Sins of Shadows

"Why make me deliver a damn videotape if I'm supposed to be kidnapping the person who should be watching it?!" Yugao asked and her feet began picking up speed. She charged down one of the corridors and she took a turn down a flight of stairs. However, she cursed when she saw at least twenty armed guards running up the stairs.

"Oh, Anbu-neechan, who said the videotape was for watching?" Naruto asked. Yugao stiffened. Instantly, the building rumbled as a thunderous explosion impacted her ears. The purple-haired Anbu covered the body of her captive. No doubt flames had erupted from his bedroom. He was insane. Uzumaki Naruto had to be the most insane ten-year old she had ever met...unwillingly.

She quickly picked up the owner of the Red Dragon and dashed out one of the open windows which led to the outside unlike the previous one which had led to a lower floor. She jumped out of the building and landed on one of the rooftops. When she turned around, it was as if a sea of flame passed her by. She watched the Red Dragon, one of the most powerful establishments in all of Konoha's underworld...fall to the ground in ruin, killing anyone else trapped inside.

Truth be told, Naruto, watching the scene from Yugao's eyes, was not sure how he felt. This had been his first act of murder. Even now, he could see and hear people screaming as their charred corpses became not but ash.

He had been the instrumental cause of this. He watched people scream as shinobi rushed to the scene. The tower of flame, which once help the seat of pleasure for any and all members underneath its banner, was dying. This was his very first violent act against Konoha.

He could feel Yugao's emotions. She seemed close to tears. He snorted. This was his first time killing. Perhaps he had not done it directly, but it had been him behind it all. He wondered what face he was making right then as he continued to watch. Now, did he feel happy doing this? He did not know for he had never killed before. However, did he feel remorse over their deaths? Absolutely not. In fact…

"You can stop gawking now. We completed our objective! Get out of there," Naruto remarked. Yugao clenched her fists, but she agreed. She shook her head and made of with the owner of the high-quality brothel. She jumped across the rooftops leaving the noise and chaos behind her.

She wondered how many shinobi might lose their lives in the fire rescue. She wondered how many people had already lost their lives. In fact, her thoughts were so clouded that she only barely heard the sound of a kunai landing in front of her. She slowly stopped.

"Halt! Identify yourself! Where are you taking that man?!" An Anbu asked. If Yugao recalled correctly, then he was a newly promoted Anbu members.. She growled, yet she did not speak. She had not been expecting such a fast response. Perhaps she should have considering the fact that she too understood standard Anbu protocol. If she spoke, it would instantly give her away.

"I said identify yourself! Where are you taking this Konoha citizen?!" The anbu asked, much more aggressively this time. Yugao was kind of surprised that the man didn't know it was her by her Anbu mask. Then again, he was new so maybe it wasn't so out of the ordinary. For her sake, and for Hayate's sake, she couldn't speak. She dared not utter a sound. She could also see, just outside her periphery, at least five shinobi appearing over the horizon. No doubt this would draw them as well, if it already hadn't.

"Release him. Hands in the air! What is your code name and identification number?" He asked. Yugao slowly dropped Takamura Shingen on the floor. She then held her hands up. She could feel her heart pounding. She was turning on her own comrades. No, she wasn't turning on them voluntarily. This was all Uzumaki Naruto's fault! He captured her in this sick game of revenge that he had upon the village. Yet, she could feel her life pool burning when she tried to resist the urge to strike.

"I restate, what is your co...de...n-n-n-n-name….guahck!" Time after time, Yugao found tonight to be a time of firsts.

She had kidnapped a Konoha citizen, albeit a sleazy one, and...she had stained her blade with the flesh of a Konoha Anbu. It had happened so fast that she hadn't felt like this since she had partaken in her first kill. The world seemed to be warping around her. She felt almost disillusioned. It was almost as if her entire belief of Konoha had come shattering down. She...had taken the life of a Konoha comrade.

Truth be told, not even Naruto was expecting that. He was going to give her the order to smoke the rooftops which would allow for an easier escape, but then he grinned. So...it looked like someone was starting to learn just as he had learned. Granted this was probably just instinctual reactionary responses, but he had to bet that she had done it to appease him. Do not ask him why, but...her blood told him this was so.

Yugao released a pant. Her mind raced. Mission. She had a mission to do. She had to get moving. She...had to get away from the area. Her legs felt like lead, but they kept moving. She leaned over and picked up her target. "Seize her! Warn the village! Traitor!" She heard. She started behind her and she noticed about five jonin chasing after her. Yugao growled and picked out the smoke bombs from her pocket.

She slammed them on the roof which covered her for the moment. She then flung her body down and landed on the ground. The alarms seemed to be raised for them all. She held onto her captive. She ran through the alleyways of the village, knocking over homeless men and women, kicking out trash bags, and startling nearly every stray cat or dog she came across. Her many years of training were the only thing which kept her from flying into a panic state of where she should be going.

She grabbed a manhole cover and pulled it open. She grabbed her captive and they both entered the sewers. Almost instantly, ten shinobi appeared. "You three go left. Three go right. The four of us are going below. We already have eyes in the sky. Status: Capture, and kill if required. Move!" The leader called. They agreed and went off in their separate directions.

This left the squad of four alone. They pried open the cover and entered the sewers as well.

The purple-haired Anbu released a breath. She grimaced. Carrying around a man larger than her was beginning to weigh on her body. She definitely needed more upper body strength. "Okay, if I can take the passages which lead below then I should be able to come out right above the brat's house. Hopefully I can take a shower," she said. She then began lugging the body with her. It didn't take her long at all to hear four splashes of water from the spot she had just left.

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