-2:05 pm, outside the prison camp-
After treating Ichi's wounds, Naruto gave her a rifle which he got earlier from the prison.
"Here, hold this! You'll pass as a Chunin patrol around here."
"...A rifle?"
"We'll go in pair, disguising as the patrols." He said. "Since they're probably occupied at the back gate, we might use the side gates, the East got fewer sentries there. Any question?"
"All clear, boss." She replied, fixing the clothes on her body. "Thank you..."
"Good. But first, let's get the ninja I got from earlier."
-2:07 pm, outside the prison camp-
Rotten smell, unmoving body along with a few cockroaches getting laid on his head.
"Yep...This is our guy."
"Should we wake him up, boss?" Asked Yamako, aiming at the head which belonged to the Jonin who Naruto just digged him up.
"Hold on..." Said Naruto, pulling out a steel device from his pocket. "...Okay, keep his mouth open to me."
"Uh...Yes, boss!"
With his mouth opened, Naruto began setting up the trap. From the jaw to the inside of the mouth, he set up a few wires. Carefully giving the Jonin a dose of cold pills to finish his plan.
"Thank you, you can release him now." Placing a final touch, he pulled out the dart.
With her doing what had been said, Naruto slapped the guard across the face, carefully holding his mouth shut.
"Ummmnn!mmmm!" Struggling violently, the Jonin found himself unable to escape Naruto's grip.
"Shut up! Feel the thing inside your mouth?" He threatened. "Open the mouth and your head explode, wanna try?"
Few words yet got a large reaction from the guard, his face turned pale as Naruto held a rifle before him.
"Hold this and don't get any idea about using that soon." Naruto said. "Keep your mouth shut and listen to what I say, I'll active it..." He pointed a finger to his lower cheek. "...If you try to run. Got all of that?"
A nod, a very shaky nod with a pair of scared puppy eyes was the respond he got.
"Relax...The cold med I gave you will keep the sneeze away. Now put on the hood."
The guard was even more terrified at the man before him, he could only obey without getting a chance to catch his breath.
-2:34 pm, inside the 6th site-
The Jonin was shaking, he was very tired due to the drowsiness after a nap...Although one part could say that it was from the fear, the safety of his head was in danger by the two guards walking behind him.
"Got something to say?" Asked Ichi, showing venom in her tone. "Walk normally!"
"Calm down, Yamako." Growled Naruto. "Cut the poor fellow some slack."
"...Sorry, boss. Won't happen again."
"..."
Silence fell over them again, only the breathing remained.
"Uh...Hey!"
And it was broken in two seconds with a feminine call.
The group turned to the voice. A guard with a unsual way of walking was coming towards them, rifle in arm.
"Excuse me!" It was a kunoichi. "Have you seen Miko-chan somewhere around here?"
"No talking on the sentry post, sorry." Naruto had grown fond of this sentence lately.
"Oh! I'm sorry..." She fluttered. "I'll get back to my post, sorry!"
As soon as she was about to turn and leave, her legs for some reason managed to tangle into each others and they could only watched as the clumsy kunoichi fell to the ground.
"Ouch...Huh?" The girl stumbled all over the place, giving two men a good view of her body as she searched for something. "My glasses!...No."
This kunoichi somehow reminded Naruto of his friend, Hinata. He remembered the time being so dense with her around him, cracking a smile on his face.
"Let's just go." Naruto whispered and received a nod from his kunoichi...Not the Jonin who was too absorbed in observing the crawling girl in front of his eyes.
Yamako Ichi could not contain her anger anymore. After being tossed around like a ragdoll by all those men, she formed the urge to kill one when she saw those eyes.
"Hey! Asshole!" She nearly shouted.
"Ichi, no!"
Instead of her, Naruto lunged at the guard who was about to jump at the sudden loud tone and caught his mouth. "Hmm...!"
A cold sweat rolled down from his face as he realised that Naruto had saved his life.
"Boss...I..I" Now it was Yamako's turn to flutter, she expected a good scold from him.
"Umm...What are you guys doing?"
The girl had found her glasses and she was staring at them with those big and round blue eyes.
"Ah-it's just.."
Not letting Naruto finish his speech, Ichi pointed the rifle at her.
"Don't move! Han-"
"UH!" Even without hearing the later part, the girl held up both her arms, shaking in fear.
"Ichi!" Naruto spoke, coming towards her. "Calm down, what has gotten into you!"
"I-I'm so sorry..." With heavy breathings, she replied in distress. "Boss..."
He could only heave out a sigh at her behaviour, he knew...But now it wasn't the time to get teary.
With one quick swung, the girl was out cold.
"Keep an eye out, I'm going to hide the body." Order Naruto as he proceed to throw the girl on his shoulder.
...But it looked like he didn't have to.
"Uhhhh..."
He didn't know why she moaned, but he was damn sure that the dart didn't knock her out. In fact, he had just lightly touched her shoulder.
'Not again...Are all kunoichi in here got immure to tranquilizer?' He thought in annoyance.
"Oh..." Eyes half opened, the girl mumbled.
Quickly stole the transmitter and put her into a lock, Naruto told Ichi to come and hold her up.
"Freeze!" Ichi's voice was clearer this time, she aimed low at the kunoichi's head. "Boss, what should we do with her?"
"Search her body." He ordered. "I'll keep an eyes on both of them."
"At once!" Yamako lowered the gun. "Turn around, hands in the air where I can see them!"
The girl obeyed without a grunt, giving herself to the enemy's hand.
"...Only an ammunition pack with a bunch of pills, boss!"
"Pills?...Alright, you finished?
"Yes!"
...
"Well..It seems like we have a new member in our party." Said Naruto as he looked over to the Jonin. "No special treatment this time though."
He walked around the scared girl, asking.
"Give me a name."
"A-about what?" It was obviously a rookie's tone.
Naruto felt sorry for this clumsy girl, she didn't suit for something like this.
"Your name."
"Me?...I..I'm Konomi."
"Alright, I want you..." He said, pointing at her. "..To remain silent as we made our way out of here. I'll kill you if you dare to scream. Got that, Konomi?"
"O..Okay..." Konochan was afraid of the man before her, his speech just made her want to bow down to him.
"Repeat my sentence."
-2:43 pm, near the East gate-
A equalizer dose, it was the medicine that every woman in here had to take before joining. Konochan told him that it could increase one's endurance but she wasn't too sure, she had just been recruited the other day.
That remark earned a scowl look from Yamako and a concerned look from Naruto.
"Did they give you that med, Ichi?" He asked.
"Yes...A bunch of syringes inside the cell." She replied, not looking at him. "Boss, please don't talk about this matter further."
"I understand."
He could sympathize with the kunoichi, they were highly underestimated and their number in a base was always fewer than the men. But to include chemical intake for them? That was one way to balance the force and he failed to see the point in it.
'Why did it have to be like this?' He thought, trying to come up with an answer and still no opinions.
Naruto couldn't judge their way of handling troops, he simply didn't find a reason to agree with them. Mother nature took place in woman' hearts stronger than men', he didn't have the guts to fix that circle. No one should have to live relying on chemical industry.
It wasn't very hard to pass as regular patrols, the idiotic in this base was too laughable for him. Naruto didn't know who ran this place, but it had a very messed up system.
The group had managed to walk pass the security system and now they were at the higher place of the base, a clear area with strange vehicles laying around.
'That's the caravan I saw.' Thought Naruto, recognizing one of the machineries. 'What are they doing here?'
"Boss." Ichi called him. "All the entrances are closed here."
"Hmm, must have been my transmitting call that gave them the right to shut all doors." He said, looking at all the light switches and buttons spreading on the walls. Naruto turned to the fidgetting kunoichi.
"You know something about this?" He asked, clearly expecting a rejection from his tone.
"Umm..." Instead of answering, she nervously looked at her feet.
Naruto pondered for a moment before looking at the ground under her. He noticed a small hunk of metal buried by the snow.
"What-what is that?" Asked Konomi as Naruto began inspecting it.
"Be careful, boss." Said Yamako, keeping a close eye on their captures. "It could be a land mine."
"Nothing like that." He responded. "Just a piece of plank...Harder than it looks, though. I have no clue why it's lying here but you must be knowing something, Konomi."
"So it isn't land mine..." The said kunoichi heaved out a heavy sigh after clutching herself.
"Konomi?" He asked.
"...I...heard that these are the places for people to train and there are probably weapons lying around here. I've never expected a land mine though."
"It's not a land mine..."
"Oh! Sorry!"
"...It's a shell of a bullet." He said, swinging that thing. "Majorly big for a gun and too small for a cannon. Do you happen to know anything about this?"
"Uh...Boss?" Yamako said in disbelief, he of all people should know about weapons more than the others.
"What is this, Ichi? You know something?"
"Eh...No." She sighed, feeling no shame coming from his tone.
"I don't know either." Konomi finally answered. "I just came here for 2 days."
Naruto tossed it away, giving one last glance when he turned to the doors.
"Doesn't matter now...Konomi, when do the training routines usually begin?" He asked, walking towards a closed entrance.
"...8 am in the morning and 1 pm in the afternoon? I'm not entirely sure..."
'...No one seems to be coming this way, did my call really get that much attention?' Wondering, he shrugged. "Whatever, back to the beginning. Do you know what to do with these doors, Konomi?"
"...I don't know."
No faking sadness in her tone, she was telling the truth. Naruto had talked to many recruits and this glassess wearing girl was no exception.
-2:50 pm, near the East gate, inside a corridor-
"Look like we are gonna be stuck here for quite a while..." Naruto said, lighting his cigarette. "The bridge surely did take them a long time."
The group had decided to rest inside one of the buildings, they needed to wait for the right time.
"Feeling any better, Ichi-san?" He asked.
"Very good, boss. I didn't know that Hakuno-sama made such a good chief." The messy haired kunoichi smiled, warming herself. "It's so delicious."
"Yeah...He is a good father." He paused, inhaling a bit. "For now, let's focus on escaping. Tsuki-san and Kimura-san would skin me alive if I didn't return you, a good kunoichi back home."
Yamako Ichi's heart tightened as blood rushing to her cheeks. "...Thanks boss, I'm really...happy." She felt embarrassed and proud of herself at the same time.
Back in The Division, Naruto rarely talked out loud and nobody dared to speak to him outside of their duties. He was always striked as the fearless commander everyone looked out for...Which was kind of hilarious to Tsuki and the generals so they teased him a lot.
Naruto recognized the beauty of silence and death was something he always feared, even though it had became too common for him after all those bloody wars he had gone through. He was a just missin nin who got fed up with the world...In short, he was considered a coward in Konoha people' eyes.
...While remaining as a threat and a hero in the other countries, he had made some dangerous enemies after 3 years standing on his own. His army might just be a bug to those highly untouchable empires, but it was a bug that worth staying away from.
Letting out a stream of smoke, Naruto caught sight of the shivering girl next to Yamako, Konomi.
"What is this, Konomi? Are you cold?" He asked with concern.
"...I...The...The.." She said, clearly in discomfort. "...I need..."
"The restroom, boss." Yamako said, answering for her. "Do you?"
She received a nod from the girl in return.
"Well...Let's get moving." Said Naruto, looking over to the Jonin. "Tell her to make it quick, we'll keep watch."
"That...won't be neccessary, boss." Yamako grimly said. "I can take care of myself just fine!"
She was tired of men underestimating her, she wanted to show him that she was the good shinobi he implied.
Her speech granted a derping expression from her boss, almost making her laugh with the way he kept the cigarette in his mouth.
"Don't worry, boss! And besides, men aren't allowed!" Her tone had started to get cheerful, matching up with her wild personality.
Naruto completely knew about that touchy subject, he just wanted to be careful. After all, they were inside the enemy's camp. Getting separated right now was not a good idea.
"I won't peek and neither will he!" He said, breathing out the smoke he had been holding. "You gotta understand, Ichi-san. It's dangerous outside."
The kunoichi smirked, unable to contain her laughter.
"Out-outside? Ha hah ha! Sorrr...y boss, I couldn't! Ha ha ha ah!"
Two prisoners looked at Naruto and Yamako's goofy laugh, speechless. They got themself into a somewhat awkward moment, feeling being left out by two little kids.
Naruto just realised how silly his idea was. They could go to a proper restroom in here instead of taking it outdoor.
"...Okay, I see. Even if you said so, it wouldn't hurt to go together." He spoke in the most casual tone, ignoring the looks. "Those places usually are secured anyway."
-3:00 pm, inside the 6th site-
Two men wandering outside of a woman bathroom seemed like a bad idea. Naruto and his disguised hostage got some weird looks from the remaining patrols, their vibes just freaked them out.
But due to the rule of silence on duty, they didn't have any trouble waiting for two ladies to finish.
AC-CHHOOO!
'The endurance effect is out? Maybe I should give her some meds as well.' Thought Naruto as he blankly stared at the windows.
The Jonin could only stand still like a statue, his throat started to crack up after the sound. Thanks to the meds, he was safe from the cold.
He wanted to run away from that man. After all the terrible things he had done, he wouldn't dream of disobeying him.
The door opened and two beauties walked out, such a refreshing start for the next plan.
"Here." Naruto said as he handed Konomi a pack of pills. "Medicine, a cold killer if you ask me."
"Uh?...For me?" She asked, confused at his gesture.
With a slight nod from Naruto, she stretched both her hands out for him, waiting...
"Grr...Here, gift for the princess." Said Naruto as he placed the cold med on her hands, her behaviour was getting on his nerve. "Drink three pills for now, don't lose it."
"T-thanks..."
Just when they were about to continue, the transmitters inside Naruto's pocket started to ring.
"Attention! All units come back to your positions! The intruder is still remaining in the base!...I repeat! All units come back to your positions! The intruder is still remaining in the base!"
'It seems like I haven't stitched enough holes.' Glancing over to the shivering girl, he thought. 'She looked terrified about this though, I don't think she got any communication with her commander.'
"Run."
Meeting his eyes, they understood his order to keep silence.
-3:10 pm, near the East gate-
Groups of patrolling guards ran pass them, hurried to their posts. This chaos somehow created an opportunity for them to rush through the crowd without being detected. With haste, they head for the first gate.
When they reached to the training ground, something had changed.
Large vehicles packing with massive gun powers were running surround the area, leaving deep marks on the thick field.
Naruto's mind couldn't comprehend what was happening, he stopped dead in his track, nearly making the others bump into him.
And they were in for the same treat, except for the Jonin. He could only stare at them while sweating bullets.
He knew something, he just didn't expect it to happen.
Worst of all, there was no guards stationed here and those guns were pointing at them.
With one arm, he rudely threw them back into the building immediately before the fire.
BANG!
The shot was powerful enough to blast the steel door and sent all of them flying for quite a distance.
Buzz...buzz...buzz...buzz...buzz...
Quickly getting back up, Naruto noticed the sound of alarm and a certain amount of footsteps were coming towards him. They were being exposed to the eyes of the enemy...And their rifles no less.
"All units, this is CP! Come to Delta 3 area immediately!"
The radio was now activated.
On one hand, he got three people to deal with...On the other hand, dangerous gunfires were pointing at him. He had managed to mess up real good. Got the whole base to hunt down his ass was the last thing he wanted to enjoy on a mission. Still, it sometimes happened and he could expect him to fail.
Right now, they were at a corridor. It was quite narrow and there was no covers or hiding spots for them, exchanging bullets would be suicidal. Outside, auto-mobiles packing with high technology ran around and shot everything that moved.
The three had started to stand up, picking up their weapons instinctly.
Naruto didn't really get used to the mercy of enemy much but surrender seemed like a better idea than risking their lives.
He would find a way around. But first, he had to ensure their safety.
"Aim at me." He ordered, waving his arms in the air with his hood down. "All three of you."
Instead of obeying, they all stared at him like he had some brain damage.
"There is only one intruder...Me." He said, breathing out a thin air. "Do it now!"
No good would come out of this...They didn't.
Yamako Ichi turned her back on him, fixing her stance and aiming at the entrance before them.
"Sorry, boss...Got no time for that." She spoke. "I won't run away from this!"
Her speech then felt on dead ears when her neck got impaled by a dart. Naruto surely didn't get as much time as her did.
"Damn it!" He cursed, turning to the kunoichi and the Jonin. "You two stay here and keep a close eye on her!"
"Hoh?" Konomi didn't have the chance to ask him as Naruto sprint towards the door, disappearing right in front of her eyes.
...And it didn't take too long for them to hear the siren and bullets drilling holes on the walls.
"All fireteams! We're under attack! All units to combat positions!"
"CP! This is Unit 19, requesting backup!"
"Arrrggg!"
"Open fire!"
-3:12 pm, near the East gate-
One scared girl and a silent Jonin could only look at each others and the sleeping kunoichi before them.
"W-what should we do?" Konomi said, her teeth clenthed with the cold.
The only guy left didn't have an idea. After all those crazy stuffs, he was glad that he was still breathing air through the nose. He needed Naruto if he wanted to get this crap out of his jaw.
"...No?"
Those eyes were slowly crushing his ego but he couldn't do anything about it. Either way, they were just gonna have to wait for the gun fire to cease before leaving this spot. There was no safer zones besides here.
Right now, a Jonin could do nothing but standing still like a statue, an unconcious woman and a klutz.
He cursed his fate...
The gunfire and the shouting had started to fall into a distance as they could tell with their ears. Naruto was trying to clear the area as fast as he could.
"..." Sweats rolled down from both the Iwa nins, not realising that they were practically hugging each others when they peaked from the corner.
Dead bodies and smoke rising from the holes created from the gun fight...Several ninja got their limbs stuck inside some of the walls and the floor, serving as living covers for the intruder. It seemed like Naruto impaled their bodies into the steel surface to have some kinds of human shields as they appeared to be shot mercilessly. But overall, it was the blood and raw fleshes spraying around that gave them the spook.
In a war zone, this scene was considered normal. But to Konomi, it was a massare. She couldn't bring herself to believe that his captor was that dangerous. Her knees fell over as she crumbled, unable to bear the smell.
She fell into the arms of his before the fear hit her and the tears in her eyes.
"..." He wanted to say something, he really did. He could only look at the scared girl as he silently heaved a sigh of relief.
There was no one in his unit being torn to death here. It was wrong to think of it like that but he could careless.
The Jonin took a look at the entrance. Even though it was bloodshed, it was certainly clear as the sound of firing had been taken far away from here.
'That guy is crazy.' He thought. 'Fucking psychopath right there...'
"All units! Prepare for combat! The enemy is moving toward the MTH!"
"All fireteams! Open fire at will!"
-3:19 pm, inside the Machinery Test House-
Panicking was the last thing he wanted and yet Naruto could feel it burning inside him. No matter where he went, the Iwa always seemed to know first hand and blocked his way, forcing him to kill. Naruto now sticked out like a sore thumb, his armor was filled with blood and cut, no one could recognize his face since it was covered in pitch black from those explosions. Fatigue was taking him down...slowly with the time.
When he was about to go into a hiding spot, some guards would jump out and shoot at him. He couldn't hide.
This was the first time he had to deal with thousands of projectiles flying towards him. With two bullets on his thigh and three shards on his back removed, Naruto constantly had to switch covers beween dead bodies while blind firing.
And that wasn't enough, heavy missiles were being launched at him from the weirdest hunk of a vehicle he had never seen in his life.
'They lured me in here...' He thought, lying down and letting the explosion blow his ears.
It was made from pure metal, there were several guns strapped on its body, the largest one being in front of the top and it got its wheels wrapped in chains. Cracking noises appeared everytime it moved, giving him the exact location to throw his newly found explosives, the grenades at. He surely had had his fun playing with them.
"Agggggg!"
"You hit? Damn it!"
"Keep shooting! He is cornered! Kill that fucker!"
"GGGaaarrrarrararaaaaaaa!"
"What the fuck are you screaming at, idiot!"
"The tank! Who the hell are driving?"
"It's gonna blow! RUN!"
"Tanks don't blow from a fucking grenade, you i-"
BBBBOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMM!
It certainly didn't explode into a thousand pieces, it just stopped...after that blow.
"RUN! Fucking run!"
Naruto didn't give them any chance to obey that order, he needed more meat bags for later use.
"AGGGrrrrrr!"
"Ugggggr!"
"Huuuhhhh!"
The blood, the explosion and those screams of agony were bringing out his bloodlust nature without him realising it.
Seemed like the wars still had gotten him under control.
'Blast it! How am I going to reach them in this state?' Thought Naruto, tightening the bandages on his body. He'd let the Kyuubi do the rest of the healing for him.
The binaural wave might be strong, but it couldn't stop the seal from taking effect. The beast's chakra had been flowing in his system to the teeth.
-3:24 pm, inside the MTH, inside the tank-
The corpse on the driver seat was still warm, he must have died from the heat. This tank was made of metal, Naruto could still feel the boiling temperature remained in this giant stove. He had managed to destroy one of the fuel drums.
After minutes of continuous firing, he figured it would be a good idea to see if he could use this tank against them. After all, it didn't blow up or burn like any other vehicle.
BOOOOmmmmmm!
Buzz-buzz-buzz-buzz...
Buzzing noise and glasses being broke.
'Must be the missile I launch, this red button.' He thought. 'This thing is still working.'
The screen had fade to black, making it impossible for him to see what was happening outside. It was useless to use the launcher if you couldn't see anything to shoot at.
Naruto switched to the cannon. It got a loader for the large one and a strange type of scope. Looking through the glass in front of him, he finally managed to get a sight of the explosion he just had caused.
"What, water?" Blurted Naruto.
The idea of installing pipes inside was rather new to him. The missile hit the fire alarm and water was being sprayed everywhere, cooling off the temperature a little bit. Naruto couldn't see nothing but torrents of fluid blocking his view.
...Suddenly, he couldn't move his arm anymore. His eyelids became really heavy for some reason and all his senses started to fade.
"T...Tranquilizer in...the stream?"
He had to get out of here quick! The air was too little in here.
Quickly injecting the stabilizer syringe into himself, Naruto tried in vain to slide his body towards the open hole.
-3:26 pm, inside the MTH-
He couldn't...No proper equipment, any creature would fall in this environment, with or without the anti-chloroform.
He could only crawl for a few meters before the deadly drug kicked in. In his final attempt, Naruto used all his strength to throw the transmitters as far as he could. With a loud thump, he fell down and hit the floor.
...He had to cover their tracks. At least he could die knowing that his comrade got a chance to escape safely.
"Turn off the value!"
The last thing he saw was the shadows coming towards him.
"Proceed with caution, he might still be standing!"
...
"~Such a large amount of my stuff! You're so hardcore, boss!~" Mezu, the woman who had given the order to capture Naruto, gave the man besides her her recognizable wink. "Our prey is not going anywhere now!"
It was a bulky man with grey beard, age seemed to be between 60 and 70. Despite the old look, his giant figure gave his foe the look of terror. Takano Kozuma, former Jonin and the leader of the base.
"Let's go." He said, stepping towards the blond shinobi's body which was surrounded by several guards.
"Wait, wait! Boss." She spoke, hurrily following after him. "Orion-chan will take care of him, surely you don't need-"
"I want to talk to him...Personally." Responded Kozuma. "The interrogation can wait."
Mezu stared at him, then to the body laying before her. Just with that clueless face on, she managed to attract many males to look at her.
"...Whatever you say, I trust you." She smiled, giving him a kiss on the cheek. "~Boss~"
"Mezu..."
-3:28 pm, near the East gate-
"All units, return to your posts! The enemy has been capture! I repeat! The enemy has been captured! Return to your posts!"
The Jonin didn't know what he should do, his mouth nearly formed a gasp after hearing the news.
He had swapped the empty rifle for a fully loaded one and now...He just wanted to shoot the radio above him.
And he did.
Bang!
All hope was gone, he was never be able to open his mouth again, not in this base. They would tear him apart in his silence along with the disappearance of his unit's transmitter.
'That guy still hold my shit!' He thought, terrified. 'Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!'
He was certain, very certain that he would die.
For a Jonin, he sure never did try to act like one. But who could blame? Losing the ability to speak was one hell of a nightmare, he just wanted to wake up from this.
The gun shot snapped Konomi out of her trance...or rather, spooked her. She unconsciously reached for her glasses which had fallen off along with her tears.
Yamako Ichi was still in her dream, the dart stayed unmoving on her neck.
The only man in the group stood lifelessly, his eyes contained no souls as the darkness consumed all the other colors.
He couldn't turn himself in with this mouth. He couldn't escape from he...No, he could!
He turned those eyes at the sleeping beauty on the floor. She was his unarmed prisoner now. He could make it out alive with her help...Maybe her base would accept and protect him...All he had to do...was to wake her up.
Standing above her, he shove his foot right in her belly before taking aim.
"What are you doing?" Said Konomi, noticing the strange behaviour of her quiet friend.
Her voice flew pass his ears as he started to stomp on the black haired girl with each step being harder.
"Stop it! Please!" The glassesed girl ran up to him, yelling. "What're you doing?"
He ignored her. Just when he was about to hit her with the gun handle, she was forced to act.
"STOP IT!" She shouted, grabbing his bare shoulder and throwing him away from her.
Instead of making contact with the wall, he did a full flip and landed on his knee. Quickly getting back up, he took aim at her.
Konomi was really, really regret her doing just now. She had attacked one of her allies and now they had seen her as enemies. Her arms couldn't find their ways onto the above, instead, they gathered up to her face.
That pose...and that scared face...He felt like a monster aiming his gun at her.
"Attention! All heavy combat units! Deactivate the Tankers! The intruder has been captured! I repeat! Deactivate the Tankers! The intruder has been captured!"
Hashiba Yoshiki, his markman's skill was the worst of the worst, it was his Taijutsu's record that got him into Jonin rank...As a guard, of course.
That was a great new to her but it didn't matter to Konomi anymore, she was going to die here.
"Dude! Some sick fuck is getting it on with a chick in here!"
"Delicious scream too, come on!"
The patrols had returned to their rightful spots. The ones being nearer definitely had caught the sound of a high pitched feminine scream.
Yoshiki cursed his fate, unable to move the gun away as the footsteps started to come closer.
Four men clothed in white came into view, each ones carried a long rifle, marking them as a Chunin or lower rank team.
"Oh Lord! Two kunoichi in here?"
"Damn, dude..."
"Uhh..."
"...What're you doing aiming at her, mate?"
Yoshiki lowered his aim, waiting in silence.
"Uh...Hey, dude. You okay?" One of them started to talk to him, they seemed rather disturbed by the scene to have dirty thoughts.
"..." He couldn't respond even if he wanted to.
...
A chilly wind flowed from the outside, filling the emptiness in their souls.
"I...I think we should go."
"...Yeah, me too."
Such an adorable and uneducated patrol squad, they didn't even have the mind to doubt.
"Um...Bye."
"Mute freak!"
"Ohh!...I don't think I'll have dinner tonight. Fucking retards decided to...Uhhhrrrr..."
"Yeah, one hundred percent agree with you."
And they left, just like the wind. Not so much of an impact but enough tension and time to calm Yoshiki and Konomi down.
They heaved out heavy sighes of relief. One with only the nose and another one with the mouth.
Then...They both realised that they were on each other's throat just a moment ago. Yoshiki immediately took aim once again.
This time Konomi raised both arms high in the sky, making an ugly face in the process...to her at least.
'Why am I even doing this?' Thought Hashiba. 'I should be convincing those two to follow me so I can get out of this hell hole.'
With that, he lowered his gun once again, waiting for the clumsy girl to put her arms down.
"You...You don't shoot me?" She asked, seeing his head shaking as an answer.
Hashiba then point to the radio, implying that Naruto had been caught.
"Um...Yeah?"
He point to Yamako then made a gesture, suggesting that they should wake her up.
"Oh, you want to wake her up. I'm sorry...But why?"
He slapped his hand on his forehead, which she registered as a facepalm.
-3:31 pm, near the East gate, outside-
After getting her out into the snow field and writing the message, Yoshiki finally managed to get Konomi to see his idea.
"You want me to run away? No way!" She protested instantly. "I don't want to be a missin nin...I don't want to leave Mezu-sama..."
'The transmitter...We're already the traitors here, girl.'
"...I...I"
'Death will be much more painful if you stay here. Come with me. The prisoner is our only chance to get some protection. Be friend with her.'
"..."
-3:31 pm, near the East gate-
"What? It's impossible! You are lying to me, you bitch! You planned this, didn't you?"
It didn't take them long to figure out the way to wake her up. Removing the dart and one slap to the cheek did the trick.
And now they had a very pissed off kunoichi, whom Yoshiki had to lock in his arms.
"I'm telling you the truth!" Konomi said with the most immediate tone she could mutter. "Did you see the...bodies back there?...They were alive just minutes ago, and now they're dead! Who could do such a thing besides him?"
Muttered...But very upset. That scene must have left a scar on her mind.
"..." Yamako fell over, not believing any of what was happening.
Naruto, the leader she always admired, captured? It must be a joke, a cruel joke.
The lack of those deadly vehicles, the dead bodies and most of all, the silence of the radio. They were slowly breaking her.
"Why did you two wake me up?"
Alright...Let's just stop right here. I'm not confident enough to write longer.
Why did Naruto get captured so easily? Check out in the later chapter!...Or not.