With the Konoha Shinobi
"When is this blimp going to land?" Shikamaru huffs out. "We've been chasing it for hours. Hours. I can only run for so long."
"Please this is nothing." Anko lightly pats the panting chunin on the back. "Man up, your friend and Koyuki are on that blimp. We're not going to let something as meager as being tired slow us down!"
"But that's what being tired means." Shikamaru groans out. "Why hasn't Alvarcus done something yet?"
"That's actually a good point." The noticeably not panting Naruto speaks up. "Didn't he want to make a fireball or something?"
"Koyuki is on the blimp, she comes first." Kakashi chimes in. "He's got to get her out then he can make it go boom or whatever he has planned for it."
"You think he's alright?" Ino asks worriedly. "He's up there all alone in hostile territory. He could be being tortured right now!"
"Pfft yeah right." Anko laughs at the crazy idea. "If anyone is being tortured it's the other people on the blimp, I promise you that."
"Yeah." Kakashi winces in sympathy for those unfortunate souls. "Alvarcus is… creative. Very creative. Sometimes in a good way, sometimes in a bad way."
"I just wonder what he's up to." Ino glances up at the blimp.
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"Let's see what's behind door number one!" I grasp the doorknob and give it a yank. "The fuck?"
We must be in the living quarters because I'm staring into a room. It's very small, only enough room for a bunk and a dresser. It's practical and efficient.
What's not practical and efficient is all of the unicorn paraphernalia. Unicorn posters with rainbows shooting out of their horns, various stuffed unicorns of every color imaginable, delicate porcelain figurines line the dresser and even the sheets have unicorns prancing on it.
"That's a lot of unicorns." Koyuki pointlessly points out like I didn't already notice.
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"Whatever it is I bet it's more entertaining than this." Naruto whines. "Why does he always get to do the cool stuff?"
"Says the kid being trained by Jiraiya of the Sannin." Shikamaru dryly says while dully staring at Naruto. "And the kid that helped stop an invasion. And the kid that helped get Tsunade to -"
"Okay fine I get it." Naruto cuts off his friends from continuing. "But he always gets the cool role. He's never on the chasing after the blimp team. He's always right in the thick of it."
"You're not wrong." Kakashi agrees with a shrug. "He's always doing something eventful. Never a dull moment with him."
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"What's behind door number seventeen?" I grasp another door knob and yank the door open.
Two surprised faces stare at me in fear, not because of who I am but because of what they're doing.
"Oh. Might I suggest a good lock or perhaps a sign warning people to not disturb you? Er… awkward... I'll just be going now. I'm taking this shirt though thanks!" I quickly shut the door.
"Who was in there?" Koyuki asks. She didn't get a good look because I closed it too quickly.
"Two very naked people."
"O-oh."
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"Is it just me or is the blimp descending now?" Ino asks the others.
"It's not just you." Kakashi assures her. "We must be rapidly approaching it's landing spot."
"Alright, first thing first." Shikamaru authoritatively speaks up. "We need to save Alvarcus and Koyuki."
"That's assuming they need saving." Anko cackles madly. "I bet they have everyone screaming in fear and the enemy will sprint out of the ship the moment they land!"
"Sure." Shikamaru rolls his eyes. "Assuming they need help we'll be there to provide it. How about we take down the first four people we see and steal their uniforms? Then we can move around more freely without drawing too much attention to ourselves."
"Works for me." Kakashi shrugs in indifference.
"An infiltration mission! Haven't done one of these in awhile!" Anko clasps her hands together while plotting. Plotting what? No one really knows.
"Yay. I'll be able to wear something that closes again." Ino stares accusingly at her sensei.
"It's decided." Shikamaru stops that argument before it can happen. "We'll take disguises and locate Alvarcus and Koyuki. Shouldn't be too hard, I bet they'll be attracting a lot of attention."
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"The security on this blimp is terrible." I conversationally say to Koyuki as we continue to explore it. "No one has raised an alarm, no one as accosted us, no one has even attempted to stop us from moving about."
"Maybe because the only people who know we've escaped are either tied up or too busy with each other to care?" Koyuki helpfully points out. "No one else knows so why would they raise an alarm?"
"Good point." I concede to her. "Sure makes moving around much easier. Not to mention letting me rig this blimp full of seals. Terrible security, simply terrible. If I didn't immediately make my way to find you I could have done this the second I was on the blimp."
"Doto's shinobi are too confident." Koyuki provides the reason we're not being harassed by shinobi right this very instant. "They're too used to everything falling into place for them, no one stands up to them anymore. It's made them arrogant."
"It's made them stupid." I snort out. "Never ever give a shinobi time to prepare. It only makes us more deadly. That rule goes doubly for seal users, it gives us plenty of time to make our seals. I may be deadly with my jutsu but I'm imaginative with my seals. I'm not sure which one is worse."
"What do those fancy squiggles even do?" Koyuki looks at the most recent seal I've left behind.
"That's a wonderful question. You'll see when the time is right."
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"Doto-sama!" A panicked shinobi bursts onto the bridge and immediately falls down to a kneeling position. "The prisoners have escaped!"
"WHAT?" Doto roars in fury at his incompetent subordinate. "Find them! Find them and bring them to me! NOW!"
Doto stomps over to an intercom system as the panicked shinobi flees from his master's wrath to find the prisoners.
"Attention everyone onboard." Doto says into the microphone. "It appears that our guests have escaped. Find them. Find them and bring them to me. The one who does shall be greatly rewarded, I will provide whatever you ask should it be within my considerable power to grant it. And to the prisoners that so unintelligently fled, you will not leave this warship unless you're in chains."
"It's a fucking blimp!" A very faint voice can be heard is one strains their ears to the maximum.
"Pilot. Stop our descent." Doto demands as he regally sits back down on his luxurious armchair. "We will resume once they're caught again. Don't want them slipping away."
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"The blimp has stopped descending." Kakashi grimly tells the rest of the team as they shove four almost naked bodies into a closet. They've infiltrated the landing zone and acquired their disguises already.
"That's going to be a problem." Naruto squints up at the blimp. "Wonder what caused it to stop?"
"My money's on Alvarcus. I bet he did something." Shikamaru sighs. "Probably something stupid."
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"I blame you for this." Koyuki scathingly snarls at me as I'm carrying her bridal style while sprinting down a long hallway. "This is entirely your fault."
"How the fuck is this my fault? I'm here to save your ungrateful ass!" I snarl right back at her. "Do you have any idea how hard it is to dodge when I'm carrying you? You're lucky that I have a trick to redirect kunai and that you're the mission objective or I'd turn your ass in and get that reward for myself!"
"You wouldn't dare." She calls my bluff.
"Oh really?" I come skidding to a stop as the mob of shinobi behind us starts to close the gap. Once everyone went on high alert we were instantly found. "Let's see… which way is the bridge again? There should really be signs around the ship. That would make navigating much easier."
"CHARGE! FOR DOTO-SAMA!" A warcry rises up behind me from the mob of shinobi barreling down the hallway.
"Will you all shut up I'm thinking!" I shout at them in anger.
"CHARGE!" The warcry rises up once again.
"Fuck off!" I shout at them as my wind mask branches out of my back and turns to face them. Then a gale rips out of its mouth and every single shinobi that was valiantly charging towards us is ungracefully hurled down the hallway. They all slam into the far wall, making a large mound of painfully moaning bodies.
"What the hell is that?!" Koyuki shouts into my ear even though she's literally in my arms.
"Damn girl did you have to be so loud? I'm right here." I would rub my ears but I'm holding a Princess still. How unfortunate. "That, my dear Koyuki, is one of my special effects."
"R-right." She stutters out as she pales when I withdraw the mask back into my back. "Special effect. That's all it was."
"Exactly." I can't believe that's actually working. "So. Quick question. Do you believe Doto is a threat to your safety?"
"What?" Koyuki asks in bewilderment. "Of course he is!"
"A big enough threat to remove?" I seriously ask her.
"Are you asking me if I want my uncle dead?"
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