Chapter 18: Peppers Bomb
Finally, Custus and Rasa went ahead and set the explosives around the Base, while Nomad waited for the moment to act.
In the dark night, the images of Rasa and Custus are just shadows in the darkness of the night moving around the Base.
Of course, no matter what kind of analysis Rasa did and how much preparation he had, the three were still a bit nervous since it was their first official mission on Anbu and after all, they didn't want to start with a failed mission.
Today would also be Rasa's first kill, which added to his nerves, the rest of the team being older than him had already been through their first kill, but he hadn't and as much as he had gotten used to this ninja world, he was still a little nervous about the idea of killing for the first time.
There were only a few moments left until the time given by the captain.
After a few minutes, Rasa looked at the sky and together with Custus began to act.
At this time, it is late at night, around four in the morning, when people are more sleepy and it is the best time to start an attack, that's why Captain Canteen chose this specific time.
Rasa and Custus began to quickly make hand seals.
"Final Detonation of Peppers Bomb," they both said in unison.
"BOOM!'
"Boom!"
Dozens of Explosive Tags placed in different sectors of the Base went up in flames.
A huge explosion sounded in the sky.
And that was the signal for Nomad to act.
"AHHHHHH!"
"Ahaaa!"
Moments after the explosion, loud screams could be heard from people in various sectors of the Base.
Many bandits rushed towards the various places where the explosions occurred.
There is a kind of madness in their eyes.
With an explosion on such a large scale, all the civilians in the Base should have been swallowed by the flames, as well as a good number of bandits.
Custus and Rasa, who had detonated the explosives, paused to watch the large explosion in the Base for a few seconds, then looked at each other and nodded suddenly to each other, and then split up and start running around the Base looking for possible survivors that they would have to eliminate.
On the other hand, Nomad suddenly appeared at the front of the Base.
"Hahaha! Finally, it's my turn to have some fun," Nomad said with amusement as he saw a large number of bandits running around the base and others approaching him.
"The enemy is attacking, there are enemies!" suddenly, a great alarm sounded in the Base.
The whole Base seemed to have suffered from the explosion, now lying in ruins.
"Wind Release: Sandstorm Jutsu!" said Nomad as he made seals with his hand.
Instantly a large gust of wind was created to which sand from the surrounding area adhered.
This gust of wind and sand began to spread throughout the base hitting the buildings and all the bandits running around the Base.
The force of this gust was such that it began to destroy the surface of the structures as well as obstructing the movement of the bandits who began to lose their balance and in some cases could not even see due to the deposit of sand in their eyes left by the gust.
Nomad didn't stop with that A-ranked ninjutsu, that was just the beginning.
"Wind Release: Beastly Wind Sand Palm Jutsu" sealed Nomad again thus creating a demonic claw made of wind and sand from the surrounding area that he began to use to attack, grab and kill several of the bandits.
"Aha!" they began to be heard screaming from the bandits.
Back at the Base, several Bandits began to run to the sectors where the explosions occurred.
Unfortunately, many of these were hit first by a blast of sand and then by a giant claw that began to impact them.
Many screamed in pain and others died instantly.
Those who were still alive stopped running and looked with hatred at the turbaned intruder who caused the deaths of their companions and friends.
And everyone quickly prepared for a confrontation.
"Wind Release: Wind Spiral Jutsu."
"Earth Style: Shifting Sands Jutsu."
"Earth Style: Rock Fist Jutsu."
Several Bandits start attacking Nomad in anger, while he just dodged, defended, and attacked while laughing all the time like a maniac.
While in another sector of the Base, Rasa was scouring every corner of the place looking for civilian survivors who could escape.
But all he found were Bandits rushing from one place to another, some of them running to where Nomad was supposed to be, others to the burning sectors and some were helping their buddies wounded by the explosions.
After checking one last time and seeing that all remaining survivors were Bandits, Rasa prepared to start killing them.
"Gold Dust Shower Barrage," said Rasa quickly.
Then, several projectiles made of gold dust were launched from his direction into the dark night at the throats of several Bandits.
Blood spurted from them and a faint smell of blood hung in the air.
Rasa already knew from the conversations he overheard among the Bandits that they were doing no wrong, just looting various wealthy merchants and then even splitting a portion of the loot with the neighboring village in exchange for their silence.
They were in fact just a group of Bandits posing as the Robin Hood of this place.
If Rasa had been in a previous life watching this from a safe place, he would surely support the actions of these bandits just as many did when they saw Robin Hood in the movies, they were like the Hero.
But he was no longer in his other life, and in the ninja world, if you want to protect yourself and protect your important people, you must have power and you must kill to survive.
So, as he was determined to become a powerful ninja, Rasa said to himself:
{Killing is as common as eating here and I must be aware of that}
{Missions like these are what I must experience to grow and adapt once and for all to this world}.
That's because Rasa knew that there is no peaceful and stable place in Ninja World.
His comfortable life on Earth ended since he became Rasa.
But, even though he had already mentally prepared himself for killing, the feeling of his first kill crept across his skin just now.
'Looks like it's not going to be as easy as I thought getting used to doing this' Rasa thought a little dazed as he watched the Bandits he had eliminated bleed out.
He began to feel a sudden sensation that made him feel very uncomfortable.
The Bandits had failed to react in time to escape Rasa's surprise attack and died helplessly.
'I killed someone, I killed a group of people who couldn't even be considered really bad' Rasa thought again as his heart started beating fast.
When Rasa along with Custus had blown up the peppers bomb killing countless civilians, he hadn't felt this way.
But now that Rasa was seeing with his own eyes the people he killed he couldn't help but feel his stomach contracting.
His mood was not the best, he was on a mission, but now he was feeling anxious and restless, and it was very upsetting for him to know that he was getting distracted by these things.
'Damn it, alright Rasa, let's first concentrate on completing the mission, then I can blubber all I want' Rasa said to himself.
A little calmer, Rasa contained his thoughts and made up his mind.
Then he went on to eliminate the rest of the Bandits he encountered and then went to help Nomad who should be at the entrance of the Base as a distraction.
Chapter 19: Bandits
Moments after taking out a good group of bandits, Custus and Rasa met again.
"How did everything go on your side?" asked Rasa first.
"All fine, only a few civilians survived with major injuries, I already took care of them as well as the bandits in the surroundings and you?" replied Custus.
"All dead, I only had to take care of a few bandits, but all Genin, none gave any trouble."
"Mmmm I see, I didn't run into any ninja above junior Chunin either" nodded Custus.
"Looks like no elite Chunin ninja have shown up for now then, let's go to Nomad quick, lest he ends up getting killed."
"Yeah, that idiot may be the strongest of us but if he faces two elite Chunin it won't be so easy for him to win and if there are three he wouldn't stand a chance" agreed Custus.
So it was that they both ran to the location where Nomad was.
As they ran in Nomad's direction, the two encountered several bandits who constantly tried to attack them, but their speed was too fast for mere Genin, so the two of them simply dodged all the attacks and with a few quick moves eliminated the bandits that crossed their path.
Custus used his Giant Fan with which he created sharp blizzards of wind to slash her enemies and Rasa used his earth element to create and embed earthen spikes into his enemies.
He could be using his Gold Dust which was more practical since it required almost no sealing, but Custus hadn't seen him using his Kekkei Genkai yet so if it wasn't necessary, he preferred to keep his identity hidden for a while.
When the two arrived where Nomad was they were surprised to see a large group of dead ninjas in the sand nearby.
'Looks like Nomad didn't even hold back with the Genin' the both of them thought as they saw the terrible deaths of the bandits that were covered in sand and blood.
As the two approached Nomad's position, they saw that he was already sitting on the ground with a bored look on his face.
He had blood all over his body, he looked like quite a maniac at the moment.
"Are you hurt, Nomad?" asked Rasa, frowning as he noticed that he seemed to have received a wound or two.
Nomad looked at him bored and then said lazily:
"I'm fine. Just some minor injuries, nothing significant. They were all desert rats in the end. Or by the way, did you two run into any Chunin?"
"Perfect, let Custus heal them anyway, and no, just Genin, you?" Rasa nodded and then asked him.
While Custus despite not wanting to help Nomad, obediently went to his side and treated his wounds, after all, she was the medic of the group.
"Well, only three junior Chunin, they were weak so I couldn't have much fun with them until they died," said Nomad pointing to the place where the bodies of the three lower Chunin ninja were.
The bodies were a mess, if anyone who knew them looked at them they wouldn't be able to recognize them from how battered their bodies were.
Rasa almost felt like throwing up, but he restrained himself and just shook his head.
"Well, since all the civilians and most of the bandits were already eliminated, now we just have to finish our mission and wait for Captain Canteen," Rasa said.
"Funny, now we have to look for the remaining desert rats to be eliminated," said Nomad sarcastically, he didn't want to waste time looking for weak Genin.
"Well that's our mission, what you find funny or not doesn't matter," said Custus with obvious irritation in her tone, apparently she didn't like Nomad's treatment of the bandit corpses.
Suddenly, before Nomad could even respond, three kunai were thrown at each of the three in Rasa's group.
The three quickly dodged the Kunai and then took a far-out distance to see the enemy attacking them.
"Damn ninjas, I'm going to kill and rip you all apart, you killed my wife and my little brother!" shouted one of the Bandits.
"Calm down Domaru!, if you want to avenge them we have to face them with a cold mind!" shouted another one of the Bandits.
"Shinto is right, as long as we are calm we can finish them" was heard saying to the third and last of the bandits that were in front of Rasa's group.
After a while, the three Bandits seemed to agree and stared at Rasa's group.
While Rasa and his group could only look at the three bandits and think one thing:
'Those three are Chunin or Elite Chunin'
After a while, under the moonlight, the 6 people simply faced each other.
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...
Domaru, Shinto, and Caratsu had been called today by their leader for a meeting.
The meetings were usually held late at night to avoid the Leader's location being discovered.
The leader unlike the other bandits staying at the Base was usually hidden in a cave at a decent distance from the Base, though not as far out as the distance it was from the Base to the village.
So the three of them had to go late at night to the cave where their leader was staying.
They talked about a group of rather wealthy merchants who were in a neighboring village, and who were apparently planning to go to Sunagakure.
The leader did not want to miss the opportunity to ambush them and steal their money so he called the three of them to gather a good group of bandits and leave in a few days.
When they finished talking it was already late at night, the three left the cave quietly and went back to the base exhausted, they just wanted to get there and rest.
But only a few minutes later, while they were walking calmly to the Base, there was a sudden explosion coming from where the Base was located, and after a while, they began to hear the alarm that indicated that they were attacking the Base.
Without wasting time, the three of them rushed to the Base to see what was going on.
When they arrived, they entered through the back, which was completely destroyed.
As were most of the buildings that had been destroyed by the strong explosion, not only was everything destroyed but there were countless dead everywhere.
The three ran desperately in search of survivors, but all they found was dead and more dead.
When they ran towards the front entrance where they heard some ninjutsu blows, the three saw a group of three ninjas with turbans and gauze covering their faces, the three knew that these ninjas were from Sunagakure because of the forehead protector they were wearing.
The hearts of the three had only deep anger and thirst for revenge at this moment.
They couldn't wait for them to kill the three Suna ninjas in front of them.
But they couldn't do that in a hurry as they had to be smart.
It was a pity that Domaru didn't think the same and the idiot threw in his fit of rage three kunai against the ninjas.
Without being able to analyze the situation in front of them, they could only calm Domaru first and then face the three Suna ninjas.
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Hi my dear readers,
I saw that there were a few comments about the timeline and Rasa's age...,
Well I'm not going to deny that I changed some things to make the story flow better... or rather to make it go in the direction I wanted it to go.
For all those who don't understand the timeline I'm using, I leave here below the timeline with which I created this story.
Chronology: Fanfic Naruto
-This is the chronology that this anime will follow in the world of Naruto.
-Some things may change, but in general it's all canon.
-Only some births happened before.
Chronology:
-7 years P.5V (Previously the establishment of the 5 great villages):
Warring States Period.
Izuna Uchiha 24 years old is killed by Tobirama Senju.
Madara Uchiha 25-26 years old awakens the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
The Uchiha clan and Senju clan conclude a peace treaty, ending the Warring States Period. An alliance is formed and the Hidden Village Among the Leaves in the Land of Fire is built.
Tobirama Senju tells Hashirama Senju that Madara Uchiha was never bewildered into Hokage.
Hashirama Senju becomes the first Hokage.
The Hidden Village among the Rocks is built in the Land of Earth.
Ishikawa becomes the first Tsuchikage.
Ishikawa tells a young Ōnoki about the Stone Will of Iwagakure.
-6 years P.5V:
12-13 year old Ōnoki and Mū fight Madara Uchiha 26-27 years old.
Madara Uchiha leaves the leaf village.
-5 years P.5V:
Mifune is born.
-4 years P.5V:
Tazuna is born
-3 years P.5V: -
-2 years P.5V: -
-1 year P.5V: -
-1 year A.5V:
The Hidden Village of the Clouds is built in the Land of Lightning.
A becomes the first Raikage.
The Gold and Silver Brothers 33-35 attempt to capture Kurama, but are swallowed and leave two weeks later as they affected Kurama.
Reto unites his people in the Wind Country and the Hidden Sand Village is built.
Reto becomes the first Kazekage.
The monks of Sunagakure seal the bijū of a Shukaku tail.
The 5 great shinobi Villages are motivated.
-2 years A.5V:
Tobirama Senju creates the Ninja Training Institution.
Madara Uchiha 32-33 years old takes control of Kurama and starts attacking the village.
In a final clash, Hashirama Senju "kills" Madara Uchiha.
Mito Uzumaki seals the nine-tailed bijū Kurama inside her, becoming her first Jinchūriki.
-3 years A.5V:
Jinin Akebino is born.
-4 years A.5V:
Dan Kato is born.
The first 36 shinobi graduates of the Leaf Village Ninja Training Institution.
Koharu Utatane 15-16 years old becomes Genin.
Hiruzen Sarutobi 15-16 years old becomes Genin
Danzo Shimura 15-16 years old becomes a Genin.
Homura Mitokado 15-16 years old becomes Genin
Tobirama Senju becomes the sensei of his team.
-5 years A.5V:
-6 years A.5V:
Dodai is born.
-7 years A.5V:
Tsunade is born.
Orochimaru is born.
Jiraiya is born.
-8 years A.5V:
Blue B is born.
Maito Dai is born
-9 years A.5V: First Shinobi World War
The first meeting of the Five Kage is held (Hashirama Senju captures some Bijū and sells them to other shinob villages to finalize a peace agreement).
Tobirama Senju becomes the second Hokage.
Tobirama Senju creates the Konoha Military Police.
-10 years A.5V: The First Shinobi World War ends.
A peace treaty is formed between Konohagakure and Kumogakure, the second Hokage Tobirama Senju and the second Raikage A meet at the ceremony.
The Kingin Kyōdai attempt a coup, leaving one Tobirama on the verge of death.
The second Raikage dies.
A becomes the third Raikage.
Mū, second Tsuchikage, is killed by Gengetsu Hōzuki, second Mizukage.
Gengetsu Hōzuki is killed by Mū.
Ōnoki 27-28 becomes the third Tsuchikage.
Tobirama Senju is killed by the Kingin Kyōdai.
Hiruzen Sarutobi 21-22 becomes the third Hokage.
Kagami Uchiha dies at age 25.
-11 years A.5V:
Kinkaku dies at age 44.
Ginkaku dies at age 44.
Fugaku Uchiha is born.
-12 years A.5V:
born rasa
Fuguki Suikazan is born.
Shibi Aburame is born.
Raiga Kurosuki is born
-13 years A.5V:
Karura is born.
Yashamaru is born.
Orochimaru -6 years old becomes Genin.
Jiraiya 6 years old becomes Genin.
Tsunade 6 years old becomes Genin.
24-year-old Hiruzen Sarutobi becomes the sensei of his team.
Kushimura Koriarare is born
-14 years old A.5V:
Pakura is born.
A. is born.
Teuchi is born
-15 years A.5V:
Mikoto Uchiha is born
Hiashi Hyuga is born
Hizashi Hyūga is born.
AO is born
Kitsuchi is born
-16 years A.5V:
Inoichi Yamanaka is born.
Akimichi Choza is born
Shikaku Nara is born
-17 years A.5V:
Minato is born.
Kushina is born.
Yoshino Nara is born
-18 years A.5V:
Tsume Inuzuka is born.
-19 years A.5V:
-20 years A.5V:
-21 years A.5V:
Sasori is born.
-22 years A.5V:
Killer B is born.
Motoi is born.
-23 years A.5V:
Nagato is born.
Baki is born.
Raido Namiashi is born.
Konan is born.
-24 years A.5V:
Aoba Yamashiro is born.
Teuchi dedicates his life to making ramen.
-25 years A.5V:
Minato Namikaze enters the Ninja Academy.
Kushina Uzumaki is taken to Konohagakure.
Yahiko is born
Ebisu is born
Kisame is born
Genma is born