Chapter 31

Last Time:

"Operation is a go. Everyone in position, move in and take care of objectives."

Now:

~ With Yugito and Cat ~

Yugito quietly took a kunai out from her sleeve and held it in a reverse grip as she made her way down the small corridor. Despite the fact that the armory had few guards, they all carried themselves like highly skilled operatives. Cat followed behind her holding the flashlight at waist level. "Cat-san, any ideas?" Yugito asked as they approached a wall that split into opposite ends. "Well, these bases usually have a large storage depot inside for weapons, and an outside one for bigger weapons." Cat muttered.

"Is there an office or something where they keep inventory?" Yugito asked as she looked past a corner to see two guards headed their way. "There's just the guard station and the check out desks where weapons are assigned." Cat muttered as she saw the two incoming guards. Yugito turned to face Cat. "I'll take the one on the right and kill him. When the one on the left attacks, you slam him into the wall and disable him." Yugito said in a quiet tone. It was times like this that the third Raikage's training paid off.

Cat nodded and watched as the two guards approached the corner. As soon as the guards' hand was visible, Yugito grabbed it and pulled it backwards, using the sharp edge on the corner as a lever and pulling the arm out of the socket. She then jammed her Kunai through the guard's throat, killing him instantly. She turned to see the other guard standing over her ready to strike, only for him to be grabbed by the back of the head and slammed head first into the wall by cat

Yugito quickly stood up and looked at the guard. She flashed her Kunai and spoke "Where is the guard's room and the check out desk?" she demanded. "Like I'm telling you anything, bitch!" The guard muttered and spat in her face. Yugito smirked as she wiped the blood from her face. She quickly put her hand over the guards' mouth and jammed the kunai into his chest, cutting through his outer layer of skin. The man tried to scream, but was muffled by Yugito's hand.

Yugito finished cutting the square into the man's chest. "I'll ask you again, where is the guard's office and the check out desk?" She demanded. "Go to hell bitch!" The guard said with venom in his voice. "Wrong answer.." Yugito replied as she grabbed a corner of the square of skin she had carved into the man's chest. With a strong pull, the skin peeled off like a band-aid. The man began to scream louder as blood started to pool at his wound and drip onto his friends' corpse, but no one heard him.

"Where is it!" Yugito demanded/ "I…will not…sell out my comrades!" He replied. Yugito pulled out a small bottle of salt and poured it into the man's open wound, making him spasm uncontrollably from the pain. "Now, if you don't talk.." Yugito warned, only for the man to finally cave. "Alright! Alright, The guard's station is to the left, check out desk to the right, and in there is a door that leads to the current armory!" He whimpered. "Please, make the pain stop!" The man pleaded. Cat nodded and grabbed the man's head and pulled, snapping it.

Yugito and Cat stashed the bodies into a nearby Janitor's closet and left the door half open. Before they left, Yugito took out a small bottle of sulfur and spread it over the bodies and the entrance of the hallway. "Why are you doing that?" Cat asked as she watched Yugito reach behind the door and place something. "A little insurance." Yugito said and they took off to the guard's quarters. Yugito quietly peeked over to see three ninja standing guard in a small room.

"Any ideas, Yugito-san?" Cat asked as she saw the numbers. "Just one." Yugito replied. "You tree climb your way to the ceiling and wait for my signal. When you hear a sound, at least two of them should leave to check it out. The third guard will wait inside. You quietly sneak in and take care of him while I take care of the other two." Yugito finished. Cat nodded and walked up the wall using the least amount of chakra possible. Yugito went to the split in the hallway and dropped her flashlight, making a loud 'Thunk' sound.

~ With the guards ~

"I'm telling you, Itsuko, that little demon is unstoppable." One of them said. "And I'm sure it has to have some weakness, Nanako!" The other one shot back. "Nasashi, back me up here." Nanako asked his brother. "You two leave me out of this and keep it down, we're supposed to be guarding this place." Nasashi shot back. "From what? Nothing ever happens here.." Itsuko replied. However, a faint sound of something hitting the floor drifted into the office. "What the hell?" Nasashi asked as he looked down the dark hall.

"Who'd be stupid enough to break into the armory?" Itsuko demanded as he grabbed a small battle fan and some kunai. "I don't know. You two go check it out and I'll call it in." Nasashi replied. Itsuko and Nanako nodded and ran out of the guard's office. Cat slowed her breathing down and watched as the two men ran out of the guardroom. She quietly dropped down at the entrance and looked around. Nasashi was making his way towards the silent alarm.

Cat swiftly moved behind him and rammed her kunai into the back of his neck, completely piercing the neck and exiting through the jugular. Cat grabbed the man's mouth to muffle the gurgling sounds as he fell to the floor, dead. ' I hope Yugito has the same luck I had.' Cat thought as she began looking for the inventory list.

~ With Yugito ~

"Damn it, what the hell is this?" Itsuko demanded. "I have no idea. Just keep calm and keep looking." Nanako told his comrade as he flashed the flashlight down the empty hallway. "What's that?" Nanako asked as he shone the light onto a flashlight on the floor. "I don't know.." Itsuko replied as he went to check it out. They both stood over the flashlight looking around but found nothing. "Where is .." Itsuko asked.

~ Yugito ~

"See kitten?" Nibi mentally asked, "Yea, you were right Nibi.." Yugito replied with an internal sigh. "People really don't look upwards as often as they should." With that, Yugito severed the mental connection and dropped down. She positioned a kunai in a downward position over a guard as she fell and when she was close enough, stabbed downwards. The Kunai pierced the guard's skull, killing him instantly and making him fall to the ground.

The other guard quickly heard this and turned to see Yugito standing over his friend. Yugito quickly twirled the kunai in her hand and placed it between her middle and index finger when she formed a fist. The guard quickly went into an attack position and threw a wide left hook, only for Yugito to duck under it and retaliate with a jab to his midsection. The Kunai placed between her fingers quickly pierced skin and liver, leaving the man to yell in pain.

Before he could get a word out, Yugito covered his mouth with her hand and rammed a kunai through his throat, ending the guard's life. She quickly stashed them into the bathroom in the hallway and left them in a stall, the blood pooling in the toilet seat. She then made sure there were no visible traces of blood or signs of a struggle and headed towards the Guards' room.

~ Guard's Room ~

Yugito arrived to see Cat there searching through various papers. "How's the search going Cat-san?" Yugito asked. "There's nothing in this office. Either they were extremely cautious or they have the list at the check out desk." Cat replied as she searched through a filing cabinet. "Then let's go check it out." Yugito replied as she hid Nasashi's body behind a desk. After she made sure no blood was visible, She and Cat headed to the Check out desk and the entrance to the armory.

~ Check Out Desk and Entrance to the Armory ~

Yugito and Cat quickly opened the door to the check out desk and made their way inside. Once there, Cat quickly went to work searching through all the filing cabinets for the inventory. "Cat, I'm going to go look through the actual inventory just in case there's something in there they kept off records." Yugito said as she picked the lock to the armory. Cat nodded and continued to look through the cabinets.

~ With Yugito ~

Yugito quietly made her way through the armory, though it really seemed to be one huge storeroom. There were rows upon rows of shelves filled with Kunai and Shuriken, and some were filled with battle fans and swords. 'Makes sense, Suna's main shinobi forces consist of wind users.' Yugito mused as she continued to look around with her flashlight. She continued looking through the armory until she saw something that really peeked her interest. In the middle of the storeroom was a small hut.

Yugito quietly searched the perimeter of the hut, but found nothing. There were intricate seals carved into the stonewalls, but nothing else. She approached the door, but there were even more seals carved and even sealing tags plastered on the wall. There was a name carved on the door. "Gaara…" She said softly as she traced her fingers on the door. She considered opening it, but a blood-curling scream coming from the hut dissuaded her from the idea.

She turned and headed back to the Check out desk to see Cat sealing various documents into a scroll. "Found anything?" She asked. "Yea, I found the inventory list. What about you, anything out of the ordinary in there?" Cat asked. Yugito hesitated, then began "I found this weird room in there, but other than that nothing else. Is there anything in those files about a "Gaara"?" Yugito asked. Cat skimmed through the records, but found nothing.

"Nothing, Yugito-san. Why?" She asked. Yugito told her about the hut and all of the seals etched into it. "I have no idea, but whatever it is it, it sounds dangerous." Cat replied. Yugito nodded in agreement and looked at cat. "Other than that, there was nothing out of the ordinary. Just your standard shinobi weapons and a few Suna exclusives." Yugito replied as she checked the inventory file. "Everything I saw seems to be covered in here." Yugito said as she sealed the file into a sealing scroll.

Cat nodded and watched as Yugito pulled out her purple messenger. "Objective Secured." She typed in and sent it to Naruto and Samui. She then took a seat on the ground and waited. "Why aren't we leaving?" Cat asked as she took a seat next to Yugito. "Well, we all have to leave at the same time and meet up at the hotel. We all left together and if we all check back in together it will seem less suspicious." Yugito replied. Cat nodded.

"Isn't this making a greater chance for us to be caught?" Cat muttered. "Exactly, but for all purposes, we have to keep up appearances." Yugito replied. "So now what?" Cat asked. "We play the most annoying game in the whole wide world. The Waiting Game." Yugito replied. She and cat locked the Check out desk and the Armory back up and headed back to the Guards office.

A/N: Yes, another chapter down. These next few chapters will differ through the different teams POV. The Siamese Cats are down, all that's left is Samui and Naruto's team! Will anything go wrong?