Sleepless D: Apologies for the delay, university being fairly hard and real life being a good distraction. Peace out.


Naruto stares in shock as Thirteen stands before Nine, blood seeping from her abdomen as Thirteen's arm begins to shift. Blood seeps from the bottom of Nine's mask from a small cough. Nine quickly lunges forward, grasping at Thirteen's arm with her large hands and tighten.

Without a second thought, Thirteen's left foot rises, slamming into the exposed toes of Nine's feet, causing a sickening crunch as the foot is shoved aside. The same knee launches up for a second attack, bringing it up and between Nine's legs. A solid collision directly at the vulva and chakra exploding from the release causes the larger woman to buckle and drop, her grip loosening. As she collapses, Thirteen quickly pulls her right arm out of Nine's belly. Blood splatters on the floor and on Thirteen's black trousers. Thirteen didn't stop moving as her right, blood stained palm thrusts upwards, towards Nine's chin. The lower part of her palm collides strongly and thrusts Nine's head back in a sharp motion.

Nine's mask cracks as a bit more blood seeps out from the damage. Nine finally falls to her knees, staying there for a moment before collapsing to the side, shaking the ground slightly from the collision.

The world around seemed to be gazing at the image. Naruto daring not to move in case it brought attention to him. His heart racing and his ears pounding as his body forgets to breathe.

Thirteen's face slowly turns to Six, turning and blood dripping from the scalpel in Thirteen's hand. The two seem to be waiting for the other to move. The only sound coming from the drips of blood on the floor.

Six's cloak begins to shift and beetles fled and incircle both her and Eleven as Thirteen remains motionless. The swarms spreading rapidly and filling the area as the encroached on Thirteen and a smaller swarm trying to confine Naruto.

Naruto takes a breath, quickly jumping, launching himself away as the beetles followed. Thirteen remains motionless as Naruto lands on the circular wall. His body moving on its own as he tries to avoid the swarm launching at him. 'Damn it! Can't let them get me. Chakra is the only thing keeping me out of trouble thus far. Got to get out of here and find Hinata!' Naruto says to himself before rushing up to the higher levels, using his chakra to speed himself up.

Naruto glances back, seeing the swarm spread rapidly, trying to net him. Naruto quickly jumps, his shirt flapping rapidly as he lands on the bridge and takes off to his right, seeing the entranceway into the corridor as the swarm continues to pursue him. "Where's a damn door when you need one!?" Naruto yells, seeing no doors along the corridor.

Xxx

A few moments prior, two men wearing lab coats continue to scan through multiple screens. "Number Eleven has taken an injury in the abdomen. A few organs are damaged, but nothing needing immediate attention." The scientist says, observing the script appearing with listings of damage to Number Eleven. The screen glitches, causing him to smack the screen in annoyance. "Readings dropped, possible damage to the machine from abdominal wound with possible collision with spine."

The other one glances at a screen which shows Number Eight. "Number Eight is still active, reports of blood pressure and data coming in is calm. Unsure if engaged in combat when converged on location."

The first one glances to another screen, "Number Thirteen's bio readings have rebooted. New updates. Jawline fracture. Brain chemistry abnormal. Perhaps taken some form of injury to head."

A female voice comes from behind them, "Number Thirteen is suffering from similar abdominal wounds."

The first scientist glances to her page, nodding. "Confirmed." They say, glancing to Number Eight and traps on a few keys on the board. "Cannot get visuals from Number Eight. Can Number Six inform us on current situation?"

"Jinchuuriki on the move." Another feminine voice comes.

"All five are remaining within the location. Number Six's blood pressure and heart rate are accelerated. Fighting? Anger?"

"Unlikely." The first female voice came, stepping forward and a white mask with the symbol '# 5' carved into its surface. Black her hangs tied up tightly behind her head, sticking out and pointing out from the elongated forehead of the mask which covers the top of her scalp.

"Directing Number Two to intercept the Jinchuuriki."

"Damage on levels Seven through Nine. Heavy damage." The second feminine voice says. "Death-Fist trained in location. Believed to be in level Seven."

Number Five taps on a few keys and a new screen opens. "Activating Number Fourteen."

"Confirmed." The first scientist notes.

Xxx

Eri walks along the partially collapsed flooring. Blood stains the nearby crumbling flooring as she brushes her fingers against the wall. She tilts her head, lifting her hand and catching a kunai. The hallway behind her becomes illuminated as fire flows towards her rapidly, burning away the hall to consume her.

Eri taps her foot, causing the floor beneath her to explode. The flames consume the hallway, the stone walls glowing red as the flames continue to consume anything within the hallway. An ANBU with a mask showing only dark green marks with a small opening on their mask continues to burn the area. The floor in front of him explodes and his head vanishes, replaced by the spluttering coming from his neck as the ceiling behind him begins to crumble. The fire died within an instance and the headless body remains standing for a moment before giving way.

Eri clenches her left fist as she walks away from the hole in the roof from the lower level. She never liked using the explosive force of her Death-Fist style with projectiles. It strains her joints. She stops again, tilting her head as she hears rushing water and readies herself. Confusion begins to settle on her face as she senses someone. No. Something moving in front of her. She sees a mass of liquid moving towards her.

"Target acquired." the mass says.

Eri seems to be finding similarities of the liquid moving to that of the few times Kim used her liquid metal capabilities. Though this is an entirely different level and Eri feels a little worry as she's unsure how her fighting will be against a being made of only liquid.

Rapid water jet blasts come from the liquid mass, forcing Eri to move back, trying to gain distance as she needs to react fast against the high pressured water. Eri reaches down, grabbing a few shards of rocks and launches them at the mass. The force cuts through the jets being fired at her and explode with the wall and watery mass.

Eri waits, listening, sensing what she can as the mass reforms into a humanoid shape, seemingly unaffected. Eri hears the waters in the pipeline creak and suddenly burst. "Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu!"

Eri punches the floor, diving to a lower floor and rushes forward. She hears the water crash against the hole she came through from behind, flowing rapidly and seeking her. Eri reaches beneath underneath the water mass. She doesn't know how much damage a hit will cause, but perhaps it can prevent any hand signs if its form can make the seals.

Eri jumps, punching the roof and hearing the rocks, pipes and dirt explode from the force, cutting through the mass. Eri sends a series of kicks and punches against the mass. The form no longer appeared humanoid, but remained much in place as each kick and punch caused water to splash against all nearby surfaces. Water exploding with each hit and seeping in all cracks. Eri continues punching, trying to at least spread it out before making a break for it. She ignores the pain in her hands, feeling her knuckles bleed and her clothes being soaked.

Water rapidly surrounds her, covering all her body and a sphere forms around Eri's head. Eri chokes a little, feeling the water forcing its way into her mouth. Her knuckles begin to pierce with even more pain as something is trying to force its way into her cuts. Eri realises the mistake, trying to think fast, but the territory is practically unknown as she feels the water press into her ears, the sounds of rushing water blocking out her senses.

Eri begins shaking, trying to think, trying to slap the water away and feeling it not doing anything but hurting herself.

"You can't escape...just pass out and you'll be in a new world." The water whispers.

Eri curses as the world seems to black out, feeling her lungs burn as they feel like they're being shredded and her knees begin to buckle. 'Have to escape! Have to escape!' Eri yells to herself over and over again.

Xxx

Meanwhile, Hinata had tried to break line of sight, though that can only be done so much with these repetitive corridors with no means of evacuating but ahead or lone rooms with no other exits. Hinata soon found a difference and it was a dead end. Hinata was forced to either face the threat or lose more chakra to make a new means of escape. Hinata took the former.

Hinata curses as she dodges a tanto which pierces a door. Hinata flicks her wrist, hitting the Boar ANBU in the elbow and elbows his ribs with a quick shove, forcing him back.

Quick steps come from behind, forcing Hinata to turn, preparing for the Dog ANBU jumps at her with a tanto. Hinata raises her arms, taking the taller ANBU's weight and she falls back, unprepared for the added weight and feels her head hit the floor with her back, nearly winding her. Dog raises the tanto with both hands, the blunt tip pointed down and plunges towards her shoulder. Hinata reaches with her right hand, grabbing one of the wrists and putting enough force to have the tip miss and hit the floor. Hinata quickly acts and launches her left elbow into the side of the Dog ANBU's head, forcing him off.

Hinata yelps in shock, feeling the ground grind against her as her right leg is being pulled by the Cat ANBU, showing surprising strength for her stature. "Take her leg! She won't need it!" The Cat ANBU yells at Fish, recovering from attacking Hinata earlier and feeling his chakra points being sealed. He pushes through the pain, quickly grabbing his tanto and looks at Hinata's left leg and goes to slice.

Hinata twists her body, forcing her right leg over to kick Fish in the face, fracturing the mask and having his head hit the stone wall behind him, dazing him. Hinata continues to spin, having her free right foot kick outwards at Cat's foot, hitting the toes and feeling a couple crunch.

Cat curses loudly, releasing her grip from the shock in damage. Hinata lunges forward, grabbing Fish's wrist and pulling it at Cat. The Cat ANBU sees the attack coming, quickly rolling backwards to avoid an oncoming slash from her comrade.

Hinata quickly goes to pull the wrist back and try and aim the tip of the blunt blade at Fish when she notices their leader, the white Boar ANBU doing hand signs. "Fire Style: Pheonix Flower Jutusu!" he says, reaching up and firing several shurikens set aflame at her.

Hinata jumps back, feeling her back hit a door and the shuriken fly by, one hitting Fish's wrist guard and remains aflame as he ducks. Hinata's ears begin to ring as she looks towards Boar, only catching Dog is back on his feet and is charging her with his tanto once more.

Hinata curses, lunging to the side and stomping her left foot on Fish's ankle, feeling it crack under the hard floor as she twists, seeing Dog slash at the door she was just at. Hinata raises her right foot and has it slam into Dog's chesk. He flies back, smashing through the door with a sickening crunch, leaving the lower part of the door in tact.

Hinata's legs wobble, hating how much chakra uses for Eri's Death-Fist style and can't do that again without passing out next time. She feels Fish's ankle leave her footing, causing her to become imbalanced and notices Boar charging at her, his tanto aflame. Hinata has her palms out, readying herself as the blade comes forth and she flicks both her hands, hitting each side of his forearm guard. The force was enough to cause the tanto to be loosened from his grip. Hinata's right hand continues forcing Boar's hand up as he left hand brushes against the flaming blade, having her chakra latch to it and pull it from his grip. Within a span of a second, Hinata's flung the burning blade at the Cat ANBU behind her.

Cat, from reflexes alone swipes a kunai at the projectile, saving her from an incoming attack and has the flaming tanto stab the floor in front of her. Cat coughs, feeling exhaustion kicking in and pulls out a kunai, blowing onto it and a chakra blade extends and she charges at Hinata. Cat drops a little, her left hand grasping the flaming tanto, not breaking her stride.

Hinata swipes her leg at Boar who backs up to avoid any kick since he saw what happened with Dog. Hinata sees Cat charging with her Byakugan and Fish was getting back into combat, pulling out a kunai near her and lunges at her as well.

Hinata's right hand shoots forward, grabbing Fish by the hair and Hinata kicks back, jumping through the broken door. The pain and momentum made Fish reach for his hair, trying to grasp Hinata's hand. The lower half of the door collides with Fish's legs, cutting into his abdomen and the force pivots him over as Hinata releases his hair. Fish's face collides with the floor and his legs sticking up as splinters of wood cut into his skin deeply. Hinata quickly steps forward, slamming her heel into the back of Fish's neck, feeling it snap before she pulls back, seeing the flames swipe at her.

Hinata backs up, trying to get distance and scans the room, seeing a mostly empty storage room and the convulsing form of the Dog ANBU as his chest cavity is caved in and blood seeping from under the mask as he drowns in his own blood.

Hinata watches as Cat and Boar hop into the room and she can tell they're nervous. She's taken three of them out. Hinata feels her chakra veins burning and can only hope she doesn't make a mistake.

Cat juts forward, slashing at Hinata with both weapons, keeping Hinata body dodging as Boar throws a series of shuriken at her. Hinata takes a breath, suddenly standing still and her arms quickly, forming a net barrier 'Protective Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms.' The shuriken hit the net, being cut through by the chakra's sharp nature. The tanto hits the barrier, being sliced by the fine, sharp chakra blades. The wind blade stabs into the netting, even that was cut to pieces, much to Cat's shock.

Hinata stops the barrier, having her quick reflexes catching the flying pieces of shrapnel. Hinata ignores the cutting and burning sensation as she crosses her arms, taking a breath before flinging her hands out, releasing the shrapnel outwards with high velocity.

The back of the room explodes, dust flying from the collision from the Death-Fist projectile. Hinata falls to her knees, coughing and lurches forward, her hands hitting the floor and her right hand covering her mouth. Hinata continues to cough, feeling her chakra network burning.

Hinata looks up, seeing Cat strewn across the wall with blood seeping from several puncture wounds. Boar leans against the wall, his right hand clasping his left arm which is missing from the middle of the bicep. "I substituted...but you still...got me..." Boar tells her with a hint of annoyance. "Pierced...right through...the cover..." Boar says, coughing hard as he tries to push himself from the wall, but his knees buckle a little. Boar's teeth can be heard grinding under the mask as his right hand reaches for his neck. "Hyuga...located at...storeroom...31...floor...15… medical...attention…requi..." He says as he slowly as he slides down the wall and his head drops. Blood seeps through his white robes as his breathing becomes ragged.

Hinata continues to cough, slowly trying to push herself to her feet. She falls to her elbow, reaching with her shaky fingers to her pouch, trying to find some food pellets to regain some of her lost chakra. Hinata continues to fumble through her pouch, grasping the small satchel as she pulls them out, having them fall to the floor in front of her face. She curses, leaning down and trying to get them, her fingers are too shaken to grasp properly and Hinata is trying to pick up some with her lips.

A shadow appears within this dark room. Hinata turns her head weakly, seeing someone that isn't her team or Naruto. Hinata curses quietly at her predicament.

Xxx

Susumu sighs a little as he stands behind Kim as they stand before a Numbered Mask showing the Number Sixteen. "We've been ploughing through these ANBU and the person they send is a girl with a lot of weaponry? Do they not have dosiers on all of us? They send...a girl with a sword…against you?" Susumu kicks an ANBU corpse on the floor.

"Who's this we?" Kim asks as she just stands there, ignoring the oversized shuriken being launched at her as they practically vaporise the moment they touch her.

"I've been keeping taps on everyone." Susumu argues, crossing his arms. "I also caused a lot of suicides!"

"Not really a brag." Kim responds as the weapons thrown at her are being liquefied by her ability and she absorbs the substance into her liquid metal.

"Oh look, the girl's got a wooden sword now." Susumu says with a fake yawn. "And two more big shuriken."

Sixteen, standing a little shorter than the two wears an oversized grey cloak with several scrolls tied to the waist, back and anywhere within reach of her hands. Her smooth mask diviates from standards by having the # in one place of her right eye, the 6 covering the other eye with the circle allowing sight to her grey eye and the 1 splitting down the middle.

Sixteen remains at a distance, her left hand spinning the shuriken before she releases them, launching them across the large chamber.

"And they go wide! And she charges the meanest bitch I know!" Susumu yells with a hint of laughter.

Kim ignores the shuriken, her arms releasing a silvery substance as spikes begin to form as the shuriken fly by her. Pain tears through her as large quantities of liquified metal begins being pulled, torn and seek the shuriken that flies by.

Susumu is taken aback by the suddenly deforming Kim as more liquid metal begins to tear from her back and legs. "The fuck!?" Susumu yells, backing up and ducking as the shuriken seem to hand in the air as if magnetically pulling at Kim.

Kim looks at the shuriken for a moment, figuring the other weaponry was either to ensure she had more than enough to draw a full or contaminate her with the metal or chakra to trigger a pull. Kim finds it somewhat impressive as she looks back and sees a polished, bamboo sword being swung at her face.

Xxx

Naruto hurries down the corridor, sniffing for any signs of Hinata. Naruto curses, trying to figure out where he is in a place he's never been searching for any sign of Hinata or even her comrades at this point.

Naruto grabs a nearby handle, having it swing open and only seeing an empty room. Naruto curses once more, wondering what the point of having this many rooms and nothing in them is. Naruto continues onwards, soon noticing an opening ahead and rushes forward. The darkness of the room gave him some hope it's somewhere at least familiar.

Naruto stops at the edge of the path, looking outwards and seeing a circular shaft vanishing above and below with intersecting bridges on different levels. Naruto curses, seeing perhaps an exact path he just took ahead of him. "I swear this place is a maze...is this Genjutsu or just some dickhead of a building design?" Naruto wonders, trying to see anything off.

Something catches Naruto's eye, seeing a broken wall on a higher level. Naruto walks over to the edge of the bridge to get a better look. Naruto sees the hole in the wall leads to another hallway. Naruto sighs, wishing he could tell if something was fresh or not and look around, trying to see if there's any other evidence. That's when he noticed it. Scorch marks on the banister of his bridge and ashes lingering on the edge. Something, or someone was burnt there. Naruto gets some hope, wondering if it was Hinta's doing as he looks around, wondering if she went elsewhere or ran down the path ahead.

Naruto begins to notice something, a sound. Naruto looks around, trying to find the source of the noise and trying to figure out what it sounds like. It clicks, a dragging sound. What's being dragged? What's making the sound? Where-From behind? Naruto looks the way he came and his heart momentarily stops and his hairs stand up on end.

Number Thirteen is casually walking towards him, blood soaking her bound bandages across her body. Naruto fears that the blood is not hers and swallows, glancing behind and more dread falls on him. Thirteen is dragging another figure by the scruff of their over-sized collar of the coat they're wearing.

Limping behind the two, Naruto curses loudly upon seeing Number Eleven following Thirteen. "Didn't I take you out!?" Naruto yells, looking at Eleven's heavily fractured mask and small trails of blood seeping from underneath it.

Thirteen stops at the edge of the bridge, seemingly staring into nothing, but Naruto can feel their eyes on him. Naruto knows he needs to end them now and looks at his right hand. Does he risk his ability to wield chakra with this incomplete jutsu? Naruto pauses, seeing his nails sharpen and his muscles twitch. 'Use it and destroy that woman. Slaughter them all.' the Kyuubi's voice goes through his mind.

"I am starting to feel the same damn way, Fox..." Naruto growls, his right hand reaching down and grasping the railing and tearing it free as if it were made of wet paper.

Eleven launches forward, flying past Thirteen who remains standing motionless. Naruto roars, swinging the torn railing at Eleven's approach like a longsword. Eleven's adamatine spike flies from her, colliding with the pole and sending it flying at the shaft wall. Naruto's left fist goes to swipe at Eleven as she's a mere two feet away now. Eleven vanishes where his fist were to collide and Naruto freezes, recalling Sasuke and Lee's move and goes to block his chin from any foot attack.

Arms wrap around Naruto's torso and lifts him in the air, surprising him as he feels her squeeze, but not in a bone breaking manner but as if a child with a teddy. Naruto looks down, both confused and shocked as Eleven shakes a little to the left and right, as if trying to squeeze the fun out of the situation. "What the fuck?"

"Naruto! I've been waiting! Didn't realise it was you!" Eleven says with excitement. "Brain kept saying Jinchuuriki! Didn't put two and two together!"

"Who the hell are you?" Naruto yells in confusion and anger, looking towards Thirteen and flinches when he sees her only a few feet away. "What's going on!? Get the hell off me!" Naruto yells in annoyance.

Thirteen speaks this time, "I am aware of Norio's plan and I am assisting at my own fruition."

"Norio? Who the hell is Norio!?"

"Ah, so you're not aligned with him? Would you be aligned to the originator? Hinata Hyuga?" Thirteen queries, releasing the person she was dragging.

"Hinata? Yeah? What the hell do you want with Hinata? Do you know where she is? Get off of me!" Naruto yells, trying to rip himself from Eleven's grip now.

"Eleven, release Naruto." Thirteen instructs her and Eleven does so. "I am in league with Hinata, though she won't know of Eleven and myself. We are to assist as best as we can and destroy ROOT and the source."

"Destroy ROOT? No idea what that is but I'm helping Hinata with this place. If you were her comrade, why the hell are we fighting other number faces and why the hell did I have to fight her!?" Naruto yells, pointing at Eleven.

"Mission priority was defend and capture Jinchuuriki." Eleven says with a sheepish voice, "The hit jiggled the wires and when Thirteen mentioned Naruto, it clicked and I am here to help! You're strong and I'm proud of you!" Eleven says, giving a thumbs up.

"The others are not as linked as Eleven and I. We're what Danzo would've called test failures and did not foresee my transgression and I played the part until the signal was called. Eleven was one I deemed achievable in influencing due to construction." Thirteen tells Naruto, getting a blank stare and rapid blinking. "...We're artificially made...I was beyond their intention and I talked Eleven to our cause."

"Okay...artificially made? Nevermind. Where is Hinata? That b-Eleven separated me from Hinata and I am trying to get back to her."

"She's close by from the last reports that was transmitted. Though it seems we're going to be delayed." Thirteen says, releasing the person she was dragging and pulls out a scalpel, still stained with blood. Eleven cracks her neck and her back begins to glow with the tips of adamantine spikes.

Naruto slowly turns, seeing another Number faced standing on the remains of the railing Naruto tore free. The numbered woman wears tightly bound black ANBU uniform. Her blank face seems to be divided into two parts which would split at the tip of her nose. The markings #2 are on the upper section of the mask, some covering the shoulder length, spiky black hair that protrudes from under it. "She's not with you?" Naruto asks with some hope, but knowing he's going to dread it.

"Nope." Eleven says with a sigh. "She's still fresh as well. I'm still a bit tired from Naruto."

"I've mostly recovered from my fights. Naruto, are you able?" Thirteen asks, backing up slightly and keeping a foot behind the person she was dragging.

"...The Fox gave me some power...but I should be okay if they're as strong as...her." Naruto nods at Eleven. Naruto glances down at the person Thirteen was dragging and is confused to see Number Six is laying there, motionless. Naruto looks back at Number Two, a little concerned. "Is...she with you?"

"Nope." Thirteen replies, placing her left foot under Six. "And I am afraid Eleven is weaker than Two."

"This is going to suck...she's very powerful." Eleven agrees, taking a few breaths to ease herself, or contain her excitement.

"...What makes her powerful?" Naruto asks, feeling a little bit more nervous.

"Don't look into her eyes." Thirteen simply replies.

"What eyes?" Naruto asks before the upper half of Two's mask snaps up without warning. Two's skin is smooth and pale and yet all Naruto can see and fear are those red eyes. Those deadly and familiar eyes. The Sharingan.


Sleepless D: My first update in so long. I apologise for not doing a longer story. I feel I am getting my itch to create writings once more. I hope you enjoyed my attempted revival of my story. Peace Out.