Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Secrets ❯ The Secrets written in blood ( Chapter 2 )

 

“Alright Sasuke lets get going,” Kara said as she began running into the dark nothingness of the forest. “I want to beat the assassins on their way here. Bye guys!” Kara called over her shoulder as she ran. Sasuke nodded and waved goodbye to his squad members.

As soon as they were out of ear shot, Sasuke said “Kara, are you sure we will be able to beat all of them on our own?” Even though he didn't show it, deep down, Sasuke was slightly afraid.

“I'm positive we can handle it.” Kara said. “You are your squad's strongest member, right? So if we are careful and play our cards right, I don't think they will stand a chance.” Even though it was dark, Sasuke could see an odd smirk on Kara's face. `She's up to something, and I don't like it,' Sasuke thought.

“Do you even have a plan once we arrive at the hideout? What sort of plan have you come up with?” Sasuke questioned.

Kara chuckled, “You'll see,” she mumbled to herself.

“Did you say something?” Sasuke asked. `She's getting weirder and weirder by the minute.'

Kara spoke louder, so Sasuke could hear. “I said, I thought we could go for the more sneaky approach. If we just bombard the hideout, it could get messy. But I don't know, maybe we could..” Kara's voice trailed off.

Sasuke stopped, slightly panicking. “Kara, don't you think that you should have thought of all this BEFORE we left?”

He stopped, giving Kara a look, “You know, you've been acting very strange since we left the squad.” Suddenly memories of their time with Kara began flooding through his mind. `Could Kara have a tie with the Ninja Assassins?' He wondered, but then quickly shook the thought from his mind. `She couldn't be, no, not Kara. But then again…' Sasuke began to question his own thoughts. They, after all, had just met Kara; she could very well have a few skeletons in her closet.

“We all act strange sometimes, Sasuke.” Kara said sarcastically, “Just some more than others.” She started to walk ahead, motioning towards Sasuke to follow. “Come on, let's go.”

“No,” Sasuke said firmly.

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“I'm bored,” Sakura wined. “Kara better not lay one finger on my Sasuke or I'll pulverize her.”

Naruto chuckled, “I'm sorry to break it to you Sakura, but she is way hotter than you, so you very well might have lost your beloved Sasuke.”

“NARUTO!!” Sakura yelled as she began to chase him around the building. “I'm gonna kill you once I get my hands on you!”

“Stop,” Kakashi said, looking up from his book. “Remember our mission, you two; this is no time for flirting.”

Suddenly there was a rustle in the bushes and everyone became dead silent, no one moved. Sakura shuddered “Uh, Sensei what was that, I don't like the-”

“Shhhhh, Sakura be silent.” Kakashi whispered quietly. “Ready yourselves squad.”

Naruto gulped, `Oh man, what if that is the assassins?' The tension thickened, and everyone became more and more stressed.

Suddenly a fat brown rabbit hopped out of the bushes and Naruto jumped into Sakura's arms. Sakura dropped Naruto, disgusted. “What a loser. Naruto, you're scared of a rabbit?”

“Of coarse not!” Naruto said, trying to act offended, “I was just testing you're reflexes to see if you could handle something like that, as a ninja, we should be ready for anything that is thrown at-”

Naruto was interrupted by a kunai knife thrown at his feet. “Ready for anything you say?” A raspy voice said from the forest, “You certainly don't seem ready.”

Out of the darkness, a scary-looking man stepped forward, he had his headband pulled far forward over his face, and all you could see was his eyes. Even those alone eradicated enough evil to make you want to run away and hide in a corner. “Prepare to die, young ninjas.”

Naruto began to shake uncontrollably his emotions began to spill out of him like a boiling pot of water, “DIE?!?!?!?!” he replied. “Maybe you should prepare to die, because we aint going nowhere.”

The man chuckled, “How can you be so sure? After all, there are three of you and fifty of me.”

“Huh,” Naruto questioned. “I only see one.”

“Naruto,” Sakura choked weakly. “Don't you sense it? You can't feel the amount of chakura coming from that forest?” Naruto looked close at Sakura, and to his surprise, she appeared to be sweating.

Suddenly, about fifty men stepped out of the forest; they all looked equally evil and ready to kill someone. As if in a trance, Naruto reached in his pocket and slowly pulled out a kunai knife. `It's finally time.' he thought.

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“What do you mean no?” Kara said trying her best not to sound annoyed. “You know what's at stake here, Sasuke.”

Sasuke narrowed his eyes at Kara “You're planning something Kara, it's just too specious.”

“What do you mean Sasuke?” Kara questioned and again the same puppy dog like expression spread across her face. “I have only been planning our ambush on the other ninjas. You know that.”

“You may be able to us something dumb like that on Naruto, but it definitely won't work on me,” Sasuke replied. “So cut the crap and come clean.”

Kara looked at the ground, slightly shocked at s Sasuke's blunt response. She decided to give in, but she wasn't going down without a fight. “It appears as though I'm caught,” Kara said, she began to scuffle her foot in the ground innocently. “Whatever shall I do?” She looked at Sasuke with a seductive look in her eyes.

“Why Kara?” Sasuke questioned, “We all trusted you. What are you planning?”

“Well, you'll be dead soon anyway, so I guess there's no harm in telling you.” Kara sighed as if she has given this speech a million times. “I've already told you that I'm a ninja. But I'm a ninja for a different cause, when people need to get rid of things, but don't want to get their hands dirty, they call me and I will take care of it for them. That means I'm an assassin, and I have been following you for quite some time.”

Sasuke was infuriated, “So everything you told us was a lie? Did you kill some innocent family to live in that house? Did you pay that village to keep quite about you staying there? How many people did you have to kill to do all of this?”

“No, not everything I told you was a lie,” Kara chuckled. “My parents really are dead. How do you think I got into this business? And about the village, my boss takes care of that. You're starting to annoy me with all of these questions, so I think I'll just kill you now.”

“Sorry, but I think you will be the one dying tonight,” Sasuke said. He charged at Kara, Kunai Knife in hand. He reached backward, readying himself for a powerful blow, but right when he was about to strike, Kara disappeared.

“You're so slow Sasuke,” Kara voice echoed from amongst the trees. “If you're the strongest in your squad, my men should have no trouble at all eliminating the rest of them.”

She reappeared about two feet in front of Sasuke. `Now's my chance,' he thought. Sasuke began to make rapid hand signs, ready to use one of his best moves. Inhaling deeply, Sasuke breathed out a wave of fire, blowing about twenty feet in front of him and on both sides. When the flames died down, could see Kara still standing there, as if unaffected by his attack.

“Nice try Sasuke,” Kara said sarcastically. “But you'll have to do better than that, to get rid of me.”

After a few hand signs from Kara, Sasuke felt a strange invisible force surround him. It constricted his whole body, like a giant invisible snake, forcing his arms down at his sides. `What is this?' Sasuke thought, `It's like I'm being held down or something.'

Kara chuckled as she walked slowly toward him “You know Sasuke, there are hundreds of pressure points in the human body,” She said in a quiet voice, almost as if she were speaking to herself. “And when they are provoked with just the right amount of pressure, two things will happen.” Kara put one finger on Sasuke's chest and traced an imaginary trail around his shoulders and his back as she spoke, sending chills all throughout Sasuke's body. “Result number one is paraliezation, Result number two is fatality, I think you know what I'm going for here.” Sasuke began to wriggle as Kara plunged her index finger into his temple.

Sasuke fought the urge to black out, but it was to overwhelming and his temple was seething with pain. Inky blackness enshrouded Sasuke's eyes and he blacked out, feeling numb from head to toe. Kara shook her head, then turned on her and ran into the dark.

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“Shadow clone Judsu!” Naruto yelled. Suddenly many copies of Naruto appeared around him, evening out the numbers a bit.

Naruto and his clones ran at the horde of men. Kunai Knives clanged, Shuriken were thrown, and blood splattered; Kakashi and Sakura soon joined in, killing about half of the men, scaring off a few. All of the sudden, a loud whistle-like noise echoed through the forest. “That's the signal, let's get out of here!” One of the men shouted.

“Looks like we did it guys,” Naruto said cheerfully. “Now I wonder where Sasuke and Kara are.”

The squad heard the sound of twigs breaking and saw a long shadow appear from within the forest. A tall person accompanied the shadow, dressed in kimono-like garments; this person was wearing a hood that shrouded her features, as if she keeping a secret from the squad.

“Well hello,” The person said to them casually. “I believe you are my appointment for this evening, and since my men couldn't handle you, I guess I'll have the pleasure of killing you.”

As if unaffected by the person's announcement, Naruto realized something and gasped, “Sakura, where is she?” He then began to scan the vicinity of their area, but saw no sign of Sakura. Then a splash of pink caught Naruto's eye, he ran forward, hoping his eyes were playing tricks on him. As he grew closer, he nearly puked. There was Sakura; she was sprawled out near a tree, kunai and shuriken protruding out from all parts of her body. Blood was trickling from her nose and mouth, her hair was matted and her lips were slightly parted, and her usually perky green eyes were lifeless and cold; she was clearly dead.

“YOU DID THIS!” Naruto shouted at the person, “You killed my friend, I'm gonna make you pay for this!” With trembling hands, Naruto reached in his pocket for a kunai, but was stopped by Kakeshi. “Let me handle this Naruto,” He said firmly.

Kakeshi stepped forward. “I don't know what business you have with my squad.” He said, “But it ends now.” He ran forward, ready to attack, pulling out five Shuriken from his pocket. With incredible force, he heaved the shuriken at the person which made a direct hit. Almost instantly, the person disintegrated, and another one appeared behind Kakeshi.

“Sorry, but you're very slow,” The person said. Cuts began to appear all over Kakashi's body, dripping with ruby red blood. She was moving at a rate so fast around Kakashi, that you could hardly see her. “C'mon” She taunted, “You can do better than that, you are, after all, the almighty Kakashi.”

“Enough,” Kakeshi said. “Playtime is over.” He reached for his headband and lifted it slightly, revealing his left eye, his sharingan. `So it's finally time to use my special Judsu,' the person thought. She began rapid hand sighs, with Kakashi copying her every move. “Poison Wave Judsu,” The person called. “Poison wave Judsu,” Kakashi echoed. Suddenly, a large wave of dark blue smog protruded from the person's hands, and of course, the same from Kakashi's.

Naruto collapsed, `What is this feeling?' He thought, his lungs became constricted and his legs numb. `It's almost like someone's choking me.' When he could finally breathe, Naruto felt a strange rush through his veins, like the blood was flowing to quickly for his veins to handle it. Suddenly, a vein popped on Naruto's arm, then another, then another, when soon he had about five veins squirting blood all over him.

“Sensei, what's happening to me?” Naruto asked, he looked up at his Sensei waiting for his response. But to his terror, his leader was suffering the same fate. `What is going to happen to us?' Naruto thought to himself, he should almost feel the fear emitting from his veins, or maybe it was just the blood.

The person giggled, “I hope you enjoy my special Judsu, let me explain. The blue smog gets in your lungs and stops production, totally shutting them down. Then a little bit later, they turn on; when your heart, who waited so long for your lungs to catch up, makes too much blood, so POP goes your veins!”

“What are you?” Naruto said nervously.

The person laughed at Naruto and replied, “You're worst nightmare.”

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`What is this feeling?' Sasuke thought, “Am I dead?” He opened his eyes and discovered that he was on the ground of the forest. He sat up quickly meeting an awful head rush,and as the pain lingered about his skin he remembered what had happened before he blacked out. He looked around, still slightly dazed, and got to his feet. `I know what has to be done,' he ran through the forest with a vengeance, preparing himself for the worst.

He arrived at the break in the forest, where he would be meeting his opponent. Looking around, he noticed the very bloody Sakura. `She did this, and I'll gonna make her pay,' He thought. As quiet as a mouse, he crept in the bushes and pulled a kunai from his pocket.

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“I don't think you'll be avenging anyone this evening,” She said to Kakashi and in a clean motion; she grabbed a kunai from her pocket and plunged it into his head. Kakashi put his hand over his forehead to cushion the impact, but it didn't help much, she still made a very deep cut. Kakashi stood stone stiff as blood began to flow from his forehead like a river. After a moment of hesitation, Kakashi looked up at the assassin, coming to a conclusion.

“I'm sorry to say this, but you could be wrong Kara,” Kakashi said. He reached up with his free hand and pulled the hood off that was concealing her identity. Naruto practically had a heart attack. “I'm sorry Naruto, but I failed miserably. Fight strong,” Kakashi collapsed at Kara's feet.

“I'M GONNA KILL YOU FOR THAT!!!” Naruto yelled. He thrust four shuriken at Kara, but with a wave of her hand, they back fired on him, stabbing him in the neck, arms, and stomach.

“So, it's all out in the open now,” Kara spit at Naruto. “And I thought I was doing such a great job of hiding it. When did you figure it out?”

A weak Naruto shot her an evil glair, “No, Kara the real question is, Why? Why are you doing this?”

“What would it matter to you,” Kara said. “You're nothing but a job to me anyway and I don't have time for this, so let's just pretend this all never happened and I can kill you and get it over with.”

A moment of silence hung over the forest and a dark figure pounced on Kara. After a moment of struggle, Kara was pined to the ground, with a kunai at her throat, “Oh, no I think you have plenty of time to tell us Kara,” Saskue said triumphantly, “that is if you don't want to die.”

Kara didn't know what to do, `Damnit, I let my guard down, well they want me to talk right? So I'll give em my life story, then when their guard is down, I'll strike.' Kara looked at Saskue, who had a firm grip on her hands and a Kunai pressed hard on her neck. “Aright I'll tell you,” Kara said. “My parents were slaughtered by their comrades, they were betrayed! Before my very eyes, I was only eight years old. So I hid in the forest and was found by a gang of thugs. They were about to kill me until one of them suggested that they should take me to their boss. That was the start of it all. They made me their tool. I kill people for them and they let me live. Got it?”

“So then you did kill Sakura!” Naruto yelled.

“Sorry, I can't take the credit for that one,” Kara said. “One of the thugs must have taken it too far and killed her on accident. But I can take credit for this one.”

Kara leaned forward and bit Sasuke in the arm, a small amount of blood began to pour from the wound. He unconsciously loosend his grip and Kara wiggled one of her arms free. She saw this as her chance and punched Sasuke in the stomach. As he clutched his throbbing gut, she took his Kunai and stabbed it at his neck.

Sasuke inhaled deeply, clutching the deep gash. Blood poured from his neck and on to Kara's face. Kara pushed Sasuke off of her and stood up, brushing the blood from her face.

“My job here is done,” Kara said looking around. “Goodbye, it was nice meeting you all.” She turned to walk away, taking one last look at the ninjas. As she passed Naruto, he grabbed her ankle, “Please Kara, don't do this,” He choked. “Help us; maybe we can help you too.”

“How do you think you can help me,” Kara said wickedly. “I'm a lost cause, there is no use helping me, now be quiet and die peacefully, we all know where you're going.”

Kara turned to walk away, but a rustle in the bushes made her stop. The evil looking man from before stepped out from the bushes. “Kara, boss says you're taking too long, so he sent me to finish off the job,” he said. “I don't know why he even trusted a weakling like you to this job. I would have been better suited for it anyway.”

“No,” Kara said firmly. “This is my job and I intend to finish it myself, now step off.”

The man giggled, “It looked to me like you were going to leave earlier. Have you gotten soft on us Kara?”

“Oh, I'll show you soft,” Kara replied, she reached in her hoister for a shuriken and heaved it at the man.

 

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