Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Hidden Truths ❯ Base Raid Part Two ( Chapter 7 )

Chapter 7: Base Raid Part Two

Everything was going according to plan. Sakura and Kay were fighting off the grunt of the enemy assault and Neji and Shikamaru should be finishing up in the cafeteria and Sasuke should be joining the rest of them in a few moments.

They had just made it up the stairs and had to separate back into their two groups so that Tenten and Kakashi could search the Head’s office for any necessary information while Naruto and Alek cleared out the room ahead.

They walked through the door to find a man tumbling down the stairs that led to the roof followed closely by Sasuke. “What took you so long, I’m getting bored already,” he said in his usual tone.

“Sorry to keep you waiting your Destructiveness, we were held up by unforeseen events.”

“Where are Kakashi and Tenten?” he asked, ignoring Alek’s comment.

“Still in the office, we just got here, but as far as I can see, there’s no one to fight in here.”

“Obviously. Now who’s the genius? They all wanted to help their buddies on the roof. Twenty-two in total, all amateurs.”

“Does that make you feel better, now that you’ve had the chance to do some fighting?”

Sasuke stared through the doorway and towards the office, Kakashi and Tenten’s outline were barely visible through the frosted glass windows. “Not really, I got so bored when I was fighting I was making it into a game, seeing how many I could throw off the edge. I lost count after the guy before this one,” he said pointing to the guard sprawled awkwardly against the wall after his descent down the stairs.

“How many are left on the roof?”

“None,” Sasuke replied dully.

“Ruthless. Little Naruto here had a close encounter. Almost got his head cut clean off,” he made a gesture with his hand slicing his neck in two.

“That wouldn’t have happened if you hadn’t sent me in first!” Naruto shouted. “You said the room was clear.”

“As I remember, I don’t believe I said anything. And besides, if I had gone first, who would have saved me? Surely not you.”

“Could you three be a bit quieter?” Kakashi pleaded. “They’re not supposed to know we’re here, better to surprise them than have them waiting for us at the door.”

“What did you find? Anything useful?”

“Nothing. It’s almost as if they knew we were coming. Is it possible that they had extracted the knowledge of our arrival from your scout?”

Alek looked at him in a funny way, like they weren’t speaking the same language. “Our scouts are trained to never give up information. There is no way they could have gotten that knowledge unless--”

“Unless what?” Kakashi urged.

“Let’s get going. Something isn’t right, and our answers lie in the basement.” he broke into a run and ran around the corner into the next room, a room that, according to the map, was a room filled with traps.

They listened carefully and suddenly heard the sound of something hitting a wall, and then another noise they were unsure of and a loud but muffled crash.

They looked at each other and dashed forward into the room. There were kunai and shuriken all over the place but not a drop of blood, he must have dodged them all. They went into the next room that was also labeled trap on the map but saw that the trap was, well, broken in two. It was a series of sharpened chains but it appeared that they had simply been run through judging by the torn pieces of fabric that were attached to the hanging metal loops.

They ran through this room and came upon another scene of wreckage, a mass of guards lie motionless on the ground. One of them was stuck into the wall which they assumed was what the crashing noise was and went to head down the stairs to the basement but were stopped by Alek, his shirt torn in several places, who pushed past them cursing under his breath.

They followed him and noticed that he was no longer making any attempt at stealth but was instead punching the walls and cursing, muttering something under his breath about a traitor.

They followed him back downstairs and into the courtyard to the opposite wall where he punched the wall so hard it splintered into a large enough hole to walk through.

“Oh hello, Alek,” said a boy sitting on top of a pile of their friends who were bound tightly with ropes. The boy in question was reading a book, the front cover so dull it was unreadable.

Off to the side of the hole stood Kay, breathless to say the least.

This was the cafeteria but all the tables had been pushed off to the side and there was a giant clearing. Mixed in with the tables was a group of bodies that had apparently just been thrown over there like the tables.

“You’re a traitorous bastard, you know that don’t you, Jair?”

The boy shrugged. “It’s a living. Plus I’d do anything to piss you off, it brings such joy to my heart,” Jair replied, smiling at the sheer audacity of that statement. “I got you a present, sorry I didn’t have time to wrap them,” he continued, patting Shikamaru’s head. “Don’t tell me this was the best you could scrounge up? But wait! What’s this? The legendary Sasuke Uchiha, lone survivor of the Uchiha massacre. Tell me, how’s your brother doing? Oh and how could I miss the famous Naruto Uzumaki aka the Nine Tails Demon Fox. What a pleasant surprise to see both of you working together for a common cause.”

“Cut the small talk Jair and put the book away. Fight me, so I can be rid of you.”

Jair smiled again, “You always were underestimating me. Had it not been for your little friend, I would have killed you a long time ago. You have told them, haven’t you?”

“That’s enough, Jair,” Kay cut in.

“Ah, nice to see you here too. You aren’t still married to that husband of yours. He does know about you and Alek doesn’t he?”

“Shut up!”

“Oooh. So defensive. I guess he doesn’t know. And judging by the confused looks on these kids faces, they don’t know either. Tut, tut. A team doesn’t hide secrets from its members. So why don’t I let the cat out of the bag for you, since you seem unable to do it yourself.”

“I said shut up you no good bastard!” Alek yelled.

“Naruto, you know you and Alek are very much alike. You both possess immense strength that comes out when you need it the most, such as protecting those you care for. You know why, don’t you?”

Naruto could feel his muscles tensing up. This guy’s voice was frighteningly calm even when faced with outrageous odds.

“Let me summarize it into one word,” he said, lifting a single finger into the air. “Bijuus. Within you resides the most powerful of them, but there is one who comes very close to beating Kyuubi. And that demon resides within the body of our beloved Alek. The Eight Tailed Tora(Tiger)!”

“I told you to shut up to low-life, and now, you’re going to pay.”

“What’s the big pussycat gonna do?” Jair replied, curling up into a ball and using a mock-scared voice. “Please!” he said in his normal voice, “You’re too pathetic to fight against me, and you can’t even use your precious Kinjutsus, or did you forget I invented that spell? You’re nothing compared to me.”

Alek clenched his fists tightly and his knuckles turned white.

“You’re falling into his trap. He’s using his mind games. Don’t listen to anything he says,” Kay warned him. But he wasn’t listening.

“Fight me then, you coward!” Naruto yelled. “No one talks about my friends like that!”

Jair smiled and replied, “Your friends? Trust me, Alek is the worst friend on the planet. Not to mention you wouldn’t be able to beat me if your life depended on it. But then again, it’s my job to kill you all, nothing personal, just orders from Drake himself.”

“You will not touch them!” Kay decreed.

“And you’re going to stop me? You and your little boyfriend are powerless against me. But just for the sake of elongating your pain, I’ll leave you for last so you get to watch me snap their necks.

“Nice try Shikamaru, your Shadow Mimic technique won’t work on me. I’m sure you know why that is, don’t you? Or do you not know the limitations of your own technique? Let me tell you why, your technique only works on those whose chakra level is less than three times your own, and as I’m sure your aware that the person has to have a shadow. Seeing how I defeat both of those requirements, your technique is useless.”

They all looked down at the floor, but as Jair had said, his body cast no shadow.

Jair had turned away to look at Shikamaru and Naruto took this opportunity for what it was worth. He dashed towards Jair, prepared for just about anything. But as it often happens, the bad guy does the least expected thing; he lets Naruto hit him hard in the face.

Slightly shock at this strange behavior, he stared dumbfounded at his opponent who remained unmoved in any way. His eyes were still staring at Shikamaru like Naruto wasn’t even there.

After a few long seconds of silence, he spoke, “You know, it is common courtesy to wait until someone is ready to fight before you attack them. I know that isn’t what they teach you at the academy, but in the real world, those who show respect towards their enemy often die less painfully. But then again, you shouldn’t have attacked at all. What made you think you could hurt me if all four of your friends together couldn’t scratch me?”

“Because you hurt my friends, and I don’t like it when people do that. Now get off them.”

“Naruto back down,” Kay pleaded. “You’re no match for him.”

“Shut up!” he yelled, and he raised his hand. “You may not know, but I swore an oath of pain on this hand. I promised myself that I would never back down ever again. So far, I haven’t, and I’m not about to start now.”

“A very honorable thing to do,” Jair commented, “But also very foolish. For that oath you swore, will now be your downfall.”

“I’d rather die trying to save my friends than live fighting against them. What kind of life is that? Fighting the ones you care about the most. Those who choose that path are the ones that die lonely.” He turned to look at Sasuke but his gaze was not met.

“I don’t care about anyone else; I only care about me and whether or not I get paid. But it was an interesting little speech. It’s too bad I’m going to have to cut it short.” He faded from view and Naruto heard someone yelling, “Behind you!”

But it was too late; Jair had raised his arm across his face and brought it down with tremendous strength into the back of Naruto’s head. He flew across the room and skidded to a halt near the wall.

“He should be out for a while,” Jair predicted. But a few seconds later, Naruto moved. He moved slowly at first, getting his arms at his side to push himself up. “You really are as persistent as I’m told. You never know when to give up do you?”

He didn’t answer but struggled to his feet, shaking on the way up. “I told you,” he finally said, “I don’t give up.” He turned to face Jair, a determined look passed through his face and he charged.

“Foolish child.” Naruto swung his fist at him and felt the impact, but not even a flinch. He stood there motionless, his fist upon Jair’s chest.

Jair frown and said, “Is this all the great Naruto can muster? A single punch? I guess all your opponents were weaklings too. Your reputation is a bit ahead of you. I would have expected more from you especially considering you saved an entire village from being destroyed by the all-powerful Sasuke. I guess it was all luck.”

Naruto became enraged and began punching Jair repeatedly, each hit harder than the previous, but not even a flinch was gained.

“You might want to take your own life; it’ll be a lot less painful. After all, you’re all going to die in the end. You, Kakashi, Sasuke, Sakura.” each one of them flinched at the mention of their name as if it was something cursed. “They’re all going to die,” he finished slowly. “But I’ll make sure you get to watch them all die, everyone in this room from the Konoha. I’ll kill Kakashi first, then I’ll slit Sasuke’s neck. Then I’ll snap Neji’s neck and shove a kunai through Shikamaru’s head. Then I’ll break Tenten’s back. But I’m going to have fun with Sakura.” He smiled wickedly. “Oh it should be interesting. I think I might actually save you for last just so you can watch me torture her.”

“If you lay a finger on my friends, I’ll kill you!”

Naruto’s rage was becoming uncontrollable. He could feel strength surging through his body, like when he had fought Sasuke for the fate of the village, only stronger. He could feel his teeth sharpening in his mouth and could see the red chakra enclosing his body, it was a deeper shade though, almost like blood, but he didn’t think it was. He could feel the fox’s chakra wrapping itself around him, giving him an artificial tail and long ears.

He attacked, his feet sliding along the wood floor like he had done against Sasuke in the lake, the wood tore up behind him, trying to keep up with his speed. He thrust his fist out at Jair and hit him had in the stomach.

Jair keeled over and Naruto took another swing at him this time with his foot, but was stopped by Jair’s hand clasped around his foot.

“That was quite a hit,” he admitted. “But you aren’t putting enough umph in your hits. And if you manage to survive this, I would recommend you always use the Kyuubi’s chakra, it makes it harder to detect the change. And you might want to try and hit harder, because I won’t let you get away with a hit like that again.” He punched Naruto in the chest and watched him skid backwards.

Naruto charged again but his attack missed. He regained his composure and turned around, making a T with his fingers. “Kage bushin no jutsu!” he yelled and instantly several clones appeared out of thin air.

There was no red chakra covering the real Naruto’s body anymore.

“Very impressive, but judging by how few you can produce, I think you’re still a bit too weak for my taste.”

“You haven’t seen half of what I can do.”

“Oh yeah? Show me then. Bring it on fox boy.”

Naruto and his clones surrounded Jair. They began running around in circles so he couldn’t tell one from the other and as they came to a halt, Jair smiled and began laughing.

“What’s so funny?” they asked in unison.

“You seem to have forgotten what I said about your chakra being different. Even if you aren’t glowing, I can still see the color of your chakra; it’s a little ability of mine, not much different from Neji’s Byakugan only it’s always on.” He turned around slowly and faced one of the Narutos. “You’re too easy.”

The Naruto smiled, “Well I guess there’s no point in these clones then,” he replied. “It was worth a try.” He stopped talking and they all disappeared, leaving Jair surrounded by nothing but smoke.

“Where’d he go?”

“Right here!” Naruto yelled as his hand crashed through the flooring and grabbed at Jair’s ankle. The rest of Naruto’s body crashed through the wooden flooring and heaved Jair up into the air, then brought him down hard onto the floor. The wood broke beneath his body and revealed the dirt beneath it.

Naruto grabbed at Jair’s shirt with both hands and flung him into the air. He watched as he hit the ceiling and fell back down to the ground only to have Naruto stop him midair with a punch. His jaw dropped and he spit up some blood.

“Now who’s weak?” Naruto asked in a dark voice. He wasted no time in throwing Jair into the air again and kicking him against the wall where he slumped to the ground.

Naruto began walking towards him but Jair held a hand up to stop him. “It’s over. I realize that now. I shouldn’t have underestimated you, and I was a fool not to see that. But I am unfortunately left with only two options, to die at your hands, or to run away.”

“You had another option.”

“No. It wasn’t meant that I should join your team. I have betrayed my team and my country. I have placed this mission on the line for nothing. Somehow, I knew in the back of my mind, that it would be this way, dying without honor, without dignity. I am pathetic and I don’t deserve to live.

“I am not fit to be on any team. It is my duty, or it should be my duty to protect the wellbeing of all people, and in that I have failed. I will see to it that I cause no further harm to anyone of this world.” He reached into one of his pouches and pulled out a kunai. “This is the end for me, the last time you should need to look upon my shameful face.” And with that, he raised the kunai and brought it down into his chest.

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Okay, that’s the end of chapter 7. I hope you all liked it, so talk to me about it.