And we're finally here at the seventh chapter of Ophis: The Autarch of Helghast Shinobi sorry for the late update but I have some work to do you know
Usually I would do some more comment but this time let's just jump in to the story. LET THE STORY BEGIN!
"" – speech
'' – thought
[] – Radio chatter
Place/jutsu spoken in Japanese (i.e. Hi no Kuni/Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu) elemental Shinobi perspective
Place/jutsu spoken in English (i.e. Land of Fire/Fire style: Fireball jutsu) Ophis/Helghast Shinobi perspective
Intro: Fall out boys – The Phoenix
Somewhere in the forest of Land of Fire
Third Person POV
We can see the two of the three Konoha younglings still sleeping soundly with Naruto has taken his last turn to watch over their sleep. They just run for almost six hours without rest that may be a problem for Yakumo but luckily, Naruto creates a Kage Bunshin to carry her and keep marching forward
After that, they decide to make camp and rest for the rest of the night
Right now, he's sitting on a nearby tree while observing the map he retrieved from inside the crate he found over a week ago
To be honest, he didn't quite sure where he want to go, sure he wanted to go out of the village for good but he didn't plan far enough where his next destination
That is until he found this map
In front of his eyes, the map lays out its contents, half of the map revealing every elemental nations he know Hi no Kuni, Kaminari no Kuni, Kaze no kuni, Tsuchi no Kuni, Mizu no Kuni, Tetsu no Kuni, Yuki no Kuni and others along with other minor nations. Over every nation is a symbol that representing their nation's name along with strange writings bellow the symbol
However, what piqued his interest is another continent on the farside of the map across the Mizu no Kuni
According to the map, far across the oceans to the East were a continent with half the size of every elemental nations combine. If every elemental nations were labelled with their respective elements, this continent THE WHOLE CONTINENT were labelled with the same symbol he found on the crate only more refined and stylized version of the 'Y'-Serpent symbol (AN: see the story's cover above) indicating this continent are unite as one nation
"How come I've never heard of this nation before?" he mumbled "is it possible that the weapons we use is coming from this land?" he knew it was a stupid question because the symbol on the crate were a dead giveaway yet he can't help to wonder where these weapons were made
They need to reach this continent
No scratch that. They must escape to this continent
He thought about escape to the neighbouring nations but he quickly throw that ideas out of the window for multiple reasons
One, should he decide to escape to Kaminari no Kuni, it's the land where Kumogakure ninja originated if he decide to go there then he doomed Hinata fate because of Hyuga affairs that take place 5 years ago where Hinata was kidnapped by Kumo ambassador but failed because of her father and he 100% sure they will use him as a leverage to get to the Yondaime Hokage. He didn't mind the latter but he didn't want the former to happen for he wouldn't let his friends into breeding stock
Two, should he decide to escape to Tsuchi no Kuni, it's also the home of Iwagakure ninja originated where they were holding great grudge on the Yondaime and will do anything to get his family, associates, or legacies if he decide to go there then he just earned three free tickets to holiday island of Shinigami where they would spent their life in the Happy Afterlife Hotel and when they finish they will go home via Flying Stork Baby Delivery Service Corps. And arrived in the kind happy family that they were hoping for so long.
The last part is tempting but no that's not how his life wanted to end
Three, Mizu no Kuni the land is quite far and can work on their favor but the nation is in a state of unrest since the Sandaime Mizukage of Kirigakure enacting a civil war by killing every individual that has Kekkei Genkai, so no.
Four, should he go to Land of Wind, he would face a problem from the authorities since Land of Wind is an ally with the Land of Fire they most likely report them to the Land of Fire authorities and thus leading them to a big chase
And lastly five, someone actually suggest it
Two hours earlier, Naruto's mindscape
"Where am I?" Naruto found himself inside of the dark sewer. How come he ended up here? He just outside of the forrest setting a camp before slumping on his sleeping bag to replenish his Chakra and now he's here in the Kami-know-where sewer
"Hello? Can anybody hear me?" he said as his voice accompanied by the echo of his own voice
No response
Deciding to investigate further he start to walk around the sewer trying to find an exit from this place.
He keep walking around for almost an hour until he arrived in spacious area where he can see massive cage with Kanji for 'seal' written in the centre of the cage
"Ahhh… finally my jailor decide to pay a visit" a demonic voice booming around the area
That got Naruto on edge, he quickly pulled a kunai from… air?
Wait how could this happened? 'No that's not matter right now'
"Show yourself!" he grip his kunai tightly and ready a stance
"Oh? Aggressive are you?" the voice said
Then he can hear a loud thumping from the other side of the cage. Naruto brace himself preparing for what will appear in front of him and when the thumping stop he could see a pair of blood-red eyes with slits and an array of fangs forming a toothy grin
Naruto tighten his grip on his Kunai as he look at the monstrosity in front of his eyes "Kyuubi…"
"Ding-Ding-Ding! He's right! Give the boy the prize!" said the Kyuubi "Yes I am the Kyuubi! The one who ravaged on your village 8 years ago before they separate my soul and my chakra and seal it inside two infants"
"Where are we? how did you manage to get me here?"
"Oh? You don't know? This is your mindscape, Gaki. As for how you arrive here… you enter this place by yourself" Kyuubi mused "and now that you're here let's talk about something"
Naruto narrowed his eyes at the beast request "if you're talking about escaping the seal then forget it, I may hate you for making my life a living hell but I won't let you escape because I know it would cause more damage to every village you visit killing more innocent people in the process"
"But would you hate me if I wipe Konoha of the map for you?" that got Naruto to freeze. Will he hate this beast? Will he hate this beast for wiping the village that mistreat him and his friends for something they don't have control over it? is it worth it to let this chakra beast to free?
As Naruto froze with his inner struggle Kyuubi broke out into thunderous laugh broken his inner struggle and get his attention back to the Chakra beast
"HAHAHA… look at you, you have a second thought when I offered to destroy your village. The son of Yondaime hell bent for the destruction of Konoha… HAHAHA" Naruto can see the chakra beast's fangs moving up and down as the beast laughs "Oh the irony, the son of the great Yondaime who stop the Kyuubi want to replace the mighty Kyuubi stead in destorying the village"
"…" Naruto got no comeback for that. It's true that he hate that village do much to the point he almost kill everyone in the village if not for his friends, he might actually do it and deliver justice on his own
But that means providing enough proofs for the civilians to believe he's the reincarnation of Kyuubi
"But rest assured, I won't do that nor escape" Kyuubi said in a soft tone… well as demonic voice can be
Naruto who surprise by how Kyuubi dropped the ideas and how the beast change its voice tone "What do you mean by that"
"It exactly what I mean Gaki, even if I managed to escape I can't do anything because I don't have my Chakra to manifest my body along the power to destroy anything and your seal is strong enough to keep me locked up until your last breath also, I can't overide the seal unless I have my chakra. " the beast explained "So basically I'm stuck here with you without the means to escape"
"Then why did you suggest this, Dattebayo?"
"Gaki… try to live 8 years in this accursed damp place without something to entertain you and you'll understand why I do that to you"
He look at the beast incredulously "…so you offered that outrageous request… because you're bored and wanted to see my my reaction?"
"Yes" the beast said flatly
"…"
"…"
"…"
"…"
"You're evil…"
"I know I tried my best" he said with a toothy grin
"That's not a compliment!" he shout comically as Kyuubi stiffle a laugh
"Jokes aside, what I'm trying to say is I can tell you a safe haven away from this place" Seriousness laced every word from Kyuubi
Naruto who also regained his composure answer with the same level of seriousness "and why should I trust you? You're the one who attacked Konoha and you also took a part in ruining my life, so give a reason or reasons why I should trust you, Oh the mighty Kyuubi" he said the last part mockingly
"Mock me aren't you? Believe me when I say I also hate being sealed into a low life human like you. I rather be free away from this wretched place you called mindscape." Kyuubi retorted "but like it or not, I'm stuck behind this cage and if you die, I die. So I'm doing this for both of our survival that's the first reason"
"…" Naruto was silence through Kyuubi reasoning as he process every information he heard
"The Second reason is, you're not determined where is your next destination. You may escape this place, but where's your next destination? Kumo? Suna? Kiri? Or Iwa heck you would will be dead when you step on the Land of Earth. And if I remember correctly, the smaller nations surrounding the Land of Fire have a lot of Land of Fire influences and they can quickly report you to the authorities ending your escape plan… miserably if I might add" Kyuubi said with a grin
"So I want to voice out my thought about your next destination not only for the benefit of my survival, but also your friends survival should you agree"
Silence surrounds the sewer as Naruto think about Kyuubi offer. Now that Kyuubi mentioned it yeah where he could go for the next destination? All the nations is a potential danger for them, thanks to the Yondaime Hokage revealing his status as 'Jinchurikki' he would be a hunting trophy of every hidden villages
Naruto think hard on any other alternatives but to no avail he found nothing
"So what do you think?" Naruto keep staring at Kyuubi who right now seems to lie down resting his head above its forearms
Lowering his Kunai and put his stance to relax he ask "so what is this place you're talking about?"
Present
After half an hour studying the map, Naruto fold the map and sigh 'I guess we can go to Land of Fire harbour, go to Wave and find a ship that can transport to this place' he concluded
He listened to Kyuubi proposition and decide to go to this unknown place
He didn't like to gamble his fate but he didn't have a choices. There's a possibility that this nation might help him in the long run or capture him and his friend for unknown purposes chances are fifty-fifty but he will take the first fifty while being sceptical about the latter
But one thing for sure, he accepted Kyuubi information and planned to find a way to escape into this new land
Though, he can hear Kyuubi growling when he study the map for what reason he didn't know
Naruto turn his head to the right to see Hinata and Yakumo still sleeping he can't blame them though, they've been running for 6 hours straight non-stop and they all are pretty damn tired
Naruto still feeling drowsy, is about to create a clone to replace his duty until suddenly he clutch his stomach and froze in horror sweat starts to roll down his cheeks while breathing heavily.
He try to stand up only to drop to the ground hard
"Arrrgghhh…" he groaned as he can feel a phantom pain in his stomach it's felt like lava burn through his stomach "what the hell is is GUH!" he grunted loudly enough to wake up both of her friends
Yakumo and Hinata quickly jump out and quickly come to his side ""NARUTO-KUN!"" they cried in unison
"What's happening to you?" Yakumo ask as she bring her bag and pulled a med-kit
"I-I-I'm fine it's… a-a-after effect of c-c-clone dispelling" he stuttered
Hinata blinked "b-b-but how are in so much pain?"
Naruto kneel on the ground while still clutching his stomach "Yondaime… and his family…" he said in disdain "promise to train 'me'. My clone just accepted it…"
Yakumo raised an eyebrow "Okay… I don't see the problem in that"
"That's the problem… Yakumo-chan" Naruto with the aid of Hinata get up "my clone accepted it and imagined my surprise when they explained I need to spar with my sister before I can learn from them"
Yakumo narrowed her eyes "I guess it doesn't end well?"
"You bet It didn't end well, dattebayo! She started by advancing forward and attack me with brawler fighting style but my clone counter every strike she make thanks to our join training" he said
"Then, my clone managed to land several heavy hits to her and she didn't take it well and start spamming jutsus on my clone which he dodge every last of it and then placing some of trap seal that restrict her movement and my clone managed to deliver a heavy blow to her gut" he gulp
"And that is where everything get awry" he shuddered "she draw Kyuubi chakra and went berserk on my clone, he didn't last long as she… as she…" he try to keep his emotion in check
"A-a-as she what Naruto-kun?"
Naruto grit his teeth and clench his fists shaking with anger "she pierced my stomach with a Rasengan infused with Kyuubi chakra… she tried to kill me"
Both of the girls can't say anything shocked by the revelation
"and the worst part is, after the fight we both collapse on the ground I saw my pa- Yondaime and his wife come to our position only to pick Narumi up and bring her inside WHILE LEAVING ME ALONE WITH GAPING HOLE ON MY BODY!" he shouted letting all the rage and resentment get out from his body "they didn't care for me… only her" he looked toward his friends with hollow blank eyes "what did I do to deserve this? Am I really unwanted?" before Naruto go any further both Yakumo embrace him in a comforting hug
"There, there Naruto don't think about it" Yakumo said comforting her first friend, on the outside she was calm but inside she was angry how could Yondaime could do something like that? Forgetting him who obviously more injured or probably dead if he really there
"Y-You still have u-us Naruto-kun" Hinata said patting his back
"Why, just why?"
"sshh… it's okay they're not here to hurt you… just you and us away from them" Yakumo whispered I soft tone
***NYH***
10 minutes later
After Naruto calms down all of the younglings now pack their belongings into the bags and have a quick breakfast with their breads. Naruto layout the map he found earlier and start explaining his plan to Yakumo while Hinata watching on the sideline
"Okay since we can't escape to another countries or another ninja village, I'm taking chance to go to this land, far across the Land of Water" he point at the said continent
"Naruto this is insane, how could we reach this place? We don't the transport to reach that place" Yakumo reasoned "why don't we run into somewhere nearby?"
Naruto answer her question with his previous ideas he scrapped before, he start to explain every consequences should they encounter foreign Shinobi and none of them have a pleasant result either you're dead, imprisoned, or worse
To Yakumo grimaced he was right. All of the foreign nations have either resentment to their village or influenced by their village making them harder for them to escape Hi no Kuni
"I think we should probably go with my idea, Yakumo-chan. I know it seem ridiculous but it's our only chance, we will escape to Nami, and then we will find ship to this land I'm sure they have a ship to this continent otherwise this continent wouldn't be registered on this map" Naruto reasoned
Yakumo seems to think about it more thoroughly but like Naruto before she didn't have any alternative
"Alright then. We'll go along with your plan." She reluctantly agreed "so when do we leave?"
"As soon as i-" Naruto stop himself from speaking his eyes widened "Damnit my backup clone just dispelled! I've been found out!" both of his friends tensed when he revealed that
"Hinata, Yakumo we need to leave now! Yondaime ordered 12 ANBU to bring us back!"
That got both the girs attention Hinata stop munching her bread while Yakumo jaw dropped "how many again?"
"12 of them. Some of them are Inuzuka ANBU! Quick pack our belongings before they find us!" without further bickering the three oppressed children quickly pack their belongings
***NYH***
Konohagakure no Sato
Namikaze-Uzumaki residence
It's been fifteen minutes after the incidents occurred, the Yondaime Hokage and his wife, brought Narumi to the hospital and that's when they realised their son's condition.
To their shock and surprise however, their son lying dead on the yard. That, made the red hair mother screamed, but quickly change into shock as her 'son' suddenly poofed out of existence indicating the entire time they have been around their son's Kage Bunshin
Both of them have search high and low for their son where about even in Konoha's Red Light district but to no avail they didn't found him
However they got their answer when they entered Naruto's room and noticed the note he leave for them
The message contained a lot of… 'criticism' from their estranged son and declared he's out from their family… for good
Now both parents now sitting on a couch on the living room
"he left us…" Kushina Uzumaki the mother of the twin sat in the living room trying to hold back her tears. Sadness filled her heart it reminds her how she ignored his son for eight years in favour for her daughter. Truth be told, she didn't want to do this but certain condition caused her to do this and now her son ran from the village "what have we done Minato-koi?" she sobbed
"Don't worry Kushi-chan I already sent squads of ANBU to bring him back and he will be back" Minato try comfort his wife embracing her
"B-but will he hate us, I mean we practically leave him on the yard with gaping hole like that. And that's a clone what would happen if that was the real Naru-chan?" she asked her husband while wiping some tears on her eyes "and the notes-"
"ssh sh sh don't worry, he'll be back with us…" he said before continuing in his mind 'I hope'
Somewhere else
Undisclosed location
"is this correct?" an elderly man wearing bandage covering his right eye asked he's wearing white shirt and black robe over it and a cane asked
"Hai, Danzo-sama. We confirmed it just now our Jinchurikki running away from our village" a man with blank mask and Anbu uniform reported to his superior
"I see… the Yondaime was a fool for not letting me to train our weapon and now he's on the loose" Shimura Danzo is an extremist man. Unlike most Kages/Daimyos who preferred peaceful solutions this man preferred to eliminate his target with assassination and many morally grey methods
After the revelation of the village 'Jinchurikki' he was so eager to get his hand on Yondaime son but he's always protected by the ANBUs or the civilians chase him like no tomorrow the latter was proven to be a hindrance to his plan since said 'weapon' now always secluded himself inside his family compound
And now he's running away unguarded and there's no witnesses outside the village things could go in his favour
"I want 15 of my best agents to track him down and bring him back to Konoha" he ordered "he's a valuable asset to our village and will be our finest agent to my ROOT ops"
"What about Hokage's ANBU?"
"avoid them if possible, eliminate them if necessary"
"It shall be done, Danzo-sama" the blank mask ANBU shunshin out to gather his men
One thing he always keep anyone to notice is the fact that he keep his ROOT ANBU in secret after the Sandaime Homage officially disband the group. But that's officially. Being an ambitious bastard this man gathered his men and operate in the dark 'keeping the Konoha safe' in his own way
"Soon… you will understand your purpose in this village, Naruto. And I intent to show you the right way
Back with NYH
"Are you done yet?" Yakumo asked her blonde friend. Said blonde now stuffing his bag with the weapons and supplies
"Yeah, just need to put the shurikens and kunai to my pouch and we're ready to go" Naruto putting a lot of stuffs into his bag unaware he throw a silver-tubular object into his bag in some kind of luck or something, he unaware that he accidentally pushed certain button on the tubular object
"Come on let's go!"
***NYH***
The scenery change into certain black room
The room was spacious with dark coloured theme inside the room is many people with black military uniform, red-orangish googles with arm band with said 'Y'-Serpent symbol lining up behind their work desks with an array of keyboard the room was barely lit the only light source were the wide-spacious holographic screen at the front-end of the room
"Hmm? A distress signal?" a man suddenly perked up he notice something is off when he received a distress signal coming from Land of Fire.
"hey are you seeing this?" he ask to his Co-worker
"yeah I see it too, do another scan it might be a fake"
Complying his co-worker he proceed to do another scan several time and the holographic screen shows the same result over and over
"it seems genuine, but how come we received OUR own distress signal inside Land of Fire when our leader strictly prohibited us to enter this continent without her permission?" the man wondered
His co-worker narrow his eyes, the co-worker then move to him and whisper "there maybe deserter in our midst but I don't know for sure"
"it may not be true." He said sceptically "If not, then how can you explain this?" he gestured at the holographic screen. The screen shows a red blip and 'pinging' marking the position of the sender's signal
"if he deserted from us then why would he bother to send a distress signal? Hell, he probably didn't want us to find his location and sending his location was a foolish decision" he argued
"fair point" the co-worker replied "hmm… this is troubling"
He need to report this, as far as he remember their leader strictly prohibited their shinobis to enter the elemental continent unless they got approval from her. Fail to do so will result a severe punishment
But why would he/she send the distress signal if he/she want to secretly desert?
He got up from his seat and walk toward the entrance
"I'll report to the Colonel we need to inform him about this development could you take my place for a while?"
"Sure thing. Oh, by the way, you might find the Colonel at the Autarch's sanctum last time I heard he's giving his report about our next generation shinobi"
"hmm… two for the price of one. Thanks for the info"
YYY-New Helghan-YYY
The Sanctum
It's actually a sanctuary for the first Autarch should the ISA managed to break through the Phyrrus defense
But after the destruction of Helghan, the Second Autarch has modified the purpose of this sanctuary as her office as well as her throne room. The sanctum is an exact replica of the first Autarch's sanctum complete with engraved painting and the Helghast Triad on the ground with several modifications like the serpent circling the triad
"A new batch of young Shinobi just graduate from the academy. 120 cadets have passed with either good or great aptitude and proficiency in taijutsu, ninjutsu, genjutsu, bukijutsu, and Kenjutsu" a man with helmet-gas mask hybrid and red eyes reported he's wearing black-decorated ACU covering both of his feature with it. to his right waist is a katana along with its sheath that's looks like a bit weird as it have a trigger on it
"only 120? I thought we have 160 cadets this year, what happen to the other 40, Colonel?" a feminine voice filled the room. She's leaning forward on her desk with hands clasps before her
Said female was none other than Ophis the Infinite Dragon God
She's wearing her old uniform when she was with Visari years ago. A long black coat that hug her figure greatly, black pants, black glove, and black high-heels boots. Her long hair now was done in a low-ponytail with some of the hair was forming bangs on each side of her face
"Yes, my Autarch, 20 of them were having difficulties in performing Body Flicker or any other kind of Ninjutsu, 10 were having difficulties with their Kenjutsu, 5 were having difficulties with basic Genjutsu, and the last 5 were having trouble with their chakra control" he finished
"I see… have several instructors to help them perfecting their technique, I don't want to see them suffer another month for remedial class I want them graduate with –at least- a good mark so they can fight with their comrades side by side when the time has come"
The Colonel then bow to her "it shall be done, my Autarch is there anything else I can help?" he said with respectful tone
Ophis was about to dismissed him when suddenly the intercom on her desk come to life. She push the button on her intercom
[My Autarch, are you busy right now?] her secretary asked
"No, I just finish my business with the Colonel, what is it?"
[I identified a communication officer from the CIC room want to deliver an urgent message just for you and the Colonel]
"how urgent is this information?"
[He said the information is only for yours and the Colonel's ears only]
Ophis narrow her eyes whatever the information he's holding it's something that can be considered high-class information
Ophis look over to his Colonel she give him a nod to which he give the gesture back to her
Pushing the intercom answer down Ophis order her secretary "Send him in"
YYY-New Helghan-YYY
"are you certain about this information, Lieutenant? How come someone sent a distress signal when the Autarch clearly prohibited us from entering that continent?"
"with all due respect Colonel, we're not quite sure… we deduced there's a possibility of deserters in our midst but what I don't understand is why they are sending a distress signal when they want to defect from us is incredibly stupid and foolish on their side" the lieutenant responded "and would you take a look at this?"
The CIC officer pulled a tablet tap it several times and the tablet project a map of Land of Fire with the red dot blipping on the southern of the country "it's moving constantly to the East indicating that he/she/them constantly moving. It seems they want us to come for them"
Underneath his mask the colonel narrow his eyes "No, if it's really a deserter as you say then it would be bet-" Ophis cut him off
"No it's not deserters" Ophis declared
Her declaration gain the attention of the Colonel "My Autarch?"
Seeing the confussion on her shinobis, Ophis elaborate her reasoning "you already know that I draw chakra seals on every Helghast Shinobi. The purpose of those seals is not only to prevent anything happen to any dead Helghast Shinobi, but also act as marker for me to track should they run away" Ophis explained
"Now I scanned over for any escapees only to discover that none of our shinobi deserting from my beloved empire."
"Are you sure, my Autarch? I'm not questioning you or anything I'm just curious"
"yes I'm one-hundred percent sure, Colonel, as far as I can remember we have 2,568,867 active shinobis and that's including Ghost ANBU, our Jonins (1st lieutenant – general), Chunins (Warrant Officer – 2nd lieutenant) and Genins (Private – Sergeant Major) along with 120 fresh shinobi from your earlier report"
On the background the lieutenant tap his tablet several times and reveal a database of every active Helghast shinobi only to reveal the exact amount of active Helghast as the shinobi from their empire much to his surprise
"Lieutenant?" Ophis ask suddenly
"Yes, my Autarch?" he quickly straighten himself
"Are there any progress report from the CIC?"
"No, My Autarch there's no…" he suddenly paused as his radio earpieces come to live "excuse me for second" the lieutenant listen to every update given by his co-worker
"This just in, it seems my co-worker managed to find out the serial number of the distress signal, judging from the serial number, we found out it was emitted from VC 002 Distress Signal Sender made by Visari Corporation should our Shinobi strand on an island or any kind of situation that need to be pick up. And again judging from the serial number, it is believe the device was placed inside Overlord dropship under designation of Icarus 2 from Icarus flight"
The revelation made the Colonel eyes go wide while the Autarch remain calm
"Icarus flight? Isn't their last mission was…" The Colonel said
"Scouting the Hidden Leaf Village" the Autarch finished "that was straight 8 years ago and on the same date too, when I ordered them to pull off from the region, Icarus 2 radio went static but what we managed to clear it up and the only thing we can hear from their last transmission was 'we were hit by giant tail' before they went dark" Ophis rub her chin
'but how come we can retrieved their bodies via reverse summoning but not the wreckage?' Ophis wondered. She built a special sect in her Shinobi army specialized in Fuinjutsu or Sealing arts under her guidance the sect was known for producing many seals that have been proven to be effective in combat even reverse-engineered the reverse summoning technique for retrieval of her fallen Shinobi, loss of equipment, and wreckage recovery purpose
But they can't reverse summon the equipment and the wreckage of Icarus 2 and the equipment in it
The conclusion was either: they are completely destroyed or the seals are defective
But Ophis dismissed the first conclusion since someone managed to found an access to use their weapons
Hearing the lieutenant report, The Colonel turn his gaze at his leader "What would you like us to do?"
"Colonel, I want you to prepare 3 squads of your best men. Gather them at my sanctum for briefing. I want them to investigate and find who's brave enough to use our weapons and equipment and bring them to me for questioning! You lieutenant, tell the CIC crew to get ready we will deploy our nins to Land of fire be sure to give us update on the field! Any question?"
The Colonel step forward "What happen if they resist to co-operate and what should we do should our Shinobi encounter ?
The Autarch form a small smile on her face but big enough for them to see it "Act accordingly" she said
"Now Go! Double time!" with that being said both the Colonel and The Lieutenant curl their right hand into fist before positioning it to their left chest and bow follow by Body Flicker out of her Sanctum
They have a mission to commence
YYY-New Helghan-YYY
10 minutes later
The Autarch's Santum now filled with 18 Helghast Shinobi lining up in front of their Autarch's desk. Turning to her right she ask the Colonel "Is this the best men at your disposal?"
"Yes my Autarch, Varcolac squad, Molot Squad, and Cobra Squad these 3 six-man squad are the best Shinobi squad I can provide for you for a record they have the best record in training and real-life simulation battle" The Colonel said with pride
Unlike elemental nation's shinobi Squad system, New Helghan Empire Shinobi squad is composed of six man consists of one Jonin, two Chunins, and three Genins. The Jonin as usual act as their leader, the Chunins will act as the second-in-command, medic of the squad and also radio man of the squad, while the Genins are practically grunts
"Alright" Ophis raise from her chair and stare at her Shinobis "Listen up! years ago I prohibited any Helghast Shinobi from entering elemental nation unless you have my permission to enter. Now, at 0740 hours, our CIC has picked up a distress signal coming from the Land of fire there's a possibility of deserters from New Helghan but the proof were inconclusive as I… sensed all of my Shinobi are still inside our beloved empire" Ophis paused before continuing
"And after further inspection, we concluded the distress signal coming from distress signal sender placed inside the lost Icarus 2 from Icarus flight. Now you have been chosen to investigate and bring whoever they are to me for questioning. Any question?"
The squad leader of Varcolac raises his hand. He's wearing a standard Commando ACU covered with armour from head to toe, a blade on his right side, round helmet with six red eyes three on each side arranged in triangular position (AN: Helghast Commando outfit in KZ: Shadow fall)"are there any opposing forces that we should be aware of, My Autarch?"
At that question Ophis grow more serious "Yes, as 0745 today our satellite with Chakra Imaging System caught this image" Ophis gestured at her Colonel to which he pull out his tablet and tap it several time before projecting the Land of Fire map revealing multiple blips on the map
"There's two group from Leaf converging on your Objective, one group consists of 12 Shinobi with high level chakra and the other group is consist of 15 Shinobi with same level of chakra following the first group. So, you have 27 hostile forces trying to capture or objective. So, I suggest you prepare your blades and Jutsus ready. When you secured the perpetrator you will be reverse summon to New Helghan. Anymore, question?"
Then a female Helghast raise her hand. She's wearing standard Helghast Kunoichi Armour which is a bodysuit that cover her from her neck to her toe, black helmet with respirator and two red eyes, combat boots with claw-like blade in front of it (AN: MGS 4's Haven trooper combat uniform)
"Yes Cobra 1?"
"When do we start, my Autarch?" the Kunoichi asked even with muffled voice, everyone in the room can hear her eager voice
"Did all of you bring all of your weapons?" Ophis gaze at every Squad members
"""Yes my Autarch!""" they replied in unison
Ophis then held her hand forward and the New Helghan symbol on the floor start to glow bright red below them "The Operation is to be carry out immediately" she declared "all of you, I will teleport you to Land of Fire. Find them and bring them back to New Helghan"
"""Yes my Autarch!""" giving a bow to her, the Helghast Shinobis disappear from her sight teleported to the Land of Fire doing their job
"I'll be heading to the CIC room coordinating our Shinobis would you like to come with me, My Autarch?" the Colonel asked politely
"Go on ahead, Colonel Fitzgerald, I still have few paperwork need to be sign I'll go when I'm finished"
"Understood my Autarch, we'll be waiting for your presence" and with that the Colonel Body Flicker out of the Sanctum to the CIC room
Ophis let out a sigh and move her gaze at her desk to see just a few sheets of her paperwork which is seems the only paperwork for today and-
[My Autarch, I have forty document that need to be sign. Should I give it to you now?]
'NOOOOOOOOO! God Damn it, I know I shouldn't jinxed it!' Ophis wait in despair
She pushed her intercom "I will sign it later I have operation that need to be observe"
[Understood I'll put it on your desk later] the intercom dies down but Ophis could hear her secretary stifle a laugh before completely dies down
Ophis rubbed her head in exasperation. How come there's endless of those things? No matter what realms/worlds she visited that abomination will always come to haunt her even in her dream
"Sigh… I need my Mountain Dew"
***NYH***
Somewhere in Land of Fire
"Cursed it! How come they can get to us so quickly?" Naruto said as he hop to another branch
"They're ANBU, Naruto-kun! They were trained for this kind of Operation!" Yakumo shout back
"Damn it!"
The three Konoha children now running from the following ANBU, they were quickly discovered since the one who were chasing them were Shinobis specially trained for this kind of operation
"I don't want to this yet but I've got no choice" pulling out several shuriken he found on the crate from his pouch. Naruto leap before turning around 180 degree and with a quick throw the shurikens flew toward their target he didn't expect it to stop them he only expect to stall them long enough giving them some distance
"GUH!"
"What the- Gah?!"
"HOT! HOT! WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?!
But what happen was the former the shurikens hit their target embed deep on the ANBU
Three of the Konoha ANBU got stabbed by the Shurikens courtesy threw by the blond boy. The three children stopped themselves and look behind them to see three ANBU fall to the ground
"What the hell? That's not my best throw how come they got hit? And how come they screaming hot when I didn't channel fire chakra?" he wondered out loud as he watched the ANBU writhing on the ground with some of their comrade come to his aid
Yakumo who also surprised, trying to figure what just transpired "Hinata, could you activate your Byakugan and scan what happened to them?"
"Y-Yes Byakugan" veins bulged around her eyes "H-how is that P-possible?"
"What is it Hinata?"
"T-the Shurikens h-heated up! I can see the shuriken glows and smoking" the other two children were speechless
"Wait, how come a shuriken did that? I mean I throw many shuriken before but none of them were capable to heat up like that?" Naruto said in disbelief
"Talk later we need to move now!" Yakumo shouted bringing both Naruto and Hinata back from the land of wonder and start moving again
Naruto, Yakumo, and Hinata keep leaping from tree to tree closely following them were the ANBU squad again quickly gaining on them
Naruto pulled out another set of Shurikens, Naruto repeat his last action this time he put more strength in it
The shurikens fly at amazing speed at their target. It hit their target faster than their normal counterpart and burn deep into their target
"GUH! Damn it!" one of the ANBU cursed as he got hit by the shurikens
"Raaagghhh Screw the Hokage's order I'm going to kill that Demon and his bitches!" one of the ANBU snapped he pulled some shurikens from his body and with one chakra enhanced throw, the shurikens flew at Naruto at same level of speed but now covered with blue chakra
Reacting on pure instinct Naruto turn around and pulled the blade and deflect the shurikens, he deflect every last of them
'Damn! No wonder the ANBU went down easily, the forces of this shurikens is very strong and the speed is insane' Naruto gritted his teeth as his hands shaking from the brunt of the shuriken
Seeing her friend's hands shaking Hinata concerned about Naruto condition "A-Are you alright, N-Naruto-kun?"
"I'm fine… just a bit…. Shaken up" he smiled
Yakumo groan at Naruto attempt on the joke "Bad pun is bad, Naruto this is not the time for joking"
"Yeah, right sorry"
For the next minutes the three Konoha escapees keep running and fending themselves from the snapped ANBUs. Naruto try to fend them off by throwing the unique shurikens unfortunately for him the ANBUs saw how Naruto fend himself using his blade and followed his example though some of them seems to struggle at the force
A tiger masked ANBU who managed to deflect and capture the shurikens and start to perform hand seals
"T-that hand seals" Hinata with her byakugan active quickly recognize the hand seals and went pale in horror
"What is it?" Yakumo asked
Ignoring the brunette question Hinata quickly warn her friends "TAKE COVER!"
"Ninpo: Shuriken Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"
Five unique Shuriken were thrown and from five Shuriken in multiplied in to 75 shurikens heading at bullet speed at the three escapees. Luckily for Naruto and co. they took cover just in time just behind a large tree bark as shurikens start raining on them
-Thunk-Thunk-Thunk-Thunk-Thunk-Thunk-Thunk-
As the shuriken barrage stops, the ANBU smirk when he observe his masterpiece, in front of him the destructive scenery can be seen. His jutsu managed to cut down branches and twigs even smaller tree with extreme prejudice
'That's took a lot of chakra but boy… that's totally worth it' he thought 'Now all we need is their dead bodies and bring that shurikens for research… that thing pack a punch'
"Tora What the hell are you doing!" the tiger masked ANBU turned around to see a dog masked ANBU with silver hair yelled "we were supposed to bring him back not mutilate them what the hell is wrong with you?"
"I don't care what happen to that demon and his bitches! Fuck Yondaime order I'm going to kill that Kyuubi reincarnate and bring his corp-"
*Squelch*
The tiger masked ANBU unable to complete his words as a silver-edges black kunai pierced his head and destroyed his porcelain masked, his body hit the ground with a loud thud blood pouring from his head
"TORA!" a cow masked ANBU exclaimed as he trail back the Kunai thrower "You!" he hissed as he point at his friend killer
Said killer none other than Naruto as he stand near a large tree
Seething in rage the cow masked ANBU blindly charge at Naruto and tried to kill him. Keyword tried
"I'M GOING TO KILL YOU, BASTARD!"
"USHI, DON'T!" the dog masked ANBU tried to stop his partner but it's too late as Ushi's blade about to slice Naruto's head off he failed to notice a single sentence coming from Naruto's mouth which proven to be his fatal mistake
"Ninpo: Bunshin Daibakuha" realizing too late the cow masked ANBU engulfed in explosion blowing him away
The remaining ANBU were shocked at the sight in front of them two ANBU were killed just because of their stupidity one by the unique Kunai thrown by their target and the other by an A-Rank Jutsu that no children shouldn't be able to perform
With the ANBU
'Bunshin Daibakuha at young age? I don't know if I suppose to be impressed or frightened at him' the dog masked ANBU thought 'who taught you Naruto-kun?'
"Damn he tricked us real good"
"Inu Senpai" a female cat masked ANBU with long purple hair call him "should we continue? We're down to five personnel and the other two active ANBU were-" she paused before continuing by whispering to him "the other two seems to be 'angry' that Naruto-kun killed their friends"
"We're not stopping if that what you want. I don't want to fail this mission." The dog masked ANBU said
"Are you sure? I mean most of the ANBU here hate him if we continue this any longer it will caused another casualties not to mention the weapons they use"
"I know Neko, I know. But I don't want to fail this mission. And the weapons they use" he recalled back when Naruto threw the unique curved shuriken "wherever Naruto found that weapons it's stronger than our normal shinobi equipment… heck, my sword got chipped so bad" Inu raise his sword to show the damage done by the unique shuriken
"We better go back to chase them, before-" his speech were interrupted when suddenly multiple vines start sprouting and launching at the remaining ANBUs squad members and quickly stricken them from moving
Some of them tried to cut off the vines with their sword but to no avail, the vines move to fast and there's too many of them
""Damn it! I shouldn't have let my guard down!"" the dog and cat masked ANBU cursed as the vines constrict at their arms preventing them from casting jutsu and immobilized them completely
With NYH
"Now that's done" Yakumo said as she lower her drawing book and glare at the –mindly stricken- ANBU "damn, are they really want to bring us back or kill us on the spot? They literally use A-rank jutsu on us!"
"I-I thought the same too, i-i-it's a good thing I recognized the hand seals otherwise we'll be shredded to p-p-pieces"
"Yeah, thanks Hinata, Naruto let's go" Yakumo said putting her drawing book to her bag however she's got no response from the blonde she gaze at Naruto staring at the dead ANBU with a Kunai on his head "Naruto?"
He kneel on the ground while staring at the dead bodies with blank eyes before pulling out the Kunai from the dead body
"What kind of sins we committed to suffer a fate like this? What have we done that made Kami didn't want us to live such comfortable life? We only want to go escape from that place to somewhere we can taste freedom… not to be shunned, oppressed, and conquered by those we sought to escape" he wondered out loud with a flats tone
"N-Naruto-kun?" Hinata approaches him "are you alright?"
Naruto look at his shy friend "I'm fine… " he replied with flatly
"Are you sure, you're alright?" Yakumo asked?"
"I said I'm fine… there's a lot to think in my mind…" he dismissed "come on, let's go to Nami and maybe we could eat some ramen before we go to the other continent" he's goofed
That brought smile on both Yakumo and Hinata's face "You and you're ramen" Yakumo shook her head
Naruto let a small laugh at that "come on let's leave this place, we can't waste any more time"
They were about to leave the site when suddenly "I don't think so, Jinchurikki" more ANBU dropped down from the tree right in front of them but this time, all of the ANBU wore white blank mask to cover their identity (AN: I know for a fact ROOT wore the same mask like standard ANBU but to differentiate normal ANBU and ROOT ANBU, I made ROOT ANBU wore white blank mask)
The three young escapees quickly on guard as the blank masked ANBUs surround them blocking any exit
"Fifteen more ANBU with blank mask surrounding us!" Hinata exclaimed
"I thought you say we have twelve ANBU on our tail?" Yakumo asked as she pulled her drawing book
"I did! My clone didn't report any additional fifteen ANBU following us!" Naruto retorted holding the black blade
"Surrender yourself Jinchurikki" one of the ROOT who seems to be the leader step forward pulling his tipless tanto and hold it in reverse grip "You're a valuable asset to Konoha and it is your duty to stay in Konoha fail to comply we have the right to use deadly force to bring you back to Konoha" the ROOT agent warned (read: demanded) in monotone voice
Unlike the former twelve, this one is more emotionless and more direct in their approaches to 'bring' them back to Konoha as such they openly threaten them should they declined their generous offer
Yeah right
"No! We will not go back to that hellhole, we will not go back to the place where we were shunned and oppressed just because we don't have control over our condition! We would rather free or die trying escaping that place!" at Naruto exclamation both of the girl gained serious expression
Yakumo, because she got nowhere to go in her career and have no shoulder to cry on as she have been betrayed by her sensei and her uncle tried to kill her because her tremendous power, her own manor house is nothing but a prison for her she got no freedom as she always been watched 24/7
Hinata, because her friends have given her the true meaning of family. After living on harsh condition on the street and being bullied she had decided to find a way to leave Konoha. Io and behold, the arrival of her friends give that chance and now they are here there's no way she's going back to that place
Yakumo ready her painting tools while Hinata gathering her resolve and pulled two black silver-edge Kunai and Naruto tighten his grip on the sword
"Is that your answer?" he said flatly
The three young escapees narrow their eyes ""Yes"" they said in unison
"Very well then, you've been warned" and with their blade and technique clashed with each other
***NYH***
"No…"
They lost
"This is not… how should've ended"
They lost badly
"I don't want to go… back
Bruised, battered, tied behind their back and defeated the three escapees are now on the ROOT ANBUs grasps
"You should've accepted your fate as our village weapon" the leader mock "this could've been easier if you just surrender yourselves"
Naruto gritted his teeth in frustration they have been defeated this ANBU is not the one to holding back they went so far to beat them even when they down on the ground
"You!" he pointed at his subordinate "pack their weapon and bring it back to base, Danzo-sama will be pleased"
''Danzo-sama?'' the children thought
"Hai!" his subordinate complied "And bring back the Jinchurikki back to Danzo-sama!" added the leader
"What about the others?" one of his subordinate asked
The leader turn his gaze at his subordinate "our order is to bring the Jinchurikki back and turn him into one of us the other are not my concern, kill them" he said maliciously as the three escapees widened in horror at the order
"NO! YOU BASTARD! LET ME GO! LET ME GO AND I'LL SHRED YOU TO PIECES!" Naruto roared angrily while he's struggling under the strong grip of ROOT ANBU
"Struggle all you want in the end it was futile" the leader said "executed the girls" he signalled his subordinates that restraining Yakumo and Hinata
To which the ANBU replied by unseating their Kunai and prepare to cut their throat off
One could see Hinata and Yakumo crying as their life now flashing before them and Naruto keep struggling to break free from their captor
All seems lost for them, the only way to escape is either through dead or miracle
Oh who were they kidding, those miracle are a gift from Kami. And Kami already abandoned them long ago and let them suffered for years
Yet, they still hope for miracle for happen
As their captor's kunai is about to slice the girls throat
*SWISH**SWISH**SLASH**SLASH*
"GUAH!?"
"AAAARRRGGGHHHH!"
Well what do you know? Ask and ye shall receive
As their captor was about to cut Hinata and Yakumo's throat, a miracle in the form of a pair of black silver-edges Shuriken coated with wind chakra cut off their executioners limb blood flowing like a river from the severed limb
"What the fuck just happened?" one of the ROOT asked as he watch a pair of black silver edges kunai flew past him before embed deep inside the head of both severed ROOT agent destroying their porcelain mask ending their suffering quickly
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The leader not knowing what's going on quickly ordered the furthest ROOT "Keep your eyes peeled! You three, keep the Jinchurikki safe I don't want more casualties!" the leader
The three complied and quickly and rush toward Naruto however before they could get far, a single kunai with attached to it flew toward them and land just in front of them and quickly explode… or rather emitted electric singularity that shock and burn their victim with a large current of lightning chakra
"AAAAARRRRGGGHHHH!"
"GGGGHHHHHHHHHH!"
"GYYAAAAAAAAAHHHH!
When the electric singularity dies down the only thing was left were three burnt corpses
10
"Damn it…" the leader cursed to see another member of his team burnt to crisp "you five spread out! Don't gather in group! Our attacker has area attack Jutsus!"
And so the ROOT operatives spread out in order to avoid another area attack jutsu and soon all of the operatives were now searching their attackers with range five metres radius
Bad move…
As soon as they spread out they didn't last long as each five of them were quickly impaled by Kunai. At ring part of the kunai one could see a string were attached to it
And then all of the impaled ROOT operatives were pulled forcefully flew deep into the woods a few second later mind-cringing voice echoed the wood, the sound was not too loud but for experienced Shinobi, it's loud enough for them to hear
*SNAP!*
*SNAP!*
*SNAP!*
*SNAP!*
*SNAP!*
5
Five time.
Five time the sound of something snapping coming from deep inside the wood and like that fully train ROOT were easily defeated by their shadow enemy
The ROOT team leader were actually scared for the first time since it's barely 5 minutes and they already loose two-third of their group and they can't sense their assailants
"Where are they?"
"Did you see them?
"I don't know. I can't sense them"
The ROOT now getting very tense and nervous at the same time
With the Konoha children they were surprised of the sudden attack, they were fighting this ANBUs and easily defeated, these unknown assailant whoever they are. They were grateful that somebody taking out the ANBUs one by one
One of the ROOT agent suddenly perked up when he noticed someone running in the wood
"Hey you seeing this?" he whispered
"Yes, black suit and a pair of red eyes… that must be our guy" the other concluded
"Did you think they're Kumo-nin? As far as I can tell they use lightning jutsu to attack us"
"There's a possibility. Since both of the girls have a strong kekkei genkai especially the Hyuga"
Hearing their whispering the leader decide their next action "You two stop talking, if you do know where the assailants is then eliminate them immediately!"
""Hai!"" they chorused. They separated themselves from the group to pinpoint their assailant however, before they can get far, they could hear an electrical crackle and saw something glowing in the distance they trying to figured it out, only to be slaughtered like a cattle as a pair of harpoon-shaped lightning jutsu launched at them and pierced their heart, destroying it and killing them in the process
3
One of the ROOT Agent finally snapped "THAT'S IT! I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS! Katon: Gokakyu no-" another lightning harpoon pierced flew piercing his heart and killing him
2
"No! Guh!" and another one
1
Now what's left of fifteen ROOT ANBUs is the sole leader of the team who were now scared shitless "damn it!" the ROOT leader cursed he's alone now all of his subordinates is dead
But he put that aside and stare at the restrained Jinchurikki he need to bring the Jinchurikki back to his master before anything else happen and dash toward Naruto
Unfortunately for him the attacker knew what he's intended to do so the ROOT leader were stop by a set of five black silver-edges kunais flying at high-speed and successfully pierced his knees, his elbow joints and his chest right where his heart would be and he fell to the ground dead
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***NYH***
Naruto, Yakumo, and Hinata don't know what just happened before them
One moment, they were restrained by ANBU that seems not answering to Hokage's order
One moment, Naruto was about to watch execution of his closest friends
One moment, they were watching these ANBU were picked off one by one by unknown assailants
And now they are here left alone surrounded by dead bodies of 17 ANBUs and 5 mind-stricken ANBUs. Seeing an opportunity to escape, Naruto grabbed one of the silver-edges kunai and cut him loose and then proceed to free his friends
He cutted the rope holding Yakumo and then cutted hinata's
"Come on, we gotta move before anything happen to us" he said
"I-I-I don't think we can escape N-N-Naruto-kun" Hinata said weakly as her Byakugan activated
"Huh? Why?"
Hinata then stuttered again "R-Remember when one of those ANBU s-said 'Black suit and a pair of red eyes'? A-apparently there's eighteen of them circling us"
As if on cue all of the assailants coming out from the woods
All of the escapees were quickly alerted and grabbed anything they could find Kunai or blade it doesn't matter as long it's classified as weapon
They quickly grew serious as the assailants figures revealed themselves. They may put a brave façade but on the inside they were scared
How couldn't they? Unlike the ANBU who were porcelain mask this guys wearing black uniform with armour plating and the eyes on their helmet giving them the visage of demon especially two of them were having six red eyes arrange in triangular position on each side and their blade unsheathe ready to strike and to put them more on the edge, the blade they use have the same design meaning the weapons Naruto found inside forest of death belong to them
One of the male 'demon' shinobi sheathe his blade and pull out a… rectangular steel block? Before he pull it and extend the rectangular steel into… something like… screen?
He look at them before staring back the screen
Look at them. Back to the screen
Look at them. Back to the screen
And finally he fold it back to rectangular block
The two six eyes male and the female 'demon' shinobi order something in foreign language to their men to which they quickly comply and run off
Then the two of the leader join own their squad while one of them along with his squad walk toward them slowly
All of the Konoha escapees tighten his grip on their kunai/blade but to their surprise the 'demon' Shinobi
But to their surprise, the 'demon' shinobis undid his blade sheathe and put it on the ground gently before they walk again toward them. That put them at ease… a bit
The squad leader stopped just in front of them and kneel while the others lining up behind him "Daijōbudesuka?"
? POV
(AN: the conversation is in Japanese)
I asked with their native language. I never thought that such world like this have the same language like the Japanese people like the Earth back in our original home Molot Squad have volunteered to gather our stolen weapons that were used by them
While Cobra squad creating perimeter and defend it
"You can speak our language?" the blonde boy asked while keeping their weapon pointed at me
"Of course it's required for us to understand foreign language otherwise we wouldn't be able to graduate" I answered "now, you three okay?"
"Yeah we're fine" he gulped I also could see the uneasy look at the girls
Oh? What happened? It seems they afraid of something… oh! Of course "it's the helmet isn't it?"
They look hesitant but they nod confirming my earlier assumption "I see… rest assured because we're not some kind of monster or something you would be scared of besides, it's part of our identity as a citizen of our empire" I paused letting my earlier words sank deep into their mind "we are here to help you get away"
In truth we already made contact with the boy and his little group but the presences of Leaf ANBU have hindered our mission forcing us to delay our encounter with the boy
During this time, we report to the Autarch who also spectated us back in CIC room, she expressed her disappointment when she watched how they were treated. They were supposed to be capture but the ANBU who were supposed to bring them back to Hidden Leaf Village disobeyed that order and proceed to attack them
She had to change the mission objective from 'bring back the deserter by any means necessary and secure the weapon' to 'secure the weapon and convince those poor souls to join the empire'
We happily comply because, this boy had something in common with my people. Whatever mistreatment given to them must be so bad that they decided to leave their village
"How are we supposed to trust you? You could be outright lying to us so you can get access to our power" the blonde boy said
Sigh… I know he would say that
"Kid we don't have any reason to manipulate you because that's what a tyrannical ruler would do we were simply offer you a place you could call home away from them and out of their reach" I gesture at the dead bodies of the ANBU
Oh? They lowered their weapon?
"With all due respect sir, we were just meet about not 2 minutes ago we can't just trust you immediately" he argued
"Kid, I swear on my leader's name we wouldn't do anything to you. In fact our leader sent us are here because we were ordered to bring you to safety" I repeat
"Again sir with all due respect we would happily oblige to go with you but we already have destination for our own safety
Oh my god… damn how hard to argue with an eight year old kid?
[Varcolac 1 do you copy?] a feminine voice can be heard from the radio
I look away from them and respond "My Autarch?" I replied back in English
[If they refuse, then it is fine don't push it. Whatever their village done to them have caused them to have trust issue, if the ANBU attack is any indication. At least offer them a transportation to that place and I will send a dropship over]
"Understood my Autarch" I look back at the children "okay kid you win. But can we at least offer you a transportation?"
They seems to think about it for a while but quickly give their answer "alright if you insist"
Ah finally some agreement
"Then can I know where's your destination" he lowered his blade and reach into his bag to pulled out a map
And… wait a minute
"Here, this is our destination, far across Mizu no Kuni we were trying to go to this continent my… source said this place is a safe haven" he pointed at the continent with Helghast Alphabet that written
NEW HELGHAN EMPIRE
…
…
…
Fuck I just been played by an eight years old boy
[Hehehehehehehehe] and now I can hear the Autarch giggled from the other side
Damn you kid
"Really, Varcolac 1? You had one job and that's to convince the children to go to our empire and live a happy life! How could you failed such easy task? And now we have to escort them to this place called NEW HELGHAN EMPIRE" I could hear my subordinate make a fun of me followed by another laugh from other operatives in my squad
At this point I could hear the Autarch's laughter double
I turned around to face my team "To hell with you, Varcolac 3! I don't know where their destination is! If I know where are they going I'll be more than pleased to guide them to our beloved empire! What would you in my situation huh!?" I retorted heatedly
[Oh my Self… As fun as it is, May I remind you that you still Oscar-Mike? And you still job to do get it done]
Oh thank you, for reminding them my Autarch and with that the laughter dies down
"Umm… sir?" I turn around once again to face the confuse blonde boy
"Ah… sorry about that just… some stupidity ensued" I said "anyway why you don't want to go with us? When your destination is actually our home"
That got all of the children perked up "What?" he asked dumbfounded
"Your destination is actually our home" I repeated
"Sir, if this is one of your attempt to trick us then let me tell you it woul—" His speech were stopped as I show my arm band at my upper left arm.
Our armband functionality is just like every Hidden village's Hitai-ate it's to identifies from which village they were coming from
Our armband is coloured red with Helghast triad symbol with black Serpent circling the triad
"T-T-That symbol…" the dark-blue haired little girl said
"You're from this Continent?" the brunette girl asked
I nod at them "yes we are," I gesture to my "we were ordered to take you in under our protection and I swear on our Autarch name we will protect you from any harm" I declared
With NYH
They don't know what to say, some people from their destination were actually came to save them from their village
Naruto, Yakumo, And Hinata still diidn't trust this man but what choice do they have their supplies are practically gone, their weapon were actually belongs to them, and they don't have energy to go on
'Go with them Naruto'
'Kyuubi? Why?' the blonde clearly confused with his tenant decision
'The only power I have left after the sealing is my ability to sense negative emotions' Kyuubi explained 'it allow me to sense an kind of negative feeling from an individual now this man and his group doesn't have any kind of ill-intent on you they are willing to help you without ulterior motive… despite their demonic look' unexpectedly the Kyuubi aid in soft tone unlike his first encounter
"So what do you think?" Naruto look back at his saviour where he can see the armour clad Shinobi open his helmet revealing a young man around his mid-twenty with bald head, black eye, and grey eyebrows
Naruto seems to think about it he look at Yakumo she also seems to think about the possibility while Hinata just go with his decision both of the girl gave him a nod giving their answers
"After some thinking I decided that we will go with you. My name is Naruto Uzu—sorry just Naruto, the black hair girl is my friend Hinata and the other is also my friend goes by the name Yakumo"
"""please meet you""" they chorused together
The bald shinobi smile at them
"May we know one of our saviour name?" that question made the bald shinobi felt appreciated even though he's not doing it alone
"Nice to meet you Naruto, Yakumo, Hinata. My name is Anton. Anton Saric"
-DONE-
Outro: Linkin park – New divide
So yeah that's the end of chapter seven favourite if you like the story. BTW sorry if made ROOT kinda weak but i really hate them apart from Sai
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