Chapter 33 Breakout Part 1

It felt strange to be back, that is the thought that ran though the heads of Naruto and Sakura, they had both been sent to different villages. Sakura was with the large portion of demon army located around the Sunagakure while Naruto was a country away in the land of Demons.

"I hate this fucking sun." stated a wolf as they hid under a large camouflage tent, normally they would used justus to hid themselves but the area that needed to be cover so large it made it impossible. Every demon race seemed to be hating the scorching sun and the blistering heat, only the snakes seamed completely happy more than a few actually sitting out sunbathing in the warmth of the sun while the others downed water.

"It gets worst after dark." said Sakura

"How is that even possible?" asked the wolf

'It drops below freezing most nights." explained Sakura

"How can anyone live in a place like this?" added the wolf

"Sometimes I wonder the same." said Sakura as she looked toward the massive walls of the Sand village, they where only five hours away from launching their attack and hopefully within eight hours they would be within fire country.

"Naruto-kun, I hope you are ok." thought Sakura as she looked though the camouflaged netting toward the massive walls of the Sand village. Suddenly she noticed a team of Sand ninjas moving toward the massive main gates. She could just make out her friend Temari leading the group, suddenly the four ninjas stopped.

"Looks like the village is still safe." said Matsuri with a smile

"Ya." said Temari as she looked around.

Sakura could only watched as Temari looked around for a moment it seemed like she was looking straight at Sakura, though the camouflage nets.

"What are they doing?" asked one of the snakes as they prepared to strike early and take out these four ninjas should they be discovered. The sound four horns blows followed by the sound of the main gates opening caused the demons to look.

"Door is open let's get inside." stated Temari as they moved toward the gates.

"They must have been waiting for an all clear sign." said the snake as he slithered away to enjoy the sun.

"Ya." answered Sakura as she watched her friend run toward the gate.

Meanwhile hundreds of yards away Gaara stood by the open gates of the Sand village as he awaited the return of his sister and his girlfriend.

"What is the situation here?" asked Temari as she and the three other members of her team ran up.

"We also got your message but as far as we know no other village has been hit." stated Gaara as his other brother Kankura walked up.

"We are at alert stage three." stated Kankura "But we can't do anything until we know the demons next target."

"They are going to hit us." stated Temari as everyone looked her.

'How can you know that?" asked Matsuri

"Because if you look closely at the sand dunes on our way into the village, you could see camouflage netting set up." explained Temari "They are going to hit us."

"Are you sure?" asked Kankura

"I am sure, Gaara if you are going to approve my plan now is the time." stated Temari as she looked at her little brother. "They will hit us soon."

"Inform the other villages and prepare to carry out the plan." ordered Gaara

Hundreds of miles away was a land very different then the tree less sand dunes of wind county. This land while dry was mostly grass land with forests located along its western border with Fire County. This was the land of demons. The demon village was small compared to the five great ninja villages having only a few thousand people however it was still a major target of the demons. The demons assigned the task of taking the demon village had it a lot easier than those taking Sunagakure, for one thing they didn't have to take on a full ninja force. The demon village was defended by a small defense group which was more used to carrying out ceremony for the priestess of the demon village. Most of the villagers where involved either in village to village trading or religious ceremony. It also helped that the weather was more in line with the fire country so it was cooler, a bit drier but not much.

Sitting up in one of the trees looking toward the low walls of the demon voluntary main village was Naruto Namikaze. He was slowly running his claw down the sides of an orange taking off the skin.

"You both need to work on your stealth." stated Naruto as he looked to see his brother in a nearby tree, a few branches behind him stood Cade. The female member of the team Vail lied on the ground at the base of the tree watching her two male teammates try to sneak up on Naruto.

"If I didn't have to be in this tree." stated Cade "Why do we have to be in a tree?"

"Because human ninja core like to move by jumping from tree branch to tree branch." explained Naruto "You need to know how to operator in the tree tops."

"Fine." Said Cade

"Is something wrong Naruto-sensie?" asked Vail

"It's just I know a few people in there." answered Naruto as he looked into the village at all the people.

"Then maybe you can save them." stated a new voice as Naruto looked down from the tree to see a demon lion with golden tan fur and white fur on his stomach and the tip of his long thin tail. He was muscular built with a golden main that framed his face.

"Who are you?" asked Naruto

"That is Crowned Prince Gamba." stated Cade as he looked at his pack trainer "How could you not know that?"

"Let me guess you're one of the leaders of the demon lions?" asked Naruto

"Correct." stated Gamba "I will be King when my mother dies and sadly that will be sooner rather then later."

"What do you want?" asked Naruto as he jumped down from the tree so he could look Gamba in the eyes which was deep navy blue to Naruto's sky blue. Naruto was maybe an inch shorter then Gamba, however Naruto seamed a bit lighter on his fight then the heavily framed Gamba.

"I want to spare lives." stated Gamba "Will you help me?"

"What do you want me to do?" asked Naruto

Back in Wind country Minato, Kushina and Adria where trying to stay as cool as possible as they waited to attack Sunagakure.

"I hate this place." stated Adria as she took another drink of water.

"I agree." stated Minato as most of the demons rested but he knew in about two hours the sun would be going down and they would launch their attack around six in the evening. They hoped to have the entire village taken by sunrise.

"Adria do you think you can pull it off?" whispered Minato to his little girl.

"Don't worry I can pull it off." Whispered Adria back "Do you have the sample?"

"Yes and no." said Minato

"What do you mean?" asked Adria

"Sakura separated the one sample into three container." explained Kushina 'We each have one so that if one of us should fail the leaf will at least get it."

"Smart." said Adria

"She also came up with the plan to get us away from the rest of the army." whispered Kushina

"Just make sure you save your strength we have a long run ahead of us." Said Minato

It was nearing four in the afternoon when the high prissiest of the demon village in demon country knelt in front of one of the many shrines spread out thought the village, her name was Shion. She had her light blonde hair pulled back into a pony tail with a golden headdress on and deep red robes. It was the beginning of the holy season of Rueture, the season of destruction and rebirth. As head priestess she concentrate on the many holy rituals she had to carry out however in the back of her mind she couldn't help but think of her friend Naruto. Even though her village wasn't one of the main ninja nations they knew what was going on. They may not have the most up to date information but the fact that Naruto was gone and likely a demon worried her. Ever since they meet all those years ago, they where friends and for the longest time she wished for more. Naruto had been too ignorant of what she asked of him to father her child but once he learned what she was asking he said he only wanted to be friends. In the end it worked out because she found someone else, their wedding would take place at the end of the holy month.

She had just finished the first scroll when the head of the defense force moved toward her, the guard knelt down beside her.

"What is going on Sabig?" asked Shion as she looked toward her future husband, he was strong and well built however he had never seen any real combat. His deep red hair was pulled back; he had a slight beard probably from forgetting to shave for a few days.

"There is an issue at the main gate." said Sabig

"I will be there when the prayer is done." stated Shion

"It's Naruto." stated Sabig as Shion turned and looked at him.

'They have come haven't they?" asked Shion

"So it seems." stated Sabig "They say they want to talk."

"They?" asked Shion

"Naruto isn't alone." stated Sabig

Outside the main gate Naruto stood in his human form, he had on a black jonnin uniform with his orange and black pants. Beside him stood two other people if you call them that. They seemed to be human but Naruto along with scared looking human guards who stood along the wall knew that they were not human.

"This form is very interesting." said Gamba as he stood in a pair of ninja pants with a blue vest with the golden seal of the demon lion royal family on it. At first glance he looked slimier to Naruto, same age but Gamba had tamer hair which was at least a shade lighter then Naruto and his eyes where a different shade of blue.

"I still don't think idea my prince." said a beautiful woman who appeared maybe 21 or 22 years old, she had deep black hair which she had pulled back into short pony tail and dark but warm eyes.

"It's alright Fay." said Gamba

"I still think having some more guards or at least my mate-in-waiting at least would be useful." stated Fay

"Well Itachi is still on guard duty." stated Gamba as Naruto's head snapped toward the two cats.

"Itachi?" asked Naruto "Itachi Uchiha?"

"Ya…we have been dating since just after he was turned." smiled Fay as the main gate slowly opened. Walking out flanked by four armed guards was the head of the village defense group, Sabig.

"You three come with me." ordered Sabig "Do not worry you will not be harmed."

"We are here to save lives not take any." stated Gamba as the three of them moved into the village surrounded by armed guards. As they walked though the village people where looking at them though their windows and half opened doors.

'They are so scared." said Fay

"What did you expect." answered Naruto as they neared the large center shrine; they walked into the temple to see Shion along with other leaders of the village sitting on a raised platform.

"It's been a while Naruto." said Shion

"Yes….and who thought we would be in a position like we are." stated Naruto

"What do you want?" asked Shion

"I want to avoid lost of lives." stated Gamba

"Who are you?" asked Shion

"I am Crowned Prince Gamba of the demon felines and commander of the army that currently surrounds your village." stated Gamba

"Then we should seal you and stop your army from attacking." stated a village elder as Gamba laughed a bit.

"I would like to see you try." said Gamba as the ground below them started to glow a deep shade of blue.

"Then you shall see." stated Shion "I am sorry Naruto but it has to be done."

Naruto didn't say anything as the priestess carried out the ritual that would seal away demons but to their amazement instead of disappearing all three demons just stood there.

"What is going on?" asked a priestess

"Did you really think you had the ability to seal demons away?" asked Gamba as he grinned "any demons you did seal away was just us faking it."

"I don't believe you." stated Shion as Gamba ran though hand signs before placing his hand on the ground. Instantly the blue started to turn to gold as demon chakra tore apart the seal. The elders and leaders just sat there stunned as their seal broke apart.

"Now do you believe me?" asked Gamba as the humans just looked at them afraid, they were so sure that the sealing would work and a single demon had stopped them.

"Now…let us talk." stated Gamba as he changed into his demon lion form, Fay had turned back to her panther form only Naruto remained human "Now at this very moment my army could storm this village and take you by force, however that would cost lives and hard feelings which we do not want."

"What do you want?" asked Shion as she looked at Gamba

"Your surrender." stated Gamba as the village leaders looked at him "If you surrender peacefully we will escort you to be processed and then turned into one of the nine demon races."

"We will never be turned." stated a leader

"You have only two real choices here." stated Gamba "Either you surrender and all of you get turned and no one dies or you fight and which most of you get turned and the others die. Either way you will be demons the differences is the number of people who die on your side."

That seemed to cause a scared look to cross the faces of the human leaders.

"Either way we will die." stated an older elder "We heard how you just killed the oldest members since you can't use them as demons."

"That was true." said Gamba as Naruto looked at him "The combined Demon council has agreed that the older humans who we feel are too old to be useful as demons will be taken to a single location and allowed to live out the rest of their days among the older humans. Their turned families can come and visit them if they should want too but that is only if you surrender."

"Are you going to offer this deal to the other villages?" asked Shion

"Your village is the test group and if it works here we will offer it to the others." stated Gamba as the village leaders looked between themselves. "I will await your answer but you have only two hours until I will order the attack, if you accept the terms throw open your gates and we will move in."

Slowly Gamba turned and walked away followed by Fay, Naruto stood in place.

"Naruto aren't you coming?" asked Fay

"Actually let them talk to him for a moment maybe they can see the right answer is to surrender." stated Gamba "We will wait outside for you."

"As much as I hate to say it you can't win this battle Shion." stated Naruto as Shion looked at him.

"You never give up Naruto." stated Shion

"You can fight with us." stated an elder as Naruto shock his head.

"No…I can't, my parents are demons, my younger sister is a demon, my little brother is a demon, Sakura-chan is a demon" stated Naruto as turned into a demon, Shion's eyes widened as she saw Naruto in his demon form. "I am a demon."

"Naruto." said Shion sadly

'You have to decide for your village." Stated Naruto as he turned and walked away, joining Gamba and Fay outside, the three of them in their demon forms where escorted out of the village. As they walked past the scared faces Naruto couldn't help but think.

"I can't help you Shion, to save the Leaf and every other village I can't." thought Naruto as he fought back his basic need to save people, to save humanity this village would be sacrificed.

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