Chapter 324: Side Arc Part-3: Tonika Village
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Whoosh… whoosh…
The Konoha groups flicker through the forest as they arrive at the outskirts of Land of Fire.
"Ah, man! I am so excited about this mission. It has been forever since I last did a mission, Dattebyo!"
Naruto pumps his fist.
"We did our last mission two weeks ago!" Sasuke rolls his eyes.
"Really?! Two weeks feels like ages. But what's with these other teams tagging along with us!"
He points towards the rest of the squads following them.
Eh… Hehe…
Tenten and Ino's faces twitch slightly.
"Oi Naruto! Don't drag us down on this mission!" Kiba growls at him.
Woof…
Akamaru also barks in agreement.
"Huh?! Kiba, you are still salty about your loss during chunnin exams aren't you?" Naruto has an evil smile on his face.
"You want a piece of me, Naruto?" Veins pop on Kiba's forehead as Naruto's words piss him.
"You want a beating, Kiba?! My hands are getting itchy." Naruto cracks his knuckles.
"What a drag?!" Shikamaru stares at Naruto and Kiba's antics.
"Give me a break already. I just want to return home and sleep under the tree in my yard! Yawn…"
Eh… Hehe…
Asuma's face twitches at Shikamaru's remarks.
Sigh…
He sighs to himself.
"If only you were a little less lazy."
Woof… woof…
"Bring it on!" Kiba cracks his knuckles.
"Akamaru and I have developed a new technique. We will beat you to a pulp. Right Akamaru?!"
Woof…
"Pipe down a little, NARUTO!" Sakura yells at him.
AH!
The group tones down by Sakura's banshee-like scream.
Aww… Oww…
Shikamaru inserts his fingers in his ears to block the scream.
"Any more, and I am afraid blood will leak from my ears."
Pfft… Haha…
Ino bursts out in laughter.
"Sakura! All the nutrition from your diet goes to your big forehead and your vocal cords. There is nothing left for your chest." She crosses her arms around her chest as her breasts jiggle slightly.
AH…
Sakura lowers her head and stares at her flat chest.
Pfft… Haha…
Naruto bursts out in a peal of laughter.
"NARUTO!!"
Sakura glares at him with hatred.
Hinata lowers her head and cups her breasts in her arms.
"Will Naruto-kun like my size?" Hinata mutters to herself.
"…"
Kurenai turns speechless.
Ahem…
Kakashi clears his throat.
"We are about to cross the border of Land of Fire and reach the desert. So, stay on guard, everyone!" He warns them.
"Yes! Finally, it's time! I am tired of this long journey." Naruto grumbles.
"It's not something to rejoice over!" Kakashi turns to him.
"The situation is quite grave! An entire patrol team of three jounins, ten chunnins, and another squad of elite anbus was wiped in the battle. They didn't even get a chance to retaliate before they were annihilated by enemies."
Kakashi informs the Konoha 12 group.
"Huh?! Are you serious?!"
Naruto's eyes widen in surprise.
Mm…
Kakashi nods his head.
"It's part of the reason there are more people this time. With me, Guy, Asuma, and Kurenai; there are four jounins, and counting you all we have twelve chunnins."
Whoosh… whoosh…
The group flickers through the desert.
Kakashi takes out a scroll from his pocket. There is a map on the scroll.
"The HOLE is hidden from the rest of the world. You need special maps to locate it."
Kakashi leads the way as the group continues for another hour.
"We are finally here!"
Kakashi stops at a large dune.
Hmm…
Sasuke and Neji sense something odd in their surroundings.
"Sharingan!"
"Byakugan!"
They activate their respective Dojutsu and inspect the area.
"There is a wide-scale genjutsu cast in this area."
Both of them notice the odd flow of the chakra.
"Correct!" Kakashi nods his head.
Swish… swish…
He makes some hand signs and slams his palm on the ground.
Shoom…
The genjutsu around them dispels to reveal a passage.
"Let's go!"
Whoosh… whoosh…
The group flickers through the passage.
"Neji! Hinata! Keep an eye on the surroundings. We don't know the situation of the village. The enemies might be still hiding in the shadows!" Kakashi warns them.
"Yes, Sensei!"
Neji and Hinata maintain surveillance with their Byakugan and relay the situation to the group.
The group arrives in front of the village.
"Form a team of two and look for clues!"
Kakashi instructs them.
Whoosh… whoosh…
Ino and Sakura flicker in front of Sasuke.
"Sasuke-kun! Team up with me!" Both of them ask him in unison.
"Hey, you! Ino-pig! Team with your squad. Don't steal my Sasuke." Sakura glares at Ino.
"Shut up! Billboard brow! You are always sticking up with Sasuke. At least, let me pair with him for now." Ino banters with her.
"Naruto! Let's go!" Sasuke ignores them and walks away with Naruto.
"Let's go! Dattebyo!"
Naruto and Sasuke walk away.
Ah…
Sakura and Ino stare at their back with blank faces.
"Shikamaru, let's go!" Choji drags Shikamaru away.
Kiba pairs up with Shino.
Neji walks away with Hinata.
Lee and Tenten dashes in another direction.
Asuma and Kurenai pair up with each other.
Only Kakashi, Guy, Sakura, and Ino are left behind.
"Guess it's us four then!" Kakashi scratches his head.
Ino and Sakura begrudgingly pair up with each other.
Naruto and Sasuke walk deeper into the village.
"Everything is razed to the ground…"
Sasuke inspects the burnt pieces of wood splintered all over the place.
"I wonder what kind of jutsu did this?" Naruto looks around. He picks up a burnt piece of paper with a painting on it. The painting crumbles into ashes.
Hmm…
Sasuke raises his head and stares towards a house.
Whoosh…
He flickers towards the house.
"Sasuke! What happened?"
Whoosh…
Naruto follows him.
"Naruto! Use your wind release to gently lift this rubble." Sasuke turns to Naruto.
"Why? What's in there?" Naruto asks in curiosity.
"Just do what I say!"
"Fine! I will do it!"
Swish… swish…
Naruto makes some hand signs.
"Wind Style: Sweeping Vortex"
He slowly exhales a large amount of air beneath the rubble. The air forms a vortex and lifts the rubble.
Bang…
Naruto sweeps away the rubble in another direction.
Swish…
Sasuke draws his katana and slashes at the floor.
Kacha… Kacha…
The floor splits into pieces to reveal a trapdoor.
"Someone is down there! Earlier I heard some movements here." Sasuke warns Naruto.
Shiing…
He activates his Sharingan and holds his katana.
"Nah! Everything is fine! Watch me."
Naruto takes the lead and enters the trap door.
"DIE!"
A cold glistening blade aims for Naruto's head.
Swoosh…
Naruto pinches the blade in between his fingers.
"What's the big deal?"
"Eat this!"
The assailant throws a red powder on Naruto's face.
Aww… Ouch… oww…
"It burns! My eyes!"
Naruto hurriedly dashes out of the trapdoor.
"I see!"
Sasuke sheathes his katana and speaks softly.
"Don't worry! We aren't here to harm you."
"Liars!"
A childish voice sounds in his ears.
"It's true! We are shinobis from Konoha. We are here to help you!"
"Really?!"
"Yes!"
A small head peeps out of the trapdoor. It warily stares at Sasuke and notices the leaf headband on his forehead.
"You really are a shinobi of Konoha!"
The child lowers her guard and walks out of the trapdoor.
"It's a girl!" Sasuke stares at the child.
The girl has dark eyes and short, chin-length dark brown hair.
Growl…
Her stomach growls in hunger.
"I am hungry for the past five days. Sob…"
Tears flow from her eyes.
"Here!" Sasuke takes out candy from his storage and passes it to the girl.
'Thankfully, I always have candies and popcorns in my storage. Ayaka likes them a lot.'
"Haaah… what a relief?" Naruto arrives before them. His face is drenched in water.
"What was that for?" He turns to the girl.
"I am sorry!" The girl weakly nibbles on the candy.
"I thought you were demons. Waah…"
The girl bursts up in tears.
"Those demons they ate Uncle Takashi. Waah…"
Tears flow through her eyes and her body shivers in fear. She fearfully hugs her body.
"Demons?!" Sasuke's eyes narrow at this word.
"DEMONS?!" Naruto's legs tremble in fear.
"I hate scary things like that!"
Sasuke passes another candy to the girl to calm her down.
"What's your name?"
Sob…
The girl wipes her tears and replies.
"My name is Sora. I am an orphan and Uncle Takashi took care of me. He hid me in the secret door when demons attacked the village. Uncle Takashi… he…"
The girls tear up again.
"Calm down! Calm down! Little girl!" Naruto tries to appease the girl.
Hmm…
"Demons?! Where have I heard about them?" Sasuke ponders as the name sounds familiar to him.
Eiyaah… Aiyaah…
Two shrill screams enter their ears.
"That's Sakura-chan and Ino-Chan's screams." Naruto recognizes the screams.
"Let's go! They must be in danger."
Naruto picks up the girl and both of them flicker towards the scream.
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Whoosh…
The Sky ship arrives in the airspace of Land of the Sky.
"So, this is the Land of the Sky."
The trio of Ayaka, Hanabi, and Yakumo peeks through the window.
"It's time for us to bail out of this ship. If we go any deeper, then we will be stuck in enemy's turf."
Ayaka reminds them.
"Alright!"
The girls tie the winged mechanical flying device around their bodies. They sneak towards the aircraft catapult to get an initial thrust for their flight.
"Will this thing even fly?" Yakumo asks in hesitation.
"Not unless we try it!" Ayaka rolls her eyes.
The girls position themselves on the take-off system.
"Ready, set, go!"
Swish…
Ayaka throws a shuriken towards the launch mechanism to activate it.
Whiz… whiz… whiz…
With an initial burst of thrust, the girls take off from the ship.
Fwoosh…
The girls undo their transformation jutsu and soar into the sky.
Clang… clang… clang…
They remove and drop the armor worn by the Sky shinobis.
"That was very suffocating. Even moving and breathing was hard with that armor."
Hanabi takes a deep breath and gazes at the vast expanse of land beneath her.
On the dock of the ship,
Hmm…
The captain raises his head and turns towards the direction of the take-off system.
"I never issued any order for any take-off. So, what's going on?"
He takes out a telescope from his pocket and focuses it on the girls.
"Huh?! Intruders!"
The captain's expression turns ugly.
He immediately presses the emergency button installed on the dock.
"A group of intruders just escaped from the ship. Stop them as soon as possible!"
The captain yells his lungs out at his subordinates.
"Damn! A bunch of useless idiots."
He clenches his fists in anger and slams them on the safety grill.
"I already failed to complete the objective at the Benisu Island. If even these intruders also escape from my grasp, then the commander will probably skin me alive and feed that monster!"
Brr…
A shiver runs down his spine.
"Dammit! Hurry up, you idiots!"
Whoosh… whoosh…
Multiple sky ninjas take off from the ship and follow Team three's trail.
Whoosh…
The girls continue to lower their altitude to search for a safe spot for landing.
Hmm…
Hanabi feels a gaze focused on her back.
Swish… swish…
She makes some hand seals.
"Byakugan!"
Hanabi activates her Byakugan and inspects her surroundings.
"It's bad! The enemy is on our trail!"
She warns the others.
"What?! They caught on to us!" The girls panic at the revelation.
Ayaka lifts her head and stares at the giant sky ship in the air.
"We are already a considerable distance from the ship. I think it's about time we blow it up to buy us some time and safely escape from their pursuit."
Swish… swish…
She makes some hand signs and yells.
"Explode!"
Swoosh…
A gust of breeze passes by, making their hair flutter in the process.
"Ah!"
Ayaka's expression freezes. She blankly stares at the sky ship.
"Explode!"
She makes more hand signs, but nothing happens.
"It's not working! Why those paper bombs are not exploding? Did Kushina Nee-san give me duds? NO!"
Swish… swish… swish…
The sky shinobis aim their kunai launchers towards the trio and launch a barrage of kunais at the girls.
Haah…
"Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm"
Hanabi thrusts her palm in mid-air and releases a wave of vacuum shell at the incoming kunais.
Clang…
The vacuum palm deflects the kunais, but the recoil of the jutsu breaks the wing of her flying device. Unable to maintain her altitude, she falls free from the sky.
"HANABI!"
Whoosh…
Ayaka and Yakumo dive and grabs Hanabi's arms.
Swish… swish…
Another barrage of kunais attacks them. The kunais land on the flying devices and damage their wings.
Whoosh…
Having lost their ability to fly, the girls descend towards the ground.
AAHH…
The girls scream in fear and quickly remove the flying devices to lower the weight. While mid-air, they grab each other's arms and dives into the forest right below them.
Whoosh… whoosh… whoosh…
The girls fall freely through the forest. They quickly accelerate towards the solid ground.
Gulp…
Hanabi gulps a mouthful of saliva.
AAH…
"Ayaka-chan! Yakumo-chan! It was a fun time with you two, but it's about time we say farewell!"
Hanabi and Yakumo close their eyes in fear as death appears in their vision. They tightly hug Ayaka's body.
HAAH…
Ayaka takes a deep breath and infuses a large amount of wind chakra into her mouth.
"Wind Style: Great Wind Twister"
She exhales a giant vortex of wind from her mouth. The vortex of wind slams into the ground and creates a windstorm in the area. This creates an upward current of air which greatly reduces the speed of their descent.
Bang… Bang… Bang…
The girls fall to the ground.
"AH!"
Hanabi and Yakumo slowly open their eyes and looks around.
"We are alive! We are alive!"
They cheer with happiness and embrace each other.
"You two shut up and get off me!"
An angry voice falls in Hanabi's and Yakumo's ears.
"Ayaka, where are you?!"
They look around in puzzlement.
"I am right below you! NOW GET OFF ME!"
Ayaka yells at them in anger.
Oops…
Both of them hurriedly get off.
"Ayaka-chan! Are you alright?!"
They hurriedly support Ayaka and lays her against a tree.
"Huff… Huff… Do I look alright to you?"
Ayaka points towards her tattered clothes. She breathes heavily and rests against the tree.
"Somehow, we survived the fall. If not for my wind jutsu, I am afraid all of us would be a meat paste by now!"
Swish…
Ayaka takes out a water bottle from her storage and chugs it down. She passes it to Hanabi and Yakumo.
Gulp… Gulp…
The girls chug down the water.
Ah…
"This water is so amazing!"
They stare at the water bottle with surprise as the water hastens their recovery.
"What's so amazing about it? I drink it almost every day."
Ayaka rolls her eyes.
"Nii-san told me that this water is from some Shikkotetstu Forest… Ah, mo! I can't remember the name."
She shakes her head.
"Anyway! We should be moving now! The enemies are already on our trail!"
Ayaka raises her head and notices a group of Sky shinobis flying through the sky.
"Quick!"
Whoosh…
Ayaka grabs Hanabi's and Yakumo's arms and dives into a nearby shrub.
A few seconds later,
Swoosh… swoosh…
A few skies shinobis land near the crater created by Ayaka's jutsu.
Hmm…
One of them bends down and inspects the crater.
"They haven't gone too far. We must capture them at all cost."
He turns towards the rest of the shy shinobis and waves his hand to disperse them.
Haaah…
Other sky shinobis disperse in the surrounding area. The first sky shinobis slowly stand up from the crater and stare at the nearby bush.
Ah!
'I think I felt Nii-sama's presence through our connection just now! But for now, I must get away from this place.'
Ayaka warily stares into her surroundings.
'It must be my imagination!'
His lips curve into a smile as he flickers in the other direction.
Phew…
Ayaka and other heaves a sigh in relief.
"That was close! We should keep moving."
Swoosh… swoosh…
The trio of girls continues to walk deeper into the forest.
Swoosh…
On a nearby tree branch,
Haaah…
Izuna dispels his transformation and stares at their back.
"That was a close call! This girl almost caught me. Thankfully, I could avert her attention through my Mangekyo Sharingan ability.
Well! I feel like scum by doing this to her. But I have no choice. I have to let her overcome the hardships of a shinobi on her own. I won't be able to shelter her for my entire life, even though I want to. Damn! How can I be so cruel to my cute angel?"
Izuna clutches his fist as a stream of tears rolls down his eyes.
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