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ITAOJ
How the World Reacts to Their Presence
Previously on In the Aftermath Of Judgment;
"But that is the same as saying that Naruto did all that! He is just trying to take all the credit!" Ino just had to be the inconsiderate nature of hers that she calls 'boldness'.
"We know that and yet everyone still calls us by name, knows that we have just learned under the master on what to do. We figure out how to do it and that is one of the things that makes us heroes to them. The Master and the Mistress are just retired, looking for any hero material to place into shape." Sonic verified and the other anthropomorphic animals all nodded which pretty much won the argument until Sonic smiled and looked at the door. "Heroes like us and them."
As soon as Sonic said those words, all the Shinobi turned to see the doors open a lot wider than when they did. It was like the 'walls around the doorframe' were moveable. "Thank you for the flattery Faker but we are not here to be heroes. We are here to do our jobs." A deep voice from the shadow of a hedgehog like Sonic but with five visible quills instead of three like the latter.
"That is right. Now Big…" Another voice that more like a woman's turned the shadow of an anthropomorphic bat wearing some kind of skinny suit towards the outline of a huge outline to her right, "Omega…" The bat then turned to the outline of a shadow that looked more robotic than any living being the Shinobi ever seen. "Do it."
"Got it." A laid back tone like Shikamaru or any other Nara moved in with speeds that didn't match the sheer size of this giant of an animal.
{Understood.} A robotic voice had verified for the Shinobi that this second huge outline was not organic but that didn't prepared them when half of them felt like they being squeezed. The other half was in the binging arms of the first hulking shadow that revealed in the light to be an anthropomorphic cat with huge arms and body that was outlined with armor to protect the vulnerable spots. The second shadow had showed the Shinobi just what kind of robot this one was, a hulking behemoth with all the gadgets and metal working of an army packed into a tank.
Ino, in the arms of Big the Cat struggled to try and get out of but the grip was too much, she wasn't getting anywhere. "Don't wiggle or I will won't be able to stop popping you like balloons!" Big said and increased his grip that nearly caused the Shinobi to lose their breath. After a few seconds, Big loosen his embrace but not enough to cause the Shinobi get free.
"So you think that I am more like the pinkie girl huh?" The anthropometric bat said, hovering in the cabin with her wings. "I say that this blonde over here is more like me."
"No I am not!" Ino will never live now everyone had compared her to a bat until the said bat floated to the black Hedgehog and kissed him on the cheek, causing him to go 'Hn'.
"You were saying?" Kiba smirked and the others had forgotten their comfortable position and snickered along. Ino just looked down and away from everyone to hide her blush from her embarrassment.
"Now let's get going." The black Hedgehog said and his team took the Shinobi who remembered that they were being abducted so they started to struggle again at their binding all the way out the door. Sonic and the gang just stood in their place, they must now that this might happen sooner or later but the gang knows G.U.N. a little too good; when the latter's want something, they do anything and get…nasty when they don't get it soon enough.
"I said let go!" Kiba shouted for the umpteenth time since he and the other Konoha Shinobi sent to investigate what happened to their village. Instead they are now bound in some kind of wire on board some 'flying boat'; they have a lot to catch up with, so much they didn't recognize what a plane ship is.
"Shut up. We have our orders and I will be glad to get any other mission after this stupid errand to pick up you nosy bunch and bring you all to Commander Tower." The black hedgehog said in an uninterested and frustrated tone combined into what is known as the 'EMO Syndrome'. Something that Sasuke Uchiha just had to catch with the help of the village old bags they call themselves the 'Honorary Council'.
"And just who you are to silence us!? You probably can't even beat him if you had to use this monsters of freaks!" Kiba was brash, as always, even more than Naruto ever did. But as always as well, it took an actually intimation to keep him silent.
"The name is Shadow the Hedgehog. MY partners' names are Rouge the Bat…" Shadow introduced himself and pointed his direction the seductive bat who winked in a manner that made the men blush, much the annoyance of the women. "Big the Cat and E-123 Omega. You better ember those because we are not happy to those who forget us. We do things that can't be forgotten even if you wanted too."
"Come one Shad. You will only get a migraine if you keep that up. Master told us so." Rouge surprised the men and especially the women except for Big and Omega by kissing Shadow on the cheek. The black hedgehog with red markings on his cheeks was grateful they were red enough to hide his blushing from enemies but Rouge always knew when he did; she will tease him in order to keep it up and do much better than before. But only off the job time.
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In another section of G.U.N. Headquarters, in a vast hallway that appeared to be where people group up at those large tables with benches for seats. In one of the walls was a space filled with people who looked like cooks by their outfits and cook's hats. It would seem that these cooks provide food for all the people sitting at the tables.
Right now, there are plenty but there was something similar about them. They all wore orange jumpsuit that were more hideous than the ones that Naruto wore four thousand years ago. It was nothing like the soldiers or the cooks so it must be a prisoner's uniform. No doubt that the prisoners get them because it makes them eyesores to see even while the guards are taking naps. They even had cuffs banded together by chains so that they can barely walk and can't run
"Ugh!" At one of the tables, some of the older prisoners were having their meeting. "This is nothing but glop! Crap! Shit from the trashcan mixed in with compost!" One of them was not happy with the 'food' provided to them.
"Stop that Tsume. It is our only food and we don't need to lose our appetites and starve to death." Another one of them that resembled a man who is bored pretty much of everything; the ugly sign of a genius in the room. He had hair in the form of a pineapple which really set him off as soon who takes things seriously. This man addressed the first prisoner who complained about the food and rejected it clearly with her actions; that is right, it is a woman. A woman who was completely wild, with her hair out of order and flowing like the leaves in the wind; her uniform was even dirty and unkempt.
"Shut up Shikaku! I rather starve to death if all this happens to be poison from the bad taste alone!" Tsume argued back and faced the other prisoners who were slowly and reluctantly eating the same food at the table. By Shikaku was a woman who looked like a girl not to be trifled with and can have her way when she wants to make her point across. There was also the man who had completely white eyes like Hinata, a man who looked like he could trade his left arm for something to completely cover his body along with his messy hair and sunglasses he wore even though he was still inside, then there was a blonde man who tried to keep another man next to him who looked like he could use a diet and then there was this ordinary couple who hated the food as bad as Tsume is having it.
And just then, "Father!" "Mother!" Cries like so had erupted in the room and when the fellow inhabitants turned to see that no strangers were charging at them. It was their children! "I am so glad you are safe!" Now this would be a touching moment but for some reason, it was only lukewarm.
Meanwhile, Naruto and his wife were watching from a catwalk. They understood that they have yet revealed themselves to the Konoha Shinobi. It was like some kind of strange force that can't be seen that is separating them for some apparent reason or more like a plan for them all. "Is it time yet Master?" Naruto and Hinata turned to see Tower joining them on the catwalk. They just can't seem to hide from this boy for long; he was always the champion of hide and seek.
"No. Just let them do what they want and pretty soon they will have to learn something that is going to happen upon us sooner or later. After all, our waiting is all over." Naruto said in a grim tone and Hinata tried to comfort her husband; they lived for four thousand years but they aren't immortal. That is going to strike those who reject the world around them, the world might reject them even harsher.
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After all that, the Shinobi were finally released from the custody of G.U.N. They were finally allowed to walk along the cities and regions that G.U.N. control and those they don't. That includes Station Square. So far, the only place they were actually accepted was at a noodle restaurant where only two of the vendors actually served them food; Teuchi and Ayame. For once, on a humorous side, the Shinobi actually felt what Naruto did during his childhood; rejected and unwelcomed everywhere and by everyone but two Ramen Cooks.
"This is great!" Kiba said and Teuchi just chuckled.
"Thank you Kiba. It seems that even my age won't stop me from forgetting how to make my famous noodles." The elderly cook said and then he lost his cheerful attitude and sighed deeply. "Still, even after Four Thousand years, things still haven't changed. No matter how many times you look at it, it is even worse."
"Yeah Dad. It was bad enough that Naruto was the outlaw imprisoned behind village walls and now it is a whole group of them behind invisible boundaries." Ayame brought up while seeing that no one sat in the bar or any table nor chair near the Konoha Shinobi. They all, customer or staff, kept their distance and glared at them.
"Thank you for your concern Mr. Teuchi, Ms. Ayame..." Kakashi said with real emotion behind those words. "And since we are still Shinobi, we will take this in. We have been having the better life compared to most Shinobi and I was wondering when all this was going to stop making us rusted and soft. We need to a sharper and sturdier edge if we are going to survive in this new world." Teuchi, who had seen how Kakashi treated Naruto, was still not sure whatever to take those words or not. You better believe it but Teuchi wasn't always a Ramen Chef and neither was his daughter; at separate times, they both were Shinobi themselves and made their own names before they decided that the changes to Shinobi Standards and laws just didn't agree with them.
"You better because if you don't hand it in…" Ayame said darkly but never finished her sentence. Just looked at Kakashi's hand and soon everyone else had turned after hearing him scream and they soon gave into their shock once they see what was wrong: Kakashi's right hand was crumbling…to dust!
End of Chapter 6.
*Here is number two! Hope it is good!*
