Chapter 20: “DIVERSION!”
The Next Day-
Rafuru was standing on the tallest tower, guarding the Leaf village because of the tower Rafuru's vision could almost cover the entire village but he still had a blind spot and that's when it happened.
Ino Yamanaka rushed into the Hokage's office
"Lord Hokage!"
"What is it Ino? Is something wrong?" asked Naruto.
"An unknown chakra was sensed in the village for a short amount of time."
"What!?" Naruto called Sasuke immediately
"Do you think the enemy has made their move?" asked Naruto
"That could be it. We have to contact the other Kage immediately!"
"Leave that to me." said Shikamaru
"This is bad, where is Rafuru? Wasn't he supposed to be guarding the village?"
Soon after Hiashi also rushed into the office
"Naruto, it is Hanabi. Some guy entered our house, he injected something in Hanabi's neck, when he did that Hanabi fainted and then he kidnapped her! I tried to stop him but it happened so quick that I didn't have time to react. The guy also left a note, I didn't have time to read it so I brought it over to you."
Both Naruto and Sasuke read the note
"He wants Rafuru to go confront him alone. If he didn't come in 1 hour or if any other guy goes to rescue Hanabi, he will kill her." said Naruto
"We have to contact Rafuru quickly!" said Hiashi
"Contact me for what?" Rafuru entered the scene
"The enemy managed to infiltrate the village. Although, it was for 2-3 minutes but he has kidnapped Hanabi and wants you to go protect her."
"He was able to kidnap her? What was this man doing when this happened?!" asked Rafuru who was infuriated when he heard this.
"Listen we still have 1 hour, we should think about it. This could also be a trap." said Shikamaru.
"Fuck all of this! I am going to go save her."
"Stop, wait the village needs you."
"I have to go, I can't waste time!"
Saying this Rafuru left in search of her, in his way he found many tracks that led him to the enemy. When he finally caught up to the enemy he saw a boy sitting on a big rock, when the enemy saw Rafuru he raised his leg and stamped it on Hanabi's face. It was the second time that someone hurt her in front of him, a cold and dark aura surrounded him. "Let her go, if you hurt her I swear I will cut you to pieces and feed them to dogs!"
"Oh is that so? Are you hurt after watching your love getting hurt?"
"Are you the one who was controlling Jigen? What do you want?"
"Even in this situation you want to know my identity, you really are a true Leaf shinobi aren't you? The Swift Assassin Rafuru Uzumaki or should I say 'The boy of the Blue Flames'?"
"That name, how… how do you know it? That name was known to only two people, one being me and the other one was the one who gave me that name. Who are you?"
"I am the son of that other person. You killed him ruthlessly, just to protect this good for nothing village."
"He had a son? Well that doesn't change anything, give her back right now!"
"My father was the only living person who pushed you to your limit, instead of letting him live as you rival you killed him. I am the only person in this world who knows how you killed him, now I am going to use that against you, I will kill you and avenge my father!"
"What do you mean 'letting him live as my rival' are you mad? Seriously do you really think that knowing one of my best jutsu will help you?" when Rafuru finished his sentence the boy vanished in thin air.
"Oh did I forget to mention that I have the Kekkei Genkai of invisibility? One more thing, I can make anything I touch invisible too. Now, you see you can't…"
Just as he was about to finish his sentence Rafuru teleported to a spot and used his chidori. When the chidori hit a spot in the air, Rafuru's hand pierced the boy's chest. The boy who held Hanabi in his hands started losing grip and finally let go of her.
"How… how did you teleport here? You didn't even mark me."
"Did you forget about her? Are you so foolish to think that I will not mark her with my teleportation seal? This is over, I win."
"Even if you did teleport to where I was holding her, how did you manage to get a perfect hit?" saying this he coughed blood.
"Since you are going to die I will let you on a secret, as everyone knows I have a unique Kekkei Genkai 'Energy Release' but no one except your father has seen me use it. I can manipulate and sense energy, when you do some work you require energy and when one uses energy I can sense exactly where he/she is standing."
"You think that… you have won? You are such an idiot… this… was a diversion. The real threat must have already infiltrated the Leaf… I have done my job, I bought as much time as I could, I already knew that I didn't stand a chance against you… but he… he must have already defeated the Hokage and that stupid old man who also has the Rinnegan… you will need some time to return to the village by that time the village will be destroyed. See you in hell Uzumaki Rafuru!" saying this, the boy collapsed.
"What did he mean when he said that Sasuke 'also' has the Rinnegan? Is the threat an Otsutsuki? I don't have time for this, according to this guy he is really strong I have to get to the village."
When he held Hanabi in his arms her consciousness started to return,
"You really came to save me?" when he looked at her, he smiled as if nothing serious had happened and said "Yeah. Let's go back home." After saying that Rafuru instantly teleported at the center of the village. "I was right to mark the center of the village with my teleportation seal."
When he looked around he saw the half of the village destroyed, people killed, when he went to where the battle was still ongoing he found Naruto and Sasuke on the ground as Ino and Sakura were healing them, when he entered the scene everyone saw him as their last hope, Boruto and Sarada were still trying their best to defeat the enemy but weren't able to do much. He then went to where Hinata was, he saw that she was also badly injured he put down Hanabi who was still in his arms. "Is Hima alright?" he asked, she replied "Yes, she is alright and is resting right now." When he heard this he healed Hinata in no time "Look after her mom, promise me that you will not fight. If was to lose you…" Hinata didn't let him finished his sentence "I promise. Please save your father and the people in this village and one more thing, if anything happens to you, you have my word that I will never ever forgive you!" when she finished Rafuru hugged her and went to the battle scene. He looked straight at the enemy, when he was able to see the enemy's face he was shocked "That face, it can't be! You… how are you alive?!"
TO BE CONTINUED
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