Untitled ANBU Mission Story

[jekren]

Note: This is the first story I have ever written that was Naruto based, be gentle please. I have only gotten up to halfway through chapter two so I will update whenever possible.

One

The grunt of a guard could be heard as he kept watch with a partner outside of a large mansion. It was a dark cloudy night, the wind blowing gently, a chilly breeze. “Hold my sword will ya, I have to piss” said the guard with the cross shaped scar over his eye. The guard wandered away from his post at the gate and off into the nearby shrubbery. There was a soft thud, he was unconscious. “You okay Shin?” called out the one man remaining on his post. As he went to step forward he froze in his tracks, he could not move any part of his body. “W-what’s happened to me?” he asked to himself as a large man in a kuma mask charged forward. With one quick swipe he had drawn his Ninjato and removed the guards head. The Kuma inspected his work and made a hand signal towards the bushes before he bent down near the wall. Quickly a man of medium build, sporting an Ookami mask came running from the bush and crouched down as well. They quickly spun and faced each other, grasping each others forearms and making a platform. Once the platform was in place the bush rustled once more, out sprinted a small, lithe woman sporting a Neko mask. As she approached she jumped onto the platform created by the two men, and with one powerful upward push of their arms she was launched into the air and over the fence. As she ascended into the darkness the guard on the other side never saw her, she dropped down, Ninjato ripping through his face and down his front.

The two other ANBU moved quickly to the gate as she unlocked it from the other side. “Nice work” grunted the man in the Ookami mask, his voice deep like a growl. ‘We don’t have time for talk” interjected the man in the kuma mask as the team quickly sprang forward down the path towards the mansion. As they moved the Ookami got the feeling they were being watched, the hairs on the back of his neck standing up. The Ookami made a hand signal to let the others know they were being watched, he pointed to his eyes and made a circular motion with his finger. The Kuma and the Neko nodded to show that they had seen his signal, they proceeded with more caution then they were already using, each one on the look out. As they turned the first bend they were greeted by a man sitting on a stump. His features blended in with the surrounding darkness, all that could be made out was the glow of a cigarette. “So Konoha’s little task force has finally showed up huh?” the man asked casually as he flicked the butt of his cigarette, expelling the ashes onto the ground. As he replaced the cigarette in his mouth the glow of the embers lit up the right side of his face a little. “If you want to get to the boss you know your going to have to fight me right?” he asked as he stood and cracked his neck. “Step aside; we have no need to kill you. We only want HIM…” said the Neko in a threatening tone. She shifted her right hand up over her shoulder and grasped the hilt of her Ninjato, she would be prepared to strike in a moments notice, and she was their fastest. The Ookami followed her lead, crouching low into a defensive stance that looked more like an all fours squat, while at the same time the Kuma moved into the Iron Stance that was made famous by Konoha taijutsu specialists. “So I see you won’t back down, fine have it your way.” Scoffed as he charged forward, kunai in each hand and his large coat blowing behind him. He was fast, too fast for the Kuma and Wolf to track but the Neko had him spot on. When he approached the Ookami and attempted to slash him, she was already in the way to block with her Ninjato.

“So I see your not just low level shinobi. It’s about time they sent something worthy of challenging us, the Tamashii Clan.” He said with a smile. Jumping back he replaced one kunai into his pouch and smirked, “I am Bakura Akihiro, the last thing you will ever see” he said with a wicked as he started to make hand seals. “Now you will witness the jutsu of our clan!” howled Bakura as he finished his hand seal, pressed it to his chest and a Naginata with a glowing blue blade slowly pushed its way out. “Now you will see my true power!” he cried as he charged forward, the ANBU squad completely confused by this jutsu. Bakura closed and started to bring the Naginata down upon the Ookami…

[hayashi]

Nice, keep going. It's pretty good.

[mikoto]

Part Two


The Ookami jumped back swiftly, doing a back hand spring a few times to put good distance between him and the attacker. “Ohoho! So I see we have us a fast one here” cooed Bakura as he spun the Naginata in front of him before slamming its butt onto the ground. As the Ookami watched the enemy angrily a crack suddenly resounded through the battle field, his mask had been cleave in two. “Damn…” thought the Ookami as his features became visible. He had light tan skin, deep brown eyes and short wolf like hair in front of one eye. “Now that you are no loner the Ookami, I would like to know your name kind sir” said Bakura in mock respect. “Tch…the names Maruya Tanzuko, but don’t think your getting away from us alive…” said Maruya as he crouched into an all fours position once more. The Neko and Kuma would have looked back to make sure he was alright but they knew to never take their eyes off of an opponent in battle. “Now lets try this again shall we?” asked Bakura as he charged forward suddenly, aiming towards the Kuma. “So he is taking out the slower ones first…” thought the Neko as she analyzed his strategy. She could not see why he would do this; if he removed her first then surely slower opponents would prove no challenge. The Naginata came towards the Kuma in what seemed in slow motion before its deadly technique came into play. Several after images came into view, blurring where the actual blade itself was. The Kuma gasped, but stood his ground as he tried to decipher the position of the real thing. “Move, now!” shouted the Neko. The Kuma reacted as she spoke; side stepping the weapon just in time to see the real thing crash into the ground and cause three rend marks to stretch back behind where the Kuma once stood, each three feet wide and deep. “That could have ended me!” thought the Kuma as he vanished from where he now stood. Appearing out of thin air he made a spinning kick towards Bakura’s head. At the same time the Neko had sprung forward and made a horizontal slash at his legs with her Ninjato. The only choice for Bakura was an awkward jump that left him on his stomach in the air, vulnerable. This was all part of their basic form of attack; lure the opponent into situations they could not avoid. Maruya sprung forward, jumping and connecting his feet with Bakura’s face in a drop kick. The force from the kick sent him crashing backwards into the wall; a small human indent could be seen. Maruya jumped back onto his feet and crouched back into his favorite stance.

“Hahaha, I underestimated you. It seems your squad dynamics are a lot better then I thought.” Said Bakura slowly as he re evaluated his approach, he would either need to find a way to attack faster or use a henge technique. Two simple tricks like those however would not be enough for Konoha ANBU, he would need to dig down deep, very deep into his clan’s secret techniques and find something that could immobilize one of them. After a moment of deep thought he came up with something, however the ANBU did not just sit and wait for him to implement it. From above came a deep growl as the Kuma came down at him with a knee extended forward. Bakura thought it would be an easy dodge when out of the corner of his eye he caught a quick flash, the Neko was moving in for the kill. As she came in from behind with her Ninjato, Bakura side stepped the knee, kicked the Kuma aside and quickly jumped up to avoid the slash. However he had fallen into their set up once again, out of nowhere Maruya appeared and stuck his Ninjato into Bakura’s side. With a soft landing, Maruya slid back and smirked, that would probably end him soon. Bakura cursed loudly, the pain in his side was immense, only getting worse due to the fact that the Ninjato had been coated in poison.

"Tch, pesky ANBU" said Bakura as he grimaced, the poison rushing through his veins was highly toxic and painful. They all knew he would be dead within the next few minutes, even Bakura seemed quite aware of this. "I guess I have no choice. I have a little going away present prepared for you" said Bakura with a wicked grin, made more threatening by the cackle that followed. His hands became a blur of motion, making hand seals faster then anyone, even the Neko could follow. They had no time to try and stop him, even the Neko was at a lose as he completed the technique with a smirk. "Soul Release: Serpent Shadow Strike" said Bakura as he collapsed to the ground, with the final use of his chakra he died.

The ANBU were on guard, but for moments nothing seemed to be happening. They were about to search the body when the air became a cold, dense fog. "What the...?" they all muttered in unison as a transparent dragon began to take shape. It's eyes glowed a bright azure color, but the real threat was inside. In the dragon it seemed that there was a large compilation of weapons gathered from previous kills. The beast reared, preparing to strike which made the ANBU unit tense as they prepared to dodge. It's first target was the Neko, it struck out with incredible speed which seemed untracable to the human eye but luckily she was able to avoid it without a scratch. The other two were not so lucky, as it approached the Ookami he rolled to the side, being cut but several weapons. As he came out of his roll he noticed that his left arm had been cut up pretty badly. The Kuma also encountered some bad luck, taking several lighter lacerations to the right leg. Luckily they did not have to worry about the attack any longer, it seemed it was meant to strike once and kill. The creature quickly disipated afterwards. "That was close..." said the Kuma as the others nodded their agreement. "We've let this delay us long enough" said Maruya as he began to walk off towards the mansion. The Neko and Kuma quickly scanned the body, finding a set of keys, before following closely behind their companion.

In the dark their journey through the courtyard seemed to go undetected, however they would soon come to an obstacle far more dangerous then their first opponent. As they reached a wide open stretch the ground began to rummble...