A/N: This chapter has a more in depth look at Naruto's new skill! That said, I hope you enjoy one of the longer fight scenes I've been working on. If you have any input on how to make these scenes better in the future, I am open to suggestions!
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Without further interruption, I give Chapter Five of MISSING! Enjoy!
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Chapter Five - Outrage
The 'battlefield' was littered with the bodies of civilians and shinobi alike, all of which showed signs of being executed, with little to no resistance. A majority of the bodies had slashes across their throats, others suffered from stab wounds. The shinobi among the bodies seemed to be killed by suiton jutsu, which is the calling card of Kiri shinobi. Speaking of the Kiri shinobi, they weren't too interested in covering their tracks because Konan had noticed footprints leading away from the area. Before Naruto could stop her Konan ran off in the direction the footprints were heading.
"Shit" Naruto said as he took off after her. Nagato would not forgive him if something happened to Konan whilst on this mission and he definitely did not want to make an enemy out of him.
"Konan-san please wait up!" Naruto said trying to catch up to the fleeing woman.
"This is unforgivable." Konan stated, venom evident in her voice.
"I agree, but we can't just rush into whatever this is. Nagato-san told us not to get involved with the civil war" Naruto said as he ran up to Konan's side.
"We strive to bring peace to the world Naruto." Konan said, surprising Naruto by dropping the honorific. "If we do not do something more innocents will die"
Naruto was really conflicted. He trully did want to help out Kiri, and assist in ending the civil war, as it would be a great step towards peace. However he did not want to abandon his objective. This was his first mission outside of Ame for the Akatsuki, and it would reflect badly on them if they were to go against Nagato's orders. He looked over to Konan. She was still showing signs of anger and sadness, however she was also expressing determination. Deciding that she was going to do this even if Naruto didn't help, he came to his decision.
"Konan-san" Naruto said bringing her attention to him.
"What will you do Naruto?" Konan said as she looked into his eyes.
"We are not fit to bring peace to this world if we stand by idle whilst innocents are being murdered for something they have no control over. Nagato-san may not have wanted us to interfere but I could not allow this to weigh on my conscience. Naruto said, staring back into her eyes.
Konan smiled for the first time since the incident and felt her heart flutter at Naruto's words. He reminds me so much of you Yahiko.. it scares me. The two continued following the footprints and came to the edge of a camp. Sneaking off into the bushes, the two observed the camp.
"It seems that this camp has prisoners left" Naruto said pointing to the middle of the camp where there were three posts sticking up out of the ground, all with a person chained to it. Naruto scowled as he noticed the person on the far right post was a small girl, who couldn't possibly be more than five years old. Naruto felt rage building inside him but forced it down so that he didn't blow his cover to early.
Konan saw this and put a hand on his shoulder, assuring him that she was there with him. Naruto turned to her and nodded looking back at the camp.
"I can sense at least 24 shinobi inside the camp, and judging by their chakra, I'd say at least two thirds of them are chunin level." Konan said, glancing around the camp. "We should try to work our way in, taking out all of the guards from the entrances first, making the escape easier for the captives."
Naruto nodded thinking that it was a solid plan, and with his shadow clones this would be a lot easier. As soon as they were about to put their plan a large man came walking out of one of the tents in the camp walking straight for the posts in the middle of the camp.
The man had a large build, and was wearing ANBU armor with a Kiri ANBU mask over his face. On his back he had two swords wrapped up in bandages. Naruto watched him intently as he strode over to the posts.
"You miserable insects enjoying yourselves?" The man asked the three people chained to the posts. Naruto narrowed his eyes.
"Why are you doing this to us?" The young girl called out to the man.
"Hahahaha, why? Because you filthy insects are tainted." The man said laughing.
"Please let us go!" One of the other captives yelled and the man stopped laughing and walked over to the man. When he reached the man he grabbed the man by his throat and leaned in to look him in the eyes.
"I will let you go over to the other side" The man said as he growled at the captive man. "and to send you off I will prepare the best funeral for you!"
Doing some hand signs, the man created three different holes in the ground. Walking up to the captive in the middle he broke the chains holding him in place. The captive began to squirm and the man picked him up by his throat again.
"It seems that you are eager to participate" He said as he laughed and threw the man in one of the holes. "Now then.. DIE"
Performing more hand signs, the hole the man was in was covered with more earth and then the man crushed the earth splattering the man all over the inside of the hole.
"Now that was a wonderful funeral! Don't you agree little lady?" He said walking up to the small girl and grabbing her by her throat. Naruto couldn't stand by idly anymore and rushed the man and punched him as hard as he could in the face. Dropping the girl, the man flew backwards and cursed. As he brought his eyes up to meet the person who had the audacity to attack him, he noticed that his ANBU mask had cracked and was falling apart.
Naruto stood ten feet away from him in front of the little girl. slitted eyes glowing red, chakra visibly rolling off his body. Konan landed on the ground next to him, breaking the little girl and the other captive off the posts, and shunshining away with both of them. She returned seconds later and began dispatching the other Kiri shinobi in the camp. Naruto and the strange ninja were glaring daggers at one another.
"Who are you?" The man asked Naruto.
"It's rude not to give your name first when asking another for theirs." Naruto said, balling up his fists.
"Hehehe, I like you gaki... My name is Raiga Kurosuki, member of the Seven Swordsman of the Mist" Raiga said bowing to the his new opponent.
"My name is Naruto, and sorry to say, but the feeling is not mutual." Naruto said cracking his knuckles and releasing a large amount of Killing Intent, directing it at Raiga, who flinched slightly. "Anyone who threatens children deserves to suffer in my book."
"Well then, it seems you are strong.. I SHALL GIVE YOU AN EXCELLENT FUNERAL!" Raiga said, unfurling the bandages surrounding the two swords on his back before rushing Naruto head on.
Pulling out a pair of kunai, Naruto parried Raiga's swords, although with the force behind his swings, he couldn't keep doing this for long. Naruto then attempted to kick Raiga, only to be blocked by Raiga. Jumping back, Naruto started quickly doing hand signs.
"Futon: Air bullets!" Naruto shouted as a many bullets of air shot at Raiga with impressive speed and power.
Raiga quickly dodged to the side as to avoid the bullets before channeling lightning through his twin blades. "Raikyu"
A huge ball of lightning started forming in between Raiga's twin blades, before he aimed and sent it flying at Naruto.
Naruto quickly made a slashing motion with his hands as two wind blades flew at Raiga's lightning ball canceling it out, and hitting Raiga's blades as he was thrown back into one of the camp's walls. Feeling the power behind the attack, Raiga smirked while blood poured from his hands, which shook.
"That power.. " Raiga said while smiling like a maniac before launching himself at high speeds towards Naruto, both blades aimed to cut off his arms. "YOU WILL RECIEVE ONLY THE BEST FUNERAL!"
Naruto then back flipped a few times, dodging Raiga and his spastic strikes. Naruto's dodging was upsetting Raiga, and he started swinging faster and more violently than before.
"YOU MAY BE ABLE TO DODGE MY ATTACKS NOW, BUT YOU WILL NEVER ESCAPE THE GRAVE" Raiga shouted sending lightning chakra through his blades, and striking faster. Naruto had to send wind chakra through his kunai just so they wouldn't break, but he knew that the kunai couldn't hold out for long.
'I need to do something to get around those swords of his..' Naruto thought as he continued to dodge Raiga. Looking for an opening in Raiga's attack, Naruto charged a rasengan and pushed it into Raiga's side. The impact caused Raiga to be thrown back across the battlefield, landing on his feet, panting heavily.
'This kid.. If I didn't jump back in time that would have destroyed me.. unfortunately for him he won't get a chance to do that ever again...' Raiga said as he began draw in lighting from above him. Raising his swords in the air once again, he began spinning rapidly in place forming a vortex of wind mixing with the lightning. Smiling like a maniac the wind/lightning vortex formed a Dragon.
'I don't have much time to waste, Konan may have dispatched the other Kiri nin, but with Raiga and I battling with high chakra outputs we've most likely caught some attention.. I am going to have to end this quickly' Naruto thought as he jumped back another ten feet to put more distance between Raiga and himself. 'Kurama, I am going to need to borrow some of your power.'
'Hai, I agree with you. Seems your opponent has excellent stamina to continue to swing those swords of his like he has been.. Here, enjoy' Kurama said laughing maniacally as he cut the link between the two of them.
Naruto smirked and held out his arm in front of him. Forming a normal Rasengan, he placed his left hand on his right arm, and aimed his hand at Raiga. Naruto then started pushing Kurama's chakra into the Rasengan making it grow in size, and the wind started to pick up and was soon blowing violently around his arm before there was a loud bang could be heard and an explosion of air could be seen, originating from Naruto's palm. "Demon art: Rasencannon!"
The vortex surrounding Naruto's arm fired off a large demonic chakra sphere towards Raiga, who at the same time Naruto released his attack had sent his dragon to meet the attack head on. When the two attacks clashed, there was a huge explosion of energy that tore apart the battlefield, completely decimating everything in the blast radius. Naruto, because he had jumped back earlier was not caught in the blast, however Raiga was not so lucky.
Raiga was currently on his knees, arms broken at his sides, having slid back 20 feet after being hit with the attack's shockwave. He was bleeding from cuts all over his body, and was shaking violently. Eyes wide in shock he felt something he hadn't felt ever. Fear.
Naruto, who was showing small signs of chakra exhaustion, looked at the aftermath of his attack on Raiga. Seeing Raiga at his limit on the other side of the field, Naruto started walking over to the man.
Off to the side of the camp-turned-battlefield, Konan and the little girl looked on as Naruto and Raiga fought. Shaking with excitement by Konan's side, the little girl watched on in awe of the blonde shinobi who saved her. Konan glanced down at her and a smile came to her face as she remembered looking much the same when she encountered Jiraiya of the Sannin. As she glanced back up, she saw Naruto walking towards Raiga.
"I hope that you aren't too upset that we had to call it quits early. The chakra output from us both has no doubt caught the attention of others." Naruto said as he reached Raiga, who tried slinking away from the blonde. "Since you seemed to be in charge of this 'camp', you might be able to help me with some information."
"W-what information?" Raiga asked scared for his life.
"Simple. I want to know about the Sanbi." Naruto said smiling like he had not just almost murdered Raiga.
"The S-S-Sanbi?" Raiga asked completely thrown for a loop.
"Hai. I wish to know if the Sanbi is currently with our without a Jinchuriki" Naruto said still smiling.
Raiga was freaking out, he had never been defeated before, and he was certainly not in any position to negotiate terms. His time was running out as Kiri was most definitely sending someone to check out this battle, and if this person didn't kill him whoever Kiri sent will. Sighing in defeat, he spoke.
"As you have defeated me in combat I shall comply and tell you about the Sanbi." Raiga said coughing harshly as he spat up a large amount of blood.
"Great! Tell me what I need to know" Naruto said as he clapped his hands. Raiga, who has come to grips with his fate rolled his eyes.
"T-The Sanbi is currently sealed inside the Mizukage, Yagura." Raiga said as he coughed some more. "You're strong but I am not sure even y-you will be able to handle Yagura."
Naruto's happy expression faded and was replaced with a blank look. Raiga looked at him with fear in his eyes. Naruto then looked down at the ground and noticed Raiga's swords at his feet. Thinking for a moment, Naruto smiled once again and picked up the blades. Raiga's eyes opened wide as he saw the blonde wielding his swords.
"Thank you for the information Raiga Kurosuki. These blades of yours are quite interesting, what can you tell me about them?" Naruto asked examining the blades as he held them in his hands.
"Well, as seeing as the blades have chosen you as their new master I don't see why not." Raiga said closing his eyes in defeat.
"Chosen? What do you mean?" Naruto asked.
"Once the blades chose a master, anyone else who attempts to wield them gets fried by the lightning inside them." Raiga said, breathing getting harder for him."The blades have chosen you as their new master now that you have defeated me."
"Interesting.." Naruto said looking down at the blades. Raiga began to cough really hard and his breathing became really labored.
"T-the blades are called K-Kiba, take care of them." Raiga said as he frowned at Naruto.
"Hai, I will. Now then Raiga, I must be going." Naruto said standing up and connecting the blades at their hilts to form a double sided blade. Spinning it about in his hands he smiled. "Unfortunately for you, you threatened that child over there, as well your men had executed civilians and their children not far from here, and that is unforgivable."
Raiga barely had any time to react as Naruto spun the blade in his hand and thrusted the blade through Raiga's heart. Blood poured from Raiga's mouth as his eyes rolled back into his head. Raiga of the seven swordsmen of the mist was dead.
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Naruto took a deep breath and then looked back over to Konan and the small child who had yet to leave her side. Smiling he walked over to them.
"Hey little girl, are you okay?" Naruto asked sweetly as he sealed away Kiba and got down to her eye level.
"H-hai, t-thank you for saving m-me." The little girl stuttered.
"You're more than welcome. Those people were evil, and we couldn't let anything bad happen to an innocent little girl like you" Naruto said smiling. The little girl began to cry and rushed Naruto and hugged him with everything she had. Naruto looked shocked but quickly hugged the girl back. "It's okay. It's gonna be okay. No one can hurt you now little one."
Konan was looking at Naruto with mixed emotions. She was happy that he could be so kind and caring around those who deserve it, but also ruthless when it came to those on the opposite side of the spectrum. While that made her happy, it also tore her heart to pieces because it is a trait that he shares with Yahiko.
"Naruto-san, I do believe we should be moving onwards. Enemy nin will be ariving soon and we still need to gather information on the Sanbi." Konan said scanning the area once more, noting the destruction Naruto's battle had left.
"Actually, I got Raiga to talk about it, so I have some information for us to follow up on" Naruto said standing back up and the girl who was hugging him looked up at him. Naruto looked back down to her and smiled again. "What should we do with her, Konan-san?"
Konan looked back to the two before sighing. The young girl was going to be a problem.
"What's your name sweetie?" Naruto asked looking down at the little girl.
"M-Miyuki" Miyuki said still with a hopeful look in her eyes. Naruto laughed at that. The small child had snow white hair, and red eyes reminiscent of Kurenai's back in Konoha. She looked to be about five or six years old. While currently upset, she also seemed to have a similar aura of calmness as Haku.
"That's a beautiful name, Miyuki-chan" Naruto exclaimed and the little girl smiled.
Konan also smiled at that, although she was beating herself up about what to do with Miyuki. Sure, they shouldn't take her with them, however she would never just abandon her here. She too was an orphan of war, and after going through the kind of life she did, she would not wish that on a little girl.
"Konan-san, I thin-" Naruto stopped talking as he felt multiple chakra signatures approaching quickly. Turning back into the serious shinobi, he looked at Konan. "Get Miyuki-chan out of here, I'll head them off."
"Naruto-san, you can't hope to just fight all of them and win." Konan said as her heart started racing. 'What? Why can't I calm down?'
Naruto turned back to the two girls and smiled widely before holding his thumb up.
"Don't worry guys, I'll come back in one piece." Naruto said laughing.
Konan looked quite conflicted before having Miyuki climb on her back. She turned and started moving away from where the trio was standing previously to see Naruto's back turned to them. She frowned and leapt into the trees surrounding the field.
Naruto wiped the smile off his face as his face took on an emotionless mask. Not even fifteen seconds after Konan and Miyuki left a group of shinobi landed in the battlefield. Quickly scanning the group he noticed that three of them in particular seemed to have high chakra reserves. One of them had ankle long red hair, and was quite beautiful. Another of them had spikey blue hair, reminiscent of Kakashi with an eye patch over his right eye. The last one of the group had a large bandaged sword on his back and looked to be nervous.
Naruto rubbed the back of his head in mock nervousness before smirking.
"Looks like things are about to get interesting."
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Chapter Five - Outrage END
This has been chapter five of MISSING.
Wow.
I honestly don't know what came over me as I was writing this chapter. I kind of feel like I packed way too much into it, but then again, I also feel like this is the best chapter I've written of MISSING yet to be released.
I'd like to hear your theories for what is going to be occurring in the next chapter! Please add them with any other reviews you may be wanting to post!
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AU/OC by WarrenBeck
Next Chapter: Recall.