Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Hidden Truths ❯ First Conflict ( Chapter 3 )

Chapter 3: First Conflict

It was day by now and they had been traveling for several hours, The scenery was flying by as they ran.

“This is taking too long. How far away is this country?” Naruto asked as they sped through the trees.

“It’s barely been a day and you’re already complaining? I would think someone like you should have a bit more patience than that. At the rate we’re going though, it should only be another two days.”

“Neji, anyone around us?”

Byakugan! “No, all clear. Wait, stop.”

They stopped and waited for Neji to say something.

“No! Everyone down!”

They all dropped to the dirt floor below as a fuuma shuriken sliced through the branches above.

“Damn it. How did they get that close without me seeing? They didn’t even go through my blind spot.”

“Well that doesn’t really matter because they’re here already.”

They all turned around and sure enough, two men were standing there, smiling.

“No way!” Neji yelled.

“Unfortunately, yeah. You see it too don’t you?”

“What are you talking about?” Naruto interrupted.

“Their chakra is connected.”

“So?”

“That means that they can move chakra from one body to the other based on their needs. And if one of them dies, their chakra goes to the other person. So basically it‘s like fighting you, Naruto.”

“This should be interesting then,” Sasuke smiled.

Without a further word, he ran forward.

“Come on kid, bring it.”

He threw his fist at the shorter of the two.

The other one grabbed at the air and yanked up. The man flew into the air.

Sasuke saw this as an opportunity and aimed his kick at the other man.

Before Sasuke had reached him, he too was pulled into the air. Sasuke’s kick landed on the tree, shattering most of the foundation. He felt a foot kick his back and found his entire body crushed against the tree.

“You are an amateur compared to us.” The taller man pushed harder onto Sasuke’s back.

“Get off of him you bastard!” Naruto yelled, running toward him.

“Naruto watch out!” Neji called.

He stopped instantly, looked up and jumped backwards as a foot crashed down where he had previously been.

Alek stepped forward and addressed the two enemies. “Who are you people and what do you want?” he asked.

“Our names aren’t really important since you’ll all be dying soon,” the shorter one replied.

“Well then, there’s no reason that telling us would be a bad thing.”

“Oh well, it’s your final day alive, so I’ll tell you. My name is Yamamoto and the one crushing your teammate is Matsushita”

“What is with you Japs and long names? How am I supposed to remember your name before I kill you?”

“You are really foolish. Do you think you can actually beat us?”

“Nope, I know I can. But just for the heck of it, you might as well surrender right now.”

“And why would I do that?”

“Naruto, I’m surprised you’ve been able to keep that shadow clone so long,” Alek remarked.

“Thanks, I’ve been perfecting it for a while.”

“What are you talking about?”

“You’ve been so wrapped up in watching them,” Sasuke answered, “that you haven’t been paying attention to the person under your foot.”

Matsushita looked at Sasuke but it wasn’t Sasuke anymore. It was Naruto.

“Now, if you don’t want a kunai shoved through your forehead, turn around slowly,” Sasuke demanded from behind him.

Matsushita spun around and drove a kunai of his own through Sasuke.

“Missed again,” he said, as he disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

“Try beneath you!” he yelled, reaching up from the ground and grabbing his ankles.

“Brother, stop messing around,” Yamamoto said.

“I’m not. I can’t keep up with him.”

Alek could not help but to smile. “I must admit, you were right, Shikamaru. Your plan not only worked, but they still don’t know where Sasuke is.

Matsushita broke free of the hands that bound him to the ground and ran to join his brother.

“Well now that both of you are in place, why don’t you come out, Sasuke.”

“With pleasure.” Behind the two brothers, Sasuke faded into view.

“Now, you will tell us who you work for, and your purpose.”

“Heh, you actually think that just because you caught us, we’ll talk? We won’t tell you anything.”

Alek stepped forward and pulled out a kunai. “Is that so? What would you do if I killed your brother?”

“Then I’d become stronger and kill you all.”

“You’d like to think you could wouldn’t you? Yes, you would. But I think I’d rather spare both of you if possible. I can’t make any guarantees though.”

“I won’t tell you anything,” Yamamoto repeated.

“Good. Because you don’t have to open your mouth.” He took the kunai and ran it over his finger. Blood dripped out slowly.

“Wow, you’ve managed to cut yourself. Good for you.”

He took the bleeding digit and placed it on Yamamoto’s forehead. The blood disappeared into his skin and Alek stood motionless for a minute. “I see. Okay Sasuke, kill them.”

“But we haven’t learned anything about them.”

“They work for an organization that goes by the name of Teiku Jurei, takers of life, roughly translated. Jease, how corny could you get?”

“How do you know?”

“Because I can read minds, that’s one of my ways and it doesn’t require a lot of chakra either. I mostly use it for opponents I don’t see fit to even look at. These two are no exceptions. And as an added bonus, I can erase parts of their memory, make them attack their allies, etcetera. And I can even search through memories that they forget about.”

“This is bullshit. You’re just trying to get more information out of us.”

“I didn’t stutter. I told Sasuke to kill you.”

“A bluff. All just to put pressure on us. It’s not working.”

“Apparently you didn’t here me Sasuke, I said kill them.”

“Wait, we’ll talk,” Matsushita said.

“Am I the only one listening to the words coming out of my mouth? You are no longer necessary. I have all the information I need. Now kill them Sasuke, or I’ll do it myself.”

“How can I be sure you have everything we need to know? For all I know, you could be working for the same group and just trying to cover up their tracks.”

Alek glared harshly at Sasuke and then to each of the men. He reached into his pocket and pulled out another kunai, one on each of his middle fingers, twirling them like windmills. He whipped his fingers forward and they slid off and landed square on Yamamoto and Matsushita’s foreheads.

“I told you I’d kill you myself. Looks like you’ve got no choice. I told you, I know everything these two knew about this organization. Granted it isn’t a lot. These two haven’t even met the leader and they don’t know where the base is.”

“We’re not going anywhere until you tell us more about yourself. I don’t trust you, and I’ve let it slip thus far, but this is confirming my suspicions,” Kakashi explained.

“You want to know about me? Okay, where should I start?”

“Why would a foreigner just happen to be coming through the country as we start a mission? Seems like you planned it.”

“In a way, yes. I have been tracking this group for the past eight months, since before they even reached these countries. They tried this very same tactic on one of my allies.”

“But why would they try the same thing over here? Were they successful in taking over your ally?”

“No. But then again, our nations are on the whole, stronger than most of yours. To be honest, word of Gaara has reached us and he is probably the equivalent of our average Chuunin.”

“Yeah right,” Naruto said, disbelievingly.

“I won’t say that he couldn’t become stronger very easily, but on the other hand, he doesn’t no a single Kinjutsu. Your customs ban such jutsus to maintain order, but our culture embraces it. We believe that they are the easiest way to neutralize a threat. Now granted, these could also be used against us, had it not been for another technique developed by certain teams that neutralize all jutsus requiring pure hand-to-hand and melee fighting. So we are good at both.

“The leader of this organization is known as Kim Drake, yes, he’s a guy. He was originally from the village of Ice, but after being banned for supposedly creating jutsus that required mass sacrifices, he decided to take revenge as it seems to be the most logical thing to do. He took several of the small countries surrounding them. He eventually gave up after an entire village committed suicide.”

“So what interest have you in him? He’s out of your region.”

“Well, it might have something to do with the fact that he’s killed two of my best friends and has my girlfriend under his control. But I’m not sure.”

“There’s no need for sarcasm,” Tenten retorted.

“Then don’t question me. If you want me to explain everything, then I suggest we get moving. I suspect they’ll be sending another patrol to investigate where these two have gone.”

“You seem to know a lot about how they operate,” Neji said suspiciously.

“Fine, stay here. With all due respect, I can handle this mission on my own.” He walked past the group, broke into a run, and jumped into the trees.

“Do you think we should follow him?” Sakura asked.

“We can’t trust him to do this by himself. Until we know more, he is the only person we can trust.”

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Well that’s chapter three. I hope it was to your liking and I hope that you will continue to follow this story. Please review, I’m not asking for much. Anything, tell me if you thought it was the worst you’ve ever seen, but tell me why so I can fix that.