Cha. 9

"Hello?"

"Hey there Number 2!" A voice on the other line replied. Enrik slammed his hand against his forehead.

"What is it Number 7?" Enrik asked.

"Well, we see that the portal concept worked. Provided that the two of you survived."

"And?"

"We'll be sending in the G.I. soon."

"Number 7!" Yue interrupted.

"Yes?"

"Tell Number 4 to stay back. She doesn't need to come."

"Why?" Enrik asked.

"Why?" Number 7 asked.

"Just do it!"

"Sure…" Number 7 paused for a moment. "I'll send you the coordinates! Bye!" The screen went blank again.

"So…Let's pick up where we left off at," Yue leaned down again, her knife pressing keeping into his neck.

"Let's go to the coordinates first."

"So…You three leaving?" Naruto interrupted.

"I'm not sure…Tayuya should stay and get her curse mark checked on again…" Enrik trailed on.

"I'm coming," Tayuya said.

"Jiraiya-san? Is she going to be okay?" Enrik looked at Jiraiya.

Jiraiya shrugged. "As long as the snake bastard doesn't get near her, she's fine."

"Alright then. I'll take your word for it," Enrik stood up and offered his hand to Jiraiya, then Naruto. "Good luck on your training trip."

"Good luck to you three too," the trio then turned and set off in the direction of the coordinates.

Around…Three days?

The three trekked through the hot weather and kept on going forward.

"How much further?" Yue complained.

"Uh…Three thousand miles or so?" Enrik questioned.

"Can't we get someone to pick us up in one of those…uh…Helicopters you mentioned?" Tayuya interrupted.

"I…Think they have a helicopter to supply the troops right?" Enrik asked.

"Yes," Yue replied.

"F*CK!" All of them yelled up to the sun, as if this would make all their frustration go away. And it worked…for the most part.

Three hours later

A black dot on the horizon slowly started to grow in size. Eventually, the dot revealed itself to be a helicopter, landing before the trio. Three people jumped out of the helicopter, still 30 meters in the sky, and landed on the ground.

"General!" The three saluted towards Enrik. They were unrecognizable due to their helmets. A black visor was placed over their eyes and black fabric covering their chin. A pilot's helmet over their heads.

"Number 1!" The three then nodded towards Yue. "Please allow us to transport you to the main camp," Enrik nodded, consenting. Enrik proceeded to hoist Tayuya over his shoulder. Her protests were ignored. Enrik took in a deep breath, bent his knees, then jumped up. A crater left where he was standing. The four others quickly followed by climbing up a rope ladder.

"Show off…" Yue said under her breath. Another one of the figures clad in black was on the helicopter. The figure pulled in the rope ladder and signaled to the pilot. The copter took off in the direction of the camp. For the duration of the ride, the three figures who picked up Enrik and company hovered near Enrik. Refusing to let anyone come close. The one who remained on the copter spoke in his ear, whispering about something. All of a sudden, Yue jumped up. She dashed past the three figures guarding Enrik and ripped off the mask of the figure whispering to him. What was revealed was a young women with raven hair and a well sculpted face. Brown eyes, cute lips, and basically everything else in the package. Her smile, which she currently wore, was the exact opposite of Yue. Gentle and calming. "Number 4! You b*tch!"

"Calm down, I was talking about the distribution of resources to our troops. No need to mark your territory, since it ain't yours yet. Back to the topic we were talking about," Number 4 returned to whispering in Enrik's ear. Enrik nodded a couple of times, but a look of horror soon spread across his features.

"What's the f*ckin' problem?" Tayuya asked.

"Uh…You'll know soon enough," Enrik refused to make eye contact for the rest of the trip.

At the main camp…

Enrik held Tayuya's hand as they followed Number 4, who led them into a large tent.

"General!" All the people in the room saluted towards Enrik. Enrik nodded to them in response.

"Enrik?" Tayuya looked up at Enrik.

"Yes?"

"You're second on the rankings, right?"

"Yeah," Enrik led Tayuya to one of the seats as all the men still remained standing. "At ease," everyone sat down in their respective seats.

"Why are you the General?" Tayuya asked.

"We tried putting Yue in control," Enrik paused for a second. "Then the world got united…"

"Huh?" Tayuya glanced at him in confusion.

"Something we call…World War IV," Enrik turned towards all the other people in the room. "Start the briefing."

A man, in his 30s, started talking. "Our supply lines are steady, our troops are also prepared."

"For what?" Tayuya interrupted. All eyes turned on her.

"General?" The man questioned.

"It's okay, tell her."

"The invasion of this world," the man said.

"Okay," Tayuya simply replied.

"That's it?" One of the woman sitting at the table asked her.

"I don't really care."

"MOVING ON!" The former man interrupted. "Our forces are poised to strike one of the villages. I believe that it's called 'Hoshigakure' or something."

"Why them in particular?" Enrik asked.

"They lack in numbers and is barely even recognized as an official village. We had a confrontation with them before. They had surprising abilities, even going as far as to fly, but our snipers took care of them easily. They will be the first step of our invasion."

"Good. When do we attack?" Enrik asked.

"In a few weeks, we will start our invasion."