped it wouldn't raise much of an alarm.
"That is a mission?" inquired Meiko
"They just know that your mother and I would do that even if they assigned us a different mission so they decided to just make it our mission." Explained Minato as a figure walked toward them.
"Namikaze's prepare to move out we are launching the attack ahead of schedule." ordered one of the other demons.
"Why?" inquired Meiko
"Don't ask questions." Ordered the demon "We attack on the flare move to your position."
"Go Meiko, we will find your brother." reassured Minato as his daughter moved toward her assigned location.
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